ouïe

English translation: opening / port / eye ...

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French term or phrase:ouïe
English translation:opening / port / eye ...
Entered by: B D Finch

10:01 Mar 23, 2016
French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Mechanics / Mech Engineering
French term or phrase: ouïe
Tambour de pré-compostage (10) comprenant un corps principal (11), une trappe d'entrée (12), une trappe de sortie (13), et optionnellement une goulotte d'alimentation (14), caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre:
-au moins une ouïe (16), -au moins un dispositif de ventilation (17), et
-un dispositif d'obturation sélective (160) par ouïe permettant de découvrir ou recouvrir sélectivement ladite ouïe, ledit dispositif d'obturation sélective comprenant une bride insérée dans une ouïe et un obturateur mobile monté sur la bride, ledit obturateur mobile comprenant un élément de guidage configuré pour venir au contact d'un rail de guidage.
Ichrak Ben Ali
Germany
Local time: 22:00
opening / port / eye ...
Explanation:
Not having a picture of this device, it is safer to suggest the general term "opening". If your overall context and the visual clues you may have through pictures suggest a particular, more specific term, such as "port", "eye", "vent" etc., then you need to choose the appropriate one.
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 22:00
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4 +2opening / port / eye ...
B D Finch
4intake/suction opening
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opening / port / eye ...


Explanation:
Not having a picture of this device, it is safer to suggest the general term "opening". If your overall context and the visual clues you may have through pictures suggest a particular, more specific term, such as "port", "eye", "vent" etc., then you need to choose the appropriate one.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 22:00
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 139
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Didier Fourcot: scoop, louver, vent... http://www.wilsontool.com/French/Product_bending_fr_b_spcl_f...
16 mins
  -> Thanks Didier. Not "scoop" or "louver" though, as they aren't openings.

agree  Tony M
1 hr
  -> Thanks Tony
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
intake/suction opening


Explanation:
intake/suction opening
perfectly suits the tech logic here )

Ellennaa
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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