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chanter en coeur

10:18 Feb 28, 2012
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
French term or phrase: chanter en coeur
This expression is taken out of context of the original document.
Tamara Grace Blom
Local time: 19:34


Summary of answers provided
4 +1Sing along
Geneviève Ghenne
3sing your heart out
Alison Sparks (X)
Summary of reference entries provided
Difficult to post a reference...
Colin Rowe

Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Sing along


Explanation:
I would say sing along

Example sentence(s):
  • On Sundays, before breakfast they used to sing along to pray God and thank the Lord...
Geneviève Ghenne
France
Local time: 19:34
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Laurette Tassin: http://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/search?source=auto&qu... W/A and Tony are right of course other contexts than song for instance come to mind
4 mins
  -> Given as an example by an English UK colleague I am currently working with.
neutral  writeaway: all depends on the context. there are several options but who knows without more info.
6 mins
neutral  Tony M: I tend to agree with W/A: this is one option, but with quite specific connotations; it might not be suitable in all instances.
19 mins
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
sing your heart out


Explanation:
unless it's a typo for choeur. Maybe this works?

Alison Sparks (X)
Local time: 19:34
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Not entirely sure about your suggestion,but well done for being the first to suggest a possible typo!
8 mins
  -> Thanks Tony, but can't claim first for typo. See reference
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Reference comments


2 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Difficult to post a reference...

Reference information:
...when one has no idea what the question is about, but could it have something to do with common mistakes in French?

e.g.

"CHŒUR / CŒUR

Une faute très courante consiste à écrire : "chanter en cœur", au lieu de "chanter en chœur". Les voyageurs, attendris, chantèrent en chœur apibeursdè touillou -- Queneau.

Une autre faute très courante consiste à oublier que cœur ne s'écrit pas coeur, et que chœur ne s'écrit pas choeur."

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discussion_Wikipédia:Fautes_de_...

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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2012-02-29 12:53:13 GMT)
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Example of homophones.

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Note added at 1 day2 hrs (2012-02-29 12:54:40 GMT)
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e.g.
vert, vers, verre, vair
d'où, doux

Colin Rowe
Germany
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  AllegroTrans: amen
5 hrs
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