sabord

From Middle French sabort. Ultimate origin unknown.

gunport (hatch in the hull of a ship through which a cannon is fired)


Guerre froide

the Cold War, partially proxy-fought conflict between the West and the Communist camp in 1945-1991


pétard

→ Italian: petardo

→ Spanish: petardo


victoire à la Pyrrhus

fr-noun

victoire à la Pyrrhus f (plural victoires à la Pyrrhus)


sabre laser

(science fiction) lightsaber (sword having a blade made of a powerful beam of light)


sarbacane

From earlier sarbatane, sarbatanne by connection with canne (“stick”), from Arabic سَبَطَانَة (sabaṭāna).


arbalète

→ Belarusian: арбалет (arbaljet)

→ Bulgarian: арбалет (arbalet)

→ Portuguese: arbaleta

→ Romanian: arbaletă

desctree

→ Russian: арбале́т (arbalét)
→ Kazakh: арбалет (arbalet)

→ Turkish: arbalet

→ Ukrainian: арбалет (arbalet)

→ Uzbek: arbalet

Inherited from Old French arbaleste, from Late Latin arcuballista, from Latin arcus (“bow”) + ballista (“ballista”).


massue

Inherited from Old French massüe, maçüe, earlier maçug(u)e, from Vulgar Latin *matteūca, extended from Vulgar Latin *mattia, *mattea whence masse, vulgarized from Latin mateola. Compare Romanian măciucă and Occitan maçuga.


ponton

Inherited from Old French ponton, from Latin pontōnem (“ferryboat”), from pōns (“bridge”). By surface analysis, pont + -on.


mettre en joue

/mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ ʒu/

(transitive) to take aim at, to point a gun at


bricole

Middle French [Term?], from Italian briccola.


abri anti-atomique

fr-noun

abri anti-atomique m (plural abris anti-atomiques)


tirage

Czech: tiráž

English: tirage

→ Romanian: tiraj

→ Turkish: tiraj

desctree

Russian: тира́ж (tiráž)
→ Azerbaijani: tiraj
→ Georgian: ტირაჟი (ṭiraži)

(military) draught/draft (hiring soldiers)


canarder

canarder (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
canardant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
canardé (participle past)
canarde (first-person indicative present singular)
canardes (indicative present second-person singular)
canarde (indicative present singular third-person)
canardons (first-person indicative plural present)
canardez (indicative plural present second-person)
canardent (indicative plural present third-person)
canardais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
canardais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
canardait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
canardions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
canardiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
canardaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
canardai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
canardas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
canarda (historic indicative past singular third-person)
canardâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
canardâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
canardèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
canarderai (first-person future indicative singular)
canarderas (future indicative second-person singular)
canardera (future indicative singular third-person)
canarderons (first-person future indicative plural)
canarderez (future indicative plural second-person)
canarderont (future indicative plural third-person)
canarderais (conditional first-person singular)
canarderais (conditional second-person singular)
canarderait (conditional singular third-person)
canarderions (conditional first-person plural)
canarderiez (conditional plural second-person)
canarderaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
canarde (first-person present singular subjunctive)
canardes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
canarde (present singular subjunctive third-person)
canardions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
canardiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
canardent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
canardasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
canardasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
canardât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
canardassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
canardassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
canardassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
canarde (imperative second-person singular)
canardons (first-person imperative plural)
canardez (imperative plural second-person)


tireur

fr-noun

tireur m (plural tireurs, feminine tireuse)


guet

Masculine form of guette. Compare the original Old French gué.


estramaçon

Borrowed from Italian stramazzone, from stramazzare, from mazza.


pointeur

pointeur m (plural pointeurs, feminine pointeuse)

(military) One who points a cannon at its target


harpon

→ Romanian: harpon

Inherited from Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a rare variant of Latin harpagō, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”).


prisonnier de guerre

prisonnier de guerre m (plural prisonniers de guerre, feminine prisonnière de guerre)

prisonniers de guerre (plural)
prisonnière de guerre (feminine)

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-prisonnier de guerre.wav


douille

→ Greek: ντουί (ntouí)

→ Khmer: ឌូយ (duuy)

→ Romanian: dulie

Inherited from Middle French douille, from Old French doile, doelle (“the hollow part of a tool where the handle is fixed”), from Frankish *dollī, *dullī (“hollow tube, pipe”), from Proto-Germanic *dulją (“pipe”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰel- (“curvature, hollow”). Cognate with Old High German duli, tulli (“pipe”).

der

cartridge case (unprofessional; the correct term in the military is étui)


belliqueux

fr-adj

belliqueux (feminine belliqueuse, masculine plural belliqueux, feminine plural belliqueuses)

belliqueuse (feminine)
belliqueux (masculine plural)
belliqueuses (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin bellicōsus.


piquier

fr-noun

piquier m (plural piquiers, feminine piquière)


pistolet-mitrailleur

pistolet-mitrailleur m (plural pistolets-mitrailleurs)


légion

Persian: لژیون (ležiyon)


légionnaire

English: legionnaire, Legionnaire


darder

darder (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
dardant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
dardé (participle past)
darde (first-person indicative present singular)
dardes (indicative present second-person singular)
darde (indicative present singular third-person)
dardons (first-person indicative plural present)
dardez (indicative plural present second-person)
dardent (indicative plural present third-person)
dardais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
dardais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
dardait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
dardions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
dardiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
dardaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
dardai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
dardas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
darda (historic indicative past singular third-person)
dardâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
dardâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
dardèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
darderai (first-person future indicative singular)
darderas (future indicative second-person singular)
dardera (future indicative singular third-person)
darderons (first-person future indicative plural)
darderez (future indicative plural second-person)
darderont (future indicative plural third-person)
darderais (conditional first-person singular)
darderais (conditional second-person singular)
darderait (conditional singular third-person)
darderions (conditional first-person plural)
darderiez (conditional plural second-person)
darderaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
darde (first-person present singular subjunctive)
dardes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
darde (present singular subjunctive third-person)
dardions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
dardiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
dardent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
dardasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
dardasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
dardât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
dardassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
dardassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
dardassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
darde (imperative second-person singular)
dardons (first-person imperative plural)
dardez (imperative plural second-person)


estoc

Inherited from Middle French and Old French estoc (“sword, its point”). Probably deverbal from Old French estoquer, estochier (“to thrust, stab”), from Frankish *stokōn. See English stoke for more. Influence by etymology 1 in the sense of “stick, club” is possible.


arrière-garde

desctree

→ Russian: арьергард (arʹjergard)
→ Georgian: არიერგარდი (ariergardi)


guerre civile

fr-noun

guerre civile f (plural guerres civiles)


percutant

fr-adj

percutant (feminine percutante, masculine plural percutants, feminine plural percutantes)

percutante (feminine)
percutants (masculine plural)
percutantes (feminine plural)


hussard

→ English: hussar

→ Spanish: húsar

(military) hussar (light cavalry of European armies)


champ de bataille

fr-noun

champ de bataille m (plural champs de bataille)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-champ de bataille.wav


décocher

décocher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
décochant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
décoché (participle past)
décoche (first-person indicative present singular)
décoches (indicative present second-person singular)
décoche (indicative present singular third-person)
décochons (first-person indicative plural present)
décochez (indicative plural present second-person)
décochent (indicative plural present third-person)
décochais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
décochais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
décochait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
décochions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
décochiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
décochaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
décochai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
décochas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
décocha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
décochâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
décochâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
décochèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
décocherai (first-person future indicative singular)
décocheras (future indicative second-person singular)
décochera (future indicative singular third-person)
décocherons (first-person future indicative plural)
décocherez (future indicative plural second-person)
décocheront (future indicative plural third-person)
décocherais (conditional first-person singular)
décocherais (conditional second-person singular)
décocherait (conditional singular third-person)
décocherions (conditional first-person plural)
décocheriez (conditional plural second-person)
décocheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
décoche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
décoches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
décoche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
décochions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
décochiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
décochent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
décochasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
décochasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
décochât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
décochassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
décochassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
décochassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
décoche (imperative second-person singular)
décochons (first-person imperative plural)
décochez (imperative plural second-person)

décocher une flèche

(transitive, archery) to shoot (with a bow)


crémaillère

→ Catalan: cremallera

→ English: crémaillère

→ Spanish: cremallera

From Old French cramail + -ière, from Latin cramalius, cramalium, cramaculus, cramaculum (“trammel”), alteration of cremasculus, cremasculum (“trammel”), diminutive of cremaster from Ancient Greek κρεμαστήρ (kremastḗr).

(military) crémaillère (indented or zigzagging line of entrenchment used in fortification)


commandement

First attested in the eleventh century as Old French comandement. By surface analysis, commander (“to order”) + -ment.


fuyard

fr-noun

fuyard m (plural fuyards, feminine fuyarde)

(military) deserter (someone who runs away from battle)


belligérant

fr-adj

belligérant (feminine belligérante, masculine plural belligérants, feminine plural belligérantes)

belligérante (feminine)
belligérants (masculine plural)
belligérantes (feminine plural)


flingue

Probably borrowed from flinke, flingge, Bavarian variant of German Flinte.


flinguer

flinguer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
flinguant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
flingué (participle past)
flingue (first-person indicative present singular)
flingues (indicative present second-person singular)
flingue (indicative present singular third-person)
flinguons (first-person indicative plural present)
flinguez (indicative plural present second-person)
flinguent (indicative plural present third-person)
flinguais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
flinguais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
flinguait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
flinguions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
flinguiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
flinguaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
flinguai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
flinguas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
flingua (historic indicative past singular third-person)
flinguâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
flinguâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
flinguèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
flinguerai (first-person future indicative singular)
flingueras (future indicative second-person singular)
flinguera (future indicative singular third-person)
flinguerons (first-person future indicative plural)
flinguerez (future indicative plural second-person)
flingueront (future indicative plural third-person)
flinguerais (conditional first-person singular)
flinguerais (conditional second-person singular)
flinguerait (conditional singular third-person)
flinguerions (conditional first-person plural)
flingueriez (conditional plural second-person)
flingueraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
flingue (first-person present singular subjunctive)
flingues (present second-person singular subjunctive)
flingue (present singular subjunctive third-person)
flinguions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
flinguiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
flinguent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
flinguasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
flinguasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
flinguât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
flinguassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
flinguassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
flinguassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
flingue (imperative second-person singular)
flinguons (first-person imperative plural)
flinguez (imperative plural second-person)

Eh bien, j’ai prévu de profiter encore 2,3 années potables qu’il me reste à vivre et ensuite je me flingue.

2012, Bastien Vivès, L'amour (shampooing), Delcourt, →ISBN, page 168:

(colloquial, reflexive) to commit suicide with a gun


replier

replier (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
repliant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
replié (participle past)
replie (first-person indicative present singular)
replies (indicative present second-person singular)
replie (indicative present singular third-person)
replions (first-person indicative plural present)
repliez (indicative plural present second-person)
replient (indicative plural present third-person)
repliais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
repliais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
repliait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
repliions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
repliiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
repliaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
repliai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
replias (historic indicative past second-person singular)
replia (historic indicative past singular third-person)
repliâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
repliâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
replièrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
replierai (first-person future indicative singular)
replieras (future indicative second-person singular)
repliera (future indicative singular third-person)
replierons (first-person future indicative plural)
replierez (future indicative plural second-person)
replieront (future indicative plural third-person)
replierais (conditional first-person singular)
replierais (conditional second-person singular)
replierait (conditional singular third-person)
replierions (conditional first-person plural)
replieriez (conditional plural second-person)
replieraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
replie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
replies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
replie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
repliions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
repliiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
replient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
repliasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
repliasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
repliât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
repliassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
repliassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
repliassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
replie (imperative second-person singular)
replions (first-person imperative plural)
repliez (imperative plural second-person)

From re- + plier; cf. also Old French replier, reploier, Latin replicō, replicāre. Compare also reployer and répliquer.

(reflexive, military) to withdraw, retreat, fall back


éclaireur

fr-noun

éclaireur m (plural éclaireurs, feminine éclaireuse)

éclaireurs (plural)
éclaireuse (feminine)


échelonner

échelonner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
échelonnant (gerund participle present)
échelonnant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
échelonné (participle past)
échelonné (participle past)
échelonne (first-person indicative present singular)
échelonne (first-person indicative present singular)
échelonnes (indicative present second-person singular)
échelonnes (indicative present second-person singular)
échelonne (indicative present singular third-person)
échelonne (indicative present singular third-person)
échelonnons (first-person indicative plural present)
échelonnons (first-person indicative plural present)
échelonnez (indicative plural present second-person)
échelonnez (indicative plural present second-person)
échelonnent (indicative plural present third-person)
échelonnent (indicative plural present third-person)
échelonnais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
échelonnais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
échelonnais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
échelonnais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
échelonnait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
échelonnait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
échelonnions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
échelonnions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
échelonniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
échelonniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
échelonnaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
échelonnaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
échelonnai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
échelonnai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
échelonnas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
échelonnas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
échelonna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
échelonna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
échelonnâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
échelonnâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
échelonnâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
échelonnâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
échelonnèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
échelonnèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
échelonnerai (first-person future indicative singular)
échelonnerai (first-person future indicative singular)
échelonneras (future indicative second-person singular)
échelonneras (future indicative second-person singular)
échelonnera (future indicative singular third-person)
échelonnera (future indicative singular third-person)
échelonnerons (first-person future indicative plural)
échelonnerons (first-person future indicative plural)
échelonnerez (future indicative plural second-person)
échelonnerez (future indicative plural second-person)
échelonneront (future indicative plural third-person)
échelonneront (future indicative plural third-person)
échelonnerais (conditional first-person singular)
échelonnerais (conditional first-person singular)
échelonnerais (conditional second-person singular)
échelonnerais (conditional second-person singular)
échelonnerait (conditional singular third-person)
échelonnerait (conditional singular third-person)
échelonnerions (conditional first-person plural)
échelonnerions (conditional first-person plural)
échelonneriez (conditional plural second-person)
échelonneriez (conditional plural second-person)
échelonneraient (conditional plural third-person)
échelonneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
échelonne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
échelonne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
échelonnes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
échelonnes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
échelonne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
échelonne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
échelonnions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
échelonnions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
échelonniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
échelonniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
échelonnent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
échelonnent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
échelonnasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
échelonnasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
échelonnasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
échelonnasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
échelonnât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
échelonnât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
échelonnassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
échelonnassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
échelonnassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
échelonnassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
échelonnassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
échelonnassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
échelonne (imperative second-person singular)
échelonne (imperative second-person singular)
échelonnons (first-person imperative plural)
échelonnons (first-person imperative plural)
échelonnez (imperative plural second-person)
échelonnez (imperative plural second-person)

From échelon + -er. Originally military.

(transitive, military) to position (people, objects, etc.) at intervals


baliste

From Latin ballista, from Ancient Greek βαλλίστρα (ballístra), from βάλλω (bállō, “to throw”).


Forces armées canadiennes

fr-proper noun

Forces armées canadiennes f pl (plural only)


mitrailler

mitrailler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
mitraillant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
mitraillé (participle past)
mitraille (first-person indicative present singular)
mitrailles (indicative present second-person singular)
mitraille (indicative present singular third-person)
mitraillons (first-person indicative plural present)
mitraillez (indicative plural present second-person)
mitraillent (indicative plural present third-person)
mitraillais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
mitraillais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
mitraillait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
mitraillions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
mitrailliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
mitraillaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
mitraillai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
mitraillas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
mitrailla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
mitraillâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
mitraillâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
mitraillèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
mitraillerai (first-person future indicative singular)
mitrailleras (future indicative second-person singular)
mitraillera (future indicative singular third-person)
mitraillerons (first-person future indicative plural)
mitraillerez (future indicative plural second-person)
mitrailleront (future indicative plural third-person)
mitraillerais (conditional first-person singular)
mitraillerais (conditional second-person singular)
mitraillerait (conditional singular third-person)
mitraillerions (conditional first-person plural)
mitrailleriez (conditional plural second-person)
mitrailleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
mitraille (first-person present singular subjunctive)
mitrailles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
mitraille (present singular subjunctive third-person)
mitraillions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
mitrailliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
mitraillent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
mitraillasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
mitraillasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
mitraillât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
mitraillassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
mitraillassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
mitraillassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
mitraille (imperative second-person singular)
mitraillons (first-person imperative plural)
mitraillez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, intransitive) to machine-gun, to fire

(transitive) to snap away (take many photos of)

(transitive, vulgar) to pummel (have hard sex with)


garnir

garnir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
garnissant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
garni (participle past)
garnis (first-person indicative present singular)
garnis (indicative present second-person singular)
garnit (indicative present singular third-person)
garnissons (first-person indicative plural present)
garnissez (indicative plural present second-person)
garnissent (indicative plural present third-person)
garnissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
garnissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
garnissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
garnissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
garnissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
garnissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
garnis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
garnis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
garnit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
garnîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
garnîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
garnirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
garnirai (first-person future indicative singular)
garniras (future indicative second-person singular)
garnira (future indicative singular third-person)
garnirons (first-person future indicative plural)
garnirez (future indicative plural second-person)
garniront (future indicative plural third-person)
garnirais (conditional first-person singular)
garnirais (conditional second-person singular)
garnirait (conditional singular third-person)
garnirions (conditional first-person plural)
garniriez (conditional plural second-person)
garniraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
garnisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
garnisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
garnisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
garnissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
garnissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
garnissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
garnisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
garnisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
garnît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
garnissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
garnissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
garnissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
garnis (imperative second-person singular)
garnissons (first-person imperative plural)
garnissez (imperative plural second-person)

→ Russian: гарни́р m (garnír)

Inherited from Middle French garnir, from Old French guarnir (“to protect (oneself), armour up”), from Frankish *warnijan (“to ward, take care of something”), from Proto-Germanic *warnijaną (“to worry, be careful, take heed, refuse, withhold”), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *wer- (“to close, cover, protect, save, defend”). Compare Italian guarnire and Portuguese guarnir. Cognate with Middle Dutch waernen (“to provide, equip”), Middle Low German warnen, wernen (“to secure, arm”), Old English wiernan (“to withhold, be sparing of, deny, refuse, reject, decline, forbid, prevent”), Old Norse varna (“to prevent, refuse, protect”). Related to English warn.


Seconde Guerre mondiale

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maître-chien

fr-noun

maître-chien m (plural maîtres-chiens, feminine maîtresse-chien)

maîtres-chiens (plural)
maîtresse-chien (feminine)


casque bleu

From the colour of the helmets worn by UN peacekeepers.

(military) United Nations peacekeeper; a blue helmet or blue beret


contre-torpilleur

contre-torpilleur m (plural contre-torpilleurs)

(North America, military, nautical) destroyer: a type of warship.

torpedo-boat destroyer
torpedo-boat destroyer#English

(historical, nautical, military) torpedo-boat destroyer

(France, historical, nautical, military) Former name of destroyer.

torpedo-boat destroyer
Former name of destroyer.


cohorte

Borrowed from Latin cohors, cohortem. Doublet of cour (“courtyard”), which was inherited.

(Ancient Rome, military) cohort, a division of the Roman legion


cibler

cibler (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
ciblant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
ciblé (participle past)
cible (first-person indicative present singular)
cibles (indicative present second-person singular)
cible (indicative present singular third-person)
ciblons (first-person indicative plural present)
ciblez (indicative plural present second-person)
ciblent (indicative plural present third-person)
ciblais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
ciblais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
ciblait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
ciblions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cibliez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
ciblaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
ciblai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
ciblas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
cibla (historic indicative past singular third-person)
ciblâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
ciblâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
ciblèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
ciblerai (first-person future indicative singular)
cibleras (future indicative second-person singular)
ciblera (future indicative singular third-person)
ciblerons (first-person future indicative plural)
ciblerez (future indicative plural second-person)
cibleront (future indicative plural third-person)
ciblerais (conditional first-person singular)
ciblerais (conditional second-person singular)
ciblerait (conditional singular third-person)
ciblerions (conditional first-person plural)
cibleriez (conditional plural second-person)
cibleraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
cible (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cibles (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cible (present singular subjunctive third-person)
ciblions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cibliez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
ciblent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
ciblasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
ciblasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
ciblât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
ciblassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
ciblassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
ciblassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cible (imperative second-person singular)
ciblons (first-person imperative plural)
ciblez (imperative plural second-person)


TCD

transport de chalands de débarquement#French

landing platform dock
landing platform dock

(nautical, military) Abbreviation of transport de chalands de débarquement. — LPD (“landing platform dock”); a military sea transport that has a dock to embark and debark landing craft


arme de destruction massive

arme de destruction massive f (plural armes de destruction massive)

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weapon of mass destruction
weapon of mass destruction

weapon of mass destruction (chemical, biological, radiological nuclear or other weapon that is designed to cause death or serious injury to large numbers of civilians)


bellique

1555, Nostradamus, Les Prophéties, 35th quatrain of the 1st Century, reputated to have predicted the death of king Henri II of France in a tournament.
Le lion jeune le vieux surmontera ;
En champ bellique par singulier duelle,
Dans cage d’or ses yeux lui crèvera,
Deux plaies une, puis mourir, mort cruelle.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)


pionnier

pionnier m (plural pionniers, feminine pionnière)

From Old French peonier (“infantryman”), from peon (“footman”) (modern French pion), from Latin pedōnem.

Toute la tranchée connaît à présent la nouvelle (...). Il paraît que les pionniers vont venir cette nuit, pour préparer les escaliers d’attaque. On doit installer des petits canons de 37 et des lance-bombes.

(military) pioneer, soldier employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances


mousquet

→ Portuguese: mosquete


contre-amiral

contre-amiral m (plural contre-amiraux, feminine contre-amirale)

contre-amiraux (plural)
contre-amirale (feminine)


batral

bâtiment de transport léger
bâtiment de transport léger

(nautical, military) bâtiment de transport léger — a military sea transport, light ferry transport


BATRAL

bâtiment de transport léger
bâtiment de transport léger#French

(nautical, military) Acronym of bâtiment de transport léger: landing ship, military sea transport, light transport ferry


retrancher

retrancher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
retranchant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
retranché (participle past)
retranche (first-person indicative present singular)
retranches (indicative present second-person singular)
retranche (indicative present singular third-person)
retranchons (first-person indicative plural present)
retranchez (indicative plural present second-person)
retranchent (indicative plural present third-person)
retranchais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
retranchais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
retranchait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
retranchions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
retranchiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
retranchaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
retranchai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
retranchas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
retrancha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
retranchâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
retranchâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
retranchèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
retrancherai (first-person future indicative singular)
retrancheras (future indicative second-person singular)
retranchera (future indicative singular third-person)
retrancherons (first-person future indicative plural)
retrancherez (future indicative plural second-person)
retrancheront (future indicative plural third-person)
retrancherais (conditional first-person singular)
retrancherais (conditional second-person singular)
retrancherait (conditional singular third-person)
retrancherions (conditional first-person plural)
retrancheriez (conditional plural second-person)
retrancheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
retranche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
retranches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
retranche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
retranchions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
retranchiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
retranchent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
retranchasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
retranchasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
retranchât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
retranchassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
retranchassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
retranchassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
retranche (imperative second-person singular)
retranchons (first-person imperative plural)
retranchez (imperative plural second-person)

/ʁə.tʁɑ̃.ʃe/

(reflexive, military) to entrench oneself


canonnier

canonnier m (plural canonniers, feminine cannonière)

canonniers (plural)
cannonière (feminine)


furtivité

(military) stealth (not being easily detected by radar)


serpenteau

(military, historical) an iron circle with spikes to which squibs were attached, used in a breach


nitroglycérine

nitroglycérine f (plural nitroglycérines)

nitroglycerine (the compound glyceryl-tri-nitrate)


adjudant

adjudant m (plural adjudants, feminine adjudante)

→ Danish: adjudant

desctree

→ Dutch: adjudant
→ Indonesian: ajudan
→ Papiamentu: atzjudant


BFC

Forces canadiennes
Forces canadiennes#French

(Canada, military) CFB: Abbreviation of Base des Forces canadiennes.


fourgon

→ Catalan: furgó

→ English: fourgon

→ Italian: furgone

→ Lithuanian: furgonas

→ Piedmontese: forgon

→ Portuguese: furgão

→ Romanian: furgon

→ Russian: фурго́н (furgón) (see there for further descendants)

→ Spanish: furgón

→ Turkish: furgon

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *furicōnem, from *furicāre, from Latin furō (“to steal”).


ouvrir le feu

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treillis

From Vulgar Latin *trilicius < Latin trilix.


cimeterre

From Italian scimitarra, ultimately from Persian شمشیر (šamšir, “sword”).

« Arrête, larron ! s’écriait-il ; arrête, félon, bandit, détrousseur de passants ; je te tiens ici, et ton cimeterre ne te sera bon à rien. »

1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XXXV, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et Cⁱᵉ, éditeurs, […], →OCLC:

"Stop, thief!" cried he; "Stop, traitor, bandit, robber of passers-by; I hold thee here, and thy scimitar will be of no use to thee."


zouave

Borrowed from Arabic زَوَاوِيّ (zawāwiyy).


déserteur

fr-noun

déserteur m (plural déserteurs, feminine déserteuse)

déserteurs (plural)
déserteuse (feminine)

Estonian: desertöör

Finnish: desertööri (obsolete)

Dutch: deserteur

From Latin desertor. By surface analysis, déserter + -eur.

Near-synonym: transfuge

(chiefly military) deserter (person who leaves the military without permission)


mitrailleur

mitrailleur m (plural mitrailleurs, feminine mitrailleuse)

mitrailleurs (plural)
mitrailleuse (feminine)


godillot

Named after Alexis Godillot (1816-1893), who made military footwear.


défilement

(military) defilement: the use of terrain and fortification to protect a location from enfilading fire


feuille de route

feuille de route f (plural feuilles de route)

Je boitais bien un peu de la jambe gauche, mais tant d’autres avec des défauts avaient reçu leur feuille de route tout de même !

1864, Erckmann-Chatrian, Histoire d'un conscrit de 1813 [Story of a conscript of 1813], J. Hetzel:

I was limping a bit on my left leg, but so many others with disabilities had received their marching order anyways!

(military) marching order, movement order (towards a certain location)


casse-pipe

Ils vont au casse-pipe.

(by extension, military) a dangerous mission or battle; a war


bâtiment précieux

bâtiment précieux m (plural bâtiments précieux)


navire capital

navire capital m (plural navires capitaux)


dégarnir

dégarnir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
dégarnissant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
dégarni (participle past)
dégarnis (first-person indicative present singular)
dégarnis (indicative present second-person singular)
dégarnit (indicative present singular third-person)
dégarnissons (first-person indicative plural present)
dégarnissez (indicative plural present second-person)
dégarnissent (indicative plural present third-person)
dégarnissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
dégarnissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
dégarnissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
dégarnissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
dégarnissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
dégarnissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
dégarnis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
dégarnis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
dégarnit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
dégarnîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
dégarnîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
dégarnirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
dégarnirai (first-person future indicative singular)
dégarniras (future indicative second-person singular)
dégarnira (future indicative singular third-person)
dégarnirons (first-person future indicative plural)
dégarnirez (future indicative plural second-person)
dégarniront (future indicative plural third-person)
dégarnirais (conditional first-person singular)
dégarnirais (conditional second-person singular)
dégarnirait (conditional singular third-person)
dégarnirions (conditional first-person plural)
dégarniriez (conditional plural second-person)
dégarniraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
dégarnisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
dégarnisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
dégarnisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
dégarnissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
dégarnissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
dégarnissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
dégarnisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
dégarnisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
dégarnît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
dégarnissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
dégarnissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
dégarnissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
dégarnis (imperative second-person singular)
dégarnissons (first-person imperative plural)
dégarnissez (imperative plural second-person)

(military) to reduce troop numbers (of a battalion or army)


réfractaire

Borrowed from Latin refractārius (“obstinate”), from refractus (“broken up”).


enfant soldat

fr-noun

enfant soldat m (plural enfants soldats)


cantonner

cantonner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
cantonnant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
cantonné (participle past)
cantonne (first-person indicative present singular)
cantonnes (indicative present second-person singular)
cantonne (indicative present singular third-person)
cantonnons (first-person indicative plural present)
cantonnez (indicative plural present second-person)
cantonnent (indicative plural present third-person)
cantonnais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cantonnais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cantonnait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cantonnions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cantonniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cantonnaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cantonnai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
cantonnas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
cantonna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
cantonnâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
cantonnâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
cantonnèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
cantonnerai (first-person future indicative singular)
cantonneras (future indicative second-person singular)
cantonnera (future indicative singular third-person)
cantonnerons (first-person future indicative plural)
cantonnerez (future indicative plural second-person)
cantonneront (future indicative plural third-person)
cantonnerais (conditional first-person singular)
cantonnerais (conditional second-person singular)
cantonnerait (conditional singular third-person)
cantonnerions (conditional first-person plural)
cantonneriez (conditional plural second-person)
cantonneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
cantonne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cantonnes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cantonne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cantonnions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cantonniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cantonnent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cantonnasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cantonnasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cantonnât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cantonnassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cantonnassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cantonnassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cantonne (imperative second-person singular)
cantonnons (first-person imperative plural)
cantonnez (imperative plural second-person)

(intransitive, military) to be stationed, be billeted

(reflexive, military, with dans) to fortify, set up or establish defenses


radiologique

→ Turkish: radyolojik


milicien

milicien m (plural miliciens, feminine milicienne)

miliciens (plural)
milicienne (feminine)


CBRN

Calque of English CBRN (“chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear”)

calque

(weaponry) Initialism of chimique, biologique, radiologique, nucléaire.; Synonym of NRBC


rocade

→ Bulgarian: рокада (rokada)

→ Danish: rokade

→ Dutch: rokade (see there for further descendants)

→ German: Rochade

→ Macedonian: рокада (rokada)

→ Romanian: rocadă

→ Russian: рока́да (rokáda)

→ Serbo-Croatian: рокада

→ Swedish: rockad

Equivalent to roquer (“to castle (in chess)”) + -ade, by analogy to how the king and rook move behind the line of pawns.

(military) a communication channel behind the front line, allowing soldiers and materiel to move about


fourrier

→ English: fourrier

→ German: Fourier, Furier

→ Italian: furiere

→ Swedish: furir

From Old French forier, from fuerre + -ier.


bombe à retardement

fr-noun

bombe à retardement f (plural bombes à retardement)

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time bomb (bomb that has a mechanism such that detonation can be preset to a particular time)

(figuratively) time bomb (situation that threatens to have disastrous consequences at some future time)


sagaie

assegai (slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip)


rétrograder

rétrograder (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
rétrogradant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
rétrogradé (participle past)
rétrograde (first-person indicative present singular)
rétrogrades (indicative present second-person singular)
rétrograde (indicative present singular third-person)
rétrogradons (first-person indicative plural present)
rétrogradez (indicative plural present second-person)
rétrogradent (indicative plural present third-person)
rétrogradais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
rétrogradais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
rétrogradait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
rétrogradions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
rétrogradiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
rétrogradaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
rétrogradai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
rétrogradas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
rétrograda (historic indicative past singular third-person)
rétrogradâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
rétrogradâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
rétrogradèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
rétrograderai (first-person future indicative singular)
rétrograderas (future indicative second-person singular)
rétrogradera (future indicative singular third-person)
rétrograderons (first-person future indicative plural)
rétrograderez (future indicative plural second-person)
rétrograderont (future indicative plural third-person)
rétrograderais (conditional first-person singular)
rétrograderais (conditional second-person singular)
rétrograderait (conditional singular third-person)
rétrograderions (conditional first-person plural)
rétrograderiez (conditional plural second-person)
rétrograderaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
rétrograde (first-person present singular subjunctive)
rétrogrades (present second-person singular subjunctive)
rétrograde (present singular subjunctive third-person)
rétrogradions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
rétrogradiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
rétrogradent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
rétrogradasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
rétrogradasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
rétrogradât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
rétrogradassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
rétrogradassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
rétrogradassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
rétrograde (imperative second-person singular)
rétrogradons (first-person imperative plural)
rétrogradez (imperative plural second-person)


encocher

encocher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
encochant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
encoché (participle past)
encoche (first-person indicative present singular)
encoches (indicative present second-person singular)
encoche (indicative present singular third-person)
encochons (first-person indicative plural present)
encochez (indicative plural present second-person)
encochent (indicative plural present third-person)
encochais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
encochais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
encochait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
encochions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
encochiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
encochaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
encochai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
encochas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
encocha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
encochâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
encochâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
encochèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
encocherai (first-person future indicative singular)
encocheras (future indicative second-person singular)
encochera (future indicative singular third-person)
encocherons (first-person future indicative plural)
encocherez (future indicative plural second-person)
encocheront (future indicative plural third-person)
encocherais (conditional first-person singular)
encocherais (conditional second-person singular)
encocherait (conditional singular third-person)
encocherions (conditional first-person plural)
encocheriez (conditional plural second-person)
encocheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
encoche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
encoches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
encoche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
encochions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
encochiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
encochent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
encochasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
encochasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
encochât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
encochassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
encochassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
encochassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
encoche (imperative second-person singular)
encochons (first-person imperative plural)
encochez (imperative plural second-person)


ultime avertissement

ultime avertissement m (plural ultimes avertissements)

They were not battlefield weapons but the l’ultime avertissement (final warning) prior to the use of strategic forces.
[…]

1988, David Garnham, The Politics of European Defense Cooperation, pages 53 and 56

French conventional forces have two roles: to defend the FRG conventionally alongside the allies if the president makes that determination, but also to conduct the national deterrent maneuver (to test the enemy’s intentions) prior to the use of prestrategic (l’ultime avertissement) weapons.
(please add an English translation of this quotation)

It is clear[…]that the new tactical nuclear arsenal will be considerably more diversified, flexible, survivable, and capable of a larger range of military missions, thus presenting the French President with greater choice in executing his “ultime avertissement.”

1989, A Rand Note, MMCML-MMCMLVIII, pages page 26:

Soviet uncertainty in such circumstances would be contrary to the implied escalation-control intent of the ultime avertissement strike.

1991, Diego A. Ruiz Palmer, French Strategic Options in the 1990s, page 53:

The French doctrine of “ultime avertissement” — employing “substrategic” systems as a last warning.

1996, Bruce D. Larkin, Nuclear Designs, page 38:

French policy also included the idea of a “final warning,” or ultime avertissement.

2007, Laura Neack, Elusive Security, page 107:

2009, Marco Rimanelli, The A to Z of NATO and Other International Security Organizations, “force de frappe”
France’s nuclear weapons would be a “warning shot” (ultime avertissement) against enemy advances prior to a full-scale nuclear attack on key Soviet cities, in a “worse-case” stratégie du faible au fort (“weak-to-strong strategy”) of mutual assured destruction.

This credible use, consisting in the capacity to strike precisely with weapons of a lower yield, has a concept attached: the ultime avertissement, now also called the avertissement nucléaire.

2011, Venance Journé, “France’s Nuclear Stance”, in Catherine M. Kelleher, Judith Reppy, editors, Getting to Zero:

(French nuclear policy) the recourse to the use of limited, sub- or prestrategic, tactical nuclear strikes as part of a nuclear deterrent, constituting a “final warning” and the last measure before strategic nuclear bombardment; also, such a strike


artificier

artificier m (plural artificiers, feminine artificière)

artificiers (plural)
artificière (feminine)


bidasse

(informal, military) squaddie, grunt (ordinary soldier)


chevrotine

chevrotine f (countable and uncountable, plural chevrotines)


soudard

soudard m (plural soudards, feminine soudarde)

Inherited from Old French souldart, from soldee, souldee, soudee + -art.

(archaic) mercenary (person employed to fight in armed conflict)


démineur

démineur m (plural démineurs, feminine démineuse)

(military) deminer (bomb disposal expert)


dénucléariser

dénucléariser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
dénucléarisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
dénucléarisé (participle past)
dénucléarise (first-person indicative present singular)
dénucléarises (indicative present second-person singular)
dénucléarise (indicative present singular third-person)
dénucléarisons (first-person indicative plural present)
dénucléarisez (indicative plural present second-person)
dénucléarisent (indicative plural present third-person)
dénucléarisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
dénucléarisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
dénucléarisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
dénucléarisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
dénucléarisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
dénucléarisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
dénucléarisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
dénucléarisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
dénucléarisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
dénucléarisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
dénucléarisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
dénucléarisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
dénucléariserai (first-person future indicative singular)
dénucléariseras (future indicative second-person singular)
dénucléarisera (future indicative singular third-person)
dénucléariserons (first-person future indicative plural)
dénucléariserez (future indicative plural second-person)
dénucléariseront (future indicative plural third-person)
dénucléariserais (conditional first-person singular)
dénucléariserais (conditional second-person singular)
dénucléariserait (conditional singular third-person)
dénucléariserions (conditional first-person plural)
dénucléariseriez (conditional plural second-person)
dénucléariseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
dénucléarise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
dénucléarises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
dénucléarise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
dénucléarisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
dénucléarisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
dénucléarisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
dénucléarisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
dénucléarisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
dénucléarisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
dénucléarisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
dénucléarisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
dénucléarisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
dénucléarise (imperative second-person singular)
dénucléarisons (first-person imperative plural)
dénucléarisez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive) to denuclearize (make nuclear-free)


estafette

desctree

→ Dutch: estafette
→ West Frisian: estafette
→ Indonesian: estafet

→ English: estafette

→ Moroccan Arabic: سطافيط (sṭāfīṭ)

→ Russian: эстафета (estafeta)
→ Azerbaijani: estafet
→ Crimean Tatar: estafeta
→ Georgian: ესტაფეტა (esṭapeṭa)
→ Kyrgyz: эстафета (estafeta)
→ Lithuanian: estafètė


Exocet

English: Exocet


flécher

flécher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
fléchant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
fléché (participle past)
flèche (first-person indicative present singular)
flèches (indicative present second-person singular)
flèche (indicative present singular third-person)
fléchons (first-person indicative plural present)
fléchez (indicative plural present second-person)
flèchent (indicative plural present third-person)
fléchais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
fléchais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
fléchait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
fléchions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
fléchiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
fléchaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fléchai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
fléchas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
flécha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
fléchâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
fléchâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
fléchèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
flècherai (first-person future indicative singular)
flécherai (first-person future indicative singular)
flècheras (future indicative second-person singular)
flécheras (future indicative second-person singular)
flèchera (future indicative singular third-person)
fléchera (future indicative singular third-person)
flècherons (first-person future indicative plural)
flécherons (first-person future indicative plural)
flècherez (future indicative plural second-person)
flécherez (future indicative plural second-person)
flècheront (future indicative plural third-person)
flécheront (future indicative plural third-person)
flècherais (conditional first-person singular)
flécherais (conditional first-person singular)
flècherais (conditional second-person singular)
flécherais (conditional second-person singular)
flècherait (conditional singular third-person)
flécherait (conditional singular third-person)
flècherions (conditional first-person plural)
flécherions (conditional first-person plural)
flècheriez (conditional plural second-person)
flécheriez (conditional plural second-person)
flècheraient (conditional plural third-person)
flécheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
flèche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
flèches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
flèche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
fléchions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
fléchiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
flèchent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fléchasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fléchasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fléchât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fléchassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
fléchassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fléchassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
flèche (imperative second-person singular)
fléchons (first-person imperative plural)
fléchez (imperative plural second-person)


gégène

(military, slang) "genny", generator; dynamo


maréchal de camp

fr-noun

maréchal de camp m (plural maréchaux de camp, feminine maréchale de camp)

maréchaux de camp (plural)
maréchale de camp (feminine)


hallebardier

hallebardier m (plural hallebardiers, feminine hallebardière)

hallebardiers (plural)
hallebardière (feminine)


insoumis

fr-adj

insoumis (feminine insoumise, masculine plural insoumis, feminine plural insoumises)

insoumise (feminine)
insoumis (masculine plural)
insoumises (feminine plural)


pantouflard

fr-noun

pantouflard m (plural pantouflards, feminine pantouflarde)

pantouflards (plural)
pantouflarde (feminine)

(historical) a member of the non-combatant "home guard" formed of older men during the Siege of Paris (1870–1871)


pommeau

From Old French pomel (“rounded knob”) (12th c.), diminutive of pom (“sword's hilt”), from Late Latin pomellum, from Latin pomum (“apple”).

pommel (of a saddle, of a sword, of a pistol)


sapeur

Inherited from Middle French sappeur. By surface analysis, saper + -eur.


javeline

→ Catalan: javelina


pistolet à air

pistolet à air m (plural pistolets à air)


tambour-major

tambour-major m (plural tambours-majors)

→ Turkish: tambur majör


vareuse

From varer + -euse, from a variant of garer.


carabin

1583 in the sense "light cavalrist". Later (1803) also "medical student". Etymology uncertain,
suggestions include scarrabin "corpse-bearer during the plague" (1521), probably an ironic metaphor from a meaning "plague beetle" (from the family of escarbot, from Latin scarabaeus).
This suggestion implies that the soldiers called carabins were named after their reputation of rapidly and reliably dispatching of their enemies.
Alternatively, the meaning "medical student" may be primary, the ironic meaning being attached to "surgeons" (carabin de St Côme, recorded 1650, Saint Cosmas being their patron), with the transfer to "light cavalrist" taking place with a certain military unit enroled under the banner of the same saint.
Possibly ultimately related to or from Arabic خَرَبَ (ḵaraba, “to ruin”).


lieutenant-colonel

lieutenant-colonel m (plural lieutenants-colonels, feminine lieutenante-colonelle)

lieutenants-colonels (plural)
lieutenante-colonelle (feminine)


poudre à canon

LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-poudre à canon.wav


prenable

(military, of a building, a position, etc.) takable


brisque

Unknown. Probably an abbreviation of briscambille. A card game briche existed in Old French, although the unexplained change from -ch- to -sq- makes this hypothesis less likely.

(military) in the French army, a chevron (symbol) worn on the sleeve as a sign of experience


brette

Inherited from Old French [espee/lame] brette (“Breton [sword/blade]”).

inh+

bretteur

he who fights with swords, especially rapiers


quartier-maître

fr-noun

quartier-maître m (plural quartiers-maîtres)


escopette

→ Catalan: escopeta

From Middle French escopette, from Italian schioppetto, scoppietto.


arme d'hast

arme d’ hast (canonical feminine)
armes d’hast (plural)

Une arme d’hast est une arme blanche composée d’une lame ou d’une pointe métallique fixée au bout d’un long manche, généralement en bois, appelé hampe. Elle est utilisée pour le combat rapproché.

A polearm is a bladed melee weapon composed of a blade or a metallic point fixed to the end of a long stick, generally made of wood, called a shaft. It is used for close combat.


Maj.

(Canada, military, chiefly as a prenominal title) Maj.: Abbreviation of major.


panosse

From Latin pannucia, a diminutive of pannus (“cloth, rag”).


guitoune

Borrowed from Arabic قَيْطُون (qayṭūn, “tent”).


vaguemestre

(military) letter corporal, military postman


poste d'écoute

fr-noun

poste d’écoute m (plural postes d’écoute)

poste d’ écoute (canonical masculine)
postes d’écoute (plural)


banquette de tir

banquette de tir f (plural banquettes de tir)

(military, chiefly historical) fire step, firing platform


lebel

Named after a French officer, Lt.-Col. Nicolas Lebel.


plançon

Inherited from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *plantionem, accusative of *plantio, from plantare.

(historical, military) a medieval French infantry weapon, primarily used for smashing and thrusting


bayonnette

English: bayonet

→ Portuguese: baioneta


place d'armes

place d’ armes (canonical feminine)
places d’armes (plural)

→ Russian: плацда́рм (placdárm)


coup de feu

LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-coup de feu.wav

En fin de semaine, il officiait comme disc-jockey à « L’Enfer du Bagne », une discothèque hard sur la route d’Orange, où en plus de ses talents de manipulateur de saphirs, il devait prêter main-forte au service pendant l’heure du coup de feu, entre un tube de Jeanne Mas et le dernier Whapie-Doo-Whapie d’un rocker quinquagénaire.

1986, Tito Topin, edited by Gallimard, Shanghai Skipper, pages 39–40:

Le patron ne proposait aucun type de restauration, pas même des sandwiches, le coup de feu de midi ce n’était pas son style.

2019, Michel Houellebecq, edited by Flammarion, Sérotonine, page 288:

(slang, restaurant industry) sudden rush of customers, or peak activity, leading to high workload.


encartoucher

encartoucher (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
encartouchant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
encartouché (participle past)
encartouche (first-person indicative present singular)
encartouches (indicative present second-person singular)
encartouche (indicative present singular third-person)
encartouchons (first-person indicative plural present)
encartouchez (indicative plural present second-person)
encartouchent (indicative plural present third-person)
encartouchais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
encartouchais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
encartouchait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
encartouchions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
encartouchiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
encartouchaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
encartouchai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
encartouchas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
encartoucha (historic indicative past singular third-person)
encartouchâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
encartouchâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
encartouchèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
encartoucherai (first-person future indicative singular)
encartoucheras (future indicative second-person singular)
encartouchera (future indicative singular third-person)
encartoucherons (first-person future indicative plural)
encartoucherez (future indicative plural second-person)
encartoucheront (future indicative plural third-person)
encartoucherais (conditional first-person singular)
encartoucherais (conditional second-person singular)
encartoucherait (conditional singular third-person)
encartoucherions (conditional first-person plural)
encartoucheriez (conditional plural second-person)
encartoucheraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
encartouche (first-person present singular subjunctive)
encartouches (present second-person singular subjunctive)
encartouche (present singular subjunctive third-person)
encartouchions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
encartouchiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
encartouchent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
encartouchasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
encartouchasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
encartouchât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
encartouchassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
encartouchassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
encartouchassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
encartouche (imperative second-person singular)
encartouchons (first-person imperative plural)
encartouchez (imperative plural second-person)

to prepare a cartouche of firearms (by putting powders)


plan directeur

plan directeur m (plural plans directeurs)


avant-mur

(military, dated) the outer part of a fortification


OODA

(Observer, Orienter, Décider, Agir): From English OODA (“Observe, Orient, Decide, Act”)

uder

(military) OODA (“Observe, Orient, Decide, Act”); Initialism of observer, s’orienter, décider, et agir.


chicotte

Borrowed from Portuguese chicote, probably borrowed from French chicot.


parabellum

For Latin parā bellum (“furnish war”), from the Latin adage sī vīs pācem, parā bellum (“if you want peace, prepare for war”).


navaliser

navaliser (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
navalisant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
navalisé (participle past)
navalise (first-person indicative present singular)
navalises (indicative present second-person singular)
navalise (indicative present singular third-person)
navalisons (first-person indicative plural present)
navalisez (indicative plural present second-person)
navalisent (indicative plural present third-person)
navalisais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
navalisais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
navalisait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
navalisions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
navalisiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
navalisaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
navalisai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
navalisas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
navalisa (historic indicative past singular third-person)
navalisâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
navalisâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
navalisèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
navaliserai (first-person future indicative singular)
navaliseras (future indicative second-person singular)
navalisera (future indicative singular third-person)
navaliserons (first-person future indicative plural)
navaliserez (future indicative plural second-person)
navaliseront (future indicative plural third-person)
navaliserais (conditional first-person singular)
navaliserais (conditional second-person singular)
navaliserait (conditional singular third-person)
navaliserions (conditional first-person plural)
navaliseriez (conditional plural second-person)
navaliseraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
navalise (first-person present singular subjunctive)
navalises (present second-person singular subjunctive)
navalise (present singular subjunctive third-person)
navalisions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
navalisiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
navalisent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
navalisasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
navalisasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
navalisât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
navalisassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
navalisassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
navalisassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
navalise (imperative second-person singular)
navalisons (first-person imperative plural)
navalisez (imperative plural second-person)

(nautical, military) to convert a vessel for military use


canardière

(historical) punt gun (for shooting wildfowl)


archière

Inherited from Old French archiere, likely from the feminine of Latin arcuārius (“bow-related”).

loophole, arrowslit (in the wall of a castle)


assommoir

(historical, military, architecture) murder hole


avant-guerre

fr-noun

avant-guerre m or f (plural avant-guerre or avant-guerres)

avant-guerre (plural)
avant-guerres (plural)

Coordinate term: après-guerre


ball-trap

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from ball + trap.


dézinguer

dézinguer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
dézinguant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
dézingué (participle past)
dézingue (first-person indicative present singular)
dézingues (indicative present second-person singular)
dézingue (indicative present singular third-person)
dézinguons (first-person indicative plural present)
dézinguez (indicative plural present second-person)
dézinguent (indicative plural present third-person)
dézinguais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
dézinguais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
dézinguait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
dézinguions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
dézinguiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
dézinguaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
dézinguai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
dézinguas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
dézingua (historic indicative past singular third-person)
dézinguâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
dézinguâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
dézinguèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
dézinguerai (first-person future indicative singular)
dézingueras (future indicative second-person singular)
dézinguera (future indicative singular third-person)
dézinguerons (first-person future indicative plural)
dézinguerez (future indicative plural second-person)
dézingueront (future indicative plural third-person)
dézinguerais (conditional first-person singular)
dézinguerais (conditional second-person singular)
dézinguerait (conditional singular third-person)
dézinguerions (conditional first-person plural)
dézingueriez (conditional plural second-person)
dézingueraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
dézingue (first-person present singular subjunctive)
dézingues (present second-person singular subjunctive)
dézingue (present singular subjunctive third-person)
dézinguions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
dézinguiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
dézinguent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
dézinguasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
dézinguasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
dézinguât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
dézinguassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
dézinguassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
dézinguassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
dézingue (imperative second-person singular)
dézinguons (first-person imperative plural)
dézinguez (imperative plural second-person)

to dezinc, to remove a previously-applied zinc coating from a surface


briscard

fr-noun

briscard m (plural briscards, feminine briscarde)

(military) veteran (person who used to be a soldier)


décurion

Borrowed from Latin decuriōnem. By surface analysis, décurie + -on.

(Ancient Rome, military) decurion (all senses)


cobelligérance

cobelligérance f (plural cobelligérances)


croiseur lourd

croiseur lourd m (plural croiseurs lourds)


art de la guerre

art de la guerre m (plural arts de la guerre)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-art de la guerre.wav


Patriote

(Canada) Patriote (Lower Canada Rebellion)

(Canada) Patriot (Upper Canada Rebellion)


rapière

Inherited from Middle French rapiere, or by surface analysis, râpe + -ière.


SNA

Sous-Marin Nucléaire d’Attaque
sous-marin nucléaire d'attaque#French

(military, nautical) an SSN / SSKN / SSAN (nuclear-powered attack submarine); Abbreviation of Sous-Marin Nucléaire d’Attaque.


char de combat

char de combat m (plural chars de combat)


Verdun

[vaɛ̯ʁ̥.dœ̃˞]

Inherited from Latin Virodunum, from Gaulish.

Verdun (a small city in the Meuse department, Grand Est, France)


décurie

(historical, Ancient Rome, military) decury


poliorcétique

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολιορκητικός (poliorkētikós), from πολιορκέω (poliorkéō, “to lay siege”).

bor+

πολιορκητικός

poliorcetics, siegecraft (the science of laying siege)


avion de chasse

fr-noun

avion de chasse m (plural avions de chasse)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-avion de chasse.wav


couteau à cran d'arrêt

couteau à cran d’arrêt m (plural couteaux à cran d’arrêt)

couteau à cran d’arrêt (canonical masculine)
couteaux à cran d’arrêt (plural)


pistolet à impulsion électrique

pistolet à impulsion électrique m (plural pistolets à impulsion électrique)

pistolets à impulsion électrique (plural)

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-pistolet à impulsion électrique.wav


Sainte Barbe

desc

English: Saint Barbe, Saint-Barbe, St-Barbe, St. Barbe, St.-Barbe, St Barbe

Saint Barbara, the patron saint of explosives and explosives-workers


Sainte Barbe

From Saint Barbara being the patron saint of artillerymen, explosives workers, and the frequent use of her imagery, such as a figurine, being place within power magazines.

(military, obsolete) a powder magazine, especially aboard a ship


sagette

Inherited from Old French sajette, a Latinizing modification of earlier saete, inherited from Latin sagitta.


chat à neuf queues

fr-noun

chat à neuf queues m (plural chats à neuf queues)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-chat à neuf queues.wav


se tirer une balle

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-se tirer une balle.wav

Ce truc ne fonctionne pas, je vais vraiment finir par me tirer une balle !

This thing isn't working! Honestly, I feel like blowing my brains out!

blow one's brains out
blow one's brains out

(informal) to shoot oneself, to blow one's brains out


croix gammée

swastika, in particular with relation to National Socialism and the Nazi party


porte-épée

→ English: porte-épée

→ German: Portepee


branle-bas de combat

branle-bas de combat m (plural branle-bas de combat)

Literally, “battle branle-bas”, as distinct from a regular branle-bas.

m-g

battle <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">branle-bas</i>

(nautical, archaic) the hurried taking down of hammocks in a ship as preparation for imminent battle; action stations


battre en retraite

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-battre en retraite.wav

(military) to retreat, to beat a retreat


boulet de canon

fr-noun

boulet de canon m (plural boulets de canon)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-boulet de canon.wav


char d'assaut

char d’ assaut (canonical masculine)
chars d’assaut (plural)


fusil d'assaut

fusil d’assaut m (plural fusils d’assaut)

fusil d’ assaut (canonical masculine)
fusils d’assaut (plural)


fusil de chasse

fusil de chasse m (plural fusils de chasse)


maréchal des logis

maréchal des logis m (plural maréchaux des logis, feminine maréchale des logis)

maréchaux des logis (plural)
maréchale des logis (feminine)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-maréchal des logis.wav


fusil-mitrailleur

fusil-mitrailleur m (plural fusils-mitrailleurs)


chaîne de commandement

chaîne de commandement f (plural chaînes de commandement)


tête de pont

→ English: bridgehead (calque)

→ Italian: testa di ponte (calque)

→ Russian: тет-де-по́н (tɛt-dɛ-pón)

(military) bridgehead; beachhead; airhead (area of hostile territory that, when captured, serves for the continuous landing (or movement into position) of further troops and material)


artillerie lourde

artillerie lourde f (usually uncountable, plural artilleries lourdes)

Coordinate term: artillerie légère


guerre de Cent Ans

/ɡɛʁ də sɑ̃.t‿ɑ̃/


aide de camp

→ English: aide-de-camp

→ Spanish: edecán

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-aide de camp.wav


poste de commandement

poste de commandement m (plural postes de commandement)


guerre sainte

guerre sainte f (plural guerres saintes)


guerre des nerfs

guerre des nerfs f (plural guerres des nerfs)

/ɡɛʁ de nɛʁ/


Jour J

From jour + J.
From J for jour (“day”).
Calque of English D-Day, from D + day, D itself standing for day.
From U.S. military terminology.


prendre les armes

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-prendre les armes.wav


tir de sommation

tir de sommation m (plural tirs de sommation)


coup de semonce

coup de semonce m (plural coups de semonce)

(figuratively) wake-up call (alert, reminder, or call to action caused by a dramatic event)


guerre d'usure

guerre d’usure f (plural guerres d’usure)

guerre d’ usure (canonical feminine)
guerres d’usure (plural)


guerre d'attrition

guerre d’attrition f (plural guerres d’attrition)

guerre d’ attrition (canonical feminine)
guerres d’attrition (plural)


fusil à canon scié

fusil à canon scié m (plural fusils à canon scié)


VBL

véhicule blindé léger
véhicule blindé léger#French

(military) LAV (“light armoured vehicle”); Initialism of véhicule blindé léger.


tir de semonce

tir de semonce m (plural tirs de semonce)


flèche du Parthe

flèche du Parthe f (plural flèches du Parthe)


macaronage

(military) a ceremony where naval fighter pilots receive their badges


poivre de Cayenne

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-poivre de Cayenne.wav

From poivre (“pepper”) and Old Tupi quiínia (“hot pepper”), the place name Cayenne in French Guiana probably deriving from the plant rather than vice versa.


béret vert

(military) Beret of the legionnaires of the French Foreign Legion and of the French marine commandos.


coupe choux

(historical, military, slang, 19th c.) a Model 1816 French Army artillery short sword, which was based on the Roman gladius. The sword was generally used for clearing brush and was ineffective as a fighting weapon, without an accompanying shield

(historical, military, slang, 19th century, by extension) swords based on the Model 1816, such as the Model 1832 U.S. Army foot artillery short sword


tir de barrage

tir de barrage m (plural tirs de barrage)

(military) barrage fire, barrage (heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them)


puissance de feu

puissance de feu f (plural puissances de feu)

L’accord de libre-échange entre l’UE et le Mercosur fait craindre aux producteurs français d’être écrasés par la puissance de feu du Brésil.

2019 July 5, Philippe Escande, “Sans attendre le Brésil, l'Europe s'est convertie à l'industrie agricole de masse”, in Le Monde:

The free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur makes French [agricultural] producers fear that they will be crushed by the might of Brazil.


revenir à la charge

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-revenir à la charge.wav

Literally, “to return to the charge”. Compare Italian tornare alla carica.

(military) to resume combat after being defeated


serrer les rangs

(military) to close ranks (to regroup forces)


prendre pour cible

(idiomatic, transitive) to pick on, to pester


à blanc

tirer à blanc

une balle à blanc


stand de tir

shooting range, firing range; rifle range


champ de tir

/ʃɑ̃ də tiʁ/

outdoors shooting range, outdoors firing range, outdoors rifle range


faire parler la poudre

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-faire parler la poudre.wav

(figuratively) to let guns do the talking; to settle the argument with guns


dommage collatéral

dommage collatéral m (plural dommages collatéraux)

(military, chiefly in the plural) collateral damage (damage to civilian property or civilian casualties that are the unintended result of military operations)


dégât collatéral

dégât collatéral m (plural dégâts collatéraux)


mahonne

Borrowed into Middle French from Old Anatolian Turkish or Ottoman Turkish ماونه (mavuna), ماعونه (maʼuna) (modern Turkish mavuna), from Arabic مَاعُونَة (māʕūna).

der

Arabic مَاعُونَة (māʕūna)

(archaic, historical) a type of war galley used by the Turks


écouvillon

→ Catalan: escovilló

→ English: ecouvillon


se faire sauter la cervelle

(informal) to blow one's brains out, to shoot oneself in the head


chargeur automatique

fr-noun

chargeur automatique m (plural chargeurs automatiques)


puissance nucléaire

puissance nucléaire f (plural puissances nucléaires)

nuclear-weapons state
nuclear-weapons state


SALA

système d’armes létales autonome
système d'armes létales autonome#French

Initialism of système d’armes létales autonome.


chausse-trape

(weaponry) caltrop (small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles)


criminel de guerre

criminel de guerre m (plural criminels de guerre)


sabre d'abordage

sabre d’abordage m (plural sabres d’abordage)

sabre d’ abordage (canonical masculine)
sabres d’abordage (plural)


prendre ses quartiers d'hiver

prendre ses quartiers d’ hiver (canonical)

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-prendre ses quartiers d’hiver.wav


avoir quartier libre

(military) to be off duty, to have leave from barracks, to have R&R, to be free


fusil de précision

fusil de précision m (plural fusils de précision)


empenner

empenner (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
empennant (gerund participle present)
empennant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
empenné (participle past)
empenné (participle past)
empenne (first-person indicative present singular)
empennes (indicative present second-person singular)
empenne (indicative present singular third-person)
empennons (first-person indicative plural present)
empennons (first-person indicative plural present)
empennez (indicative plural present second-person)
empennez (indicative plural present second-person)
empennent (indicative plural present third-person)
empennais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
empennais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
empennais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
empennais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
empennait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
empennait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
empennions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
empennions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
empenniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
empenniez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
empennaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
empennaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
empennai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
empennai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
empennas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
empennas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
empenna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
empenna (historic indicative past singular third-person)
empennâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
empennâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
empennâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
empennâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
empennèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
empennèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
empennerai (first-person future indicative singular)
empenneras (future indicative second-person singular)
empennera (future indicative singular third-person)
empennerons (first-person future indicative plural)
empennerez (future indicative plural second-person)
empenneront (future indicative plural third-person)
empennerais (conditional first-person singular)
empennerais (conditional second-person singular)
empennerait (conditional singular third-person)
empennerions (conditional first-person plural)
empennerions (conditional first-person plural)
empenneriez (conditional plural second-person)
empenneriez (conditional plural second-person)
empenneraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
empenne (first-person present singular subjunctive)
empennes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
empenne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
empennions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
empennions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
empenniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
empenniez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
empennent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
empennasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
empennasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
empennasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
empennasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
empennât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
empennât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
empennassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
empennassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
empennassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
empennassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
empennassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
empennassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
empenne (imperative second-person singular)
empennons (first-person imperative plural)
empennons (first-person imperative plural)
empennez (imperative plural second-person)
empennez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, archery) to fletch (to attach feathers to an arrow)


empenne

(archery) fletching (feathers on the tail end an arrow)


sous-munition

bombes à sous-munitions


hiver nucléaire

hiver nucléaire m (plural hivers nucléaires)


monter au front

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-monter au front.wav

LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-monter au front.wav


masse critique

masse critique f (plural masses critiques)

(physics) critical mass (amount of fissile material needed to support a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction)


maheutre

Inherited from Old French mahustre (“shoulder”) (12th c.).

inh+

(military, obsolete, by extension) A soldier, especially a Protestant soldier during religious wars.


chasseur de chars

fr-noun

chasseur de chars m (plural chasseurs de chars)

From chasseur (“hunter”) + char (“tank, armoured vehicle”). Literally, “tank hunter”.


DcamC

dessin de camouflage canadien
dessin de camouflage canadien#French

(Canada, military) CADPAT (“Canadian disruption pattern”): Abbreviation of dessin de camouflage canadien.


faire ses classes

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-faire ses classes.wav

(military) to do one's basic training (somewhere)


corps d'armée

corps d’armée (canonical masculine)
corps d’armée (plural)

général de corps d’armée


États confédérés d'Amérique

fr-proper noun

États confédérés d’Amérique f pl (plural only)

États confédérés d’Amérique (canonical feminine plural)

Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America


enjouer

enjouer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
enjouant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
enjoué (participle past)
enjoue (first-person indicative present singular)
enjoues (indicative present second-person singular)
enjoue (indicative present singular third-person)
enjouons (first-person indicative plural present)
enjouez (indicative plural present second-person)
enjouent (indicative plural present third-person)
enjouais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
enjouais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
enjouait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
enjouions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
enjouiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
enjouaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
enjouai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
enjouas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
enjoua (historic indicative past singular third-person)
enjouâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
enjouâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
enjouèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
enjouerai (first-person future indicative singular)
enjoueras (future indicative second-person singular)
enjouera (future indicative singular third-person)
enjouerons (first-person future indicative plural)
enjouerez (future indicative plural second-person)
enjoueront (future indicative plural third-person)
enjouerais (conditional first-person singular)
enjouerais (conditional second-person singular)
enjouerait (conditional singular third-person)
enjouerions (conditional first-person plural)
enjoueriez (conditional plural second-person)
enjoueraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
enjoue (first-person present singular subjunctive)
enjoues (present second-person singular subjunctive)
enjoue (present singular subjunctive third-person)
enjouions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
enjouiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
enjouent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
enjouasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
enjouasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
enjouât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
enjouassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
enjouassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
enjouassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enjoue (imperative second-person singular)
enjouons (first-person imperative plural)
enjouez (imperative plural second-person)

From en- + joue (“cheek (on which one presses his firearm in order to aim)”) + -er.


ordre de marche

fr-noun

ordre de marche m (plural ordres de marche)