Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
stop bruit
English translation:
ear plugs
French term
United States
Very fast turnaround
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, French to English, Arabic to French, and 1 more.
stop bruit
| 4 | ear plugs |
Catharine Cellier-Smart
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| 3 +1 | hearing protection |
Wendy Streitparth
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| 4 | ear defender |
rogerbaker
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| 3 | Muffler device |
Michel F. Morin
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Jun 22, 2010 09:15: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "Stop Bruit " to "stop bruit " , "Field (specific)" from "Petroleum Eng/Sci" to "Engineering (general)" , "Field (write-in)" from "environement " to "Safety"
Jun 27, 2010 07:09: Catharine Cellier-Smart Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Reunion
The Smart Solution
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English, Creoles & Pidgins (French-based Other) to English, English
ear plugs
If you're in doubt, or you think that it's what you put OVER your ears, use ear protectors, which is more general.
"SafetyQuip sell a vast range of equipment, including: ... ear plugs "
http://www.safetyquip.com.au/
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Note added at 4 hrs (2010-06-22 13:42:34 GMT)
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My first link above doesn't work. It's http://membres.multimania.fr/rabisolabo/donnees/stopbruit.ht...
From the photo you can see that "Stop Bruit" is a registered trademark.
Stop-bruit
Rabi & Solabo
3,77 euros les deux
Protection scientifique de l'oreille à l'eau, au froid et aux poussières. En caoutchouc, réutilisable et lavable.
http://www.france5.fr/sante/prevention/W00505/1/
Germany
45 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: German to English, French to English, Spanish to English, and 2 more.
hearing protection
account may be taken of the reduction in noise exposure afforded by hearing protection
Muffler device
"Muffler" is more US than GB. But i thnik it can do, since "stop bruit" can apply to all possible noise reduction devices - helmets included.
United Kingdom
French, German, Italian to English
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, German to English, Italian to English
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