The word is in the Wiktionary

5 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English word —

• repoussoir n. (Art) The use of an object such as a curtain extremely close up to the picture plane in a painting…

— In French —

• repoussoir n.m. (Art) Outil qui sert à faire sortir des clous, des chevilles.
• repoussoir n.m. (Par analogie) Instrument ou outil qui sert à faire ressortir…
• repoussoir n.m. (Peinture) Objet vigoureux de couleur ou très ombré, qu’on…
• repoussoir n.m. (Sens figuré) (Péjoratif) Personne ou chose qui suscite le rejet.

17 English words from the English definition

Art close close␣up curtain extremely object of␣an painting picture picture␣plane plane such such␣as the to␣the up␣to use

13 English words from 4 foreign definitions

Art chevilles chose clous couleur des faire Instrument Objet ombré Par rejet Sens

16 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

analogie de␣couleur des␣clous figuré outil Peinture Péjoratif Personne qui ressortir Sens␣figuré sert sortir suscite très vigoureux

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

repoussoirs

23 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Epo EPO OIr ous -ous Pou POU pous Pous POUs rep Rep REP Rep. repo soi SOI SSO USs USS US$ us's U.S.S.

24 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ios Ios iOS IOs I/Os ope 'ope oper oss OSs OSS 'oss per PER per- per. Per. rio Rio RIO rios Rios RIOs UOP

4 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

pornoisseur posteriours repoussoirs sporiferous

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

superiors

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