Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jul 16, 2004 22:52
19 yrs ago
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French term
clapet
French to English
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Electronics / Elect Eng
How would it translate in electronic devices such as cellphones.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +3 | flip top |
Allan Jeffs
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| 3 | flip |
Maurice Thibaux
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flip top
There's no context so I could be "à côté de la plaque" but 'un portable à clapet' is a 'flip phone' or 'flip top phone'. This also applies to other electronic devices such as organisers, Palms, mini-PC, etc.
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Note added at 5 hrs 59 mins (2004-07-17 04:52:04 GMT)
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I guess this is too obvious to be right! So, if it\'s purely electronic - inside the device - \"clapet\" is probably just \"switch\" (on the circuit board)???
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Note added at 5 hrs 59 mins (2004-07-17 04:52:04 GMT)
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I guess this is too obvious to be right! So, if it\'s purely electronic - inside the device - \"clapet\" is probably just \"switch\" (on the circuit board)???
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Comment: "Thanks a lot Allan. Flip (top) is just what I was looking for."
1 day 12 hrs
Maurice Thibaux
Native in French
Specializes in field
Long experience in IT & electomechanics
Native in: French (Variant: Standard-France) 
Works in: English to French, French to English
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flip
You're right, it is the lid, not an electronic device. It can flip but it can also slide or rotate but they are still called flip. (Ref: Fr: Clapet actif coulissant En: With it's rotating flip, the Motorola V80...). Un Clapet is a automatic mechanical device, moving in the direction of flow like a valve but unlike a vane, that stops the flow of a fluid. I didn't say liquid because here it is the electro-magnetic flow of the transmission that gets interrupted when it is operated ;-)
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