Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

sheikdom

French translation:

sheikhat / cheikhat

Added to glossary by Sylvia Rochonnat
Oct 3, 2007 07:44
16 yrs ago
English term

sheikdom

English to French Other Linguistics
"She's the assistant consul in this area for the sheikdom of Bezel."
"Well, his father hopes he'll learn and come home and take charge of the sheikdom's police."
Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (1): Melzie

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Discussion

Sylvia Rochonnat (asker) Oct 3, 2007:
I have no idea I think it is a fake sheikdom, since it is in a tv series...
zkt Oct 3, 2007:
Hello, where is this Bezel located??

Proposed translations

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Selected

sheikhat

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Peer comment(s):

agree Alain Berton (X)
49 mins
merci Alain
agree Dan Barbulescu
3 hrs
obrigada Dan
neutral Mohamed Mehenoun : est ce que ça existe ...en plus en arabe l'équivalent c'est tribu...dans ce genre de situation cheikh veut plus dire "sage""érudit"...En bref quelqu'un qu'on respecte ...Je pense qu'il s'agit plus de royaume ou de tribu...
1 day 17 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "merci"
+3
3 mins

le royaume du cheikh

Le premier ministre du Royaume de Bahrain, Cheikh Khalifa ben Salman Al Khalifa, se rendra au Soudan après la fête du Ramadan pour présider la délégation de ...
www.sudantv.net/franc/modules.php?name=News&file=article&si... - 19k -
Peer comment(s):

agree Stéphanie Soudais : j'aurais dit pareil
7 mins
neutral zkt : Le cas du Bahrain est très spécifique. Ce n'est un royaume que depuis les années 90
1 hr
agree eric DAHAN : me convient bien, le cheikh étant un "roi"
11 hrs
agree Mohamed Mehenoun
1 day 17 hrs
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4 mins

territoire sous l'autorité d'un cheik

R+C

sheik(h)dom ['SeIkd«m] noun
tribu f or territoire m sous l'autorité d'un cheik
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+1
4 hrs

Emirat

Le mot 'sheikdom' en fait n'existe pas en anglais. Dans ce cas précis, je pencherais plus pour ‘émirat’ qui correspond au royaume du moyen-orient.
Peer comment(s):

agree Marguerite Hélène BOISSON : En effet.Je mettrais donc ds la phrase 1 "émirat", et ds la phrase 2 "la police du cheikh"...
1 day 12 hrs
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