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CROISSANT [13 records]

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Record 1 2022-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
DEF

Bladelet with an evenly curved, convex backed edge formed by direct abrupt retouch.

CONT

Typically microliths are between 10 mm and 50 mm long and shaped into either a point or a barb. Early examples ... tend to be obliquely blunted points, while later examples ... include small scalene triangles, geometric forms, rods, trapezoids, and crescents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

becoming progressively greater.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Qui grandit peu à peu, qui va croissant.

CONT

jour grandissant, impatience grandissante.

OBS

«croissant» : Qui croît, s'accroît.

OBS

«croissant» : nébulosité croissante (increasing cloudiness) - météorologie.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Breadmaking
  • Restaurant Menus
CONT

Croissants can be made with buttered layers of yeast dough or puff pastry. They're sometimes stuffed (such as with a stick of chocolate or cheese) before being rolled into a crescent shape and baked. Croissants are generally thought of as breakfast pastries but can also be used for sandwiches and meal accompaniments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boulangerie
  • Menus (Restauration)
DEF

Petite pâtisserie feuilletée, en forme de croissant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Panificación
  • Menú (Restaurantes)
DEF

Bollo de hojaldre en forma de media luna.

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Record 4 2010-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
OBS

We can also find, for example, "accreting swap," "accreting cap," and "accreting collar."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
DEF

Se dit d'un produit dérivé dont le notionnel augmente progressivement au cours de la durée du dérivé.

OBS

On trouve par exemple le «swap croissant», le «plafond croissant» et le «tunnel croissant».

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Informatics
OBS

A Windows function.

OBS

Term taken from documentation consulted to prepare the terminology of PRISM, the new computer system to be used by Parliament of Canada employees and other federal government employees, (e.g. Parliamentary Translation).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Informatique
OBS

Fonction Windows.

OBS

Terme relevé à partir de la documentation consultée dans le but d'établir la terminologie reliée à PRISME, le nouveau système informatique qui sera utilisé par les employés du Parlement du Canada et autres employés du gouvernement fédéral (la Traduction parlementaire, par exemple).

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Design
  • Urban Planning
DEF

[A] curved side street whose ends open on to a busier street.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conception des voies de circulation
  • Aménagement urbain
DEF

Rue en forme de demi-cercle.

OBS

croissant : terme et définition normalisés par l'OLF.

Spanish

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Record 7 1998-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emblems (History)
CONT

The crescent became closely associated with the Ottoman empire (appearing on military and naval standards and on the tops of minarets), its successor states and the world of Islam in general.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emblèmes (Histoire)
DEF

Armes et étendard de l'Empire turc, parce qu'ils étaient décorés d'un croissant.

CONT

Si les cornes regardent vers la pointe de l'eau, le croissant est versé; quand elles sont vers la dextre, il est tourné [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 1997-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
DEF

Pièce en forme de croissant qui coulisse autour du gui, ou bôme, et supporte la poulie d'écoute de grand voile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Partes de los barcos
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Record 9 1993-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)

Spanish

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Record 10 1986-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
CONT

breasters and cones, silicon carbide paper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
CONT

croissants et cônes en papier de siliciure pour polir l'avant des talons. (Les Abrasifs, Partie IV, p. 142)

Spanish

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Record 11 1986-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • History (General)
OBS

Turkish or Moslem power.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Histoire (Généralités)
OBS

Anciennement l'Empire turc.

OBS

Le Croissant a vaincu, a été vaincu.

Spanish

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Record 12 1985-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
DEF

a semicircular row of houses or the street serving such a row.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
DEF

Rue en forme de demi-cercle.

OBS

Le terme et la justification sont tirés de la Gazette officielle du Québec, Partie I, Avis juridiques, 14 mars 1981, 113e année, n° 11, p. 4512.

Spanish

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Record 13 1983-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
OBS

A new moon occurs when the moon is at conjunction and the nearside is totally unilluminated by the sun. As the moon moves eastwards in its orbit around the earth, the sunrise terminator crosses the nearside from east to west to produce a crescent moon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
OBS

On convient de faire commencer la lunaison quand la Lune est en conjonction avec le Soleil, donc invisible. C'est la Nouvelle Lune. Son fin croissant apparaît peu après.

Spanish

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