
what does the phrase - parc ferme - mean?
#1
Posted 16 April 2001 - 04:09
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#2
Posted 16 April 2001 - 04:23
.....Helly I don't know, translators please.
#3
Posted 16 April 2001 - 05:32
In French "Parc" means "Parking area",
or more recently it could mean a Park (like the Sceau or Montsouris one) which means a green area with gardens trees woods etc. that is not completely controlled but far from a wild vegetation.
"Fermé" simply means "closed".
So literally, it probably means: the "closed parking area".
Which makes sense because this is where the cars are parked, and this is a prohibited area.
#4
Posted 16 April 2001 - 10:15
Originally posted by Thank-U
It is Parc Fermé
In French "Parc" means "Parking area",
or more recently it could mean a Park (like the Sceau or Montsouris one) which means a green area with gardens trees woods etc. that is not completely controlled but far from a wild vegetation.
"Fermé" simply means "closed".
So literally, it probably means: the "closed parking area".
Which makes sense because this is where the cars are parked, and this is a prohibited area.
you are dead right.. except I find it unlikely that the word was used to describe a parking area for cars before it was used to describe a 'park'.. perhaps the wrong way round?;)
Shaun