 | French | English  | |
 | pour la première fois {adv} | first [for the first time] | |
| originel {adj} | original [first] | |
| de première qualité {adj} [service] | top [first-rate] | |
| Verbs |
| méd. apporter qc. [premiers soins] | to administer sth. [first aid] | |
| Nouns |
| pol. ballotage {m} | [absence of an absolute majority in the first round of an election] | |
| adm. dr. immo. zone {f} d'intervention foncière <ZIF> | [area in which the local government has buyer's right of first refusal] | |
| hist. mil. compagnie {f} d'ordonnance | [first standing army of late medieval and early modern France; forefather of the modern company] | |
| éduc. cours {m} préparatoire | [first year in primary school] | |
| années {f.pl} 00 | aughts [first decade of a century] | |
| années {f.pl} 2000 | aughts [first decade of a century] | |
| hist. calendes {m} | calends [first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar] | |
| débuts {m.pl} | debut {sg} [first appearance] [also: début] | |
| géogr. pol. Delaware {m} [État de la côte est des États-Unis] | Delaware <DE> [The First State] | |
| hist. pol. Directoire {m} [1795-1799] | Directory [1795-1799] [also: Directorate] [governing five-member committee in the French First Republic from 1795 until 1799, when it was overthrown by Napoleon Bonaparte] | |
| page {f} de garde | flyleaf [first page of a book] | |
| trousse {f} | kit [first-aid, puncture repair etc.] | |
| jeux entame {f} [première carte] | lead [e.g. first card in bridge] | |
| mus. premier violon {m} | leader [Br.] [first violin] | |
| film mus. théâtre première {f} | premiere [first performance of a production, film] | |
| géogr. pol. l'Ouest {m} | the West [First World countries; western USA] | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| d'emblée {adv} | in one [coll.] [at first attempt] | |
| 2 Words: Nouns |
| film mus. théâtre première représentation {f} | (world) premiere [first performance, showing ever] | |
| 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] | |
| édition édition {f} originale | editio princeps [Latin: first printed edition of the work, that previously had existed only in manuscripts] | |
| first-foot {m} | first-foot [tradition in N. England and Scotland: first person to enter the home of a household on New Year's Day] | |
| hist. pol. François {m} II [1768-1835] [empereur des Romains 1792-1806, François I d'Autriche 1804-1835 ] | Francis II [1768-1835] [the last Holy Roman Emperor 1792-1806 and, as Francis I, the first Emperor of Austria 1804-1835] | |
| hist. ling. typ. lettrine {f} | initial letter [decorated first letter in old manuscripts] | |
| hist. pol. Joyeuse Entrée {f} | Joyous Entry [in Middle Ages, ceremonial first visit of a prince to his country,] | |
| hist. Francie {f} médiane | Middle Francia [first state of Lotharingia] | |
| math. phys. théorème {m} de Noether | Noether's theorem [also: Noether's first theorem] | |
| géogr. hist. île {f} de Ternate [appartenant à l'archipel des Moluques] | Ternate Island [first outpost of the Portuguese in 1512] | |
| cuis. veau {m} Marengo | veal stew [allegedly first made for Napoleon after winning Battle of Marengo] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} d'Hiver [1939-1940] [aussi : guerre soviéto-finlandaise ou guerre russo-finlandaise] | Winter War [1939-1940] [also: First Soviet-Finnish War] | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| Commençons par le commencement. | First things first. [idiom] | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Paris [1796] | Treaty of Paris [1796] [between French Republic and the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia during the War of the First Coalition] | |
| 3 Words: Nouns |
| géogr. hist. mil. bataille {m} de Bailén [1808] [aussi : bataille de Baylen] | Battle of Bailén [1808] [the first open-field defeat of a Napoleonic army - by the Spanish Army of Andalusia] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Castillon [1453] | Battle of Castillon [decisive French victory in 1453 against England marked the end of the 100 Years' War. Considered the first major battle won through the extensive use of field artillery] | |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} de Tchesmé [1770] | Battle of Chesme [first of a number of disastrous fleet battles for the Ottomans against Russia] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Guinegatte [1479] | Battle of Guinegate [in 1479, first battle in what became over 500 years of conflict between France and the Habsburgs, Battle won by the Habsburgs] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Marengo [1800] | Battle of Marengo [1800] [French forces under First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte defeated and drove the Austrian forces out of Italy, consolidating Napoleon's political position] | |
| hist. mil. relig. bataille {f} de Sablat [1619] | Battle of Sablat [1619] [one of first battles in 30 Years' War; Protestant defeat] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {f} de Valmy [1792] [aussi : bataille ou affaire du camp de la Lune] | Battle of Valmy [1792] [also: Cannonade of Valmy] [first major victory by the army of France during the Revolutionary Wars, preventing the Prussian Army marching on Paris] | |
| hist. mil. pol. bataille {m} de Vimeiro [1808] | Battle of Vimeiro [1808] [the British under General Wellesley defeated the French under General Junot, putting an end to the first French invasion of Portugal] | |
| hist. mil. pol. première guerre {f} des Boers [1880-1881] [aussi : première guerre anglo-boer ou guerre du Transvaal] | First Boer War [1880-1881] [also: First Anglo–Boer War, the Transvaal War or the Transvaal Rebellion] | |
| hist. mil. relig. siège {m} de Béziers [1209] | massacre at Béziers [1209] [also: sack of Béziers] [first major military action of the Albigensian Crusade] | |
| hist. Philippe {m} le Beau [1478-1506] [Philippe de Habsbourg] | Philip the Handsome [1478-1506] [ruler of the Burgundian Netherlands and titular Duke of Burgundy from 1482 to 1506 and the first Habsburg King of Castile (as Philip I)] | |
| hist. mil. siège {m} de Toulon [1793] | Siege of Toulon [1793] [Napoleon first won fame in the success by Republican forces against Royalist rebels supported by Anglo-Spanish forces] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Brétigny [1360] [traité de Calais] | Treaty of Brétigny [Treaty signed in 1360 between King Edward III of England and King John II of France, marking the end of the first phase of the 100 Years' War] | |
| 4 Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. naut. bataille {f} de la baie de Manille [1898] [aussi : bataille de Cavite] | Battle of Manila Bay [1898] [first major engagement of the Spanish–American War, ending the Spanish colonial period in Philippine history] [also: Battle of Cavite] | |
| hist. pol. États {m.pl} généraux des Pays-Bas [1464] | Estates General of 1464 [the first parliamentary assembly of representatives of the constituent territories of the Burgundian Netherlands] | |
| hist. mil. pol. première guerre {f} anglo-birmane [1824 - 1826] | First Anglo-Burmese War [1824 - 1826] [also: First Burma War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. première guerre {f} italo-éthiopienne [1885 - 1896] | First Italo-Ethiopian War [1885 - 1896] [also: First Italo-Abyssinian War] | |
| hist. mil. pol. traité {m} de Campo-Formio [1797] | Treaty of Campo Formio [1797] [signed by Napoleon and the Austrian Monarchy, ending the War of the First Coalition and left UK fighting alone against revolutionary France] | |
| 5+ Words: Nouns |
| hist. mil. pol. première bataille {f} de Bull Run [1861] [aussi : première bataille de Manassas] | First Battle of Bull Run [1861] [also: Battle of First Manassas] [Confederate victory] | |
