| Subject | English | French |
| met. | air drilling | forage à l'air |
| met. | air drilling | puisage à l'air comprimé |
| met. | American system of drilling | sondage à la corde |
| met. | bench drilling machine | foreuse d'établi |
| met. | bench drilling machine | perceuse sensitive |
| tech., mech.eng. | bench type drilling machine | machine à percer d'établi |
| mech.eng. | bench-type drilling machine | perceuse d'établi |
| coal., construct. | blast-hole drilling | perforation de trous de mines |
| soil. | borehole drilling | sondage par tarière |
| soil. | borehole drilling | forage |
| soil. | borehole drilling | sondage |
| soil. | borehole drilling | sondage pédologique |
| met. | cable drilling | forage à la corde |
| coal. | cable drilling | forer au câble |
| construct. | cable drilling | battage au câble |
| coal. | cable tool drilling | forer au câble |
| gen. | cable tool drilling | forer a la corde |
| met., mech.eng. | centre drilling | centrage |
| met. | chill shot drilling | sondage à la grenaille |
| met. | chum drilling | sondage à la corde |
| construct. | churn drilling | forage m par battage à câble |
| met. | column drilling machine | perforatrice à colonne |
| tech., mech.eng. | column type drilling machine | machine à percer à montant |
| mech.eng. | column-type drilling machine | perceuse à montant |
| mech.eng. | column-type drilling machine | perceuse à colonne |
| construct. | controlled drilling | forage dirigé |
| construct. | core drilling | forage à carottage |
| met., mech.eng. | core drilling | trépanage |
| coal. | core drilling | carottage |
| construct. | core drilling | sondage à carottage |
| met. | counterflush drilling | forage avec circulation renversée |
| construct. | cutter drilling | forage par tricônes |
| met. | deep-drilling | forage à grande profondeur |
| construct. | deep drilling | forage à grande profondeur |
| energ.ind. | deep drilling in hot dry rocks | forage profond en roches sèches |
| UN, geol. | deep sea drilling project/Ocean Drilling Programme | projet de forage en mer |
| chem., el. | detection of gas in drilling muds | détection de gaz dans les boues de forage |
| coal. | development well drilling | forage d'exploitation |
| oil | deviated drilling | forage dirigé |
| met. | diamond core drilling | carottage au diamant |
| coal. | diamond drilling bit | outil diamanté |
| coal. | diamond drilling bit | outil au diamant |
| oil | directional drilling | forage dirigé |
| met. | directional drilling | sondage dirigé |
| oil | downhole deviation drilling | forage dirigé |
| life.sc. | drill stem for percussion well drilling machine | tige de sondage pour appareil de forage à percussion |
| construct. | drilling and blasting work | travaux de forrage et de minage |
| coal. | drilling and moving time | temps de transport,de forage et de démontage |
| coal. | drilling and moving time | durée de transport,de forage et de démontage |
| agric., tech. | drilling attestor | enregistreur de sondage |
| met. | drilling bit | fleuret |
| met. | drilling bit | outil de forage |
| construct. | drilling bit drop height | hauteur de chute d'outil de forage |
| met. | drilling break | augmentation de vitesse d'avancement |
| construct. | drilling by flame | forage thermique |
| met. | drilling by rotation | forer par rotation |
| agric. | drilling by the tramline | obturateur |
| agric. | drilling by the tramline | dispositif jalonneur |
| met. | drilling clay | argile à boue |
| met. | drilling control | contrôle de l'avance |
| met. | drilling crew | équipe de foreurs |
| agric. | drilling depth | profondeur de semis |
| construct. | drilling depth | profondeur de sondage |
| construct. | drilling depth | profondeur de forage |
| agric. | drilling depth | profondeur d'enterrage de la graine |
| agric. | drilling depth | profondeur d'enfouissement de la graine |
| met. | drilling drumline | câble de forage |
| nat.res. | drilling dust | poussière de forage |
| met. | drilling engineer | ingénieur de forage |
| construct. | drilling equipment | équipement de forage |
| construct. | drilling fixture | dispositif de fixation d'une pièce à percer |
| oil | drilling fluid | boue de refroidissement |
| met., mech.eng. | drilling from the solid | perçage |
| meas.inst. | drilling gage | gabarit d'alésage |
| meas.inst. | drilling gauge | gabarit d'alésage |
| gen. | drilling heads parts of machines | couronnes de sondage parties de machines |
| met. | drilling-in unit | appareillage de sondage pour nettoyer le trou de sonde |
| met. | drilling jar | joint hydraulique |
| meas.inst. | drilling jig | gabarit d'alésage |
| med.appl. | drilling machine | machine percer |
| med.appl. | drilling machine | machine aléser |
| nat.res. | drilling machine | semoir |
| met. | drilling machine for iron and steel | perceuse pour fer et acier |
| met. | drilling machine for opening the tap hole | foret pour trouer le trou de coulée |
| met. | drilling machine pillar | chevalet du perforateur |
| life.sc., lab.law. | drilling machine setter-operator | foreur |
| life.sc., lab.law. | drilling machine setter-operator | conducteur de perceuse |
| life.sc., lab.law. | drilling machine setter-operator | chef sondeur |
| met. | drilling machine standard | chevalet de perforateur |
| met. | drilling mast | mât de forage |
| tech. | drilling mast | mât de forage DU PÉTROLE |
| oil | drilling mud | boue de refroidissement |
| met. | drilling muds | déblais de forage |
| met. | drilling muds | boue de forage |
| met. | drilling of a bore-hole | forage d'un puits |
| met. | drilling of a bore-hole | ouverture d'un puits |
| transp., construct. | drilling of a well | forage d'un puits |
| met. | drilling of well | forage d'un puits |
| met. | drilling of well | ouverture d'un puits |
| construct. | drilling operations | travaux de sondage |
| construct. | drilling operations | travaux de forage |
| construct. | drilling operator | sondeur |
| construct. | drilling operator | foreur |
| met. | drilling parameters | paramètres de forage |
| met. | drilling pattern | distribution des puits selon le terrain |
| met. | drilling pipe float and well assembly | clapet de sûreté contre le retour en batterie |
| gen. | set of drilling pipes | train de sonde |
| gen. | set of drilling pipes | train de forage |
| polit. | drilling platform offshore installation | plate-forme de forage (installations en mer) |
| nat.res. | drilling platform | plate-forme de forage |
| mech.eng. | drilling power | puissance de perçage |
| met. | drilling programme | programme de forage |
| met. | drilling rate | avancement |
| mach.mech. | drilling reamer | rouleau antiplis |
| mach.mech. | drilling reamer | élargisseur |
| agric., tech. | drilling recorder | enregistreur de sondage |
| mach.mech. | drilling rig | outils de forage |
| gen. | drilling rig | tour de forage |
| met. | drilling rig | installation de forage |
| construct. | drilling rig | machine de forage |
| gen. | drilling rig | plate-forme de forage |
| patents. | drilling rigs | tours de forage |
| earth.sc. | drilling ship | navire de forage |
| earth.sc. | drilling ship | bateau-foreur |
| met. | drilling shot hole | trou de mine |
| oil | drilling sludge | boue de refroidissement |
| met. | drilling stem | train de sondage |
| met. | drilling string | train de tiges |
| life.sc., coal. | drilling string | rame |
| met. | drilling tender | barge de ravitaillement |
| construct. | drilling tool | outil de forage |
| gen. | drilling tools | outils de forage |
| construct. | drilling tripod | trépied de battage |
| construct. | drilling unit | installation de forage |
| earth.sc. | drilling vessel | navire de forage |
| earth.sc. | drilling vessel | bateau-foreur |
| nat.res. | drilling well | perforage de fonçage (oil shale production) |
| met. | drilling wells | forage des puits |
| construct. | drilling with hardened bits | forage par couronnes à alliage dur |
| construct. | drilling with hardened bits | forage à pastilles |
| construct. | drilling work | travaux de forage |
| construct. | drilling work | travaux de sondage |
| construct. | drilling work | percement d'ouverture |
| coal., construct. | dry drilling | forage à air comprimé |
| met. | electric hand drilling machine on stand | foreuse à main électrique d'établi |
| construct. | electric impulse drilling | sondage par impulsions électriques |
| construct. | electric impulse drilling | forage par impulsions électriques |
| construct. | electric shock drilling | sondage par impulsions électriques |
| construct. | electric shock drilling | forage par impulsions électriques |
| met. | electro drilling | électroforage |
| construct. | electromagnetic high-frequency drilling | forage par induction magnétique de haute fréquence |
| construct. | electrophysical drilling | forage électrophysique |
| construct. | engineer-geological drilling | sondage géotechnique |
| construct. | exploration drilling | sondage de recherche |
| construct. | exploration drilling | sondage de reconnaissance |
| construct. | exploration hole drilling methods | méthodes de forage des trous géologiques techniques |
| coal. | explosive charge at the bottom of the drilling | charge explosive fond de trou |
| agric., chem. | fertilizer drilling | application en ligne |
| agric., chem. | fertilizer drilling | enfouissement de l'engrais en ligne |
| construct. | flame drilling | forage thermique |
| coal. | flexible drilling | flexoforage |
| oil | floating drilling rig | plate-forme de forage flottante |
| min.prod. | floating or submersible drilling or production platforms | docks flottants |
| forestr. | fluid drilling | forage avec un liquide |
| met. | flush drilling | forage avec circulation |
| life.sc., coal. | geological map based on the results of drilling exploitation | plan de gisement élaboré à partir des sondages |
| UN | Guidelines Concerning the Environment Related to Offshore Mining and Drilling within the Limits of National Jurisdiction | Lignes directrices concernant l'environnement relatives à l'extraction et au forage en mer dans les limites de la juridiction nationale |
| met. | hammer drilling | forage par battage |
| construct. | hand drilling | forage manuel |
| construct. | hydraulic percussion drilling | forage au bélier hydraulique |
| mech.eng. | indexing drum type drilling machine | perceuse à tambour |
| industr. | industrial drilling rig | puits industriel de forage |
| met. | infilling drilling | forage intercalaire |
| met. | island drilling | sondage de plusiers puits direction nés |
| oil | jack-up drilling rig | plate-forme auto-élévatrice |
| nat.res. | jack-up-type drilling platform | plate-forme de forage élévatrice |
| construct. | jet drilling | forage au jet (d'eau) |
| construct. | jet-drilling | forage thermique |
| met. | jump drilling | sondage par battage |
| therm.energ. | laser drilling machine | machine à perçage à laser |
| med.appl. | laser-beam drilling | forage au faisceau laser |
| coal. | loss of drilling fluid | perte de circulation |
| coal. | loss of drilling fluid | perte de liquide de forage |
| coal. | loss of drilling fluid | perte de retour |
| coal. | loss of drilling fluid | perte de boue |
| coal. | low-enthalpy drilling | forage géothermique basse enthalpie |
| construct. | magnetostrictive drilling | forage par magnétostriction |
| life.sc., coal. | map of oil drillings with production data | plan de situation des sondages pétroliers |
| met. | marine drilling | forage en mer |
| construct. | mast of drilling rig | mât de la foreuse |
| met. | mist drilling | forage à l'air humide |
| mech.eng. | multi-broach drilling machine | machine à percer à plusieurs broches |
| construct. | multiple drilling | forage multiple |
| avia., Canada | NAV CANADA Procedure for Drilling and Hole Punching in ACM | NAV CANADA – Procédures relatives au perçage et à la perforation de M.C.A. |
| avia., Canada | NAV CANADA Procedures for Drilling, Punching and Chisel Cutting in ACM – Vinyl Floor Tiles | Procédures de NAV CANADA pour le perçage, la perforation et le ciselage de MCA – Carreaux pour plancher en vinyle |
| UN, geol. | ODP ＝ ocean drilling project | Programme de forages océaniques |
| met. | offshore drilling | sondage submarin |
| nat.res. | offshore drilling | forage offshore |
| nat.res. | offshore drilling platform | installation de forage hauturière (structure) |
| nat.res. | offshore drilling platform | installation de forage offshore (structure) |
| nat.res. | offshore drilling platform | plate-forme de forage de haute mer (structure) |
| nat.res. | offshore drilling platform | plate-forme de forage hauturière (structure) |
| nat.res. | offshore drilling platform | plate-forme de forage offshore (structure) |
| nat.res. | offshore drilling platform | installation de forage de haute mer (structure) |
| oil | off-shore drilling rig | tour de forage en mer |
| oil | off-shore drilling rig | tour de forage au large |
| mining. | offshore oil drilling | forage petrolier en mer |
| nat.res. | oil and gas well drilling | forages pétroliers et de gaz |
| oil | oil-drilling rig | plate-forme de forage |
| oil | oil-drilling rig | plate-forme de production pétrolière |
| nat.res. | oil-drilling rig | plate-forme de forage pétrolier en mer |
| oil | oil drilling rig support duties | mission de soutien aux forages pétroliers |
| nat.res. | oil-drilling vessel | équipement de forage pétrolier à bord d'un navire |
| construct. | parallel drilling method | méthode de forage des trous parallèles |
| coal. | percussion drilling | forage au battage |
| coal. | percussion drilling | forage à percussion |
| coal. | percussion drilling | forer par battage |
| coal. | percussion drilling | forage par percussion |
| construct. | percussion drilling | forage par battage |
| construct. | percussion-rotary drilling | forage par percussion-rotation |
| mech.eng. | pillar type drilling machine | perceuse à colonne |
| mech.eng. | pillar type drilling machine | perceuse à montant |
| tech., mech.eng. | pillar type drilling machine | machine à percer à colonne |
| coal., construct. | pneumatic drilling | forage à air comprimé |
| construct. | pneumatic percussion drilling | forage par percussion pneumatique |
| environ. | polar ice core drilling | carottage de glaces polaires |
| oil | portable drilling rig | installation portative de forage |
| oil | portable drilling rig | installation mobile de forage |
| met. | pressure drilling | forage sous pression |
| mech.eng. | production drilling machine | perceuse d'opération |
| coal. | production well drilling | forage de production |
| construct. | prospecting drilling | sondage de recherche |
| construct. | prospecting drilling | sondage de reconnaissance |
| met., mech.eng. | radial drilling machine | perceuse radiale |
| met., mech.eng. | radial drilling machine | foreuse radiale |
| transp., mech.eng. | rail drilling machine | machine à percer les rails |
| construct. | rapid percussion drilling | forage par percussion rapide |
| construct. | rapid-blow drilling | forage par percussion rapide |
| coal. | reinjection well drilling | forage de réinjection |
| energ.ind., oil | rescue chamber for use on drilling rigs | chambre de sauvetage à usage des installations de forage |
| transp., construct. | results of drilling | relevé de sondage |
| coal., construct. | rock drilling | perforation au rocher |
| coal., construct. | rock drilling | forage de roches |
| met. | rock drilling and earth boring tools, metal-working tools | outils de sondage et de forage, outils pour l'usinage des métaux |
| met. | rock drilling bits | outils de forage |
| construct. | rock drilling machine | perforateur mécanique |
| construct. | rod-tool drilling | forage percutant à la tige |
| met. | rope drilling | sondage à la corde |
| construct. | rotary bit drilling rig | machine de forage par tricônes |
| construct. | rotary drilling | forage par le procédé rotary |
| construct. | rotary drilling | forage au rotary |
| construct. | rotary drilling | forage par rotation |
| met. | rotary drilling rig | installation de sondage rotary |
| construct. | rotary-percussion drilling | forage rotatif à percussion |
| construct. | rotary-vibration drilling | forage vibrorotatif |
| met., mech.eng. | rough drilling | perçage d'un avant-trou |
| construct. | sample drilling | forage à carottage |
| construct. | sample drilling | sondage à carottage |
| oil | self-elevating drilling rig | plate-forme auto-élévatrice |
| construct. | self-propelled drilling rig | machine de forage automotrice |
| met. | shot core drilling | carottage à la grenaille |
| construct. | shot drilling | forage à grenaille |
| met. | simultaneous drilling | forage simultané |
| mech.eng. | single-purpose drilling machine | perceuse d'opération |
| transp., mech.eng. | sleeper drilling machine | foreuse de traverses |
| construct. | slot drilling machine | machine à perforer |
| met. | soundproof drilling | sondage silencieux |
| horticult. | spaced drilling | semis en poquets |
| mech.eng. | special purpose drilling machine | perceuse d'opération |
| construct. | spindle drilling rig | machine de forage à broche |
| mech.eng. | station-type drilling machine | perceuse à table circulaire |
| agric. | strip drilling | semis en lignes groupées |
| mining. | submarine oil well drilling | forage petrolier en mer |
| nat.res. | subsea drilling | forage marin |
| nat.res. | subsea drilling | forage sous-marin |
| nat.res. | subsea drilling | forage en mer |
| coal. | supporting of the drilling | soutènement du forage |
| construct. | test drilling | sondage d'essai |
| construct. | test hole drilling | sondage de recherche |
| construct. | test hole drilling | sondage de reconnaissance |
| econ. | the drilling industry | forage d'exploration ou d'exploitation |
| environ., coal. | the formation of a dust cloud during drilling of the round | formation d'un bouchon de poussières pendant la foration de la volée |
| met. | tools ... for pressing, stamping, drilling, tapping, threading, boring | outils ... à emboutir, estamper, tarauder, aléser, fileter, fraiser |
| equest.sp. | trot drilling | randonnée en trot |
| construct. | tungsten-carbide drilling | forage par couronnes à alliage dur |
| construct. | tungsten-carbide drilling | forage à pastilles |
| construct. | turbine drilling | turboforage |
| construct. | turbine drilling | forage à la turbine |
| met. | turbo drilling | turbo-rotary |
| coal. | turbo-drilling | turboforage |
| oil | turbo-drilling rig | turboforeuse |
| mech.eng. | turret type drilling machine | perceuse à tourelle |
| mech.eng. | turret type drilling machine | perceuse révolver |
| coal. | twin-boom drilling rig | jumbo deux bras |
| construct. | ultrasonic drilling | forage par ultra-son |
| construct. | underwater drilling | forage sous l'eau |
| construct. | underwater drilling | forage immergé |
| industr., construct., met. | upward drilling | taraudage |
| coal., mech.eng. | very light and more manoeuvrable drilling machines are now being tested | des sondeuses foreuses,de faible poids et de plus grande maniabilité sont en cours d'essais |
| construct. | vibration drilling | vibroforage |
| construct. | vibration drilling | forage par vibration |
| construct. | vibratory drilling machine | machine de forage vibrante |
| met. | vibro drilling | vibroforage |
| mech.eng. | wall type radial drilling machine | perceuse radiale de chaudronnerie |
| met. | water flush drilling | sondage à injection |
| met. | well drilling | sondage de puits |
| water.res. | well drilling | fonçage |
| met. | well-drilling | ouverture des puits |
| met. | well-drilling | perçage des puits |
| met. | well-drilling | forage des puits |
| environ., industr. | well drilling | forage de puits |
| coal. | well drilling derrick | derrick |
| coal. | well drilling derrick | chevalement de sondage |
| UN, tech. | well drilling rig | matériel de forage de puits |
| industr. | well-drilling rig | appareil de forage |
| coal., construct. | wet drilling | perforation avec injection d'eau |
