Sep 24, 2004 00:27
20 yrs ago
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English term
Kathryn
mints
Non-PRO
English to French
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The indians use wild oregano to make mints.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +3 | pastilles a base d'origan sauvage |
Natou
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| 3 +3 | bonbons à la menthe |
sarahl (X)
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| 4 | bonbons/pastilles à la menthe |
Laurie Henkinbrant
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| 1 | menthes |
David Hollywood
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pastilles a base d'origan sauvage
By definition a "mint" is a small, tiny candy with a mint flavor only. However, there are all kinds of mints on the market: cinnamon mint, citrus mint etc. In most cases, those do contain peppermint oil regardless of the flavor but not always. Basically anything that refreshes the breath can be considered a mint. Your sentence indicates that the indians were making a refreshing tiny candy using oregano. I don't think mint(the plant)was involved in this case.
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8 mins
bonbons à la menthe
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ou pastilles
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ou pastilles
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Oana Apetrei
5 hrs
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merci Oana !
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CMJ_Trans (X)
5 hrs
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thanks Chris!
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Calou
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merci calou !
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Laurie Henkinbrant
Native in French
Native in: French 
Works in: English to French, German to French, Spanish to French
bonbons/pastilles à la menthe
"Menthe" is the plant, or the essence of the plant.
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Sorry, didn\'t see the previous answer...
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David Hollywood
Native in English
worked for int. orgs (IMF, OAS, IDB)
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, German to English
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menthes
... manufacturer of breath refreshner, mints and candies pressed with or without sugar.Manufacturier canadien de rafraîchisseurs d'haleine, de menthes et de ...
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http://www.montbec.com/frame.html
misclicked on my confidence level: (3) would be more appropriate :)
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I\'m not sure if \"bonbons\" is what the Indians made (could also be sauces but hard to say) :)
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http://www.montbec.com/frame.html
misclicked on my confidence level: (3) would be more appropriate :)
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I\'m not sure if \"bonbons\" is what the Indians made (could also be sauces but hard to say) :)
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