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Jan 31, 2001 05:10
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French term
France
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Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English
masse
French to English
Tech/Engineering
A tool(?) used when fitting tyres:
Les fournitures utilisées pour le montage: masses, gel, lubifiant...
Les fournitures utilisées pour le montage: masses, gel, lubifiant...
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leads
je voudrais seulement faire remarquer que masses est au pluriel et qu'il est peu probable qu'un fabriquant fournisse une série de masses qui me parait un instrument bien lourd pour monter un pneumatique!!!!!!
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks a lot for your help. As your pointed out, sledgehammer was out of the question. I had found this myself and was well aware it couldn't be right! Your answer seems to be the most logical and was a great help
Thanks again"
5 mins
hard grease
it is not a tool but a type of grease used for a never ending number of things related with mechanics.
It helps keeping rost away and lubricates.
It helps keeping rost away and lubricates.
Reference:
30 mins
leads (for wheel balancing)
il s'agit de masselotes (morceaux de plomb) equilibrant le pneu et pas du tout de graisse!
56 mins
Heathcliff
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wheel weights...
...is the standard (Anglo-)American term for the little-to-small-sized pieces of lead that are clamped onto the inner circumference of a tyre (tire) in order to balance it.
Cheers,
HC
Cheers,
HC
1 hr
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
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4638
sledge hammer, club hammer
If you think it is a tool and that it could be something with which the person fitting the tyres needs to whack the tyre into place, then this could be it. Otherwise, Heathcliff's answer sounds worth following up...
1/2 : sledge hammer
outil de frappe = sledge hammer
Syn. sledge
Variante(s) orthographique(s).
sledgehammer
masse n. f.
Déf. : Outil à tête très lourde servant à enfoncer, forger, etc
2/2 :
outil de frappe
club hammer masse n. f.
Note : Modèle à angles abattus, faces frappantes chanfreinées, plates
1/2 : sledge hammer
outil de frappe = sledge hammer
Syn. sledge
Variante(s) orthographique(s).
sledgehammer
masse n. f.
Déf. : Outil à tête très lourde servant à enfoncer, forger, etc
2/2 :
outil de frappe
club hammer masse n. f.
Note : Modèle à angles abattus, faces frappantes chanfreinées, plates
Reference:
1 hr
Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Native in English
Psychologist, Court-certified legal
Native in: English
Works in: French to English
Related KudoZ points
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4638
sledge hammer, club hammer
If you think it is a tool and that it could be something with which the person fitting the tyres needs to whack the tyre into place, then this could be it. Otherwise, Heathcliff's answer sounds worth following up...
1/2 : sledge hammer
outil de frappe = sledge hammer
Syn. sledge
Variante(s) orthographique(s).
sledgehammer
masse n. f.
Déf. : Outil à tête très lourde servant à enfoncer, forger, etc
2/2 :
outil de frappe
club hammer masse n. f.
Note : Modèle à angles abattus, faces frappantes chanfreinées, plates
1/2 : sledge hammer
outil de frappe = sledge hammer
Syn. sledge
Variante(s) orthographique(s).
sledgehammer
masse n. f.
Déf. : Outil à tête très lourde servant à enfoncer, forger, etc
2/2 :
outil de frappe
club hammer masse n. f.
Note : Modèle à angles abattus, faces frappantes chanfreinées, plates
Reference:
7 hrs
Heathcliff
United States
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You chose "leads"??!!
Really, you're making a major miscue here...
-- H.B. J. "Wheel Weights" Clifford,
multiple sports-car owner, driver, and fiddler-about-with,
more acquainted than I care to be with automotive
engineer, mecanics, and their kin.... :)
-- H.B. J. "Wheel Weights" Clifford,
multiple sports-car owner, driver, and fiddler-about-with,
more acquainted than I care to be with automotive
engineer, mecanics, and their kin.... :)
18 hrs
Clair Pickworth
France
France
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France
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Native in: English (Variant: British)
Works in: French to English
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123
leads/wheel weights
There seems to be a difference between British and American English here. Thanks for your remarks anyway!
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