паспарту
English translation: board
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| 5 | to post on a billbord |
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| 4 +1 | board |
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| 4 | passe-partout |
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| 4 | actually, mat is correct |
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passe-partout Explanation: * The Oxford Russian-English Dictionary |
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to post on a billbord Explanation: ПАСПАРТУ from french passe-partout конструктивный элемент издания в виде листа плотной бумаги или тонкого картона, на который наклеивают иллюстрационный материал, иногда оформлен тиснением. А также – картон обрамляющий фотографию или рисунок. In english you may very well say “to passepartout” meaning to glue a picture to a piece of cardboard. At least the good old Oxford says you can. But I would rather say those pictures were posted on a billbord in… -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2002-07-03 02:49:10 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- billboard that is ;-) |
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peer agreement (net): +1board Explanation: Паспарту (франц. - passe-partout) картонная рамка или подклейка для рисунка, гравюры, книжной иллюстрации, и т.д. Мне кажется, что в русском тексте это слово использовано не совсем точно, так что, наверное, действительно лучше переводить по контексту - board, or special board. |
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actually, mat is correct Explanation: I used to work for an art gallery years ago, and the cardboard framing a picture (beveled at a 45 degree angle and sometimes revealing several different-colored layers) within the actual metal or wood frame was called a mat. |
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