Translations of abbreviations and acronyms, words and phrases from catalogues and directories

Last Updated
January 19th 2008


Abbreviation	Language	Name	Translation
1/1	Fr		Made in Demi + Entiere Sizes [CC 846 BIS]
4F's	Ger	turnerisch sprisch "frische, fromm, fruhlisch, frei"	gymnast's moto "fresh, devout, cheerfull, free"
a	Lat	ante	before
a	Fr	Aine	Senior
	Ger	Adler	eagle
AG	W Ger	Aktingesellschaft	Joint stock Co. /Corperation
	Fr	aîné	eldest, senior
	Ger	Amor	cupid
	Ger	ananas	Pineapple
	Fr	anse	handle
	Ger	Apfel	apple
	Ger	Apfelsinen	Orange
	Ger	Arachis	peanut
	Fr	asortis	assortment
B	Ger	bruder	brother
	Ger	Bacchus auf Fass	Baccus ona barrel, cask
	Ger	Baumstamm	tree trunk
	Ger	Bettelbub	beggar boy
BG	Fr	Bomb Glace	Ice Cream BOMB
Bis	Lat, Fr, Ita	Bis	Twice/Second
	Ger	Bis	from to
	Ger	blech	tin
	Fr	boule	ball, sphere, globe
Br	Fr	Brevete	Patented lasts 15 years in France
	Ger	Bruder	Patented lasts 15 years in France
c	Fe	centimeter	centimeter
c	Lat	circa	about
	Fr	cadre	frame
	Fr	cadre[sur]	frame [on a]
	Fr	candisation	crystallizing
	Fr	charnière	hinged
	Ger	Charniere mit/ohne Zacken	hinge with/without catch
	Fr	chevalet	a support, stand, easel
	Fr	citron	L emon
cl	Fr	centi-litre	centi-litre, 1/100th of a liter
	Fr	clavette acier	a forked steel clip
cm	Fr	centimeter	centimeter, 2.5cm=1in
	Fr	coquilles	Shells
	Fr	couloir	strainer, scoop
	Fr	coupe ficelle a poigne	hand held string cutter
	Fr	cressane	a kind of pear
	Fr	creuser	to hollow out
	Fr	cruex	hollow
	Fr	croquette	crisp, brittle of chocolate
	Fr	cuit	cooked, boiled
	Fr	cuivre	copper
	Pol	cyna	tin, pewter
	Fr	Decors	decoration piece, 2 cc mould
	Fr	découpeur	carver
	Ger	Delphin	dolphin
	Fr	dessein	design
DRGM	Ger	Deutsches Reichs-Gerbrauchs-muster	German national registered design/patent
	Fr	doublé	doubled
	Fr	douzaine	dozen
	Swed	dubbelformar	double mould
	Ger	Durchschnitt	cross section
	Ger	Ehemann	husband
	Ger	Eis	ice cream
	Ger	Eisbär	polar bear
	Ger	Ente	Duck
	Fr	etain	tin, pewter
	Fr	etame	to tin copper, to tin(plate)(iron)
	Fr	étonner	to crack
F	Fr	fils	son
F	Fr	frere	brother
F14	Ger		Ginger Bread
	Fr	ferblantier	Tinsmith
	Swed	form	Firm
	Fr	forme dopple	double mould
GE	Fr	Glace Entiere	Whole serving of ice cream, 9cl
Ges Gesch	Ger	Gesetzlich Geschutzi	legally registered, patented [25 years in Ger] (on GL moulds)
	Swed	glass	ice cream
gr	Fr	gram	gram = 0.035 ounces
GmbH	Ger	Gesellschafte Mit Beschranter Heptung	Ltd. liability Co.
h	Fr	habitat	home
H	Ger	Handelsmark	Trade mark
Hand (symbol)	Fr	hand symbol used in later directories	Commercial directory : supplier to the group (in later commercial directories)
	Fr	haut	height
HR			Incorporated
INH	Ger	Inhaber	proprietor, owner
KFM	Ger	Kaufmann	business man, tradesman, shopkeeper
KG	E Ger		AG in W Ger
L	Fr	Litre	Liter = 1.06 quart
MaB	Fr	Moule a Bombe	early aspherical mould, later includes conical and peramital
MaT	Fr	Moule a Table	a center piece mould
MB	Ger	Musterbuch	pattern book
MC	Fr	Moulage en cruex	hollow moulds
	Fr	moule	mould
	Fr	moule a charnieres	mould joined by hinge
MaF	Fr	moule a fromage[cheese, but not cheese moulds which have holes to drain whey]	Lidel + Wier, p13, suggest the cream-cheese-like appearence content in contrast to the transparency of ice moulds
	Fr	moule a pattes	moulde with [paws], large tabs soldered or welded to the flange
	Fr	moule a pinces	mould's two halves held togather by clips on the flanges
	Fr	moule a rivet	moulds mounted on two steel frames alligned by rivets at the ends
	Fr	moule doubles	double mould
	Fr	moule sur cadre	chocolate mould flanges soldered to a steel frame
MD	Fr	Marque depose	Registered trade mark
MF	Fr	Marque de Fabrique	Trade mark Used c1877-1896
MH	Fr	medal d' honneur	honorable mention at an exposition
MH	Amer		Manhattan Hotel [J. Ernst 1857-5-1]
mm	Fr	millimetere	0.1cm = 25/inch
Mon	Fr	Maison	House of, Firmf of
NFLG	Ger	Nachfolger	Successor
	Rus	olovo	tin, pewter
P	Fr	pere	father
p	Lat	post	after
par	Fr	par	by
PM	Fr	Pieces Montee	Compositions of smaller moulds, by extension large center piece moulds; also creations in spun sugar, meringue, nugat, boiled sugar
QG	Fr	Quartier Glace	1/4 portion of ice cream, 2cc
	Ger	rien	pure
S	Ger	schwester	sister
S	Ger	sohn	son
S	Fr	soeur	sister
s	Lat	sine	without
SGDG	Fr	Sans Garantie du Gouvernement	Without Guaranty of the Government
Sm	Ger	Shutzmark	Trade mark
So	Fr	socle	base
So	Ger	Sockel	base
Sor	Fr	Sorbotier	freezing pot (English have flat bottoms and French have hemispheric bottoms)
T	Ger	Tochter	Daughter
T	Lat, Fr, Ita	Tertius	Third size in same design
	Swed	tenn	tin
Tole	Fr	Tole peinte du lav	Pinted or japanned tin
VEB	E Ger	Vokseigener Betrieb	DDR State Owned Co.Ger.Dem.Repub
V Vve	Fr	Vieille	old/widow
	Ger	Wickelkind	swadled baby
X [LG]	Fr	Bis	Same shape in different size
XX [LG]	Fr		made only in GE {note only in 1889 cat}
	Ger	zinn	tin, pewter
	Ger	Zinngieser	tin pourer, pewterer
zt	Ger	Zweiteilig	2 parts
	Ger	Zu	"to" or "at"