Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
interbreeding [more properly: in-breeding]
French translation:
consanguinité
Added to glossary by
Tony M
Jan 14, 2021 19:23
3 yrs ago
36 viewers *
English term
interbreeding
English to French
Art/Literary
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
teenager\'s fantasy ficti
Cobe had never given it much thought, but if he did, he might’ve changed his mind about his peers. His village was so remote and small that the five young men were all related by blood. The rarity of new people joining their small community made interbreeding a reality. The men were all cousins, even if Cobe would never admit it. They shared the same straight dark hair, same tanned skin, even the same facial features; close-set eyes and a pug nose.
Proposed translations
(French)
| 4 +4 | consanguinité |
Tony M
|
| 4 | endogamie |
AllegroTrans
|
| 4 | intramarriage |
Justin Reeve
|
| 3 -1 | métissage |
Saeed Najmi
|
Change log
Jan 16, 2021 10:35: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2797954">marlene Le Duc (X)'s</a> old entry - "interbreeding"" to ""consanguinité""
Proposed translations
+4
20 mins
Selected
consanguinité
Yes, this is what we call 'in-breeding' or 'interbreeding' — there's a lot of it around where I live! You can see why the Bible forbids it — the gene pool gets too restricted.
Cf. many of the ruling families in Europe and elsewhere: congenital defects, mental health problems, ...
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2021-01-14 20:48:33 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Yes, I think the person mistakenly used the wrong term, which ought to have been 'in-breeding' — though people do also use 'interbreeding' in this sense, where it is clear it refers to 'interbreeding within a genetically-close group'.
Cf. many of the ruling families in Europe and elsewhere: congenital defects, mental health problems, ...
--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2021-01-14 20:48:33 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------
Yes, I think the person mistakenly used the wrong term, which ought to have been 'in-breeding' — though people do also use 'interbreeding' in this sense, where it is clear it refers to 'interbreeding within a genetically-close group'.
Note from asker:
| yes but that's the exact opposite of the Cambridge https://dictionary.cambridge.org/fr/dictionnaire/anglais/interbreeding |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Saeed Najmi
: ''consanguinité", I agree, is the best choice so far, and it is the absolute opposite of my initial suggestion.
1 hr
|
|
شكرا, Saeed!
|
|
| agree |
Gladis Audi, DipTrans
11 hrs
|
|
Thanks, Gladis!
|
|
| agree |
Daryo
12 hrs
|
|
Thanks, Daryo!
|
|
| agree |
Alexander Akel
17 hrs
|
|
Thanks, Alexander!
|
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
-1
1 hr
Saeed Najmi
Morocco
Morocco
Native in French
Morocco
Juggling languages: a science and an art
Native in: Arabic (Variants: Standard-Arabian (MSA), Moroccan) 
, French
Works in: English to Arabic, French to Arabic, Arabic to English, and 3 more.
Related KudoZ points
:
4
métissage
selon le robert et larousse si c'est valable.
Note from asker:
| ca ne colle pas avec le contexte c'est bien pour cela que j'ai posé la question |
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
Thomas Miles
: يشير اقتراحكم إلى دخول شعوب أُخرى، بينما المعنى (على الأقل المعنى المقصود!) هو انعزال هذا الشعب
5 mins
|
|
Absolutely. That's why I didn't rate it high in terms of confidence. Thanks for the feedback.
|
|
| disagree |
Tony M
: That's not the same thing at all. 'métissage' refers to e.g. different ethnic groups breeding together — which serves to diversify the gene pool; this is about breeding between people who are too genetically close.
22 mins
|
|
Matter already discussed and cleared with Thomas. Thanks.
|
5 hrs
AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Sensible solutions
Native in: English (Variant: Wessexois) 
Works in: French to English, English, English to French
Related KudoZ points
:
108
endogamie
endogamie , nom féminin
Sens 1
Sociologie
Fait de se marier à l'intérieur de son groupe tribal.
https://www.linternaute.fr/dictionnaire/fr/definition/endoga...
Sens 1
Sociologie
Fait de se marier à l'intérieur de son groupe tribal.
https://www.linternaute.fr/dictionnaire/fr/definition/endoga...
Note from asker:
| le contexte évoque bien une situation d'endogamie et de ses conséquences, toutefois je vais préféré le terme consanguinité, qui sous entends par sa connotation méprisante la kyrielle de tares en découlant souvent. |
1 day 4 hrs
Justin Reeve
Canada
Canada
Native in English
Specializes in field
Canada
Archaeologist, Historian, Linguist
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, English to French, German to English, and 1 more.
intramarriage
Similar to intermarriage.
Discussion
Hors, au regard du contexte , il s'agirait plus de consanguinité.
A part le narrateur petit mais futé, les autres personnages sont décrits comme de grande brutes tyranniques et stupides