| French | English | |
Partial Matches |
| attendre la fin d'une émission | to wait till the end of a programme | |
| hist. mil. pol. siège {m} d'Alésia [52 av. J.-C.] | siege of Alesia [52 BC] [also: battle of Alesia] [Roman victory over confederation of Gallic tribes, completing the conquest of Gaul] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Abrittus [251] [aussi : bataille du forum Terebronii] | Battle of Abritus [251] [also: Battle of Forum Terebronii] [heavy defeat of Roman army by federation of Goths and Scyths] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Schönbrunn [1805] | Treaty of Schönbrunn [1805] [also: Convention of Schönbrunn] [ treaty of friendship signed between France and Prussia; superseded by 1806 Treaty of Paris, incorporating its main terms] | |
| fourche {f} [d'un arbre] [d'un pantalon] | crotch [of a tree] [of a pair of trousers] | |
| hist. mil. pol. campagne {f} de France [1814] | campaign in north-east France [1814] [Napoleon's final campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition, ending in the capitulation of Paris] | |
| arch. relig. cathédrale {f} Sainte-Marie de Bayonne [aussi : cathédrale {f} Notre-Dame de Bayonne] | Cathedral of Saint Mary of Bayonne [also: Bayonne Cathedral or Cathedral of Our Lady of Bayonne] | |
| hist. pol. paix {f} des Dames [1529] [aussi : paix de Cambrai] | Treaty of Cambrai [also: Ladies' Peace] [negotiated by Louise of Savoy (for King Francis) and Margaret of Austria (for Emperor Charles). Renewed 1526 Treaty of Madrid, removing Burgundy transfer] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} du Solent [1545] [aussi : bataille du Portsmouth] | Battle of the Solent [1545] [inconclusive engagement (during the Italian Wars) between the fleets of Francis I of France and Henry VIII of England] | |
| hist. pol. relig. décret {m} de l'Alhambra [1492] | Alhambra Decree [1492] [also: Edict of Expulsion] [ordering the expulsion of practicing Jews from the Crowns of Castile and Aragon] | |
| pol. oblast {m} | oblast [a type of administrative division of Belarus, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as the former Soviet Union and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia] | |
| vagabonder | to stray [esp. of animals, also of vagabonds etc.] | |
| derrière {m} | rear [of building, humorous: bottom of a person] | |
| désintégration {f} | collapse [of an empire, of a family, etc.] | |
| hist. philos. épicurienne {f} | Epicurean [female] [adherent of the philosophy of Epicurus] | |
| mil. occup. grognard {m} | [soldier of the Old Guard of Napoleon I] | |
| bande {f} | band [strip of cloth, group of people] | |
| hist. philos. épicurien {m} | Epicurean [adherent of the philosophy of Epicurus] | |
| adm. dr. géogr. parcellaire {m} | territory [made up of plots of land] | |
| cuis. quignon {m} | crusty end [of a loaf of bread] | |
| bible relig. apocryphe {adj} | apocryphal [of, or pertaining to, the Apocrypha. Of doubtful authenticity] | |
| relig. royaume {m} des cieux | heaven [often instead of: kingdom of heaven] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. mil. pol. massacre {m} de Samothrace [1821] | massacre of Samothrace [1821] [mass murder and enslavement of the Greek population of the island of Samothrace] | |
| casanier {adj} | housewifely [of a woman: fond of home life and housework] | |
| relig. syncrétisme {m} | syncretism [combining of different beliefs and various schools of thought] | |
| psych. thalassophobie {f} | thalassophobia [persistent and intense fear of deep bodies of water ] | |
| de l'ordre de qc. {adv} | around sth. [of the order of] | |
| orn. T | | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Jaffa [1192] | Battle of Jaffa [1192] [final battle of the Third Crusade, after which Saladin and King Richard I of England were able to negotiate a truce, though Saladin retained possession of Jerusalem] | |
| casanier {adj} | domesticated [hum.] [of a man: fond of home life and housework] | |
| cuis. géogr. longeole {f} | sausage of pork and fennel [speciality of the Canton of Geneva] | |
| math. analyse {f} complexe | complex analysis [also: theory of functions of a complex variable] | |
| adm. dr. maître {m} des requêtes | Master of Requests [counsel of the Council of State] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. siège {m} de Badajoz [1812] | siege of Badajoz [also: 3rd siege of Badajoz] [one of the bloodiest sieges in the Napoleonic Wars, where Anglo-Portuguese Army forced the surrender of the French garrison] | |
| mil. pontonnier {m} | pontonier [officer or soldier in charge of the construction of pontoon bridges] | |
| orn. T | | |
| orn. T | | |
| géogr. hist. mil. siège {m} de Saint-Jean-d'Acre [1291] | siege of Acre [1291] [also: fall of Acre] [capture of the city marked the end of further crusades to the Levant] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} du Rif [1921-1927] | Rif War [1921-1927] [armed conflict between the colonialists of Spain and the Berber tribes of the mountainous Rif region of northern Morocco] | |
| test {m} | test | |
| qualité tech. feuille {f} d'épreuve | check sheet [one of the Seven Basic Tools of Quality Control] | |
| pol. Ordre {m} de la Toison d'or | Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece [Catholic order of chivalry founded by the Duke of Burgundy in 1430. Today, 2 branches of the order exist, namely the Spanish and the Austrian Fleece ] | |
| date {f} d'émission | date of issue | |
| écol. zone {f} environnement | low-emission zone <LEZ> | |
| éduc. sixième {m} | first form [of British secondary schools where pupils start at eleven years of age] | |
| hist. maison {f} de Lancastre | House of Lancaster [cadet branch of the English Royal House of Plantagenet] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} des Cévennes [1702-1710] [aussi : guerre des Camisards] | Cévennes War [1702-1710] [also: War of the Camisards] [uprising of Protestant peasants during the reign of Louis XIV] | |
| éduc. contrôle {m} | test | |
| math. stat. test {m} t | t-test | |