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French translation: pile

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English term or phrase:pier
French translation:pile
Entered by: Gat

17:05 Feb 3, 2006
English to French translations [PRO]
Construction / Civil Engineering / dam/barrage
English term or phrase: pier
"The spillway (déversoir) has five great piers."
Pilier ? Colonne ? ...
Merci beaucoup.
Gat
Local time: 03:51
pile
Explanation:

Ce sont des colonnes de renforcement des parois du déversoir, appelées piles dans ce contexte.
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Beth Varley
Local time: 03:51
Grading comment
Merci, Beth ! Bon week-end à tous.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +1pilier
Jacques Desnoyers
3 +1pile
Beth Varley
4 -1jetée, digue, quai
Fran�ois UTARD


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pilier


Explanation:
"Colonne" représente surtout un élément architectural. "Pilier" est un support vertical massif. Quant aux autres possibilités, "jetée" ou "brise-lame" ne s'appliqueraient pas ici.

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Note added at 13 mins (2006-02-03 17:19:21 GMT)
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C'est du moins ce que je crois en me basant sur les définitions de TERMIUM.

Jacques Desnoyers
Local time: 21:51
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 63

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Huguette Matte
1 hr
  -> Merci encore Huguette ;o)
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pile


Explanation:

Ce sont des colonnes de renforcement des parois du déversoir, appelées piles dans ce contexte.


    Reference: http://www.granddictionnaire.com/btml/fra/r_motclef/index800...
Beth Varley
Local time: 03:51
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Merci, Beth ! Bon week-end à tous.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tom Bishop: "4.3 Eaux de surface à l’aval de l’estavelle, déversoir occasionnel du Creugenat. Si des piles devaient être construites dans le lit du déversoir occasionnel ..." http://www.angewandte-geologie.ch/Dokumente/Archiv/Vol62/62_...
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
jetée, digue, quai


Explanation:
Pourquoi pas le sens premier du mot.

Fran�ois UTARD
Local time: 03:51
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tom Bishop: Le sens premier dans quel contexte ?
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