local color in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for local color in the English»French Dictionary

Translations for local color in the English»French Dictionary

I.local [Brit ˈləʊk(ə)l, Am ˈloʊk(ə)l] N inf

II.local [Brit ˈləʊk(ə)l, Am ˈloʊk(ə)l] ADJ

color → colour

See also colour

I.colour Brit, color Am [Brit ˈkʌlə, Am ˈkələr] N

III.colour Brit, color Am [Brit ˈkʌlə, Am ˈkələr] VB trans

IV.colour Brit, color Am [Brit ˈkʌlə, Am ˈkələr] VB intr

V.colour Brit, color Am [Brit ˈkʌlə, Am ˈkələr]

I.colour Brit, color Am [Brit ˈkʌlə, Am ˈkələr] N

III.colour Brit, color Am [Brit ˈkʌlə, Am ˈkələr] VB trans

IV.colour Brit, color Am [Brit ˈkʌlə, Am ˈkələr] VB intr

V.colour Brit, color Am [Brit ˈkʌlə, Am ˈkələr]

local color in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for local color in the English»French Dictionary

I.local [ˈləʊkəl, Am ˈloʊ-] ADJ

II.local [ˈləʊkəl, Am ˈloʊ-] N

I.color [ˈkʌləʳ, Am -ɚ] Am, Aus N

II.color [ˈkʌləʳ, Am -ɚ] Am, Aus VB trans

III.color [ˈkʌləʳ, Am -ɚ] Am, Aus VB intr

colour → color

See also color

I.color [ˈkʌləʳ, Am -ɚ] Am, Aus N

II.color [ˈkʌləʳ, Am -ɚ] Am, Aus VB trans

III.color [ˈkʌləʳ, Am -ɚ] Am, Aus VB intr

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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The natural beauty and local color of the city figure prominently.
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The artist not only captures the local color and ambiance but also seems to crystallize the magic of these places in her tableaux.
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She prefers decorative painting with a clear silhouette, local color, symbolic composition, while maintaining constructive role of drawing.
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In the dream the cosmopolitan is aloft, gazing down at local color, a consumer of nationalities enacting the privilege of appreciating the various arts, beauties and flavors.
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He was a master of costumbrismo (local color), in a personal form of anecdote known as instantnea or rfaga.
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The mass is referred to as a cold abscess, because there is no accompanying local color or warmth and the overlying skin acquires a violaceous (bluish-purple) color.
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Local color which became part of our family vocabulary.
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The natural speech of the masses necessarily added local color and flavor to his compositions.
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It is a festival full of folk cultural custom and local color.
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Its tunes are graceful and pleasant, full of local color.
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