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English translation: Shea butter

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French term or phrase:	karité
English translation:	Shea butter
Entered by:	annaba

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15:26 Mar 21, 2005

French to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Agriculture

French term or phrase: karité

The document is about a development project in a rural area; the project is to be implemented in

une région de production de karité

...a crop? commodity?? Any ideas would be much appreciated! Thanks so much in advance.

KNielsen KudoZ activity Questions: 33 (none open) Answers: 87 Japan
Local time: 01:00

Shea butter

Explanation:
just a suggestion... it sounds like it could be the so-called karité (butter):
Shea butter
Cheers!
Anna

Selected response from:

annaba
Local time: 18:00

Grading comment

Thanks so much everyone for your helpful answers! This was my first Kudoz question and I was relieved to see so many people had great answers to a term I'd never heard of!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +3

Shea butter

annaba

Why the French don't call it "chia"

xxxBourth

shea butter from the shea tree

NancyLynn

shea butter tree

easyservice

Answers

2 mins confidence:

karité shea butter tree

Explanation:
or shea tree

easyservice
Local time: 18:00

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

karité

Shea butter

Explanation:
just a suggestion... it sounds like it could be the so-called karité (butter):
Shea butter
Cheers!
Anna

annaba
Local time: 18:00
Native speaker of:

Italian
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks so much everyone for your helpful answers! This was my first Kudoz question and I was relieved to see so many people had great answers to a term I'd never heard of!

2 mins confidence:

karité shea butter from the shea tree

Explanation:
Domaine(s)
– Silviculture
– Culture of Fruit Trees
– Systematic Botany
Domaine(s)
– Sylviculture
– Arboriculture fruitière
– Botanique systématique
Domaine(s)
– Silvicultura
– Fruticultura
– Botánica sistemática
shea tree Source CORRECT

shea butter tree Source CORRECT

shea Source CORRECT

Butyrospermum parkii Source
LATIN

arbre à beurre d'Afrique Source
CORRECT, MASC

bassie butyracée Source CORRECT,
FÉM

arbre à beurre Source CORRECT,
MASC

karité Source CORRECT, MASC

Butyrospermum parkii Source
LATIN

Butyrospermum parki Source LATIN

butirospermo Source MASC

Butyrospermum parkii Source
LATIN

Bassia parkii Source LATIN

DEF – A tropical tree whose seeds
yield a fat, shea butter, used as a
food in Africa and in soap
manufacture in Europe. Native to
West Africa and Sudan. Source

OBS – A tropical tree; its fruit is
called the shea nut. Source

CONT – Le karité est un arbre de 10
à 15 m originaire de zone
soudanienne. [...] Le fruit est une baie
ayant l'aspect d'une grosse prune.
Son péricarpe charnu, plus ou moins
sucré, est comestible. Source

OBS – Butyrospermum : nom
scientifique de l'arbre à beurre
(Butyrospermum parki), dont le fruit
est composé d'une pulpe comestible

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Note added at 2 mins (2005-03-21 15:28:51 GMT)
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shea butter Source CORRECT

karite butter Source CORRECT

galam butter Source SOURCE TRAD

karité Source CORRECT, MASC

beurre de karité Source CORRECT,
MASC

beurre de Galam Source CORRECT,
MASC

beurre de Cé Source CORRECT, MASC

beurre de galam Source MASC

beurre de shée Source MASC

mantequilla de karite Source FÉM

manteca de galam Source FÉM

manteca de bambara Source FÉM

manteca de shea Source FÉM

DEF – a solid grayish, yellowish, or
whitish fat obtained from the seeds of
the shea tree and used chiefly as a
food, in soap, and in candles. Source

OBS – Shea tree : a rough barked
tropical African tree (Butyrospermum
parkii) .... Source

DEF – Corps gras à odeur de
caoutchouc, extrait des noix de karité
(graines du Butyrospermum parki
Hotschy); [...] usages : savonnerie.
Source

CONT – [Le] [...] beurre de karité a
des propriétés voisines de celles du
beurre de cacao, dont il sert parfois
de succédané. Source

NancyLynn
Canada
Local time: 12:00
Native speaker of: English

4 hrs confidence:

karité Why the French don't call it "chia"

Explanation:
Le karité (butyrospermum parkii) est un arbre sauvage de la famille des sapotacées. D'une quinzaine de mètres environ, on ne le trouve qu'en Afrique de ...
www.arbrabaumes.com/essences/karite.htm

A hardy tree not unlike the oak, the Shea tree (Butyrospermum parkii Kotsch) grows up to 15 to 20 meters high. It usually lives a couple of centuries, ...
www.sunrosearomatics.com/catalog/butters.html

Shea butter comes from the nut of the fruit of the karite tree found ... A hardy tree not unlike the oak, the Shea tree (Butyrospermum parkii Kotsch. ...
www.sheabutterplus.net/sheainfo.html

"shea" is from Mandingo, apparently (Websters), "karité" from Wolof (Lexis). Now whether the French came across the Mandingo name first and waited until they came across something more acceptable remains to be proven ...

xxxBourth
Local time: 18:00
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 160

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