Cured Ember Root

19:31 Oct 30, 2020
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English to French translations [PRO]
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English term or phrase: Cured Ember Root
Bonjour,

Je dois traduire "Cured Ember Root" dans un roman fantasy, mais à part légumineuse, je ne vois pas de quoi il s'agit :(

Merci de votre aide
Transexpertise
France
Local time: 07:38


Summary of answers provided
3 -1Racine de braise durci / de pommes de terre braisées / de quatre-temps guéries/miraculés
Johannes Gleim


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cured ember root
Racine de braise durci / de pommes de terre braisées / de quatre-temps guéries/miraculés


Explanation:
Checked about 20 bilingual dictionaries and found the following:

Definition & Synonyms
• Ember
(n.) A lighted coal, smoldering amid ashes; -- used chiefly in the plural, to signify mingled coals and ashes; the smoldering remains of a fire.
(a.) Making a circuit of the year of the seasons; recurring in each quarter of the year; as, ember fasts.
Synonyms: Coal,
https://hamariweb.com/dictionaries/ember_french-meanings.asp...

Meanings of "ember" with other terms in English French Dictionary : 4 result(s)
Category English French
1 General ember days quatre-temps [pl/m]
2 Science ember tetra hyphessobrycon amandae
3 Fish ember parrotfish perroquet braisé
4 Gastronomy ember baked potatoes pommes de terre au feu de bois
https://tureng.com/en/french-english/ember

Notes: For quatre-temps see https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatre_Temps
Le tétra-amande (Hyphessobrycon amandae), aussi appelé Tétra étincelle, est une espèce de poissons de la famille des Characidae.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphessobrycon_amandae
perroquet braisé ember parrotfish
https://tureng.com/de/franzosisch-englisch/perroquet braisé

Ember [ˈɛmbəʳ ]noun
braise f ⧫ charbon m ardent
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-french/...

ember
tison (French / français)
The original English definition:
ember (English)
A small, glowing piece of coal or wood, as in a dying fire.
https://translate.translation-services-usa.com/ember/french/

ember
ember
n braise f , charbon m ardent
:
Each dying ember wrought Its ghost on the floor
Et chaque tison ouvrageait son spectre sur le sol.
A group of dedicated participants managed to get a nice bit of ember going, but no flame.
Un groupe de participants très motivés réussit à créer une braise, mais pas de flamme.
https://dictionary.reverso.net/english-french/ember

and repetitions:

How to say ember in French
French Translation: Braise
https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/the/french-word-for-ember....

ember {noun}
FR braise tison
FR braises cendres ardentes
glowing embers [example]
FR feu de braises
https://en.bab.la/dictionary/english-french/ember

embers npl (remains of a fire) braise nf; charbon ardent nm
https://www.wordreference.com/enfr/ember

ember morceau m de braise
the embers les braises fpl
https://de.pons.com/übersetzung/englisch-französisch/ember

Possible translations for 'cured ember root':
Racine de braise guérie/miraculé/durci
Racine de quatre-temps guéries/miraculés
Racine de pommes de terre braisées

Or any other combination
Hope this helps.


Johannes Gleim
Local time: 07:38
Native speaker of: German
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: None of the above makes any sense at all in the given context. This appears to be the root of a plant called 'ember' (probably fictional); there are various ways it might have been 'cured' — most likely being dried, producing sth to grind as eg medicine
5 hrs
  -> you cannot diesagree, if you have no idea, why the novelle is called 'Cured Ember Root', up to now, all 'substantiations' above are suggestions. If you have an impression of the theme, do not hesitate to propose it.
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