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1 creux
creux, creuse [kʀø, kʀøz]1. adjectivea. [objet, joues, paroles] hollow ; [idées] futileb. ( = sans activité) les jours creux slack days2. masculine nouna. ( = cavité) holeb. ( = dépression) hollowc. ( = activité réduite) slack periodd. [de vague] trough• être au creux de la vague [marché] to have hit rock bottom ; [économie, entreprise] to be in the doldrums* * *
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- euse kʀø, øz adjectif1) ( vide à l'intérieur) [tronc, dent, tube] hollow; [son, voix] hollow; [estomac] empty2) ( concave) [joues, visage] hollowassiette creuse — soup dish ou plate
3) ( vide de sens) [discours] empty; [débat, analyse] shallow4) ( à l'activité réduite) [jour, période] slack, off-peak
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sonner creux — lit to make a hollow sound; fig to ring hollow
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nom masculin invariable1) ( dépression) hollowle creux des reins or du dos — the small of the back
le creux de la vague — lit the trough of the wave
être au creux de la vague — fig to be at rock bottom
2) (colloq) ( petite faim)avoir un (petit) creux — to feel peckish (colloq) GB, to have the munchies (colloq)
3) Arten creux — [fresque, motif] incised
4) ( sur un graphique) trough5) ( ralentissement d'activité) slack period* * *kʀø, kʀøz (-euse)1. adj1) (objet, forme) hollow2) (promesses) empty3) (période) slack2. nm1) (du terrain, dans un objet) hollowau creux de la vague (mouvement, économie, parti, équipe) — at a low ebb
2) (sur graphique) trough3) [activité] off-peak period4) (= faim)3. advsonner creux — to sound hollow, fig, [promesses] to ring hollow
* * *A adj2 ( concave) [joues, visage] hollow; un plat creux a shallow dish; assiette creuse soup dish ou plate;3 ( vide de sens) [discours] empty; [débat, raisonnement, analyse] shallow; c'est un beau gosse mais totalement creux! he's good-looking but he's completely shallow!;4 ( à l'activité réduite) [heure, période] off-peak; pendant la saison creuse during the off-season; août est un mois creux pour les affaires August is a slack month for business; un jour creux a slack day.C nm inv1 ( légère dépression) hollow, dip; les creux et les bosses the hollows and the bumps; le creux d'un arbre/rocher the hollow of a tree/rock; le creux de l'épaule the hollow of one's shoulder; le creux des reins or du dos the small of the back; le creux de l'aisselle the armpit; il l'a frappé au creux de l'estomac he hit him in the pit of the stomach; ça tient dans le creux de la main it fits into the palm of the hand; l'oiseau a mangé/bu dans le creux de ma main the bird ate/drank from my hand; le creux de la vague lit the trough of the wave; être au creux de la vague fig to be at rock bottom; au creux de la vallée in the bottom of the valley;4 ( sur un graphique) trough, dip; la courbe fait un creux there is a trough in the curve;5 ( ralentissement d'activité) slack period; pendant les heures de creux during slack periods.1. [évidé - dent, tronc] hollowj'ai le ventre creux my stomach feels hollow, I feel hungry4. (péjoratif) [inconsistant - discours, phrases] empty, meaningless ; [ - promesses] hollow, empty ; [ - argumentation] weak5. [sans activité]a. [au travail] slack periodsb. [dans une tarification] off-peak periodsa. [pour le commerce] during the slack seasonb. [pour les vacanciers] during the off-peak seasonheures creuses: la communication/le trajet aux heures creuses ne vous coûtera que 5 euros the phone call/journey will cost you only 5 euros off-peak————————nom masculinla route est pleine de creux et de bosses the road is bumpy ou is full of potholes3. [dépression - d'une courbe, d'une vague] trough4. [inactivité] slack periodil y a un creux des ventes en janvier business slows down ou slackens off in January————————adverbesonner creux to give ou to have a hollow sound————————au creux de locution prépositionnelle -
2 gravure
gravure [gʀavyʀ]1. feminine nouna. ( = estampe) engraving2. compounds* * *gʀavyʀ1) ( procédé)2) ( estampe) engraving3) ( reproduction) print•Phrasal Verbs:* * *ɡʀavyʀ nf1) (= technique) engraving2) (= plaque gravée) plate3) (= reproduction) print* * *gravure nf1 ( procédé) la gravure engraving; la gravure sur bois/verre/pierre/cuivre wood/glass/stone/copperplate engraving;3 ( reproduction) print;4 Édition plate;gravure sur bois Art ( en creux) wood engraving; ( en relief) woodcut; gravure en creux intaglio; gravure sur cuivre Art copperplate; gravure à l'eau-forte Art etching; gravure de mode lit fashion plate; c'est une vraie or elle a l'air d'une gravure de mode fig she looks like she's just stepped out of a fashion magazine.[gravyr] nom féminin1. [tracé en creux]a. [procédé] woodcuttingb. [objet] woodcuta. [procédé] copperplatingb. [plaque] copperplatehabillé ou vêtu comme une gravure de mode dressed like a model in a fashion magazine3. [d'un disque] cuttingdisque à gravure universelle ou compatible stereo compatible record -
3 taille-douce
taille-douce, pl tailles-douces nf copperplate engraving; impression en taille-douce copperplate printing.[tajdus] ( pluriel tailles-douces) nom fémininune gravure ou impression en taille-douce an intaglio
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intaglio — in·tagl·io || ɪn tÉ‘Ëlɪəʊ n. carving which has been cut into a surface; process or art of engraving into a hard surface; something decorated with an incised carving (i.e. precious stone) … English contemporary dictionary
