Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
pierre feuilletée
English translation:
schist
Added to glossary by
Rebecca Parker - Into English Ltd. (X)
Jul 9, 2007 14:18
16 yrs ago
French term
pierre feuilletée
French to English
Tech/Engineering
Geology
Types of Rock
Immediate context: [On parle] de pierre feuilletée si elle a tendance à s’écailler en lames
(elle referring to la pierre)
This is from a chapter on stone for a text book on materials.
This is the last of my pierre xxxx questions! Promise.
(elle referring to la pierre)
This is from a chapter on stone for a text book on materials.
This is the last of my pierre xxxx questions! Promise.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | schist |
Alain Pommet
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| 2 | foliated rock |
Jonathan MacKerron
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Proposed translations
38 mins
Selected
schist
Includes a whole range of flaky-type rock including slate.
SCHISTE, s. m. ou Pierre feuilletée, (Hist. nat. Minéralog.) schistus, saxum sissile, lapis sissilis, ardoise.
http://portail.atilf.fr/cgi-bin/getobject_?a.110:282./var/ar...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schist
Schist is a metamorphic rock, but not all metamorphic rocks are schists.
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Note added at 58 mins (2007-07-09 15:16:58 GMT)
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Just wanted to say that the problem here is that your terms are not geological but seem to be traditional terms maybe used by masons etc. There's a whole page in (oldish) French Just wanted to say that the problem here is that your terms are not really geological but rather traditional terms maybe used by masons etc. There's a whole page in (oldish) French on this site. http://portail.atilf.fr/cgi-bin/getobject_?a.92:303:24./var/...
Need to find a similar site in English!
SCHISTE, s. m. ou Pierre feuilletée, (Hist. nat. Minéralog.) schistus, saxum sissile, lapis sissilis, ardoise.
http://portail.atilf.fr/cgi-bin/getobject_?a.110:282./var/ar...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schist
Schist is a metamorphic rock, but not all metamorphic rocks are schists.
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Note added at 58 mins (2007-07-09 15:16:58 GMT)
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Just wanted to say that the problem here is that your terms are not geological but seem to be traditional terms maybe used by masons etc. There's a whole page in (oldish) French Just wanted to say that the problem here is that your terms are not really geological but rather traditional terms maybe used by masons etc. There's a whole page in (oldish) French on this site. http://portail.atilf.fr/cgi-bin/getobject_?a.92:303:24./var/...
Need to find a similar site in English!
Note from asker:
| Sounds promising... I've also got 'Schiste' elsewhere in the text so I'll just go and check to two sentences don't contradict each other... |
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for the helpful info, I had to modify the whole section in the end to make it work in English."
3 mins
Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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4
foliated rock
my uneducated guess
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Note added at 4 mins (2007-07-09 14:23:17 GMT)
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search for foliate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphic_rock
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Note added at 14 mins (2007-07-09 14:32:48 GMT)
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or perhaps "laminated rock" in this instance?
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Note added at 16 mins (2007-07-09 14:35:19 GMT)
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according to the Wicki link "metamorphic rock" is the generic term here
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Note added at 4 mins (2007-07-09 14:23:17 GMT)
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search for foliate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphic_rock
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Note added at 14 mins (2007-07-09 14:32:48 GMT)
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or perhaps "laminated rock" in this instance?
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Note added at 16 mins (2007-07-09 14:35:19 GMT)
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according to the Wicki link "metamorphic rock" is the generic term here
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