NigelA2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

English translation of "une ovation publique".

I wonder about the colloquial English translation of "une ovation publique". " A public ovation" is not a phrase which I have ever seen used, and for which I can't find an example on the internet. "Ovation" in English is almost universally used as a "standing ovation" for which the French appears to be "une ovation debout".

This question relates to:French lesson "Forming the feminine of adjectives ending in -c in French"

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ChrisC1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

The term "standing ovation" is certainly more often heard but "public ovation" is not unheard of.

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NigelA2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Claus, many thanks!! Do you have some examples? I've not heard it before in English.

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English translation of "une ovation publique".

I wonder about the colloquial English translation of "une ovation publique". " A public ovation" is not a phrase which I have ever seen used, and for which I can't find an example on the internet. "Ovation" in English is almost universally used as a "standing ovation" for which the French appears to be "une ovation debout".

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