Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

cles anglaises

English translation:

monkey wrench (or adjustable wrench)

Added to glossary by Gayle Wallimann
Apr 22, 2002 20:40
22 yrs ago
French term

cles anglaises

Non-PRO French to English Tech/Engineering petrole
cles anglaises

Proposed translations

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monkey wrench (or adjustable wrench)

That is what it is. See reference

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Note added at 2002-04-22 20:47:01 (GMT)
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The plural would be monkey (or adjustable) wrenches.
Peer comment(s):

agree Florence Bremond : yes
1 min
agree Rimbaud (X)
24 mins
agree Jean-Luc Dumont
44 mins
agree depgrl (X)
1 hr
agree Dolores Vázquez : I prefer "monkey wrench"
2 hrs
agree Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X) : spanner in the UK, nha,nha,nha just kidding so tired..
3 hrs
agree Nathalie M. Girard, ALHC (X)
3 hrs
agree Carlos Gómez-Orellana : that's it
4 hrs
agree GILLES MEUNIER : shifting spanner aussi
7 hrs
agree ZOLTÁN PARRAGH
1 day 52 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Graded automatically based on peer agreement. KudoZ."
6 hrs

some more options:


coach wrench s
screw wrench s
adjustable spanner s CORRECT,GR. BRITAIN
screw-spanner s CORRECT,GR. BRITAIN
shifting spanner CORRECT,GR. BRITAIN
shifting-spanner s CORRECT,GR. BRITAIN

DEF - A wrench having one jaw fixed and the other adjustable, both of which are perpendicular to a straight handle. s
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