"In French, a potiche is a vase or decorative object of little value and no real practical use that you put on a shelf or the mantle," according to media notes on the film. From Wordnik.com. [WTVM - 1- WTVM Home] Reference
He's what the French all a "potiche", an attractive but empty vessel. From Wordnik.com. [Smoking Guns and the Morality of Parliamentary Privilege] Reference
potiche In French, a "potiche" is a vase or useless decorative object, used colloquially as a term for a purely ornamental trophy wife. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
"potiche", actually, refers to a beautiful but kinda "decorative" woman. depends on the context, but you could translate it by something like "arm candy", though in france we often call "potiches" girls on TV game shows whose job is to look hot and pretend she helps (like the hostess in french wheel of fortune). From Wordnik.com. [Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood to Open the Cannes Film Festival, Other Pictures Rumored For the Fest | /Film] Reference
Catherine Deneuve gives an unmistakably regal performance as Suzanne Bujol, a potiche, or trophy wife, to Robert (Fabrice Luchini) the wealthy, reactionary owner of an umbrella factory in 1977; he patronises his wife and is alienated from his grown-up children (played by Jérémie Renier and Judith Godrèche.). From Wordnik.com. [Potiche: A French farce with feeling] Reference
"But I am sure there have been some moments I had the impression I was used as the way I was or the way I looked more than for who I was ... never really a potiche," she said. From Wordnik.com. [WTVM - 1- WTVM Home] Reference
She's just a "potiche," a decorative trophy wife. From Wordnik.com. [Variety.com] Reference
Festival De Cannes, Rumors, Bruce Robinson, francois ozon, julian schnabel, miral, potiche, Ridley-Scott, Robin-Hood, Terrence-Malick, The-Rum-Diary, Tree-of-Life, Wall-Street-2, Woody-Allen, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger crp. From Wordnik.com. [Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood to Open the Cannes Film Festival, Other Pictures Rumored For the Fest | /Film] Reference
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