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Summary

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wallflower:
- fait de faire tapisserie
Wiktionary:
- wallflower → vélar, herbe aux chantres, violette (timide comme une)
- wallflower → jeune fille qui fait tapisserie

English

Detailed Translations for wallflower from English to French

wallflower:

wallflower [the ~] nomen

the wallflower
le fait de faire tapisserie
- fait de faire tapisserie [le ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for wallflower:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
fait de faire tapisserie	wallflower
-	Cheiranthus cheiri; Erysimum cheiri

Related Words for "wallflower":

wallflowers

Synonyms for "wallflower":

flower
Cheiranthus cheiri; Erysimum cheiri
shy person; shrinking violet

Related Definitions for "wallflower":

remains on sidelines at social event¹
perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum¹
any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers¹

Wiktionary Translations for wallflower:

wallflower

noun

several short-lived herbs or shrubs of the Erysimum
- wallflower → vélar; herbe aux chantres
socially awkward person
- wallflower → violette (timide comme une)

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• wallflower	→ jeune fille qui fait tapisserie	↔ Mauerblümchen — abwertend, umgangssprachlich: eine weibliche (selten auch männliche) Person, die ihre sexuellen oder anderweitig positiven Vorzug nicht richtig zum Ausdruck bringt, beziehungsweise diese vermeintlich gar nicht besitzt, und deswegen auf das andere Geschlecht eher unauffällig wirkt

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