lit francais

English translation: French bed / king-size bed

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French term or phrase:	lit francais
English translation:	French bed / king-size bed
Entered by:	mónica alfonso

11:09 Oct 26, 2001

French to English translations [PRO]
Marketing

French term or phrase: lit francais

the term is used to describe a bed in the deluxe suite of a hotel. Is it simply 'French bed'or do you know of another term?

Lucien Marcelet

yes, it is a French bed

Explanation:
king-size is another expression, but it is rather about size than luxury, so I'd stick with French bed

Selected response from:

Klaus Dorn (X)
Local time: 08:10

Grading comment

thanks for your input. I shall go with 'French bed'
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

yes, it is a French bed

Klaus Dorn (X)

queen size bed

rrantilla

twin-size

Didier Fourcot

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

yes, it is a French bed

Explanation:
king-size is another expression, but it is rather about size than luxury, so I'd stick with French bed

Klaus Dorn (X)
Local time: 08:10
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in pair: 31

Grading comment

thanks for your input. I shall go with 'French bed'

59 mins confidence:

twin-size

Explanation:
"French bed" or "marital bed" is a bed for two people, many European countries prefer two separate beds, curiously- named in France "lits jumeaux", which should be the exact transposition of "twin-size".
Anyway regarding size, the standard French bed is 140cm wide, which fits the "twin-size bed" (I do know this for having brought back some sheets from the US where I have been living for a while)
The king-size has an equivalent seldom found in France (160 cm), but the king-size (185 cm) is unkown in France
Nice pictures in the reference

Reference: http://www.furniturefind.com/Info/brandnumbers/fb.htm

Didier Fourcot
Local time: 07:10
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in pair: 760

8 hrs confidence:

queen size bed

Explanation:
No doubt the previous person was German because the use the expression "French bed" overthere. We do not use it in France but "lit deux places" or "lit 180cm".
It could not be a King size bed since they do not make them.

rrantilla
United States
Local time: 01:10

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