splinter

écharde, éclat

Petit morceau fin et pointu détaché du bois ou d’un autre matériau.

En anglais simple : A small, thin, sharp piece broken off wood or another material.

• I have a splinter in my finger.
• She removed the splinter with tweezers.
• Sharp splinters of glass covered the floor.

Synonymes : sliver, fragment

Expressions courantes : a wood splinter, remove a splinter, a glass splinter

se fendre, voler en éclats

Se casser en morceaux fins et pointus.

En anglais simple : To break into thin, sharp pieces.

• The dry wood splintered easily.
• The window frame splintered under the weight.
• Will this board splinter if I bend it?

Comment l'utiliser : splinter into something (The wooden handle splintered into sharp pieces.)

Synonymes : shatter, break

Expressions courantes : splinter into pieces, wood can splinter

faire éclater, fendre

Casser quelque chose en morceaux fins et pointus.

En anglais simple : To make something break into thin, sharp pieces.

• The blow splintered the wood.
• Falling branches splintered the fence.
• He splintered the door frame with a hammer.

Synonymes : shatter, break

Expressions courantes : splinter the wood, splinter a door