hour

heure

Durée de soixante minutes.

En anglais simple : A period of sixty minutes.

• The journey takes an hour.
• We waited for two hours.
• How many hours do you work each day?

Expressions courantes : an hour, half an hour, per hour

heure, moment

Moment précis de la journée ou moment où quelque chose d’important se produit.

En anglais simple : A particular time of day, or a time when something important happens.

• Why are you awake at this hour?
• They stood by him in his darkest hour.
• Help arrived at the hour of greatest need.

Comment l'utiliser : at an/the hour (Why are you calling at this hour?); hour of something (Her friends supported her in her hour of need.)

Synonymes : time, moment

Expressions courantes : at this hour, hour of need, darkest hour

heure

Heure indiquée par une horloge, notamment quand on demande ou dit l’heure.

En anglais simple : The time shown by a clock, especially when asking or saying what time it is.

• Can you tell me the hour?
• The hour grew late, and the guests left.
• The clock struck, announcing the hour.

Synonymes : time

Expressions courantes : tell the hour, hour grows late, know the hour