Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
dégraisser, dégraissant
English translation:
temper
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cchat
Dec 2, 2013 19:11
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Karen Gangel
dégraisser, dégraissant
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Archaeology
In archaeological contexts, what does the term degraissant refer to? I know the standard translation, but in this field it has a special meaning, I believe.
"La pâte des poteries recueillies dans les sondages et à des sites est en majorité dégraissée à l’organique. Le choix d’un dégraissant mixte composé de chamotte et de dégraissant organique est peu représenté."
The subject is pottery digs and finds in Senegal. The audience, archaeologists and other scientists. This will appear in a scholarly volume.
"La pâte des poteries recueillies dans les sondages et à des sites est en majorité dégraissée à l’organique. Le choix d’un dégraissant mixte composé de chamotte et de dégraissant organique est peu représenté."
The subject is pottery digs and finds in Senegal. The audience, archaeologists and other scientists. This will appear in a scholarly volume.
Proposed translations
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| 5 +2 | temper |
cchat
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| 4 | degrease, degreasing agent |
Yvonne Gallagher
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| 3 | to degrease, to remove grease marks or dirt from |
Jean-Claude Gouin
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| 3 | degreaser |
GuillaumeT (X)
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Change log
Dec 2, 2013 20:13: Yolanda Broad changed "Term asked" from "degraisser, degraissant" to "dégraisser, dégraissant"
Dec 8, 2013 18:45: cchat Created KOG entry
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temper
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| This meaning suits the context well. The author is discussing pottery making, so "tempering" [the clay] fits. Thank you so much. |
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French term (edited):
degraisser, degraissant
to degrease, to remove grease marks or dirt from
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http://www.kalkriese-varusschlacht.de/en/varusschlacht-archa...
http://www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/artefacts/glossary.htm
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http://www.thehenryford.org/research/caring/brass.aspx
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I just had another look at question.
Is the "degreaser" used by the potters or the archaeologists? It doesn't really matter as same word is used for both although the meaning is not identical. For a potter, a "degreaser" could be an inclusion or addition...See here
http://www.academia.edu/420570/An_Analytical_Framework_for_t...
http://www.kalkriese-varusschlacht.de/en/varusschlacht-archa...
http://www.yorkarchaeology.co.uk/artefacts/glossary.htm
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Note added at 3 hrs (2013-12-02 22:56:40 GMT)
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http://www.thehenryford.org/research/caring/brass.aspx
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Note added at 4 hrs (2013-12-03 00:07:51 GMT)
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I just had another look at question.
Is the "degreaser" used by the potters or the archaeologists? It doesn't really matter as same word is used for both although the meaning is not identical. For a potter, a "degreaser" could be an inclusion or addition...See here
http://www.academia.edu/420570/An_Analytical_Framework_for_t...
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degreaser
Used in academic and commercial contexts.
Example sentence:
The analysis suggests that this pottery was produced locally, perhaps using clay and degreasers from the surrounding area
TASCO/Rittel's WOOL DEGREASER cuts lanolin like a knife! It's a detergent with a degreasing action that washes away the lanolin in sheep, llama and other wooly skins.
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Reference comments
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Reference:
temper
Tout d'abord il fallait rechercher et extraire le matériau adéquat, le débarrasser de ses impuretés (fragments de racines, graviers), puis fouler et malaxer l'argile jusqu'à une consistance pâteuse.
Le potier devait ensuite ajouter à l'argile plastique un dégraissant, ingrédient indispensable pour une cuisson sans incidents, dont la nature (sable plus ou moins fin, paille hachée�) et la quantité variait en fonction des types de vases qu'il souhaitait exécuter. Il fallait alors pétrir longuement l'argile dégraissée jusqu'à l'obtention de grosses boules de pâte homogène.
Le potier devait ensuite ajouter à l'argile plastique un dégraissant, ingrédient indispensable pour une cuisson sans incidents, dont la nature (sable plus ou moins fin, paille hachée�) et la quantité variait en fonction des types de vases qu'il souhaitait exécuter. Il fallait alors pétrir longuement l'argile dégraissée jusqu'à l'obtention de grosses boules de pâte homogène.
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Sheri P
: Good research. Also appears in Termium.
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