toile de fond

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Noun[edit]

toile de fond f (plural toiles de fond)

  1. (theater) backdrop, background, backcloth (painted scenery at the back of a stage)
  2. (figuratively) backdrop, background
    • 2023 May, Constant Léon, “L'Arménie en quête de soutien”, in Le Monde diplomatique, page 12:
      Le blocus de Latchine a pour toile de fond la négociation d’un accord de paix global.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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