| French | English |
| centre de formation | training centre Place where people are prepared for a specific purpose |
| centre d'entraînement, de formation | training centre |
| Centre international de formation et d'éducation en sciences de l'environnement | International centre for training and education in environmental sciences |
| formation arbustive | bush cover |
| formation arbustive | shrub community |
| formation arbustive | ecotone between forest and grass |
| formation continue | continuing education Various forms, methods, and processes of formal and informal education for the continued learning of all ages and categories of the general public. Oriented toward the continued learning/developmental processes of the individual throughout life |
| formation d'acides | acid formation |
| formation d'argile | clay fraction |
| formation d'argile | clay formation |
| formation d'argile | clay accumulation |
| formation d'aérosols | aerosol formation |
| formation de Crète | Cretan formation |
| formation de flaque | building-up of a pool |
| formation de flaque d'hydrogène | building-up of a pool |
| formation de givre | frosting |
| formation de givre | frost formation |
| formation de l'humus | humification |
| formation des espèces | speciation |
| formation des espèces | species formation |
| formation des polluants | pollutant formation |
| formation des polluants | pollutant formation The act or process in which polluting agents are created, produced or formed |
| formation d'une couche d'humus | deposit of humus soil |
| formation d'ozone | ozone formation |
| formation d'ozone photochimique | photochemical ozone formation |
| formation du sol | soil formation The combination of natural processes by which soils are formed. It is also known as pedogenesis. The most important soil-forming factors are parent material, terrain, climate, aspect, vegetation cover, microorganisms in the soil and the age of the land surface. Some pedologists would add to this list the influence of human activities. All the factors exhibit varying degrees of interrelationship and some are more important than others, with climate often being singled out as the most important |
| formation du sol | soil formation |
| formation d'un bouchon de poussières pendant la foration de la volée | the formation of a dust cloud during drilling of the round |
| formation d'une croûte superficielle | surface run off |
| formation d'une croûte superficielle | surface sealing |
| formation d'une croûte superficielle | surface crusting |
| formation en matière d'environnement | environmental training |
| formation forestière | forest formation |
| formation forestière claire | open forest stand |
| formation forestière dégradée | open forest stand |
| formation forestière dégradée | low grade forest stand |
| formation géologique continentale profonde | deep geological formation on land |
| formation géologique sub-océanique profonde | geological formation under the deep ocean floor |
| formation herbeuse subcontinentale des steppes | Sub-continental steppic grassland |
| formation initiale | initial training Any education, instruction or discipline occurring at the beginning of an activity, task, occupation or life span |
| formation photochimique d'ozone | photochemical ozone formation |
| formation pour adultes | adult education Any instruction or training, informal or formal, which is geared to persons of mature age, regardless of previous education, and typically offered by university extension programs, employers, correspondence courses or community groups |
| formation pour adultes | adult education |
| formation professionnelle | vocational training A special training for a regular occupation or profession, especially, one for which one is specially suited or qualified |
| formation rocheuse sous pression géostatique | geopressured rock formation |
| formation troposphérique de l'ozone | tropospheric ozone formation |
| formation à l'environnement | environmental training |
| Programme de formation à la gestion des catastrophes | Disaster Management Training Programme |
| Programme Formation pour l'environnement | Environment Training Programme |
| rythme de formation des substances organiques | rate of formation of organic matter |
| réseau européen de formation à l'aide d'urgence en cas de catastrophe | European Disaster Management Training Network |
| source pétrifiante avec formation de travertins | petrifying springs with tufa formation |
| Système d'analyse, de recherche et de formation concernant le changement au niveau mondial | Global Change System for Analysis, Research and Training |
| éducation (formation | upbringing |
