piece Signification, définition

Signification de piece en français

• 0 a part of sth larger -- morceau [ masculine ]

  • a piece of cake un morceau de gâteau

  • a piece of the puzzle une pièce du puzzle

  • He broke off a piece and gave it to me. Il en a cassé un morceau et me l’a donné.

  • The glass lay in pieces on the floor. Le verre gisait en morceaux sur le sol.

  • The explosion ripped the cloth to pieces. L’explosion déchira l’étoffe en morceaux.

• 1 one of a large group of things of the same kind -- morceau [ masculine ]

  • a piece of paper/clothing/mail/art/equipment etc. un morceau de papier / un vêtement / courrier / une œuvre d’art / un appareil etc.

• 2 a single example or amount of information or work -- (une unité d’information ou un exemplaire d’une oeuvre)

  • an exciting piece of news/information une information passionnante

  • the first piece of his work we’ve seen la première de ses œuvres que nous avons vue

• 3 a single work of art, music, or literature -- morceau [ masculine ]

  • a piece for violin and piano un morceau pour violon et piano

  • one of the artist’s most beautiful pieces l’un des plus beaux morceaux de l’artiste

• 4 an object used to mark your place in a board game -- pièce [ feminine ]

  • Move your piece two spaces. Déplace ta pièce de deux cases.

• 5 to angrily criticize -- dire à qqn ses quatre vérités

  • I’d like to give her a piece of my mind! J’aimerais lui dire ses quatre vérités!

• 6 not hurt -- sain/saine et sauf/sauve

  • It was a scary flight, but we arrived in one piece. C’était un vol effrayant mais nous sommes arrivés sains et saufs.

• 7 sth that is easy to do -- du gâteau

  • The exam will be a piece of cake for you. Pour toi, l’examen, ce sera du gâteau.

• 8 to bring information together in order to understand everything -- rassembler

  • Police pieced together evidence. La police a rassemblé les preuves.

• 9 a part of anything -- morceau

  • a piece of cake

  • He examined it carefully piece by piece (= each piece separately).

• 10 a single thing or example of something -- morceau, fragment

  • a piece of paper

  • a piece of news.

• 11 a composition in music, writing (an article, short story etc), drama, sculpture etc -- pièce, article

  • He wrote a piece on social reform in the local newspaper.

• 12 a coin of a particular value -- pièce

  • a five-pence piece.

• 13 in chess, draughts/checkers and other games, a small shape made of wood, metal, plastic etc that is moved according to the rules of the game. -- pion