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"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."

Or so said Pablo Picasso. OK, while you may not yet be able to depict the Cubist movement to an uninformed French colleague, after getting familiar with the basic French terms for forms and shapes, you may be able to wing it into some chic Parisien art exhibition - et ça suffit, non?


Shapes | Les Formes


English French
biggrand(e)
circlele cercle
cubele cube
curvecourbe
crescent (half-moon)le croissant
diamondle losange
fatgros(se)
flatplat(e)
heartle coeur
linela ligne
longlong(ue)
narrowtroit(e)
ovall'ovale
point (dot)le point
pyramidla pyramide
rectanglele rectangle
roundrond(e)
smallpetit(e)
semi-circlele demi-cercle
squarele carr(e)
starl'etoile
straightdroit(e)
tallgrand(e)
thicképais(se)
thinmince
tinytout petit(e)
trianglele triangle
widelarge



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