bâtiment de plein pied

English translation: single-storey building

10:19 Dec 31, 2002

French to English translations [Non-PRO]

French term or phrase: bâtiment de plein pied

single-floor building ?

Florence LOUIS KudoZ activity Questions: 1070 (8 open) (22 without valid answers) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 158 France
Local time: 22:32

English translation:single-storey building

Explanation:
an alternative to your own suggestion

Selected response from:

Clair Pickworth
France
Local time: 22:32

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +1

ground-level building

Bourth (X)

4 +1

single-storey building

Clair Pickworth

single storey/single story building

Francis MARC

Bungalow (if residential) Single-storey building (if commercial)

Peter Coles

Answers

5 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

single-storey building

Explanation:
an alternative to your own suggestion

Clair Pickworth
France
Local time: 22:32
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 123

6 mins confidence:

single storey/single story building

Explanation:

Ref. Termium:
Domaine(s)
– Construction (General)
– Floors and Ceilings
Domaine(s)
– Construction (généralités)
– Planchers et plafonds

single-storey Source
NOM

single-story Source NOM

plain-pied Source
CORRECT, NOM, MASC

OBS – storey: The set of
rooms or apartments on
one level or floor. Also
"story". Source

DEF – Plusieurs pièces
de plain-pied, c'est-à-dire
au même étage et de
même niveau, auxquelles
on accède sans monter
ni descendre. (De la
source "d"). So

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 23:32
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in pair: 6500

15 mins confidence:

Bungalow (if residential) Single-storey building (if commercial)

Explanation:
Strictlk a mistake - should be (de) plain pied - but so commonly used in French estate agency as to be considered normal.

Peter Coles
Local time: 21:32
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 51

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

ground-level building

Explanation:
Strictly speaking, a maison de plain-pied can be a multistorey building. Plain pied means that the ground floor is all at the same level (not split-level) and to boot (usually) that you walk straight in off the ground level, without steps (perron) up to the door.

"Plain-pied -n.m. invar.- Désigne un ensemble de locaux dont tous les planchers sont au même niveau.
de plain-pied - loc. invar. - Au même niveau: deux appartements ouvrant sur le même palier sont de plain-pied; un bâtiment est dit de plain-pied lorsque ses pièces principales de rez-de-chaussée ouvrent sur le terrain extérieur, et que l'on peut y accéder sans franchir d'autre degré qu'un simple seuil"
[Dicobat, dictionnaire général du bâtiment]

Bourth (X)
Local time: 22:32
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 18679

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