oxygen

oxygène

Élément présent dans l’air et l’eau, indispensable à la vie des humains et des animaux.

En anglais simple : A chemical element found in air and water, needed by people and animals to live.

• Air contains oxygen.
• Hydrogen and oxygen combine to form water.
• Many metals react with oxygen.

Synonymes : sourstuff

Expressions courantes : oxygen atom, oxygen gas, oxygen molecule

oxygène

Oxygène fourni à une personne pour l’aider à respirer.

En anglais simple : A gas supply given to someone to help them breathe.

• The nurse gave him oxygen.
• She needed oxygen during the flight.
• The patient was still on oxygen the next morning.

Comment l'utiliser : on oxygen (He is on oxygen while his lungs recover.)

Expressions courantes : give oxygen, oxygen mask, on oxygen

carburant

Ce qui permet à une idée, une activité ou un sentiment de se développer ou de durer.

En anglais simple : Something that allows an idea, activity, or feeling to grow or continue.

• Freedom is oxygen for creativity.
• Public attention became the oxygen of the movement.
• Open debate provides oxygen for new ideas.

Comment l'utiliser : oxygen for something (Encouragement is oxygen for young talent.)

Synonymes : lifeblood, fuel

Expressions courantes : oxygen of something, oxygen for something

atome d’oxygène

Un seul atome de l’élément oxygène, dont le symbole est O.

En anglais simple : One atom of the chemical element with the symbol O.

• Each molecule has one oxygen.
• The terminal oxygen forms a bond with carbon.
• Two oxygens are attached to the central atom.

Expressions courantes : one oxygen, terminal oxygen