Sol tomette
English translation: "tomette" floor tiles
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| 15:54 Aug 6, 2003 |
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|  Selected response from: Francis MARC Lithuania Local time: 00:20 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | terracotta floor tile |
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| 4 | "tomette" floor tiles |
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| 3 +1 | quarry tiles |
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| 3 | floor tile (terra cotta) |
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Answers
5 mins confidence: 
floor tile (terra cotta) Explanation: My Dictionnaire du Batiment gives floor tile, but I'm pretty certain they are more specifically the traditional terra cotta / terre cuite floor tiles (the ones you treat with linseed oil!). |
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6 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1terracotta floor tile Explanation: It's the appropriate term for describing flooring material for a house. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-08-06 17:56:30 (GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Here is a Web site, you may want to check : http://www.emaux-provence.com/francais/sdb/salles_de_bains2.... If I had more details about the context, I could tell you the best equivalent. Anyways \'terracotta\' is appropriate. |
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11 mins confidence:
"tomette" floor tiles Explanation: Recherchez FLOOR sur Amazon.fr et commandez vos CD aux meilleurs prix www.amazon.fr Livraison gratuite à partir de 20€ d'achats (voir conditions) Lien commercial 19th century B&B property. - [ Traduire cette page ] ... Entrance Hall 12m2 with original tomette floor tiles Dining Room 32.55m2 with open fireplace and fresco ceiling Kitchen 20.45m2 Separate WC 1.20m2 Bathroom 3.75 ... www.links-property.co.uk/b28190.html - 7k - En cache - Pages similaires Vacation rental in Provence France - [ Traduire cette page ] ... Accommodation. The kitchen. The accommodation is a traditional stone-built Provencal house on three floors with Salerne tomette floor tiles throughout. ... www.frenchconnections.co.uk/accom/887.html - 15k - En cache - Pages similaires Cottage for self catering vacation near Chablis France - [ Traduire cette page ] ... surrounded in green quartz, 16th /17th century tile floor with rare ... Dining Room - with French beamed ceiling, original “tomette” floors, period lighting ... www.frenchconnections.co.uk/accom/4466.aspx - 29k - En cache - Pages similaires Papillon Properties - Atlantic Coast Property Details - [ Traduire cette page ] ... room on the other. There is also a big office with tomette floor tiles, a fireplace and superb beams. There is one bedroom downstairs ... www.mellecom.fr/papillon/ac_properties/acprop1008.htm - 12k |
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47 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1quarry tiles Explanation: I don't in any way disagree with the previous answerers, but would just like to suggest the alternative version, which will be familiar to UK readers at least, as being the nearest domestic equivalent... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2003-08-06 20:21:31 (GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- OF COURSE I do know what \'tomettes\' are — but the average UK reader might not. But the \'added value\' marketing appeal of \'quarry tiles\' on a UK proprety description accurately mirrors the French equivalent; and \'quarry tiles\' ARE small, red tiles commonly used in kitchens, exactly like tomettes (except not hexagonal). So whilst I fully acknowledge that the equivalence is not exact, I believe that the overall meaning is adequately conveyed — certainly, very much the same idea. |
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