cave painting in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for cave painting in the English»French Dictionary

cave painting N

cave painting

peinture f rupestre

Translations for cave painting in the English»French Dictionary

I.paint [Brit peɪnt, Am peɪnt] N

1. paint (gen) ART:

paint

peinture f

the paint on the walls has yellowed

la peinture des murs a jauni

all it needs is a fresh coat of paint

il suffirait d'un coup de badigeon

‘wet paint’

‘peinture fraîche’

2. paint (make-up):

paint dated, hum

fard m

II.paints N

paints npl ART:

paints

couleurs fpl

why don't you get out your paints?

pourquoi ne prends-tu pas ta boîte de couleurs?

III.paint [Brit peɪnt, Am peɪnt] VB trans

1. paint lit:

paint wall, subject

peindre

paint person

peindre le portrait de

to paint sth blue/green

peindre qc en bleu/en vert

ART to paint sth in background, figure

peindre

to paint sth on varnish, undercoat

appliquer

to paint sth out face, figure, wallpaper

peindre par-dessus qc

I'm going to paint a picture

je vais peindre quelque chose

to paint one's nails

se vernir les ongles

2. paint (depict):

paint fig

dépeindre

to paint a rather gloomy picture of sth

brosser un tableau assez sombre de qc

to paint an unflattering portrait of sb

décrire qn en termes peu élogieux

3. paint MED:

paint cut, wound

badigeonner (with de)

IV.paint [Brit peɪnt, Am peɪnt] VB intr

paint

peindre

to paint from life/outdoors

peindre d'après nature/en plein air

to paint in oils/watercolours

faire de la peinture à l'huile/de l'aquarelle

V.paint [Brit peɪnt, Am peɪnt]

he is not as black as he is painted

il n'est pas si méchant qu'on le prétend

to paint the town red

faire la noce

painting [Brit ˈpeɪntɪŋ, Am ˈpeɪn(t)ɪŋ] N

1. painting U (activity, art form):

painting

peinture f

2. painting:

painting (work of art)

tableau m

painting (unframed)

toile f

painting (of person)

portrait m

a painting by Watteau

un tableau de Watteau

a painting of Napoleon by David

un portrait de Napoléon peint par David

a painting of Flatford Mill

un tableau qui représente le moulin de Flatford

3. painting U (domestic decorating):

painting

peintures fpl

finish the painting before you put the carpets down

finissez les peintures avant de poser les tapis

I.cave [Brit keɪv, Am keɪv] N

cave

grotte f

underwater caves

grottes sous-marines

II.cave [Brit keɪv, Am keɪv] VB intr

cave

faire de la spéléologie

cave painting in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for cave painting in the English»French Dictionary

cave painting N

cave painting

peinture f rupestre

cave painting N

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cave painting

peinture pariétale f

Translations for cave painting in the English»French Dictionary

painting N

1. painting (activity):

painting

peinture f

2. painting (picture):

painting

tableau m

I.paint [peɪnt] N a. pej

paint

peinture f

paints

couleurs fpl

oil paints

couleurs à l'huile

paint pot

pot m de peinture

paint roller

rouleau m à peinture

II.paint [peɪnt] VB intr

paint

peindre

to paint in oils/watercolours

peindre à l'huile/l'aquarelle

III.paint [peɪnt] VB trans

1. paint (put colour on):

paint

peindre

2. paint pej (apply make-up):

paint

peinturlurer

3. paint (conceal with paint):

to paint sth out [or to paint out sth], to paint over sth

couvrir qc de peinture

4. paint (describe):

paint

dépeindre

to paint a grim/rosy picture of sth

dresser un portrait sombre/rose de qc

Phrases:

to paint the town red

faire la fête

I.cave [keɪv] N

1. cave (hole):

cave

grotte f

2. cave MIN:

cave

affaissement m

II.cave [keɪv] VB intr

cave

faire de la spéléologie

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The group discovers a cave painting and climbing equipment from a previous visitor, suggesting a second exit exists.

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Cave painting and rock carvings used simple visual elements that may have aided in recognizing landscape features, such as hills or dwellings.

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It was possibly used first for body painting, and later for cave painting.

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Archaeology features such as shell middens, discarded fish bones and cave paintings show that sea foods were important for survival and consumed in significant quantities.

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They house cave painting and carving which can be dated back to 1,500 years ago.

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They appear in cave paintings estimated to be up to 17,000 years old.

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This nding lends support to hypotheses arguing that cave paintings might have contained less of a symbolic or transcendental connotation than often assumed.

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Then you see a simple (but cute), stick man/cave painting animation as she reads it aloud to you.

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She performed the first time evaluation of cave painting art of the region.

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A third type of cave painting art, are geoglyphs, thus far has not been detected in the region.

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