slim porcelain

French translation: porcelaine fine

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English term or phrase:slim porcelain
French translation:porcelaine fine
Entered by: Nathalie Ohana

13:09 Nov 3, 2011
English to French translations [PRO]
Furniture / Household Appliances / Slim porcelain
English term or phrase: slim porcelain
Il s'agit de la composition d'un carrelage pour sol/mur.
Nathalie Ohana
United States
Local time: 15:09
porcelaine fine
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Maryline David
Local time: 19:09
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5porcelaine fine
Maryline David
4(plaques en) grès porcelaine mince
kashew
Summary of reference entries provided
Thickness is the keyword
kashew

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porcelaine fine


Explanation:
Voir le lien ci-dessous


    Reference: http://www.solargil.com/article.php?id=5678
Maryline David
Local time: 19:09
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILOU
3 mins

agree  Johanne Bouthillier
4 mins

agree  florent40
1 hr

agree  Nina Khmielnitzky
4 hrs

agree  Savvas SEIMANIDIS
4 days
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(plaques en) grès porcelaine mince


Explanation:
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Note added at 1 heure (2011-11-03 14:45:36 GMT)
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http://www.leforum-pointp.fr/actualites/soiree-carreau-mince...
I think mince is better than fin which has two meanings.

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Note added at 5 heures (2011-11-03 19:08:57 GMT)
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http://www.ariostea-high-tech.com/


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Note added at 6 heures (2011-11-03 19:21:51 GMT)
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An improved answer is: grès cérame mince

kashew
France
Local time: 20:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Yes... but not so sure about combining grès with porcelaine, which tend to be mutually exclusive. / Ah yes, 'porcelainé', that makes all the difference!
3 hrs
  -> There's grès cérame mince, and grès porcelainé.// thanks - I hope your other comments are noted?
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: Thickness is the keyword

Reference information:
I think, as in http://www.refin-gres-cerame.com/collections/skin-carrelage-...

kashew
France
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