figurate

Their masterful use of figurate descant impressed the judges of the choir competition.
Leur utilisation magistrale du contrepoint figuré a impressionné les juges du concours de chorales.
The students thought they were going to play bingo, but in reality the teacher handed out the chips to teach them about figurate numbers.
Les élèves pensaient qu'ils allaient jouer au bingo, mais en réalité le professeur a distribué les jetons pour leur enseigner les nombres figurés.
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