path

sentier, chemin

Voie étroite où l’on marche, souvent à travers des champs, un bois ou un jardin.

En anglais simple : A narrow way that people walk along, often through fields, woods, or a garden.

• Follow this path to the lake.
• The garden paths were covered with leaves.
• We walked along a muddy path through the woods.

Comment l'utiliser : path through something (A narrow path through the woods leads to the lake.)

Synonymes : trail, footpath, track

Expressions courantes : garden path, narrow path, follow a path, foot path

trajectoire

Chemin suivi par une chose lorsqu’elle se déplace.

En anglais simple : The route that something follows as it moves.

• The ball followed a curved path.
• Scientists tracked the satellite’s path around Earth.
• The storm changed its path during the night.

Comment l'utiliser : path of something (We watched the path of the ball.)

Synonymes : course, route, trajectory

Expressions courantes : flight path, circular path, path of something, storm path

naviguer

Passer d’un dossier informatique à un autre pour atteindre un fichier ou un dossier précis.

En anglais simple : To move through computer folders until you reach a particular file or folder.

• Path to the downloads folder.
• She pathed to the directory containing the executable.
• You must path through several folders to reach that file.

Comment l'utiliser : path to something (Path to the folder containing the program.)

Synonymes : navigate

Expressions courantes : path to something, path through directories