figuur meaning in English
| Dutch | English |
|---|---|
| figuur substantief {f} | curve [curves](informal: usually in plural: attractive features of a woman or informal: attractive shape of a woman's body) picture [pictures](representation of visible reality produced by drawing, etc) |
| figuur substantief {m} {n} | figure [figures](drawing) |
| figuurlijk bijvoeglijk naamwoord | figurative(metaphorical; not literal) |
| figuurlijk bijwoord | figuratively(in a figurative manner) |
| figuurlijke uitdrukking substantief {f} | trope [tropes](rhetoric: figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning) |
| figuurzaag substantief {f} | fretsaw(saw) |
| actiefiguur substantief {f} | action figure(children's toy) |
| contrastfiguur substantief | foil [foils](character who helps emphasise the traits of the main character) |
| doorzagen met een figuurzaag werkwoord | fret [fretted, fretting, frets](to cut through with a fretsaw) |
| een belachelijk figuur slaan werkwoord | make a show of oneself(To embarrass oneself or others in public) make a spectacle of oneself(To embarrass oneself or others in public) |
| een figuur slaan substantief | egg on one's face(suffer embarrassment or humiliation) |
| nevenfiguur substantief {m} {f} | walk-on(actor with a small part) |
| publiek figuur substantief {m} {f} | public figure(person subject to public interest) |
| schertsfiguur substantief {m} {f} | nobody [nobodies](unimportant person) nonentity [nonentities](an unimportant or insignificant person) |
| sleutelfiguur substantief | linchpin [linchpins](central cohesive source of stability and security) |
| stijlfiguur substantief {m} | figure of speech(rhetorical figure) |
| vaderfiguur substantief {m} | father figure(one who represents, behaves as, or is regarded as a father) |
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