| French | English | |
Partial Matches |
| comm. fin. délai {m} de rétractation | cooling-off period [in a commercial deal] | |
| math. pentachore {m} [aussi : 5-cellules] | tetrahedral pyramid [also: 5-cell] | |
| hist. mil. journée {f} des Harengs [1429] [bataille des harengs] [bataille de Rouvray] | Battle of the Herrings [Battle of Rouvray] [in 1429, part of the siege of Orléans in the 100 Years' War. English forces decisively defeated French forces attempting to intercept a supply convoy.] | |
| visiter (qn./qc.) | to visit (sb./sth.) [when a person, a visit to a sick person or prisoner by a doctor or priest, not a social visit] | |
| à compter de {prep} [à partir de telle date] | from [a specific date or period in history] | |
| maintenir qc. en équilibre | to balance sth. [put or keep in a position] | |
| s'allonger | to lie [to be in / go into a horizontal position] | |
| géogr. Grisonne {f} [femme du canton suisse des Grisons] | [a female from or living in the Grisons] | |
| géogr. Grison {m} [homme du canton suisse des Grisons] | [a male from or living in the Grisons] | |
| spécialiste {m} borné | nerd [coll.] [obsessive expert in a particular field] | |
| jeux ouvreuse {f} [joueuse qui commence] | opener [female] [e.g. in a card game] | |
| familier {m} | regular [e.g. in a pub or restaurant] | |
| hist. mil. cheval {m} de frise [barrière] | turnpike [esp. in historical usage] [a spiked barrier] | |
| hort. jardin {m} [d'une maison] | yard [Am.] [garden in front of a house] | |
| ne pas avoir le moral | to be crabby [coll.] [be in a bad mood] | |
| faire sa mue [loc.] | to blossom out [idiom] [develop in a positive way] | |
| géogr. géol. naut. aber {m} | large estuary [name in Brittany for a ria] | |
| méd. pharm. comprimé {m} contre la douleur | pain killer [coll.] [in form of a pill] | |
| salle {f} polyvalente | multi-purpose hall [e.g. in a village] | |
| meubler la conversation | to keep the ball rolling [idiom] [in a conversation] | |
| habiter (à) la campagne | to live in the country [in a rural area] | |
| occup. baisser d'un cran [loc.] | to move down a rung [idiom] [in a hierarchy] | |
| occup. hausser d'un cran [loc.] | to move up a rung [idiom] [in a hierarchy] | |
| 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"] | |
| jeter qc. [mettre au rebut] | to bin sth. [Br.] [coll.] [put in a rubbish bin] | |
| donner qc. [offrir comme cadeau] | to get sth. [acquire in order to offer as a gift] | |
| Montserrat {f} [île des Antilles située, territoire britannique d'outre-mer] | Montserrat <.ms> [a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean] | |
| spécialiste {f} bornée | nerd [female] [coll.] [obsessive expert in a particular field] | |
| familière {f} | regular [female] [e.g. in a pub or restaurant] | |
| fin. jeux rincer qn. [fam.] [au jeu] | to clean sb. out [e.g. in a card game] | |
| marcher | to pan out [coll.] [idiom] [develop in a particular way] | |
| s'arranger | to pan out [coll.] [idiom] [develop in a successful way] | |
| aller chercher qn. [en véhicule] | to pick sb. up [go and collect in a vehicle] | |
| mandat-carte {m} | postal order [in the form of a post card] | |
| cuis. ichtyo. sole {f} mornay | sole mornay [baked sole in a white cheese sauce] | |
| comm. en rayon {adv} | on the shelves [available for sale in a shop] | |
| prendre qn. de haut [fig.] | to look down at sb. [fig.] [in a haughty manner] | |
| hist. pol. Philippe {m} VI de Valois [1293-1350] | Philip VI of Valois [1293-1350] [also Philip the Fortunate, King of France 1328-1350. His reign was dominated by a succession dispute, resulting in the start of the 100 Years' War in 1337] | |
| électr. accu {m} [fam.] [accumulateur, souvent pl. : accus] | accumulator [Br.] [storage battery, large rechargeable cell] | |
| biol. cellule {f} de Langerhans | Langerhans cell <LC> [also: Langerhans' cell <LC>] | |
| 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] | |
| entarter qn. | to pie sb. [throw a custard pie in sb.'s face] | |
| cuis. côte {f} de porc à l'berdouille | [pork chop with a sauce speciality from Mons in Belgium] | |
| géogr. lette {f} [aussi : lète ou lède] | [term used in Gascony to describe a depression between two dunes] | |
| nasse {f} [panier conique] | creel [fish trap in the form of a conical basket] | |
| à vendre tel quel {adv} [sur objet d'occasion] | sold as seen [Br.] [on an object in a sale] | |
| géogr. panne {f} | [term used in Northern France to describe a depression between two dunes] | |
| arch. mil. contrescarpe {f} | counterscarp [outer side of a ditch or moat used in fortifications] | |
| constr. mil. embrasure {f} | embrasure [opening in a fortification for firing of cannons (earlier arrows)] | |
| arch. mil. escarpement {m} | scarp [inner side of a ditch or moat used in fortifications] | |