low-brow in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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Translations for low-brow in the French»English Dictionary (Go to English»French)

I.bas (basse) [bɑ, bɑs] ADJ

3. bas (dans une échelle de valeurs):

bas (basse) fréquence, pression, température, prix, salaire, latitude
low
bas (basse) MUS note
low
bas (basse) instrument
bass
vendre qc à bas prix
to sell sth cheap
un enfant en bas âge
a very young child
basses besognes (ennuyeuses)
menial chores
basses besognes (répugnantes)
dirty work uncountable
le moral des joueurs est très bas
the players are in very low spirits
de bas niveau produit
low-grade
de bas niveau élève, classe
at a low level après n
de bas niveau style, texte
low-brow
être au plus bas de la hiérarchie
to be at the bottom of the hierarchy
les cours sont au plus bas FIN
prices have reached rock bottom
à bas bruit infection
low-level

II.bas (basse) [bɑ, bɑs] ADV

III.bas <pl bas> N m

en bas phrase:

en bas (au rez-de-chaussée)
downstairs
en bas (en dessous)
down below
en bas (sur panneau, page)
at the bottom
en bas de falaise, page
at the bottom of
tomber en bas de la falaise
to fall to the bottom of the cliff
il habite en bas de chez moi
he lives below me
l'arrêt de bus en bas de chez moi
the bus stop outside my place
la cuisine est en bas
the kitchen is downstairs
en bas dans la rue
in the street (down) below
signe en bas à gauche
sign on the bottom left-hand side
l'odeur vient d'en bas
the smell is coming from below
tout en bas
right at the bottom
jusqu'en bas
right down to the bottom
passer par en bas (dans un village)
to take the bottom road
passer par en bas (dans une maison)
to get in on the ground floor Brit
passer par en bas (dans une maison)
to get in on the first floor Am

V.basse N f MUS

VI.bas (basse) [bɑ, bɑs]

bas allemand LING
Low German
bas de casse TYPO
lower case
le bas clergé REL
the lower clergy
bas de contention MED
support stocking
bas de gamme adj
low-quality attr
bas de gamme nm
lower end of the market
bas de laine fig
nest egg, savings pl
bas latin LING
Low Latin
bas morceaux FOOD
cheap cuts
bas sur pattes
short-legged attr
le bas peuple
the lower classes
bas de plafond adj
half-witted nm
bas de plafond adj
half-wit
les bas quartiers
the seedy ou poor districts (of a town)
bas à varices MED
support stocking
basse école RIDING
basic equitation
basse fréquence PHYS, TELEC
low frequency
basse saison
low season
basse de viole MUS
viola da gamba
basses eaux (de mer)
low tide uncountable
basses eaux (de rivière)
low water uncountable
pendant les basses eaux
when the waters are low

VII.bas (basse) [bɑ, bɑs]

See also mettre

I.mettre [mɛtʀ] VB trans

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1. mettre (placer dans un endroit, une position):

mettre chose, partie du corps, personne
to put
mettre un vase sur la table/des bûches dans la cheminée/le vin au frais
to put a vase on the table/logs on the fire/the wine in a cool place
j'ai mis ta voiture au garage
I've put your car in the garage for you
mettre les pieds sur la table/les mains sur la tête
to put one's feet on the table/one's hands on one's head
mettre les mains en l'air/un timbre à l'envers
to put one's hands up/a stamp on upside down
on m'a mis devant/tout au fond
they put me at the front/right at the back
je l'ai mise sur ses pieds
I put her on her feet
je mets les enfants à la crèche
I send the children to a creche
il m'a mis en bas de chez moi
he dropped me off outside my door
on m'a mis debout
they stood me up
nous l'avons mise à l'hôtel
we put her up at the hotel

6. mettre (placer dans une situation, un état):

mettre qn dans une situation embarrassante
to put sb in an embarrassing situation
mettre qn en colère/en joie
to make sb angry/happy
mettre qn en fureur
to enrage sb
mettre qn au désespoir
to drive sb to despair
mettre qn de bonne/mauvaise humeur
to put sb in a good/bad mood
tu me mets hors de moi
you infuriate me
mettre qn à la chaîne/à la reliure
to put sb on the assembly line/on binding
mettre qn au travail
to put sb to work
mettre qn au piano/au latin
to start sb on the piano/on Latin
mettre les enfants à regarder la télévision
to put the children in front of the television
si vous nous quittez, on mettra quelqu'un d'autre
if you leave us, we'll find somebody else
mettre le riz à cuire
to put the rice on
mettre le linge à sécher
to put the washing out to dry

11. mettre (écrire):

mettre inscription
to put up
ils ont mis des graffiti partout/sur la colonne
they've put graffiti everywhere/on the column
il met que tout va bien (dans une lettre)
he says ou writes that everything's fine
qu'est-ce que je dois mettre?
what shall I put?
mettre au passif/au singulier
to put into the passive/into the singular
mettre en vers
to put into verse
je t'ai mis un mot
I've left you a note
est-ce qu'on met un trait d'union à ‘multinational’?
is there a hyphen in ‘multinational’?
il faut mettre un trait d'union
you must put a hyphen in
mettre sa signature sur un document
to put one's signature to a document
mettez votre signature ici
sign here
mettez le pronom qui convient (remplacez)
replace with the appropriate pronoun
mettez le pronom qui convient (bouchez les trous)
insert the appropriate pronom
mettre en musique
to set to music
mettre en anglais
to put into English
mettre son brouillon au propre ou au net
to write out ou up one 's notes

II.mettre [mɛtʀ] VB intr VET ZOOL

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III.se mettre VB refl

1. se mettre (se placer dans un endroit, une position):

se mettre devant la fenêtre (debout)
to stand in front of the window
se mettre devant la fenêtre (assis)
to sit down in front of the window
se mettre devant la fenêtre (couché)
to lie (down) in front of the window
se mettre sur les mains
to stand on one's hands
se mettre sur le dos
to lie on one's back
se mettre au lit
to go to bed
se mettre debout
to stand up
se mettre sur ses jambes
to get to one's feet
ne plus savoir où se mettre
not to know where to put oneself
se mettre les mains sur la tête
to put one's hands on one's head
se mettre les doigts dans le nez
to pick one's nose
où est-ce que ça se met?
where does this go?

low-brow in the PONS Dictionary

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Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
However, a number of artists who started their careers by showing in lowbrow galleries have gone on to show their work primarily in mainstream fine art galleries.
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The guilt involved is sometimes simply fear of others discovering one's lowbrow or otherwise embarrassing tastes, such as campy styles of entertainment.
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It was a term of division and derision, and became shorthand for a population considered lowbrow, coarse and lacking education and cultural refinement.
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One reviewer mentioned this as the best example of how the film seamlessly moves between highbrow and lowbrow culture.
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This apparent absence of internal critical writing may be because many lowbrow artists began their careers in fields not normally considered fine art, such as illustration, tattooing and comic books.
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Some art critics doubt that lowbrow is a legitimate art movement, and there is thus very little scholarly critical writing about it.
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Criticism centred on the informal style of presentation which was perceived by some commentators to be too lowbrow for a royal occasion.
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The students score two points if they get the highbrow question right or one point if they get the lowbrow question right.
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Fantasy has been an integral part of art since its beginnings, but has been particularly important in mannerism, magic realist painting, romantic art, symbolism, surrealism and lowbrow.
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The highbrow and the lowbrow, once kept chastely separate, are now hooking up, and you can almost see the future of literature coming.
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