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onshore

French translation: à terre


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:onshore
French translation:à terre
Entered by: Cybe
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18:54 Nov 2, 2009
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
Local time: 00:26
à terre
Explanation:
une suggestion...
par opposition à off shore = en mer
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florence metzger
Local time: 00:26
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Summary of answers provided
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
Local time: 00:26
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 29

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agree  Charlesp
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agree  FX Fraipont
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agree  Arnold007
58 mins
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agree  GILLES MEUNIER
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agree  Beila Goldberg
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agree  mimi 254
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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
Local time: 00:26
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 5
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Changes made by editors
Nov 19, 2009 - Changes made by Cybe:
Edited KOG entryCybe's old entry - "onshore" => "à terre"
Nov 5, 2009 - Changes made by Cybe:
Edited KOG entryCybe's old entry - "onshore" => "à terre"


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