Pool

French translation: mise

13:07 Dec 21, 2012
English to French translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Horse racing
English term or phrase: Pool
Pool / Select pool

No other context, so I'm not 100% sure what it refers to.

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Fabrice Brunon
France
Local time: 01:21
French translation:mise
Explanation:
mise ou enjeu
betting pools : enjeux misés

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Note added at 23 minutes (2012-12-21 13:30:17 GMT)
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MERRIAM WEBSTER ....an aggregate stake to which each player of a game has contributed....
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Bernard Moret
France
Local time: 01:21
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1mise
Bernard Moret
3 +1écurie
Odile Raymond
3"cagnotte"
kashew
3poule
kashew


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pool
"cagnotte"


Explanation:
"...most commonly a horse racing association, to pool all the bets made on one
event ... que tous les détenteurs d'un billet gagnant se partagent la « cagnotte »."

kashew
France
Local time: 01:21
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
pool
poule


Explanation:
The other possibility.
See http://www.le-cheval-bleu.com/group14-020304.htm

kashew
France
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pool
écurie


Explanation:
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Note added at 9 mins (2012-12-21 13:17:00 GMT)
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Chevaux d'une écurie

Odile Raymond
France
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tristan Jimenez: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_french/other/35333-pool... //"select pool", je pencherais plutôt pour "sélectionner une écurie", plutôt que de sélectionner une mise/cagnotte..
14 mins
  -> merci !

neutral  kashew: select = élite?
5 hrs
  -> D'après le lien ci-dessus, on peut choisir les chevaux sur lesquels on veut parier. Mais le contexte est un peu maigre, en effet.
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
pool
mise


Explanation:
mise ou enjeu
betting pools : enjeux misés

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Note added at 23 minutes (2012-12-21 13:30:17 GMT)
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MERRIAM WEBSTER ....an aggregate stake to which each player of a game has contributed....

Bernard Moret
France
Local time: 01:21
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Herbie: p. ex. PMU
23 hrs
  -> Danke schön !
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