toile de fond
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French
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[edit]Noun
[edit]toile de fond f (plural toiles de fond)
- (theater) backdrop, background, backcloth (painted scenery at the back of a stage)
- (figuratively) backdrop, background
- 2023 May, Constant Léon, “L'Arménie en quête de soutien”, in Le Monde diplomatique, page 12:
- Le blocus de Latchine a pour toile de fond la négociation d’un accord de paix global.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)