Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

size 3X

French translation:

taille XXXL

Added to glossary by Marion Delarue
Apr 28, 2014 08:58
10 yrs ago
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English term

size 3X

English to French Other Textiles / Clothing / Fashion Sizes
Students will be issued a driving suit for the class Participants must have the ability to climb through a 15-inch high by 30-inch wide window that sits 36 inches from the ground. The largest driving uniform size is a 3X.
Proposed translations (French)
5 +5 taille XXXL
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Non-PRO (1): Tony M

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Proposed translations

+5
6 mins
Selected

taille XXXL

X means XXX, and although it doesn't say the 'L', the text makes it is clear it is referring to large rather than XS sizes ;-)

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Note added at 1 jour5 heures (2014-04-29 14:05:14 GMT)
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Oh, I can confirm that XXXL does indeed exist in France (though it may not be a FR size as such, i.e. taille 7, which I believe = XXL) — I know this for a fact, as it's my size, and quite hard to find.

However, no, it it NOT the largest size of all; to my personal knowledge, sizes go up to AT LEAST 5XL — that's XXXXXL!!!! Hence why they need to specify that they only go up to 3XL!!
Note from asker:
Bonjour Tony, en français je pense qu'on dirait plutôt XXL, il me semble que la XXXL n'existe pas ici. Mais ce qui importe c'est que c'est la plus grande taille, non ?
Ok, thank you very much.
Peer comment(s):

agree GILLES MEUNIER
16 mins
Merci, Gilles ! :-) Je devais le savoir — il s'agit de ma taille :-(
agree Séverine Dupied
1 hr
Merci, Séverine !
agree Daryo
2 hrs
Merci, Daryo !
agree AmbelyTrad
5 hrs
Merci, Ambely !
agree Remy Ib
6 hrs
Thanks, Re!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Merci !"
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