solitary

solitaire

Qui est sans compagnie, passe du temps seul ou fait quelque chose sans les autres.

En anglais simple : Alone, or spending time or doing something without other people.

• He enjoys solitary walks.
• She led a solitary life in the countryside.
• The fisherman remained solitary for most of the year.

Synonymes : alone, unaccompanied

Expressions courantes : solitary life, solitary walk, solitary journey, solitary figure

isolé, retiré

Éloigné des gens et rarement fréquenté.

En anglais simple : Far from other people and rarely visited.

• They found a solitary beach.
• The house stood in a solitary valley.
• We rested in a solitary spot deep in the woods.

Synonymes : secluded, remote, isolated

Expressions courantes : solitary place, solitary cottage, solitary valley

isolement

Détention dans une cellule individuelle, à l’écart des autres prisonniers.

En anglais simple : Being kept alone in a prison cell, away from other prisoners.

• They put him in solitary.
• She spent ten days in solitary.
• The prisoner was released from solitary yesterday.

Synonymes : solitary confinement, isolation

Expressions courantes : in solitary, put in solitary, weeks in solitary

ermite, solitaire

Personne qui vit seule et fréquente peu les autres.

En anglais simple : Someone who lives alone and spends little time with other people.

• He lived as a solitary.
• The solitary welcomed few visitors to his hut.
• Several solitaries settled in caves near the monastery.

Synonymes : hermit, recluse

Expressions courantes : live as a solitary, religious solitary, a solitary lives