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French to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Archaeology / archaeology | | French term or phrase: creux | | 1 fémur blessé portant l'empreinte en creux d'une armature de flèche |
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"en creux" means it is the negative (concave) image of the projectile, but I think it is completely superfluous to specify that an imprint is concave. You should just say "an imprint of..."
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I don\'t know where Bourth gets the idea about moulding from, it\'s certainly not the standard definition of \"imprint\":
Main Entry: 2im·print
Pronunciation: \'im-\"print
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English enpreent, from Middle French empreinte, from feminine of empreint, past participle of empreindre to imprint, from Latin imprimere
Date: 15th century
: something imprinted or printed: as a : a mark or depression made by pressure <the fossil imprint of a dinosaur\'s foot> b : an identifying name (as of a publisher) placed conspicuously on a product; also : the name under which a publisher issues books c : an indelible distinguishing effect or influence |
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William Stein
Local time: 10:03
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32 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +7 imprint
Explanation:
"en creux" means it is the negative (concave) image of the projectile, but I think it is completely superfluous to specify that an imprint is concave. You should just say "an imprint of..."
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Note added at 2003-09-06 00:57:47 (GMT)
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I don\'t know where Bourth gets the idea about moulding from, it\'s certainly not the standard definition of \"imprint\":
Main Entry: 2im·print
Pronunciation: \'im-\"print
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English enpreent, from Middle French empreinte, from feminine of empreint, past participle of empreindre to imprint, from Latin imprimere
Date: 15th century
: something imprinted or printed: as a : a mark or depression made by pressure <the fossil imprint of a dinosaur\'s foot> b : an identifying name (as of a publisher) placed conspicuously on a product; also : the name under which a publisher issues books c : an indelible distinguishing effect or influence
| William Stein
Local time: 10:03
Native speaker of:  English
PRO pts in category: 20
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