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Glossary entry

français term or phrase:

de composition sablo-limoneuse, mêlés à des cailloutis et graviers.

anglais translation:

...composed of sand and silt, mixed with pebbles and gravel

Added to glossary by Rachel Fell
Jan 12, 2021 10:08
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français term

de composition sablo-limoneuse, mêlés à des cailloutis et graviers.

Non-PRO français vers anglais Sciences Géologie
Does anybody know the difference between "cailloutis" and "graviers"?

Thank you
Change log

Jan 12, 2021 18:29: Yolanda Broad changed "Term asked" from "Ils sont de composition sablo-limoneuse, mêlés à des cailloutis et graviers." to "de composition sablo-limoneuse, mêlés à des cailloutis et graviers."

Jan 17, 2021 16:28: Rachel Fell Created KOG entry

Discussion

writeaway Jan 12, 2021:
Fyi Site Rule

2.1 One term is allowed per question.
Including multiple terms for translation in a single KudoZ posting interferes with the process of generating glossary entries.
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français term (edited): Ils sont de composition sablo-limoneuse, mêlés à des cailloutis et graviers.
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...sand and silt, mixed with pebbles and gravel

sand and silt, pebbles and gravel, I would say

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Peer comment(s):

agree writeaway
13 minutes
Thank you writeaway :-)
agree James A. Walsh : I've also seen "grit" for "cailloutis" https://tureng.com/es/frances-ingles/cailloutis
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Thank you James :-)
agree philgoddard
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Thank you Phil :-)
agree Michele Fauble
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Thank you Michele :-)
agree Suzie Withers
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Thank you Suzie :-)
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français term (edited): Ils sont de composition sablo-limoneuse, mêlés à des cailloutis et graviers.

The soils are made up of sand and mud, mixed with stones and gravel

Please post just the problem term in the term box in future, and the context below.

A stone is bigger than a piece of gravel, I suppose, and pieces of gravel are fairly uniform in size.

HTH.

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Bad loser corner!!! Hahaha!

Here goes:

There is a little overlap between sand and sit, strictly speaking

silt
/sɪlt/
Apprenez à prononcer
noun
fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbour.

Your question is listed as being about geology, but I think that ultimately it might be about wine, and I suppose you don't want your vines growing in mud, but... "Where there's muck there's money" - Irish saying!
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/limoneux

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silt not sit
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Reference comments

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Reference:

French grain size reference

7 7 Graviers (2-4 mm) Graviers (2-4 mm)
Validé 09/05/2018 09/05/2018
8 8 Petits cailloutis (4-64 mm) Petits cailloutis (4-64 mm)
Validé 09/05/2018 09/05/2018
9 9 Gros cailloutis (64-256 mm) Gros cailloutis (64-256 mm)
Validé 09/05/2018 09/05/2018
10 10 Blocs (> 256 mm) Blocs (> 256 mm)
Validé 09/05/2018 09/05/2018
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agree writeaway
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agree Yolanda Broad
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agree Suzie Withers
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