Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

cave/ caveau

English translation:

wine cellar/small cellar

Added to glossary by normadiah (X)
Mar 21, 2005 16:47
19 yrs ago
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French term

cave/ caveau

Non-PRO French to English Other Cooking / Culinary
de la cave...au caveau!

Can anyone pls tell me the difference? I had assumed both to mean wine cellar! The first seems to be where the wine is stored, whereas wine the second the wine can be tasted...what is the difference in English?
Proposed translations (English)
5 +3 wine cellar/small cellar
3 +2 Hard to know ...
3 wine cellar/ tasting room

Proposed translations

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wine cellar/small cellar

caveau is a small cellar more like a sepulchral vault
Peer comment(s):

agree Aimee
1 min
agree Estelle Demontrond-Box
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agree Calou : cf Harrap's
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7 mins

wine cellar/ tasting room

not too sure about this; I just can't see how else to convey the meaning.
Literally, in English I don't believe there is a difference between cave (cellar) and caveau (small cellar)
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31 mins

Hard to know ...

without fuller context, but remember that "cave" is also the word used for the places where wine is made and stored prior to sale. Having purchased some wine, you might then store it in your own cellar, which is usually referred to as a "cave" as well, but maybe to make the distinction they are using "caveau" here.

Any wine-growing region in France will have its "cave coopérative", something much grander in scale than the wine cellar one might be lucky enough to have beneath one's house.

However, for me, the primary sense of "caveau" is "burial vault". I know with money you can't, but maybe you can take your wine with you ....
Peer comment(s):

agree sktrans
13 mins
agree Ian Burley (X) : The Robert defines "caveau" as a burial vault - wild times ahead on the other side. However, it can also be a small "cave" or a cabaret in Montmartre
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