French term
France
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Native in: English (Variants: US, UK)
Works in: French to English, English
chapiteaux
I have already seen it translated as "capitals," "caps," or "big tops" but do not find these words satisfactory. This is for a tourist brochure describing medieval architecture in the Southwest of France.
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Proposed translations
capitals
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Note added at 4 mins (2006-01-25 10:56:51 GMT)
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"fine, carved capitals" -- what else could you put on top of a Romanesque column?
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df49f (X)
: ben oui, what else, et pluriel bien sûr - to be found in any general dictionary
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Merci, DF !
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PFB (X)
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Merci, Philippe !
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Christopher Crockett
: The columns are not mentioned in this poorly worded original; the capitals are associated with the "arcatures ". But it is "lauzes" which is the difficult word here. I've never, ever seen it before and have no idea how to translate it without seeing them.
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Thanks, CC! 'lauzes' are stone slates, as Bourth says!
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Bourth (X)
: Capital answer, absolutely spiffing. CC: Check out "lauzes" in the glossary; Dusty and I have become experts!
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Thanks, Alex! Been there, done that, got the T-shirt...
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LJC (X)
: post grading, to Christopher & anyone else who's interested: lause/lauze = stone slates or paving slabs.
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Thanks, Lesley!
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