frame

cadre

Bordure rigide qui maintient une image ou un autre objet plat en place.

En anglais simple : A firm border that holds a picture or other flat material in place.

• The photo is in a silver frame.
• We bought wooden frames for the children’s drawings.
• This frame is too small for the painting.

Expressions courantes : picture frame, wooden frame, in a frame

ossature, charpente

Ensemble de pièces solides reliées entre elles qui soutiennent un bâtiment ou un autre objet.

En anglais simple : The strong connected parts that support a building or another object.

• The house has a wooden frame.
• Workers attached the walls to the steel frame.
• The bicycle’s frame was damaged in the crash.

Synonymes : framework, skeleton

Expressions courantes : steel frame, wooden frame, bicycle frame

photogramme

Une seule image sur une bande de film.

En anglais simple : One picture on a strip of film.

• One frame was damaged.
• The photographer examined each frame carefully.
• Several frames on the film were too dark.

Synonymes : image

Expressions courantes : film frame, single frame, frame of film

carrure, silhouette

Taille et forme du corps d’une personne, surtout sa structure osseuse et son allure générale.

En anglais simple : The size and shape of someone’s body, especially its bones and general build.

• He has a tall, thin frame.
• The heavy coat hung loosely on her small frame.
• Despite his slight frame, he could lift the heavy box.

Synonymes : build, physique

Expressions courantes : slender frame, large frame, small frame

perspective, cadre

Façon de penser qui influence la manière dont on comprend quelque chose.

En anglais simple : A way of thinking that shapes how you understand something.

• This frame helps us understand the problem.
• They discussed the issue within a different frame.
• Her cultural frame influenced how she read the story.

Synonymes : perspective, viewpoint

Expressions courantes : conceptual frame, frame of reference, interpretive frame

encadrement

Partie extérieure décorée qui entoure le dessin imprimé sur un timbre postal.

En anglais simple : The decorated outer part of the printed design on a postage stamp.

• The stamp has an ornate frame.
• Several stamps use the same frame around different portraits.
• The collector noticed a printing error in the frame.

Synonymes : border

Expressions courantes : stamp frame, ornate frame, frame design

encadrer

Placer une image ou une photo dans un cadre, généralement pour l’exposer.

En anglais simple : To put a picture or photograph inside a firm border, usually for display.

• I want to frame this picture.
• He framed the photograph and hung it above his desk.
• Have you framed your new painting yet?

Comment l'utiliser : frame something in something (She framed the photograph in dark wood.)

Expressions courantes : frame a picture, frame a photograph, frame something in something

formuler, présenter

Exprimer une idée d’une manière qui influence la façon dont les autres la comprennent.

En anglais simple : To express an idea in a particular way that shapes how people understand it.

• How should we frame the question?
• He framed his argument around the needs of children.
• The report frames the problem as a failure of communication.

Comment l'utiliser : frame something as something (They framed the change as an opportunity.); frame something in terms of something (She framed the debate in terms of fairness.)

Synonymes : present, formulate

Expressions courantes : frame a question, frame an argument, frame something as something