fretting in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for fretting 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 fretting 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

fretting in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for fretting 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 fretting in the French»English Dictionary

Your search term in other parts of the dictionary

se morfondre

to fret

fretting 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

Soft materials often exhibit higher susceptibility to fretting than hard materials of a similar type.

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Senior police officers may wear fretting (scrambled eggs) on their hat visors.

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I've had the annoying experience of hitting redial and refresh repeatedly for 30 minutes, fretting my kids aren't going to get into the classes they are so excited about.

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It's true that you have to stop fretting in front of the mirror at signs of age.

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In addition to pressing down one note at a time, bassists can also press down several notes at one time with their fretting hand to perform a chord.

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Surface roughness plays an important role as fretting normally occurs by the contact of the asperities of the mating surfaces.

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He used the 18:17 ratio for fretting the lute (although some adjustment was necessary for pure octaves).

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You can see it in his careworn expression and his fretting in the middle.

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There is currently a focus on fretting research in the aerospace industry.

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So what are we to do, we tired and time-poor parents who muddle along doing our best but fretting that it's never enough?

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