#1 Best Seller

French translation: n°1 des ventes / best seller n° 1

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English term or phrase:#1 Best Seller
French translation:n°1 des ventes / best seller n° 1
Entered by: FX Fraipont (X)

12:39 Apr 5, 2016
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English term or phrase: #1 Best Seller
What would #1 Best Seller be in French?

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n°1 des ventes / best seller n° 1
Explanation:
"best-seller, best-sellers
nom masculin
(anglais best-seller, de best, meilleur, et seller, vendeur)
Livre à forte vente ; grand succès de librairie.
Gros succès commercial."
http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/best-seller_be...

"Stephen King: premières approches - Page 208 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.be/books?isbn=287130081X - Translate this page
Guy Astic - 2000
King n'est pas seulement un best-seller, il est généralement le «best-seller numéro 1 » ou mieux encore le « best-seller numéro 1 dans tout le pays ». A moins ..."


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"bestseller
or best seller
noun
1. a book that is among those having the largest sales during a given period.
2. any product that among those of its kind is selling particularly well at a given time:
This car was a bestseller last year."
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/bestseller?&o=100074&s=t

"bestseller
Pronunciation: /bɛstˈsɛlə/
noun
A book or other product that sells in very large numbers: her autobiography is an international bestseller [as modifier]: the bestseller list"
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/bestsel...
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FX Fraipont (X)
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Local time: 16:34
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Summary of answers provided
5 +5n°1 des ventes / best seller n° 1
FX Fraipont (X)
5 +2no. 1 au palmarès des livres
Cécile A.-C.
5 +2le plus grand succès de librairie/Le produit qui se vend le mieux
Francois Boye


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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
#1 best seller
n°1 des ventes / best seller n° 1


Explanation:
"best-seller, best-sellers
nom masculin
(anglais best-seller, de best, meilleur, et seller, vendeur)
Livre à forte vente ; grand succès de librairie.
Gros succès commercial."
http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/best-seller_be...

"Stephen King: premières approches - Page 208 - Google Books Result
https://books.google.be/books?isbn=287130081X - Translate this page
Guy Astic - 2000
King n'est pas seulement un best-seller, il est généralement le «best-seller numéro 1 » ou mieux encore le « best-seller numéro 1 dans tout le pays ». A moins ..."


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Note added at 18 mins (2016-04-05 12:57:25 GMT)
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"bestseller
or best seller
noun
1. a book that is among those having the largest sales during a given period.
2. any product that among those of its kind is selling particularly well at a given time:
This car was a bestseller last year."
http://www.dictionary.com/browse/bestseller?&o=100074&s=t

"bestseller
Pronunciation: /bɛstˈsɛlə/
noun
A book or other product that sells in very large numbers: her autobiography is an international bestseller [as modifier]: the bestseller list"
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/bestsel...


FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 16:34
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 447

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chakib Roula
33 mins
  -> merci!

agree  Odile Raymond: Oui, c'est "n°".
1 hr
  -> merci! ;-)

agree  TB CommuniCAT
6 hrs
  -> merci

agree  Annie Rigler
6 hrs
  -> merci!

agree  Kinzi Ceolin (X)
7 hrs
  -> merci!
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
#1 best seller
no. 1 au palmarès des livres


Explanation:
http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/livre/palmares-livres_1579196...

Cécile A.-C.
United States
Local time: 10:34
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER: avec espace insécable, l'habitude de traduire....
3 mins
  -> : )

agree  Chakib Roula
22 mins
  -> : )
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
#1 best seller
le plus grand succès de librairie/Le produit qui se vend le mieux


Explanation:
First translation for books; second translation for any other product

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Francois Boye
United States
Local time: 10:34
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Chakib Roula
17 mins

agree  Anne Bohy
6 hrs
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