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SEE ALSO frontage |
| constr. devanture {f} [façade de magasin] | frontage [of a shop] | |
Partial Matches |
| comm. arrière-boutique {f} | backroom [of a shop] | |
| étalage {m} [d'un magasin] | window display [of a shop] | |
| comm. parapharmacie {f} [magasin] | [shop or department of a store selling toiletries and vitamins] | |
| tech. jacquemart {m} | bell-striker [animated, mechanised figure of a person which strikes the hours on a bell with a hammer. Usually part of clocks or clocktowers] | |
| fourche {f} [d'un arbre] [d'un pantalon] | crotch [of a tree] [of a pair of trousers] | |
| hist. pol. Bulle {f} d'or (de 1356) [aussi : bulle d'or de Nuremberg ou bulle d'or de Metz] | Golden Bull of 1356 [a decree which fixed, for a period of more than four hundred years, important aspects of the constitutional structure of the Holy Roman Empire] | |
| dépôt {m} légal | formal deposit [of a copy of a book etc. with an institution] | |
| pol. concert {m} de casseroles [aussi : casserolade] | [banging of pots and pans - a way of protesting which has a long tradition in France] | |
| dr. hist. immo. Domesday Book {m} | Domesday Book [a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086] | |
| comm. enseigne {f} | fascia [Br.] [over a shop] | |
| comm. panneau {m} | fascia [Br.] [over a shop] | |
| aménager qc. [un magasin] | to fit out sth. [a shop] | |
| ling. propositionnel {adj} | clausal [of a part of a sentence] | |
| comm. avoir qc. en boutique | to have sth. in stock [in a shop] | |
| comm. avoir qc. en magasin | to have sth. in stock [in a shop] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Othée [1408] | Battle of Othée [in 1408 the militia and citizens of Liège suffered a heavy defeat against a professional army under John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy.] | |
| hist. pol. Couronne {f} de fer | Iron Crown [reliquary and one of the oldest royal insignia of Christendom. A relic from the Kingdom of the Lombards, used for the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperors as Kings of Italy] | |
| comm. en rayon {adv} | on the shelves [available for sale in a shop] | |
| Bonjour Messieurs-Dames ! | Good morning everybody! [often used when entering a village shop] | |
| écon. débâcle {f} [ruine] | crash [sudden failure or value loss of a market or a business, e.g. a bank] | |
| géogr. Petites Antilles {f.pl} [aussi : Petites Caraïbes] | Lesser Antilles [a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, most of which are part of an island arc between the Greater Antilles and the continent of South America] | |
| géogr. hist. Galicie {f} | Galicia [once a crown land of Austria-Hungary, the nucleus of historic Galicia lies within the modern regions of western Ukraine] | |
| hist. pol. maison {f} de Croÿ | House of Croÿ [a family of European mediatised nobility, elevated to the rank of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1594] | |
| spéc. trafic urban bateau {m} de trottoir [partie abaissée d'un trottoir limitée par une bordure basse franchissable par laquelle s'effectue l'accès des véhicules] | [sunken part of a pavement for a vehicle exit] | |
| convers {adj} | lay [not a member of a religious order] | |
| pol. natalisme {m} | natalism [advocating a policy of a higher birthrate] | |
| hist. mil. étendard {m} | standard [symbol of a military group serving as a rallying point] | |
| ethn. mil. cipaye {m} | sepoy [native of India employed as a soldier by a European power] | |
| cuis. filouterie {f} de restaurant | doing a runner [Br.] [coll.] [avoiding payment of a bill in a restaurant] | |
| cuis. grivèlerie {f} | doing a runner [Br.] [coll.] [avoiding payment of a bill in a restaurant] | |
| mil. exfiltration {f} | exfiltration [removal of personnel out of a hostile area] | |
| se compliquer [intrigue d'un livre etc.] | to thicken [of the plot of a book etc.] | |
| désintégration {f} | collapse [of an empire, of a family, etc.] | |
| derrière {m} | rear [of building, humorous: bottom of a person] | |
| casanier {adj} | housewifely [of a woman: fond of home life and housework] | |
| astron. magnitude {f} apparente | apparent magnitude <m> [measure of the brightness of a star ] | |
| math. analyse {f} complexe | complex analysis [also: theory of functions of a complex variable] | |
| casanier {adj} | domesticated [hum.] [of a man: fond of home life and housework] | |
| cuis. quignon {m} | crusty end [of a loaf of bread] | |
| arch. constr. façade {f} | frontage | |
| caraque {m} [mérid.] [fam.] [péj.] | [term of abuse in South France for a person of no fixed abode] | |
| arch. immo. hall {m} [d'une banque, d'un hôtel ou immeuble d'habitation, dans un musée] | hall [entrance area of a flat or public building, large room of museum] | |
| adm. auto certificat {m} d'immatriculation | vehicle registration certificate [official document providing proof of registration of a motor vehicle] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Jaffa [1192] | Battle of Jaffa [1192] [final battle of the Third Crusade, after which Saladin and King Richard I of England were able to negotiate a truce, though Saladin retained possession of Jerusalem] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} de Tchesmé [1770] | Battle of Chesme [first of a number of disastrous fleet battles for the Ottomans against Russia] | |
| cuis. chouchen {m} | chouchen [alcoholic beverage native to Brittany. A form of mead, made from the fermentation of honey in water] | |
| éduc. Plus est en vous. | [A motto used by a number of colleges, including Gordonstoun School (Scotland), roughly translated as 'There is more in you'.] | |
| pol. oblast {m} | oblast [a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the former Soviet Union and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia] | |
| ling. littérat. sci. Académie {f} française | Académie française [A scholarly body composed of 40 life members selected on the basis of their contribution to scholarship or literature] | |