Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

ride du lion

English translation:

brow furrow/lines between the eyebrows

Added to glossary by Dawn Montague
Dec 20, 2003 18:55
20 yrs ago
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French term

ride du lion

French to English Other
In a text on the aging of facial skin:

On parle alors de rides d'expression. Elles sont davantage localisées autour des orifices, les yeux (patte d'oie, ride du lion), la bouche (plissé soleil).
Proposed translations (English)
2 +11 brow furrow
5 +1 brow wrinkles
5 for contrast's sake

Proposed translations

+11
2 mins
Selected

brow furrow

Maquillage > Imperfections > Camoufler la ride du lion. Camoufler la ride du lion.
Comment pouvoir camoufler la ride du lion entre les sourcils par maquillage? ...
www.aufeminin.com/questionsexperts/ expert4.asp?questionid=1430

Ce lifting se pratique essentiellement au niveau de la zone frontale et permet d'effacer toutes les rides du front y compris la ride du lion (entre les sourcils ...
www.crpce.com/faq/Visage.htm

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Note added at 3 mins (2003-12-20 18:59:28 GMT)
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Crow\'s feet, fine lines around the lips, the lines between eyebrows
and furrows alongside the nose are beginning to deepen. The ...
www.vichy.com/gb/sante/femme/rides01_02.htm

Glabellar Lines (wrinkle between the eyes) (Unretouched Clinical Photo’s). Frown lines are the deep furrows and lines that appear between our eyebrows, which ...
www.sjeyeassociates.com/botox.htm
Peer comment(s):

agree Laurel Porter (X) : I'd go with the last one - "frown lines".
4 mins
thanks Laurel!
agree Iolanta Vlaykova Paneva : "frown lines".
16 mins
thanks Yolanta :-)
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
27 mins
merci Vicky :-)
agree William Stein : Yes, or maybe "frown lions"
52 mins
funny one :-)
agree PB Trans : that's a good one, William!!
55 mins
thanks Pina - it's the laughing club :-)
agree chaplin
57 mins
thank you!
agree Bourth (X) : Definttely "frown lines".
1 hr
merci!
agree sktrans
6 hrs
agree Jose Paez
7 hrs
agree laurawheeler : yes, frown lines
2 days 18 hrs
agree Helen Genevier : frown lines
915 days
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+1
1 hr

brow wrinkles

I know "wrinkles" is a hard thing to take, but this is my opinion here.
Peer comment(s):

agree chaplin : les rides témoignent de la sagesse d'un individu et cela ne me gêne pas
8 mins
Merçi, chaplin
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1 hr

for contrast's sake

try "smile wrinkles" (= crow's feet) and "frown lines". Look for them on the Web. A nice mixture, since if they do suggest a person looks older, they at least also suggest the person has expression!!!!!
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