cosy

cosy
cosy, cozy (US) [ˈkəʊzɪ]
1. adjective
   a. [flat, room] douillet, cosy ; [restaurant] intime et confortable
• to be cosy [person] être bien
• it's cosy in here on est bien ici
   b. [atmosphere, evening, chat, dinner] intime
   c. [arrangement, deal, relationship] commode
2. noun
( = tea cosy) couvre-théière m
3. intransitive verb
• to cosy up to sb (inf!) caresser qn dans le sens du poil (inf)
* * *
GB, cozy US ['kəʊzɪ] adjective
1) (comfortable) [chair, room, atmosphere] douillet/-ette

to feel cosy — [person] être confortablement installé

it's cosy here — on est bien ici

2) (intimate) intime
3) fig [situation, belief] rassurant

English-French dictionary. 2013.

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