leaf

feuille

Partie plate, généralement verte, d’une plante qui pousse sur une tige ou une branche.

En anglais simple : A flat, usually green part of a plant that grows from a stem or branch.

• A leaf fell from the tree.
• The leaves turn yellow in autumn.
• Why are the leaves on this plant brown?

Expressions courantes : green leaf, leaf on something, fallen leaf

feuille, feuillet

Feuille de papier d’un livre, avec une page de chaque côté.

En anglais simple : A sheet of paper in a book, with a page on each side.

• One leaf was missing from the book.
• She wrote her name on a blank leaf.
• Several leaves of the old manuscript were torn.

Synonymes : sheet

Expressions courantes : blank leaf, leaf of something, torn leaf, printed leaf

feuille

Objet ou partie d’un objet dont la forme ressemble à une feuille de plante.

En anglais simple : An object or part with a shape like the flat green part of a plant.

• A silver leaf hung from her necklace.
• The gate had decorative leaves made of iron.
• Each carved leaf had a pointed tip.

Expressions courantes : decorative leaf, carved leaf, metal leaf

feuilleter

Tourner rapidement les pages et regarder brièvement leur contenu.

En anglais simple : To turn pages quickly and look briefly at what is on them.

• I like to leaf through old books.
• She leafed through the catalogue after lunch.
• Have you leafed through our photo album?

Comment l'utiliser : leaf through something (I leafed through a magazine while I waited.)

Synonymes : browse, flip through

Expressions courantes : leaf through something, leaf through pages

se couvrir de feuilles

Pour une plante, commencer à produire des feuilles.

En anglais simple : If a plant does this, its flat green parts begin to grow.

• The trees begin to leaf in spring.
• The oak leafed out later than usual.
• Warm weather helped the shrubs leaf early.

Synonymes : put out leaves

Expressions courantes : leaf out, leaf in spring