No. 2,321 in French
nuages
Clouds.
In a sentence
Les nuages couvrent le ciel entier aujourd'hui.
The clouds are covering the entire sky today.
Here, 'nuages' directly refers to the weather phenomenon as entities present in the sky.
Pareils à des nuages, ses pensées dérivent sans arrêt.
Similar to clouds, his thoughts drift endlessly.
In this sentence, 'nuages' is used metaphorically to describe thoughts as drifting entities.
Nous avons peint des nuages blancs sur le mur de la chambre.
We painted white clouds on the wall of the bedroom.
Here, 'nuages' refers to artistic representations of clouds in a decorative setting.
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