Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
chaleur douce
English translation:
Gentle heat is distributed evenly throughout the room
French term
chaleur douce
Does anybody know what is meant by "chaleur douce" here please?
What kind of "heat" is "douce" really referring to?
Many thanks for your help:)
| 3 +3 | Gentle heat is distributed evenly throughout the room |
Marian Vieyra
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| 4 +6 | warmth |
Chris Hall
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| 3 | gentle warmth |
B D Finch
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May 4, 2010 14:37: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Term asked" from "\"chaleur douce\"" to "chaleur douce" , "Field" from "Other" to "Marketing" , "Field (specific)" from "Marketing" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from " " to "Heating Device"
May 11, 2010 12:11: Marian Vieyra Created KOG entry
Non-PRO (2): philgoddard, Tony M
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
WorldWideWords
Native in: English (Variant: UK) 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, Portuguese to English
Gentle heat is distributed evenly throughout the room
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Native in: English (Variants: British, UK)
Works in: French to English, English
warmth
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Note added at 7 mins (2010-05-04 14:13:24 GMT)
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la chaleur douce est répartie uniformément dans la pièce
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warmth is distributed in a uniform manner within the part
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Note added at 51 mins (2010-05-04 14:56:48 GMT)
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warmth is distributed in a uniform manner within the room
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philgoddard
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Many thanks Phil.
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S halder
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Many thanks S. Halder.
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Estelle Demontrond-Box
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Many thanks Estelle.
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Evans (X)
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Many thanks Gilla.
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Jennifer White
: Yes, but your translation is wrong. (part???)
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True, many thanks for pointing that out. Translation has now been amended.
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Marianna Tucci
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Many thanks Marianna.
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Marian Vieyra
: not enough info
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Tony M
: I can't help feeling that in the particualr context here, 'heat' is the word that is required: it's coming from a 'heater'
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Verginia Ophof
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Many thanks Verginia.
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gentle warmth
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Chris Hall
: I think that warmth is generally considered to be "gentle" isn't it, rather than being blasted out at you?
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Not always. People do talk of the warmth of a fire. It really depends upon the Asker's context and preference.
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