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| 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. Philippe {m} le Beau [1478-1506] [Philippe de Habsbourg] | Philip the Handsome [1478-1506] [ruler of the Burgundian Netherlands and titular Duke of Burgundy from 1482 to 1506 and the first Habsburg King of Castile (as Philip I)] | |
| parvis {m} | square [in front of a church] | |
| dr. fin. autoliquidation {f} de la TVA [mécanisme] | reverse charge procedure [note on invoices where the customer is liable for the payment of the VAT] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {m} de Leipzig [1813] [aussi : bataille de Leipsick ou bataille des Nations] | Battle of Leipzig [1813] [also: Battle of the Nations] [Coalition armies of Austria, Prussia, Sweden, and Russia decisively defeated the Grande Armée of Napoleon] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Civetot [1096] | Battle of Civetot [1096] [Seljuk Turks of Anatolia defeated the forces of the People's Crusade] | |
| hist. pol. rafle {f} de Marseille [1943] | Marseille roundup [1943] [systematic deportation of the Jews of Marseille in the Old Port] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Peterwardein [1716] [auusi : bataille de Petrovaradin] | Battle of Petrovaradin [1716] [also: Battle of Peterwardein] [major victory of Habsburgs over the Ottomans during the Austro-Turkish War] | |
| géogr. hist. Kennemerland {m} | Kennemerland [coastal region in the northwestern Netherlands, its name comes from the Kennemer people, who were Frisians that fought with the Counts of Holland and lost in the Middle Ages] | |
| éventail {m} | fan [implement waved in front of face] | |
| Cordialement, ... [à la fin d'une lettre, d'un e-mail] | Regards, ... [at the end of a letter, an e-mail] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. duché {m} de Carniole [1363-1918] | Duchy of Carniola [1363-1918] [an imperial estate of the Holy Roman Empire, later a hereditary land of the Habsburg Monarchy] | |
| éduc. sixième {m} | first form [of British secondary schools where pupils start at eleven years of age] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} de Portugal | Kingdom of Portugal [monarchy on the Iberian Peninsula (1139 - 1910) and the predecessor of the modern Portuguese Republic.] | |
| 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. bataille {f} de Balaklava [1854] | Battle of Balaclava [1854] [part of the Crimean War, with the Allies successfully but not decisively defeating the Russians] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Andrinople [378] [aussi : bataille d'Adrianople ; aujourd'hui Edirne en Turquie européenne] | Battle of Adrianople [378] [also: Battle of Hadrianopolis] [overwhelming victory of the Goths over the Eastern Roman Empire] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Morgarten [1315] | Battle of Morgarten [in 1315, the Confederates of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden defeated a Habsburg army, laying foundation for future independence of the Swiss Confederacy] | |
| dr. hist. immo. Domesday Book {m} | Domesday Book [a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Ayacucho [1824] | Battle of Ayacucho [1824] [secured the independence of Peru and ensured independence for the rest of South America] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Manzikert [1071] | Battle of Manzikert [1071] [also: Battle of Malazgirt] [decisive defeat of the Byzantine Empire by the Seljuk Empire] | |
| 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. traité {m} de Paris [1815] | Treaty of Paris [1815] [also: Second Treaty of Paris] [ after the defeat and the second abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte] | |
| dr. sociol. Code {m} noir | Code noir [decree passed by King Louis XIV of France in 1685 defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {m} de Bailén [1808] [aussi : bataille de Baylen] | Battle of Bailén [1808] [the first open-field defeat of a Napoleonic army - by the Spanish Army of Andalusia] | |
| hort. jardin {m} [d'une maison] | yard [Am.] [garden in front of a house] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} d'Othée [1408] | Battle of Othée [in 1408 the militia and citizens of Liège suffered a heavy defeat against a professional army under John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy.] | |
| ling. langues {f.pl} caucasiennes | Caucasian [the languages of the Caucasus] | |
| 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] | |
| adapté aux handicapés {adj} {past-p} | handicapped-suited [adapted to the needs of the disabled] | |
| géogr. Grandes Antilles {f.pl} | Greater Antilles [a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and the Cayman Islands] | |
| hist. pol. Frédéric-Guillaume {m} III [1770-1840] | Frederick William III [1770-1840] [ King of Prussia from 1797 until his death in 1840, ruling during the difficult times of the Napoleonic Wars] | |
| hist. calendes {m} | calends [first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar] | |
| sociol. aménagé pour les handicapés {adj} | handicapped-suited [adapted to the needs of the disabled] | |
| hist. pol. Alexandre {m} I de Russie [1777-1825] [aussi : Alexandre Pavlovitch Romanov] | Alexander I of Russia [1777-1825] [Emperor of Russia (Tsar) from 1801 until death, ruling during the period of the Napoleonic Wars] | |
| horl. sci. conférence {f} internationale de Washington [1884] | International Meridian Conference [1884] [resulted in the recommendation of the Greenwich Meridian as the international standard for zero degrees longitude] | |
| 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. 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. pol. paix {f} d'Amiens [1802] | Treaty of Amiens [1802] [signed by France and UK. Along with Treaty of Lunéville (1801), it ended the War of the 2nd Coalition against France. Peace lasted 1 year] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Malakoff [1855] | Battle of Malakoff [1855] [French victory against the Russian forces resulted in the fall of Sevastopol, and subsequent end to the Crimean War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Koutchouk-Kaïnardji [1774] | Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca [1774] [between the Russian Empire and the Ottoman Empire, ending the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–74] | |
| géogr. pol. Aruba {f} [aussi : Pays d'Aruba] [un État du royaume des Pays-Bas] | Aruba <.aw> [also: Country of Aruba] [a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands] | |
| hist. relig. l'Inquisition {f} espagnole [aussi : tribunal du Saint-Office de l'Inquisition] | the Spanish Inquisition [also: Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de La Corogne [1809] | Battle of Corunna [also: Battle of Elviña] [early in the Peninsular War, the French Army humiliated the British Army and forced it to evacuate by sea] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} de Sinope [1853] | Battle of Sinope [1853] [ naval battle won decisively by Imperial Russia against the Ottoman Empire, during the opening phase of the Crimean War] | |
| archéo. hist. mil. butte {f} de Zuran | Žuráň [ancient burial tumulus, site of Napoleon's command HQ for the Battle of Austerlitz (since 2005, extraterritoriality of France)] | |
| audio ling. méd. surdi-mutité {f} [fam.] [surdimutité] | deaf-muteness [lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak] | |
| audio ling. méd. surdi-mutité {f} [fam.] [surdimutité] | deaf-mutism [lacking the sense of hearing and the ability to speak] | |
| hist. pol. ligue {f} du Bien public [1465] | League of the Public Weal [an alliance of feudal nobles organized in 1465 in defiance of the centralized authority of King Louis XI of France] | |
| géogr. îles {f.pl} Vierges des États-Unis [aussi : îles Vierges américaines] [un territoire non incorporé et organisé insulaire des Antille] | United States Virgin Islands [also: Virgin Islands of the United States] [an unincorporated and organized territory of the United States] | |