Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
borne escamotable
English translation:
retractable bollard
Dec 7, 2006 16:35
17 yrs ago
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French term
Wide industrial experience. Good rates.
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
borne escamotable
French to English
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Business/Commerce (general)
I know what it is. There are plenty of pictures if you enter it into Google and then click "Images".
But I don't know what the English terminology is.
But I don't know what the English terminology is.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | retractable bollard |
Rob Grayson
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| 4 | automatic bollard |
Bourth (X)
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Proposed translations
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Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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French term (edited):
borne escamotable
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retractable bollard
Top of my first page of Google results!
http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&q=borne escamotable&btnG=R...
http://www.google.fr/search?hl=fr&q=borne escamotable&btnG=R...
Peer comment(s):
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Alain Pommet
: Yes, tho' that site's been translated from French-there are plenty of English speaking sites using the same term however.
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Thanks Alain - it just tickled me how, following the asker's reference to Google, that translation popped up right at the top of the list!
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Martin Cassell
: or "rising bollards" http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/city/2006/05/16/7aebddb...
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Thanks, Martin
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Comment: "Thanks. Yes, I just saw all the French entries and missed that!"
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French term (edited):
borne escamotable
automatic bollard
Just for variation's sake.
Check out the Google images
Check out the Google images
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