cameriera

French translation: servante, domestique

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Italian term or phrase:cameriera
French translation:servante, domestique
Entered by: candicec

21:12 Dec 4, 2008
Italian to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Italian term or phrase: cameriera
je cherche une alternative à "femme de chambre" qui ne me plait vraiment pas... Mais je ne trouve pas mieux...

"Son Marionè, la figlia della|cameriera della balia del Re!"

Merci pour vos suggestions
Virginie Ebongué
Italy
Local time: 16:22
servante, domestique
Explanation:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestique
http://www.etudes-litteraires.com/moliere-femmes-savantes.ph...
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candicec
Local time: 16:22
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4 +6servante, domestique
candicec
3 +1suivante
Agnès Levillayer


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
suivante


Explanation:
le plus neutre à mon avis, ou bien avec des nuances:
soubrette, chambrière, camériste, bonne, domestique.

Agnès Levillayer
Italy
Local time: 16:22
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 132

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  justdone: bon, j'étais là pour indiquer cameriste et domestique (le deux present dans le texte sul lequel je travaille) mais tu vas toujour plus vite... bonne soirée. Marcella
3 mins

neutral  Carole Poirey: à mon avis le moins neutre : la suivante est plus une dame de compagnie
9 mins
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
servante, domestique


Explanation:
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestique
http://www.etudes-litteraires.com/moliere-femmes-savantes.ph...

Example sentence(s):
  • la servante Martine des "Femmes savantes" de Molière, par exemple
candicec
Local time: 16:22
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Carole Poirey: je préfère servante
1 min
  -> merci !

agree  Francine Alloncle
10 mins
  -> merci !

agree  Sophie Janod: Je dirais servante aussi
29 mins
  -> merci !

agree  Muriel Morelli: servante, c'est très bien
1 hr
  -> merci !

agree  Ştefania Iordan
11 hrs
  -> merci !

agree  nathaliegerard
13 hrs
  -> merci !
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