pouch

pochette, bourse

Petit sac ou petite poche servant à ranger ou transporter des objets.

En anglais simple : A small bag or pocket used to hold or carry things.

• She keeps coins in a pouch.
• He attached a small pouch to his belt.
• The travel pouches have separate sections for cables.

Synonymes : bag, pocket

Expressions courantes : leather pouch, coin pouch, pouch of something

poche, poche marsupiale

Poche du corps d’un animal où il porte ses petits ou garde de la nourriture.

En anglais simple : A pocket in an animal’s body where it carries its babies or stores food.

• The baby kangaroo climbed into its mother’s pouch.
• Hamsters store food in their cheek pouches.
• The joey peered out of the pouch.

Synonymes : marsupium

Expressions courantes : kangaroo pouch, cheek pouch, inside the pouch

bourse, sac à cordon

Petit sac qui se ferme généralement en tirant un cordon autour de son ouverture.

En anglais simple : A small bag that usually closes when you pull a string around its opening.

• The beads came in a velvet pouch.
• Pull the string to close the pouch.
• She sold small pouches for storing jewelry.

Synonymes : drawstring bag

Expressions courantes : drawstring pouch, velvet pouch, pouch of coins

mettre en poche

Mettre quelque chose dans un petit sac ou une poche.

En anglais simple : To put something into a small bag or pocket.

• She pouched the seeds for later.
• He carefully pouched the loose coins.
• They pouched the samples before leaving the field.

Synonymes : bag, pocket

Expressions courantes : pouch the seeds, pouch the coins, pouch a coin, pouch the samples

pocher

Former une bosse souple et arrondie, comme une petite poche.

En anglais simple : To stick out in a loose, rounded shape like a small bag.

• The fabric began to pouch near the seam.
• His old trousers pouched at the knees.
• The loose material pouches outward when you sit.

Synonymes : bulge, bag

Expressions courantes : pouch at knees, pouch outward

envoyer par valise diplomatique

Envoyer quelque chose dans un sac officiel scellé, notamment entre un gouvernement et ses services à l’étranger.

En anglais simple : To send something in an official sealed bag, especially between a government and its offices abroad.

• They pouched the documents to the embassy.
• The device was pouched to our office abroad.
• Can these papers be pouched tomorrow?

Comment l'utiliser : pouch something to someone/somewhere (The ministry pouched the papers to its embassy.)

Synonymes : dispatch, send

Expressions courantes : pouch something to, pouch official documents