Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

sel tout venant iodé

English translation:

wholesale iodised salt

Added to glossary by Tan Reen (X)
Feb 20, 2014 09:54
10 yrs ago
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French term

sel tout venant iodé

French to English Science Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng Chemicals SALT
sel tout venant iodé---is this just plain iodized salt?

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wholesale iodised salt

See the link.

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Note added at 6 mins (2014-02-20 10:00:36 GMT)
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Or maybe "sold in sacks"
Note from asker:
Thank you. Can you give just a direct translation of the phrase: "tout venant"?
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all-purpose iodized salt

tout-venant means run of the mill / ordinary. I'm guessing that in this case, it means that it is good for multiple uses.

Your "plain" would work too, of course.
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Can you give just a direct translation of the phrase: "tout venant

Quelques références à votre place pour "tout venant" !
http://www.mesmateriaux.com/achat-materiaux/72-tout-venant-p...
tout venant
Définitions Web

Le premier venu, n’importe qui; Houille prise sans triage avec le poussier et les gros morceaux; (Maçonnerie) Extrait brut de la carrière ou mélange de sable et de graviers provenant de déblais triés dont la grosseur normalisée est de 0-100, soit dont les éléments qui le composent ont une ...
http://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/tout-venant
Peer comments on this reference comment:

agree Didier Fourcot : Precise definition only in construction, here I understand unsorted, bulk
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