| French | English | |
Partial Matches |
| céder la place à qn. [fig.] | to step aside in favour of sb. | |
| 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)] | |
| dr. reconnaissance {f} d'enfant [par le père] | legal recognition of a child [by the father] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. province {f} du Cap de Bonne Espérance [1910-1994] | Province of the Cape of Good Hope [1910-1994] [also: Cape Province or The Cape] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Fontainebleau [1807] | Treaty of Fontainebleau [1807] [secret agreement signed between King Charles IV of Spain and the French Emperor Napoleon, to drive the House of Braganza from and divide the Kingdom of Portugal] | |
| hist. mil. infanterie {f} de ligne | line infantry [two to four ranks of foot soldiers drawn up side by side in rigid alignment, 17C-19C] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {m} de Marchfeld [1278] | Battle on the Marchfeld [1278] [decisive event for the history of Central Europe for the following centuries when the German king Rudolph I of Habsburg defeated king Ottokar II of Bohemia] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Brouwershaven [1426] | Battle of Brouwershaven [in 1426, was part of the (1345-1490) wars over control of the Low Countries and resulted in victory for the Duke of Burgundy against mainly English forces] | |
| comm. hist. Halles {f.pl} de Paris [aussi : les Halles Centrales] | earlier central market of Paris | |
| 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] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1259] [aussi : traité d'Abbeville] | Treaty of Paris [1259] [also: Treaty of Abbeville] [between Kings of France and England, ending 100 years of conflicts between the Capetian and Plantagenet dynasties] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} des Pyramides [1798] | Battle of the Pyramids [1798] [also: Battle of Embabeh] [French army, under Napoleon Bonaparte, scored a decisive victory, wiping out almost the entire Ottoman army located in Egypt] | |
| géogr. hist. comté {m} de Hollande | County of Holland [originally a State of the Holy Roman Empire and from 1433 part of the Burgundian Netherlands] | |
| bot. déposer une gerbe sur une tombe | to place a spray of flowers on a grave | |
| géogr. hist. duché {m} de Brabant | Duchy of Brabant [a State of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1183. Most of the duchy's former territories, are in today's Belgium except for the Dutch province of North Brabant] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de la Quatrième Coalition [1806-1807] | War of the Fourth Coalition [1806-1807] [conflicts of France against Prussia and Russia, and both were heavily defeated] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Krasnoï [1812] [ou bataille de Krasnoje] | Battle of Krasnoi [1812] [also Battle of Krasny] [fought during the final stage of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. The Russians inflicted heavy losses on the remnants of the Grande Armee] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Sadowa [1866] [aussi : bataille de Königgrätz] | Battle of Königgrätz [1866] [also: Battle of Sadowa] [Kingdom of Prussia defeated the Austrian Empire] | |
| géogr. géol. ceinture {f} de feu du Pacifique [aussi : ceinture circum-pacifique ou ceinture péri-pacifique] | Ring of Fire [also: Pacific Ring of Fire, Rim of Fire, Girdle of Fire or Circum-Pacific belt] | |
| 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. Philippe {m} le Bon [Philippe III de Bourgogne] [1396-1467] | Philip the Good [1396-1467] [Duke of Burgundy 1419 until death. During his reign, the Burgundian State reached the apex of its prosperity and prestige, and became a leading centre of the arts] | |
| hist. relig. Règle {f} de saint Benoît | Rule of Saint Benedict [book of precepts written in 516 for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1817] | Treaty of Paris [1817] [part of the Congress of Vienna, concluding Article 99] | |
| occup. pol. lord-chambellan {m} | Lord Chamberlain (of Household) [Br.] [most senior officer of the Royal Household of the United Kingdom] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Lemberg [1914] | Battle of Lemberg [1914] [Russian defeat of Austro-Hungarian army] [also: Battle of Galicia] | |
| hist. Jeanne {f} la Folle [1479-1555] [Jeanne I de Castille] | Joanna the Mad [1479-1555] [Joanna I] [Queen of Castile from 1504 and Queen of Aragon from 1516 to 1555. Modern Spain evolved from the union of these two kingdoms] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Assandun [1016] | Battle of Assandun [1016] [also: Battle of Essendune] [Danish victory concluding their conquest of England] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Megiddo [609 av. J.-C.] | Battle of Megiddo [609 BC] [Pharaoh of Egypt defeated Kingdom of Judah] | |
| hist. pol. paix {f} de Passarowitz [1718] | Treaty of Passarowitz [1718] [also: Treaty of Požarevac] [cession of several Ottoman territories to the Habsburgs] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1515] | Treaty of Paris [1515] [cemented alliance between Charles V of France and House of Valois] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1856] | Treaty of Paris of 1856 [to end the Crimean War between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, Great Britain, the 2nd French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia] | |
| éduc. Plus est en vous. | [A motto used by a number of colleges, including Gordonstoun School (Scotland), roughly translated as 'There is more in you'.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Stadtlohn [1623] | Battle of Stadtlohn [1623] [resounding Catholic victory marking end of 1st phase of 30 Years' War] | |
| en lieu et place de {prep} | in lieu of | |
| hist. pol. François {m} II [1768-1835] [empereur des Romains 1792-1806, François I d'Autriche 1804-1835 ] | Francis II [1768-1835] [the last Holy Roman Emperor 1792-1806 and, as Francis I, the first Emperor of Austria 1804-1835] | |
| jeux sport pari {m} placé | place bet | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Aïn Djalout [1260] | Battle of Ain Jalut [1260] [also: Battle of Ayn Jalut] [Mamluks of Egypt defeated the Mongol Empire] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Hochstett [1704] [aussi : bataille de Blenheim ou deuxième bataille de Höchstädt] | Battle of Blenheim [1704] [major battle of the War of the Spanish Succession when the overwhelming Allied victory ensured the safety of Vienna from the Franco-Bavarian army] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} des champs Catalauniques [451] [aussi: bataille de Campus Mauriacus] | Battle of the Catalaunian Plains [451] [Western Roman Empire defeated the Hunnic Empire] [also: Battle of the Campus Mauriacus] | |
| lieu {m} de refuge | place of refuge | |
| math. méthode {f} de descente infinie (de Fermat) | Fermat's method of descent [also: proof by infinite descent] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. royaume {m} de Naples | Kingdom of Naples [comprised the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816.] | |
| film F Killers of the Flower Moon | Killers of the Flower Moon [Martin Scorsese (2023)] | |
| cuis. saucisses {f.pl} enveloppées de lard | pigs in blankets [sausages wrapped in bacon] | |
| 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] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. traité {m} de paix de Delft [réconciliation de Delft] [1428] | Treaty of Delft [Reconciliation of Delft] [in 1428, ended hostilities between Duke of Burgundy and Countess of Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut to effect that the Duke would administer these lands] | |
| hist. Marie {f} de Bourgogne [1457-1482] | Mary of Burgundy [1457-1482] [Duchess of Burgundy 1477 until death. She married Maximilian of Habsburg, a turning point in European politics] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} d'Aboukir [1798] | Battle of the Nile [1798] [also: Battle of Aboukir Bay] [decisive naval battle - after Napoleon landed his army, Nelson destroyed the French fleet, trapping the French army in Egypt] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Civetot [1096] | Battle of Civetot [1096] [Seljuk Turks of Anatolia defeated the forces of the People's Crusade] | |