Les Formes
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"L'artiste est un réceptacle pour les émotions venant de partout; du ciel, de la terre, d'un bout de papier, du passage d'une forme, de la toile de l'araignée." The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from anywhere: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
Learn the basic French terms for the shapes and forms you use every day to describe the people, animals, places and objects around you.
Shapes | Les Formes
| English | French | |
| big | grand(e) | |
| circle | le cercle | |
| cube | le cube | |
| curve | courbe | |
| crescent (half-moon) | le croissant | |
| diamond | le losange | |
| fat | gros(se) | |
| flat | plat(e) | |
| heart | le coeur | |
| line | la ligne | |
| long | long(ue) | |
| narrow | troit(e) | |
| oval | l'ovale | |
| point (dot) | le point | |
| pyramid | la pyramide | |
| rectangle | le rectangle | |
| round | rond(e) | |
| small | petit(e) | |
| semi-circle | le demi-cercle | |
| square | le carr(e) | |
| star | l'etoile | |
| straight | droit(e) | |
| tall | grand(e) | |
| thick | épais(se) | |
| thin | mince | |
| tiny | tout petit(e) | |
| triangle | le triangle | |
| wide | large |
