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good-looking men

French translation: beaux hommes

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English term or phrase:good-looking men
French translation:beaux hommes
Entered by: Marc Derveaux

13:03 Mar 8, 2007
English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Linguistics / Magazine article
English term or phrase: good-looking men
I give up! What is the difference between "beaux hommes" and "hommes beaux". I know that changing the position of the adjective can sometimes change the meaning from literal to figurative, so if I want a literal meaning, should I put beaux after??
Sarah Truesdale
New Zealand
Local time: 11:03
beaux hommes
Explanation:
on n'emploiera pas "hommes beaux" en français, sauf dans le cas d'un effet de style particulier

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Note added at 6 mins (2007-03-08 13:10:41 GMT)
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bien sûr, on pourra dire p.ex. "ici, les femmes sont séduisantes et les hommes beaux" - mais employé comme attribut, pas comme expression
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Marc Derveaux
Germany
Local time: 01:03
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2beaux hommes
Marc Derveaux
4hommes de bonne présentation
Catherine Lenoir
4hommes de belle allure
karim_benahmed
4hommes séduisants
Odette Grille (X)
4hommes affichant une belle allure
Thalassascorp


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hommes de bonne présentation


Explanation:
or hommes beaux (not beaux hommes)

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Note added at 5 minutes (2007-03-08 13:09:49 GMT)
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sorry Marc is right, I made a mix-match with beaux & hommes

Catherine Lenoir
Local time: 01:03
Native speaker of: French
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
beaux hommes


Explanation:
on n'emploiera pas "hommes beaux" en français, sauf dans le cas d'un effet de style particulier

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Note added at 6 mins (2007-03-08 13:10:41 GMT)
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bien sûr, on pourra dire p.ex. "ici, les femmes sont séduisantes et les hommes beaux" - mais employé comme attribut, pas comme expression

Marc Derveaux
Germany
Local time: 01:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 7

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agree  RHELLER
6 mins
  -> merci!
agree  Merline
8 mins
  -> merci bien!
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hommes de belle allure


Explanation:
un homme beau pour une beauté tout court tandis qu'un bel homme prend en compte l'allure, le port , la démarche ...

karim_benahmed
Algeria
Local time: 00:03
Native speaker of: French
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hommes séduisants


Explanation:
In this case, the difference between beaux hommes et hommes beaux is really sybtle (a matter of stress on beauty in the second case) but th Beaux hommes' is not phonetically appealing.

Odette Grille (X)
Canada
Local time: 19:03
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Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hommes affichant une belle allure


Explanation:
rappel, éviter un adjectif pour un autre de façon trop systématique: "good looking" is not "beautiful", donc "avec une belle allure" n'est pas forcément "beau"...

Thalassascorp
Local time: 01:03
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
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