tour Eiffel

French

tour Eiffel

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuʁ e.fɛl/
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Proper noun

tour Eiffel f

  1. Eiffel Tower (tower in Paris)
    • 1890, Guy de Maupassant, La vie errante
      J’ai quitté Paris et même la France, parce que la tour Eiffel finissait par m’ennuyer trop. Non seulement on la voyait de partout, mais on la trouvait partout, faite de toutes les matières connues, exposée à toutes les vitres, cauchemar inévitable et torturant.
      Left Paris, and France, too, on account of the Eiffel Tower. It could not only be seen from everywhere, but it could be found everywhere, made of every kind of known material, exhibited in all windows, an ever-present and racking nightmare.

Synonyms

  • grande dame de fer
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