French Language

Discuss and learn French: French vocabulary, French grammar, French culture etc.

French Vocab Games app for iPhone/iPad French-English dictionary French grammar French vocab/phrases

For the latest updates, follow @FrenchUpdates on Twitter!

ronces en acier

Are 'ronces en acier, electrisees' the same as barbed wire? Or is it more like electric wire? I'm not even sure if barbed wire can be electrified... The same paragraph later refers to barbed wire (des barbeles), so I am trying to avoid repeating the phrase...

Thanks, Clare

Views: 35

▶ Reply to This

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by lauris on May 9, 2011 at 8:59am
'Ronces en acier' might be a metaphor for barbed wires. It is not very often used in french, we much say 'barbelés' for barbed wire ou 'cloture electric' for electric wire
Permalink Reply by Clare H on May 9, 2011 at 12:03pm

Thanks very much for all your answers. All very useful! Merci bien!

RSS

Follow BitterCoffey on Twitter

© 2024   Created by Neil Coffey.   Powered by

Badges  |  Report an Issue  |  Terms of Service

Sign in to chat!