ratcheting device

French translation: dispositif á cliquet

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English term or phrase:ratcheting device
French translation:dispositif á cliquet
Entered by: Delphine Perrottet

08:23 Oct 10, 2010
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks
English term or phrase: ratcheting device
The secondary tensioner on the engine has a ratcheting device that must be reset before installation.

--> appareil / dispositif à cliquet ?
Delphine Perrottet
Local time: 15:28
dispositif á cliquet
Explanation:
http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/theme/TV/EN/FR/R/3
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Zoubida Hamdaoui
Local time: 15:28
Grading comment
Thanks :)
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1dispositif à encliquetage
Wael Atteya
3 +1dispositif á cliquet
Zoubida Hamdaoui
4dispositif à crémaillère
Yves Antoine
3dispositif anti-retour
florence metzger


Discussion entries: 6





  

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32 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dispositif á cliquet


Explanation:
http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/theme/TV/EN/FR/R/3

Zoubida Hamdaoui
Local time: 15:28
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks :)

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jean-Paul VIGUIÉ: ratchet wrench = clé à cliquet
18 mins
  -> Many thanks yapadaire:)(Never too late:) )
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34 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
dispositif anti-retour


Explanation:
une suggestion...
certainement une roue à rochet et un linguet??

florence metzger
Local time: 15:28
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 336

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Tony M: Not really qualified to 'agree', but this is certainly what came into my mind too; not the kind of ratchet used on luggage straps (though of course based on the same principle). Sounds like the same thing as used on automatic brake adjusters, etc.
2 hrs
  -> Je fais des progrès. Je n'ai pas eu de disagree pour cette proposition...
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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dispositif à encliquetage


Explanation:
dispositif à encliquetage

Wael Atteya
Egypt
Local time: 15:28
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  GILLES MEUNIER
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Gilles
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9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
dispositif à crémaillère


Explanation:
la crémaillère étant à cliquet

Yves Antoine
Belgium
Local time: 15:28
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in category: 8
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