Translation of "peau de chagrin" to English

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Dictionary translations for "peau de chagrin"

la peau de chagrin f noun

pl. peaux de chagrin

shagreen [ʃæˈɡri:n] (groupe nominal, matière)

Contexts with "peau de chagrin"

Il a glissé sur une peau de banane. He slipped on a banana peel.

Les nouvelles l'emplirent de chagrin. The news filled her with sorrow.

Assise dans son fauteuil en peau de panthère, la jeune femme en lingerie rouge lisait à haute voix un livre intitulé « La princesse noire ». Sitting in her panther hide chair, the young woman, clad in red lingerie, was reading aloud a book titled "The Black Princess".

Son cœur se remplit de chagrin. His heart filled with sorrow.

J'ai soudainement eu une envie de manger de la bonne peau de poulet bien rôtie. I suddenly got a craving to eat some crisp roast chicken skin.

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