noun🔗ShareMétaux(heading) Chemical elements or alloys, and the mines where their ores come from."The mining company explored for metal ores in the remote mountain ranges. "La société minière a exploré les chaînes de montagnes isolées à la recherche de minerais métalliques.elementmaterialmineralgeologychemistryscienceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMétalA light tincture used in a coat of arms, specifically argent and or."The coat of arms featured a lion rampant in a field of metal. "Les armoiries présentaient un lion rampant dans un champ de métal.heraldrycoloressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareVerre en fusionMolten glass that is to be blown or moulded to form objects."The glassblower carefully handled the hot metal, ready to shape it into a vase. "Le souffleur de verre manipulait avec soin le verre en fusion chaud, prêt à le façonner en vase.materialsubstanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareMetalA category of rock music encompassing a number of genres (including thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, etc.) characterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars."My brother loves listening to metal music in his room. "Mon frère adore écouter du metal dans sa chambre.musicentertainmentcultureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSubstance, matière, caractèreThe substance that constitutes something or someone; matter; hence, character or temper; mettle."Her mother's strong metal showed in her determination to succeed in school. "La forte substance de sa mère s'est manifestée dans sa détermination à réussir à l'école.charactersubstanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePuissance de feuThe effective power or calibre of guns carried by a vessel of war."The warship's metal was quite high, meaning its guns were very powerful. "La puissance de feu du navire de guerre était assez élevée, ce qui signifiait que ses canons étaient très puissants.militarynauticalweaponwaressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLes rails(in the plural) The rails of a railway."The train rumbled along the metal tracks. "Le train roulait en grondant sur les rails."The train rattled over the metal, making a loud noise. "Le train a cahoté sur les rails, faisant un bruit fort.materialtechnicalvehicleessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLa compagnie aérienne réelle(travel) The actual airline operating a flight, rather than any of the codeshare operators."United Airlines is the metal operating Flight 123. "United Airlines est la compagnie aérienne réelle qui opère le vol 123.vehiclebusinessessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareEmpierrerTo make a road using crushed rock, stones etc."The construction workers are metaling the new path to the school playground. "Les ouvriers du bâtiment empierrent le nouveau chemin menant à la cour de récréation de l'école.materialbuildingessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareCaractérisé par des battements de batterie forts et des guitares distorduesCharacterized by strong drum-beats and distorted guitars."The band's music was very metal; the drummer's beats were powerful and the guitars were highly distorted. "La musique du groupe était très metal ; les battements du batteur étaient puissants et les guitares très distordues.musicessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareMétal, brutal, franc, sans compromisHaving the emotional or social characteristics associated with metal music; brash, bold, frank, unyielding, etc."His metal attitude made it difficult to have a calm discussion about the project. "Son attitude métal rendait difficile d'avoir une discussion calme sur le projet.musiccharacterstylecultureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
