French Building Dictionary

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Building and Renovation Terms

 

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                         French - English

 

gaz de ville (m) mains gas, town gas
gazinière (f) gas cooker
gazole (m) diesel
gazon (m) lawn, short grass, turf
gazonner (vb) to turf
gel (m) frost (weather)
gelé (adj) frozen
gelée (f) frost (weather)
générateur (m) generator
génératrice (f) generator 
genouillère (f) kneepad
géomètre (m) land surveyor
gerce (f) timber crack
gerçure (f) hairline crack, timber shake
girouette (f) weather vane
givré (adj) frosty
givre (m) frost (on ground, on surface)
glaise (f) clay
glisse-main (m) banister rail, handrail
godet (m) excavator bucket
gond (m) hinge, shutter hinge pin
gonfler (vb) to inflate
gorge (f) chimney throat
goudronner (vb) to tarmac
goujon (m) dowel, pin (to attach wood or metal)
goujon de scellement (m) rag bolt
goulotte d'évacuation (f) rubbish chute
goupille (f)   pin (machine part)
goupille fendue (f) split pin
gousset (m) shelf bracket
gouttière (f) eaves, gutter
gradateur (m) dimmer switch
gradient (m) gradient
gradué (adj) graded 
graisse (f) grease
graisser (vb) to grease
graisseur (m) grease nipple
grange (f) barn
granit(e) (m) granite
granulats fins (m) fine aggregate
grattoir (m) scraper
gravier (m) gravel
gravier de filtrage (m) filter gravel
gravière (f) gravel pit
gravillon (m) chippings, fine gravel, grit
gravité (f) gravity
grenaillé (adj) gritblasted
grenier (m) attic, loft
grès (m) salt-glazed ware, sandstone
grès flambé (m) glazed stoneware
griffe à couder (f) bending tool (reinforcement)
grille (f) bars (window), grid, railings
grille anti-volatile (f) bird guard
grille de défense (f) security grill
grille de radiateur (f) radiator grill
grille perforée (f) perforated grill
grincer (vb) to creak
gros agrégats (m) coarse aggregate
gros mur (m) loadbearing wall
gros œuvre (m) building shell, structural works

                         

                         English - French

paperhanger's brush balai à encoller (m)
paperhanger's scissors ciseaux de tapissier (m)
paraffin  pétrole lampant (m)
parapet balustrade (f),garde-corps (m),garde-fou (m),parapet (m)
partition (wall) cloison (f)
partition, loadbearing cloison porteuse (f),paroi porteuse (f)
partition, masonry cloison maçonnée (f)
partition, stud cloison en treillis (f)
partition, to cloisonner (vb)
party wall mur mitoyen (m)
pass (welding) passe (f)
paste pâte (f)
paste, wallpaper colle à tapisser (f),colle de pâte (f)
pasting table table à encoller (f)
patch, to réparer (vb)
path allée (f),chemin (m)
patio terrasse (f)
pave (with flagstones or slabs), to daller (vb)
pave, to paver (vb)
paved dallé (adj),pavé (adj)
paving   dallage (m)
paving slab, stone dalle (f)
paving, brick carrelage en briques (m)
payment, advance paiement d'avance (m)
payment, down acompte (m)
payment, staged paiement échelonné (m)
peak hours heures pointes (f)
peak period période de pointe (f)
pear tree poirier (m)
peat sol tourbeux (m),tourbe (f)
pebble caillou (m)
pebbledash cailloutage (m),crépi granité (m),crépi moucheté (m)
pedestal colonne (f)
peel off, to décoller (vb)
peg out, to bornoyer (vb),implanter (vb),piqueter (vb)
peg, setting out piquet (m)
pelmet cantonnière (f)
per cent pour cent (m)
per hour à l'heure (prep)
perforated perforé (adj)
perimeter périmètre (m)
permit licence (f),permis (m)
permit, building permis de construire (m)
permit, demolition permis de démolir (m)
perpendicular perpendiculaire (adj)
perspective perspective (f)
perspex® plexiglas® (m)
petrol essence (f)
PFA (pulverised fuel ash) laitier de haut-fourneau concassé (m)
pH value valeur du pH (f)
phase (electrical) phase (f)
pick pioche (f)
pickaxe pioche (f)
pickup (truck) pick-up (m)
piece, extension rallonge (f)
piezometer piézomètre (f)
pigsty porcherie (f)
pile (foundation) pieu (m)
pile cap casque de pieu (m),tête de pieu (f)
pile, bored pieu foré (m)
pile, cast in-situ pieu moulé dans le sol (m)
pile, driven pieu battu (m)

 

 

 


 

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