Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
cretons feroces
English translation:
ferocious spikes
Added to glossary by
sporran
Apr 22, 2006 19:59
18 yrs ago
French term
cretons feroces
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book on gardens and parks
book on gardens and parks: describing a garden which has ... "Curiosités artistiques en prime. Une grille à tête de chiens" garde l'entrée et un muret à "cretons féroces" - des dos de crocodiles - sépare le jardin des fleurs du potager."
I've nothing in dictionnaries for "creton" but have found various cooking recipes where this term comes up. I'm wondering if these are in fact the triangular points on the back of a crocodile. Like triangles sticking up, if so how do you say it?!
All ideas welcome !
Thanks in advance...
I've nothing in dictionnaries for "creton" but have found various cooking recipes where this term comes up. I'm wondering if these are in fact the triangular points on the back of a crocodile. Like triangles sticking up, if so how do you say it?!
All ideas welcome !
Thanks in advance...
Proposed translations
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| 4 +1 | ferocious spikes |
sporran
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| 4 | wild meat spread/cretons |
Lídia Kale
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| 2 | greaves / cracklings (from rendered pig's fat) |
Jonathan MacKerron
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ferocious spikes
This seems to be a type of tile designed to resemble a crocodile's back. The correct spelling is 'créton', from 'crête', I imagine: see picture on FR site below
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Comment: "Thanks very much indeed - also the site concerns the garden in question!"
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Lídia Kale
Türkiye
Türkiye
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Native in: Portuguese (Variant: European/Portugal) 
Works in: English to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese, French to Portuguese
wild meat spread/cretons
I found that cretons are meat spread and that you can also use cretons in english
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Note added at 42 mins (2006-04-22 20:41:54 GMT)
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cretons are a kind of pork spread
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Note added at 42 mins (2006-04-22 20:41:54 GMT)
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cretons are a kind of pork spread
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Jonathan MacKerron
Native in English
Retired as of Jan 2019!
Native in: English
Works in: German to English, French to English
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greaves / cracklings (from rendered pig's fat)
"creton" according to Harrap's 1934 dictionary for what it's worth
but also "dog biscuit"??
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-22 21:41:15 GMT)
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so perhaps "ferocious dog biscuits" is not so far off....
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-22 21:42:21 GMT)
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Grand Robert "Morceau (de lard, de panne de porc) frit. Creton de lard. - Au plur. Résidus de la fonte des graisses d'animaux. *Pains de cretons servant d'aliments pour chiens*"
but also "dog biscuit"??
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-22 21:41:15 GMT)
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so perhaps "ferocious dog biscuits" is not so far off....
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-22 21:42:21 GMT)
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Grand Robert "Morceau (de lard, de panne de porc) frit. Creton de lard. - Au plur. Résidus de la fonte des graisses d'animaux. *Pains de cretons servant d'aliments pour chiens*"
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