marble

marbre

Pierre dure, souvent blanche avec des veines colorées, utilisée pour les sols, les bâtiments et les statues.

En anglais simple : A hard stone, often white with colored lines, used for floors, buildings, and statues.

• The floor is made of marble.
• They carved the statue from white marble.
• Does this kitchen have marble counters?

Expressions courantes : marble floor, white marble, marble statue, metamorphic marble

bille

Petite boule, généralement en verre, utilisée par les enfants pour jouer.

En anglais simple : A small, usually glass ball that children use in games.

• A blue marble rolled under the bed.
• The children traded marbles after school.
• He keeps his favorite marble in his pocket.

Expressions courantes : glass marble, blue marble, marble collection

persillage

Fines lignes de graisse présentes à l’intérieur d’un morceau de viande.

En anglais simple : The thin lines of fat running through a piece of meat.

• The butcher checked the marble in the beef.
• Fine marble helps keep the steak juicy.
• This grading system measures the amount of marble in meat.

Synonymes : marbling

Expressions courantes : beef marble, marble grade, marble in meat

en marbre

Fait de marbre, pierre dure utilisée pour les bâtiments et les statues, ou ressemblant à cette pierre.

En anglais simple : Made from a hard stone used for buildings and statues, or looking like that stone.

• We walked across the marble floor.
• Two marble columns stand beside the door.
• She chose wallpaper with a marble pattern.

Expressions courantes : marble tiles, marble columns, marble mantel

insensible, froid

Qui ne montre ni chaleur humaine, ni bonté, ni émotion.

En anglais simple : Showing no warmth, kindness, or emotion.

• His marble face showed no pity.
• Her tears could not soften his marble heart.
• He met the news with a marble gaze.

Synonymes : cold, unfeeling, heartless

Contraires : warm, compassionate

Expressions courantes : marble heart, marble face, marble gaze

marbrer

Créer des lignes ou des tourbillons sur quelque chose, souvent en mélangeant partiellement des couleurs.

En anglais simple : To give something a pattern of lines or swirls, often by partly mixing colors.

• You can marble paper with colored inks.
• She marbled the cake batter with chocolate.
• The artist marbles each sheet by hand.

Synonymes : marbleize

Expressions courantes : marble paper, marble a cake, marble the surface

persiller

Former des lignes de graisse à l’intérieur de la viande.

En anglais simple : To form lines of fat through meat.

• Thin lines of fat marble the meat.
• Fat had marbled the beef evenly.
• A rich diet can help marble the meat.

Synonymes : marbleize

Expressions courantes : marble the meat, marble the beef