lounge

salle d’attente, salon

Pièce confortable d’un bâtiment public où l’on peut s’asseoir pour attendre ou se détendre.

En anglais simple : A comfortable room where people can sit and wait or relax in a public building.

• We waited in the airport lounge.
• The hotel lounge has comfortable chairs.
• Passengers can use the lounges before their flights.

Synonymes : waiting room

Expressions courantes : departure lounge, airport lounge, hotel lounge

salon, salle de séjour

Pièce de la maison où l’on s’assoit, se détend et passe du temps ensemble.

En anglais simple : The room in a home where people sit, relax, and spend time together.

• Dad is watching television in the lounge.
• We painted the lounge blue.
• Their new house has two lounges.

Synonymes : living room, sitting room

Expressions courantes : in the lounge, lounge furniture, lounge window

bar, bar-salon

Lieu où l’on s’assoit pour boire de l’alcool, souvent avec de la musique.

En anglais simple : A place where people sit and drink alcohol, often with music playing.

• We met at a cocktail lounge.
• The lounge serves drinks until midnight.
• Several new lounges have opened downtown.

Synonymes : bar, cocktail bar

Expressions courantes : cocktail lounge, jazz lounge, lounge bar

lézarder, se prélasser

Rester assis ou allongé confortablement en ne faisant presque rien.

En anglais simple : To sit or lie comfortably and spend time doing very little.

• They lounge by the pool.
• I lounged on the sofa after lunch.
• Are you going to lounge around all day?

Comment l'utiliser : lounge around/about (We lounged around all morning.)

Synonymes : relax, laze, lie around

Expressions courantes : lounge around, lounge by something, lounge on something, lounge about