| Formes composées |
| Anglais | Français |
| air bubble n | (pocket of air in a liquid) | bulle d'air nf |
| That little pump creates hundreds of air bubbles in the aquarium. |
| Cette petite pompe crée des centaines de bulles d'air dans l'aquarium. |
| bubble and squeak n | UK (vegetable dish) | plat à base de purée de pommes de terre et de choux nm |
| Bubble and squeak originated as a way to use up leftover cabbage and potatoes. |
| bubble bath n | (liquid soap: for bath) (produit) | bain moussant nm |
| Susan poured some rose-scented bubble bath into the running water. |
| bubble bath n | (bath: with soap bubbles) | bain moussant nm |
| I take a bubble bath after exercising in order to relax my muscles. |
| Je prends un bain moussant après avoir fait du sport pour détendre les muscles. |
| bubble car n | (small 1950s car) (figuré : petite voiture) | pot de yaourt nm |
| micro-citadine nf |
| véhicule urbain compact nm |
| bubble chamber | (physics) (Physique : espace) | chambre à bulles nf |
| bubble-gum adj | figurative, informal (sweet, insubstantial) (familier, péjoratif) | cucul adj |
| bubble gum n | (confectionery) (anglicisme) | chewing-gum nm |
| (anglicisme, vieilli) | bubble gum nm |
| (Can, familier) | gomme balloune nf |
| Note: hyphen used when term is an adj |
| You've got some bubble gum stuck to the sole of your shoe. |
| Tu as du chewing-gum sous ta chaussure. |
| bubble memory n | (computing: data storage method) (Informatique) | mémoire à bulles nf |
| bubble pack n | (protective padding) | papier bulle nm |
| bubble tea n | (drink containing tapioca) | thé aux perles nm |
| bubble up vi + adv | (move up in bubbles) | faire des bulles loc v |
| bubble up vi + adv | figurative (feelings, ideas: surface) | faire surface loc v |
| (colère) | monter⇒ vi |
| Annie felt her irritation bubbling up as yet another customer pushed to the front of the queue. |
| bubble wrap | (protective padding) | papier bulle, papier à bulles, film à bulles nm |
| soap bubble n | (bubble of soap suds) | bulle de savon nf |
| soap bubble n | figurative ([sth] not permanent) | éphémère adj |
| speech bubble n | (cartoon: spoken text in a balloon) (BD) | bulle nf |
| (jargon) | phylactère nm |
| "Great snakes!" said the speech bubble above Tintin's head. |
spirit level,
bubble level n | (device for determining a horizontal) | niveau, niveau à bulle nm |
| Amène-moi le niveau, j'aimerais voir si l'étagère est droite. |
| support bubble n | (group in contact during pandemic) (Royaume-Uni, pandémie) | groupe que l'on peut voir, groupe avec lequel on peut se réunir/rassembler nm |
tennis bubble,
tennis air dome n | (inflated dome over tennis courts) (pour le tennis) | bulle nm |
| dôme, dôme gonflable nm |
| thought bubble n | (comic: balloon showing thoughts) (BD) | bulle de pensée nf |
| (jargon) | phylactère nm |
| Les bulles de pensées sont généralement dessinées en forme de petits nuages. |
travel bubble,
travel corridor n | (countries allowing travel between) | traduction non disponible |
| During the pandemic, citizens can travel to other countries that are in their bubble without having to quarantine. |
