Couvrance

English translation: coverage (or cover) capacity

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French term or phrase:	Couvrance
English translation:	coverage (or cover) capacity
Entered by:	Drmanu49

15:00 Feb 16, 2007

French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical: Health Care / Dermatology/Corrective cosmetics

French term or phrase: Couvrance

This appears as a heading in this text about corrective cosmetics:
'COUVRANCE
CORRECTEUR DE TEINT

Pionnier dans le maquillage medicale'
It obviously means the way that the make-up covers the blemishes. Is there a special word for this when you are discussing cosmetics? (without getting too far away from the French meaning, as maybe something like 'Concealment' would, and it doesn't sound right, really, and coverage sounds like journalism.
Can you say 'Cover Make-up'?

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coverage (or cover) capacity

Explanation:
The result is a formulation that ensures continuous coverage for daily or ... Their nearly unlimited capacity enables the elimination of undesirable shine ...
www.dermstore.com/long_500004-500323.htm - 52k -

Description: Smooth Indulgence is a high coverage makeup and concealer designed to camouflage skin imperfections, such as hyperpigmentation, scarring and ...
www.dermstore.com/product_Smooth Indulgence Concealer_4550.... - 23k -

Selected response from:

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 02:17

Grading comment

Thanks DrManu, I now think that the best translation is simply 'coverage', although in this sense, of coverage capacity.

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Summary of answers provided

5 +1

coverage (or cover) capacity

Drmanu49

covering power

Diane de Cicco

Concealer

mireille aboumrad

Coverage concealer

Valérie Madesclair

corrective make-up (for skin tone)

liz askew

Foundation

Terry Richards

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

4 mins confidence:

Foundation

Explanation:
I think they call it that because "pollyfiller" was already taken :)

Terry Richards
France
Local time: 02:17
Native speaker of:

English

Notes to answerer

Asker: Yes, probably. That's rather how I feel about it, too!

12 mins confidence:

covering power

Explanation:
je crois que c'est plutôt ça.

Diane de Cicco
France
Local time: 02:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 31

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks, Diane, I think I have confused everyone by saying I didn't think you could use 'coverage', though.

13 mins confidence:

corrective make-up (for skin tone)

Explanation:
Partly off the top of my head.

See:

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:yZd_l2TvG28J:www.aveneu...

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 358

13 mins confidence:

Concealer

Explanation:
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Note added at 14 mins (2007-02-16 15:14:21 GMT)
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... Formula Concealer | Maybelline Cover Stick | Dark Circles | Physicians Formula ... Corrector Concealer. Corrector Concealer. Cover Stick By Maybelline ...search.ulta.com/cosmetics/Yellow Concealer - 38k - Cached - More from this site

mireille aboumrad
United States
Local time: 20:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

French
PRO pts in category: 31

Notes to answerer

Asker: thanks, Mireille. I'm not sure about this, though. The term is not a noun, and although this is what they are getting at, I now think that 'coverage' is better,as there are specific products that are 'concealers'.

40 mins confidence:

Coverage concealer

Explanation:
It might sound to you like "journalism", but that term is used to define the "couvrance" (which could be sheer, moderate, full) for foundation and concealer (your context here).

http://www.maybelline.com/products/productDetail.aspx?prodid...
True Illusion Natural Coverage Makeup

http://www.colortration.com/
The cover makeup you have been searching for is finally here. ColorTration is the first liquid concealer makeup that can easily camouflage any skin condition. This concealer covers conditions like vitiligo, melasma, undereye circles, spider veins, rosacea, scars and birthmarks.

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Note added at 42 mins (2007-02-16 15:42:24 GMT)
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http://cosmetics.suite101.com/article.cfm/concealer
Solid Cream Stick: This is a full coverage concealer so it is perfect for blemishes and skin discolorations.

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Note added at 11 hrs (2007-02-17 02:17:50 GMT)
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While looking at your other question, I had the idea that you might be not looking for a general term, but the translation for an Avene product, am I right?
"Couvrance correcteur teint" appears to be also the name of an Avene product, in this case, you shouldn't translate Couvrance, the English name of this product is Couvrance Concealer Stick (if it is the stick version) or Couvrance Fluid Foundation Corrector (for the fluid version)

Reference: http://www.clinique.com/templates/products/multiproduct.tmpl...

Valérie Madesclair
France
Local time: 02:17
Native speaker of:

French

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thanks, Marie, but I now think it is simply 'coverage', in the sense of capacity to cover. It is a title, and not a product. Maybe that is not completely clear from the context I gave.

15 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

coverage (or cover) capacity

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 02:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 736

Grading comment

Thanks DrManu, I now think that the best translation is simply 'coverage', although in this sense, of coverage capacity.

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