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| bot. cuis. graine {f} de soja [Glycine max] | soya bean | |
| myth. succube {m} | succubus [demon in folklore, in female form, that appears in dreams to seduce men] | |
| arch. relig. Rouge Cloître {m} | Red Cloister [Augustinian Priory, founded in 1367, in the Sonian Forest, in SE Brussels] | |
| hydro. rouleau {m} [grosse vague] | breaker | |
| constr. tire-fond {m} [grosse vis à bois] | parabolt | |
| constr. tire-fond {m} [grosse vis à bois] | anchor screw | |
| boulotte {f} [fam.] [femme grosse et courte] | small, fat woman | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Azincourt [1415] | Battle of Agincourt [in 1415 English forces under King Henry V defeated numerically superior French forces in this important battle in the 100 Years' War] | |
| cuis. couille {f} de mammouth [fam.] [grosse boule à sucer] | jawbreaker [Am.] [large round sweet] | |
| arch. salon {m} | lounge [in private house, on ship, in hotel] | |
| en bref {adv} | briefly [in few words, not in detail] | |
| danse tarentisme {m} | tarentism [extreme urge to dance; prevalent in southern Italy in the 15-17C] | |
| engloutir qc. [faire disparaître] | to swallow up sth. [e.g. in fog, in the night] | |
| édition journ. glose {f} | gloss [brief note on sth. in the margin or between lines in a text] | |
| dr. cour {f} d'assises | assize court [criminal trial court in France, obsolete in UK since 1972] | |
| cuis. couille {f} de mammouth [fam.] [grosse boule à sucer] | gobstopper [Br.] [also: gob-stopper] [large round sweet] | |
| hist. pol. Jean {m} II le Bon [1319-1364] | John II the Good [1319-1364] [King of France 1350-1364 but spent much time in captivity in London after defeat at Battle of Poitiers in 1356] | |
| myth. incube {m} | incubus [demon in male form in folklore that seeks to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. duché {m} de Clèves [1417-1815] | Duchy of Cleves [1417-1815] [a State of the Holy Roman Empire, situated in the northern Rhineland, today part in Germany and part in the Netherlands] | |
| géogr. territoire {m} de Memel [aussi : région de Klaipėda] | Klaipėda County [previously in East Prussia, now a county in Lithuania] | |
| chim. oxyde {m} de propylène [C3H6O] [aussi : 1,2-époxypropane] | propylene oxide [also: 1,2-propylene oxide] | |
| pol. Sénat {m} [en France] | Upper Chamber [senate in France; House of Lords in UK] | |
| pol. Assemblée {f} nationale [en France] | Lower Chamber [National Assembly in France; House of Commons in UK] | |
| cuis. zool. agneau {m} de pré-salé | salt meadow lamb [ lamb raised in salt marsh meadows of France, especially Mont Saint-Michel in Normandy] | |
| anat. méd. acrochordon {m} | acrochordon [skin tag] | |
| textile scoubidou {m} | scoubidou [material used in knotting craft, which originated in France] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Picquigny [1475] | Treaty of Picquigny [1 year after the Treaty of London, England & France signed a peace treaty (7-year truce) in 1475 which left France to deal alone with the threat from Duke of Burgundy] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. Berry {m} [aussi : Berri] | Berry [former province located in central France, until departments replaced the provinces in 1790] | |
| cuis. tomme {f} | tomme [generic name given to a class of cheese produced mainly in the French Alps and in Switzerland] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. arc {m} de triomphe de l'Étoile | Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile [commissioned in Paris by Napoleon in 1806, it honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars] | |
| agr. équi. occup. gardian {m} [mérid.] [cavalier qui garde et conduit une manade] | gardian [mounted cattle herdsman in the Camargue delta in Provence] | |
| géogr. hist. comté {m} de Flandre | County of Flanders [historic territory in the Low Countries founded in 862, centred around the cities of Ghent, Bruges and Ypres] | |
| relig. marabout {m} | marabout [Muslim religious leader and teacher in West Africa, and (historically) in the Maghreb] | |
| hist. pol. guelfes {m.pl} | Guelphs [faction supporting the Pope in 12C and 13C in the Italian city-states of Central and Northern Italy] | |
| hist. pol. gibelins {m.pl} | Ghibellines [faction supporting the Holy Roman Emperor in 12C and 13C in the Italian city-states of Central and Northern Italy] | |
| géogr. île {f} d'Aix [île du Sud-Ouest de la France] | Aix [island] [Napoleon spent his last days in France here in 1815] | |
| hist. vêt. poulaine {f} | Pointed toe of a shoe [a style fashionable in the 14 and 15C ] [also a shoe in such a style] | |
| cuis. aligot {m} | aligot [dish made from cheese blended into mashed potatoes (often with some garlic) that is made in L'Aubrac region in the southern Massif Central of France] | |
| mourir | to expire [literary] [to die] | |
| mourir | to go [die] [euphemism] | |
| trépasser | to pass away [die] | |
| hist. pol. coup {m} d'État de Malet [1812] | Malet coup of 1812 [attempted (and failed) coup d'état in Paris, aimed at removing Napoleon I, then campaigning in Russia, from power] | |
| hist. droit {m} de cuissage | ius primae noctis [supposed legal right in medieval Europe, allowing feudal lords to have sexual relations with subordinate women, in particular, on the wedding nights of the women] | |
| mourir | to pass away [euphem.] [to die] | |
| hist. béguine {f} | beguine [member of one of various ascetic and philanthropic communities of women not under vows founded chiefly in the Netherlands in the 13C] | |
| math. pol. méthode {f} D'Hondt | D'Hondt method [also: Jefferson method or the greatest divisors method] [method for allocating seats in parliaments in party-list proportional representation systems] | |
| claquer [fam.] [mourir] | to croak [coll.] [to die] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. droit {m} de cuissage | droit du seigneur [supposed legal right in medieval Europe, allowing feudal lords to have sexual relations with subordinate women, in particular, on the wedding nights of the women] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. grand-duché {m} de Lituanie [1251-1795] | Grand Duchy of Lithuania [1251-1795] [European State and, in the 15C, the largest in Europe] | |