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English translation: larder


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Italian term or phrase:fruttaio
English translation:larder
Entered by: kpi
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08:16 Nov 12, 2005
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture
Italian term or phrase: fruttaio
Would this be the "fruit cellar"?
Here is some context:
An article talking about certain "forgotten fruits" -

"Permettevano, infatti, di affrontare l’inverno con la consapevolezza che, al peggio, ammucchiati in solaio o nel ***fruttaio*** (un altro ambiente rurale perduto), i frutti dimenticati maturavano lentamente offrendo l’alternativa al digiuno forzato"

Grazie!
kpi
Local time: 02:30
larder
Explanation:
would be my choice, I think!
Selected response from:

Angela Arnone
Local time: 02:30
Grading comment
Thanks Angela!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +6fruit cellarBrigitteHilgner
3 +2fruit store
Rachel Fell
4 +1fruit shed / fruit warehouse / fruit store
Claudia Luque Bedregal
4 +1fruit room
Olivia Bisegna
4larder
Angela Arnone
3fruit storage room for withering
Rosa Cabral
2...solo un suggerimento...Marzia Zani


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
fruit cellar


Explanation:
A place where fruit (I know it for apples and pears) is allowed to ripen slowly and last for months.

BrigitteHilgner
Austria
Local time: 02:30
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Angela Arnone: or store. A "fruit store" is where you store fruit. A greengrocer is a store that sells fruit. No confusion.
28 mins
  -> Thank you. Yes, "store" is another possibility, as long as it is not confused with "shop".
agree  Garaemma
2 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Enza Longo
3 hrs
  -> Thank you.
agree  Cristina Chaplin
13 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  Veronica Cardella
2 days8 hrs
  -> Thank you!
agree  xxxDCypher
2 days8 hrs
  -> Thank you!
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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fruit room


Explanation:
I have found this term being used in literary context and dated documents

Olivia Bisegna
Local time: 02:30
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  marionclarion: a "fruttaio" = a place where fruit is kept and allowed to ripen slowly - so usually a cool, dark room, which does not have to be underground, like a cellar, though that does help!
4 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
fruit storage room for withering


Explanation:
As I could not get to this frame, I sent you an email explaining my answer.

Rosa Cabral
Local time: 20:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
fruit shed / fruit warehouse / fruit store


Explanation:
These are the options I've found in the Dictionary of Agriculture Haensch/Haberkamp.

Claudia Luque Bedregal
Peru
Local time: 19:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxDCypher
2 days38 mins
  -> thanks!
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
fruit store


Explanation:
Sugg. - if they were not underground

The old apple store would have looked something like the much larger one in the picture taken in another Victorian garden. Excess fruit of all kinds, including pears and peaches, were stored in such places which were well ventilated, dark and pest proof using flyscreens over the ventilators. The long-term storage of such fruit was a Victorian art requiring much skill. Through the store the owner's dinning room table would be provided with otherwise unobtainable delicacies throughout the year.
http://www.winsfordwalledgarden.co.uk/Victorian_Design_Garde...

I will build an apple store and do what it says in Hogg and Bull’s. And I will never buy a Braeburn or a Granny Smith again.
http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2004/10/30/fallen-fruit/

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Note added at 12 hrs 54 mins (2005-11-12 21:11:02 GMT)
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(Have just noticed Angela has put store in her agree with Brigitte)
I don't know how fruttai were in old houses, but imagine they might have been some sort of shed type storage place - dark, cool and airy

Rachel Fell
Local time: 01:30
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 104

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Claudia Luque Bedregal
3 hrs
  -> Thank you, clb
agree  xxxDCypher
2 days3 hrs
  -> Thak you, Paul
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1 day3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
...solo un suggerimento...


Explanation:
Proprio qualche giorno fa un servizio del telegiornale (Gusto? Terra mia?) parlava di una specie di mele tipiche del salernitano, che vengono colte quando sono gialle e poi lasciate maturare in un "melaio": si tratta di un terreno aperto, protetto dalle intemperie con teloni, in cui le mele vengono disposte in ampi filari e parzialmente coperte con segatura. Dalla terra e dalla segatura su cui sono appoggiate traggono le sostanze nutritive per completare la maturazione ed assumere un colore rosso - infatti, quando la parte inferiore delle mele diventa rossa, vengono girate dimodoché anche la parte superiore potesse venire a contatto con il terreno e diventare rossa.
Spero che possa esserti d'aiuto nella ricerca! :)


    Reference: http://www.societaconoscenza.rai.it/trasmissioni.asp?theNumb...
    Reference: http://digilander.libero.it/Zefram20/La_mela_annurca.htm
Marzia Zani
Local time: 02:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian
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3 days8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
larder


Explanation:
would be my choice, I think!


Angela Arnone
Local time: 02:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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Thanks Angela!
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