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Baloutchistan nom propre {m} | Balochistan◼◼◼(region on the Iranian plateau in south-western Asia) |
bande de résistance nom {f} | resistance band◼◼◼(piece of material) |
bantoustan nom {m} | bantustan◼◼◼(territory defined as a homeland for black South Africans) |
barista nom {m} nom {f} | barista◼◼◼(person who prepares coffee in a coffee shop for customers) |
bicyclette stationnaire nom {f} | exercise bicycle(exercise machine) |
biostase nom {f} | suspended animation◼◼◼(the slowing of life processes) |
biostasie nom {f} | biostasis(the ability of an organism to tolerate environmental changes without actively adapting to them) |
bistable adjectif | bistable◼◼◼(having two stable states) |
boîte à moustaches nom {f} | box plot◼◼◼(graphical summary of data) |
boîte postale nom {f} | post office box◼◼◼(box hired as collection point for mail) |
boule de cristal nom | crystal ball◼◼◼(globe used to foretell the future) |
Brunstatt nom propre | Brunstatt◼◼◼(commune in Alsace) |
c'est de la moutarde après dîner (it's mustard after dinner) verbe | close the stable door after the horse has bolted(to attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred) |
cabestan nom {m} | capstan◼◼◼(cylindrical machine) capstan◼◼◼(part of a tape recorder) |
café instantané nom {m} | instant coffee◼◼◼(beverage) |
café-restaurant nom {m} | diner [diners]◼◼◼(a small and inexpensive type of restaurant which may be modelled to resemble a dining car) |
canasta nom {f} | canasta◼◼◼(card game) |
carte postale nom {f} | postcard [postcards]◼◼◼(rectangular piece of thick paper to be mailed without an envelope) |
cartilage costal nom {m} | costal cartilage◼◼◼(bar of hyaline cartilage found at the anterior ends of the ribs) |
case postale [Switzerland] nom {f} | post office box◼◼◼(box hired as collection point for mail) |
castagnette nom {f} | castanet◼◼◼(a single handheld percussion instrument) |
célesta nom {m} | celesta [celestas]◼◼◼(musical instrument) |
centre d'assistance nom {m} | help desk◼◼◼(a section of an organization to help customers or users) |
chaleur à distance nom {f} | district heating◼◼◼(system) |
chevalier stagnatile nom {m} | marsh sandpiper◼◼◼(Tringa stagnatilis) |
christadelphe adjectif | Christadelphian◼◼◼(pertaining to the Christadelphians) |
christadelphe nom {m} nom {f} | Christadelphian◼◼◼(a member of a certain nontrinitarian Christian denomination) |
circonstance nom {f} | circumstance [circumstances]◼◼◼(that which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event) |
circonstance aggravante nom {f} | aggravating circumstance◼◼◼noun |
circonstance atténuante nom {f} | extenuating circumstance◼◼◼(fact that mitigates a crime) |
circonstances aggravantes nom {f pl} | aggravation [aggravations]◼◼◼(extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity) |
code postal nom {m} | postcode [postcodes]◼◼◼(sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address) |
concours de circonstances nom {m} | turn of events◼◼◼(deviation from the expected) |
concours de saut d'obstacles nom {m} | show jumping◼◼◼(equestrian event in which a rider's horse is jumped over an array of obstacles) |
consistance nom {f} | consistency [consistencies]◼◼◼(degree of viscosity of something) consistence◼◼◻(physical quality) |
consistant adjectif {m} | filling◼◼◼(of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach) stodgy [stodgier, stodgiest](thick (food)) |
constable nom | constable [constables]◼◼◼(police officer rank) |