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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

baie en alu

English translation:

aluminium window

Added to glossary by Scott de Lesseps
Nov 21, 2008 06:03
15 yrs ago
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French term

baie en alu

French to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering
Peinture escalier + palier rdc
Réalisation d'une baie an alu

These are just part of a list of items detailing work done to a property. I'm pretty sure alu is short for aluminim. Are they talking about a bay window here?

Thanks.
Proposed translations (English)
5 +4 aluminium window
4 +3 aluminium sliding patio doors

Discussion

CFournier Nov 21, 2008:
d'accord avec Tony, vérifier avec le client/texte Pour moi quand je lis ce texte, je pense immédiatement à baie vitrée en aluminium (telles que celles-ci : http://www.k-line.fr/gamme_home.php).
Mais... à confirmer par le client ou le texte !
Tony M Nov 21, 2008:
Patio doors... or window? I too agree with DG, that this is the most likely interpretation... but as it is ambiguous, you really ought to try and check with the client... or at least try and glean as many other clues as you can from the rest of your text...
B D Finch Nov 21, 2008:
Window or patio doors? I agree with DG that this is often used to mean patio doors, however, strictly speaking, a "baie" is any opening in a wall, whether a door or a window.

Proposed translations

+4
47 mins
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aluminium window

i.e. the window frame is aluminium.
Peer comment(s):
agree Norman Patrick Grant : baie vitrée en aluminium
29 mins
agree Euqinimod (X)
57 mins
agree mimi 254 : aluminium bay
59 mins
agree jean-jacques alexandre
2 hrs
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1 hr

aluminium sliding patio doors

Not a bay window as, rather confusingly, this is called a "bow-window" in French.

We have a "baie vitrée" in our lounge/dining room. It's a double sliding patio door. I've not put a "5" in the confidence rating as I'm unsure whether this is the correct term on the other side of the Atlantic.



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Note added at 3 hrs (2008-11-21 09:56:18 GMT)
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Googling images of "baie vitrée" comes up with lots of photos of the sort of thing we have in our house.

Here's an example: http://www.gnc-menuisiers-pevecistes.fr/images/baie vitree D...
Peer comment(s):
agree Tony M : At risk of over-interpretation, I feel this is the most likely bet; it MIGHT just be 'baie vitrée' (= any ordinary picture window), but I have come across this meaning so often, I feel it is the most likely bet.
1 hr
Thanks, Tony. I suppose it will depend on the position of the "baie" really.
agree Miranda Joubioux (X) : more than likely
2 hrs
Thanks, Miranda.
agree Bourth (X) : Most prob but not necess. sliding, cf French doors/windows/ Trouble is, normally "baie" is nothing more than an opening (generally largish) in a wall, 4 a window or door. If they had 2 make a hole for casement doors I could see it referring 2 a "p-f".
4 hrs
Thanks. Aren't (hinged) French doors/windows just called "portes-fenêtres" though?
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