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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Pieds

English translation:

plants

Added to glossary by jenbikkal (X)
Apr 20, 2011 14:55
13 yrs ago
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French term

Pieds

French to English Tech/Engineering Agriculture Trees
Les espèces jeunes se font de plus en plus rares ; et les *pieds* qui produisent actuellement sont très âgés. Si des mesures ne sont pas prises à temps l’espèce pourra disparaitre
Proposed translations (English)
4 +4 plants
4 +2 those (trees)
3 +1 stump
4 stools

Discussion

jenbikkal (X) (asker) Apr 21, 2011:
Baobab tree The tree in question is the baobab.
philgoddard Apr 20, 2011:
What kind of trees are we talking about? That could make all the difference to the translation.
Helena Grahn Apr 20, 2011:
bottom? look at what I found

http://www.wordreference.com/fren/pied

but im not sure at all as I've never heard it

Proposed translations

+4
14 mins
Selected

plants

In general.

More specifically it might be a vine stock. But pieds means individual plants.
Peer comment(s):
agree Jean-Louis S. : or trees
1 min
yes, individual plants or trees in this case, thanks jlsjr
agree John Speese : Agree, and "stocks" also came to my mind when I read the question.
20 mins
thanks, John. We certainly call them stocks when it refers to vines, not so sure about other trees.
agree Sarah Bessioud
22 mins
thanks, J de M
agree philgoddard : Trees.
13 hrs
In the case of baobabs, trees, thanks Phil
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+1
14 mins
French term (edited): pied

stump

Assuming it refers to trees which are coppiced, such as chestnut.

coppice stump – Dictionary definition of coppice stump ... - [ Traducir esta página ]Definition of coppice stump – Our online dictionary has coppice stump information from A Dictionary of Plant Sciences dictionary. Encyclopedia.com: English ...
www.encyclopedia.com › ... › January 1998 - En caché

30, 48, La Chataigne dans la langue - [ Traducir esta página ]Lio : lien, petits rejets du pied de châtaignier pour lier les fagots ... Après la récolte les troupeaux de chèvres et moutons passent pour manger les restes et les rejets ... Talho lo como un castagné - taille le comme un châtaignier ...
www.causses-cevennes.com/flore/chataignes/cevennes.htm - En caché

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Note added at 15 mins (2011-04-20 15:11:22 GMT)
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Lexikon: Landschafts- und Stadtplanung - Resultado de Google Books
Klaus-Jürgen Evert, International Federation of Landscape Architects - 2001 - Architecture - 1068 páginas
Baumstumpf [m], Stock [m], Wurzelstock [m]; el tree stump |s] (Woody base of ... (Living tree stump, capable of producing sprouts for regeneration [*coppice ...
books.google.cl/books?isbn=3540679081...Prior's Coppice - Leicestershire & Rutland Wildlife Trust - [ Traducir esta página ]Prior's Coppice is an ancient ash-maple and ash-wych elm woodland, ... but the stump, or 'stool', throws up numerous poles, which can be harvested every few years. ... Rare visitors have included pied flycatcher and redstart. ...
lrwt.org.uk/nature-reserves/priors-coppice/ - En caché - Similares
Peer comment(s):
agree Yvonne Gallagher : the way I read this, stumps producing shoots
10 hrs
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20 mins

stools

If this refers to coppicing (as suggested by the fact that "les *pieds* qui produisent actuellement sont très âgés"), the term "coppice stools" is used to denote the stumps from which new shoots grow.
Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coppicing

http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1366&bih=653&q=coppice+stools&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

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+2
11 hrs

those (trees)

e.g. those (trees) producing fruit (?) or whatever...
Forget the pied thing!
Peer comment(s):
agree Rachel Fell : esp. if "young trees" has been used in the preceding bit
6 hrs
agree Catharine Cellier-Smart : Definitely. I don't know where asker's text is from, but in Reunion Island French it's common to refer to a tree as a "pied de XXXX"
1 day 2 hrs
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