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Record 1 2024-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Chemistry
  • Dyes and Pigments (Industries)
CONT

Tattoos are more than just body art; they’re a personal expression and a permanent mark on the skin. Neon tattoo inks, especially those that glow under ultraviolet(UV) light, have become increasingly popular. However, these dazzling inks come with their own set of challenges. Here's an exploration of the key issues from a pigment chemist's standpoint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Chimie
  • Teintures et pigments (Industries)
OBS

[...] le pigment [est] un type particulier de colorant. Le pigment se fixe à la surface de l'objet visé. Le tout après broyage et avec l'aide d'un liant plus ou moins fluide tel que l'huile. Il permet d'obtenir des fards, des peintures ou encore des encres colorés. Autre type de colorant : la teinture. Contrairement au pigment, celle-ci est soluble.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Sociology
  • Social Movements
  • Music (General)
DEF

... a form of popular culture which started among young black people in the United States in the [1970s, ] it includes rap music and graffiti art.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie urbaine
  • Mouvements sociaux
  • Musique (Généralités)
DEF

Mouvement culturel apparu en Amérique du Nord au début des années 1970, se manifestant notamment par la pratique du rap, un style vestimentaire particulier, et l'art du graffiti.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología urbana
  • Movimientos sociales
  • Música (Generalidades)
DEF

[...] movimiento cultural urbano impulsado en los años setenta por jóvenes afroamericanos y asociado normalmente a la música rap [...]

OBS

hiphop: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que el sustantivo "hiphop", escrito en una sola palabra y sin necesidad de resalte, es la adaptación al español del inglés "hip hop".

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Record 3 2014-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Art History and Theory
CONT

Their artworks participated in mass culture, rather than oppose or work outside it. They enjoyed creating ambiguous artworks that blurred the distinction between art and popular culture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire et théorie de l'art
CONT

Leurs œuvres participent à la culture de masse plutôt que de s’y opposer ou de travailler à l’extérieur de celle-ci. Ils aiment créer des œuvres ambiguës qui brouillent la distinction entre art et culture populaire.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Variety Shows and Circuses
DEF

Gymnastics performed on a moving horse going on a circle line, in full harmony.

CONT

The term "horse vaulting" is a bit misleading. It brings to mind the aerial leaps performed in gymnastic competitions on a padded stationary block. But the actual sport of horse vaulting is one of the three classic disciplines of horseback riding, the other two being dressage and jumping. ... While vaulting does include jumping onto and off of a moving horse, it also involves much more, as I learned on a visit to watch the Great Falls Vaulting Team practice. Led by coach Jennifer Williams, the team’s members ride bareback, kneel and stand on a moving horse, and perform the sort of riding tricks you might see in a circus.

CONT

Vaulting is the art of gymnastics on horse back and is an extremely popular sport with young riders in Europe and is now growing in stature here in Australia.

CONT

For those who liked horses, the daily ride, although strenuous, was lot of fun where, in addition to cavalry drill, there was jumping, vaulting and tentpegging.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Spectacles de variétés et Cirque
DEF

Gymnastique sur le dos d'un cheval au galop, en parfaite harmonie avec lui.

CONT

La voltige à cheval est un sport d'une puissance élégante et virile.

PHR

Saut en voltige.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes
DEF

A slice of bread with foods such as cheese, cucumbers, sliced meats and so on; served cold or hot (it is usually heated by pouring hot gravy over it).

CONT

Open-faced sandwiches are very popular is Scandinavia, where they’ve become an art form with elaborately arranged and decorated combinations.

OBS

smørrebrød: An imprecisely used term for Danish open-faced sandwiches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine
CONT

Au déjeuner les Danois ont l'habitude de manger du «smørrebrød», même en repas d'affaire. C'est un sandwich ouvert d'une tranche de pain noir avec par exemple du hareng, du saumon fumé ou du poulet. Cela n'est pas difficile à manger quand le smørrebrød est prêt : il faut commencer par le poisson et terminer par le fromage.

CONT

Le smørrebrod Danois : ce sandwich «ouvert» est l'une des spécialités culinaires danoises.

OBS

Pluriel : des sandwichs; des sandwiches.

OBS

sandwichs (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Arts (General)
  • Sculpture
  • Fine Arts (General)
DEF

a realistic art style, esp. in painting and sculpture, using techniques and popular subjects adapted from commercial art and the mass communications media, such as comic strips, posters, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts plastiques (Généralités)
  • Sculpture
  • Beaux-arts (Généralités)
DEF

Mouvement artistique américain contemporain, qui consiste à effectuer des compositions dont les éléments sont des objets ou des débris d'objets choisis parmi les plus banals.

Spanish

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Record 7 1992-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
CONT

... wool billiard cloth is popular for general tackable purposes and coarse linen fabrics provide remarkable self-healing properties for changing art exhibitions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
OBS

Les éléments d'accrochage sont les crochets, les punaises, etc.

Spanish

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Record 8 1992-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fabric Nomenclature
CONT

... wool billiard cloth is popular for general tackable purposes and coarse linen fabrics provide remarkable self-healing properties for changing art exhibitions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Nomenclature des tissus

Spanish

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Record 9 1989-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heritage
DEF

the traditional typically anonymous art of the people that is an expression of community life and is distinguished from academic or selfconscious or cosmopolitan expression.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Patrimoine
OBS

Art populaire hongrois. Présentation de 500 objets du folklore hongrois : textiles, céramiques, meubles, joyaux, sculptures en bois, etc. et de 180 peintures sous verre.

Spanish

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Record 10 1986-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Engraving and Printmaking (Arts)
  • Drawing
DEF

A term of disparagement for a cheap or gandy picture.

DEF

(from German) Art, writing, etc. of a pretentious but shallow kind, calculated to have popular appeal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
  • Gravure d'art
  • Dessin
DEF

Toute image en couleur de mauvais goût.

Spanish

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Record 11 1986-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
  • Art History and Theory
CONT

It means ungluing, unsticking, taking off. The art of décollage occurs naturally in cities when poster hoardings are torn and defaced revealing several layers of imagery. Décollage was discovered by the Surrealist Leo Malet in 1934 and became extremely popular as a method of producing art in Europe during the 1950's.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
  • Histoire et théorie de l'art

Spanish

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