register

registre

Liste ou document officiel où sont consignés des noms, des événements ou des transactions.

En anglais simple : An official list or record of names, events, or transactions.

• Please sign the register.
• The teacher checked the attendance register.
• I couldn’t find my name on the electoral register.

Comment l'utiliser : a register of something (The library keeps a register of its members.); on the register (Your name is on the register.)

Synonymes : list, record, roll

Expressions courantes : attendance register, electoral register, sign the register

caisse enregistreuse

Machine d’un magasin qui additionne les prix et conserve l’argent payé par les clients.

En anglais simple : A shop machine that adds up prices and keeps the money paid by customers.

• Pay at the register, please.
• The cashier opened the register.
• There are three registers near the entrance.

Synonymes : cash register, till

Expressions courantes : cash register, at the register, register drawer

registre de langue

Manière de parler ou d’écrire adaptée à une situation ou à un groupe particulier.

En anglais simple : A way of speaking or writing that suits a particular situation or group.

• The letter uses a formal register.
• Friends usually speak in a relaxed register.
• Different situations call for different registers.

Synonymes : style

Expressions courantes : formal register, informal register, academic register

registre

Étendue des sons aigus ou graves produits par une voix ou un instrument de musique.

En anglais simple : The range of high or low sounds that a voice or musical instrument produces.

• Her voice is clear in its lower register.
• The flute plays in a high register.
• He moves easily between different vocal registers.

Synonymes : range

Expressions courantes : upper register, lower register, vocal register

s’inscrire, inscrire

Faire ajouter son nom ou ses coordonnées à une liste officielle, ou y ajouter ceux d’une autre personne.

En anglais simple : To put your name or details on an official list, or add someone else’s.

• You can register online.
• She registered her baby’s birth yesterday.
• Have you registered for the exam?

Comment l'utiliser : register for something (You must register for the course by Friday.); register with someone/something (I registered with a new doctor.); register someone/something as something (They registered the building as a historic site.)

Synonymes : sign up, enroll

Contraires : deregister

Expressions courantes : register for something, register with someone, register a birth, register someone

déposer, exprimer

Faire connaître officiellement une plainte, un désaccord ou une opinion.

En anglais simple : To formally tell someone about your complaint, disagreement, or opinion.

• I want to register a complaint.
• Residents registered their objections to the plan.
• The union will register a formal protest.

Synonymes : lodge, express

Expressions courantes : register a complaint, register a protest, register an objection

faire tilt, être compris

Pour une chose, être remarquée ou comprise par quelqu’un, notamment dans son importance.

En anglais simple : If something does this, you notice it or understand its importance.

• His name did not register.
• The news finally registered with her.
• I heard the question, but it barely registered.

Comment l'utiliser : register with someone (The significance of her words finally registered with me.)

Synonymes : sink in

Expressions courantes : register with someone, barely register

indiquer, enregistrer

Pour un appareil de mesure, afficher ou enregistrer une valeur précise.

En anglais simple : If a measuring device does this, it shows or records a particular amount.

• The thermometer registered thirty degrees.
• The meter registers tiny changes in pressure.
• Did the scale register your weight correctly?

Synonymes : record, show, indicate

Expressions courantes : register a temperature, register a change, register zero