Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

squinch

French translation:

plisser

Added to glossary by StefanoFarris
Feb 12, 2016 19:28
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English term

squinch

English to French Art/Literary General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
Bonsoir à tous,

J’aimerais savoir comment vous traduiriez «squinch » en français. Sa définition anglaise est la suivante :

- tense up the muscles of (one's eyes or face).
"Gina squinched her face up"

- (of a person's eyes) narrow so as to be almost closed, typically in reaction to strong light.
"he flicked on the light, which made my eyes squinch up"

Je vous remercie d’avance pour vos réponses.

Jean.
Proposed translations (French)
3 +2 plisser
5 tiquer
3 froncer
Change log

Feb 12, 2016 19:32: Tony M changed "Field (specific)" from "Linguistics" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters"

Feb 14, 2016 17:22: StefanoFarris Created KOG entry

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Discussion

philgoddard Feb 12, 2016:
This appears to be a very recent coinage:
http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/shortcuts/2015/jul/31/squ...
cchat Feb 12, 2016:
froncer ? plisser ? The definition sounds very like "scrunch up".
http://philippe.boeuf.pagesperso-orange.fr/robert/physique/f...

Proposed translations

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plisser

plisser les yeux
Peer comment(s):

agree katsy
15 hrs
Merci bien !
agree claude-andrew : A portemanteau word from "squeeze" and "pinch"; can be just the eyes or most of the face
17 hrs
:-) Merci bien ! Thank you very much !
neutral chaplin : plisser ne peut être utilisé seul donc il faut ajouter le visage, les yeux etc...
1 day 17 hrs
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froncer

Froncé :

♦ P. ext. [En parlant d'une pers.] Qui a le visage froncé. J

Example sentence:

Le visage du curé de Mégère venait de se plisser de bas en haut, parut se froncer tandis que les yeux mi-clos ne laissaient passer qu'un trait oblique (Bernanos).

e trouve MlleSergent au bureau, digne et froncée (Colette, Cl. école,1900, p. 158).

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tiquer

il a accepté cette offre sans tiquer

tiquer

verbe intransitif
Conjugaison

(de tic)

Définitions
Homonymes


Familier. Marquer par un jeu de physionomie le mécontentement, le dépit, l'étonnement : Le prix l'a fait tiquer.
En parlant du cheval, avoir un tic.

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Note added at 1 day18 hrs (2016-02-14 13:29:46 GMT)
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Manifester son étonnement ou sa contrariété par un bref mouvement ou un tic, sourciller.
Synonyme : tressaillir
Sourciller est bien aussi

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Note added at 1 day18 hrs (2016-02-14 13:30:11 GMT)
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il y a aussi broncher

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Note added at 1 day18 hrs (2016-02-14 13:31:07 GMT)
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broncher s'éloigne du contexte!
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