Aug 17, 2020 16:33
3 yrs ago
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English term

wears his hair very short to the head

English to French Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
X has dark brown hair and wears his hair very short to the head which is dark in colour but is beginning to grey.
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Non-PRO (2): Cyril Tollari, Yvonne Gallagher

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Discussion

B D Finch Aug 18, 2020:
Odd English Your source text is clearly written by a non-anglophone. A native-speaker of English would probably have written that the person had close-cropped hair and would certainly have avoided the unfortunate suggestion that his head (rather than his hair) was turning grey. So, this is probably not worth entering into the KOG. It would be better to avoid putting it in, just in case another non-native speaker were to find the French answer and back-translate to your source term.

Proposed translations

+8
9 mins
Selected

a les cheveux coupés très courts

ce qui se dit en général.
Peer comment(s):

agree Helene Carrasco-Nabih
5 mins
agree Rocsana Guignaudeau
15 mins
agree Samuel Clarisse
15 hrs
agree nordiste
16 hrs
agree Madeline VIDAL
1 day 15 hrs
agree laura bozo
1 day 19 hrs
agree Yvonne Gallagher
3 days 1 hr
agree Brigitte Pirot (X)
9 days
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you "
+1
9 mins

porte les cheveux très courts, près du crâne

Il / Elle porte les cheveux très courts, près du crâne.
Peer comment(s):

agree Fanny Ordoqui
2 days 22 hrs
Merci Fanny.
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11 mins

a une coupe de cheveux très courte

Une possibilité
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13 hrs

a les cheveux coupés très courts, quasiment rasés

coupe en brosse sans doute
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1 day 16 hrs

porte des cheveux (coupés) à ras

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Note added at 1 day 16 hrs (2020-08-19 09:11:26 GMT)
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Pardon : "ses" cheveux
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