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macabre - translation to french
THEME IN ARTWORK
MACABRE; Macabre stories
![Charles VI]] in the [[crypt]] of the Capuchin church in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Habsburg Emperor death head dsc01325.jpg?width=200 "Charles VI]] in the [[crypt]] of the Capuchin church in [[Vienna]], [[Austria]].")
![Totentanz]]'' ("Dance of the Dead"), illustration from the ''[[Nuremberg Chronicle]]'', by [[Hartmann Schedel]] (1440–1514)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nuremberg chronicles - Dance of Death (CCLXIIIIv).jpg?width=200 "Totentanz]]'' (\"Dance of the Dead\"), illustration from the ''[[Nuremberg Chronicle]]'', by [[Hartmann Schedel]] (1440–1514)")
![lccn=2011050166}}</ref> [[Pisa]], [[Italy]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pisa, Camposanto trionfo della morte 16 opening the graves.JPG?width=200 "lccn=2011050166}}</ref> [[Pisa]], [[Italy]]")
![Sedlec Ossuary]], [[Czech Republic]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sedlec-Ossuary.jpg?width=200 "Sedlec Ossuary]], [[Czech Republic]]")
macabre
macabre, gruesome, ghoulish, grim, grisly
macchabée
n. macabre, allegorical dance of death
humeur macabre
n. gallows humor
Definition
macabre
[m?'k?:br(?)]
¦ adjective disturbing and horrifying because concerned with death and injury.
Origin
C19: from Fr. macabre, from Danse Macabre 'dance of death', from OFr., perh. from Macabe 'a Maccabee', with ref. to a miracle play depicting the slaughter of the Maccabees.
Wikipedia
Macabre
In works of art, the adjective macabre (US: or UK: ; French: [makabʁ]) means "having the quality of having a grim or ghastly atmosphere". The macabre works to emphasize the details and symbols of death. The term also refers to works particularly gruesome in nature.
Examples of use of macabre
1. Il y met de l‘humour, du macabre, de la tragédie.
2. Le feuilleton macabre ne sétait pas arręté encore.
3. Et Carla a rapidement raconté leur projet macabre.
4. Sans jamais sombrer dans le macabre ou le morbide.
5. Ils ont eu trois filles, des adolescentes ŕ l‘heure de cette macabre affaire.