| French | English | |
| se dresser (majestueusement) | to tower [building, mountain] | |
Partial Matches |
| flanc {m} | side [person, mountain] | |
| géogr. cime {f} [montagne] | summit [mountain] | |
| géogr. col {m} [montagne] | pass [mountain pass] | |
| gravir qc. [montagne] | to scale sth. [mountain] | |
| alpin. attaque {f} [en alpinisme] | attempt [mountain climbing] | |
| agr. estivage {m} | summer pasturing [on high mountain slopes] | |
| franchir qc. [fleuve, montagne] | to negotiate sth. [river, mountain] | |
| zool. T | | |
| bot. géogr. cime {f} [d'un arbre, montagne] | top [of tree, mountain] | |
| zool. T | | |
| géogr. pol. Virginie-Occidentale {f} [État des États-Unis] | West Virginia <WV> [Mountain State] | |
| alpin. tourisme VocVoy. dortoir {m} [cabane de montagne] | mattress room [sleeping accommodation offered in mountain huts] | |
| croulant {adj} {pres-p} [bâtiment] | crumbling [building] | |
| délabré {adj} | derelict [building etc.] | |
| illuminé {adj} {past-p} | floodlit [building etc.] | |
| laid {adj} [bâtisse] | unsightly [building] | |
| crouler [s'effondrer] | to collapse [building] | |
| derrière {m} | back [of building etc.] | |
| décombres {m.pl} | debris [of a building] | |
| arch. façade {f} | front [of a building] | |
| décombres {m.pl} | wreckage [of a building] | |
| branlant {adj} [meuble, construction] | rickety [furniture, building] | |
| s'écrouler | to fall [building, structure, frame] | |
| inaugurer qc. | to open sth. [new building] | |
| perspective {f} | view [from a building etc.] | |
| arch. immo. à plusieurs étages {adj} | multilevel [attr.] [building, complex] | |
| nacelle {f} suspendue | cradle [on a building site] | |
| arch. immo. tour {f} d'habitation | highrise [high-rise building] | |
| constr. bois {m} de charpente | lumber [Am.] [building timber] | |
| arch. tour {f} [bâtiment] | high rise [high-rise building] | |
| cuis. beignets {m.pl} de pommes de terre | [potato based dish from eastern country and mountain regions of France] | |
| en ruine {adj} | ruined [building, object: in ruins, destroyed] | |
| haut {adj} [bâtiment, herbe, arbre] | tall [building, grass, tree] | |
| meub. équipement {m} [installations] | fixture [immovable object inside a building] | |
| constr. aspect {m} extérieur [de bâtiment] | outside [of a building] | |
| arch. immo. tour {f} d'habitation | high rise [high-rise building] | |
| géogr. pol. Vermont {m} [État du nord-est des États-Unis] | Vermont <VT> [Green Mountain State] | |
| hist. immo. classer qc. [bâtiment] | to list sth. [e.g. historical building] | |
| dr. sociol. squatter une maison | to squat [unlawfully occupy an uninhabited building] | |
| arch. hist. occup. castellologue {m} | castellologist [person who studies the building of castles] | |
| constr. année {f} de construction | year of completion [of a building] | |
| méd. typhus {m} à tiques [fièvre pourprée des montagnes Rocheuses] | tick typhus [Rocky Mountain spotted fever] | |
| attentat {m} [contre un groupe, bâtiment] | attack [against a group, building] | |
| arch. hist. occup. castellologue {f} | castellologist [person who studies the building of castles] [female] | |
| arch. hist. sci. castellologie {f} | castellology [study of castle building, especially in the Middle Ages] | |
| desservir qc. | to service sth. [e.g. staircase serving floors of a building] | |
| constr. faire la visite de qc. [chantier, usine] | to inspect sth. [e.g. building site] | |
| trapu {adj} [bâtiment : peu élevé, homme : râblé] | squat [building : low-built, man : short and stocky] | |
| méd. fièvre {f} de São Paulo | São Paulo fever [Rocky Mountain spotted fever] | |
| géogr. mont {m} Pélion [montagne de Grèce dans le sud-est de la Thessalie] | Pelion [mountain] [also: Pelium] | |
| constr. faire la visite de qc. [chantier, usine] | to make an inspection of sth. [e.g. building site] | |
| derrière {m} | rear [of building, humorous: bottom of a person] | |
| constr. géol. matériel zone {f} faillée | rupture zone [in rock, (building) material] | |
| constr. revêtir qc. [bâtiment, façade, mur] | to face sth. [building, façade, wall] | |
| constr. immo. barrer la vue à qn. [obstruer par une nouvelle construction] | to block sb.'s view [by building sth.] | |
| être à la hauteur de qc. [bâtiment] | to be on a level with sth. [building] | |
| entretenir qn./qc. [famille, bâtiment, relations, etc.] | to maintain sb./sth. [family, building, relations, etc.] | |
| constr. dr. reconstitution {f} [de crime, d'édifice, etc.] | reconstruction [of crime, building, etc.] | |
| géogr. météo. spectre {m} de Brocken | Brocken spectre [Br.] [also: Brocken specter [Am.], Brocken bow, mountain spectre, or spectre of the Brocken] | |
| géogr. géol. Big Ben {m} [massif volcanique d'Australie situé sur l'île Heard] [aussi : mont Kaiser Wilhelm] | Big Ben [also: Big Ben Peak, Old Ben Mountain, Emperor William Peak and Kaiser Wilhelm-Berg] | |
| arch. immo. hall {m} [d'une banque, d'un hôtel ou immeuble d'habitation, dans un musée] | hall [entrance area of a flat or public building, large room of museum] | |