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alnager

French translation: auneur

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English term or phrase:alnager [also aulnager, aunager] --- mediaeval measurement official
French translation:auneur
Entered by: Tony M

22:02 Feb 18, 2006
English to French translations [PRO]
History / job
English term or phrase: alnager
quelle est le terme français de "alnager", au Moyen Age, c'était une personne qui inspectait, mesurait la laine et donner un sceau...
BC45
Local time: 11:05
auneur
Explanation:
Look under the first entry for 'évént' --- seems like this is the same sort of thing?

alnager = aulnager = aunager cf aunage, aune

An ancient form of quantity surveyor?
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Tony M
France
Local time: 12:05
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4 +6auneur
Tony M


  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
auneur


Explanation:
Look under the first entry for 'évént' --- seems like this is the same sort of thing?

alnager = aulnager = aunager cf aunage, aune

An ancient form of quantity surveyor?


    Reference: http://portail.atilf.fr/cgi-bin/getobject_?a.41:28./var/artf...
Tony M
France
Local time: 12:05
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jennifer Levey: spot on!
2 mins
  -> Thanks, M/M! Don't know what it is about the word 'aune', but it always gets me going... :-)
agree  df49f (X): même site pour définition de l'AUNEUR http://portail.atilf.fr/cgi-bin/getobject_?p.0:436./var/artf...
36 mins
  -> Merci, DF ! That's what i went there to find, but somehow never got that far...
agree  Heather Socie: oui, absolument
4 hrs
  -> Thanks, Heather!
agree  Dominique Sempere-Gougerot (X)
11 hrs
  -> Merci, Dominique !
agree  Platary (X): http://www.dicoperso.com/term/adb1aea4aca2a75a53,,xhtml
11 hrs
  -> Merci, Adrien ! ainsi que pour ce lien...
agree  Krystrad
12 hrs
  -> Merci, Krys !
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