Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

chèvrepied nain

English translation:

dwarf satyr

Added to glossary by Polly McDonnell
Dec 12, 2002 22:25
21 yrs ago
French term

chèvrepied nain

French to English Art/Literary Folklore Greek mythology
"...un Silène à la barbe grise et au ventre de Bouddha dont le corps abandonné est livré aux facéties de chèvrepieds nains"

Proposed translations

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Selected

dwarf satyr

Satyrs are half-human (the upper half), half-goat (the lower half). Pan, the Greek god of nature, was a satyr.

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Note added at 2002-12-13 04:26:00 (GMT)
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Note that the original text reads \"chèvrepieds nains\" (dwarf satyrs) rather than \"nains aux pieds de chèvre\" (cloven-footed or goat-footed dwarves).

Pas la même chose...

And regarding markmx\'s comment: a \"chèvrepieds\" is the French equivalent of \"satyr\", not a description. You can find it in the dictionary.

Consider the title of Gabriel Pierné\'s piece: Lorenza et le chevrepied...
See:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/daniel.lesur/artetmusiqueecrits.htm
as well as
\"Au nord, la forêt était infestée de mangeurs de tête, de grandes créatures poilues et cornues que d’autres nomment Chèvrepied\"
http://www.lachimereauxmillereves.com/down/nit-1-01.pdf
and
http://www.librairie-bellanger.com/catalogue_p/detail.asp?re...
and
Le Journal officiel de la République française (section des documents administratifs)[...] publié le 6 décembre 1990 des
Rectifications de l\'orthographe élaborées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, approuvées par l\'Académie française
à l\'unanimité le 3 mai 1990.

\"Chèvrepied\" is listed as a noun...
Peer comment(s):

disagree João Carlos Pijnappel : maybe, but then again, this appears to be the description of a group of satyrs, so the reader can guess by himself what they are
31 mins
agree luskie : If I'm not wrong, Sileno was the king/chief/? of Satyrs...
3 days 4 hrs
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11 mins

goat-footed dwarf

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Peer comment(s):

agree markmx : dwarves
3 hrs
agree Pascale Dahan
10 hrs
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3 hrs

cloven-hoofed dwarfs/dwarves

Although they probably are satyrs, the writer's chosen to describe them instead of using the French word, 'satyres'.
Cloven is just a traditional English way of saying 'goat-footed', with or without its Biblical connotations.

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Note added at 2002-12-13 02:29:12 (GMT)
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Cloven as in cleaved... into 2 parts, like the shape of a goat\'s or cow\'s hoof
Peer comment(s):

disagree cheungmo : "chèvrepied" is a noun, not a description.
2 hrs
neutral lien : chevrepied est un nom populaire pour satyre
4 days
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