Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

ribbon windows

French translation:

fenêtre en bandeau

Added to glossary by Delia Georgescu
Jan 22, 2006 14:50
18 yrs ago
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English term

ribbon windows

English to French Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering
The old building, in contrast had high ribbon windows that were inoperable, no skylights, and no interior street or similar gathering place.

Discussion

Jonathan MacKerron Jan 22, 2006:
found this definition in Webster "a series of windows set side by side to form a continuous band horizontally across a facade"

Proposed translations

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1 hr
Selected

fenêtre en bandeau

il suffit de consulter les cinq points de l'architecture de Le Corbusier pour en avoir la confirmation.
Peer comment(s):

agree marie-christine périé
10 mins
agree jlthierry
22 mins
agree GILLES MEUNIER
38 mins
agree Geneviève von Levetzow
49 mins
agree Jacques Desnoyers
2 hrs
agree CHARLES DADOUN : Agree
6 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Merci Cécile et merci à tout le monde pour avoir trouvé le temps de m'aider! Vraiment utiles vos références!"
3 mins

fenêtre-ruban

gets its share of googles, at least in the singular

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-01-22 14:55:42 GMT)
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don't know about the plural, found both fenêtres-ruban, as well as fenêtres-rubans??
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16 mins

fenêtres en largeur continue/sans interruption/en bande horizontale, rangées de fenêtres horizont.

Termium:
Domaine(s)
  – Doors, Windows and Openings
Domaine(s)
  – Ouvertures (Bâtiment)
 
ribbon window Source CORRECT

window band Source CORRECT

horizontal strip window Source
CORRECT

horizontal bar of windows Source
CORRECT

rangée de fenêtres
horizontales Source CORRECT, FÉM

fenêtre en bande horizontale
Source CORRECT, FÉM

fenêtre horizontale et continue
Source CORRECT, FÉM

fenêtre en largeur sans
interruption Source CORRECT, FÉM

DEF – Windows in a continuous
horizontal band. Source

CONT – Horizontalisme. L'emploi (...)
de la fenêtre en largeur sans
interruption donne à beaucoup de
constructions modernes des façades
rayées où alternent les bandes de
maçonnerie des allèges, et les bandes
de verre des baies. So
Peer comment(s):

agree Krystrad
11 mins
agree mchd
31 mins
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