derelict
Anglais
Étymologie
- Du latin derelictus, participe passé de derelinquo (« abandonner ») dérivé de relinquere (« laisser, abandonner »), avec le préfixe de-.
Adjectif
| Nature | Forme |
|---|---|
| Positif | derelict \ˈdɛrəlɪkt\ |
| Comparatif | more derelict \ˌmɔɹ ˈdɛrəlɪkt\ ou \ˌmɔː ˈdɛrəlɪkt\ |
| Superlatif | most derelict \ˌmoʊst ˈdɛrəlɪkt\ ou \ˌməʊst ˈdɛrəlɪkt\ |
derelict \ˈdɛrəlɪkt\
- Abandonné, délaissé, à l’abandon.
- There was a derelict ship on the island.
- Délabré, négligé, en ruines.
- Négligent dans l’accomplissement d’une tâche.
Synonymes
Abandonné, délaissé. (1)
Délabré, négligé, en ruines. (2)
Négligeant. (3)
Nom commun
| Singulier | Pluriel |
|---|---|
| derelict \ˈdɛrəlɪkt\ |
derelicts \ˈdɛrəlɪkts\ |
derelict \ˈdɛrəlɪkt\
- Bien abandonné.
- Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay; / It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the "Alice May". / And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum; / Then "Here", said I, with a sudden cry, "is my cre-ma-tor-eum." — (Robert W. Service, The Cremation of Sam McGee, 1907)
- Modèle:partic Modèle:marine Bateau abandonné en mer ; épave.
- There were three of the derelicts. Perhaps they’d been towed in together. The tugboat skippers had probably tried to leave them in a perfect line as a personal conceit. — (Tom Clancy, Without Remorse, 1993.)
- (Vieilli) Paria, clochard ; personne abandonnée ou délaissée.
- A rather pathetic figure, the Lady Frances, a beautiful woman, still in fresh middle age, and yet, by a strange chance, the last derelict of what only twenty years ago was a goodly fleet. — (Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax 1911)
- Personne négligente.
Synonymes
Épave (1a)