ribbon

ruban

Bande étroite de tissu servant à attacher, décorer ou montrer son soutien à une cause.

En anglais simple : A narrow strip of cloth used to tie or decorate things, or worn to show support.

• She tied a ribbon in her hair.
• The gifts were wrapped with blue ribbons.
• He wore a pink ribbon to support the campaign.

Expressions courantes : silk ribbon, tie a ribbon, ribbon bow, satin ribbon

ruban encreur

Bande imprégnée d’encre servant à imprimer des lettres dans une machine à écrire ou certaines imprimantes.

En anglais simple : A strip covered with ink that a typewriter or some printers use to print letters.

• The typewriter needs a new ribbon.
• He replaced the printer ribbon before printing the labels.
• The old ribbons left faint letters on the paper.

Synonymes : ink ribbon

Expressions courantes : typewriter ribbon, printer ribbon, replace the ribbon