lax

laxiste, négligent

Qui manque de vigilance ou de fermeté concernant les règles, les obligations ou le comportement.

En anglais simple : Not careful or strict enough about rules, duties, or behaviour.

• Security at the building is lax.
• His parents were lax about bedtime.
• The company was criticized for its lax safety standards.

Comment l'utiliser : lax about something (They are lax about checking tickets.); lax with someone (The teacher was lax with the younger children.)

Synonymes : careless, lenient, slack

Contraires : strict, careful

Expressions courantes : lax security, lax about something, lax with someone, lax rules

relâché

Se dit d’un son prononcé avec des muscles assez détendus et peu de resserrement dans la bouche et la gorge.

En anglais simple : Describes a speech sound made with relatively relaxed muscles and little narrowing inside the mouth and throat.

• This word contains a lax vowel.
• The students compared tense and lax vowels.
• Her tongue was more relaxed when producing the lax sound.

Synonymes : slack

Contraires : tense

Expressions courantes : lax vowel, lax sound, lax pronunciation

lâche, relâché

Qui est détendu ou lâche, sans être tendu.

En anglais simple : Loose or relaxed rather than pulled tight.

• The rope hung lax between the posts.
• Her muscles were lax after the warm bath.
• He tightened the lax cord around the bundle.

Synonymes : loose, slack

Contraires : tight, taut

Expressions courantes : lax rope, lax muscles, lax cord