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| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Marengo [1800] | Battle of Marengo [1800] [French forces under First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeated and drove the Austrian forces out of Italy, consolidating Napoleon's political position] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} des Pyramides [1798] | Battle of the Pyramids [1798] [also: Battle of Embabeh] [French army, under Napoleon Bonaparte, scored a decisive victory, wiping out almost the entire Ottoman army located in Egypt] | |
| 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] | |
| géogr. hist. comté {m} de Hainaut [ou Hainau] | County of Hainaut [or Hainault] [territorial lordship in the medieval Holy Roman Empire, straddling today's border of Belgium and France; main towns Mons (BG) and Valenciennes (FR)] | |
| géogr. météo. spectre {m} de Brocken | Brocken spectre [Br.] [also: Brocken specter [Am.], Brocken bow, mountain spectre, or spectre of the Brocken] | |
| hist. Louis {m} VIII le Lion [1187-1226] | Louis VIII [1187-1226] [nicknamed 'The Lion'] [King of France from 1223 to 1226. He invaded England briefly in 1216] | |
| géogr. Guadeloupe {f} [un archipel des Caraïbes, formant une région et un département d'outre-mer français] | Guadeloupe <.gp> [an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean] | |
| hist. pol. Philippe {m} IV le Bel [1268-1314] [aussi : le Roi de fer] | Philip IV the Fair [1268-1314] [also: the Iron King] [King of France from 1285 to 1314] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. île {f} de San Domino [île italienne faisant partie de l'archipel des îles Tremiti] | San Domino Island [in the 1930's, Mussolini had political prisoners as well as hundreds of homosexuals deported to San Domino] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. Confédération {f} du Rhin [1806-1813] [aussi : États confédérés du Rhin] | Confederation of the Rhine [1806-1813] [formal: Confederated States of the Rhine] [German client states established after Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz] | |
| hist. mil. naut. expédition {f} de Penobscot [1779] | Penobscot Expedition [1779] [US naval armada sent to reclaim control of mid-coast Maine from the British. Resulted in worse US naval defeat before Pearl Habor] | |
| hist. pol. maison {f} de Hanovre [1635-1918] | House of Hanover [1635-1918] [also: House of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Hanover line] [German royal house that ruled Hanover, Great Britain, and Ireland at various times during the 17C to 20C] | |
| hist. mil. pol. Napoléon {m} Bonaparte [1769-1821] [aussi : Napoléon I] | Napoleon [also: Napoléon Bonaparte ] [1769-1821] [As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814 and again in 1815] | |
| hist. Maximilien {m} d'Autriche [1459-1519] [Maximilien Ier] | Maximilian I [1459-1519] [Holy Roman Emperor from 1508 until his death. He married Mary of Burgundy, expanding his influence. However, he lost the original family lands in Switzerland] | |
| hist. pol. traité {f} de Vereeniging [1902] | Treaty of Vereeniging [1902] [ended the Second Boer War between the South African Republic and the Orange Free State, on the one side, and the United Kingdom on the other] | |
| 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. | |
| hist. pol. Frédéric-Guillaume {m} I de Prusse [1688-1740] [aussi : le Roi-Sergent] | Frederick William I [1688-1740] [also: the Soldier King] [King in Prussia and Elector of Brandenburg from 1713 until his death in 1740] | |
| 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.] | |
| arch. hist. pol. palais {m} des Tuileries [1564-1871] | Tuileries Palace [1564-1871] [royal and imperial palace in Paris, residence of most French monarchs, from Henry IV to Napoleon III, and burned by the Paris Commune in 1871] | |
| adm. géogr. Grand Est {m} [région administrative française] [région Alsace-Champagne-Ardennes-Lorraine] | Grand Est [name since 2016 of the previous regions Alsace, Champagne-Ardennes and Lorraine] | |
| 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] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. constitution {f} de Bayonne [1808] [aussi : Statut de Bayonne ou Charte de Bayonne] | Bayonne Constitution [1808] [also: Bayonne Statute or Charter] [approved by Joseph Bonaparte as the intended basis for his rule as king of Spain] | |
| hist. pol. Saint Louis {m} [Louis IX le Prudhomme] [1214-1270] | Louis IX [1214-1270] [also known as Saint Louis or Louis the Saint] [King of France 1226-1270 during a medieval golden age in which France reached an economic and political peak] | |
| bible Il est plus facile à un chameau de passer par le trou d'une aiguille qu'à un riche d'entrer dans le royaume de Dieu. | It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. | |
| adm. géogr. Hauts-de-France {m.pl} [région administrative française] [région Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie] | Hauts-de-France [name since 2016 of the previous regions Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardie] | |
| ethn. géogr. helvète {adj} | Helvetian [Swiss] | |
| jaloux {adj} [de] | jealous [of] | |
| sage {adj} | good [of children] | |
| éduc. scolaire {adj} | academic [of school] | |
| éduc. universitaire {adj} | academic [of university] | |
| vif {adj} | bold [of colours] | |
| aboiement {m} | barking [of dogs] | |
| aération {f} | airiness [of rooms] | |
| tech. affûtage {m} | sharpening [of knives] | |
| aiguisage {m} | sharpening [of knives] | |
| avance {f} | advance [of money] | |
| dr. aveu {m} | acknowledgement [of guilt] | |
| babillage {m} | babbling [of babies] | |
| balluchon {m} | bundle [of clothes] | |
| bloc {m} | chunk [of stone] | |
| brièveté {f} | crispness [of speech] | |
| broc {m} | pitcher [of water] | |
| broyage {m} | milling [of paper] | |
| capuchon {m} | top [of pen] | |
| chuintement {m} | hissing [of stove] | |
| chuintement {m} | whistling [of wind] | |
| concision {f} | brevity [of speech] | |
| concision {f} | compactness [of style] | |
| géogr. confluent {m} | confluence [of rivers] | |
| matériel coulage {m} | casting [of metal] | |