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Record 1 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

These characteristics have led some members of the Brezhnev team to suspect that Andropov, 67, is an intellectual with closet "liberal" tendencies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clothing Storage
  • Building Elements
DEF

A small room or cupboard used for storing clothes or household supplies.

CONT

Most houses and apartments these days have built-in closets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rangement des vêtements
  • Éléments du bâtiment
DEF

Petit espace enfermé dans un bâtiment, destiné au rangement de vêtements ou de marchandises.

DEF

Enfoncement, recoin de mur ou assemblage de menuiserie fermé par une porte et constituant une armoire fixe.

OBS

Comme, par définition, un placard est un enfoncement de mur, il est redondant de dire «placard mural».

Key term(s)
  • placard mural

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Almacenamiento de la ropa
  • Elementos de edificios
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Record 3 1993-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
CONT

Diminutive of the fess, smaller than a bar. Order of width: fess, bar, closet, barrulet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique
DEF

Fasce rétrécie de la moitié de sa largeur et figurant sur l'écu d'une traverse d'échafaudage. Elle soutient certaines pièces [...] et n'est jamais figurée en nombre pair. (Larousse XXe siècle)

Spanish

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