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French translation: semoule de maïs

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English term or phrase:	grits
French translation:	semoule de maïs
Entered by:	Alain Alameddine

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20:30 Jul 6, 2009

English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Cooking / Culinary

English term or phrase: grits

Discussion:
- What did you have for breakfast?
- I had grits and bacon.

Alain Alameddine KudoZ activity Questions: 147 (none open) (14 closed without grading) Answers: 46 Lebanon
Local time: 04:42

semoule de maïs

Explanation:
Plat courant dans le sud-est américain.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grits

Selected response from:

Amanda Ménage
France
Local time: 03:42

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Summary of answers provided

5 +4

semoule de maïs

Amanda Ménage

5 +1

bouillie de maïs

carolinegallay

3 +2

gruau de maïs

Arnold007

grits

emiledgar

gruau

Guy Jacques Lontsi

Answers

24 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

semoule de maïs

Amanda Ménage
France
Local time: 03:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

gruau de maïs

Explanation:
Grand Dictionnaire Terminologique / alimentation
céréale traitée :

grits = [United States] = gruau de maïs n. m.
.

Termium / - Culture des céréales :

groat Source, fiche 3, groat
CORRECT, VOIR OBS

gruau Source, fiche 3, gruau
CORRECT, VOIR OBS, MASC

OBS – Often plural. Source, fiche 3, Observation 1 - groat

DEF – hulled grain broken into fragments larger than grits. Source, fiche 3, Défintion 1 - groat

OBS – The term "grits" is sometimes used as a synonym for groats. Source, fiche 3, Observation 2 - groat

DEF – Grains d'avoine (d'orge, de blé ou d'une autre céréale) mondés et grossièrement moulus, sans trace de son. Source, fiche 3, Défintion 1 - gruau

OBS – Les fragments sont plus gros que ceux de la semoule. Source, fiche 3, Observation 1 - gruau

OBS – Au pluriel, le terme gruau prend un x: gruaux. Source, fiche 3, Observation 2 - gruau

OBS – gru: ancienne forme du mot gruau. Source, fiche 3, Observation 3 - gruau

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Note added at 1 hr (2009-07-06 22:16:21 GMT)
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Donc ... gruau de maîs ou d'avoine.

Arnold007
Local time: 21:42
Native speaker of:

French
PRO pts in category: 22

2 hrs confidence:

gruau

Explanation:
Suggestion

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Note added at 2 heures (2009-07-06 23:08:16 GMT)
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D'après le grand dictionnaire terminologique

Guy Jacques Lontsi
Local time: 03:42
Native speaker of:

French

9 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

bouillie de maïs

Explanation:
http://southernfood.about.com/od/breakfastrecipes/ig/Delicio...
Il y a aussi une photo!!!!

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Je rajoute ici l'exemple d'emploi et la définition qui se sont effacés au dernier moment:
"One of the boys wanted grits with his breakfast, but he had heard that northerners weren't big on grits."

bouillie de maïs
grits ou hominy grits - traditionnel dans le sud des États-Unis.
"grits" are produced by course-grinding alkali-treated maize; these are boiled to produce a thick, gritty-pasty dish much favored in the US south (you need to be born to it).

Example sentence(s):

Reference: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouillie
Reference: http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1422002

carolinegallay
Local time: 03:42
Native speaker of:

French

21 hrs confidence:

grits

Explanation:
I would leave it in the original since it doesn't exist in French, and add a note explicative.

emiledgar
Belgium
Local time: 03:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

French
PRO pts in category: 39

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Non-PRO (1): GILLES MEUNIER

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Changes made by editors

Jul 7, 2009 - Changes made by Tony M:
Level	PRO => Non-PRO
Jul 6, 2009 - Changes made by Tony M:
Field (specific)	General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters => Cooking / Culinary

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