stamp

timbre

Petit morceau de papier collé sur une lettre ou un colis pour montrer que l’envoi a été payé.

En anglais simple : A small piece of paper you put on a letter or parcel to show you paid to send it.

• Put a stamp on the envelope.
• I bought six stamps at the post office.
• Does this parcel need another stamp?

Synonymes : postage stamp

Expressions courantes : postage stamp, buy a stamp, stamp collection

tampon, cachet, empreinte

Marque laissée en pressant un outil sur une surface, souvent avec de l’encre.

En anglais simple : A mark made by pressing a tool onto a surface, often with ink.

• My passport has a new stamp.
• The red stamp shows that the bill was paid.
• We checked the date stamps on the forms.

Synonymes : imprint, mark, impression

Expressions courantes : passport stamp, date stamp, stamp on something

tampon

Petit outil qu’on presse sur une surface pour y laisser un dessin, un mot ou une marque.

En anglais simple : A small tool you press onto a surface to leave a design, word, or mark.

• Dip the stamp in the ink.
• She bought a rubber stamp shaped like a flower.
• These stamps make lovely patterns on wrapping paper.

Expressions courantes : rubber stamp, wooden stamp, stamp pad

sceau, timbre en relief

Marque officielle imprimée par pression dans un document, dont le relief se voit ou se sent au toucher.

En anglais simple : An official sign pressed into a document so that its shape can be seen or felt.

• The certificate bears a raised stamp.
• Feel the official stamp at the bottom of the document.
• The clerk checked the embossed stamps on both deeds.

Synonymes : seal, impression

Expressions courantes : embossed stamp, official stamp, stamp on something

taper du pied

Frapper fortement le sol du pied, souvent sous le coup de la colère.

En anglais simple : To hit the ground hard with your foot, often because you are angry.

• She stamped her foot in anger.
• He stamps his heel whenever he gets impatient.
• Why did you stamp your foot so loudly?

Comment l'utiliser : stamp one's foot (The boy stamped his foot when he heard the answer.)

Synonymes : stomp

Expressions courantes : stamp your foot, stamp in anger, stamp on something, stamp your feet

affranchir

Mettre un timbre sur une lettre ou un colis pour payer son envoi.

En anglais simple : To put a small paid postage label on a letter or parcel before sending it.

• Please stamp this envelope.
• She stamped the letters before taking them to the post office.
• Have you stamped all the parcels?

Expressions courantes : stamp an envelope, stamp a letter, stamp the mail

marcher à pas lourds

Marcher à pas rapides et lourds en frappant bruyamment le sol.

En anglais simple : To walk or step with quick, heavy movements that hit the ground loudly.

• He stamped up the stairs.
• The angry child stamped around the room.
• She stamped out of the office without saying goodbye.

Comment l'utiliser : stamp into/out of somewhere (He stamped out of the kitchen after their argument.)

Synonymes : stomp, tramp

Contraires : tiptoe

Expressions courantes : stamp up stairs, stamp into something, stamp around