mosaïque
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French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]mosaïque f (plural mosaïques)
- mosaic (artwork)
- Dominique […] disait que la peinture, avec ses couleurs périssables, ne doit être regardée que comme un dessin, que la véritable peinture pour l’éternité, c’est la mosaïque.
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- (Stendhal, Histoire peint. Italienne, 1817)
Adjective
[edit]mosaïque (plural mosaïques)
- (relational) mosaic
- un pavage mosaïque ― mosaic paving
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mosaïque (plural mosaïques)
- (relational) of Moses, Mosaic
- la loi mosaïque ― the Law of Moses, the Mosaic Law
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “mosaïque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]mosaïque f (plural mosaïques)
- mosaic (artwork)
Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]mosaïque m or f (plural mosaïques)
- related to Moses
- La loy mosaïque.
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