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arc-en-ciel

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nounmasculine
  1. rainbowmulticoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air
adjective
  1. rainbow

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  • Après quelques minutes, tout le corps du chevalier offrait aux yeux des spectateurs les nuances variées de l'arc-en-ciel.After a few minutes, the entire body of the knight offered to the spectators the varied nuances of the rainbow.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
  • «La vie est cette couleur brillante du serpent, qui paraît et disparaît plus vite que la flèche ne vole; elle est cet arc-en-ciel que l'on voit à midi sur les flots du torrent; elle est l'ombre d'un nuage qui passe."Life is this brilliant color of the serpent, which appears and disappears faster than the arrow flies; it is this rainbow which is seen at noon on the waves of the torrent; it is the shadow of a passing cloud.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I

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