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French term or phrase:dépareillé
English translation:incomplete
Entered by: Stephanie Mitchel
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02:46 Oct 14, 2009
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Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping / procurement contract
French term or phrase: dépareillé
In a supplier forward store type procurement contract:

"Le client et le fournisseur sont d’accord sur les suites à donner à ce traitement particulier ( isolement du kit dépareillé dans le MAF, délai de re-complément du kit, prise en compte financière du matériel concerné avec une commande client ou au titre de la garantie )"

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TIA.
Stephanie Mitchel
Local time: 14:10
incomplete
Explanation:
As suggested by the subsequent recomplément.

dépareiller v. tr. (1190) Dépareiller un ensemble, une collection, etc., les rendre incomplets par la disparition d'un des objets qui les composaient : Une maladresse a dépareillé le service de table dépareillé, e adj. (1355). Se dit des objets qui forment une série incomplète ou disparate : Des serviettes dépareillées [Here it could be "mismatched", but only because incomplete numbers have been made up with something similar but different].
[Larousse Lexis]
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xxxBourth
Local time: 21:10
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Merci !
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4 +2incompletexxxBourth
4non-matchingMichel F. Morin
3 +1mismatched
Travelin Ann


  

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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mismatched


Explanation:
assorted


    Reference: http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/depare...
Travelin Ann
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agree  dragonvolant: I believe mismatched fits best in that context.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
incomplete


Explanation:
As suggested by the subsequent recomplément.

dépareiller v. tr. (1190) Dépareiller un ensemble, une collection, etc., les rendre incomplets par la disparition d'un des objets qui les composaient : Une maladresse a dépareillé le service de table dépareillé, e adj. (1355). Se dit des objets qui forment une série incomplète ou disparate : Des serviettes dépareillées [Here it could be "mismatched", but only because incomplete numbers have been made up with something similar but different].
[Larousse Lexis]

xxxBourth
Local time: 21:10
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Merci !

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agree  gad
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agree  Emma Paulay
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
non-matching


Explanation:
Dépareillé: qui est séparé de ce avec quoi il formait un ensemble assorti. Ex: des chaussettes dépareillées (dictionnaire de la langue française).

English: depends if it applies to a pair ("odd") or to a whole set ("non-matching")

Michel F. Morin
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