| French | English | |
| aviat. naut. avarié {adj} [navire, avion] | damaged [ship, aircraft] | |
| aviat. naut. désemparé {adj} [navire, avion] | in distress | |
| aviat. maniable {adj} [avion] | easy to fly | |
Verbs |
| aviat. trains transp. s'écraser [avion, train etc.] | 2 to crash [plane, train etc.] | |
| armes chasse mil. abattre qn./qc. [animal à la chasse, ennemi, avion etc.] | to shoot sb./sth. (down) [animal, enemy, plane] | |
| aviat. naut. arraisonner qc. [navire, avion] | to board and inspect sth. [ship, aircraft] | |
| aviat. bourdonner [avion, hélicoptère] | to drone | |
| détourner qc. [avion, navire] | to hijack sth. | |
| aviat. évoluer [avion] | to wheel | |
| aviat. naut. piloter qc. [avion, navire] | to navigate sth. | |
| aviat. plafonner [avion] | to reach absolute ceiling [maximum altitude] | |
| aviat. plafonner [avion] | to reach maximum altitude | |
| repérer qn./qc. [avion, cible, ennemi] | to locate sb./sth. | |
| aviat. retourner [en avion] | to fly back | |
| aviat. s'abattre [avion] | to crash | |
| aviat. s'incliner [être penché - avion] | to bank [plane] | |
| aviat. vidanger qc. [avion] | to refuel sth. | |
| aviat. vriller [avion] | to spiral | |
Nouns |
| vol {m} [oiseau, avion] | 5 flight | |
| auto aviat. naut. épave {f} [carcasse de navire, avion, auto] | 4 wreck [remains of a ship, plane, car] | |
| commandes {f.pl} [avion, navire, etc.] | 2 controls [plane, ship etc.] | |
| aviat. orn. aileron {m} [extrémité de l'aile d'un oiseau ou d'un avion] | wing tip | |
| ascension {f} [en montagne, etc. / d'avion] | climb [in mountains etc. / of an aircraft] | |
| aviat. attitude {f} [d'un avion] | trim [of an aircraft] | |
| aviat. mil. bombardier {m} [avion] | bomber (aircraft) | |
| aviat. cocarde {f} [emblème national : sur avion] | roundel | |
| aviat. hist. Concorde {m}® [avion supersonique] | Concorde® [supersonic aircraft] | |
| aviat. coque {f} [d'avion] | fuselage | |
| aviat. couloir {m} [d'avion] | aisle [aircraft] | |
| aviat. départ {m} [d'avion] | take-off | |
| aviat. zool. envergure {f} [avion, oiseau] | wingspan | |
| aviat. immobilisation {f} [d'un avion] | grounding [of a plane] | |
| mil. largage {m} [d'une bombe d'un avion] | dropping [of a bomb from an aircraft] | |
| aviat. tourisme passager {m} [d'un avion] | flier [passenger] | |
| passager {m} [d'un avion] | flyer [passenger] | |
| aviat. tourisme passagère {f} [d'un avion] | flier [female passenger] | |
| passagère {f} [d'un avion] | flyer [female passenger] | |
| aviat. mil. patrouilleur {m} [avion] | patrol plane | |
| aviat. ronflement {m} [de petit avion] | drone [sound of light aircraft] | |
| aviat. turbopropulseur {m} [réacteur ou avion à turbopropulseurs] | turboprop [engine or turboprop aircraft] | |
2 Words: Others |
| aviat. trains transp. à l'arrière {adv} [dans un train, bus, avion] | at the back | |
| aviat. trains transp. à l'arrière {adv} [dans un train, bus, avion] | at the rear | |
| aviat. au retour {adv} [en avion] | on the flight back | |
2 Words: Verbs |
| aviat. être incliné [avion] | to tilt | |
2 Words: Nouns |
| aviat. orn. mouvement {m} ascendant [d'un oiseau/avion] | soaring | |
| aviat. porte-bagages {m} [dans un avion] | overhead locker | |
| aviat. traînée {f} blanche [d'avion] | white vapour trail | |
3 Words: Verbs |
| aviat. effectuer une descente [avion] | to sink down [aircraft] | |
| aviat. piquer du nez [loc.] [chuter] [avion] | to go into a nosedive | |
| aviat. prendre son envol [avion] | to take off | |
| aviat. toucher le sol [animal, sauteur, avion] | to land | |
| aviat. tourner autour de qc. [avion] | to circle sth. | |
4 Words: Others |
| auto aviat. Attachez vos ceintures ! [en voiture, en avion] | Fasten your seat belts, please! | |
| aviat. en état de naviguer {adj} [avion] | airworthy | |
| aviat. méd. en état de naviguer {adj} [avion] | fit to fly | |
4 Words: Verbs |
| aviat. mil. naut. avoir le commandement de qc. [armée, opération, avion, bateau] | to be in command of sth. | |
| aviat. mil. naut. être au commandement de qc. [armée, opération, avion, bateau] | to be in command of sth. | |
| aviat. être dans le cirage [loc.] [avion] | to be flying blind [idiom] | |
| aviat. faire du rase-mottes [en avion] | to hedge-hop [in an aeroplane] | |
| prendre le commandement de qn./qc. [troupes, avion] | to take command of sb./sth. | |