Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
chat teigne
English translation:
play on words with châtaigne (chestnut)
Added to glossary by
Melissa McMahon
Mar 13, 2008 11:07
16 yrs ago
French term
chat teigne
French to English
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Livestock / Animal Husbandry
cat
I'm having trouble working out what this is - the meanings of 'teigne' (ringworm, moth...) don't seem to fit with 'cat' - perhaps a 'mangy' cat?
The context isn't very helpful: it's a joke in a set of illustrations of things you might preserve in jars - a row of jars with their labels: mushrooms, carrots etc, and then a cat in a jar with the label 'chat teigne'. The colouring of the cat suggests it's a ginger cat if anything...?
Thanks in advance.
The context isn't very helpful: it's a joke in a set of illustrations of things you might preserve in jars - a row of jars with their labels: mushrooms, carrots etc, and then a cat in a jar with the label 'chat teigne'. The colouring of the cat suggests it's a ginger cat if anything...?
Thanks in advance.
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3 +5 | play on words with châtaigne (chestnut) ?? | writeaway |
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play on words with châtaigne (chestnut) ??
is my initial impression....
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Note added at 17 mins (2008-03-13 11:25:13 GMT)
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http://www.picmystyle.com/2-01-1695-chat-teigne-couchee.html...
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Chat l'heure chat mot chat pelure Chat teigne chat eau ... Chat teigne , Chat peau , Chat moi , Chat thon , Chat mot , Chat sœur , Chat grain , Chat leur ...
www.ac-creteil.fr/ecpbertcoubron/po�tes.html -
je cherche un chef qui ferait avec moi un livre de menus ...
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et le chat teigne... mmmmm les marrons avec de la dinde pour noel :lol: [:zoey 16:3] et encore un chat. --------------- Kitty kitty kat ...
http://forums.france3.fr/france3/babs/cherche-ferait-vegetal...
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Note added at 17 mins (2008-03-13 11:25:13 GMT)
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http://www.picmystyle.com/2-01-1695-chat-teigne-couchee.html...
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Chat l'heure chat mot chat pelure Chat teigne chat eau ... Chat teigne , Chat peau , Chat moi , Chat thon , Chat mot , Chat sœur , Chat grain , Chat leur ...
www.ac-creteil.fr/ecpbertcoubron/po�tes.html -
je cherche un chef qui ferait avec moi un livre de menus ...
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et le chat teigne... mmmmm les marrons avec de la dinde pour noel :lol: [:zoey 16:3] et encore un chat. --------------- Kitty kitty kat ...
http://forums.france3.fr/france3/babs/cherche-ferait-vegetal...
Note from asker:
Yes, that's definitely possible, but 'chat teigne' does seem to be something by itself going on the google hits... |
So this would be why the ghits didn't seem to converge on a common idea... thanks. |
Peer comment(s):
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Anton Konashenok
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Jack Dunwell
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David Goward
: Definitely.
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Victoria Porter-Burns
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suezen
: well done :-)
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Comment: "Thanks writeaway, I'm satisfied this is correct so I'll close and get working on a suitable pun."
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