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dégraisser, dégraissant

English translation: temper

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French term or phrase:dégraisser, dégraissant
English translation:temper
Entered by: cchat

19:11 Dec 2, 2013
French to English translations [PRO]
Archaeology
French term or phrase: dégraisser, dégraissant
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.
Karen Gangel
temper
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cchat
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Thanks for all the suggestions.
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5 +2temper
cchat
4degrease, degreasing agent
Yvonne Gallagher
3to degrease, to remove grease marks or dirt from
Jean-Claude Gouin
3degreaser
GuillaumeT (X)
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temper
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degraisser, degraissant
to degrease, to remove grease marks or dirt from


Explanation:
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Jean-Claude Gouin
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temper


Explanation:
See references


    Reference: http://practicalprimitive.com/tempering.html
cchat
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Grading comment
Thanks for all the suggestions.
Notes to answerer
Asker: 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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agree  Sheri P
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agree  Michele Fauble
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degrease, degreasing agent


Explanation:
last paragraph

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...

Yvonne Gallagher
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degreaser


Explanation:
Used in academic and commercial contexts.

Example sentence(s):
  • 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.

    Reference: http://www.academia.edu/1897009/Hand-made_pottery_along_the_...
    Reference: http://www.taxidermyarts.com/p-4037-wool-degreaser.aspx
GuillaumeT (X)
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Reference comments


1 hr peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: temper

Reference information:
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.


    Reference: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/fr/arcnat/harsova/fr/f-feu5.htm
    Reference: http://practicalprimitive.com/tempering.html
cchat
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 21

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Sheri P: Good research. Also appears in Termium.
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