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barrow

French translation: tumulus

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English term or phrase:barrow
French translation:tumulus
Entered by: aivlys

19:10 Nov 16, 2009
English to French translations [PRO]
Archaeology / archaeological terms
English term or phrase: barrow
Anyone know the correct translation of 'barrow' in French?
aivlys
Local time: 15:03
tumulus
Explanation:
Which is also another word for it in English
Selected response from:

Rebecca Davis
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:03
Grading comment
Thank you! Sorry for slow response but this works perfectly, so thanks again!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5tumulus
Rebecca Davis
4 +4tumulus
Charlotte Buecheler (X)
5 +1tombeau, tertre funéraire
Françoise Vogel


  

Answers


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


Explanation:
Which is also another word for it in English

Rebecca Davis
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thank you! Sorry for slow response but this works perfectly, so thanks again!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean-Louis S.
27 mins
  -> Thak you
agree  Arnold T.
43 mins
  -> Thank you
agree  Charlotte Buecheler (X): of course
1 hr
  -> Thank you
agree  Tony M
1 hr
  -> Thank you
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
9 hrs
  -> Thank you
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
tumulus


Explanation:
Mont funéraire (on en trouve par exemple pleins dans Beowulf).

note: la référence n'est peut-être pas accessible selon votre location (ggogle book).


    Reference: http://books.google.com/books?id=Ggb3jnNhTekC&pg=PA50&lpg=PA...
Charlotte Buecheler (X)
United States
Local time: 10:03
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
Notes to answerer
Asker: thanks for this!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean-Louis S.
27 mins
  -> merci
agree  Arnold T.
42 mins
agree  Rebecca Davis: Note you have removed your "agree" comment from my answer, which is the same as yours...I don't understand why. Can you explain? No problem at all...
50 mins
  -> sorry for the confusion created, of course I agree!
agree  Tony M
1 hr
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
tombeau, tertre funéraire


Explanation:
-

Françoise Vogel
Local time: 16:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
Notes to answerer
Asker: great, thanks... have a decent selection now!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean-Louis S.
27 mins
  -> merci
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