shingle

• Nom anglais désignant soit une fine plaque de matériau utilisée pour la couverture ou le revêtement des murs, soit un gros gravier arrondi par l'eau que l'on trouve sur les plages, soit une petite enseigne indiquant un cabinet professionnel comme celui d'un médecin ou d'un avocat.

A noun with multiple meanings: a thin piece of building material used for roofing or siding; coarse, waterworn gravel found on beaches; or a small signboard indicating a professional office, such as a doctor's or lawyer's.

1. Roofing or siding materialB1formal

   A thin, flat piece of wood, slate, or other material used to cover roofs or walls in overlapping rows.

   bardeau

   • The old wooden shingles were replaced with modern asphalt ones.
   • A strong wind tore several shingles off the roof.
   • The house has beautiful cedar shingles on its exterior walls.

   Synonymesshakeslatetile

2. Beach gravelB2formalbritish

   Small, smooth, water-worn stones and pebbles found on a beach, or a stretch of shore covered with such material.

   Galets de plage

   • The beach was covered in fine shingle, not sand.
   • We walked along the shingle, listening to the waves.
   • The shingle crunched under our feet as we approached the water.

   Synonymesgravel

3. Professional signboardB2informalamerican

   A small signboard, typically displayed outside the office of a professional such as a doctor or lawyer.

   Plaque professionnelle

   • The lawyer hung out his shingle and started his own practice.
   • She decided to hang her shingle as a therapist in the city center.
   • The old doctor's shingle still hangs above the door.

   Synonymesdoorplatenameplatesignsignboard

• Couvrir un toit ou un mur de plaques rectangulaires qui se chevauchent, généralement en bois, en asphalte ou en ardoise.

A verb meaning to cover a roof or wall with overlapping rectangular tiles, typically made of wood, asphalt, or slate.

1. Cover with shinglesB2formal

   To cover a roof or wall with overlapping rectangular pieces of material, such as wood, slate, or asphalt.

   couvrir de bardeaux

   • The workers shingled the entire roof in two days.
   • They hired a contractor to shingle the new house.
   • He learned how to shingle a roof from his father.