pepper

poivre

Poudre au goût piquant, généralement noire, ajoutée aux aliments pour leur donner plus de saveur.

En anglais simple : A strong-tasting powder, usually black, added to food to give it more flavor.

• Add a little pepper to the soup.
• Would you like salt and pepper?
• She ground fresh pepper over the salad.

Expressions courantes : black pepper, salt and pepper, ground pepper, freshly ground pepper

poivrier

Plante dont les petits fruits servent à produire une épice au goût piquant.

En anglais simple : A plant whose small fruits are used to make a strong-tasting spice.

• Pepper grows well in warm, wet weather.
• The farmer planted pepper near the trees.
• These pepper vines will produce berries next year.

Expressions courantes : pepper plant, pepper vine, grow pepper

poivrer

Ajouter du poivre noir ou blanc à un aliment.

En anglais simple : To add a strong-tasting black or white spice to food.

• Pepper the eggs before serving.
• She salted and peppered the potatoes.
• He always peppers his soup generously.

Synonymes : season

Expressions courantes : pepper the soup, pepper the steak

parsemer, cribler

Répartir de nombreux petits éléments à différents endroits sur quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To cover something with many small things spread across it.

• Tiny holes peppered the wall.
• The hills were peppered with small houses.
• Reporters peppered her with questions after the meeting.

Comment l'utiliser : pepper something with something (The storm peppered the windows with hailstones.); be peppered with something (Her speech was peppered with jokes.)

Synonymes : dot, sprinkle

Expressions courantes : pepper with something, pepper the surface