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contre le grignol à grains....

English translation: against the granary

07:36 Jan 18, 2014

French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Slang / expression
French term or phrase: contre le grignol à grains.... Je ne comprends pas cette expression.... (Extraite du roman "Fleur de tonnerre" par Jean Teule) .... J'en(des rats dans la remise) ai vu un contre le grignol a grains de la taille d'un chat. Pourtant ils avalent le produit de la pharmacie destine a les exterminer mais c'est comme s'ils s'en gavaient sans nuisance pour leur sante. Merci d'avance...	malamour KudoZ activity Questions: 118 (none open) (9 without valid answers) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 0 Local time: 13:09
English translation:against the granary Explanation: I've seen one (rat) against the granary. grignol is the "Breton" for grenier so grenier a grain is a granary...	Selected response from: patrickfor France Local time: 06:09
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4 +3	against the granary	patrickfor

Discussion entries: 6

Verginia Ophof Belize 15:11 Jan 18, 2014  grange (greɪndʒ) n. 1. a farm, with its nearby buildings. 2. (cap.) the Patrons of Husbandry, a farmers' organization formed in 1867 for social and cultural purposes. 3. Archaic. a barn or granary. patrickfor France 15:04 Jan 18, 2014  None of them I think. A grenier is a very specific building designed to store grain it usually is slightly above ground level so granary works fine I think. A barn is "une grange" and a grange is "une ferme" Verginia Ophof Belize simply Barn or Grange ? 14:51 Jan 18, 2014  http://brittany.angloinfo.com/forum/viewtopic/73495/0/breton... patrickfor France 11:15 Jan 18, 2014  I was thinking it was a spelling mistake as grignol is very close to grenier... I then had the idea it could be "local" language so I checked in a Breton-French dictionary... Bingo! FYI the link to the dictionary... http://www.arkaevraz.net/dicobzh/ DLyons Ireland @Colin 10:31 Jan 18, 2014  Makes sense if the "un" definitely refers to a rat. What's the etymology of "grignol" do you think? Colin Morley (X) France Not confident but... 08:34 Jan 18, 2014  believe grignol à grains could be a grain mill. Saw a rat as big as a cat next to the grain mill (which would be a fairly obvious place to find a rat) Automatic update in 00:

  

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contre le grignol a grains.... against the granary Explanation: I've seen one (rat) against the granary. grignol is the "Breton" for grenier so grenier a grain is a granary...	patrickfor France Local time: 06:09 Native speaker of: French PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer) agree  DLyons 11 mins   -> thanks ! agree  philgoddard: This would certainly fit the context, but you haven't given any references and I can't find any either//Sorry, I didn't realise you'd given one in the discussion entries. 11 hrs   -> thanks! As everybody reads the "discussion" I thought giving the reference to dictionary there would be nice. agree  Yolanda Broad 4 days
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