 | French | English  | |
 | bisannuel {adj} | biannual [occurring every two years] | |
| tous les deux ans {adv} | biannually [Am.] [once every two years] | |
| 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] | |
| quadriennal {adj} | quadrennial [every four years] | |
| quinquennal {adj} | quinquennial [every five years] | |
| Nouns |
| millénaire {m} | millennium [thousand years] | |
| dr. maison {f} centrale | prison [for offenders with sentences over two years] | |
| berges {f.pl} [fam.] | years [as in 50 years old] | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| il y a très longtemps {adv} | back yonder [regional Am.] [many years ago] | |
| avec le temps {adv} [loc.] | in time [idiom] [e.g. over the years] | |
| certaines années {adv} | some years [certain years] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. pol. révolte {f} de Bohême [1618 - 1620] | Bohemian Revolt [1618 - 1620] [uprising of the Bohemian estates against the rule of the Habsburgs that began the Thirty Years' War] | |
| éduc. sixième {m} | first form [of British secondary schools where pupils start at eleven years of age] | |
| hist. pol. Louis {m} XV [1710-1774] [aussi : Louis le Bien-Aimé] | Louis XV [1710-1774] [also: Louis the Beloved] [ King of France 1715 until his death in 1774. His reign included the 7 Years' War when France ceded New France to Britain] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de Torstenson [1643 - 1645] [aussi : controverse d'Hannibal ou guerre d'Hannibal] | Torstenson War [1643 - 1645] [between Sweden and Denmark–Norway, during the 30 Years' War] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| 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] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Castillon [1453] | Battle of Castillon [decisive French victory in 1453 against England marked the end of the 100 Years' War. Considered the first major battle won through the extensive use of field artillery] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Crécy [1346] | Battle of Crécy [1346, important battle in 100 years' war. French army commanded by King Philip VI was defeated by an English army led by King Edward III ] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Guinegatte [1479] | Battle of Guinegate [in 1479, first battle in what became over 500 years of conflict between France and the Habsburgs, Battle won by the Habsburgs] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Patay [1429] | Battle of Patay [in 1429, the culminating engagement of the Loire Campaign of the 100 Years' War, when the French cavalry inflicted a severe defeat on the English.] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Poitiers [1356] | Battle of Poitiers [in 1356 was the 2nd major success, after Crécy, by England under Edward, the Black Prince, against France, under King John II, in the 100 Years' War] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Rossbach [1757] | Battle of Rossbach [1757] [decisive battle in 7 Years' War in which the Frederick the Great's Prussian Army defeated a much larger combined French & Austrian Army] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Sablat [1619] | Battle of Sablat [1619] [one of first battles in 30 Years' War; Protestant defeat] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Stadtlohn [1623] | Battle of Stadtlohn [1623] [resounding Catholic victory marking end of 1st phase of 30 Years' War] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Wimpfen [1622] | Battle of Wimpfen [1622] [early battle in 30 Years' War; Protestant defeat] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} franco-espagnole [1635 - 1659] | Franco-Spanish War [1635 - 1659] [a conflict related to the 30 Years' War] | |
| demi-millénaire {m} | half a millennium [500 years] | |
| éduc. baccalauréat {m} | high-school diploma [Am.] [after 12 years at school] | |
| hist. mil. pol. Longue Guerre {f} [1593 - 1606] [aussi : guerre de Treize Ans] | Long Turkish War [1593 - 1606] [indecisive war between the Habsburg Monarchy and the Ottoman Empire] [also: Long War or Thirteen Years' War] | |
| hist. pol. paix {f} de Lübeck [1629] | Peace of Lübeck [1629] [also: Treaty of Lübeck] [ended the Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War] | |
| hist. pol. paix {f} de Westphalie [1648] [aussi : traités de Westphalie] | Peace of Westphalia [1648] [2 treaties which ended the 30 Years' War and the 80 Years' War and brought peace to the Holy Roman Empire] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. siège {m} de Calais [1346-7] | siege of Calais [part of 100 Years' War. After victory at Crécy, King Edward III of England successfully besieged Calais which remained in English hands until 1558] | |
| 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. siège {m} d'Orléans [1428/9] | siege of Orléans [1428/9] [the watershed of the 100 Years' War with a major victory for the French Royal Army with Joan of Arc] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} d'Arras [1435] | Treaty of Arras [1435] [diplomatic achievement for France in final years of the 100 Years' War. France & Burgundy were reconciled and from 1435, English rule in France underwent steady decline.] | |
| fin. hist. pol. traité {m} de Barwald [1631] [aussi : traité de Bärwalde] | Treaty of Bärwalde [1631] [agreement by France to provide Sweden financial support in the Thirty Years' War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Brétigny [1360] [traité de Calais] | Treaty of Brétigny [Treaty signed in 1360 between King Edward III of England and King John II of France, marking the end of the first phase of the 100 Years' War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1259] [aussi : traité d'Abbeville] | Treaty of Paris [1259] [also: Treaty of Abbeville] [between Kings of France and England, ending 100 years of conflicts between the Capetian and Plantagenet dynasties] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1763] | Treaty of Paris [1763] [between kingdoms of Great Britain, France, Spain, & Portugal, after Great Britain and Prussia's victory over France and Spain in the Seven Years' War] | |
| hist. pol. Guillaume {m} le Taciturne [1533-1584] [aussi : Guillaume I d'Orange-Nassau] | William the Silent [1533-1584] [also: William the Taciturn or William of Orange] [leader of the Dutch Revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs that set off the Eighty Years' War (1568–1648)] | |
| fin. occup. annuités {f.pl} [décompte d'années de service] | years of service [pensionable years worked] | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| dans les ... {adv} [jours, semaines, mois, années] à venir | in the ... [days, weeks, months, years] to come | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. journée {f} des Harengs [1429] [bataille des harengs] [bataille de Rouvray] | Battle of the Herrings [Battle of Rouvray] [in 1429, part of the siege of Orléans in the 100 Years' War. English forces decisively defeated French forces attempting to intercept a supply convoy.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de la Montagne-Blanche [1620] | Battle of White Mountain [1620] [defeat of the Bohemian Revolt, ensuring Habsburg control for the next 300 years] | |
| hist. pol. Bulle {f} d'or (de 1356) [aussi : bulle d'or de Nuremberg ou bulle d'or de Metz] | Golden Bull of 1356 [a decree which fixed, for a period of more than four hundred years, important aspects of the constitutional structure of the Holy Roman Empire] | |
| hist. mil. pol. sixième guerre {f} d'Italie [1521 - 1525] [aussi : guerre de Quatre Ans] | Italian War of 1521–1526 [also: Four Years' War] | |
| hist. pol. Philippe {m} VI de Valois [1293-1350] | Philip VI of Valois [1293-1350] [also Philip the Fortunate, King of France 1328-1350. His reign was dominated by a succession dispute, resulting in the start of the 100 Years' War in 1337] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Saint-James de Beuvron [1426] | Siege of St. James [in 1426, as part of the 100 Years' War, England defeated France at Avranches. ] | |
| 5+ Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de Succession de Mantoue [1628 - 1631] | War of the Mantuan Succession [1628 - 1631] [a proxy war between France and Spain during the 30 Years' War] | |
