Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Le gâteau de miel
English translation:
Honeycomb
French term
Le gâteau de miel
I have a feeling that this is not about "honey cake" here... :-)
Thanks for any help you can provide.
-Jen
| 3 +5 | honeycomb |
Liliane Hatem
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| 4 | honeycomb wax or 'beekeeper's lunch' |
Susanna MacKenzie
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| 4 | Cake of beeswax |
B D Finch
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Mar 6, 2011 22:47: Liliane Hatem changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/1340251">jenbikkal (X)'s</a> old entry - "Le gâteau de miel"" to ""Honeycomb""
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Proposed translations
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honeycomb
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honeycomb wax or 'beekeeper's lunch'
I would hesitate a little using "beekeeper's lunch" - I don't know how trustworthy the reference is. While the translation is more poetic, it is also more ambiguous. 'Honeycomb wax' is more descriptive.
Hope it helps.
BR,
Susanna
Cake of beeswax
See descriptions of melting honeycombs to extract the honey: http://www.fao.org/docrep/t0104e/T0104E0a.htm#Honey and bees...
"6 One container of cut comb honey of min. weight 200g 7 One shallow frame of honey ready for extraction 8 One cake of beeswax of weight ..."
www.britishbee.org.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=4316 -
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