Shapes and Patterns Flashcards
form
la forme
configuration
la configuration
proportion
la proportion
outline
le contour
circumference, perimeter
le pourtour
le périmètre
periphery, outskirts
la périphérie
enclosure
l’enceinte (f )
silhouette
la silhouette
profile
le profil
side, edge, bank
le bord
edge, surround, frame
la bordure
margin
la marge
boundary, limit
la limite
circumference
la circonférence
stroke, line
le trait
alignment, line
l’alignement (m)
lineament, line, outline
le linéament
layout, plan
le tracé
circle
le cercle
slice, round, disk, ring
la rondelle
sphere spherical
la sphère sphérique
orbit
l’orbite (f )
disk
le disque
hoop
le cerceau
spiral
la spirale
meander, twist, turn
le méandre
detour
le détour
undulation
l’ondulation (f )
outline, schema
le schéma
graph
le graphique
circular
circulaire
cone conical
le cône conique
square square (adj)
le carré carré
diameter
le diamètre
radius
le rayon
triangle triangular
le triangle triangulaire
rectangle, oblong rectangular, oblong
le rectangle rectangulaire
pyramid pyramidal
la pyramide pyramidal
cylinder cylindrical
le cylindre cylindrique
arc, arch
l’arc (m)
diagonal
le diagonal
parallel parallel (line)
parallèle le parallèle
irregular,
irrégulier
asymmetrical
asymétrique
formless, shapeless
informe
uneven
inégal
wavy, undulating
ondulé
sinuous, wavy
sinueux
tortuous
tortueux
curved, curving curve, bend curvature
courbe la courbe la courbure
to wring, wind, twist
tordre
twisted, crooked
tordu
round, rounded
arrondi
convex
convexe
concave
concave
curved
incurvé
to bend, form a curve
s’incurver
cross-roads, crossing
la croisée
star
l’étoile (f )
design
le dessin
patterned
à motifs
printed
imprimé
ornament
l’ornement (m)
decoration
la décoration
emblem
l’emblème (m)
embellishment
l’embellissement (m)
stripe striped
la rayure à rayures
stripe, line, band, strip
la bande
line, mark, scratch, stripe
la raie
row
la rangée
check checked
le carreau à carreaux
studded, starry
étoilé
to match something
être assorti à quelque chose
s’harmoniser avec quelque chose
sharp bend, twist (e.g. roads)
le lacet
twisting
en lacets
maze (of streets), network, web
le lacis
winding, meandering,
la sinuosité
modelling
le modelé
relief
le relief
uneven (ground)
accidenté
discontinuous
discontinu
serpentine, sinuous to wind, snake, meander
serpentin serpenter
twisted, crooked; tortuous (fig)
contourné
to skirt round, bypass
contourner
bulging, bulbous to bulge out
renflé se renfler
dot, spot spotted
le pois à pois
stripe, streak striped, streaked
la zébrure zébré
marbling marbled
la marbrure marbré
veined, veiny,
veiné
striped, tabby
tigré
spotted, speckled
tacheté
tavelé
moucheté
irregular, crooked, oddly shaped
biscornu
twisted twist, coil twisting
tors
la torsade
la torsion
to twist, twiddle,
tortiller
to writhe, wriggle
se tortiller
arched to arch
cambré
cambrer
arched, vaulted
cintré voûté
rounded, convex; heaped
bombé
curved, arched, bow, bandy
arqué
curved, bent, hooked
recourbé
to lose its shape
se déformer
streak, groove
la strie
dappled
pommelé
, studded
piqueté
streaked
vergété
size
la taille
dimension
la dimension
format
le format
surface, surface area,
la superficie
la surface
area
l’aire (f ) la région
zone,
la zone
extent
l’étendue (f )
space
l’espace (m) la place
spacious
spacieux
size, magnitude
la grandeur
to grow, increase,
grandir
growing
grandissant
minuscule, minute
minuscule
compact
compact
length
la longueur
to lengthen
allonger rallonger
to shorten
raccourcir
écourter
width, breadth
la largeur
to widen
élargir
s’élargir
height
la hauteur
stature
la stature
depth
la profondeur
to deepen
approfondir
in the depths of
au plus profond de
au plus épais de
thickness
l’épaisseur (f )
size, weight; fatness
la grosseur
the bulk of
le gros de
weights and measures
les poids et mesures
weight
le poids
to sell by weight
vendre au poids
scales
la balance
gram
le gramme
pound
la livre
tons of
des tonnes de
measurement
la mesure
to measure
mesurer
Take measurement of
prendre la mesure de
unit of measure
l’unité de mesure (f )
measurements
les mensurations (f )
inch
le pouce
foot
le pied
mile
le mille
millimetre
le millimètre
centimetre
le centimètre
metre
le mètre
kilometre
le kilomètre
ruler
la règle
scale
l’échelle (f )
proportion
la proportion
proportional to
proportionné à proportionnel à
proportionately
proportionnellement
capacity
la capacité
volume voluminous
le volume volumineux, -euse
quantity, amount
la quantité
amount (money
la somme le montant
abundant abundance
abondant l’abondance (f)
profusion
la profusion
considerable considerably
considérable
considérablement
enormous
énorme
vast
vaste
insufficient insufficiently
insuffisant insuffisamment
minority
la minorité
majority
la majorité
most
la plupart
the maximum maximum
le maximum maximum
numerous
nombreux
multitude
la multitude
innumerable
innombrable
mass, bulk; body
la masse
to assemble
masser
portion
la portion la part
part
la partie
partial
partiel
partly
en partie partiellement
piece
le morceau
section
la section
to divide up
partager
to be divided
se partager
dividing up
le partage
fraction
la fraction
fragment fragmentary
le fragment fragmentaire
percentage
le pourcentage
scrap
le bout
trace
la trace
slice
la tranche
pile (neat), stack
la pile
pile, heap
le tas
to pile (neatly), stack
empiler
to be piled (neatly), stacked
s’empiler
to pile up; to squeeze,
s’entasser
to pile
entasser
to pack down
tasser
to bunch up
se tasser
The increase
l’augmentation (f )
to increase
augmenter
growth, development (person, plant, industry, economics)
la croissance
to grow, increase (person, plant, company, town), to swell (river); to rise (wind)
croître
to increase, augment (number, fortune, share)
s’accroître
increase, growth (number, production, population)
l’accroissement (m)
to increase (sum); to magnify; to become louder (noise)
grossir
to make bigger, enlarge, widen, extend, blow up (photograph)
agrandir
to grow, expand (town, family); to become wider
s’agrandir
expansion
l’agrandissement (m)
growth, development (body, muscle, intelligence),
le développement
to grow, develop (person, plant, economics, body, muscle, intelligence); to expand (industry)
se développer
to grow, expand, develop (thought, tendency), amplify (sound), magnify (image)
s’amplifler
to grow (child, plant, hair, beard, tooth)
pousser
to grow, cultivate
faire pousser
expansion (economy); spread (theory, belief, doctrine)
l’expansion (f )
expansionism
l’expansionnisme (m)
propagation (species), spread (rumour, news, propaganda, disease)
la propagation
to spread (rumour, news, propaganda,
propager
diffusion, spreading, circulation,
la diffusion
to spread (news, ideas), circulate, broadcast
diffuser
to spread (news); to spill, scatter; to shed (light, tears); to give off (smell)
répandre
to spread (liquid, fire, unrest); to become widespread
se répandre
widespread
répandu
to lengthen, stretch, extend
allonger s’allonger
elongation, lengthening elongated
l’allongement (m)
allongé
to spread out spread out
étendre
s’étendre
étendu
extension
l’extension la prolongation
to spread (butter, jam), strew; to spread out (newspaper, map
étaler
to extend (time and space),
prolonger
to go on, persist, last, continue
se prolonger
to in flate (tyre, price), pump up, blow up; to swell (river); to swell up (limb, joint, wood); to rise (pastry)
gonfler
to swell (river, chest)
se gonfler
to cause to swell
enfler
to add to, increase to add to
ajouter à s’ajouter à
supplement, excess
le supplément
additional, supplementary
supplémentaire
to multiply
multiplier se multiplier
to double
doubler
to triple
tripler
decrease (dimensions, quantity, price, volume, consumption, speed),
la diminution diminuer
reduction, decrease; discount to reduce
la réduction réduire
to contract contraction
contracter
la contraction
to compress (
comprimer
distance
la distance le lointain
to keep one’s distance
garder ses distances
near. (adv)
près
nearby, close (space, time degree)
proche (adj)
neighbouring
voisin
nearby, close
avoisinant
closely
de près
far adv
loin (adv)
far adj
éloigné (adj) lointain
to thicken; deepen
épaissir
thickener
l’épaississant (m)
lengthways
dans le sens de la longueur
breadthways
dans le sens de la largeur
ratio
le rapport
in the ratio of… to . . .
dans le rapport de… à . . .
dans le rapport de… contre. . .
fullness, roominess, scope, extent, scale
l’ampleur (f )
of limited scope
sans grande ampleur
to increase in scale/ scope
prendre de l’ampleur
roomy; extensive; wide-ranging
ample
fully, amply
amplement
to be to scale
être à l’échelle
in miniature
en miniature
bulky
encombrant
trace
le soupçon
atom
l’atome (m)
particle
la particule
handful
la poignée
meagre
maigre
copious
copieux
to dilate
dilater se dilater
dilation
la dilatation
excess, extra
un surcroît de
to lessen, weaken, diminish
amoindrir
s’amoindrir
to thin down
amenuiser
to dwindle
s’amenuiser
to shrink, take in (garment); to narrow make narrower (passage, conduit, opening, road); to contract (pupil)
rétrécir
shrinkage
le rétrécissement
heap, pile
l’amas (m)
a whole heap of
tout un amas de
to pile; store up,
amasser
s’amasser
to be out of the way
être à l’écart
remote
écarté
to move apart, separate
écarter
to gauge, size up
jauger
gauge
la jauge
wingspan, scope, scale, range
l’envergure (f )
to grade, calibrate calibration
calibrer
le calibrage
surveying, measuring
l’arpentage (m)
surveyor
l’arpenteur (m)
milestone; boundary stone; marker
la borne
demarcation, boundary marking
le bornage
to space out, place at intervals
échelonner
spacing out, placing at intervals,
l’échelonnement (m)
to make a space between
ménager un espace entre
to make space for
ménager une place pour
milling, swarming, teemin
le fourmillement
le grouillement
to mill, swarm, teem
fourmiller grouiller
scrap (cloth); strand (thread); touch
le brin
section (tube); stretch (road)
le tronçon
fragment; plot (land)
la parcelle
to divide up (land)
parcelliser
fragmented
parcellaire
to be divided up, split up
se répartir
sharing out, dividing, allocation
la répartition
dividing up, parcelling out, splitting up
le morcellement
o divide up, parcel out, split up
morceler
to divide into lots (ground); to divide up (inheritance)
lotir
sharing out, dividing up (inheritance)
le lotissement
heap, heaping up, piling up; banking up (clouds)
l’amoncellement (m)
pile up (wealth, evidence); to bank up (clouds); to drift
amonceler s’amonceler
to proliferate, multiply proliferating, multiplying proliferation
pulluler
pullulant
la pullulation
container
le récipient le conteneur
to contain
contenir
contents
le contenu
jar, pot, tin
le pot
beaker, tumbler
le gobelet
box
la boîte
box, crate; till
la caisse
packing crate
la caisse d’emballage
box, case
le caisson
chest, trunk; boot
le coffre
cardboard box, carton
le carton
carton of cigarettes
la cartouche de cigarettes
safe, strongbox
le coffre-fort
barrel, cask
le tonneau le baril
cork
le bouchon
dustbin
la poubelle
bucket
le seau
handle
l’anse (f )
shelf shelving
le rayon
le rayonnage
basket
le panier la corbeille
bag, sack
le sac
handbag
le sac à main
bin liner
le sac-poubelle
shopping bag
le cabas
le sac à provisions
bag, sachet, packet
le sachet
pocket; paper/plastic bag
la poche
briefcase
la serviette
wine rack
le porte-bouteilles
key ring, key case
le porte-clefs
tub, tank, sink, tray
le bac le baquet
basin, bowl; washbasin
la cuvette
phial, flask
la fiole
gourd, flask
la gourde
urn
l’urne (f )
non-returnable
non consigné
returnable
consigné
case, box, casket
l’écrin (m)
barrel, cask
le fût
vat, cistern, tank
la cuve
