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The French word for clutch is
embrayage




Gender

The gender of embrayage is masculine. E.g. un embrayage.

Plural

The plural of embrayage is embrayages.

French Definition


clutch
     1. v. Serrer, agripper.
     2. n. (Mécanique) (Auto) Embrayage (système de transmission).
           A clutch is a mechanical device which provides for the transmission of power from one component (the driving member) to another (the driven member).
     3. n. Embrayage (pédale).
     4. n. (au pluriel) Griffe, patte
           Once more out of the clutches of his old persecutor, it needed no fresh stimulation to call forth the utmost energy and exertion that Smike was capable of summoning to his aid. (The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby - Charles Dickens)
           Se voyant une fois hors des griffes de son ancien persécuteur, Smike n'eut pas besoin d'être stimulé davantage pour faire tous les efforts et pour appeler à son aide toute l'énergie dont il était capable.
     5. n. Couvée, ponte.
     6. n. Pochette.



Translations for clutch and their definitions

agripper
     1. v. to grip, grab, cling on to, grab hold of


embrayage
     1. n-m. clutch
     2. n-m. clutch pedal


serrer
     1. v. to tighten (a screw, a knot)
           Doucement ! Ça ne sert à rien de trop serrer cette vis. - Gently! It's no use to tighten this screw too much.
           Ton nœud de cravate n'est pas assez serré. - Your tie's knot isn't tightened enough.
     2. v. to shake (hands)
           J'ai refusé de lui serrer la main. - I refused to shake his/her hand.
     3. v. to squeeze
           Il lui serra le bras si fort qu'elle en garda une trace pendant trois jours. - He squeezed her arm so hard that she had a mark on it for three days.
     4. v. to squeeze
           Ils se sont serrés pour lui faire une place. - They squeezed together to make room for him.
     5. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to shake (hands)
           Les jeunes hommes d'affaires se sont serré la main. - The young businessmen shook each other's hands.
     6. v. (slang) to seduce; to flirt with
     7. v. (slang) to pinch (to arrest, apprehend someone)


pédale d'embrayage
     1. n-f. clutch pedal


nichée
     1. Participle. feminine singular of niché
     2. n. nichée f. (plural nichées)
     3. n. 1. litter (of dogs), brood (of birds)


couvée
     1. n-f. clutch (a brood of chickens or a sitting of eggs)
     2. Participle. feminine singular of couvé


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