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French term or phrase:sec profond
Another diving article!
I'm not sure I quite understand how water can be sec.... but this appears to be a specialist diving term. Does anyone know what the appropriate English translation is?
"Penny a basculé une dernière fois dans les eaux bleues d'un **sec profond** derrière Porquerolles...."
Lots of examples in association with scuba diving.
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Espace Forums Plongeur.com - Equivalences de déco entre air et O2 - [ Translate this page ]Sur une plongée épave ou sec profond cela ne fait pas trop de différence avec l'ordi. Pour une plongée sur tombant avec remontée le long de la roche cela ... www.plongeur.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-12323.html
LA PROFONDE LA PROFONDE Je ne dépasserai jamais 40 mètres; "je n ... - [ Translate this page ]Et pourtant, avec l'expérience et l'aisance en plongée, il arrive fatalement qu'un ... plongée au pied d'un sec profond, bateau ancré ou non sur son sommet; ... www.rscc.org/suba/pedago/cours/K24_LA.htm
il s'agit donc d'un rocher, récif, sous-marin, qui fait relief sur le fond marin. S'il est "profond", son altitude n'est pas très élevée ou la mer est profonde là où il se dresse. Je ne garantis pas l'orthographe de "sécan" ou "secan",
Sérieux -- mon voisin (Marseillais) décrit ainsi un "sec" (familier, pour "sécan") : il s'agit d'un rocher (relief) dont le sommet est relativement proche de la surface. Beaucoup de poissons à son voisinage donc apprécié des pêcheurs.
Ciliegina a raison : [FR] sec [pêche, sud de la France] = haut-fond => EN shoal (GDT) ("eau sèche" (et non "sec") = eau déshydratée - très pratique au désert (faible poids, faible encombrement, ne mouille pas)).
Here is an explanation - sorry I can't give you an exact translation
"Terme local, de pêche et de plaisance, propre au sud de la France, désignant (paradoxalement) un haut-fond, à quelque distance de la côte" from the Grande dictionnaire terminologique
I know nothing about diving, but maybe it's not sec as dry but the other meaning: as in hard, sharp, straight... Does it drop off suddenly behind Porquerolles?
ciliegina United Kingdom Local time: 22:07 Works in field Native speaker of: English
15 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
d'un sec profond
after a brief pause
Explanation: Is this not possibly an attribute of time rather than the water?
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Another possibility might be "straight down" indicating the way in which she entered the water.
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Now that I understand that Porquerolles is a place and not a person, how about "a sudden drop off". This is a term commonly used to describe a shore line whose shallow water suddenly turns very deep.
R. A. Stegemann South Korea Local time: 07:07 Works in field Native speaker of: English
4 hrs confidence:
It's a bit of a long shot but...
Explanation: I wonder if it could be 'the dry depths behind the Porquerolles? I found this sentence in a description of how you would feel after doing some deep-sea diving:
Quand vous aurez goûté au confort d’être sec après la plongée, vous ne saurez plus vous en passer. http://www.porquerolles-plongee.com/default.php?id_compte=7&...
In other words, although you are in the deep water you are still dry because you wear a wetsuit (!! I think that is the right word)
Well, I thought it was worth suggesting and Les Porquerolles (or the porkyrolls as my children used to call them..dear, dear me how could they hope to speak French properly?!) are beautiful .Tony-Dusty -you should visit them!
Cervin United Kingdom Local time: 22:07 Specializes in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 25
Lots of examples in association with scuba diving.
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Espace Forums Plongeur.com - Equivalences de déco entre air et O2 - [ Translate this page ]Sur une plongée épave ou sec profond cela ne fait pas trop de différence avec l'ordi. Pour une plongée sur tombant avec remontée le long de la roche cela ... www.plongeur.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-12323.html
LA PROFONDE LA PROFONDE Je ne dépasserai jamais 40 mètres; "je n ... - [ Translate this page ]Et pourtant, avec l'expérience et l'aisance en plongée, il arrive fatalement qu'un ... plongée au pied d'un sec profond, bateau ancré ou non sur son sommet; ... www.rscc.org/suba/pedago/cours/K24_LA.htm
Dr Sue Levy Local time: 23:07 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 24
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Thanks Sue - and everyone else for all your useful input
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