Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
soie
English translation:
setae (hairs or bristles)
Added to glossary by
Charles Davis
Aug 16, 2015 18:02
8 yrs ago
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French term
soie
French to English
Science
Zoology
In a document about bees, I have the following sentence:
Des substances chimiques sont retenues à la surface du corps de l'insecte (cuticule, soies, pattes) pouvant, selon leur nature et leur toxicité, provoquer sa mort.
Various chemical substances are retained on the insect's surface (e.g. cuticle, ..., legs) and may, depending on their nature and toxicity, cause death.
Anyone seen "soie" to do with bees or other insects?
Thanks in advance!
Des substances chimiques sont retenues à la surface du corps de l'insecte (cuticule, soies, pattes) pouvant, selon leur nature et leur toxicité, provoquer sa mort.
Various chemical substances are retained on the insect's surface (e.g. cuticle, ..., legs) and may, depending on their nature and toxicity, cause death.
Anyone seen "soie" to do with bees or other insects?
Thanks in advance!
Proposed translations
(English)
4 +3 | setae | Charles Davis |
3 +2 | hairs | Tony M |
3 +1 | bristles | patrickfor |
Change log
Aug 27, 2015 10:59: Charles Davis Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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setae
Taking up Tony's challenge... If you do want a more "technical" term, this, I think, is it. Actually "hairs" is perfectly OK, and many bee-related texts use it. They are specifically the "hairs" on the bee's legs which it uses as "combs" and "brushes". Here's a nice page on bees' legs:
http://www.bumblebee.org/bodyLegs.htm#combs and brushes
"Le premier segment des trois paires de pattes possède une touffe de soies à sa face interne [...]"
https://books.google.es/books?id=_VvsNzmvkp4C&pg=PA532&lpg=P...
"Seta, plural: setae, is a biological term derived from the Latin word for "bristle". It refers to a number of different bristle- or hair-like structures on living organisms."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seta
"The term scopa (Latin: a broom) is used to refer to any of a number of different modifications on the body of a non-parasitic bee that form a pollen-carrying apparatus. In most bees, the scopa is simply a particularly dense mass of elongated, often branched, hairs (or setae) on the hind leg."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopa_(biology)
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Note added at 21 mins (2015-08-16 18:24:22 GMT)
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Sorry, your question is "soie", singular, and the singular of setae is seta, so that should really have been my answer.
http://www.bumblebee.org/bodyLegs.htm#combs and brushes
"Le premier segment des trois paires de pattes possède une touffe de soies à sa face interne [...]"
https://books.google.es/books?id=_VvsNzmvkp4C&pg=PA532&lpg=P...
"Seta, plural: setae, is a biological term derived from the Latin word for "bristle". It refers to a number of different bristle- or hair-like structures on living organisms."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seta
"The term scopa (Latin: a broom) is used to refer to any of a number of different modifications on the body of a non-parasitic bee that form a pollen-carrying apparatus. In most bees, the scopa is simply a particularly dense mass of elongated, often branched, hairs (or setae) on the hind leg."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopa_(biology)
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Note added at 21 mins (2015-08-16 18:24:22 GMT)
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Sorry, your question is "soie", singular, and the singular of setae is seta, so that should really have been my answer.
Note from asker:
Thank you! This is great. |
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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6 mins
hairs
Bees have 'hairy' bodies — soft, silky hair, which probably isn't actual 'hair' at all, but some kind of cilla.
But you'd better check if there is a more technical term for it!
But you'd better check if there is a more technical term for it!
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Charles Davis
: "Hair" is OK
15 mins
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Thanks, Charles!
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agree |
Michele Fauble
: I suggest 'hairs (setae)'.
5 hrs
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Merci, Michele !
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21 mins
French term (edited):
soies
bristles
From the body surface of the insect there arises a profusion of fine bristles most of which have a sensory function,
http://www.biology-resources.com/insect-structure.html
http://www.biology-resources.com/insect-structure.html
Peer comment(s):
agree |
Charles Davis
: Yes, this is really what they are.
1 min
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Thanks Charles! I used plural as in the text it reads "soies" and I changed it (see above) soies/bristles
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