Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Grande Culture
English translation:
arable crops/field crops
Added to glossary by
Tristan Guillosson
Oct 31, 2007 19:30
16 yrs ago
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French term
Grande Culture
French to English
Other
Agriculture
Cela fait plusieurs années que je cherche un équivalent à "grandes cultures" en anglais et je n'en ai jamais trouvé.
En français le terme correspond à l'ensemble des cultures en champs telle que les céréales, le colza, le tournesol, le maïs, le lin etc...
Merci d'avance
En français le terme correspond à l'ensemble des cultures en champs telle que les céréales, le colza, le tournesol, le maïs, le lin etc...
Merci d'avance
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +1 | arable crops/field crops |
suezen
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| 4 | field crop |
Susan Johnson
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| 4 -1 | vast/large farmland |
Helene Rodriguez
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Change log
Oct 31, 2007 19:42: Florence Bremond changed "Language pair" from "English to French" to "French to English"
Oct 31, 2007 19:42: Sophie Raimondo changed "Language pair" from "French to English" to "English to French"
Oct 31, 2007 19:43: Sophie Raimondo changed "Language pair" from "English to French" to "French to English"
Proposed translations
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arable crops/field crops
I've always used arable crops but in looking for references I also found field crops so I've added that too
http://www.oecd.org/document/61/0,3343,en_2649_33791_3605260...
http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,3343,fr_2649_33791_3535465...
http://www.oecd.org/document/61/0,3343,en_2649_33791_3605260...
http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,3343,fr_2649_33791_3535465...
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Helene Rodriguez
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vast/large farmland
Quand un cultivateur parle d’avoir une ‘grande culture’, he speaks of the size of his farmland.
Example sentence:
Mon grand-père avait une grande culture de 500 acres.
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field crop
'Field crops' was the term we used in agriculture school to mean crops such as canola, field peas, potatoes, etc., which are grown more extensively than market garden crops.
Reference:
http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/stats/crops/index.html
http://dsp-psd.pwgsc.gc.ca/collection_2007/statcan/22-002-X/22-002-XIB2007002.pdf
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