late

en retard, tardif

Qui arrive ou se produit après l'heure prévue ou convenue.

En anglais simple : Happening or arriving after the expected or agreed time.

• The bus is late.
• She was ten minutes late for the meeting.
• Why are your payments always late?

Comment l'utiliser : be late for something (I was late for school.); be late doing something (We were late leaving the house.)

Synonymes : delayed, overdue

Contraires : early, punctual

Expressions courantes : late arrival, late payment, late for something, ten minutes late

en retard

Qui arrive ou se produit après le moment attendu ou prévu.

En anglais simple : Arriving or happening after the time that was expected or planned.

• The bus is late.
• We were ten minutes late for dinner.
• Why is your payment late again?

Comment l'utiliser : late for something (I was late for class.); late in doing something (The company was late in paying its workers.)

Synonymes : delayed, overdue

Contraires : early, on time

Expressions courantes : late train, late payment, be late

tardif

Qui se produit ou se situe vers la fin d'une journée, d'une saison ou d'une autre période.

En anglais simple : Happening or existing near the end of a day, season, or other period.

• We met in the late afternoon.
• The trees lose their leaves in late autumn.
• She started studying medicine in her late twenties.

Contraires : early

Expressions courantes : late afternoon, late summer, late twenties

défunt, feu

Placé devant un nom ou un lien familial, indique que la personne est morte.

En anglais simple : Used before someone's name or relationship to say that they have died.

• This ring belonged to my late mother.
• Her late husband loved gardening.
• The library was named after the late president.

Synonymes : deceased

Expressions courantes : late husband, late father, late president, late wife

en retard

Après le moment où quelque chose devrait se produire.

En anglais simple : After the time when something should happen.

• The train arrived late.
• I handed in my homework two days late.
• Did the concert start late?

Synonymes : behind schedule

Contraires : early, on time

Expressions courantes : arrive late, come late, start late

tard

À une heure avancée de la soirée ou de la nuit.

En anglais simple : At a time far into the evening or night.

• We stayed up late.
• She often works late on Fridays.
• Don't call him late at night.

Contraires : early

Expressions courantes : stay late, work late, up late

anciennement, autrefois

Indique que quelqu’un appartenait auparavant à un groupe ou travaillait dans un lieu.

En anglais simple : Previously belonging to a particular group or working in a particular place.

• Major Hill, late of the army, spoke first.
• We met Colonel Shaw, late of the Fourth Regiment.
• The guest was Captain Bell, late of the royal fleet.

Comment l'utiliser : late of something (Captain Reed, late of the navy, joined us for dinner.)

Synonymes : formerly, previously

Expressions courantes : late of something, late of the army