pinhole

French translation: trou d 'épingle

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English term or phrase:pinhole
French translation:trou d 'épingle
Entered by: Maya Jurt

07:14 Sep 21, 2001
English to French translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: pinhole
stamps
peter
trou d ´épingle
Explanation:
hole = trou
pin = épingle
Selected response from:

Henri (X)
Local time: 11:22
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1trou d ´épingle
Henri (X)
4 +1perforation
Yves Georges
4trou d'épingle
Maya Jurt
4"Un tout petit trou"
Didier LONGUEVILLE
4Piqûre / dentelure
Germaine


  

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trou d ´épingle


Explanation:
hole = trou
pin = épingle


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Henri (X)
Local time: 11:22
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Germaine: s'il s'agit d'un défaut du timbre
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trou d'épingle


Explanation:
Définition
Perforation, de la grosseur d'un trou d'épingle, due à un corps étranger ou à une mauvaise répartition des fibres ou encore à une pénétration d'air en cours de fabrication.
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Maya Jurt
Switzerland
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"Un tout petit trou"


Explanation:
This hole may be the result of something else than punching the stamp with a pin... "Un tout petit trou" is a "very small hole"
Its an alternative translation.

Didier LONGUEVILLE
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perforation


Explanation:
since you speak about stamps, are not these pin holes the small perforations separating the stamps from each other in order to take them easily apart?

If this is the case, the translation should be perforation or micro-perforation.

If it is about a defect, see Maya's and Henri's answers, they are correct.


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Yves Georges
France
Local time: 11:22
Native speaker of: French
PRO pts in pair: 1459

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agree  Germaine
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Piqûre / dentelure


Explanation:
Plus spécifiquement (que "perforations"):

Piquage ( - piqûre)
Procédé de perforation des marges de timbres pour les séparer les uns des autres. Bien que le piquage ait pour
résultat la dentelure, ces mots sont employés indifféremment en philatélie comme synonymes. On appelle piquage à cheval la ligne de perforations décalée qui décentre la figurine. Considérée comme un défaut lorsque le décalage est léger, cette anomalie devient une qualité aux yeux des philatélistes lorsque ce dernier est très marqué.

Dentelure
Découpe régulière ornant le bord des timbres, due aux lignes de perforations circulaires qui permettent de les
détacher aisément les uns des autres.

Source:
Lexique de philatélie (coppoweb)

Autres possibilités, selon le contexte:

pinholes
pointes d'aiguilles n. f. pl.
Déf. : Small, unwanted, transparent areas in the developed emulsion of a neagative or positive, usually due to dust or other defects on the copy, copy-board glass, or on the film, or to chemical action.

pinhole
Piqûres
Déf.: Petites taches claires dans les images négatives ou positives, dues aux
poussières, à des bulles d'air ou à des produits chimiques non dissous.



    Reference: http://www.coppoweb.com/fr.dico.php3
    Reference: http://www.granddictionnaire.com
Germaine
Canada
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