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French term
France
FR/AR-EN, broad range of domains
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Arabic to English, Italian to English
mettre en appui
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Aerospace / Aviation / Space
This is a list of isolated verbs for a firm with activities in the aerospace sector, which includes some quite obscure verbs such as 'défrancher', 'trusquiner' and 'ringarder'. It is presumably for language training purposes.
Could a native French speaker explain whether 'mettre x en appui' means that x is being supported' or x is bearing a load?
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Could a native French speaker explain whether 'mettre x en appui' means that x is being supported' or x is bearing a load?
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Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | weight bearing |
Drmanu49
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| 3 +1 | Lean against/abut |
Eoin Finnegan
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Proposed translations
7 mins
weight bearing
is the usual meaning
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Note added at 28 minutes (2020-01-09 17:12:19 GMT)
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You need to give me more context or a source sentence.
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Note added at 28 minutes (2020-01-09 17:12:19 GMT)
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You need to give me more context or a source sentence.
Note from asker:
| Would the subject be bearing the weight? |
| Unfortunately Drmanu49, these are isolated verbs with no context - the worst type of translation. |
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16 hrs
Eoin Finnegan
Ireland
Ireland
Native in English
Ireland
Marketing, Business and Legal
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
Lean against/abut
Based on translation provided by reverso, it means to abut or to lean against
Example sentence:
aligner axialement et mettre en appui le premier composant et un tube de remplissage = axially aligning and abutting the first component and a filling tube
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