bone-coloured

French translation: couleur ivoire

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English term or phrase:bone-coloured
French translation:couleur ivoire
Entered by: Hélène OShea

12:21 Mar 21, 2017
English to French translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: bone-coloured
Hi everyone

How would you translate "bone-coloured" in the following sentence: the moor was turning bone-coloured as the light went.

La lande perdit son éclat / pâlit / changea de couleur / se voila... but the idea of "bone-coloured" gets lost and I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions?

Many thanks.
micheler
Local time: 20:39
couleur ivoire
Explanation:
la lande prit une couleur ivoire, d'ivoire
la lande se teinta d'ivoire
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Hélène OShea
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3 +4couleur ivoire
Hélène OShea
5se para d'une couleur ivoire
Maïté Mendiondo-George
4 -1couleur os
Jonathan Cohen


  

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couleur ivoire


Explanation:
la lande prit une couleur ivoire, d'ivoire
la lande se teinta d'ivoire

Hélène OShea
Ireland
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agree  Valérie KARAM
26 mins
  -> Merci

agree  Christèle Sicre (EI)
2 hrs
  -> Merci

agree  Odette Grille (X)
3 hrs
  -> Merci

agree  B D Finch
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
couleur os


Explanation:
une autre option

Jonathan Cohen
Canada
Local time: 14:39
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

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disagree  Odette Grille (X): littéral, mais pas vraiment poétique
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
se para d'une couleur ivoire


Explanation:
lorsque la lumière s'en fut

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Note added at 8 heures (2017-03-21 20:58:15 GMT)
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expression très poétique ..Est- ce la coloration du texte

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Note added at 1 jour21 heures (2017-03-23 09:42:00 GMT)
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expression particulièrement poétique ??

Maïté Mendiondo-George
France
Local time: 20:39
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
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