tete moute

English translation: Tete Moute

23:42 Mar 20, 2008
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Marketing - Tourism & Travel
French term or phrase: tete moute
This is the name of a ski chalet in Les-Deux-Alpes where my son is working this season but what kind of head is it? I can't find it in my dictionary or online translators
David Biddiscombe
English translation:Tete Moute
Explanation:
It is the name of a mountain next to Venosc and Les Deux Alpes.
There is a lso a lake that bears that name. Sorry I do not know exactly what Moute means....Hope that helps..
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dominique gutierrez
Local time: 06:33
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Hi
That seems to make some sense since it is very close to a vantage point overlooking Venosc- not being a great French speaker, is this a usual kind of word pairing for a house name? Difficult I know since many English house names are very hard to make sense of.
rgds
David B
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3Tete Moute
dominique gutierrez
1moumoute or mouton?
Graham macLachlan


  

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Tete Moute


Explanation:
It is the name of a mountain next to Venosc and Les Deux Alpes.
There is a lso a lake that bears that name. Sorry I do not know exactly what Moute means....Hope that helps..

dominique gutierrez
Local time: 06:33
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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Hi
That seems to make some sense since it is very close to a vantage point overlooking Venosc- not being a great French speaker, is this a usual kind of word pairing for a house name? Difficult I know since many English house names are very hard to make sense of.
rgds
David B
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moumoute or mouton?


Explanation:
makes me think of "moumoute", as "toupee", and "mouton", these two French words share similar origins

Graham macLachlan
Local time: 12:33
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