French term
comme particularité
DOC: 1907 Museum catalog of ancient Egyptian mirrors. Catalog entry.
CONTEXT: 44017. Mirror. -- Bronze and wood. [....] Manche en forme de colonnette GLYPH [placeholder for the symbol] surmonté de la tête de Bès. Face grimaçante et tirant la langue qui était rapportée en une autre substance. Dans chaque oreille était piqué un bouton d'ivoire. La perruque, visible seulement sur le revers, est formée de stries longitudinales réunies par paire et emboîtées l'une dans l'autre. La décoration de la colonnette est conforme au type régulier. On y constate, pourtant, ***comme particularité,*** une côte ou arête, non sur les côtés, mais sur le devant et le derrière de la tige végétale. Au bas, un petit tenon cylindrique servait à fixer un bouton terminal, sans doute en ivoire.
LITERAL: Note, however, as a distinctive feature, a rib or arris, not on the sides, but on the front and back of the plant stem.
ISSUE: I am confused about the wording/placement of the phrase and so I'm not sure of the meaning or if it has a particular nuance. Does it just mean: However, the fact that a rib or arris is seen on the front and back of the plant stem instead of on the sides is a distinctive feature?
DISCLOSURE: I did submit my query to WordReference but received no satisfactory answer except the literal was fine from one member.
Thank you in advance!
| 4 +1 | one particular feature |
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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| 3 | as an unusual feature |
Margaret Field
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Proposed translations
Psychologist, Court-certified legal
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English
one particular feature
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-03-18 17:01:41 GMT)
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You suggest something along these lines yourself and I see nothing in your original which suggests any other meaning.
What is striking about this particular feature, is that the "côte ou arrête" is not on the side, but on the front. It is this frontal position that makes it remarkable.
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Note added at 1 hr (2017-03-18 17:02:14 GMT)
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And the back, too, of course, rather than on either side.
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philgoddard
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B D Finch
: Why not "a distinctive feature", as suggested by the Asker and used, above, by yourself?
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