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French to English History Translation Glossary

French term English translation
merlon merlon
mesures témoins markers
Entered by: Mark Nathan
metropolitain from mainland (France)
Entered by: Hervé du Verle
mettre au jour des structures d’occupation semi-enterrées to unearth half-buried domestic structures
meurtrière loophole
meurtris dans leur chair et dans leur foi spiritually and physically scarred
mis au ban de l'Empire banished/exiled; subject to the Imperial Ban (Reichsacht)
moine du bec monk at/of Bec
mondée shelling party
monseigneur Monseigneur
moulinier oil presser
mynde "monde"=> unsullied
naître de sa plume flowed from his pen
n’en est pas moins écarté was nevertheless put aside
ne mérite pas la confidentialité which could have benefitted a much wider audience
nettoyeur de tranchée trench cleaner
niveau de lecture [so that readers can] appreciate/comprehend the subject matter on different levels
niveau de production du temps de paix et l’ampleur de son désarmament peacetime production levels and the extent of its disarmament
nivelée par le bas / nivelé par le bas / niveler par le bas levelled down / to level down
normande-souabe Norman-Swabian
On élève du "bétail", des petits pucerons. Ants raise tiny aphids like livestock
outil scénique stage function and design
pans de murs chancelants collapsing sections of wall
Entered by: Yolanda Broad
papiers de fonction credentials/ proof of rank
par l’éclat de sa flamboyance through his radiant splendour, blazing splendour
parallèle à sa puissance navale which went hand in hand with its naval power
parchemin parchment document
passer à l’honneur pass close aboard/alongside
Patères tardo-romaines late Roman paterae
pālinisé adapted into Pali
PC à Marrakech (poste de commandement) Stationed at/HQ at
peigneur de chanvre hemp carders
petit bleu telegram
petit cabinet en hors d’œuvre small room projecting out from the main building
petite/moyenne justice misdemeanours and criminal disputes
placître common land
politique de l'image the use of the image in politics
politiques de canalisation channeling policies
port avancé outlying port
porter permission granting authority
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