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BRISE-GLACE POLYVALENT [2 records]

Record 1 2019-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
CONT

At present, Canada has two heavy polar icebreakers, five medium icebreakers and nine multi-task light icebreakers, plus two light cushion vehicles used for icebreaking and flood control along the St. Lawrence River.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
CONT

À l’heure actuelle, le Canada possède deux brise-glaces polaires lourds, cinq brise-glaces moyens et neuf brise-glaces légers polyvalents, ainsi que deux aéroglisseurs utilisés pour le déglaçage et la protection contre les inondations sur le fleuve Saint-Laurent.

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Record 2 2006-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
Key term(s)
  • multi-tasked ice breaker
  • multi-tasked icebreaker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
OBS

Pluriel : des brise-glaces.

OBS

brise-glaces (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l’orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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