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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

champignonniere

English translation:

mushroom farm / mushroom bed

Added to glossary by Gayle Wallimann
Mar 19, 2004 18:35
20 yrs ago
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French term

champignonniere

French to English Tech/Engineering Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
Sites (e.g. in Paris) now used as wine cellars because of their suitable conditions: "anciennes carrieres de craie et anciennes champignonnieres..."
Proposed translations (English)
5 +6 mushroom bed
3 +3 mushroom house

Proposed translations

+6
1 hr
Selected

mushroom bed

I have always heard of mushroom beds where mushrooms are cultivated.

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Note added at 1 hr 11 mins (2004-03-19 19:46:40 GMT)
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Sometimes referred to as mushroom farms.

www.cowboy.net/~lcmf/ - 3k

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Note added at 12 hrs 13 mins (2004-03-20 06:49:19 GMT)
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Actually, a mushroom farm is the whole set up, and the mushrooms are grown in mushroom beds.
Reference:

perso.wanadoo.fr/terre-sciences/Adresses/Champ/01A.htm - 3k

Peer comment(s):
agree Jonathan MacKerron : also according to Hachette, also confirmed by le Petit Robert " Lieu, généralement souterrain où l'on cultive les champignons sur couche"
7 mins
Thanks, Jonathan. Robert & Collins gives this too.
agree ACOZ (X) : mushroom farms, yes
2 hrs
agree writeaway : ditto every dico chez moi. anyway, getting cultivated in bed sure sounds better than going to school
2 hrs
agree mdcdc : mushroom farm, that's what people talk about. I lived near when in PA
2 hrs
agree Mario Marcolin
18 hrs
agree Sarah Ponting
1 day 14 hrs
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2 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I think mushroom farm is probably the most appropriate. Don´t have too much faith in the perso.wanadoo.fr/terre-sciences/Adresses/Champ/01A.htm reference - not a very well translated site!! Thanks for your help."
+3
1 min

mushroom house

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Peer comment(s):
agree Vicky Papaprodromou
4 mins
agree Hacene
8 mins
agree NancyLynn
16 mins
neutral writeaway : nope-don't agree this time. gingerbread house, mushroom bed :-)
3 hrs
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