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onshore

French translation: à terre


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English term or phrase:onshore
French translation:à terre
Entered by: Cybe
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English to French translations [PRO]
Environment & Ecology / environment
English term or phrase: onshore
An estimated 72TW of energy onshore it thought to be available

Je pensais sur terre !! ???
Cybe
France
Local time: 01:14
à terre
Explanation:
une suggestion...
par opposition à off shore = en mer
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florence metzger
France
Local time: 01:14
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3 +6à terre
florence metzger
4à terre
Françoise REY-SENS


  

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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
à terre


Explanation:
une suggestion...
par opposition à off shore = en mer

florence metzger
France
Local time: 01:14
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 17

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agree  Charlesp
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agree  FX Fraipont
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agree  Arnold007
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agree  GILLES MEUNIER
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
à terre


Explanation:
"à terre" par opposition à "en mer"; on laisse souvent onshore, comme offshore, en français.

Example sentence(s):
  • pour le secteur pétrolier. « Le marché onshore (à terre] nous intéresse également, souligne
Françoise REY-SENS
France
Local time: 01:14
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PRO pts in category: 5
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