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free-standing

French translation: isolé / séparé / indépendant

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English term or phrase:	free-standing
French translation:	isolé / séparé / indépendant

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15:51 Jan 25, 2012

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Tech/Engineering - Architecture

English term or phrase: free-standing

"the free-standing building..."

Je visualise bien un bâtiment indépendant qui n'est accolé à rien d'autre mais une expression exacte serait mieux.
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Eleonore Wapler KudoZ activity Questions: 8 (3 open) Answers: 16 United Kingdom
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isolé / séparé / indépendant

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(2) BUILDING-TYPE OF
A building is any independent, free-standing structure comprising one or more rooms or other spaces, covered by a roof and usually (though not always- particularly in tropical areas) enclosed within external walls or dividing walls which extend from the foundations to the roof. A building may be used or intended for residential,

Un batiment est une construction independante qui comprend une ou plusieurs pieces et autres surfaces, qui est couverte par un toit et generalement (mais pas toujours, en particulier dans les regions tropicales) limitee par des murs exterieurs.."
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/sconcerns/housing/......