How is the phrase fils de la Vierge translated from French to English

English translation
gossamer
noun

Fins fils de soie d'araignée qui flottent dans l'air.

Fine threads of spider silk floating in the air.

Examples with “fils de la Vierge”

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  • Les fils de la Vierge brillaient sur l'herbe du matin. — Gossamer glinted on the morning grass.

  • Elle portait un voile vaporeux. — She wore a gossamer veil.

  • Un fil de la Vierge s'est accroché à ma manche. — A thread of gossamer stuck to my sleeve.

  • Les rideaux sont presque vaporeux, alors la lumière entre à flots. — The curtains are almost gossamer, so the light pours in.

  • Après la pluie, toute la haie était couverte de fils de la Vierge. — After the rain the whole hedge was hung with gossamer.

  • De fines ailes vaporeuses portaient l'insecte au-dessus de l'eau. — Thin gossamer wings carried the insect over the water.

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