Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Sep 12, 2020 14:07
3 yrs ago
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French term
bipette
French to English
Other
Electronics / Elect Eng
Office equipment?
Electronic equipment that emits a sound.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | beeper |
Barbara Schmidt, M.A. (X)
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| 3 +1 | mini remote control / fob |
Althea Draper
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| 4 | Buzzer |
Sanjin Grandić
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Proposed translations
1 day 2 hrs
Selected
beeper
matching the term 'bipette'
or possibly - not necessarily - a pager
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Note added at 1 Tag 2 Stunden (2020-09-13 16:29:59 GMT)
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could be any kind of equipment,
for instance
https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/electronic-beeper.html
or possibly - not necessarily - a pager
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Note added at 1 Tag 2 Stunden (2020-09-13 16:29:59 GMT)
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could be any kind of equipment,
for instance
https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/electronic-beeper.html
Peer comment(s):
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Daryo
: why not? only problem, this guessing game is not going to help much being reasonably SURE of getting the right "nuance"
1 day 2 hrs
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Althea Draper
United Kingdom
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Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
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mini remote control / fob
Apart from Chris's suggestion, this is what I found.
Bipettes are mini remote controls with (typically) up to around 4 buttons on them.
From https://www.fmsource.com/topic/46747-questionnaires-style-pe... where someone wants a 'bipette' to answer multiple choice questions on an interactive test.
"C'est quoi ces "bipettes" ?" "C'est le petit nom d'une télécommande avec 4 ou 5 boutons "A", "B", "C", "D", "Valider" et qui fait "Bip" quand on appuie sur "Valider"."
Others use 'bipette' to describe their electronic keyfob or for their garage remote controls.
"sur ma petite [voiture] grise, on a un souci d'alarme, centralisée avec la bipette"
https://mbsquad.clicforum.com/t3053-alarme-centralis-e.htm
Le miracle pour eux.. était que comme la veille j'étais sortie avec Vanessa et que donc elle s'était parquée chez moi, j'avais la bipette à la maison
http://privacyinstyx.over-blog.com/article-30209497.html
Bipettes are mini remote controls with (typically) up to around 4 buttons on them.
From https://www.fmsource.com/topic/46747-questionnaires-style-pe... where someone wants a 'bipette' to answer multiple choice questions on an interactive test.
"C'est quoi ces "bipettes" ?" "C'est le petit nom d'une télécommande avec 4 ou 5 boutons "A", "B", "C", "D", "Valider" et qui fait "Bip" quand on appuie sur "Valider"."
Others use 'bipette' to describe their electronic keyfob or for their garage remote controls.
"sur ma petite [voiture] grise, on a un souci d'alarme, centralisée avec la bipette"
https://mbsquad.clicforum.com/t3053-alarme-centralis-e.htm
Le miracle pour eux.. était que comme la veille j'étais sortie avec Vanessa et que donc elle s'était parquée chez moi, j'avais la bipette à la maison
http://privacyinstyx.over-blog.com/article-30209497.html
6 hrs
Sanjin Grandić
Croatia
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Buzzer
Cette "bipette" est supposée produire un bruit éléctronique. Je pense que le mot anglais "Buzzer" ou "electronic buzzer" convient bien au terme recherché.
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Bonne fin de semaine -:)
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Note added at 6 hrs (2020-09-12 20:12:24 GMT)
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Alternativement, il y a le terme "Chime" mais je pense que "Buzzer3 transmet mieux "bipette".
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Note added at 6 hrs (2020-09-12 20:54:58 GMT)
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"Chime" could be fine. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A clock chime is a melody or a set of melodies played at intervals upon a set of bells to mark the passage of time. À moins de dire "beeper" j'attends d'autres propositions avec impatience..
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À moins de dire "beeper" j'attends d'autres propositions avec impatience..
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Note added at 6 hrs (2020-09-12 20:10:33 GMT)
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Bonne fin de semaine -:)
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Note added at 6 hrs (2020-09-12 20:12:24 GMT)
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Alternativement, il y a le terme "Chime" mais je pense que "Buzzer3 transmet mieux "bipette".
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Note added at 6 hrs (2020-09-12 20:54:58 GMT)
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"Chime" could be fine. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A clock chime is a melody or a set of melodies played at intervals upon a set of bells to mark the passage of time. À moins de dire "beeper" j'attends d'autres propositions avec impatience..
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À moins de dire "beeper" j'attends d'autres propositions avec impatience..
Example sentence:
Durable Piezo Electronic Buzzer Alarm
Piezo Electronic Tone Buzzer Alarm 95DB Continuous Sound
Peer comment(s):
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Tony M
: There is another word already in FR for 'buzzer' ('ronfleur'), 'bip-ette' suggests more a 'beep' sound than a 'buzz'; 'chime' is a very special kind of more complex sound, scarcely comparable to any kind of simple 'beep'
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Et "Chime"? Qu'en pensez-vous?
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Daryo
: with so little context it's plausible, as much as other answers.
1 day 22 hrs
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Discussion
"Equipment that emits a sound"
Are these two different devices or you realised you mistyped your question and asked the right term?
One way or another, if you want a reliable answer, you need to give far more details about this "noise making gadget".