sculpter

{{c black}}sculpter [skylte]

➭ TABLE 1 transitive verb

[+ marbre, statue] to sculpt ; [+ meuble, bois] to carve

• sculpter qch dans du bois to carve sth out of wood

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✦ The p is not pronounced.

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skylte

verbe transitif

1) (réaliser) to sculpt, to carve [statue] (dans in); to carve [ornements, meuble] (dans out of)

2) (travailler) to sculpt, to carve [pierre, marbre]; to carve [bois]

3) (éroder) to sculpt, to carve out [roche]

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skylte vt

1) [statue] to sculpt, to carve

sculpter la pierre — to sculpt stone

sculpter le bois — to carve wood

en bois sculpté — in carved wood, made of carved wood

sculpté dans la masse — carved from the block

2) [érosion] to carve

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sculpter verb table: aimer vtr

1 (réaliser) to sculpt, to carve [statue, buste] (dans in); to carve [ornements, meuble] (dans out of); sculpter une statue dans du marbre to sculpt ou carve a statue in marble; sculpter une tête dans un rocher to carve a head in the rock;

2 (travailler) to sculpt, to carve [pierre, marbre]; to carve [bois]; sculpter au ciseau to carve with a chisel; cheminée en marbre sculpté sculpted marble mantelpiece;

3 (éroder) [mer, érosion] to sculpt, to carve out [roche, falaise].

[skylte] verbe transitif

1. ART to sculpt

[orner de sculptures] to sculpture

sculpter quelque chose dans le marbre to sculpt something out of marble

2. [bois] to carve

[bâton] to scrimshaw

3. (soutenu) [façonner] to sculpt, to carve, to fashion

la mer a sculpté la falaise the cliff has been sculpted by the sea