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201 months ago

Clive Prestt (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Technical / Engineering

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

massifs

Context:

surfaces à revêtir comprennent massifs

Keywords:

floor coverings

 

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201 months ago

  See profile wrote:

Surfaces to be recovered comprising of massifs

My comment:

Massif is the bulk, it is also a large flower bed. Ifeel there is more. Not flower beds but someyhing as well as the massifs, stumps?

201 months ago

  See profile wrote:

foundation blocks

My references:

French/English Dictionar yof Technical Terms and Phrases, by J.O. Ketteridge

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201 months ago

  See profile wrote:

pillars

201 months ago

Robert Tucker  See profile wrote:

foundations

My comment:

surfaces to be covered including foundations

massif
3. CONSTRUCTION underpin, foundation
Larousse Chambers français-anglais

201 months ago

Gina W  See profile wrote:

supporting masses

My comment:

a guess - need more context to be sure

My references:

Termium

201 months ago

Gina W  See profile wrote:

pads

My comment:

In English, you normally specify the material, e.g. "concrete pad"

201 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

pads

My comment:

In English, you normally specify the material, e.g. "concrete pad"