frame Signification, définition

Signification de frame en français

• 0 the border around a picture -- cadre [ masculine ]

  • a gold picture frame un cadre de photo doré

• 1 a supporting structure -- armature [ feminine ]

  • a bed frame un sommier de lit

• 2 [ plural ] the part of a pair of glasses that surrounds the lenses and goes over the ears -- monture [ feminine ]

  • the glasses with the silver frames les lunettes avec la monture d’argent

• 3 the general shape of sb’s body -- gabarit [ masculine ]

  • a girl with a tiny frame une fille au minuscule gabarit

• 4 how positive or negative you are feeling -- disposition [ feminine ] d’esprit

  • I’m not in the right frame of mind to write a letter today. Je ne suis pas dans la bonne disposition d’esprit pour écrire une lettre aujourd’hui.

• 5 to put a frame on a picture -- encadrer

  • I haven’t framed the photo yet. Je n’ai pas encore encadré la photo.

  • She had the certificate framed. Elle avait fait encadrer le diplôme.

• 6 to be a border around sth -- encadrer

  • Her long hair framed her face. Ses longs cheveux encadraient son visage.

• 7 to communicate sth carefully to control the way people understand it -- formuler

  • the difficulty of framing the issue for voters la difficulté à formuler la question pour les électeurs

• 8 a hard main structure round which something is built or made -- structure, charpente

  • the steel frame of the aircraft.

• 9 something made to enclose something -- cadre

  • a picture frame

  • a window frame.

• 10 the human body -- ossature

  • He has a slight frame.

• 11 to put a frame around -- encadrer

  • We ought to frame this picture.

• 12 to act as a frame for -- encadrer, entourer

  • Her hair framed her face.

• 13 to arrange false evidence so as to make (someone) seem guilty of a crime etc (noun frame-up) -- monter un coup (contre), coup monté

  • Harrison claimed that he’’d been framed for the murder.