Farming Flashcards

1
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l’agriculteur/l’agricultrice

A

farmer

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le cultivateur/la cultivatrice

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farmer

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3
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l’horticulture (f)

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horticulture

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4
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le maraîcher/la maraîchère

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market gardener

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5
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la viticulture

A

vine-growing

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6
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le viticulteur/la viticultrice

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vine-grower

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7
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le métayer/la métayère

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tenant farmer

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8
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l’éleveur de porcs

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pig-farmer

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9
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la polyculture

A

mixed farming

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10
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l’agriculture mixte

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mixed farming

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11
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la pisciculture

A

fish farming

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12
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le pisciculteur/la piscicultrice

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fish farmer

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13
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des terres cultivées

A

farmland

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14
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la petite exploitation

A

smallholding

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15
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le petit exploitant

A

smallholder

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16
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l’exploitation collective (f)

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co-operative

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17
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l’exploitation laitière

A

dairy farm collective (f)

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18
Q

la ferme d’élevage de boeufs

A

beef farm

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19
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la ferme d’élevage de moutons

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sheep farm

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20
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la ferme d’élevage de porcs

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pig farm

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21
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la ferme d’élevage de volaille

A

poultry farm

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22
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la ferme d’élevage industriel

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factory farm

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23
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l’exploitation agricole (f)

A

farm, farmstead

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24
Q

les dépendances (f)

A

outbuildings

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25
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l’étable (f)

A

cowshed

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26
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la vacherie

A

cowshed

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27
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la bergerie

A

sheepfold, sheep-pen

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28
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la porcherie

A

pig-sty

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29
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le poulailler

A

hen-house

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30
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la grange

A

barn

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31
Q

la basse-cour

A

poultry yard

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32
Q

travailler la terre

A

to work the land

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33
Q

le matériel agricole

A

farm machinery

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34
Q

l’outillage agricole (m)

A

farm implements

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35
Q

labourer

A

to plough

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36
Q

le labour

A

ploughed field

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37
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le laboureur

A

ploughman

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38
Q

labourable

A

arable

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39
Q

le cheval de labour

A

plough horse

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40
Q

la charrue

A

plough

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41
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la moissonneuse-batteuse

A

combine-harvester

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42
Q

la trayeuse mécanique

A

milking machine

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43
Q

la récolte

A

harvest

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44
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les céréales (f)

A

cereals

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45
Q

le blé

A

wheat

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46
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l’orge (f)

A

barley

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47
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l’avoine (f)

A

oats

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48
Q

le seigle

A

rye

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49
Q

le maïs

A

maize

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50
Q

les plantes à racines (f)

A

root crops

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51
Q

la paille

A

straw

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52
Q

le foin

A

hay

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53
Q

la meule de foin

A

haystack

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54
Q

rentrer

A

to bring in (crops)

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55
Q

le grain

A

grain

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56
Q

la graine

A

seed

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57
Q

la semence

A

seed

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58
Q

le cheptel

A

livestock

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59
Q

l’élevage du bétail

A

breeding

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60
Q

l’élevage semi-industrialisé

A

battery farming

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61
Q

le vacher/la vachère

A

cowherd

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62
Q

le berger/la bergère

A

shepherd/shepherdess

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63
Q

le gardeur/la gardeuse de chèvres

A

goatherd

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64
Q

les ovins (m)

A

sheep

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65
Q

le bélier

A

ram

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66
Q

la brebis

A

ewe

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67
Q

le mouton

A

sheep

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68
Q

l’agneau (m)

A

lamb

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69
Q

le bouc

A

billy goat

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70
Q

la chèvre

A

nanny goat

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71
Q

la bique

A

nanny goat

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72
Q

le chevreau

A

kid

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73
Q

le cheval

A

horse

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74
Q

l’étalon (m)

A

stallion

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75
Q

la jument

A

mare

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76
Q

le poulain

A

foal

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77
Q

la pouliche

A

filly

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78
Q

la poulinière

A

(brood) mare

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79
Q

pouliner

A

to foal

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80
Q

l’âne (m)

A

donkey

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81
Q

le mulet/la mule

A

mule

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82
Q

le taureau

A

bull

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83
Q

la vache

A

cow

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84
Q

la génisse

A

heifer

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85
Q

le veau

A

calf

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86
Q

le porc

A

pig

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87
Q

la truie

A

sow

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88
Q

le porcelet

A

piglet

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89
Q

la volaille

A

poultry

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90
Q

la poule

A

hen

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91
Q

le coq

A

cock

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92
Q

le poussin

A

chick

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93
Q

la poule pondeuse

A

laying hen

94
Q

la poule couveuse

A

brood hen

95
Q

le dindon

A

turkey

96
Q

la dinde

A

turkey

97
Q

le canard

A

duck

98
Q

le caneton

A

duckling

99
Q

l’oie (f)

A

goose

100
Q

le jars

A

gander

101
Q

l’oison (m)

A

gosling

102
Q

l’industrie laitière (f)

A

dairy industry

103
Q

la culture biologique

A

organic farming

104
Q

la culture fruitière

A

fruit farming

105
Q

la culture maraîchère

A

market gardening

106
Q

la culture intensive

A

intensive farming

107
Q

l’aviculture (f)

A

poultry farming

108
Q

l’aviculteur/l’avicultrice

A

poultry farmer

109
Q

l’apiculture

A

apiculture, beekeeping

110
Q

l’apiculteur/l’apicultrice

A

apiarist, beekeeper

111
Q

la collectivité rurale

A

farming community

112
Q

le salon de l’agriculture

A

agricultural show

113
Q

l’industrie fromagère (f)

A

cheese industry

114
Q

le fromager

A

cheesemaker, cheese-seller

115
Q

la fromagerie

A

dairy, cheese shop, cheese counter

116
Q

des produits laitiers (m)

A

dairy produce

117
Q

les laitages (m)

A

dairy produce

118
Q

les reproducteurs

A

breeding stock

119
Q

l’institut agronomique

A

agricultural college

120
Q

la laiterie

A

dairy

121
Q

le grenier à foin

A

hayloft

122
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le bûcher

A

woodstore

123
Q

le clapier

A

rabbit hutch

124
Q

la ruche

A

beehive

125
Q

le silo à grains

A

grain silo

126
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le silo à céréales

A

grain silo

127
Q

le silo à fourrage

A

fodder silo

128
Q

le râtelier

A

manger

129
Q

la mangeoire

A

manger

130
Q

l’auge (f)

A

trough

131
Q

abreuver

A

to water

132
Q

l’abreuvoir (m)

A

trough

133
Q

la nourriture pour volaille

A

chicken feed

134
Q

la clôture

A

fence

135
Q

le pâturage

A

pasture, grazing

136
Q

l’herbage (m)

A

pasture, grazing

137
Q

pâturer

A

to graze

138
Q

le pré

A

meadow

139
Q

la prairie

A

meadow, grassland

140
Q

le fossé

A

ditch

141
Q

le fossé d’irrigation

A

irrigation channel

142
Q

le froment

A

wheat

143
Q

le sarrasin

A

buck-wheat

144
Q

le blé noir

A

buck-wheat

145
Q

le blé en herbe

A

corn on the blade

146
Q

le blé d’Inde

A

corn

147
Q

les primeurs (m)

A

early vegetables/fruits

148
Q

l’épouvantail (m)

A

scarecrow

149
Q

en jachère

A

fallow

150
Q

le fumier

A

dung

151
Q

le purin

A

liquid manure

152
Q

l’engrais (m)

A

fertiliser

153
Q

l’épandeur de fumier (m)

A

muck-spreader

154
Q

le distributeur d’engrais

A

muck-spreader

155
Q

le sillon

A

rut

156
Q

le chaume

A

stubble, thatch

157
Q

le défrichement

A

land-clearing

158
Q

le désherbage

A

weed-control

159
Q

le désherbant

A

weedkiller

160
Q

la motte

A

clod

161
Q

calcaire

A

chalky

162
Q

argileux

A

clayey

163
Q

surexploiter

A

to overuse

164
Q

alterner les cultures

A

to rotate crops

165
Q

la culture fourragère

A

fodder crop

166
Q

la culture de rente

A

staple crop

167
Q

le dérivé

A

by-product

168
Q

la truffe

A

truffle

169
Q

engranger

A

to gather in

170
Q

la culture vivrière

A

food crop

171
Q

la culture commerciale

A

cash crop

172
Q

la culture de rente

A

cash crop

173
Q

des boeufs de boucherie

A

beef cattle

174
Q

la vache laitière

A

milk cow

175
Q

la boîte à lait

A

milk can

176
Q

l’heure de la traite

A

milking time

177
Q

la fièvre aphteuse

A

foot and mouth disease

178
Q

le haras

A

stud farm

179
Q

le pacage

A

grazing land

180
Q

le palefrenier

A

groom

181
Q

le fer à cheval

A

horseshoe

182
Q

la baratte

A

churn

183
Q

baratter

A

to churn

184
Q

la tonte

A

shearing

185
Q

le fourrage

A

feed

186
Q

l’ensilage (m)

A

silage

187
Q

le tourteau

A

oil-cake

188
Q

le granulé

A

pellet

189
Q

la pâtée pour porcs

A

pigswill

190
Q

abattre

A

to slaughter

191
Q

l’abattoir (m)

A

slaughter-house

192
Q

le verrat

A

boar

193
Q

le pis

A

udder

194
Q

le joug

A

yoke

195
Q

incuber

A

to incubate

196
Q

le gardien de bétail

A

stockman

197
Q

le gardien de bestiaux

A

stockman

198
Q

la rotation des cultures

A

crop rotation

199
Q

la pulvérisation de pesticides

A

crop spraying

200
Q

le pulvérisateur de pesticides

A

crop sprayer

201
Q

l’avion de pulvérisation de pesticides

A

crop sprayer

202
Q

la fenaison

A

haymaking

203
Q

faucher

A

to mow, reap

204
Q

la faucille

A

sickle

205
Q

la faucheuse

A

reaper, mower

206
Q

la fauchaison

A

mowing, reaping

207
Q

le battage

A

threshing

208
Q

la batteuse

A

threshing machine

209
Q

mettre en balles

A

to bale

210
Q

la mise en balles

A

baling

211
Q

calibrer

A

to grade

212
Q

le calibrage

A

grading

213
Q

la gerbe

A

sheaf

214
Q

l’épi

A

ear

215
Q

les parasites (m)

A

pests

216
Q

le chanvre

A

hemp

217
Q

le colza

A

rape-seed

218
Q

la vendange

A

grape-harvest

219
Q

le vendangeur/-euse

A

grape-picker

220
Q

le cru

A

vineyard, vintage

221
Q

un grand cru

A

a great vintage

222
Q

la cuvée

A

vintage

223
Q

le grain de raisin

A

grape

224
Q

la grappe de raisin

A

bunch of grapes

225
Q

le cep

A

vine stock

226
Q

la cuve

A

vat

227
Q

le cuvage

A

fermentation

228
Q

le pressoir

A

wine press

229
Q

le tonneau

A

cask

230
Q

la mise en bouteille

A

bottling

231
Q

transvaser

A

to decant