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French vocabulary C1: Studies, research and language
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University, research and the study of language: “la dissertation”, “le rectorat”, “les travaux dirigés”, “bachoter” and “le gérondif”, with their English meanings.
141 French words at level C1, with their translation.
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supérieur (enseignement)also: supérieure
tertiary (of education)also: higher, post-secondary, postsecondary
le module
module
le signe (écrit)also: le symbole
mark (symbol)also: sign, symbol
le mémoire (de fin d'études)
dissertationalso: thesis, master's thesis
appliqué (science)also: appliquée
applied (science)
enquêter sur (qqch)also: creuser, fouiller, sonder
to probe (into sth)also: to investigate, to dig into
ci-contre
opposite (on the facing page)also: on the facing page, on the opposite page, alongside
la formule (en sciences)
formula (in maths or science)
le manuelalso: le guide, le guide pratique, le mémento, le précis
handbook
valider
to validate
sonder (des personnes)also: interroger
to survey (people)also: to poll
ci-aprèsalso: ci-dessous
below (later in the text)also: hereinafter, hereafter, further on, in what follows
la légende (d'une carte)
key (on a map or chart)also: legend
l'index (d'un livre)
index (in a book)
catalogueralso: répertorier
to catalogue (books or documents)also: to catalog
la transcription
transcriptalso: transcription
indexer (qqch)
to index (sth)
l'essai (test)
trial (a test)also: test
le paramètre
parameter
la consultation (d'un ouvrage)
consulting (a book)also: consultation, reference
la citation
quotation (from a text)also: citation, quote
la justification (d'un choix)
rationalealso: justification
l'induction
induction (reasoning)
la datation
dating (in science)
l'académie (société savante)
academy
l'historienalso: l'historienne
historian
le proviseuralso: la proviseure, la proviseur
headteacher (secondary school)also: head teacher, headmaster, headmistress, principal
l'instructeuralso: l'instructrice
instructor (military or technical)also: trainer
approfondir (ses connaissances)
to deepen (your knowledge)also: to expand your knowledge
compiler
to compile
généraliser
to generalizealso: to generalise
déchiffrer
to decipheralso: to decode, to make out
ébaucher (qqch)
to sketch out (sth)also: to outline, to rough out
la logique (raisonnement)
logic
la statistique (un chiffre)also: la donnée chiffrée
statistic (a figure)also: statistical figure
statistique
statistical
la méthodologie
methodology
analytique
analyticalalso: analytic
contextuelalso: contextuelle
contextual
statistiquement
statistically
l'atelier (séance de travail)
workshop
le corrigé
answer keyalso: model answer
rayer (un mot)also: barrer
to cross out (a word)also: to strike out, to strike through
le diagramme
diagram (graph or chart)also: chart
la dissertation
essay (academic)
le radical (mot)
stem (of a word)also: root
l'emprunt (linguistique)
borrowing (of a word)also: loanword
la dérivation (grammaire)
derivation
le savant
scholaralso: scientist, learned person
éruditalso: érudite, savant, savante
learned (of a person)also: erudite, scholarly
l'équation
equation
la généralisation
generalizationalso: generalisation
la corrélation
correlation
la synthèse
synthesis
lisible
readablealso: legible
le remplissage (d'un formulaire)
filling in (of a form)also: filling out
sonore (en phonétique)also: voisé, voisée
voiced (in phonetics)
le jargon
jargon
l'archéologie
archaeologyalso: archeology
archéologique
archaeologicalalso: archeological
bilingue
bilingual
l'anthropologie
anthropology
le master
Master's degreealso: master's
être traité (une demande)
to be processed (of an application)also: to be dealt with
la faculté
faculty (at a university)
la faculté de droit
law facultyalso: law school, school of law
le pupitre
school desk
textuelalso: textuelle
textual
bien documentéalso: bien documentée
well-documented
stylistique
stylistic
la prémisse
premisealso: premiss
la vulgarisation
popularization (of knowledge)also: popularisation
de vulgarisation scientifique
popular-sciencealso: popular science
l'interjection
interjection
le gérondif
gerund
les archives
archivesalso: archive
les archives de presse
newspaper archivealso: press archive, newspaper archives
le catalogage
cataloguingalso: cataloging
autodidacte
self-taught
l'assiduité (aux cours)also: l'assiduité aux cours, la présence aux cours
regular attendancealso: attendance
attribuer une bourse (à qqn)also: accorder une bourse, attribuer une subvention, accorder une subvention
to award a grant (to sb)also: to award a scholarship
l'anthropologue
anthropologist
le rectorat
rector's officealso: rectorate
le directeur de thèsealso: la directrice de thèse
doctoral supervisoralso: PhD supervisor, thesis supervisor, doctoral advisor
la présidence de l'université
vice-chancellor's officealso: university president's office, president's office
la caractérisation
characterizationalso: characterisation
in situ
in situalso: on site
la dissection
dissection
rééduquer
to re-educatealso: to reeducate
élargir ses horizons
to broaden your horizonsalso: to broaden one's horizons, to widen your horizons
le rattrapage (examen)also: l'examen de rattrapage, la session de rattrapage
resit (exam)also: retake, resit exam
de rattrapage
remedial
périscolaire
after-school
les frais de scolarité
tuition fees
en langue étrangère
in a foreign languagealso: foreign-language
la formation en alternance
work-study programmealso: work-study program
l'apprentissage en ligne
e-learningalso: online learning
les cours particuliers
private tuitionalso: tuition, private lessons
le coauteuralso: la coauteure, la co-auteure, le co-auteur
co-authoralso: coauthor
l'éducateuralso: l'éducatrice
educatoralso: educationalist
l'étudiant en licencealso: l'étudiante en licence
undergraduatealso: undergraduate student
l'étudiant de dernière annéealso: l'étudiante de dernière année
final-year student
le non-spécialistealso: la non-spécialiste
non-specialistalso: layperson, layman, non-expert
le sujet d'expérience
test subjectalso: experimental subject
interprétatifalso: interprétative
interpretativealso: interpretive
illustratifalso: illustrative
illustrative
fondé sur la connaissancealso: fondé sur le savoir, fondé sur les connaissances, basé sur le savoir
knowledge-based
fondé sur des preuves
evidence-based
fondé sur les données
data-drivenalso: data-based
contextuellement
contextually
l'argot
slang
l'alphabétisation
literacy
la langue standard
standard language
la latinisation
Latinizationalso: Latinisation
un anglais approximatifalso: un anglais hésitant, un mauvais anglais
broken English
non natifalso: non natifs, non native
non-native
la réécriture
rewritingalso: rewrite
la redondance
redundancy (needless repetition)
le synopsis
synopsis
le copiage
copying (cheating)
la prise de notes
note-takingalso: taking notes
les sciences politiquesalso: la science politique, la politologie
political sciencealso: political studies
très qualifiéalso: très qualifiée
well-qualifiedalso: highly qualified
les études romanes
Romance studies
les études d'anglais
English studies
recouper (qqch)
to cross-check (sth)
contextualiser
to contextualizealso: to contextualise
être en corrélation (avec qqch)
to correlate (with sth)
les lettres et sciences humainesalso: les lettres, les sciences humaines, les humanités
humanitiesalso: the humanities, arts and humanities
le numerus clausus
admissions quotaalso: quota, numerus clausus, cap on places
la meilleure note
top markalso: top grade, highest mark
se remettre à niveau
to get up to speedalso: to brush up, to catch up
les travaux dirigésalso: les TD, le TD
tutorial (at university)
l'examen d'entréealso: le concours d'entrée
entrance examalso: entrance examination
l'autoévaluation
self-assessmentalso: self-evaluation
bachoter
to cram (for an exam)also: to swot
la brosse à tableau
board rubberalso: board eraser
la blouse de laboratoire
lab coatalso: laboratory coat
se documenter sur (qqch)
to read up on (sth)
prendre note de (qqch)
to make a note of (sth)also: to note down
mettre au propre (un texte)
to write up (a text)also: to write out
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