tail

queue

Partie qui dépasse à l’arrière du corps d’un animal.

En anglais simple : The part that sticks out from the back of an animal's body.

• The dog has a short tail.
• Our cat lifted her tail.
• Some lizards can grow new tails.

Expressions courantes : wag its tail, a long tail, cat's tail

empennage, queue

Partie arrière d’un avion qui aide à contrôler sa direction et à le stabiliser.

En anglais simple : The back part of an aircraft, which helps control its direction and keep it steady.

• The plane's tail is blue.
• Engineers checked the damaged tail.
• Ice had formed on the aircraft's tail.

Synonymes : empennage

Expressions courantes : aircraft tail, tail fin, plane's tail

pile, revers

Face d’une pièce opposée à celle portant une tête, généralement appelée tails en anglais.

En anglais simple : The side of a coin opposite the side with a person's head, usually called tails.

• The coin's tail shows a bird.
• Heads or tails: which do you choose?
• The coin landed tails up.

Synonymes : reverse

Contraires : head

Expressions courantes : tail side, coin's tail

filer, prendre en filature

Suivre quelqu’un en secret pour savoir où il va ou ce qu’il fait.

En anglais simple : To follow someone secretly to find out where they go or what they do.

• The detective tailed the suspect.
• Someone has been tailing our car.
• Can you tail him without being seen?

Synonymes : follow, shadow

Expressions courantes : tail someone, tail a car, tail the suspect

éviter

Pour un bateau retenu par une ancre, tourner pour orienter l’arrière dans une certaine direction.

En anglais simple : To turn a boat’s back end in a particular direction while the boat is held by an anchor.

• The anchored boat began to tail downstream.
• Both vessels tailed upstream as the tide changed.
• The yacht tails into the wind at anchor.

Synonymes : swing

Expressions courantes : tail downstream, tail upstream, tail into wind

limité, restreint

Limité, notamment lorsqu’un bien ne peut être transmis qu’à certains membres d’une famille.

En anglais simple : Limited or reduced, especially when property can pass only to certain members of a family.

• He inherited an estate tail.
• The land was held in fee tail.
• A grant in tail male excluded daughters from inheriting.

Synonymes : limited, restricted

Contraires : unrestricted

Expressions courantes : estate tail, fee tail, tail male