hors gel

English translation: frost free

14:27 Sep 11, 2008
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French term or phrase: hors gel
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Julie FOLTZ
France
Local time: 22:57
English translation:frost free
Explanation:
Another shot in the murk
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Jack Dunwell
France
Local time: 22:57
Grading comment
thanks. Anti frost and above freezing are both possible.

Julie
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1frost free
Jack Dunwell
4above freezing (temperature)
Drmanu49
3 +1anti-frost
liz askew
2store indoors (during the winter months)
Lori Cirefice


Discussion entries: 5





  

Answers


6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
above freezing (temperature)


Explanation:
Cheaper models can be noisy and often give poor temperature control. ... your home still need to be heated to well above freezing to avoid freezing pipes. ...
apps1.eere.energy.gov/consumer/your_home/space_heating_cooling/index.cfm/mytopic=12520 - 28k -

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 22:57
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
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30 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
anti-frost


Explanation:
http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:JVzsNzkp6jIJ:www.proz.c...

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Note added at 31 mins (2008-09-11 14:58:55 GMT)
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OR

frost protection

http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:pWYmmc3R5hgJ:www.proz.c...

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Note added at 32 mins (2008-09-11 15:00:13 GMT)
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anti-frost

much more common in the UK

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 34

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MatthewLaSon: I am pretty sure this is it.
25 mins
  -> Thank you :-)

neutral  Drmanu49: Not the common meaning in French Liz, that would be anti-gel.
6 hrs
  -> Well, I though "anti-gel" = anti-freeze
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47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
store indoors (during the winter months)


Explanation:
this really depends on context, if for example you have instructions to "mettre hors gel en hiver" and assuming the 'thing' can be dismounted


    Reference: http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:6OosoNror5sJ:henristudi...
Lori Cirefice
France
Local time: 22:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
frost free


Explanation:
Another shot in the murk

Jack Dunwell
France
Local time: 22:57
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thanks. Anti frost and above freezing are both possible.

Julie

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yolanda Broad: Looks like a good shot to me - can cover a lot of (frost free) ground.
1 hr
  -> Yolanda! Gamblers all in the Deerhunter bamboo jungle!

neutral  Drmanu49: Not the common meaning in French, that would be anti-givre or sans givre.
3 hrs

neutral  writeaway: the context makes it perfectly clear, not......
19 hrs
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