Traduction de lumière

lumière

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nom féminin

[naturelle - généralement]     light
[ - du soleil]     sunlight
  l'atelier reçoit la lumière du nord    the studio faces north
revoir la lumière
1. [recouvrer la vue] to be able to see again
2. [en sortant d'un lieu sombre] to see daylight again
3. [retrouver la liberté] to be free again
[artificielle]     light (substantif comptable)
  j'ai vu de la lumière et je suis entré    I saw a light (on) so I went in
  allumer la lumière    to turn ou to switch on the light
  éteindre la lumière    to turn ou to switch off the light
  lumières tamisées    soft lighting
[éclaircissement]     light
  apporter de la lumière sur quelque chose    to shed light on something
  toute la lumière sera faite    we'll get to the bottom of this
[généralementie] genius, (shining) light
cet enfant n'est pas une lumière ! that child is hardly a genius ou a shining light !
astronomie & optique    light
  lumière noire ou de Wood    (ultraviolet) black light
  lumière cendrée    earthshine
  lumière froide    blue light
  lumière zodiacale    zodiacal light
art light
religion
la lumière éternelle ou de Dieu divine light
cacher la lumière sous le boisseau (allusion à la Bible) to hide one's light under a bushel
technologie [orifice] opening

lumières

nom féminin pluriel

[connaissances]     insight (substantif non comptable), knowledge (substantif non comptable)
  elle a des lumières sur le problème    she has (some) insight into the problem
  j'ai besoin de tes lumières    I need the benefit of your wisdom
automobile lights
histoire
le siècle des Lumières the Enlightenment

à la lumière de

locution prépositionnelle

in (the) light of

à la lumière de ce que tu me dis

in (the) light of what you're telling me

en lumière

locution adverbiale

mettre quelque chose en lumière

to bring something out, to shed light on something

LE SIÈCLE DES LUMIÈRES

The period beween the death of Louis XIV (1715) and the 1789 Revolution. The reformist, rationalist movement of the 18th century philosophes and encyclopédistes found its most comprehensive expression in the Encyclopédie edited by Diderot and, for a time, d'Alembert, between 1751 and 1765. The works of the philosophes were largely directed against the values of the Ancien Régime. They favoured the view that the purpose of government was the happiness of the people and laid the foundations for the democratic, egalitarian ideas of the following century.

Traduction de lumière

lumière

lumières

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en lumière

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