Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
bellower
French translation:
minaret
Added to glossary by
Odette Grille (X)
Jan 17, 2007 17:00
17 yrs ago
English term
bellower
English to French
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Tourism & Travel
Voici la phrase:
Little is left of the Arab presence; only some ruins of the wall are preserved, and a tower, which was later turned into a bellower
Little is left of the Arab presence; only some ruins of the wall are preserved, and a tower, which was later turned into a bellower
Proposed translations
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minaret
la tour d'oû le muezzin lance les appels à la prière
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Merline
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Irene Schlotter, Dipl.-Übers.
: Has to be a typo - first used as a minaret, then as a belltower (or belfry).
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Could be, but after 15th Century, it was belfry (again may be)
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Irina Stanescu
: Avec Irene.
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Tony M
: Sounds more as if it started off as a minaret, and then was later turned into a bell-tower
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jean-jacques alexandre
: with Tony's comment, a minaret that upon re-conquest has been turned into a bell-tower
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Oui. Merci
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Comment: "Selected automatically based on peer agreement."
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English term (edited):
bellower > [typo for] bell-tower
clocher
The Spanish version of the Madrid tourism site where this text apparently originates from confirms that it is indeed a "campanario", i.e. bell-tower.
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-17 18:35:31 GMT)
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For the sake of completeness, the full text suggest that this was NOT in fact originally a minaret, but rather, a defence tower as part of the city walls.
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-01-17 18:35:31 GMT)
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For the sake of completeness, the full text suggest that this was NOT in fact originally a minaret, but rather, a defence tower as part of the city walls.
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English term (edited):
bellower [belltower]
beffroi
"Tour d'une ville, d'un château, parfois clocher d'église servant, au Moyen Âge, à faire le guet et, à l'aide d'une cloche, à donner l'alarme, à convoquer les hommes de la commune ou du seigneur."
Il reste les ruines d'un mur et une tour qui fut plus tard transformée en beffroi. On ne parle pas de mosquée ici > pas de minaret.
Il reste les ruines d'un mur et une tour qui fut plus tard transformée en beffroi. On ne parle pas de mosquée ici > pas de minaret.
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