 | French | English | |
| Partial Matches |
 | géogr. Kauai {f} [île de l'archipel d'Hawaï] | Kauai [also: Kauaʻi or The Golden Isle] | |
| géogr. Molokai {f} [île de l'archipel d'Hawaï] | Molokai [also: Molokaʻi or The Friendly Isle] | |
| géogr. Niihau {f} [île de l'archipel d'Hawaï] | Niihau [also: Niʻihau or The Forbidden Isle] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Picquigny [1475] | Treaty of Picquigny [1 year after the Treaty of London, England & France signed a peace treaty (7-year truce) in 1475 which left France to deal alone with the threat from Duke of Burgundy] | |
| voir la vie en rose [loc.] | to see the world through rose-colored spectacles [idiom] [Am.] | |
| voir la vie en rose [loc.] | to see the world through rose-coloured spectacles [idiom] [Br.] | |
| l'essentiel {m} | the crux of the matter | |
| personnes {f.pl} dépendantes | the aged and the infirm | |
| éduc. humanités {f.pl} [en Belgique] | high school {sg} [leading to the baccalaureat examination in Belgium] | |
| bot. impatiens {f} | Bizzy Lizzy [Impatiens, genus of flowering plants in the family Balsaminaceae] | |
| mus. blouson {m} noir | [young fan of rock-and-roll in the 1960's] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Smolensk [1812] | Battle of Smolensk [1812] [1st major battle of the French invasion of Russia, where the Grande Armée drove the Russian Army out of the city] | |
| 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] | |
| servir (qn./qc.) | to serve (sb./sth.) [food etc., also in sports] | |
| géogr. dépendances {f.pl} fédérales de Venezuela [constituées de 72 îles au large des terres vénézuéliennes dans la mer des Caraïbes et du golfe du Venezuela] | Federal Dependencies of Venezuela [most of Venezuela's offshore islands in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Venezuela] | |
| armes hist. mil. hallebarde {f} | halberd [2-handed pole weapon with double axe, introduced in the 14C] | |
| armes hist. mil. hallebarde {f} | halbert [2-handed pole weapon with double axe, introduced in the 14C] | |
| nasse {f} [panier conique] | creel [fish trap in the form of a conical basket] | |
| Pour en finir ... | To make a long story short ... [idiom] [in the end] | |
| astron. être constellé de qc. | to be littered with sth. [idiom] [stars in the sky] | |
| aller à l'autel avec qn. [se marier] | to marry sb. [in the church] | |
| relig. se signer | to make the sign of the cross | |
| les personnes {f.pl} dépendantes | the aged and the infirm | |
| 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.] | |
| d'égale importance {adj} | coordinate [equal in rank or importance] [also: co-ordinate] | |
| grisette {f} [vieilli parfois péj.] | grisette [also: grizette] [French working-class woman from the late 17th century onwards] | |
| 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)] | |
| 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] | |
| terre {f} | earth [world, ground, soil] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de la Ligue d'Augsbourg [1688-1697] [aussi: guerre de Neuf Ans, guerre de la Succession palatine ou guerre de la Grande Alliance] | Nine Years' War [1688-1697] [also: War of the Grand Alliance or War of the League of Augsburg] | |
| cuis. rincette {f} [fam.] | drop of liqueur [mixed with the dregs in one's coffee cup] | |
| géogr. La Corogne {f} | A Coruña [historical English: Corunna or The Groyne] [city in Galicia, Spain] | |
| cuis. pain {m} des Abers | [large farmhouse loaf, speciality of the Abers coastal region in Brittany] | |
| cuis. géogr. viande {f} des Grisons | Bündnerfleisch [air-dried meat produced in the Grisons canton of Switzerland] | |
| prendre qc. d'assaut [aussi fig.] | to take sth. by storm [also fig.: sb.'s heart, the audience, etc.] | |
| spontanément {adv} | at the spur of the moment [coll.] [idiom] | |
| spontanément {adv} | on the spur of the moment [coll.] [idiom] | |
| géogr. outre-Manche {adv} | across the Channel [across the English Channel] | |
| comm. fin. tarifer la marchandise | to set the price for the goods | |
| tirer la chasse | to flush the toilet [pull the chain] | |
| relig. la fraction {f} du pain | the breaking of the bread | |
| littérat. F Le Domaine des Dieux | The Mansions of the Gods | |
| film F Les Ensorcelés | The Bad and the Beautiful [Vincente Minnelli] | |
| math. pi {m} <π> | pi <π> [the symbol π denoting the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter / the ratio itself] | |
| agr. mus. ranz {m} des vaches [suisse] | [simple melody traditionally played on the horn by the Swiss Alpine herdsmen as they drove their cattle to or from the pasture] | |
| bot. s'assécher | to wither on the vine [also fig.] | |
| théâtre dans les coulisses {adv} | behind the scenes [also fig.] | |
| 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.] | |
| arch. géogr. tour {m} de Londres | Tower of London [also: His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London] | |
| maîtresse {f} en titre | King's (official) mistress [in the case of Napoleon: Emperor's mistress] | |
