The Arts - Architecture Flashcards

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1
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un architecte

A

an architect

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2
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un plan

dessiner, créer

A

a plan = a design

to design

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3
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les fondations

A

the foundations

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4
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la charpente

A

the framework

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5
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une poutre

A

a beam

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6
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la pierre

A

stone (attention peut vouloir dire noyau du fruit)

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7
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la brique

A

brick

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8
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le mortier

A

mortar

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9
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le ciment

A

cement

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10
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le béton

A

concrete (attention, si adjectif = veut dire concret)

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un mur, une muraille
une ville fortifiée
murer (porte, fenêtre)

A

a wall
a walled city
to wall up

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12
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un fronton

A

a pediment

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13
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une frise

A

a frieze

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14
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un pilier

A

a pillar

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15
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une colonne

A

a column

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16
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une tour

A

a tower

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17
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un parvis

A

a forecourt

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18
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une cour (d’immeuble)

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a courtyard

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19
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une pierre angulaire

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a corner stone

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20
Q

une cour intérieure (2)

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an inner courtyard

an interior courtyard

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21
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on peut s’appuyer sur elle

A

She’s a pillar of strentgh

figuré : c’est un pilier de force

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22
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des arcades

A

an arcaded colonade

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23
Q

la Grande Muraille de Chine

A

the Great Wall of China

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24
Q

un pont-levis

A

a drawbridge

25
Q

1- les remparts

2- le chemin de ronde

A

the battlements

26
Q

une meurtrière

A

an arrow slit

une ouverture pour les flèches

27
Q

le donjon

A

the keep

28
Q

un cachot

A

a dungeon (faux-ami)

29
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une ruine

A

a ruin

30
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un vestige

A
a relic
(attention, cela peut vouloir dire aussi une relique = Ce qui reste du corps des saints, des personnages sacrés, ou objet leur ayant appartenu, et qui fait l'objet d'un culte)
31
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une cloche

un clocher

A

a bell

a bell tower

32
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un clocher, un beffroi

A

a belfry

33
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un dôme

A

a dome

34
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une flêche

A

a spire

35
Q

la façade

A

the front (faux-ami)

36
Q

le porche

A

the porch

37
Q

un portail

A

a portal

38
Q

un cloître

A

a cloister

39
Q

un cintre

A

a curve

40
Q

une voûte, une arche, un arc

A

an arch

41
Q

une voûte
la voûte (ouvrage)
en voûte

A

a vault
vaulting
vaulted

42
Q

la nef

A

the nave

43
Q

un vitrail

A

a stained-glass windw

44
Q

une rosace

A

a rose window

45
Q

le sanctuaire

A

the sanctuary

46
Q

le choeur (2)

A

the choir

the chancel

47
Q

un enfant de choeur

A

an altar boy

48
Q

la voûte étoilée

A

the starry vault

49
Q

ancien, antique (style architectural)

A

Ancient (attention MAJ)

50
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roman (style architectural)

A

Norman = Romanesque (attention MAJ)

51
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gothique (style architectural)

A

Gothic (attention MAJ)

52
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baroque (style architectural)

A

Baroque (attention MAJ)

53
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renaissance (style architectural)

A

Renaissance (attention MAJ)

54
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romantique (style architectural)

A

Romantic (attention MAJ)

55
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victorien (style architectural)

A

Victorian (attention MAJ)

56
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fin XIXè (style architectural)

A

redbrick

57
Q

le gothique flamboyant

A

Flamboyant Gothic

58
Q

une université fondée au XIXè siècle

A

a redbrick university

59
Q

un manoir victorien

A

a Victorian mansion