tinkering in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for tinkering in the English»French Dictionary

I.tinker [Brit ˈtɪŋkə, Am ˈtɪŋkər] N

1. tinker Brit:

tinker dated (odd-job man)

rétameur m (itinérant)

tinker (traveller) region

mendiant m itinérant

2. tinker Brit (child):

tinker inf, fig

coquin/-e m/f

3. tinker (attempt to mend):

to have a tinker with sth

bricoler qc

II.tinker [Brit ˈtɪŋkə, Am ˈtɪŋkər] VB intr

1. tinker:

tinker, a. to tinker about or around

bricoler

to tinker with (try and repair) car, machine

bricoler

to tinker with (fiddle with) watch, pen, keys

tripoter

who's been tinkering with the computer?

qui a touché à l'ordinateur?

Phrases:

to tinker with (tamper with) fig wording, document

faire des retouches à

to tinker with (illegally)

falsifier, truquer

III.tinker [Brit ˈtɪŋkə, Am ˈtɪŋkər]

I don't give a tinker's curse or damn inf!

je m'en fiche éperdument! inf

it's not worth a tinker's curse or damn inf!

ça ne vaut pas un clou! inf

Translations for tinkering in the French»English Dictionary

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bidouillage

tinkering

il a fait du bidouillage avec les photos

he's been tinkering with the photos

bidouiller instrument, passe-temps

to tinker with

rétameur

tinker, mender of pots and pans

trifouiller dans qc appareil, moteur

to tinker with

bricoler (tenter de réparer) moteur, appareil

to tinker with

tripatouiller

to tinker with

tinkering in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for tinkering in the English»French Dictionary

I.tinker [ˈtɪŋkəʳ, Am -kɚ] N

1. tinker (repairer):

tinker

rétameur m

2. tinker Brit pej (traveller):

tinker

romanichel(le) m (f)

3. tinker Brit inf (child):

tinker

chenapan m

II.tinker [ˈtɪŋkəʳ, Am -kɚ] VB intr

to tinker with sth

bricoler qc

don't tinker with my computer

ne touche pas à mon ordinateur

tinkering Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to tinker with sth

bricoler qc

don't tinker with my computer

ne touche pas à mon ordinateur

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Of late, he came in for criticism for his tinkering with the batting lineup and unorthodox cricket coaching methods.

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There can not have been much such tinkering, however, for the editors had their hands full organizing the material to go into successive books.

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The hard casts are often rigid and fragile, and susceptible to heavy tinkering.

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The initiative was designed to test an adaptable model for providing tinkering activities to promote learning and development in an afterschool setting.

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Tinkering is therefore the process of adapting, meddling or adjusting something in the course of making repairs or improvements, a process also known as bricolage.

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The blowback system can be disabled with some tinkering.

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The tinkering has copped criticism from some as change for change's sake.

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Therefore, more than technological tinkering is needed to achieve long-term sustainability.

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My whole third act is lost because of all the hysterical tinkering that went on.

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Far from proteinprotein binding pointing to an unknown designer, protein binding sites point directly to descent with modification and the tinkering of natural selection.

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