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habitation motorisée

English translation: motorhome

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French term or phrase:habitation motorisée
English translation:motorhome
Entered by: Tony M

20:14 Dec 3, 2016
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Automotive / Cars & Trucks / habitation motorisée
French term or phrase: habitation motorisée
Dans une Permis de conduire du Quebec on vois la classification:

class(s): Véhicule automobile de moins de 4500kg et habitation motorisée.

Merci!
Claudia Piersanti
Brazil
Local time: 06:57
motorhome
Explanation:
In EN-GB, at least!
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Tony M
France
Local time: 11:57
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Merci...
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5motorhome
Tony M
4 +2motorhome/ motor home/motor caravan
DOROTA BRZOSKWINIA


  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
motorhome


Explanation:
In EN-GB, at least!

Tony M
France
Local time: 11:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 483
Grading comment
Merci...

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daryo
27 mins
  -> Merci, Daryo !
agree  Jennifer White
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Jennifer!
agree  writeaway: not just in EN-GB. I'd be hard pressed to come up with a different answer in English. /US also uses RV (recreational vehicle) but motorhome is the ideal solution. It's virtually a back-translation-often the case with Canadian Fr.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, W/A! I wasn't confident about the US case, whence my caution ;-)
agree  B D Finch
1 day 14 hrs
  -> Thanks, B! :-)
agree  MADALİNA SOLOMON
1072 days
  -> Thanks, Madlen!
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
motorhome/ motor home/motor caravan


Explanation:
A motorhome (or motor coach[1]) is a type of self-propelled recreational vehicle or RV which offers living accommodation combined with a vehicle engine. The term motorhome is most commonly used in the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, and Australia.

[A] self-contained, self-propelled mobile unit containing all the necessities of home - bathroom, beds, air conditioning, water supply, electrical generator, etc


    Reference: http://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-fra.html?la...
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorhome
DOROTA BRZOSKWINIA
Poland
Local time: 11:57
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Daryo
24 mins
  -> Merci !
neutral  Tony M: I have some doubts about 'motor caravan' — that's certainly what we used to call them back in the '60s, but I don't think they've been called that for donkey's years now. As for 'motor coach', that's an old word for a 'coach', not heard it in this context
3 hrs
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
3 days 21 hrs
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