La météo ne cesse de changer d’un jour à l’autre. Pour pouvoir en parler, il faut connaître le bon vocabulaire. Lisez cet article et découvrez le vocabulaire lié à la météo en anglais.
1. Rain [ reyn ]
Meaning: drops of water from clouds:
French: pluie
I hate going out in the rain. (Je déteste sortir sous la pluie.)
2. Drizzle [ driz–uh l ]
Meaning – rain in very small, light drops
French – bruine / brouillasse (familier)
It was drizzling the entire day yesterday. (Il faisait bruine toute la journée hier.)
3. Flood [ fluhd ]
Meaning – to cause to fill or become covered with water, especially in a way that causes problems
French – inondation
She was stuck in her school due to the floods. (Elle était coincée dans son école à cause des inondations.)
4. Overcast [oh-ver-kast]
Meaning: with clouds in the sky and therefore not bright and sunny
French: – couvert(e)
She wanted to go visit the park, but the weather was overcast. (Elle voulait aller visiter le parc, mais le temps était couvert.)
5. Foggy [ fog-ee ]
Meaning – a weather condition in which very small drops of water come together to form a thick cloud close to the land or sea, ocean, making it difficult to see
French – brumeux
It was so foggy that she couldn’t see through the car. (C’était tellement brumeux qu’elle ne pouvait pas voir depuis la voiture.)
6. Cloudy [ klou-dee ]
Meaning – full of clouds
French – nuageux/euse
She wanted to go shopping, but as it was cloudy, she didn’t. (Elle voulait faire du shopping, mais comme c’était nuageux, elle ne l’a pas fait.)
7. Snowflake [ snoh-fleyk ]
Meaning – a small piece of snow that falls from the sky. Snowflakes are sometimes represented as six-sided crystals on Christmas cards, decorations, etc.
French – Flocon de neige
It’s mesmerising to watch the snow flakes. (C’est fascinant de regarder les flocons de neige.)
8. hail [ heyl ]
Meaning – small, hard balls of ice that fall from the sky like rain
French – grêle
The weather forecast suspected the probability of hail. (Les prévisions météorologiques soupçonnaient la probabilité de grêle.)
9. Breeze [ breez ]
Meaning – a light and pleasant wind
French – brise
She loved when the breeze passed through her face. (Elle aimait quand la brise passait sur son visage.)
10. Hurricane [ hur-i-keyn ]
Meaning – a violent wind that has a circular movement, especially in the West Atlantic Ocean
French – ouragan
Various people lose their lives during hurricane season. (Diverses personnes perdent la vie pendant la saison des ouragans.)
11. rainbow [ reyn-boh ]
Meaning: an arch (= curved shape) of different colours seen in the sky when rain is falling and the sun is shining
French – arc-en-ciel
She was awestruck by the beauty of the rainbow. (Elle était émerveillée par la beauté de l’arc-en-ciel.)
12. Lightning [ lahyt-ning ]
Meaning- a flash of bright light in the sky that is produced by electricity moving between clouds or from clouds to the ground
French – foudre
A man lost his life when lightning struck upon him. (Un homme a perdu la vie lorsque la foudre l’a frappé.)
13. Thunder [ thuhn-der ]
Meaning – the sudden loud noise that comes from the sky especially during a storm
French: tonnerre
The kids were scared after hearing the thunder. (Les enfants ont eu peur après avoir entendu le tonnerre.)
14. Hot [ hot ]
Meaning – having a high temperature
French: très chaud(e)
He regretted going out in the hot weather and getting sunburnt. (Il regrettait d’être sorti par temps très chaud et d’avoir eu un coup de soleil.)
15. Clear [ kleer ]
Meaning – pure or easy to see through, with no marks or areas that are less transparent
French: clair
The sky looks blue and clear. (Le ciel est bleu et clair.)
16. Warm [ wawrm ]
Meaning – having a fairly high temperature, but not hot
French: chaud(e)
I don’t like to go out when it’s warm. (Je n’aime pas sortir quand il fait chaud.)
17. Humid [ hyoo-mid ]
Meaning – (of air and weather conditions) containing extremely small drops of water in the air
French: humide
My hair seems weird in a humid climate. (Mes cheveux semblent bizarres dans un climat humide..)
Maintenant que vous connaissez la signification de ces mots, assurez-vous de les utiliser quand vous parlez de la météo. Pour plus de vocabulaire anglais, continuez à lire le blog. Conitnuer à apprendre l’anglais en ligne chez Albert Learning.
