write

écrire

Mettre des lettres, des mots ou des chiffres sur du papier ou un écran.

En anglais simple : To put letters, words, or numbers on paper or a screen.

• Write your name here.
• I wrote the number on my hand.
• Can you write clearly with that pencil?

Comment l'utiliser : write something on something (Write your address on this form.); write in something (Please write in black ink.)

Synonymes : put down, record

Expressions courantes : write your name, write something down, write in pencil, write on paper

écrire, composer

Créer un livre, une histoire, un article, un morceau de musique ou un programme informatique.

En anglais simple : To create a book, story, article, piece of music, or computer program.

• She wants to write a book.
• He wrote the music for our school play.
• Have you ever written a computer program?

Comment l'utiliser : write something about something (She wrote a novel about two sisters.)

Synonymes : compose, create, author

Expressions courantes : write a book, write a song, write an article, write computer code

écrire

Envoyer à quelqu’un une lettre ou un autre message écrit.

En anglais simple : To send someone a letter or another written message.

• Please write to me soon.
• He wrote his mother a long letter.
• Have you written back to your friend?

Comment l'utiliser : write to someone (I wrote to my aunt last week.); write someone something (She wrote me a lovely letter.)

Synonymes : send a message, correspond

Expressions courantes : write to someone, write someone back, write a letter, write home

écrire, indiquer par écrit

Communiquer un fait ou une idée à quelqu’un par écrit.

En anglais simple : To tell someone a fact or idea using written words.

• She wrote that she was happy.
• He wrote to me that he needed help.
• The author writes that the town was once much larger.

Comment l'utiliser : write that + clause (She wrote that the meeting had been cancelled.); write to someone that + clause (He wrote to us that he was moving abroad.)

Synonymes : state, report

Expressions courantes : write that something, write to explain, write to inform

écrire, enregistrer

Enregistrer des informations dans la mémoire d’un ordinateur ou sur un support de stockage.

En anglais simple : To save information in a computer's memory or on a storage device.

• The computer is writing data to disk.
• The program wrote a new file.
• Can this device read and write at the same time?

Comment l'utiliser : write something to something (The program writes data to the disk.)

Synonymes : store, save, record

Expressions courantes : write to disk, write a file, write data, write to memory

être écrivain, écrire

Créer des histoires, des articles ou d’autres textes comme métier ou activité régulière.

En anglais simple : To create stories, articles, or other written works as a job or regular activity.

• She writes for a living.
• He wrote professionally for many years.
• Do you still write for that magazine?

Comment l'utiliser : write for something (She writes for a local newspaper.); write for a living (He has written for a living since leaving university.)

Synonymes : be an author

Expressions courantes : write for money, write for newspapers, write professionally, write full time

écriture

Une opération qui enregistre des données dans la mémoire d’un ordinateur ou sur un support de stockage.

En anglais simple : One action of saving data in computer memory or on a storage device.

• The write failed because the disk was full.
• This drive handles thousands of writes per second.
• Frequent writes can shorten the life of flash memory.

Synonymes : write operation

Expressions courantes : disk write, memory write, a failed write, write operation