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Féculants

English translation: féculents (starchy food)

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French term or phrase:Féculants
English translation:féculents (starchy food)
Entered by: Angela Dickson (X)

09:27 Aug 7, 2006
French to English translations [Non-PRO]
Medical - Nutrition
French term or phrase: Féculants
Found in a text about diet and nutrition. I wondered whether it was a typo for "féculents" (= starchy food), as I can't find a translation for it. However, the same spelling accors twice in this text:

"Pour varier, un aliment peut être remplacé par un autre similaire par son index glycémique. Les féculants y ont une part importantes et composent au moins 50% des repas."

"Plat de viande maigre, ou poisson, accompagné de féculants (pâtes, riz, pommes de terre)"
Rob Grayson
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:12
féculent (starchy food)
Explanation:

in other words, I think you're right and it's a mis-spelling for 'féculent'. No reason why a mis-spelling can't occur twice in the same text, if the author thinks it's right...
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Angela Dickson (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:12
Grading comment
Thank you Angela and all for confirmation
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +10féculent (starchy food)
Angela Dickson (X)
5farinacious
zaphod
4 -2carbohydrates
jean jacques


Discussion entries: 4





  

Answers


4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
féculent (starchy food)


Explanation:

in other words, I think you're right and it's a mis-spelling for 'féculent'. No reason why a mis-spelling can't occur twice in the same text, if the author thinks it's right...

Angela Dickson (X)
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:12
Native speaker of: English
Grading comment
Thank you Angela and all for confirmation

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Anna Quail: The author is not alone! 3800 google hits for féculants" - the first examples are clearly supposed to be "féculents".
5 mins
agree  Mark Nathan
6 mins
agree  avsie (X): I agree; 'féculant" isn't a French word!
14 mins
agree  Dr Sue Levy (X)
40 mins
agree  Sandra Petch: Is this for grading?
42 mins
agree  Rachel Fell: starchy foods - yes, lots of féculants like this on Google.
53 mins
agree  df49f (X): féculents, évidemment - seems a simple note in Ask Asker box would have been sufficient...
1 hr
agree  writeaway
1 hr
agree  Karen Stokes
1 hr
agree  Jean-Claude Gouin
3 hrs
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33 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
carbohydrates


Explanation:
feculents are pasta, bread, potatoes etc... Which to me correspond to carbohydrates

jean jacques
Local time: 05:12
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Dr Sue Levy (X): sugars are also carbohydrates - this is not an adequate translation for "féculents" in a text about diet and nutrition
9 mins
disagree  avsie (X): I agree with Sue! Of course féculents contain carbohydrates, but these are not synonyms
17 mins
disagree  df49f (X): carbohydrates=glucides - though féculent contain carbohydrates, the term is not an equivalent of féculents
38 mins
agree  zaphod: Most commonly referred to as "carbs" in US english (especially for runners)
2 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
farinacious


Explanation:
The correct term for Feculent is farinacious (foods).


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Note added at 11 hrs (2006-08-07 20:58:06 GMT) Post-grading
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I know Angela was correcting the spelling, but the object of the exersize remains French to ENGLISH. Either Carb, Carbohydrates, or Farinacious are the TRANSLATIONS. No one is questioning the spelling. Feculent, however spelled has no place in this discussion.

zaphod
Local time: 06:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Dr Sue Levy (X): farinaceous - not commonly used in this particular context - and used to refer to foods made from flour or meal - excludes potatoes//no one is saying it's English - Angela was correcting the spelling
1 hr
  -> Also made from potato flour, But I digress. Since when is Feculent an English word?
neutral  Angela Dickson (X): also post-grading - the English term is 'starch' or 'starchy' - 'farinaceous' is 'farinacé' in French.
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