pickle

cornichon

Concombre conservé dans du vinaigre ou de l’eau salée, que l’on mange pour son goût acidulé.

En anglais simple : A cucumber kept in vinegar or salty water and eaten as a sour food.

• I ate a pickle.
• She added sliced pickles to her burger.
• Would you like a pickle with your sandwich?

Synonymes : pickled cucumber, gherkin

Expressions courantes : dill pickle, a crunchy pickle, pickle juice

légume au vinaigre, pickles

Légume conservé dans du vinaigre, servi avec d’autres aliments pour apporter un goût acidulé.

En anglais simple : A vegetable kept in vinegar and served with other food to add a sharp taste.

• These pickles are made from carrots.
• We served mixed pickles with the meal.
• She keeps several jars of homemade pickles in the cupboard.

Synonymes : pickled vegetable

Expressions courantes : mixed pickle, spicy pickle, a homemade pickle

bite, pénis

Mot d’argot désignant le pénis.

En anglais simple : A slang word for a man’s penis.

• He called his penis his pickle.
• The crude joke was about a man’s pickle.
• She laughed when he used the word pickle for his penis.

Synonymes : penis, dick

Expressions courantes : his pickle, a man’s pickle

conserver au vinaigre, mettre en saumure

Mettre des aliments dans du vinaigre, de l’eau salée ou un mélange sucré pour les conserver plus longtemps.

En anglais simple : To keep food in vinegar, salty water, or a sugar mixture so it lasts longer.

• We pickle our own onions.
• She pickled the carrots in salty water.
• Can you pickle these vegetables before they go bad?

Comment l'utiliser : pickle something in something (We pickle the cucumbers in vinegar.)

Synonymes : preserve

Expressions courantes : pickle onions, pickle vegetables, pickle in vinegar

décaper

Nettoyer un métal avec de l’acide pour enlever la couche abîmée par la chaleur ou l’air.

En anglais simple : To clean metal with acid, removing the damaged outer layer caused by heat or contact with air.

• The factory pickles steel.
• They pickled the fittings to remove surface scale.
• Wear protective clothing when you pickle metal in acid.

Comment l'utiliser : pickle something in acid (The workers pickle the steel in heated acid.)

Synonymes : acid-clean

Expressions courantes : pickle steel, pickle the fittings, pickle in acid