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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Nègre-soie

English translation:

silky (silkies au pluriel)

Added to glossary by Catherine CHAUVIN
Feb 22, 2008 17:28
16 yrs ago
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French term

Nègre-soie

French to English Other Livestock / Animal Husbandry Animaux d'ornement
C'est une poule de barbarie, qui a un plumage blanc proche du duvet. La peau est noire, De très bonnes couveuses, et très décoratives. De petite taille et très faciles à domestiquer.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +8 silky (silkies au pluriel)
Change log

Feb 22, 2008 17:40: Stéphanie Soudais changed "Language pair" from "English to French" to "French to English"

Discussion

Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche Feb 23, 2008:
I was sure it was english french,my mistake. Shouldn't be too quick at judging Cetacea, never know what lies around the corner..
Cetacea Feb 22, 2008:
@Mary Caroll: For someone who specializes in zoology, that's a rather strange question to ask... Do you leave all animal species/breeds in French?
Catherine CHAUVIN (asker) Feb 22, 2008:
maybe and not waybe.... :-(
Catherine CHAUVIN (asker) Feb 22, 2008:
Those hens were imported from China or waybe from Japan, according to specialists.
Merline Feb 22, 2008:
Hi Mary Carroll, it says on top of the request that it's a French to English translation.
Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche Feb 22, 2008:
they are french names so why mot leave them?

Proposed translations

+8
11 mins
Selected

silky (silkies au pluriel)

Tapez ces mots sur Google -- "nègre-soie" et "silky" -- et vous trouverez des sites où l'on parle de l'élevage de ces poules.

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Note added at 13 minutes (2008-02-22 17:41:39 GMT)
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Voici un site en particulier : http://feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Silkies/BRKSilkies.html

et le mot Silky (Silkies) prend une majuscule au début
Peer comment(s):
agree Salima Post
13 mins
agree writeaway : Silky chicken (there is also a Silky terrier). http://www.gotpetsonline.com/silky-chicken/silky-chicken.htm...
16 mins
agree Rachel Fell : but spelling like this, I think: black silkie - http://www.poultryclub.org/silkieclub/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silkie
1 hr
Right. Thanks Rachel!
agree Cetacea : with "silkie".
2 hrs
agree Mary Carroll Richer LaFlèche : black silkie, black silk chicken
15 hrs
agree B D Finch : Though my first thought was this sort of silkie: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selkie
21 hrs
agree Dilshod Madolimov
23 hrs
agree Patrice
1 day 4 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Great ! Thank you ! I was thinking about white hens in fact, and it appears that other grey and black species are also known as Negro soie. Thank you so much !"
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