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French to English Architecture Translation Glossary

French term English translation
plans indicés plans indexed A
Entered by: EirTranslations
plastique artistic/expressive
plateau courant open floor plate
plateau des collections (special) collection/exhibition floor
plateau paysager open-plan, landscape
plateaux floor areas
plein-cintre semi-circular (arch), round-headed (window)
pleine-terre at ground level (no crawl space)
pliage folding
PNG (passages non gardés) unguarded access points
pointe de solidarisation Fastening tip
points durs fixed points/elements
pommeau (escalier) newel post finial or cap
pompe à chaleur à évacuation d’air exhaust air heat pump
pontet d'accès "pontet" small aerial access bridge
Porte à vantaux folding door / double door
porte matricée moulded door
porte sous tenture papered / fabric covered door
porte-a-faux cantilever
porterie gatehouse
porteuse bar [UK] / batten OR pipe [US — to verify]
Entered by: Tony M
porteuse d'enjeux carries the possibility of
Entered by: Huw Watkins
pose de vente triple triple display stand/unit
pose le discours positions it
Position face à l\'ouvrage et confrontation au programme actuel Taking position regarding the (state of the) existing structure and (critical) examination of the existing proposals
pot à feu flame-vase finial
potale (Arch.) shrine
poteaux HEA en acier steel HEA columns
poutre de la façade beam on the facade
praticien praticien / highly skilled sculptor's assistant
précédé de plusieurs degrés with some steps leading up to it
procédés de verre espion one-way glass processes
Profil porteur supporting profile/section
profil supérieur polylobé [niches with] multilobed arched profiles
Entered by: Victoria Porter-Burns
programmiste (des futurs exploitants) programmer for/of future managers
projétation design
projection gouttelettes grains fins spray-painted fine flecked finish
promenade verte "Promenade Verte" (greenway)
prospect distance between facades
puits à coquille partially enclosed well [or fountain] crowned by a shell motif
Entered by: Angie Taylor
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