This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
assemblee constituante
une banquette

Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Volet AR

English translation:

hatchback

Added to glossary by F Schultze (X)
Apr 25, 2006 13:13
18 yrs ago
1 viewer *
French term

Volet AR

French to English Tech/Engineering Automotive / Cars & Trucks Cars
No and layout of doors: 4 portes battantes et volet AR
Proposed translations (English)
4 +2 hatchback
4 Tailgate

Proposed translations

+2
15 mins
Selected

hatchback

volet arrière

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 25 mins (2006-04-25 13:39:01 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

http://www.renault.ma/entretien/lexique_V.html

(useful website - I have bookmarked it)

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 56 mins (2006-04-25 14:09:34 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Thanks for info David, I will let my wife decide if it can be the back door itself. Besides being American and English/French graduate, she is the car enthusiast in the family, and she just traded her New Beetle in for another New Beetle, which I believe qualifies as a hatchback.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-25 15:00:09 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

My wife says (so you better believe it):

open the hatchback is the same as open the trunk (Amer. for boot)
Peer comment(s):
agree zaphod : Just Rear Hatch
27 mins
agree chaplin : en fait lemot français habituel est hayon
3 hrs
Something went wrong...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
15 mins

Tailgate

The "volet arrière" is usually the tailgate on a saloon car. This appears to fit with the context.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 34 mins (2006-04-25 13:48:21 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Flemming's right, of course, in that I should have said "hatchback" and not "saloon"... The "volet arrière" is the same as "hayon arrière" = the "fifth door" or tailgate on a five-door car.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 35 mins (2006-04-25 13:49:07 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

It is the tailgate of an estate car too.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-25 14:33:37 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Oodles of Googles for tailgate + [popular make of family car]
http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=50&hl=en&safe=off&q=tailg...
http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=50&hl=en&safe=off&q=tailg...
http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=50&hl=en&safe=off&q=tailg...
Peer comment(s):
neutral F Schultze (X) : I think the text refers to a "5-door" car. Is hatchback American only ?
12 mins
No it's not American only. IMHo, it refers to a type of car, not the "fifth door".
neutral zaphod : Not sure qhere you're going with this, but I went to your source, found Pickup, so I entered Taiboard. It redirected me to Tailgate. Your point was?
27 mins
I'd call that a tailboard, but never mind. Plenty of Google hits for tailgate with various makes/models of passenger car.//Really? See http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pickup
Something went wrong...
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search