messenger

messager, coursier

Personne qui porte un message ou transmet une information à quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : A person who carries a message or delivers information to someone.

• A messenger brought the letter.
• The king sent messengers to every village.
• She worked as a bike messenger during college.

Synonymes : courier, message carrier

Expressions courantes : send a messenger, bike messenger, royal messenger

annonciateur, présage

Personne ou chose qui annonce l’arrivée prochaine de quelque chose ou d’un événement.

En anglais simple : A person or thing that signals something is coming or about to happen.

• The dark cloud was a messenger of trouble.
• They saw the bird as a messenger of hope.
• These early flowers are messengers of spring.

Comment l'utiliser : messenger of something (The first swallow seemed a messenger of spring.)

Synonymes : harbinger, herald, forerunner

Expressions courantes : messenger of doom, messenger of spring, messenger of hope

envoyer par coursier

Envoyer quelque chose par une personne chargée de le livrer.

En anglais simple : To send something using a person who delivers it for you.

• Please messenger the package today.
• We messengered the signed papers to their office.
• Can you messenger these documents over this afternoon?

Comment l'utiliser : messenger something to someone (Please messenger the contract to our lawyer.)

Synonymes : courier

Expressions courantes : messenger something over, messenger the documents