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résiliant

English translation: resilient material

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French term or phrase:résiliant
English translation:resilient material
Entered by: Shilpa Dawda

06:22 Oct 20, 2002
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
French term or phrase: résiliant
§ un coffret de mesure (DN33) monté sur résiliant et destiné à une installation murale
Shilpa Dawda
India
Local time: 00:58
resilient material
Explanation:
It's a waterproof sealer.

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Note added at 2002-10-20 06:47:54 (GMT)
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Résiliant and résilient in French give \"resilient\" in English from what I\'ve found.
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Gayle Wallimann
Local time: 21:28
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Summary of answers provided
4 +4resilient material
Gayle Wallimann
4 +1Resiliant
Francis MARC
5-
Florence Bremond


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
resilient material


Explanation:
It's a waterproof sealer.

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Note added at 2002-10-20 06:47:54 (GMT)
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Résiliant and résilient in French give \"resilient\" in English from what I\'ve found.


    Reference: http://www.europa.eu.int/eurodicautom/Controller
Gayle Wallimann
Local time: 21:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 1213

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
11 mins
agree  & Associates (X)
29 mins
agree  Florence Bremond: yes - see def.below
1 hr
agree  Adina Farcas (X): resiliant and resilient are synonyms in French,FARCAS ADINA
7 days
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Resiliant


Explanation:
Ne pas traduire (ajouer éventuellement une explication sur la qualité de matériau entre parenthèses) car Trade Mark product de Wattelez
: Batiweb produits : les fabricants du BTP
... Marques de produits fabriquées par WATTELEZ Resiliant joint élastomère sous pièce
d'appui - (étanchéité) mastic élastomère pour joint d'étanchéité ...
RESILIANT CONTRE LE BRUIT ET LES VIBRATIONS.

Materiau souple et élastique à base d'élastomère lui conférant des caractéristiques destinées à amortir les vibrations et à en limiter la transmission en structure.
Sa capacité de reprise sous charges en fait le matériau idéal pour désolidariser chapes, socles, conduites, gaines, appareil, sanitaires, parois, murs.



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Note added at 2002-10-20 06:55:07 (GMT)
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My answer to gayle was cut out...
See using Google.com , \"resiliant\" with an \"a\" (that is not a word in the dictionnaries) does exist as a trade mark

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 22:28
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 6500

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Gayle Wallimann: I can't find the word with your spelling, I think that it's -ent at the end. (correct me if I'm wrong).
6 mins
  -> resilient (with an "e") is an adjective, "resiliant" with an "a" is not a missspelling
agree  Adina Farcas (X): resilient est un isolateur,Farcas Adina
7 days
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
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Explanation:
to add to Gayle's answer :
"resilient adj.

1 (of a substance etc.) recoiling; springing back; resuming its original shape after bending, stretching, compression, etc.
2 (of a person) readily recovering from shock, depression, etc.; buoyant.
Derivative
resilience n.
resiliency n.
resiliently adv.[L resiliens resilient- (as resile)]

The Oxford English Reference Dictionary, © Oxford University Press 1996
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Florence Bremond
France
Local time: 21:28
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in pair: 753
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