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sugar

/ˈʃʊɡə(ɹ)/ /ˈʃʊɡɚ/

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noun

Sucre

Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.

Examples :

"My grandmother added a generous spoonful of sugar to her tea. "

Ma grand-mère a ajouté une généreuse cuillerée de sucre à son thé.

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noun

Sucre

A specific variety of sugar.

Examples :

"My grandmother uses cane sugar in her baking recipes. "

Ma grand-mère utilise du sucre de canne dans ses recettes de pâtisserie.

food substance essential

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noun

Sucre

Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.

Examples :

"Plants store sugar for energy to grow. "

Les plantes stockent du sucre pour l'énergie nécessaire à leur croissance.

food substance energy biochemistry physiology organism essential

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noun

Un morceau de sucre

A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.

Examples :

"He usually has his coffee white with one sugar."

Il prend habituellement son café noir avec un morceau de sucre.

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noun

Chéri, chérie

A term of endearment.

Examples :

"My little sister, my sugar, always brings a smile to my face. "

Ma petite sœur, mon chéri, me met toujours le sourire aux lèvres.

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noun

Baiser, bisou

Examples :

"My friend gave me a quick sugar on the cheek before we went into the classroom. "

Mon ami m'a donné un rapide baiser sur la joue avant d'entrer dans la salle de classe.

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noun

Efféminement, efféminité

Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.

Examples :

"I think John has a little bit of sugar in him."

Je pense que John a un peu d'efféminement en lui.

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noun

Diabète

Examples :

"My grandmother has diabetes, so she needs to carefully control her sugar intake. "

Ma grand-mère a le diabète, elle doit donc contrôler attentivement sa consommation de sucre.

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noun

Quelque chose de semblable au sucre en goût ou en apparence

Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry.

Examples :

"Sugar of lead (lead acetate) is a poisonous white crystalline substance with a sweet taste."

Le sucre de plomb (acétate de plomb) est une substance cristalline blanche et toxique, au goût sucré.

chemistry substance compound food essential

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noun

Flatterie, mielleux

Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.

Examples :

"The teacher used a lot of sugar to convince the students to finish their homework. "

Le professeur a utilisé beaucoup de flatterie pour convaincre les élèves de finir leurs devoirs.

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noun

Héroïne

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noun

Argent

Examples :

"My dad said he needed more sugar to pay for the new car. "

Mon père a dit qu'il avait besoin de plus d'argent pour payer la nouvelle voiture.

economy business finance essential

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noun

Sucre syntaxique

Syntactic sugar.

Examples :

"Using shorthand for "print the student's name and grade" is a form of syntactic sugar in programming. "

L'utilisation d'une écriture abrégée pour "afficher le nom et la note de l'étudiant" est une forme de sucre syntaxique en programmation.

computing language essential

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verb

Sucrer, ajouter du sucre à

To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.

Examples :

"John heavily sugars his coffee."

John sucre beaucoup son café.

food substance essential

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verb

Adoucir, enjoliver

To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.

Examples :

"She has a gift for sugaring what would otherwise be harsh words."

Elle a le don d'adoucir ce qui serait autrement des mots durs.

attitude character mind essential

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verb

Cristalliser, confire

In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the syrup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; with the preposition off.

Examples :

"The chef sugared the maple syrup off, carefully monitoring the temperature to ensure it reached the right consistency for crystallizing. "

Le chef a confit le sirop d'érable, surveillant attentivement la température pour s'assurer qu'il atteigne la consistance idéale pour cristalliser.

food substance process agriculture essential

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verb

Sucrer les arbres ou les plantes

To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths.

Examples :

"The farmer sugared the apple trees to catch the moths that were damaging the crop. "

L'agriculteur a sucré les pommiers pour attraper les mites qui endommageaient la récolte.

agriculture insect plant animal essential

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verb

Utiliser du sucre syntaxique

To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar.

Examples :

"The programmer sugared the complex function, making the code easier to read and understand for the team. "

Le programmeur a utilisé du sucre syntaxique pour la fonction complexe, rendant le code plus facile à lire et à comprendre pour l'équipe.

computing technology language essential

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verb

Flatter, faire des compliments à

To compliment (a person).

Examples :

"My friend sugared my new haircut; she said it looked great. "

Mon amie a flatté ma nouvelle coupe de cheveux ; elle a dit qu'elle était superbe.

communication language word person essential

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interjection

Merde!

Used in place of shit!

Examples :

"Oh, sugar!"

Merde !

curse language exclamation essential