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4 picture
picture [ˈpɪkt∫ər]1. nouna. image f ; ( = photograph) photo f ; ( = painting) tableau m ; ( = portrait) portrait m ; ( = drawing) dessin m• a picture of David Hockney ( = portrait) un portrait de David Hockney• to paint/draw a picture faire un tableau/un dessin• OK, I get the picture (inf) ça va, j'ai compris• he is the or a picture of health il respire la santé• his face was a picture! (inf) son expression en disait long !c. ( = film) film m( = imagine) s'imaginer3. compounds* * *['pɪktʃə(r)] 1.1) ( visual depiction) ( painting) peinture f, tableau m; ( drawing) dessin m; ( in book) gen illustration f; ( in child's book) image f; ( in mind) image fto paint a picture of somebody/something — peindre quelqu'un/quelque chose
2) fig ( description) description fto paint a picture of somebody/something — dépeindre quelqu'un/quelque chose
to give ou present a clear picture of something — dépeindre quelque chose avec clarté
3) Photography photo f, photographie f6) Television image f2.pictures (colloq) plural noun3.transitive verb1) ( form mental image of) s'imaginer2) ( show in picture form)the vase (pictured above) is... — le vase (voir photo ci-dessus) est...
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1 ( character portrait) ( by dramatist) représentation f des personnages ; ( by writer) peinture f des personnages ; ( by actor) interprétation f ;2 ( depiction) peinture f. -
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1 [meaning, sense, use of word, truth] littéral ;2 [translation, rendering] mot à mot ;4 (actual, real) véritable (before n) ;5 pej = literal-minded. -
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A n1 ( visual depiction) ( painting) peinture f, tableau m ; ( drawing) dessin m ; ( in book) gen illustration f ; ( in child's book) image f ; ( in mind) image f ; to draw a picture of sb/sth faire un dessin de qn/qch ; to paint a picture of sb/sth peindre qn/qch ; to paint sb's picture faire le portrait de qn ;2 fig ( description) description f, tableau m ; to paint a picture of sb/sth dépeindre qn/qch ; to paint ou draw a gloomy/optimistic picture of sth donner une image sombre/optimiste de qch ; to give ou present a clear/accurate picture of sth dépeindre qch avec clarté/précision ;4 fig ( overview) situation f ; to get the picture comprendre la situation ; to put/keep sb in the picture mettre/tenir qn au courant ; to be in the picture être au courant ;C vtr1 ( form mental image of) s'imaginer, se représenter [person, place, scene] ;2 ( show in picture form) to be pictured être représenté ; the vase (pictured above) is… le vase (voir photo ci-dessus) est…to be the picture of health respirer la santé ; to be the picture of sb être le portrait tout craché de qn ; to look ou be a picture être ravissant ; her face was a picture! son expression en disait long!
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