 | French | English  | |
 | bisannuel {adj} | biannual [occurring every two years] | |
| tous les deux ans {adv} | biannually [Am.] [once every two years] | |
| bimestriel {adj} | bimonthly [every two months] | |
| bipolaire {adj} | bipolar [having two poles] | |
| tous les deux ans {adv} | biyearly [every two years] | |
| un an sur deux {adv} | biyearly [every two years] | |
| biennal {adj} | biyearly [occurring every two years] | |
| bisannuel {adj} | biyearly [occurring every two years] | |
| en deux {adv} | double [in two] | |
| à double sens {adj} | equivocal [open to two interpretations] | |
| Verbs |
| intercaler qc. | to bookend sth. [coll.] [place on the two ends of] | |
| sport se caramboler | to cannon [Br.] [of two balls in billiards etc.] | |
| sport se caramboler | to carom [Am.] [of two balls in billiards etc.] | |
| Nouns |
| cuis. trou {m} normand | [Calvados, served between two courses] | |
| dr. peine {f} de police | [penalty of one day to two months imprisonment] | |
| 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] | |
| pol. scrutin {m} uninominal majoritaire à deux tours | ballotage [two-round system] | |
| couple {m} | brace [two, couple, pair] | |
| hist. mil. naut. brick {m} | brig [two-masted square-rigged ship] | |
| agr. charrette {f} | cart [with two wheels] | |
| sport eagle {m} | eagle [golf] [two under par] | |
| cuis. sot-l'y-laisse {m} | oysters {pl} [two small, round pieces of dark meat on the back of poultry near the thigh] | |
| dr. maison {f} centrale | prison [for offenders with sentences over two years] | |
| édition journ. double page {f} | spread [two facing pages in a book or other publication] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| double nom {m} [nom de famille] | hyphenated name [surname consisting of two names] | |
| hist. mil. infanterie {f} de ligne | line infantry [two to four ranks of foot soldiers drawn up side by side in rigid alignment, 17C-19C] | |
| méd. polytraumatisme {m} | multiple injury [an injury of at least two regions] | |
| pol. scrutin {m} uninominal majoritaire à deux tours | runoff voting [two-round system] | |
| pol. scrutin {m} uninominal majoritaire à deux tours | second ballot [two-round system] | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| à deux {adv} | two by two | |
| en binôme {adv} | two by two | |
| math. deux fois deux | two times two | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| jeter un pont [entre deux rives, entre deux cultures] | to build a bridge [between two banks, between two cultures] | |
| porter deux casquettes [fig.] [fam.] | to wear two hats [fig.] [coll.] [to have two responsibilities] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Auerstaedt [1806] | Battle of Auerstedt [1806] [in the two battles of Jena & Auerstedt, fought on the same day, Napoleon's army decisively defeated the Prussian Army under King Frederick William III] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Iéna [1806] | Battle of Jena [1806] [in the two battles of Jena & Auerstedt, fought on the same day, Napoleon's army decisively defeated the Prussian Army under King Frederick William III] | |
| dr. sociol. Pacte {m} Civil de Solidarité <PaCS> | civil solidarity pact [contractual form of civil union between two adults in France] | |
| hist. Jeanne {f} la Folle [1479-1555] [Jeanne I de Castille] | Joanna the Mad [1479-1555] [Joanna I] [Queen of Castile from 1504 and Queen of Aragon from 1516 to 1555. Modern Spain evolved from the union of these two kingdoms] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. république {f} de Salé [1627 - 1668] [aussi : république du Bouregreg] | Republic of Salé [1627 - 1668] [also: Bou Regreg Republic or Republic of the Two Banks] | |
| hist. mil. relig. siège {m} de Jérusalem [1099] | siege of Jerusalem [1099] [laying the foundation for the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, which lasted almost two centuries] | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| La plus jeune de mes deux sœurs cadettes a accouché tandis que la plus jeune de mes deux sœurs aînées est divorcée. | The younger of my two younger sisters has given birth whereas the younger of my two older sisters is divorced. | |
| Nous sommes tombées amoureuses, chacune de nôtre côté, et nous nous sommes mariées. | We each fell in love and got married. [of two women, to different men] | |
| 5+ Words: Verbs |
| additionner un et un [loc.] | to put two and two together [idiom] | |
