Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

diabolo

English translation:

diabolo

Added to glossary by kashew
Nov 11, 2009 12:34
14 yrs ago
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French term

diabolo

French to English Tech/Engineering Architecture fabric covers
Durable et intégralement recyclable, le textile renouvelle le vocabulaire formel à la disposition des concepteurs en autorisant des géométries à simple et double courbure, aux allures de dômes, de diabolo, de vrille ou de paraboloïde hyperbolique.

In the above what is diabolo?
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Proposed translations (English)
5 +2 diabolo
3 +1 diabolo
3 diabolo
Change log

Nov 18, 2009 09:55: kashew Created KOG entry

Discussion

Bourth (X) Nov 11, 2009:
Gee, thanks Barbara! It's just me then.
B D Finch Nov 11, 2009:
A generation thing? I remember playing with them in UK primary school and that they were called "diabolos".
Lianne Wilson Nov 11, 2009:
For myself... ...I understand 'diabolo'. I think the term is fairly well-known as far as the circus-style toy goes. UK English speaker here, by the way.

Just my two pence :)
Bourth (X) Nov 11, 2009:
Speaking for myself Before coming to France, I would not have known what a "diabolo" is. I'd undoubtedly seen them on circus shows on TV and the like, but I cannot say I'd ever seen the things at first hand, and certainly never played with one as it seems all French kids do. So I'd be reticent to call this shape "diabolo", even if the word exists in English, and might prefer "cones, bicones, double cones", etc. Of course others' experience might be different and it might be a perfectly understandable term for the English quidam.

Proposed translations

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diabolo

http://www.2diabolos.com/diabolo/1diabolo/schema/diabolo_rou...

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Note added at 18 mins (2009-11-11 12:53:32 GMT)
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so, you have "diabolo shape"
Peer comment(s):

agree Evans (X) : I think you were quickest off the mark!
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Just a minute!
agree Lianne Wilson
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diabolo

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diabolo

Je pense que l'auteur parle simplement d'une forme comparable au jeu du diabolo

Image :
http://www.diabolotricks.com/whatisit.html

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Note added at 29 mins (2009-11-11 13:04:33 GMT)
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BMW a choisi de faire construire un bâtiment prestigieux spécialement destiné à la remise des voitures à leurs acheteurs. Il consiste en une toiture de structure métallique en forme de nuage surmontant un bâtiment en forme de diabolo.
http://archires.documentation.equipement.gouv.fr/document.xs...|COOP%20HIMMELBLAU|

Image correspondante :
http://bmwwelt.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/histoire-du-showroom...
Peer comment(s):

agree FrenchPhD : yes.
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