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fruits et des légumes

English translation: fruits and vegetables

14:51 Aug 11, 2002
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical
French term or phrase: fruits et des légumes
In American English,

Fruits and Legumes? or
Fruits and Pulses?

I've never heard the word Pulses in the U.S. Which one is the correct translation? This was translated by an English translator. Perhaps in England the word pulse is used but is it also in the US?
Maria
English translation:fruits and vegetables
Explanation:
pulses are dry items, such as chick peas, lentils etc
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Peter Bagney
Spain
Local time: 11:39
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Summary of answers provided
5 +17fruits and vegetables
Peter Bagney
4 +3fruit and vegetables
DPolice
5Fruit(s) and Vegetables depending on context...
kmreder (X)


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +17
fruits and vegetables


Explanation:
pulses are dry items, such as chick peas, lentils etc

Peter Bagney
Spain
Local time: 11:39
PRO pts in pair: 219
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Thierry LOTTE
3 mins
  -> Thx Thierry
agree  spencer
9 mins
  -> Thx Spencer
agree  Therese Nichols: Pulse is a "legume sec" for your information. This word is utilized in the U.S. and is very adequate in a recipe book!!!
9 mins
  -> quite right! Thx Therese
agree  Florence Bremond
13 mins
  -> Thx Oddie
agree  Jennifer White: but we would say "fruit and vegetables"
50 mins
  -> Jennifer: fruits & veg outpolls fruit and veg by a margin of 5 to 2...
agree  Trudy Peters
2 hrs
  -> Thx Trudy
agree  Diane Fontainebleau Pochй: To be safe, you may want to check the ST to make sure it does include all veggies, and not just the dried beans.
3 hrs
agree  jerrie
4 hrs
agree  Deborah James
4 hrs
agree  Yolanda Broad
5 hrs
agree  Karina Pelech
7 hrs
agree  Sue Crocker
8 hrs
agree  PaulaMac (X): Also depends on context - in a supermarket "produce" covers fruit and veg.
12 hrs
agree  swani (X)
16 hrs
agree  Linda Jarosiewicz
21 hrs
agree  evelyn evans: Does not the English term 'legumes' translate into French as légumineuses? (See Petit Robert:Famille de plantes...dont le fruit est une gousse.'
1 day 8 mins
neutral  Gina W: does this still translate as "fruits and vegetables" in a medical context?
1 day 3 hrs
agree  Ben Gaia
1 day 6 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
fruit and vegetables


Explanation:
see below


    Reference: http://www.ams.usda.gov/fv/mncs/
DPolice
Local time: 11:39
PRO pts in pair: 454

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Helen Genevier
17 mins
agree  MafaldaDec
21 mins
agree  Sarah Ponting: yes, fruit not fruits
17 hrs
neutral  Gina W: does this still translate as "fruit(s) and vegetables" in a medical context?
1 day 1 hr
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2 days 7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Fruit(s) and Vegetables depending on context...


Explanation:
If you see a sign on the side of the road in France that states, "Fruits et Legumes" you can be sure to find a variety of fruits and vegetables at a roadside stand. "Legume" in English and French are false friends. They may look like they mean the same thing, but they do not. In English, it's anything in the group of foods containing bean and peas. In French, it's just vegetables. So, neither 'pulses' nor 'legumes' is correct. One translator says it should be fruitS while another wants to leave out the 's' and make it fruit. Either could be correct. True, if we're talking about peaches, for example, it's just a lot of fruit (no 's'), no matter whether there are 50 or just one. If we are talking about a number of different varieties of fruit, however, we can use the 's'. Such as a doctor telling a patient to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables in order to have good health. "Fruit" is what we call a "mass count noun" and generally does not need an 's' to be pluralized (like fish, cheese, etc.), but it can be pluralized with an 's' in contexts where many varieties of the noun are being talked about ("the fishes of the sea", for example)

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Note added at 2002-08-14 09:25:37 (GMT)
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Check your context. If the word \"secs\" appears after \"legumes,\" then your original translator did just fine. \"Legumes secs\" translates as \"Legumes\" in English, or \"Pulses\".

kmreder (X)
France
Local time: 11:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in pair: 10
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