terminal

terminal, aérogare

Bâtiment où les voyageurs s’enregistrent, attendent et partent prendre leur avion.

En anglais simple : An airport building where people check in, wait, and leave for their flights.

• Our flight leaves from the new terminal.
• A shuttle runs between the airport terminals.
• We met near the terminal entrance.

Expressions courantes : airport terminal, departure terminal, terminal entrance

terminus, gare terminus

Gare ou station où les trajets en bus ou en train commencent ou se terminent.

En anglais simple : A station where bus or train journeys begin or end.

• The bus arrived at the terminal.
• We waited outside the railway terminal.
• Which terminal does this coach leave from?

Synonymes : terminus

Expressions courantes : bus terminal, rail terminal, terminal building

terminal

Écran et clavier, ou programme, pour donner des instructions à un ordinateur et voir ses réponses.

En anglais simple : A screen and keyboard, or a program, used to give a computer instructions and see its responses.

• She typed a command into the terminal.
• Two terminals were connected to the main computer.
• Open a terminal window to run the program.

Expressions courantes : computer terminal, terminal window, open a terminal, data terminal

terminal

Appareil qui envoie ou reçoit des signaux par une connexion.

En anglais simple : A device that sends or receives signals through a connection.

• The terminal receives signals from a satellite.
• Several terminals share the same communication line.
• Engineers tested the new network terminal.

Expressions courantes : satellite terminal, network terminal, mobile terminal

incurable, mortel

Se dit d’une maladie qu’on ne peut pas guérir et qui entraînera la mort.

En anglais simple : An illness that cannot be cured and will cause death.

• His father has terminal cancer.
• The doctor told her the illness was terminal.
• The hospital provides care for people with terminal diseases.

Synonymes : fatal

Expressions courantes : terminal illness, terminal cancer, terminal disease

final, terminal

Qui se trouve à la fin de quelque chose ou en marque la fin.

En anglais simple : At the end of something, or marking its end.

• The terminal stage of the process takes an hour.
• A full stop is a terminal punctuation mark.
• The diagram shows the terminal point of the route.

Synonymes : final, last

Contraires : initial

Expressions courantes : terminal stage, terminal position, terminal punctuation