Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Construction en agglo
English translation:
built with breeze blocks (UK) or cinder blocks (US)
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Catharine Cellier-Smart
Sep 2, 2010 08:10
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French term
Construction en agglo
French to English
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Construction / Civil Engineering
Les bâtiments auxiliaires sont tous à rezde-chaussée, de construction en agglo avec une surface totale de 1300m2.
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Proposed translations
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| 3 +5 | built with breeze blocks (UK) or cinder blocks (US) |
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| 1 | following (town) building norms |
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Sep 16, 2010 06:06: Catharine Cellier-Smart Created KOG entry
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built with breeze blocks (UK) or cinder blocks (US)
although "agglo" can have several meanings, I've most commonly heard it refer to what we would call breeze/cinder blocks in English.
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Note added at 23 mins (2010-09-02 08:33:10 GMT)
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see also
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloc_de_béton
and
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bloc_de_béton
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Note added at 23 mins (2010-09-02 08:33:10 GMT)
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see also
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloc_de_béton
and
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bloc_de_béton
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following (town) building norms
agglo = agglomération?
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