shade

shade
shade
A n
1 (shadow) ombre f ; 40° in the shade 40° à l'ombre ; in the shade of à l'ombre de ; to provide shade donner de l'ombre ;
2 (tint) (of colour) ton m ; fig (of opinion, meaning) nuance f ; pastel shades tons pastels ; an attractive shade of blue un beau bleu ; to turn a deep shade of red devenir tout rouge ; this word has several shades of meaning ce mot a plusieurs nuances ; a solution that should appeal to all shades of opinion une solution qui devrait plaire à toutes les tendances ;
3 (small amount, degree) a shade too loud un tout petit peu or un tantinet hum trop fort ; a shade of envy/resentment un soupçon de jalousie/ressentiment ;
4 (also lamp shade) abat-jour m inv ; ⇒ eyeshade ;
5 US (also window shade) store m ;
6 littér (ghost) ombre f, fantôme m.
B shades npl
1 (sunglasses) lunettes fpl de soleil ;
2 (undertones) shades of Mozart/of the sixties ça fait penser à Mozart/aux années soixante.
C vtr
1 (screen) [tree, canopy, sunshade] donner de l'ombre à, protéger [qn/qch] du soleil ; the hat shaded her face le chapeau projetait une ombre sur son visage ; the garden was shaded by trees le jardin était ombragé par des arbres ; to shade one's eyes (with one's hand) s'abriter les yeux de la main ;
2 = shade in.
D vi (blend) [colour, tone] se fondre (into en) ; the blue shades off into green le bleu se fond en vert ; right shades into wrong le bien et le mal se confondent.
E shaded pp adj
1 (shady) [place] ombragé ;
2 (covered) [light, lamp] avec un abat-jour ;
3 Art (also shade-in) [area, background] gen sombre ; (produced by hatching) hachuré.
Idioms
to put sb in the shade éclipser qn ; to put sth in the shade surpasser or surclasser qch.
Phrasal verb
shade in :
shade in [sth], shade [sth] in [artist] ombrer [drawing] ; (by hatching) hachurer [area, map] ; [child] colorier [picture].

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