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imperial ton

French translation: Tonne impériale

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English term or phrase:imperial ton
French translation:Tonne impériale
Entered by: celinemollet

06:15 Aug 23, 2006
English to French translations [PRO]
Geology
English term or phrase: imperial ton
not a metric ton
claire1
Canada
Local time: 01:15
Tonne impériale
Explanation:
proposition
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celinemollet
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4 +2Tonne impériale
celinemollet
4toutes possibilités ci-dessous
Francis MARC


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
toutes possibilités ci-dessous


Explanation:
Termium:
Domaine(s)
  – Metrology and Units of Measure
  – Cargo (Water Transport)
Domaine(s)
  – Unités de mesure et métrologie
  – Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
Domaine(s)
  – Metrología y unidades de medida
  – Cargamento (Transporte por agua)
long ton Source CORRECT,
NORMALISÉ

  LT Source CORRECT

  lt Source CORRECT

  LTON Source CORRECT

  LTon Source CORRECT

ton Source CORRECT, GR.-BRETAGNE,
VOIR FICHE

gross ton Source CORRECT,
NORMALISÉ

shipping ton Source

imperial ton Source

ton UK Source

tonne anglaise Source CORRECT,
FÉM

tonne longue Source CORRECT, FÉM

tonne brute Source CORRECT, FÉM

longue tonne Source FÉM

grosse tonne Source FÉM

  tf Source

tonne forte Source FÉM, NORMALISÉ

tonne impériale

Francis MARC
Lithuania
Local time: 08:15
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 10
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Tonne impériale


Explanation:
proposition

Example sentence(s):
  • Une tonne impériale vaut combien de livres?
  • On veillera à utiliser des unités de mesure métriques, comme une tonne métrique (1 tonne métrique = 1 000 kg = 2 205 livres) au lieu d'une tonne impériale (1 tonne = 2 000 livres

    inms-ienm.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/fr/faq_mech_f.php
    Reference: http://www.team.gc.ca/francais/publications/smart_lite/
celinemollet
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  -> merci Gilles!
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  -> merci!
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