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SUCER [9 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2024-11-22
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Drugs and Drug Addiction
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- dip
1, record 1, English, dip
correct, verb
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Place a pinch of tobacco between the lip or cheek and gum. 1, record 1, English, - dip
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Drogues et toxicomanie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- sucer
1, record 1, French, sucer
correct, verb
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Placé entre la gencive et la lèvre supérieure, [le tabac] est sucé par le consommateur qui peut ainsi le garder de quelques minutes à plusieurs heures en fonction de ses goûts. 2, record 1, French, - sucer
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2005-10-07
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Animal Diseases
- Fish
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- argulosis
1, record 2, English, argulosis
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Argulosis caused by species of Argulus (fish lice), namely A. foliaceus, A. japonicus and A. giodanii, is one of the most common and widely distributed external infection of several species of fish including common carp, trout, grass carp, black carp, bream and eel. Out-breaks of argulosis often develop into epizootics, causing mass mortality. 2, record 2, English, - argulosis
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Argulosis is a disease in which Argulus sp. attaches to the host fish body and draw off blood from the gills and puncturing skin leading to secondary infection and ultimately to death. Argulosis occurs in almost all the countries in the world and attributes to the mortality of mainly carps. 3, record 2, English, - argulosis
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Maladies des animaux
- Poissons
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- argulose
1, record 2, French, argulose
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- parasitose à argulus 2, record 2, French, parasitose%20%C3%A0%20argulus
feminine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L’Argulose [...] est le résultat de l’attaque d’un petit crustacé parasite qui mesure environ 4 mm de longueur, l’Argulus foliaceus L. 3, record 2, French, - argulose
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Les maladies parasitaires. [...] L'argulose : la maladie est transmise par un crustacé de quelques millimètres qui se fixe sur la peau du poisson, grâce à son rostre, pour lui sucer le sang. Les rougeurs et autres piqûres seront le siège de maladies bactériennes ou fongiques. 4, record 2, French, - argulose
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2004-10-26
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Sugar Industry
- Chocolate and Confectionery
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- lollipop
1, record 3, English, lollipop
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- lollypop 1, record 3, English, lollypop
correct
- sucker 1, record 3, English, sucker
correct
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A piece of hard candy fixed to the end of a stick. 1, record 3, English, - lollipop
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Sucrerie (Industrie de l'alimentation)
- Confiserie et chocolaterie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- sucette
1, record 3, French, sucette
correct, see observation, feminine noun, France
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- suçon 2, record 3, French, su%C3%A7on
correct, see observation, masculine noun, Canada
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Bonbon fixé à l’extrémité d’un bâtonnet. 3, record 3, French, - sucette
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Sucette au citron, au caramel. 3, record 3, French, - sucette
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Le bonbon fixé à un bâtonnet est une sucette et non un suçon. 4, record 3, French, - sucette
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Le terme «suçon» au sens de «bonbon à sucer» est considéré comme vieilli en Europe. Il a plutôt le sens de «légère ecchymose qu'on fait à la peau en la tirant par succion», ce qu'on nomme «sucette» au Canada. Il s’agit d’un exemple parfait de permutation de l'usage français et de l'usage canadien. 5, record 3, French, - sucette
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2004-02-29
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Posology
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- suckable tablet 1, record 4, English, suckable%20tablet
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Posologie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- comprimé pour sucer
1, record 4, French, comprim%C3%A9%20pour%20sucer
masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Posología
Record 4, Main entry term, Spanish
- tableta chupable
1, record 4, Spanish, tableta%20chupable
feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 4, Synonyms, Spanish
- tableta para chupar 1, record 4, Spanish, tableta%20para%20chupar
feminine noun
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2003-02-04
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Plant Biology
- Botany
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- honeyflow 1, record 5, English, honeyflow
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
- honey-flow 2, record 5, English, honey%2Dflow
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The secretion of honey or nectar by flowers. 2, record 5, English, - honeyflow
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
This definition of honeyflow is not found in the Webster's dictionary, for which "honeyflow" only refers to a supply or [to a] period of availability of floral nectar available for bees to convert into honey (in French: "miellée" for the former and "miellée" or "miellaison" for the latter). It might be an obsolete usage, replaced by the term "honeydew" (q.v., in French: "miellat"), which refers to the saccharine deposit secreted by aphids, scales and sometimes by a fungus that is found on the leaves of many plants. 1, record 5, English, - honeyflow
Record 5, Key term(s)
- honey flow
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Biologie végétale
- Botanique
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- miellée
1, record 5, French, miell%C3%A9e
feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
- rosée mielleuse 2, record 5, French, ros%C3%A9e%20mielleuse
feminine noun
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Selon des explications scientifiques, la manne est la rosée mielleuse qui, dans un climat désertique, s’échappe de l'écorce du tamaris lorsque des pucerons piquent l'écorce pour sucer la sève. 3, record 5, French, - miell%C3%A9e
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Les abeilles sont friandes de miellée. 4, record 5, French, - miell%C3%A9e
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Le Trésor de la langue française nous indique que «miellée» se rapporte soit au nectar butiné par les abeilles et que celles-ci rapportent à la ruche, soit à la période de l’année durant laquelle ce nectar est produit et récolté en abondance (ce deuxième sens pouvant aussi être rendu par «miellaison» selon le Grand Robert et seulement par «miellaison» selon le Grand dictionnaire encyclopédique Larousse). Le Grand Robert définit de son côté la «miellée» comme l’«exsudation sucrée, mucilagineuse, qui apparaît en été sur les bourgeons et les feuilles de certains arbres», sens qui se rapproche de la définition anglaise de «honeyflow» donnée sur cette fiche. Cependant, ce sens n’est pas repris par le Grand Larousse. En outre, le Trésor de la langue française précise que ce sens donné à «miellée» (celui d’une «exsudation visqueuse et sucrée que laissent suinter les feuilles de certains arbres»), est ancien. Il semblerait que l’on utilise davantage aujourd’hui le terme «miellat» (en anglais : «honeydew»), défini comme étant la «substance plus ou moins liquide, sucrée, au goût douceâtre, provenant de sécrétions déposées par des insectes parasites de certains végétaux, particulièrement sur la surface des feuilles». 5, record 5, French, - miell%C3%A9e
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2000-03-23
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- The Skin
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- head louse
1, record 6, English, head%20louse
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
- Pediculus humanus capitis 2, record 6, English, Pediculus%20humanus%20capitis
correct, Latin
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
a louse that is a variety (Pediculus humanus capitis) of the common louse of man, lives on the scalp, and attaches its eggs to hairs. 3, record 6, English, - head%20louse
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Appareil cutané
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- pou de l’homme
1, record 6, French, pou%20de%20l%26rsquo%3Bhomme
correct, masculine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
- pou de tête 2, record 6, French, pou%20de%20t%C3%AAte
correct, masculine noun
- Pediculus humanus capitis 3, record 6, French, Pediculus%20humanus%20capitis
correct, Latin
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les poux sont aptères et aplatis; leurs pièces buccales forment des stylets, avec lesquels ils percent la peau de leur hôte pour en sucer le sang. Ils n’ ont pas de métamorphose et vivent exclusivement fixés sur la peau de l'hôte. Leurs oeufs, ou lentes, sont fixés à la base des poils [...] Trois espèces sont spécifiques de l'homme : Pediculus humanus capitis, ou pou de tête, localisé aux cheveux et à la barbe, P. humanus corporis [...] et enfin Phtirius inguinalis [...] 4, record 6, French, - pou%20de%20l%26rsquo%3Bhomme
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 1986-05-01
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Regional Dialects and Expressions
- Penal Administration
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- suck the pipe
1, record 7, English, suck%20the%20pipe
verb
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Détenu contraint de respirer le gaz mortel. 1, record 7, English, - suck%20the%20pipe
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Régionalismes et usages particuliers
- Administration pénitentiaire
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- sucer le tuyau
1, record 7, French, sucer%20le%20tuyau
verb
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 1984-11-27
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Chocolate and Confectionery
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- chocolate compressed tablet 1, record 8, English, chocolate%20compressed%20tablet
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Confiserie et chocolaterie
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- tablette comprimée chocolatée 1, record 8, French, tablette%20comprim%C3%A9e%20chocolat%C3%A9e
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS
n’est pas une tablette mais à la forme d’une pastille à sucer 1, record 8, French, - tablette%20comprim%C3%A9e%20chocolat%C3%A9e
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record 9 - internal organization data 1981-01-26
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Water Treatment (Water Supply)
- Wastewater Treatment
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- draw
1, record 9, English, draw
verb
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The settled sludge is drawn evenly from the bottom of the settling tank over the whole length of the plant, through convergent collecting ducts ... each fitted with an adjustable air-lift ... 1, record 9, English, - draw
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Traitement des eaux
- Traitement des eaux usées
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- sucer
1, record 9, French, sucer
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les boues décantées sont sucées au fond du clarificateur, de façon uniforme et sur toute la longueur de l’ouvrage, par des gaines de reprise convergentes accolées [...] équipées chacune d’un air-lift réglable [...] 1, record 9, French, - sucer
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
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