 | French | English  | |
 | déserter | to desert [from the military, one's duties etc.] | |
| mil. s'engager | to enlist [in the military] | |
| Nouns |
| mil. char {m} | 6 tank [military machine] | |
| fin. hist. mil. Négociants {m.pl} réunis [1799-1806] | [group of bankers who funded Napoleon's military government] | |
| mil. équipement {m} militaire | accouterments [Am.] {pl} [military equipment] | |
| mil. équipement {m} militaire | accoutrements [Br.] {pl} [military equipment] | |
| fin. prime {f} | bounty [reward for capture; military: bonus] | |
| arch. constr. mil. bunker {m} | bunker [for military commander] | |
| mil. accomplissement {m} [de temps de service] | completion [e.g. military service] | |
| service {m} militaire [obligatoire] | draft [Br.] [spv.] [military conscription] | |
| mil. service {m} militaire [obligatoire] | draft [military conscription] | |
| service {m} | duty [military assignment etc.] | |
| hist. mil. corps {m} franc | Freikorps [irregular military volunteer units, or paramilitary, that existed from 18C to the early 20C (mainly in German speaking countries)] | |
| mil. généralissime {m} | generalissimo [military rank of the highest degree, superior to field marshal and other five-star ranks] | |
| occup. relig. aumônier {m} | padre [military chaplain] | |
| grade {m} | rank [status level in military, police etc.] | |
| reconnaissance {f} | reconnaissance [military survey or survey of a region] | |
| mil. mus. Réveil {m} | Reveille [bugle call, trumpet call, drum, fife-and-drum or pipes call, chiefly used to wake military personnel at sunrise] | |
| mil. revue {f} [défilé] | review [military parade] | |
| mil. sortie {f} | sally [military excursion] | |
| mil. vêt. shako {m} | shako [military cap] | |
| hist. mil. étendard {m} | standard [symbol of a military group serving as a rallying point] | |
| mil. mus. tattoo {m} [prestation de tambours, festival de musique militaire] | tattoo [drum beat, military parade] | |
| avant-garde {f} [militaire, mais aussi fig.] | vanguard [military, also fig.] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| mil. s'engager | to volunteer (oneself) [enlist in the military] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| sociol. service {m} civil | alternative service [in lieu of military service] | |
| sociol. service {m} civil | community service [in lieu of military service] | |
| hist. mil. pol. opération {f} Corse [1958] | Opération Corse [1958] [military operation that precipitated the fall of the Fourth French Republic] | |
| revolver {m} d'ordonnance | service revolver [military, police] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. chemin {m} des Espagnols | Spanish Road [military road linking Spanish territories in Milan and Netherlands in late 16C and early 17C] | |
| hist. mil. pol. ligue {f} (du pays) de Souabe [1488 - 1534] | Swabian League [1488 - 1534] [military alliance of imperial estates in Swabia] | |
| hist. mil. pol. Triplice {f} [1882 - 1915] [aussi : Triple-Alliance] | Triple Alliance [1882 - 1915] [defensive military alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {m} de Wagram [1809] | Battle of Wagram [1809] [military engagement which ended in costly but decisive victory for Napoleon's French army against the Austrian army, leading to the breakup of the 5th Coalition] | |
| hist. mil. pol. ligue {f} de Cambrai [1508 - 1511] | League of Cambrai [1508 - 1511] [military coalition against the Republic of Venice, formed by France, Spain and the Holy Roamn Empire] | |
| hist. mil. relig. siège {m} de Béziers [1209] | massacre at Béziers [1209] [also: sack of Béziers] [first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade] | |
| hist. mil. pol. siège {m} de Compiègne [1430] | siege of Compiègne [1430] [Joan of Arc's final military action with her capture by the Burgundians. A minor siege but important event in the 100 Years' War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. le régiment {m} des Gardes françaises | The French Guards [elite infantry regiment created in 1563 as part of the Military Household of the King of France, specifically to protect the monarch (and, later, Emperor Napoleon)] | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| à la force des armes {adv} | by force of arms [military power] | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} d'indépendance espagnole [1808-1814] | Spanish War of Independence [1808-1814] [also: Peninsular War] [military conflict fought by Spain, UK and Portugal against France for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars] | |
