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| math. phys. relativité {f} générale | general relativity [also: general theory of relativity and Einstein's theory of gravity] | |
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| math. phys. relativité {f} restreinte | special relativity [also: special theory of relativity] | |
| math. analyse {f} complexe | complex analysis [also: theory of functions of a complex variable] | |
| exposé {m} [compte-rendu] | exposition [of facts, theory] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {m} de Vimeiro [1808] | Battle of Vimeiro [1808] [the British under General Wellesley defeated the French under General Junot, putting an end to the first French invasion of Portugal] | |
| éduc. établissement {m} d'enseignement supérieur | college [of higher education in general] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} des Gaules [58 - 50 av. J.-C.] | Gallic Wars {pl} [58–50 BC] [waged by the Roman general Julius Caesar against the peoples of Gaul] | |
| hist. mil. relig. ordre {m} de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem [ordre des Hospitaliers] | Knights Hospitaller [Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem] [Knights of Rhodes] [Knights of Malta] [Order of Saint John] | |
| faisabilité {f} | practicality [actuality, not theory] | |
| professer qc. | to profess sth. [theory, idea] | |
| math. nombre {m} étrange | weird number [number theory] | |
| mus. pause {f} [solfège] | semibreve rest [Br.] [musical theory] | |
| mus. pause {f} [solfège] | whole rest [Am.] [musical theory] | |
| lutteur {m} [général] | fighter | |
| cabinet {m} [général] | office | |
| hist. pol. Couronne {f} de fer | Iron Crown [reliquary and one of the oldest royal insignia of Christendom. A relic from the Kingdom of the Lombards, used for the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperors as Kings of Italy] | |
| constr. embrasure {f} [général] | opening [construction] | |
| de prédilection {adj} | pet [attr.] [favourite] [e.g. project, hate, theory, child] | |
| confirmer qc. [idée, déclaration, théorie] | to back sth. up [confirm claim, theory] | |
| s'en prendre à qn./qc. [attaquer] | to assail sb./sth. [person, theory] | |
| cabinet {m} [général] | firm [office, practice] | |
| pédéraste {m} [homosexuel en général] | homosexual | |
| puissance {f} | power [strength in general] | |
| dans l'ensemble {adv} | overall [in general] | |
| mus. première voix {f} | lead singer [in general] | |
| 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] | |
| vulgaire {adj} [opinion] | current [common, in general use] | |
| dr. crimes et délits {m.pl} sexuels | sex crime [general] | |
| point {m} de litige [général] | bone of contention | |
| cessation {f} d'activité [général] | suspension of activities | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1718] | Treaty of Paris [1718] [between the Regent of the Kingdom of France, Philip of Orléans, and the Duke of Lorraine, transferring ownership of lands in Grand Est and Saarland] | |
| à un moment donné {adv} [général] | at one point | |
| courir vite [en général] | to be a fast runner | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} du Champ du Sang [1119] [aussi : bataille de l'Ager Sanguinis] | Battle of the Field of Blood [1119] [also: Battle of Ager Sanguinis, Battle of Sarmada, or the Battle of Balat] [Crusader army annihilated by the army of the Artuqid ruler of Aleppo] | |
| étayer qc. [théorie, etc.] | to prove sth. [theory, etc.] | |
| méd. cabinet {m} médical | GP's surgery [Br.] [general practitioner <GP>] | |
| se livrer à des extrémités [général] | to do something extreme | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} des Deux-Roses | War of the Roses [series of civil wars in England between 1455 and 1487, when the House of Lancaster and the House of York fought for control of the throne of England] | |
| dr. casier {m} vierge | clean sheet [fig.] [e.g. general good behaviour/behavior] | |
| 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. Petites Antilles {f.pl} [aussi : Petites Caraïbes] | Lesser Antilles [a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, most of which are part of an island arc between the Greater Antilles and the continent of South America] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| 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] | |
| géogr. hist. Galicie {f} | Galicia [once a crown land of Austria-Hungary, the nucleus of historic Galicia lies within the modern regions of western Ukraine] | |
| pol. présidentialisation {f} | [reinforcement of the role of President to the detriment of Parliament] | |
| 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)] | |