fermoir traversant

English translation: for pierced ears

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French term or phrase:fermoir traversant
English translation:for pierced ears
Entered by: SafeTex

19:34 Dec 16, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / Jewelry
French term or phrase: fermoir traversant
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Does anyone know what type of clasp [?] this is, a cross clasp?

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SafeTex
France
Local time: 17:50
for pierced ears
Explanation:
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"Sans fixation visible, ces petites boucles d’oreilles donnent l’impression qu’elles flottent sur le lobe. Comme avec les pin’s, c’est une tige traversant l’oreille qui maintient les choses en place, le tout chapeauté par un fermoir de l’autre côté."

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Note that earrings can fasten at the back without being studs, e.g. creole earrings, which clip into a hook at the back. (The discussion about sleepers was simply a digression brought about by the reference to railway sleepers.) The point about "traversant" is that these are earrings for pierced ears that pass through the ear lobe before fastening at the back.
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B D Finch
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Summary of answers provided
4 -1for pierced ears
B D Finch
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stud earrings
Yvonne Gallagher

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for pierced ears


Explanation:
https://stileex.xyz/les-noms-des-bijoux/
"Sans fixation visible, ces petites boucles d’oreilles donnent l’impression qu’elles flottent sur le lobe. Comme avec les pin’s, c’est une tige traversant l’oreille qui maintient les choses en place, le tout chapeauté par un fermoir de l’autre côté."

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Note added at 6 days (2019-12-23 16:28:19 GMT) Post-grading
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Note that earrings can fasten at the back without being studs, e.g. creole earrings, which clip into a hook at the back. (The discussion about sleepers was simply a digression brought about by the reference to railway sleepers.) The point about "traversant" is that these are earrings for pierced ears that pass through the ear lobe before fastening at the back.

B D Finch
France
Local time: 17:50
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 112
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disagree  Yvonne Gallagher: "fermoir" is a NOUN and sleepers come as studs (close at back a clue??) as well as hoops
3 days 23 hrs
  -> The fact that it is expressed in French by using the noun "fermoir" doesn't mean that construction has to be slavishly followed in English. the earrings concerned aren't necessarily sleepers (that was a digression); they are also not necessarily studs.
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Reference comments


4 days
Reference: stud earrings

Reference information:
https://www.marioncage.com/blogs/blog/best-earrings-new-pier...

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https://uk.pandora.net/en/jewellery/earrings/stud-earrings/

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
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PRO pts in category: 97
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