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English: piney

French translation: forĂȘt de pins







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English term or phrase:piney wood
French translation:forĂȘt de pins
Entered by:jeanledu
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English to French translations [PRO]
Geography / geography
English term or phrase: piney
33 areas based on physical geography of the region: highlands, piedmont, coast, plains, piney woods, and delta categories (Gulf States,USA)
jeanledu
France
forĂȘts de pins
Explanation:
la diffĂ©rence avec pinĂšde c'est que les pinĂšdes sont naturelles, plutĂŽt en rĂ©gions mĂ©diterranĂ©ennes alors que les forĂȘts de pins sont souvent plantĂ©es (les Landes en France)
je serai tentĂ©e de parler de forĂȘts de pin de toutes façons s'il s'agit de grands arbres, la pinĂšde ce ne sont pas le mĂȘmes essences, conifĂšres plus petits etc
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Catherine Johnstone
France
Note from asker to answerer
Merci, je crois que c'est en effet ça.
Donc il y a des forĂȘts de pins dans le sud des EU ?
JLD
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +5pinĂšdesuparis
4 +2forĂȘts de pins
Catherine Johnstone


  


Answers

5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
pinĂšdes

Explanation:
which means "pine forests"

uparis
France

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Catherine Johnstone
18 mins

agree scouture
37 mins

agree Will Matter
6 hrs

agree 1045
6 hrs

agree danyce
13 hrs
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27 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
forĂȘts de pins

Explanation:
la diffĂ©rence avec pinĂšde c'est que les pinĂšdes sont naturelles, plutĂŽt en rĂ©gions mĂ©diterranĂ©ennes alors que les forĂȘts de pins sont souvent plantĂ©es (les Landes en France)
je serai tentĂ©e de parler de forĂȘts de pin de toutes façons s'il s'agit de grands arbres, la pinĂšde ce ne sont pas le mĂȘmes essences, conifĂšres plus petits etc

Catherine Johnstone
France
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 7
Note from asker to answerer
Merci, je crois que c'est en effet ça.
Donc il y a des forĂȘts de pins dans le sud des EU ?
JLD

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree writeaway: indeed. a check on Google shows that the piney woods in the US are referred to as forĂȘts de pins on French language sites. Pinedes is much rarer.
49 mins

agree S. Imas
7 hrs
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