nature morte
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French nature morte (literally “dead nature”).
Noun
editnature morte (plural natures mortes)
- An image depicting inanimate objects; a still life.
See also
editFrench
editEtymology
editLiterally, “dead nature”.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editnature morte f (plural natures mortes)
- still life (work of art)
- 2007, Nathalia Brodskaïa, Le Post-Impressionnisme, Parkstone, page 44:
- Paul exposa des toiles propres aux genres qu’il affectionnait tout particulièrement à cette période : des paysages, des portraits, des natures mortes et des baigneurs.
- Paul exhibited paintings belonging to the genres of which he was particularly fond during that period: landscapes, portraits, still lifes and bathers.
Descendants
edit- → Azerbaijani: natürmort
- → Bulgarian: натюрмо́рт (natjurmórt)
- → Catalan: natura morta (calque)
- → English: nature morte
- → Estonian: natüürmort
- → Georgian: ნატურმორტი (naṭurmorṭi)
- → Russian: натюрмо́рт (natjurmórt)
- → Armenian: նատյուրմորտ (natyurmort)
- → Bashkir: натюрморт
- → Georgian: ნატურმორტი (naṭurmorṭi)
- → Kazakh: натюрморт (natürmort)
- → Kyrgyz: натюрморт (natyurmort)
- → Mongolian: натюрморт (natjurmort)
- → Ukrainian: натюрмо́рт (natjurmórt)
- → Uzbek: natyurmort
- → Turkish: natürmort
Further reading
edit- “nature morte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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