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Electricity pylon anyone?

by celldee, February 24, 2009

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Language: English

celldee (User's profile) February 24, 2009, 4:46:36 PM

Today I went for a walk and decided to try to remember (or work out) the Esperanto word for as many of the things that I saw as I could.

I was stumped by electricity pylon. When I got home I had a look at the web dictionaries that I know about, but still couldn't find a suitable answer. Does anyone have any ideas?

EL_NEBULOSO (User's profile) February 24, 2009, 5:00:25 PM

Hi,

I found the word pilono in the Esperanto-German dictionary.

Gerald

Lunombrulino (User's profile) February 24, 2009, 5:17:25 PM

What's an "electricity pylon"? Is that like a "power tower"?

celldee (User's profile) February 24, 2009, 6:06:42 PM

Thanks Gerald rideto.gif

Lunombrulino:What's an "electricity pylon"? Is that like a "power tower"?
I think so. It's one of those tall things that carry electricity cables overland. Is that what you call them in the US - "power tower"? I'll have to file that along with faucet, sidewalk, hood, trunk et al. Cheers rideto.gif

henma (User's profile) February 24, 2009, 9:20:49 PM

Lunombrulino:What's an "electricity pylon"? Is that like a "power tower"?
I was about to ask the same thing... "What's a pylon?" I only know Cylons rido.gif

In the reta vortaro I found pilono as german Pylon, but the definition says:

Portalego de Egiptaj temploj.

I'm not very sure one can mix that with "electricity" okulumo.gif

Maybe the idea of "tower" may work, but not "elektra turo". What about "turo por electra distribuado?"

I think there must be a shorter name...

Amike,

Daniel.

Frankouche (User's profile) February 24, 2009, 9:28:22 PM

Maybe : Stango, fosto, masto.

EL_NEBULOSO (User's profile) February 24, 2009, 10:16:40 PM

Hi,

I also found masto (German: Mast), that should also work, but I wasn't sure whether the word was also used for electricity, I also know that it is used for ships.

Gerald

EL_NEBULOSO (User's profile) February 24, 2009, 10:20:15 PM

OK, now I also found fosto (por kunduktilo) (for the German: Leitungsmast). There are so many different words for it in German that it is difficult to put in the right one in the electronic dictionary.

So I guess Frankouche had the best suggestions already.

Gerald

Rogir (User's profile) February 24, 2009, 11:22:09 PM

I think elektromasto is the right translation.

celldee (User's profile) February 24, 2009, 11:50:21 PM

Thanks very much everyone. I appreciate your efforts and will be looking out for 'elektromastoj' in my future travels rideto.gif

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