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Tilapia

French translation: Tilapia

07:39 Jun 21, 2000
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering
English term or phrase: Tilapia
tilapia: a type of fish, but which one?
Grégoire Thygesen
Local time: 06:17
French translation:Tilapia
Explanation:
On utilise le plus souvent le nom générique latin, parfois "tilapie" (au masculin dans les deux cas). LGDT donne uniquement "tilapia". Parfois "perche du Nil" chez les poissonniers chics.
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Suzanne Assenat (X)
France
Local time: 06:17
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Summary of answers provided
naTilapia
Suzanne Assenat (X)
natilapia
Evert DELOOF-SYS
naTilapia
Etienne Amblard (X)
natilapie
beatles
natilapie
beatles
naSt. Peter's fish or tilapia
Brigitte Gendebien
naperche tilapia ou perche du nil
Uta Moerschell (X)


  

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8 mins
Tilapia


Explanation:
On utilise le plus souvent le nom générique latin, parfois "tilapie" (au masculin dans les deux cas). LGDT donne uniquement "tilapia". Parfois "perche du Nil" chez les poissonniers chics.

Suzanne Assenat (X)
France
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52 mins
tilapia


Explanation:
tilapia > Latin: Tilapia

Same word in French


    Reference: http://eurodic.ip.lu:8086//cgi-bin/edicbin/expert.pl
Evert DELOOF-SYS
Belgium
Local time: 06:17
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in FlemishFlemish
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57 mins
Tilapia


Explanation:

Latin: Oreochromis spp.
Found on the net for Tilapia
French: Tilapia
German: Tilapie
Spanish: Tilapia
Russian: Tilapia
Japanese: Telapia
May I suggest the following address
www.newmex.com/platinum/data/medium/species/tilapia.html
where you'll find his (her) portrait


    Reference: http://www.newmex.com/platinum/data/medium/species/tilapia.h...
Etienne Amblard (X)
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4 hrs
tilapie


Explanation:
Le dictionnaire des termes vétérinaires et animaliers propose :
tilapie (m), Oreochromis mossambicus



beatles
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4 hrs
tilapie


Explanation:
Le dictionnaire des termes vétérinaires et animaliers propose :
tilapie (m), Oreochromis mossambicus



beatles
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4 hrs
St. Peter's fish or tilapia


Explanation:
Tilapia in French, CICHLIDAE, Tilapia galilaea in Latin

http://www.cfia-acia.agr.ca/bil/fishlist/cantransfolder/scan...

Example : "La production de tilapia de consommation dans les rejets industriels d'eau chaude en Belgique" (http://www.ceci.ca/w/i/n/m005104.htm) /French explanation: http://cichlide.netliberte.org/cichlides/africains/liste_nom... / Bilingual examples in http://pdacrsp.orst.edu/pubs/nops/french_nops/french_nops21-... and http://www.orst.edu/Dept/crsp/pubs/admin/admin14h/admin14.10... / Pictures: http://cichlidae.netliberte.org/CICHLIDS/autres.htm, http://perso.club-internet.fr/burnel/galerieVIC.htm


    Reference: http://www.fao.org/docrep/w9900f/w9900f05.htm
    Reference: http://tanganyika.netliberte.org/cyathoph.htm
Brigitte Gendebien
Belgium
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1 day 19 hrs
perche tilapia ou perche du nil


Explanation:
That's what I've seen this fish called in the supermarket here.

Uta Moerschell (X)
Local time: 06:17
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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