Crossword puzzle : Metaphors and imagery in French

Put your mastery of French to the ultimate test with this challenging crossword dedicated to metaphors and imagery. From poetic figures of speech to vivid literary expressions, this puzzle explores the richness of French figurative language at its most sophisticated level. Can you navigate the labyrinth of langue imagée and emerge victorious?

Horizontalement

1. 1. To put or place
2. 1. To put
3. 2. To pass or spend time
4. 5. To break
5. 8. likening one thing to another
6. 10. speech or word
7. 10. spoken word or speech
8. 12. To call
9. 13. Often
10. 13. often or frequently
11. 14. Dark and without much light

Verticalement

1. 1. To die
2. 3. use of symbols to represent ideas
3. 4. misuse or extension of a word
4. 6. absent person given a voice
5. 7. mild word replacing harsh term
6. 9. Soon
7. 11. Never
8. 11. never, at no time
9. 11. Never