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| cuis. galantine {f} | galantine [a dish of boned stuffed meat, poached and served cold, coated with aspic] | |
| cuis. sauce {f} gribiche | gribiche sauce [a cold egg sauce with mustard and other herbs] | |
Partial Matches |
| cuis. canelé {m} | [small French pastry flavored with rum and vanilla with a soft and tender custard center and a dark, thick caramelized crust] | |
| tech. jacquemart {m} | bell-striker [animated, mechanised figure of a person which strikes the hours on a bell with a hammer. Usually part of clocks or clocktowers] | |
| haler qc. [tirer à soi avec une corde] | to haul sth. in [with a rope] | |
| Soyez les bienvenus ! | You are welcome! [as a greeting] [said to a group with at least one male] | |
| occup. aboyeur {m} [fam.] [personne] | barker [person who stands at a show entrance and solicits customers with a loud sales spiel] | |
| occup. aboyeuse {f} [fam.] [personne] | barker [female] [person who stands at a show entrance and solicits customers with a loud sales spiel] | |
| dépôt {m} légal | formal deposit [of a copy of a book etc. with an institution] | |
| arch. géogr. hist. tour {f} d'Hercule | Tower of Hercules [oldest extant lighthouse known, with an ancient Roman origin, on a peninsula near A Coruña, Galicia, Spain] | |
| cuis. œnol. sabrage {m} | sabrage [opening a champagne bottle with a sabre] | |
| supplice {m} du collier | necklacing [forcing a rubber tyre drenched with petrol around a victim's chest and arms, and setting it on fire] | |
| épanoui {adj} | beaming [with a smile] | |
| verrouillé {adj} {past-p} | bolted [locked with a bolt] | |
| dessiné {adj} {past-p} | drawn [with a pencil etc.] | |
| faire feu | to fire [with a gun] | |
| tutoiement {m} | [addressing a person with 'tu'] | |
| fouetter qn. | to lash sb. [with a whip] | |
| audio phys. acoustique {f} | acoustics [used with a singular verb] | |
| cuis. outil. hachoir {m} berceuse | chopper [with a curved blade] | |
| audio électr. électroacoustique {f} | electroacoustics [used with a singular verb] | |
| se chronométrer | to time oneself [with a stopwatch] | |
| cuis. spiritueux | spirituous [rare] [with a high alcohol content] | |
| fouetter qn. | to birch sb. [flog with a rod] | |
| dr. inculper qn. [accuser] | to charge sb. [with a crime] | |
| river qc. | to clinch sth. [with a rivet etc.] | |
| tirer (qc.) | to fire (sth.) [bullet, with a gun] | |
| littérat. philos. roman {m} à thèse | [novel with a philosophical message] | |
| adm. pol. collectivité {f} territoriale | [region with a measure of autonomy] | |
| sport cognée {f} | slog [coll.] [wild strike with a bat] | |
| anat. fossette {f} au menton | cleft chin [with a dimple] | |
| hist. mil. pol. siège {m} d'Orléans [1428/9] | siege of Orléans [1428/9] [the watershed of the 100 Years' War with a major victory for the French Royal Army with Joan of Arc] | |
| de façon rayonnante {adv} | luridly [with a fiery glow] [literary] | |
| cingler qn./qc. | to lash sb./sth. [with a whip] | |
| crayonner qc. | to pencil sth. [write / draw with a pencil] | |
| jeux sauter à la corde | to skip [with a skipping rope] | |
| chronométrer qn./qc. | to time sb./sth. [with a stopwatch] | |
| toaster à qn. | to toast sb. [salute with a drink] | |
| cuis. pâté {m} chinois | [cottage pie with a layer of corn] | |
| décontenancer qn. | to floor sb. [stump] [e.g. with a question] | |
| tomber en faisant plouf | to plop [fall with a wet sound] | |
| cuis. café {m} noisette | machiatto [coffee with just a drop of milk] | |
| réclamer qc. [demander à avoir] | to demand sth. [ask to have with insistence] | |
| comm. écon. mettre qc. en gage | to pawn sth. [deposit sth. with a pawnbroker] | |
| pol. flirt {m} | dalliance [fig.] [e.g. with an idea, a political party] | |
| ficeler qc. [paquet] | to tie sth. up [a parcel with string etc.] | |
| se curer les dents | to pick one's teeth [with a toothpick] | |
| cuis. œuf {m} à la coque | soft-boiled egg [with a runny yolk] | |
| occup. être logé et nourri | to have room and board [included with a job] | |
| à grande peine {adv} | painstakingly [build up, gather with a great deal of effort] | |