Used attributively before nouns to denote material or sheet-like quality (e.g., sheet metal, sheet lightning)
Translations
en tôleSe dit surtout de matériaux ou de panneaux en tôle. They installed sheet steel panels on the exterior walls.
Ils ont installé des panneaux en tôle d'acier sur les murs extérieurs.
en nappePour un phénomène qui se produit en large couche continue. Sheet lightning flashed across the sky.
Des éclairs en nappe zébraient le ciel.
Definitions
Made of or consisting of sheet material, especially sheet metal. They installed sheet steel panels on the exterior walls.
Occurring, moving, or spread out in a broad, continuous layer. Sheet lightning flashed across the sky.