Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
de composition sablo-limoneuse, mêlés à des cailloutis et graviers.
English translation:
...composed of sand and silt, mixed with pebbles and gravel
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Rachel Fell
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de composition sablo-limoneuse, mêlés à des cailloutis et graviers.
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Does anybody know the difference between "cailloutis" and "graviers"?
Thank you
Thank you
Proposed translations
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| 4 +5 | ...sand and silt, mixed with pebbles and gravel |
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| 4 | The soils are made up of sand and mud, mixed with stones and gravel |
Conor McAuley
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References
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Change log
Jan 12, 2021 18:29: Yolanda Broad changed "Term asked" from "Ils sont de composition sablo-limoneuse, mêlés à des cailloutis et graviers." to "de composition sablo-limoneuse, mêlés à des cailloutis et graviers."
Jan 17, 2021 16:28: Rachel Fell Created KOG entry
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French term (edited):
Ils sont de composition sablo-limoneuse, mêlés à des cailloutis et graviers.
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...sand and silt, mixed with pebbles and gravel
sand and silt, pebbles and gravel, I would say
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writeaway
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Thank you writeaway :-)
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James A. Walsh
: I've also seen "grit" for "cailloutis" https://tureng.com/es/frances-ingles/cailloutis
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Thank you James :-)
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philgoddard
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Thank you Phil :-)
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Michele Fauble
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Thank you Michele :-)
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Suzie Withers
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Thank you Suzie :-)
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French term (edited):
Ils sont de composition sablo-limoneuse, mêlés à des cailloutis et graviers.
The soils are made up of sand and mud, mixed with stones and gravel
Please post just the problem term in the term box in future, and the context below.
A stone is bigger than a piece of gravel, I suppose, and pieces of gravel are fairly uniform in size.
HTH.
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Bad loser corner!!! Hahaha!
Here goes:
There is a little overlap between sand and sit, strictly speaking
silt
/sɪlt/
Apprenez à prononcer
noun
fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbour.
Your question is listed as being about geology, but I think that ultimately it might be about wine, and I suppose you don't want your vines growing in mud, but... "Where there's muck there's money" - Irish saying!
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/limoneux
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silt not sit
A stone is bigger than a piece of gravel, I suppose, and pieces of gravel are fairly uniform in size.
HTH.
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Bad loser corner!!! Hahaha!
Here goes:
There is a little overlap between sand and sit, strictly speaking
silt
/sɪlt/
Apprenez à prononcer
noun
fine sand, clay, or other material carried by running water and deposited as a sediment, especially in a channel or harbour.
Your question is listed as being about geology, but I think that ultimately it might be about wine, and I suppose you don't want your vines growing in mud, but... "Where there's muck there's money" - Irish saying!
https://www.wordreference.com/fren/limoneux
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silt not sit
Note from asker:
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Reference comments
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Reference:
French grain size reference
7 7 Graviers (2-4 mm) Graviers (2-4 mm)
Validé 09/05/2018 09/05/2018
8 8 Petits cailloutis (4-64 mm) Petits cailloutis (4-64 mm)
Validé 09/05/2018 09/05/2018
9 9 Gros cailloutis (64-256 mm) Gros cailloutis (64-256 mm)
Validé 09/05/2018 09/05/2018
10 10 Blocs (> 256 mm) Blocs (> 256 mm)
Validé 09/05/2018 09/05/2018
Validé 09/05/2018 09/05/2018
8 8 Petits cailloutis (4-64 mm) Petits cailloutis (4-64 mm)
Validé 09/05/2018 09/05/2018
9 9 Gros cailloutis (64-256 mm) Gros cailloutis (64-256 mm)
Validé 09/05/2018 09/05/2018
10 10 Blocs (> 256 mm) Blocs (> 256 mm)
Validé 09/05/2018 09/05/2018
Peer comments on this reference comment:
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writeaway
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Yolanda Broad
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Suzie Withers
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Discussion
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