The wings

French translation: extrémités (ailes)

12:13 Feb 4, 2021
English to French translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Other / guitar
English term or phrase: The wings
technical term for a guitar's feature
Souhel Salloub
France
Local time: 06:28
French translation:extrémités (ailes)
Explanation:
https://lutherie-guitare.org/wiki/Chapitre_2_:_Les_composant...

Avec une recherche wiki, on peut parfois faire des "miracles"...
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Samuel Clarisse
France
Local time: 06:28
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1extrémités (ailes)
Samuel Clarisse
4placage
Marina Dorland
4Oreilles
Yann Perrin


  

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the wings
extrémités (ailes)


Explanation:
https://lutherie-guitare.org/wiki/Chapitre_2_:_Les_composant...

Avec une recherche wiki, on peut parfois faire des "miracles"...

Samuel Clarisse
France
Local time: 06:28
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 36

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: recherche oui, mais c'est plus facile de poster tout un job sur Kudoz.
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the wings
placage


Explanation:
C'est vrai, wiki fait des miracles : le terme "wing" se réfère au placage autour de la tête de la guitare, souvent fait de chutes du bois utilisé pour la découpe du fond.


    Reference: http://https://lutherie-guitare.org/wiki/Collage_du_placage_...
    Reference: http://www.guitarbench.com/2008/08/09/wings-on-headstocks-fe...
Marina Dorland
South Africa
Local time: 06:28
Native speaker of: French

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Samuel Clarisse: Impossible de dire si c'est votre réponse ou la mienne qui est juste sans plus de contexte... Les deux sont possibles.
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Oreilles


Explanation:
Si on parle bien de la tête de la guitare, on dit des « oreilles », des « ailes », ou des « wings ».


    Reference: http://www.lutherie-amateur.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=2023
    https://fr.audiofanzine.com/guitare-lp/forums/t.301027,mon-premier-stage-de-lutherie-projet-de-fabrication-d-une-gibson-lp,p.2.html
Yann Perrin
France
Local time: 06:28
Native speaker of: French
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