contre-jour
See also: contrejour
English
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Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]contre-jour (uncountable)
- (photography) Synonym of backlighting
- (art) A similar effect achieved in painting.
French
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]contre-jour m (plural contre-jours)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “contre-jour”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from French contre-jour.
Noun
[edit]contre-jour n (uncountable)
Declension
[edit]| singular only | indefinite | definite |
|---|---|---|
| nominative-accusative | contre-jour | contre-jourul |
| genitive-dative | contre-jour | contre-jourului |
| vocative | contre-jourule | |
References
[edit]- contre-jour in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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