Knuckle Curve

French translation: balle papillon

08:19 Nov 1, 2019
English to French translations [PRO]
Sports / Fitness / Recreation / Baseball
English term or phrase: Knuckle Curve
Knuckle Curve

I'm looking for the usual/"official" terminology used in Baseball.
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Fabrice Brunon
France
Local time: 19:19
French translation:balle papillon
Explanation:
"Balle papillon — Wikipédia
https://fr.wikipedia.org › wiki › Balle_papillon
Une balle papillon (knuckleball en anglais) est un type de lancer uti"lisé au baseball. La balle est lancée avec un minimum de rotation, ce qui en rend le ...
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4 +1balle papillon
FX Fraipont (X)
3la (balle) courbe
Emmanuelle ARBELLINI


  

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knuckle curve
balle papillon


Explanation:
"Balle papillon — Wikipédia
https://fr.wikipedia.org › wiki › Balle_papillon
Une balle papillon (knuckleball en anglais) est un type de lancer uti"lisé au baseball. La balle est lancée avec un minimum de rotation, ce qui en rend le ...

FX Fraipont (X)
Belgium
Local time: 19:19
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 567

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agree  Samuel Clarisse
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knuckle curve
la (balle) courbe


Explanation:
juste une autre option

https://passionmlb.com/2018/04/labc-des-differents-lancers/

Emmanuelle ARBELLINI
France
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agree  GILOU: https://www.tubefr.com/comment-lancer-une-balle-courbe.html
2 hrs

disagree  Elian Kuhn: To me, a "balle courbe" is a curve ball, while a knuckle curve ball is a specific type of curve ball
3 days 3 hrs
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