 | French | English | |
| Partial Matches |
 | mus. les cordes {f.pl} [instruments à cordes] | the strings {pl} [stringed instruments of an orchestra] | |
| pol. se porter candidate | to put up as a candidate [idiom] [of a woman] | |
| hist. Philippe {m} II le Hardi [1342-1404] | Philip II the Bold [1342-1404] [Duke of Burgundy and founder of the Burgundian branch of the House of Valois] | |
| descendre | to get off [bus, train] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} d'Arras [1482] | Treaty of Arras [signed in 1482 by King Louis XI of France and Archduke Maximilian I of Habsburg, who agreed to marry his daughter, Archduchess Margaret of Austria, to the Dauphin of France] | |
| anat. foufoune {f} [fam.] [vulg.] [sexe féminin] | beaver [esp. Am.] [vulg.] [pudenda of a woman] | |
| frottoir {m} [d'une boîte d'allumettes] | striking surface [on a box of matches] | |
| pol. triumvir {m} | triumvir [member of a triumvirate] | |
| orn. coin-coin {m} | quack [of a duck] | |
| hist. pol. Grand Privilège {m} des Pays de par-deçà [1477] | Great Privilege [an instrument signed by Mary of Burgundy in 1477, following death of her father at Battle of Nancy. It reconfirmed the rights of Flanders, Brabant, Hainaut, and Holland] | |
| fin. RIB {m} [abr.] [relevé d'identité bancaire (en France)] | bank account details {pl} [slip showing details of a bank account] | |
| avoir vue sur qc. [loc.] [lieu : donner sur] | to look on to sth. [idiom] [place: have a view of] | |
| avoir vue sur qc. [loc.] [lieu : donner sur] | to look out on sth. [idiom] [place: have a view of] | |
| avoir vue sur qc. [loc.] [lieu : donner sur] | to look out over sth. [idiom] [place: have a view of] | |
| avoir vue sur qc. [loc.] [lieu: donner sur] | to look out upon sth. [idiom] [place: have a view of] | |
| cuis. relig. colombe {f} de Pâques | [an Italian cake moulded in the shape of a dove and traditionally served at Easter] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. duché {m} de Carinthie | Duchy of Carinthia [a State of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806] | |
| littérat. peindre sur le vif [loc.] | to draw from life [idiom] [author: use everyday life as a source of inspiration] | |
| vivre terré chez soi [loc.] | to be living hidden away in one's home [idiom] [of a suspect, fugitive] | |
| se démener comme un diable dans un bénitier [loc.] | to struggle like mad [to get oneself out of a predicament] | |
| 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. | |
| mil. largage {m} [d'une bombe d'un avion] | dropping [of a bomb from an aircraft] | |
| mus. occup. programmateur {m} [d'un festival de musique] | curator [selector of music acts for a festival] | |
| avoir une sacrée patience [fam.] | to have a hell of a lot of patience [coll.] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. République {f} batave [1795-1806] | Batavian Republic [1795-1806] [successor to the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands, becoming the first of the "sister-republics", and later part of the French Empire of Napoleon] | |
| transp. ligne {f} [parcours de bus] | (bus) route | |
| transp. ligne {f} [service de bus] | (bus) service | |
| hist. la Reconquista {f} [la Reconquête] | The Reconquista [period in the history of the Iberian Peninsula between the Battle of Covadonga (718 or 722) and the fall of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada in 1492] | |
| cuis. galantine {f} | galantine [a dish of boned stuffed meat, poached and served cold, coated with aspic] | |
| mus. occup. programmatrice {f} [d'un festival de musique] | curator [selector of music acts for a festival] [female] | |
| une poêlée {f} de qc. [fig.] [grande quantité] | loads of sth. [fig.] [a large amount of] | |
| arch. caquetoir {m} | [sheltered area, typically in front of a church, where the parishioners catch up on latest news and gossip] | |
| être la cinquième roue du carrosse [loc.] | to be the third wheel [coll.] [idiom] [a corruption of fifth wheel] [Am.] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. siège {m} de Québec [1759] | Battle of the Plains of Abraham [1759] [also: Battle of Quebec] [deciding moment in the conflict between France and Britain over the fate of New France, influencing the later creation of Canada] | |
| pol. présidentialisation {f} | [reinforcement of the role of President to the detriment of Parliament] | |
| géogr. golfe {m} d'Aqaba [situé à l'est du Sinaï] | Gulf of Aqaba [also: Gulf of Eilat] | |
| pol. reine {f} consort [épouse non couronnée d'un souverain régnant] | consort [wife, esp. of a reigning monarch] | |
| laisser qn. en plan [plaquer une amie etc.] | to dump sb. [get rid of a girlfriend etc.] | |
| transp. prix {m} du ticket | fare [on bus, underground] | |
| 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)] | |
| cuis. quiche {f} lorraine | [French tart with a filling made of cream, eggs, and bacon or ham, in an open pastry case] | |
| Je vous prie d'agréer, Madame / Monsieur, l'expression de mes sentiments distingués. | Sincerely yours [formal ending of a letter] | |
| Je vous prie d'agréer, Madame / Monsieur, l'expression de mes sentiments distingués. | Yours sincerely [formal ending of a letter] | |
| hist. Guillaume {m} l'Insensé | William von Wittelsbach [1330-1389, Count of Holland, Count of Zeeland, Count of Hainaut ] | |
| arch. arts relig. iconostase {f} | iconostasis [wall of icons and religious paintings, separating the nave from the sanctuary in a church] | |
| littérat. canevas {m} [fig.] [d'un roman, exposé] | basic framework [fig.] | |
| se brouiller avec qn. (à cause de qc.) [se disputer] | to quarrel (with sb. about sth.) [over a long period of time] | |
| manquer qc. [rater] | to miss sth. [plane, bus etc.] | |
| hist. mil. chevauchée {f} | [a raiding method of medieval warfare for weakening the enemy, primarily by burning and pillaging enemy territory] | |
| isolement {m} [d'une personne seule ou d'un lieu écarté] | isolation [of a lonely person or remote location] | |
