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[xav]

Bonjour,

Je ne parle pas ici de sucre...!
Je veux dire qu'une division a été dissoute, par exemple à la fin de la guerre. May I say "dissolved", or "broken up", comme WRD me le suggère ?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Benjy]

Bonjour,

Je ne parle pas ici de sucre...!
Je veux dire qu'une division a été dissoute, par exemple à la fin de la guerre. May I say "dissolved", or "broken up", comme WRD me le suggère ?

Thanks in advance.

disolved usually works. broken up can work too, but the division would have had to have been broken up into smaller divisions.

 

[Isotta]

Bonjour,

Je ne parle pas ici de sucre...!
Je veux dire qu'une division a été dissoute, par exemple à la fin de la guerre. May I say "dissolved", or "broken up", comme WRD me le suggère ?

For a division of people in a war, I might suggest "disbanded."

Z.

 

[Benjy]

heh, i knew there was a proper word for it

 

[Aupick]

Et est-ce que "disbanded" marche aussi, ou est-ce qu'il est réservé aux terroristes et aux autres groupes illégaux ? J'hésite un peu...

 

[Isotta]

Hmm, that wouldn't have crossed my mind, so I'm inclined to say it's fine. I even thought it was a better word choice. Definition of disband.

Z.

 

[Aupick]

I think you're right. My OED seems to agree, and so do various google hits. (In fact I wrote my message without seeing yours or benjy's -- I'm very slow on the button today.) You suggesting it too is enough to convince me.

 

[xav]

Merci, les amis !
- erm, my question was about a military division, not about people...

So, I think "dissolved" is better, isn't it ?

 

[blinnith]

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=22640&dict=CALD
dissolve (END)http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?dict=CALD&key=22640&ph=on
verb
1 [T often passive] to end an official organization or a legal arrangement:
Parliament has been dissolved.

good word for french people

disband I vt dissoudre II vi se dissoudre

Both are acceptable for military:
examples:
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-conflicts-periods/ww1/1aif/supports2.htm
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/civilwar/waynesboro/default.aspx

 

[xav]

Thank you very much. I think I prefer "dissolve", because it's near to the French term indeed, and because "disband" reminds me to the French terms "bande" and "débandade", which are not appropriate here - even if I'm sure this analogy doesn't work for English people...

 

[blinnith]

Je crois, mais pas sur, que le terme "disband !" est utilisé pour dire "dispersez-vous"
Bon d'accord c'est pas le sujet

 

[Isotta]

Merci, les amis !
- erm, my question was about a military division, not about people...

So, I think "dissolved" is better, isn't it ?

I meant about a military division of people. No, I think "disband" fits better with the jargon.

Z.