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English: butler's table

French translation: servante / desserte







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English term or phrase:butler's table
French translation:servante / desserte
Entered by:Geneviève von Levetzow
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English to French translations [PRO]
Furniture / Household Appliances / furniture
English term or phrase: butler's table
a piece of furniture

I know what it looks like (from wood shop class!) but what is its French appelation, please?
NancyLynn
Canada
servante / desserte
Explanation:
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Geneviève von Levetzow
Germany
Note from asker to answerer
oui! desserte est justement le terme que je cherchais. Merci!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +8servante / desserte
Geneviève von Levetzow
5 +2table porte-gâteaux
margilii


  


Answers

15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
table porte-gâteaux

Explanation:
(also called tiers table)

Dictionnaire descriptif et visuel d'objets (French-English)
Bernard, L. - Canada

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Note added at 2003-03-25 01:48:37 (GMT)
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Acc. to TERMIUM:

table porte-gâteaux (FÉM) =>
butler\'s table, butler\'s tray table, tier table, dumb waiter,
dumb-waiter (UK), dumbwaiter (US), silent butler

desserte OU servante (FÉM) =>
serving table, server, side table,
DEF. – A TABLE (B060:02-00217) that consists of a set of wide shelves that are sometimes flanked by drawers or cabinets. It may have a rolling wheel base and is usually placed at the side of a dining table or against a wall in a dining room




margilii
Brazil
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Will Matter
4 mins

agree Jean-Gabriel Piette
2 hrs
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
servante / desserte

Explanation:
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Geneviève von Levetzow
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Note from asker to answerer
oui! desserte est justement le terme que je cherchais. Merci!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Benoit HUPIN: une desserte
12 mins

agree Jean-Paul Salaün: desserte
28 mins

agree lien: desserte
1 hr

agree Madeleine Pérusse
1 hr

agree Philip ROUSSEAU-CUNNINGHAM
3 hrs

agree GILLES MEUNIER
6 hrs
  -> Merci à tous et bonne journée :)

agree bwana Jojo
9 hrs

agree Ségolène Neilson: desserte
12 hrs
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