Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
verrou glaciaire
English translation:
glacial rock bar
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Patricia Lane
Aug 27, 2006 09:17
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French term
France
Cross-cultural corporate communications
Native in: English 
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Works in: French to English, English to French, English, and 1 more.
verrou glaciaire
French to English
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Geology
describes a formation in the Alps separating one region from another.
I'm not very happy with translation options such as 'ice-age lock' and wonder if someone has a brilliant idea! Thanks in advance!
I'm not very happy with translation options such as 'ice-age lock' and wonder if someone has a brilliant idea! Thanks in advance!
Proposed translations
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| 3 +3 | glacial rock bar |
Béatrice Sylvie Lajoie
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| 4 | If you really want to fox people |
Bourth (X)
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| 3 | glacial constriction |
Ben Gaia
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Proposed translations
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Béatrice Sylvie Lajoie
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Master's degree in Law, accurate
Native in: French , English
Works in: Italian to French, English to French
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glacial rock bar
Saguenay Fjord - The presence of a rocky ridge at its mouth : fjords generally have a rocky ridge at their mouth or a transverse glacial rock bar made out of more resistant ...
www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Fjord/english/f_characteri...
High-mountain landslides in the Atlantic Pyrenees: their ...tongues with glacial rock bar zones in the ice (i); V main glacier of the. High Aspe valley (1) and their main hanging glacial cirques (A–F); ...
www.springerlink.com/index/K88W1C156VFEDQNH.pdf - Pages similaires
Glossary of terms for the geography of the isère - glacial rock bar : narrow part of a glacial valley that also forms a sill because it has been less eroded. habert : building found in Alpine meadows , i and ...
www.isere-environnement.fr/pages/ENS_CartePaysage_item/id/6...
http://www.grandictionnaire.com
Verrou:
Définition : Saillie rocheuse du lit calcaire.
Note(s) :
On distingue : - les verrous-barres qui ferment un ombilic à l'aval et interrompent le fond d'une auge, qu'ils dominent tant vers l'amont que vers l'aval. On parle de verrous-barres partiels lorsqu'ils n'occupent qu'une partie de la largeur de l'auge; - les verrous-gradins qui ne présentent pas de contre-pente nette vers l'amont et forment seulement une sorte de marche d'escalier dans le profil longitudinal. On les rencontre par exemple à la confluence d'une auge suspendue, ou dans les vallées comportant un escalier de cirques
www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Fjord/english/f_characteri...
High-mountain landslides in the Atlantic Pyrenees: their ...tongues with glacial rock bar zones in the ice (i); V main glacier of the. High Aspe valley (1) and their main hanging glacial cirques (A–F); ...
www.springerlink.com/index/K88W1C156VFEDQNH.pdf - Pages similaires
Glossary of terms for the geography of the isère - glacial rock bar : narrow part of a glacial valley that also forms a sill because it has been less eroded. habert : building found in Alpine meadows , i and ...
www.isere-environnement.fr/pages/ENS_CartePaysage_item/id/6...
http://www.grandictionnaire.com
Verrou:
Définition : Saillie rocheuse du lit calcaire.
Note(s) :
On distingue : - les verrous-barres qui ferment un ombilic à l'aval et interrompent le fond d'une auge, qu'ils dominent tant vers l'amont que vers l'aval. On parle de verrous-barres partiels lorsqu'ils n'occupent qu'une partie de la largeur de l'auge; - les verrous-gradins qui ne présentent pas de contre-pente nette vers l'amont et forment seulement une sorte de marche d'escalier dans le profil longitudinal. On les rencontre par exemple à la confluence d'une auge suspendue, ou dans les vallées comportant un escalier de cirques
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df49f (X)
: yes, also called: rock sill or cross cliff
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Dr Sue Levy (X)
: not to be confused with the Hard Rock Cafe :-)
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Bourth (X)
: rock bar, cross cliff, rock sill, lintel - dixit Dict. of Earth Science/des Sciences de la Terre, Michel & Fairbridge.
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45 mins
glacial constriction
ref Collins Dictionary: "geological"...
6 hrs
If you really want to fox people
you could go for:
riegel - A German term for a transverse rock bar or rock step which causes an irregularity in the long profile (-> thalweg [the Germans have really got glacial terminology covered!] ) of a glacially eroded valley. It usually marks the outcrop of a highly resistant rock layer and is often associated with a waterfall or zone of rapids in a modern stream. The riegel bar is the point where the previous glacier flow is thought to have been extending. Where there are a series of bars a 'glacial stairway' may develop, possibly associated with a pattern of 'paternoster lakes', after the glacier has disappeared. Most riegel bars and steps have been glacially smoothed on the up-valley side and plucked on the down-valley side, in similar fashion to that of a 'roche moutonnée'
[Penguin, Dict. of Physical Geography]
The entries for "rock bar" and "rock step" refer back to the entry under "riegel".
riegel - A German term for a transverse rock bar or rock step which causes an irregularity in the long profile (-> thalweg [the Germans have really got glacial terminology covered!] ) of a glacially eroded valley. It usually marks the outcrop of a highly resistant rock layer and is often associated with a waterfall or zone of rapids in a modern stream. The riegel bar is the point where the previous glacier flow is thought to have been extending. Where there are a series of bars a 'glacial stairway' may develop, possibly associated with a pattern of 'paternoster lakes', after the glacier has disappeared. Most riegel bars and steps have been glacially smoothed on the up-valley side and plucked on the down-valley side, in similar fashion to that of a 'roche moutonnée'
[Penguin, Dict. of Physical Geography]
The entries for "rock bar" and "rock step" refer back to the entry under "riegel".
Note from asker:
| :) Bourth! I'd found riegel early on but I think it'll go right over the top of this text's intended audience! |
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