Apr 11, 2002 12:06
23 yrs ago
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étage
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L'Ancienne Douane (a building in Strasbourg) dont le rez-de-chaussée servait d'entrepôt et l'étage d'hôtel de ville.
What is the context of étage here - terrace perhaps?
What is the context of étage here - terrace perhaps?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | floor |
Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
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| 4 +5 | first floor |
sergiu
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| 4 +1 | upstairs |
TBQGS (X)
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| 4 | Storey |
GILLES MEUNIER
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Proposed translations
+1
1 min
Lise Boismenu, B.Sc.
Canada
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Canada
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Native in: French (Variant: Canadian)
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floor
dans ce cas-ci.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks to everyone."
6 mins
Storey
en GB
+1
7 mins
upstairs
étage [eta]
(nm)(d'immeuble) storey (BRIT), story (US), floor;
(de fusée) stage;
(GÉO de culture, végétation) level;
au 2eme ~ on the 2nd (BRIT) or 3rd (US) floor;
a l'~ upstairs;
maison a deux ~s two-storey or -story house;
de bas ~ (adj)low-born;
(médiocre) inferior.
HTH
Good luck!
(nm)(d'immeuble) storey (BRIT), story (US), floor;
(de fusée) stage;
(GÉO de culture, végétation) level;
au 2eme ~ on the 2nd (BRIT) or 3rd (US) floor;
a l'~ upstairs;
maison a deux ~s two-storey or -story house;
de bas ~ (adj)low-born;
(médiocre) inferior.
HTH
Good luck!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Yolanda Broad
: Yes. As opposed to the ground floor. "Étage" literally means "espace compris entre duex planchers successifs d'un édifice ... (depuis le XVIIe, à l'exclusion du rez-de-chaussée...)" [Petit Robert]
1 hr
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+5
11 mins
first floor
I think 'étage' in this context means the (first) floor of a building.
For a better understanding, let me rephrase the original: L'Ancienne Douane dont le rez-de-chaussée servait d'entrepôt et l'étage servait d'hôtel de ville.
For a better understanding, let me rephrase the original: L'Ancienne Douane dont le rez-de-chaussée servait d'entrepôt et l'étage servait d'hôtel de ville.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Victoria Barkoff
: This sounds reasonable. In Canada, we might refer to the "ground floor" and the "seconf floor".
5 mins
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| agree |
DPolice
28 mins
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| agree |
Endre Both
31 mins
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| agree |
sujata
52 mins
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| disagree |
Yolanda Broad
: This is a false friend! In English, "first floor" = "ground floor" = "rez-de-chaussée"
1 hr
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| agree |
Mabel Garzón
: agree
4 hrs
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| agree |
Fred Louder
: rez-de chausée + étage = ground floor, first floor (UK); first floor, second floor (US)
3 days 10 hrs
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