Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
baton de pluie
English translation:
rainstick; rain maker; rain stick
Added to glossary by
David Vaughn
Sep 20, 2006 21:24
17 yrs ago
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French term
baton de pluie
French to English
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Music
This is a hollow tube - often made of bamboo - filled with little objects. When it is turned over with one end down, the objects fall and make a swooshing sound. So what's the English term?
Proposed translations
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| 4 +7 | rainstick |
Bourth (X)
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| 4 +2 | Rainmaker |
Cervin
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| 2 +3 | rain sticks |
Jeffrey Lewis
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| 5 | rain stick |
camiguet
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Proposed translations
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rainstick
That's what I've heard it called. Used to bring rain (by Australian aborigines).
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Note added at 6 mins (2006-09-20 21:31:03 GMT)
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A simple-to-make rainstick made from paper towel tubes, aluminum foil, and small beans or seeds - a great musical instrument that you can make.
www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/music/rainstick/ - 27k - Cached - Similar pages
Rainstick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaA rainstick is a long, hollow tube which is filled with small baubles such ... The Rainstick is generally used to create atmospheric sound effects or as a ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainstick
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Note added at 6 mins (2006-09-20 21:31:03 GMT)
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A simple-to-make rainstick made from paper towel tubes, aluminum foil, and small beans or seeds - a great musical instrument that you can make.
www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/music/rainstick/ - 27k - Cached - Similar pages
Rainstick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaA rainstick is a long, hollow tube which is filled with small baubles such ... The Rainstick is generally used to create atmospheric sound effects or as a ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainstick
Peer comment(s):
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Jeffrey Lewis
: OMG, you caught me...I wasn't thinking like a real pro, there, was I?
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Quite the opposite!
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Julie Barber
: agree, I bought one once as a present..great things although not interesting for long! \\ this is England luv, it rains quite a lot - it would be hard to know the difference. No rain sticks were needed when I'm from....
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Did you make it rain?
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Rob Grayson
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French Foodie
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Gayle Wallimann
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zaphod
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Sarah Downing
: I worked in a gift shop in France and was given one as a present-with a bilingual label ...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks all. The one word spelling seems to predominate. Rain maker also seems to be often used, though dificult to varify its frequency."
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Jeffrey Lewis
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rain sticks
Buy PERCUSSION Accessories : Rain sticks
D'origine chilienne, ce bâton de pluie, fabriqué à partir de cactus, ... Ce bâton de pluie, originaire d'Indonésie, est peint à la main et produit un son ...
www.buy-scores.com/boutique-uk-acc.php?CATEGORIE=260&style=... - 81k -
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http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:wLPGusiNY1kJ:www.lance-...
C'est un moment de vie crue, sincère, tantôt joyeuse, tantôt acide – le
"candide" Lance règle quelques comptes dans Evil – mais toujours
passionné. Lance chante toujours comme si sa vie en dépendait, c'est un bon
musicien, qu'il joue de sa Fine Reso-phonic, de sa lapsteel Gibson de 1938 ou
de sa guitare mexicaine achetée 42 dollars sur la route, et Donna, quand elle
ne pousse pas la chansonnette – I'm In The Mood - continue, imperturbable, à
marquer le tempo en secouant son rainstick, un bâton de pluie offert, lui aussi,
sur la route, un inaltérable sourire aux lèvres.
I guess the higher confidence level decides it!
D'origine chilienne, ce bâton de pluie, fabriqué à partir de cactus, ... Ce bâton de pluie, originaire d'Indonésie, est peint à la main et produit un son ...
www.buy-scores.com/boutique-uk-acc.php?CATEGORIE=260&style=... - 81k -
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http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:wLPGusiNY1kJ:www.lance-...
C'est un moment de vie crue, sincère, tantôt joyeuse, tantôt acide – le
"candide" Lance règle quelques comptes dans Evil – mais toujours
passionné. Lance chante toujours comme si sa vie en dépendait, c'est un bon
musicien, qu'il joue de sa Fine Reso-phonic, de sa lapsteel Gibson de 1938 ou
de sa guitare mexicaine achetée 42 dollars sur la route, et Donna, quand elle
ne pousse pas la chansonnette – I'm In The Mood - continue, imperturbable, à
marquer le tempo en secouant son rainstick, un bâton de pluie offert, lui aussi,
sur la route, un inaltérable sourire aux lèvres.
I guess the higher confidence level decides it!
Peer comment(s):
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Bourth (X)
: Ah, but with your solution Asker gets paid for two words!
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Hey Vaughn, Bourth's refs are better than mine - he even tells you how to make one!!
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Julie Barber
: agree with you & Bourth. As I said to him I bought one once....but the novelty soon wore off...\\ mornin' to ya..
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Hi Julie, thank you
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Rob Grayson
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Hi Rob, thanks
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Rainmaker
See these two sites where there are pictures:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=rainmaker musical ins...
http://www.musiccorner.co.uk/index.php?cPath=5_848_2065
On the second site are pictures of rainmakers and rainsticks.
I dont really know the difference, but in my other life as a musician we referred to them as 'rainmakers'
I just wonder if the rainsticks are the smaller ones
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Sorry, Bourth - and I've made lots of those too- and we still called them rainmakers! I suspect it is one of those things where either translation is the right one and it probably depends which country you are in etc etc. Sorry to be a pain.........
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=rainmaker musical ins...
http://www.musiccorner.co.uk/index.php?cPath=5_848_2065
On the second site are pictures of rainmakers and rainsticks.
I dont really know the difference, but in my other life as a musician we referred to them as 'rainmakers'
I just wonder if the rainsticks are the smaller ones
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Note added at 39 mins (2006-09-20 22:03:45 GMT)
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Sorry, Bourth - and I've made lots of those too- and we still called them rainmakers! I suspect it is one of those things where either translation is the right one and it probably depends which country you are in etc etc. Sorry to be a pain.........
Peer comment(s):
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Jeffrey Lewis
: I just knew you had another life, Cervin.
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Ah well... many thanks Mr Lewis
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French Foodie
: I've heard this term for it as well.
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Thanks Mara!
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rain stick
A rainstick is a large wooden hollow stick with small pebbles inside that make sound like rain when you rotate the stick. I believe it's from Chili. You can see the dictionary definition here:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=rain stick
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=rain stick
Discussion
Hey Bourth - I bill for THREE words.
Source. ;-))