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square rigger

French translation: gréement carré

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English term or phrase:square rigger
French translation:gréement carré
Entered by: Jakobson

08:50 Sep 6, 2007
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Ships, Sailing, Maritime
English term or phrase: square rigger
Although, Charles never dreamed of building a bus, Mikael dreamed of building a clipper ship. He now has three, Star Flyer, Star Clipper and the largest square rigger in service today, Royal Clipper.

The question is related to my previous one regarding the meaning of clipper ship (grand voilier?).

This is an article for the cruise ship industry.

Thank you for your help
Jakobson
Local time: 04:09
gréement carré
Explanation:
Unless you can find out more about the TYPE of ship she is (and perhaps how many masts she has!), then you will probably have to fall back on the word 'gréement' (here, with the meaning of 'sailing ship') so that you can qualifiy it with the adjective 'carré' (= square-rigged)
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Tony M
France
Local time: 04:09
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5gréement carré
Tony M
3Trois-Mâts-Carré
Sara M


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Trois-Mâts-Carré


Explanation:
voir aussi wikipedia
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gréement
paragraphe "à trois mâts"

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Note added at 5 minutes (2007-09-06 08:55:48 GMT)
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pas besoin de majuscules, en fait :
trois-mâts carré

Sara M
Local time: 04:09
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 3

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  florence metzger
1 min
disagree  Tony M: Not accurate, since a square-rigger may not *necessarily* be a 3-master — it is just the 'carré' bit that counts
4 mins
  -> oui, vous avez raison
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
gréement carré


Explanation:
Unless you can find out more about the TYPE of ship she is (and perhaps how many masts she has!), then you will probably have to fall back on the word 'gréement' (here, with the meaning of 'sailing ship') so that you can qualifiy it with the adjective 'carré' (= square-rigged)

Tony M
France
Local time: 04:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 93

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sara M
4 mins
  -> Merci, O/T !
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
5 mins
  -> Merci, Gilles !
agree  John ANTHONY
21 mins
  -> Thanks, John!
agree  jean-jacques alexandre: Hi Tony
53 mins
  -> Merci, J-J ! Salut !
agree  Drmanu49
7 hrs
  -> Merci, Manu !
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