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borratello

French translation: ravin /ravine

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Italian term or phrase:borratello
French translation:ravin /ravine
Entered by: Antoine de Bernard

10:14 Feb 1, 2012
Italian to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / borratello
Italian term or phrase: borratello
Il viottolo lungo il borratello era stretto, ma conosciuto come le scale di casa ed anche il posto dove lasciare la macchina era sempre il solito, uno spiazzo fra due querce annose.
europe1234
Italy
ravin /ravine
Explanation:
ou canal d'écoulement, rigole

BORRATELLO.
Definiz: Dim. di Borro. Lat. fossatum. Gr. βόθριον.
http://www.lessicografia.it/BORRATELLO

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ou aussi "fossé"
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Antoine de Bernard
Italy
Local time: 20:07
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grazie
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2ravin /ravine
Antoine de Bernard
3petite ravine
Ivana Giuliani
Summary of reference entries provided
borratello / piccolo burrone = petit ravin
elysee
definizioni
Françoise Vogel

  

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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
ravin /ravine


Explanation:
ou canal d'écoulement, rigole

BORRATELLO.
Definiz: Dim. di Borro. Lat. fossatum. Gr. βόθριον.
http://www.lessicografia.it/BORRATELLO

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ou aussi "fossé"

Antoine de Bernard
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Local time: 20:07
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grazie

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agree  elysee: petit ravin (al maschile) - vedere Rif. in finestra
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  -> Merci
agree  enrico paoletti
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  -> Grazie Enrico
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petite ravine


Explanation:
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Ivana Giuliani
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: borratello / piccolo burrone = petit ravin

Reference information:
borratello
è un diminutivo del nome "borro"
e dunque indica che è un "borro piccolo"

http://www.etimo.it/?term=borro
borro = via stretta e affossata

borratello = piccolo burrone
Vedi: Dizionario storico del Lessico erotico italiano, pag. 419
http://portal.progressiverocks.com/nahp/artic-it/Fica

http://it.dicios.com/itfr/burrone
burrone = abîme
burrone = gouffre
burrone = ravin

http://www.larousse.com/it/dizionari/italiano-francese/burro...
burrone = ravin

borratello / piccolo burrone = petit ravin

elysee
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Reference: definizioni

Reference information:
Sabatini Colletti
Canalone torrentizio prodotto dallo scorrimento delle acque di superficie su una parete ripida; canale di scolo di una palude; canale che raccoglie le acque di scolo dei campi

Devoto Oli
fosso o piccolo torrente che viene giù per il bosco o attraverso i campi

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° ° ° sono definizioni di "borro" ° ° °

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TRECCANI

borratèllo s. m. [dim. di borro]. – Piccolo borro; in partic., nei rilievi montuosi, piccolo solco in declivio, dovuto a erosione, dove scorre l’acqua in tempo di pioggia.

Françoise Vogel
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