Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
crapahuter
English translation:
to yomp
Added to glossary by
ALAIN COTE (X)
Jan 8, 2003 13:10
21 yrs ago
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French term
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crapahuter
Non-PRO
French to English
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Leurs aines, quand ils avaient 20 ans, srapahutaient l'armee a l'epaule en algerie.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | to yomp |
ALAIN COTE (X)
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| 3 +3 | trudged along |
EDLING (X)
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| 4 +2 | to trudge along |
Francis MARC
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| 5 | to trudge or crawl, to progress with much difficulty |
Sara Freitas
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| 5 | marched along with |
NancyLynn
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| 4 | crawled with their gun on the shoulder |
Elisabeth Toda-v.Galen
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| 4 | to trudge over difficult ground |
Vera Fluhr (X)
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| 3 -1 | Were part of |
Diana Donzelli-Gaudet
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Proposed translations
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8 mins
Selected
to yomp
crapahuter : soldiers' slang... to yomp
correction : l'armée à l'épaule = l'arme à l'épaule
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Note added at 2003-01-08 13:41:13 (GMT)
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Slang should be translated in slang...
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/ZY.HTM
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/y.htm
correction : l'armée à l'épaule = l'arme à l'épaule
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Note added at 2003-01-08 13:41:13 (GMT)
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Slang should be translated in slang...
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/ZY.HTM
http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/y.htm
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1 min
Diana Donzelli-Gaudet
Native in French
The right word at the right time!
Native in: Italian (Variants: Milanese, Standard-Italy) 
, French (Variant: Standard-France)
Works in: English to Italian, French to Italian, Italian to French, and 3 more.
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Were part of
Be part of
3 mins
to trudge or crawl, to progress with much difficulty
Hachette and Robert+Collins
+3
4 mins
trudged along
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Peer comment(s):
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markmx
: or 'trudged on'
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Céline Graciet
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GerardP
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4 mins
to trudge along
marcher laborieusement dans le djebel ! souvenir-souvenir !
Référence Harrap's:
crapahuter
[ (b) Mil (sur un terrain difficile) to trudge along
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Note added at 2003-01-08 13:18:52 (GMT)
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... 8th, 1942, when they landed on the sandy beaches of Oran in Algeria. ... They just trudged along, with their rifles and machine guns and mortars, walking slowly ...
www.combatmission.com/CMMC/newsroom/tfo/TFO-1.pdf
... some confusion and long lines, boarded our charter flight to Tindouf, Algeria, a military ... I immediately eased up on my pace and trudged along to the fifteen ...
www.cccd.org/pdf/newsletter200211e.pdf
Peer comment(s):
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Louise Dupont (X)
: oui c'est de l'argot militaire
5 mins
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Céline Graciet
1 hr
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5 mins
crawled with their gun on the shoulder
je pense que c'est l'arme et non l'armée qui est en cause ici, donc c'est plutot crawl with their gun
Peer comment(s):
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ALAIN COTE (X)
: oui, l'arme
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Céline Graciet
: When you 'crapahute' you're still standing on your feet; and it seems fairly impossible to crawl with your gun on your shoulder... although I haven't tried! ;)
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ça c'est selon la définition du dictionnaire. Il faut penser aussi à l'usage commun du mot. Les soldats crapahutent sur les genoux et coudes, ce qui oblige à porter l'arme sur l'épaule (à l'arrière)
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6 mins
marched along with
more appropriate
crapahuter v.
Variante(s) graphique(s)
crapaüter v.
Déf. :
Effectuer une longue marche en terrain difficile.
Note(s) :
Argot militaire.
[Office de la langue française, 1992]
crapahuter v.
Variante(s) graphique(s)
crapaüter v.
Déf. :
Effectuer une longue marche en terrain difficile.
Note(s) :
Argot militaire.
[Office de la langue française, 1992]
28 mins
to trudge over difficult ground
Dictionnaire Robert&Collins:
crahaputer === to trudge over difficult ground
crahaputer === to trudge over difficult ground
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