corps de meuble
English translation: carcass / carcase
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| 11:57 Oct 18, 2004 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Furniture / Household Appliances / Fittings | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Tony M France Local time: 19:31 | ||||||
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| 5 +2 | carcass / carcase |
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| 4 | appliance housing |
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| 4 | Frame/framework |
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| 4 -1 | furniture structures |
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| 4 -1 | melamine cabinet facades and structures |
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| 3 -1 | furniture pieces |
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peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1furniture pieces Explanation: furniture pieces -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 4 mins (2004-10-18 12:02:01 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://interiordec.about.com/cs/floorplans/a/planfurniture.h... |
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7 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1furniture structures Explanation: The body of the furniture would not be appropriate. Structure (s) seems better. |
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9 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): -1
peer agreement (net): -1melamine cabinet facades and structures Explanation: "équipement ménager" seems to imply kitchen cabinets/kitchen installations |
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appliance housing Explanation: Domaine(s) – Mechanical Construction – Household Cleaning and Maintenance Domaine(s) – Construction mécanique – Appareils de nettoyage et d'entretien (Arts ménagers) housing Source corps Source OBS – clean your floors and carpets (...) with the (...) Viking two-speed shampooer- polisher. (...) Avocado enamelled metal housing (...) Source OBS – aspirateur traîneau (...) corps en tôle d'acier laqué extrêmement maniable (...) grâce à ses skis à roulettes. Poignée, interrupteur sur le dessus (...) Source |
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Frame/framework Explanation: possibly more appropriate |
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12 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2carcass / carcase Explanation: In the UK at last,w erefer to the empty 'shell' of a fitted kitchen unit as a carcass / carcase [OED recognizes both spellings], the distinction being made between the type of finish used for 'unit fronts' (not sure if there isn't a more technical term for that ---'doors and drawer-fronts'), which are usually more decoratviley /expensively finished, and the shell, which is plainer. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 13 mins (2004-10-18 12:11:26 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Sorry, typing too quickly! \"In the UK at least, we refer to...\" -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2 hrs 9 mins (2004-10-18 14:07:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Here\'s just one reference from several hundred Googles --- it\'s an AU site, but I can confirm the term is used in the UK too: Document Details - AS/NZS 4387.1:1996 Domestic kitchen assemblies ... ... Scope. This Standard sets out the procedure for measuring the strength of carcass and underframe of a kitchen unit. Table of Contents. Cross References. ... www.standards.com.au/catalogue/ script/Details.asp?DocN=stds000014903 |
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