puddle

flaque

Petite quantité d’eau peu profonde accumulée sur le sol.

En anglais simple : A small, shallow area of water on the ground.

• I stepped in a puddle.
• The children jumped over the puddles.
• Rain left a large puddle outside our door.

Synonymes : pool

Expressions courantes : muddy puddle, jump a puddle, puddle of water

s’accumuler

S’accumuler sur une surface en formant une petite étendue d’eau peu profonde.

En anglais simple : To collect in a small, shallow area on a surface.

• Water began to puddle on the floor.
• Rain puddled in the uneven driveway.
• The spilled paint was puddling beneath the table.

Comment l'utiliser : puddle on/in something (Water puddled in the hollow.)

Synonymes : pool, collect

Expressions courantes : puddle on something, puddle around something