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French: anneaux de rétention

English translation: retention ring







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GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:anneau de rétention
English translation:retention ring
Entered by:ileania
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French to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks
French term or phrase: anneaux de rétention
Refers to a part of a car, related to the wheels
Neil Rear
United Kingdom
retention rings
Explanation:
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Note added at 15 mins (2004-10-28 19:10:07 GMT)
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www.autoconcepts.com-au/tech_whlcovers.asp
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ileania
Romania
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks, ileana! Very handy.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4retention ringsileania
4trim rings
suezen
2 +1retaining rings
Tony M
2circlips
David Goward


  

Answers

12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
retention rings

Explanation:
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Note added at 15 mins (2004-10-28 19:10:07 GMT)
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www.autoconcepts.com-au/tech_whlcovers.asp

ileania
Romania
Native speaker of: Native in RomanianRomanian, Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
Thanks, ileana! Very handy.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +1
retaining rings

Explanation:
Without more context, this literal translation makes as much sense as any...

Tony M
France
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 237

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree NatalieRus
20 hrs
  -> Thanks, Natalie!
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
circlips

Explanation:
This is another possibility, depending on the context as Dusty rightly says.

David Goward
France
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 126

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral Tony M: Thanks for the mention, David! However, I would have serious doubts about the idea of 'criclips', simply on the grounds that this is not the most usual name for them (that I've come across, at any rate!) in French
17 hrs
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
trim rings

Explanation:
the rings which hold on the hub caps
www.stocktonwheel.com/trims_caps.htm
www.silcom.com/~hubcaps/trimr.html

otherwise, there are also retention clips
www.carcarecouncil.org/Tires_Wheels/covers.shtml
www.aaa-covers.com/prod-description.shtml

suezen
France
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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