 | French  | English | |
 | relig. bénit {adj} [eau bénite] | 2 holy [water] | |
| flottant {adj} {pres-p} [sur l'eau] | floating | |
| hydrique {adj} [relatif à l'eau] | hydric | |
| limoneux {adj} [eau, rivière] | silt-laden | |
| limpide {adj} [clair comme de l'eau de roche] | crystal clear | |
| paisible {adj} [personne, eau] | calm | |
| paisible {adj} [personne, eau] | untroubled | |
| riverain {adj} [de cours d'eau] | riverside | |
| saumâtre {adj} [eau] | brackish [water] | |
| Verbs |
| envahir qc. [eau] | 2 to engulf sth. [by flooding] | |
| adoucir qc. [peau, tissu, eau, éclairage, expression] | to soften sth. | |
| affluer [eau, air, sang] | to rush | |
| constr. aveugler qc. [voie d'eau] | to stop sth. up | |
| cuis. baptiser qc. [mettre de l'eau dans] [fam.] | to water sth. down [e.g. wine] | |
| barboter [s'agiter dans l'eau] | to splash around [in a pool etc.] | |
| charrier qc. [cours d'eau, coulée de lave] | to carry sth. along | |
| fin. couper qc. [électricité, eau, téléphone] | to disconnect sth. | |
| naut. écoper [vider l'eau d'une embarcation] | to bail [scoop] [remove water from a boat] | |
| fermer qc. [robinet, gaz, eau, radio] | to turn off sth. | |
| rafraîchir qc. [eau] | to chill sth. | |
| renouveler qc. [eau] | to change sth. | |
| ronger qc. [eau, acide] | to erode sth. | |
| s'écouler [eau, rivière, sang] | to flow | |
| s'écouler [eau] | to drain away | |
| s'écouler [pétrole, eau] | to escape [e.g. petrol from a tank] | |
| sourdre [littéraire] [eau] | to well up [water] | |
| cuis. troubler qc. [eau, vin] | to cloud sth. | |
| cuis. troubler qc. [eau, vin] | to make sth. cloudy | |
| vaporiser qc. [eau, liquide] | to spray sth. | |
| Nouns |
| cuis. armagnac {m} [eau-de-vie] | Armagnac (brandy) | |
| écol. assainissement {m} [d'air, atmosphère, eau] | decontamination | |
| écol. assainissement {m} [d'air, atmosphère, eau] | purification | |
| bâche {f} [couverture résistante à l'eau] | canvas cover | |
| cataracte {f} [chute d'eau] | waterfall | |
| géogr. chute {f} [d'eau] | waterfall | |
| clapotement {m} [eau] | lapping [of water] | |
| clapotis {m} [eau] | lapping [of water] | |
| clarté {f} [de l'eau, du verre] | clarity | |
| hydro. courant {m} [mouvement d'eau] | current | |
| cuve {f} [à eau, mazout] | tank [for water, heating oil] | |
| hydro. débit {m} [d'un cours d'eau] | channel flow | |
| débit {m} [eau, mots, etc.] | flow [water, words etc.] | |
| débordement {m} [cours d'eau] | overflowing | |
| étendue {f} [de terrain, de sable, d'eau] | expanse | |
| filet {m} [d'eau] | trickle | |
| flotteur {m} [dans la chasse-d'eau] | float ball [in cistern] | |
| frémissement {m} [de l'eau] | ripple | |
| cuis. genièvre {m} [eau-de-vie de genévrier] | Genever gin | |
| gerbe {f} [d'eau] | spray [water] | |
| hist. sport jouteur {m} [à cheval et sur l'eau] | jouster | |
| hist. sport jouteuse {f} [à cheval et sur l'eau] | jouster [female] | |
| masse {f} [volume (muscle, air, eau), grand nombre] | mass [volume, large quantity or amount] | |
| remous {m} [tourbillon d'eau] | vortex | |
| hydro. naut. repêchage {m} [dans l'eau] | recovery [e.g. body from water] | |
| riverain {m} [de cours d'eau] | riverside resident | |
| riveraine {f} [de cours d'eau] | riverside resident [female] | |
| cuis. sirop {m} [on ajoute de l'eau pour faire la boisson] | squash [cordial] | |
| soda {m} [eau gazeuse] | soda water | |
| hydro. source {f} [d'eau] | spring [water] | |
| tourbillon {m} [d'eau] | vortex | |
| tourbillon {m} [masse d'eau] | whirlpool | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| hydro. déboucher dans qc. [cours d'eau] | to flow into sth. | |
| chim. dissoudre qc. dans qc. [eau, acide] | to dissolve sth. in sth. | |
| s'alimenter en qc. [eau, gaz, électricité] | to be supplied with sth. | |
| s'écouler lentement [eau] | to trickle away | |
| hydro. se jeter [cours d'eau] | to flow | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| hydro. courant {m} fort [mouvement de l'eau] | strong current [of water] | |
| géogr. mer {f} Caspienne [vaste étendue d'eau située en Asie occidentale] | Caspian Sea [also: Mazandaran Sea, Hyrcanian Ocean, or Khazar Sea] | |
| géogr. Tonlé Sap {m} [situé en plein centre du Cambodge, le plus grand lac d'eau douce d'Asie du Sud-Est] | Tonlé Sap | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| hydro. se vider dans qc. [canalisation, eau] | to empty into sth. | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| cuis. chair {f} à saucisse [viande de porc avec lard, eau, couenne] | sausage meat | |
| chim. nucl. oxyde {m} de deutérium <D2O, 2H2O> [eau lourde] | deuterium oxide [heavy water] | |
| robinet {m} à flotteur [dans la chasse-d'eau] | ball cock [in cistern] | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| clair comme le cristal {adj} [yeux, eau] | as clear as crystal | |
