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ORANGE [5 records]

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Record 1 2011-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pigments and Colours (Arts)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pigments et couleurs (Arts)
OBS

Peut aussi être un adjectif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pigmentos y colores (Artes)
OBS

Uno de los colores.

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Record 2 2004-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Culture of Fruit Trees
DEF

A reddish-yellow, round, edible citrus fruit, with a sweet, juicy pulp.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Arboriculture fruitière
DEF

Fruit comestible de l'oranger (agrume), d'un jaune tirant sur le rouge.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Fruticultura
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Record 3 2004-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Fleuve d'Afrique australe, qui se jette dans l'Atlantique.

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
DEF

Any of various yellow or orange butterflies of the family Pieridae.

CONT

Sulfurs are yellow or orange, and [the] most common species have the wings bordered with black; some sulfurs are very common butterflies; larvae of the common species feed on clover.

CONT

Whites, sulfurs and orange-tips make up the Pieridae family of butterflies.

OBS

Used in the plural, the term "sulfurs" often represents the vernacular generic term that regroups the following genera - Colias, Pieris, Pyristia - that make up the family of Pieridae butterflies. Semantically, the term "sulfur" evokes a sulfur-yellow butterfly, roughly corresponding to the French term "coliade" or its Latin equivalent "Colias", the latter which is usually post-qualified by another Latin term specifying the exact species, e.g. Colias philodice, Colias interior, Colias eurytheme, Colias hyale. In some of the French translated texts consulted, the more colorful term "soufré" has been used, whereas in some other non-translated texts, "coliade" has been used. Before choosing the appropriate equivalent, the translator into French should determine if the term "sulfur", found in the singular, denotes in the source text a specific species in the family or whether it used to represent all the above-mentioned genera of the Pieridae family. In French, one could use "soufré" as a generic term when referring to all the species "Colias" as a whole and whenever the English uses "sulfurs" or "sulfur butterflies", in the plural. The term "coliade" would then be reserved for cases where one would need to specify or describe a particular species. e.g. coliade de la luzerne, coliade intérieur, coliade du trèfle, petit coliade, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
DEF

Joli papillon de jour, répandu dans les régions tempérées, de coloration ordinairement jaune soufre varié d'orange [...] Famille des Piéridés.

CONT

soufré : Les ailes de ce papillon sont d'un jaune de soufre chez le mâle et blanc jaunâtre chez la femelle. Tous deux ont une tache noire au centre des ailes antérieures et une autre, orange, sur les postérieures. En outre, le mâle a les antérieures largement bordées de noir.

OBS

Attention : en plus des «Sulfurs», le terme «coliade» peut aussi traduire ce que les Anglais appellent les «orange-tips» ou «orange-tip butterflies» (l'Orangé).

Key term(s)
  • orangé

Spanish

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Record 5 1983-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
OBS

a colour combining red and yellow

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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