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cardboard

nomadjectifattesté dans les dialogues

  • Royaume-Uni//ˈkɑːdbɔːd//
  • États-Unis//ˈkɑɹdˌbɔɹd//
  • États-Unis//ˈkɑɹˌbɔɹd//

A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.

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  1. 1

    A wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs.

  2. 2

    figuréSomething flat or insubstantial.

    According to these keyboard warriors, the young men and women who survived the shooting are part of a big hoax, are liars, are mere cardboard cutouts – “crisis actors” who roam the country looking for mass shootings from which to promote their anti-gun message – all being pushed forward by the giant liberal machine that is Hillary Clinton’s robot attack army.

  3. 3

    Synonym of African nutmeg (“Pycnanthus angolensis”).

Étymologie

From card + board.

adjectif

  1. 1

    Made of or resembling cardboard.

    The thing really looked quite cardboard.

    MUMMER 3 pulls out an inflated cushion with a very cardboard crown on it.

  2. 2

    figuréFlat or flavorless.

    The worst of the thing, however, is that the enormity, such as it is, happens to be of a very cardboard and tinsel character.

    […]a conventional historical drama -- one of those event-crammed sagas featuring a beautiful, plucky heroine, a mysterious, elusive lover and a cardboard supporting cast of thousands.

    While Lensky’s character is quite cardboard, Onegin’s manipulations and lack of ability to call off the duel because he fears society’s jibes, Lensky’s youth and naivety, and Tatiana’s reaction to the duel lend the event its gravity.

Formes

pluriel
cardboards
Les pages voisinesL'ordre alphabétique suit les règles de la langue, pas la valeur des octets : un accent ne départage que deux mots par ailleurs identiques, et l'espagnol range le Ñ comme une lettre à part entière.

Contenu lexical issu du Wiktionary, sous licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrée d'origine · Version des données 2026-08-23

Rang parmi les mots du corpus OpenSubtitles 2018 — des sous-titres de films et de séries, donc de la langue parlée et non écrite (CC BY-SA 3.0).