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rideau

French → English

noun//ri.do//

(furnishing) A piece of fabric hung to block light or hide what is behind a window; curtain

Elle a écarté le rideau de satinette rose pour regarder dans la rue.

(English) She pulled aside the pink sateen curtain to look into the street.

L’air entrait par la fenêtre, gonflant les rideaux blancs comme une voile.

(English) The air came through the window, swelling the white curtains like a sail.

noun//ri.do//

(theater) The large screen of fabric that is raised or lowered to hide the stage from the audience; stage curtain

Le rideau de velours rouge s’est abaissé lentement à la fin du spectacle.

(English) The red velvet curtain lowered slowly at the end of the show.

Les acteurs attendent derrière le rideau que le public s'installe.

(English) The actors wait behind the curtain for the audience to sit down.

noun//ri.do//

(nature) A long line or row of trees or bushes planted to block wind or provide shade; screen of trees

Un rideau de peupliers entourait la propriété pour briser le vent.

(English) A row of poplars surrounded the property to break the wind.

Le jardin est protégé par un épais rideau de tilleuls centenaires.

(English) The garden is protected by a thick screen of hundred-year-old linden trees.

Entry ID: fr:en:rideau · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary