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en forme de console

English translation: bracket or conk


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French term or phrase:en forme de console
English translation:bracket or conk
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20:19 Mar 23, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Botany / mycology
French term or phrase: en forme de console
Utilisé pour décrire une forme de chapeau de champignon.

Mon client m'explique "en forme de console" comme ca:

Dans le sens de plus haut que large et souvent profilé en talon ou en volute.


Merci à tous,
Thanks everyone
Karen Michelle Price
Local time: 22:45
bracket or conk
Explanation:
Comparez les images:
http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=conk mushro...

http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&num=10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&saf...

Termium donne 'conk' (En.) pour 'console' (Fr.).
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clain
Local time: 01:45
Grading comment
Bracket it is. Thank you, Clanola!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
2 +2bracket or conkclain
3horse hoof shaped
Catharine Cellier-Smart
1shaped like a shelf
Verginia Ophof


  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
shaped like a shelf


Explanation:
or in the shape of a shelf/ledge

Verginia Ophof
Belize
Local time: 23:45
Native speaker of: English
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26 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +2
bracket or conk


Explanation:
Comparez les images:
http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=conk mushro...

http://images.google.ca/images?hl=en&num=10&lr=&ft=i&cr=&saf...

Termium donne 'conk' (En.) pour 'console' (Fr.).

clain
Local time: 01:45
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Bracket it is. Thank you, Clanola!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch
45 mins
  -> Thank you, B D Finch.
agree  Andr饢 onClick= Goreux: Both bracket and conk fungi appear in Google. Since brackets are vertical, and the client speaks of a "console", I would think "conk" to be more appropriate.
4 hrs
  -> Thank you, André onClick= Goreux.
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
horse hoof shaped


Explanation:
or "shaped like a horse's hoof"

see :
"console (en) : Chez les polypores, en forme de sabot de cheval plus ou moins épais".
http://smp.champinews.info/pages/glossaireb.htm#c

and :
"The shape and proportions are suggestive of a horse's hoof ..."
http://guildwoodvillagemushrooms.blogspot.com/2009/09/great-...

"its shape somewhat resembles a horse's hoof ..."
http://www.henriettesherbal.com/eclectic/kings/fungi.html

"The mushroom resembles a shelf or a horse-hoof and is often growing on wood."
http://www.fungaljungal.org/key/step6.html

P.S. There is also a fungus called 'horse's hoof fungus' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadou)

Catharine Cellier-Smart
Local time: 09:45
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Mar 25, 2010 - Changes made by clain:
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Mar 23, 2010 - Changes made by Travelin Ann:
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