| English | French |
| a former French colony | une ancienne colonie française |
| acquire French citizenship | prendre la citoyenneté française |
| Agreement between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland concerning the European Air Group | Accord entre le Gouvernement du Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord et le Gouvernement de la République Française relatif au Groupe aérien européen |
| all French nationals living in London | tous les résidents français de Londres |
| Association of Entirely or Partly French-Speaking Universities | Association des Universités partiellement ou entièrement de langue francaise |
| be French | être de nationalité française |
| buy French products! | achetez français! |
| Chouan insurgents and Republican soldiers during the French Revolution | les Blancs et les Bleus |
| competition in which the best pupils in the two upper forms at French lycées compete for prizes in a variety of subjects | le concours général |
| Convention between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Government of the French Republic, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of the Italian Republic on the establishment of the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation | convention portant création de l'Organisation conjointe de coopération en matière d'armement |
| Convention between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Government of the French Republic, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Government of the Italian Republic on the establishment of the Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation | convention entre le Gouvernement de la République française, le Gouvernement de la République fédérale d'Allemagne, le Gouvernement de la République italienne, le Gouvernement du Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord portant création de l'Organisation conjointe de coopération en matière d'armement |
| Convention between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Austria on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal migration | Traité entre le Royaume de Belgique, la République fédérale d'Allemagne, le Royaume d'Espagne, la République française, le Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, le Royaume des Pays-Bas et la République d'Autriche relatif à l'approfondissement de la coopération transfrontalière, notamment en vue de lutter contre le terrorisme, la criminalité transfrontalière et la migration illégale |
| Convention between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Republic of Austria on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal migration | Traité de Prüm |
| Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders | convention de Schengen |
| Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders | Convention d'application de l'Accord de Schengen entre les Gouvernements des Etats de l'Union économique Benelux, de la République fédérale d'Allemagne et de la République française, relatif à la suppression graduelle des contrôles aux frontières communes |
| Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders | Convention d'application de l'Accord de Schengen |
| Council of the French -speaking Community | Conseil de la Communauté française |
| court which deals with internal French civil service matters | tribunal administratif |
| currency used in former French African colonies | franc CFA |
| doctor who meets the French social security criteria | médecin conventionné |
| dubbed in French | en version française |
| Excuse me, I don’t speak French very well | pardonnez-moi, mais je ne parle pas très bien français |
| exposure to French | contact avec le français |
| former festival of science-fiction and horror films held annually at Avoriaz in the French Alps | le festival d'Avoriaz |
| former French television channel | la Sept |
| former French television channel | La 5 |
| former French television channel | La Cinq |
| French Army Doctrine Development Centre | centre de réalisation et d'étude de doctrine de l'Armée de terre |
| French Association for Terminology | Association française de terminologie |
| French boxing | la savate |
| French boxing | boxe française |
| French broadcasting | le paysage audiovisuel français |
| French-built car | voiture de marque française |
| French-built machine | appareil de construction française |
| French Caribbean Outermost Regions | régions ultrapériphériques françaises de la Caraïbe |
| French Caribbean Outermost Regions | RUP françaises de la Caraïbe |
| French Central Inter-ministerial Unit for technical responses to CBRN terrorist threats | Détachement Central Interministériel d'intervention technologique |
| French children | les petits Français |
| French class | classe de français |
| French Commander in Chief, Atlantic | Commandement en chef de l'atlantique |
| French Commander in Chief, Mediterranean | Commandement en chef de la mediterranée |
| French Communist Party | Parti communiste français |
| French Community | Communauté française |
| French Community | communauté française |
| French Community Council | Conseil de la Communauté française |
| French Community Executive | Exécutif de la Communauté française |
| French Community of Belgium | Communauté française |
| French counter-intelligence agency | direction de la surveillance du territoire |
| french curves | pistolets pour le tracé des courbes |
| french curves | instruments pour le tracé des courbes |
| French daily newspaper | Le Monde |
| French daily newspaper representing the views of the French Communist Party | l'Humanité |
| French-designed product | produit de conception française |
| French essay | devoir de français |
| French Forces in Germany | Forces françaises en Allemagne |
| French foreign-language assistant | lecteur de français |
| French funding body for public works and housing | la Caisse des dépôts et consignations |
| French government body ensuring that laws, elections and referenda are constitutional | le Conseil constitutionnel |
| French group of graphological consultants | Groupement des graphologues-conseils de France |
| French Guiana | la Guyane française |
| French Guiana | la Guyane |
| French-language states of Africa | pays d'Afrique francophone |
| French left-of-centre daily newspaper | Libération |
| French literary prize | le prix Médicis |
| French loaf | pain français (Québec) |
| French-made car | voiture de marque française |
| French mail order company | Les Trois Suisses® |
| French mail order firm | la Redoute |
| French motorcycle racing trophy | le Bol d'or |
| French national art school | les Beaux-Arts |
| French national board of judicial police | direction centrale de la police judiciaire |
| French national symbol | coq gaulois (a cockerel) |
| French national theatre company | la Comédie-Française |
| French nationalist and royalist group founded in the late nineteenth century | l'Action française |
| French Observatory of Drugs and Drug Addiction | Observatoire français des drogues et des toxicomanies |
| French Organising Committee | Comité français d'organisation de la Coupe du monde 1998 |
| French Organising Committee | Comité français d'organisation |
| French Organising Committee of the 1998 World Cup | Comité français d'organisation |
| French Organising Committee of the 1998 World Cup | Comité français d'organisation de la Coupe du monde 1998 |
| French outermost regions of the Caribbean | régions ultrapériphériques françaises de la Caraïbe |
| French outermost regions of the Caribbean | RUP françaises de la Caraïbe |
| French overseas department | département d'outre-mer |
| French overseas departments | les départements d'outre-mer |
| French paper | composition française |
| French pay TV channel | Canal Plus |
| French pay TV channel | Canal + |
| French-polish | vernir au tampon |
| French Polynesia | la Polynésie française |
| French Presidency of the Council of the European Union | Présidence française de l'Union européenne |
| French Presidency of the EU | Présidence française de l'Union européenne |
| French Presidency of the European Union | Présidence française de l'Union européenne |
| French Republic | la France |
| French Secret Service | Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure |
| French Section | Bureau français |
| French Section | Bureau Francais |
| French service | service à la table |
| French settlers in Algeria who were repatriated as a result of Algerian independence in 1962 | les rapatriés d'Algérie |
| French Social Security office in charge of medical insurance | caisse primaire d'Assurance maladie |
| French soil | la terre de France |
| French-speaking countries | la francophonie |
| French-speaking front for the defence of Brussels | Front démocratique des francophones |
| French-speaking Swiss | Suisse romand |
| French state body that appoints members of the judiciary | le Conseil supérieur de la magistrature |
| French theatre awards | les Molières |
| French toast | pain doré |
| French toast | pain perdu |
| French turnips | radis raves |
| French women | les Françaises |
| French women whose heads were shaved at the end of World War II for fraternizing with Germans | les tondues |
| French words derived from Latin | mots français qui dérivent du latin |
| furniture in the French Empire style | meubles Empire |
| game of chance organized by the French national lottery | Tapis Vert |
| General de Gaulle's radio appeal to the French people to resist the occupying Nazi forces | l'appel du 18 juin 1940 |
| give a proper name a French spelling | franciser un nom propre |
| give French lessons | donner des leçons de français |
| give somebody a French kiss | rouler une pelle à (quelqu'un) |
| government certification guaranteeing the quality of a French wine | appellation contrôlée |
| half a chapter on the French Revolution is a bit feeble | un demi-chapitre sur la Révolution, c'est un peu mince |
| he was granted French citizenship | il s'est fait naturaliser français |
| her translation has brought his work to French audiences | sa traduction a fait connaître son œuvre en France |
| he's half English and half French | c'est un Anglo-Français |
| his French has improved considerably | il s'est beaucoup perfectionné en français |
| I spoke French | je parlais français (during aperiod oftime, and I don't speak French any more) |
| I spoke French | j'ai parlé français (on oneparticular occasion) |
| I'm half French, half Canadian | je suis moitié Français, moitié Canadien |
| in French | dans la langue de Molière |
| in proper French | en bon français |
| in this escape business, the French and Swiss authorities are trying to make each other carry the can | dans cette affaire d'évasion, Français et Suisses se renvoient la balle |
| International Assembly of French Language Parliamentarians | Assemblée internationale des parlementaires de langue française |
| International Assembly of French-speaking Parliamentarians | Assemblée internationale des parlementaires de langue française |
| International Council of the French Language | Conseil international de la langue française |
| label guaranteeing the quality of a French wine | appellation d'origine contrôlée |
| Liberal Reform Party/French-speaking Democratic Front | Parti réformateur libéral/Front démocratique des francophones |
| name given to the French Republic by Royalists during the Third Republic | la Gueuse |
| OCCAR Security Agreement between the Government of the French Republic, the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Government of the Italian Republic and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | accord de sécurité OCCAR entre le Gouvernement de la République française, le Gouvernement de la République fédérale d'Allemagne, le Gouvernement du Royaume de Belgique, le Gouvernement de la République italienne et le Gouvernement du Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord |
| Old French | ancien français |
| on French territory | sur le territoire français |
| one of the most famous French cabaret songs, by Joseph Kosma with words by Jacques Prévert | les Feuilles Mortes |
| one of the top French sculptors | une valeur sûre de la sculpture française |
| organization promoting French language and culture abroad | l'Alliance française |
| Parisian headquarters and studios of French public radio | la Maison de la radio |
| part of the Northern French coast | la côte d'Émeraude (near Saint-Malo) |
| pharmaceutical product not considered to be essential and not fully reimbursed by the French social security system | médicament de confort |
| police officer in the French Criminal Investigation Department | officier de police judiciaire |
| Popular Party for French Democracy | Parti populaire pour la démocratie française |
| popular 19th-century print showing idealized scenes of French and foreign life, well-known characters or heroic events | image d'Épinal |
| prepare for the French Open tennis tournament | se préparer pour Roland-Garros |
| pronouncing the English "th" is difficult for a French person | la prononciation du "th" anglais est difficile pour un Français |
| Protocol on the treatment to be applied to products within the province of the European Coal and Steel Community in respect of Algeria and the Overseas Departments of the French Republic | Protocole relatif au régime à appliquer aux produits relevant de la Communauté européenne du charbon et de l'acier à l'égard de l'Algérie et des départements d'outre-mer de la République française |
| sash worn by French mayors at civic functions | l'écharpe tricolore |
| satirical television puppet show in which French political figures were represented as animals | le Bébête Show |
| section of the French armed forces responding immediately in emergencies | Force d'action rapide |
| seventeenth and eighteenth-century French | le français classique |
| she defended the French flag | elle a défendu les couleurs de la France |
| she passed her French exam | elle a été reçue à l'épreuve de français |
| she taught me French | elle m'a appris le français |
| speak French | parler français |
| State Secretary to the Minister for Foregin Affairs, with responsibility for the French-speaking World | secrétaire d'Etat auprès du ministre des affaires étrangères, chargé de la francophonie |
| subdivision of the French social security system applying to certain professional groups | régime de Sécurité sociale |
| Swiss French | suisse romand |
| switch from French to Russian | passer du français au russe |
| take French leave | se filer à l'anglaise |
| take French leave | filer à l'anglaise |
| take French leave | se sauver à l'anglaise |
| take French lessons | prendre des leçons de français |
| the banking service of the French Post Office | les comptes-chèques postaux |
| the defence of the French language | la défense de la langue française |
| the deficit in the French Social Security budget | le trou de la Sécurité sociale |
| the former French Mint | l'hôtel de la Monnaie |
| the French | les tricolores (team) |
| the French Academy | les Quarante |
| the French Academy | l'Académie française |
| the French Atlantic coast near la Baule | la Côte d'Amour |
| the French audit office | Cour des comptes |
| the French Coal Board | les Charbonnages de France |
| the French collections at the Louvre | l'école française du Louvre |
| the French consul | le consul de France |
| the French criminal investigation department | la Sûreté (nationale) |
| the French distinguished themselves at swimming | les Français se sont illustrés en natation |
| the French eleven | le onze tricolore |
| the French Fifteen | le quinze de France |
| the French film institute | la Cinémathèque française |
| the French flag | le drapeau tricolore |
| the French Forestry commission | l'Office national des forêts |
| the French gas board | Gaz de France |
| the French government stationery office | l'Imprimerie nationale |
| the French hockey team | l'équipe de France de hockey |
| the French Local Historical Archives | les Archives départementales |
| the French mutual benefit insurance system | la mutualité française |
| the French nation | l'État français |
| the French National Convention | la Convention (1792-1795) |
| the French National Debt | le grand-livre (de la dette publique) |
| the French national library | la Bibliothèque nationale |
| the French National Theatre | le TNP (based at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris until 1972 and at Villeurbanne near Lyon since then) |
| the French Navy | la Royale |
| the French nuclear programme | le programme nucléaire français |
| the French Open | les internationaux de France de tennis |
| the French Oratory | l'Oratoire de France |
| the French people have chosen | le peuple français a fait son choix |
| the French postal and telecommunications service | les Postes et Télécommunications |
| the French presence in Africa | la présence française en Afrique |
| the French President | le président de la République française |
| the French Red Cross | la Croix-Rouge française |
| the French representative at the UN | le représentant de la France à l'ONU |
| the French Revolution | la Révolution (française) |
| the French Riviera | la Côte d'Azur |
| the French rugby team | l'équipe de France de rugby |
| the French space programme | le spatial français |
| the French-speaking part of Switzerland | la Suisse romande |
| the French-speaking Swiss | les Romands |
| the French state | l'État français |
| the French stock exchange shares index | l'indice CAC-40 |
| the French team | l'équipe tricolore |
| the French team | le onze tricolore |
| the French team is making no impact on the game at all | les Français ne sont pas du tout présents dans le jeu |
| the French turned out in large numbers to vote | les Français ont voté massivement |
| the French West Indies | les Antilles françaises |
| the great significant dates in French history | les grandes dates de l'histoire de France |
| the metropolitan French | les Français de la métropole |
| the most prestigious French annual literary prize | le prix Goncourt |
| the most significant dates in French history | les grandes dates de l'histoire de France |
| the settlement of the French in Africa | l'établissement des Français en Afrique |
| the subtleties of the French language | les finesses du français |
| the team at the top of the French league | le leader du championnat de France |
| they're of French extraction | ils sont français de souche |
| they're of French origin | ils sont français de souche |
| thick French loaf | pain parisien |
| this film has been coproduced by French and Italian television | ce film est une coproduction des télévisions française et italienne |
| this proposal met with a favourable reception from the French population | cette proposition a trouvé audience auprès de la population française |
| title of an open letter to the French President which appeared in 'l'Aurore' in January 1898 | J'accuse (in which Emile Zola insisted that Alfred Dreyfus had been unjustly incriminated) |
| title of the present claimant to the French throne | le Comte de Paris |
| ...to which French residents could subscribe without having to purchase investment currency | dont les titres pouvaient être souscrits par les résidents français sans passer par la devise-titre |
| traditional French New Year's Eve celebration | le réveillon de la Saint-Sylvestre |
| traditional waiving of parking fines by French president after a presidential election | l'amnistie des contraventions |
| train for the French Open tennis tournament | se préparer pour Roland-Garros |
| Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Member States of the European Communities and the Hellenic Republic concerning the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community | Traité relatif à l'adhésion de la République hellénique à la Communauté économique européenne et à la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique |
| Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Member States of the European Communities and the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic concerning the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community | Traité relatif à l'adhésion du Royaume d'Espagne et de la République portugaise à la Communauté économique européenne et à la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique |
| Treaty Between the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of The Netherlands and the Portuguese Republic, establishing the European Gendarmerie Force EUROGENDFOR | traité instituant la force de gendarmerie européenne |
| Treaty Between the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of The Netherlands and the Portuguese Republic, establishing the European Gendarmerie Force EUROGENDFOR | Traité entre le Royaume d'Espagne, la République française, la République italienne, le Royaume des Pays-Bas et la République portugaise, portant création de la Force de Gendarmerie Européenne EUROGENDFOR |
| Union for French Democracy | Union pour la démocratie française |
| Union for French Democracy - Democratic Action | Union pour la démocratie française - AD |
| Union for French Democracy - Democratic Force | Union pour la démocratie française - Force démocrate |
| Union for French Democracy - Party for French Democracy | Union pour la démocratie française - Parti pour la démocratie française |
| Union for French Democracy - Radical Party | Union pour la démocratie française - Parti radical |
| Union for French Democracy - Rally for the Republic | Union pour la démocratie française - Rassemblement pour la République |
| Union for French Democracy - Republican Party | Union pour la démocratie française - Parti républicain |
| voluntary organization set up to combat racism in French society | SOS-Racisme |
| when they set foot on French soil | lorsqu'ils mirent le pied sur le sol de France |
| with regard to the French overseas departments | en ce qui concerne les départements français d'outre-mer |
