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PRONUNCIATION OF TEPHRA IN FRENCH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TEPHRA

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Tephra is a noun.
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WHAT DOES TEPHRA MEAN IN FRENCH?

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tephra

ejecta

Éjecta

Ejectas, tephras or pyroclasts are solid rock fragments expelled into the air during the eruption of a volcano. Pyroclasts are fragments of magmatic rock solidified at the time of the eruption, or more frequently during its aerial journey, or torn from the solid state by erosion of the geological structures existing along the eruptive lines. The term tephra is used as a synonym, although generally used only for ash. Les éjectas, téphras ou pyroclastes sont les fragments de roche solide expulsés dans l’air pendant l’éruption d’un volcan. Les pyroclastes sont des fragments de roche magmatique solidifiés à un moment de l’éruption, ou plus fréquemment pendant son parcours aérien, ou arrachés à l’état solide par érosion des structures géologiques existant le long des conduites éruptives. Le terme téphra est utilisé comme synonyme, bien que généralement utilisé seulement pour les cendres.

Definition of tephra in the French dictionary

The definition of tephra in the dictionary is elem. from gr. τ  ε    φ  ρ  α ash or τ  ε  φ  ρ  ο    Ashen gray, entering the constr. of sav terms belonging in particular to the field of geol.

La définition de tephra dans le dictionnaire est élém. tiré du gr. τ ε ́ φ ρ α cendre ou τ ε φ ρ ο ́ ς gris cendré, entrant dans la constr. de termes sav. appartenant notamment au domaine de la géol.

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FRENCH WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TEPHRA


téphra
téphra

FRENCH WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TEPHRA

tenue
nuirostre
nuirostres
nuité
tenure
tenuto
ocalli
orbe
osophe
téphilin
tephilin
téphra
téphrite
téphrochronologie
téphroïte
téphromancie
téphrosie
tépidarium
tepidarium
tépide

FRENCH WORDS THAT END LIKE TEPHRA

accra
agora
alhambra
ara
aura
bora
caldera
cobra
diaspora
et cetera
extra
fra
infra
opéra
para
ra
sahara
sierra
supra
ultra

Synonyms and antonyms of tephra in the French dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «tephra» into 25 languages

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火山灰
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator French - Spanish

tephra
570 millions of speakers

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tephra
510 millions of speakers

Translator French - Hindi

tephra
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator French - Arabic

تيفرا
280 millions of speakers

Translator French - Russian

тефра
278 millions of speakers

Translator French - Portuguese

tephra
270 millions of speakers

Translator French - Bengali

tephra
260 millions of speakers

French

tephra
220 millions of speakers

Translator French - Malay

tephra
190 millions of speakers

Translator French - German

Tephra
180 millions of speakers

Translator French - Japanese

テフラ
130 millions of speakers

Translator French - Korean

테프라
85 millions of speakers

Translator French - Javanese

tephra
85 millions of speakers
vi

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tephra
80 millions of speakers

Translator French - Tamil

tephra
75 millions of speakers

Translator French - Marathi

tephra
75 millions of speakers

Translator French - Turkish

Yanardağın
70 millions of speakers

Translator French - Italian

tephra
65 millions of speakers

Translator French - Polish

tefra
50 millions of speakers

Translator French - Ukrainian

тефра
40 millions of speakers

Translator French - Romanian

tephra
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator French - Greek

τέφρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator French - Afrikaans

tephra
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator French - Swedish

tefra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator French - Norwegian

tefra
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tephra

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TEPHRA»

The term «tephra» is regularly used and occupies the 25.202 position in our list of most widely used terms in the French dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TEPHRA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the French literature, quotes and news about tephra

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10 FRENCH BOOKS RELATING TO «TEPHRA»

Discover the use of tephra in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tephra and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in French literature.
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Identité granulométrique des tephra volcaniques
Appliquées aux tephra (c'est-à-dire tous les produits volcaniques, à l'exclusion des coulées de laves) sont classiquement utilisées pour l'approche de la connaissance des dynamismes volcaniques. Ces méthodes nécessitent une durée de ...
Jacques-Marie Bardintzeff, Jean-Claude Miskovsky, 1984
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Dictionnaire encyclopédique de science du sol: avec index ...
Tephra (gr.) : cendre Terme collectif désignant les particules solides de roches ignées* de toutes dimensions expulsées lors d'une éruption volcanique et transportées par le vent. On peut ainsi retrouver des tephras dans les sols environnants ...
Clément Mathieu, Jean Lozet, 2011
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Dictionnaire de Géologie - 7e édition
Tentaculites 1 : Tentaculites (Silurien - Dévonien) – 2 : Nowakia (Dévonien) – CL, CT: coupes longitudinale, transversale – VE : vue externe. téphra (ou tephra) n. m. [Thorarinsson, 1954, mot gr. signif. cendre ; angl. tephra] – Ensemble de ...
Alain Foucault, Jean-François Raoult, 2010
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L'érosion entre société, climat et paléoenvironnement: table ...
Téphrochronologie, palynologie et histoire des feux L'étude téphrochronologique précise les épisodes impluviométriques caractéristiques en relation avec les éruptions distales des volcans de la mer Tyrhénienne : - tephra de Stromboli de ...
Philippe Allée, Laurent Lespez, 2006
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Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française
l'Allerôd et datation radiocarbone de 11 360 i 130 BP (Ly 3733) (Vernet et Paquereau, 1986, 1991). - Tephra du maar trachyandésitique de la Nugère comprises entre 11 490 i 60 BP (GrN 12 643) et 11 340 i 100 B.P. (GrN 12 642) ( Etlicher et ...
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Tephras: chronologie, archéologie
3.2 Geological interpretation of soil “C dates We recognize significant age differences between paleosol samplesjust above and below a tephra layer (Fig. 2 -A, B, O 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 C/Nratio Figure 4. Relation between C/N ratio and " C ...
Etienne Juvigné, Jean-Paul Raynal, 2001
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Mémoires
Kobiwako group and the Tokai group, some common tephra are continuously traceable in the stratigraphie column and some common vertebrate fossils had been unearthed from several horizons. In respect to that connection, it has been ...
France. Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières
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Mémoires du Bureau de recherches géologiques et minières
Kobiwako group and the Tokai group, some common tephra are continuously traceable in the stratigraphie column and some common vertebrate fossils had been unearthed from several horizons. In respect to that connection, it has been ...
9
Histoire éruptive et évaluation des aléas du volcan ...
Ces demiers sont les plus jeunes dépôts de ponces reconnus de la caldeira d' Atitlân: les tephra I, à I, sont compris entre 75'000 et 3200 ans BP. L'ensemble des tephra I représente un volume total d'environ 5.5 kmï' (DRE). Les récentes et  ...
Thierry Stéphane Basset, 1996
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Sediment Budgets
The deposition of the tephra encouraged erosion processes. Gullies rapidly developed in the upper slope close to the peak, including the slope of interest in this study. To understand post-eruption erosion processes, an aerial photograph  ...
D. E. Walling, Arthur J. Horowitz, 2005

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TEPHRA»

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Bienvenue sur Nintendo-Difference
... avec la piste Time to Fight! composée par la talentueuse Yoko Shimomura en fond, Nintendo nous montre la Colonie 9, la Grotte de Tephra, ... «Nintendo-Difference, Mar 15»
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Prendre du plaisir avec le Loom de Fear of Men
"Tephra" est rythmé et plaisant. "America" beaucoup plus banal. Fear of Men n'est pas un groupe original pour deux sous mais il n'est pas ... «Premiere.fr Fluctuat, Apr 14»
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Map : Tephra Castle & Noxshire
Vous êtes amateur de l'univers des chevaliers et du Moyen-Age ? Alors la carte Tephra Castle and the Town of Noxshire ou en français le ... «Millenium, Mar 14»
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Adrien Missika
Intitulée «Tephra», terme qui désigne la cendre et les fragments de roche expulsés en l'air au moment d'une éruption volcanique, l'exposition regroupe un ... «Paris-Art.com, May 13»
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L'Uturuncu, stratovolcan ou supervolcan bolivien 1ière Partie.
... connu une éruption ignimbritique d'Explosivité Volcanique VEI 8, vers 4 millions d'années BC produisant 2.500 kilomètres cubes de tephra, ... «Come4News, Mar 13»
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Activité éruptive de la Taupo Volcanic Zone.
... calendar age for the Taupo Tephra », A Hogg, J Palmer, G Boswiks, CB Ramsey et RJ Sparks -, menées en Nouvelle-Zélande suggèrent une ... «Come4News, Dec 12»

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« EDUCALINGO. Tephra [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-fr/tephra>. Apr 2024 ».
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