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THE MINI FIREFLY DICTIONARY VISUAL i THE MINI FIREFLY SPANISH/ENGLISH DICTIONARY VISUAL Jean-Claude Corbeil Ariane Archambault Books Firefly PuDi^ Boston A FireflyB(-x:)K ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PublishedbyFireflyBooksLtd.2006 Copyright©2006QAInternational Ourdeepestgratitude to the individuals, institutions, companiesand businessesthat have provided uswith the latest technical documentation for use in preparing The Firefly MiniSpanish/English Allrightsresenred.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced, VisualDictionary. storedinaretrievalsystemortransmittedinanyformorbyany Arcand. Denys(realisateur);Association InternationaledeSignalisation Maritime:Association means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recordingor canadiennedespaiements(CharlieClarke):AssociationdesbanquiersCanadians(LiseProvost): otherwise,withoutthepriorwnttenpermissionofthePublisher. AutomobilesCitroen:AutomobilesPeugeot:BanqueduCanada(LyseBrousseau):BanqueRoyale duCanada(RaymondChouinard. Francine Morel. 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Summary:Ageneralreferencevisualdictionaryfeaturingtermsin lavarone,RonOyama):Corporationd'hebergementduQuebec(CelineDrolet):Ecolenationalede EnglishandSpanish.Includessectionsonastronomy,geography, theatreduCanada(Bibliotheque):ElevageLeGrandSaphir(StephanaAyotte):Energieatomique theanimalandvegetablekingdoms,humanbiology,thehome, du Canada Itee: Eurocopter: Famous Players: Federation bancaire franpaise (Vedi Hekiman): clothingandaccessories,artandarchitecture,communication, Fontaine.PierreHenry(biologiste): FutureShop:Garaga:GroupeJeanCoutu:HopitalduSacre- transportation,energy,science,societyandsports. CceurdeMontreal:HotelInter-Continental:Hydro-Quebec:I.P.I.Q.(SergeBouchard):IGABarcelo: ISBN-13:978-1-55407-192-0 (pbk.) InternationalEntomologicalSociety(Dr.MichaelGeisthardt):Irisbus:Jerome.Danielle(O.D.):La ISBN-10: 1-55407-192-5 (pbk.) Poste(ColetteGouts):LeGroupeCanamManacme.:Levesque.Georges(urgentologue):Levesque, 1.Picturedictionaries,Spanish. 2.Picturedictionaries,English. Robert(chefmachiniste):Manutan:MarriotSpringHillsuites:MATRASA.:Metroinc.:mlnistere 3.Spanishlanguage-Dictlonanes-English. 4.Englishlanguage- canadien de la Defense nationale (Affaires publiques): ministere de la Defense, Republique Dictionaries-Spanish. I.Archambeault,Ariane. II.Title. Frangaise:ministeredelaJusticeduQuebec(Servicedelagestionimmobiliere-CarolSirois): 463.21 dc22 PC4629.C6736 2006 ministeredeI'EducationduQuebec(DirectiondeI'equipementscoiaire-DanielChagnon):Muse Productions(AnnickBarbery):NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration:NationalOceanic LibraryandArchivesCanadaCataloguinginPublication Corbeil.Jean-Claude, 1932- and Atmospheric Administration: Nikon Canada inc.: Normand, Denis (consultant en TheFireflyminiSpanish/Englishvisualdictionary/Jean-Claude telecommunications):OfficedelalanguefrangaiseduQuebec(ChantalRobinson):PaulDemers& Corbeil.ArianeArchambault. Filsinc.:Phillips(France):Pratt&WhitneyCanadame,:PrevostCarinc.:RadioShackCanadaItee: Includesindex. Reno-Depotinc.: Robitaille.Jean-Frangois(Departementdebiologie, UniversiteLaurentienne): ISBN-13:978-1-55407-192-0 RockingT Ranch and Poultry Farm (Pete and Justine Theer): RONA me.: Sears Canada me.: ISBN-10: 1-55407-192-5 Secretariatd'EtatduCanada;Bureaudelatraduction:ServicecorrectionnelduCanada:Societe 1.Picturedictionaries.Spanish. 2.Picturedictionaries.English. d'EntomologieAfricaine(AlainDrumont):Societedesmuseesquebecois(MichelPerron):Societe 3.Spanishlanguage-Dictionaries-English. 4.Englishlanguage- Radio-Canada:SonyduCanadaItee:SureteduQuebec:TheatreduNouveauMonde;Transports Dictionaries-Spanish. I.Archambault.Ariane, 1936- II.Title. Canada(JuliePoirier);Urgences-Sante(EricBerry);VilledeLongueuil(DirectiondelaPolice);Ville AG250.C663752006 463'.21 C2006-900746-2 deMontreal(Servicedelapreventiondesincendies):VimontLexusToyota;VolvoBusCorporation: YamahaMotorCanadaLtd. PublishedintheUnitedStatesby FireflyBooks(U.S.)Inc. QAInternationalwishestoextendaspecialthankyoutothefollowingpeoplefortheircontributionto P.O.Box1338,EllicottStation TheFireflyMiniSpanish/EnglishVisualDictionary. Buffalo.NewYork 14205 Jean-LouisMartin.MarcLalumiere.JacquesPerrault,StephanaRoy,AliceComtois,MichelBlais, PublishedinCanadaby Christiane Beauregard, MamadouTogoia. Annie Maurice. CharlesCampeau. Mivil Deschenes, FireflyBooksLtd. JonathanJacques.MartinLortie.RaymondMartin.FrederickSimard,YanTremblay.MathieuBlouin, 66LeekCrescent SebastianDallaire.HoangKhanhLe,MartinDesrosiers,NicolasOroc,FrangoisEscalmel.Daniele RichmondHill,OntarioL4B IHl Lemay. Pierre Savoie, Benoit Bourdeau, Marie-Andree Lemieux, Caroline Soucy.YvesChabot, Anne-MarieOuellette,Anne-MarieVilleneuve.Anne-MarieBrault,NancyLepage,DanielProvost, Coverdesign:GarethLind FrangoisVezina,BradWilson,MichaelWorek,LionelKoffler,MarayaRaduha,DaveHarvey,Mike Parkes.GeorgeWalkerandAnnaSimmons. PrintedinSingapore TheFireflyMiniSpanish/EnglishVisualDictionarywascreatedandproducedby QAInternational 329,ruedelaCommuneQuest.3*etage Montreal(Quebec)H2Y2E1Canada T514,4993000 F514,499.3010 www.qa-lnternattonal.com V editorial staff Jean-ClaudeCorbellisanexpertinlinguisucplanning,withaworldwidereputabonin Publisher:JacquesFortin thefieldso(comparabveterminologyandsocio-linguisbcs Heservesasaconsultantto Authors:Jean-ClaudeCorbellandAnaneArchambault vanousinternationalorgamzabonsandgovernments EditorialDirector:FranqolsFortin Editorin-Chlef:SergeD'Amico ArtaneArchambault aspecialistinappliedlinguisbcs,hastaughtloreignlanguagesand GraphicDesign:AnneTremblay ISnowaterminologistandeditoro(dictionanesandreferencebooks PRODUCTION MacThienNguyenHoang GuylalneHoule terminological research JeanBeaumont CatherineBriand NathalieGulllo ILLUSTRATIONS ArtDirection:JocelynGardner JeanYvesAhern RielleLevesque AlainLemire MelanieBoivin YanBohler ClaudeThivlerge PascalBilodeau MichelRouleau AnoukNoel CadPellebei LAYOUT PascalGoyette JanouEveLeGuemer VeroniqueBoisvert Jos^Gagnon KarineRaymond GenevieveTherouxBellveau DOCUMENTATION GillesVezina KathleenWynd StephaneBatigne SylvainRobichaud JessieDaigle DATA MANAGEMENT Programmer:DanielBeaulieu NathalieFrechette REVISION Mane-NIcoleCImon PREPRESS SophiePelleiin KlenTang TonyO'Riley Introduction to The Firefly Mini Spanish/English Visual Dictionary A DICTIONARY FOR ONE AND ALL STRUCTURE TheFireflyMiniSpanish/EnglishVisualDictionaryusespicturesto TheFireflyMiniSpanish/EnglishVisualDictionaryisdividedintoTHEMES, definewords.Withthousandsofillustrationsandthousandsofspecialist outliningsubjectsfromastronomytosports. andgeneralterms,itprovidesarichsourceofknowledgeaboutthe MorecomplexsubjectsaredividedintoSUB-THEMES:forexample,theAnimal worldaroundyou. Kingdomchapterisdividedintothemesincludinginsectsandarachnids, Designedforthegeneralreaderandstudentsoflanguage.TheFireflyMini mollusks.andcrustaceans. Spanish/EnglishVisualDictionaryrespondstotheneedsofanyoneseeking TheTfTLESnametheobjectand.attimes,thechiefmembersofaclassof precise,correcttermsforawiderangeofobjects.Usingillustrationsenables objectsarebroughttogetherunderthesameSUBTITLE. youto"see”immediatelythemeaningofeachterm. TheILLUSTRATIONSshowanobject,aprocessoraphenomenon,andthe YoucanuseTheFireflyMiniSpanish/EnglishVisualDictionaryin mostsignificantdetailsfromwhichtheyareconstructed.Itservesasavisual severalways: definitionforeachofthetermspresented. BygoingfromanIdeatoaword.Ifyouarefamiliarwithanobjectbutdonot TERMINOLOGY knowthecorrectnameforit.youcanlookuptheobjectinthedictionaryand EachwordinTheFireflyMiniSpanish/EnglishVisualDictionaryhasbeen youwillFindthevariouspartscorrectlynamed. carefullychosenandverified.Sometimesdifferentwordsareusedtoname Bygoingfromawordtoanidea.Ifyouwanttocheckthemeaningofaterm, thesameobject,andinthesecasesthewordmostcommonlyusedwas refertotheIndexwhereyouwillfindthetermandbedirectedtothe chosen. appropriateIllustrationthatdefinestheterm. Forsheerpleasure.Youcanflipfromoneillustrationtoanotherorfromone wordtoanother,forthesolepurposeofenjoyingtheillustrationsand enrichingyourknowledgeofthewoddaroundus. COLOR REFERENCE Onthespineand backofthebookthisidentifiesand accompanieseachthemetofacilitatequickaccessto TITLE thecorrespondingsecboninthebook ItIShighlightedinEnglish, andtheSpanish equivalentisplaced underneathinsmaller SUB THEME characters. Ifthetitlerunsovera numberof Mostthemesaresubdividedintosub pages.Itisprinted ingrayonthepages themes.Thesub-themeisgiven bothin ; subsequenttothefirstpageonwhich itappears. EnglishandinSpanish NARROW LINES Tfieselinkthewordtotheitemindicated.Wheretoo manylineswouldmakereadingdifficult,theyhave beenreplacedbycolorcodeswithcapbonsor,inrare cases,bynumbers. MMCnMDAMCHNIM •nECIOS>AHMMUn mWriS MUWMM honeybee exampiesofinsects ayvwipKH*Oemtevtoi* I | mafpttotno4*•hwwytx* \ i « <9 t w y«v /|\ THEME ILLUSTRATION ItISalwaysunilingual, in English. It serves as the visual definition for the termsassociatedwith it. GENDER INDICATION F: feminine M: masculineN: neuter TERM Thegenderofeachword inatermisindicated. Thecharactersshowninthedicbonaryare Eachtermappearsintheindexwithareferencetothe menorwomenwhenthefunctionillustrated langpuaaggeess,ownitwhhiEcnhgliitsahppaesartsh.eImtaismgiivnednexinenbtortyh. cgeanndbeerfauslsfiilglendedbytoeitthheer.woIrndthdeespeecnadsseso,ntthhee illustration; Infact,theword iseither masculineorfemininedependingonthesexof the person. Contents ASTRONOMY a COMMUNICATIONS AND OFFICE 1 AUTOMATION 312 ' 2 Celestial bodies 7 Communications 312 Astronomical observation Astronautics 10 Officeautomation 323 EARTH 1A TRANSPORT AND MACHINERY 342 Geography 14 Road transport 342 26 Geology 374 37 Railtransport Meteorology 381 44 Maritimetransport Environment 306 VEGETABLE KINGOOM BO Airtransport 336 Handling ANIMAL KINGOOM se 336 Heavymachinery Simple organismsand echinoderms 66 ENERGY 402 67 Insectsand arachnids 402 Crustaceans 71 Geothermal and fossil energy 72 406 Mollusks Hydroelectricity 74 408 Fishes Nuclearenergy Amphibians 75 Solarenergy 410 76 Reptiles 412 Wind energy 76 BRiorddesntsand lagomorphs B2 SCIENCE 414 Ungulate mammals 63 Chemistry 414 CMaarrniinveormoaumsmmaalmsmals 6360 Physics; electricityand magnetism 416 4 8 Primate mammals 01 Physics: optics 1 422 HUMAN BEING 3S Measuringdevices 426 Scientificsymbols Human body S2 SOCIETY 430 06 Anatomy Sense organs 114 City 430 FOOO ANO KITCHEN nso 440 Justice Food 120 Economyandfinance 441 162 444 Kitchen Education HOUSE nBS 446 Religion 448 Location 102 Politics Elementsofa house 165 Safety 454 Structureofa house 167 Health 460 Heating 102 SPORTS ANO GAMES 4BS Plumbing Electricity 106 Games 4BS Housefurniture 2QO Trackand field 472 DO-IT-YOURSELF AND GARDENING sns 474 Ball sports Do-it-yourself 216 Racketsports 430 230 436 Gardening Gymnastics CLOTHING S3S Combatsports 438 500 PERSONAL ADORNMENT ANO ARTICLES Strength sports SBA Precision and accuracysports 502 506 Personal adornment 264 Wintersports Personal articles 271 Aquaticand nauticalsports 516 ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE S78 Cycling 522 523 276 Motorsports Architecture 526 230 Sportson wheels Performingarts Music 235 Outdoorleisure 528 2 ASTROMOMY 14 EARTH 50 VEC3ETABLE KINGDOM BB ANIMAL KINGDOM List of chapters 02 HUMAN BEING 120 FOOD AND KITCHEN B2 HOUSE 1 21 B DO-IT-YOURSELF AND GARDENING 23B CLOTHING 2B4 PERSONAL ADORNMENT AND ARTICLES ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE 2"7S 312 COMMUNICATIONS AND OFFICE AUTOMATION 342 TRANSPORT AND MACHINERY 402 ENERGY 414 SCIENCE 430 SOCIETY 4BS SPORTS AND GAMES 533 INDEX CELESTIALBODIES CUERPOSCELESTES | solar system sistema^solar outer planets 50,000astronomical units planetas'^externos 50.000unidades'' Saturn ASTRONOMY astronomicas Saturno Pluto Plutdn Oortcloud nude'"deOort astronomicas ' planets and satellites planetas^y satelites'^ I Deimos Phobos Deimos Fobos Moon Luna'' Venus Venus Mercury Mercurio Earth Tierra^ Mars Marte lo Callisto io Calisto Europa Ganymede Europa GaniHiecles Sun Sol'^ ^ I

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