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French term or phrase:	roches éruptives
English translation:	igneous rock
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16:30 Nov 7, 2011

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French term or phrase: roches éruptives

This is from a study on the environmental impact of aggregates. I'm not sure about "roches éruptives" here, but I suspect they are rocks of volcanic origin as opposed to rocks formed by mineral deposits?

Here is the sentence:

"roches massives éruptives et calcaires et roches meubles"

Many thanks

Daniel Weston
United States

igneous rock

Explanation:
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...one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic rock - wiki

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Note added at 23 minutes (2011-11-07 16:53:07 GMT)
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Igneous Rocks form by crystallization of molten (melted) material; either magma (within the earth) or lava (on the surface of the earth).

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Note added at 25 minutes (2011-11-07 16:55:50 GMT)
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See 2.1 in:
http://training.ce.washington.edu/wsdot/Modules/03_materials...

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kashew
France
Local time: 18:07

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igneous rock

kashew

4 +1

Volcanic rocks

MPopielinski

igneous rock

Johannes Gleim

magmatic rocks

marilors

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Volcanic rocks

Explanation:
I believe you are right when you say they are of volcanic origin. The word "eruptive" definitely brings to mind anything volcanic, in French or English.

MPopielinski
Local time: 12:07
Native speaker of:

English

13 mins confidence:

magmatic rocks

Explanation:
Roche résultant de la cristallisation d'un magma.

Reference: http://www.granddictionnaire.com/btml/fra/r_motclef/index800...

marilors
Spain
Local time: 18:07
Native speaker of:

Romanian,

Moldavian

16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

igneous rock

kashew
France
Local time: 18:07
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English
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37 mins confidence:

igneous rock

Explanation:
fr
Terminus roche éruptive
Zuverlässigkeit 3 (Zuverlässig)
Quelle Dict.de Géologie,Foucault,Raoult
Datum 24/09/2003

en
Terminus volcanic rock
Zuverlässigkeit 3 (Zuverlässig)
Quelle Technical Dictionary on Dams,UNESCO,1969
Datum 24/09/2003

Terminus igneous rock
Zuverlässigkeit 3 (Zuverlässig)
Quelle Technical Dictionary on Dams,UNESCO,1969
Datum 24/09/2003
http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do?method=searc...

fr
Terminus roche éruptive
Zuverlässigkeit 3 (Zuverlässig)
Kontext pierres provenant des --: elles sont formées de masses cristallisables souvent soudées par un ciment, microcristallines ou amorphes.
Datum 24/09/2003

en
Terminus igneous rock
Zuverlässigkeit 3 (Zuverlässig)
Kontext igneous rock was formed as the result of the cooling of molten matter.
Datum 24/09/2003
http://iate.europa.eu/iatediff/SearchByQuery.do?method=searc...

La nouvelle roche éruptive se trouve régulièrement d'avoir d'argon dans elle [...]
creationwiki.org
Fresh volcanic rock is routinely found to have argon in it when it first cools.
creationwiki.org

Pour simplifier la formule, les scientifiques supposent généralement que la roche éruptive ne contient pas d'argon lorsqu'elle se forme, parce que l'argon, comme gaz noble, s'échapperait [...]
In order to simplify the formula, scientists generally assume that igneous rock contains no argon when it forms, because the argon, being a noble gas, would escape from the cooling lava.

[...] utilisé pour déterminer les proportions des isotopes contenus en un échantillon de roche éruptive.
Mass spectrometer used to determine the proportions of isotopes contained in a sample of igneous rock
creationwiki.org

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Le PORPHYRE est une roche éruptive, considérée comme une sorte de granit incomplet qui peut être extrêmement dure, surtout si elle [...]
PORPHYRY is an eruptive rock, considered as a sort of unfinished granite, which can be very hard, especially if it contains a lot of quartz.
menarvor.com

http://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/search?source=auto&qu...

And now, what is the most common expression in English ?

"eruptive rock" "roche éruptive"
191 Google hits
http://www.google.de/search?q="eruptive rock" "roche éruptiv...

"volcanic rock" "roche éruptive"
1.150 Google hits
http://www.google.de/search?q="volcanic rock" "roche éruptiv...

"igneous rock" "roche éruptive"
2.050 Google hits
http://www.google.de/search?q="igneous rock" "roche éruptive...

DEFINITIONS OF: roche volcanique
n. rock formed by the solidification of molten magma
Synonyms:
roche éruptive
Types:
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Type of:
pierre, roche
material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust
n. extrusive igneous rock solidified near or on the surface of the Earth
Types:
basalte
the commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene
lave
rock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface
Type of:
roche éruptive, roche volcanique
rock formed by the solidification of molten magma
http://www.vocabulary.com/definition/fr/roche volcanique

Johannes Gleim
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Changes made by editors

Nov 7, 2011 - Changes made by philgoddard:
Field	Tech/Engineering => Science
Field (specific)	Construction / Civil Engineering => Geology

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