No. 1,631 in French
toile
Canvas; fabric; web.
In a sentence
La toile de l'araignée est merveilleusement détaillée.
The web of the spider is wonderfully detailed.
In this sentence, 'toile' refers to 'web' as in a spider's web, illustrating its use to describe structures made of filaments created by spiders.
Nous avons ajouté une nouvelle toile à notre collection de peintures.
We added a new canvas to our collection of paintings.
Here, 'toile' means 'canvas', referring to the material stretched on a frame used by artists for painting.
Elle consulta plusieurs toiles par des artistes célèbres sur Internet.
She browsed through several artworks by famous artists on the Internet.
In this usage, 'toile' metaphorically refers to the Internet as 'la toile' or 'the web', linking to its network-like structure.
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