à contre-jour

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a kɔ̃.tʁə.ʒuʁ/
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Adverb

à contre-jour

  1. backlit
  2. (idiomatic) in the darkness; in the dark
    • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
      Les rideaux de la maison restaient tirés en permanence. Nous vivios à contre-jour.
      The blinds were permanently pulled down. We lived in the darkness
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