orsay

[winniehouston]

What does 'orsay' mean in French?
Thank you.

[Rob625]

Winnie, if you have several questions, it is better to ask them all in one post, please.

I don't know 'orsay' except as a name, le Quai d'Orsai. That is a part of Paris, where there is a huge art gallery in what used to be a railway station.

[fetchezlavache]

ps orsay doesn't mean anything !!!

[valerie]

Orsay is also a village in the south of Paris, which has a very known university(especailly for science, if I'm not wrong)

There is also le musée d'Orsay, build in a former trainstation in Paris, and which is one of the most beautiful one there. It contains works (painting and statues) from 19th century,

[valerie]

Le quai d'Orsay, actually not far away from the musée d'Orsay, is the place where the Frnch ministry for Foreign affairs is sitted

[PhM]

Originally Posted by winniehouston

What does 'orsay' mean in French?
Thank you.

Orsay is a name, name of an old french family, of a little city near Paris, a station in Paris, now a museum close the Seine and a quay in Paris where is the criminal investigation departement (police judiciaire or PJ)

[BERNIER]

Originally Posted by PhM

Orsay is a name, name of an old french family, of a little city near Paris, a station in Paris, now a museum close the Seine and a quay in Paris where is the criminal investigation departement (police judiciaire or PJ)

sorry...

The judiciary police head-quarter "police judiciaire" or "la PJ" is "le Quai des Orfèvres" in the "Prefecture de Paris" quarter (right bank of the Seine river) while "le Quai d'Orsay" refers to the ministry of foreign affairs (left bank, this one).