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poteaux

English translation: post or column

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French term or phrase:poteaux
English translation:post or column
Entered by: transbbd (X)

00:50 Sep 12, 2003
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering / construction
French term or phrase: poteaux
In a text detailing the parts of a building. Might this be ceiling beams or is it studs?
Mary Quinn
United States
Local time: 04:39
post or column
Explanation:
too many years doing this kind of thing [construction] to be wrong on this. heh

btw, a beam is a horizontal member, not vertical as are posts columns, studs and poles.
Selected response from:

transbbd (X)
Grading comment
Thank you, Michael.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +2column
JCEC
5post or column
transbbd (X)
3 +1post
RHELLER
4stud / studding
swisstell
4 -2piers
truptee


  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
post


Explanation:
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Note added at 6 mins (2003-09-12 00:56:46 GMT)
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1) Post. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...means placed. (Latin, positus.) 1 Post. A piece of timber placed in the ground.

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Note added at 8 mins (2003-09-12 00:58:16 GMT)
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could also be a beam

post 1. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...for a beam in the framework of a building

RHELLER
United States
Local time: 02:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Richard Benham: A "poteau" is generally vertical, but a beam is generally horizontal. But they could be posts.
4 hrs
  -> That is why I posted both - maybe if we had a little context
agree  Bourth (X): As in "post and beam" construction.
7 hrs
  -> thank you
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
stud / studding


Explanation:
found the ref. below and hopefully this helps a bit


    Reference: http://www.londonmetal.co.uk/4_studding_procedures.asp
swisstell
Italy
Local time: 10:39
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 23

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Emanuela Galdelli
1 hr
neutral  Bourth (X): For me studs are the vertical members in light timber construction, and form part of a wall (together with dwangs and the like). They are not freestanding.
7 hrs
disagree  transbbd (X): studs are repeated members in a structure, occuring muchmore frequently than anything implied by "poteaux."
3 days 1 hr
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
column


Explanation:
Définition :

Élément de structure de forme élancée, généralement vertical, qui transmet à sa base les forces (principalement de compression) qui lui sont appliquées.

GDT

JCEC
Canada
Local time: 04:39
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Richard Benham: But see my comment on e-rich's suggestion "stud".
2 hrs
agree  Bourth (X): Esp. if concrete rather than steel.
5 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
piers


Explanation:
or pole
that's another term.

truptee
Local time: 14:09
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HindiHindi

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Bourth (X): Not entirely impossible, but a pier (a section of wall between two windows) is a "trumeau", or the column supporting a bridge ("pilier").
27 mins
disagree  transbbd (X): piers have a subterranean aspect not usually assocoayed with 'poteaux".
2 days 18 hrs
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3 days 1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
post or column


Explanation:
too many years doing this kind of thing [construction] to be wrong on this. heh

btw, a beam is a horizontal member, not vertical as are posts columns, studs and poles.

transbbd (X)
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
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Thank you, Michael.
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