paint

paint
paint [{{t}}peɪnt]
1 noun
(a) (gen) peinture f; {{}}Art{{}} couleur f;
a set or box of paints une boîte de couleurs;
the paint was beginning to flake off la peinture commençait à s'écailler;
oil/acrylic paint peinture f à l'huile/acrylique
(b) {{}}familiar{{}} (make-up) peinture f
(c) {{}}Medicine{{}} badigeon m
2 transitive verb
(a) (gen) peindre;
the door was painted yellow la porte était peinte en jaune;
the kitchen needs painting la cuisine a besoin d'être repeinte;
{{}}Theatre{{}} to paint the scenery for a play brosser les décors d'une pièce;
to paint a picture peindre un tableau;
to paint (a picture of) sb faire le portrait de qn;
{{}}literary{{}} spring paints the fields with a thousand hues le printemps diapre les champs de mille couleurs;
to paint one's nails se vernir les ongles;
to paint one's face se peindre le visage; (with make-up) se maquiller;
the kids had their faces painted les enfants se sont fait maquiller;
{{}}familiar{{}} to paint the town red faire la noce ou la foire;
{{}}figurative{{}} to paint oneself into a corner se mettre dans une impasse
(b) (apply → varnish) appliquer (au pinceau)
(c) {{}}Medicine{{}} (throat) badigeonner
(d) {{}}figurative{{}} (describe) dépeindre, décrire;
the author paints a bleak picture of suburban life l'auteur dresse un sombre portrait ou brosse un sombre tableau de la vie des banlieusards;
to paint everything in rosy colours peindre tout en rose
3 intransitive verb
peindre, faire de la peinture;
to paint in oils faire de la peinture à l'huile;
to paint in watercolours faire de l'aquarelle;
I've always wanted to paint j'ai toujours voulu faire de la peinture;
I wish I could paint like that! si seulement je pouvais peindre comme cela!
►► paint gun pistolet m à peinture;
{{}}British{{}} paint pot pot m de peinture;
{{}}Computing{{}} paint program programme m de dessin bitmap;
{{}}Industry{{}} paint shop atelier m de peinture;
paint stripper décapant m
paint out, paint over separable transitive verb
recouvrir (d'une couche) de peinture

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