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 | francilien {adj} | [of / from the Île-de-France region] | |
| Nouns |
| cuis. bistouille {f} [belge] [nord de France] | [hot coffee with alcoholic spirit added] | |
| éduc. agrégation {f} | [teacher recruitment examination in France] | |
| hist. Dauphin {m} [fils aîné du roi de France] | Dauphin [heir to French throne] | |
| géogr. hist. Dauphiné {m} [aussi : Dauphiné de Viennois] | Dauphiné [also: Dauphiny or Dauphiné of Viennois ] [a former province in southeastern France] | |
| géogr. Outre-Rhin {m} [Allemagne] | Germany [as viewed from France: over the Rhine] | |
| hist. Neustrie {f} [Royaume de Syagrius] | Neustria [Kingdom in north west of today's France] | |
| carte-vue {f} [belge] [désuet en France] | postcard | |
| éduc. collège {m} | school [in France: secondary school to age 15] | |
| trouvère {m} [troubadour] | troubadour [wandering medieval poet in northern France] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| dr. cour {f} d'assises | assize court [criminal trial court in France, obsolete in UK since 1972] | |
| hist. dynastie {f} capétienne | Capet Dynasty [Kings of France] | |
| comm. auto-interpréneur {m} [France] | independent contractor | |
| géogr. France {f} métropolitaine [la Métropole] | Metropolitan France [European France] | |
| estaminet {m} | small café [northern France] | |
| pol. Universelle Aragne {f} | Universal Spider [nickname for King Louis XI of France] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| fin. RIB {m} [abr.] [relevé d'identité bancaire (en France)] | bank account details {pl} [slip showing details of a bank account] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Poitiers [1356] | Battle of Poitiers [in 1356 was the 2nd major success, after Crécy, by England under Edward, the Black Prince, against France, under King John II, in the 100 Years' War] | |
| hist. mil. bataille du Mont-d'Or {noun} [Rosebeque 1382] | Battle of Roosebeke [1382, during 1379-1385 rebellion of Ghent against France] | |
| hist. pol. congrès {m} d'Arras [1435] | Congress of Arras [in 1435, 1st international peace conference between France, England & Burgundy and observers from Aragon, Bohemia, Brittany, Castile, Denmark, Holy Roman Empire, and many more.] | |
| géogr. hist. comté {m} de Hainaut [ou Hainau] | County of Hainaut [or Hainault] [territorial lordship in the medieval Holy Roman Empire, straddling today's border of Belgium and France; main towns Mons (BG) and Valenciennes (FR)] | |
| éduc. occup. directeur {m} d'études | director of studies [in France] | |
| hist. maison {f} Plantagenêt | House of Plantagenet [a Royal House which originated from the lands of Anjou in France, ruling England between 1154 and 1485] | |
| adm. fin. Ministère {m} des finances et des comptes publics [France] | Internal Revenue Service <IRS> [USA] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} de Navarre | Kingdom of Navarre [Basque kingdom that occupied lands on either side of the western Pyrenees, alongside the Atlantic Ocean between present-day Spain and France between 824 and 1620] | |
| cuis. zool. agneau {m} de pré-salé | salt meadow lamb [ lamb raised in salt marsh meadows of France, especially Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} d'Arras [1435] | Treaty of Arras [1435] [diplomatic achievement for France in final years of the 100 Years' War. France & Burgundy were reconciled and from 1435, English rule in France underwent steady decline.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Brétigny [1360] [traité de Calais] | Treaty of Brétigny [Treaty signed in 1360 between King Edward III of England and King John II of France, marking the end of the first phase of the 100 Years' War] | |
| hist. pol. traité {f} de Troyes [1420] | Treaty of Troyes [in 1420, after victory at Agincourt, Henry V of England signed the Treaty with the wife of the demential Charles VI of France, confirming Henry as King of England AND France] | |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
| être au chômage [en France : inscrit à Pôle emploi] | to be on the dole [Br.] | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Nicopolis [1396] | Battle of Nikopol (Bulgaria) [1396 defeat by Ottoman army of Crusader army from France, Burgundy, Hungary, etc] | |
| dr. Groupe {m} d'intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale <GIGN> | National Gendarmerie Intervention Group <GIGN> [France] | |
| hist. Ordre {m} de l'Étoile | Order of the Star [order of chivalry founded 1351 by Jean le Bon, King of France] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Saint-James de Beuvron [1426] | Siege of St. James [in 1426, as part of the 100 Years' War, England defeated France at Avranches. ] | |
| 5+ Words: Nouns |
| hist. pol. Unverified ligue {f} du Bien public [1465] | League of the Public Weal [an alliance of feudal nobles organized in 1465 in defiance of the centralized authority of King Louis XI of France] | |
