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| ethn. beur {adj} | [born in France of North African immigrant parents] | |
| francilien {adj} | [of / from the Île-de-France region] | |
Nouns |
| géol. fleurine {f} | [a fissure (crack) in the rock in caves in the south of France] | |
| pol. concert {m} de casseroles [aussi : casserolade] | [banging of pots and pans - a way of protesting which has a long tradition in France] | |
| hist. mil. compagnie {f} d'ordonnance | [first standing army of late medieval and early modern France; forefather of the modern company] | |
| jeux sport bourle {f} | [game of bowls traditionally played in Northern France] | |
| écol. zones {f.pl} à défendre <ZAD> | [locations in France where protesters, 'zadistes', oppose large-scale development projects they consider harmful for the environment] | |
| ethn. beur {m} [fam.] | [person born in France of North African immigrant parents] | |
| cuis. beignets {m.pl} de pommes de terre | [potato based dish from eastern country and mountain regions of France] | |
| éduc. agrégation {f} | [teacher recruitment examination in France] | |
| caraque {m} [mérid.] [fam.] [péj.] | [term of abuse in South France for a person of no fixed abode] | |
| géogr. panne {f} | [term used in Northern France to describe a depression between two dunes] | |
| éduc. vêt. faluche {f} [coiffe] | [traditional cap worn by students in France] | |
| géogr. île {f} d'Aix [île du Sud-Ouest de la France] | Aix [island] [Napoleon spent his last days in France here in 1815] | |
| cuis. aligot {m} | aligot [dish made from cheese blended into mashed potatoes (often with some garlic) that is made in L'Aubrac region in the southern Massif Central of France] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. Berry {m} [aussi : Berri] | Berry [former province located in central France, until departments replaced the provinces in 1790] | |
| comm. géogr. braderie {f} [nord de la France] [belge] [lux.] [foire en plein air] | braderie [grand yearly street fair & market found in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Northern France] | |
| géogr. hist. Dauphiné {m} [aussi : Dauphiné de Viennois] | Dauphiné [also: Dauphiny or Dauphiné of Viennois ] [a former province in southeastern France] | |
| relig. Feuillants {m.pl} | Feuillants [Catholic order founded in Les Feuillants Abbey in France] | |
| géogr. Outre-Rhin {m} [Allemagne] | Germany [as viewed from France: over the Rhine] | |
| géogr. Guadeloupe {f} [un archipel des Caraïbes, formant une région et un département d'outre-mer français] | Guadeloupe <.gp> [an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean] | |
| géogr. Martinique {f} [une île française située dans les Caraïbes et département et région d'outre-mer] | Martinique <.mq> [an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France] | |
| hist. Neustrie {f} [Royaume de Syagrius] | Neustria [Kingdom in north west of today's France] | |
| éduc. collège {m} | school [in France: secondary school to age 15] | |
| textile scoubidou {m} | scoubidou [material used in knotting craft, which originated in France] | |
| trouvère {m} [troubadour] | troubadour [wandering medieval poet in northern France] | |
| géogr. massif {m} des Vosges [aussi : Vosges] | Vosges [range of low mountains in Eastern France] | |
| archéo. hist. mil. butte {f} de Zuran | Žuráň [ancient burial tumulus, site of Napoleon's command HQ for the Battle of Austerlitz (since 2005, extraterritoriality of France)] | |
2 Words: Nouns |
| éduc. occup. attachée {f} temporaire d'enseignement et de recherche <ATER> | adjunct professor [female] [in France] | |
| éduc. occup. attaché {m} temporaire d'enseignement et de recherche <ATER> | adjunct professor [in France] | |
| dr. cour {f} d'assises | assize court [criminal trial court in France, obsolete in UK since 1972] | |
| hist. dynastie {f} capétienne | Capet Dynasty [Kings of France] | |
| géogr. hist. pol. République {f} cisalpine [1797-1802] | Cisalpine Republic [1797-1802] [sister republic of France in Northern Italy] | |
| dr. sociol. Code {m} noir | Code noir [decree passed by King Louis XIV of France in 1685 defining the conditions of slavery in the French colonial empire] | |
| hist. mil. pol. guerre {f} de Crimée [1853-1856] | Crimean War [1853-1856] [ Russia lost to an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, France, the United Kingdom and Piedmont-Sardinia] | |
| trafic route {f} départementale | departmental road [in France] | |
| cuis. gâteau {m} basque | Gâteau Basque [traditional dessert from the Northern Basque region of France, typically filled with black cherry jam or pastry cream] | |
| 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] | |
| hist. Louis {m} VIII le Lion [1187-1226] | Louis VIII [1187-1226] [nicknamed 'The Lion'] [King of France from 1223 to 1226. He invaded England briefly in 1216] | |
| hist. pol. Louis {m} X [1289-1316] [aussi : Louis le Hutin] | Louis X [1289-1316] [King of France 1314-1316] [also: Louis the Quarrelsome, the Headstrong, or the Stubborn] | |
| hist. pol. Louis {m} XIV [1638-1715] [aussi : Louis le Grand ou le Roi-Soleil] | Louis XIV [1638-1715] [also: Louis the Great or the Sun King] [King of France from 1643 until his death] | |
| hist. pol. Louis {m} XV [1710-1774] [aussi : Louis le Bien-Aimé] | Louis XV [1710-1774] [also: Louis the Beloved] [ King of France 1715 until his death in 1774. His reign included the 7 Years' War when France ceded New France to Britain] | |
| hist. pol. Louis {m} XVI [1754-1793] | Louis XVI [1754-1793] [the last King of France from 1774 until he was guillotined and the fall of the monarchy in 1793 during the French Revolution] | |
| pol. Assemblée {f} nationale [en France] | Lower Chamber [National Assembly in France; House of Commons in UK] | |
| géogr. France {f} métropolitaine [la Métropole] | Metropolitan France [European France] | |
| géogr. Saint-Barthélemy {f} [une île française des petites Antilles et un pays et territoire d'outre-mer] | Saint Barthélemy [also: the Collectivité territoriale de Saint-Barthélemy] [an overseas collectivity of France in the Caribbean] | |
| géogr. Saint-Martin {f} [un territoire français situé dans les Caraïbes, dans la partie nord de l'île de Saint-Martin, dans les Antilles, et collectivité d'outre-mer française] | Saint Martin [also: the Collectivity of Saint Martin] [an overseas collectivity of France in the West Indies] | |
| estaminet {m} | small café [northern France] | |
| géol. muche {f} | underground tunnel [hiding place, typically found in Northern France] | |
| pol. Universelle Aragne {f} | Universal Spider [nickname for King Louis XI of France] | |