windy

venteux

Avec beaucoup de vent dehors.

En anglais simple : With a lot of air blowing outside.

• It is windy today.
• We had a cold, windy night.
• Will the weather stay windy tomorrow?

Synonymes : blustery, gusty

Contraires : calm, still

Expressions courantes : windy day, windy weather, windy night

exposé au vent, venteux

Exposé au vent, avec peu de protection contre lui.

En anglais simple : Open to moving air, with little protection from it.

• We stood on a windy hill.
• They built a shelter on the windy coast.
• Is there a less windy spot for our picnic?

Synonymes : windswept, exposed

Contraires : sheltered

Expressions courantes : windy hill, windy spot, windy coast

creux, grandiloquent

Qui emploie beaucoup de mots mais apporte peu d'informations utiles ou de contenu réel.

En anglais simple : Using many words but offering little useful information or real value.

• His windy speech offered no answers.
• They were tired of her windy promises.
• The article was full of windy rhetoric about progress.

Synonymes : empty, hollow, pompous

Contraires : substantial

Expressions courantes : windy promises, windy speech, windy rhetoric