Practice FrenchC1noun
la trame
underlying thread, fabric a story rests on
A feminine noun — la in the singular, les in the plural.
« La guerre forme la trame de fond de tout le récit. »
“The war forms the underlying fabric of the whole story.”
In other languages
- Spanish hilo conductor, trasfondo del relato
- Portuguese fio condutor, pano de fundo da narrativa
- Arabic الخيط الخفي والنسيج الذي يقوم عليه السرد
- German roter Faden, Grundgewebe einer Erzählung
- Italian filo conduttore, ordito su cui poggia il racconto (vs l’intrigue)
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