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fiocco di pelo

English translation: pile tufts per sq.cm

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Italian term or phrase:fiocchi di pelo per cm quadrato
English translation:pile tufts per sq.cm
Entered by: Olga Buongiorno

17:19 May 26, 2008
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
Italian term or phrase: fiocco di pelo
Anyone out there who can help me with this? It's a text about silk velvet:

"il velluto di seta realizzato ai telai tradizionali con seta di baco, con 1000 trame al metro e 100 **fiocchi di pelo** per centimetro quadrato!
Sarah Cuminetti (X)
Italy
Local time: 14:12
pile tuft
Explanation:
Non sono sicura ma parto dal fatto che, per quanto riguarda il velluto di seta, il termine pelo viene tradotto con PILE e in questo Mary ha perfettamente ragione. Non so se, però, la traduzione sia completa così e poichè il termine fiocco viene tradotto, tra gli altri, con TUFT ho trovato alcune occorrenze nel web.
Ce ne sono diverse relazionate alla tessitura di tappeti in velluto ma ti fornisco questa che è attinente a tutto il contesto e potrebbe risultarti utile:
http://www.fabrics.net/wildWom1299.asp
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Olga Buongiorno
Italy
Local time: 14:12
Grading comment
Thank you all!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +3piles
Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
3 +2pile tuft
Olga Buongiorno


  

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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
piles


Explanation:
I'm not an expert but this seems to be the word


    Reference: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5598615.html
    Reference: http://www.anjooriansilks.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14
Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche
Italy
Local time: 14:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Pompeo Lattanzi: pile (or piles in your case) is the word. cfr this link also: http://everything2.com/e2node/velvet
1 hr
  -> Thanks!
agree  Dana Rinaldi: yes pile/piles (even if piles make me think of something else..... oops)!!!!
2 hrs
  -> yes...oops...thanks...
agree  Marmar123
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Marmar!
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
pile tuft


Explanation:
Non sono sicura ma parto dal fatto che, per quanto riguarda il velluto di seta, il termine pelo viene tradotto con PILE e in questo Mary ha perfettamente ragione. Non so se, però, la traduzione sia completa così e poichè il termine fiocco viene tradotto, tra gli altri, con TUFT ho trovato alcune occorrenze nel web.
Ce ne sono diverse relazionate alla tessitura di tappeti in velluto ma ti fornisco questa che è attinente a tutto il contesto e potrebbe risultarti utile:
http://www.fabrics.net/wildWom1299.asp

Olga Buongiorno
Italy
Local time: 14:12
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 31
Grading comment
Thank you all!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Rachel Fell: I think this seems more appropriate - link (can't find silk velvet at the moment) has carpets at tufts per sq. in http://www.wolfeflooring.com/installation_c.asp
2 hrs
  -> I agree with you it seemed to me more appropriate than only pile that's too generic. Anyway give a look at the link I've indicated and you'll see pile tuft related to silk velvet. Thanks Rachel
agree  Cathryn Taylor: pile tufts (or just tufts) - plural needed in Sarah's context, the number of tufts per sq.cm.
11 hrs
  -> Thanks Cathryn for the suggestion too!
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