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| géogr. hist. pol. sac {m} de Liège [1468] | sacking of Liège [in 1468, after an uprising, the Duke of Burgundy ordered the town to be razed to the ground and a quarter of the inhabitants were killed.] | |
| géogr. Antilles {f.pl} | Antilles [archipelago bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the south and west, the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and east] | |
| psych. agoraphobie {f} | agoraphobia [anxiety disorder where the person perceives their environment to be unsafe with no easy way to escape] | |
| cuis. ichtyo. truite {f} au bleu | boiled trout [which must be killed only just before cooking so the trout changes colour.] | |
| être logé à la même enseigne [loc.] | to be in the same boat [idiom] [be in the same situation] | |
| hist. pol. traité {f} de Vereeniging [1902] | Treaty of Vereeniging [1902] [ended the Second Boer War between the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, on the one side, and the United Kingdom on the other] | |
| hist. pol. Couronne {f} de fer | Iron Crown [reliquary and one of the oldest royal insignia of Christendom. A relic from the Kingdom of the Lombards, used for the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperors as Kings of Italy] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Patay [1429] | Battle of Patay [in 1429, the culminating engagement of the Loire Campaign of the 100 Years' War, when the French cavalry inflicted a severe defeat on the English.] | |
| géogr. pol. duché {m} de Bourgogne | Duchy of Burgundy [emerged in the 9th century as one of the successors of the ancient Kingdom of the Burgundians] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. République {f} batave [1795-1806] | Batavian Republic [1795-1806] [successor to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, becoming the first of the "sister-republics", and later part of the French Empire of Napoleon] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1856] | Treaty of Paris [1856] [ended the Crimean War between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the United Kingdom, the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia] | |
| 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] | |
| géogr. îles {f.pl} Lucaye | Lucayan Archipelago [also: Bahama Archipelago] [an island group in the western North Atlantic Ocean comprising the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands] | |
| hist. pol. serment {m} du Jeu de paume [1789] | Tennis Court Oath [a pivotal event in the French Revolution. In 1789, the members of the French Third Estate voted "not to separate until the Constitution of the kingdom is established"] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1856] | Treaty of Paris of 1856 [to end the Crimean War between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, the 2nd French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia] | |
| se lire [être lu] [aussi fig. : se voir] | to be (able to be) read [also fig.: to be seen] | |
| hist. mil. pol. chute {f} de Constantinople [1453] [Aussi : prise de Constantinople] | Fall of Constantinople [in 1453, the Ottoman Empire captured the capital of the Byzantine Empire, marking its end, and effectively the end of the Roman Empire] | |
| géogr. hist. Kennemerland {m} | Kennemerland [coastal region in the northwestern Netherlands, its name comes from the Kennemer people, who were Frisians that fought with the Counts of Holland and lost in the Middle Ages] | |
| fin. non remboursé {adj} {past-p} | unredeemed [debt] | |
| fin. non remboursé {adj} {past-p} | unrepaid [debt] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Karlowitz [1699] | Treaty of Karlowitz [1699] [concluded the Great Turkish War of 1683–1697, establishing the Habsburg monarchy as the dominant power of the region] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} de Castille | Kingdom of Castile [large and powerful state on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. In 1479, the crowns of Aragon and Castile were united to form the nucleus of modern Spain.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Austerlitz [1805] | Battle of Austerlitz [1805] [also: Battle of the Three Emperors] [Napoleon defeated the larger combined Russian/Austrian Armies, bringing the War of the 3rd Coalition to an end] | |
| acquitter qc. [dette] | to pay sth. [debt] | |
| fin. s'endetter | to borrow [take out debt] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Smolensk [1812] | Battle of Smolensk [1812] [1st major battle of the French invasion of Russia, where the Grande Armée drove the Russian Army out of the city] | |
| dr. fin. autoliquidation {f} de la TVA [mécanisme] | reverse charge procedure [note on invoices where the customer is liable for the payment of the VAT] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. siège {m} de Badajoz [1812] | siege of Badajoz [also: 3rd siege of Badajoz] [one of the bloodiest sieges in the Napoleonic Wars, where Anglo-Portuguese Army forced the surrender of the French garrison] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Castillon [1453] | Battle of Castillon [decisive French victory in 1453 against England marked the end of the 100 Years' War. Considered the first major battle won through the extensive use of field artillery] | |
| fin. impayé {adj} [facture, dettes, etc.] | outstanding [e.g. debt] | |
| fin. impayé {adj} {past-p} [facture, dettes, etc.] | undischarged [e.g. debt] | |
| fin. impayé {adj} {past-p} [facture, dettes, etc.] | unsettled [e.g. debt] | |
| pol. Ordre {m} de la Toison d'or | Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece [Catholic order of chivalry founded by the Duke of Burgundy in 1430. Today, 2 branches of the order exist, namely the Spanish and the Austrian Fleece ] | |
| math. pi {m} <π> | pi <π> [the symbol π denoting the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter / the ratio itself] | |
| agr. mus. ranz {m} des vaches [suisse] | [simple melody traditionally played on the horn by the Swiss Alpine herdsmen as they drove their cattle to or from the pasture] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} de Portugal | Kingdom of Portugal [monarchy on the Iberian Peninsula (1139 - 1910) and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic.] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. guerre {f} des Hameçons et des Cabillauds [aussi guerre des Crochets et des Cabillauds] [1345-1490] | Hook and Cod wars [1345-1490] [series of battles in the County of Holland between the Cod faction (the more progressive cities of Holland) and the Hook faction ( the conservative noblemen).] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Balaklava [1854] | Battle of Balaclava [1854] [part of the Crimean War, with the Allies successfully but not decisively defeating the Russians] | |
| régler qc. [dette, compte, affaire] | to settle sth. [debt, account, dispute] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Krasnoï [1812] [ou bataille de Krasnoje] | Battle of Krasnoi [1812] [also Battle of Krasny] [fought during the final stage of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. The Russians inflicted heavy losses on the remnants of the Grande Armee] | |
| hist. pol. États {m.pl} généraux des Pays-Bas [1464] | Estates General of 1464 [the first parliamentary assembly of representatives of the constituent territories of the Burgundian Netherlands] | |
| hist. pol. Louis {m} XVI [1754-1793] | Louis XVI [1754-1793] [the last King of France from 1774 until he was guillotined and the fall of the monarchy in 1793 during the French Revolution] | |
| 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. 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. 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] | |
| horl. sci. conférence {f} internationale de Washington [1884] | International Meridian Conference [1884] [resulted in the recommendation of the Greenwich Meridian as the international standard for zero degrees longitude] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Malakoff [1855] | Battle of Malakoff [1855] [French victory against the Russian forces resulted in the fall of Sevastopol, and subsequent end to the Crimean War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Koutchouk-Kaïnardji [1774] | Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca [1774] [between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74] | |
| 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] | |