 | French | English  | |
 | coincé {adj} {past-p} [dans, entre] | 2 wedged [in, between] | |
| de parents consanguins {adj} | inbred [from sex between relatives] | |
| Verbs |
| faire la navette | to commute [to travel between home and work] | |
| s'entremettre | to intercede [between people; on behalf of somebody] | |
| s'entremettre | to intervene [between people; on behalf of somebody] | |
| sport faire un petit-pont à qn. [fam.] | to nutmeg sb. [coll.] [soccer, hockey, etc] [push / kick the ball (or puck) between an opponent's legs] | |
| Nouns |
| cuis. trou {m} normand | [Calvados, served between two courses] | |
| cuis. plat {m} de relevé | [dish served between soup and starter] | |
| cuis. relevé {m} de potage | [dish served between soup and starter] | |
| géogr. lette {f} [aussi : lète ou lède] | [term used in Gascony to describe a depression between two dunes] | |
| géogr. panne {f} | [term used in Northern France to describe a depression between two dunes] | |
| le troisième larron {m} [fig.] [littéraire] | [the third party who benefits from a division between two others] | |
| bot. dent. monnaie couronne {f} [numismatique, dentisterie, cimier, d'une plante] | crown [currency, dentistry, top of tree, plant between root and stem] | |
| discorde {f} | disagreement [between people] | |
| zizanie {f} [littéraire] [fig.] | discord [formal] [between people] | |
| édition journ. glose {f} | gloss [brief note on sth. in the margin or between lines in a text] | |
| constr. enduit {m} de jointement | grout [between tiles] | |
| cuis. bière {f} écossaise | heavy [Scot.] [beer between 3.5 and 4% ABV] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. territoire {f} de l'Inini | Inini [was an inland territory of French Guiana, administered separately between 1930 and 1946.] | |
| arch. traboules {f.pl} [passages piétons à travers des cours d'immeuble qui permettent de se rendre d'une rue à une autre dans certaines villes françaises. Les plus connues sont à Lyon] | passageway [between houses. Regional, in certain French cities and towns such as Lyon, Mâcon and Grenoble] | |
| tension {f} [entre personnes] | strain [fig.] [tension between people] | |
| astron. terminateur {m} | terminator [dividing line between day and night] | |
| naut. vergue {f} | yard [piece of wood between masts] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| cinq-à-sept {m} [rendez-vous] | afternoon meeting [between lovers] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} noire | Black War [conflicts in Tasmania between British colonists and Aboriginal Tasmanians from the mid-1820s to 1832] | |
| hist. mil. relig. guerre {f} de Cologne [1583 - 1588] | Cologne War [1583 - 1588] [a conflict between Protestant and Catholic factions in the Electorate of Cologne] [also: Seneschal's War or Seneschal Upheaval] | |
| 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] | |
| pol. Entente {f} cordiale [1904] | Entente Cordiale [1904] [signed between the United Kingdom and the French Republic] | |
| constr. joint {m} de carrelage | grout joint [between tiles] | |
| géogr. Petites Antilles {f.pl} [aussi : Petites Caraïbes] | Lesser Antilles [a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, most of which are part of an island arc between the Greater Antilles and the continent of South America] | |
| géogr. hydro. Grand Canal {m} du Nord | North Channel [between Great Britain and Ireland] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerres {f.pl} puniques [264 - 146 av. J.-C.] [aussi : guerres romano-carthaginoises] | Punic Wars [264 – 146 BC] [between the Roman Republic and Carthage] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de Pyrrhus [280 - 275 av. J.-C.] | Pyrrhic War [280–275 BC] [between the Roman Republic and Pyrrhus, the king of Epiru] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} du Rif [1921-1927] | Rif War [1921-1927] [armed conflict between the colonialists of Spain and the Berber tribes of the mountainous Rif region of northern Morocco] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de Smolensk [1632 - 1634] | Smolensk War [1632 - 1634] [between the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and Russia] | |
| hist. la Reconquista {f} [la Reconquête] | The Reconquista [period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula between the Battle of Covadonga (718 or 722) and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in 1492] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. pol. Triple-Alliance {f} de La Haye [1668] | Triple Alliance [1668] [between the Kingdom of England, the Swedish Empire and the Dutch Republic] | |
| hist. mil. pol. Triplice {f} [1882 - 1915] [aussi : Triple-Alliance] | Triple Alliance [1882 - 1915] [defensive military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy] | |
| dent. diastème {m} | true diastema [open space between the upper incisors] | |
| cuis. veau {m} Orloff [aussi : veau Orlov] | veal Orloff [also: veal Prince Orloff, veal Prince Orlov or veal Orlov] [sliced braised veal stuffed with mushrooms & onions between slices] | |
| hist. relig. grand schisme {m} d'Occident | Western Schism [split in Roman Catholic Church between 1378 and 1417] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerres {f.pl} xhosas [1779-1879] [aussi : guerres cafres] | Xhosa Wars [1779-1879] [also: Cape Frontier Wars or Kaffir Wars] [series of 9 wars between the Xhosa Kingdom and the British Empire] | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| jeter un pont [entre deux rives, entre deux cultures] | to build a bridge [between two banks, between two cultures] | |
| 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 |
| cuis. cinq à sept {m} [can.] [fam.] | afternoon get-together [in Quebec] [similar to a happy hour, cocktail party, or wine and cheese, held approximately between 5 and 7 p.m.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Guinegatte [1479] | Battle of Guinegate [in 1479, first battle in what became over 500 years of conflict between France and the Habsburgs, Battle won by the Habsburgs] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Muhi [1241] [aussi : bataille de Mohi] | Battle of Mohi [1241] [the pivotal conflict between the Mongol Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary] | |
| dr. sociol. Pacte {m} Civil de Solidarité <PaCS> | civil solidarity pact [contractual form of civil union between two adults in 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.] | |
