canvas

toile

Morceau de tissu solide tendu sur un cadre pour qu’un artiste puisse y peindre.

En anglais simple : A piece of strong cloth stretched over a frame for an artist to paint on.

• She painted a flower on the canvas.
• Two blank canvases stood in his studio.
• He stretched the canvas over a wooden frame.

Comment l'utiliser : on canvas (She paints portraits on canvas.)

Expressions courantes : blank canvas, paint on canvas, large canvas

toile

Tissu épais et solide servant à fabriquer des tentes, des sacs, des voiles et des supports pour peindre.

En anglais simple : Strong, thick cloth used to make tents, bags, sails, and surfaces for painting.

• The bag is made of canvas.
• We bought a heavy canvas tent.
• Her canvas shoes dried in the sun.

Expressions courantes : canvas bag, canvas tent, canvas shoes

toile, support

Cadre, sujet ou surface qui sert de point de départ à un travail créatif.

En anglais simple : A setting, subject, or surface that gives someone a starting point for creative work.

• The garden is a canvas for your imagination.
• The city provided a rich canvas for his novel.
• These plain walls offer a canvas for bold designs.

Comment l'utiliser : a canvas for something (The empty warehouse became a canvas for her ideas.)

Synonymes : starting point, basis

Expressions courantes : canvas for something, creative canvas, blank canvas

tente

Tente, notamment lorsqu’on parle de dormir ou de séjourner en plein air.

En anglais simple : A tent, especially when describing sleeping or staying outdoors.

• We slept under canvas.
• It was their first holiday under canvas.
• Would you spend a rainy night under canvas?

Comment l'utiliser : under canvas (We spent the weekend under canvas.)

Synonymes : tent

Expressions courantes : under canvas, sleep under canvas

couvrir de toile

Recouvrir quelque chose du tissu épais et solide utilisé pour les tentes et les voiles.

En anglais simple : To cover something with strong, thick cloth used for tents and sails.

• They canvas the deck each winter.
• The workers canvased the wooden roof.
• We need to canvas this frame before the rain comes.

Expressions courantes : canvas a roof, canvas a deck