falun

Italian translation: lumachella

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French term or phrase:falun
Italian translation:lumachella
Entered by: Sara Maghini

10:33 Nov 21, 2013
French to Italian translations [PRO]
Botany
French term or phrase: falun
Ici vous pouvez découvrir, dans un dédale de falun et de végétation luxuriante, des espèces animales menacées.

Non trovo riscontri per questa parola, è forse un'abbreviazione?

Grazie mille.
Sara Maghini
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:29
lumachella
Explanation:
Petit Robert :  Roche sédimentaire formée d'amas de coquilles enrobées dans une matrice d'argile et de sable. Aussi lumachelle.

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Note added at 16 minutes (2013-11-21 10:50:46 GMT)
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I dizionari bilingui Bosch e Paravia indicano "lumachella" come traduzione di falun.
Bosch: (miner.) lumachella (f.), calcare a lumachella, calcare conchiglifero
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Oriana W.
Italy
Local time: 08:29
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Grazie mille!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1lumachella
Oriana W.
3strato calcareo
enrico paoletti
3sabbia conchiglifera
Annamaria Taboga


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strato calcareo


Explanation:
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enrico paoletti
France
Native speaker of: Native in ItalianItalian, Native in FrenchFrench
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
lumachella


Explanation:
Petit Robert :  Roche sédimentaire formée d'amas de coquilles enrobées dans une matrice d'argile et de sable. Aussi lumachelle.

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Note added at 16 minutes (2013-11-21 10:50:46 GMT)
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I dizionari bilingui Bosch e Paravia indicano "lumachella" come traduzione di falun.
Bosch: (miner.) lumachella (f.), calcare a lumachella, calcare conchiglifero


Oriana W.
Italy
Local time: 08:29
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
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Grazie mille!

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sabbia conchiglifera


Explanation:
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Note added at 20 min (2013-11-21 10:54:29 GMT)
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http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/falun
FALUN, subst. masc.
Dépôt calcaire, composé principalement de débris fossiles de coquillages, qu'on emploie comme amendement calcaire et phosphaté

Il dizionario Garzanti per "Falun" riporta "falun (sabbia conchiglifera)"


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http://www.france-voyage.com/francia-eventi/giornate-rosa-91...
"...depositi di conchiglie che il mare del falun (SABBIA CONCHIGLIFERA) si è lasciata alle spalle dopo il Cenozoico"

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Note added at 27 min (2013-11-21 11:01:30 GMT)
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http://www.homolaicus.com/arte/deneze/
"A sud della Loira, nei pressi di Saumur, in una regione in cui l'estrazione intensiva del tufo e del falun (sabbia conchiglifera)"

http://www.donnecultura.eu/?p=692
"...costruite in falun, ovvero sabbia conchiglifera che funge da perfetto isolante termico"


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Note added at 34 min (2013-11-21 11:08:41 GMT)
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http://books.google.it/books?id=5DQuAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA139&dq=fal...
"Falun. Dicono i francesi un tritume di conchiglie..."

Annamaria Taboga
Italy
Local time: 08:29
Native speaker of: Italian
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