to de-tassle corn

French translation: écimage du maïs

22:01 Apr 7, 2004

English to French translations [PRO]
Agriculture / farming

English term or phrase: to de-tassle corn

Description of part of a farmer's responsibilities: "He worked on the farm detassling corn, plowing the fields, milking the cows,..."

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French translation:écimage du maïs

Explanation:
Source GDT
Detasseling: écimage du maïs, synonyme: suppression de fleurs mâles du maïs

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hodierne
France
Local time: 05:45

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écimage du maïs

hodierne

4 +2

émasculer le maïs

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écimage du maïs

Explanation:
Source GDT
Detasseling: écimage du maïs, synonyme: suppression de fleurs mâles du maïs

hodierne
France
Local time: 05:45
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Merci beaucoup!

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peer agreement (net): +2

émasculer le maïs

Explanation:
1. Subject Field(s)
– Bioengineering
Subject Field(s)
– Technique biologique
detassel Source CORRECT, VERB émasculer Source CORRECT, VERB DEF – To remove the tassel or pollen producing organ at the top of the corn plant before pollen is released.

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Note added at 21 mins (2004-04-07 22:22:57 GMT)
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N.B. Je trouve cette \"émasculation\" plutôt impropre, n\'en déplaise aux précieux terminologues de Termium. Je dirais plutôt \"enlever l\'organe reproducteur\" du maïs.
Suis pas une experte en émasculation...de maïs :)

HTH!

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Note added at 1 hr 53 mins (2004-04-07 23:54:53 GMT)
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Suis pas certaine que ce soit la même opération, mais j\'ai trouvé les réfs suivantes :

JOBS - Agriculture - Autres travaux agricoles saisonniers
... Ecimage du maïs. LIMAGRAIN - BP 1 63720 CHAPPES - 04 73 63 40 00
- www.limagrain.com ANPE de RIOM - 4 Allée des Tilleuls 63200 ...
www.ij70.com/jobs/infos/jobs_ete/ jobs_autres_travaux.htm

Thibaud LACRAMPE
... 96/97/98 1 mois, Emploi saisonnier, Saint Germé (32) Ecimage du maïs semence, LANGUES ET INFORMATIQUE. Anglais, Bon niveau, TOEFL 560, TOEIC: 890, ...
www.perso.wanadoo.fr/aipurpan/CV_Promo_Sortante/ cv/cv_lacrampe_t.htm

Reference: http://www.termium.com

CHENOUMI (X)
Native speaker of:

Haitian-Creole,

French

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