splash

plouf, clapotis

Bruit produit par quelque chose qui tombe dans l’eau ou frappe un autre liquide.

En anglais simple : The sound of something hitting water or another liquid.

• I heard a loud splash.
• The stone landed in the river with a splash.
• Several splashes told us the children were already swimming.

Synonymes : plop

Expressions courantes : a loud splash, with a splash, hear a splash

goutte, éclaboussure

Petite quantité de liquide, notamment ajoutée à quelque chose ou projetée sur une surface.

En anglais simple : A small amount of liquid, especially one added to something or thrown onto a surface.

• Add a splash of milk.
• A splash of water landed on my shoe.
• She finished the sauce with a splash of wine.

Comment l'utiliser : a splash of something (Add a splash of lemon juice.)

Synonymes : dash, drop

Expressions courantes : a splash of milk, a splash of water, add a splash

éclabousser

Projeter du liquide en gouttes dans l’air, souvent sur quelqu’un ou quelque chose.

En anglais simple : To send liquid through the air in drops, often onto someone or something.

• Don't splash me with water.
• Rain splashed onto the window.
• He accidentally splashed paint over his shoes.

Comment l'utiliser : splash something on/onto someone/something (She splashed cold water on her face.); splash someone/something with something (The bus splashed us with muddy water.)

Synonymes : splatter, spatter

Expressions courantes : splash someone with water, splash water on something, splash onto something, splash water over something

barboter, patauger

Bouger les mains, les pieds ou le corps dans un liquide en faisant voler des gouttes.

En anglais simple : To move your hands, feet, or body in liquid so that drops fly into the air.

• The baby loves to splash.
• We splashed around in the sea.
• The ducks were splashing in a muddy puddle.

Comment l'utiliser : splash around/about in something (The children splashed around in the shallow pool.)

Synonymes : splosh

Expressions courantes : splash in water, splash around, splash about