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FRENCH NAVY [4 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Naval Forces
OBS

Class of ships in the French navy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Forces navales
OBS

Terme employé dans la marine française pour désigner des bâtiments avoisinant les 2 000 tonnes, utilisés outre-mer en temps de paix et comme escorteurs en temps de guerre.

OBS

De l'espagnol «barca deaviso», bâtiment d'avis, l'ancêtre de l'aviso en France au XVIIe siècle.

OBS

aviso : terme uniformisé par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products
CONT

It was the French Emperor, Napoleon III, who first seemed to appreciate the disastrous position that would be the result of a fat shortage and so, in 1867, he commissioned Mége-Mouriés, a French chemist, to "investigate how far it was possible to produce a cheap butter for the Army, Navy and needy classes of the population which would be cheaper and of better keeping quality than the usual butter"... Mége-Mouriés began to experiment... and in 1869 he commenced making his new product in a small factory near Paris. He had noticed that his "near-butter" had a pearly appearance and so he called it margarine from the Greek word "margaron" which means a pearl.

OBS

near butter: term extracted from the “Glossaire de l’agriculture” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie
OBS

succédané de beurre : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Productos lácteos
CONT

Margarina [...] su descubrimiento fue el resultado de un concurso organizado por Napoleón III en 1869 con el fin de obtener un sucedáneo para la mantequilla.

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Record 3 1993-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Ship's Aircraft (Military)
  • Sonar and Underwater Detection (Military)
CONT

A batch has recently been ordered for French Navy Alize antisubmarine warfare aircraft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Aéronefs embarqués (Militaire)
  • Sonar et détection sous-marine (Militaire)
CONT

La Marine française vient de le commander pour en équiper ses avions de lutte anti sous-marine (ASM) embarqués Bréguet Alizé.

Spanish

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Record 4 1987-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Titles
OBS

equivalent in Canadian Forces, used in PER

OBS

French navy rank

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires

Spanish

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