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pépinière hors sol

English translation: hydroponic


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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:hors sol
English translation:hydroponic
Entered by: Tony M
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15:30 Jun 19, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / Horticulture
French term or phrase: pépinière hors sol
"Pépinière" is clear enough. Is "nursery" sufficient for the full phrase or is there something more specific?
Robin Hardy-King
Local time: 16:54
hydroponic nursery
Explanation:
just to sound a note of caution; this might for all I know mean just a nursery where plants are grown in trays in greenhouses rather than being planted directly in the ground. BUT do just note that in many other contexts, 'hors sol' is used to mean specifically the specialized cultivation technique of 'hydroponics'. Hopefully your wider context will make it clear!
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Tony M
France
Local time: 17:54
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5hydroponic
Charlie Bavington
1 +6hydroponic nursery
Tony M
3 +3soilless/off-soil nursery
Francis MARC
4container nursery
Ben Gaia
4Previous KudoZ discussionxxxBourth
3soilless nursery
Sheila Hardie
4 -1soilless/off-soil green houseEric BILLY


Discussion entries: 2





  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
soilless/off-soil nursery


Explanation:
non planté dans le sol naturel

Termium:
Domaine(s)
  – Plant and Crop Production
Domaine(s)
  – Cultures (Agriculture)
 
off-soil Source CORRECT, ADJ

soilless Source CORRECT, ADJ

off-land Source CORRECT, ADJ

hors-sol Source CORRECT, ADJ

OBS – Type de culture.

Francis MARC
Local time: 18:54
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  silviantonia: It is what I would use because off-soil is not nec. hydroponic.
9 mins
agree  Hugo
9 mins
agree  Cetacea
41 mins
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5 peer agreement (net): +6
hydroponic nursery


Explanation:
just to sound a note of caution; this might for all I know mean just a nursery where plants are grown in trays in greenhouses rather than being planted directly in the ground. BUT do just note that in many other contexts, 'hors sol' is used to mean specifically the specialized cultivation technique of 'hydroponics'. Hopefully your wider context will make it clear!

Tony M
France
Local time: 17:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 37
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Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxPFB: My 1st thought too. See here : http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=1986004101
0 min
  -> Merci, Philippe !
agree  Miranda Joubioux: Could well be this - seem to be more occurences than soilless nursery
35 mins
  -> Thanks, Miranda!
agree  Cervin: See also http://www.answers.com/topic/hydroponics?cat=health
46 mins
  -> Thanks, Cervin!
agree  Mark Nathan
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Mark!
agree  Melzie: many sci-fi references would seem to confirm this. On a more serious note, wider context permitting, this is the only term I've seen.
3 hrs
  -> Thanks, Melzie! It is quite common, but may not necessarily be what is meant here
agree  Dr Sue Levy
5 hrs
  -> Thanks, Sue! :-)
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
hydroponic


Explanation:
Is what it boils down to. "Hors sol" means growing stuff without using soil. In practice, this amounts to growing stuff in liquid which contains all the necessary nutrients, i.e. hydroponics.

Charlie Bavington
Local time: 16:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxPFB: My 1st thought too: See here:http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=1986004101
4 mins
agree  Miranda Joubioux: Could well be this
28 mins
agree  Mark Nathan
2 hrs
agree  Melzie
3 hrs
agree  Dr Sue Levy
5 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
soilless nursery


Explanation:
I think I'd say this

HTH


Sheila


http://www.fao.org/aims/ag_intro.htm?termid=14407&myLangTerm...

Sheila Hardie
Local time: 17:54
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
soilless/off-soil green house


Explanation:
in english "pépinière" is usually translated into "green house", even though it literally means "serre"

Eric BILLY
Local time: 17:54
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Dr Sue Levy: pépinière is a nursery - I've been to dozens in several languages :-)
1 hr
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Previous KudoZ discussion


Explanation:
at
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/555865
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/213662
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/703463


xxxBourth
Local time: 17:54
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 160
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2 days4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
container nursery


Explanation:
The traditional way to grow trees and shrubs is directly in the ground. Many modern nurseries produce plants in containers of various kinds using potting mixes which don't count as the "ground, ie "growing out of the ground".

Ben Gaia
New Zealand
Local time: 03:54
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 3
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