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pool

pool

noun POOL Rare

Origin: English 'pool', borrowed into French

Also means

shared resource group

Usage Note

Pool is an English loanword used in French business and organisational contexts. Un pool de secrétaires is a typing pool; un pool bancaire is a banking consortium. It is more restricted than in English — French does not use pool for a swimming pool (that is une piscine). The word is masculine and invariable in plural.

Examples

"L'entreprise dispose d'un pool de véhicules."

Natural Translation

The company has a pool of vehicles.

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