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size 3X

French translation: taille XXXL

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English term or phrase:size 3X
French translation:taille XXXL
Entered by: Marion Delarue

08:58 Apr 28, 2014
English to French translations [PRO]
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Sizes
English term or phrase: size 3X
Students will be issued a driving suit for the class Participants must have the ability to climb through a 15-inch high by 30-inch wide window that sits 36 inches from the ground. The largest driving uniform size is a 3X.
Marion Delarue
France
Local time: 00:15
taille XXXL
Explanation:
X means XXX, and although it doesn't say the 'L', the text makes it is clear it is referring to large rather than XS sizes ;-)

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Note added at 1 jour5 heures (2014-04-29 14:05:14 GMT)
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Oh, I can confirm that XXXL does indeed exist in France (though it may not be a FR size as such, i.e. taille 7, which I believe = XXL) — I know this for a fact, as it's my size, and quite hard to find.

However, no, it it NOT the largest size of all; to my personal knowledge, sizes go up to AT LEAST 5XL — that's XXXXXL!!!! Hence why they need to specify that they only go up to 3XL!!
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Tony M
France
Local time: 00:15
Grading comment
Merci !
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taille XXXL


Explanation:
X means XXX, and although it doesn't say the 'L', the text makes it is clear it is referring to large rather than XS sizes ;-)

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Note added at 1 jour5 heures (2014-04-29 14:05:14 GMT)
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Oh, I can confirm that XXXL does indeed exist in France (though it may not be a FR size as such, i.e. taille 7, which I believe = XXL) — I know this for a fact, as it's my size, and quite hard to find.

However, no, it it NOT the largest size of all; to my personal knowledge, sizes go up to AT LEAST 5XL — that's XXXXXL!!!! Hence why they need to specify that they only go up to 3XL!!

Tony M
France
Local time: 00:15
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 103
Grading comment
Merci !
Notes to answerer
Asker: Bonjour Tony, en français je pense qu'on dirait plutôt XXL, il me semble que la XXXL n'existe pas ici. Mais ce qui importe c'est que c'est la plus grande taille, non ?

Asker: Ok, thank you very much.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
16 mins
  -> Merci, Gilles ! :-) Je devais le savoir — il s'agit de ma taille :-(
agree  Séverine Dupied
1 hr
  -> Merci, Séverine !
agree  Daryo
2 hrs
  -> Merci, Daryo !
agree  AmbelyTrad
5 hrs
  -> Merci, Ambely !
agree  Remy Ib
6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Re!
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