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excoriating white

French translation: blanc étincelant

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English term or phrase:	excoriating white
French translation:	blanc étincelant
Entered by:	Flore Bargain

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18:16 Jan 11, 2012

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Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Collection papiers peints

English term or phrase: excoriating white

Bonjour,

Lors de l'énumération des tons d'une collection (axée sur la nature) - comment traduiriez-vous cette description de couleur : "excoriating white"?

Merci,
Flore

Flore Bargain KudoZ activity Questions: 237 (3 open) (10 without valid answers) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 9 France
Local time: 02:00

blanc étincelant

Explanation:
Total guess .... est-ce que ce blanc est "excoriating" parce qu'il "écorche" les yeux ... un peu dans le sens d'un "blanc aveuglant" comme on dirait de la neige ou d'une plage de sable blanc ?

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AntoineH
Local time: 02:00

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Merci !
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blanc étincelant

AntoineH

3 +1

blanc cassé

Maya Fourioti

blanc chiné

nadiaprice

Discussion entries: 1

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21 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

blanc cassé

Explanation:
....... blanc avec des pigments d'une autre couleur

Maya Fourioti
Local time: 03:00
Native speaker of:

Greek,

French
PRO pts in category: 16

29 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

blanc étincelant

AntoineH
Local time: 02:00
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 24

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Merci !

1 hr confidence:

blanc chiné

Explanation:
Dans le sens de la proposition de Maya qui me parait bien correspondre avec le mot "cassé". Je propose simplement une deuxieme solution aussi courante...

Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin%C3%A9

nadiaprice
Local time: 20:00
Works in field
Native speaker of:

French

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