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non pleateds trouser

French translation: pantalon sans pli

13:25 Oct 3, 2002
English to French translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: non pleateds trouser
un pantalon sans pinces?
frenoy (X)
French translation:pantalon sans pli
Explanation:
style Armani
Selected response from:

Jacques BOSSER
France
Local time: 03:41
Grading comment
merci
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5pantalon sans pli
Jacques BOSSER
4 +2pantalon sans plis (non plissé)
Francis MARC
3 +3pantalon droit
Fabienne Agin


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pantalon sans plis (non plissé)


Explanation:
ref Harrap's
leated
['pli:tNd] adj (skirt etc) plissé

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 04:41
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 12561

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Merline
6 mins
agree  Geneviève von Levetzow: sans plis, mais pas non plissé, une jupe est plissée, le mot s'emploie à peine pour les pantalons.
14 mins
agree  JCEC: sans pli(s)
17 mins
disagree  Gayle Wallimann: Sans pinces est le terme commun.
2 hrs
  -> inexact,! un pantalon à pinces est spécial (pinces partant du niveau de la ceinture sur hauteur réduite), un pli de pantalon va du haut jusqu'en bas de chaque coté de chaque jambe
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
pantalon droit


Explanation:
Pour femmes, ça pourrait être un pantalon sans pinces. Pour homme, on parle plutôt de pantalon droit.

RE: Les complets se présentent près du corps, avec des vestes à deux ou à trois boutons, épaules soulignées, revers étroits, portées sur des pantalons droits ou de coupe conique


    Reference: http://http://www.pkz.ch/franz/trends_main.html
Fabienne Agin
Local time: 21:41
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Geneviève von Levetzow: Les pinces et les plis ne sont pas la même chose.
30 mins
  -> Sans pinces, sans plis, c'est un pantalon droit... Merci!
agree  Gayle Wallimann: Sans pinces is the correct descriptive term, not plis.
1 hr
agree  lien: on dit un pantalon a pinces / pantalon droit
20 hrs
  -> Oui, c'est ce que j'ai trouvé aussi. Merci!
agree  NancyLynn: et attention à l'anglais: non-pleated trousers
23 hrs
  -> Merci
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
pantalon sans pli


Explanation:
style Armani

Jacques BOSSER
France
Local time: 03:41
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 57
Grading comment
merci

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JCEC
6 mins
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
42 mins
agree  Catherine GUILLIAUMET: Oui, c'est au sigulier. "Plis" au pluriel signifierait "froissé", ou sans plis = non froissé. La subtilité de la languie française :-)
3 hrs
agree  Anna Taylor: ne fait pas un pli...
5 hrs
agree  IlonaT
1 day 19 hrs
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