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French vocabulary B1: Science and technology
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Science and technology: scientists and experiments, machines and electricity, computers, the internet and the phone, with words such as “le laboratoire”, “la télécommande”, “le mot de passe”, “le moteur de recherche” and “raccrocher”.
97 French words at level B1, with their translation.
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passer (qqn au téléphone)
to put through (sb on the phone)
occupé (pour une ligne)also: occupée
engaged (of a phone line)also: busy
le serveur (informatique)
server (computer)
programmer (un ordinateur)
to program (a computer)
saisir (des informations)
to enter (information)also: to key in, to input
taper (au clavier)
to type (on a keyboard)
le système (équipement)
system (equipment)
la recherche (scientifique)
research
l'expérience (scientifique)
experiment
le laboratoire
laboratoryalso: lab
la pompe
pump
le robot
robot
le courant (électrique)
power (electricity)also: current
la fiche (électrique)
plug (electrical)
le bouton
button
le câble
cable
l'antenne
aerial (for radio or TV)also: antenna
le dossier (sur un ordinateur)also: le répertoire
folder (on a computer)also: directory
le lien (sur internet)
link (on a web page)
le lecteur (de disque)
drive (computer)also: disk drive, disc drive
la Toile (internet)also: le web
the Web (internet)also: the World Wide Web
le répertoire (sur un ordinateur)also: le dossier
directory (on a computer)also: folder
le forum (de discussion)also: le forum de discussion
message boardalso: forum, discussion forum
monter (le son ou le chauffage)
to turn up (sound or heat)also: to turn up the volume, to crank up, to crank up the volume
l'impression (sur papier)
printing
le volume (sonore)
volume (sound)
téléphonique
phone (adjective)also: telephone
le design (d'un objet)
design (look of an object)
supprimer (un fichier ou un texte)also: effacer
to delete
effacer (un fichier ou un texte)also: supprimer
to deletealso: to erase, to rub out
scanner (un document)also: numériser
to scan (a document)
électronique
electronic
l'affichage
display (on a screen)
le télégramme
telegram
l'utilisateuralso: l'utilisatrice
user
le virus (informatique)
virus (computer)
l'appelantalso: l'appelante
caller
le blog
blog
le mot de passe
password
l'organisme (vivant)
organism
l'orbite
orbit
la capsule
capsule (in space or for coffee)
l'invention
invention
le noyau (d'une cellule ou d'un atome)
nucleus
la molécule
molecule
l'électron
electron
le post (en ligne)
post (online)also: online post, blog post
le scanner
scanneralso: scanning machine
le matérielalso: l'équipement
equipmentalso: gear
le matériel informatique
hardware
la tablette (ordinateur)
tablet (computer)also: tablet computer
génétiquement
genetically
la comète
comet
l'ingénierie
engineering
le dioxyde
dioxide
l'astronome
astronomer
le mathématicienalso: la mathématicienne
mathematician
le chimistealso: la chimiste
chemist (scientist)
la biochimie
biochemistry
l'innovateuralso: l'innovatrice
innovator
la télécommande
remote controlalso: remote
le fax
fax
portatifalso: portative
hand-heldalso: handheld, portable
le modem
modem
faxer (qqch)
to fax (sth)
le SMSalso: le texto
text messagealso: text, SMS
raccrocher
to hang up (the phone)
le copier-coller
copy and pastealso: copy-and-paste, copy-paste, copy-pasting
mettre en marche
to start (a machine)
le tapis de souris
mouse matalso: mouse pad, mousepad
l'interrupteur
switchalso: light switch
hors service
out of servicealso: out of order
tomber en panne
to break down (stop working)also: to stop working
les réseaux sociaux
social mediaalso: social networks, social networking
le blogueuralso: la blogueuse
blogger
bloguer
to blog
le téléchargement
download (noun)
mettre à jour
to update
mettre en ligne
to upload
faire glisser (à la souris)
to drag (with a mouse)
glisser-déposer
drag and dropalso: drag-and-drop
la page d'accueil
homepagealso: home page
le CD-ROMalso: le cédérom
CD-ROM
le haut-parleur
loudspeakeralso: speaker
le cadran
dial
la bande magnétique
tape (for recording)also: magnetic tape, recording tape
la touche Entrée
return keyalso: enter key, return, enter
formater
to format
la webcam
webcam
le clip vidéo
video clip
diffuser en continu (sur internet)
to stream (online)
synchroniser (des appareils)
to sync (devices)also: to synchronise, to synchronize
le moteur de recherche
search engine
le port USB
USB portalso: USB socket
la carte SIM
SIM cardalso: SIM
l'écran tactile
touchscreenalso: touch screen, touch-screen
l'indicatif téléphoniquealso: l'indicatif
dialling codealso: area code
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