| French | English | |
| vaincre qn./qc. [joueur, ennemi, peur, fanatisme, etc.] | 4 to defeat sb./sth. [player, team, army, fanaticism, etc.] | |
| mil. entrer à qc. [armée] | to join sth. [army] | |
| entretenir qn./qc. [maîtresse, armée] | to keep sb./sth. [mistress, army] | |
Nouns |
| hist. mil. compagnie {f} d'ordonnance | [first standing army of late medieval and early modern France; forefather of the modern company] | |
| mil. ordonnance {f} | batman [servant to an army officer] | |
| hist. mil. mus. buccin {m} [trompette] | buccina [also: bucina, buccin or bucine] [brass instrument used in Roman Army] | |
| hist. mil. centurie {f} | century [unit of the Roman army] | |
| cuis. mil. rata {m} [fam.] [vieilli] [mauvais ragoût] | grub [coll.] [army food] | |
| 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] | |
| mil. incorporation {f} [dans l'armée] | induction [into the army] | |
| mil. occup. munitionnaire {m} | purveyor [of munitions and supplies to the army] | |
| fin. mil. solde {f} | salary [esp. in civil service, army] | |
| comm. mil. occup. vivandier {m} | sutler [civilian merchant who sells provisions to an army] | |
| comm. mil. occup. vivandière {f} | sutler [female] [civilian merchant who sells provisions to an army] | |
2 Words: Verbs |
| renforcer qc. | to beef sth. up [army, campaign] | |
| mil. replier qc. [armée] | to pull sth. back [e.g. army] | |
| mil. exterminer qc. [armée, rebelles] | to wipe sth. out [army, rebels] | |
3 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Abrittus [251] [aussi : bataille du forum Terebronii] | Battle of Abritus [251] [also: Battle of Forum Terebronii] [heavy defeat of Roman army by federation of Goths and Scyths] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} du pont d'Arcole [1796] | Battle of Arcole [1796] [French army victory over Austrian army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Auerstaedt [1806] | Battle of Auerstedt [1806] [in the two battles of Jena & Auerstedt, fought on the same day, Napoleon's army decisively defeated the Prussian Army under King Frederick William III] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {m} de Bailén [1808] [aussi : bataille de Baylen] | Battle of Bailén [1808] [the first open-field defeat of a Napoleonic army - by the Spanish Army of Andalusia] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Bassano [1796] | Battle of Bassano [1796] [French army victory over Austrian army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Bibracte [58 av. J.-C.] | Battle of Bibracte [58 BC] [Roman army defeated the Helvetii] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Hochstett [1704] [aussi : bataille de Blenheim ou deuxième bataille de Höchstädt] | Battle of Blenheim [1704] [major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession when the overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna from the Franco-Bavarian army] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. mil. Bataille {f} de Bouvines [1214] | Battle of Bouvines [the concluding battle of the Anglo-French War of 1213–1214.A French army under King Philip Augustus defeated an Allied army under Holy Roman Emperor Otto IV] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Buçaco [1810] | Battle of Buçaco [1810] [also: Battle of Bussaco] [major battle in the Portuguese mountains, which resulted in the defeat of French forces by Lord Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Cannes [216 av. J.-C.] | Battle of Cannae [216 BC] [Hannibal's Carthaginian army heavily defeated the Roman army] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de La Corogne [1809] | Battle of Corunna [also: Battle of Elviña] [early in the Peninsular War, the French Army humiliated the British Army and forced it to evacuate by sea] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Crécy [1346] | Battle of Crécy [1346, important battle in 100 years' war. French army commanded by King Philip VI was defeated by an English army led by King Edward III ] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille d'Edington {noun} [878] | Battle of Edington [878] [also: Battle of Ethandun] [Saxon army under Alfred the Great defeated the Great Heathen Army] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Friedland [1807] | Battle of Friedland [1807] [Napoleon and the French Army won a decisive victory, routing much of the Russian army. The battlefield was in East Prussia, today Kaliningrad Oblast, Pravdinsk, Russia] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} du Guadalete [711] | Battle of Guadalete [711] [victory for Muslim army against Visigoths (conquest of Spain)] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Inkerman [1854] | Battle of Inkerman [1854] [the Allies decisively defeated the Imperial Russian Army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Iéna [1806] | Battle of Jena [1806] [in the two battles of Jena & Auerstedt, fought on the same day, Napoleon's army decisively defeated the Prussian Army under King Frederick William III] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} du Chant de Merles [1389] [bataille de Kosovo Polje] | Battle of Kosovo [1389] [Ottoman army defeated Christian army led by the Serbian Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović led by ] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Lemberg [1914] | Battle of Lemberg [1914] [Russian defeat of Austro-Hungarian army] [also: Battle of Galicia] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Ligny [1815] [aussi : bataille de Fleurus] | Battle of Ligny [1815] [the last victory for Napoleon; the French army defeat of the Prussian army was not decisive] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Lutter [1626] | Battle of Lutter [1626] [army of the Catholic League defeated combined Danish-German force] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Lützen [1632] | Battle of Lützen [1632] [Allied army (Sweden, Saxony & Hesse-Kassel) defeated Holy Roman & Catholic League army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Marathon [490 av. J.-C.] | Battle of Marathon [490 BC ] [Greek army inflicted a crushing defeat on the Persians] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Morgarten [1315] | Battle of Morgarten [in 1315, the Confederates of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden defeated a Habsburg army, laying foundation for future independence of the Swiss Confederacy] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Naissus [268] | Battle of Naissus [268] [Roman army defeated Gothic coalition army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. première bataille {f} de Nördlingen [1634] | Battle of Nördlingen [1634] [combined Imperial-Spanish force inflicted a crushing defeat on the Swedish-German army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Oldendorf [1633] | Battle of Oldendorf [1633] [victory of Swedish Army and allies over Holy Roman army] | |
| 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. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Poltava [1709] [aussi : bataille de Pultawa] | Battle of Poltava [1709] [decisive battle of the Great Northern War ; Russian army defeated Swedish army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Rain am Lech [1632] | Battle of Rain [1632] [victory of Swedish army over Catholic League forces] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Ratisbonne [1809] [aussi : bataille de Regensburg] | Battle of Ratisbon [1809] [also: Battle of Regensburg] [final battle in Bavaria, Napoleon forced the Austrian army to retreat into Bohemia, leaving the way open for Napoleon to enter Vienna] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Rheinfelden [1638] | Battle of Rheinfelden [1638] [French-Weimaran victory over a joint Bavarian and Holy Roman Empire army] | |