cantonade

kɑ̃tɔnad

Definition

Definition of cantonade - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

discoursparole adressée sans destinataire précis

Il parlait à la cantonade sans regarder personne.

théâtre

TECH.

espace derrière la scène où se trouvent les acteurs

TECH.

L'acteur attendait son entrée dans la cantonade.

arrière-scène

coulisse

football

Rare

Slang

action spectaculaire à la manière du footballeur Cantona

Rare

Slang

Il a fait une cantonade mémorable lors du match.

action spectaculaire

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à la cantonade

adv.

manière de parler sans s'adresser à quelqu'un de précis

Il lance ses remarques à la cantonade dans l'assemblée.

parler à la cantonade

parler sans s'adresser à quelqu'un de précis ou de visible

L'acteur parlait à la cantonade comme s'il réfléchissait tout haut.

Origin of cantonade

italien, cantonata (coin, angle)

Examples of cantonade in a sentence

La cantonade a été surprise par la déclaration inattendue.
Les costumes sont rangés dans la cantonade.
On entendait des rires venant de la cantonade.
Sa cantonade a impressionné tout le stade.
On parle encore de la cantonade qu’il a tentée en finale.

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English:aside, wings, ...
German:ins Blaue hinein gesprochene Bemerkung, Kulissenbereich, ...
Italian:discorso generico, dietro le quinte, ...
Spanish:a la redonda, bambalinas, ...
Portuguese:discurso para ninguém, bastidores, ...
Chinese:自言自语, 后台, ...
Japanese:独り言, 袖, ...
Arabic:حديث عابر, الكواليس, ...
Hebrew:דִּיבּוּר כְּלָלִי, מֵאֲחוֹרֵי הַקְּלָעִים, ...
Russian:реплика в пространство, кулуары, ...
Ukrainian:слова в порожнечу, куліси, ...
Catalan:parlar sense destinatari concret, entrebambalines, ...
Danish:bemærkning til alle og ingen, kulisse, ...
Dutch:toespraak, coulissen, ...
Greek:ομιλία στο κενό, παρασκήνια, ...
Hungarian:odavetett megjegyzés, kulisszák mögötti tér, ...
Khmer:សម្តីនិយាយទៅទូទៅ, ខាងក្រោយឆាក, ...
Korean:허공에 하는 말, 백스테이지, ...
Polish:wypowiedź do wszystkich, balkon, ...
Portuguese (BR):fala ao vento, cantonada, ...
Romanian:cantonadă, zona din spatele scenei, ...
Swedish:yttrande till ingen särskild, kuliss, ...
Thai:การพูดลอยๆ, หลังเวที, ...
Turkish:laf atma, kulis, ...
Vietnamese:lời nói vu vơ, hậu trường, ...

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