Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

rue

English translation:

rue (Ruta graveolens)

Added to glossary by Sheila Hardie
Jul 8, 2003 15:05
21 yrs ago
French term

Bois de rue

French to English Other
C'est une énumération de nom de bois, ils parlent de bois de rue en opposition à bois d'industrie.
Une idée comment traduire bois de rue?
Merci encore.

... de litsea cubeba, de palmarosa, de patchouli, de petit-grain, de romarin, de rue, de sassafras, de shiu (de ho), de thym
bois d'industrie
dont toutes les faces travaillées présentent des traces de la scie

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French term (edited): rue
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rue (Ruta graveolens) - I think they are talking about the plant

français anglais
rue n. f.
terme normalisé par un organisme international rue 
Équivalent(s) 
latin Ruta graveolens Linnaeus

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I suggest this is the \'rue\' you are talking about is the one mentioned in the list of plants you give above:

de litsea cubeba, de palmarosa, de patchouli, de petit-grain, de romarin,***de rue***, de sassafras, de shiu (de ho), de thym
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lumber

Je l'utiliserais par opposition à "Timber" qui est plutôt du bois de charpente, mais...
"City-building timber", just a guess!
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You'll rue the day!

Rue is .... wait for it .... rue!

<<rue - any of a genus (Ruta) of strong-scented shrubs of the rue family, esp. an herh (R. graveolens) with yellow flowers and bitter-tasting leaves formerly used in medecine . adj. designating a family (Rutucaea, order Sapindales) of woody dicotylenonous plants, including the gas plant and the citrus plants>>
[Websters]

Fits with thym, romarin, patchouli, etc.
Peer comment(s):

agree Christopher Crockett
15 mins
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