nu

→ Russian: ню (nju)

→ Ukrainian: ню (nju)

Inherited from Old French nu, from Latin nūdus, from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós.


cliché

→ Catalan: clixé

→ Czech: klišé

→ Danish: kliché, kliche

→ English: cliché

→ Estonian: klišee

→ Finnish: klisee

→ Galician: clixé

→ German: Klischee

→ Hungarian: klisé

→ Icelandic: klisja

→ Macedonian: клише́ (klišé)

→ Persian: کلیشه (kliše)

→ Portuguese: clichê

→ Russian: клише́ (klišé)

→ Serbo-Croatian: klìšē/клѝше̄

→ Slovak: klišé

→ Slovene: kliše

→ Spanish: cliché

→ Turkish: klişe

Past participle of clicher (“to stereotype, (originally) to copy”, literally “to click, clink”), from Middle French clicher, from Old French cliquer (“to click, clack, sound, resound”), of Germanic origin, related to Dutch klikken (“to click, rattle”), Low German klikken (“to click”), German klicken (“to click”), Danish klikke (“to click”), Swedish klicka (“to click”). Probably onomatopoeic, and probably influenced by Middle High German klitsch (“soft, pulpy mass”), from the old technique of creating a printing plate. More at click.


collage

→ Dutch: collage

→ English: collage

→ Italian: collage

→ Russian: колла́ж (kolláž) (see there for further descendants)

→ Turkish: kolaj


roman

fr-adj

roman (feminine romane, masculine plural romans, feminine plural romanes)

romane (feminine)
romans (masculine plural)
romanes (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin romanusor derived from the French noun below, itself from Old French romanz (“common language”).


tagger

tagger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
taggant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
taggé (participle past)
tagge (first-person indicative present singular)
tagges (indicative present second-person singular)
tagge (indicative present singular third-person)
taggons (first-person indicative plural present)
taggez (indicative plural present second-person)
taggent (indicative plural present third-person)
taggais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
taggais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
taggait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
taggions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
taggiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
taggaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
taggai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
taggas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
tagga (historic indicative past singular third-person)
taggâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
taggâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
taggèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
taggerai (first-person future indicative singular)
taggeras (future indicative second-person singular)
taggera (future indicative singular third-person)
taggerons (first-person future indicative plural)
taggerez (future indicative plural second-person)
taggeront (future indicative plural third-person)
taggerais (conditional first-person singular)
taggerais (conditional second-person singular)
taggerait (conditional singular third-person)
taggerions (conditional first-person plural)
taggeriez (conditional plural second-person)
taggeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
tagge (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tagges (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tagge (present singular subjunctive third-person)
taggions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
taggiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
taggent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
taggasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
taggasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
taggât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
taggassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
taggassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
taggassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tagge (imperative second-person singular)
taggons (first-person imperative plural)
taggez (imperative plural second-person)


style

→ Czech: styl

→ Italian: stile

→ Polish: styl

→ Romanian: stil

→ Serbo-Croatian: stȉl

→ Turkish: stil

Inherited from Middle French stile, from Old French estile, borrowed from Latin stilus.

(art) style; method characteristic of an artist; artistic manner or characteristic by which an artistic movement may be defined


cuvette

→ English: cuvette

→ German: Küvette

→ Portuguese: cuvete

→ Romanian: chiuvetă

→ Turkish: küvet


plaque

From Middle Dutch placken (“to patch, beat metal into a thin plate”), from placke (“disk, patch, stain”), from *Old Dutch plagga (“patch”), from Proto-Germanic *plaggą (“patch”).


roulette

→ Catalan: ruleta

→ Czech: ruleta

→ Danish: roulette, roulet

→ English: roulette

→ Galician: ruleta

→ German: Roulette (see there for further descendants)

→ Italian: roulette

→ Japanese: ルーレット

→ Norwegian Bokmål: rulett

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: rulett

→ Portuguese: roleta

→ Spanish: ruleta

→ Swedish: roulett

→ Thai: รูเล็ตต์ (ruu-lèt)


diabolo

→ Portuguese: diabolô


moiré

fr-adj

moiré (feminine moirée, masculine plural moirés, feminine plural moirées)

moirée (feminine)
moirés (masculine plural)
moirées (feminine plural)

(design, textiles) moiré, watered (effect)


abacule

Learned borrowing from Latin abaculus, a diminutive of abacus (“panel”).

(art and architecture) a mosaic tessera; tessella; abaculus


pastel

→ English: pastel

→ Danish: pastel

→ Dutch: pastel

→ Indonesian: pastel

→ Romanian: pastel

From Italian pastello (“pastel”), from Medieval Latin pastellum (“dough, paste”), from Latin pasta (“dough, paste”), ultimately from Ancient Greek πάστη (pástē, “dough, paste”). Doublet of pastille.


bois

fr-noun

bois m (countable and uncountable, plural bois)

Inherited from Middle French bois, boys, boiz, from Old French bosc, bois, from Late Latin boscus or Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush, thicket”). Compare Italian bosco, Spanish bosque, Portuguese bosque, Dutch bos and English bush.

der

croix de bois, croix de fer, si je mens, je vais en enfer


chevalet

(lutherie) bridge (of guitar, violin, etc.)

(rare, crafts) a structure used to keep whatever is being worked on at a certain height; a bench or table


ouïe

Deverbal of ouïr, corresponding to Latin audīta < audītus. Compare Occitan ausida, Catalan oïda, Spanish oído, Portuguese ouvido, Italian udito, Romansch udida, Friulian uldide.


coulisse

→ Catalan: colís

→ Dutch: coulisse

→ English: coulisse

→ German: Kulisse

→ Polish: kulisa

→ Crimean Tatar: kulisa

→ Hungarian: kulissza

→ Spanish: colisa

→ Swedish: kuliss

(music, lutherie, bowmaking) underslide, underslide channel


cuivre

fr-noun

cuivre m (countable and uncountable, plural cuivres)

Inherited from Old French cuivre, quivre, queivre, coivre, from Latin Cyprium, cupreum (aes) (compare cuprum) from Ancient Greek Κῠ́προς (Kúpros, “Cyprus”). It was not uncommon for Greek short ῠ (pronounced in Classical Attic as /y/) to be adapted as Latin short ŭ. This would normally yield Proto-Western-Romance *[o], but a following palatal sound apparently could cause *[o] to be raised to *[u] (or alternatively, the original close quality of Latin short ŭ to be retained) early enough for the sound change of Proto-Western-Romance *[u] > Old French [y] to apply, yielding the now standard form with ⟨ui⟩ (Old French [yj], modern French [ɥi]). Compare truite from Late Latin tructa, puits from Latin puteus, and huis from Latin ōstium. (But ⟨oi⟩ is seen in forms such as rasoir < rasōrium). Compare the development of ēbrius to French ivre (as opposed to *oivre). A competing explanation supposes a sporadic lowering of Latin ŭ to ŏ (yielding *coprium) or of Western Romance *o to *ɔ, since *ɔ was regularly diphthongized to *uɔ before a palatal and the resulting triphthong *uɔi was simplified to Old French ui (compare corium > cuir).


moule

Inherited from Old French modle, an old (11th century) borrowing from Latin modulus (“measure”) (compare Catalan motlle). Doublet of module, a more recent borrowing.

(art, manufacturing) mould (UK), mold (US)


japonaiserie

From japonais + -erie. Compare japonerie.

(art) Japonism, a style in art, or an artistic object, that reflects the influence of Japanese art


cascade

→ Danish: kaskade

→ Dutch: cascade

→ English: cascade

→ German: Kaskade

→ Romanian: cascadă

→ Swedish: kaskad

Borrowed from Italian cascata, from cascare (“to fall”).


garniture

Inherited from Middle French garniture, from Old French garneture, garnesture, from Old French garnir. Compare Anglo-Norman warnesture, warniture, whence Middle English warnestore, warnestoure.

(music, lutherie, bowmaking) lapping, winding


passing

Le passing, ou comment jongler à plusieurs. (www.multiloisirs.com)


âme

Inherited from Middle French ame, amme, from Old French ame, anme, anima, from Latin anima.


dur

fr-adj

dur (feminine dure, masculine plural durs, feminine plural dures)

dure (feminine)
durs (masculine plural)
dures (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old French, from Latin dūrus, from Proto-Indo-European *deru-, *drew- (“hard, fast”).

c’est quand le jeu devient dur que les durs commencent à jouer


étude

→ Danish: etude

→ Dutch: etude

→ English: etude

→ Polish: etiuda

desctree

→ Russian: этю́д (etjúd)
→ Kazakh: этюд (étüd)
→ Uzbek: etyud

→ Turkish: etüt

From Old French estude, borrowed from Latin studium.

(art) study (artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject)


volute

(music, lutherie) scroll (of a musical instrument)


fleuve

Inherited from Middle French fleuve, from late Old French flueve (12th cent.), according to the traditional view, a dissimilated form of fluive, fluie, a re-borrowing of Latin fluvius (“stream”). Alternatively, confluence with Old French fluet, flot ("river, flood"; from Frankish *flōd) and/or borrowing from Old Norse flóð (“tidal flood, estuarine river or flood”) cannot be ruled out. See flot. Replaced native Old French fluns, flum, from Latin flūmen (compare Occitan flume, Romansch flüm, Italian fiume).

gl

"river, flood"; from Frankish <i class="Latn mention" lang="gmw-pro">*flōd</i>

cog

Les îles grandissent peu à peu et s’entourent d’une large ceinture de roches tapissées de mousses noirâtres ou de longs fucus bruns qui pendent à leurs flancs comme les roseaux de marbre dont les sculpteurs du dernier siècle ornaient leurs statues de fleuves.

1842, Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, “L’Archipel de Chausey, souvenirs d’un Naturaliste,”, in Revue des Deux Mondes, volume 30:

The islands gradually grow and are surrounded by a broad belt of rocks carpeted with blackish mosses or long brown seaweed hanging from their sides, like the marble reeds with which last century's sculptors decorated their statues of river gods.

(mythology, art) a river god, or the allegorical artistic representation of a river as an old, bearded man lying on reeds and holding or leaning on an urn from which the river's water flows


applique

→ Bulgarian: аплик (aplik)

→ Catalan: aplic

→ German: Applike

→ Greek: απλίκα (aplíka)

→ Spanish: aplique

→ Swedish: applick

→ Turkish: aplik

(art) Any type of decoration applied or mounted to another object.


entre chien et loup

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Calque of Latin inter canem et lupum (“between a dog and a wolf”), because at that time in the day, one can't see the difference. Traditional sentiment, dating to antiquity (found in 2nd century CE texts), in French from the 18th century.

cal

(photography) golden hour (used in same technical sense for “good photographic light at twilight”)


hausse

(music, lutherie, bowmaking) frog (of a bow)


photographier

photographier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
photographiant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
photographié (participle past)
photographie (first-person indicative present singular)
photographies (indicative present second-person singular)
photographie (indicative present singular third-person)
photographions (first-person indicative plural present)
photographiez (indicative plural present second-person)
photographient (indicative plural present third-person)
photographiais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
photographiais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
photographiait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
photographiions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
photographiiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
photographiaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
photographiai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
photographias (historic indicative past second-person singular)
photographia (historic indicative past singular third-person)
photographiâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
photographiâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
photographièrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
photographierai (first-person future indicative singular)
photographieras (future indicative second-person singular)
photographiera (future indicative singular third-person)
photographierons (first-person future indicative plural)
photographierez (future indicative plural second-person)
photographieront (future indicative plural third-person)
photographierais (conditional first-person singular)
photographierais (conditional second-person singular)
photographierait (conditional singular third-person)
photographierions (conditional first-person plural)
photographieriez (conditional plural second-person)
photographieraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
photographie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
photographies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
photographie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
photographiions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
photographiiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
photographient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
photographiasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
photographiasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
photographiât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
photographiassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
photographiassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
photographiassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
photographie (imperative second-person singular)
photographions (first-person imperative plural)
photographiez (imperative plural second-person)


fontaine

Inherited from Middle French fontaine, from Old French fontaine, from Late Latin fontāna, from substantivation of the adjective Latin fontānus, from fons.


danse macabre

fr-noun

danse macabre f (plural danses macabres)


négatif

Le négatif permet d’imprimer une photographie sur une surface papier.

The negative makes it possible to print a photograph on a paper surface.


anneau

Inherited from Middle French anneau, from Old French anel, from Latin ānellus, diminutive of ānus (“ring”). Compare Catalan anell, Italian anello, Portuguese anel, Spanish anillo.


objectif

Borrowed from Latin objectivus. See objet and -if.


diapositive

(photography) slide (used with a projector for projecting images)


sauvegarde

(bookbinding) protection sheet, waste sheet (strip of paper made to protect the endpapers of books during the bookbinding)


avant la lettre

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From a caption added to an engraving to describe the drawing.

épreuve, gravure avant la lettre

Cette estampe a fait l’objet de cinq tirages avant la lettre.

proof before letters
proof before letters

(literally, engraving) before lettering, before letters; proof engraving, proof before letters


mèche

→ Italian: mèche

→ Portuguese: mecha

→ Sicilian: mecciu

→ Turkish: meç

Inherited from Old French mesche, via Late Latin *micca or Vulgar Latin *mysca, alteration of Latin myxa (“sebesten tree”).


chinoiserie

→ English: chinoiserie

→ German: Chinoiserie

From chinois (“Chinese”) + -erie (“having the quality of”).


feuille d'acanthe

fr-noun

feuille d’acanthe f (plural feuilles d’acanthe)

feuille d’ acanthe (canonical feminine)
feuilles d’acanthe (plural)

(art and architecture) an acanthus decorative pattern


retoucher

retoucher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
retouchant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
retouché (participle past)
retouche (first-person indicative present singular)
retouches (indicative present second-person singular)
retouche (indicative present singular third-person)
retouchons (first-person indicative plural present)
retouchez (indicative plural present second-person)
retouchent (indicative plural present third-person)
retouchais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
retouchais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
retouchait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
retouchions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
retouchiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
retouchaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
retouchai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
retouchas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
retoucha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
retouchâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
retouchâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
retouchèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
retoucherai (first-person future indicative singular)
retoucheras (future indicative second-person singular)
retouchera (future indicative singular third-person)
retoucherons (first-person future indicative plural)
retoucherez (future indicative plural second-person)
retoucheront (future indicative plural third-person)
retoucherais (conditional first-person singular)
retoucherais (conditional second-person singular)
retoucherait (conditional singular third-person)
retoucherions (conditional first-person plural)
retoucheriez (conditional plural second-person)
retoucheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
retouche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
retouches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
retouche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
retouchions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
retouchiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
retouchent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
retouchasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
retouchasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
retouchât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
retouchassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
retouchassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
retouchassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
retouche (imperative second-person singular)
retouchons (first-person imperative plural)
retouchez (imperative plural second-person)

→ Albanian: retushoj

→ Danish: retouchere

→ Dutch: retoucheren

desctree

→ German: retuschieren
→ Hungarian: retusál

→ English: retouch

→ Polish: retuszować


passe-partout

→ Danish: passepartout

→ Dutch: passe-partout

→ English: passe-partout

→ German: Passepartout

→ Hungarian: paszpartu

→ Italian: passe-partout

→ Russian: паспарту (paspartu)

→ Georgian: პასპარტუ (ṗasṗarṭu)

→ Spanish: pasaportú

Ce dessin [de Marie Laurencin] est ravissant et extrêmement touchant, faites-lui mettre une petite baguette très étroite et un verre. Il est à nous et c’est un petit chef-d’œuvre. Il ne faut point de passe-partout et que l’encadreur n’en rogne rien, laissant visible tout le blanc.

1915 August 25, Guillaume Apollinaire, Lettres à Madeleine:

The drawing [by Marie Laurencin] is beautiful and extremely moving; have it fitted with a very narrow little frame and a piece of glass. It is ours and it is a small masterpiece. There must be no matte, and the framer must not trim anything, but leave all the empty space visible.

(art, photography) matte (decorative border around a picture)


quille

Inherited from Middle French quille, borrowed from Middle High German kegel, from Old High German kegil, from Proto-West Germanic *kagil (“pile, stake, peg, cone”).


magot

(art) a seated oriental figurine, usually of porcelain or ivory, of a grotesque form


sculpteur

fr-noun

sculpteur m (plural sculpteurs, feminine sculptrice)

sculpteurs (plural)
sculptrice (feminine)

Learned borrowing from Latin sculptor. By surface analysis, sculpter + -eur.


massue

Inherited from Old French massüe, maçüe, earlier maçug(u)e, from Vulgar Latin *matteūca, extended from Vulgar Latin *mattia, *mattea whence masse, vulgarized from Latin mateola. Compare Romanian măciucă and Occitan maçuga.


cadrer

cadrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
cadrant (gerund participle present)
cadrant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
cadré (participle past)
cadré (participle past)
cadre (first-person indicative present singular)
cadre (first-person indicative present singular)
cadres (indicative present second-person singular)
cadres (indicative present second-person singular)
cadre (indicative present singular third-person)
cadre (indicative present singular third-person)
cadrons (first-person indicative plural present)
cadrons (first-person indicative plural present)
cadrez (indicative plural present second-person)
cadrez (indicative plural present second-person)
cadrent (indicative plural present third-person)
cadrent (indicative plural present third-person)
cadrais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cadrais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cadrais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cadrais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cadrait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cadrait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cadrions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cadrions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cadriez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cadriez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cadraient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cadraient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cadrai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
cadrai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
cadras (historic indicative past second-person singular)
cadras (historic indicative past second-person singular)
cadra (historic indicative past singular third-person)
cadra (historic indicative past singular third-person)
cadrâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
cadrâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
cadrâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
cadrâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
cadrèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
cadrèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
cadrerai (first-person future indicative singular)
cadrerai (first-person future indicative singular)
cadreras (future indicative second-person singular)
cadreras (future indicative second-person singular)
cadrera (future indicative singular third-person)
cadrera (future indicative singular third-person)
cadrerons (first-person future indicative plural)
cadrerons (first-person future indicative plural)
cadrerez (future indicative plural second-person)
cadrerez (future indicative plural second-person)
cadreront (future indicative plural third-person)
cadreront (future indicative plural third-person)
cadrerais (conditional first-person singular)
cadrerais (conditional first-person singular)
cadrerais (conditional second-person singular)
cadrerais (conditional second-person singular)
cadrerait (conditional singular third-person)
cadrerait (conditional singular third-person)
cadrerions (conditional first-person plural)
cadrerions (conditional first-person plural)
cadreriez (conditional plural second-person)
cadreriez (conditional plural second-person)
cadreraient (conditional plural third-person)
cadreraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
cadre (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cadre (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cadres (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cadres (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cadre (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cadre (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cadrions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cadrions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cadriez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cadriez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cadrent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cadrent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cadrasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cadrasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cadrasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cadrasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cadrât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cadrât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cadrassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cadrassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cadrassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cadrassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cadrassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cadrassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cadre (imperative second-person singular)
cadre (imperative second-person singular)
cadrons (first-person imperative plural)
cadrons (first-person imperative plural)
cadrez (imperative plural second-person)
cadrez (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Latin quadrāre. By surface analysis, cadre + -er. Doublet of carrer.

(photography) to frame (put into the field of vision)


demi-douche

From English half-shower. demi- + douche.


instantané

→ Turkish: enstantane


stryge

Borrowed from Latin strīga, from strīx, from Ancient Greek στρίξ (stríx). Compare Old French estrie, which was the inherited form.


réalisme

→ Turkish: realizm


esquisse

→ Portuguese: esquisso


après la lettre

Literally, “after the letter”, a caption added to an engraving to describe the drawing.

Je suis déçu de cette vente aux enchères, je n’ai pu acquérir que des estampes après la lettre.

I'm disappointed in this auction; I was only able to get lettered prints.

(engraving) lettered. "Épreuve, gravure après la lettre": a print made after the caption is added (lettered proof)


avec la lettre

Literally, “with the letter”, a caption added to an engraving to describe the drawing.

(engraving) Synonym of après la lettre (lettered)


grisé

Un grisé peut évoquer un temps ou air sombre.

A gray shading can evoke a gloomy weather or mood.

(art) grayish shade given to a work of art


estompe

→ German: Estompe m

(art, drawing) stump (artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper)


fêle

Inherited from Latin fistula. Doublet of fistule.


zoomer

zoomer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
zoomant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
zoomé (participle past)
zoome (first-person indicative present singular)
zoomes (indicative present second-person singular)
zoome (indicative present singular third-person)
zoomons (first-person indicative plural present)
zoomez (indicative plural present second-person)
zooment (indicative plural present third-person)
zoomais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
zoomais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
zoomait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
zoomions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
zoomiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
zoomaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
zoomai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
zoomas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
zooma (historic indicative past singular third-person)
zoomâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
zoomâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
zoomèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
zoomerai (first-person future indicative singular)
zoomeras (future indicative second-person singular)
zoomera (future indicative singular third-person)
zoomerons (first-person future indicative plural)
zoomerez (future indicative plural second-person)
zoomeront (future indicative plural third-person)
zoomerais (conditional first-person singular)
zoomerais (conditional second-person singular)
zoomerait (conditional singular third-person)
zoomerions (conditional first-person plural)
zoomeriez (conditional plural second-person)
zoomeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
zoome (first-person present singular subjunctive)
zoomes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
zoome (present singular subjunctive third-person)
zoomions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
zoomiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
zooment (plural present subjunctive third-person)
zoomasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
zoomasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
zoomât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
zoomassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
zoomassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
zoomassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
zoome (imperative second-person singular)
zoomons (first-person imperative plural)
zoomez (imperative plural second-person)

(cinematography, photography) to zoom, to zoom in


daguerréotype

Named after the inventor, Jacques Daguerre

(photography) daguerreotype (type of photograph)

(photography) daguerreotypy (method of producing these photographs)


poncer

poncer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
ponçant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
poncé (participle past)
ponce (first-person indicative present singular)
ponces (indicative present second-person singular)
ponce (indicative present singular third-person)
ponçons (first-person indicative plural present)
poncez (indicative plural present second-person)
poncent (indicative plural present third-person)
ponçais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ponçais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
ponçait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
poncions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
ponciez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
ponçaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
ponçai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ponças (historic indicative past second-person singular)
ponça (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ponçâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
ponçâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
poncèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
poncerai (first-person future indicative singular)
ponceras (future indicative second-person singular)
poncera (future indicative singular third-person)
poncerons (first-person future indicative plural)
poncerez (future indicative plural second-person)
ponceront (future indicative plural third-person)
poncerais (conditional first-person singular)
poncerais (conditional second-person singular)
poncerait (conditional singular third-person)
poncerions (conditional first-person plural)
ponceriez (conditional plural second-person)
ponceraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
ponce (first-person present singular subjunctive)
ponces (present second-person singular subjunctive)
ponce (present singular subjunctive third-person)
poncions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
ponciez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
poncent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
ponçasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ponçasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
ponçât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ponçassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
ponçassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
ponçassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
ponce (imperative second-person singular)
ponçons (first-person imperative plural)
poncez (imperative plural second-person)

→ German: pausen


clair-obscur

→ Dutch: clair-obscur


tacheter

tacheter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
tachetant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
tacheté (participle past)
tachète (first-person indicative present singular)
tachètes (indicative present second-person singular)
tachète (indicative present singular third-person)
tachetons (first-person indicative plural present)
tachetez (indicative plural present second-person)
tachètent (indicative plural present third-person)
tachetais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
tachetais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
tachetait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
tachetions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
tachetiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
tachetaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tachetai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
tachetas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
tacheta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
tachetâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
tachetâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
tachetèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
tachèterai (first-person future indicative singular)
tachèterai (first-person future indicative singular)
tachèteras (future indicative second-person singular)
tachèteras (future indicative second-person singular)
tachètera (future indicative singular third-person)
tachètera (future indicative singular third-person)
tachèterons (first-person future indicative plural)
tachèterons (first-person future indicative plural)
tachèterez (future indicative plural second-person)
tachèterez (future indicative plural second-person)
tachèteront (future indicative plural third-person)
tachèteront (future indicative plural third-person)
tachèterais (conditional first-person singular)
tachèterais (conditional first-person singular)
tachèterais (conditional second-person singular)
tachèterais (conditional second-person singular)
tachèterait (conditional singular third-person)
tachèterait (conditional singular third-person)
tachèterions (conditional first-person plural)
tachèterions (conditional first-person plural)
tachèteriez (conditional plural second-person)
tachèteriez (conditional plural second-person)
tachèteraient (conditional plural third-person)
tachèteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
tachète (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tachètes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tachète (present singular subjunctive third-person)
tachetions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
tachetiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
tachètent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
tachetasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tachetasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tachetât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tachetassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tachetassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tachetassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tachète (imperative second-person singular)
tachetons (first-person imperative plural)
tachetez (imperative plural second-person)


intimisme

(art) intimism (a genre involving depiction of quiet domestic scenes)


fauve

Inherited from Middle French fauve, from Old French falve, from Late Latin falvus, a borrowing from Frankish *falu, *falw- (compare Dutch vaal, English fallow and German falb), from Proto-Germanic *falwaz (“pale, grey”). The adjectival sense of "savage, fierce" comes from the noun sense "wild animal," which is in turn a shortening of bête au pelage fauve (“animal with tawny fur”).


xylographie

(art, printing) xylography, woodblock printing


photogénique

(photography) photogenic (looking good when photographed)


argentique

film argentique


distance focale

distance focale f (plural distances focales)


vitesse d'obturation

vitesse d’obturation f (plural vitesses d’obturation)

vitesse d’ obturation (canonical feminine)
vitesses d’obturation (plural)


diaphragmer

diaphragmer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
diaphragmant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
diaphragmé (participle past)
diaphragme (first-person indicative present singular)
diaphragmes (indicative present second-person singular)
diaphragme (indicative present singular third-person)
diaphragmons (first-person indicative plural present)
diaphragmez (indicative plural present second-person)
diaphragment (indicative plural present third-person)
diaphragmais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
diaphragmais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
diaphragmait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
diaphragmions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
diaphragmiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
diaphragmaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
diaphragmai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
diaphragmas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
diaphragma (historic indicative past singular third-person)
diaphragmâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
diaphragmâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
diaphragmèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
diaphragmerai (first-person future indicative singular)
diaphragmeras (future indicative second-person singular)
diaphragmera (future indicative singular third-person)
diaphragmerons (first-person future indicative plural)
diaphragmerez (future indicative plural second-person)
diaphragmeront (future indicative plural third-person)
diaphragmerais (conditional first-person singular)
diaphragmerais (conditional second-person singular)
diaphragmerait (conditional singular third-person)
diaphragmerions (conditional first-person plural)
diaphragmeriez (conditional plural second-person)
diaphragmeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
diaphragme (first-person present singular subjunctive)
diaphragmes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
diaphragme (present singular subjunctive third-person)
diaphragmions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
diaphragmiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
diaphragment (plural present subjunctive third-person)
diaphragmasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
diaphragmasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
diaphragmât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
diaphragmassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
diaphragmassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
diaphragmassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
diaphragme (imperative second-person singular)
diaphragmons (first-person imperative plural)
diaphragmez (imperative plural second-person)


chronophotographie

chronophotographie f (plural chronophotographies)


photomicrographie

photomicrographie f (plural photomicrographies)


photomacrographie

photomacrographie f (plural photomacrographies)


surexposer

surexposer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
surexposant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
surexposé (participle past)
surexpose (first-person indicative present singular)
surexposes (indicative present second-person singular)
surexpose (indicative present singular third-person)
surexposons (first-person indicative plural present)
surexposez (indicative plural present second-person)
surexposent (indicative plural present third-person)
surexposais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
surexposais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
surexposait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
surexposions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
surexposiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
surexposaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
surexposai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
surexposas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
surexposa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
surexposâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
surexposâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
surexposèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
surexposerai (first-person future indicative singular)
surexposeras (future indicative second-person singular)
surexposera (future indicative singular third-person)
surexposerons (first-person future indicative plural)
surexposerez (future indicative plural second-person)
surexposeront (future indicative plural third-person)
surexposerais (conditional first-person singular)
surexposerais (conditional second-person singular)
surexposerait (conditional singular third-person)
surexposerions (conditional first-person plural)
surexposeriez (conditional plural second-person)
surexposeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
surexpose (first-person present singular subjunctive)
surexposes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
surexpose (present singular subjunctive third-person)
surexposions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
surexposiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
surexposent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
surexposasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
surexposasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
surexposât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
surexposassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
surexposassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
surexposassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
surexpose (imperative second-person singular)
surexposons (first-person imperative plural)
surexposez (imperative plural second-person)


sans artifice

(art, literature) naturally, unpretentiously


recadrer

recadrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
recadrant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
recadré (participle past)
recadre (first-person indicative present singular)
recadres (indicative present second-person singular)
recadre (indicative present singular third-person)
recadrons (first-person indicative plural present)
recadrez (indicative plural present second-person)
recadrent (indicative plural present third-person)
recadrais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
recadrais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
recadrait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
recadrions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
recadriez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
recadraient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
recadrai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
recadras (historic indicative past second-person singular)
recadra (historic indicative past singular third-person)
recadrâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
recadrâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
recadrèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
recadrerai (first-person future indicative singular)
recadreras (future indicative second-person singular)
recadrera (future indicative singular third-person)
recadrerons (first-person future indicative plural)
recadrerez (future indicative plural second-person)
recadreront (future indicative plural third-person)
recadrerais (conditional first-person singular)
recadrerais (conditional second-person singular)
recadrerait (conditional singular third-person)
recadrerions (conditional first-person plural)
recadreriez (conditional plural second-person)
recadreraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
recadre (first-person present singular subjunctive)
recadres (present second-person singular subjunctive)
recadre (present singular subjunctive third-person)
recadrions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
recadriez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
recadrent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
recadrasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
recadrasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
recadrât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
recadrassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
recadrassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
recadrassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
recadre (imperative second-person singular)
recadrons (first-person imperative plural)
recadrez (imperative plural second-person)


iconique

Borrowed from Latin iconicus, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek εἰκονικός (eikonikós). Morphologically, from icône + -ique.

(art) iconic (as related to iconography)


daguerréotyper

daguerréotyper (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
daguerréotypant (gerund participle present)
daguerréotypant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
daguerréotypé (participle past)
daguerréotypé (participle past)
daguerréotype (first-person indicative present singular)
daguerréotype (first-person indicative present singular)
daguerréotypes (indicative present second-person singular)
daguerréotypes (indicative present second-person singular)
daguerréotype (indicative present singular third-person)
daguerréotype (indicative present singular third-person)
daguerréotypons (first-person indicative plural present)
daguerréotypons (first-person indicative plural present)
daguerréotypez (indicative plural present second-person)
daguerréotypez (indicative plural present second-person)
daguerréotypent (indicative plural present third-person)
daguerréotypent (indicative plural present third-person)
daguerréotypais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
daguerréotypais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
daguerréotypais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
daguerréotypais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
daguerréotypait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
daguerréotypait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
daguerréotypions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
daguerréotypions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
daguerréotypiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
daguerréotypiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
daguerréotypaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
daguerréotypaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
daguerréotypai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
daguerréotypai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
daguerréotypas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
daguerréotypas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
daguerréotypa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
daguerréotypa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
daguerréotypâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
daguerréotypâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
daguerréotypâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
daguerréotypâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
daguerréotypèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
daguerréotypèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
daguerréotyperai (first-person future indicative singular)
daguerréotyperai (first-person future indicative singular)
daguerréotyperas (future indicative second-person singular)
daguerréotyperas (future indicative second-person singular)
daguerréotypera (future indicative singular third-person)
daguerréotypera (future indicative singular third-person)
daguerréotyperons (first-person future indicative plural)
daguerréotyperons (first-person future indicative plural)
daguerréotyperez (future indicative plural second-person)
daguerréotyperez (future indicative plural second-person)
daguerréotyperont (future indicative plural third-person)
daguerréotyperont (future indicative plural third-person)
daguerréotyperais (conditional first-person singular)
daguerréotyperais (conditional first-person singular)
daguerréotyperais (conditional second-person singular)
daguerréotyperais (conditional second-person singular)
daguerréotyperait (conditional singular third-person)
daguerréotyperait (conditional singular third-person)
daguerréotyperions (conditional first-person plural)
daguerréotyperions (conditional first-person plural)
daguerréotyperiez (conditional plural second-person)
daguerréotyperiez (conditional plural second-person)
daguerréotyperaient (conditional plural third-person)
daguerréotyperaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
daguerréotype (first-person present singular subjunctive)
daguerréotype (first-person present singular subjunctive)
daguerréotypes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
daguerréotypes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
daguerréotype (present singular subjunctive third-person)
daguerréotype (present singular subjunctive third-person)
daguerréotypions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
daguerréotypions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
daguerréotypiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
daguerréotypiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
daguerréotypent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
daguerréotypent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
daguerréotypasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
daguerréotypasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
daguerréotypasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
daguerréotypasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
daguerréotypât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
daguerréotypât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
daguerréotypassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
daguerréotypassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
daguerréotypassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
daguerréotypassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
daguerréotypassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
daguerréotypassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
daguerréotype (imperative second-person singular)
daguerréotype (imperative second-person singular)
daguerréotypons (first-person imperative plural)
daguerréotypons (first-person imperative plural)
daguerréotypez (imperative plural second-person)
daguerréotypez (imperative plural second-person)


surexposé

fr-adj

surexposé (feminine surexposée, masculine plural surexposés, feminine plural surexposées)

surexposée (feminine)
surexposés (masculine plural)
surexposées (feminine plural)


Cène

From Middle French and Old French cene, an ecclesiastical borrowing from Latin cēna, from Proto-Italic *kert(e)snā, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-sna, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker-.


diptyque

→ Dutch: diptiek

From Late Latin diptycha pl, from Ancient Greek δίπτυχα (díptukha), neuter plural of δίπτυχος (díptukhos, “folded, doubled”).


expressionnisme

fr-noun

expressionnisme m (plural expressionnismes)


expressionniste

expressionniste m or f by sense (plural expressionnistes)


graphiste

graphiste m or f by sense (plural graphistes)


impressionniste

impressionniste m or f by sense (plural impressionnistes)


moderniste

moderniste m or f by sense (plural modernistes)


camaïeu

Inherited from Middle French kamaheu, from Old French camaü (“precious stone, treasure”), of obscure origin. Compare Medieval Latin camaeus (probably of confluence with the older forms) also of unknown origin, and English cameo.

unk

obscure


photoreporter

fr-noun

photoreporter m or f by sense (plural photoreporters)


photoreportage

photoreportage m (plural photoreportages)


postmodernisme

postmodernisme m (plural postmodernismes)

From postmoderne + -isme or from post- + modernisme.


astrophotographie

astrophotographie f (plural astrophotographies)


photogrammétrie

photogrammétrie f (plural photogrammétries)


en creux

Coordinate term: en relief

une gravure en creux

(engraving) counter-relief, hollow, in intaglio, en creux


flache

From Latin flaccus. Originally a feminine form corresponding to a masculine flac. Doublet of flaque and flasque.


24 x 36

Il préférait ne pas se trouver mêlé à la foule des citadins en short et chapeau de paille qui, dans un instant, arpenterait les trottoirs, 24 x 36 rivé à l’œil, glapissant d’excitation...

1981, Serge Brussolo, “Visite guidée”, in Trajets et itinéraires de la mémoire, Folio SF, published 2013, →ISBN, page 438:

He preferred not to find himself mingling with the crowd of city dwellers in shorts and straw hats who would soon be strolling the sidewalks, 35mm's glued to their eyes, yelping with excitement...


marchand de sable

marchand de sable m (plural marchands de sable)

Le marchand de sable est passé.


plan rapproché

plan rapproché m (plural plans rapprochés)


polychromer

polychromer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
polychromant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
polychromé (participle past)
polychrome (first-person indicative present singular)
polychromes (indicative present second-person singular)
polychrome (indicative present singular third-person)
polychromons (first-person indicative plural present)
polychromez (indicative plural present second-person)
polychroment (indicative plural present third-person)
polychromais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
polychromais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
polychromait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
polychromions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
polychromiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
polychromaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
polychromai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
polychromas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
polychroma (historic indicative past singular third-person)
polychromâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
polychromâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
polychromèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
polychromerai (first-person future indicative singular)
polychromeras (future indicative second-person singular)
polychromera (future indicative singular third-person)
polychromerons (first-person future indicative plural)
polychromerez (future indicative plural second-person)
polychromeront (future indicative plural third-person)
polychromerais (conditional first-person singular)
polychromerais (conditional second-person singular)
polychromerait (conditional singular third-person)
polychromerions (conditional first-person plural)
polychromeriez (conditional plural second-person)
polychromeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
polychrome (first-person present singular subjunctive)
polychromes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
polychrome (present singular subjunctive third-person)
polychromions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
polychromiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
polychroment (plural present subjunctive third-person)
polychromasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
polychromasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
polychromât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
polychromassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
polychromassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
polychromassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
polychrome (imperative second-person singular)
polychromons (first-person imperative plural)
polychromez (imperative plural second-person)

(art) to paint (especially a statue) in many colours


décadentisme

→ Polish: dekadentyzm

desc

декаденти́зм

→ Ukrainian: декаденти́зм (dekadentýzm)

(art, literature) decadentism, decadent movement


retoucheur

fr-noun

retoucheur m (plural retoucheurs, feminine retoucheuse)

retoucheurs (plural)
retoucheuse (feminine)


amassette

(art) palette knife (used in mixing paint)


appui-main

appui-main m (plural appuis-main or appui-mains)

appuis-main (plural)
appui-mains (plural)

From appuyer (“to support”) + main (“hand”).


bambochade

(art) bambocciante (painter or painting)


matage

(art) matting (surface roughening, e.g. by etching or frosting)


astrophotographe

astrophotographe m or f by sense (plural astrophotographes)


daguerréotypie

daguerréotypie f (plural daguerréotypies)

→ Danish: daguerreotypi


aquarellé

fr-adj

aquarellé (feminine aquarellée, masculine plural aquarellés, feminine plural aquarellées)

aquarellée (feminine)
aquarellés (masculine plural)
aquarellées (feminine plural)


aquareller

aquareller (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
aquarellant (gerund participle present)
aquarellant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
aquarellé (participle past)
aquarellé (participle past)
aquarelle (first-person indicative present singular)
aquarelles (indicative present second-person singular)
aquarelle (indicative present singular third-person)
aquarellons (first-person indicative plural present)
aquarellons (first-person indicative plural present)
aquarellez (indicative plural present second-person)
aquarellez (indicative plural present second-person)
aquarellent (indicative plural present third-person)
aquarellais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
aquarellais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
aquarellais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
aquarellais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
aquarellait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
aquarellait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
aquarellions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
aquarellions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
aquarelliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
aquarelliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
aquarellaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
aquarellaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
aquarellai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
aquarellai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
aquarellas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
aquarellas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
aquarella (historic indicative past singular third-person)
aquarella (historic indicative past singular third-person)
aquarellâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
aquarellâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
aquarellâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
aquarellâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
aquarellèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
aquarellèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
aquarellerai (first-person future indicative singular)
aquarelleras (future indicative second-person singular)
aquarellera (future indicative singular third-person)
aquarellerons (first-person future indicative plural)
aquarellerez (future indicative plural second-person)
aquarelleront (future indicative plural third-person)
aquarellerais (conditional first-person singular)
aquarellerais (conditional second-person singular)
aquarellerait (conditional singular third-person)
aquarellerions (conditional first-person plural)
aquarellerions (conditional first-person plural)
aquarelleriez (conditional plural second-person)
aquarelleriez (conditional plural second-person)
aquarelleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
aquarelle (first-person present singular subjunctive)
aquarelles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
aquarelle (present singular subjunctive third-person)
aquarellions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
aquarellions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
aquarelliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
aquarelliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
aquarellent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
aquarellasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
aquarellasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
aquarellasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
aquarellasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
aquarellât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
aquarellât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
aquarellassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
aquarellassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
aquarellassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
aquarellassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
aquarellassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
aquarellassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
aquarelle (imperative second-person singular)
aquarellons (first-person imperative plural)
aquarellons (first-person imperative plural)
aquarellez (imperative plural second-person)
aquarellez (imperative plural second-person)


gouacher

gouacher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
gouachant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
gouaché (participle past)
gouache (first-person indicative present singular)
gouaches (indicative present second-person singular)
gouache (indicative present singular third-person)
gouachons (first-person indicative plural present)
gouachez (indicative plural present second-person)
gouachent (indicative plural present third-person)
gouachais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
gouachais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
gouachait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
gouachions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
gouachiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
gouachaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
gouachai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
gouachas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
gouacha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
gouachâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
gouachâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
gouachèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
gouacherai (first-person future indicative singular)
gouacheras (future indicative second-person singular)
gouachera (future indicative singular third-person)
gouacherons (first-person future indicative plural)
gouacherez (future indicative plural second-person)
gouacheront (future indicative plural third-person)
gouacherais (conditional first-person singular)
gouacherais (conditional second-person singular)
gouacherait (conditional singular third-person)
gouacherions (conditional first-person plural)
gouacheriez (conditional plural second-person)
gouacheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
gouache (first-person present singular subjunctive)
gouaches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
gouache (present singular subjunctive third-person)
gouachions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
gouachiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
gouachent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
gouachasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
gouachasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
gouachât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
gouachassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
gouachassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
gouachassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
gouache (imperative second-person singular)
gouachons (first-person imperative plural)
gouachez (imperative plural second-person)


grylle

(art, historical) gryllos (ancient and medieval caricature with human face)


vergeure

(papermaking) Brass wire attached to laid paper


chambre noire

fr-noun

chambre noire f (plural chambres noires)


outrenoir

(art) an artistic style involving endless depth of blackness, created by playing with the light reflected off the texture of the paint, and associated with the works of Pierre Soulages


cendrer

cendrer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
cendrant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
cendré (participle past)
cendre (first-person indicative present singular)
cendres (indicative present second-person singular)
cendre (indicative present singular third-person)
cendrons (first-person indicative plural present)
cendrez (indicative plural present second-person)
cendrent (indicative plural present third-person)
cendrais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cendrais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cendrait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cendrions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cendriez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cendraient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cendrai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
cendras (historic indicative past second-person singular)
cendra (historic indicative past singular third-person)
cendrâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
cendrâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
cendrèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
cendrerai (first-person future indicative singular)
cendreras (future indicative second-person singular)
cendrera (future indicative singular third-person)
cendrerons (first-person future indicative plural)
cendrerez (future indicative plural second-person)
cendreront (future indicative plural third-person)
cendrerais (conditional first-person singular)
cendrerais (conditional second-person singular)
cendrerait (conditional singular third-person)
cendrerions (conditional first-person plural)
cendreriez (conditional plural second-person)
cendreraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
cendre (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cendres (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cendre (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cendrions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cendriez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cendrent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cendrasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cendrasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cendrât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cendrassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cendrassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cendrassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cendre (imperative second-person singular)
cendrons (first-person imperative plural)
cendrez (imperative plural second-person)


photogramme

(film, photography) still, frame (individual photograph of a motion picture)


iconostase

(Christianity, art) iconostasis (a wall of religious icons)


reméchage

«Lors d’un reméchage à New York, le luthier se permit, sans consulter le violoniste, de retoucher la cambrure de la baguette qu’il ne jugeait pas correcte. […]. »

1996, Laurence Winthrop, Michel Winthrop, Arthur Grumiaux : gloire de l’école belge du violon, page 134:

During one rehair in New York the luthier even adjusted the camber of the stick, which he judged to be incorrect, without prior consultation with the violinist.


pointe aux âmes

pointe aux âmes f (plural pointes aux âmes)

Pour l’introduire par une des ouïes du violon on utilise un outil spécial et assez curieux appelé la pointe aux âmes.

1953, Stéphane Errard, “Chez les luthiers de Mirecourt”, in Le Pays Lorrain: revue trimestrielle illustrée, volume 11, number 2, Nancy: Berger-Levrault, page 51:

Prenant alors la pointe aux ames, vous enfoncez son côté pointu dans l’ame[…]

1834, J.-C. Maugin, Manuel du Luthier^(http://imslp.org/wiki/Manuel_du_Luthier_(Maugin%2C_J.-C.)), Paris: à la Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Rue Hautefeuille, n° 10 bis., page 93:

Le placement de l’âme à l’intérieur de l’instrument se fait alors que celui-ci est terminé, en utilisant une pointe aux âmes.

2011, Joël Guy, La rivière coule vers sa source, Paris: Mon Petit Éditeur, →ISBN, page 122:

(music, lutherie) soundpost setter, soundpost setting tool


lupeux

From Latin lupus (whence French loup (“wolf”)) + -eux.

suf

whence French <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">loup</i> (“wolf”)

Ah bien, oui, dit l’autre, un bel oiseau ! C’est le lupeux I Ça commence par rire ; ça vous tire de votre chemin, ça vous emmène, et puis ça se fâche et ça vous noie dans les fondrières.

1869, George Sand, Promenades autour d'un village, page 224:

En Wallonie, une sorcière se changeait en souris pour pénétrer dans les armoires. Les lutins ou les personnages apparentés empruntent assez rarement la figure d’animaux sauvages : en Normandie, les lutins sous celle de loups cherchaient à entrer dans les cimetières. Dans le Centre, le lupeux qui attirait les voyageurs dans les fondrières avait une tête de loup et une voix humaine.

1906, Paul Sébillot, Le Folklore de France, page 57:

(folklore, regional) a malicious imp of boglands, trying to drown travelers, often with demonic and lycanthropic traits


pointillisme

→ Catalan: puntillisme

→ English: pointillism

→ German: Pointillismus

→ Haitian Creole: pwentilis

→ Spanish: puntillismo


non-figuratif

fr-adj

non-figuratif (feminine non-figurative, masculine plural non-figuratifs, feminine plural non-figuratives)

non-figurative (feminine)
non-figuratifs (masculine plural)
non-figuratives (feminine plural)


emboire

emboire (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
embuvant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
embu (participle past)
embois (first-person indicative present singular)
embois (indicative present second-person singular)
emboit (indicative present singular third-person)
embuvons (first-person indicative plural present)
embuvez (indicative plural present second-person)
emboivent (indicative plural present third-person)
embuvais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
embuvais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
embuvait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
embuvions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
embuviez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
embuvaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
embus (first-person historic indicative past singular)
embus (historic indicative past second-person singular)
embut (historic indicative past singular third-person)
embûmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
embûtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
emburent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
emboirai (first-person future indicative singular)
emboiras (future indicative second-person singular)
emboira (future indicative singular third-person)
emboirons (first-person future indicative plural)
emboirez (future indicative plural second-person)
emboiront (future indicative plural third-person)
emboirais (conditional first-person singular)
emboirais (conditional second-person singular)
emboirait (conditional singular third-person)
emboirions (conditional first-person plural)
emboiriez (conditional plural second-person)
emboiraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
emboive (first-person present singular subjunctive)
emboives (present second-person singular subjunctive)
emboive (present singular subjunctive third-person)
embuvions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
embuviez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
emboivent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
embusse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
embusses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
embût (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
embussions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
embussiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
embussent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
embois (imperative second-person singular)
embuvons (first-person imperative plural)
embuvez (imperative plural second-person)
s'emboire (infinitive)
s'être + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
s’embuvant (gerund participle present)
ayant (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
étant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
embu (participle past)
m’embois (first-person indicative present singular)
t’embois (indicative present second-person singular)
s’emboit (indicative present singular third-person)
nous embuvons (first-person indicative plural present)
vous embuvez (indicative plural present second-person)
s’emboivent (indicative plural present third-person)
m’embuvais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
t’embuvais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
s’embuvait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
nous embuvions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
vous embuviez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
s’embuvaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
m’embus (first-person historic indicative past singular)
t’embus (historic indicative past second-person singular)
s’embut (historic indicative past singular third-person)
nous embûmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
vous embûtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
s’emburent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
m’emboirai (first-person future indicative singular)
t’emboiras (future indicative second-person singular)
s’emboira (future indicative singular third-person)
nous emboirons (first-person future indicative plural)
vous emboirez (future indicative plural second-person)
s’emboiront (future indicative plural third-person)
m’emboirais (conditional first-person singular)
t’emboirais (conditional second-person singular)
s’emboirait (conditional singular third-person)
nous emboirions (conditional first-person plural)
vous emboiriez (conditional plural second-person)
s’emboiraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of s'être + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of s'être + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
m’emboive (first-person present singular subjunctive)
t’emboives (present second-person singular subjunctive)
s’emboive (present singular subjunctive third-person)
nous embuvions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
vous embuviez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
s’emboivent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
m’embusse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
t’embusses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
s’embût (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
nous embussions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
vous embussiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
s’embussent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
embois-toi (imperative second-person singular)
embuvons-nous (first-person imperative plural)
embuvez-vous (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Latin imbibere. Doublet of imbiber, which was borrowed.

(reflexive, art, of a painting) to take a dark colour


profondeur de champ

fr-noun

profondeur de champ f (plural profondeurs de champ)

/pʁɔ.fɔ̃.dœʁ də ʃɑ̃/

(cinematography, photography) depth of field


plan-séquence

plan-séquence m (plural plans-séquences)


plan américain

plan américain m (plural plans américains)

Composed of plan + américain, which refers to the typical shots from American films from the 1910's to 1940's.

(photography, film) a shot in which a character or a group is framed from the mid thigh up


grand-angle

(cinematography, photography) wide-angle lens


photobombeur

photobombeur m (plural photobombeurs, feminine photobombeuse)

photobombeurs (plural)
photobombeuse (feminine)

Borrowed from English photobombing or English photobomber.


pontuseau

(papermaking) a transverse rod (generally copper) which supports vergeures in moulds used to manufacture paper by hand.