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| géogr. hist. pol. château {m} de Charlottenbourg | Charlottenburg Palace [was the Royal Palace in Berlin of the Hohenzollern, Kings of Prussia] | |
| qualité tech. feuille {f} d'épreuve | check sheet [one of the Seven Basic Tools of Quality Control] | |
| arch. géogr. pol. château {m} de Christiansborg | Christiansborg Palace [in Copengagen, seat of the Danish Parliament, the Danish Prime Minister's Office, and the Supreme Court of Denmark] | |
| liste {f} civile | Civil list [Br.] [individuals to whom money is paid by the government, typically for service to the state or as honorary pensions] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de la noix de coco [1980] | Coconut War [1980] [independence of the Republic of Vanuatu] | |
| dr. sociol. Code {m} noir | Code noir [decree passed by King Louis XIV of France in 1685 defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire] | |
| méd. bouton {m} de fièvre [herpès labial] | cold sore [herpes on the lip] | |
| fin. relig. plateau {m} [dans l'église] | collection plate [in the church] | |
| 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. mil. pol. guerre {f} de Crimée [1853-1856] | Crimean War [1853-1856] [ Russia lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia] | |
| géogr. lagune {f} de Courlande | Curonian Lagoon [also: Curonian Bay or Curonian Gulf] [a freshwater lagoon separated from the Baltic Sea by the Curonian Spit] | |
| math. pol. méthode {f} D'Hondt | D'Hondt method [also: Jefferson method or the greatest divisors method] [method for allocating seats in parliaments in party-list proportional representation systems] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. principautés {f.pl} danubiennes [aussi : provinces danubiennes] | Danubian Principalities [conventional name given to the Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia] | |
| anat. méd. cernes {m.pl} [yeux cernés] | dark circles [around the eyes] | |
| hist. mil. pol. accords {m.pl} de Dayton [1995] | Dayton Agreement [1995] [signed in Paris] [ending the Bosnian War] | |
| audio ling. méd. surdi-mutité {f} [fam.] [surdimutité] | deaf-muteness [lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak] | |
| audio ling. méd. surdi-mutité {f} [fam.] [surdimutité] | deaf-mutism [lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak] | |
| 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] | |
| arch. géogr. relig. cathédrale {f} de Durham | Durham Cathedral [also: The Cathedral Church of Christ, Blessed Mary the Virgin and St Cuthbert of Durham] | |
| hist. mil. naut. guerre {f} néerlando-portugaise [1601 - 1661] | Dutch–Portuguese War [1601 - 1661] [the Dutch gained an overseas empire at the cost of the Portuguese] | |
| géogr. baie {f} de la Dvina | Dvina Bay [one of four large bays and gulfs of the White Sea] | |
| pol. comte {m} Marshall | Earl Marshall [eighth of the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom] | |
| hist. Francie {f} orientale | East Francia [Kingdom of the East Franks] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. province {f} de Prusse-Orientale [1773-1824 et 1878-1918] | East Prussia [1773-1824 et 1878-1918] [province of the Kingdom of Prussia] | |
| hist. relig. Séparation {f} des Églises d'Orient et d'Occident | East–West Schism [split of Christianity between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church, beginning in 1054] | |
| édition édition {f} originale | editio princeps [Latin: first printed edition of the work, that previously had existed only in manuscripts] | |
| hist. mil. relig. huitième croisade {f} [1270] | Eighth Crusade [1270] [also: Crusade of Louis IX against Tunis or the Second Crusade of Louis] | |
| pol. Entente {f} cordiale [1904] | Entente Cordiale [1904] [signed between the United Kingdom and the French Republic] | |
| adm. autorisation {f} de sortie du territoire | exit permit [to leave the country] | |
| géogr. Îles Féroé {f.pl} [pays constitutif du royaume de Danemark] | Faroe Islands <.fo> [also: Faroes] [constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark] | |
| first-foot {m} | first-foot [tradition in N. England and Scotland: first person to enter the home of a household on New Year's Day] | |
| vêt. essayage {m} | fitting-room [at the tailor's] | |
| méd. perte {f} liquidienne | fluid loss [from the body] | |
| hist. pol. François {m} II [1768-1835] [empereur des Romains 1792-1806, François I d'Autriche 1804-1835 ] | Francis II [1768-1835] [the last Holy Roman Emperor 1792-1806 and, as Francis I, the first Emperor of Austria 1804-1835] | |
| hist. pol. Frédéric {m} II de Prusse [1712-1786] [aussi : Frédéric le Grand or le vieux Fritz] | Frederick II [1712-1786] [also: Frederick the Great or The Old Fritz] [King of Prussia from 1740 until his death in 1786] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} des Gaules [58 - 50 av. J.-C.] | Gallic Wars {pl} [58–50 BC] [waged by the Roman general Julius Caesar against the peoples of Gaul] | |
| cuis. gâteau {m} basque | Gâteau Basque [traditional dessert from the Northern Basque region of France, typically filled with black cherry jam or pastry cream] | |
| math. méthode {f} de Gauss-Seidel | Gauss–Seidel method [also: Liebmann method or the method of successive displacement] | |
| pol. élection {f} législative | general election [to the lower house] | |
| adm. géogr. Grand Est {m} [région administrative française] [région Alsace-Champagne-Ardennes-Lorraine] | Grand Est [name since 2016 of the previous regions Alsace, Champagne-Ardennes and Lorraine] | |
| hist. pol. Grand Privilège {m} des Pays de par-deçà [1477] | Great Privilege [an instrument signed by Mary of Burgundy in 1477, following death of her father at Battle of Nancy. It reconfirmed the rights of Flanders, Brabant, Hainaut, and Holland] | |
| géogr. Grandes Antilles {f.pl} | Greater Antilles [a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands] | |
| aviat. occup. rampants {m.pl} | ground crew {sg} [staff servicing the aircraft at an airport] | |
| fin. sociol. aumône {f} [aux pauvres] | hand-out [to the poor] | |
| éduc. humanités {f.pl} [en Belgique] | high school {sg} [leading to the baccalaureat examination in Belgium] | |
| géogr. village {m} perché | hilltop village [typically in the uplands of Provence] | |
| ichtyo. vêt. cuissarde {f} | hip wader [extending up to the mid-thigh] | |
| hist. pol. Sainte-Alliance {f} [1815] | Holy Alliance [1815] [also: Grand Alliance] [coalition linking the monarchist great powers of Austria, Prussia and Russia] | |
| hist. mil. pol. croisades {f.pl} contre les hussites [1419 - 1434] | Hussite Wars [1419 - 1434] [also: Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution] | |
| hist. météo. période {f} glaciaire | Ice Age [the Pleistocene period] | |