 | French | English  | |
 | éduc. Plus est en vous. | [A motto used by a number of colleges, including Gordonstoun School (Scotland), roughly translated as 'There is more in you'.] | |
| madeleine {f} de Proust. [loc.] | [expression used to describe smells, tastes, sounds or any sensations reminding you of your childhood] | |
| ménager {adj} | household [attr.] [used in household] | |
| qn. pouvait | sb. could [used to be able to, was able to] | |
| Nouns |
| trottinette {f} | 5 scooter [used by a child] | |
| naut. bisquine {f} | [French fishing boat typically used for oyster fishing] | |
| alim. cuis. fruit {m} à coque | [generic name for all kinds of nuts, generally used in allegy warnings] | |
| œnol. passerillage {m} | [process used in some wine regions to increase the sugar content] | |
| raton {m} [vulg.] [péj.] | [racist term used with reference to North African Arabs] | |
| bot. roucou {m} | [seed of achiote bush, used to make red body paint, as well as a spice] | |
| 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] | |
| pol. genevoiserie {f} [suisse] [péj.] | [used by Swiss living outside Geneva to describe seemingly absurb political actions in Geneva] | |
| hist. adoubement {m} | accolade [ceremonial gesture used to confer knighthood] | |
| audio phys. acoustique {f} | acoustics [used with a singular verb] | |
| sport batteuse {f} [au cricket] | batsman [female] [batswoman is rarely used] | |
| bic® {m} | biro [Br.] [often used as a generic term for any ballpoint pen] [Biro™] | |
| chaudasse {f} [fam.] [péj.] | bitch [coll.] [pej.] [sometimes used as a generalized term of abuse] | |
| hist. mil. mus. buccin {m} [trompette] | buccina [also: bucina, buccin or bucine] [brass instrument used in Roman Army] | |
| armes hist. mil. colichemarde {f} | colichemarde [smallsword used in late 17C and 18C] | |
| ramassage {m} | collection [used objects, trash] | |
| arch. mil. contrescarpe {f} | counterscarp [outer side of a ditch or moat used in fortifications] | |
| hist. transp. VocVoy. drojki {m} | droshky [carriage used esp. in Russia] | |
| audio électr. électroacoustique {f} | electroacoustics [used with a singular verb] | |
| unit aune {f} [ancienne mesure de longueur] | ell [former measure of length, generally used for textiles] | |
| laine {f} de bois | excelsior [Am.] [wood shavings used for packing] | |
| copeaux {m.pl} d'emballage | excelsior {sg} [Am.] [wood shavings used for packing] | |
| textile fibres {f.pl} | fluff {sg} [fibres used for stuffing] | |
| sport hurley {m} | hurley [stick used in hurling] [also: hurl or hurling stick] | |
| cuis. mou {m} | lights {pl} [animal lungs used as food] | |
| cuis. mirin {m} | Mirin [Japanese rice wine used for flavoring / flavouring] | |
| agr. pâturages {m.pl} | pasturage [land used for pasture] {sg} | |
| sport crécelle {f} | rattle [used at a sport's venue] | |
| jeux rebelote {f} | rebelote [saying used in card game of belote] | |
| mil. mus. Réveil {m} | Reveille [bugle call, trumpet call, drum, fife-and-drum or pipes call, chiefly used to wake military personnel at sunrise] | |
| cuis. roux {m} | roux [flour and fat cooked together and used to thicken sauces] | |
| arch. mil. escarpement {m} | scarp [inner side of a ditch or moat used in fortifications] | |
| mus. accordéon {m} schwyzois | Schwyzerörgeli [diatonic button accordion used in Swiss folk music] | |
| textile scoubidou {m} | scoubidou [material used in knotting craft, which originated in France] | |
| sport sliotar {m} | sliotar [ball used in hurling] | |
| ésot. occup. astrologue {f} | starmonger [female] [used in contempt] | |
| ésot. occup. astrologue {m} | starmonger [used in contempt] | |
| armes pistolet {m} électrique | taser [used as a generic term] | |
| armes pistolet {m} paralysant | taser [used as a generic term] | |
| armes pistolet {m} à impulsion électrique <PIE> [taser®] | taser [used as a generic term] | |
| matériel pierre {f} de touche | touchstone [stone used for testing alloys of gold] | |
| équi. arçon {m} | tree [wooden frame used to make a saddle] | |
| outil. planche {f} à laver | washboard [board used for scrubbing laundry] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| s'ajuster à qn./qc. | to adjust to sb./sth. [to become used to a new situation, one's neighbours] | |
| toucher à sa fin | to give out [idiom] [be used up, run out] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| arch. abat-sons {m.pl} | abat-sons [usually used in plural] | |
| relig. Saint-Siège {m} | Apostolic See [used today to denote the Pope as well as the Curia] | |
| tech. crochet {m} [pour ouvrir la serrure] | bump key [used in lock picking] | |
| 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] | |
| relig. bréviaire {m} | prayer book [used by priests] | |
| balayette {f} | small broom [used for brushing] | |
| ésot. occup. astrologue {f} | star-monger [female] [used in contempt] | |
| ésot. occup. astrologue {m} | star-monger [used in contempt] | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| Bonjour Messieurs-Dames ! | Good morning everybody! [often used when entering a village shop] | |
| à vendre tel quel {adv} [pour un objet d'occasion] | sold as is [Am.] [used object] | |
| Il ne fallait pas ! [formule de politesse] | You shouldn't have! [used to thank sb. politely] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| grille {f} tournante [tourniquet pleine hauteur] | revolving metal gate [typically used at zoos, outdoor swimming pools] | |
| inform. internet accès {m} Wi-Fi™ [aussi : accès wifi™] | Wi-Fi™ connection [also WiFi, Wifi] [coll.] [often used as synonym for WLAN] | |
