passing

de passage, qui passe

Qui passe à côté d’une personne ou d’un lieu.

En anglais simple : Someone or something is moving past a person or place.

• We watched the passing cars.
• A passing stranger helped us.
• The noise of passing trains kept her awake.

Expressions courantes : passing cars, passing stranger, passing train

bref, superficiel

Se dit d’une remarque ou d’un intérêt bref et superficiel, sans grande attention ni détails.

En anglais simple : A comment or interest is brief or slight, with little attention or detail.

• He made a passing comment about the weather.
• The book contains a passing reference to her work.
• I have only a passing interest in politics.

Synonymes : brief, casual, slight

Contraires : detailed, thorough

Expressions courantes : passing comment, passing reference, passing interest

passager, éphémère

Qui dure peu de temps et disparaît rapidement.

En anglais simple : Something lasts only a short time and soon disappears.

• It was just a passing feeling.
• Her interest in sailing proved a passing fancy.
• The sadness was a passing phase.

Synonymes : temporary, brief, fleeting

Contraires : lasting, permanent

Expressions courantes : passing phase, passing feeling, passing fancy

perçu selon son identité

Que les autres perçoivent comme correspondant à l’identité présentée, par exemple à un genre donné.

En anglais simple : Someone is seen by others as having the identity they present, such as a particular gender.

• He is a passing trans man.
• A passing trans woman described her experiences at work.
• Being a passing transgender person can affect how strangers treat you.

Expressions courantes : passing trans man, passing trans woman

décès, fin

La mort de quelqu’un ou la fin de quelque chose qui existait auparavant.

En anglais simple : Someone’s death, or the ending of something that once existed.

• We mourned her passing.
• His peaceful passing brought the family some comfort.
• The museum marks the passing of an industrial era.

Comment l'utiliser : the passing of someone/something (They mourned the passing of their oldest friend.)

Synonymes : death, end

Contraires : birth

Expressions courantes : someone’s passing, peaceful passing, passing of something

passage, écoulement

Mouvement de quelque chose qui passe devant un lieu, ou changement qui accompagne l’écoulement du temps.

En anglais simple : The movement of something past a place, or a change as time moves forward.

• We watched the passing of the boats.
• The passing of years changed their friendship.
• The festival marks the passing from winter to spring.

Comment l'utiliser : the passing of something (The passing of time helped her recover.); passing from A to B (The ceremony marks the passing from childhood to adulthood.)

Synonymes : passage, transition

Expressions courantes : passing of time, passing of years, passing of trains

adoption

Action d’approuver officiellement un projet de loi ou une mesure semblable.

En anglais simple : The act of officially approving a proposed law or similar measure.

• The passing of the bill took months.
• She welcomed the passing of the new law.
• Several members opposed the passing of this measure.

Comment l'utiliser : the passing of something (The passing of the law changed workers’ rights.)

Synonymes : passage, approval, enactment

Contraires : rejection

Expressions courantes : passing a bill, passing of legislation, passing a law

jonglage en passing

Forme de jonglage dans laquelle plusieurs personnes se lancent des objets les unes aux autres.

En anglais simple : A kind of juggling in which people throw objects to each other.

• We practiced passing with six clubs.
• Their passing routine involved four jugglers.
• Can you teach me club passing?

Expressions courantes : club passing, practice passing, passing pattern