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French term or phrase:	accotoir
English translation:	armrest/side table
Entered by:	Yana

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4:39am Jul 7, 2002

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Furniture / Household Appliances / furniture

French term or phrase: accotoir

In this case, it cannot be an armrest. It is some kind of a table.
"Accotoirs rectangulaires, un seul modèle dessiné avec entretoise courbe."
And as for entretoise, am I right in thinking that it can be translated as "cross-brace(s)"?

Yana

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Michael Tovbin: 5:22am Jul 7, 2002: "armrest" is the only meaning I found. Maybe, a broader context would help. -

rectangular side tables

Explanation:
A bit of a guess. I too only saw arm rest in the dictionaries, but terms invented by marketing people are rarely found in dictionaries.

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xxxhartran
Belgium

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Thank you all!
In this case it definitely could not be an armrest, even though every dictionary says it is.
Sorry, I couldn't post an additional note (ProZ didn't let me do that for some reason), but there is a picture of a low rectangular table near that sentence, so "side table" is probably the best translation here.
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Summary of answers provided

3 +3

headrest

Rowan Morrell

4 +2

Rectangular support

BOB DE DENUS

accotoir = armrest crossbar = entretoise

Jean-Luc Dumont

rectangular side tables

xxxhartran

stretcher

Tony M

Answers

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

headrest

Explanation:
Eurodicautom gives this in addition to armrest. Is that possible, do you think?

Rowan Morrell
New Zealand
Native speaker of:

English

2 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

Rectangular support

Explanation:
See the french verb accoter in any French dictionary =Appuyer d'un côté, 2 soutenir avec une cale = s'accoter. S'appuyer d'un côté. S'accoter contre la cheminée

Accotoir = Ce qui sert à accoter ou à s'accoter; appui

BOB DE DENUS
Australia
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French

8 hrs confidence:

stretcher

Explanation:
I think this is the term for entretoise often used in furnture, though I must admit it's not my field

And as for the accotoirs, I was wondering if they coulnd't be the kind of flat, one-piece legs used on certain types of table (often rustic or old style), which just have more or less a solid plank holding up at each end, instead of 2 separate legs. They almost always have to have a cross-piece between them

Hope my guess is somewhat helpful!

Tony M
France
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 60

10 hrs confidence:

rectangular side tables

Explanation:
A bit of a guess. I too only saw arm rest in the dictionaries, but terms invented by marketing people are rarely found in dictionaries.

xxxhartran
Belgium
PRO pts in category: 4

Note from asker to answerer

13 hrs confidence:

accotoir = armrest crossbar = entretoise

Explanation:
accotoir is an armrest90% for an amrchair
if for a table: an small (folding) extension (console type) to the table to rest arms or place samll objects

entretoise en H = H-shaped crossbar

syn: entrejambe ou entretoise
Époque Louis XIII The middle of the crossbar sometimes includes a vase or top-shaped ornamentation
Les pieds de table – réunis par une traverse dont le centre est quelquefois occupé par une «toupie »
table en noyer reposant sur des pieds tournés
en balustres. Toupie au centre de l'entretoise.

Entretoise ou entrejambe traverses assemblées en H ou en X destinées à relier entre eux la partie basse des pieds d’une table ou d’un siège pour en augmenter la rigidité.
Accotoir. Bras de siège aux appuis latéraux non garnis ou repose l'avant-bras. L'accotoir est formé du bras et de la console d'accotoir qui relie le bras à la ceinture du siège,

La table
Hormis l'entretoise en H et les pieds tournés, en bois massif, elle rappelle celle de la Renaissance. Le centre de l'entretoise comporte parfois un motif en forme de vase ou de toupie. Quant aux bas de pieds, ils se terminent par une boule plus ou moins aplatie. A cette époque, on plaçait sur certaines tables plus frustes une étoffe de bure (homespun cloth ;) pour les camoufler : c'est de là que vient le mot "bureau".

Accotoir Désigne le bras d'un fauteuil où l'on s'accote en se calant sur le côté. On y pose également le coude ou l'avant-bras, d'où une certaine confusion avec l'accoudoir. La "console d'accotoir" est la pièce verticale qui soutient l'accotoir en prenant appui sur la ceinture d'un siège.

Jean-Luc Dumont
France
Native speaker of:

French

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French: accotoir

English translation: armrest/side table