rainbow

arc-en-ciel

Arc de plusieurs couleurs visible dans le ciel lorsque la lumière du soleil traverse des gouttes de pluie.

En anglais simple : A curved band of different colours in the sky, seen when sunlight passes through drops of rain.

• Look at the rainbow in the sky.
• A rainbow appeared after the storm.
• Have you ever seen two rainbows together?

Synonymes : iris

Expressions courantes : see a rainbow, double rainbow

palette, éventail

Large ensemble de choses différentes, souvent de nombreuses couleurs ou sortes.

En anglais simple : A wide range of different things, often with many colours or types.

• The garden offered a rainbow of colours.
• The shop sells a rainbow of fabrics.
• We tasted a rainbow of flavours at the festival.

Comment l'utiliser : a rainbow of something (The stall displayed a rainbow of silk scarves.)

Synonymes : array, assortment, variety

Expressions courantes : rainbow of colours, rainbow of possibilities

illusion, mirage

Quelque chose d’attirant qui semble possible, mais qu’on ne peut pas réellement atteindre ou réaliser.

En anglais simple : Something attractive that seems possible but cannot really be reached or achieved.

• His promised fortune was only a rainbow.
• She spent her life chasing rainbows of fame.
• Those hopes proved to be rainbows that vanished by morning.

Synonymes : illusion, mirage

Contraires : reality

Expressions courantes : chase a rainbow, empty rainbow

multicolore, arc-en-ciel

Qui présente de nombreuses couleurs vives.

En anglais simple : Having many different bright colours.

• She wore a rainbow scarf.
• We baked a rainbow cake.
• The children painted rainbow stripes on the wall.

Synonymes : multicoloured, colourful

Contraires : monochrome

Expressions courantes : rainbow colours, rainbow flag, rainbow cake

arc-en-ciel

Relatif à des tables de valeurs codées préparées pour retrouver des mots de passe.

En anglais simple : Related to prepared lists of coded password values used to discover passwords.

• The attacker used a rainbow table.
• Adding a unique salt helps prevent rainbow attacks.
• Rainbow tables can reveal poorly protected passwords.

Expressions courantes : rainbow table, rainbow attack

colorer, iriser

Donner à quelque chose de nombreuses couleurs vives, comme celles d’un arc-en-ciel.

En anglais simple : To give something many bright colours arranged like those in the sky after rain.

• The artist rainbowed the wall with bright paint.
• Coloured ribbons rainbowed the plain white dress.
• Sunlight through the glass rainbowed the floor.

Synonymes : colour, decorate

Expressions courantes : rainbow something, rainbow the walls, rainbow the sky