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French term or phrase:torre
English translation:"torre" (not translated)
Entered by: Francis MARC
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21:08 Dec 19, 2002
French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Archaeology / archaeology
French term or phrase: torre
Ces petits ensembles sont souvent dominés par une tour circulaire - la torre - et enserrés derrière une enceinte protectrice.

(describing small, dry stone, Bronze Age huts)
MSH
Local time: 17:02
"torre" (not translated)
Explanation:
typical corsican/mediteranean tower construction ("nuraghi" in Italy)

See that specialized site
http://www.stonepages.com/glossary.html
Nuraghe
In Sardinia (Italy), a tower built in Cyclopean style, either simple or complex. It is the equivalent of the Corsican torre, and dates from the third millennium BC

Filitosa
... de l'Age du Bronze y bâtirent des cabanes de pierre, un castellu ,village fortifié , puis des monuments circulaires, les torre (ressemblant aux nuraghi sardes ...
michele.castelli.free.fr/filitosa.htm - 26k
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Francis MARC
Local time: 19:02
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4 +2"torre" (not translated)
Francis MARC
4 +2tower (Sp.)
Michael Tovbin


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
tower (Sp.)


Explanation:
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Michael Tovbin
United States
Local time: 11:02
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  luskie
2 mins

agree  Noel Castelino: Yes, something like: ...a circular tower, known in Corsica as a "torre", etc.
8 hrs
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
"torre" (not translated)


Explanation:
typical corsican/mediteranean tower construction ("nuraghi" in Italy)

See that specialized site
http://www.stonepages.com/glossary.html
Nuraghe
In Sardinia (Italy), a tower built in Cyclopean style, either simple or complex. It is the equivalent of the Corsican torre, and dates from the third millennium BC

Filitosa
... de l'Age du Bronze y bâtirent des cabanes de pierre, un castellu ,village fortifié , puis des monuments circulaires, les torre (ressemblant aux nuraghi sardes ...
michele.castelli.free.fr/filitosa.htm - 26k


Francis MARC
Local time: 19:02
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 24

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Noel Castelino
8 hrs

agree  Christopher Crockett: It would seem that it's the "built in Cyclopean style" [i.e., with huge stones, I assume] and the date which would demand that the technical term be used as-is, rather than translated into "tower," which implies something much more generic.
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