Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

"grooves"

French translation:

sillons/rainures/encoches/fentes//rainures/gouttières/glissières/cannelures (dentaires)

Added to glossary by Huguette Matte
Jan 28, 2006 19:19
18 yrs ago
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English term

"groves"

English to French Medical Medical: Dentistry Dental Health
I would like how to translate the word "groves" into French. Here is the according contexte:

Use your brush to clean all our teeth especially the back ones with the groves. Cavities start from sweet food and germs left together inside the groves.
Proposed translations (French)
4 +2 sillons/rainures/encoches/fentes

Proposed translations

+2
15 mins
English term (edited): grooves?
Selected

sillons/rainures/encoches/fentes

Source : Gladstone

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Note added at 18 mins (2006-01-28 19:37:39 GMT)
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J'aurais tendance à privilégier « sillons »

Aussi :

sillons/rainures/gouttières/glissières/cannelures (dentaires)

OLF = Office de la langue française

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Note added at 21 hrs (2006-01-29 17:16:53 GMT) Post-grading
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Merci beaucoup Tradesca et Jonathan.
Peer comment(s):

agree Tradesca (X) : creux, pour en ajouter un autre ;-)
3 mins
Merci, et pourquoi pas?
agree Jonathan MacKerron : must be a typo for groove
1 hr
Thanks!
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