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Kuwaiti national

French translation: ressortissant koweïtien


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:Kuwaiti national
French translation:ressortissant koweïtien
Entered by: Helene Laurendeau, Ph.D.
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20:14 Jan 21, 2006
English to French translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / Symposium
English term or phrase: Kuwaiti national
A Kuwaiti national sued his government in the UK, and his claim was dismissed because...

Est-ce un citoyen du Kuwait?
xxxSyllab
Local time: 01:35
ressortissant koweïtien
Explanation:
voir site me ressortissant semble être l'expression consacrée

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Helene Laurendeau, Ph.D.
United States
Local time: 01:35
Grading comment
Merci à tous !
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4ressortissant koweïtien
Helene Laurendeau, Ph.D.
5 +3Citoyen du KoweitDFBEN
5ressortissant kuweitien ou du Koweit
Christine Cooreman
2 +1Kuweitien
Jonathan MacKerron


  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
kuwaiti national
Citoyen du Koweit


Explanation:
Close to all the definitions.

DFBEN
Local time: 01:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Dominique Maréchal
1 min

agree  Christine C.: Peut-être plus précis encore.
2 mins

agree  Maya Jurt: Larousse, le Petit Robert, le Monde etc. (sans tréma) Koweitien
5 mins

neutral  Jonathan MacKerron: suis d'accord avec Philippe: ressortisant = national
15 mins
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
kuwaiti national
Kuweitien


Explanation:
Hachette

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Note added at 5 mins (2006-01-21 20:19:34 GMT)
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"ressortissant du Koweït" = 28 googles

Jonathan MacKerron
Local time: 07:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christine C.: L'orthographe n'est-elle pas : "Koweïtien"?
4 mins
  -> not according to Robert&Collins

neutral  Dr Sue Levy: The RC FR>EN has "koweïtien", EN>FR "koweitien" but "Koweït" cherchez l'erreur ;-)
1 hr
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
kuwaiti national
ressortissant kuweitien ou du Koweit


Explanation:
Cela me semble plus correct!

Christine Cooreman
Greece
Local time: 08:35
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
kuwaiti national
ressortissant koweïtien


Explanation:
voir site me ressortissant semble être l'expression consacrée

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Note added at 10 mins (2006-01-21 20:24:38 GMT)
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www.icrc.org/Web/fre/sitefre0.nsf/htmlall/5FZJD7


    Reference: http://www.icrc.org/Web/fre/sitefre0.nsf/htmlall/5FZJD7
Helene Laurendeau, Ph.D.
United States
Local time: 01:35
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Merci à tous !

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  dikran d
0 min

agree  Dr Sue Levy: en français de France, c'est comme ça :-) et Larousse et Robert...
2 mins

agree  xxxPFB: ressortissant, en effet. Pas la même chose que citoyen
6 mins

agree  xxxdf49f: oui pour ressortissant, oui pour le O et oui pour le tréma
8 mins
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