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French vocabulary B2: Music, theatre, film, painting and books
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Music, theatre, film, painting and books: the stage and the screen, musical terms and styles, and kinds of writing, such as “le trac”, “la partition”, “le gros plan”, “la nature morte” and “le dramaturge”.
73 French words at level B2, with their translation.
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la nouvelle (un récit court)
short story
la mesure (en musique)
bar (in music)
le do (note de musique)
C (musical note)
la reprise (d'une chanson)
cover version (of a song)also: cover
la loge (pour les spectateurs)
box (in a theatre)
le trac
nerves (before a performance)also: stage fright
la gamme (en musique)
scale (in music)
la partition
score (music)also: sheet music
le sorcier (dans un conte)
wizard
le final (d'un spectacle)
finale (of a show)
la loge (d'un artiste)
dressing room (of a performer)
la mise en scène
stagingalso: mise-en-scène
la réplique (copie)
replicaalso: copy, reproduction
le générique (d'un film)
credits (of a film)
le loup-garou
werewolf
le batteur (musicien)also: la batteuse
drummer
le gala
gala
le méchant (dans une histoire)also: la méchante
villainalso: bad guy, baddie
la réalisation (d'un film)
direction (of a film)also: directing, making, filmmaking
la potion
potion
le mutantalso: la mutante
mutant
la sirène (créature)
mermaid
le nainalso: la naine
dwarf
la valse
waltz
le ralenti (au cinéma)
slow motion
la doublure (au cinéma)
double (for an actor)also: stunt double, body double, stand-in
gothique
Gothic
la ballade
ballad
la fanfare
brass band
le refrain (d'une chanson)
chorus (of a song)also: refrain
le gros plan
close-up
le gag (une blague)
gag (joke)
le vitrail
stained-glass windowalso: stained glass
le second rôle
supporting rolealso: supporting part
rythmique
rhythmicalso: rhythmical
la tonalité (en musique)
key (in music)also: tonality
le rebondissement (dans une histoire)
twist (in a story)
le gong
gong
l'estrade
platform (raised stage)also: stage, dais, podium
le café-théâtre
café theatrealso: cabaret theatre
la baguette magique
magic wandalso: wand
le funk (la musique)
funk (music)
l'essayiste
essayist
le sonnet
sonnet
la nature morte
still life
le cubisme
cubism
le monologue
monologue
l'impressionniste
impressionist
l'autoportrait
self-portrait
la réimpression
reprint
l'harmonica
harmonica
la flûte à bec (instrument de musique)
recorder (instrument)
dédicacer (qqch)
to autograph (sth)also: to inscribe
le parterre (au théâtre)
the stalls (in a theatre)also: stalls
entonner (un chant)
to strike up (a song)
le tambourin
tambourine
faire de la musique
to make musicalso: to play music
le soliloque
soliloquy
adapter au cinéma
to make into a filmalso: to adapt for the screen, to turn into a film
le long métragealso: le long-métrage, de long métrage
feature filmalso: full-length film
le dramaturgealso: la dramaturge
playwrightalso: dramatist
le lieu de tournage
location (for filming)also: film location, shooting location
en coulisses (derrière la scène)also: dans les coulisses
backstagealso: behind the scenes
le chanteur principalalso: la chanteuse principale
lead singer
le talent artistique
artistryalso: artistic talent
le jeu d'acteur
acting (in a play or film)
les arts du spectacle
performing artsalso: the performing arts
la peinture à l'huile
oil painting
la personnification
personification
les ouvrages documentaires
non-fictionalso: non-fiction books, nonfiction
la presse à imprimer
printing press
la pièce radiophonique
radio playalso: radio drama
la bête de scène
born performer
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