gift

cadeau, don

Chose donnée à quelqu’un sans demander d’argent en échange.

En anglais simple : Something you give someone freely, without asking for payment.

• Here is a gift for you.
• We exchanged gifts at Christmas.
• He gave the museum a painting as a gift.

Comment l'utiliser : a gift for someone (I bought a gift for my sister.); a gift from someone (This scarf was a gift from my aunt.)

Synonymes : present, donation

Expressions courantes : birthday gift, wedding gift, give a gift, gift for someone

don, talent

Capacité particulière qu’une personne possède naturellement.

En anglais simple : A special ability that you have naturally.

• He has a gift for music.
• Her gift for storytelling makes every lesson interesting.
• The twins have very different gifts.

Comment l'utiliser : a gift for something/doing something (She has a gift for explaining difficult ideas.)

Synonymes : talent, ability, knack

Expressions courantes : natural gift, gift for something, gift for music, special gift

droit d'attribution, donation

Acte de donner quelque chose, ou droit de choisir qui le reçoit, notamment un poste.

En anglais simple : The act of giving something, or the right to choose who receives it, especially a position.

• The post is in the mayor's gift.
• Several church appointments remained in the king's gift.
• The land passed to her by gift.

Comment l'utiliser : be in someone's gift (The appointment is in the governor's gift.)

Synonymes : bestowal

Expressions courantes : in someone's gift, by gift, gift of office

offrir, donner

Donner quelque chose à quelqu’un comme cadeau ou comme don.

En anglais simple : To give something to someone as a present or donation.

• They gifted us a tree.
• She gifted the painting to a museum.
• He plans to gift some shares to his children.

Comment l'utiliser : gift something to someone (She gifted her collection to the library.); gift someone something (My uncle gifted me his old camera.)

Synonymes : give, donate, present

Expressions courantes : gift someone something, gift something to, gift a painting