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French vocabulary C1: Materials, shapes, surfaces and technical terms
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Materials, shapes and textures, light and sound, damage and repair, and technical terms, with words such as “la tôle”, “bosselé”, “grincer”, “ébrécher” and “l'appareillage”, and their English meanings.
154 French words at level C1, with their translation.
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tourner (une machine)
to run (of a machine)
portable (facile à emporter)
portable (easy to carry)
le fonctionnement (d'une machine)
operation (of a machine)
la précision
precision
optique
optical
le radar (appareil de détection)
radar (detection device)
la sonde
probe
le prototype
prototype
robuste
robust
la bande (longue et étroite)
strip
la plaque (pièce mince et plate)
plate (thin flat piece)
l'éclat (d'une surface)
shine (of a surface)
mat
matt
le pan (de mur)
section (of a wall)
de séparation (un mur, une ligne)
dividing
la boucle (d'un fil ou d'une corde)
loop (in thread or rope)
linéaire
linear
l'alignement
alignment
ouvragé
intricate (of craftwork)
les machines (d'une usine)
machinery (of a factory)
l'innovation
innovation
manuellement
manually
innovant
innovative
tendu (une corde)
taut (of a rope)
la texture
texture
massif (en or ou en bois)
solid (of gold or wood)
le mou (d'une corde)
slack (loose part of a rope)
la consistance
consistency (thickness)
techniquement
technically
l'extérieur (d'un bâtiment)
exterior (of a building)
la configuration
configuration
compatible
compatible
les débris
debris
compact
compact
les jumelles
binoculars
le concepteur
developer
modeler (qqch)
to mould (sth)
voiler (qqch)
to veil (sth)
proprement (sans bavure)
cleanly (with no mess)
rester debout (après un désastre)
to stand (after a disaster)
la retouche
touch-up
fixé (à qqch)
attached (to sth)
les accessoires (d'un appareil)
accessories (extra parts for a device)
l'activation
activation
automatisé
automated
cru (une lumière)
harsh (of light)
le bip
beep
retentir
to ring out
étinceler
to sparkle
plaqué (de métal)
plated (with metal)
la bosse (sur une surface)
bump (on a surface)
glissant
slippery
la bave
slime
la bosse (dans le métal)
dent (in metal)
étouffé
muffled
gratter (qqch)
to scrape (sth)
rayer (une surface)
to scratch (a surface)
vertical
vertical
horizontal
horizontal
le rectangle
rectangle
la spirale
spiral (the shape)
rouiller
to rust
la spécification
specification
simuler
to simulate
la simulation
simulation
net (d'une image)
sharp (of an image)
élastique
elastic
coupant (une lame)
sharp (of a blade)
indistinct
indistinct
le vernis
varnish
la rouille
rust
le feutre (tissu)
felt (fabric)
la silhouette (contour sombre)
silhouette (dark outline)
tricolore
three-coloured
l'argile
clay
la tôle
sheet metal
la résine
resin
artisanal
hand-crafted
imperméable (à qqch)
impervious (to sth)
innover
to innovate
impur
impure
le grondement
rumble
perçant (regard ou son)
piercing (look or sound)
le claquement (bruit sec)
snap (sharp sound)
cabosser (qqch)
to dent (sth)
le gravier
gravel
l'émeraude
emerald
le laiton
brass
le titane
titanium
le fusain
charcoal
le saphir
sapphire
le satin
satin
le polyester
polyester
la pierre précieuse
gem (precious stone)
le Velcro
Velcro
terne
dull (not bright)
décoloré
faded
enduire (qqch de qqch)
to coat (sth in sth)
superposer (qqch)
to layer (sth)
recoller (qqch)
to stick back together (sth)
la déchirure (dans un tissu)
tear (in fabric)
la cassure (d'un objet)
break (in an object)
barbouiller (qqch de qqch)
to smear (sth with sth)
ébrécher (qqch)
to chip (sth)
décaper (qqch)
to strip (sth)
le tissage
weaving
verdir
to turn green
le filage
spinning
encombrant
bulky
cristallin (une eau)
crystal-clear
bancal
wobbly (of furniture)
ultrafin
wafer-thin
déchiqueté
jagged
se raidir
to stiffen
duveteux
fluffy
fonctionner à (qqch)
to run on (sth)
l'appareillage
apparatus
l'automatisme
automatic process
réglable
adjustable
tous usages
all-purpose
grincer
to creak
scintiller
to twinkle
cliqueter
to rattle
le vacillement (d'une lumière)
flicker (of light)
la ramification
branching
arqué
arched
pointillé
dotted
bicolore
two-tone
ramifié
branched
en tirets (une ligne)
dashed
visqueux
slimy
en miroir
mirrored
grumeleux
lumpy
cahoteux
bumpy
le quadrillage
grid
linéairement
linearly
à angle droit
right-angled
la ligne pointillée
dotted line
la coupe transversale
cross-section
rotatif
rotating
schématiquement
schematically
structurellement
structurally
schématique
schematic
ultramoderne
state-of-the-art
le gabarit
template
l'enchevêtrement
tangle
technologiquement
technologically
non structuré
unstructured
synthétiquement
synthetically
sans équipage
unmanned
mal fonctionner
to malfunction
la touche finale
finishing touch
hachurer (un dessin)
to hatch (a drawing)
être en ruine
to be in ruins
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