fret in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for fret in the English»French Dictionary

I.fret [Brit frɛt, Am frɛt] N MUS

fret

frette f

fret

touche f

II.fret <pres part fretting; pret, pp fretted> [Brit frɛt, Am frɛt] VB trans

fret wood, screen:

fret

chantourner

III.fret <pres part fretting; pret, pp fretted> [Brit frɛt, Am frɛt] VB intr

1. fret (be anxious):

fret

s'inquiéter (over, about pour, au sujet de)

don't fret

ne t'inquiète pas, calme-toi

she has been fretting all week

elle est dans tous ses états depuis une semaine

2. fret (cry):

fret baby:

pleurer, pleurnicher

3. fret (pine):

he's fretting for his mother

sa mère lui manque

IV.fretted ADJ

fretted screen

chantourné

fretted instrument

avec frettes

Translations for fret in the French»English Dictionary

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biler

to worry, to fret (pour qc about qc)

se faire de la bile inf

to worry, to fret (pour qc over sth)

touche (d'instrument à cordes)

fret

s'inquiéter pour un rien

to fret about nothing

fret in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for fret in the English»French Dictionary

I.fret¹ <-tt-> [fret] VB intr

fret

s'inquiéter

fret child

pleurnicher

II.fret¹ [fret] N Brit

to be in a fret

se faire du mauvais sang

to get into a fret

se mettre dans tous ses états

fret² [fret] N MUS

fret

sillet m

Translations for fret in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

se morfondre

to fret

fret Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to be in a fret

se faire du mauvais sang

to get into a fret

se mettre dans tous ses états

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Its soundbox is made of plywood, and it has only 5 frets.

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This equipment saves time and adds precision to the process of scalloping the wood in the neck's radius the same in all fret spaces.

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In fact, it is common for players to keep their guitar tuned to open d and place a capo over the second fret.

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The clavichord was an early acoustic keyboard instrument that used a mechanical hammer to fret a string for each key.

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The guitar has 24 frets and the strings are tightened through the body.

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That is to say, the fingers can press down on unfretted parts of the neck to achieve the same effect as stopping the frets.

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The fingerboard has jumbo frets and a 7 radius.

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It has a 630mm scale length and the neck joins the body at the 12th fret.

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Not having frets carefully and properly aligned with the fingerboard can cause severe intonation issues and constant detuning.

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Two fret boards will appear on screen, one for each player, as they alternate playing sections of the song in a dueling manner.

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