| French | English | |
| de parents consanguins {adj} | inbred [from sex between relatives] | |
| coincé {adj} {past-p} [dans, entre] | wedged [in, between] | |
Verbs |
| faire la navette | to commute [to travel between home and work] | |
| 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] | |
| 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. 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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. 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] | |
| 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. 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.] | |
| hist. pol. congrès {m} d'Erfurt [1808] [aussi : entrevue d'Erfurt] | Congress of Erfurt [1808] [after Tilsit (1807) the final meeting between Napoleon and Alexander I of Russia] | |
| hist. mil. pol. convention {f} de Tauroggen [1812] | Convention of Tauroggen [1812] [armistice between Prussia and Russia, which triggered an ininsurgency against Napoleon in the Confederation of the Rhine] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de Quatre-Vingts Ans [1568-1648] [aussi : révolte des Pays-Bas] | Eighty Years' War [1568-1648] [also: Dutch Revolt] [armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between groups of rebels and the Spanish government] | |
| 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] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} de Naples | Kingdom of Naples [comprised the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816.] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. pol. royaume {m} de Pologne | Kingdom of Poland [existed, not continually, at various times between 1025 and 1918] | |
| hist. pol. paix {f} d'Amasya [1555] [aussi : traité d'Amasya] | Peace of Amasya [1555] [between Safavid Iran and the Ottoman Empire] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. traité {m} de Münster [1648] | Peace of Münster [1648] [between Seven United Netherlands and the Spanish Crown recognising the independent Dutch Republic] | |
| hist. Piste {f} des larmes | Trail of Tears [ethnic cleansing and forced displacement of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the US government] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerres {f.pl} daciques de Trajan [101-102 et 105-106] | Trajan's Dacian Wars [101-102 and 105-106] [between the Roman Empire and Dacia] | |
| hist. pol. traités {m.pl} de Reichenbach [1813] | Treaties of Reichenbach [1813] [series of agreements signed in present-day Dzierżoniów between UK, Prussia, Russia, and Austria to establish a united coalition force against Napoleon I of France] | |