pixie

lutin, farfadet

Petite créature imaginaire ressemblant à une fée, souvent joueuse et aimant faire des farces.

En anglais simple : A small imaginary creature like a fairy, often playful and fond of tricks.

• A pixie lived in the tree.
• The pixies hid his shoes as a joke.
• She dressed as a pixie for the party.

Synonymes : sprite, fairy, elf

Expressions courantes : mischievous pixie, tiny pixie, pixie magic

petite femme

Femme petite et attirante aux cheveux courts.

En anglais simple : A small, attractive woman with short hair.

• She was a lively little pixie.
• The singer, a dark-haired pixie, bounced onto the stage.
• He described his sister as a cheerful pixie.

Expressions courantes : little pixie, pretty pixie, dark-haired pixie

pixie

Minuscule éclair lumineux apparaissant très brièvement au-dessus d’un nuage d’orage.

En anglais simple : A tiny flash of light above a thunderstorm cloud that lasts a very short time.

• A pixie flashed above the storm cloud.
• The camera recorded several pixies over the thunderstorm.
• Each pixie lasted only a tiny fraction of a second.

Expressions courantes : brief pixie, pixie flash

papillon Melanis

Papillon appartenant au groupe dont le nom scientifique est Melanis.

En anglais simple : A butterfly belonging to a group whose scientific name is Melanis.

• A pixie rested on a leaf.
• We photographed a red-bordered pixie in the garden.
• These pixies have dark wings with bright markings.

Expressions courantes : red-bordered pixie, pixie butterfly