{"id":29545,"date":"2018-01-10T20:28:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T19:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=29545"},"modified":"2018-04-04T20:52:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T18:52:16","slug":"lead-pipes-and-clogged-drains-plumbing-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/lead-pipes-and-clogged-drains-plumbing-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Lead Pipes And Clogged Drains \u2013 Plumbing In French"},"content":{"rendered":"

Le d\u00e9m\u00e9nagement<\/strong><\/a> (moving) is never the end of living somewhere new. There are always small problems that often require specific hardware<\/a> or un bricoleur<\/strong> (a handyman).<\/p>\n

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Image<\/a> by Rex Barbeira on Flickr. Licensed under CC BY 2.0.<\/p><\/div>\n

I recently had to deal with un tuyau bouch\u00e9<\/strong> (a clogged pipe) in mon nouvel apartement<\/strong><\/a> (my new apartment), and while cleaning up the initial flooding<\/a> was annoying, learning all the new words related to les tuyaux<\/strong> (pipes) made me realize something about the English word plumber<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Ever since I first saw the periodic table, I was confused by how the elemental symbol for lead<\/em> was Pb<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Image by John Bauer.<\/p><\/div>\n

I vaguely remember learning that it had something to do with le latin<\/strong><\/a>, but when I was au coll\u00e8ge<\/strong><\/a> (in middle school), I didn’t care too much and just memorized the symbol for l’examen<\/strong> (the test).<\/p>\n

When it came time to hire un plombier<\/strong> (a plumber) those middle school memories came back to me as I noticed how both the English and French words are based on le plomb<\/strong> (lead).<\/p>\n

This connection with le plomb<\/strong> not only made the periodic symbol instantly make more sense, but also shows a bit of the Roman history<\/a> of la langue <\/strong>(the language)!<\/p>\n

Un plombier<\/strong> est quelqu’un qui travaille le plombe <\/strong>!
\nA plumber is someone who works on lead!<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s been a long time since le plomb<\/strong> was used for les tuyaux<\/strong>, but it’s cool to see how history hides itself in the origin of words<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Voici un vocabulaire des tuyaux :\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Image by Dwilliams851 on Flickr. Licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.<\/p><\/div>\n

Pipe – Le tuyau
\nDrain – La canalisation
\nClog – Le bouchon
\nClogged (adj) – Bouch\u00e9, obstru\u00e9, engorg\u00e9
\nClogged Pipe – Le tuyau bouch\u00e9\/obstru\u00e9\/engorg\u00e9
\nClogged Drain – La canalisation bouch\u00e9e\/obstru\u00e9e\/engorg\u00e9e
\nPlumber – Le plombier
\nLead – Le plomb
\nHandyman – Le bricoleur, L’homme \u00e0 tout faire
\nPlumbing (job) – La plomberie
\nPlumbing (infrastructure) – La tuyauterie, la plomberie
\nKitchen Sink – L’\u00e9vier
\nBathroom Sink – Le lavabo
\nFaucet – Le robinet
\nShower<\/a> – La douche
\nPlunger – La ventouse
\nSnake (plumbing device) – Le furet
\nFlooding – L’inondation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Le d\u00e9m\u00e9nagement (moving) is never the end of living somewhere new. There are always small problems that often require specific hardware or un bricoleur (a handyman). I recently had to deal with un tuyau bouch\u00e9 (a clogged pipe) in mon nouvel apartement (my new apartment), and while cleaning up the initial flooding was annoying, learning…<\/p>\n

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