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chapeau

English translation: cap

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French term or phrase:chapeau
English translation:cap
Entered by: Miranda Joubioux (X)

13:22 Sep 13, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture / Addition of pieces of wood during fermentation
French term or phrase: chapeau
Context: "Le milieu étant hétérogène, épandre les copeaux favorise l'extraction. Les bois sont au contact du vin et du chapeau."
Timothy Strauss
Local time: 17:34
cap
Explanation:
cap (of solids)

taken from Lexivin
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Miranda Joubioux (X)
Local time: 18:34
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Summary of answers provided
4 +10cap
Miranda Joubioux (X)
5 -1Hat
Mostapha Hammani


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +10
cap


Explanation:
cap (of solids)

taken from Lexivin

Miranda Joubioux (X)
Local time: 18:34
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 19
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Matthew Kushinka: Exactly. See here for the French http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_rouge and here for the English http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winemaking
9 mins
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agree  Hazel Underwood
48 mins
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agree  Martin Cassell
1 hr
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agree  reeny
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agree  Barbara Carrara
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agree  Yvonne Gallagher
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agree  Gabriella Bertelmann: agree
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agree  Simo Blom
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agree  Helen Genevier
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agree  rossignol
2 days 5 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Hat


Explanation:
Hat = Chapeau
Cap = Casquette

Mostapha Hammani
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
Notes to answerer
Asker: In normal terms, you are right, but are you thinking of wine-making or simply of headgear?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Martin Cassell: sorry, this is not applicable to the asker's context
16 mins
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