weedy

French translation: envahissant

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
English term or phrase:weedy
French translation:envahissant
Entered by: Solen Fillatre

10:22 Jan 21, 2016
English to French translations [PRO]
Science - Botany
English term or phrase: weedy
Data regarding a GE crop's ***weedy*** and allelopathic properties are relevant to which environmental risk question?
Solen Fillatre
France
Local time: 03:49
envahissant
Explanation:
une suggestion...

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 3 minutes (2016-01-21 10:25:32 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

ou invasive
Selected response from:

florence metzger
Local time: 03:49
Grading comment
Thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +5envahissant
florence metzger
4 +1mauvaises herbes
Manuela Domingues
4hallucinogène
Marcombes (X)
4plante adventice (envahissante)
Marie Le Men


  

Answers


2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
envahissant


Explanation:
une suggestion...

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 3 minutes (2016-01-21 10:25:32 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

ou invasive

florence metzger
Local time: 03:49
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
Thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  mchd: invasive - avec des caractéristiques invasives
16 mins
  -> merci

agree  GILLES MEUNIER
25 mins
  -> merci

agree  B D Finch: Though the use of "weedy" in the source text is wrong, I think this must be what they meant.
1 hr
  -> merci

agree  AmbelyTrad
2 days 10 hrs

agree  Philippe Barré
3 days 5 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
mauvaises herbes


Explanation:
suggestion - couvert de mauvaises herbes


    Reference: http://www.umanitoba.ca/outreach/naturalagriculture/weed/fil...
Manuela Domingues
Portugal
Local time: 02:49
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench, Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marcombes (X)
4 hrs
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
hallucinogène


Explanation:
l'herbe, weed : le cannabis
L'Opium, tout aussi hallucinogène mais ayant une réputation médicale allopathique


Marcombes (X)
France
Local time: 03:49
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  B D Finch: How would that pose an "environmental risk"? Why would they use that term for cannabis? Allopathic and allelopathic have quite different meanings.
20 mins
  -> you are right, weeds are "mauvaises herbes" in rice seedlings
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
plante adventice (envahissante)


Explanation:
Le terme "adventice" est préférable en botanique à "mauvaise herbe" (expression populaire)

Marie Le Men
Ireland
Local time: 02:49
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: French
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.


See also:
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search