| French | English | |
| pendant ce temps {adv} | meanwhile [during this time] | |
| alors que {conj} | while [during the time that] | |
Nouns |
| écon. fin. hist. assignat {m} [papier-monnaie émis pendant la Révolution] | [paper money issued during the French Revolution] | |
| géogr. hist. Bataves {m.pl} | Batavi [Germanic tribe living in Rhine delta during 1C BC to 3C AD] | |
| hist. pol. doge {m} | Doge [elected lord and Chief of State in several Italian city-states, notably Venice and Genoa, during the medieval and renaissance periods] | |
| hist. mil. harki {m} | Harki [generic term for native Muslim Algerians who served as auxiliaries in the French Army during the Algerian War of Independence from 1954 to 1962] | |
| contribution {f} [participation] | input [during meeting, discussion] | |
| occup. riposte {f} patronale à un mouvement de grève | lockout [during an industrial strike] | |
2 Words: Others |
| durant l'été {adv} | in summer [during the summer] | |
| durant l'hiver {adv} | in winter [during the winter] | |
2 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} des Cévennes [1702-1710] [aussi : guerre des Camisards] | Cévennes War [1702-1710] [also: War of the Camisards] [uprising of Protestant peasants during the reign of Louis XIV] | |
| comm. hist. pol. blocus {m} continental [1806-1814] [aussi : le Blocus] | Continental Blockade [1806-1814] [also: Continental System] [large-scale embargo against British trade - policy of Napoleon against the UK during the Napoleonic Wars] | |
| hist. pol. Saint Louis {m} [Louis IX le Prudhomme] [1214-1270] | Louis IX [1214-1270] [also known as Saint Louis or Louis the Saint] [King of France 1226-1270 during a medieval golden age in which France reached an economic and political peak] | |
| hist. pol. Louis {m} XVI [1754-1793] | Louis XVI [1754-1793] [the last King of France from 1774 until he was guillotined and the fall of the monarchy in 1793 during the French Revolution] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. Nouvelle-Irlande {f} | New Ireland [Crown colony of Great Britain twice established in modern-day Maine after British forces captured the area during the American Revolutionary Wars] | |
| géogr. hist. Îles {f.pl} des Princes [un archipel de neuf îles dans la mer de Marmara au sud-est d'Istanbul en Turquie] | Prince Islands [also: Prince Archipelago or Adalar] [during the Byzantine and Ottoman periods, princes and other royalty were exiled here] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de Torstenson [1643 - 1645] [aussi : controverse d'Hannibal ou guerre d'Hannibal] | Torstenson War [1643 - 1645] [between Sweden and Denmark–Norway, during the 30 Years' War] | |
3 Words: Others |
| à l'époque {adv} | at that time [during that era] | |
| à cette époque {adv} | at that time [during that era] | |
| de mémoire d'homme {adv} [loc.] | within living memory [idiom] [within or during a time that is remembered by people still alive] | |
3 Words: Verbs |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1796] | Treaty of Paris [1796] [between French Republic and the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia during the War of the First Coalition] | |
3 Words: Nouns |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de la Moskova [1812] [aussi : bataille de la Moskowa ou bataille de Borodino] | Battle of Borodino [1812] [2nd major battle during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The Grande Armée won the battle against the Imperial Russian Army, but failed to gain a decisive victory] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Krasnoï [1812] [ou bataille de Krasnoje] | Battle of Krasnoi [1812] [also Battle of Krasny] [fought during the final stage of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. The Russians inflicted heavy losses on the remnants of the Grande Armee] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Peterwardein [1716] [auusi : bataille de Petrovaradin] | Battle of Petrovaradin [1716] [also: Battle of Peterwardein] [major victory of Habsburgs over the Ottomans during the Austro-Turkish War] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} du Mont-d'Or [Rosebeque 1382] | Battle of Roosebeke [1382, during 1379-1385 rebellion of Ghent against France] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} de Sinope [1853] | Battle of Sinope [1853] [ naval battle won decisively by Imperial Russia against the Ottoman Empire, during the opening phase of the Crimean War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Valmy [1792] [aussi : bataille ou affaire du camp de la Lune] | Battle of Valmy [1792] [also: Cannonade of Valmy] [first major victory by the army of France during the Revolutionary Wars, preventing the Prussian Army marching on Paris] | |
| hist. pol. Frédéric-Guillaume {m} III [1770-1840] | Frederick William III [1770-1840] [ King of Prussia from 1797 until his death in 1840, ruling during the difficult times of the Napoleonic Wars] | |
| hist. pol. maison {f} de Hanovre [1635-1918] | House of Hanover [1635-1918] [also: House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Hanover line] [German royal house that ruled Hanover, Great Britain, and Ireland at various times during the 17C to 20C] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} de Castille | Kingdom of Castile [large and powerful state on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. In 1479, the crowns of Aragon and Castile were united to form the nucleus of modern Spain.] | |
| hist. Philippe {m} le Bon [Philippe III de Bourgogne] [1396-1467] | Philip the Good [1396-1467] [Duke of Burgundy 1419 until death. During his reign, the Burgundian State reached the apex of its prosperity and prestige, and became a leading centre of the arts] | |
| hist. mil. pol. siège {m} de Belgrade [1717] | Siege of Belgrade [1717] [successful capture by Habsburgs during Austro-Turkish War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Turin [1706] | Siege of Turin [1706] [during the War of the Spanish Succession] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Londres [1474] | Treaty of London [in 1474 Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, agreed to support King Edward IV of England militarily during an invasion of France] | |
4 Words: Nouns |
| hist. pol. Alexandre {m} I de Russie [1777-1825] [aussi : Alexandre Pavlovitch Romanov] | Alexander I of Russia [1777-1825] [Emperor of Russia (Tsar) from 1801 until death, ruling during the period of the Napoleonic Wars] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} du Solent [1545] [aussi : bataille du Portsmouth] | Battle of the Solent [1545] [inconclusive engagement (during the Italian Wars) between the fleets of Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} du 13 prairial an II [1794] [aussi : combat de Prairial ou troisième bataille d'Ouessant ] | Glorious First of June [1794] [also: Fourth Battle of Ushant] [largest, but indecisive, naval action during French Revolutionary Wars] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} d'indépendance espagnole [1808-1814] | Spanish War of Independence [1808-1814] [also: Peninsular War] [military conflict fought by Spain, UK and Portugal against France for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars] | |
5+ Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de Succession de Mantoue [1628 - 1631] | War of the Mantuan Succession [1628 - 1631] [a proxy war between France and Spain during the 30 Years' War] | |