 | French | English  | |
 | n'importe lequel {pron} | any [no matter which one] | |
| quelconque {adj} | any [some, no matter which] | |
| n'importe quel {pron} {adj} | any [whichever, no matter which] | |
| X ou Y {pron} | anybody [no matter which] | |
| ce que {pron} | what [which] | |
| ce qui {pron} | what [which] | |
| à quelle heure {adv} | when [at which time] | |
| Verbs |
| alim. zool. détroquer qc. [huîtres] | to separate sth. [oysters which are stuck together] | |
| Nouns |
| géogr. hydro. gaudre {m} [mérid.] [du provençal gaudre : « petit ruisseau »] | [a little stream which usually dries up in summer] | |
| adm. pol. zone {f} d'aménagement différé <ZAD> | [a procedure which allows local authorities to pre-emptively purchase land for future developments] | |
| adm. dr. immo. zone {f} d'intervention foncière <ZIF> | [area in which the local government has buyer's right of first refusal] | |
| pol. concert {m} de casseroles [aussi : casserolade] | [banging of pots and pans - a way of protesting which has a long tradition in France] | |
| écon. géogr. jeux Société {f} des Bains de Mer et du cercle des étrangers à Monaco <SBM> | [publicly traded company which owns and manages the Monte Carlo Casino, the Opéra de Monte-Carlo and the Hôtel de Paris in Monte Carlo] | |
| cuis. flan {m} pâtissier nature | [traditional preparation found in French patisseries, a base to which you can add fruit or other ingredients] | |
| arch. hist. béguinage {f} | beguinage [architectural complex which was created to house beguines] | |
| géogr. Daugava {f} [aussi : Dvina occidentale] | Daugava [also: Western Dvina] [river which flows from Russia, through Belarus and Latvia] | |
| optique loupiote {f} [aussi loupiotte] [fam.] | lamp [which gives very little light] | |
| psych. limerence {f} | limerence [state of mind which results from romantic or non-romantic feelings (typically obsessive) for another person] | |
| coupe-file {m} | pass [which gives permission to avoid queueing] | |
| arts polyptyque {m} | polyptych [a painting (usually panel painting) which is divided into sections, or panels.] | |
| cuis. potée {f} | potée [soup or stew pork and vegetables, most frequently, cabbage and potatoes of which choucroute is the most characteristic] | |
| géogr. Saba {f} [une île néerlandaise qui se situe dans le nord des Petites Antilles] | Saba [a Caribbean island which is the smallest special municipality of the Netherlands] | |
| textile scoubidou {m} | scoubidou [material used in knotting craft, which originated in France] | |
| pierre {f} de touche [fig.] | touchstone [fig.] [standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognised/recognized] | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| se faire des films [fam.] [loc.] [imaginer des fausses choses] | to imagine things [idiom] [which are not true] | |
| relever qc. [remettre debout] | to pick sth. up [which has fallen over] | |
| déclouer qc. [décrocher qc. qui est cloué] | to take sth. down [which is held up by nails] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| 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] | |
| cuis. ichtyo. truite {f} au bleu | boiled trout [which must be killed only just before cooking so the trout changes colour.] | |
| géogr. Petites Antilles {f.pl} [aussi : Petites Caraïbes] | Lesser Antilles [a group of islands in the Caribbean Sea, most of which are part of an island arc between the Greater Antilles and the continent of South America] | |
| hist. pol. Saint Louis {m} [Louis IX le Prudhomme] [1214-1270] | Louis IX [1214-1270] [also known as Saint Louis or Louis the Saint] [King of France 1226-1270 during a medieval golden age in which France reached an economic and political peak] | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| math. Ce qu'il fallait démontrer. <C.Q.F.D.> | Quod erat demonstrandum. <Q.E.D.> [which was to be proven] | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| s'excuser de faire qc. | to apologise for doing sth. [which is continuing] [Br.] | |
| s'excuser de faire qc. | to apologize for doing sth. [which is continuing] | |
| trains talonner un aiguillage | to run through points [Br.] [by force through points which have not been set] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Buçaco [1810] | Battle of Buçaco [1810] [also: Battle of Bussaco] [major battle in the Portuguese mountains, which resulted in the defeat of French forces by Lord Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Jaffa [1192] | Battle of Jaffa [1192] [final battle of the Third Crusade, after which Saladin and King Richard I of England were able to negotiate a truce, though Saladin retained possession of Jerusalem] | |
| hist. mil. bataille {f} de Rossbach [1757] | Battle of Rossbach [1757] [decisive battle in 7 Years' War in which the Frederick the Great's Prussian Army defeated a much larger combined French & Austrian Army] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {m} de Wagram [1809] | Battle of Wagram [1809] [military engagement which ended in costly but decisive victory for Napoleon's French army against the Austrian army, leading to the breakup of the 5th Coalition] | |
| édition relig. livre {m} d'heures | Book of Hours [abbreviated form of the breviary which contained the Divine Office recited in monasteries] | |
| 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. maison {f} Plantagenêt | House of Plantagenet [a Royal House which originated from the lands of Anjou in France, ruling England between 1154 and 1485] | |
| hist. pol. paix {f} de Westphalie [1648] [aussi : traités de Westphalie] | Peace of Westphalia [1648] [2 treaties which ended the 30 Years' War and the 80 Years' War and brought peace to the Holy Roman Empire] | |
| cuis. pouding {m} chômeur [can.] | poor man's pudding [Canadian speciality: basic cake batter onto which a hot syrup or caramel is poured before baking] | |
| géogr. hist. mil. siège {m} de Calais [1346-7] | siege of Calais [part of 100 Years' War. After victory at Crécy, King Edward III of England successfully besieged Calais which remained in English hands until 1558] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. mil. pol. siège {m} de Louisbourg [1758] | siege of Louisbourg [1758] [pivotal operation which ended French colonial dominance in Atlantic Canada] | |
| hist. pol. traité {m} de Picquigny [1475] | Treaty of Picquigny [1 year after the Treaty of London, England & France signed a peace treaty (7-year truce) in 1475 which left France to deal alone with the threat from Duke of Burgundy] | |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
| trains talonner un aiguillage | to run through a switch [Am.] [by force through a switch which has not been set] | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| hist. pol. Bulle {f} d'or (de 1356) [aussi : bulle d'or de Nuremberg ou bulle d'or de Metz] | Golden Bull of 1356 [a decree which fixed, for a period of more than four hundred years, important aspects of the constitutional structure of the Holy Roman Empire] | |
| 5+ Words: Nouns |
| hist. pol. Banquet {m} du Vœu du faisan [1454] | Banquet of the Oath of the Pheasant [in 1454, the Duke of Burgundy gave this banquet to promote a Crusade (which never took place) against the Turks who had just taken Constantinople] | |
| hist. pol. Sérénissime Maison {f} de Bragance | Most Serene House of Braganza [also: Brigantine Dynasty] [a dynasty of emperors, kings, princes, and dukes of Portuguese origin which reigned in Europe and the Americas] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. sérénissime république {f} de Venise [697 - 1797] | Most Serene Republic of Venice [also: Venetian Republic] [a sovereign maritime republic in parts of present-day northeastern Italy, which existed from 697 until 1797] | |
