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picture

1. noun
   1. (painting) peinture f, tableau m;
      (drawing) dessin m;
      (in book) illustration f;
      (in mind) image f;
   2. (description) description f;
   3. (snapshot) photo f, photographie f;
   4. I get the ~ je vois;
      to put sb in the ~ mettre qn au courant;
   5. (film) film m;
   6. (on TV screen) image f.

2. transitive verb s'imaginer.

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'picture' found in these entries:

English:

build - coloured - crooked - cut - draw - enter - exposure - frame - front page - hook - imagine - likeness - look - mount - naughty - nice - picture card - picture frame - picture hook - portray - rosy - straight - straighten - take - unhook - vision - visualize - vivid

French:

accrocheur - affiché - arrière-plan - baie - cadrer - composer - composition - courant - croquer - décrocher - ébauche - ébaucher - encadrement - encadrer - fixé - ici - image - imaginer - jeu - joli - juste - légende - noircir - ombre - parfum - parlant - pencher - pendre - photographie - photothèque - portrait - retouche - tableau - trouble - troubler - vrai

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Principal Translations/Principales traductions
picture	n	(photograph)	photographie, photo nf
Luke took a picture of his family.
Luke a pris une photographie (or: photo) de sa famille.
picture	vtr	(imagine)	imaginer vtr ⇒
			se représenter vtr ⇒
Try to picture Leslie in a tuxedo.
Essaye d'imaginer Leslie en smoking.
Essaye de te représenter Leslie en smoking.
Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires
picture	n	(portrait)	photographie, photo nf
The Johnsons sat for a picture.
Les Johnson se sont assis pour une photographie (or: photo).
picture	n	(attractive sight)	être adorable, être ravissante expr
She looked a picture on her wedding day.
Elle était adorable (or: ravissante) le jour de son mariage.
picture	n	(model)	exemple nm
Wesley is a picture of good health.
Wesley est un exemple de bonne santé.
picture	n	(look-alike)	portrait, portrait craché nm
Gary is the picture of his mother.
Gary est le portrait (or: portrait craché) de sa mère.
picture	n	(assessment)	révélateur nm
			illustration nf
The test is a picture of the students' progress.
L'examen est un révélateur des progrès de l'étudiant.
L'examen est une illustration des progrès de l'étudiant.
picture	n	(description)	image, représentation, description nf
The author gives a depressing picture of life in Russia.
L'auteur donne une image (or: représentation) (or: description) déprimante de la vie en Russie.
picture	n	(movie, film)	film nm
Let's go see an action picture.
Allons voir un film d'action.
picture	n	(on a television)	image nf
The picture is fuzzy.
L'image est floue.
pictures	npl	(cinema)	cinéma nm
She ought to be in pictures.
Elle devrait faire du cinéma.
picture	vtr	(make a picture of)	photographier, prendre en photo vtr ⇒
They were pictured sitting in the meadow.
Ils ont été photographiés (or: pris en photo) assis à la fenêtre.
picture	vtr	(describe)	décrire vtr ⇒
The author pictured their bravery in glowing language.
L'auteur a décrit leur courage dans un langage brillant.
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Compound Forms/Formes composées
draw a picture		v	faire un dessin
get the picture		v	comprendre ⇒
get the picture		v	saisir l'idée
have a picture of		v	avoir une idée sur
horror picture		nf	image d'horreur
mental picture			image mentale
motion picture projector		nm	cinématographe (projecteur)
motion-picture		nm	film
motion-picture camera		nf	caméra de cinéma
motion-picture camera		nm	cinématographe (caméra)
motion-picture film		nm	film
moving picture		nm	film
paint a picture			peindre un tableau
picture book			livre d'images
picture card		nf	figure
picture frame		nm	cadre
picture gallery			galerie de peinture
picture house		nm	cinéma
picture library		nf	photothèque
picture palace		nm	cinéma
picture postcard			carte postale illustrée
picture tube		nm	tube image
picture window			baie panoramique
picture window		nf	baie vitrée
pretty as a picture		adj	ravissant
take a picture of		v	prendre une photo de
the big picture			la vue d'ensemble
the picture			le tableau
very picture			l'image même
whole picture			la situation dans son ensemble, un tableau général
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "picture".

(Mentally)paint a picture (for onself)
a big picture kind of guy
A Christmas Picture Story!
A picture is worth a thousand words
A picture paints a thousand words
almost no picture
Approaching as a picture
Are you a details person, or a big picture person?
Bars in picture
Be careful with this picture, it means a lot to me
Big picture
big picture person
bigger picture
bigger picture
cadre = picture, painting?
Can you take a picture of us?
colour the picture
complete picture...
complete picture/side of the story
crooked picture
Damn, her body looks smokin' on this picture
digital-like picture
Do you have a picture?
Each picture of you takes my breath away.
edit a picture
EN: in the picture / on the picture - grammaire
Enter the picture
Everything in the picture is blurry
FR: I imagine that if we had the euro, there would be a picture of the queen on it - grammaire
full-frontal picture
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