vanity

vanité

Fierté excessive concernant son apparence, ses capacités, ses réussites ou ses possessions.

En anglais simple : Too much pride in your looks, abilities, achievements, or possessions.

• His vanity annoyed his friends.
• She bought the expensive watch out of vanity.
• The criticism wounded his vanity.

Synonymes : conceit, self-admiration

Contraires : modesty, humility

Expressions courantes : personal vanity, hurt someone’s vanity, sheer vanity, wounded vanity

meuble vasque

Lavabo de salle de bains avec un placard en dessous.

En anglais simple : A bathroom sink with a cupboard underneath it.

• We need a new bathroom vanity.
• The vanity has two cupboards underneath.
• They installed a double vanity beside the shower.

Synonymes : vanity unit

Expressions courantes : bathroom vanity, double vanity, vanity unit

vanité, futilité

Absence de véritable valeur ou de but dans quelque chose.

En anglais simple : The lack of any real value or purpose in something.

• He saw only vanity in the pursuit of wealth.
• The poem explores the vanity of human ambition.
• She reflected on the vanity of their endless arguments.

Synonymes : futility, pointlessness

Expressions courantes : vanity of something, worldly vanity