stealth

furtivité, discrétion

Façon de se déplacer ou d’agir silencieusement et secrètement pour ne pas être remarqué.

En anglais simple : Moving or acting quietly and secretly so that others do not notice.

• The hunter approached with stealth.
• They used stealth to avoid the guards.
• The cat moved through the grass with remarkable stealth.

Comment l'utiliser : by stealth (The group entered the building by stealth.)

Synonymes : secrecy, furtiveness

Expressions courantes : by stealth, use stealth, move with stealth

furtivité, avion furtif

Technologie qui rend les avions difficiles à détecter au radar, ou avion utilisant cette technologie.

En anglais simple : Technology that makes aircraft hard to detect with radar, or an aircraft using that technology.

• Stealth makes the aircraft harder to detect.
• The engineers improved its stealth by changing the shape.
• The military invested in stealth for its new bombers.

Expressions courantes : stealth technology, stealth aircraft, stealth bomber

sans révéler sa transidentité

Qui garde son parcours trans privé après sa transition, si bien que les autres ne le connaissent pas.

En anglais simple : Keeping your transgender history private after transition, so other people do not know it.

• She is stealth at work.
• He chose to go stealth after moving to another city.
• Some trans people live stealth for personal reasons.

Synonymes : closeted

Expressions courantes : go stealth, be stealth, live stealth