facility

facility
facility
A n
1 (building) complexe m, installation f ; manufacturing facility complexe industriel ; computer facility installation informatique ; warehouse facility entrepôt m ; cold-storage facility entrepôt m frigorifique ;
2 (ease) facilité f ; with facility avec facilité ;
3 (ability) talent m ; to have a facility for être doué pour [languages, painting] ;
4 (feature) fonction f ; a pause/spell-check facility une fonction pause/de dictionnaire orthographique ;
5 Admin, Comm facilités fpl ; credit/overdraft facility facilités de crédit/de découvert ; we have facilities to send books nous avons les possibilités d'envoyer des livres ; I have no facilities for photocopying je n'ai pas de possibilités de faire des photocopies ; ‘fax facilities available’ ‘télécopieur disponible’ ;
6 (department) service m.
B facilities npl
1 (equipment) équipement m, installation f ; medical/leisure facilities équipement médical/de loisir ; computing facilities installation f informatique ; facilities for the disabled installations fpl pour les handicapés ; toilet facilities toilettes ; to have cooking and washing facilities être équipé d'une cuisine et d'une laverie ;
2 (infrastructure) infrastructure f ; harbour facilities installations fpl portuaires ; shopping facilities magasins mpl, infrastructure commerciale ; tourist facilities infrastructure touristique ; sporting facilities infrastructure sportive ; postal facilities service m postal ;
3 (area) changing facilities vestiaire m ; parking facilities (aire f de) parking m.

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