French Navigator Eric Shares his Passion for the Sea
Word | Meaning |
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abrité,e | sheltered |
aileron (nm) | fin |
alizé (nm) | trade wind |
aluminium (nm) | tin |
Antilles (nf.plur.) | West Indies |
armée de l'air (nf) | airforce |
bâbord | port, port side |
balise (nf) | beacon, marker |
bulletin meteo (nm) | forecast ; report |
calme plat (nm) | dead calm |
chantier (nm) | construction site |
chasser | to hunt |
chenal (nm) | channel (shipping navigation lane) |
construction navale (nf) | shipbuilding |
coque (nf) | hull |
course en solitaire (nf) | solo race |
croisière (nf) | cruise |
dériveur (nm) | sailing dinghy |
enseignement (nm) | teaching |
escale (nf) | port of call ; stopover |
faire faillite | to go bankrupt |
feu de navigation (nm) | boating light, navigational light |
grand-voile (nf) | mainsail |
grêle (nf) | hail |
moniteur, monitrice | instructor |
mouillage (nm) | anchorage |
naviguer | to sail |
noeud (nm) | knot |
orque (nm) | orca, killer whale |
plaisance (nf) | pleasure-boating |
s'abriter | to shelter |
tempête (nf) | storm (strong wind) |
torpille (nf) | torpedo |
tribord | starboard |
vacancier (nm) | vacationer, holiday-maker |
voile (nf) | sail |
voilier (nm) | sailing boat |