crank in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for crank in the English»French Dictionary

I.crank [Brit kraŋk, Am kræŋk] N

1. crank (freak):

crank inf, pej

fanatique mf

crank inf, pej

fana mf inf

a health-food crank

un/une fanatique d'aliments naturels

a health-food crank

un/une fana d'aliments naturels inf

2. crank TECH:

crank

manivelle f

3. crank Am (grouch):

crank inf

grincheux/-euse m/f

II.crank [Brit kraŋk, Am kræŋk] VB trans

crank car, engine

faire démarrer [qc] à la manivelle

crank gramophone

remonter [qc] (à la manivelle)

I.crank up VB [Brit kraŋk -, Am kræŋk -] (crank up [sth], crank [sth] up) lit

crank up

remonter (à la manivelle)

crank up fig

mettre en marche

I.crank out VB [Brit kraŋk -, Am kræŋk -] (crank out [sth], crank [sth] out)

crank out essay, novel, film:

crank out

produire

Translations for crank in the French»English Dictionary

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illuminé (illuminée) pej

crank

manivelle (de pédalier)

pedal crank

halluciné (hallucinée) inf

crank

maniaque (personne excentrique)

crank

crank in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for crank in the English»French Dictionary

I.crank¹ [ˈkræŋk] N

1. crank pej inf:

crank

farfelu(e) m (f)

2. crank Am pej inf (crazy):

crank

dingue mf

a religious crank

un fanatique religieux

II.crank¹ [ˈkræŋk] ADJ inf

crank

dingue

crank² [kræŋk] N

crank

manivelle f

Translations for crank in the French»English Dictionary

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farfelu(e)

crank

crank Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a religious crank

un fanatique religieux

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

When applied, it draws approximately the same current the car's starter motor would draw during cranking.

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The levers are called cranks, and the fulcrums are called pivots.

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By cranking the key, he was able to increase his speed and reflexes.

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This was achieved by cranking the back axle downwards as in a float.

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Each film is 17 meters long, which, when hand cranked through a projector, runs approximately 50 seconds.

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In 2004, the film was created with a hand cranked camera, noticeably altering motion.

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In martial arts, spine cranks are generally rarer techniques than neck cranks because they are more difficult to apply.

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I cranked out five tunes and sent them off.

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The suspension is by torsion bars and cranks.

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The cranks of the partitions of the integers 4, 5, 6 are computed in the following tables.

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