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VENTANILLA SERVICIO [2 records]

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Record 1 2016-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mail Pickup and Distribution
  • Post Offices
DEF

A [delivery] service provided at post offices for ... anyone who cannot receive mail through the normal delivery modes.

OBS

poste restante: international term used in English and in French outside Canada.

OBS

general delivery: term used at Canada Post.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levée et distribution du courrier
  • Bureaux de poste
DEF

Service de livraison [...] offert par les bureaux de poste aux personnes [...] qui ne peuvent recevoir le courrier selon les modes de livraison habituels.

OBS

poste restante: terme international utilisé en anglais et en français ailleurs qu'au Canada.

OBS

poste restante : terme en usage à Postes Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Recogida y distribución del correo
  • Oficinas de correos
CONT

Lista de correos : con este servicio podrás recibir correspondencia y envíos en la administración de correos que elijas, cuando no tengas una dirección física con reparto o bien te encuentres, de manera temporal, fuera de la ciudad en que resides. Diariamente la administración elabora la "lista de correos" con los nombres consignados y la coloca en un lugar visible para su consulta. La entrega de la correspondencia se realiza en ventanilla, mediante una identificación oficial vigente.

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Record 2 2006-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Residential Architecture
  • Doors, Windows and Openings (Building Elements)
DEF

An opening in a wall between two rooms of a house or apartment (as between a kitchen and dining room) through which something (as dishes) may be passed.

CONT

Fully fitted and well equipped kitchen with serving hatch to dining area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture d'habitation
  • Ouvertures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Guichet ouvert dans une cloison [ou une porte], entre la cuisine et la salle à manger, et permettant de passer les plats.

OBS

passe-plat (sing.); passe-plats (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Arquitectura de viviendas
  • Puertas, ventanas y aberturas (Elementos de edificios)
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