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🇫🇷 (un, le) papier de verre [NM][NP], (un, le) papier émeri [NM][NP], (un, le) papier abrasif [NM][NP], (un, le) papier sablé [NM][NP][Québec]
Related term(s): brusiti/brušenje, gladiti/glajenje, korund, orodje, papir, pleskar, pleskati/pleskanje, smirek, steklo
IPA pronunciation: [pa.pje də vɛʁ],[pa.pje ɛm.ʁi],[pa.pje a.bʁa.zif],[pa.pje sa.ble]
Grammar: [PLUR] des/les papiers de verre, des/les papiers émeri, des/les papiers abrasifs, des/les papiers sablés
Example(s) of use: “Le papier de verre, émeri ou abrasif est vraiment multi-usage.”, 20 Minutes [🇫🇷], Les multiples usages du papier abrasif (15/05/2019)
Expressions, idioms: [🇫🇷] (être) bouché à l’émeri (qui ne veut pas comprendre, obtu·e, borné·e, têtu·e) [EXPR]
Literally meaning: [🇸🇮] “biti zamašen s šmirglom”: biti bolj počasne pameti, dojemati/kapirati počasi; [🇬🇧] “be clogged with emery”: slow on the uptake, obstinate, mulish, intractable
Synonyms or related terms: abrasif/abrasive, abrasion, bricoler/bricolage, émeri, polir, ponçage, poncer, quartz, sable, toile émeri
Pivot language: [🇬🇧] sandpaper, glasspaper
In other languages: [LAT] smyris; [GRC] σμερίλιον (smerílion); [🇮🇹] smeriglio
Grammar: [PLUR] des/les papiers de verre, des/les papiers émeri, des/les papiers abrasifs, des/les papiers sablés
Example(s) of use: “Le papier de verre, émeri ou abrasif est vraiment multi-usage.”, 20 Minutes [🇫🇷], Les multiples usages du papier abrasif (15/05/2019)
Expressions, idioms: [🇫🇷] (être) bouché à l’émeri (qui ne veut pas comprendre, obtu·e, borné·e, têtu·e) [EXPR]
Literally meaning: [🇸🇮] “biti zamašen s šmirglom”: biti bolj počasne pameti, dojemati/kapirati počasi; [🇬🇧] “be clogged with emery”: slow on the uptake, obstinate, mulish, intractable
Synonyms or related terms: abrasif/abrasive, abrasion, bricoler/bricolage, émeri, polir, ponçage, poncer, quartz, sable, toile émeri
Pivot language: [🇬🇧] sandpaper, glasspaper
In other languages: [LAT] smyris; [GRC] σμερίλιον (smerílion); [🇮🇹] smeriglio