Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
Capannone industriale
English translation:
industrial shed
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Italian term
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Capannone industriale
Italian to English
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Dictionaries translate "capannone" as "hangar", but
"A hangar is a closed building structure to hold aircraft or spacecraft in protective storage. Most hangars are built of metal, but other materials such as wood and concrete are also used".
How would a metal structure like a hanger, used for other purposes be called then??
"A hangar is a closed building structure to hold aircraft or spacecraft in protective storage. Most hangars are built of metal, but other materials such as wood and concrete are also used".
How would a metal structure like a hanger, used for other purposes be called then??
Proposed translations
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| 5 +2 | industrial shed |
Cedric Randolph
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| 3 | industrial building |
Jane Nizi
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Proposed translations
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Cedric Randolph
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industrial building
This could be a factory or a warehouse or similar, depending on the context.
I think 'industrial building' covers it well enough and is a term which would sound normal in English.
Example sentences are from the British Corpus
I think 'industrial building' covers it well enough and is a term which would sound normal in English.
Example sentences are from the British Corpus
Example sentence:
Reflecting the great care taken by the architects to conserve and enhance the qualities of this former industrial building as a significant element in the metropolitan riverside scene, the project has received several awards, including a Doe Housing Desig
These are claimed by the purchaser of an industrial building who is using it for his or her own trade or leasing it to another for that person's trade, at the rate of 4% per annum on cost.
Note from asker:
| Thank you but if you put "industrial shed" into Google images, the images that come up are exactly what a "capannone" is. |
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