| French | English | |
Partial Matches |
| être dans la tradition de qn./qc. | to be in the tradition of sb./sth. | |
| être en proie à un cauchemar | to be in the grip of a bad dream | |
| être spécialisé dans l'étude de qc. | to specialise in the study of sth. [Br.] | |
| marcher sur les traces de qn. [fig.] | to follow in the footsteps of sb. [fig.] | |
| marcher sur les traces de qn. [fig.] | to follow in the steps of sb. [fig.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de Succession de Mantoue [1628 - 1631] | War of the Mantuan Succession [1628 - 1631] [a proxy war between France and Spain during the 30 Years' War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} des Sioux de 1862 [aussi : soulèvement des Sioux, révolte des Dakotas ou guerre de Little Crow] | US–Dakota War of 1862 [also: Sioux Uprising, the Dakota Uprising, the Sioux Outbreak of 1862, the Dakota Conflict, or Little Crow's War] | |
| arch. hist. pol. château {m} de Fontainebleau | Palace of Fontainebleau [also: Château de Fontainebleau] [the medieval castle and subsequent palace served as a residence for the French monarchs from Louis VII to Napoleon III] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Aspern-Essling [1809] [aussi : bataille d'Essling ou bataille d'Aspern] | Battle of Aspern-Essling [1809] [Napoleon occupying Vienna, tried to cross the Danube. The Austrian army drove the French army back with heavy losses. This was Napoleon's 1st personal defeat] | |
| hist. pol. maison {f} de Croÿ | House of Croÿ [a family of European mediatised nobility, elevated to the rank of Princes of the Holy Roman Empire in 1594] | |
| 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] | |
| littérat. sociol. De la division du travail social [Émile Durkheim (1893)] | The Division of Labour in Society | |
| littérat. F À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs [Marcel Proust (1919)] | In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Civetot [1096] | Battle of Civetot [1096] [Seljuk Turks of Anatolia defeated the forces of the People's Crusade] | |
| hist. Charles {m} III le Simple [879-929] | Charles the Simple [879-929] [also: Charles the Straightforward] [ King of West Francia from 898 until 922 and the king of Lotharingia from 911 until 923. A member of the Carolingian dynasty] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1806] [aussi : traité de la confédération du Rhin] | Treaty of Paris [1806] [creating the Confederation of the Rhine] | |
| hist. mil. relig. siège {m} de Jérusalem [1099] | siege of Jerusalem [1099] [laying the foundation for the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, which lasted almost two centuries] | |
| géogr. îles {f.pl} Lucaye | Lucayan Archipelago [also: Bahama Archipelago] [an island group in the western North Atlantic Ocean comprising the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Peterwardein [1716] [auusi : bataille de Petrovaradin] | Battle of Petrovaradin [1716] [also: Battle of Peterwardein] [major victory of Habsburgs over the Ottomans during the Austro-Turkish War] | |
| fin. avoir une ardoise de qc. chez qn. [fam.] [loc.] | to be in debt to the tune of sth. to sb. [coll.] [idiom] | |
| cuis. toad in the hole {m} [saucisses cuites au four dans la pâte à crêpes salée] | toad-in-the-hole [Br.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Vitoria [1813] | Battle of Vitoria [1813] [combined British, Portuguese and Spanish army broke the French army leading to victory in the Peninsular War] | |
| hist. pol. maison {f} de Valois-Bourgogne [seconde maison de Bourgogne] | House of Valois-Burgundy [cadet branch of the House of Valois, ruling the Duchy of Burgundy from 1363 to 1482] | |
| hist. pol. serment {m} du Jeu de paume [1789] | Tennis Court Oath [a pivotal event in the French Revolution. In 1789, the members of the French Third Estate voted "not to separate until the Constitution of the kingdom is established"] | |
| hist. mil. pol. convention {f} de Tauroggen [1812] | Convention of Tauroggen [1812] [armistice between Prussia and Russia, which triggered an ininsurgency against Napoleon in the Confederation of the Rhine] | |
| hist. mil. pol. siège {m} de Sagonte [219-218 av. J.-C.] | siege of Saguntum [219 - 218 BC] [victory of Carthaginians over the Saguntines, triggering the 2nd Punic War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Saint-Pétersbourg [1812] | Treaty of Saint Petersburg [1812] [between Sweden and the Russian Empire, establishing an alliance against the French Empire of Napoleon] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Hattin [1187] [aussi : bataille des cornes de Hattin ou bataille de Tibériade] | Battle of Hattin [1187] [also: Battle of the Horns of Hattin] [Muslim armies under Saladin captured or killed the vast majority of the Crusader forces, and re-captured Jerusalem] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. duché {m} de Carniole [1363-1918] | Duchy of Carniola [1363-1918] [an imperial estate of the Holy Roman Empire, later a hereditary land of the Habsburg Monarchy] | |
| 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} de Solférino [1859] | Battle of Solferino [1859] [victory of the allied French Army and Piedmont-Sardinian Army against the Austrian Army] | |
| dr. Cela porte à sept le nombres des meurtres commis à Londres. | This brings the number of murders in London up to seven. | |
| Vous êtes amoureux du son de votre propre voix. [loc.] | You're in love with the sound of your own voice. [idiom] | |
| littérat. F Vingt-quatre heures de la vie d'une femme | Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of a Woman [author: Stefan Zweig (1927)] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Andrinople [378] [aussi : bataille d'Adrianople ; aujourd'hui Edirne en Turquie européenne] | Battle of Adrianople [378] [also: Battle of Hadrianopolis] [overwhelming victory of the Goths over the Eastern Roman Empire] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {f} de Morgarten [1315] | Battle of Morgarten [in 1315, the Confederates of Uri, Schwyz and Unterwalden defeated a Habsburg army, laying foundation for future independence of the Swiss Confederacy] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} d'Ayacucho [1824] | Battle of Ayacucho [1824] [secured the independence of Peru and ensured independence for the rest of South America] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Manzikert [1071] | Battle of Manzikert [1071] [also: Battle of Malazgirt] [decisive defeat of the Byzantine Empire by the Seljuk Empire] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. grand-duché {m} de Lituanie [1251-1795] | Grand Duchy of Lithuania [1251-1795] [European State and, in the 15C, the largest in Europe] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille d'Edington {noun} [878] | Battle of Edington [878] [also: Battle of Ethandun] [Saxon army under Alfred the Great defeated the Great Heathen Army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1815] | Treaty of Paris [1815] [also: Second Treaty of Paris] [ after the defeat and the second abdication of Napoleon Bonaparte] | |
| dans le 1er arrondissement de Paris {adv} | in the 1st arrondissement of Paris | |
| hist. mil. occup. Gendarmes {m.pl} d'élite de la Garde impériale [1801-1815] | élite gendarmes of the Imperial Guard [1801-1815] [unit formed by Napoleon to protect the Imperial HQ (in war) and Consular offices (in peace)] | |
| géogr. hist. Kennemerland {m} | Kennemerland [coastal region in the northwestern Netherlands, its name comes from the Kennemer people, who were Frisians that fought with the Counts of Holland and lost in the Middle Ages] | |
| adm. mil. commandement {m} suprême des forces alliées en Europe | supreme headquarters of the Allied powers in Europe | |
| être un simple instrument au service de qn./qc. [fig.] | to be a mere tool in the hands of sb./sth. [fig.] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Five Forks [1865] [surnommée le « Waterloo de la Confédération »] | Battle of Five Forks [1865] [sometimes called "the Waterloo of the Confederacy"] [Union victory] | |
| hist. pol. révolutions {f.pl} autrichienne de 1848 | revolutions of 1848 in the Austrian Empire | |
| littérat. F Raven Blood – Réveillée en pleine nuit | Raven Blood – Awakened in the Dead of Night [Marcel Weyers] | |