Électriser and électrifier

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"L'énergie qui se dégage du terrain est électrifiante."

I think this should be "L'énergie qui se dégage du terrain est électrisante."

According to Larousse/Robert/Collins (and wordreference), there are 2 verbs for the English 'electrify':

Figurative use (charged atmosphere, give an electric shock to etc)- électriser, with the adjective 'électrisant(e)'

Physical use (provide electricity supply etc) - électrifier, with the adjective 'électrifiant(e)'

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Thank you for pointing this out Maarten, this error has been corrected.
Mais je dois avouer que je serais tombée dans le panneau aussi !

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tombée dans le panneauAn interesting phrase

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Yes, Cécile, my wife too ! And I didn’t get it right at first guess either. Only found it because of the cross-checking and ‘extension’ reading I do around all these exercises.

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Chapeau ! Maarten …

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Chapeau?.. que'st ce que ca va dire?

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Mark - ‘Chapeau !’ - easiest is to think of the English “hat’s (or hats) off ..”, so basically the same - well done, good job, and the borrowed term ‘bravo’ etc etc