English to French translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - History | | English term or phrase: billeting | | Despite his army background, he sided firmly with other merchant-justices in disputes with the military over matters such as billeting and impress warrants, and was also ... |
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| | French translation:cantonnement | Explanation:
Dans le Grand Robert & Collins:
billet [ @bNlNt ]
1 noun
Military
= document billet m de logement
= accommodation cantonnement m (chez l'habitant)
a cushy billet ** ( figurative use ) : un fromage * | une planque *
2 transitive verb Military
to billet a soldier (on sb) loger un soldat (chez qn) , cantonner un soldat (chez qn)
to billet soldiers on a town : cantonner des soldats dans une ville
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| Selected response from:
Amanda Ménage
France
Local time: 21:09
| Grading comment Merci, Cherry Pie
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer |
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6 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 cantonement [chez l'habitant]
Explanation:
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Note added at 2 hrs (2009-07-24 14:46:57 GMT)
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pardon pour la faute de frappe. Il manque une patte à mon clavier et il ne répond pas toujours comme il faut. Et comme je ne me relis pas...
| jmleger
Local time: 14:09
Native speaker of:  French
PRO pts in category: 8
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Asker: Merci JM, mais à égalité, les points vont à l'orthographe ...
Asker: Jean-Marie, veuillez accepter toutes mes excuses. Ma remarque se voulait une explication, non une attaque personnelle. Je ne doute pas qu'il s'agisse d'une coquille et non d'une fôte, mais, ne serait-ce que pour le glossaire, j'ai choisi la réponse sans coquille.
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