English translation of "basquets montantes" - "high-top basketball shoes"

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228 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Other
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	basquets montantes
Context:	Un ordinateur blanc avec un gr
Keywords:	paire de basquests montantes i

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228 months ago

wrote:

high-tops

228 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

high-top basketball shoes

My comment:

Just ask any basketball player at your local park

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228 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

high-top basketball shoes

My comment:

Just ask any basketball player at your local park

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228 months ago

Claude Le Frapper wrote:

baseball boots

My comment:

In French we tend to call any type of sports shoes baskets or basquets, but in fact, montantes means they give ankle support, as opposed to being low ones. I think the only sports shoes that give that high ankle support are the basball boots.

228 months ago

Marie-José wrote:

basketball boots

My comment:

mais normalement l'orthographe n'est pas avec "quet" mais bas"ket" venant bien s�r du nom du sport......

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