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quai [ke]masculine noun━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━In French towns, the word quai refers to a street running along the river, and appears in the street name itself. In Paris, some of these street names are used by extension to refer to the famous institutions situated there: Quai Conti refers to the Académie française, Quai des Orfèvres to the headquarters of the police force, and Quai d'Orsay to the Foreign Office.* * *kɛnom masculin1) Nautisme quay2) ( berge aménagée) bank3) (de gare, métro) platform•Phrasal Verbs:* * *ke nm1) [port] quay, [cours d'eau, canal] embankmentêtre à quai [navire] — to be alongside
2) [gare] platformLe train partira du quai numéro quatre. — The train will leave from platform 4.
* * *quai nm1 Naut quay; le navire est à quai the ship has docked;2 ( berge aménagée) bank; se promener sur les quais de la Seine to walk along the banks of the Seine;3 (de gare, métro) platform; attends-moi sur le quai wait for me on the platform.quai de débarquement Naut unloading dock; quai d'embarquement Naut loading dock; Quai des Orfèvres Paris police HQ; Quai d'Orsay French Foreign Office.[kɛ] nom masculin1. [d'une gare] platform4. [rue bordant un fleuve] streeta. [le Quai d'Orsay] the (French) Foreign Ministryb. [le Quai des Orfèvres] Police Headquarters (in Paris)The names Quai d'Orsay and Quai des Orfèvres are often used to refer to the government departments situated on the streets of the same name (the foreign office and the police department respectively). Le quai de Conti is sometimes used to refer to the Académie française. -
2 Quai d'Orsay
part of the left bank of the River Seine in Paris, in the 7th Arondissement; location of the French Foreign Office (ministry). By extension, the expression "Le Quai d'Orsay" is used to mean the French Foreign Office, in the same way as "Downing Street" designates the office of the British prime minister.Dictionnaire Français-Anglais. Agriculture Biologique > Quai d'Orsay
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3 Quai d'Orsay
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