This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. English to French
  3. Fisheries

Speckled Peacock Bass

French translation: Tucunaré (Peacock bass)

15:40 Jun 30, 2020
English to French translations [PRO]
Fisheries
English term or phrase: Speckled Peacock Bass
Hello,

Name of a fish.
Thanks
Fabrice Brunon
France
Local time: 15:43
French translation:Tucunaré (Peacock bass)
Explanation:
Je propose de laisser l'anglicisme au moins la première occurence. Il semble être très commun dans le jargon de la pêche.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacock_bass

https://www.google.com/search?bih=758&biw=1536&hl=fr&sxsrf=A...
Selected response from:

Renvi Ulrich
Cameroon
Local time: 14:43
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +2Tucunaré (Peacock bass)
Renvi Ulrich
5Tucunaré tacheté
Said Mwamba
3Cichla temensis
Marylène Piallat
Summary of reference entries provided
Tucunaré jaune
José Patrício

  

Answers


11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5

20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
speckled peacock bass
Tucunaré (Peacock bass)


Explanation:
Je propose de laisser l'anglicisme au moins la première occurence. Il semble être très commun dans le jargon de la pêche.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacock_bass

https://www.google.com/search?bih=758&biw=1536&hl=fr&sxsrf=A...

Renvi Ulrich
Cameroon
Local time: 14:43
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Selected automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  José Patrício: https://espacepourlavie.ca/faune-biodome/tucunare-jaune
7 mins
agree  Marguerite Storm: tucunaré est le nom brésilien mais utilisé en français
18 mins
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
speckled peacock bass
Tucunaré tacheté


Explanation:
Tucunaré ou Peacock bass est le nom employé communément pour décrire plusieurs espèces d’eau douce tropicale du genre Cichla originaires de l’ Amazone . Ces poissons ne sont pas de vrais bass mais plutôt des Cichlidae .


    https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacock_bass
Said Mwamba
Congo, Democratic Republic
Local time: 15:43
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)




Reference comments


29 mins
Reference: Tucunaré jaune

Reference information:
https://espacepourlavie.ca/faune-biodome/tucunare-jaune
Peacock bass (Cichla) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacock_bass
Cichla monoculus: Dans les pays espagnols on l'appele aussi paon - https://www.fishipedia.fr/poissons/cichla-monoculus
Cichla ocellaris - https://fr.depositphotos.com/stock-photos/cichla.html

José Patrício
Portugal
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search