water

eau

Liquide transparent dont les humains, les animaux et les plantes ont besoin pour vivre.

En anglais simple : The clear liquid that people, animals, and plants need to live.

• Please drink some water.
• The children played in the warm water.
• Is the tap water safe to drink?

Expressions courantes : cold water, drinking water, tap water

eau minérale

Eau potable venant d’une source naturelle, contenant des minéraux et parfois des bulles.

En anglais simple : A drinking liquid from a natural spring, containing minerals and sometimes bubbles.

• This water comes from a mountain spring.
• The restaurant serves several local waters.
• I prefer a water with fewer bubbles.

Synonymes : mineral water

Expressions courantes : mineral water, sparkling water, bottled water

un verre d’eau, une bouteille d’eau

Un verre ou une bouteille d’eau, notamment quand on commande une boisson.

En anglais simple : A glass or bottle of the clear liquid you drink, especially when ordering drinks.

• Can I have a water, please?
• We ordered three waters with our lunch.
• The waiter brought me a water.

Expressions courantes : a water, order water, order a water

urine

Liquide que le corps évacue quand on va uriner.

En anglais simple : The liquid waste that leaves your body when you go to the toilet.

• He had difficulty passing water.
• The doctor asked whether her water looked cloudy.
• She felt pain when she passed water.

Synonymes : urine

Expressions courantes : pass water, passing water

eau

L’eau considérée comme l’une des quatre substances composant le monde selon les penseurs de l’Antiquité.

En anglais simple : One of the four basic substances that ancient thinkers believed made up the world.

• The philosopher placed water among the four elements.
• In this ancient theory, water had cold and wet qualities.
• The diagram shows water opposite fire.

Expressions courantes : element of water, water and fire, water element

eau

L’eau considérée comme l’un des cinq éléments fondamentaux dans certaines conceptions traditionnelles de la nature.

En anglais simple : One of five basic elements in certain traditional systems for explaining nature.

• Water is one of the five elements in this system.
• The teacher explained how metal supports water in the cycle.
• Their chart connects water with winter.

Expressions courantes : water element, water and metal, element of water

arroser

Donner de l’eau aux plantes, généralement en la versant sur la terre.

En anglais simple : To give plants the liquid they need, usually by pouring it onto the soil.

• Please water the plants.
• I watered the garden before breakfast.
• How often do you water these flowers?

Synonymes : irrigate

Expressions courantes : water the plants, water the garden, water the flowers

pleurer, saliver

Pour les yeux, produire plus de larmes que d’habitude ; pour la bouche, produire plus de salive.

En anglais simple : If your eyes or mouth do this, they produce more liquid than usual.

• My eyes water in the cold wind.
• The smell of fresh bread made my mouth water.
• Her eyes watered as she sliced the onion.

Expressions courantes : eyes water, mouth water, eyes that water