Éric BON

DICTIONNAIRE du GÉNIE CIVIL,

de l’ARCHITECTURE & de la CONSTRUCTION
- MATÉRIAUX & TECHNOLOGIES -

2ème édition
 DICTIONNAIRE du GÉNIE CIVIL,
de l’ARCHITECTURE & de la CONSTRUCTION
- MATÉRIAUX & TECHNOLOGIES -

Français - anglais Anglais - français

A DICTIONARY of CIVIL ENGINEERING,

ARCHITECTURE and CONSTRUCTION
- MATERIALS and TECHNOLOGIES -

English - french French - English

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REMERCIEMENTS

L’auteur remercie ses collaborateurs, traducteurs et ingénieurs de TRANSWORD®. Il remercie tout parti-
culièrement son associée, gérant d’ATi TRANWORD® Grenoble, Sylvie ODEZENNE.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The author wishes to thank his colleagues, the translators and engineers at TRANSWORD®. In particular,
the author thanks his partner and manager at ATi TRANWORD® Grenoble, Sylvie ODEZENNE.

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Préface de feu Mauro JANNOTTI (†)

Maître de Conférences Agrégé à l’Université de Toulouse 2
Expert près la Cour d’Appel
Traducteur - Interprète de Conférence
Préface écrite en 1994-95, avant l’accessibilité aux bases de données terminologiques sur Internet… (ESB)

La voie ouverte par Kocourek1 à la reflexion théorique par le premier grand ouvrage sur les aspects secto-
riels de la langue française et la méthode instaurée par les travaux de Daniel GOUADEC2 en matière de
terminologie et terminotique, qui ne désespèrent pas de prévoir un futur proche où l’accessibilité rapide, et
à prix raisonnable3, à une banque terminologique fiable sera de l’ordre du quotidien ont ceci en commun :
d’appartenir néanmoins à l’ordre de la recherche. C’est-à-dire à l’une des activités universitaires les plus
vénérables, que l’on peut qualifier, sans craindre d’exagérer, de la plus identitaire même des activités de
l’Université. Mais voilà que l’activité de recherche postule une gestion raisonnable d’un capital temps avant
la production des résultats. Le temps du traducteur est sans commune mesure avec le temps de la recherche :
le temps est pour le traducteur la plus forte des contraintes, la plus grande source de préoccupations, car il
est intimement lié à son image commerciale, à sa production, à sa rentabilité, bref à son existence et à sa
survie même. Cet aspect de la gestion du temps imparti par le marché de la traduction est bien souvent
méconnu (négligé ou refoulé) par les théoriciens du fait traduisant. Reconnaissons-le, au risque de nous
exposer à une mise à l’index pour apostasie universitaire, ce ne sont pas tant les connaissances linguistiques
(certes, il en faut énormément), la capacité du traducteur (certes, il en faut énormément, car le marché est
heureusement impitoyable), ni la validité et la profondeur des études menées sur la traduction qui ont donné
à cette dernière l’extraordinaire impulsion et la remarquable expansion à laquelle nous assistons, mais bel et
bien l’informatique personnelle et la télématique, qui ont réduit sans commune mesure les délais (le temps)
de production et de livraison du texte traduit. C’est un événement considérable qui a permis au traducteur,
autrefois dilettante (au sens noble) savant et éclairé, d’accéder à un statut d’authentique professionnel : c’est-
à-dire qui lui a véritablement permis de vivre de son art. Le (manque de) temps est donc aussi identitaire
pour le traducteur que la recherche l’est pour l’universitaire et, pour une fois, comparaison sera raison.
Ainsi, avant que l’ambition, honorable et éminemment souhaitable, de voir un jour une banque de données
terminologiques de “proximité” à un prix raisonnable, dont la consultation est compatible avec les délais
impartis par les donneurs d’ouvrage, le dictionnaire spécialisé reste toujours un outil précieux, d’un compa-
gnonnage immédiatement accessible. D’autant plus s’il a été validé, comme c’est le cas pour les ouvrages
d’Éric BON (composites et plastiques, génie civil et architecture, aéronautique), par l’expérience, les
connaissances et le savoir-faire de son auteur. Ce dernier, dans sa démarche théorique et pratique a appliqué
tout naturellement le postulat “fondamentaliste” de Gouadec sur la “Délimitation absolue”4. Le résultat est
assurément réconfortant pour le traducteur, quelle que soit sa langue de travail, en raison de la richesse
même de la base française et anglaise, qui constituent un point de départ heuristique pour toute recherche à
partir des ressources terminologiques spécialisées unilingues. Une simple vérification par “tirage d’échan-
tillon”, nous a permis de récolter une riche moisson de termes dans notre propre langue de travail5. Notre
conclusion sera donc simple : les outils de travail de cette qualité seront toujours les bienvenus sur les rayon-
nages des traducteurs.

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Mais par-delà cette satisfaction, toute empirique, la démarche et le travail d’Éric BON ne sont pas, juste-
ment, sans interpeller un certain état d’esprit qui entoure encore, actuellement, les formations L.E.A. dispen-
sées par les Universités. Ce n’est un secret pour personne que la plupart des sections linguistiques considè-
rent ces formations comme dévalorisantes pour l’enseignant et le chercheur (à l’exception de celles relevant
de remarquables Universités comme celle de Rennes 2, et de certaines autres assurément).
Les ouvrages d’Éric BON ont su faire la preuve que la recherche est possible même en dehors des parcours
canoniquement députés à cette fin et qu’il n’est pas illégitime d’espérer une conciliation entre les finalités
professionnelles et la recherche spécifique à la formation universitaire6. Produire le savoir autrement et
communiquer la science revient toujours à produire le savoir tout court, et l’humanisme est une affaire de
tous, y compris et surtout de grands professionnels tels qu’Éric BON.

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1. Rotislav KOCOUREK
La langue Française de la Technique et de la Science
Brandstetter Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1982

2. Daniel GOUADEC
Terminologie - Constitution de données
AFNOR Gestion, Paris 1990

3. Daniel GOUADEC
Terminologie & Terminotique
Actes de la première Université d’Automne en Terminologie - Rennes 2.
Outils, Modèles et Méthodes, La Maison du Dictionnaire, Paris 1993.
Page 44 (citation d’un intervenant M. Kalfon) :
“Néanmoins, j’ajouterais qu’une société comme MICHELIN peut se payer la communication
avec EURODICATOM, mais qu’un traducteur qui encaisse x centimes par mot ne peut pas se le
permettre”.

4. in Daniel GOUADEC, “Terminologie & Terminotique” op. cit. ci-dessus, page 63.

5. La Nuova Enciclopedia delle Scienze Garzanti

Garzanti, Milan, 1990, page 377, artcile “Compositi”.

6. Cf. in
Yves JEANNERET
Écrire la Science
Presses Universitaires de France, Paris 1994, notamment le chapitre II : “Problématique de l’appro-
priation des savoirs”, pages 81 à 158 et ibid. chap. III suiv. : “Regard sur les pratiques”.

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Preface
By the late Mauro JANNOTTI (†)
Agrégé, Senior Lecturer
at the University of Toulouse 2
Translator-Interpreter, Sworn Expert to the Court of Appeal
This preface was written in 1994-95, when terminology databases were not yet available on the Internet… (ESB)

Both the way opened to theoretical reflection by Kocourek in the first important work1 with a sector-based
approach to the French language, and the method instituted by Daniel Gouadec’s work2 in the fields of
terminology and terminotics, which offer the hope of envisaging swift, daily access to a reliable terminolo-
gical database at a reasonable price3 in the near future, have one thing in common: they both belong to the
field of research and, thus, to one of the University’s most venerable endeavours that actually makes the
University what it is. But research work merely implies sensible time-capital management prior to achieving
results; whereas time for the translator has nothing to do with time for the researcher: it is the most strin-
gent requirement, bearing as it does directly on the translator’s commercial image, production, profitability
- in short, on his or her very existence and survival. This aspect of market-induced time management goes
mostly unrecognized (neglected or repressed) by translation theorists. We have to acknowledge it, at the risk
of possible blacklisting for academic apostasy: it is neither translators linguistic competence (which must
indeed be of the highest), nor their abilities (which must also be of the highest, for luckily the market is
merciless), nor the validity or the depth of translation studies, that have given translation the present boost
we are witnessing, but rather personal computers and data communications, which have quite inordinately
reduced the time limits for the production and delivery of translated texts. This has proved an event of
considerable significance, allowing the formerly learned and enlightened dilettante translator (in the better
sense of the word) to become a true professional - allowing him or her really to live by his or her art. (Lack
of) time is thus as consubstantial to the translator as research is to the academic, and for once the compa-
rison is not misleading.

Thus, until such time as worthy and eminently desirable ambitions have given rise to a handy terminolog-
ical database of reasonable cost, with access times in keeping with market-dictated schedules, the special-
ized dictionary shall remain the precious tool it is, one of immediate and easy companionship. All the more
so if it has been validated by the author’s experience, knowledge and competence, as is the case with Eric
BON’s works (on composite and plastic materials, civil engineering and architecture, aeronautics), an author
whose theory and practice have quite naturally implemented Gouadec’s “fundamentalist” postulate of
“Absolute Delimitation”4. The result is of undoubted comfort for the translator, whatever the language he
translates, due to the very richness of its French and English bases, which are the heuristic starting points
for any research basing on specialized, single-language terminological resource material. A check by
sampling allowed me to gather a good crop of terms in my own working language5. Thus my simple conclu-
sion: such quality tools are always welcome on translators’ shelves.

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But beyond this empirical satisfaction Eric BON’s approach and work do not, indeed, fail to call into ques-
tion the particular frame of mind still surrounding the training given by sundry Departments of Modern
Languages. It is in no way a secret that most language departments think of such training as belittling for
teacher and researcher alike, except in such outstanding Universities such as Rennes 2, and others no doubt.

Eric BON’s works prove that research is possible even outside the courses canonically ascribed to this
purpose, and that it may not be illegitimate to hope for a reconciliation between professional ends and prop-
erly academic research6. Non-academic production of knowledge and the imparting of science both come
down to producing - knowledge. Humanism is everyone’s business, including and especially such fine
professionals as Eric BON.

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AVANT-PROPOS DE L’AUTEUR

Ce dictionnaire du génie civil et de l’architecture, de leurs matériaux et leurs technologies est conçu comme
un outil de traduction. A ce titre, il se destine aux traducteurs techniques et aux architectes et ingénieurs
de la spécialité : l’ouvrage donne les équivalences terme à terme, avec possibles polysémies et synonymies.
Seul un spécialiste peut donc y trouver le terme ad hoc, parmi les choix qui sont proposés, délibérément,
sans explication, afin de servir notre seul objectif d’aide à la traduction ou la compréhension de textes
spécialisés, par des spécialistes.

Le dictionnaire est présenté en double entrée, dans les deux langues qui régissent une grande part des
échanges technico-linguistiques dans la profession : l’anglais et le français. Chaque sens regroupe environ
32 000 entrées, soit un total de 64 000 pour les deux langues. Nous nous sommes efforcés de ne conserver
que les termes spécifiques au domaine. Ceci n’exclut nullement qu’on trouve ici quelques rares termes
appartenant également à d’autres technologies, ou à la langue technique générale. En revanche, le lecteur
peut être assuré que chaque terme figurant dans ce dictionnaire est en usage dans le domaine traité.

Chaque terme couvert présente un lien direct avec le génie civil, l’achitecture et la construction, ou avec les
techniques et procédés afférents. Nous avons consulté toutes la plupart des références en la matière, mais
notre importante recherche personnelle nous amène à affimer que de nombreux termes ne se trouvent dans
aucun autre dictionnaire de traduction, à la date de mise sous presse. Les concepts ont été regroupés,
compilés, au terme de contrats pluriannuels portant sur cette discipline. Certains termes sont des créations
linguistiques, en concertation entre les ingénieurs des deux cultures et les traducteurs.

Les seules abréviations non élucidées dans le corps de l’ouvrage concernent l’indication du genre des noms,
en français.
Tous ajouts, suggestions, commentaires et corrections du lecteur nous seront précieux et nous permettront
d’améliorer ce dictionnaire lors d’une prochaine édition. A cet effet, les commentaires peuvent être adressés
à l’éditeur. L’équipe de traducteurs, ingénieurs et experts de TRANSWORD® remercie par avance le lecteur
pour sa contribution.
Éric BON

Ouvrages consultés :

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Universalis, Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia, Richard Ernst

(Dictionnaire général de la technique industrielle), J.R. Forbes (Architecture & Construction), Pierre
Monteau (Dictionnaire du bâtiment), diverses bases de données, publiques et privées, bases de données
Transword.

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AUTHOR’S FOREWORD

This dictionary of civil engineering, architecture and construction, and their materials and technologies, is
designed as a translating tool. It is therefore intended for technical translators, architects and engineers in
this specialist field: equivalents are given for each term along with possible polysemies and synonyms.
Consequently, only specialists will be capable of finding the term they require from among the various
options that are deliberately stated without any explanation in order to achieve our sole aim of providing
specialists with assistance in translating or understanding specialized literature.

The dictionary is organized into two sections with entries in the two languages that cover a major part of the
profession’s technical linguistic exchanges: English and French. Each of these sections contains some
32,000 entries, making a total of 64,000 for both languages. We took pains to include only terms that are
specific to the field. This, however, does not mean that it does not contain a few terms which are also used
in other technologies or in technical language in general. The reader can, however, be sure that every term
to be found in this dictionary is used in the field concerned.

Every term included in this dictionary is directly relevant to civil engineering, architecture and construction
themselves, or to the techniques and processes connected with them. We have consulted most of the refer-
ence litterature, but, thanks to an in-depth research programme, we can confirm that a significant portion of
the concepts involved were not covered by any other translation dictionary when this work went to press.
The concepts were built up and compiled in the course of contracts for work in this discipline over a number
of years. Some of the terms are linguistic creations defined by cooperation between English and French-
speaking engineers and translators.
The only abbreviations used (and not explained in the text) are those denoting the gender of French nouns.
Any additions, suggestions, comments or corrections from the reader will be gratefully received and will
help us to further improve this dictionary in a future edition. Comments may be sent to the publisher. The
team of translators, engineers and experts at TRANSWORD® thanks you in advance for your contribution.

Eric S. BON

Reference works:

Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopaedia Universalis, Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia, Richard Ernst

(Comprehensive Dictionary of Engineering and Technology), J.R. Forbes (Architecture & Construction),
Pierre Monteau (“Dictionnaire du bâtiment”, dictionary of construction trade), various government or
corporate databases, Transword databases.

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L’AUTEUR

Né en France en 1954. Technicien, pilote privé, également ex-enseignant dans le secondaire, le supérieur et
le professionnel, notamment dans le cadre des BTS de commerce international / traduction commerciale et
dans les maîtrises L.E.A. de traduction spécialisée, Éric BON est avant tout traducteur technique depuis
février 1976, expert en anglais technique près la Cour d’Appel et dirigeant ou co-dirigeant d’entreprises de
traduction : T.E.E.T® et A.M. TRANSWORD®, ATi TRANSWORD®, Abc TRANSWORD®, à Marseille,
Grenoble et Toulouse. Éric BON est le président fondateur de la Guilde Européenne des Traducteurs
(G.E.T.), 1er syndicat professionnel de la traduction technique en France, membre de la Chambre des
Ingénieurs Conseils de France (CICF).

Le groupe TRANSWORD/T.E.E.T® traite un grand nombre de références industrielles, dans des domaines
techniques très divers : aéronautique, armement, automatismes, construction, électronique, espace, génie
civil, informatique, instrumentation, hydraulique, matériaux modernes, mécanique, métallurgie et sidé-
rurgie, etc.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Eric S. BON was born in France in 1954. He is a technician and a private pilot, and has former experience
as a language teacher in the fields of secondary and further education and professional training, especially
in the context of BTS higher technical diplomas in international trade/business translation and master’s
degrees in applied foreign language specializing in translation. Since 1976, his main professional activity
has been as a technical translator, expert in technical English for the French Court of Appeal and manager
of translating companies: T.E.E.T.®, A.M. TRANSWORD®, ATi TRANSWORD®, Abc TRANSWORD®,
in Marseilles, Grenoble and Toulouse. Eric S. BON is chairman and founder of the Guild of European
Translators (G.E.T.), 1st professional union for technical translation in France, and member of the French
association of Engineers and Consultants, CICF (“Chambre des Ingénieurs Conseils de France”).

The TRANSWORD/T.E.E.T.® group serves a large number of industrial firms in a wide range of technical
fields including: aeronautics, weapon systems, automation, building, electronics, space technology, civil
engineering, information technology, instrumentation, hydraulics, state-of-the-art materials, mechanical
engineering, metal-working and the steel industry.

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LA TRADUCTION SPÉCIALISÉE :
TECHNIQUE, SCIENTIFIQUE, JURIDIQUE, FINANCIÈRE…

Elle est affaire de traduction... et de spécialité, tant il est vrai qu’on ne saurait traduire sans comprendre.
Comprendre la technique ou la spécialité est un préalable absolu et une solide formation dans le domaine
prend toute sa valeur. Ici, c’est donc l’ingénieur qui domine. Mais un texte reste un texte et en déceler les
subtilités, imprécisions, détours et contours relève de l’exercice de langue, ce qui devrait conférer au
linguiste, ou au “langagier”, un statut privilégié.

Il y a contradiction, car peu de gens possèdent la double formation d’ingénieur et de linguiste. Aucun ensei-
gnement technique n’englobe une formation de professionnel de la langue, il s’en faut de très loin.
Non plus, aucun enseignement des langues ou de la traduction, n’intègre de formation technique du niveau
ingénieur voire, tout simplement, technicien, il s’en faut d’encore plus loin.

Le même schéma contradictoire se révèle dans la dichotomie entre la langue de départ, langue source, et
celle d’arrivée, langue cible. S’il y a trente ans, on se livrait à l’exercice du “thème”, au sens scolaire, par
opposition à la “version”, si, donc, des traducteurs français traduisaient, en France, vers les langues étran-
gères, la profession a trouvé réponse aux critiques, parade aux avatars d’une production linguistique préci-
sément un peu “scolaire”, en recrutant des anglophones, germanophones, lusophones... “natifs”. La
démarche est honnête à condition qu’elle reste pertinente – en effet, si tel anglophone n’a pas une totale
maîtrise de la langue d’un texte technico-philosophico-politico-jargono-publicitaire français, il écrira dans
un bon anglais une prose qui ne traduit pas le contenu original : traduttore, traditore...

Il en va ainsi de la langue comme de la technique : comment bien traduire, sans parfaitement comprendre ?
comment bien transcrire dans la langue cible (sa langue maternelle a priori), sans être absolument rompu
aux subtilités de la langue source ? - c’est de maîtrise totale de la version qu’il s’agit.

Le fort-en-thème de la traduction est probablement, avant tout, un fort-en-version. Cela posé, encore faut-il
être, tout simplement, bon rédacteur, bon écrivain dans sa propre langue. En traduction technique, il faut
être technicien (bien au delà de quelques connaissances en vocabulaire spécialisé), ET traducteur (avec une
vraie formation en langueS, en méthodes, en syntaxe, en linguistique comparée et en tout ce dont est faite
la démarche de traduction), ET bénéficier, en outre, d’une culture profondément mixte dans deux langues
(nous ne dirons pas “bilingue”, tant cet épithète est vide de sens : les traducteurs professionnels ne se préten-
dent JAMAIS bilingues, contrairement aux secrétaires). C’est Pic de le Mirandole qu’on cherche, recyclé,
par ailleurs, à l’utilisation sans faille des outils modernes d’édition.

Thème ou version ? - disons simplement que ce qui est thème pour l’un sera version pour l’autre, mais qu’un
individu isolé ne peut prétendre travailler qu’en version. Une équipe structurée, avec des ingénieurs connais-
sant bien les langues, doublés de traducteurs connaissant bien les techniques, avec des natifs des langues
sources et cibles revendiquées, se contrôlant par croisements mutuels des relectures et se conseillant récipro-
quement en cours de travail, avec, aussi, une bonne expérience de la chose imprimée et de la communica-
tion, pourra rendre de grands services. E.B.

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SPECIALIZED TRANSLATION:
TECHNOLOGIES, SCIENCES, LEGAL & FINANCIAL MATTERS

In this discipline which calls for both translating and technical or specialized skills, there is no question of
being able to translate without understanding. Technical understanding is an absolute prerequisite, and a
sound training in the field is a boon. In this respect, the engineer is in a position of strength. Yet a text
remains a text and ferreting out its subtleties, imprecision, detours and contours relies on language skills,
and this aspect gives pride of place to the linguist or language craftsman.

Here lies the contradiction, for few people are trained as both engineers and linguists. No technical instruc-
tion includes training as a professional in language skills - far from it.
Nor does any language or translation teaching encompass technical training to engineer or, even, basically,
to technician level - even further from it, to coin a phrase.

A similar contradiction is to be found in the dichotomy between the source language and the target language.
Some 30 years ago, we readily tackled “prose” - in the scholarly sense of translation into a foreign language,
as opposed to “unseens” (translation into our native tongue). This means that French translators in France
translated into foreign languages. The profession then found an answer to its critics and a guard against the
pitfalls of its linguistic output that tended to be somewhat schoolboyish, or schoolgirlish, by recruiting
“native” English-speakers, German-speakers, Portuguese-speakers and so on. This is a laudable approach,
provided that it actually serves some purpose. Indeed, if an English-speaker who fails to fully comprehend
the wording of a French technical-cum-philosophical-cum-political-cum-jargonized-cum-advertising text
(which may well echo with hollow verbosity), the English he writes will not translate the true original
meaning, hence: traduttore, traditore (translator, traitor).

The same problem applies to both translation and technical knowledge: how can we satisfactorily translate
what we don’t fully understand? How can we transliterate a text into the target language (which will,
normally speaking, be our native tongue) unless we are perfectly in command of the subtleties of the source
language?

Good translators are therefore probably, first and foremost, good translators into their own language. That
being said, they must also simply be good writers. For the purposes of technical translation, we must be
technicians (which means a good deal more than being acquainted with a few technical terms) AND trans-
lators (with genuine training in languageS, methods, syntax, compared linguistics and everything else that
is involved in the process of translation), AS WELL as benefiting from a thoroughly integrated cultural
background in two languages. (We will avoid using the epithet “bilingual” which is meaningless and cannot
really be said of anyone: professional translators NEVER claim to be bilingual, unlike secretaries). What
we’re looking for is a Pico della Mirandola who has been recycled to emerge as an expert user of contem-
porary publishing tools.

Prose or unseen? Let’s just say that one man’s prose is another man’s unseen. But no individual can claim
to translate into his or her native language without help from anyone else. What is really called for is a struc-
tured team consisting of engineers with good linguistic knowledge plus translators with good technical
knowledge, including native speakers of the required source and target languages, who cross-check each
others’ work and pool their expertise during the translation process. They should also have sound experience
of the printed word and the art of communication. E.S.B.

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français -
anglais –
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à ailes larges = broad-flanged
à air comprimé = air-operated
à air comprimé = air-powered
à air conditionné = air-conditioned
à angle arrondi = bullnose
à angle droit par rapport à = at right angles to
à arête vive = square edge
à assise réglée = irregular coursed work
à bain d’huile = oil-immersed
à battants = hinged
à bord tombé = flanged
à bossage rustique = pitch faced rustication
à bras = hand operated
à cadre aux deux parements = double measure
à cadre sur un parement = single measure
à cellules fermées = closed cell
à cellules ouvertes = open cell
à chenille = track laying
à chevauchement = lapped, overlapped, overlapping
à ciel ouvert = open
à claire-voie = open work
à commande manuelle = hand-operated
à conducteur à pied = pedestrian-controlled
à contre fil = against the grain, cross-grained
à couches larges = coarse-grown, fast-grown, open-
grown, wide-ringed
à couches minces = close-grown, close-ringed, fine-
ringed, fine-grown, narrow ringed, slow-grown
à courants croisés = cross flow
à crans = indented
à cru = directly on the ground
à déclenchement rapide = quick-release
à déclic = snap-action
à dessin = patterned
à deux combustibles = dual-burning
à deux composants = two-pack, two-part
à deux lectures = double range
à développante = involute
à double action = double active
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à double courbure = circle-on-circle, circular-circular
à double feuillure = twice rebated
à double usage = dual-purpose
à double vitrage = double glazed
à échelle réduite = scale, scaled down
à entablure = trabeated
à faible pente = low pitched
à fermeture automatique = self-closing
à feuillure = rabbeted, rebated
à fleur de = flush, level with, flush with
à forte intensité énergétique = energy-intensive
à forte pente = steep
à gauche = left-hand
à glace = framed square
à glacis = sloped, weathered
à gradins = stepped
à grain grossier = coarse-grained, open-grained
à grand cadre = double measure
à granulométrie étalée = close graded
à granulométrie fermée = close graded
à granulométrie ouverte = open graded
à granulométrie pleine = close graded
à granulométrie serrée = open graded
à hauteur d’appui = breast high, elvbow high, sill high
à hauteur des yeux = at eye-level
à joint tiré au fer baguette = flat-joint jointed
à jour = open, openwork, pierced, pierced work
à l’échelle réelle = full scale
à l’abri des intempéries = protected from the weather
à l’aplomb de = plumb with, plumb withing
à l’épreuve des fausses manœuvres = foolproof
à l’épreuve des fausses manœuvres = foolproofed
à l’épreuve des intempéries = weatherproof
à l’épreuve du feu = fireproof
à l’étage = upstairs
à liaison (couverture en ardoise) = joint
à liaison à sec (maçonnerie) = laid dry
à main = hand-operated
à main courante = hand-operated
à manœuvre électrique = electrically operated
à moulures aux deux parements = double measure
à moulures sur un parement = single measure
à nid d’abeille = honeycomb
à niveau = at grade, grade, at
à ossature en béton armé = concrete-framed
à pan de bois = timber-framed, wood-framed
à passage intégral = full flow abat-jour - m = Lamp shade
à peindre = unprimed abat-jour (architecture) - m = splay
à petit cadre = double measure abat-son - m = lever boards, louvre boards, luffer
à petite allure = low, slow boards
à pied d’œuvre = in the field abattage - m = cutting
à pied d’œuvre = on site, site (on…), stockpiled on the abattage - m = winning
site abattant (WC) - m = toilet lid
à plan libre = open-plan abattant - m = flap, hinged leaf, trapdoor
à plat joint = square abattant anti-contact - m = open-front seat
à plat joint = square-edged abattant double - m = toilet seat and lid
à plusieurs étages = multistorey abattant simple - m = toilet seat
à poutres et poteaux = post-and beam, post-and beam abattre = knock down (to), pull down (to)
type, trabeated
abattre à l’explosif = blast, to
à pureau décroissant = in diminishing courses
abattre la poussière = lay the dust (to)
à pureau décroissant = in graduated courses
abattre l’angle = break the edge (to), cant (to)
à quatre sciages = sawn on four sides
abattre l’arête = break the edge (to), cant (to), chamfer
à rainure et languette en grain d’orge = matched with off (to)
a V-edge
abattu = canted
à ras de = flush with, level with
abat-vent - m = cowl, lever boards, louvre boards,
à réarmement automatique = self-reset luffer boards
à recouvrement = overlapping abat-voix - m = sound board
à redan(s) = stepped abat-voix - m = sounding board
à redan(s) (toiture) = crowfooted
abbaye - f = abbey, abbey church
à redent(s) = stepped
abbédo = abbedo
à redent(s) (toiture) = crowfooted
abée - f = mouth of a mill
à refus = refusal, to
abiès - m = fir
à ressaut = stepped
aborner = mark out, to
à sécurité intégrée = fail-safe, failsafe
abouchement - m = butt joining
à sécurité positive = fail-safe, failsafe
aboucher des tuyaux = butt pipes, to
à simple effet = single acting
aboucher les tuyaux = join, to
à six pans = hexagonal
about - m = butt-end
à soufflage direct (clim.) = free flow, free-flow
about (de faîtage) - m = ridge end
à sûreté intégrée = failsafe
about (faîtière) - m = stop end
à surface libre (canalisation, réservoir) = open (but
may be covered) aboutage - m = butt joining, butting
à tête noyée = flat countersunk abouté = headed
à tête perdue = flush aboutement - m = abutment, butt joining, butting
à treillis = trussed abouter = butt, to
à une face lisse (bois) = smooth on one side abouter = join end to end, to
à vide = no-load aboutissant - m = abuttal
à vis = screw-on, screwed on abrasif - m = abrasive
à vive arête = square-edge abrasion - f = abrasion
abaissement - m = subsidence, subsidence of ground abri - m = shelter
abaque - m = chart abri (de chantier) - m = site hut
abaque (architecture) - m = abacus abri anti-cyclone - m = cyclone cellar
abaque (design) - m = calculation chart abri d’auto - m = carport
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abrité (matériel, machine, etc.) = Drip proof
abrivent - m = matting
abrivent - m = windbreak
absidal = apsidal
abside - f = apse
abside en demi-cercle - f = semicircular apse
abside latérale - f = side apse
abside outrepassée - f = horseshoe apse
abside tréflée - f = trefoil apse
abside voûtée cul-de-four - f = semi-domical apse
absidiole - f = apsidal chapel, apsidiole
absorbant - m = absorbent
absorber une force = take up a force, to
absorbeur - m = absorber
absorbeur - m = absorber panel, absorbing plate, col-
lector panel, collector plate
absorption - f = apsorption
absorption acoustique - f = sound absorption
absorption capillaire - f = capillary absorption
absorption nette - f = net absorption
absorption par le sol - f = soil absorption
absorptivité - f = absorptive power
absorptivité - f = absorptivity
abuté = butted-up
abuter = butt, to
AC (amiante ciment) - m = asbestos-cement
acajou - m = mahogany
acajou sapelli - m = sapele mahogany
accélérateur - m = accelerating admixture, accele-
rating agent, accelerator
accélérateur de durcissement - m = hardening agent
accélérateur de prise - m = accelerating agent, acce-
lerator, setting agent
accélérateur de tirage - m = draught inducer
accélérateur du chauffage central - m = circulating
pump
accéléromètre - m = accelerometer
accès - m = access
accès - m = approach
accès aux issues - m = access to exits
accès direct - m = direct access
accessoire - m = accessory
accessoire (d’engin de terrassement) - m = attach-
ment (of digging machine)
accessoire antidéflagrant - m = explosion-proof
fixture
accessoires - m = appurtenances, attachments
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accident de parcours - m = deviation from straight
line of pipe
accident de terrain - m = irregularity, unevenness in
level of ground
accident du terrain - m = terrain feature
accidents horizontaux sur façade - m = horizontal
features
accoinçon - m = hip rafter
accolade (décor) - f = accolade
accolure - f = wythe
accommodation - f = shakedown
accorer = prop up (to), stay (to)
accotement - m = shoulder, verge
accotement non stabilisé - m = soft verge
accoudoir - m = rail of window, window rail
accouplé (colonnes) = geminated
accouplé (colonnes, fenêtres) = coupled
accouplement à douille - m = sleeve coupling
accouplement articulé - m = flexible coupling
accrochage - m = bond
accrochage de peinture - m = bond
accrochage mécanique - m = mechanical bond
accroissement par alluvionnement - m = accretion
acculement - m = rising of floor timbers
accumulateur - m = accumulator
accumulateur de compresseur - m = air receiver
accumulateur d’eau chaude - m = hot-water tank
accumulateur hydraulique - m = hydraulic accumu-
lator
accumulateur thermique - m = heat store
accumulation (chauffage) - f = storage
accumulation d’eau chaude - f = hot water storage
accumulation sur lit de galets - f = pebble-bed
storage
acétate - m = acetate
acétate de polyvinyle - m = polyvinyl acetate
acheminement - m = routing
achèvement - m = completion
achèvement des travaux - m = completion of the pro-
ject
achèvement du gros œuvre - m = topping out
aciculaire = acicular, needle-shaped
acide carbonique - m = carbon dioxide
acier - m = steel
acier à brides - m = flange steel
acier à haute élasticité (HE) - m = high-yield steel
acier à haute résistance - m = high strength steel, high
tensile steel, high tensile strength steel, special high
quality steel
acier à l’aluminium - m = aluminum steel
acier à rivet - m = rivet steel
acier allié - m = alloy steel
acier allié de construction - m = alloy structural steel
acier au carbone - m = carbon steel
acier au cuivre - m = copper bearing steel
acier au tungstène - m = tungsten steel
acier bronzé - m = blued steel
acier collaborant au plancher - m = built in floor
steel slats
acier commercial - m = ordinary structural steel
acier cuivré - m = copper-clad steel
acier d’armature - m = reinforcing steel
acier de bordage - m = flange steel
acier de cémentation - m = blister steel
acier de charpente - m = structural steel
acier de charpente non classifié - m = unidentified
structural steel
acier de construction - m = structural steel
acier de construction non identifié - m = unidentified
structural steel
acier de couture - m = continuity rod
acier de couture - m = tie bar
acier de haute résistance - m = high strength steel,
high tensile steel, high tensile strength steel
acier de précontrainte - m = prestressing bar, pres-
tressing wire, tendon
acier de tension - m = tendon
acier doux (ADX) - m = mild steel
acier émaillé - m = enamelled steel
acier embouti - m = pressed steel
acier en attente - m = projecting reinforcement, starter
bar, stub bar
acier en béton - m = reinforcing steel
acier étiré à froid - m = cold draw steel
acier fondu au creuset - m = crucible steel
acier forgé - m = forged steel
acier formé au laminoir - m = rolled steel
acier inoxydable - m = stainless steel
acier laminé - m = hot rolled mild steel, rolled steel
acier laminé à chaud - m = hot-rolled steel
acier laminé à froid - m = cold rolled steel
acier lisse - m = plain tendon
acier Martin - m = open hearth steel
acier moulé - m = cast steel
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acier non allié - m = nonalloy steel
acier non identifié - m = unidentified steel
acier patinable - m = weathering steel
acier plié à froid - m = cold formed steel
acier plombé étamé - m = terne plate
acier pour charpente métallique - m = structural
steel
acier prérevêtu d’étain plomb - m = terne plate
acier profilé - m = rolled shape
acier profilé - m = rolled steel section, steel section,
structural shape, shear steel
acier rapide - m = high speed steel
acier recuit - m = annealed steel
acier revêtu d’étain plomb - m = terne plate
acier rond - m = reinforcing bar, round reinforced bar
acier rond pour béton armé - m = reinforcing steel
acier soudé - m = wrought steel
acier spécial - m = alloy steel
acier sur sole - m = open hearth steel
acier Thomas - m = basic steel
acier tiré - m = rolled steel
acier trempé - m = hardened steel
acier usiné - m = milled steel
aciérage - m = case-hardening
aciers (béton) - m = reinforcement
aciers actifs - m = active reinforcement
aciers de couture - m = continuity reinforcement
aciers de couture - m = continuity rods tie bars,
aciers de répartition - m = distribution bars, distribu-
tion reinforcement, distribution steel
aciers en attente - m = projecting reinforcement
aciers passifs - m = passive reinforcement
aciers transversaux - m = binders, ties
à-coup - m = jerk, jolt
à-coup de pression - m = pressure surge
acoustique = acoustic, acoustical
acoustique - f = acoustics
acrotère - m = acroter, acroterium, acroterion, parapet
wall
actinomètre - m = actinometer
action de serrage - f = clamping action
actionneur - m = actuator
activé = activated
adaptateur - m = adaptator
adaptation - f = adaptation, backfitting, fitting
additif - m = additive, adjuvant, admixture, agent
additif d’occlusion d’air - m = air entraining admix-
ture
additif fluidifiant - m = plasticizer
additif hydrofuge - m = waterproofing additive
additif-antimousse - m = defoamer
addition - f = admixture
adduction - f = water-conveyance
adduction d’eau - f = piped water supply, water
supply
adduction gravitaire - f = gravity supply
adent - m = joggle, key, key joint
adhérence - f = adhesion, adhesive strength, bond,
bond strength, grip
adhérence des armatures - f = reinforcement bond
adhésif - m = adhesive
adhésif par contact - m = contact-bond adhesive
adhésif par contact - m = dry-bond adhesive
adhésion - f = adhesion
adhésivité - f = tackiness
adjuvant - m = additive, adjuvant, admixture, agent
adjuvant antigel - m = antifrost agent
adjuvant de filtration - m = filter aid
adjuvant du béton - m = concrete admixture
adjuvant pour injection - m = grouting admixture
admissible = admixture
admission - f = intake
admission d’air - f = air inlet
admission d’air - f = air intake
admission et extraction - f = supply and exhaust
adobe - f = adobe
adobe - m = adobe, adobe construction
adossé = addorsed
adossé = adorsed
adouci (arête) = bullnosed
adouci (eau) = softened
adoucir (eau) = soften, to
adoucir un angle = smooth off, to
adoucir une courbe = ease, to
adoucisseur d’eau - m = water softener
adx (acier doux) - m = mild steel
AEMA (Association américaine des Manufacturiers
d’Émulsion de Bitume) - f = AEMA (Asphalt
Emulsion Manufacturers’ Association)
AEP (alimentation en eau potable) - f = drinking
water supply
aérateur - m = ventilator
aérateur à lames - m = louver, louvered vent
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aérateur brise-jet - m = aerator fitting
aérateur de toiture - m = roof ventilator
aérateur exutoire - m = smoke and heat vent
aérateur statique (toit) - m = outlet ventilator
aération - f = aeration, airing, ventilating, ventilation,
venting
aération naturelle - f = natural through ventilation
aération par barbotage - f = bubble aeration
aération transversale - f = cross ventilation
aération transversale naturelle - f = cross ventilation
aérien = overhead
aérocâble - m = blocking, cable-crane, cableway
aéro-éjecteur - m = air displacement pump, air
ejector, compressed air ejector
aérogénérateur - m = wind-driven generator
aéroréfrigérant = cooling tower
aérotherme - m = air heater, forced warm-air furnace,
forced-air heater, heater
aérotherme à chauffage direct - m = direct-fired air
heater
aéroturbine - f = wind turbine
affaiblissement - m = weakening
affaiblissement sonore - m = sound reduction (UK)
affaiblissement sonore - m = sound transmission loss
(US)
affaissement - m = cave-in, ground subsidence, sag-
ging, settlement, slump, subsidence, subsidence of
ground, yield
affaissement (béton) - m = settling
affaissement (sol) - m = collapse
affaissement de terrain - m = ground subsidence,
subsidence, subsidence of ground
affaissement du béton - m = slump, of concrete
affaissement du sol - m = settlement of the soil
affectation des sols - f = allotment of land
affectation d’un bâtiment - f = occupancy, use of a
building
affectations multiples - f = multiple occupancy
affiler = sharpen, to
affiloir - m = sharpener
affinerie - f = fining works
affleuré = flush, level with, shimed up
affleurement - m = levelling
affleurement rocheux - m = outcrop
affleurer = level, to
affleurer = make flush,to
affouillement - m = caving, scouring, scouring by
water, undermining, underwashing
affranchir (un bord) = crop, to
affranchir une arête = trim an edge, to
affranchir une barre = crop a bar, to
affranchir une barre = cut off an end, to
affronter des panneaux = join edge to edge, to
affût - m = stand
affûtage - m = grinding
affûtage - m = sharpening
affûtage - m = sharpening of tool
affûteuse - f = grinder
affûteuse - f = grinding machine
affûteuse - f = sharpener
agencement - m = arrangement, fittings, layout
agencement de magasin - m = shopfitting
agencement intérieur - m = fitting-out, outfitting
agencement paysagé - m = open-space planning
agent - m = agent
agent aérateur - m = air entraining agent, air
entraining compound
agent antipeaux - m = anti-skinning agent
agent caloporteur - m = heat carrier
agent chimique de traitement - m = treatment che-
mical
agent de blanchiment - m = bleaching agent
agent de décoffrage - m = form release agent, parting
agent, parting compound, release agent, stripping
agent
agent de démoulage - m = release agent, stripping
agent
agent de gonflement - m = swelling agent
agent de matité - m = flatting agent
agent d’entraînement d’air - m = air entraining agent
agent d’entraînement d’air - m = air entraining com-
pound
agent émulsifiant - m = emulsifier, emulsifying agent
agent émulsionnant - m = emulsifier
agent expansif - m = expansive agent
agent frigorigène - m = coolant
agent hydrofuge - m = water repellent
agent inhibiteur de corrosion - m = corrosion inhi-
bitor
agent matant - m = flatting agent
agent mouillant - m = wetting agent
agent moussant - m = foaming agent
agent stabilisant - m = stabiliser
agglomérant - m = binder
agglomérat - m = agglomerate, conglomerate
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agglomération (charbon) - f = briquetting
aggloméré - m = artificial stone, building block,
building unit, cinder block, concrete block, conglom-
erate, fibreboard
aggloméré de béton - m = precast concrete block
aggloméré de bois - m = chipboard
aggloméré en béton - m = panel-type concrete unit
aggloméré en béton - m = precast concrete block
agitateur - m = agitator, mixer, stirrer
agitation (mélange) - f = mixing, stirring
agiter = mix, to
agiter = stir, to
agrafe - f = clasp, clip, cramp, dog, fastener, masonry
tie, metal cramp, staple, wall tie
agrafe (pour plomb ou zinc) = welt
agrafe à brique - f = brick tie
agrafe en double queue d’aronde - f = double dove-
tail masonry tie
agrafe filetée - f = U-bolt
agrafe ondulée - f = corrugated joint fastener
agrafe-H - f = H-clip
agrafeuse - f = staple gun, stapler
agrafeuse cloueuse marteau - f = hammer tacker
agrafure - f = lock joint, lock seam, seam, welt
agrafure plate (couverture) - f = flat seam
agrafure simple - f = horsed joint
agrafure simple - f = saddle joint
agrandissement - m = adapter, addition, extension
agrégat - m = aggregate, soil aggregate, fine aggre-
gate, soil mixture
agregat grossier - m = coarse aggregate
agregat tout-venant - m = all-in aggregate
agrégats enrobés - m = mixed macadam
agréments - m = amenities
aide-ingénieur - m = engineer aide
aide-maçon - m = hodman
aide-mémoire technique - m = engineering manual
aigrette - f = brush discharge
aiguille - f = ceiling strut, king bolt, king post, king
rod, needle, pointer, spire
aiguille de terrain - f = draw wire
aiguille pendante latérale - f = queen post
aiguille vibrante - f = vibrating needle, vibrating
poker, vibration needle
aiguille-poinçon - f = queen bolt
aile - f = flange, leg, wing
aile à épaisseur variable - f = sloping flange
aile de cornière - f = cleat leg aisselle de voûte - f = haunch
aile de turbine - f = blade aissette - f = adze
aile d’un bâtiment - f = wing ajouré - m = open work, pierced work
aile en retour - f = el (US), ell (US), return wing (UK) ajustage - m = fit
ailetage - m = fins ajustage - m = fitting
ailette de radiateur - f = fin ajustage à sphère - m = ball nozzle
air comburant - m = combustion air ajustement - m = adjustement, fit, fitting
air comprimé - m = compressed air ajusteur - m = fitter
air d’aspiration - m = suction air ajusteur-mécanicien - m = fitter
air de reprise - m = return air ajutage - m = nozzle
air entraîné - m = entrained air alaise (charpente) - f = eke piece, eking
air évacué - m = exhaust air alaise (charpente) - f = eking piece
air expulsé - m = exhaust air, expelled air alaise de porte plane - f = banding, edging strip,
air extrait - m = exhaust air lipping
air frais - m = fresh air alaise embrevée - f = concealed edge band, inset edge
band
air intérieur - m = room air
alaise rapportée - f = lipping
air neuf - m = fresh air
alarme - f = alarm
air normal - m = standard air
alarme antieffraction - f = intruder alarm
air occlus - m = entrapped air
alarme contre le vol - f = burglar alarm
air pulsé - m = forced air
alarme d’évacuation d’urgence - f = fire alarm
air rejeté - m = exit air
alarme sonore - f = audible alarm
air vicié - m = foul air
albâtre - m = alabaster
air vicié - m = stale air
alcalin - m = alkaline
aire - f = area
aire bétonnée - f = concrete apron, hard-surfaced area, alcool à brûler - m = meths, methylated spirit
hardstand, hardstanding alcool dénaturé - m = meths, methylated spirit
aire brute - f = gross area alcôve - f = alcove
aire commune - f = common area aléatoire - m = random
aire d’agrément - f = amenity area alêne - f = awl
aire de bâtiment - f = area of building alésage - m = bore, boring
aire de coulage - f = casting bed aléser = bore, to
aire de jeux - f = play area (UK) aléseuse - f = boring machine, drilling machine
aire de jeux - f = play lot (US) alésoir - m = reamer
aire de plancher - f = floor area alette - f = alette
aire de stationnement de véhicules - f = parking area algicible = algicidal
aire de tige non-filetée - f = unthreaded shank area algicide - m = algicible
aire de toit - f = roof area alidade - f = alidade
aire en dur - f = hard-surfaced area, hardstand alidade à pinnules - f = sight rule
aire nette - f = net area alignement - m = alignment, base line, frontage, line
aire nette d’une pièce - f = net room area alignement de niveau - m = line and grade
aisceau - m = adze alignement de voirie - m = street line
aissante - f = wooden tile alignement des fondations - m = neat line
aisseau - m = wooden tile alignement des fondations - m = net line
aisselier - m = angle brace alignement d’un mur - m = wall line
aisselier courbe - m = arch brace, (roof structure) alignement d’une construction - m = building line
aisselier suspendu - m = suspension strut alimentateur d’agrégats - m = aggregate feeder

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alimentateur doseur - m = aggregate feeder
alimentation - f = feed, supply, supply of current
alimentation de chaudière - f = boiler feed
alimentation en charge - f = gravity supply
alimentation en courant - f = supply of current
alimentation en eau - f = water supply
alimentation en eau potable (AEP) - f = drinking
water supply
alimentation par gravité - f = gravity feed, gravity
supply
alimentation par le dessus - f = over-the-rim supply
alimenter = energize, to
allée - f = drive, driveway, garden path, lane, walk
allée dallée - f = paved path
allée gravelée - f = gravel walk
allée pour voiture - f = drive (UK), driveway (US)
allège - f = apron, brest wall of window, sill, stool
allège de façade rideau - f = spandrel
allège sous fenêtre - f = breast
allège sous fenêtre - f = breast wall
allègement de la charge - m = removal of load
allégement des cintres - m = easing centres
alléger une poutre = ease a beam, to
aller (d’un circuit) - m = flow pipe, supply
aller et retour (plomberie) - m = feed and return
alliage - m = alloy
alliage à base d’aluminium - m = aluminum alloy
alliage d’acier - m = alloy steel, steel alloy
alliage d’aluminium - m = aluminum alloy
allochtone = allochthonous
allongement - m = strain, stretch
allongement de fluage - m = creep strain
allongement pour cent - m = percentage elongation
allumer (s’) = ignite, to
allure de chauffe - f = heat setting
allure de ventilateur - f = rate, speed
allure poussée - f = boost
allure poussée - f = maximum operation, maximum
run
allure, (marchant à petite) - f = on low
alluvial = alluvial
alluvionnaire = alluvial
alluvionnement - m = alluviation
alluvions - f = alluvia
altération - f = blemish
alternateur - m = A.C. generator, alternating current
generator, alternator
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alterner les joints = break joints, to
alumine - f = alumina
alumine activée - f = activated alumina
aluminium - m = aluminium (UK), aluminum (US)
aluminium filé - m = extruded aluminium
alvéolaire = honeycomb (ed)
alvéolé = honeycomb (ed)
alvéole - f = core, void
amaigrir = thin out, to
amaigrir (poutre, pierre) = reduce, to
amaigrir (poutre, pierre) = thin down, to
amarre de retenue - f = guy
amas d’oléorésine - m = massed pitch
ambiant = ambiant
ambon - m = ambo
âme - f = core, stalk, web
âme cloisonnée (panneau) - f = hollow core, skeleton
core
âme de poutre - f = web
âme de T - f = stem, stem of tee
âme d’un cable - f = core
âme d’une poutre - f = web
âme en treillis - f = lattice web, open web
âme évidée - f = castelleted web
âme pleine - f = solid web
âme triangulée - f = open web
amélioration de l’habitat - f = home improvement
amélioration des taudis - f = slum improvement
améliorations locatives - f = tenant’s improvements
and betterments
aménagement - m = development, installation
aménagement des combles - m = loft conversion
aménagement des territoires - m = area planning
aménagement dispersé - m = scattered development
aménagement du terrain - m = arrangement of the
site, development of land, land development, site devel-
opment, site work
aménagement du territoire - m = country planning
aménagement groupé - m = cluster development,
compact development, compact settlement
aménagement intérieur - m = arrangement, disposi-
tion, fitting out, internal arrangement
aménagement paysagé - m = open space planning
aménagement régional - m = regional planning
aménagements - m = amenities
aménagements collectifs - m = community facilities
aménager la pente = grade, to
amendement - m = improvement (of soil)
amendement humifère - m = organic manure
amendement oganique - m = organic manure
amenée d’air - f = air admission, air inlet
amenée d’eau - f = feed pipe, supply pipe, water inlet
amenée d’air - f = intake
amenée de courant - f = lead
amenée d’eau - f = water supply
amener à pied d’œuvre = bring to the building site, to
ameublement - m = furnishing, furniture
ameublement intégré - m = built in furniture
ameublir la terre = loosen, to
ameublissement - m = loosening
amiante - m = asbestos
amiante ciment (AC) - m = asbestos-cement
amiante-ciment en feuille - m = asbestos cement
sheeting
amincissement - m = feathering
amorce - f = pap
amorce (coffrage) - f = starter frame
amorce de crique - f = incipient crack
amorce de rupture - f = starting fracture
amorce de rupture (pierre) - f = cutting groove, inci-
pient failure
amorce de tuyau de descente - f = pap
amorce fulminante - f = blasting cap
amortir = damp, to
amortir (bruit) = damp, to
amortir (bruit) = dampen, to
amortissement - m = amortisement (UK), amortize-
ment (US)
amortissement (choc) - m = damping
amortissement acoustique - m = sound damping
amortissement décoratif - m = terminal
amortissement du bruit - m = deadening
amortisseur - m = buffer, damper, dashpot, shock
absorber
amortisseur de vibrations - m = vibration damper
amortisseur hydraulique - m = hydraulic buffer
amovible = relocatable, removable
ampèremètre - m = ammeter
amphithéâtre - m = amphiteater (US), amphitheatre
(UK)
amplitude d’une sollicitation alternée - f = alterna-
ting stress amplitude
ampoule - f = bulb, lamp, lamp bulb, light, light bulb
ampoule dépolie - f = frosted bulb
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ampoule insectifuge - f = bug bulb
ampoule opale - f = opale lamp (US)
ampoule opale - f = pearl bulb (UK)
analogie du tas de sable - f = sand heap analogy
analyse de projet - f = project evaluation
analyse de sol - f = soil testing
analyse dimensionnelle - f = dimensional analysis
analyse dispersoïdale - f = dispersional analysis
analyse granulométrique - f = dispersional analysis
analyse granulométrique - f = grain size analysis,
particle analysis, particle size analysis
analyse sédimentométrique - f = sedimentation ana-
lysis
anas de lin - m = flax shives
ancon - m = ancon, ancone
ancrage - m = anchor, anchorage, anchoring
ancrage mécanique - m = mechanical anchor
ancrage mobile d’appui - m = movable anchorage of
bearing
ancrage mort - m = dead anchor block, dead
anchorage, dead man
ancrage par serrage - m = grip anchorage
ancre - f = anchor, fauton
ancre à fourchette - f = forked tie
ancre de mur - f = wall tie
ancre de tête (poutre) - f = beam anchor
ancre en forme de S - f = S anchor, S plate
ancre en forme de X - f = X anchor, X plate
ancre métallique - f = metal anchor
ancrer = anchor, to
anéchoïque = anechoic
anémographe - m = anemograph
anémomètre - m = anenometer, wind gauge
anémomètre à coquilles et compteur - m = cup
counter wind gauge
angla de pente - m = angle of slope
angle - m = angle, corner
angle abattu - m = canted angle, cut corner
angle aigu - m = acute angle
angle d’attaque - m = cutting angle
angle d’attaque de la lame - m = blade pitch
angle d’éboulement - m = angle of repose, angle of
rest
angle de champ - m = field angle
angle de cisaillement - m = shear angle
angle de coupe (engin de terrassement) - m = blade
pitch, mouldboard pitch
angle de déclivité - m = angle of slope, pitch, slant,
slope
angle de frottement de la base - m = angle of base
friction
angle de frottement interne - m = angle of internal
friction
angle de glissement - m = angle of slide, angle of slip
angle de mur - m = quoin, break
angle de pénétration - m = blade pitch, mouldboard
pitch
angle de répartition des charges - m = angle of load
distribution
angle de repos - m = angle of repose
angle de résistance au cisaillement - m = angle of
shearing resistance
angle de talus - m = angle of repose, angle of slope
angle de talus naturel - m = angle of natural slope,
angle of repose
angle de talus naturel des terres - m = angle of
repose
angle d’éboulement - m = angle of slide
angle d’entaille - m = angle of notch, notch angle
angle d’incidence - m = incident angle
angle d’inclinaison - m = angle of slope
angle d’ouverture - m = included angle
angle droit - m = right angle
angle du biais - m = angle of skew
angle du biais d’un pont - m = angle of skew of a
bridge
angle obtus - m = obtuse angle
angle rentrant - m = internal angle, re-entrant corner,
reentrant angle
angle saillant - m = salient angle
angle stadimétrique - m = stadia angle
angle vif - m = sharp angle
angledozer - m = angledozer
anglet - m = channel joint
anglet - m = V channel
anhydre = oven-dry
anhydride carbonique - m = carbon dioxide
anhydrite - f = anhydrite
animation - f = achitectural effect
animation - f = pattern
anisotrope = anisotropic
anneau - m = ring
anneau brisé - m = split ring, split washer
anneau de fissuration - m = cracking ring
anneau de levage - m = lifting hook
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anneau de levage d’élément de plancher - m = lifting
hook in floor
anneau de levage d’élément de plancher - m = loop
hook in floor panel
anneau de levage d’élément mural - m = lifting hook
in wall unit, loop hook in wall unit
anneau de puits - m = shaft ring
anneau de puits préfabriqué - m = precast shaft ring
anneau dynamométrique - m = proving ring (of pen-
etrometer)
anneau fendu - m = split-ring connector
année hydrologique - f = annual run off, water year
année moyenne - f = average year, normal year
annelet - m = annulet
annexe - f = annexe
annexe (bâtiment...) - f = appendage, outbuilding
annexe (document, etc.) - f = attachment,enclosure
annexe(s) - f = ancillary works, appendant works
annonciateur de cabine - m = car annunciator
anodisé = anodised
anse de panier - f = three centered arch
antagoniste (couple) = opposing
antagoniste (force) = opposed
ante - f = anta, antae
ante - f = parastas
antéfixe - m = antefix
antenne - f = aerial, antenna, branch cicuit, local
office, spur
antenne commune - f = common aerial
antibélier - m = water hammer arrester
anti-bélier - m = desurger
antibois - m = chair rail
antichambre - f = anteroom
anticlinal = anticlinal, anticline
anticorrosif = anticorrosive, inhibitor
anti-coup de liquide = anti-surge
anti-coup de liquide - m = antisurge
anti-déflagrant = explosion proof
antidéflagrant - m = explosion proof, flame proof
antidérapant = non-skid, nonslip
antidétonant - m = cope
antieffraction - m = anti-theft device, burglar alarm,
security (device)
anti-évaporant - m = curing compound
anti-évaporant (béton) = curing membrane concrete
antifarinant = anti-chalking
antigel = anti-freeze
antigélif = frost-preventing
antigélif - m = frostproof
antimousse = anti-foaming, anti-frothing
antioxydant - m = antioxidant
antipeaux = anti-skinning
antique = ancient
antireflet = anti-reflection
antirefouleur - m = cowl
antirouille = antirust
antirouille = rust-inhibiting, rust preventive
antisiccatif = anti-drying
antisiccatif = antidryer
antitartre - m = boiler compound, scale preventive
antivide - m = back siphonage preventer, vacuum
breaker
aplanissage des rives - m = planing of edges
aplanissement - m = floating, screeding
aplanissoir - m = float
aplication - m = application
aplomb - m = plumb
aplomb - m = plumbline, plumbness
aplomber = plumb, to
apophyge - f = apophyge, hypophyge
apophyge inférieure - f = escape
apophyge inférieure de colonne - f = scape
appareil - m = appliance, bond, device
appareil à étaler et à niveler - m = screed
appareil à gaz - m = gas appliance
appareil à gaz immobilisé - m = fixed heater
appareil à gaz non raccordé - m = flueless gas
appliance
appareil à guniter - m = cement gun
appareil à joints croisés - m = running bond
appareil à ratière - m = rat trap bond, rattrap bond
appareil à trois allure de chauffe - m = three-heat
heater
appareil alterné - m = common bond
appareil alterné simple - m = English bond
appareil anglais - m = English bond
appareil anglais croisé - m = St Andrew’s cross bond
appareil antidéflagrant - m = explosion-proof fixture
appareil assisé - m = coursed masonry, coursed work,
random courses
appareil assisé en dalles - m = ragwork
appareil chevronné - m = herring-bone bond
appareil collecteur de poussière - m = dust collecting
system
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appareil d’éclairage - m = light fitting (UK), lumi-
naire (US)
appareil d’étalonnage - m = master instrument
appareil damier - m = stack bond
appareil d’appui - m = shoe
appareil d’appui mobile - m = expansion bearing
appareil de boutisses - m = heading bond, heading
course
appareil de boutisses sur le can - m = rowlock bond
appareil de briques posées de chant - m = rowlock
bond
appareil de chauffage - m = heater, heating appliance
appareil de chauffage ambiant - m = air heater
appareil de chauffage mobile - m = portable free-
standing heater
appareil de cheminée - m = chimney bond
appareil de comptage - m = meter
appareil de coupure - m = break witch
appareil de dent de chien - m = clip bond
appareil de forage - m = drill, drill ring
appareil de levage - m = hoist, hoisting tackle, lift,
lifting appliance, lifting tackle
appareil de levage mobile - m = traveling boist
appareil de lutte contre l’incendie - m = firefighting
equipment
appareil de manutention - m = handling equipment
appareil de mesure - m = meter
appareil de mur de jardin - m = garden wall bond
appareil de parement - m = facing bond
appareil de plomberie - m = plumbing fixture
appareil de production d’eau chaude - m = water
heater
appareil de sondage - m = drill ring
appareil de télémesure - m = remote meter
appareil en arêtes de poisson - m = herringbone bond
appareil en besace - m = in-and-out-bond, quoin
bonding
appareil en circuit étanche - m = room-sealed
appliance
appareil en damier - m = stack bond
appareil en damier - m = stacked bond
appareil en damier mixte - m = checkerwork (US),
chequerwork (UK)
appareil en épi - m = herringbone bond, herringbone
work, opus spicatum, zigzag bond
appareil en moellons smillés - m = coursed rubble
appareil en panneresses - m = running bond, stretcher
bond, stretching bond
appareil en panneresses à plat fendues en long - m
= split bond
appareil en panneresses sur champ - m = split bond
appareil encastré - m = built-in appliance
appareil fixé au plafond - m = ceiling fixture
appareil flamand - m = Flemish bond
appareil flamand modifié - m = mond bond
appareil harpé - m = in and out bond
appareil hollandais - m = Dutch bond
appareil hydraulique à emboîter les tuyaux - m
= hydraulic coupling puller
appareil irrégulier rectangle - m = broken ashlar,
random range ashlar, random work
appareil mixte en damier - m = checkerwork (US),
chequerwork (UK)
appareil non raccordé à une conduite d’évacua-
tion - m = unvented heater
appareil poseur de câbles - m = cable laying machine
appareil pour vibration profonde - m = spud vibrator
appareil raccordé - m = flued gas appliance
appareil rampant - m = raking bond
appareil régulier en damier - m = stack bond, ver-
tical bond
appareil réticulé - m = opus reticulatum, reticulated
work
appareil sanitaire - m = plumbing fixture, sanitary
appliance, sanitary fitting, sanitary fixture
appareil totalement equipé - m = packaged unit
appareil tout-venant - m = random work
appareillage - m = bonding, intrumentation
appareillage de commutation - m = switchgear
appareils ménagers - m = domestic appliances
appareils sanitaires - m = plumbing fixtures
appareils sanitaires - m = sanitary fittings, sanitary
fixtures
apparent = visible
apparent (maçonnerie) = exposed
appartement - m = apartment (US), flat (UK), walk-up
appartement en duplex - m = duplex apartment (US),
maisonnette (UK), two-story apartment
appartement mansardé - m = penthouse
appartement témoin - m = model apartment (US),
show flat (UK)
appartenances et dépendances - f = appurtenances
appel d’ air - m = suction
appentis - m = lean-to, pent, penthouse, pentice
appentis (construction) - m = appentice
appentis (toit) - m = half-span roof, monopitch roof
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appentis hors-toit - m = pent roof
application au pistolet - f = gun application, spraying
application au rouleau - f = roller coating
application au trempé - f = dipping
application de colle en cordons - f = continuous
gluing
application de colle en plots - f = spot gluing
application ponctuelle - f = spot application
applique - f = bracket-lamp, wall fitting, wall lamp,
wall light
applique murale - f = wall bracket
applique pour lampe - f = lamp bracket
appliquer = apply, to
appliquer à la truelle = slush, to
appliquer un couvre joint = bead, to
appliquer une baguette = bead, to
appoint - m = make-up, make-up water
appoint (d’) = auxiliary, stand-by
appoint d’énergie solaire (avec) = solar-assisted
appoint d’eau - m = make-up, make-up water
apport - m = dressing, gain, manure
apport calorifique - m = heat gain, heat input
apport d’air - m = air input, air supplied, air supply
apport d’eau - m = irrigation, watering
apport d’air - m = air input supply
apport de chaleur - m = heat gain, heat input
apport de chaleur solaire - m = solar heat gain
apport de terre = borrowed-earth
apport pluvial - m = storm water runoff
apport solaire - m = solar heat gain, solar load
apport thermique - m = heat gain
apport thermique - m = heat input
apprêt - m = prime coat, primer, priming, priming
paint
apprêt (papier peint) - m = lining paper, size, sizing
apprêt (peinture) - m = undercoat
apprêt à métal - m = metal primer
apprêt pour bois - m = wood primer
approbation - f = approval
approbation - f = clearance
approuver = approve,to
approuver = clear, to
approvisionné = stockpiled on the site
approvisionnement - m = procurement, supply
approvisionnement en eau - m = water supply
appui - m = bearing, column, parapet, railing, seating,
sill, stay, support
appui - m = window rail
appui à encastrement - m = fixed bearing, fixed
support
appui à larmier - m = throated sill
appui à oreillons - m = nug sill
appui à rouleaux - m = roller bearing, roller support
appui à rouleaux - m =
appui ancré - m = anchored bearing
appui continu - m = solid bearing
appui de fenêtre - m = sill, window ledge
appui de fenêtre (accoudoir) - m = guard bar,
window rail
appui de fenêtre extérieur - m = outer sill
appui de limon - m = apron piece, pitching piece
appui de poutre - m = beam bearing, beam suppor,
pad, padstone, template
appui de rive - m = edge bearing
appui de solive - m = bearing
appui en acier - m = stanchion
appui encasté - m = fixed bearing
appui extérieur - m = outer sill
appui fixe - m = fixed bearing unyielding support
appui intermédiaire - m = other bearing
appui latéral - m = lateral support
appui libre - m = simple support
appui libre - m = unrestrained bearing
appui oscillant - m = rocker bearing
appui oscillant à pivot sphérique - m = balljointed
rocker bearing
appui plein - m = solid bearing
appui rampant - m = sloping support
apsidial = apsidal
aptère = apteral
aptitude à l’emploi - f = suitability
aptitude à l’usage - f = serviceability
aquastat - m = boiler thermostat
aqueduc - m = aqueduct
aqueux = aqueous
aquifère = aquiferous
aquifère = water bearing
arabesque - f = arabesque
arasé = flush, shimed up, struck
arase - f = last course, last levelling course, leveling
course, shoulder, sneck, top of foundation
arasé sur les deux parements = flush on both side
arasé sur un parement = flush on one side
arasement - m = last course
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arasement - m = ledgment, levelling, leveling course
arasement avec compaction - m = compacted strike-
off
araser = level off (to), make level (to), saw off (to),
strike off (to), trim off (to)
araser à la règle = strike off, to
araser les têtes de pieux = cut off, to
araser une pierre = make flush, to
arbalète à deux poinçons - f = queen truss
arbalétier commun - m = common rafter
arbalétrier - m = principal rafter, top chord, truss-
rafter
arbalétrière - f = loophole
arbitrage - m = arbitration
arbre - m = shaft
arbre en acier laminé à chaud - m = hot rolled steel
shaft
arbre entraîneur - m = drive shaft
arc - m = arch
arc à appuis encastrés - m = arch with fixed ends
arc à articulations - m = hinged arch
arc à clé - m = keyed arch
arc à crossettes en escaliers - m = stepped arch
arc à deux articulations - m = two-hinged arch
arc à lancette - m = lancet arch
arc à tirant - m = tie arch
arc à trois articulations - m = three-hinged arch
arc à trois articulations - m = three-pinned arch
arc à tympan ajouré - m = open-spandrel arch
arc à tympan plein - m = solid-filled arch
arc à tympan rigide - m = spandrel-braced arch
arc articulé aux appuis - m = arch hinged at the abut-
ments
arc articulé aux naissances - m = arch hinged at the
abutments
arc aveugle - m = blind arch
arc biais - m = skew arch, skew vault
arc bloqué au mortier - m = rubble arch
arc bloqué au mortier - m = rustic arch
arc bombé - m = segmental arch
arc boutant - m = butress
arc brisé - m = pointed arch
arc brisé à deux segments - m = two-centred arch
arc brisé aplati - m = four-centred pointed arch
arc brisé outrepassé - m = pointed north arch
arc brisé surbaissé - m = drop arch
arc brisé surélevé - m = stilted arch, stilted pointed
arch
arc cambré - m = camber arch
arc chantourné - m = shaped arch
arc concentrique - m = concentric arch
arc de décharge - m = discharging arch, relieving
arch, safety arch
arc de pénétration - m = penetration arch
arc de plissement - m = arc of fold
arc de rampant (escalier) - m = wreath arch
arc de triomphe - m = triumphal arch
arc d’enchevêtrure - m = trimmer arch
arc déprimé - m = depressed arch, diminished arch
arc d’ogive - m = diagonal arch
arc doubleau - m = arched beam, cross-springer,
groin, transverse arch
arc doubleau rayonnant - m = radial arch
arc droit - m = straight arch
arc droit à encorbellement - m = shouldered arch,
squarehead trefoil arch
arc ébrasé - m = splayed arch
arc électrique - m = electric arc
arc elliptique - m = elliptical arch
arc en accolade - m = four-centred arch, ogee arch
arc en anse de pannier - m = basket arch, basket-
handle arch
arc en anse de pannier à trois centres - m = three-
centered arch
arc en brique taillée - m = gagged arch, gauged arch
arc en carène - m = Tudor arch
arc en chaînette - m = catenary arch
arc en décharge - m = relieving arch
arc en déchargé - m = discharging arch
arc en lancette - m = lancet arch
arc en mitre - m = mitre arch, pediment arch, trian-
gular arch
arc en ogive = ogive arch, Gothic arch, ogival arch
arc en plate-bande - m = flat arch, jack arch
arc en plein cintre - m = circular arch, round arch,
semicircular arch
arc en plein cintre surhaussé - m = surmonted arch
arc en segment - m = segmental arch
arc en tas-de-charge - m = corbel arch false arch
arc en tas-de-charge à ressauts - m = stepped corbel
arch, stepped false arch
arc en tiers point - m = equilateral arch, three-pointed
arch
arc en treillis - m = pin-jointed
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arc en voûte semi-circulaire - m = full-centre arch
arc encastré - m = arch with fixed ends, fixed arch
arc encastré - m = hingeless arch
arc équilatéral - m = equilateral arch
arc extradossé - m = extradossed arch
arc extradossé en escalier - m = stepped arch
arc festonné - m = scalloped arch
arc formeret - m = wall arch, wall rib
arc français - m = French arch
arc infléchi - m = inflected arch
arc outrepassé - m = horseshoe arch, Moorish arch
arc plat - m = flat arch, jack arch
arc plein cintre - m = roman arc, semi-circular arch
arc plein-cintre - m = full-centre arch
arc polylobé - m = cusped arch, multifoil arch
arc rampant - m = rampant arch
arc renversé - m = inflected arch, inverted arch
arc sans articulation - m = fixed arch, hingeless arch
arc segmentaire - m = scheme arch, segmental arch
arc segmentaire brisé - m = broken arch
arc surbaissé - m = segmental arch, surbased arch
arc surélevé - m = stilted arch
arc tréflé - m = trefoil arch
arc trilobé - m = trefoil arch
arc triomphal - m = chancel arch
arc Tudor - m = four-centred pointed arch
arc Tudor - m = Tudor arch
arcade - f = arcade, archway
arcades - f = arches
arcature - f = blind arcade
arc-boutant - m = arched buttress, flying buttress
arc-bouter = buttress (to)
arc-bouter (s’) = abut against (to), abut on (to)
arche - f = arch, arch (bridge, civil engineering)
arche de rive - f = land arch
arche de soutainement (génie civil) - f = relieving
arch
arche marinière - f = navigation arch
archée - f = span of arc
archère - f = arrow loop, arrow slit, loophole
archère cruciforme - f = balistraria
architecte - m = architect
architecte conseil - m = consulting architect
architecte coordinateur - m = supervising architect
architecte d’intérieur - m = intérior architect, intérior
designer
architecte de paysage - m = landscape designer
architecte d’opération - m = project architect
architecte DPLG (diplômé par le gouvernement) -
m = Government-recognised architect (France)
architectonique - f = architectonics
architectural = architectural
architecture - f = architecture
architecture de paysage - f = landscape design
architecture d’intérieur - f = interior architecture
architecture domestique - f = domestic architecture
architecture intérieure - f = interior design
architecture solaire - f = solar architecture
architecture textile - f = fabric architecture
architecture textile - f = soft architecture
architecture verticale - f = high-rise construction
architrave - f = architrave, casing, fascia
archivolte - f = archivolt, fascia
arcs - m = arcade, arcading
arcs aveugles - m = blind arcade, surface arcade
arcs entrecroisés - m = intersecting arcade, inter-
secting arches
arcs entrelacés - m = interlacing arcade, interlacing
arches
ardoisage - m = slating
ardoise - f = shale, slate
ardoise carrée à deux épaulements - f = diamond
slate
ardoise d’amiante - f = asbestos slate
ardoise de Bangor - f = bangor
ardoise de chêneau - f = eaves slate
ardoise d’échantillon - f = sized slate
ardoise en contre-fil - f = cross-grained slate
ardoises posées au crochet - f = hung slating
arène - f = sea gravel
arête - f = arris
arête - f = edge, hip, ridge
arête arrondie - f = bullnose arris, eased arris,
rounded arris
arête de croupe - f = hip
arête de faîte - m = ridge stop
arête de toit - f = roof hip
arête de toiture - f = hip edge
arête de voûte - f = groin, nervure
arête d’une colonne - f = arris over column
arête vive - f = arris, sharp edge, square edge
arêtes cassées - f = blunted arrises
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arêtes de poisson (en) - f = herringbone, herringbone
arrangement
arêtier - m = hip, hip rafter, hip strip, piend rafter
arêtier (de charpente) - m = angle rafter, angle ridge
arêtier (de toîture, plomb) - m = hip bead
arêtier à double tranchis - m = close-cut hip
arêtier cornier - m = hip tile
arêtier cornier angulaire - m = angle hip tile, angle
tile, arris hip tile
arêtier de charpente - m = arris rafter
arêtier de croupe - m = hip rafter
arêtier de noue - m = valley piece, valley rafter, valve
rafter
arêtière - f = arris tile, hip knob, hip tile
argile - f = clay
argile à blocaux - f = boulder clay (UK), till, till gla-
cial, tillite (US)
argile à cailloux - f = gritty clay
argile à haute plasticité - f = high-plasticity clay
argile compacte - f = adobe, stubborn clay
argile compacté - f = hardpan
argile expansée - f = expanded burnt clay
argile expansée - f = expanded clay
argile extrasensible - f = extrasensitive clay, quick
clay
argile feuilletée - f = laminated clay, varved clay
argile fine - f = fine clay
argile fluide - f = quick clay
argile gonflante - f = expanding clay, swelling clay
argile grasse - f = fatty clay
argile inorganique - f = inorganic clay
argile limoneuse - f = silty clay
argile litée - f = bedded clay
argile maigre - f = short clay
argile réfractaire - f = fire-clay
argile schisteuse - f = shale, shaly clay
argile sensible - f = sensitive clay
argile téguline - f = tile clay
argile très sensible - f = quick clay
argileux = argillaceous, argillous, clayey
argilière - f = clay pit
argillite - f = argillite
armature - f = armature, bracing, cleat, reinforcing,
reinforcing bar, reinforcing rod, sheath, strap, truss, web
armature (de béton) - f = reinforcement
armature à deux directions croisées - f = bar mat
(US)
armature à deux directions croisées - f = two-way
reinforcement (UK)
armature à quatre directions - f = four way reinfor-
cement
armature active - f = active reinforcement
armature comprimée - f = compression reinforce-
ment
armature croisée - f = crosswise reinforcement
armature d’âme - f = web reinforcement
armature d’angle - f = corner reinforcement
armature dans un plan diagonal - f = diagonal band
armature de compression - f = compression bars
armature de frettage - f = binding reinforcement
armature de liaison - f = connecting rods, starter bars
armature de moment négatif - f = negative reinfor-
cement
armature de moment positif - f = positive reinforce-
ment
armature de pieu - f = pile cage
armature de poinçonnement - f = punching shear
reinforcement
armature de poutre - f = beam reinforcement
armature de poutre - f = truss
armature de précontrainte - f = prestressing reinfor-
cement
armature de précontrainte - f = tendons
armature de répartition - f = distribution bars, dis-
tribution reinforcement, distribution reinforcement bar,
distribution reinforcement bars, distribution steel
armature de retrait - f = shrinkage reinforcement
armature de traction - f = tension reinforcement
armature d’encastrement - f = fixing reinforcement
armature diagonale - f = cross reinforcement
armature diagonale - f = diagonal band
armature en quart de cercle - f = quadrant mat, qua-
drant steel
armature en travée - f = mid-span reinforcement
armature en treillis - f = fabric reinforcement, mesh
reinforcement, wire fabric reinforcement, wire mesh
fabric reinforcement, wire netting
armature en treillis soudé - f = fabric reinforcement,
mesh reinforcement, welded wire-mesh reinforcement,
wire fabric reinforcement, wire mesh fabric reinforce-
ment, wire mesh reinforcement, wire netting
armature hélicoïdale - f = spiral reinforcement
armature inclinée - f = inclined bar
armature lisse - f = plain reinforcement
armature longitudinale - f = longitudinal reinforce-
ment, longitudinal steel
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armature métallique - f = metallic reinforcement
armature munie d’ancrage - f = end-anchored rein-
forcement
armature parallèle à un côté - f = direct band
armature parallèle à une arête - f = direct band
armature parallèle à une diagonale - f = diagonal
band
armature passive - f = passive reinforcement
armature principale - f = main bar, main reinforce-
ment, principal reinforcement
armature rigide - f = rigid reinforcement
armature secondaire - f = transerve reinforcement
armature supérieure - f = upper reinforcement bars
armature tendue - f = tensile reinforcement
armature transversale - f = transerve reinforcement
armatures à quatre directions - f = four-way reinfor-
cement
armatures de compression - f = compression reinfor-
cement
armatures d’efforts tranchants - f = shear reinforce-
ment, web reinforcement
armatures tendues - f = tensile reinforcement, tension
bars
armé = fully equipped, reinforced, set
armé dans les deux sens = two-way reinforced
armement - m = bracing, strengthening
armer = reinforce, to
armoire (de rangement) - f = closet, cupboard, war-
drobe
armoire aux vases sacrés - f = almary, ambry, arma-
rium, aumbry
armoire de commande - f = cubicle
armoire de commutation - f = switchgear cubicle
armoire de séchage - f = drying closet
armoire de terminaison (tel) - f = terminator station
armoire électrique - f = cubicle, enclosure
armoire frigorifique - f = cold room
armoire sèche-linge - f = drying cupboard
armure de câble = armour
armurerie - f = armory
arpentage - m = land survey, land surveying, survey,
surveying
arpenter = chain (to), measure the ground (to),
measure (to), survey (to)
arpenteur - m = land surveyor, surveyor
arpenteur-géomètre - m = land surveyor
arqué = arched, arcuate, bending under a strain, bowed
arquer = bend under a strain, to
arrachage - m = extraction
arrache-clou - m = nail extractor, nail puller
arrachement - m = tearing
arrachement en dents (briques) - m = toothing
arrachement lamellaire - m = lamellar tearing
arrache-pieu - m = pile extractor, pile puller, pile-
drawer
arracher = extract, to
arrêt - m = shutdown, stop, stoppage
arrêt à gravier - m = gravel stop
arrêt de chanfrein - m = moulding stop
arrêt de châssis - m = casement stay
arrêt de coulage - m = pour break
arrêt de dalle - m = slab stop, stop board
arrêt de dalle - m =
arrêt de faîte - m = ridge stop
arrêt de fuite - m = leak sealing
arrêt de larmier - m = label stop
arrêt de plancher - m = floor stop
arrêt de porte - m = door stop
arrêt d’eau - m = water bar, water stop
arrêt d’enduit - m = plaster ground
arrêt d’imposte - m = transom stop
arrêt pour isolant - m = insulation stop
arrête flammes - m = flame arrester
arrêté municipal - m = bye-law
arrêtoir - m = pawl
arrière-âtre - m = back hearth
arrière-âtre - m = inner hearth
arrière-bec - m = downstream cutwater
arrière-boutique - f = backroom of a shop
arrière-cœur - m = retrochoir
arrière-cour - f = back yard (UK), rear yard (US)
arrière-cuisine - f = back kitchen, scullery
arrière-façade - f = rear elevation
arrière-plan - m = background
arrière-voussure - f = rear vault
arrivée - f = incoming cable, incoming line, intake
arrivée d’eau - f = feed water
arrivée d’escalier - f = stairhead
arrivée d’air - f = air inlet, air intake
arrivée de câble - f = entrance cable
arrondi = round
arrondi - m = bull, bullnose, smoothness
arrosage - m = irrigation, moisture distribution
arrosage - m = watering
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arrosage des coffrages - m = wetting wood forms
arrosage des coffrages de bois - m = wetting wood
forms
arrosage en pluie - m = overhead irrigation
arrosage par aspersion - m = spray irrigation, sprin-
kler irrigation
arroser = water (to), wet (to)
arroser les coffrages = wet the forms, to
arroseur - m = sprinkler
arroseur à brise-jets tournants - m = rotary sprinkler
with intermittent jet
arroseur rotatif - m = rotary sprinkler
arroseuse - f = water cart
art du trait - m = making out, setting out
artère - f = feeder
artère principale - f = main street
articles de plomberie - m = plumbing
articulation - f = hinge
articulation - f = joint, rule joint
articulation à tourbillon - f = pin joint
articulation aux naissances - f = abutment hindge
articulation cylindrique - f = hinge, hinged joint, pin
joint, pinned joint
articulation de mât - f = hinged boom joint
articulation en tourbillon - f = hinge, hinged joint
articulations - f = bolted connections
articulé = hinged, pin-jointed, pinned
articulé aux naissances = hindged at the abutments
ascenseur - m = elevator, elevator (US), lift, lift (UK),
passenger elevator (US), passenger lift (UK)
ascenseur de service - m = service lift
ascenseur mixte - m = personnel and material hoist
asismique = aseismic, earthquake resistant
aspect brique - m = brick-bond aspect
aspergeur - m = spray nozzle, sprayer
aspérité - f = high spot
asperseur - m = sprinkler
asphaltage - m = asphalting
asphalte - f = asphalt
asphalte - m = rock asphalt
asphalte comprimé - m = compressed asphalt
asphalte coulé - m = mastic asphalt, pour coat, top
mop
asphalte d’étanchéité - m = waterproofing asphalt
asphalte fluide - m = liquid asphalt
asphalte sablé - m = sand asphalt
asphalteur - m = asphalt layer
asphalteur - m = asphalter
asphalteur-bitumeur - m = asphalt layer, asphalter
asphaltier - m = asphalt layer, asphalter
asphaltique = bituminous
aspirail - m = air draught, air inlet, vent-hole
aspirateur - m = aspiratory cowl, exhauster
aspirateur (de cheminée) - m = exhauster, vacuum
cleaner
aspirateur (de ventilation) - m = exhaust fan, extractor
aspirateur de toit - m = roof ventilator
aspirateur statique - m = aspirator, aspirator cowl,
aspirator cowling, cowl-type aspirator, cowling aspi-
rator
aspiration - f = intake, suction
assainissement - m = drainage, sanitation, sanitery
engeneering, sewerage
assainissement des eaux usées - m = sewage disposal
asseau - m = roofer’s hammer
assèchement - m = dewatering, land drainage
assécher = drain, to
assécher par pompage = pump dry, to
assemblage - m = assembling, assembly, bond, con-
nection, joint, jointing, mounting
assemblage à adent - m = cogged joint
assemblage à cadre sur deux parements - m
= double measure
assemblage à cadre sur un parement - m = single
measure
assemblage à cheville - m = pin connection
assemblage à clé - m = keyed joint
assemblage à contre-clavette - m = foxtail wedging
assemblage à couvre joint - m = strap butt-joint
assemblage à crémaillère - m = joggle joint
assemblage à décharge - m = trussed construction
assemblage à double tenon - m = double-tenon joint
assemblage à écart - m = scarfing
assemblage à embrèvement - m = housed joint
assemblage à enfourchement - m = cross joint, open-
mortise joint, open-mortise tenon, slot-mortise joint
assemblage à entaille simple - m = house joint
assemblage à enture - m = scarfing
assemblage à entures multiples - m = finger joint
assemblage à fausse languette - m = feather joint
assemblage à feuillure - m = rabbet, rabbet joint,
rebated joint
assemblage à fourche - m = slip joint, slip mortise,
slip-mortise joint, slot-mortise joint
assemblage à francs bords - m = butt joint
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assemblage à grain d’orge - m = V-shaped joint
assemblage à grain d’orge - m = vee-joint
assemblage à manchon - m = muff joint
assemblage à mi-bois - m = half-lap joint, halflap
joint, halved joint, halving, halving joint
assemblage à mi-bois - m = scarfing
assemblage à mi-bois à queue - m = dovetail half-lap
joint
assemblage à mi-bois à queue - m = dovetail halved
joint
assemblage à mi-bois avec coupe droite - m =
square-corner halving
assemblage à mi-bois en croix - m = crosslap joint
assemblage à mi-bois en sifflet - m = bevel halving,
bevelled halving
assemblage à onglet - m = miter joint, mitre joint
assemblage à peigne - m = dowel joint
assemblage à queue d’aronde - m = dove-tail, dove-
tail joint, dovetail joint
assemblage à queues droites - m = combed joint,
corner-locked joint, laminated joint
assemblage à rainure et languette - m = plow and
tongue joint (US), tongue and groove joint, tongue-and-
groove joint (UK)
assemblage à recouvrement - m = lap joint
assemblage à sec - m = dry joint
assemblage à simple sifflet - m = scarf joint, splayed
joint
assemblage à tenon - m = joggle joint
assemblage à tenon et mortaise - m = mortise and
tenon joints
assemblage à tenon et mortaise avec embrève-
ment - m = bridle joint
assemblage à tenon passant - m = through-tenon joint
assemblage avec baguette en plein bois - m = bead
joint
assemblage avec couvre-joints - m = joint with cover
plates
assemblage bord à bord - m = edge jointing
assemblage bout à bout - m = bott joint, heading joint
assemblage bouveté - m = match joint
assemblage cloué - m = nailed joint
assemblage d’about - m = butt joint, end joint
assemblage d’angle - m = angle joint, corner connec-
tion, corner joint
assemblage de charpente - m = carpenter’s joint
assemblage de construction - m = building assembly
assemblage de poutre à poteau - m = beam-to-
column connection
assemblage de rallonge (charpente) - m = eke piece,
eking, eking piece
assemblage de rencontre - m = abutting joint
assemblage de rencontre - m = Tee joint
assemblage des tuyaux - m = flanging-up
assemblage droit à mi-bois - m = square corner
halving joint
assemblage du type à appui - m = bearing-type
connection, bearing-type connection joint
assemblage embrevé - m = notched joint
assemblage en adent - m = cogged joint
assemblage en biais - m = scarf joint
assemblage en équerre à mi-bois - m = end-lap joint
assemblage en équerre double - m = T joint
assemblage en équerre simple - m = square corner
joint, square-angle joint
assemblage en queue d’aronde - m = dove-tail, dove-
tail joint
assemblage en sifflet - m = splayed joint
assemblage en trait de Jupiter - m = indented scarf
joint, splayed scarf joint
assemblage jointif - m = close joint
assemblage par aboutage - m = butt joint
assemblage par aboutage - m = end joint
assemblage par vis - m = screw assembly
assemblage rigide - m = rigid joint
assemblage rivé - m = riveted joint
assemblage sur champ - m = edge joint
assemblage témoin - m = test joint
assemblé = assembled, jointed
assemblé à baguette rainure et grain d’orge
= tongued and grooved and V-jointed
assemblé à rainure et languette = tongued and
grooved
assembler = assemble (to), join (to), mount (to)
asseoir (fondations) = bed, to
asseoir les fondations = bed the foundations, to
asservissement - m = control, interlock
assiette - f = stability
assiette (base) - f = bed, foundation, set
assiette d’une chaussée - f = bed
assiette d’un édifice - f = site, siting
assiette d’une chaussée - f = bed of a road
assiette d’une maison - f = house site, position of
house, setting of a house
assisé = coursed
assise - f = base, base plate, bed, bed plate, bed rock,
course, layer
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assise (de maçonnerie) - f = course (UK), range (US)
assise allongée - f = streching course, stretcher course
assise de bahut - f = brick on edge coping, soldier
course
assise de base - f = base course
assise de bout - f = brick-on-end course, soldier course
assise de boutisses - f = binder course, header course,
heading course
assise de briques posées debout - f = soldier course
assise de ceinture - f = belt course
assise de chevron - f = foot of rafter
assise de couronnement - f = blocking course, crown
course
assise de fond - f = ground table
assise de grand appareil - f = course of large stones
assise de gros œuvre - f = foundation
assise de l’ardoise - f = bed of a slate
assise de liaison - f = binding course
assise de panneresses - f = stretcher course, stretching
course
assise de parpaings - f = course of perpends
assise de pierres de boutisses - f = bond course
assise de pierres de liaison - f = bond course
assise de pignon - f = barge course
assise de retombée - f = springing course
assise de rocheuse - f = bedrock, ledge, ledge rock
assise de soubassement - f = plinth course
assise d’embase - f = plinth course
assise des fondations - f = foundation bed
assise en dent d’engrenage - f = dogtooth course
assise en dents de scie - f = dogtooth course
assise en épi - f = course of diagonal bricks
assise en grand appareil - f = course of large stones
assise en panneresse - f = stretching course
assise en saillie - f = oversailing course, sailing course
assise en surplomb - f = oversailing course, sailing
course
assise en surplomb sur le nu d’un mur - f = oversai-
ling course, sailing course
assise en tas de charge - f = corbel course
assise naturelle - f = natural bed, quarry bed
assise parpaing - f = girder course
assise rampante - f = racking course
assise refendue - f = split course
assise saillante - f = projecting course
assise supérieure - f = top course
assistance technique - f = technical assistance
Association américaine des Manufacturiers d’Émul- au chantier = in the field
sion de Bitume (AEMA) - f = Asphalt Emulsion au niveau de = flush with
Manufacturers’ Association (AEMA)
au premier plan = in the foreground
assujettir = fasten (to), fix (to), secure (to)
aubage - m = blades, vanes
assurance au tiers - f = third party insurance
aubage directionnel - m = guide vanes
assurance chantiers - f = builder’s risk insurance
aube - f = bucket
assurance globale - f = blanket insurance
aube de diffusion - m = diffusion vane
assurance IARD (incendie, accidents et risques
aubier - m = sapwood
divers) - f = general insurance
aubier - m = laburnum, sap, sapwood
assurance tous risques - f = all risk insurance
aubier décoloré - m = sap-stain
assurance valeur à neuf - f = new for old insurance
aubier entrelardé - m = internal sapwood
astragale - m = astragal, baguette, bead, fillet
aubier interne - m = internal sapwood
asymétrique = asymetrical
auditorium - m = auditorium
asymétrique = one-sided
auge - f = trough
atelier - m = shop, work shop, workshop
auge à joints - m = mortar tray
atelier d’ajustage - m = machine shop
auget - m = bucket, small trough, trough
atelier forain - m = on-site factory
augette - f = trough
atelier mobile de chantier - m = field shop
augette à mortier - f = mortar trough
athermane = impervious
augette à mortier - f = trough
athermique = impervious
augette de maçon - f = mortar trough
atlante - m = atlas
augmentation du pourcentage d’acier tendu - f
âtre - m = fireplace, hearth, hearthstone, inner hearth
= over-reinforcement
âtre avant - m = front hearth aumônerie - f = almonry
attache - f = arrow, band, fastener, fastening, strap, tab, aumônerie - f = chaplaincy
tie, wall tie, wire tie
autel - m = altar
attache de poutre - f = girder cleat
autoblocant = interlocking
attache métallique - f = metal tie
autoclavage - m = autoclave curing
attache murale - f = wall tie
autocollant = self-adhesive, sticker
attache pour bois de charpente - f = timber connector
autocommutateur - m = private automatic branch
attache pour câble d’acier - f = wire rope clamp exchange (PABX)
attache-fil - m = wire clamp autocurage - m = self-cleansing
attachement - m = as-built drawing autocureur - m = self-cleansing
attachement figuré - m = sketched statement auto-désamorçage - m = self-siphonage
attacher = fasten, to auto-étuvage - m = isothermal curing
attaches de liaisonnement - f = bonding ties auto-extinguible - m = self-extinguishing
attaque - f = pitting auto-induction - f = self induction
attaque du terrain - f = cutting autolavable = self cleaning, self cleansing
attaque macrographique - f = deep etch test automoteur - m = self-propelled
attaquer = break up, to autonivelant = self leveling
attaquer le terrain = break the ground, to autonome = freestanding, packaged, self-contained
atteindre = strike (to), reach (to) autopont - m = flyover
atteinte à l’environnement - f = environmental autoportant - m = freestanding, self-supporting
damage
autoporteur - m = freestanding, self-supporting
attenant à = abutting on, adjacent to
autorisation de bâtir - f = building permit, construc-
attente de vidange - f = waste tail tion permit
attique - m = attic, garret autorisation de construire - f = building permit, con-
attraits - m = amenities struction permit

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autosiphonage - m = self-siphonage
autothermique = autothermal
auvent - m = awning, canopy, fan, penthouse, porch-
roof, visor, weather board
auvent portail - m = lynch gate
auvent queue de vache - m = eaves overhang
aval - m = downstream
avaloir - m = chimney gathering, gathering, hopper,
rainwater outlet, throat
avaloir de balcon - m = balcony outlet
avaloir de chaussée - m = gully hole, gully inlet
avaloir de chaussée - m =
avaloir de sol - m = area drain (US), floor drain (UK)
avaloir de terrasse - m = flat-roof outlet roof outlet
avaloir de toiture - m = rainwater outlet
avance - f = lead
avancée - f = apron, overhang
avancement des travaux - m = progress
avant bec - m = upstream cutwater
avant-corps - m = avant-corps, fore-building, front
building
avant-corps de chapelle - m = antechapel
avant-corps d’église - m = antechurch
avant-cour - f = forecourt
avant-pieu - m = dolly
avivé d’équerre sain sans flache - m = SQES (square
edge and sound)
avivé d’équerre sain sans flache - m = square edge
and sound (SQES)
aviver = burnish, to
aviveur - m = brightener
avoir du fruit = be battered, to
avoir du métier = be experienced in one’s craft, to
avoir du pied = widen at the base, to
avoisinant = adjoining
avoyer = set a saw, to
avoyer = swage a saw, to
axe - m = axis, center line (US), centerline (US),centre
line (UK), centreline (UK), CL (centre line)
axe central - m = centroidal axis
axe central polaire - m = central polar axis
axe conique - m = taper pin
axe de charnière - m = hinge bolt, hinge pin
axe neutre - m = neutral axis
axe principal - m = principal axis
axial - m = axial
axonométrie - f = axonometry
ayant du biais = out of straight

B
avant-plan - m = sketch plan
avant-projet - m = advisory development plant, pre-
liminary design, preliminary project, scheme, tentative
draft, tentative project
avant-toit - m = eave, eaves, front overhang, pro-
jecting roof
avant-train - m = prime mover
avant-trou - m = countersink hole, pilot hole
avec tête hexagonale = hexagonally headed
avec un filet intérieur = female threaded BA (béton armé) = armoured concrete, ferroconcrete,
reinforced concrete
averse - f = shower
bac - m = bin, deck, pan, trough, tub
averse nominale - f = design storm
bac à cendres - m = ashpan
avertisseur - m = alarm, buzzer
bac à douche - m = receptor (US), shower tray (UK)
avertisseur d’incendie - m = fire alarm
bac à fleur - m = flower tub
avertisseur et détecteur automatiques d’incendie -
m = automatic fire warning and detecting system bac à graisse - m = grease box, grease interceptor,
grease separator
aveugle - m = blind
bac à graisse - m = grease trap
avivé = square-edge
bac à linge - m = laundry tray, laundry tub, set
avivé (métal) = burnished tublocal, wash tub
avivé (peinture, vernis) = brightened bac acier - m = steel tray
avivé d’équerre - m = square-edged bac auto-portant (toiture) - m = self-supporting strip
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bac d’expansion - m = surge chamber, surge tank
bac de couverture - m = roof decking
bac de récupération des condensats - m = drip tray
bac de sédimentation - m = settling tank
bac de toiture - m = metal roofing slag
bac dégraisseur - m = grease box, grease interceptor,
grease separator, grease trap
bac en aluminium - m = aluminum roofing
bac en aluminium pour toiture - m = aluminum roo-
fing
bac en métal perforé - m = perforated metal pan
bac évaporatoire - m = evaporation tank
bac métallique - m = metal decking, metal pan
bac tampon - m = surge tank
bâche - f = tank, waterproof sheet
bâche (toile) - f = tarpaulin
bâche alimentaire - f = feed water tank
bâche d’alimentation - f = feed tank
bâche d’aspiration - f = wet well
bâche de mise en pression - f = head tank
bâche de turbine - f = turbine casing
bâche goudronnée - f = tarpaulin
bâche journalière - f = service tank
bâche plastique - f = plastic sheet
bâcher = cover, to
bâcher = sheet-over, to
bacs - m = troughing
bacs de couverture en aluminium = aluminum
roofing
bacula - m = battening, lath, lathing, lathwork, wood
lathing
badigeon - m = badigeon, colour wash, filling paste,
limewash, white wash
badigeon (sur mur) - m = distemper
badigeon à la chaux - m = limewash, whitewash
badigeon de cure - m = liquid membrane curing com-
pound
badigeon de vieillissement du béton - m = liquid
membrane forming concrete curing
badigeonnage au ciment - m = cement wash
badigeonner = distemper, to
bagasse - f = bagasse, band, ferrule, ring sleeve
bague de colonne - f = band, ring
bague d’étanchéité - f = seal
bague fendue - f = split ring, split washer
baguette - f = astragal, baguette, batten, bead, bead
moulding, beading, fillet, fillet moulding, fillet-like
architrave, molding
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baguette à chant rond - f = pencil round beading
baguette à perles - f = chaplet, list of pearls
baguette affleurée - f = flush bead
baguette cornière - f = angle bead
baguette couvre joint - f = cover bead
baguette d’angle - f = guard bead, plaster bed, staff
bead, angle bead, corner bead
baguette d’apport (soudage) - f = filler rod
baguette de calibrage - f = gauge rod
baguette de vitrerie - f = glazing bead
baguette demi-ronde - f = half round moulding
baguette enfoncée - f = sunk bead
baguette et carré - f = quirk and bead
baguette métallique - f = metal trim
baguette saillante - f = cock bead
bahut - m = coping, saddle coping, saddle-backed
coping, saddleback coping
baie - f = aperture, bay, opening, window
baie (rangement) - f = rack
baie couverte d’un arc - f = arched opening
baie de porte - f = door opening
baie électrique - f = power rack
baie palladienne - f = Palladian window, Venitian
window
baie vitrée - f = large window
baignoire - f = bath (UK)
baignoire - f = bathtub (US)
baignoire à tablier - f = built-in bath, double shell
bathtub
baignoire encastrée - f = built-in bath (UK), double
shell bathtub (US)
baignoire sabot - f = slipper bath
bail - m = lease
bail emphythéotique - f = building lease
baile - m = bailey
bâillement de joint - m = gaping
bailleur - m = lessor
bain de mortier - m = bed of mortar, mortar bed
bain soufflant de mortier = pasty mortar bed
bain usé - m = exhausted bath
baisse - f = drop, fall, lowering
baisse de niveau - f = drop in level
baissière - f = depression
baissière - f = hollow
bajoyer - m = chamber wall, side wall
bakélite - f = bakelite
baladeuse - f = droplight, extension lamp, inspection
lamp
balai - m = sweeping brush
balai en caoutchouc - m = squeegee
balai racloir en caoutchouc - m = squeegee
balancelle = Maintenance cradle
balancement d’escalier - m = balancing
balancement d’escalier - m = turning
balcon - m = balcony, bay, gallery
balèvre - f = lip
balèvre de béton banché - f = fin
balèvre de mortier - f = overplus
balèvre de pierre - f = lip
baliveau - m = scaffold pole, scaffold standard
ballast - m = ballast
ballastière - f = borrow pit, gravel pit
ballon - m = tank
ballon d’eau froide - m = cold water feed tank
ballon d’eau chaude - m = hot water cylinder, hot-
water tank
ballon direct - m = direct cylinder
ballon réchauffeur - m = hot-water heater
balourd - m = unbalance
balustrade - f = balustrade, banister, hand rail, railing
balustrade à console - f = bracket baluster
balustrade de sanctuaire - f = altar rail
balustre - m = baluster, banister, newel, rail post
balustre à console - f = bracket baluster
balustre carré - f = square-turned baluster
balustre col de cygne - f = bracket baluster
balustre de console - f = bracket baluster
balustre de départ - f = newel post
balustre fuseau - f = spindle baluster
banc - m = bed, bench, layer
banc à armatures - m = stretching bed
banc à armatures - m = stretching bench
banc à torons - m = stretching bed
banc à torons - m = stretching bench
banc continu au socle - m = bench table
banc d’essai - m = test bench
banc de mise en tension - m = stretching bed, stret-
ching bench
banc de montage - m = assembly line
banc de précontrainte - m = prestressing bed, preten-
sioning bed, pretensioning bench
banc d’étirage - m = stretching bed, stretching bench
banc d’œuvre - m = churchwarden’s pew
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banchage - m = form, form-work, formwork, shut-
tering, wall forming, wall shuttering
banché = formed, shuttered
banche - f = form, form panel, wall form, shuttering
panel
banchée - f = lift
bandage - m = tire (US), tyre (UK)
bandage - m =
bandage plein - m = solid tire (US), solid tyre (UK)
bandage simple peau - m = single-skin cladding
bande - f = band, belt, flashing, strip
bande centrale - f = middle strip
bande couvre-joint - f = capping
bande d’arrêt d’urgence - f = hard shoulder
bande d’arrêt d’eau - f = water bar
bande d’arrêt d’eau - f = water stop
bande de chant - f = edge moulding, edging, edging
strip
bande de clouage - f = nailing strip
bande de colonne - f = column strip
bande de dilatation - f = expansion strip
bande de goudronnage - f = swath
bande de panneau - f = panel strip
bande de poteau - f = column strip
bande de protection - f = nosing strip
bande de recouvrement - f = butt-strap, flashing
bande de renforcement - f = backing strip
bande de rive - f = edge strip
bande de solin - f = cover flashing, flashing
bande d’égout - f = drip strip, eaves strip, starter strip,
starting strip
bande d’étanchéité - f = damp check (US), damp
proof course (UK), dampcourse (UK)
bande diagonale - f = diagonal band
bande directe - f = direct band
bande du milieu - f = middle strip
bande en polystyrène - f = polystyrene strip
bande enherbée - f = grass strip
bande filtrante continue - f = continuous filter belt
bande isolante - f = damp-proof course
bande latérale - f = margin
bande médiane - f = middle strip
bande pour joints - f = joint tape
bande transporteuse - f = conveyor
bande transporteuse - f = conveyor belt
bande végétale - f = plant strip
bandeau - m = band, band course, band moulding, belt
course, fillet, listel, plain moulding, side wooden piece,
string-course
bandeau de pierre - m = stone string
bandeau d’imposte - m = tramson string-course
bandeau saillant - m = belt, string-course
bandeau saillant en briques - m = projecting brick
course
bandelette - f = bandelet
bander un arc = key an arch, to
bandes lombardes - f = pilaster strips
banlieue - f = suburb
banlieue jardin - f = garden suburb
banlieue pavillonnaire - f = suburbia
banne - f = Florentine blind
banne de magasin - f = shop awning
banquette - f = batter board, benching, profile
banquette sous fenêtre - f = window seat
baraque - f = hut, hutment
baraque (hangar) - f = shed
baraque de chantier - f = site hut
baraquement - m = bunk house, hut, prefabricated
building, shanty, temporary building
barbacane - f = barbacan, barbican, loophole, weep-
hole
barbette - f = barbette
barbotine - f = cement grout, cement slurry, grouting
bardage - m = boarding, cladding, planking, siding,
splinting, weather board
bardage (clôture) - m = fencing
bardage double peau - m = double-skin cladding
bardage en ardoise - m = hung slating, slate hanging
bardage en ardoise - m = weather slating
bardage en bardeaux - m = hanging shingling, ver-
tical shingling, weather shingling
bardage en clins - m = feather edged board,feather-
edged weather boards
bardage en planches - m = siding (US), weather-
boarding (UK)
bardage en planches à feuillure - m = shiplap siding
bardage en verre - m = patent glazing
bardeau - f = shingle, building tile, clapboard, ollow
block, hollow clay block, hollow tile, siding shingle
bardeau bituminé - m = asphalt shingle, strip slate
bardeau bitumineux - m = asphalt shingle (US), strip
slate
bardeau canadien - m = asphalt shingle, strip slate
bardeau composé - m = composition shingle
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bardeau d’amiante-ciment - m = asbestos shingle
bardeau d’asphalte - m = asphalt shingle, strip slates
bardeau de fente - m = shake
bardeau de plancher - m = hollow floor tile, struc-
tural floor tile
bardeau de revêtement - m = siding shingle
barillet - m = barrel
barlotière de vitraux - f = saddle bar
barrage - m = dam
barrage d’enrochement - m = rockfill dam
barrage en terre - m = earth dam
barrage en terre et enrochement - m = earth-and-
rockfill dam
barrage gonfable - m = inflatable dam
barrage-poids - m = gravity dam
barre - f = bar, cleat, ledge, member, rail, rod
barre à crochet - f = hooked bar
barre à empreintes - f = indented bar
barre à haute adhérence - f = deformed bar
barre à haute adhérence - f = high-bond bar
barre à mine - f = jumper, jumper bar
barre à œil - f = eye bar
barre à œil forgé - f = forged eye-bar
barre à saillie - f = deformed bar
barre anti-panique - f = panic bolt, panic exit device
barre cannelée - f = deformed bar
barre cintrée - f = bent bar, bent up bar, truss bar
barre comprimée - f = compression bar
barre coudée - f = bent up bar, truss bar, bent bar
barre crénelée - f = deformed bar, toothed round rein-
forcing bar
barre crochetée - f = hooked bar
barre d’accouplement - f = connecting rod
barre d’appui - f = guard bar, window bar
barre d’armature - f = rebar, reinforcement bar, rein-
forcing bar, reinforcing rod
barre d’armature décalée - f = offset bar
barre de clôture - f = rail
barre de dilatation - f = temperature rod
barre de poussée - f = push bar
barre de seuil - f = strip, threshold rail
barre de support - f = grabrail
barre de tirage - f = duct rod
barre de treillis - f = lacing bar
barre d’écartement - f = spreader (bar)
barre d’échantillon uniforme - f = bar of uniform
section
barre déformée - f = deformed bar
barre d’essai - f = test bar
barre d’étanchéité - f = weather bar
barre diagonale - f = diagonal member, strut
barre en compression - f = compression bar
barre en U - f = channel, channel bar, channel iron
barre et tablette - f = rod and shelf
barre flottante - f = binders, lateralbinders, tie
barre lisse - f = plain bar, smooth bar
barre longitudinale - f = longitudinal bar
barre oblique - f = diagonal brace
barre omnibus - f = bus, busbar
barre omnibus protégée - f = enclosed busbar
barre pliée - f = bent bar, bent up bar
barre pliée - f = truss bar
barre pour béton armé - f = concrete bar
barre principale - f = main bar, main reinforcement
barre principale d’armature - f = main bar
barre recourbée - f = bent bar, bent up bar, truss bar
barre relevée - f = bent-up bar
barre ronde - f = length of rod
barre surabondante - f = redundant member
barre tendue - f = tension bar, tension member, tie
barre torsadée - f = twisted bar
barre unie - f = plain bar
barre-aiguille - f = king-rod
barreau - m = bar, rung
barreau de bois - m = wood shingle
barreau de fenêtre - m = window bar
barreau de grille - f = fire bar, grate bar
barreau de rampe - f = baluster, rail post
barreau d’échelle - m = rung, stave
barreau entaillé - m = notched bar, notched specimen
barreaudage - m = barring
barreautage - m = bars, window bars
barres de compression - f = compression bars, com-
pression reinforcement
barres droites - f = straight reinforcement bars
barres principales - f = main reinforcement bars
barres principales d’armature - f = main reinforce-
ment bars
barres tendues - f = tensile reinforcement, tension
bars
barrette - f = bar, batten plate, separator, stay plate
barrette à bornes - f = terminal block
barrette de connexion - f = jumper
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barrière - f = railing
barrière (clôture) - f = fence
barrière à bascule - f = drop-arm barrier
barrière d’étanchéité - f = damp check, damp course,
damp proof course
barrière de passage - f = gate
barrière étanche - f = damp check (US), damp-proof
course (UK)
barrière pivotante - f = swing gate
barrière thermique - f = heat barrier
baryte - f = barita
barytine - f = barite
bas gothique - m = Late gothic
bas roman - m = Late romanesque
bascule - f = outrigger, weighbridge, weigher
bascule à ciment - f = cement weigher
basculement - m = dumping, overturning, tipping
basculer autour de = tilt about (to), tilt around (to)
basculeur - m = dumper
base - f = base, base line, datum, datum line, plinth,
tail, zero line
base de colonne - f = base of a column
base d’implantation - f = datum line, reference line
base d’opérations - f = base line, datum line
base d’un levé - f = base line
base élargie - f = bulbous toe, clubfoot, underreamed
base
base en macadam - f = crushed stone base course
base en pierres concassées - f = crushed stone base
course
bases d’exploitation - f = operating data
bas-fond - m = flat
basilique - f = basilica
basilique à colonnes - f = colonnade basilica
bas-relief - m = bas relief, low-relief
basse nef - f = side aisle
basse tension - f = low voltage
basse-cour de château - f = base-court, outer bailey
basses eaux - f = low flow
basses-fosses - f = dungeon
bassin - m = bathing, bed, catch basin
bassin (fosse) - m = pit
bassin (pièce d’eau) - m = pond
bassin (récipient) - m = basin, bowl
bassin à boue - m = sludge holding tank
bassin à sable - m = grit chamber
bassin collecteur - m = catch basin
bassin d’aération - m = aeration pond, aeration tank
bassin d’agrément - m = ornamental garden pond
bassin d’alimentation (d’une zone acquifère) - m =
catchment area
bassin d’apport - m = drainage area
bassin de colmatage - m = settling tank
bassin de décantation - m = clarifier, sedimentation
tank, settling tank, subsidence tank
bassin de décantation de Dortmund - m = Dortmund
park
bassin de dessablage - m = sand trap
bassin de dessablement - m = grit chamber, sand trap
bassin de drainage - m = catchment area
bassin de filtration - m = filter bed
bassin de floculation - m = flocculating tank, floccu-
lation tank, flocculator
bassin de jardin - m = fish pond, garden pond
bassin de piscine - m = pool
bassin de réception - m = catch basin, catchment area
bassin dégrossisseur - m = roughing tank
bassin d’épuration - m = cesspool, tank
bassin dessableur - m = sand trap
bassin doseur - m = dosing tank
bassin hydrographique - m = catchment area (UK),
drainage area, watershed (US)
bassin versant - m = catchment area (UK), drainage
area, watershed (US)
bastaing - m = batten, bastion, board, floor joist, joist,
plank
batard (enduit) - m = cement-lime
bâtarde - f = bastard file
bâtardeau - m = cofferdam
batardeau à cellules - m = cellular cofferdam
batardeau amovible - m = stop-log
batardeau en planches - m = flash board
bateau - m = concave bow, dropped curve
batée - f = rebate
bâti - m = door casement, door frame, door framing,
frame, framework, stile
bâti de fenêtre - m = window casement, window
frame
bâti de porte - m = door casement, door frame
bâti de porte - m = door framing
bâti dormant - m = casement, sash frame
bâti dormant de fenêtre - m = window frame
bâti dormant de porte - m = door frame
bâti soudé - m = welded framework
bâti support en acier - m = steel framework
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bâtiment - m = building, building industry, building
trade, construction, structure
bâtiment à deux étages - m = two-story building
bâtiment à deux niveaux - m = two-story building
bâtiment à étages - m = tier building, tier structure
bâtiment à ossature en bois - m = timber -framed
building
bâtiment à ossature porteuse - m = skeleton
construction
bâtiment à pans de bois - m = frame building
bâtiment à usage d’habitation - m = domestic
building, residential building
bâtiment à usage industriel - m = industrial building
bâtiment à usage multiple - m = multiple-occupancy
building
bâtiment administratif - m = administration building,
administrative building
bâtiment climatisé - m = air-conditioned building
bâtiment commercial - m = mercantile building
bâtiment démontable - m = portable building
bâtiment d’habitation collectif - m = multiple
dwelling
bâtiment en appentis - m = apprentice, lean-to, pent,
pentice
bâtiment en béton - m = concrete structure
bâtiment en dur - m = permanent building (in man-
sory)
bâtiment et travaux publics - m = building and con-
tracting
bâtiment existant - m = existing building
bâtiment industriel - m = industrial building
bâtiment résidentiel - m = residential building
bâtiments annexes - m = ancillary building, out-
building
bâtiments et ouvrages - m = buildings and structures
bâtir = build, to
bâtisseur - m = builder
bâtons rompus - m = herringbone pattern
battage - m = hammering
battage de pieux - m = driving
battage de pieux - m = pile driving, piling, pile driving
battage d’essai - m = test piling
battage d’essais - m = trial driving
battage du sol - m = ramming
battant - m = casement, closing stile, leaf, lock stile,
meeting stile, sash, shutting stile, stiking stile, stile
battant d’une fenêtre - m = casement
battant ouvrant le premier - m = active leaf
battant ouvrant le premier - m = swing leaf
battant supérieur - m = upper leaf
batte de terrassier - f = turf beetle
battée - f = jamb, sconcheon, scuncheon
battellement - m = eaves, undercloak
battement - m = overlapping astragal, swing, wrap-
around astragal
battement incorporé - m = meeting stiles
batterie - f = battery, coil
batterie chaude - f = heating coil, heating unit
batterie coffrante - f = battery mould, ganged form
batterie d’ascenseurs - f = bank of elevators
batterie de capteurs - f = array
batterie de chauffe - f = heating coil, heating unit
batterie de coffrage - f = ganged form
batterie de contrefiches - f = racking shore system
batterie de contrefiches - f = racking shores
batterie de puits filtrants - f = wellpoint system
batterie de scies - f = gang mill
batterie d’étais - f = gang shore, gang strut
batterie évaporateur - f = evaporation coil
batterie froide - f = cooling coil
batteur de pieux - m = pile driver
batteur de pieux - m = pile driver operator
batteuse - f = thumb latch
battre à mort = overtrowel, to
battre à refus = drive to refusal, to
battre un pieu = drive a pile, to
battu = wrought
bauge - f = clay and staw mortar
bavette - f = apron flashing, flashing, hip sheet
bavette de zinc - f = zinc strip flashing
baveur - m = trickler
bavure - f = burr, dripping, fin, flash
bavures de mortier - f = loose mortar, mortar
droppings
BCN (béton à caractéristiques normalisées) - m
= standardised ready-mixed concrete
béant = gaping, open
bec - m = beak, cutwater, nozzle
bec courbe - m = bib nozzle
bec de brûleur - m = burner tip
bec de-cane - m = lever handle, spring lock
bec de-cane à condamnation - m = lever handle with
safety catch
bec déverseur - m = chute
bec orientable - m = swivel nozzle
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bec pulvérisateur - m = spray nozzle
bec-de-cane - m = latch, latch lock
bec-de-corbin - m = beak moulding
bêche - f = keel, rib, spade
bèches - f = thickned edges
bêcheuse à glaise - f = clay digger
becquet - m = downstand, drip cap
bédane - m = crosscut chisel, heading chisel, mortise
chisel
beffroi - m = belfry, bell cage, bell-tower
bélier - m = battering ram, ram, water hammer
bélier hydraulique - m = water ram
bélier-niveleur - m = bulldozer
belle face - f = fair face
belvédère - m = belvedere
bénitier indépendant - m = font
bénitier sur mur - m = stoup
benne - f = bin, bucket, contener, lift car, skip
benne à béton - f = concreting bucket
benne à coquilles - f = clam-bucket
benne à fond ouvrant - f = drop bottom bucket
benne à fond ouvrant - f = drop bottom skip
benne automobile - f = dumper
benne basculante - f = dumper, tilting skip
benne basculante en avant - f = tilting bowl
benne d’alimentation - f = skip
benne d’alimentation en granulats avec dispositif de
pesage des charges - f = aggregate weigh batcher skip
benne de transport - f = disposal container
benne élévatrice - f = skip
benne piocheuse - f = grab, grab bucket
benne preneuse - f = clam shell, clam-bucket,
clamshell, clamshell grab, grab, grab bucket
bentonite - f = bentonite
béquille - f = door handle, handle, lever door handle,
lever handle, prop
béquille de portique - f = leg
berceau - m = cradle, haunching
berge - f = bank
berme - f = bench, berm
berme de pied - f = toe berm
besace - f = coin bonding, cricket, in-and-out bond,
quoin bonding, saddle
besant - m = bezant, bezant
besquaire - m = parapet
béton - m = concrete
béton à air occlus - m = aerated concrete, air
entraining concrete, air-entrained concrete
béton à baryte - m = barytes concrete
béton à caractéristiques normalisées (BCN) - m =
standard ready-mixed concrete
béton à caractéristiques spécifiées - m = specifed
ready mixed concrete
béton à consistence deterre humide - m = damp con-
crete, dry to stiff concrete, slightly moist
béton à entraînement d’air - m = air entraining
concrete
béton à fibre d’acier - m = steel fiber concrete
béton à gros grains - m = coarse concrete, no-fines
concrete
béton à la diabase - m = artificial diabase
béton à l’hématite - m = h(a)ematite concrete
béton à liant hydrocarboné - m = bituminous
concrete
béton à liant plastique - m = asphalt concrete
béton à limonite - m = limonite concrete
béton à serpentine - m = serpentine concrete
béton activé - m = prepacked aggregate concrete,
prepact concrete, preplaced aggregate concrete
béton aéré - m = aerated concrete, air entrained
concrete
béton alourdi à la barytine - m = barium concrete
béton alvéolaire - m = cellular concrete
béton alvéolé - m = cellular concrete
béton antiacide - m = acid-resisting concrete
béton antigelif - m = frost-proof concrete
béton anti-gelif - m = frostproof concrete
béton apparent - m = exposed concrete, fair-faced
concrete
béton apparent à granulat exposé - m = exposed
aggregate external face
béton architectonique - m = architectural concrete
béton architectural - m = architectural concrete
béton armé (BA) - m = armoured concrete, ferrocon-
crete, reinforced concrete
béton armé à muraillement en verre - m = glass-
crete, reinforced concrete with glass-tile fillers
béton armé de fibre de verre - m = glass-reinforced
concrete, glassfiber reinforced concrete
béton armé de fibres - m = fibrous concrete
béton armé norme britannique - m = BRC (British
Reinforced Concrete)
béton armé norme britannique - m = British
Reinforced Concrete (BRC)
béton asphlaltique - m = asphalt concrete, asphaltic
concrete
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béton au basalte - m = artificial basalt
béton au granite - m = artificial granite
béton au magnétite - m = magnetite concrete
béton au plâtre - m = gypsum concrete
béton au polyester - m = polyester concrete
béton au polymère - m = concrete polymer
béton au titanate de fer - m = ilmenite concrete
béton autoclavé - m = autoclave cured concrete, auto-
claved concrete
béton banché - m = formed concrete, heaped concrete,
poured concrete
béton binaire - m = two component concrete
béton bitumeux - m = asphalt concrete, asphaltic
concrete, bituminous concrete, asphalt concrete, bitume
concrete, bituminous concrete
béton bitumineux fin - m = asphaltic fine concrete
béton bitumineux gros - m = asphalt coarse concrete
béton blanc - m = white concrete
béton bouchardé - m = bush-hammered concrete
béton branché - m = tamped concrete
béton brut - m = untreated concrete
béton brut de décoffrage - m = off-form concrete,
unsurfaced exposed concrete
béton brut de décoffrage - m =
béton caverneux - m = no-fines concrete, popcorn
concrete
béton cellulaire - m = cellular concrete, foam concrete
béton cellulaire autoclavé - m = cellular autoclave
concrete
béton centrifugé - m = centrifugally cast concrete,
concrete moulded by centrifugal action
béton centrifugé - m = spun concrete
béton chaud - m = hot concrete
béton chauffé - m = heated concrete
béton colloïdal - m = colloidal concrete, colcrete,
coldout, colloid concrete
béton coloré - m = coloured concrete
béton compact - m = heavy-aggregate, heavy-weight,
high-density concrete
béton comprimé - m = compressed concrete, rammed
concrete
béton corde à piano - m = hoyer prestessed concrete,
prestessed concrete with thin wire armouring
béton coulé - m = heaped concrete, poured concrete
béton coulé au sol - m = precast concrete
béton coulé en masse - m = mass concrete
béton coulé en ou sur place - m = in-situ concrete
béton coulé en ou sur place - m = poured-in-place
concrete
béton coulé en place - m = cast-in-place concrete, in-
situ concrete
béton coulé par goulotte - m = poured concrete
béton coulé sous l’eau - m = under water concrete
béton coulé très sec - m = stiff concrete
béton courant - m = plain concrete, unreinforced
concrete
béton cyclopéen - m = cyclopean concrete, rubble
concrete
béton damé - m = compressed concrete, rammed con-
crete, tamped concrete
béton d’amiante - m = asbestos concrete
béton d’argile - m = rammed clay
béton d’asphalte - m = asphalt concrete
béton de bitume - m = asphalt concrete
béton de blocage - m = prepacked concrete, prepared
aggregate concrete, preplaced aggregate concrete
béton de briquaillons - m = clinker concrete
béton de cendres - m = ash(es) concrete
béton de centrale - m = plant-mixed concrete, ready-
mixed concrete
béton de chaux - m = lime concrete
béton de ciment - m = cement concrete, concrete
béton de ciment et de chaux - m = lime diluted
cement concrete
béton de ciment et de fibres - m = fiber concrete
béton de consistance “terre humide” - m = no-slump
concrete
béton de consistance plastique - m = high slump
concrete, plastic concrete
béton de départ - m = base concrete
béton de fondation - m = concrete subbase, sub-
concrete
béton de goudron - m = bitume concrete, bituminous
concrete, tar concrete
béton de granulat apparent - m = exposed aggregate
concrete
béton de granulat concassé - m = stone concrete
béton de granulats légers - m = lightweight aggregate
concrete
béton de gravier - m = gravel concrete
béton de gravier ou de gravillon - m = gravel
concrete
béton de gravillons - m = gravel concrete
béton de laitier - m = slag concrete
béton de laitier expansé - m = expanded-slag concrete
béton de mâchefer - m = cinder concrete
béton de masse - m = bulk concrete, mass concrete
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béton de mousse de laitier - m = expanded-slag
concrete
béton de parement - m = fair-faced concrete
béton de pierraille - m = rubble concrete
béton de pierre - m = stone concrete
béton de plâtre - m = gypsum concrete
béton de plâtre cuit - m = gypsum concrete
béton de ponce - m = pumice concrete
béton de pouzzolane - m = pozzolana concrete
béton de pouzzolane - m = pozzolanic concrete
béton de propreté - m = blinding concrete, oversite
concrete
béton de rebuts - m = rubble concrete, waste-aggre-
gate concrete
béton de remplissage - m = filler concrete
béton de résine synthétique - m = polymer-concrete
composite material
béton de routier - m = pavement concrete
béton de sable - m = sand concrete
béton de sciure de bois - m = sawdust concrete
béton de scorie - m = slag concrete
béton de terre - m = puddled earth, rammed earth
béton de transport - m = ready-mix(ed) concrete
béton de trass - m = trass concrete
béton décapé - m = scoured concrete
béton d’enrobage - m = concrete cover for reinfor-
cement
béton d’enrobage - m = concrete protection for rein-
forcement
béton d’enrobement - m = concrete cover for reinfor-
cement
béton d’enrobement - m = concrete protection for
reinforcement
béton désaéré - m = vacuum concrete
béton d’étanchement - m = waterproofing concrete
béton durci - m = hardened concrete
béton écumeux - m = foam concrete, gas concrete,
porous concrete
béton émaillé - m = glazed concrete
béton en masse - m = bulk concrete, mass concrete
béton en prise - m = concrete during setting
béton en sacs - m = packaged concrete
béton épais - m = stiff concrete
béton essoré - m = vacuum concrete
béton essoré sous vide - m = vacuum concrete
béton étuvé - m = steam-cured concrete
béton expansif - m = expanded cement
béton exposé - m = exposed concrete
béton exposé - m = fair-faced concrete
béton faiblement dosé en ciment - m = lean mixed
concrete
béton ferreux - m = ferro-concrete
béton fibreux - m = fibrous concrete
béton filtrant - m = filtering concrete
béton fin - m = fine concrete filling
béton fluide - m = soft concrete, wet concrete
béton fluidifié - m = flow concrete
béton fraîchement malaxé - m = fresh concrete
béton frais - m = fresh concrete, green concrete, unset
concrete
béton fretté - m = bound concrete
béton gélif - m = frost cleft concrete
béton goudronné - m = tar concrete
béton goudronneux - m = tar concrete
béton gras - m = fat concrete
béton grésé - m = ground concrete
béton humide - m = moist concrete
béton hydrocarboné - m = bituminous concrete
béton hydrofugé - m = waterproofed concrete
béton immergé - m = tremie concrete
béton injecté - m = grout-intruded concrete
béton jeune - m = green concrete, immature concrete
béton lavé - m = exposed aggregate finish concrete
béton lavé - m = washed concrete
béton léger - m = breeze concrete, light-weight con-
crete, lightweight concrete
béton lourd - m = dense concrete, heavy aggregate
concrete, heavy concrete, heavyweight concrete, high-
density concrete
béton maigre - m = compressed concrete, lean con-
crete, poor concrete, rammed concrete, tamped con-
crete, weak concrete
béton malaxé durant le transport - m = transit-mixed
concrete, truck-mixed concrete
béton manufacturé - m = precast concrete
béton manufacturé - m = ready-mix(ed) concrete
béton mis en place sous l’eau - m = tremie concrete
béton monolithe - m = monolithic concrete
béton moulé - m = cast concrete, poured concrete
béton mousse - m = foam concrete, gas concrete,
porous concrete
béton non armé - m = plain concrete, unreiforced
concrete
béton ordinaire - m = plain concrete
béton pervibré - m = internally vibrated concrete
béton pervibré - m = vibrated concrete
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béton peu mouillé - m = dry concrete
béton pilonné - m = rammed concrete
béton piqué - m = rodded concrete
béton plastique - m = plast concrete
béton plein - m = dense concrete
béton poli - m = polished concrete
béton pompé - m = pumped concrete
béton ponce - m = pumice concrete, pumice stone
concrete
béton poreux - m = cellular concrete, foam mortar,
porous concrete
béton postcontraint - m = post-tensioned concrete
béton précomprimé - m = precompressed concrete,
prestressed concrete
béton préfabriqué - m = precast concrete
béton prémalaxé - m = ready-mixed concrete, ready-
mixed concrete
béton prépack - m = prepacked aggregate concrete,
prepact concrete, preplaced aggregate concrete
béton préparé - m = ready-mix concrete
béton prêt à l ‘emploi - m = truck-mixed concrete,
ready-mixed concrete, transit mixed concrete
béton projeté - m = air-placed concrete, shotcrete,
sprayed concrete
béton qui n’a pas fait la prise - m = unset concrete
béton raide - m = harsh concrete
béton réfractaire - m = casatble refractory, refractory
concrete
béton renforcé par fibres de polypropylène - m
= polypropylène reinforced concrete
béton restant - m = remaining concrete
béton routier - m = pavement concrete, paving
concrete
béton sablé - m = sandblasted concrete
béton sans éléments fins - m = coarse concrete, no-
fines concrete, popcorn concrete
béton sans granulats fins - m = no-fines concrete
béton sans sable - m = no-fines concrete
béton sec - m = dry concrete, no slump concrete, stiff
concrete
béton simple - m = bulk concrete, mass concrete
béton sous vide - m = vacuum concrete
béton taloché - m = floated concrete
béton ternaire - m = three-component concrete
béton traité par le vide - m = vacuum concrete
béton translucide - m = glass concrete, glazed con-
crete, reinforced concrete with glass-tile fillers
béton transporté - m = ready-mix(ed) concrete
béton très plastique - m = high-slump concrete
béton trop mouillé - m = wet mix
béton vert - m = green concrete
béton vibré - m = vibrated concrete
béton vibré sur coffrage - m = form-vibrated concrete
béton-gaz - m = aerated concrete, gas concrete, gas
concrete, porous concrete
béton-goudronneux - m = tar concrete
béton-mousse - m = foam concrete
bétonnage - m = concrete work, concreting, placing of
concrete
bétonnage d’hiver - m = winter-time concrete work
bétonnage du sol - m = grouting of the ground
bétonnage du sol (routes) - m = ground stabilization
(by soil-cement mix)
bétonnage sous l’eau - m = depositing under water
bétonnée - f = batch
bétonner = cast concrete (to), concrete (to), pour (to),
work concrete (to)
bétonner bout-à-bout = match-cast, to
bétonneur - m = concrete worker, concreter
bétonneur (de routes) - m = concrete road worker
bétonneuse - f = concrete spreader
bétonnière - f = concrete mixer, mixer, mixing
machine, truckmixer
bétonnière à chute libre - f = gravity batch mixer
bétonnière à contre-courant - f = drum mixer with
reversing discharge
bétonnière à couloir - f = airslide mixer, chute mixer
bétonnière à débit discontinu - m = batch mixer
bétonnière à deux tambours - f = double-drum mixer
bétonnière à tambour basculant - f = tilt drum mixer,
tilting drum mixer
bétonnière à tambour inverseur - f = gravity mixer,
free fall mixer
bétonnière avec tambour basculeur - f = tilting drum
mixer
bétonnière continue - f = continuous mixer, constant-
flow mixer
bétonnière de centrale à béton - f = concrete plant
mixer
bétonnière motorisée - f = concrete-mixer paver,
paver
bétonnière motorisée à deux tambours - f = dual
drum paver, twin-batch paver
bétonnière portée - f = transit mixer, truck mixer
bétonnière portée - f =
bétonnière roulante - f = ready-mixer
bétonnière-malaxeur - f = pug mill, pug mill mixer
biais - m = skew, slanting
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biais (en...) - m = askew
bicombustible = dual fuel
bidet - m = bidet
bielle - f = connecting rod, truss rod
bielle de triangulation - f = bracing strut
bien aménagé = well appointed
bien calibré = well graded
bien entretenu = in good repair, well maintained
bien norri = generous
bien nourrir (colle, peinture) = apply generously, to
bien-fonds - m = real estate (land only)
biens fonciers - m = real estate
biens immobiliers - m = real estate, real property
bigue - f = gin, shearlegs, shears, sheerlegs
bilame - m = bimetallic strip
billage - m = ball impact test
bille - f = ball, log
bille à bardeau - f = shingle bolt
bille à lattes - f = lath bolt
bille à rais - f = spoke billet
bille de pied - f = butt lenght, butt log
bille de placage - f = veneer bolt
bille dédossée - f = cant
bille marchande - f = merchantable log
bille numéro deux - f = second lench, second log
billette - f = billet (moulding)
billette à bardeau - f = shingle bolt
billon - m = baulk
biocide = biocidal, biocide
biofiltration - f = biofiltration, biological filtration
biofloculation - f = bioflocculation
biogaz - m = niogas
biseau - m = bevel, chamfer, feint
biseautage - m = bevelling, chamfering
biseauté = bevelled
biseauter = bevel (to), chamfer (to)
bistrage - m = brown discoloration, soot stain
bistre - m = bister
bitord - m = gaskin
bitte d’amarrage - f = bitt
bitumage - m = bituming
bitumé = bituminous
bitume - m = asphalt, bitumen
bitume asphaltique routiern - m = asphalt cement
bitume consistant - m = asphalt cement
bitume coulé - m = floated asphalt, mastic asphalt
bitume d’impression - m = asphalt primer
bitume direct - m = straight-run asphalt (US)
bitume fluide - m = liquid asphalt
bitume fluxé - m = asphalt binder flux, cutback
asphalt, cutback bitumen
bitume goudron - m = bitumen tar (mixture)
bitume plastique - m = asphalt cement
bitume pour couche d’impression - m = asphalt
primer
bitume routier - m = asphalt cement, paving asphalt,
penetration grade bitumen (UK), road asphalt (US)
bitume soufflé - m = blown asphalt
bitume sous vide - m = vacuum asphalt
bitumeur - m = asphalt layer, asphalter
bitumineux = bituminous
biveau - m = bevel
blanc - m = blank, clear
blanc cassé - m = broken white, off white
blanc de céruse - m = white lead
blanc de charge - m = extender
blanc de chaux - m = limewash, white wash
blanc de meudon - m = whiting
blanc de zinc - m = zinc oxyde, zinc white
blanc d’espagne - m = whiting
blanc fixe - m = barium white, blanc fixe
blanchâtre = whitish
blanchiment - m = bleaching, whitewashing
blanchir = surface (to), whiten (to)
blanchir (menuiserie) = clean up, to
blanchir (tissu) = bleach to
blanchir à la chaux = whitewash, to
blanchir le bois = dress, to
bleu = blue
bleu - m = blueprint
bleuissement - m = blue stain, blueing
blindage - m = casing, lining, shaft timbering,
sheeting, timbering
blindage à clair voie - m = crib, cribbing
blindage de puits - m = pit boards (UK), sheeting
(US), well curbing
blindage par planches horizontales - m = horizontal
sheeting
blinder une tranchée = sheet (a trench), to
bloc - m = block, development block, unit
bloc à feuillure - m = jamb block
bloc aplanissoir - m = float stone
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bloc creux - m = building tile, hollow block, hollow
clayblock, hollow pot, hollow tile
bloc creux d’extrémité - m = end construction tile
bloc cyclopéen - m = boulder
bloc d’angle - m = angle block, corner block, corner
return block
bloc de cendre - m = cinder block
bloc de clouage - m = fixing block
bloc de construction - m = building block
bloc de fondation en béton - f = concrete foundation
block
bloc de linteau - m = lintel block, U-block
bloc de maçonnerie - m = building block, soldier
bloc de parement - m = facing block
bloc de pierre - m = rubble
bloc de ponçage - m = sanding block
bloc de scellement - m = foundation block
bloc de verre - m = glass block
bloc éclaté - m = split block, split-face block
bloc en béton - m = concrete block, precast concrete
block
bloc en U - m = lintel block, U block
bloc évier - m = sink unit
bloc fenêtre - m = window bloc, window unit
bloc normalisé - m = standard concrete block
bloc parapluie - m = splash block
bloc perforé à perforation verticale - m = end-con-
struction tile
bloc perforé de terre cuite - m = structural clay tile
(US), hollow tile (UK)
bloc poreux - m = cellular block
bloc porte - m = prehung door unit
bloc refroidisseur - m = cooling unit
bloc sanitaire - m = lavatory block, toilet block
blocage - m = backfill over an arch, cofferwork, core,
filler piece, random-rubble backing, rock pavement
blocage (chargeant un arc) - m = backfill (over an
arch)
blocage de mur - m = core, random rubble backing,
rubble work
blocage des écrous - m = checking of nuts
blocage plein - m = solid blocking
blocaille - f = hardcore, rubble, rubble stones, shiver
bloc-eau - m = prefabricated plumbing unit
bloc-fenêtre - m = window unit
blochet - m = hammer beam,tie brace, tie-beam piece
blochet de chêneau - m = cornice bracket
blochet de ferme - m = tie brace
blocporte - m = slab door
bloc-porte - m = door unit
blondin - m = aerial cableway, blocking, cable-crane,
cableway
bluter = sift, to
bobard - m = bitt
bobiné = wound
bobine de déclenchement - f = trip coil
bobine-contracteur - f = contractor coil
bois - m = lumber, timber, wood
bois à assemblage à rainure et languette - m =
tongue-and-groove lumber
bois à bobines - m = spoolwood
bois à fil particulier - m = character marked lumber
bois à grain grossier - m = coarse grain, coarse grain
lumber
bois à grosses veines - m = coarse grain, coarse grain
lumber
bois à larges zones d’accroissement - m = coarse
grain, coarse grain lumber
bois à pâte mécanique - m = pulpwood
bois à pores disséminés - m = diffuse-porous wood
bois à pores épars - m = diffuse porous wood
bois à rive à mi-bois - m = shiplapped lumber
bois à seuil - m = sill stock
bois à structure grossière - m = coarse grain, coarse
grain lumber
bois à texture grossière - m = coarse grain, coarse
grain lumber
bois à zones poreuses - m = ring porous wood
bois abouté - m = end jointed timber
bois aligné - m = square-sawn timber
bois amélioré - m = improved wood
bois avivé - m = square wood timber
bois avivé d’équerre - m = square edged timber
bois blanc - m = deal, white wood
bois blanchi - m = hewn timber, surfaced lumber
bois brut de construction - m = rough lumber
bois carré - m = square-sawn timber
bois cassant - m = brashwood
bois clair de construction - m = clear lumber
bois classé selon sa résistance - m = stress graded
timber
bois classifié pour la charpente - m = structurally
graded
bois commun de charpente - m = common timber
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bois corroyé - m = dressed lumber (US), dressed
timber (US), surfaced lumber (US), surfaced timber
(US), wrot timber (UK), wrought timber (UK)
bois coudé - m = crook, knee
bois courbant - m = crook, knee
bois court - m = shorts
bois d’ échantillon - m = dimension timber
bois d’un puits - m = crib
bois d’aubier - m = saps
bois de bonde - m = bung lumber
bois de bout - m = end-grain wood
bois de brin - m = timber in the log, whole timber
bois de caisserie - m = box board, box boards
bois de chantier - m = yard lumber
bois de charpente - m = framing timber, structural
lumber, stuctural timber, timber
bois de cœur - m = heart wood, heartwood
bois de coffrage - m = form lumber
bois de compression - m = compression wood (US)
bois de construction - m = lumber, structural timber,
timber
bois de construction de dimensions nominales - m
= nominal size lumber
bois de construction scié - m = sawn lumber
bois de construction séché au four - m = kiln-dried
lumber
bois de cour - m = yard lumber
bois de court circuit - f = cutout box
bois de dimension - m = dim
bois de droit fil - m = straight grained timber, straight
grained wood
bois de fente - m = cleft timber, split stuff
bois de fil - m = straight grain timber, vertical grain
(VG), VG (vertical grain)
bois de layeterie - m = box board, box boards
bois de placage - m = veneer
bois de placage déroulé - m = rotary-cut veneer
bois de plancher - m = floor board
bois de printemps - m = early wood, spring wood
bois de rose - m = rose wood
bois de sapin - m = deal
bois de sciage - m = converted timber, quartered
timber, sawn lumber, sawn timber, sawnwood
bois de sciage brut - m = undressed timber,
unwrought timber
bois de sciage mince - m = thin lumber
bois de souche - m = butt wood, stump wood
bois de tension - m = tension wood
bois débité - m = converted timber
bois débité sur mailles - m = edge-grain timber, ver-
tical grain timber
bois debout - m = timber
bois d’échantillon - m = dimension stock
bois déclassé - m = below grade, below grade timber,
brack
bois densifié - m = compressed wood, densified wood
bois d’équarrissage - m = scantlings, square sawn
timber
bois d’été - m = summer wood
bois d’œuvre - m = structural timber, timber
bois d’œuvre carré - m = square wood timber
bois dur - m = hardwood
bois échauffé - m = doty timber, dozey timber, dozy
timber, foxy timber
bois éclatable - m = splintery wood
bois embouveté - m = tongue-and-groove lumber
bois embrevé - m = matched lumber
bois en bout - m = end grain
bois en grume - m = round timber, timber in the log,
unbarked timber
bois en grumes - m = lumber
bois equarri - m = scantlings, square sawn timber,
scantling, squared timber, squared wood
bois esquilleux - f = splintery wood
bois essevé - m = bled timber
bois étuvé - m = kiln dried wood
bois fendu - m = cleft timber
bois feuillu - m = hard wood, hardwood, porous wood
bois fin - m = fine grained wood, fine grown wood,
fine textured wood
bois final - m = late wood
bois flache - m = flitch
bois franc de neuds - m = clean timber
bois frisé - m = curly grain
bois hétérogène - m = uneven grained wood, uneven
textured wood
bois homogène - m = even grained wood, even tex-
tured wood
bois imprégné - m = impregnated wood, resin impreg-
nated wood, resin treated wood
bois imprégné densifié - m = compregnated
wood (US)
bois imprégné densifié - m = densified impregnated
wood (UK)
bois initial - m = early wood
bois lamellé - m = laminated timber, laminated wood
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bois lamellé collé - m = glued laminated timber
bois liquide - m = plastic wood
bois madré - m = figured wood
bois maillé - m = comb-grained wood, edge-grained
wood, rift-grained wood, vertical-grained wood
bois mal débité - m = mixcut lumber
bois marchand inférieur - m = scoots
bois massif - m = solid timber, solid wood
bois moucheté - m = bird’s eye
bois net - m = bright wood
bois non corroyé - m = undressed lumber (US),
unwrought timber (UK)
bois noueux - m = knotty wood
bois ondé - m = wavy grain
bois parfait - m = heartwood, ripe wood
bois pelucheux - m = wooly-grained wood
bois pour marches - m = stepping
bois raboté - m = dressed timber, surfaced lumber
bois rebours - m = interlocking grain
bois rectiligne - m = staight-grained timber
bois refendu - m = resawn timber
bois résineux - m = softwood
bois ronçeux - m = curly wood
bois rond - m = round timber, round wood, timber in
the round
bois rouge - m = red pine
bois rubané - m = ribbon-grained wood
bois rustique - m = interlocking grain
bois saigné - m = bled timber
bois sain - m = sound wood
bois sans défaut - m = clear lumber
bois sans défauts - m = clear lumber, clear stuff, clear
timber, clears, free stuff
bois scié sur maille - m = quarter sawn timber
bois séché - m = seasoned timber
bois sur dosse - m = flat grain wood, plain grain wood,
slash grain wood
bois sur maille - m = comb-grained timber, edge-
grained timber, quater-sawn timber, rift-sawn timber,
vertical-grained timber
bois tendre - m = soft wood
bois traité - m = preserved wood, treated wood
bois vert - m = green lumber, green timber
bois vissé - m = spiral grain wood, twisted grain wood
boisage - m = graining, lining, saplings, timbering, tree
planting, young trees
boisage de peinture - m = casing
boisage de tranchées - m = sheet piling
boiserie - f = fine trim, finish board, trim, wood pan-
elling, woodwork
boiserie de parement - f = facing
boiserie extérieure - f = exterior trim
boiserie intérieure - f = inside finish, interior trim
boiserie métallique - f = metal trim
boiseries - f = trim
boiseries - f = wainscoting, wood panelling
boisseau - m = chimney flue tile, flue tile
boisseau de cheminée - m = chimney block, flue
block
boisseau de robinet - m = barrel (US), body (UK)
boisseau de terre cuite - m = flue tile
boîte - f = box
boîte à étoupe - f = stuffing box
boîte à fusibles - f = fuse box
boîte à graisse - f = grease trap
boîte à lettres - f = letter box (UK), mail box (US)
boîte à masse de remplissage - f = sealing box
boîte à onglets - f = miter box, mitre box
boîte à ordure - f = dustbin (UK), garbage can (US)
boîte à rideau - f = pelmet
boîte à sable - f = sand box, sand jack
boîte d’artère - f = feeder box
boîte de cisaillement - f = shear box
boîte de cisaillement à déformation contrôlée - f =
shear box with strain control
boîte de connexion - f = conduit box
boîte de dérivation - f = conduit box, junction box
boîte de gâchage - f = mortar box
boîte de jonction - f = cable box, conduit box, junc-
tion box
boîte de raccordement - f = junction box
boîte de tirage - f = draw-in box (UK), pull box (US)
boîte d’extrémité - f = dividing box
boîte en métal galvanisé pour appareillage élec-
trique - f = galvanized outlet and switch box
boîtes de tarage Amsler - f = Amsler’s calibrating
boxes, Amsler’s standardizing boxes
boîtier de serrure - m = case
bol de scraper - m = bowl
bollard - m = bitt
bombé = bellied, bellying, cambered, dished
bombement - m = barrel, bulge, camber, cupping, hog,
mounding, swell
bombement anticlinal - m = anticlinal bulge
bombement de mur - m = bulge
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bon état - m = soundness
bon sol - m = bearing soil, firm ground, firm soil, good
ground
bonde - f = outlet, plug hole, waste
bonde à bouchon de caoutchouc - f = waste plug with
rubber stopper
bonde siphoïde - f = trapped waste
bondérisation - f = phosphating
bonne rive - f = good edge
boqueteau - m = copes, spinney
bord à effet d’eau - m = flushing rim
bord à pince plate - m = welted drip edge
bord abaissé et replié - m = turned in nosing
bord aminci - m = featheredge, recessed edge, tapered
edge
bord avant - m = leading edge
bord d’attaque - m = leading edge
bord de fenêtre - m = stool
bord de fuite - m = trailing edge
bord de trottoir - m = curb (US)
bord de trottoir - m = kerb (UK)
bord du toit - m = eaves
bord en biseau - m = featheredge
bord extérieur - m = outer driven pile
bord flacheux - m = waney edge
bord mouillé - m = wet edge
bord rabattu - m = feint
bordé d’arcades = acarded
bordereau matières - m = bill of materials
bordure - f = border, edge trim, edging
bordure de papier peint - f = frieze
bordure de parquet - f = margin strip
bordure de pignon - f = barge board, verge board
bordure de toit - f = eaves board, eaves fascia, fascia
bordure de toit en bois - f = wood fascia
bordure de trottoir - f = border stone, curbstone (US),
kerb stone (UK), road curb
bordure du toit - f = verge
bordurette en béton - f = concrete edging
bornage - m = marking out, setting
borne - f = binding post, boundary mark, boundary
stone
borne d’éclairage - f = lighting bollard
borne d’incendie - f = fire plug
borne d’attache - f = binding post
borne de terre - f = earth terminal
borne d’entrée - f = entrance bushing
borne fontaine - f = street fountain
borne positive - f = positive terminal
borner = mark out the boundary (to), set the
boundary (to)
borner (limiter) = bound (to), limit (to)
borner (poser des bornes) = stake, to
borner un terrain = picket a lot, to
borne-repère - f = bench mark
borne-routière - f = bollard
bornes - f = metes and bounds
bossage - m = boss, bossage, bossing, rustic work, rus-
tication
bossage à anglet - m = chamfered rustification
bossage à bordure unie - m = backsetting
bossage à chanfreins - m = chamfered rustification
bossage adouci - m = bolster work
bossage en pointe de diamant - m = diamond rusti-
cation
bossage en table - m = channel-jointed rustication
with reticulated quoins
bossage un sur deux - m = banded rustication
bossages continus - m = banded rustication
bosse - f = boss, bulge
bosselage - m = embossing
bosselure (marque de choc) - f = indent, indentation
bouchage (d’une ouverture) - m = blocking up
bouchardage - m = bush hammer, bush hammer
finish, roughening
boucharde - f = bush hammer, bushammer, charring
hammer, granulating hammer
boucharde d’enduiseur - f = cement roller, granu-
lating roller
boucharder = bush-hammer (to), roughen (to)
boucharder les aspérités = chip irregularities, to
bouche à ailettes - f = vaned outlet
bouche à clé - f = curb stop box, key operated service
box, stop box
bouche à clé - f = surface box
bouche avaloir - f = gulley, gully
bouche d’évacuation - f = exhausted outlet
bouche d’introduction de l’air neuf - f = fresh air
inlet
bouche d’aération - f = air hole, air vent, vent hole,
ventilation hole
bouche d’air - f = duct opening, hydrant, vent
bouche d’air chaud - f = warm air register
bouche de chaleur - f = hot-air vent, register, warm
air outlet
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bouche de chaleur de plinthe réglable - f = base-
board register, bottom register
bouche de lavage - f = wash-out hydratant
bouche de reprise - f = return air inlet
bouche de soufflage - f = outlet grille
bouche d’eau - f = plug
bouche d’écoulement - f = open hub, hub
bouche d’égout - f = drop inlet, catch basin, gulley,
gully hole
bouche d’incendie - f = fireplug, hydrant
bouche d’incendie à compression - f = compression
type hydrant
bouche d’incendie à sphère - f = ball hydrant
bouche-pores - m = filler, sealer
bouche-pores liquide - f = sealer
bouche-pores pateux - f = sealing compound
boucher les fissures = fill, to
boucher les fissures = spackle, to (US)
boucher, se = clog, to
bouchon - m = cap, patch, plug, stopper, waste plug
bouchon à tête carrée - m = squarehead plug
bouchon à vis - m = screw plug, air lock
bouchon de dégorgement - m = access eye (UK),
cleaning eye (US), cleanout (US)
bouchon de placage - m = patch
bouchon de vapeur - m = vapour lock
bouchon de visite - m = access eye (UK), cleaning eye
(US), cleanout (US), inspection fitting
bouchon étanche à murer - m = wall inlet plug
bouchon femelle - m = cap, cap plug
bouchon fusible - m = fusible plug
bouchon hermétique - m = airtight stopping
bouchon mâle - m = pipe plug, plug
bouchon taraudé - m = screw cap, tapped plug
bouchon-écrou - m = screw plug
boucle - f = loop
boucle de dilatation - f = expansion loop
boucle de régulation - f = control loop
boucle d’hystérésis - f = hysteresis loop
boucle fermée - f = closed loop
bouclier - m = blade, float
bouclier contre termites - m = termite shield
bouclier feutré - m = carpet float, felt-faced float
boudin - m = flange, roll moulding
boudin d’étanchéité - m = sealing strip
boue - f = dirt, mud, sludge
boue activée - f = activated sludge
boue alluvionaire - f = sullage
boue bentonique - f = bentonite mud
boue brute - f = crude sludge, fresh sludge, green
sludge, indigested sludge, raw sludge
boue d’assainissement - f = sludge
boue d’épuration - f = sewage sludge
boue digérée - f = digested sludge
boue épaisse - f = heavy sludge
boue essorée - f = dewatered sludge
boue floculée - f = flocculated sludge
boue fraîche - f = crude sludge, fresh sludge, green
sludge, indigested sludge, raw sludge
boue liquide - f = slurry
bouilleur - m = back boiler, boiler, water back
bouilleur de foyer ouvert - m = back boiler, water
back
bouilleur d’eau chaude - m = hot-water heater
bouillie de ciment - f = cement grout
boulance - f = boil
bouldozer - m = bulldozer
boule d’argile - f = ball of clay
boule de balustre - f = banister knob
boulets - m = patent fuel
boulevard - m = bulwark
boulin - m = pigeon hole, putlog
boulon - m = bolt, bright bolt, structural bolt, tight fit-
ting bolt, turned bolt
boulon à blocage automatique - m = rib bolt
boulon à bout percé - m = eye-bolt
boulon à haute résistance - m = high-strenght friction
grip bolt, high-strength bolt, high-tensile bolt
boulon à œil - m = eye bolt
boulon à œillère - m = eye-bolt
boulon à œillet - m = eye-bolt
boulon à serrage contrôlé - m = friction grip bolt
boulon à serrage contrôlé - m = high-strenght friction
grip bolt
boulon à tête hémisphérique - m = round-headed bolt
boulon à tête perdue - m = countersunk bolt
boulon ajusté - m = bright bolt, close tolerance turned
bolt
boulon brut - m = black bolt
boulon crochet - m = hook bolt
boulon d’ancrage - m = anchor bolt, foundation bolt,
holding-down bolt, stud bolt
boulon d’arrêt - m = check bolt
boulon d’assemblage - m = tack bolt, through bolt, tie
bolt
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boulon d’attache - m = anchor bolt, foundation bolt,
holding-down bolt
boulon de butée - m = check bolt
boulon de charpente à nervures - m = structural rib
bolts
boulon de fixation - m = anchor bolt, fastening bolt,
foundation bolt, holding-down bolt
boulon de fondation - m = anchor bolt, foundation
bolt, holding-down bolt
boulon de scellement - m = anchor bolt, expansion
bolt, foundation bolt, holding down bolt, holding-down
bolt, ragbolt
boulon de scellement à crans - m = barbed bolt, rag
bolt
boulon de scellement à queue de carpe - m = fish-
tail bolt
boulon de serrage - m = clamping bolt
boulon de suspension - m = hanger bolt
boulon en Y - m = U-bolt
boulon injecté - m = injection anchor
boulon mécanique - m = machine bolt
boulon prisonnier - m = countersunk bolt, stud bolt
boulon rognoir - m = plow-bolt
boulon tourné - m = turned bolt
boulon-crochet - m = hook bolt
boulonnage - m = bolting
bourrage - m = filling, packer, packing, stopping
bourrage à la main - m = tamping
bourrage coupe feu - m = fireproof filling
bourrelet - m = band, bead, callus, draft preventer,
draught excluder, draught strip, flange, roll, weather
strip, weather-stripping
bourrelet anti pince doigts - m = finger guard
bourrer = pack (to), stuff (to)
bourrer les joints = pack joints, to
bourrer un joint de mortier - m = fill a joint with
mortar, to
boursault - m = curb roll
boursoufflure - f = blistering (UK)
boursoufflure (peinture) - f = paint blister
boursouflure - f = boil
boursouflure (enduit) - f = blub (US)
boursouflure due au gel - f = frost boil, frost heave
bout aveugle - m = dead end
bout droit - m = barrel
bout du pignon - m = gable end
bout embrevé - m = end match
bout femelle - m = hub end
bout fermé - m = dead end
bout mâle - m = spigot
bout uni - m = spigot
bouteille - f = bottle
bouteille d’air - f = air bottle, air vessel
bouteille de gaz comprimé - f = gas cylinder
bouterolle - f = driving die, punch, rive-set, rivet set,
rivet snap
bouteur - m = bulldozer
bouteur à chenilles - m = crawler dozer
bouteur à pneus - m = tournadozer, wheeled dozer
bouteur biais - m = angledozer
bouteur inclinable - m = tildozer
boutisse - f = bonder, bonding brick, header, through-
stone
boutisse arrondie - f = bull header
boutisse parpaigne - f = bond header
boutisse posée de chant - f = rowlock header
bouton - m = ball flower
bouton coup de poing - m = mushroom-headed push-
button
bouton d’étage - m = landing button
bouton de condamnation - m = locking button
bouton de porte - m = door knob, door pull
bouton de sonnerie - m = bell push
bouton poussoir - m = push button
bouton pression - m = push button
bouton tournant - m = turn button
boutonnière - f = slotted hole
bouvet - m = plane, tonguing plane
bouvet à approfondir - m = plough plane (UK)
bouvet à approfondir - m = plow plane (US)
bouvet à joindre - m = match plane
bouvet à languette - m = tonguing plane
bouvet à rainure - m = grooving plane
bouvet en deux morceaux - m = match-planes
bouvet en deux morceaux - m = tonguing and
grooving planes
bouvet femelle - m = grooving plane
bouvet mâle - m = tonguing plane
bouvet mâle à languette - m = tonguing plane
bouvet mixte - m = tonguing and grooving planes
bouvetage d’about - m = end matching
bouvetage triangulaire - m = vee tongue and groove
bouveté = grooved and tongued, matched
bouveter = groove and tongue (to), match (to)
bouveteuse - f = matcher
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bow-window = bay-window
bow-window = bow-window
box - m = lock-up garage
bracon - m = brace (against a wall), small brace, small
strut, stay, strut
brai - m = asphalt, pitch
brai (de houille) - m = coal-tar pitch
brai (liant hydrophuge) - m = tar
brai de goudron - m = tar pitch
branche d’ogive - f = diagonal rib
branchement - m = branch, branching, connection,
tap
branchement d’égout - m = building sewer, house
sewer
branchement d’appareil - m = fixture drain
branchement de prise d’immeuble - m = building
lateral
branchement de ventilation - m = branch vent
branchement de vidange - m = branch drain, fixture
drain
branchement de vidange de WC - m = soil branch
branchement d’eau - m = service connection
branchement d’eau général - m = service pipe
branchement d’immeuble - m = house service
connection, service pipe
branchement en attente - m = dead leg
branchement particulier - m = consumer connection,
house connection
branchement particulier d’égout - m = building
sewer, house sewer
branchement particulier d’un immeuble - m = buil-
ding drain lateral
branchement sur ligne aérienne - m = service drop
brancher = connect (to), plug in (to)
bras - m = arm, bracket
bras de godet - m = dipper arm
bras mort (de tuyau) - m = dead end
bras releveur - m = erecting brace
brasage - m = brazing
braser = braze, to
brasero - m = brazier
brasse - f = fathom
brasure - f = brazing, hard soldering
brasure tendre - f = solder
brèche - f = breach, breccia, flaw, gang, gap
bretèche - f = bartisan, bartizan
bretelle - f = batten plate, stay plate
bretteler = notch (to), tooth (to)
bretter = tool (to), tooth with roughing hammer (to)
bretture - f = notching of stone
bricolage - m = d.i.y. home improvement, do-it-your-
self
bride - f = band, flange, strap
bride angulaire - f = angle flange
bride coulissante - f = slip-on flange
bride d’ancrage - f = anchor, anchorage bridle
bride de fermeture - f = sealing flange
bride de fixation - f = anchorage bridle
bride de plancher - f = floor flange
bride de réduction - f = reducing flange
bride de scellement - f = anchor, anchorage bridle,
anchoring flange
bride de serrage - f = cramp
bride de serrage - f = fastening collar
bride de sol - f = escutcheon, floor flange
bride fer d’ancrage - m = steel bridle of anchorage
bride folle - f = loose flange
bride mobile - f = movable coupling
bride normalisée - f = standard flange
bride pleine - f = blank flange, blank flange, blind
flange
bride taraudée - f = screwed flange
bride-union embrevée - f = tongue and groove union
flange
brigade - f = gang, shift (on workmen)
brillant - m = gloss
brillantage - m = brightening
briquaillons - m = broken brick
brique - f = brick, clay brick, header, tile
brique à angle arrondi - f = bullnose, jamb brick
brique à arrêt de chanfrein - f = chamfer stop brick
brique à batir pour usines - f = granulated-slag brick
brique à chaperon - f = cap(p)ing brick, coping brick
brique à couteau - f = arch brick, compass brick,
featheredge brick, radial brick, radiating brick, radius
brick, tapered arch brick
brique à nez - f = plate block
brique à parement lisse - f = smooth-face brick
brique à parement rugueux - f = rough-face brick,
rough-finish brick
brique à paver - f = paving brick
brique à resistance garantie - f = engineering brick
brique à rupture de joint - f = double leaf block
brique à tête oblique - f = bevel end brick
brique à texture - f = texture brick
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brique allégée - f = lightweight brick
brique alvéolaire - f = cellular brick
brique alvéolée - f = perforated brick
brique angulaire - f = angular brick
brique argileuse non cuite - f = air brick, airdried
brick, clay brick, unburnt brick
brique avec quart de rond - f = bullnose brick
brique barrage - f = skimmer brick
brique basique chimiquement liée - f = chemically
bonded basic brick
brique biseautée - f = cant brick
brique calibrée - f = gauged brick
brique canal - f = bottom plate brick, channel brick,
runner brick
brique cellulaire en conduit de cheminée - f = chimney
block
brique cellulaire en conduit de cheminée - f = round
concrete flue
brique centrale (fonderie) - f = cluster bottom mould,
king brick, runner core, spider
brique centrale (réfractaire) - f = center brick
brique centrale (réfractaire) - f = crown brick, dis-
tributor brick
brique chanfreinée - f = bevel brick, level brick
brique clausoir - f = king-closer
brique claveau - f = arch brick
brique commune - f = common brick
brique complète - f = whole brick
brique composite - f = composite brick
brique comprimée - f = pressed brick
brique concave - f = concave brick
brique coupée à la broche - f = wire-cut brick
brique couteau - f = arch brick
brique creuse - f = building tile, hollow block,
hollow brick, hollow clay block, hollow mansonry unit
(UK), hollow shape, hollow tile (US), perforated
brick, structural clay tile (US), ventilated brick, venti-
lating brick
brique creuse à perforations horizontales - f = side
construction tile
brique creuse à perforations verticales - f = end
construction tile, V brick, vertically perforated brick
brique creuse de remplissage - f = filler, furring tile
brique creuse en argile - f = clay tile
brique creuse en verre - f = hollow glass block,
hollow glass brick
brique creuse pour voûte - f = hollow gauged brick,
hollow gauged slab, hourdis stone
brique crevassée - f = chuff brick
brique crue - f = green brick, green product, unburnt
brick
brique crue (luminaire) - f = green brick
brique d’adobe - f = adobe brick
brique d’aération - f = air brick, soap
brique d’angle - f = angle brick
brique d’argile - f = clay tile
brique d’argile réfractaire - f = fire brick, fire clay
refractory
brique d’assemblage - f = bond brick, bonder
brique de bois - f = fixing brick, nailing block, nailing
brick, wooden brick
brique de boudineuse - f = wire-cut brick
brique de brûleur - f = burner port, nozzle brick
brique de calage - f = tuckstone
brique de carbone - f = carbon block, carbon brick
brique de carbure de silicium - f = silicon carbide
brick
brique de chamotte - f = alumina silicate brick, fire-
clay brick
brique de chaperon - f = coping brick
brique de chrome magnésie - f = chrome-magnesite
brick
brique de chromite - f = chromite brick
brique de ciel - f = roof block
brique de ciment Portland - f = Portland clinker
brique de corindon - f = corundum brick
brique de coupole - f = dome brick
brique de couronnement - f = cap(p)ing brick
brique de couronnement - f = capping brick
brique de cowper - f = hot blast stove brick
brique de cubilot - f = roof block
brique de diatomite - f = diatomite brick
brique de dolomie goudronnée - f = tar dolomite
brick
brique de dolomie semi-stabilisée - f = semistable
dolomite refractory
brique de four à coke - f = coke-oven brick
brique de glaise - f = clay brick
brique de grande taille - f = jumbo brick
brique de hourdis - f = hollow gauge brick, hollow
gauge slab
brique de laitier - f = slag brick
brique de laitier granulé - f = granulated slag brick
brique de laitier ponce - f = foamed slag brick
brique de laitier ponce - f = pumice slag brick
brique de liaison - f = bond stone, bonder
brique de linteau - f = lintel brick
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brique de mâchefer - f = clinker
brique de magnésite - f = magnesite brick
brique de parement - f = face brick, facing brick,
hard-burnt facing brick
brique de parement de deuxième choix - f = waster
brique de parement vitrifiée en couleur - f =
enamelled brick, encaustic brick, glazed brick, vitrified
brick
brique de pavage - f = dutch brick, dutch clinker,
paving brick
brique de placage - f = veneer brick
brique de platrière - f = partition block
brique de ponçage - f = rubbing block, rubbing brick,
rubbing stone
brique de remplissage - f = backing brick, common
brick, furring tile, lining brick
brique de répartition - f = center brick, distributor
brick, nozzle brick
brique de résistance élevée - f = hard burnt brick, hard
stock
brique de sable calcaire - f = lime malm brick, lime
sand brick, sand-lime brick
brique de savon - f = bar of soap
brique de scorie - f = slag brick
brique de silice - f = silica brick, silica refractory, sili-
ceous refractory
brique de sillimanite - f = sillimanite brick
brique de tablette - f = coping brick
brique de ventilation - f = air brick
brique de verre - f = glass block, glass brick
brique de voûte - f = arch brick, arch stone, key brick,
voussoir
brique d’échantillon - f = brick of standard dimen-
sions
brique déchaussée - f = loose brick
brique demi-cuisson - f = mediun baked brick
brique demi-cuite - f = burnover brick, semiburnt
brick
brique destinée à rester apparente - f = face brick
brique d’étain - f = brick of tin
brique droite ou normale - f = square brick, straight
brick
brique dure - f = hard burnt brick, hard stock
brique ébréchée - f = chipped brick
brique écornée - f = chipped brick
brique émaillée - f = enamel brick, enamelled brick,
encaustic brick, glazed brick, vitrified brick
brique en adobe - f = adobe
brique en argile - f = clay tile
brique en attente - f = toother, tusk
brique en bois - f = fixing block, wood brick
brique en chaux et sable - f = lime malm brick, lime
sand brick, sand-lime brick
brique en coin - f = arch brick, compass brick, feath-
eredge brick, gauged brick, radial brick, radiating brick,
radius brick, tapered arch brick
brique en forme de console - f = bracket, console,
corbel, rest brick
brique en kieselguhr - f = brick from infusorial earth
brique en kieselguhr - f = fossil meal brick
brique en liège - f = agglomerate(d) cork brick
brique en liège - f = cork brick
brique en poterie creuse - f = hollow moulded brick
brique en sifflet - f = cant brick, slope brick, splay
brick
brique en terre - f = clay brick
brique entière - f = whole brick
brique et demie - f = brick and a half, fourteen inches
brique évasée - f = cant brick
brique extrudée - f = wirecut brick
brique fendue - f = split
brique filée - f = wirecut brick
brique flammée - f = flashed brick
brique flottante - f = floating brick, rhenish brick
brique hollandaise - f = clinker, flemish brick, flemish
clinker, klinker
brique légère - f = light brick
brique légère réfractaire - f = lightweight refractory
brick
brique mal cuite - f = place brick, salmen brick,
salmon brick, samel brick
brique mixte - f = composite brick
brique modulaire - f = modular brick
brique moulée - f = moulded brick
brique moulée à la main - f = dobbie
brique moulée en fusion - f = fused block
brique moulée et cuite - f = molded and fire brick
brique moulurée - f = moulded brick
brique normale - f = standard brick
brique normalisée - f = standard brick
brique ondulée - f = corrugated brick
brique ordinaire - f = common brick, standard brick,
statute brick
brique perforée - f = air brick, hollow brick, perfo-
rated brick, ventilated brick, ventilating brick
brique perforée en losanges - f = honeycomb brick
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brique perforée pour planchers - f = perforated
ceiling brick
brique plaquée sur bois - f = brick veneer
brique plâtrière - f = hollow clay brick, partition
block
brique pleine - f = solid brick
brique pleine calibrée - f = standard square
brique pleine en verre - f = solid glass block, solid
glass brick
brique pontée à plancher - f = hollow floor brick
brique poreuse - f = porous brick
brique posée de champ - f = brick course laid on
edge, brick-on-edge course, rowlock, upright course
brique posée de chant - f = rowlock
brique pour appui de fenêtre - f = window sill brick
brique pour égouts - f = sewer brick
brique pour four - f = furnace brick
brique pour mur portant - f = engineering brick
brique pressée - f = pressed brick
brique profilée - f = moulded brick
brique protectrice pour câble - f = câble protecting
cap
brique quart de rond - f = bullnose brick
brique radiale - f = radial brick
brique recuite à tunnels - f = tunnel clinker
brique recuite pour égouts - f = dutch brick, dutch
clinker
brique recuite pour égouts - f = sewer brick
brique réfractaire - f = fire brick, fireproof brick,
refractory brick
brique réfractaire alumineuse - f = fireclay brick
brique réfractaire armée à l’intérieur - f = internal
plated refractory brick
brique réfractaire armée à l’intérieur - f = internal
reinforced refractory brick
brique réfractaire légère - f = lightweight refractory
brique réfractaire pour four - f = kiln brick
brique résistant aux acides - f = acid-resistant brick
brique rhénane - f = rhenish brick
brique rustique - f = rustic brick, texture brick
brique sablée - f = sand-faced brick
brique séchée à l’air - f = adobe, airdried brick,
unburnt brick
brique semi-siliceuse - f = semi-silica refractory (US),
semi-silicons refractory (UK)
brique siliceuse - f = silica refractory, siliceous brick
brique silico-calcaire - f = calcium silicate brick, lime
malm brick, lime sand brick, sand-lime brick
brique spéciale de magnésidon - f = magnesidon spe-
cial brick
brique sur chant - f = brick on edge
brique tendre - f = cutter, rubber
brique tréfilée - f = wire-cut brick
brique treillisée - f = honeycomb brick
brique trois-quarts - f = three quarter brick
brique vernie - f = enamelled brick, encaustic brick,
glazed brick, vitrified brick
brique vernissée - f = glazed brick
brique vitrifiée - f = clinker, clinker, gray stock, red
stock, vitrified stock brick
brique-claveau - f = arch brick
briques concassées - f = stone chips
briques rustiquées - f = tapestry bricks, texture
bricks
briques vitrifiées catégorie A - f = ironbricks
brique-sifflet - f = splay brick
briquet de menuiserie - m = flap hinge
briquetage - m = bricking, brickwork, imitation brick-
work
briquetage irrégulier - m = skintled brickwork
briquetage jointoyé - m = gagged brickwork
briquetage rustique - m = skintled brickwork
briqueteau - m = bat, brickbat
briqueter = brick (to), face in imitation brickwork (to),
face with brick (to)
briqueterie - f = brick-field, brick-yard, brickwork,
brickworks
briqueteur - m = bricklayer
briqueton - m = bat, brickbat
briqueton trois quarts - m = three-quarter bat
briquette - f = brick slip
brisé = folding
brise-béton - m = concrete breaker, jack hammer, road
breaker
brise-jet - m = anti splash nozzel
brise-soleil - m = brise-soleil, sun screen, sunbreaker
brise-vent - m = wind screen, windbreak
brisis - m = lower slope of a Mansard roof, lower slope
of gambrel roof, roof break
brisis de comble - m = curb joint, knuckle joint
brisure - f = folding joint (of a shutter)
brisure de comble - f = knuckle joint (of roof)
brisure nette d’une courbe - f = break in a curve
broche - f = joining pin, pin, spike
broche d’assemblage = drift pin, drift
broche de serrure - f = key-pinch
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broche d’inclinaison du chevalet - f = frame filting
spindle
bronzage de peinture - m = bronzing
bronze d’aluminium - m = aluminum bronze
bronze de robinet = cock-metal
broquette - f = tack
brossage - m = wire brushing
brosse - f = brush
brosse à peinture - f = paint brush
brosse de dépoussiérage - f = dusting brush
brosse métallique - f = wire brush
brouette - f = barrow
brouette - f = wheelbarrow
brouette automotrice - f = pedestrian-controlled
dumper
brouette automotrice - f = power barrow
brouetteur - m = barrowman
brouillard - m = haze
brouillard salin = salt spray
broussailles - f = brushwood, scrub, undergrowth
broussin - m = burr
broutage - m = chatter, chattering
broyage - m = grinding
broyeur - m = comminutor, crusher, disintegrator,
grinder, grinding machine, mill, stone crusher
broyeur à barres - m = rod mill
broyeur à boulets - m = ball crusher, ball mill
broyeur à ciment - m = cement mill
broyeur à cône - f = gyratory crusher
broyeur à mortier - m = mortar mill
broyeur à ordure - f = garbage disposal unit (US),
waste disposal unit (UK)
broyeur d’évier - m = garbage-disposal unit (US),
waste disposal unit (UK)
brucane - m = brucane, brucanium
bruit de structure - m = structure-borne noise, struc-
ture-borne sound
brûler = burn off (to), burn (to)
brûleur - m = burner
brûleur à flamme blanche - m = non aerated burner
brûleur à flamme bleue - m = aerated burner
brûleur à pulvérisé - m = powdered fuel burner
brûleur de mise en route - m = priming burner,
starting burner
brûloir - m = blowlamp
brunir = burnish, to
brut = untreated, rough
brut (finition) = rough
brut (poids) = gross
brut de décoffrage - m = rough from the form
brut de fonderie - m = as cast
brut de laminage - m = as rolled
BTE (besoins totaux d’énergie) = TER (total energy
requirements), total energy requirements (TER)
bucrâne - m = bucrane, bucranium
bulbe - m = bulb
bulbe des pressions - m = bulb of pressure, pressure
bulb
bulbe formant semelle - m = bell out bottom, belled
out bottom bulb, widened bulb
bullage (béton banché) - m = blowholes, surface voids
bullage de béton - m = bug holes
bullage de peinture - m = bubbling
bulldozer - m = bulldozer
bulldozer à commande hydraulique - m = hydrauli-
cally-operated bulldozer
bulldozer à lame inclinable - m = tiltdozer
bulldozer à lame orientable - m = angledozer
bungalow - m = bungalow
bureau - m = office, walk-up
bureau cloisonné - m = partitioned office
bureau de chantier - m = construction office, field
office, job office, site office
bureau de dessin - m = drawing office
bureau d’étude - m = design office, engineering
department, engineering division, engineering office
bureau-paysagé (paysager) - m = open-plan office
burette à huile - f = oil can
burin - m = chipping chisel, chisel
burin à mater - m = calking chisel (US), calking tool
(US), caulking chisel (UK), caulking tool (UK)
burinage - m = chipping
buriner = chip off (to), chip out (to), chisel out (to),
chisel (to)
busard - m = gutter
buse - f = pipe
buse (ajustage) - f = nozzle
buse (ajustage) - f = snout
buse (canalisation) - f = culvert pipe
buse (fumisterie) - f = flue collar
buse (irrigation) - f = water channel
buse (sortie d’appareil de projection) - f = nozzle
buse (tronçon de canalisation) - f = duct
buse à fente - f = fan nozzle
buse à turbulence - f = cone nozzle
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buse de cheminée - f = roof jack
buse de fumée - f = smoke connection
buse en béton = concrete pipe
buses de fumée - f = breeching
butée - f = abutment, end-stop, stop block, thrust,
thrust block
butée à billes - f = ball thrust
butée de coude - f = concrete surround to bend
butée de pignon - f = gable shoulder
butée de porte - f = gate stop
butée de voûte - f = vault abutment
butée des terres - f = passive earth pressure, passive
earth resistance
buter = abut (to), shore (to)
buter contre = butt against (to), rest against (to)
butoir - m = buffer, door bumper, doorstop
buton - m = spreader, stay, strut
butte (de soutènement) - f = prop, shore
butte (de terrain) - f = hillock, knoll, mound rising
ground
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C.C.T.P. (cahier des clauses techniques particu-
lières) - m = particular specification
C/E (rapport d’eau à ciment) - m = water-to-cement
ratio
cabane - f = hut, shandy, shed
cabestan - m = capstan, cathead
cabine - f = car
cabine d’ascenseur - f = car, lift, lift car
cabine de douche - f = shower cubicle (UK), shower
stall (US)
cabine de peinture - f = spray booth
cabine de relayage - f = relay cubicle
cabine téléphonique - m = telephone booth, telephone
box
cabinet anti-gel - m = frost-proof closet
cabinet d’aisances - m = lavatory
câblage - m = dressing room, wiring
câble - m = rope, tendon
câble à gaine non métallique - m = non-metallic
sheathed cable
câble à têtes culottées - m = capped rope, socketed
rope
câble aérien - m = aerial cableway, aerial ropeway,
blocking, cable-crane, cableway, overhead cable
câble armé - m = armored cable
câble concordant - m = concordant tendon
câble d’alimentation - m = feeder
câble de distribution - m = main cable
câble de levage - m = hoist cable, hoisting cable, -
lifting cable
câble de traversée - m = interconnecting cable
câble d’entrée - m = incoming cable, incoming line
câble d’interconnexion - m = interconnecting cable
câble en caoutchouc - m = rubber-insulated cable
câble isolé en caoutchouc - m = rubber-insulated cable
câble métallique - m = wire rope
câble non adhérent - m = unbonded tendon
câble porteur - m = carrying cable
câble relevé - m = deflected tendon, draped tendon,
harped tendon
cabochon - m = lens
cabochons lumineux - m = cat’s eyes
cache de serrure - m = curtain
cache tête - m = dome top
cache-entrée - m = drop escutcheon, drop guard, drop
key plate, escutcheon, escutcheon plate, key drop, key-
hole plate, scutcheon
cache-radiateur - m = radiator casing
cachetage - m = sealing
cachot de basse fosse - m = dungeon
cadastre - m = land register
cadenas - m = padlock
cadette - f = a small paving stone, a square paving
stone
cadran mobile d’appareil - m = selector dial
cadran solaire - m = sun-dial
cadranure - f = star shake
cadre - m = bent, binders, casement, casing, frame,
lateral binders, link, mortar tray, portal frame, quadra,
rigid frame, tie
cadre aux deux parements - m = double measure
cadre coffrant - m = casing, shuttering
cadre continu - m = continuous frame
cadre d’appui - m = supporting frame
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cadre de fenêtre - m = window casement, window
frame
cadre de finition - m = finish frame
cadre de mesurage - m = measuring frame
cadre de mise en charge - m = loading frame
cadre de mise en charge - m = straining frame
cadre de porte - m = door frame, frame
cadre d’entrecroisement - m = cross bracing, lateral
bracing, sway bracing, transverse bracing, bracing,
cross bracing, lateral bracing, sway bracing, transerve
bracing
cadre dormant - m = door frame, doorcase
cadre élastique - m = elastic frame
cadre et tampon - m = manhole frame and cover
cadre fermé - m = closed frame, closed rectangular
frame
cadre métallique - m = mortar tray
cadre métallique à cornières - m = angle steel framing
cadre plat - m = frame plate
cadre rectangulaire fermé - m = closed frame
cadre rectangulaire fermé - m = closed rectangular
frame
cadre rigide - m = rigid frame
cage - f = cage, car, housing, shaft
cage d’armature - f = reinforcement cage
cage d’ascenseur - f = elevator shaft, elevator shaft
(US), hoistway (US), lift shaft, lift shaft (UK)
cage de roulement à billes - f = ball race
cage d’escalier - f = staircase, stairway, stairwell, well
cage d’escalier en surpression - f = pressurized stair-
case
cahier des charges - m = general conditions, specifi-
cations, technical specifications
cahier des charges techniques - m = technical speci-
fications
cahier des charges techniques particulières - m
= supplementary general conditions
cahier des charges type - m = master specifications
cahier des clauses administratives particulières
(CCAP - m = admistrative clauses
cahier des clauses générales - m = general conditions
of contract
cahier des clauses particulières - m = supplementary
general conditions
cahier des clauses spéciales - m = special conditions
of contract
cahier des clauses techniques particulières - m = par-
ticular specification
cahier des clauses techniques particulières
(C.C.T.P.) - m = particular specification
cahier des clauses techniques particulières (CCTP -
m = technical clauses
caillasse - f = hardcore, marl, road metal
caillebotis - m = duckboards, gratings, slotted floor
cailloutis - m = broken stone, stone chippings
caisse - f = case
caisse de câble pour le palonnier - f = pulley block
of bridle
caisse de soupirail - f = areaway
caisse en bois - f = crate
caisse goutière - f = gutter box
caisson - m = air terminal unit, box, caisson, cassoon,
coffer, interior lintel, lacunar
caisson à air comprimé - m = pneumatic caisson
caisson à claire-voie - m = crib, cribbling, cribwork
caisson d’air comprimé - m = caisson
caisson de contrepoids - m = weight box, weight
pocket, weight space
caisson de traitement d’air - m = air handler
caisson havé - m = drop caisson
caisson hydraulique - m = cofferdam
caisson mélangeur - m = mixing box
caissonné = coffered
calage - m = blocking, needling
calaminage - m = scaling
calamine - f = mill scale, scale
calandré = pressed, rolled
calandre - f = roller
calandrer = roll, to
calcaire - m = chalk, limestone
calcaire à ciment - m = cement stone
calcaire arénacé - m = arenaceous limestone
calcaire classique - m = Jura limestone
calcaire coquillé - m = coquina rock
calcaire oolithique - m = oolithic limestone
calcaire sableux - m = sandy limestone
calcicole = calcicolous, lime-loving
calcifuge = calcifugous, lime-hater
calcimine - f = calcimine
calcin - m = cullet
calcul - m = calculation, computation
calcul à la limite - m = limit design
calcul à la rupture - m = ultimate design
calcul de flexion - m = flexural computation
calcul de la force de poussée - m = earth pressure cal-
culation
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calcul de la force de poussée - m = earth pressure com-
putation
calcul des constructions - m = structural design
calcul des déblais - m = excavation calculation
calcul des égouts - m = sewer design
calcul des ouvrages - m = structural design
calcul du dosage - m = mix design
calcul du dosage - m = proportioning design
calcul en élasticité - m = elastic design
calcul en plasticité - m = plastic design
calcul plastique - m = plastic design
calé = bedded, shimed up
cale - f = block, needle, prop, shim, skid, skids, sticker,
wedge
cale (entretoisement) - f = distance piece
cale (mesure) - f = gage block (US), gauge block (UK)
cale (mince) - f = shim
cale à poncer - f = sanding block, sandpaper block
cale biaise - f = wedge
cale de limon - f = pitching piece
cale de pose - f = bar spacer
cale de serrage - f = easing wedge, striking wedge
cale de vois - f = wooden block
cale d’épaisseur - f = shim
cale d’espacement - f = spacer
cale en fer - f = steel shim
calendrier - m = calendar, time schedule
calendrier de projet - m = project schedule
calendrier des travaux - m = progress schedule
calendrier d’exécution des travaux - m = construc-
tion schedule
calendrier d’exécution des travaux - m = schedule of
implementation
calendrier d’exécution des travaux - m = work
schedule
cale-porte - m = door stop
caler = fix, to
calfatage - m = calking, caulking
calfaté = caulked
calfater = caulk (to), pack (to)
calfateur - m = calker, yarner
calfeutrage - m = caulking, draught-proofing, joint
filler, listing, packing, sealing, weather strip
calfeutrement - m = calking, caulking, weather-
stripping
calfeutrer = caulk, to
calibrage - m = shaping, sizing
calibrage de granulats - m = grading
calibrage de maçonnerie - m = gauging
calibré = graded, screened
calibre - m = gage, gauge, grain size, jig, template, tem-
plet
calibre à traîner - m = horse mould, running mould
calibre de fusible - m = carrying capacity, current
rating
calibre de profondeur - m = depth gauge
calibre d’épaisseur - m = feeler gauge
calibre pour fils - m = wire-gauge
calibrer = gage (to), gauge (to), size (to)
caloduc - m = heat duct, heat pipe, heat tube
caloporteur = heat carrying
caloporteur = heat conducting
calorifère = furnace, furnace, heater
calorifuge - m = insulating material
calorifugeage - m = insulating jacket, insulation, lag-
ging, thermal insulation
calotte - f = calotte, dome
calotte fonte - f = cast iron dome
calque - m = blue print, tracing
calquer = trace, to
camber = camber, to
cambium - m = cambium, growth wood
cambré = bowed
cambrure - f = bow, bowing, camber, hog camber,
hogging
cambrure de solive - f = bowing
came - f = cam
came de vitrail - f = came
camion basculant - m = dump truck
camion-grue - m = crane truck
campagne d’exploration - f = exploratory program
campaniforme = bell-shaped
can - m = edge
canal - m = canal, channel
canal à ciel ouvert - m = open culvert
canal à écoulement libre - m = open channel
canal à surface libre - m = open channel
canal d’amenée - m = headrace, mill leat (UK)
canal d’évacuation - m = overflow channel
canal d’aspiration - m = suction channel
canal d’assèchement - m = drainage channel, drainage
ditch
canal de décharge - m = outfall channel
canal de fuite - m = tailrace
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canal de trop-plein - m = overflow channel, spillway
canal d’écoulement - m = drainage channel, drainage
ditch
canalisation - f = conduit, conduit run, duct, ductwork,
line, pipe, piping, service main
canalisation bouclée - f = ring main
canalisation collective - f = collection line
canalisation d’air - f = air line
canalisation d’alimentation - f = supply line, supply
pipe
canalisation d’amenée - f = utility line
canalisation de charge - f = bleeding line
canalisation de chauffage - f = heating pipes
canalisation de distribution d’eau - f = water distri-
bution line
canalisation de jonction - f = service pipe
canalisation d’eau - f = water system
canalisation d’égout en fonte - f = cast iron sewer
pipe
canalisation d’évacuation - f = drain, drain pipe, drai-
nage line, drainage pipe, waste pipe
canalisation d’évacuation enterrée - f = under-
ground drain pipe
canalisation électrique - f = cable trunking, conduit,
raceway, trunk
canalisation en aval - f = outlet pipe
canalisation en boucle - f = loop circuit
canalisation en ceinture - f = ring main
canalisation en service - f = active pipe
canalisation enfouie - f = buried pipe
canalisation principale f = main duct, main, main pipe
canalisation sous plancher - f = floor duct
canalisation verticale - f = riser
canalisation verticale - f = standpipe
canalisations - f = piping, water pipe
canalisations de chauffage - f = heating lines
candélabre - m = candelabrum, lamp-post, lighting
column
canevas de base - m = control points
caniveau - m = channel, conduit, drain, drainage gutter,
groove, gutter, raceway, undercut
caniveau à double dévers - m = V-channel, Vee gutter
caniveau à fentes - m = slot drain
caniveau de chauffage - m = heating channel, heating
ditch, heating trench
caniveau de sol - m = floor drain
caniveau de sol - m = gully
caniveau de soudage - m = undercut
caniveau visitable - m = inspection trench
canne d’arrosage - f = standpipe
canne de dégorgement - f = drain rod
cannelé = corrugated, fluted, grooved
canneler = flute (to), groove (to)
cannelure - f = channel, flute, furrow, groove, rib,
spline, throating
cannelure à poutrelle - f = girder pass
cannelures - f = fluting
cannelures à listel - f = ribbed fluting
canon à ciment - m = cement gun
canon d’arrosage - m = giant rainer, raingun
canon de passage - m = bush
canon de serrure - m = latch, pipe
canon de serrure de sûreté - m = cylinder
cantilever - m = cantilever
canton de voûte - m = section of a vault
caoutchouc - m = rubber
caoutchouc butylique - m = butyl rubber
caoutchouc chloré - m = chlorinated rubber
caoutchouc mousse - m = foam rubber, sponge rubber
caoutchouc néoprène - m = neoprene rubber
caoutchouc silicone - m = silicone rubber
caoutchouc synthétique - m = synthetic rubber
capacimètre - m = capacitance meter
capacité - f = capacity
capacité - f = carrying capacity
capacité à ras - f = struck capacity
capacité à refus - f = heaped capacity
capacité avec dôme - f = heaped capacity
capacité calorifique - f = heat capacity
capacité de chargement - f = load capacity
capacité de réservoir - f = tankage
capacité de résistance - f = carrying capacity
capacité limite - f = ultimate capacity
capacité nominale - f = design capacity
capacité portance - f = carrying capacity, bearing
capacity, loading capacity
capacité portante admissible - f = allowable bearing
capacity, allowable capacity, safe bearing capacity, safe
capacity
capacité portante du sol - f = soil bearing
capacité portante limite - f = ultimate bearing capa-
city
capacité prévue - f = design capacity
capacité thermique - f = heat capacity
capacité utile - f = effective storage, useful storage
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capillarité - f = capillarity, capillary attraction
capitonné = upholstered
capitonner = upholster, to
capricorne - m = longhorn beetle
capsule manométrique - f = pressure cell
capteur - m = collector, probe, sensor
capteur à absorbeur en spirale - m = spiral col-
lector
capteur à air - m = air-type collector
capteur à circulation d’eau - m = liquid-cooled col-
lector
capteur à concentration - m = concentrating col-
lector
capteur à double vitrage - m = two-glass collector
capteur à foyer - m = concentrating collector
capteur à liquide - m = liquid-type collector
capteur à ruissellement - m = trickling-water collector
capteur d’énergie radiante - m = radiant sensor
capteur de mesure - m = pick up, transducer
capteur de pression - m = pressure cell
capteur plan fixe - m = flat-plate collector
capteur solaire - m = solar collector
capuchon - m = cap
capuchon mobile - m = turn cap
caractéristique - f = characteristic, property, specifi-
cation
caractéristique géotechnique - f = engineering
property
caractéristique mécanique - f = mechanical property
caractéristiques en régime permanent (élect.) - f
= continuous rating
caractéristiques techniques de performance - f
= performance specification
carapace calcaire - f = hard-pan
carbonatation - f = carbonation
carcasse - f = carcase, carcass, frame, housing,
skeleton
carcasse de compresseur - f = compressor housing
carence de l’entrepreneur - f = default of contractor
carneau - m = boiler flue, flue
carneau d’air - m = air flue
carnet de battage - m = driving record, penetration
record
carnet de bord - m = housekeeping log book, mainte-
nance log book
carnet de ferraillage - m = bending schedule
carnet de nivellement - m = level book
carnet de relevés - m = field book
carnet de tours d’horizon - m = angle book
carottage - m = core boring, core cutting, core
drilling, coring
carotte - f = core, core sample, cylinder sample
carotte de sondage - f = core, drill core
carotte plein diamètre - f = full-size core
carotte-échantillon - f = core sample
carotte-échantillon - f = cylinder sample
carottier - m = core barrel, core bit, core drill, corer,
sampler
carottier à chute libre - m = free-fall corer
carottier à piston - m = piston core sampler, piston
corer, piston-type sampler
carottier battu - m = driven sampler, hammer sampler
carottier de sondeuse - m = core barrel
carottier fendu - m = split spoon
carpette - f = rug
carré - m = quirk, SQ (square), square (SQ), square-
headed
carré de maison - m = shell
carré de manœuvre - m = knob stem
carré et baguette - m = bead and quirk, quirk bead
carreau - m = floor tile, glass, light, pane, stretcher, tile,
window pane
carreau acoustique - m = acoustic tile
carreau bitumineux - m = asphalt tile
carreau creux - m = building tile, hollow block, hollow
clay block, hollow tile
carreau d’argile non vernissé - m = quarry tile
carreau d’asphalte - m = asphalt tile
carreau de céramique - m = ceramic tile
carreau de céramique vernissé - m = Dutch tile
carreau de chant - m = bull stretcher
carreau de faïence - m = earthenware tile, glazed tile
carreau de faïence émaillé - m = glazed tile
carreau de fenêtre - m = window pane
carreau de liège - m = cork tile
carreau de mosaïque de marbre - m = terrazzo tile
carreau de pavage - m = paving tile
carreau de pierre - m = stretcher
carreau de plâtre - m = gypsum block, gypsum parti-
tion tile, partition slab, partition tile, plaster block,
plaster slab, plasterboard, precast blaster slab, precast
plaster block
carreau de terre cuite - m = quarry tile
carreau de verre - m = quarry glass, square
carreau de vitrail - m = quarrel, quarry glass
carreau de vitre - m = glass pane, window pane
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carreau en béton - m = concrete tile
carreau en terre cuite - m = clay tile
carreau flexible multicouche - m = laminated plastic
tile
carreau glacé - m = Dutch tile
carreau mosaïque de marbre - m = terrazzo tile
carreau thermoplastique - m = asphalt tile
carreau uni - m = plain tile
carreau vinylique - m = vinyl tile
carreaux marginaux - m = margin lights
carrelage - m = flagging, floor tiling, tile cladding, tile
floor, tile flooring, tiling
carrelé = tiled
carreler = floor (to), pave (to)
carrelet - m = SQ (square), square (SQ)
carreleur - m = floor tiler, tile layer, tile setter (US),
tiler (UK), wall tiler
carrier - m = quarrier, quarryman
carrière - f = pit, quarry, stone quarry
carrière d’emprunt - f = barrow pit (US), borrow
area, borrow pit
carrossable = suitable for motor vehicles, trafficable
carrousel - m = lazy suzan, revolving shelf
carte hypsométrique - f = contour map
carter - m = case, casing, enclosure, housing
carter d’huile - m = oil sump
carton - m = cardboard
carton bakelisé - m = fuller board
carton bitumé - m = tar paper, tarred felt
carton d’amiante - m = asbestos board, asbestos mill-
board
carton d’étanchéité - m = damp course, damp-proof
course, damp-proofing course
carton fibre - m = fireboard, fiberboard
carton fort - m = millboard
carton goudronné - m = tar paper
carton-feutre - m = carpet-felt
carton-paille - m = strawboard
carton-pâte - m = millboard
cartouche - f = fuse cartridge
cartouche coupe-circuit - f = cartridge
cartouche de plan - f = title panel
cartouche filtrante - f = filter canister, filter cartridge
cartouche fumigène - f = rocket tester, smoke rocket
cartouche fusible - f = fuse cartridge
casque - m = helmet
casque de battage - m = driving cap, driving helmet,
pile cap, pile helmet
casque de chantier - m = hard hat
casque de pieu - m = driving cap, driving helmet, pile
cap, pile helmet
casque protecteur - m = crash helmet, hard hat
cassant = brash, brashy, brittle, short
cassant à froid = cold short
casse - f = break, breakage
casse en long - f = snake
casse en travers - f = cross break
casse-pierres - m = stone hammer
casse-vide - m = vacuum breaker
casse-vitesse - m = traffic calmer
cassis - m = water bar, weather bar
cassure - f = break, fracture
cassure dentelée - f = jagged failure, jagged fracture
cassure en sifflet - f = splayed failure, splayed
fracture
cassure fibreuse - f = fibrous fracture
cassure franche - f = clean break, sharp break
cassure nette - f = clean break, sharp break
cassure par fendage - f = splitting failure
cassure par fendage - f = splitting fracture
cassure soyeuse - f = silky failure, silky fracture
catadioptre - m = cat’s eyes
Cataphotes - m = cat’s eyes
catégorie - f = grade
catégorie de charge - f = loading category
caténaire - f = cable suspension, catenary, catenary
suspension
cathédrale - f = cathedral
cautionnement de bonne fin - m = performance bond
cautionnement de paiement - m = payment bond
cautionnement de soumission - m = bid bond, tender
bond
cautionnement d’exécution de contrat - m = perfor-
mance bond
cautionnement pour salaires et patériaux - m = labor
and material payment bond
cavage - m = crowding
cavalier - m = jumper lead, staple
cavalier de déblais - m = spoil bank
cave - f = basement, cellar, vault
cavet - m = cave-in, cavetto, quarter hollow
cavitation - f = cavitation
cavité - f = door pocket, pothole
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CCAP (cahier des clauses administratives particu-
lières) - m = admistrative clauses
CCTP (cahier des clauses techniques particulières) -
m = technical clauses
céder = give under a load (to), yield (to)
ceinture - f = belt
ceinture - f = belt course
ceinture - m = camber
cellier - m = cellar, storehouse, storeroom, stockroom,
depot, warehouse
cellier (à vin) - m = wine cellar
cellule - f = cell, cubicle, void
cellule de mesure des pressions intertitielles - f
= hydrostatic pressure cell
cellule d’habitation - f = residential unit
cellule fermée - f = closed cell
cellule manométrique - f = pressure cell
cellule ouverte - f = open cell
cellule photoélectrique - f = photoelectric cell
cément - m = cementation powder
cement gun - m = cement gun
cémentation - f = case-hardening
cémentation d’humidité - f = case tension
cémenté = case hardened
cendre - f = ash
cendre de remplissage - f = cinder fill
cendres volantes - f = fly ash
cendres volantes agglomérées - f = sintered fuel ash
cendrier - m = ash box, ashpan, ashpit, centering
centrage optique - m = optical plumbing
centrale à béton - f = batching plant, central mixing
plant, concrete batching plant, concrete plant
centrale d’enrobage - f = asphalt plant, coating plant
centrale de chauffage urbain - f = district heating
station
centrale de climatisation - f = air handling unit
centrale de dosage - f = batching plant
centrale d’enrobage - f = asphalt paving plant
centre - m = centroid
centre - m = striking point
centre de cisaillement - m = flexural center, shear
center, torsional center
centre de cœur - m = heart centre
centre de flexion - m = flexural center, shear center,
torsional center
centre de gravité - m = centre of gravity, centroid
centre de pression - m = centre of pressure
centre de torsion - m = centre of twist, flexural center,
shear center, torsional center, torsional centre
centre de tracé d’un arc - m = striking point
centrifugation - f = spinning
centrifugé = spun
centrifugeuse - f = centrifuge
céramique - f = ceramic materials
céramique - f = ceramics
céramique non vernie - f = unglazed porcelain
cerce - m = screed, template
cerclage - m = banding, hoping, strapping
cercle - f = hoop, circle
cercle de mohr - m = mohr’s circle
cercle de pied - m = toe circle
cercle de talus - m = slope circle
cerne - m = growth ring
cerre trempé - m = toughened glass
céruse - f = white lead
CF (coupe-feu) = fire-resisting, draft stop (US), fire
check, fire stop
chaînage - m = bond beams, bracing, chain bond,
chaining, clamping, joint reinforcement, masonry rein-
forcement, spandrel, staying, tye infill, tying, tying of
walls, wall ties
chaîne - f = belt bond, belt course, stringcourse
chaîne à étais - f = stud link chain
chaîne à godets - f = bucket chain, noria, Persian
wheel
chaîne d’encoignure - f = coin stones, coins, corner
stones, quoin stones, quoins
chaîne d’angle - f = coin stones, coins, quoin stones,
quoins
chaîne d’angle appareillée d’avance - f = corner
leader
chaîne d’angle appareillée d’avance - f = leader
chaîne d’angle et encadrements en matière noble -
m = dressings
chaîne d’arpenteur - f = engineer’s chain, measuring
chain
chaîne d’assemblage - f = assembly line
chaîne de fabrication - f = assembly line
chaîne de liaison verticale - f = brick pier
chaîne de liaison verticale - f = stone pier
chaîne de montage - f = assembly line
chaîne de sûreté - f = chain door fastener, door chain,
safety chain
chaîne horizontale - f = lacing course
chaîner = chain, to
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chaînette - f = catenary
chaîneur - m = chainman
chaise - f = angle cleat, roof
chaise (armature, cloison) - f = chair
chaise (clocher, tour) - f = frame, timberwork
chaise (d’implantation) - f = batter board (US), pro-
file (UK)
chaise (tuyau) - f = hanger
chaise à béton - f = concrete chair
chaise console - f = bracket-hanger
chaise de construction métallique - f = angle cleat
chaise de tracé des fouilles - f = batter boards (US)
chaise de tracé des fouilles - f = profile (UK)
chaise élevée - f = hichair
chaise murale - f = wall bracket hanger
chaise pendante - f = pendant bracket
chaise suspendue - f = pendant bracket
chaises de fondement - f = batter boards
chalet - m = bungalow
chalet - m = holiday bungalow
chaleur consommée - f = heat input
chaleur d’hydratation - f = heat of hydration
chaleur dissipée - f = waste heat
chaleur émise - f = heat output
chaleur extraite du milieu - f = environmental heat
chaleur fournie - f = heat input
chaleur latente - f = latent heat
chaleur massique - f = specific heat
chaleur perdue - f = stray heat, waste heat
chaleur rayonnante - f = radiant heat
chaleur résiduelle - f = afterheat, residual heat
chaleur sensible - f = sensible heat
chaleur solaire - f = solar heat
chaleur tirée du milieu - f = environmental heat
chalumeau - m = blowlamp (UK), blowtorch (US)
chalumeau à acétylène - m = acetylene blow torch,
acetylene blowlamp, acetylene blowpipe, acetylene
torch
chalumeau à flamme oxyacétylénique - m = oxyace-
tylene torch
chalumeau oxyacétylènique - m = acetylene blowpipe
chalumeau-coupeur autogène - m = autogenous
flame cutter
chambranle - m = casing, chimney piece, chimney sur-
round, door casement, door casing, door frame, door
framing, frame
chambranle (de porte) - m = architrave, jamb lining
chambranle de cheminée - m = mantelpiece
chambranle de porte - m = door jamb, door lining,
doorcase, liner
chambranle rapporté - m = architrave
chambranle rapporté - m = trim
chambre - f = chamber
chambre à coucher - f = bedroom
chambre à écume - f = scum chamber
chambre à fumée - f = smoke chamber
chambre blanche - f = clean room
chambre de chauffe - f = boiler-room
chambre de combustion - f = furnace
chambre de combustion et accessoires - f = com-
bustor
chambre de débarras - f = box-room, lumber room
chambre de décantation - f = catch basin
chambre de fermentation - f = fermentation tank
chambre de maître - f = master bedroom
chambre de tirage - f = draw-in box
chambre de tirage (câbles) - f = pulling chamber
chambre des cloches - f = bell chamber
chambre des pompes - f = pump pit
chambre des vannes - f = gate house
chambre du Trône - f = Presence chamber
chambre forte - f = strongroom
chambre frigorifique - f = cold storage chamber
chambre frigorifique - f = cold store
chambre froide - f = chill room, cold room
chambre noire - f = dark room
chambre propre - f = clean room
chambre sourde - f = dead room
chambre sur cour - f = back room
chambre sur cour intérieure - f = back room
chamotte - f = grog
champ - m = edge
champ avivé - m = splayed edge
champ biais - m = splayed edge
champ d’écoulement en tourbillons libres - m = trai-
ling vortex flow field
champ d’étendage - m = sewage farm
champ de miroir - m = array
champ des contraintes - m = stress field
champ des vitesses du vent - m = wind field
champ libre - m = free field
champignon - m = column head, dropped panel, metal
chimney cowl
champignon de cheminée - m = chimney cowl
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champignon de cheminée - m = cowl (chimney)
champignon de rouille - m = tubercule
champignonage - m = tuberculation
chancel - m = choir enclosure
chanci = moldy (US), mouldy (UK)
chandelle - f = bracing strut, dead shore, prop, strut,
upright, chamfer, chamfered edge
chanfreinage - m = chamfering
chanfreiné = chamfered, splayed
chanfreiner = chamfer, to
changement de direction - m = offset
changement de pente - m = break in grade
changement de signe - m = reversal of stress
changement de signe d’une force - m = reversal
chanlate - f = arris fillet
chanlatte - f = barge board, cant board, cant strip,
chantlate, doubling piece, eaves board, eaves catch,
tilting fillet
chant - m = edge
chant (de...) - m = edgeways
chant alésé - m = lipped edge
chant avivé - m = splayed edge
chant biais - m = splayed edge
chant rond - m = pencil round
chantepleure - f = weep-hole
chantier - f = construction site
chantier - m = field, gantry, project, project site, site,
work site
chantier de bâtiment - m = building site
chantier de construction - m = building site (UK),
construction site, job site (US), project site
chantier de construction d’habitations - m = housing
development, housing project
chantier de démolition - m = demolition site
chantier volant - m = unit-producing yard
chantignole - f = purlin cleat, split, angle cleat, cleat,
purlin cleat
chantournage - m = fret-work
chantourné = profiled, shaped
chantournement - m = pattern, profile
chantourner = profile, to
chanvre - m = hemp
chape - f = blanket, clevis, coating, fork, fork joint,
grout, layer, screed, sealing coat, topping
chape - m = apron
chape bitumineuse - f = bituminous covering
chape de béton - f = concrete covering, covering
chape de ciment - f = gunite
chape de ciment hydrofuge - f = waterproof cement
coating
chape de compression - f = concrete compression
covering
chape de nivellement - f = leveling covering
chape de ragréage - f = levelling screed
chape de sol - f = floor screed
chape d’enduit - f = covering plaster
chape désolidarisée - f = unbonded screed
chape d’étanchéité - f = damp course, damp-proof
course, damp-proof membrane, damp-proofing course
chape d’une plate-forme en bois de charpente - f
= capping of timber platform
chape en ciment - f = cement screed
chape étanche - f = impervious blanklet, water proof
blanket
chape incorporée - f = built-in-screed
chape isolante - f = insulating covering
chapeau - m = bolster, cap, chimney wood, continuity
bar, cowl, head tree, pile cap, pillow, scum, top bar
chapeau à joint d’étanchéité soudé - m = lip-seal
welded bonnet
chapeau de cheminée - m = chimney cowl, cowl
(chimney)
chapeau de continuité - m = continuity bar
chapeau de pieu - m = pile cap
chapeau de pilotis - m = capping
chapeau de vanne - m = capsill
chapeau de ventilation - m = vent cap
chapeau taraudé - m = screw-in bonnet
chapeau-union - m = union ring bonnet
chapelet - m = astragal, bead moulding, chaplet
chapelet de triage - m = sorting boom
chapelle - f = chantry, chapel
chapelle à deux égouts - f = saddle back coping
chapelle abisidiale - f = apse chapel
chapelle de la vierge - f = Lady chapel
chapelle en absidiole - f = aspidial chapel
chapelle rayonnante - f = periapsidal chapel, radial
chapel, radiating chapel
chapelle royale - f = Chapel Royal
chaperon - m = cap, cope, coping, crowning
chaperon à deux égouts - m = saddle coping
chaperon à deux égouts - m = saddleback coping
chaperon de béton - m = concrete cap
chaperon en dos d’âne - m = saddle back coping
chaperon en glacis - m = featheredge coping, splayed
coping, wedge coping
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chapinage - m = wall tie
chapiste - m = topping applicator
chapiteau - m = capital, cornice
chapiteau à balustres - m = baluster capital
chapiteau à crochets - m = crocket capital
chapiteau à godrons - m = scalloped capital
chapiteau angulaire - m = angle capital
chapiteau campaniforme - m = bell capitol
chapiteau cubique - m = cushion capital, pillow capital
chapiteau cubique festonné - m = scalloped cushion
capital
chapiteau de colonne - m = column capital
chapiteau festonné - m = scalloped capital
chapiteau godronné - m = gadrooned capital
chapiteau hatorique - m = hathoric capital
chapiteau historié - m = historiated capital
chapiteau imposte - m = impost capital
chapiteau palmiforme - m = palm capital
chapiteau papyriforme - m = papyriform capital
charbon - m = coal
charbon actif - m = activated carbon, activated
charcoal
charbon activé - m = activated carbon, activated
charcoal
charbon de bois - m = charcoal
charbon domestique - m = house coal
charbon flambant - m = free-burning coal, gas flame
coal, long flame coal, open burning coal
charbon gras - m = caking coal
charbon maigre - m = dry steam coal, lean coal, low
volatile coal
charbon maigre - m = steam coal
charbon tout venant - m = run-of-mine coal, through
coal, unscreened coal
charge - f = blast, charge encumbrance, filler, head,
live load, load pressure head, sealer, sizing, static head,
stress (US)
charge à admettre - f = design load, permissible load
chargé à refus (benne, godet) = heaped
charge admise - f = assumed load, design load
charge admissible - f = allowable load, permissible
load, safe load
charge alternée symétrique - f = completely reversed
load
charge au milieu - f = midspan loading
charge axiale - f = axial load
charge centrée - f = concentric load
charge combustible - f = combustible load
charge composée - f = compound load
charge concentrée - f = concentrated load, point load
charge constante - f = dead load
charge continue - f = continuous load, distributed load
charge critique - f = critical load
charge de base - f = basedload
charge de circulation - f = traffic load
charge de crête - f = peak load
charge de flambage - f = buckling load
charge de flambement - f = buckling load, crippling
load
charge de flexion - f = flexural load stress, traverse
load stress
charge de fluxion - f = bending load stress
charge de longue durée - f = long-time load, long-
time static load
charge de longue durée - f = sustained load
charge de plâtre - f = thickness
charge de pointe - f = peak load, peak service load,
peak service stress, peak stress
charge de réfrigération - f = cooling load
charge de rupture - f = breaking load, breaking stress,
failure load, fracture load, ultimate load, yield load
charge de sécurité - f = safe load
charge de service - f = service load, working load
charge de traction - f = tensile load, tensile
stress (US)
charge d’eau - f = watre head
charge d’épreuve - f = test load
charge d’essai - f = test load
charge d’explosif - f = blast
charge d’incendie - f = fire load
charge discontinue - f = batch
charge due au poids propre - f = dead load
charge dynamique - f = dynamic loadimpact load
charge élémentaire isolée - f = single point load
charge excentrée - f = eccentric load, eccentric
loading, off-centre load
charge excentrique - f = eccentric load, eccentric
loading, off-centre load, hydraulic head, hydraulic load
charge indirecte - f = indirect load
charge intermittent - f = batch
charge isolée - f = concentrated load, single-point load
charge latérale - f = lateral load
charge latérale dans toutes les directions - f = all
around loading
charge limite - f = failure load, ultimate load, yield
load
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charge linéaire - f = line load
charge longitudinale - f = axial load
charge maximum - f = load capacity
charge mobile - f = live load, moving load, rolling
load
charge nominale - f = safe working load
charge payante - f = pay dirt (US), pay load (UK)
charge périodique - f = pulsating load
charge permanente - f = dead load, own load, perma-
nent load
charge polluante - f = pollutional load
charge ponctuelle - f = concentrated load, point load
charge pratique - f = service load
charge progressive - f = progressively
charge réelle - f = service load
charge répartie - f = continuous loaddistributed load
charge roulante - f = live loadmoving loadrolling load
charge statique - f = dead loadstatic load
charge superficielle - f = surface loading
charge supposée - f = assumed load
charge sûre - f = safe load
charge tassement - f = load settlement
charge temporaire - f = live load, moving load, rolling
load
charge thermique - f = heat load
charge totale - f = total load
charge ultime - f = ultimate load
charge uniforme - f = uniform loaduniformly distrib-
uted load (UDL), uniformly distributed load (UDL)
charge uniforme équivalent - f = equivalent live load
charge, equivalent uniform live load, equivalent uni-
form load, equivalent uniformly distributed load
(EUDL), EUDL (equivalent uniformly distributed
load)
charge uniformément répartie - f = UDL (uniformly
distributed load), uniform load, uniformily distributed
load, uniformly distributed load (UDL)
charge unitaire - f = unit load
charge utile - f = applied load, duty load, imposed
load, pay dirt, pay load (UK), payload, superimposed
load, carrying capacity
charge variable - f = live load, variable load, variable
stress
charge vibrante - f = pulsating load
chargement - m = loading
chargement en bout - m = end loading
chargement horizontal - m = horizontal loading
chargement vertical - m = vertical loading
charges alternées symétriques - f = complete
reversed loads
charges alternées symétriques - f = complete
reversed stresses
charges combinées - f = combined loads, combined
stresses
charges dynamiques - f = dynamic loads, dynamic
stresses
charges et surcharges de services - f = dead and live
loads
chargeur - m = loader
chargeuse - f = loader, loading machine
chargeuse à l’avancement - f = front end loader,
scoop loader
chargeuse pelleteuse - f = loading shovel
chargeuse sur pneus - f = wheel (ed) loader
chargeuse-pelleteuse - f = backhoe loader
chariot - m = carriage, chassis, crab, dolly, undercar-
riage
chariot à bras - m = hand truck
chariot à fourche - m = fork lift-truck, fork truck
chariot de dilatation - m = expansion roller
chariot de grue - m = crab
chariot élévateur - m = clark, fenwick, forklift, lift
truck
chariot élévateur à fourche - m = fork lift-truck
chariot élévateur à fourche - m = fork truck
chariot élévateur à main - m = hand lift-truck
charmille - f = arbour, tree-covered walk
charnière - f = butt hinge, hinge
charnière (à...) - f = hinged
charnière à billes - f = ball bearing hinge
charnière à broche démontable - f = loose-pin
charnière à broche démontable - f = loose-pin butt
hinge
charnière à broche rivée - f = fast pin hinge
charnière à double action - f = two-way hinge
charnière à équerre - f = garnet hinge
charnière à gond - f = garnet hinge
charnière à pattes - f = back-flap hinge
charnière anticlinale - f = arch bend
charnière de porte - f = door hinge
charnière dégonflable - f = lift-off hinge
charnière dégonflable - f = loose-joint hinge
charnière en Té - f = T hinge, Tee hinge
charnière hélicoidale - f = rising-butt hinge
charnière invisible - f = blind hinge
charnière piano - f = continuous hinge, piano hinge
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charnon - m = hinge knuckle
charpentage = carpentry
charpente - f = carcass, carpentry, deadwood, frame,
framed structure, framework, framing, roof framing,
skeleton, structure, timberwork
charpente à gros éléments mortaisés et entretoisés -
f = braced frame
charpente à gros éléments mortaisés et entretoisés -
f = braced framing
charpente à petits éléments cloués - f = balloon
frame
charpente à petits éléments cloués - f = balloon
framing
charpente à plate forme - f = western framing, plat-
form framing
charpente contreventée - f = braced framing
charpente de cloison - f = wall framing
charpente de comble - f = couple roof
charpente de couverture - f = roof framing
charpente de l’Ouest - f = Western framing
charpente de madriers - f = plank shape
charpente de mur intérieur - f = interior wall framing
charpente de plancher - f = floor framing
charpente de plancher - f = naked floor
charpente de toit - f = roof framing, roof timber-work,
roof timbers, roof framing
charpente en acier - f = steel framework, steel
framing
charpente en bois - f = first fixings, structural timbers,
timber frame, timber framing, timbers, wooden struc-
ture
charpente en treillis - f = truss
charpente légère - f = light-wood framing
charpente métallique - f = metal frame work, steel
construction, steel frame, steel framework, steel
framing, steel structure, structural steel, structural steel
charpente métallique - f = work
charpente triangulée - f = truss
charpente-plate-forme à éléments porteurs - f =
platform frame
charpente-plate-forme à éléments porteurs - f =
platform framing
charpenterie - f = carpentry, carpentry work, car-
pentry work, framework, framing, wood framing
charpenterie brute - f = rough work
charpenterie d’usine - f = mill construction
charpenterie lourde - f = heavy wood framing
charpentier - m = carpenter
charpentier en fer - m = steelwork erector, structural
iron worker
chasse - f = blow tool, chase, pitching chisel
chasse à purge rapide - f = blow down
chasse d’eau (wc) - f = cistern, flush, flushing
chasse roue - m = fender, guard stone
chasse-boulons - m = driftbolt
chasse-clavette - m = drift punch
chasse-clou - m = nail punch, nail set punch
chasse-cloué - m = punched
chasse-pointes - m = brad punch
chasse-terre à lame en biais - m = angledozer
châssis - m = casement, cradle, frame, glass, light, sash,
window frame
châssis à guillotine - m = double hung sash, hanging
sash
châssis à guillotine simple - m = single hung
châssis à guillotine sur le can - m = sliding sash
châssis à la canadienne - m = Canadian sash, hopper
light
châssis à la française - m = French window
châssis à l’anglaise - m = English window
châssis à l’australienne - m = Australian window
châssis à rebord en biais - m = batement light
châssis à soufflet - m = gusset window
châssis accordéon - m = accordion sash
châssis auvent - m = canopy window
châssis basculant - m = Canadian sash, swinging sash
châssis coulissant - m = sliding sash, sliding window
châssis de fenêtre - m = sash, window casement,
window frame, window sash
châssis de plafond - m = laylight
châssis de toiture - m = rooflight, skylight
châssis dormant - m = deadlight, fast sheet, fixed light,
fixed sash, stand sheet
châssis fixe - m = deadlight, fast sheet, fixed light, fixed
sash, frame, stand sheet
châssis fixe de fenêtre - m = window casement
châssis fixe de fenêtre - m = window frame
châssis mobile - m = sash
châssis mobile de fenêtre - m = window sash
châssis ouvrant - m = hinged sash
châssis ouvrant à l’italienne - m = top-hung window
châssis pivotant - m = pivoting sash
châssis pliant - m = accordion sash
châssis porteur à chenilles - m = crawler track chassis
châssis secondaire - m = ancillary frame
châssis vitré - m = glazed frame, glazed sash, glazing
unit, skylight
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châssis-trémie - m = hopper light
château - m = Hall, House, Mansion
château d’eau - m = water tower
château-fort - m = castle
chatière - f = garret window, small roof vent, venti-
lating tile, ventilation hole, ventilation-hole tile
chatterton - m = friction tape (US), insulating tape
(UK), tape
chaudière - f = boiler
chaudière à asphalte - f = bituminous heating kettle
chaudière à bois et à charbon - f = coal/wood com-
bination boiler
chaudière à circuit étanche - f = balanced-flue boiler
chaudière à combustible - f = liquid-fuel boiler
chaudière à trémie de combustible - f = hopper-feed
boiler
chaudière à tubes de fumée - f = firetube boiler
chaudière aquatubulaire - f = water-tube boiler
chaudière bi-énergie - f = dual-fuel boiler
chaudière de récupération - f = waste-heat boiler
chaudière marchant au gaz - f = gas-fired boiler
chaudière mixte - f = combination boiler (US)
chaudière mixte - f = combined boiler (UK), dual fuel
boiler
chaudronnerie - f = boilerwork, sheet metal work
chaudronnier - m = sheet metal worker
chauffage - m = heating
chauffage à air chaud -m = warm-air heating
chauffage à air chaud propulsé - m = forced warm
air heating
chauffage à distance - m = remote heating
chauffage à l’eau chaude - m = hot-water heating
chauffage à surface radiante - m = panel heating
chauffage à vapeur à basse pression - m = vapour
heating
chauffage à vapeur à haute pression - m = steam
heating
chauffage au mazout - m = oil-fired heating
chauffage bivalent - m = dual-system heating
chauffage central - m = heating system
chauffage central à air chaud -m = hot-air heating
chauffage central à circulation forcée -m = forced cir-
culation hot water heating (US), small bore central
heating (UK), small-bore central heating (UK)
chauffage central à circulation naturelle -m = gravity
hot water heating
chauffage central au mazout - m = oil-fired central
heating
chauffage central d’immeuble - m = whole-house
central heating
chauffage central en commun - m = block heating,
group heating
chauffage central général - m = full central heating
chauffage central individuel - m = tenant-controlled
central heating
chauffage central - m = central heating
chauffage d’air - m = air heating
chauffage d’ambiance - m = background heating
chauffage d’ambiance - m = space heating
chauffage d’appoint - m = auxiliary heating, supple-
mentary heating
chauffage de base - m = background heating
chauffage de demi-saison - m = between-season
heating (UK)
chauffage de demi-saison - m = spring-and-fall
heating (US)
chauffage direct - m = direct heating
chauffage en commun - m = block heating, group
heating
chauffage et climatisation - m = heating and cooling
chauffage indirect - m = indirect heating
chauffage par accumulation - m = storage heating
chauffage par air chaud - m = hot-air heating
chauffage par air pulsé - m = forced-air heating
chauffage par air thermopulsé - m = forced-air
heating
chauffage par convection - m = convection heating
chauffage par convection - m = space heating
chauffage par le plafond - m = ceiling heating, ceiling
panel heating
chauffage par le plancher - m = floor heating
chauffage par le sol - m = floor heating, floor panel
heating, underfloor heating
chauffage par panneaux rayonnants - m = ceiling
panel heating, panel heating
chauffage par radiation - m = panel heating, radiant
heating
chauffage par rayonnement - m = radiant heating
chauffage par soufflage d’air chaud - m = hot-blast
heating
chauffage périphérique - m = perimeter heating
chauffage rayonnant - m = radiant heating
chauffage sous plancher - m = floor heating
chauffage urbain - m = district heating
chauffage, ventilation, climatisation - m = heating,
ventilation, air conditionning (HVAC)
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chauffage, ventilation, climatisation - m = HVAC
(heating, ventilation, air conditionning)
chauffagiste - m = heating engineer
chauffe au charbon - f = coal firing
chauffe au mazout - f = oil firing
chauffe-bain - m = bath heater, bathroom water heater,
hot-water heater
chauffe-eau - m = heater, hot-water heater, water heater
chauffe-eau à accumulation - m = storage water
heater
chauffe-eau instantané - m = direct fired water heater
chaufferette - f = heater
chaufferie - f = boiler house, boiler room
chaufournier - m = lime burner
chaulage - m = liming
chaume - f = thatch
chaussée - f = roadway
chaussée empierrée - f = causeway
chaussée flexible - f = flexible pavement
chaussée gravelée - f = gravel road
chaussée pavée - f = block pavement
chaussée rétrécie - f = pavement narrows (US), road
narrows (UK)
chaussée rigide - f = rigid pavement
chaussée souple - f = flexible pavement
chaux - f = chalk, lime, white wash
chaux - m = limewash
chaux aérienne -f = non-hydraulic lime
chaux anhydre - f = anhydrous lime
chaux en mottes - f = lime putty, lump lime, plaster’s
putty, plastering lime, plastering putty
chaux en pâte - f = lime putty
chaux éteinte - f = hydrated lime, slaked lime
chaux éteinte à sec - f = air slaked lime
chaux grasse - f = fat lime
chaux hydratée - f = hydrated lime
chaux hydraulique - f = hydraulic lime
chaux hydraulique artificielle (XHA) - f = artificial
hydraulic lime
chaux hydraulique naturelle (XHN) - f = natural
hydraulic lime
chaux libre - f = free lime
chaux maigre - f = lean lime, quiet lime
chaux pure - f = high-calcium lime
chaux riche - f = rich lime
chaux vive - f = anhydrous lime, burnt lime, caustic
lime, quick lime
chef (ardoise) - m = any edge of the slate
chef de chantier - m = agent, contractor’s agent,
general foreman, general superintendent, job super-
intendent, site agent
chef de projet - m = project leader
chef de tête - m = head, top edge
chef d’équipe - m = foreman, gang foreman
chef d’équipe - m = labor foreman
chef foreur - m = drilling foreman
chef sondeur - m = boring foreman
chemin - m = grade strip (US), screed strip, ball race,
lane
chemin - m = screed rail (UK)
chemin critique - m = critical path
chemin de béton - m = screed (UK)
chemin de câble - m = cable tray
chemin de grue - m = crane track
chemin de guidage - m = guide rail
chemin de guidage - m = guide track
chemin de moindre résistance - m = easier path
chemin de ronde - m = parapet walk, rampart walk
chemin de roulement - m = track
chemin de service - m = gangway
chemin lumineux - m = troffer
chemin pour piétons - m = footway, footpath
cheminée - f = chimney, funnel, hearth, stack
cheminée (conduit) - f = chimney-stack
cheminée (foyer) - f = fire-place
cheminée d’aération - f = air-stack, ventilating shaft
cheminée de regard - f = manhole shaft
cheminée d’équilibre - f = surge tank
cheminée d’équilibre différentielle - f = differential
surge tank
cheminée d’inondation - f = flood shaft
cheminée d’usine - f = metal chimney
cheminée métallique - f = metal chimney
cheminée ouverte - f = fire place
cheminement à la planchette - m = plane table
traversing
cheminement des canalisations - m = routing of pipes
cheminement entre deux points connus - m = open
traverse
cheminement fermé - m = closed traverse
chemisage - m = casing, lining, shuttering
chemisage de cheminée - m = chimney lining
chemisage de cheminée - m = flue lining
chemisage de fouille - m = casing
chemisage de trou - m = casing
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chemise - f = jacket, lining, sheath
chêne - m = oak
chéneau - m = a heavy type of gutter, channel, eaves
gutter, eaves trough, gutter, internal eaves gutter, par-
allel trough gutter, roof-gutter, trough, valley gutter
chéneau à encaissement - m = a wood gutter lined
with metal
cheneau à l’anglaise - m = box gutter
chéneau encaissé - m = concealed gutter, parapet
gutter, secret gutter, sunk gutter
chenille = crawler track, caterpillar, caterpillar track
chevalement - m = derrick, head frame, prop, trestle-
shore
chevalet - m = bent, saddle, saw horse, trestle, trestle
bent
chevalet d’implantation - m = batterboard (US)
chevalet d’implantation - m = profile (UK)
chevalet de levage - m = A-frame, gantry
chevalet de sciage - m = gantry
chevalet en charpente - m = frame bent
chevalet vibrant - m = vibrating table, vibrating trestle
chevalet-palée - m = bent, pile bent
chevauchant = lapped
chevauchement - m = lap, lap splice, lapped joint,
lapping, overlap, overlapping, splice
chevelu - m = pencil bar, starter bars
chevet - m = East end
chevet plat - m = flat end
chevêtre - m = header (US), header joist (US),
trimmer (UK), trimmer joist (UK)
chevêtre jumelé - m = double header
chevêtre sous marche palière - m = landing trimmer
chevillage - m = spiking
cheville - f = dowel, peg, pin, spike, sprig, treenail
cheville à expansion - f = expansion bolt
cheville à ressort - f = spring bolt
cheville à segment basculant - f = toggle bolt
cheville basculante - f = toggle bolt
cheville de charnière - f = hinge bolt, hinge pin
cheville de scellement - f = concrete insert
cheville en plomb - f = lead plug
cheville trempée - f = tempered stud
chevillette - f = line pin
chèvre - f = crab, derrick, lifting jack, shear, shear legs,
shears sheer legs, sheers
chèvre à haubans - f = gin-pole
chèvre à trois pieds - f = shear legs
chevron - m = common rafter, intermediate rafter, main
rafter, quartering, rafter, spar
chevron carré - m = SQ (square), square (SQ)
chevron commun - m = common rafter
chevron court - m = hip jack
chevron d’arête - m = hip
chevron d’arêtier - m = angle rafter, hip rafter
chevron de long pan - m = common rafter
chevron de noue - m = valley rafter
chevron en porte-à-faux - m = look-out rafter, lookout
rafter, outlooker
chevron engravé - m = notched rafter
chevron principal - m = main rafter, principal rafter
chevrons de pignon - m = barge couple
CHF (ciment de haut-fourneau) - m = Portland blast-
furnace cement
chicane - f = baffle
chien assis - m = dormer, fanlight, shed dormer
chiffonnage - m = sack finish, sack rub
chignole - f = hand drill
chimère - f = chimera
chiné - f = chiné
chloration - f = chlorination
chlore - m = chlorine
chlorure - m = chloride
choc - m = pressure shock
choc répété - m = repeated impact, repeated impact
load
choc transversal admissible - m = lurching allowance
chocage - m = jigging compaction
chœur - m = choir
chouleur - m = front-end loader, scoop loader
chouquage = chugging
chute - f = fall, fall of pipe, stack, waste
chute à ventilation primaire - f = main stack
chute d’eaux usées - f = waste stack
chute d’eaux vannes - f = soil pipe, soil stack
chute de pression - f = pressure drop
chute de tension - f = voltage drop
chute d’égout - f = drop inlet
chute unique - f = soil and waste stack
chutes de scierie - f = sawmill residues
cicatrice - f = spault, cyma, cymatum, dado, dado cap,
dado rail, molding (US), moulding (UK), ogee molding
(US), ogee moulding (UK)
cimaise - f = picture-rail
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cimaise de lambris - f = ogee, ogee molding (US),
ogee moulding (UK)
cimaise - f = wainscot cap
ciment - m = cement
ciment à bois - m = wood cement
ciment à boucher - m = filler
ciment à durcissement rapide - m = rapid-hardening
cement
ciment à faible chaleur d’hydratation - m = low heat
cement
ciment à faible chaleur d’hydratation - m = type IV
cement
ciment à haute résistance chimique aux sulfates - m
= sulfate-resistant cement
ciment à haute résistance initiale - m = high early
strength cement
ciment à haute teneur en alumine - m = high alumina
cement
ciment à haute teneur en silice - m = high-silica
content cement
ciment à joint - m = joint cement
ciment à la magnésie - m = magnesia cement, magne-
sium oxychloride cement
ciment à la pouzzolane - m = pozzolan cement
ciment à l’asphalte - m = asphalt cement
ciment à maçonner - m = masonry cement
ciment à prise lente - m = slow-setting cement, slow
setting cement
ciment à prise rapide - m = quick-setting cement
ciment à très haute résistance - m = high early
strength Portland cement (UK)
ciment à très haute résistance - m = Portland cement
type III (US)
ciment alumineux - m = aluminous cement, high-alu-
mina cement
ciment aluminosulfaté - m = sulfoaluminate cement
ciment amaigri - m = weakened cement
ciment amiante - m = asbestos cement, transite
ciment anglais - m = alum-soaked gypsum
ciment anti acide - m = anti acid cement
ciment asphaltique - m = asphalt cement
ciment au phosphate de zinc - m = zinc phosphate
cement
ciment au plâtre - m = selenitic cement
ciment au silicate - m = silicate cement
ciment au soufre - m = sulfur cement
ciment au trass - m = pozzolanic cement, trass cement
ciment au verre soluble - m = water glass cement
ciment aux pouzzolanes - f = pozzolan cement
ciment basal - m = basal cement
ciment bitumineux - m = asphalt cement, asphalt grout
ciment blanc - m = white cement
ciment bouche-pores - m = beaumontage
ciment colle - m = glue-cement, cement, cement-based
adhesive, cement adhesive, tiling adhesive, tiling
cement
ciment d’amiante - m = asbestos cement
ciment de caoutchouc - m = rubber mastic
ciment de fer - m = iron cement
ciment de haut-fourneau - m = blast furnace cement
ciment de haut-fourneau - m = blast furnace slag
cement
ciment de haut-fourneau à sulfate - m = sulfate slag
cement
ciment de haut-fourneau alumineux - m = montan
cement
ciment de hourdage - m = masonry cement
ciment de laitier - m = slag cement
ciment de laitier à la chaux - m = lime-slag cement
ciment de laitier au clinker (Portland) - m = blast fur-
nace Portland cement 85
ciment de laitier de haut-fourneau - m = blast furnace
cement
ciment de laitier de haut-fourneau - m = blast furnace
slag cement
ciment de scellement pour lampe - m = lamp capping
cement
ciment de Trass - m = Trass cement
ciment dentaire - m = dental cement
ciment des hauts-fourneaux (CHF) - m = Portland
blastfurnace cement
ciment d’optique - m = optical cement
ciment en vrac - m = bulk cement
ciment expansif - m = expanding cement, expansive
cement, high expansion cement, sulfoaluminate cement
ciment fondu - m = aluminous cement (US), calcium
aluminate cement (US), cast cement, high-alumina
cement (UK), high-aluminia cement
ciment gonflant - m = expanding cement
ciment hydraulique - m = hydraulic binder, hydraulic
cement
ciment keene - m = flooring cement, gypsum cement,
keene’s cement
ciment lent - m = slow-setting cement
ciment liant - m = adhesive
ciment magnésien - m = magnesia cement
ciment métallurgique - m = blast furnace cement
ciment métallurgique - m = blast furnace slag cement
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ciment métallurgique - m = slag cement
ciment métallurgique mixte - m = Portland blast-fur-
nace cement
ciment métallurgique sur-sulfaté - m = super-sulfated
cement (US)
ciment métallurgique sur-sulfaté - m = super-sul-
phated cement (UK)
ciment naturel - m = natural cement, rosendal cement
ciment normal - m = standard cement
ciment normalisé - m = cement conforming to stan-
dards
ciment oxychloruré - m = oxichloride cement
ciment phénolique - m = phenolic cement
ciment plastique - m = asphalt cement
ciment Portland - m = Portland cement
ciment Portland de fer - m = Portland-blast furnace
slag cement
ciment Portland sans constituants secondaires - m
= ordinary Portland cement
ciment pour métaux - m = metal bonding cement
ciment pouzzolano-métallurgique - m = pozzolanic
blast-furnace cement
ciment pozzolanique - m = pozzolan cement, pozzo-
lanic cement
ciment prompt - m = quick-setting cement
ciment pulvérisé - m = cement dust, cement powder
ciment pur - m = neat cement
ciment réfractaire - m = fireclay cement, grog fireclay
mortar, refractory cement, fire cement
ciment résistant aux acides - m = acid-resisting
cement
ciment résistant aux sulfates - m = sulphate resisting
cement
ciment romain - m = Parker’s cement, roman cement
ciment sans retrait - m = expansive cement, high
expansion cement
ciment silico-phosphate - m = silico-phosphate cement
ciment sorel - m = magnesium oxychloride cement
ciment sur-silicé - m = siliceous cement
ciment sursulfaté - m = super-sulfated cement (US),
super-sulphated cement (UK), supersulphated cement
ciment synthétique (plastique) - m = synthetic resin
cement
ciment vieilli - m = aged cement
cimentation - f = cement work, grouting cementation
cimentation (bâtiment) - f = cement fillet, weather
fillet
cimentation (puits de forage) - f = bore hole cemen-
tation
cimenté = cemented
cimenter = cement, to
cimenter (sur) = paste on, to
cimenterie - f = cement manufacturing plant
cimenterie - f = cement plant, cement work, cement
works
cimenteur - m = cement worker
cimentier - m = cement worker, concrete worker
cimentier-enduiseur - m = cement finisher
cimentier-surfaceur - m = cement finisher
cimetière - m = cemetory
cimetière d’une église - m = church-yard
cinglage du bois - m = lining off
cingleau - m = snapping line
cingler un trait = snap a line, to
cingler une ligne = chalk a line, to
cintrage - m = bending, centering
cintrage de tuyaux - m = pipe bending, pipe setting
cintrage des armatures - m = bar bending
cintré = bent, curved
cintre - m = arch, centering (US), centers (US), cen-
trering (UK), centres (UK), centring (UK), curve
cintre borgne - m = blind arch
cintre de voûte - m = cradling
cintre sur la longueur - m = spring
cintrement - m = cradling
cintreur de tubes - m = tube bender
cintreuse - f = bender, bender machine, hickey
cintreuse à tubes - f = tube bender
circuit - m = circuit
circuit d’alimentation - m = supply circuit
circuit de retour - m = return, return circuit
circuit de retour par la terre - m = earth return cir-
cuit (UK), ground return circuit (US)
circuit de terre - m = earth circuit (UK), ground cir-
cuit (US)
circuit dérivé - m = branch circuit
circuit en ceinture - m = ring-main circuit
circuit en dérivation - m = shunt circuit
circuit fermé - m = closed-loop system, complete cir-
cuit
circuit frigorifique - m = refrigerating system
circuit mis à la terre - m = earth circuit (UK),
grounded circuit (US)
circuit ouvert - m = open circuit
cisaille - f = bar cutter, clipper, shearing machine,
shears, snip
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cisaille à tôle - f = snips
cisaille de ferblantier - f = snips, tin snips
cisaillement - m = shear, shearing, shearing force
cisaillement à l’appui - m = reaction shear
cisaillement au contour - m = perimeter shear
cisaillement de roulure - m = rolling shear
cisaillement direct - m = direct shear, simple shear
cisaillement du vent - m = wind shear
cisaillement perimétral - m = perimeter shear
cisaillement rotatif - m = rolling shear
cisaillement semelle-âme - m = flange-web shear
cisaillement simple - m = direct shear, simple shear
cisaillement transversal - m = transerve shear,
transerve shearing stress, vertical shearing stress
cisailler = shear, to
cisailler un rivet = cut off a rivet, to
cisailles - f = shear
cisailleuse - f = bar cropper
ciseau - m = bolster, chisel, shear legs
ciseau à biseau - m = bevelled-edge chisel
ciseau à froid - m = cold chisel
ciseau en biseau - m = cant chisel
ciseau grain d’orge - m = claw chisel
ciselage - m = chasing
ciselage - m = tooling
ciselage du bois - m = chasing
ciseler = carve, to
ciselure relevée - f = draft, drafted margin, margin
draft
cité - f = housing area, housing development
cité de jardin - f = garden city
cité ouvrière - f = council estate
cité universitaire - f = student’s halls of residence
citerne - f = cistern, tank
claie - f = hurdle, wattle
claie à ombrer - f = shading stream
claie d’ombrage - f = shading stream
claire-voie - f = bay, clerestory, open work
clameau - m = cramp, cramp-iron, dog, dog anchor,
dog iron
clapée - f = trowelful
clapet - m = a type of valve, flap, valve
clapet à bille - m = ball valve
clapet antipollution - m = backflow valve
clapet articulé - m = clack valve
clapet automatique d’arrêt de vapeur - m = auto-
matic stop-check
clapet casse-vide - m = vacuum breaker valve
clapet coupe-feu - m = fire damper
clapet de contresiphonnage - m = backsiphonage pre-
venter
clapet de décharge - m = relief valve
clapet de non retour - m = non-return valve
clapet de retenue - m = backflow valve, backwater
flap, check valve, non-return valve, retaining valve,
swing check valve
clapet de sûreté - m = relief valve
clarificateur - m = clarifier
classe - f = grade
classe granulaire de sable - f = sand fraction
classement - m = grading
classement au feu - m = fire grading
classement des éléments du granulat - m = grading
of aggregate
classement granulométrique - m = grading of aggre-
gate
classer = grade, to
classification - f = grading
classification du bois - f = grade in lumber
clauses techniques - f = technical specifications
clausoir - m = closer, closure
clausoir d’angle - m = angle closer
claussoir - m = key stone
claustra - m = screen wall
claustre - m = claustra, screen block wall
claveau - m = arch stone, compass brick, concave brick,
double cant brick, gagged stone, key stone, quoin,
radius brick, voussoir
claveau à crossette - m = shouldered voussoir
claveau de naissance - m = springer
claveau en escalier - m = stepped voussoir
clavetage - m = keying, wedged keying
clavette - f = cotter cotter pin, feather, fixing pin, key,
pin, slip tongue, spline, wedge
clavette d’angle - f = corner key
clavette de bois - f = wood fixing pin
clavette encastrée - f = sunk key
clayonnage - m = wattling
clé - f = cock, frog, key joint, tap-wrench
clé (arc) - f = key
clé (outil) - f = spanner (UK), wrench (US)
clé à béquille - f = fork wrench, valve key
clé à chaîne - f = chain tongs
clé à chaîne pour tubes - f = chain pipe wrench
clé à chocs - f = impact spanner, impact wrench
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clé à cliquet - f = ratchet wrench
clé à courroie - f = strap wrench
clé à écrous - f = spanner
clé à fourche - f = fork wrench
clé à mâchoires - f = spud wrench
clé à molette - f = adjustable monkey wrench,
adjustable spanner, crescent wrench, monkey wrench
clé américaine - f = adjustable monkey wrench,
adjustable spanner
clé anglaise - f = adjustable monkey wrench,
adjustable spanner, monkey wrench
clé coudée - f = bent spanner
clé d’arc - f = headstone, key, keystone
clé d’assemblage - f = key
clé de voûte - f = crown, crown stone, key, key brick,
keystone
clé dynamométrique - f = calibrated torque limiting
spanner, calibrated torque wrench, calibrated wrench,
torque wrench
clé pendante - f = hanging keystone, pendant keystone
clé pendante latérale - f = queen post
clé pneumatique - f = impact spanner, impact wrench,
power wrench
clé polygonale - f = box wrench
clé pour filetage - f = tap-wrench
clé serre tube à chaîne - f = chain pipe wrench
clé serre tube à chaîne - f = chain tongs
clé serre tube à chaîne - f = stillson wrench
clef à béquille - f = valve key
clef à chocs - f = impact spanner (UK)
clef à douille - f = box spanner, socket spanner
clef à molette - f = adjustable spanner (UK), monkey
wrench (US)
clef à panneton -f = bit key
clef anglaise - f = adjustable spanner, monkey wrench
clef bénarde - f = pin key
clef brute - f = key blank
clef coudée - f = bent spanner
clef d’arc - f = headstone, key, keystone
clef de groupe - f = grand master key
clef de manœuvre - f = stop key
clef de serrure de sûreté - f = latch-key
clef de voûte - f = boss
clef dynamométrique - f = torque wrench
clef forée - f = barrel key
clef individuelle - f = change key, servant key
clef maîtresse - f = great grand master key
clef particulière - f = change key, servant key
clef pendante - f = hanging keystone, pendant key-
stone
clef pendante latérale - f = queen post
clef pneumatique - f = impact wrench, power wrench
clef serre-tubes - f = stillson, stillson wrench
clef serre-tubes à chaine - f = chaine pipe wrench
clefs à chocs - f = impact wrench (US)
clefs en main (marché) - f = turn key
clenche - f = catch, latch
climatisation - f = air conditioning, climatization
clin - m = lap-joint
clinker - m = cement clinker
clinomètre - m = batter board, batter level, clinometer,
gradiograph
clinquant - m = foil
clins - m = bevel siding, clapboards, lap siding, weather
boarding
clippage = clipping
clipsable = clip-on
cliquet - m = catch, pawl
clivage - m = cleavage
cloche - f = bell, floating cover
cloche d’ancrage - f = anchor cup
cloche gazométrique - f = bell gasholder
clocher - m = bell tower
clocher mur - m = bell gable
clocheton - m = bell turret, pinnacle
cloison - f = partition, partition walling
cloison à ossature - f = stud partition
cloison ajourée - f = honey comb wall, honeycomb
wall
cloison amovible - f = movable partition, relocatable
partition
cloison basse - f = dwarf partition
cloison creuse - f = hollow partition
cloison d’appui - f = dwarf partition
cloison de 11 cm - f = half-brick wall
cloison de bureau paysage - f = office landscape
screen
cloison démontable - f = demountable partition, relo-
catable partition
cloison double - f = double partition
cloison en carreau de plâtre - f = precast plaster-work
partition
cloison en charpente f = framed partition
cloison en palplanches - f = sheet piling
cloison en planches - f = boarding
cloison ignifuge - f = fire partition
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cloison mobile - f = operable partition, prefabricated
partition
cloison naine - f = dwarf partition
cloison non porteuse - f = non-bearing partition
cloison pleine - f = solid partition
cloison porteuse - f = bearing partition
cloison préfabriquée - f = prefabricated partition
cloison sèche - f = dry partition
cloison verticale de mansarde - f = ashlaring
cloison vitrée - f = glass
cloisonnage - m = diaphragm plate
cloisonnement - m = division, separation
cloisonnement de sécurité - m = compartmention
cloisonnement de sécurité - m = fire separation
cloisonnette - f = partial height partition
cloisonnette mobile - f = room divider
cloquage - m = blistering
cloque - f = blow
close à entrait retroussé - f = collar roof
closes s’intersectant - f = hip-and-valley roof
closoir - m = closure, infill piece
clôturage - m = fencing
clôture - f = enclosure, fence, fencing, perimeter fence,
railings, rails
clôture à claire-voie - f = open fence, railing
clôture à entrelacs - f = inter woven fencing, woven
fancing
clôture à maille en losange - f = chain-link fence
clôture de chantier - f = site fence
clôture de chœur - f = choir enclosure, choir screen
clôture en lattis - f = lath fence
clôture en planches - f = boarding, hoarding
clôture entrelacée - f = interwoven fencing
clôture grillagée - f = chain link fence
clôtures - f = fencing
clôtures et grilles - f = fencing and gates
clou - m = nail, spike, wire staple
clou à agrafe - m = clasp nail
clou à ardoise - m = slate nail, slating nail
clou à deux têtes superposées - m = double-headed
nail
clou à deux têtes superposées - m = form nail
clou à deux têtes superposées - m = scaffold nail
clou à maçonnerie - m = masonry nail
clou à patte - m = hold fast, hold-fast
clou à river - m = clinch nail
clou à spirales - m = screw nail
clou à tête de diamant - m = rose nail
clou à tête perdue - m = brad
clou à tête plate - m = clout nail
clou annelé - m = annular grooved nail
clou cavalier - m = staple, wire staple
clou coupé - m = cut nail
clou d’aluminium - m = aluminum nail
clou de broche - m = wire nail
clou de broche gommé - m = cement-coated wire nail
clou de coffrage - m = form nail
clou de cuivre et de laiton - m = copper and brass nail
clou découpé - m = cut nail
clou dissimulé - m = concealed nail
clou enduit - m = coated nail
clou torsadé - m = drive screw
clouage - m = nailing
clouage à tête perdue - m = blind nailing, councealed
nailing, secret nailing
clouage à trou perdu - m = secret nailing
clouage caché - m = blind nailing, concealed nailing,
secret nailing
clouage de face - m = face nailing, straight nailing
clouage droit - m = face nailing, straight nailing
clouage en biais - m = skew nailing, toe nailing, tusk
nailing
clouage en biais à la rive - m = edge nailing
clouage invisible - m = secret nailing
clouage jumelé de face - m = double face nailing
clouage perpendiculaire - m = face nailing
clouer = nail, to
cloueur automatique - m = gun nailer
cloueuse - f = gun-nailer, nailing gun
cloueuse marteau - f = hammer tacker
cloutage = nailing
clozot - m = queen closer
CLX (ciment de laitier à chaux) - m = lime-slag
cement
CM (ciment métallurgique) - m = blast furnace
cement, blast furnace slag cement, slag cement
cochonnet - m = bead, stop bead, stop
code d’application - m = performance code
code de construction - m = building code
code du bâtiment - m = building code
coefficient - m = coefficient, factor, ratio
coefficient d’absorption d’eau - m = absorption rate
coefficient d’absorption - m = absorptance
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coefficient d’absorption acoustique - m = acoustical
absorptivity
coefficient d’absorption acoustique - m = sound-
absorption coefficient
coefficient d’absorption des contraintes en fatigue
- m = stress concentration factor in fatigue
coefficient de capillarité - m = absorption rate
coefficient de cohésion - m = cohesive coefficient
coefficient de dilatation - m = coefficient of expansion,
swelling
coefficient de dilatation thermique - m = coefficient
of thermal expansion
coefficient de distribution - m = distribution factor
coefficient de fissuration - m = cracking ratio
coefficient de flambement - m = factor of safety for a
column
coefficient de foisonnement - m = lamination factor
coefficient de frottement - m = coefficient of friction,
coefficient of roughness
coefficient de majoration dynamique - m = impact
factor
coefficient de performance - m = coefficient of per-
formance
coefficient de plénitude - m = solidity
coefficient de Poisson - m = Poisson’s ratio
coefficient de raideur - m = coefficient of subgrade
reaction, modulus of subgrade
coefficient de réaction du sol de fondation - m =
modulus of subgrade
coefficient de réaction du sol en fondation - m = coef-
ficient of subgrade reaction
coefficient de réduction des moments fléchissants -
m = bending moment coefficient, moment coefficient
coefficient de rétention - m = coefficient of retention
coefficient de rigueur climatique - m = weather coef-
ficient
coefficient de rugosité - m = coefficient of roughness
coefficient de rupture - m = modulus of rupture
coefficient de saturation - m = saturation coefficient
coefficient de sécurité - m = safety factor
coefficient de serrage - m = packing coefficient
coefficient de striction - m = percent reduction of area
coefficient de traction - m = coefficient of traction,
tractive resistance
coefficient de transmission calorifique - m = heat
transmission coefficient
coefficient de transmission de la chaleur - m = coef-
ficient of heat transmission
coefficient de transmission thermique utile - m
= transmittance
coefficient d’échange de surface - m = surface coef- coin - m = corner, wedge
ficient coin (cale) - m = block
coefficient d’échanges superficiels - m = surface coef- coin de blocage - m = easing wedge, folding wedge,
ficient lowering wedge, striking wedge
coefficient d’écrasement - m = modulus of com- coin de décoffrage - m = striking wedge
pression
coin de mouchoir de toiture métallique - m = dog ear
coefficient d’effet d’entaille en fatigue - m = fatigue
strength reduction factor coin de mur - m = quoin
coefficient d’élasticité - m = coefficient of elasticity coin repas - m = dining area, dining recess
coefficient d’élasticité - m = modulus of elasticity, coke - m = coke
Young’s modulus coke en morceaux - m = lump coke
coefficient d’encastrement - m = end fixity constant, coke moulé - m = formed coke
end-fixity constant col de cygne - m = balluster bracket, goose neck, offset,
coefficient d’encombrement - m = space factor swan neck
coefficient d’équivalence - m = modular ratio colet - m = window shutter
coefficient d’humidité - m = moisture content colimaçon (en) = spiral
coefficient d’imperméabilité - m = coefficient of collaborant = acting compositely
imperviousness collage - m = bonding, gluing, sticking
coefficient d’occupation du sol (COS) - m = floor area collage bord à bord - m = edge jointing
ratio, ground occupation factor (France), plot ratio
collage sur chant - m = edge gluing
coefficient d’uniformité - m = uniformity coefficient
collant - m = stickiness
coefficient d’utilisation - m = actual output, coefficient
collapse - m = collapse
of utilisation, duty cycle
coefficient K - m = K value collatéral - m = side aisle
coefficient numérique - m = basic module collé = bonded, glued, joined, stuck
coefficient thermique - m = heat factor, thermal factor colle à béton - f = concrete adhesive
cœur (bois) - m = heart, heartwood colle à bois - f = wood glue
cœur (cheminée) - m = chimneyback, fire back colle à chaud - f = hot glue
coffrage travaillant en console - m = cantilever form colle à dissoudre - f = dry-mixing glue
coffrage tunnel - m = tunnel formwork colle à froid - f = cold glue, cold setting adhesive
coffrages - m = forms colle à la caséine - f = casein glue
coffrages à rigole - m = footing forms collé à la résine synthétique = resin bonded
coffrages à semelle - m = footing forms colle animale - f = animal glue
coffrages amovibles - m = lift forms colle binaire - f = two-pack adhesive, two-part adhe-
sive
coffrages roulants - m = travelers
colle blanche - f = paste
coffre - m = case, chimney breast, chimney shaft, form,
lock case colle d’amidon - f = starch gum (US), starch paste
(UK)
coffre à charbon - m = coal bunker
colle d’apprêt - f = size
coffret - m = enclosure, housing
colle d’assemblage bord à bord - f = edge-jointing
coffret à fusibles - m = fuse box cement
coffret d’alarme d’incendie - m = fire alarm call point colle de contact - f = contact adhesive, dry-bond adhe-
coffret de branchement - m = junction box sive
coffret de sortie - m = outlet box colle de poisson - f = fish glue
coffret du coupe-circuit - m = cutout box colle de remplissage - f = gap-filling adhesive
coffreur - m = form setter, formwork carpenter colle en feuille - f = film glue
cognée - f = ax colle marine - f = marine glue
cohésion de compression - f = mechanical bond colle moussante - f = foaming adhesive
coiffeuse-lavabo - f = vanity cabinet, vanity unit colle pour joints - f = edge-jointing adhesive

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colle pour joints épais - f = gap-filling adhesive
colle préparée - f = mixed glue
colle résorcine-formol - f = resorcimol adhesive
colle thermodurcissable - f = hot-setting adhesive
colle urée-formol - f = urea-formaldehive glue
colle végétale - f = vegetable glue
collecteur - m = drain, collection line, collector, header,
manifold, receiver, shunt
collecteur à série de tubes - m = integral tube-and-
sheet collector
collecteur à série de tubes - m = tube-in-strip collector
collecteur d’appareils - m = fixture branch, fixture
drain, waste pipe
collecteur d’échappement - m = exhaust manifold
collecteur d’immeuble - m = building drain
collecteur mural - m = vertical collector
collecteur orienté - m = tracking collector
collecteur pluvial - m = storm drain
collecteur principal - m = building drain, house drain,
main sewer, trunk sewer
collecteur sous vide - m = vacuum collector
collecteur sur façade - m = vertical collector
coller = glue (to), hang (to), stick (to)
collerette - f = collar, flange, flashing
collet - m = flange, narrow end
collet adouci - m = curved narrow end
collet maître - m = collar boss
collet rabattu - m = turned-up flange
collier - m = clip, collar, pipe ring, strap
collier à boulon - m = ring and bolt pipe hanger
collier à câbles - m = cable cleat
collier à vis sans fin - m = jubilee clip
collier d’attache - m = hanger
collier de câble - m = cable clamp
collier de fixation - m = cable clamp, fastening collar,
hanger, pipe clip
collier de prise en charge - m = pipe saddle, saddle
fitting, saddle, service clamp
collier de retenue - m = pipe clip
collier de serrage - m = band, pipe clamp
collier de suspension - m = hanger
collier de tuyau - m = band clamp, pipe bracket, pipe
clip
colmatage - m = calking (US), caulking (UK), clogging
colmater = caulk (to), clog (to)
colomba - f = upright wall member
colombage - m = half timbering
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colombe - f = upright wall member
colonnade - f = colonnade
colonne - f = column, header, plumbing stack, post,
prop
colonne à faisceau - f = cluster column
colonne adossée - f = attached column
colonne annelée - f = annulated column, banded
column
colonne baguée - f = ringed column
colonne câblée - f = twisted column
colonne d’incendie - f = fire riser
colonne d’incendie armée - f = wet riser
colonne dans une niche - f = niched column
colonne de chute ou de renvoi - f = soil-or-waste
stack
colonne de distribution - f = service cable
colonne de distribution - f = service conductor
colonne de lavabo - f = washbasing pedestal
colonne de plomberie - f = plumbing stack
colonne de renvoi - f = soil stack
colonne de ventilation secondaire - f = main vent,
vent stack
colonne d’eau - f = water gauge
colonne descendante - f = downcomer, downpipe
colonne d’évent - m = vent line, vent pipe, vent piping,
vent stack
colonne en charge - f = wet riser
colonne en engravure - f = niched column
colonne engagée - f = engaged column
colonne fasciculée - f = clustered column
colonne feuillée - f = foliated column
colonne humide - f = wet riser
colonne lisse - f = column with a plain shaft
colonne montante - f = feeder, riser, rising main,
rising pipe, service conductor, standpipe, uptake
colonne sèche - f = dry riser
colonne torsadée - f = twisted column
colonne torse - f = barley sugar column, barley-sugar
column, spiral column, torso
colonne travaillant en pointe - f = end-bearing
column
colonnes à bossages - f = banded column
colonnes à cannelures torses - f = wreathed column
colonnes géminées - f = twincolumns
colonnes jumelées - f = coupled columns
colophane - f = rosin
coloration brune - f = brown stain
coloration forte - f = heavy stain
colorer légèrement = tint, to
coltar - m = coal-tar
combinateur - m = controller
combiné - m = fused switch, switch and fuse
comble - m = attic, roof
comble à brisis - m = ridge roof, saddle roof
comble à charpente apparente - m = open roof
comble à deux égouts - m = double-pitch roof, pitch
roof, ridge roof, saddle roof, span roof
comble à deux longs pans - m = pitch roof, ridge roof,
saddle roof
comble à deux pans - m = pitch roof, ridge roof, saddle
roof
comble à deux pentes - m = pitch roof, pitch-roof,
ridge roof, ridge-roof, saddle roof
comble à deux versants - m = double-pitch roof, pitch
roof, ridge roof, saddle roof, span roof
comble à la française - m = curb-roof
comble à la Mansard - m = curb roof, gambrel roof
(US), Mansard roof, mansard roof (UK)
comble à lanterneau - m = monitor roof
comble à pignon - m = gabble roof
comble accessible - m = loft
comble brisé - m = curb roof, French roof, gambrel
roof
comble en appentis - m = pent roof, penthouse
comble en croupe - m = hip roof
comble en pavillon - m = pavilion roof
comble sans ferme - m = trussed roof
comble sur entrait - m = close-couple coupe, close-
couple roof, couple-close roof
comble sur pignon - m = gabble roof, gable roof
comble-pavillon - m = pyramid roof
combler = fill in, to
combles - m = attic, garret, loft, roof, roof-space
combles aménageables - m = expansion attic (US), loft
suitable for conversion (UK)
combles perdus - m = lost roof space
combles s’intersectant - m = hip-and-valley roof
commande - f = control, order
commandé à la main = hand-operated, manual control
commande asservie - f = feedback control
commande de travaux - f = work order
commande manuelle - f = manual control
commandé par air comprimé = air-operated
commencement du creusage - m = break ground
commodité sanitaire - f = sanitary facility
commodités - f = utilities
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commutateur - m = change-over switch, selector
switch, switch
commutateur rotatif - m = rotary switch
compacité - f = compaction factor, compactness
compactage - m = compacting, compaction
compactage à la main - m = tamping
compactage de remblai - m = compacting fill
compactage du sol - m = soil compaction
compactage par arrosage - m = compacting by
watering, compaction by watering
compactage par cylindrage - m = compacting by
rolling, compaction by rolling
compactage par damage - m = compaction by
tamping
compactage par roulage - m = compaction by rolling
compactage par vibroflottation - m = compaction by
vibroflotation
compactage par vibroflottation - m = vibrocom-
paction
compacté = consolidated
compacteur - m = compactor, compactor roller, roller
compacteur à pneus - m = pneumatic tyred roller,
rubber-tyred roller, multi-wheel roller
compacteur à pneus isostatiques -m = wobble-wheel
roller
compacteur automoteur - m = self-propelled com-
pactor
compacteur mixte - m = combination roller
compacteur pour enfouissement sanitaire - m = land-
fill compactor
compacteur tracté - m = towed roller
compaction - m = compacting, compaction
compagnon - m = mechanic
comparateur - m = dial gage, dial indicator
comparateur à cadran - m = dial gage, dial indicator
compartiment - m = compartment
compas - m = compass, pair of compasses, stay
compas à balustre - m = bow compass
compas à balustre à pointes sèches - m = bow divider
compas à pointes sèches - m = dividers
compas à trusquin - m = beam compass
compas d’arrêt - m = casement stay
compas de calibre - m = calipers
compas d’épaisseur - m = calipers
compensation du poids des câbles - f = cable weight
compensation
compensé = ballasted
compenser = balance (to)
compétence d’une entreprise - f = capability
complexe = complex, composite
complexe de fondation - m = foundation system
complexe d’étanchéité - m = built-up roofing, roofing
membrane, tightness complex
comportement - m = behaviour, performance
comportement au feu - m = fire behaviour, fire per-
formance
comportement au froid - m = reaction to cold
comportement du sol - m = soil behaviour
comportement mécanique - m = engineering beha-
viour
composant - m = component
composant de construction - m = building component
composant modulaire - m = modular component
composante de construction - f = component, com-
ponent of construction
composante de la pression - f = pressure component
composante d’une force - f = component
composants d’évacuation des eaux pluviales - m =
rainwater goods
composé = composite, compound, compound
composé d’addition = additive compound
composition - f = composition, mix, proportions
compresseur - m = compressor
compresseur à piston - m = reciprocating compressor
compresseur alternatif - m = reciprocating com-
pressor
compresseur centrifuge - m = centrifugal supercharger
compresseur d’air - m = air compressor
compresseur frigorifique - m = refrigeration com-
pressor
compresseur hermétique -m = sealed compressor
compressibilité - f = compressibility
compressibilité volumétrique - f = volume compres-
sibility
compression - f = compression
compression adiabatique - f = adiabatic compression
compression diamétrale - f = diametral compression
compression pure - f = direct compression
compression simple - f = direct compression
compressomètre - m = compressometer
compriband - m = compressible filler, prefabricated
joint filler
comprimé = compressed, in compression
comprimer = squeeze, to
comptage - m = counting, metering
comptage collectif - m = bulk metering
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comptage global - m = bulk metering
compte - m = account
compte pro-rata - m = general attendance charges
compteur - m = meter
compteur à cadran - m = dial-type meter
compteur à dérivation - m = by-pass meter
compteur à double tarif - m = two-part tariff
meter (UK)
compteur à double tarif -m = two-rate meter (US)
compteur à flotteur - m = float meter
compteur à grand débit - m = high capacity meter
compteur à moulinet - m = mass flowmeter (US),
screw flowmeter (UK), vane flowmeter (UK)
compteur à orifice calibré - m = orifice meter
compteur à paiement préalable - m = prepayment
meter
compteur à paiement préalable - m = slot meter
compteur à piston rotatif - m = rotary displacement
meter
compteur à raccord unique - m = one-pipe gas meter
compteur à turbine - m = rotary meter, turbine meter
compteur de décompte - m = check meter (UK),
secondary meter (UK), sub meter (US)
compteur de gaz - m = gas meter
compteur de vitesse - m = rotary meter, turbine meter
compteur d’eau - m = water meter
compteur d’énergie active - m = active energy meter
compteur divisionnaire - m = service meter
compteur étalon - m = standard meter
compteur général - m = main meter (UK), master
meter (US), primary meter (UK)
compteur humide - m = wet meter
compteur hydraulique - m = wet meter
compteur sec - m = dry meter
compteur volumétrique - m = volumeter, positive dis-
placement meter
concassé = crushed
concassé de fermeture - m = angular aggregate,
crushed stone, key stone
concasseur - m = breaker, crusher
concasseur à boulets - m = ball crusher
concasseur à machoires -m = jaw crusher
concasseur à marteaux - m = hammer crusher
concasseur à noix - m = gyratory crusher
concasseur à percussion - m = hammer breaker,
impact breaker
concasseur à pierres - m = crusher
concasseur de pierre et de gravier - m = stone and
gravel crusher
concasseur de pierres - m = stone crusher
concasseur giratoire - m = cone crusher, gyratory
crusher
concentrateur - m = solar concentrator
concentrateur parabolique - m = dish concentrator
concentration de contraintes - f = stress concen-
tration
concentration de lignes de courant - f = concentra-
tion of flow lines
concentration des contraintes - f = stress concen-
tration
concepteur - m = designer
conception - f = design
conception architecturale - f = architectural design
conception des structures - f = structural design
conception et réalisation - f = design and build
concessionnaire de service public - m = statutory
undertaker
concevoir = design, to
concevoir les plans = design, to
concierge - f = caretaker (UK), janitor (US),
porter (UK)
conciergerie - f = porter’s lodge
condamnation - f = boarding up, locking
condensateur - m = condenser
condenseur - m = condenser
condenseur à air - m = air-cooled condenser
condenseur à évaporation - m = evaporative
condenser
condenseur à faisceau tubulaire - m = shell and tube
condenser
condenseur à ruissellement - m = evaporative
condenser
condition - f = condition
condition à la limite - f = boundary condition
condition d’ambiance sèche - f = dry room condition
condition de compatibilité - f = condition of compa-
tibility
condition de construction - f = construction require-
ment
condition de service - f = working conditions
condition d’exploitation - f = working condition
conditionnement - m = conditioning, packaging
conditionnement thermique - m = thermal condi-
tioning
conditions d’application des normes - f = applicabi-
lity of standards
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conditions de compatibilité - f = conditions of com-
patibility
conditions de contrat - f = contract terms
conditions du marché - f = contract terms
conditions générales - f = general conditions
conditions normalisées - f = standard conditions
conditions particulières - f = schedule, special condi-
tions
conducteur - m = conductor, main, operator
conducteur de bétonnière - m = concrete mixer ope-
rator
conducteur de grue - m = crane operator
conducteur de pont - m = overhead crane operator
conducteur de sonnette - m = pile driver operator
conducteur des travaux - m = clerk of the works
conductibilité - f = conductibility
conductibilité thermique - f = heat conductivity,
thermal conductivity, heat conductivity, thermal
conductivity
conduit - m = conduit, conduit run, duct, pipe, shunt
system
conduit à tirage équilibré - m = balanced-draught flue
conduit aéraulique - m = air duct, air flue
conduit collecteur - m = shunt
conduit d’air - m = air drain, air duct, air flue
conduit d’approvisionnement - m = supply duct
conduit de chaleur - m = heat pipe
conduit de chauffage - m = heating duct
conduit de cheminée - m = chimney flue
conduit de démolition - m = demolition culvert
conduit de drainage - m = drain
conduit de fumée - m = chimney flue, flue, flue pipe,
flue tile, smoke duct, stack
conduit de retour - m = return duct
conduit de ventilation - m = air flue, vent pipe, ven-
tiduct
conduit d’échappement - m = exhaust duct
conduit d’évacuation - m = flue, flue pipe
conduit d’évacuation de fumée - m = chimney flue
conduit d’évacuation de fumée - m = flue
conduit d’évacuation des gaz brulés - m = gas vent
conduit principal - m = main
conduit souterrain - m = culvert
conduit vitrifié - m = vitreous tile
conduite - f = conduit run, duct, main, pipe, conduit
conduite d’amenée - f = water main
conduite d’abonné - f = service pipe
conduite d’air - f = air pipe
conduite d’alimentation - f = supply line, supply
pipe, teed pipe
conduite d’alimentation en béton - f = concrete deli-
very pipe
conduite de distribution - f = main
conduite de distribution de gaz - f = gas main
conduite de distribution d’eau - f = water main
conduite de sondage - f = sounding cone
conduite d’égout - f = sewer
conduite en amiante-ciment - f = asbestos cement
pipe
conduite en charge - f = live main, pressure pipe
conduite enterrée - f = buried pipe
conduite forcée - f = penstock, pressure pipe
conduite maîtresse - f = main
conduite montante - f = riser, rising main, rising pipe
conduite nue - f = bare pipe
conduite pluviale - f = leader
conduite pluviale - f = rainwater leader
conduite principale - f = common main, header, main
conduite sèche - f = dry riser
conduits groupés - m = grouped flues
cône d’Abrams - m = slump cone
cône d’ancrage - m = anchor cone, anchorage cone,
cone grip
cône de dépression - m = cone of depression
cône de diamant - m = diamond spero-conical pene-
trator
cône de plomberie - m = increaser, taper pipe
cône de réduction - m = reducer, reducing coupling,
reducing fitting
cône femelle - m = anchor cone
cône mâle - m = wedging cone
cône-réduction - m = adapter
confection - f = mixing
configuration d’écoulement - f = flow pattern
confirmé = experienced
conformité - f = compliance
confort moderne - m = all mod. cons (all modern con-
veniences)
confort moderne - m = all modern conveniences (all
mod. cons)
confortation - f = reinforced, strengthening
conforter = reinforce (to), strengthen (to)
congé - m = apophyge, cove, coving, fillet, hollow
molding
congé de débord de toit - m = eaves catch
congé de raccordement - m = radius
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congé du filet - m = toe of fillet
congélation adhérente - f = adfreezing
congélation adhérente - f = frost grip
conglomérat - m = agglomerate, conglomerate
conicité - f = taper
conique = conical, tapered
conjoncteur - m = circuit closing device
connecteur - m = connector
connecteur à pointes - m = spike connector
connexion - f = connection, connector, fastener
connexion taraudée - f = screwed connection
connexion volante - f = jumper lead
conservation - f = preservation
conservation des hypothèques - f = mortgage registry
conserver le béton = cure, to
consistance - f = consistency
consistance des travaux - f = scope of work
consistance d’un fluide - f = body
console - f = angle bracket, bracket, cantilever, can-
tilever beam, console, corbel, corbelling, hanger, knee,
T-head
console murale - f = wall bracket
console murale triangulaire - f = gallows bracket
consolidation - f = consolidation, reinforcement,
shore, strengthening
consolidation du sol - f = soil consolidation
consolider = reinforce (to), strengthen (to)
consommable = consumable
constante de station - f = bearing of reference object
constante de station - f = station constant
constructeur - m = builder, construction agency, manu-
facturer, promotor
constructeur métallique - m = steel-work contractor
construction - f = building, construction, erection,
structural engineering, structure
construction à charpente d’acier - f = steel frame
construction
construction à dalle - f = slab construction
construction à étagères - f = stepped structure
construction à maçonnerie de parement - f = veneered
construction
construction à mur sec - f = dry wall, dry wall
construction
construction à ossature - f = skeleton construction
construction à ossature de bois - f = frame construc-
tion, wood frame construction, frame construction
(UK), timber-frame construction (UK), wood frame
construction (US), frame structure (US), timber frame
structure (US)
construction à ossature métallique - f = steel-frame
construction
construction à poteaux et à poutres - f = post and
beam, post-and-beam construction, post-and-lintel
construction
construction à poteaux, à poutres et à madriers - f
= post, beam and plank construction
construction à revêtement travaillant - f = stressed-
skin construction
construction asismique - f = earthquake-proof con-
struction
construction civile - f = structural engineering
construction composite - f = composite construction
construction contreventée - f = trussed construction
construction courante - f = conventional construction
construction de bâtiments - f = building construction
construction de blocs - f = block construction
construction de logements - f = residential construc-
tion
construction de logis - f = residential construction
construction de maisons - f = house building
construction de type fermé - f = block system
construction désolidarisée - f = discontinuous
construction
construction d’habitations - f = home building,
house building, residential construction
construction d’immeubles - f = building construction
construction discontinue - f = open-building method
construction du mur - f = wall construction
construction d’usine - f = mill construction
construction en acier - f = structural steelwork
construction en adobe - f = adobe, adobe construction
construction en béton - f = concrete construction,
concrete structure
construction en béton armé - f = reinforced concrete
construction
construction en béton monolithe - f = monolithic
concrete construction
construction en brique - f = brick construction
construction en caisson - m = box construction
construction en contrainte - f = stressed construction
construction en dur - f = masonry construction, per-
manent building
construction en fer - f = iron work
construction en régime accéléré - f = fast-track
construction en terrasse - f = terraced construction
construction en voile mince - f = shell construction
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construction entièrement métallique - f = all-steel
structure
construction flottante - f = discontinuous construc-
tion
construction gonflable - f = air supported structure,
air-supported structure
construction hasardée - f = easy-go-lightly building
construction hors toit - f = bulkhead, penthouse, pen-
tice, roof top enclosure, bulkhead, penthouse
construction immobilière - m = building construction
construction individuelle - f = home building, home
construction
construction industrialisée - f = pre-engineered con-
struction
construction industrielle - f = industrial building
construction légère - f = light construction, light struc-
ture
construction lourde - f = heavy construction, heavy
structure
construction mécanique - f = mechanical engineering
construction métallique - f = metal structure, steel
construction
construction mixte - f = composite construction
construction modulaire - f = modular construction,
unit construction
construction modulée - f = modulated building, mod-
ulated construction
construction nécessitant peu d’entretien - f = low-
maintenance construction
construction ossaturée - f = skeleton construction
construction par étapes - f = stage construction
construction par tranches - f = phased construction
construction préfabriquée - f = prefab, prefabricated
construction
construction préfabriquée avec éléments fabriqués
en usine - f = system building
construction rivée - f = riveted structure
construction sans mortier - f = dry construction
construction semi-préfabriquée - f = semi-prefabri-
cated construction
construction soudée - f = welded structure
construction sporadique - f = haphazard building
construction sur le chantier - f = site work
construction sur pilotis - f = pile construction
construction tentaculaire - f = ribbon developement
construction tout acier - f = all-steel structure
construction traditionnelle - f = conventional
construction
construction volante - f = movable structure
constructions en ordre continu - f = closed building,
closed settlement
constructions en ordre discontinu - f = open
building, open settlement
construire = construct, to
construit en éléments préfabriqués = unit built
contact modéré - m = moderate contact
contacteur - m = switch
container - m = container
contenance - f = capacity
conteneur - m = container
contenu - m = content
contenu calorifique - m = heat content
contenu d’une benne - m = batch
contenu energique - m = energy content
contour - m = outline
contour du sol - m = grade line
contournement - m = by-pass
contractant - m = contractor
contraction - f = shrinkage
contracture - f = contracture
contracture de colonne - f = contractura
contrainte - f = stress
contrainte à la limite - f = boundary stress
contrainte admissible - f = allowable stress, permis-
sible stress, permissible working stress, safe stress
contrainte au contour - f = edge stress
contrainte autorisée - f = allowable stress
contrainte axiale unitaire en compression - f = axial
compressive unit stress
contrainte biaxiale - f = biaxial stress, two-dimen-
sional stress
contrainte circonférentielle - f = hoop stress
contrainte complexe - f = combined stresses
contrainte composée - f = combined stresses
contrainte conjugée - f = conjugate stress
contrainte critique - f = critical stress
contrainte d’étirage - f = yield stress
contrainte d’adhérence - f = bond stress
contrainte de base admise - f = basic design stress
contrainte de cisaillement - f = shear stress, shearing
stress
contrainte de cisaillement transversal - f = vertical
shearing stress, transerve shearing stress
contrainte de compression - f = compressive stress
contrainte de flambage - f = buckling stress
contrainte de flambement - f = buckling stress
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contrainte de flexion - f = bending stress
contrainte de poinçonnement - f = punching shear
contrainte de précontrainte - f = jacking stress
contrainte de pression admissible - f = permissible
compression stress
contrainte de rive - f = edge stress
contrainte de rupture - f = breaking strain, failure
stress
contrainte de torsion - f = torsional stress
contrainte de traction - f = tensile stressing
contrainte déviatorique - f = deviator stress
contrainte due au retrait - f = shrinkage stress
contrainte due au serrage - f = clamping stress
contrainte fléchissante - f = bending stress
contrainte hydrostatique - f = hydrostatic stress
contrainte initiale de précontrainte - f = initial stress
contrainte intergranulaire - f = grain-to-grain stress
contrainte intergranulaire - f = intergranular stress
contrainte limite - f = maximum stress
contrainte normale - f = direct stress
contrainte octahédrale - f = octahedral stress
contrainte omnilatérale - f = hydrostatic stress
contrainte plane - f = biaxial stress
contrainte plane - f = two-dimensional stress
contrainte pluriaxiale - f = multiaxial stress
contrainte primaire - f = primary stress
contrainte pure aux appuis - f = direct bearing stress
contrainte simple - f = one-dimensional stress
contrainte suivant deux directions axiales - f
= biaxal stress
contrainte thermique - f = temperature stress (US),
thermal stress (UK)
contrainte triaxiale - f = triaxial stress
contrainte unitaire - f = unit stress
contrainte unitaire de traction - f = tensile unit stress
contrainte unitaire pratique - f = working unit stress
contraintes combinées - f = combined stresses
contraintes complexes - f = combined stresses
contraintes composées - f = combined stresses
contrat entretien - m = maintenance contract
contre châssis - m = storm sash, storm window
contre fiche - f = brace, strut
contre le fil = against the grain
contre porte à moustiquaire - f = screen door
contrebalancer = counterbalance, to
contre-bateau - m = convex bow
contre-bâti - m = inner casing, inside casing, inside
trim
contrebord - m = face of curb
contrebord à pente douce - m = lip curb
contre-bouterolle - f = butt
contre-bride - f = backing flange, companion flange,
loose flange, mating flange, movable coupling
contre-calque - m = blue-print
contre-calque - m = reverse tracing
contre-chambranle - m = casing, inner casing, inside
casing, inside trim
contre-châssis - m = storm sash, storm window
contre-cœur - m = back-plate
contre-courant - m = backflow, counter flow, coun-
traflow
contre-écrou - m = back nut, check nut, jack nut, lock
nut, locknut
contre-écrou de vidange - m = waste nut
contre-épreuve - f = check test, control test, repeat test
contre-essai - m = check test, control test, repeat test,
retest
contre-face - m = back, back of ply, back veneer
contre-fenêtre - f = double window, storm window
contrefiche - f = angle brace, angle brace diagonal,
back shore, brace, corner brace, counter, diagonal, per-
ling, raker, raking shore, spur, strut, strutting
contre-fil rubané - m = interlocking grain
contre-flèche - f = camber, hogging
contrefort - m = abutment, buttress, counterfort, pier
contrefort angulaire - m = diagonal buttress
contrefort cornier - m = clasping buttress
contre-fruit - m = couter batter, inner batter
contre-hus - m = Dutch door
contre-latte - m = counter lath
contre-limon - m = face string, finish outer string,
finish string, outer string
contremaître - m = foreman, labor foreman
contremarche - f = riser, stair riser
contre-marche - f = riser
contre-marche chanfreinée - f = raking riser
contre-masticage - m = back putty, bed putty
contre-mur - m = inner wall, outer wall, strengthening
wall
contre-noix - f = half-round groove
contre-parement - m = back
contre-pêne - m = auxiliary latch
contrepente - f = counterslope
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contre-pente - f = backfall, invert elevation, reverse
gradient
contre-pièce rainurée - f = reverse piece
contre-plaque - f = anchor plate
contreplaqué - m = plywood
contre-plaqué - m = plywood
contreplaqué à âme complexe - m = composite ply-
wood
contreplaqué à fil en long - m = long-grained plywood
contreplaqué à fil en travers - m = cross-grained ply-
wood
contreplaqué alvéolaire - m = cellular board
contreplaqué cintré - m = curved plywood
contreplaqué composite - m = composite plywood
contre-plaqué en couverture - m = plywood roof
sheathing
contreplaqué en étoile - m = star plywood
contreplaqué extérieur - m = exterior plywood
contreplaqué galbé - m = curved plywood
contreplaqué jointé - m = scarfed plywood
contreplaqué latté - m = blockboard
contreplaqué longue durée - m = marine plywood
contreplaqué moulé - m = moulded plywood
contreplaqué multipli - m = multipli
contreplaqué poncé - m = sanded wood
contreplaqué raclé - m = scraped plywood
contreplaqué revêtu - m = overlaid plywood
contreplaqué transformé - m = transformed plywood
contre-plinthe - m = base shoe
contre-plinthe - m = shoe molding (US)
contrepoids - m = counterbalance, counterpoise, coun-
terweight, sash balance, sash weight mouse, sash
weight
contreporte - m = screen door
contre-porte - m = inner door, storm door, weather
door
contre-pression - f = back pressure
contre-profil - m = reverse profile
contre-profil de moulure - m = opposite moulding
contrescarpe - f = counterscarp
contre-siphonnement - m = back siphonage
contre-solin - m = counterflashing
contre-soubassement - m = counter base
contre-taille - f = cross-cut
contre-tirage - m = back draught
contre-tirant - m = counterbrace
contrevent - m = blind, folding shutter, shutter,
window shutter
contreventé = brace
contreventement - m = bracing, counter, cross bracing,
wind brace, wind bracing
contreventement diagonal - m = diagonal brace
contreventement en croix de St André - m = cross
bracing, X-bracing
contreventement vertical - m = bracing truss
contrôle - m = control
contrôle d’aspect - m = visual inspection
contrôle de l’utilisation de l’énergie - m = energy
auditing
contrôle de la déviation - f = borehole survey
contrôle de la flamme - m = flame monitoring
contrôle de qualité - m = quality control
contrôle de qualité à plusieurs variables - m = multi-
variate control
contrôle en cours de fabrication - m = in-process ins-
pection
contrôle en première présentation - m = original ins-
pection
contrôle réduit - m = reduced inspection
contrôle technique des travaux - m = construction
supervision
contrôle tronqué - m = curtailed inspection
contrôle visuel - m = visual inspection
contrôleur de chantier - m = clerk of works
contrôleur de flamme - m = flame detector
convecteur - m = convector
convection - f = convection
convergent - m = reducer, reducing pipe, taper pipe
convoyeur - m = bucket conveyor, conveyor
convoyeur à bande - m = belt conveyor
coopérative de construction - f = building coopera-
tive
coordination dimensionnelle - f = dimensional coor-
dination
coordination modulaire - f = dimensional coordina-
tion, modular coordination
coordonnées bipolaires - f = bipolar coordinates,
polar coordinates
copeau - m = chip, shaving
copeau de placage - m = sheet of veneer
copeaux - m = excelsior
copeaux (bois) - m = shavings
copeaux (métal) - m = chips
copeaux de tour - m = turnings
copopriétaire - m = joint owner, unit owner, condom-
nium owner
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coque - f = kink, shell, shell construction, shell roof,
thin shell
coque cylindrique - f = barrel roof, barrel shell
coquille - f = housing
coquille (d’escalier hélicoïdal) - f = soffit (of spiral
stair)
coquille de moteur - f = motor housing
coquille d’eau - f = aqueous sheath
corbeau - m = corbel, pipe console
corbeau filant - m = continuous corbel
corbeille - f = vase
cordage - m = rope, ropiness
corde - f = cord, joint runner, pouring rope, rope
corde goudronnée - f = yarn
corde union double - m = union end return bend
cordeau - m = chalk line, line, snapping line
cordeau détonant - m = detonating corde, detonating
fuse
cordeau passé à la craie - m = chalk line
cordelière - f = rope moulding
cordoir - m = chaulking chisel
cordon - m = bead, fillet, windrow
cordon (architecture) - m = string-course
cordon d’amiante - m = asbestos cord, asbestos rope,
joint pourer
cordon de connexion - m = cord
cordon de sonnette - m = bell pull
cordon de soudure - m = fillet weld, fillet welding,
seam, weld bead
cordon prolongateur - m = extension lead
corne - f = hem
cornette - f = angle bead, corner bead, corner guard,
plaster bead
corniche - f = cornice, fascia, ledge
corniche à talon - f = coving
corniche de piédestal - f = surbase
corniche rentrante - f = raking cornice
cornier - m = corner post
cornière - f = angle, angle bar, angle beam, angle iron,
angle section
cornière à ailes égales - f = equal angle, equal-leg
angle
cornière à ailes inégales - f = unequal angle
cornière à boudin - f = bulb angle
cornière d’appui - f = knee
cornière d’assemblage - f = clip angle
cornière d’attache - f = angle cleat, cleat
cornière d’attache de bride - f = flange cleat
cornière d’attache de l’âme - f = web cleat
cornière de fixation - f = clip angle
cornière de fixation supérieure - f = top clip angle
cornière de toiture - f = valley
cornières à ailes égales - f = equal angle
cornières à ailes inégales - f = unequal angle
cornières adossées - f = double angle
corps - m = shank
corps creux - m = building tile, hollow block (UK),
hollow building unit, hollow clay block, hollow clay tile
(US), hollow tile
corps cylindrique - m = barrel
corps cylindrique de chaudière - m = boiler barrel
corps d’enduit - m = browning coat, rendering coat
corps d’un bâtiment - m = main part (of building),
main section, main building
corps de chape - m = brow coatpavement
corps de chaussée - m = pavement
corps de garde - m = gate house
corps de joint prémoulé - m = preformed joint filler
corps de joint prémoulé - m = preformed sealant
corps de logis - m = main part of dwelling
corps de moulures - m = band of mouldings
corps de pompe - m = barrel
corps de rivet - m = shank
corps d’état - m = building trade, construction trade,
trade
corps d’état secondaire - m = finishing trade, subor-
dinate trade
corps étrangers - m = grit
corps mort - m = dead man, deadman
corps noir - m = bituminous material, black body
correction de dérive - f = zero point correction
corridor - m = corridor, passageway
corroi - m = clay puddle, pudding, puddle
corrosion - f = corrosion
corrosion electrolytique - f = electrolytic corrosion
corrosion galopante - f = breakaway corrosion
corrosion tellurique - f = soil corrosion
corroyage - m = hot working
corroyé = wrought
corroyer = dress (to), rough plane (to), surface (to),
trim (to)
corroyeuse - f = rough planer
corset - m = tree guard
COS (coefficient d’occupation du sol) - m = ground
occupation factor (France)
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cosse - f = lug
costière - f = curb, shoulder, upstand
coté = dimensioned
cote - f = dimension, elevation, grade, level, measure-
ment, measuring
côté - m = edge, side
côté amont - m = inlet side
côté aval - m = outlet side
cote de fabrication - f = work measurement
cote de fil d’eau - f = invert level
cote de gel - f = frost line
côté de la face - m = face-side
cote de liaison - f = planning size
cote de nivellement - f = elevation
cote de résistance au feu - f = fire-resistance rating
cote d’encombrement - f = outline dimension
côté d’équerre sain - m = sound square edge
cote maximale - f = maximum measurement
cote maximum - f = maximum measurement
cote modulaire - f = modular measurement
cote nominale - f = nominal measurement
côté ouvert - m = loose side, slack side
cotes d’implantation - f = layout dimensions
couche - f = coat, course, layer, ply
couche annuelle - f = annual ring, growth ring
couche anti-réfléchissante - f = antireflection coating,
antireflective coating
couche antireflet - f = antireflection coating, antire-
flective coating
couche aquifère - f = aquifer, aquifer formation
couche arable - f = topsoil
couche argileuse d’étanchéité - f = clay seal
couche bien nourrie - f = generous coat
couche blanche - f = white coat
couche compactée - f = hardcore bed
couche d’ empierrement - f = base
couche d’indépendance - f = roofing underlay
couche d’accrochage - f = bond coat, bonding layer,
scratch coat, tack coat
couche d’accrochage au bitume - f = asphalt tack
coat
couche d’air - f = air space
couche d’apprêt - f = base coat, primer, priming coat,
surfacer
couche d’arrêt - f = damp-proof course, dampcourse
couche de base - f = base course, foundation course
couche de crépi - f = parge coat
couche de dégrossissage - f = levelling-up course
couche de finition - f = final coat, finishing coat, set,
setting coat, skim coat, skimming coat, top coat, white
coat
couche de fond - f = floated coat, floating coat,
topping coat
couche de fond au bitume - f = asphalt tack coat
couche de fond f = browning coat
couche de fondation - f = base, bed, subgrade
couche de fondation en macadam - f = crushed stone
base course
couche de fondation en pierres concassées - f
= crushed stone base course
couche de guide - f = guide coat
couche de liaison - f = binder, binder course, binding
course, tack coat
couche de lissage - f = skim coat, skimming coat
couche de mortier de ciment - f = cement and sand
grouting
couche de propreté - f = subbase
couche de protection - f = subbase
couche de reprise - f = bonding layer
couche de roulement - f = carpet, surface coat,
topping
couche de sous-sol - f = stratum
couche de surface - f = paving, surface coat, surface
course, surfacing
couche d’impression - f = prime coat, primer, pri-
ming, priming coat, seal coat, sealer, sealing coat
couche d’isolation - f = damp course, damp-proof
course, damp-proofing course
couche drainante - f = drainage bed, drainage fill,
drainage layer
couche dure argileuse du sous sol - f = clay pan
couche d’usure - f = wearing course, wearing surface
couche éraflée - f = scratch coat
couche étanche - f = damp-proof course
couche filtrante en sable - f = layer of filter sand
couche filtrante graduée - f = grades filter layer
couche finale - f = finishing coat
couche frettée - f = confined stratum
couche géologique - f = stratum
couche imperméable - f = waterproof membrane
couche inférieure - f = subbase
couche inférieure de fondation - f = subbase
couche intermédiaire - f = binder, binder course, bin-
ding course
couche isolante - f = damp-proof course
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couche isolante imperméable - f = damp course,
damp-proof course, damp-proofing course
couche limite - f = boundary layer
couche perméable - f = pervious bed
couche portante - f = bearing bed, bearing course,
bearing layer
couche primaire - f = prime coat
couche protectrice - f = protective coating
couche protectrice en béton - f = protective concrete
layer
couche sous-jacente - f = underlayer
couche supérieure - f = base course, foundation
course
couche talochée - f = floated layer
couchis - m = bed, lagging, needle, sole piece, sole
plate
coude - m = break, elbow, ell, knee, pipe bend, quarter
bend, shoe
coude à 180° - m = return bend
coude à grand rayon - m = slow bend
coude à patin - m = duckfoot bend, rest bend
coude au 1/4 - m = 1/4 bend,90°elbow, quarter bend
coude au 1/8 - m = 1/8 bend,45°elbow, eighth bend
coude de plafond - m = drop elbow
coude double - m = return bend
coude d’un mur - m = break
coude en équerre - m = quarter bend
coude en U - m = return bend
coude étroit - m = narrow bend
coude mâle et femelle - m = service ell, street elbow,
street ell
coude union mâle - m = male union elbow
couder = bend, to
coudeuse - f = bender, bender machine
coulable = castable, pourable
coulage - m = casting, pouring
coulage de ciment - m = grouting
coulage de mortier liquide - m = grouting
coulage du béton - m = pouring concrete
coulé au sol = precast on site
coulé en œuvre = cast in place, cast in situ
coulé en place = cast in place, cast in situ
coulée - f = melt, pour
couler = bleed (to), leak (to), run (to)
couler (béton) = cast (to), pour (to)
couleur - f = color (US), colour (UK)
couleur de fond - f = ground colour
couleur de teinte - f = tinting color
coulis - m = cement grout, grout, slurry
coulis au ciment - m = cement grout
coulis d’argile - m = clay mud
coulis de bentonite - m = bentonite slurry
coulis de ciment - m = cement grout
coulissant = sliding
coulisse - f = slide, slideway, track, U channel
coulisseau - m = runner
coulisseau de plancher - m = floor guide
couloir - m = chute, corridor, passage, passageway
coulure - f = run
coup arrière - m = back observation? back sight
coup de battage - m = hammer blow
coup de bélier - m = water hammer, water-ham-
mering
coup de feu - m = baking stain, hot spot
coup de liquide - m = surge
coup de pointeau - m = centre mark
coupe - f = cross-section, Profile, section
coupe de puits de reconnaissance - f = shaft record
coupé en biseau = bevelled, splayed
coupe feu - m = fire-arrester
coupe franche - f = clean cut
coupe géologique d’un forage - f = borehole log
coupe horizontale - f = horizontal section, plan view,
top view
coupe longitudinale - f = longitudinal section
coupe transversale - f = cross-cut, cross-section,
transverse section
coupe verticale - f = profile, vertical section
coupe-air de siphon - m = trap dip
coupe-boulons - m = bolt cropper, bolt cutter
coupe-circuit - m = breaker, circuit protector, cutout,
fuse
coupe-circuit à fusion enfermée - m = enclosed
cutout
coupe-circuit renforcé - m = fuse box
coupe-feu = fire-resisting
coupe-feu (CF) - m = draft stop, fire brace, fire-check,
fire-stop
coupe-froid - m = weather stripping
coupe-larme - m = drip
couper à fausse équerre = cut on the bevel, to
couper à fausse équerre = cut out of square, to
couper de droit fil = cut along the grain (to), cut with
the grain (to)
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couper de droit fil =
couper d’onglet = mitre, to
coupe-tirage - m = draught-limiting device
coupe-tube de verre - m = glass tube cutter
coupe-tubes - m = pipe cutter, tube cutter
coupe-vent - m = wind break
couplage - m = interlock, interlocking
couplage à douille - m = sleeve coupling
couplage à manchon - m = sleeve coupling
couplage en pont - m = bridge circuit, bridge connec-
tion
couplage en triangle - m = delta connection
couple - m = torque
couple antigoniste - m = opposing torque
couple de serrage - m = torque wrench
couplemètre - m = torquemeter, torsion indicator
coupole - f = cupola, dome
coupole d’éclairage - f = domelight
coupons - m = shorts
coupure - f = break, cut
coupure de capillarité - f = capillary break, capillary
groove, damp course (UK), damp-proof course
coupure étanche - f = damp check(US), damp course
(UK), damp-proof course
coupure thermique - f = thermal break
cour - f = court, courtyard
cour anglaise - f = areaway
cour carrée - f = quadrangle
cour d’honneur - f = main quadrangle
cour intérieure - f = inner court
courant = running, standard
courant alternatif - m = alternating current
courant continu - m = direct current
courant d’air - m = blast
courant faible - m = light current, weak current
courant fort - m = heavy current
courbe cumulative - f = accumulation curve
courbe d’équerre - f = right-angle bend
courbe d’intensité sonore - f = loudness contour
courbe de charge tassement - f = load settlement
curve
courbe de croisement - f = crossover bend
courbe de dilatation f = expansion bend, expansion
loop
courbe de distribution granulométrique - f = size
distribution curve
courbe de distribution normale - f = normal distri-
bution curve
courbe de Gauss - f = Gaussian curve
courbe de grand rayon - f = sweep
courbe de niveau - f = contour, contour line
courbe de raccordement - f = easement curve, junc-
tion curve, transition curve
courbe de saturation - f = saturation curve
courbe d’égal tassement - f = settlement contour
courbe des contraintes-déformations - f = stress-
strain curve
courbé en arc = arcuate
courbe en cloche - f = Gaussian curve
courbe enveloppe - f = envelope curve
courbe extensiométrique - f = stress-strain curve
courbe granulométrique - f = grading curve, grading
curve of sieve test, particular size grading curve
courbe hypsométrique - f = contour, contour line
courber = bend, to
courbes - f = bends, curves
courbure - f = curvature, warp
courette - f = air well, light court, light well, shaft,
small courtyard
courette anglaise - f = areaway
couronne - f = cap plate
couronne à diamants - f = diamond rock drill crown
couronne à grenaille - f = shot bit
couronne à molettes - f = core bit
couronne de gravier - f = gravel packing
couronne dentée - f = smooth bit
couronnement - m = capping, capping piece, coping,
crest, crown, crown of wall, crowning, crowning termi-
nation, damcrest, decorative terminal, ornemental ter-
minal, overthrow, top
couronnement biseauté - m = feather-edge coping
couronnement d’acrotère - m = roof parapet coping
couronnement de cheminée - m = chimney cap,
chimney top
couronnement de mur - m = cap
couronnement de parapet - m = saddle-back coping
of brest wall
couronnement en béton - m = concrete cap
couronnement en brique sur la rive - m = brick on
edge coping
couronnement massif - m = solid cap
couronnement plein - m = solid cap
courroie - f = belt
courroie transporteuse - f = conveyor belt
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courroie trapézoïdale - f = V-belt
cours de planches - m = setting of runners
course - f = stroke
course totale - f = total run
coursière - f = passageway
coursive - f = access balcony, external access balcony,
external gangway, passageway, gallery
court-circuit - m = short
coussin chauffant - m = heating pad
coussinet - m = bearing, coussinet, cushion
couteau - m = cutter
couteau à égrener - m = broad knife, stripping knife
couteau à mastiquer - m = putty knife
couteau à reboucher - m = stopping knife
couteau de peintre - m = filling knife
couteau désagrégateur - m = cutter
couture - f = seam, tie bar
couvercle - m = lid
couvercle de regard - m = manhole cover
couvert d’arcades = acarded
couvert d’un arc - m = arched
couvert en plein cintre - m = round headed
couvert végétal - m = plant cover, tree cover, vegeta-
tion cover
couverture - f = cover, roof, roof cladding, roof
covering, roofing, sheath
couverture à claire-voie - f = spaced slated, open
slating
couverture à clous de milieu - f = center nailed slating
couverture d’ardoises en modèle carré - f = drop-
point slating (US), honey-comb slating
couverture d’ardoises en pointe à 2 épaulements - f
= diagonal slating, drop-point slating
couverture d’ardoises en pointe à 3 épaulements - f
= honey-comb slating
couverture de charpente - f = structural covering
couverture de dol - f = floor covering
couverture de regard - f = inspection cover
couverture de sol - f = flooring
couverture de tribune - f = stand roof
couverture du faîte - f = ridge covering
couverture en aluminium - f = aluminum roofing
couverture en ardoise - f = slate covering
couverture en ardoises - f = slating
couverture en ardoises sans liaison - f = spaced
slating
couverture en bacs acier - f = steel trough deck
roofing
couverture en bacs acier - f = trough decking
couverture en chaume - f = thatch roof
couverture en écailles - f = imbrication
couverture en matériaux discontinus - f = multiple-
unit roof covering
couverture en tuiles - f = tile covering, tiled roof,
tiling
couverture multicouche - f = built-up roofing, multi-
ply roof
couverture solaire - f = solar blanket
couverture tiercée - f = double-lap slating
couverture transparente - f = glazing
couverture végétale - f = plant cover, tree cover, veg-
etation cover
couvre chant - m = edging, edge cover strip, edge
moulding, edge strip
couvre-joint - m = architrave, architrave, batten,
bead, capping, casing trim, cover fillet, cover moulding,
cover plate, cover strap, cover strip, feather, overlapping
astragal, panel strip, surface astragal, tie bar, wrap-
around astragal
couvre-joint d’étanchéité - m = flashing
couvrement - m = head
couvre-plancher élastique - m = resilient flooring
couvre-sol - m = floor covering
couvreur - m = tiler, roofer, slater
couvrir un toit en tuiles = tile a roof, to
covertine - f = coping
coyau - m = cocking piece, furring, furring strip,
sprocket
coyer - m = dragon beam
cracking - m = core crack
craie - f = chalk
craint l’humidité = keep dry
crampon - m = dog, grouted hooks, spike, staple
crampon (agrafe) - m = cramp
crampon fileté - m = hook bolt, U-bolt
cranté = indented, notched, serrated
crapaud de serrage - m = clip
crapaudine - f = balloon grating, basket strainer,
bearing plate, grating set, socket of door pivot, gravel
guard
crapaudine (mine) - f = toadstone
crapaudine (plomberie) - f = strainer
crapaudine à bille - f = ball socket
craquèlement - m = craze, crackling
craquelure - f = cracking, crazing
craquelure(s) - f = crackling
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cratère - m = crater, popout
crémaillère - f = carriage, rack, rough carriage, rough
string, rough stringer, stringer
crémaillère centrale - f = carriage, centre stringer
crémone - f = casement bolt, catch, fastening bolt,
latch, window latch
crémone à bouton - f = handle hasp
crémone à levier - f = lever casement bolt
crémone de fenêtre - f = window catch, window latch
crénaux - m = battlement, crenellation
créneau - m = battlement, crenel, crenelle
crénelé = castellated
créosote - f = creosote
crépi - m = grout, parge coat, parget, parging, ren-
dering coat, rough coat, rough rendering, roughcast,
slush coat
crépi rustique - m = rough cast, wet dash finish
crépi tyrolien - m = Tyrolean finish
crépine - f = bell mouth, inlet filter, screen, strainer
crépir = rought cast (to), rought render (o), slush (to)
crépir et enduire = render and set, to
crépissage - m = parge-work, rough-cast
crépissure - f = pebble dash
crête - f = comb, crest, damcrest, wall crest
crête de faîte - f = roof crest
creusement - m = digging
creusement de tranchées - m = trenching
creuser = undercut (to), underream (to)
creuset - m = crucible
creux - m = gap, hollow
creux de terre - m = drainage swale
crevaison - f = breakthrough, burst
crevaison - f =
crevasse - f = check, deep crack
crevasse de cisaillement - f = shearing crack
crever = burst, to
criblage - m = screening, sieving, sifting
criblé = graded, screened
crible - m = screen, sieve
crible à deux étages - m = double decker screen
crible à secousses - m = shaking sieve
crible classeur - m = sizing screen
crible métallique - m = wire screen
crible vibrant - m = vibrating screen
cribler = grade (to), screen (to), sift (to)
criblures de pierres - f = screenings
cric - m = jack
cric à vis - m = screw jack
crinoline - f = safety hoop
crique - f = flaw
criqûre - f = flaw
crise du logement - f = housing shortage
cristal - m = crystal
cristalliser = crystallize, to
critère de résistance - m = maximum utilisable
strength
critère de rupture - m = maximum utilisable strength
crochet - m = hanger, hook
crochet à 45° - m = anchor bar bent at 45°
crochet d’ardoise - m = wire clip
crochet d’armature - m = hook
crochet d’arrêt - m = catch
crochet d’assemblage - m = dog anchor, dog iron
crochet de fixation - m = fastener
crochet de gouttière - m = gutter hook
crochet de retour d’équerre - m = anchor bar bent
once at 90°
crochet de serrurier - m = skeleton key
crochet de suspension - m = hanger
crochet d’établi - m = bench hook, side hook
crochet et piton - m = hook and eye
crochet mural - m = wall hook
crochet normal - m = anchor bar
crochet scellé - m = grouted hooks
crochetage - m = pricking up coat
crochets d’ancrage - m = hooks
crocodilage - m = alligatoring, crocodiling
croisée - f = casement window
croisée - f = window
croisée d’ogives - f = casement window, intersecting
ribs
croisée du transept - f = crossing
croisement à deux niveaux - m = flyover
croisement à niveaux différents - m = flyover
croisement en as de trèfle - m = clover-leaf inter-
section
croiser les joints = break joints, to
croisillon - m = brace, cross brace, cross girder, cross
piece, cross-bar, glass-bar, transept, window bar, X
brace, X-member
croisillons - m = herring-bone strutting
croix de Saint-André - f = cross-bridging
croix de Saint-André - f = herring-bone strutting
croix de St André - f = St Andrew’s cross
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croix pieds de biche - f = sanitary cross
croquis - m = preliminary sketch, rough sketch,
sketch, sketch plan
crosse - f = anchor bar, creeper, crooked end, crooked
pipe, goose neck, monkey tail, swan neck
crosse d’échelon - m = gooseneck
crosse de douche - m = bent shower arm
crosse de main courante - f = scroll
crossette - f = elbow
crossette de chambranle de porte - f = ear
crossette de voussoir - f = crossette, shoulder
croupe - f = hip, hip end, hip roof, hipped end, hipped
roof
croûtes - f = slabs
crown-glass = crown-glass
crucifix - m = rood
crypte - f = crypt, undercroft
CSS (ciment sursulfaté) - m = supersulfated cement
(US), supersulphated cement (UK)
cubage - m = cubic content of building, cubing,
culling, measurement, measuring, volume
cubage au quart - m = quarter girth measurement
cube - m = volume
cuber = measure, to
cueillie - f = floating screed, re-entrant angle, screed
strip
cueillies = screeds
cuillère de chargement - f = ladle
cuirasse de canon - f = cylinder guard, guard ring,
shield
cuisine-placard - f = built-in kitchen
cuisinette - f = kitchenette
cuisinière encastrée - f = built-in cooker
cuisinière mixte - f = combination stove
cuisson au four (peinture) - f = baking (US), sto-
ving (UK)
cuisson de briques - f = burning, firing
cul de basses fosses - m = deepest dungeon
cul de lampe - m = pendant
cul de sommier - m = skewback
cul-de-four - m = concha, half dome, semi dome
cul-de-sac - m = close, cul-de-sac
culée - f = abutment, butt lenghth, buttress, pier, tail,
thick end
culée avec mur en retour - f = U-abutment
culée d’arc boutant - f = pier buttress
culée de pont - f = abutment
culée en béton armé - f = reinforced concrete abut-
ment
culée-poids - f = gravity abutment
culotte - f = breeching fitting, wye branch, Y branch,
Y fitting, Y piece, Y pipe
culottes - f = breeching
cunette - f = benching
curage - m = cleaning (of pipes), cleansing
cure - f = cure, curing
cure du béton - f = curing of concrete
cure sous antiévaporant - f = membrane curing
curer = clean, to
curetage - m = cleansing
curette - f = bailer
cut back - m = cutback
cutellation - f = drop chaining
cuve - f = bowl, tank, vat
cuve de digestion - f = digester tank, digestion tank
cuve de fermentation - f = fermentation tank
cuve de lessivage - f = laundry tub
cuve de repos - f = settling tank
cuve Imhoff - f = Imhoff tank
cuvelage - m = casing, lining, tanking
cuvette - f = basin, basin, bowl, conductor head, cup,
cup pull, depression, dish, dished washer, elevator pit,
hopper head, leader head, pan, rainwater head
cuvette (en...) - f = dished
cuvette à action siphonique - f = siphon action W.C
cuvette à action siphonique - f = siphonic W.C
cuvette à aspiration - f = siphonic W.C
cuvette à chasse directe - f = washdown closet
cuvette d’ascenceur - f = pit
cuvette de lavabo - f = wash-basin, wash-bowl
cuvette de WC - f = WC pan
cuvette encastrée - f = flush cup-pull
cuvette incongelable - f = frostproof closet
cuvette suspendue - f = wall-hung closet, wall-hung
W.C pan
cylindrage à refus - m = rolling until complete com-
paction
cylindrage en fil - m = rolling out into thin threads
cylindrage en filaments - m = rolling out into thin
threads
cylindré = rammed, rolled
cylindre - m = barrel, cylinder, roller
cylindre à pneus - m = multi-wheel roller, pneumatic-
tyred roller
cylindre carottier - m = core barrel
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cylindre du mouton - m = hammer cylinder
cylindre vibrant - m = vibrating roller
cylindrer à refus = compact to saturation, to
cymaise - f = cyma, cymatum, dado, dado cap, dado
rail, molding (US), moulding (UK), ogee molding
(US), ogee moulding (UK), picture-rail
cymaise de lambris - f = ogee, ogee molding (US),
ogee moulding (UK), wainscot cap
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d’échantillon = of standard dimensions
d’échantillon uniforme = of uniform section
dallage - m = flag, paved area, pavement (US),
paving (UK), slab, slab on grade, slab on ground, tiling
dallage de verre - m = pavement light
dallage éclairant - m = pavement light
dallage en béton - m = concrete slab, slab
dallage en opus incertum - m = crazy paving,
random paving
dallage en opus incertum - m =
dallage en verre - m = pavement light
dallage irrégulier - m = crazy paving
dallage rustique - m = crazy paving
dallé = plated
dalle - f = flagstone, floor tile, paving slab, paving
stone, slab
dalle à section nervurée - f = ribbed section slab
dalle alvéolée - f = hollow slab
dalle armée dans un seul sens - f = one-way slab
dalle caissonnée - f = coffer slab, waffle slab
dalle champignon - f = flat slab, mushroom slab
dalle coffrante - f = shuttering slab
dalle continue - f = continuous beam, continuous slab
dalle dans une direction - f = one way slab
dalle d’asphalte - f = asphalt tile
dalle de béton - f = concrete slab
dalle de compression - f = topping (of hollow tile
floor)
dalle de couverture - f = top slab
dalle de fondation - f = base slab, foundation slab
dalle de foyer - f = front hearth, fronthearth, outer
hearth
dalle de plancher - f = floor slab
dalle de recouvrement - f = cover slab
dalle de répartition - f = topping
dalle de rive - f = exposed panel
dalle de verre - f = glass block
dalle en béton - f = concrete slab
dalle en corps creux - f = hollow floor slab
dalle en vinyle-amiante - f = vinyl-asbestos tile
dalle filante - f = running slab
dalle flottante - f = floating floor, floating slab
dalle horizontale en béton - f = flat concrete slab
dalle mosaïque de marbre - f = terrazzo tile
dalle nervurée - f = deck beam, ribbed slab, ribbed
slab
dalle non continue - f = discontinuous slab
dalle plancher - f = floor slab
dalle pleine du rez-de-chaussée - f = solid ground
floor
dalle sans nervure - f = flat slab
dalle simple - f = flat slab, plate
dalle supérieure - f = top slab
dalle sur le sol - f = slab on grade
dalle thermoplastique - f = asphalt tile (US), thermo-
plastic tile (UK)
dalle thermoplastique amiantée - f = asphalt tile
dalle vinyl-amiante - f = vinyl-asbestos tile
dalle vinyle amiante - f = vinyl-asbestos tile
daller = pave, to
dalles de plancher en béton armé - f = reinforced
concrete upper floor slabs
dalot - m = box culvert, box drain, channel, flat-top
culvert, scupper
damage - m = compacting, compaction, punning, ram-
ming, tamping
damage par couche - m = tamping in layers
damé = rammed, rolled
dame - f = beetle, bishop, earth rammer, hand punner,
pounder, rammer
dame de paveur - f = pavior’sbeetle
dame pour remblais - f = backfill rammer
dame sauteuse - f = frog rammer, jitterbug (US),
jumping jack
dame-jeanne - f = carboy
damer = beat down (to), puddle (to), pun (to), ram (to),
tamp (to)
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damet - m = dummy
dameur - m = land packer, rammer, soil compactor
damier - m = checker (US), checkerboard (US), che-
querboard (UK), checker pattern (US), chequer pattern
(UK)
dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre = clockwise
dans le sens des fibres = with the grain
dans le sens du fil = along the grain, with the grain
dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre =
anti-clockwise
dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre =
anticlockwise
dans l’embarras = restricted
dans l’emprise du chantier = within limits of site
dans œuvre = inside the fabric
d’aplomb = plumb
dard - m = dart, inner cone
date contractuelle - f = contract date
date d’achèvement des travaux - f = completion date
date d’achèvement des travaux - f = job completion
date
date de début - f = closing date, final date, starting
date
date de lancement - f = starting date
date de mise en chantier - f = starting date
date de réalisation au plus tard - f = latest finish time
date prévue pour l’achèvement des travaux - f =
estimated completion date
dauphin - m = leader shoe
dauphin - m = rainwater shoe
DBO (demande biochimique d’oxygène) - f = bio-
chemical oxygen demand
dé - m = dado, die, die of pedestal, pedestal
dé à fileter - m = die
de banlieue = suburban
de calcul = design
de chant = on edge
de chantier = field, job
de charpente = structural
de construction = structural
de crête = peak
de droit fil = along the grain, with the grain
dé en béton - m = concrete pedestal
de fabrication courante = standard
de faible échantillon = bare, scant
de fondation - f = foundation slab
de grand rendement = heavy duty
de grande puissance = heavy duty
de mesure = to size
de niveau = at grade, flush, grade (at…)
de plain pied = on one floor, on one level
de plain-pied avec = flush with
de plasticité absolue = rigid plastic
de plasticité totale = rigid plastic
de qualité courante = common, standard
de remplacement = alternative, substitute
de réserve = stand-by
de rive (poutre, poteau) = end
de rupture (charge, tension) = breaking
de scellement = masonry
de secours = standby
de série = standard
de sortie = egress, outlet, output
de substition = alternative
déambulatoire - m = ambulatory, deambulatory
débillardé = hewn, wreathed
débit - m = capacity, conversion, discharge, flow, rate
offlow, sawing, throughput
débit courant - m = mill run
débit d’étiage - m = dry-weather flow
débit d’orage - m = storm flow
débit de crue - m = high flow
débit de ruissellement - m = runoff flow
débit de temps sec - m = dry-wheather flow
débit en circulation - m = circulation rate
débit en plot - m = flat grain, plain sawing, slash grain,
slash sawing, through-and-through, through-and-trough
sawing
débit incendie requis - m = required fire flow
débit massique - m = mass flow rate
débit sur dosse - m = flat grain, flat sawing, slash
grain
débit sur faux-quartier - m = alternate quarter
sawing
débit sur maille - m = edge grain, quarter sawing, rift
sawing
débit sur quartier - m = quarter sawing, rift sawing
débit sur quartier hollandais - m = common quarter
sawing
débit tout venant - m = mill run
débit transversal - m = cross-cut
débiter = convert (to), cut (to)
débitmètre - m = flow indicatorn flow-meter
déblai - m = cutting, dirt, excaveted material (UK),
muck (US), spoil
déblaiement - m = clearing, removal
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déblaiement de l’emplacement - m = clearing of site
déblais - m = building debris, cut, excavated material,
excavation, spoils
déblais et remblais - m = cut and fill work, cuts and
fills
déblayage - m = clearing
déblayer = clear the site (to), clear (to)
déboisement - m = deforestation
débord - m = overhang
débord de bardeaux en rejingot - m = projection of
shingles
débord de semelle - m = projection of footing
débord de toit - m = eave, eaves, roof overhang, roof
projection
débord de toit dégouttant - m = dripping eave, drip-
ping eaves
débord du toit - m = verge
débouchage - m = clearing(of pipe), rodding(of drain),
unstopping
débouché = unblocked, outfall, outlet
débouché d’égout - m = sewer outfall
déboucher = unstop, to
débouchoir - m = force cup, plumber’s friend, rubber
plunger
débourbage = cleansing
débourber = cleanse, to
débourbeur - m = cleanser
débris - m = debris, rubble, waste
débris de dégrillage - m = rakings
débris de tamisage - m = screenings
débrousaillage - m = stripping, clearing, grubbing
débroussailler le terrain = strip the ground, to
débroussailleuse - f = clearing machine
débrutissage - m = rough polishing
débullage - m = sacking, sim coat, stopping
début de prise - m = initial set
décaissé - m = depression
décaissé (en retrait) - m = recessed
décaissé pour tapis brosse - m = door mat well
décaissement - m = depression
décaissement pour tapis brosse - m = door mat well
décalage - m = offset
décalaminage - m = cleaning, cleaning of mill scale,
descaling
décalaminage au chalumeau - m = flame cleaning
décalaminage chimique - m = pickling
décalaminage mécanique - m = blast cleaning
décantation - f = decantation, sedimentation, settling
décantation simple - f = plain settling
décanteur - m = clarifier, sedimentation tank, settler,
settling basin, settling tank, subsidence tank
décanteur de Dortmund - m = Dortmund park
décanteur secondaire clarificateur - m = final
settling basin
décapage - m = cleaning, grubbing, stripping
décapage (chimique) - m = pickling
décapage (mécanique) - m = scouring
décapage (terrain) - m = scraping
décapage au jet de sable - m = sandblasting
décapage du sol - m = grubbing, stripping top soil
décapage du sol naturel - m = stripping top soil
décapage par projection d’abrasifs - m = blast
cleaning
décapage thermique - m = flame cleaning
décapant - m = paint remover, paint stripper, stripping
compound
décaper = scour (to), strip (to)
décaper et dessoucher un terrain = grub, to
décapeuse - f = scraper
décapeuse à tapis élevateur - f = elevating scraper
décapeuse automatique sur pneus - f = tournapull
décapeuse automotrice - f = motorscraper
décapeuse élevatrice - f = elevating scraper
décentrement - m = offset
décharge - f = diagonal tie, discharge, dump, dumping
area, outfall, spoil area, tip
décharge d’angle - f = angle brace, angle tie
décharge diagonale - f = diagonal brace
décharge publique - f = dumping area, rubbish
dump, rubbish tip
déchargement - m = discharge
déchargeoir - m = overflow duct
decharger = ease a load (to), dump (to), release a
beam (to)
déchargeur à écoulement - m = water column light-
ning arrester
déchets - f = debris, waste
déchets de criblage - m = screenings
déchets industriels banals (DIB) - m = banal indus-
trial waste (BIW)
déchets industriels dangereux (DID) - m = hazardous
industrial waste (HIW)
décintrage - m = centre-striking
décintrage - m = centring
décintrage ou décintrement - m = striking of centers
décintrer = decentre (to), strike (to)
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décintroir - m = mattock
déclenchement - m = release, trip
déclenchement inopiné - m = false trip
déclenchement libre - m = free trip
déclencheur - m = tripping device
déclic - m = catch, pawl, trigger
déclivité - f = dip, fall, gradient, pitch
décoffrage - m = form removal, form striking, form
stripping, release of formwork, removal of casing,
removing forms, striking of formwork, striking the
form, stripping, stripping of forms
décoffrer = strip, to
décoffreur - m = stripper
décollement - m = failure of adhesion
décollement d’un feuil de peinture - m = peeling
décollement de béton, de plâtre - m = hollow area
décollement de flamme - m = lifting
décollement des plis de contreplaqué - m = delami-
nation
décollement hydraulique - m = break-away
décoller (machine à ) = steam stripper
décoller du papier peint = strip, to
décolmatage - m = backwashing
décolmatage d’un filtre - m = backwashing
décoloration - f = bleaching, fading
décombres - m = debris, rubble
décomposition - f = decay
décomposition des forces - f = resolution of forces
décompte de travaux - m = interim claim, progress
claim
décompte définitif - m = final estimate
décompte final - m = final estimate
décorateur ensemblier - m = interior decorator, inte-
rior designer
décoration - f = decoration
décorer = decorate (to), ornate (to)
découpage - m = cutting
découpage à la flamme - m = flame cutting
découpage à la lance thermique - m = thermal
lancing
découpage au chalumeau - m = blowtorch cut-
ting (US)
découpage au chalumeau - m = flame cutting (UK)
découpe - f = cutout
découpeuse de sol (béton) - f = joint cutter
découpoir - m = counter, counter kitchen, shear
découpure - f = punching, stamping
décrochement - m = break in masonry courses,
setback
décrochement nu d’un mur - m = break in the face
of a wall
décrochement nu d’un mur - m = setback
dédoublement d’une installation - m = duplication
dédoubleuse - f = band resaw
défaillance de l’entrepreneur - f = default, forfeiture
défaut - m = defect, flaw, holiday
défaut à la terre - m = earth fault
défaut critique - m = critical defect
défaut d’enrobage - m = holiday
défaut d’isolement - m = insulation fault
défaut interne - m = internal defect
défaut mineur - m = minor defect
défaut superficiel - m = surface defect
défauts réguliers - m = standard effects
défectueux = defective
défectueux (proportion d’éléments) = defective
fraction
défectuosité - f = defect
déferrisation - f = deferrization, iron removal
défibrage - m = popout
déficit - m = deficit, shortfall
déficit d’oxygène - m = oxygen deficit
déficit en eau - m = moisture deficit, water shortage
déficit hydrique - m = moisture deficit, water shortage
déficit thermique - m = heat deficit
défilement - m = diffusion
définition des ouvrages - f = brief
déflagration - f = explosion
déflecteur - m = baffle
déflectomètre - m = deflectometer, flexure meter
déflexion - f = deflection, sagging
défloculant = deflocculating agent
défloculation - f = deflocculation
défonçable = knockout
défoncé - m = recess
défonceuse - f = breaker, ripper, rooter
déformabilité - f = deformability, stiffness
déformable = malleable
déformation - f = deformation, distorsion, set, strain
déformation à froid de l’acier - f = cold working
déformation à la limite d’élasticité - f = yield, yield
strain
déformation biaxale - f = plane deformation, plane
strain
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déformation de cisaillement - f = shear strain
déformation de fluage - f = creep deformation
déformation de fluage - f = creep strain
déformation de la structure - f = damage to the
structure
déformation de rupture - f = failure strain
déformation de torsion - f = tortional strain
déformation diagonale - f = racking, wracking
déformation due à la compression - f = compressive
strain
déformation due à la flexion - f = bending strain
déformation due à la surdessication - f = collapse
déformation élastique - f = elastic deformation
déformation élastique - f = elastic strain
déformation élastique différée - f = delayed elastic
deformation
déformation élastique retardée - f = delayed elastic
deformation
déformation élasto-plastique - f = elastic-plastic
deformation
déformation en cuvette - f = dish, dishing, disk
déformation en losange - f = diamonding
déformation en parallélogramme - f = racking,
wracking
déformation instantanée - f = instantaneous defor-
mation
déformation latérale - f = bulging, lateral yield
déformation par compression - f = compressive
strain
déformation par dessiccation - f = collapse
déformation par surdessication - f = collapse (wood)
déformation par torsion - f = distortion
déformation permanente - f = permanent set
déformation plane - f = plane deformation, plane
strain
déformation plastique - f = plastic deformation,
plastic flow
déformation plastique - f = plastic yield
déformation proportionnelle - f = strain
déformation transversale - f = transverse deformation
déformé = bent, cranked
déformètre - m = deformeter
défrichage - m = clearing, grubbing
défrichement - m = clearing, grubbing
défrichement et essouchement - m = clearing and
grubbing
dégagement - m = clearance, clearing, corridor, exit
away, means of egress, passage, stairs
dégagement de secours - m = escape route délai de garantie - m = maintenance period, warranty
dégagement en hauteur - m = overhead clearance period
dégagement vertical - m = headroom délai de réalisation - m = construction time
dégarnir = strip (to), uncover (to) délai d’exécution - m = completion period, construc-
tion time, time for completion
dégarnir (joint de maçonnerie) = rake out, to
délai supplémentaire - m = extention
dégauchir = straighten (to), true (to)
délardement - m = paring
degauchisseuse - f = surface plane, straightener,
surfacer délardement d’arêtier - m = backing
dégazage - m = gas extraction délarder un coin = bevel off a corner (to), cant a corner
(to)
dégazeur - m = deaerator
délarder une arête = beard an edge (to), ease an
dégondable (charnière, pommelle) = bult hinge, lift- edge (to)
off hinge, heave-off hinge, loose-joint hinge
délayer = temper, to
dégorgement - m = clearing (of a pipe), unstopping
délégué du maître d’ouvrage - m = owner’s represen-
dégorgeoir - m = drain rod, force cup, plumber’s tative
friend, rubber plunger
délestage - m = load shedding
dégorger = clear an obstruction, to
déligneuse - f = dimensioning saw
dégorger un égout = rod a drain, to
délignures - f = edgings
dégradation = damage, defacement
délimiter un terrain = picket a lot, to
dégrader = deface, to
délit - m = false bed
degré (autel, perron) - m = step
délitage - m = cleavage, cleaving, surbedding
degré de compactage - m = compacting factor
délitation de la pierre - f = stone splitting
degré de courbure - m = degree of curvature
délitement - m = stone splitting
degré de résistance du feu - m = fire-resistance rating
démaigrir = pare (to), thin down (to)
degré d’humidité - m = moisture content
demande biochimique d’oxygène (DBO) - f = bio-
degré hydrotimétrique - m = hardness chemical oxygen demand
degré hydrotimétrique temporaire - m = alcaline demande chimique en oxygène - f = chemical oxygen
hardness, carbonate hardness demand
degré hydrotimétrique temporaire - m = temporary demande d’approvisionnement - f = purchase requi-
hardness sition
degré hygrométrique - m = moisture content démantèlement - m = dismantling
degré hygrométrique - m = relative humidity démarrage à vide - m = load-free start
degré pare-flamme - m = flame penetration rating démarrage des travaux - m = start of work
degré-jour - m = degree-day demeure - f = dwelling
dégrillage - m = screening demeure du pasteur - f = manse
dégrilleur - m = bar screen demeure seigneuriale - f = manor house
dégrossi - m = scratch coat demi-boisage - m = half-timbering
dégrossir = scabble, to demi-boutisse - f = half-header
dégrossissage - m = coarse filtration, coarse screening, demi-brique - f = bat, brickbat
roughing out (carpentry), wasting (stone) demi-clausoir - m = queen closer
déharpement - m = racking back, raking back demi-coude - m = eighth bend
déjettement - m = crook, warp demi-croupe - f = jerkinhead, shreadhead
délabré = battered demi-étage - m = half story
délabré = dilapidated demi-ferme - f = half-truss
délabrement - m = decay demi-hâtif = semi-early
délabrement - m = dilapidation demi-niveau - m = split level
délai - m = time time limit demi-palier - m = half landing, intermediate landing,
délai de construction - m = construction time pier

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demi-pilier - m = pier, respond
demi-poteau - m = half column
demi-produit - m = section
demoiselle - f = beetle, bishop, hand rammer, punner
démolir = batter (to), batter down (to), knock down
(to), demolish (to), pull down (to)
démolir un bétonnage = break out concrete work, to
démolissage - m = demolition (UK) knocking- down,
wrecking (US)
démolissement - m = demolition (UK), knocking-
down, wrecking (US)
démolition - f = demolition (UK), knocking-down,
wrecking (US)
démolition (débris) - f = debris, rubble, demolition
materials
démolitions de béton - f = concrete rubble
démontable = removable
démontage - m = disassembling, disassembly, dis-
mantling, struck
démonté = dismantled, knocked down
démonter = disassemble (to), dismantle (to), strip
down (to), take down (to)
démoulage - m = form striking, form stripping,
release from mould, releasing, removal from mould,
stripping
dénivellation - f = difference in elevation, drop in
level, gradient, slope
dénivellation des appuis f = variation in level of sup-
ports, difference in level of supports, differential settle-
ment, differential settlement of supports, unequal
settlement
dénoyage - m = dewatering
densité - f = density, specific gravity, unit weight
densité absolue - f = absolute specific gravity
densité apparente - f = bulk specific gravity
densité de construction - f = building density,
building gravity
densité d’occupation - f = occupancy rate
densité pseudo-réelle - f = apparent specific gravity
densité réelle - f = true specific gravity
densité sèche apparente - f = bulk density
dent d’engin de terrassement - f = tine
dent de tranquilisation - f = dragon tooth
dent-de-chien - f = dog’s tooth
denté = toothed
dentelure - f = indentation, toothing
denticule - m = dentil
dents de chien - f = dog tooth pattern, tooth ornament
dents de scie - f = saw tooth pattern
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dents d’engrenage - f = dog tooth pattern
dents d’engrenage - f = tooth ornament
dénudation - f = exposure of aggregate
dépannage - m = service, fault finding
départ - m = feeder, outgoing circuit
départ de rampe - m = newel post
départ d’eau chaude - m = flow pipe
départ et retour (chaudière) - m = flow and return
départ vers égout - m = outlet to sewer
dépendance - f = outbuilding
dépense - f = pantry
déperdition calorifique - f = heat loss
déperdition de chaleur = heat loss
déperdition thermique - f = heat loss
déperditions thermiques calculées - f = design heat
loss
déphasage - m = phase shift
déphasage en arrière - m = phase lagging
déphasage en avant - m = phase leading
déplacement du zéro - m = zero error, zero shift
déplacement latéral - m = sidesway
déplacement latéral des nœuds - m = sidesway of
joints
déplacer = relocate, to
déploiement au sol - m = flight run, run
dépolissage - m = frosting (of glass)
dépollution de l’eau - f = water pollution control
déporté = offset
déposer, se = settle, to
dépôt - m = deposit, stockpile, store
dépôt argileux alluvionnaire - m = alluvial clay
deposit
dépôt calcaire - m = encrustation, incrustation
dépôt de matériaux - m = material stockpile
dépôt de sable alluvionnaire - m = blanket sand
dépôt glaciaire - m = glacial deposit
dépoussiérage - m = dust control, dust extraction
dépoussiéreur - m = dust extractor
dépoussiéreur à multicyclone - m = multicyclone dry
dust collector
dépoussiéreur à poche - m = bag dust collector
dépoussiéreur à voie humide - m = wet scrubber
dépression - f = depresssion, negative pressure, suc-
tion, vacuum
dépression du vent - f = suction wind loading
d’équerre = at right angles, square
dérangement - m = failure (UK), outage (US)
déraser = level down, to
déraser un mur = bring down a wall to a certain height
(to), take down a wall to a certain height (to)
dérivation - f = branch, branch circuit, by pass, by-
pass, tap
dérivation latérale - f = subsidiary conduit
dérivé du bois = wood-based
dérive du zéro - f = zero error, zero shift
dériver = divert, to
dérivoir - m = rivet buster gun
dernière couche - f = set
dérochage - m = pickling, removal of surface rocks,
stripping
dérochant - m = stripping compound
dérogation - f = deviation, variance allowed, waiver
dérouiller = unrust, to
déroulage - m = peeling, rotary cutting, rotary cutting
machine, unwinding
dérouleuse - f = rotary cutting machine, veneer peeler
derrick à haubans - m = gin pole, guy pole, guyed
mast, guyed mast derrick, standing Derrick
derrick avec flèche auxiliaire - m = guy Derrick
désacord des résultats - m = discrepancy of the results
désaffecté = no longer used as originally
désaffleuré = proud
désagrégateur - m = cutter
désagrégation - f = crumbling
désaligné = out of alignment
désalignement - m = irregular alignment
désamorcer = break the seal, to
désamorcer (se) = fail (to), lose the seal (to),
unseal (to)
désaxé = off-center, offset, out-of-centre
descente - f = discharge pipe, leader
descente de cave - f = cellar steps
descente de charges - f = loads carried to the ground
descente de paratonnerre - f = down conductor (UK)
descente d’eau de pluie - f = conductor (US), down
comer (UK), down-spout (US), rain leader (US), rain
water pipe (UK)
descente d’eau pluviale - f = rainpipe
descente d’eaux ménagères - f = waste stack
descente des charges - f = loads carried to the ground
descente pluviale - f = conductor, downcomer, down-
pipe, downspout, leader (US), rain leader (US), rain-
water pipe(UK)
descente sanitaire - f = discharge pipe
descripteur - m = specifier
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descriptif - m = technical specifications
désenfumage - m = smoke control, smoke extraction,
smoke venting
désenrobage - m = stripping
désenvaser = clean out, to
déservoir - m = spillway
déshumidificateur - m = dehumidifier
déshydratant = drying agent
déshydratation - f = dehydratation
désignation des objectifs - f = setting of targets
désignation des ouvrages - f = description of work
désignation des travaux - f = description of work
désignation officielle du terrain - f = legal des-
cription
désincrustant = antiscale, antiscale agent
désinfectant - m = disinfectant
désolidarisé = floating
désolidarisé = vibration-mounted
désordre - m = defect, fault
désordre caché - m = hidden defect
désordre de la structure - m = damage to the structure
désordre visible - m = visible defect
dessableur - m = grit chamber, grit removal unit, grit
trap, sand catcher, sand intercerptor, sand trap
dessautage - m = stepping down
desséché = hot-hair dryed, kiln dried
desserrer = loosen, to
desserte - f = frontage road, service road
dessication - f = excessive drying, unwanted drying,
seasoning
dessin - m = design, draft, drawing, pattern
dessin à l’échelle - m = scale drawing, scale drawings
dessin conforme à l’exécution - m = as built drawing
dessin corrigé - m = marked up drawing
dessin coté - m = scale drawing
dessin d’assemblage - m = assembly drawing
dessin d’atelier - m = shop drawing
dessin de détail - m = detail drawing
dessin de présentation - m = display drawing
dessin de présentation - m = presentation drawing
dessin détaillé - m = detail drawing
dessin d’exécution - m = drawing, shop drawing,
working, working drawing
dessin écorché - m = cutaway drawing
dessin en perspective - m = perspective drawing, shop
drawing, working drawing
dessinateur - m = draftsman (US), draughtsman (UK)
dessinateur calqueur - m = tracer
dessinateur industriel - m = draftsman
dessinateur-architecte - m = architectonic
dessinateur-projeteur - m = design draftsman
dessinateur-projeteur - m = designer
dessiner = draw, to
dessins du projet - m = tender drawing, tender
drawings
dessouchement - m = clearing, grubbing
déssoucher = remove stumps (to), stump (to)
dessus - m = top, tread
dessus d’un élément de charpente - m = back
dessus de cheminée - m = mantelshelf
dessus de la dalle de béton - m = top of concrete slab
dessus de la poutre de bois - m = top of wood beam
dessus de la sablière - m = top of plate
dessus de la sablière de bois - m = top of wood plate
dessus de marche - m = tread, tread of step
dessus de marche d’escalier - m = tread, tread of step
dessus de porte - m = over door, overdoor
dessus du revêtement en contre-plaqué - m = top of
plywood sheathing
destination - f = intended use
destruction aérobie - f = aerobic decomposition
détachement des couches - m = delamination
détail estimatif - m = detailed estimate
détail modulaire - m = modular detail
détalonné = undercut
détalonner = undercut, to
détapisser = strip, to
détartrage - m = scale removal
détecteur - m = detector, sensor
détecteur de conduite - m = pipe finder
détecteur de défauts - m = holiday detector
détecteur de fuites - m = leak detector
détecteur de fumée - m = smoke detector
détecteur de fumée - m = smoke sensor
détecteur de gaz - m = gas tester
détecteur de métaux - m = metal detector
détecteur de proximité - m = proximity switch
détection incendie - f = fire detection
déteindre = bleed, to
détendeur - m = expansion valve, pressure reducer,
pressure reducing valve, reducer, relief valve
détendeur de pression - m = pop-off valve, reducing
valve
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détendeur thermostatique - m = thermostatic expan-
sion valve
détendeur-régulateur - m = reducing valve
détensionnement - m = stress relieving
détente - f = expansion, folding wedge, lowering
wedge, stress relieving, striking wedge, trigger
détente élastique - f = elastic recovery
détente indirecte - f = indirect expansion
déterminer une pente = set out a slope, to
détonateur - m = blasting cap, detonator
détournement - m = current robbing
détourner = divert, to
détrompage - m = foolproofing
détrompé = foolproof, foolproofed
détrompeur - m = foolproofing device
deuxième sous-sol - m = sub-basement
deuxième vantail - m = inactive leaf
devant - m = front elevation,front view
devant d’autel - m = altar frontal
devanture (de magasin) - f = shop front
développement - m = development
développement libre - m = open development
développement organisé - m = planned development
développement sporadique - m = haphazard building
développement tentaculaire - m = riband develop-
ment, ribbon development
dévers - m = out of plumb, out of true
déversement - m = discharge, dumping, overturning,
warping
déversement en contre haut - m = over the bank
dumping
déversement latéral - m = side dumping
déversement par le fond - m = bottom dumping
déverser = dump, to
déversoir - m = weir
déversoir d’orage - m = flood overflow, storm
overflow
déviation - f = deviation, diversion
dévidoir - m = hose reel
dévirure - f = cant strip, tile fillet, tilting fillet
devis - m = estimate, quotation, specification
devis descriptif - m = description of work, specifica-
tion, specifications, technical specification, technical
specifications
devis descriptif et estimatif - m = specifications and
estimates
devis directeur - m = master specifications
devis estimatif - m = estimate, estimate of cost, pre-
liminary estimate, preliminary estimates of cost, quo-
tation, quote
devis préliminaire - m = outline specifications, pre-
liminary specifications
devis quantitatif - m = bill of materials, bill of quan-
tities (BOQ), BOQ (bill of quantities)
devis sommaire - m = outline specifications
dévisser = unscrew, to
dévisser en partie = back off, to
devis-type - m = master specifications
dévoiement - m = offset
dévoyé = out-of-plumb
diable - m = hand truck, stake truck, trolley
diable à montant - m = stake truck
diagramme - m = diagram
diagramme des charges - m = load diagram
diagramme des contraintes déformations - m =
stress-strain diagram
diagramme des efforts et des déformations - m =
stress-strain diagram
diagraphie - f = log (of borehole), logging
diamant noir - m = bort
diamètre extérieur - m = outside diameter
diamètre intérieur - m = bore diameter, inside
diameter
diatomite - f = diatomite
DIB (déchets industriels banals) - m = BIW (banal
industrial waste)
DID (déchets industriels dangereux) - m = HIW
(hazardous industrial waste)
diélectrique - m = dielectric
difficilement inflammable = not readily ignited
difficilement inflammable = of low flammability
diffuseur - m = air diffuser, baffle
diffuseur à fente - m = slot diffuser
diffuseur conique - m = tapered diffuser
diffuseur linéaire - m = linear diffuser
diffuseur rectiligne - m = linear diffuser, slot diffuser,
strip diffuse
digester en continu - m = continuous load digester
digesteur - m = digester, digestor, sludge digestion
tank
digesteur discontinu - m = batch digester, batchload
digester
digestion aérobie - f = aerobic digestion
digestion d’égout - f = digestion
digestion méthanique - f = methane digestion,
methane fermentation
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dilacérateur - m = communitor (US), shredder (UK)
dilatable = ductile
dilatation - f = dilatation, expansion
dilatation due à l’humidité - f = moisture expansion
dilatation linéaire - f = linear expansion
dilatation thermique - f = thermal expansion
dilater (se...) = expand, to
dilatomètre - m = dilatometer
diluant - m = solvent, thinner
diluer = cut, to
dimanche(peinture) - m = holiday, skip
dimension - f = dimension, measurement, measuring
dimension clé - f = controlling dimension
dimension d’encombrement - f = overall size
dimension de coordination - f = coordinating
dimension
dimension de liaison - f = linkage dimension
dimension effective - f = actual dimension, actual
measurement
dimension finie - f = finished size
dimension hors-tout - f = overall dimension, overall
measurement
dimension modulaire - f = modular dimension
dimension modulée - f = modulated dimension
dimension nominale - f = nominal dimension
dimension normalisée - f = standard dimension
dimension réelle - f = actual dimension
dimensionnement - m = design, dimensioning, pro-
portioning, sizing
dimensions à l’échelle - f = dimensions given by scale
dimensions à obtenir - f = finish size
dimensions chiffrées - f = figured dimensions
dimensions définitives - f = finish size
dimensions en tableau - f = overall dimensions of
window
dimensions générales - f = over-all
dimensions générales de la fondation - f = overall
foundation wall dimensions
dimensions hors d’œuvre - f = over-all
dimensions nominales - f = nominal sizes
diminution de pression - f = decline in pressure
dioxyde de carbone - m = carbon dioxide
direct (contrainte) = simple
directeur de chantier - m = field superintendent
directeur des travaux - m = project manager
direction des veines - f = grain direction
discontinu = batch
discontinuité - f = break
discontinuité d’un revêtement - f = skip
disjoncteur - m = break witch, breaker, circuit breaker,
control switch, switch, tripping device
disjoncteur à gaz comprimé - m = compressed-air
operated circuit breaker
disjoncteur à manche - m = hook stick operated dis-
connect switch
disjoncteur à manche - m = hook switch
disjoncteur automatique - m = automatic circuit
breaker
disjonction - f = tripping
dispersant - m = dispersing agent
dispersion des résultats - f = scatter
disponibilité technique - f = serviceability
disponibilités hydriques - f = water resources
dispositif - m = device
dispositif amortisseur - m = damping mechanism
dispositif d’assemblage - m = connector
dispositif d’assemblage à anneau - m = ring
connector
dispositif d’autonivelage - m = self-leveling device
dispositif de fermeture - m = fastening bolt
dispositif de serrage hydraulique - m = hydraulic
clamping device
dispositif de suspension - m = hanger
dispositif d’équilibrage automatique - m = null
balance device
dispositif d’étanchéité - m = seal
dispositif d’isonivelage - m = self-leveling device
dispositif entraîneur - m = prime mover
disposition - f = arrangement, layout
disposition en arêtes de poisson - f = herringbone
disposition en arêtes de poisson - f = herringbone
arrangement
disque biseauté - m = wedge disc
disque de sécurité - m = bursting disk
dissymétrie - f = dissymmetry
dissymétrie - f = skewness
distance - f = gap, range
distance de rive - f = edge distance
distance de serrage - f = long grip
distance de solive à solive - f = interjoist
distance de transport - f = haul
distance entre appuis - f = span
distance modulaire - m = modular gap
distance modulaire maximale - f = maximum
modular gap
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distance modulaire minimale - f = minimal modular
gap
distanceur - m = sapcer
distancier - m = spacer
distillation sous vide - f = vacuum distillation
distillation sous vide - f = vacuum topping
distorsion - f = distortion
distributeur - m = control valve
distributeur d’asphalte - m = bituminous distributor
distributeur de béton - m = concrete spreader
distribution - f = distribution, separation into rooms,
system
distribution à quatre fils - f = closed-loop lighting
system
distribution d’eau - f = piped water supply, water
supply
distribution de force - f = power feeder, power mains
distribution en dérivation - f = parallel distribution
distribution en parapluie - f = drop system distribu-
tion
distribution intérieure - f = branch circuit, interior
wiring system
distribution intérieure sur prises de courant - f =
appliance branch circuit
distribution lumière - f = lighting branch circuit
distribution mixte - f = duplicate service parallel-
series distribution
distribution par réservoir à pression hydropneuma-
tique - f = pneumatic water system
distribution principale - f = main distribution
distribution secondaire - f = secondary distribution
distribution série à quatre fils - f = closed-loop ligh-
ting system
document contractuel - m = contract document
document d’exécution - m = tender document
document technique unifié (DTU) - m = standardised
work practice document (France)
doguet - m = plate dowel
doloire - f = broadax (US), broadaxe (UK)
domaine critique - m = critical range, transformation
range
domaine d’essai - m = scope, scope of test
domaine élastique - m = elastic range, plastic range
dôme - m = dome
domotique - f = house automation
don de clouage - m = nailing strip
données du projet - f = design condition
données solarimétriques - f = solar radiation data
données techniques - f = engineering data
donner du fruit = batter, to
donner du jeu = ease a part (to), slacken a part (to),
slacken (to)
donner les premiers coups de pioche = break
ground, to
doré = gold-plated
dormant - m = dead light, fast sheet, fixed light,
frame, sleeper, stand sheet, transom
dormant à feuillure - m = rabbeted frame
dormant de fenêtre - m = window frame
dormant de porte - m = door casement, door casing,
door frame, door framing
dormant feuillure - m = rabbeted frame
dos à dos = back to back
dos d’âne - m = ogee roof
dos de cheminée - m = chimney back
dos évidé - m = hollow back
dosage - m = content, factor, feed, gage, gauge,
gauging, mix, mix design, mixing, mixing proportions,
proportioning
dosage (du béton) - m = batching
dosage d’eau - m = water dosage
dosage du béton - m = concrete proportions, design
of concrete
dosage eau/ciment - m = water cement ratio, cement
content
dosage en ciment - m = cement factor
dosage en eau - m = water factor
dosage par poids - m = weighbatching
dosage pondéral - m = batching by weight, weight
batching, weight proportioning
dosage proportionnel - m = prorportional feed
dosage sable/ciment - m = cement-sand ratio
dosage volumétrique - m = batching by volume
dosage volumétrique - m = volume batching
doser = mix (to), proportion (to), titrate (to)
doser (ciment) = gauge, to
doseur - m = batcher, feeder, proportioner
doseur de réactif - m = chemical feeder
doseur pondéral - m = weight batcher
doseur sur bande - m = weigh batcher
doseur volumétrique - m = volumetric feeder
dosse - f = sheeting board, slab, slab board
dosseret - m = back-splash, splashback, splashboard
dosses - f = slabs
dossier - m = cricket
doublage - m = furring, lining
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doublage par complexe - m = composition board
lining
doublage sec - m = dry lining
double aggrafure plate - f = double-lock seam
double aggrafure plate - f = double-lock welt
double aubier - m = internal sapwood
double battement - m = split astragal
double coude - m = return bend
double face - f = both sides, double faced
double fenêtre - f = storm window
double mètre - m = tape
double porte - f = storm door
double précontrainte - f = double prestressing
double réseau (eau) - m = dual main system
double service - m = back to back
double tenon - m = double tenons
double vitrage - m = double glasing
double volée - f = double run
doubleau - m = ceiling beam, tail trimmer
doublis - m = double course, double eaves course, dou-
bling course, undercloak
doublure - f = lining
doublure de cheminée - f = chimney liner
doublure de coffrage - f = form lining
doucine - f = cov, ogee, ogee moulding
doucine droite - f = cyma recta
doucine renversée - f = cyma recta, cyma reversa
doucissage - m = grinding
douille - f = lamp holder, lamp socket, sleeve, socket
douille à double bague - f = double-ferrule socket
douille coulissante - f = sliding sleeve
douille mobile - f = loose sleeve
douve - f = moat, stave
DPLG (diplômé par le gouvernement) - m
= Government-recognised (architect) (France)
dragage - m = dredging
dragline - f = dragline
dragline marcheuse - f = walking dragline
drague - f = dredge, dredger
drague à cuiller - f = dipper dredge
drague à godets - f = bucket dredge, ladder dredge
drague pour roc - f = rock type grapple
drague suceuse - f = suction dredge
draguer = dredge, to
drain - m = drain, land drain
drain agricole - m = agricultural drain, field drain,
field tile, weeping tile
drain d’appareil - m = fixture drain
drain de bâtiment - m = building drain
drain de pierres sèches - m = French drain
drain de plancher - m = floor drain
drain de semelle - m = footing drain
drain de sol - m = floor drain
drain de terre cuite - m = drain tile, field tile
drain en pierres sèches - m = French drain, rubble
drain
drain et siphon de plancher - m = floor drain and trap
drain perforé - m = perforated drain tile
drain pluvial de bâtiment - m = storm building drain
drain sanitaire de bâtiment - m = sanitary building
drain
drain sans joints - m = open-joint drain tile
drain tubulaire - m = barrel drain
drain unitaire de bâtiment - m = combined building
drain
drainage - m = drainage, land drainage
drainage par fossés - m = open-cut drainage
drainage par tuyaux - m = pipe drainage
drainage taupe - m = mole drainage
drainer = drain, to
draperies - f = curtaining
drencher - m = drencher
dressage - m = levelling up, shooting
dressage (nivelage) - m = levelling
dressé = dressed, hewn
dressé à l’herminette = adzed
dressé au marteau = hammer dressed
dresser = surface (to), trim (to)
dresser (une surface) = dress (to), even up (to)
dresser à l’hermétique = adze, to
dresser un plan = plot, to
droit = straight, right
droit d’usage de l’eau - m = water right
droit de façade - m = frontage
droit fil - m = straight grain
droits accessoires - m = appurtenances
DTU (document technique unifié) - m = standardised
work practice document (France)
ductilimètre - m = ductilimeter
ductilité - f = ductility
dudgeonnage - m = tube expanding
dudgeonner = bead (to), expand (to)
dumper - m = dumper
d’une belle facture = of fine workmanship
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dur = hard
dur à l’ongle = hard dry
duramen - m = heart-wood, heartwood
durcissement - m = curing, hardening, setting
durcisseur - m = hardener
durcisseur de surface - m = surface hardener
durée - f = duration, time
durée coupe feu - f = fire stop rating, fire-stop rating
durée d’insolation - f = sunshine duration
durée de conservation - f = shelf life
durée de fusion - f = clearing time
durée de la charge - f = load duration
durée de malaxage - f = mixing time
durée de réverbération - f = reverberation time
durée de séchage hors poussière - f = dust-free time
durée de vie - f = service life
durée des travaux - f = contract time, time for com-
pletion
durée limite de stockage - f = shelf life, storage life
durée moyenne utile - f = mean time between failures
dureté - f = hardness
dureté calcique - f = calcium hardness
dureté carbonatée - f = carbonate hardness
dureté de terre cuite - f = drain tile, field tile
dureté en pierres sèches - f = french drain, rubble
drain
dureté temporaire - f = temporary hardness
dureté totale - f = total hardness
dynamite - f = dynamite
dynamomètre - m = load indicator
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EAC (enduit d’application à chaud) - m = hot curing
cast, hot laid mixture
EAPP (eau d’appoint) - f = make-up feed, make-up
water
eau adoucie - f = softened water
eau agressive - f = aggressive water
eau artesienne - f = artesian water
eau atmosphérique - f = atmospheric water
eau brute - f = raw water
eau calcaire - f = hard water
eau capillaire - f = capillary water
eau chaude sanitaire - f = domestic hot water
eau courante - f = running water
eau d’absorption - f = absorbed water, unfree water
eau d’alimentation de chaudière - f = boiler feed
water
eau d’appoint - f = make-up, make-up water
eau de carrière - f = quarry sap
eau de chaudière - f = boiler water
eau de chaux - f = lime wash, limewater
eau de constitution - f = bound moisture, bound water,
combined moisture, combined water
eau de drainage - f = drainage water
eau de fabrication - f = process water
eau de gâchage - f = gauging water, mixing water
eau de la frange capillaire - f = capillary water (US),
fringe water (US), held water (UK)
eau de pluie - f = rainwater
eau de refroidissement - f = cooling water
eau de ruissellement - f = runoff, surface water
eau de source - f = spring water
eau de surface - f = surface water
eau de ville - f = mains water
eau d’infiltration - f = infiltration water, percolating
water, seepage water
eau expulsée sous charge - f = extruded water,
squeezed water
eau funiculaire - f = funicular water
eau glacée - f = chilled water
eau gravitaire - f = free water, gravitational water,
gravity water
eau hygroscopique - f = hygroscopic moisture
eau hygroscopique - f = hygroscopic water
eau interstitielle - f = interstitial water, pore water
eau libre - f = free moisture
eau liée - f = bound water
eau morte - f = dead water
eau perdue - f = windage loss
eau pluviale (EP) - f = storm water
eau potable (EP) - f = drinking water, potable water
eau réfrigérée - f = chilled water
eau saumâtre - f = brackish water
eau souterraine - f = groundwater
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eau tiède - f = lukewarm water, tepid water
eau traitée - f = treated sewage effluent, treated water
eaux d’égout - f = foul water, sewage, sullage, waste-
water
eaux d’égout fraîches - f = fresh sewage, fresh
wastewaters
eaux d’égout mixtes - f = combined sewage, com-
bined wastewaters
eaux d’égout unitaire - f = combined sewage, com-
bined wastewaters
eaux d’égouts - f = domestic sewage, liquid waste,
sanitary sewage, sewage, sullage
eaux d’orage - f = storm water
eaux ménagères - f = dirty water
eaux pluviales - f = run-off, storm water
eaux résiduaires - f = foul water
eaux résiduaires brutes - f = crude sewage, raw
sewage
eaux résiduaires industrielles - f = industrial waste,
industrial wastewaters
eaux usées - f = foul water, liquid sewage, sewage, sul-
lage, wastes, wastewaters
eaux vannes - f = foul water, sanitary sewage, soil
water
eaux-vannes domestiques - f = domestic sewage
ébarber = burr (to), trim (to)
ébarboir - m = burr-cuter, shave hook
ébarbure - f = fin
ébardoir - m = shave hook
ébauche - f = sketch
ébauchoir - m = boaster
EBC (émulsion de bitume et ciment) - f = EBC
(emulsion of bitumen and cement)
ébène - m = ebony
ébéniste - m = cabinetmaker
ébénisterie - f = cabinet work, joinery
éboulement - m = cave-in, caving in, collapse, crum-
bling, failure, fall
éboulement - m = falling-in
éboulement de rocher - m = rock fall
éboulement de terrain - m = land-slide, land-slip
éboulis - m = debris, fallen earth, mass of fallen
masonry
ébousiner = clean off, to
ébouter = cut off (to), saw off (to)
ébrasé = splayed
ébrasement - m = embrasure, jamb lining, reveal,
reveal lining, splay, splaying
ébrasement de mur - m = back lining
ébrasement intérieur - m = flanning, inner lining
ébrasure - f = splay, splaying
écaillage - m = peeling, flacking off, scaling, shelling,
splintering
écaille de laminoir - f = mill scale
écart - m = deviation, spacing
écart admissible - m = permissible deviation,
tolerance
écart de fabrication - m = work tolerance
écart de position - m = location deviation
écart effectif - m = actual deviation
écart en moins - m = negative deviation
écart en plus - m = positive deviation
écart inférieur - m = lower deviation
écart moyen - m = mean deviation
écart permissible - m = permissible deviation,
tolerance
écart type - m = standard deviation
écartement - m = spacing
écarteur - m = separator, spacer
écente - f = shingle
échafaud(age) - m = scaffold, scaffolding, stage,
staging
échafaud suspendu - m = cradle scaffold, suspended
scaffold
échafaud tubulaire - m = tubular scaffolding
échafaudage à chaise - m = bracket scaffold
échafaudage à double rangée d’échasses - m =
double pole scaffold, double-pole scaffolding, indepen-
dent scaffold, mason’s scaffolding, mason’s scaffold
échafaudage à échelle - m = ladder scaffold
échafaudage à une rangée d’échasse - m = single
pole scaffold
échafaudage en bascule - m = outrigger scaffold, pro-
jecting scaffold
échafaudage en console - m = bracket scaffold
échafaudage roulant - m = portable scaffolding
échafaudage sur potence - m = window jack scaffold
échafaudage suspendu - m = hanging scaffolding,
suspended scaffold
échafaudage volant - m = flying scaffold, hanging
scaffold, swinging scaffold
échancrer = gap (to), indent (to)
échange de bases - m = base exchange
échangeur de chaleur - m = heat exchanger
échangeur de chaleur à tubes coaxiaux - m =
double-tube heat exchanger
échangeur thermique - m = heat exchanger
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échantignole - f = purlin cleat, roof-purlin cleat,
wedge-shaped cleat
échantillon - m = bare of slate, exposure, exposure to
weather (US), gauge, margin, sample
échantillon à contrainte latérale nulle - m = uncon-
fined sample
échantillon aléatoire - m = random sample
échantillon brut - m = gross sample
échantillon dédoublé - m = duplicate sample
échantillon du sol - m = soil sample
échantillon fretté - m = confined sample
échantillon intact - m = indisturbed sample (UK)
échantillon intact - m = intact sample (US)
échantillon intact compacté - m = undisturbed com-
pacted sample
échantillon moyen - m = all-levels sample
échantillon non fretté - m = unconfined sample
échantillon non remanié - m = intact sample
échantillon partiel - m = part sample
échantillon pour essai - m = test sample
échantillon prélevé dans le métal déposé - m = all-
weld test piece
échantillon pris au hasard - m = random sample
échantillon remanié - m = remolded sample (US)
échantillon remanié - m = remoulded sample (UK)
échantillon type - m = representative sample
échantilloneur - m = sampler
échantillonnage - m = sampling
échantillonnage double - m = double sampling
échantillonnage multiple - m = multiple sampling
échantillonnage systématique - m = periodic
sampling
échappée - f = clearance, headroom, headway, head-
way, stair bathroom
échappée d’escalier - f = stair headroom
échappement - m = escape, exhaust vent, leak
écharpe - f = diagonal brace
écharpe de contreventement - f = diagonal bracing
échasse - f = scaffolding pole, standard, upright,
upright of scaffold
échasse d’échafaud - f = scaffolding pole
échauffure - f = incipient decay
échauffure localisée - f = streak
échauguette - f = bartisan, bartizan, watch turret
échelle - f = scale
échelle à coulisse - f = extension ladder
échelle à tasseaux - f = roof ladder
échelle de meunier - f = open stairs
échelle de sauvetage - f = fire escape
échelle de sauvetage - f = fire ladder
échelle des hauteurs - f = vertical scale
échelle des longueurs - f = horizontal scale
échelle développée - f = overall measurement
échelle d’incendie - f = fire ladder
échelle double - f = extension ladder
échelle d’un plan - f = scale of drawing
échelle escamotable - f = diappearing stair
échelle escamotable - f = loft ladder
échelle grandeur exécution - f = full scale
échelle grandeur nature f = full scale
échelle réduite - f = reduced scale
échelle réduite - f = small scale
échelle roulante - f = rolling ladder
échelon - m = rung
échelons - m = foot irons
échénal - m = gutter
échiffre - f = string-wall, spandrel, string wall
échine - f = echinus
éclairage par le haut - m = top lighting
éclairage public (EP) - m = street lighting
éclairage zénithal - m = top lighting
éclat - m = chip, shake, shake in timber
éclat (pierre, roche) - m = splinter
éclat de bois - m = chip, spale, spall, spalls
éclat de pierre - m = shiver
éclat du bois - f = shake, shake in timber
éclatement - m = splitting
éclatement de béton - m = spalling
éclatement de conduite - m = bursting
éclatement de tuyau - m = burst
éclatement d’effort - m = spalling stress
éclats de pierre - m = spalls
éclats de verre - m = broken glass, flying glass
éclissage - m = fish joint, fishing
éclisse - f = connecting plate, fish-joint, fish-plate,
plate, scab, shingle wedge, splice bar, splice piece,
splice plate
éclisse d’aile - f = flange fishplate
éclisse d’âme - f = web fishplate
éclisse isolante - f = insulating fishplate
écoinçon - m = spandrel, spandril
économies d’énergie - f = energy conservation
économiseur de combustible - m = fuel economiser,
fuel economizer
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écoperche - f = derrick, pole, scaffold pole, standard,
standard scaffold, upright scaffold
écorce - f = bark
écornure - f = chipped corner
écoulement - m = flow, flowing, plughole, waste
écoulement à surface libre - m = open flow
écoulement axial - m = axial flow
écoulement capillaire - m = capillary flow
écoulement d’averse - m = storm runoff
écoulement des eaux - m = surface drainage
écoulement des eaux en sous-sol - m = subsoil
drainage
écoulement des eaux superficielles - m = surface
drainage
écoulement forcé - m = flow of water in pipes
écoulement laminaire - m = laminar flow
écoulement libre - m = flow in open channels, flow
of water in open channels, free flow, gravitational flow,
gravity flow, open flow
écoulement libre par gravité - m = gravity flow
écoulement naturel - m = natural drainage
écoulement noyé - f = streaming flow
écoulement permanent - m = steady flow, streamline
flow
écoulement souterrain - m = groundwater flow,
groundwater runoff
écoulement turbulent - m = turbulent flow
écoulement visqueux - m = viscous flow
écouler (s’) = drain away (to), flow away (to), flow out
(to), run off (to), run out (to)
écran acoustique - m = baffle
écran anti-bruits - m = noise barrier
écran antiracine - m = root barrier
écran d’injection - m = grout curtain, grouting curtain
écran de contrôle - m = monitor
écran d’étanchéité - m = grout curtain
écran en palplanches - m = sheet piling
écran en palplanches - m = sheet-pile wall
écran pare-feu - m = fire screen
écran thermique - m = thermal screen
écran tranquillisateur - m = baffle
écrasement - m = crushing
écrasure (verre) - f = crush (US), rub (US), scuff
mark (UK)
écrêteur - m = amplitude limiter, limiter
écritoire - f = scriptorium, writingroom
écrou - m = nut
écrou à ailettes - m = thumb-nut
écrou à créneaux - m = castellated nut
écrou à oreilles - m = butterfly nut, thumb-nut,
wing nut
écrou à six pans - m = hexagonal nut
écrou borgne - m = acorn nut, screw cap
écrou creux à chapeau - m = screw cap
écrou de blocage - m = anchor nut, lock nut
écrou de fixation - m = anchor nut, lock nut
écrou de presse-étoupe - m = packing nut
écrou de réglage - m = adjusting nut
écrou de volant - m = wheel nut
écrou et rondelle d’assemblage - m = nut and washer
of site bolt
écrou indesserrable - m = jack nut, lock nut, locknut
écrou moleté - m = knurled nut, thumb nut
écrou papillon - m = butterfly nut, thumb nut,
wing nut
écrou tendeur - m = adjusting nut
écrouissage - m = cold working, hammer hardening,
strain hardening, work hardening
écrouissement - m = hammer hardening
écroulement - m = collapse, crumbling, failure
écrouler, s’ = collapse (to), fall in (to)
écumage - f = skimming
écume - f = scum
écurage - m = coring
écurage (cheminée) - m = coring
écurage (égout, puits) - m = cleaning out
écusson - m = escutcheon, keyhole plate, scutcheon
édification - f = erection
édifice de culte - m = place of public worship
édifice public - m = public building
édifier = build (to), erect (to)
effectif du lot - m = batch size, lot size
effet d’arc - m = arch action, arch effect, arching
effet de cheminée - m = chimney effect, flue effect,
stack effect
effet de goujon - m = dowel action
effet de paroi - m = wall effect
effet de poinçonnement - m = punching effect
effet de silo - m = arch action, arch effect, arching
effet de voûte - m = arch action, arch effect, arching
effet d’entaille - m = notch effect
effet pouzzolanique - m = pozzolanic effect, poz-
zolanic reaction
efflorescence - f = bloom, bloom (brick), efflores-
cence, scum (bricks or cement)
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effondrement - m = braking down, collapse, failure
effondrement de proche en proche - m = progressive
collapse
effondrement en chaîne - m = progressive collapse
effort - m = stress
effort admissible - m = allowable stress
effort axial - m = axial stress
effort bi-axial - m = biaxal stress
effort de cisaillement - m = shear force, shear stress,
shearing stress
effort de compression - m = compressive stress, crus-
hing stress
effort de distorsion - m = distorting strain
effort de flexion - m = bending load stress, bending
stress, flexural load stress, traverse load stress
effort de rupture - m = breaking strain, breaking
stress
effort de tension - m = tensile stress, torsion, torsional
stress, twist
effort de traction - m = pull, tensile force, tensile load,
tensile stress, tension
effort disponible au crochet - m = drawbar pull
effort dû au poids mort - m = dead load stress
effort hypothétique de compression - m = assumed
compressive force
effort mécanique - m = mechanical stress
effort tranchant - m = lateral force, shear force
effort tranchant - m = shear stress, shearing force,
shearing stress, transverse force
effort transversal - m = bending load stress, flexural
load stress
effort variable - m = variable load, variable stress
efforts alternés symétriques - m = complete reversed
loads, complete reversed stresses
efforts combinés - m = combined loads, combined
stresses
efforts compensés - m = balance stresses
efforts dynamiques - m = dynamic loads, dynamic
stresses
effritement - m = crumbling
égal - m = equal, even, level, regular
égalisation - f = levelling, smoothing
égaliser (une surface) = level (to), smooth (to)
égaliser un terrain = level a plot, to
égalité - f = evenness, regularity, smoothness
église-halle - f = hall church
égoïne - f = hand saw
égout - m = drain, drip strip, sewer
égout (assainissement) - m = drain sewer
égout (bord de toit) - m = eaves
égout (pan de toit) - m = slope of roof
égout à canalisation unique - m = combined sewer
égout à ciel ouvert - m = open drain
égout à cuvette - m = egg-shaped sewer
égout au sol - m = floor drain
égout captant - m = intercepting sewer
égout collecteur - m = main sewer, trunk sewer
égout de bâtiment - m = building sewer
égout de deux pièces - m = double eaves
égout de maison - m = building drain, building sewer,
house drain, house sewer
égout de sous-sol - m = basement drain
égout de trop plein d’orage - m = storm overflow
sewer
égout d’eaux usées - m = sanitary sewer, separate
sewer
égout dégoutant - m = dripping eaves
égout du toit - m = eaves
égout en briques - m = brick sewer
égout libre - m = dripping eaves
égout ovoïde - m = egg-shaped sewer
égout pluvial - m = storm drain, storm sewer, surface
water drain
égout pluvial de bâtiment - m = storm building sewer
égout principal - m = main sewer, trunk sewer
égout privé - m = drain, private sewer
égout pseudo-séparatif - m = partially separate sewer
égout public - m = public sewer
égout relevé - m = sprocked eaves, sprocketed eaves
égout retroussé sur plan carré - m = broach
égout sanitaire de bâtiment - m = sanitary building
sewer
égout secondaire - m = branch sewer
égout unitaire - m = combined sewer
égout unitaire de bâtiment - m = combined building
sewer
égout voligé - m = closed eaves
égouttage - m = draining, dripping, dropping, drying
égouttement - m = draining, dripping, drying, drop-
ping
égouttoir - m = draining board, trickler
égoutture - f = drippings, drops
égrener = rub down (to), smooth down plaster (to)
égrisage - m = rough grinding
égriser (marbre, verre) = grind, to
EIF (enduit d’imprégnation à froid) - m = cold-laid
mixture
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éjecteur (eaux, eaux usées) - m = ejector, ejector
pump, jet pump
éjecteur à vapeur - m = steam ejector
élaboration - f = processing
élancé (colonne) = slender
élancement - m = slenderness ratio
élargir la base d’un pieu = bell out, to
élargir la base d’un pieu = underream, to
élargissement de pied - m = enlarged footing
élasticité = elasticity, resilience
élastique = resilient, elastic
élasto-plastique = elastic-plastic
électricité de bâtiment - f = building electricity
électrificateur sur batterie - m = battery fencer
électrodrainage - m = electrodrainage
électropompe - f = electric pump
électrozingué = zinc plated
élégir = lighten the appearance (by canting), to
élément - m = lining segment, member, piece of
timber, standardised part, unit
élément assemblé - m = assembly
élément chauffant - m = heater unit
élément complexe - m = assembly
élément constitutif - m = building unit, functional
element
élément courbe - m = shell
élément creux - m = hollow part, hollow unit
élément creux de maçonnerie - m = hollow masonry
unit
élément creux pour construction - m = hollow buil-
ding unit
élément d’animation de surface - m = decorative
block
élément de charpente - m = frame member, member,
piece of timber
élément de cloison - m = partition unit
élément de construction - m = building component,
building unit, component, component of construction
élément de cuisine - m = kitchen unit
élément de façade - m = cladding unit
élément de façade légère - m = light cladding element
élément de ferme - m = truss member
élément de fondation - m = foundation element, foun-
dation unit
élément de rangement - m = storage unit
élément de remplissage - m = infill element
élément de remplissage en béton léger - m = light-
weight concrete block
élément de remplissage en terre cuite - m = hollow
clay block
élément de terre cuite - m = terra cotta unit
élément d’ossature - m = structural member
élément en béton préfabriqué - m = precast concrete
unit
élément en bois - m = lumber
élément en X - m = X-member
élément encastré - m = let-in member
élément extérieur - m = load-bearing external
élément extérieur porteur - m = load-bearing
external wall
élément fusible - m = fuse link
élément inférieur - m = bottom chord
élément massif - m = solid part, solid unit
élément massif de maçonnerie - m = solid masonry
unit
élément mural transversal - m = cross-wall unit
élément porteur de séparation - m = load-bearing
cross wall unit
élément préfabriqué - m = precast member, prefab
unit, prefabricated unit
élément préfabriqué en béton armé - m = precast
reinforced concrete unit
élément raidisseur - m = stiffener
élément soudé en atelier - m = shop-welded unit
élément supérieur - m = top chord, upper chord
élément surchauffeur - m = superheater, superheater
unit
élément terminal - m = terminal unit
élément transversal - m = cross-member
éléments - m = units
éléments complexes de construction - m = assem-
blies
éléments constituants - m = component, component
of construction
éléments d’animation de surfaces - m = decoratives
blocks
éléments de gros œuvre - m = structural components
éléments de plancher - m = floor units
éléments fins - m = fines
éléments fonctionnels de la construction - m = func-
tional elements
éléments ou panneaux préfabriqués de sous-toiture -
m = roof decking
élévateur - m = elevator, hoist, hoist of concrete
form, lift
élévateur à godets - m = bucket elevator
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élévateur à nacelle - m = access work platform, aerial
work platform
élévateur de cordon - m = windrow elevator
élévation - f = elevation, raising
élévation arrière - f = back elevation, rear elevation
élévation avant - f = front elevation, front view
élévation gauche - f = left elevation
élévation latérale - f = side elevation
élimé = threadbare
élimination des odeurs - f = odor control
élimination des taudis - f = slum clearance
élinde - f = bucket ladder
élingue - f = sling
élingue à câble - f = cable sling
élongation - f = strain
émail - m = enamel, glaze
émail au four - m = baked finish (US), stove
enamel (UK)
émail vitrifié - m = porcelain enamel, vitreous enamel
émaillage = glazing
émaillé = enamelled, glazed
émarger (papier peint) = trim, to (wall-paper)
emballage - m = container
embarras - m = restricted
embarrure - f = bedding, edge bedding (of ridge tiles)
embase - f = base
embase de la cheminée - f = base of stack
embase de poteau - f = column base
embasement - m = base, earth table, grass table,
ground table, plinth
emboire (s’) (peinture) = become dull (to), become
flat (to), sink in (to)
emboîtement - m = bell and spigot joint, horizontal
splayed and rebated overlapping joint, socket, spigot
joint
emboîter, s’ = interlock (to), nest (into another part) (to)
emboîture - f = cleat, socket end (UK), socket end of
pipe (US)
emboîture (tuyau) - f = bell (US)
embout - m = cap, end cap (UK), end piece
embout (précontrainte) - m = strand grip
embout de charpente - m = eke piece, eking, eking
piece
embout de fer - m = steel tip
emboutissage - m = die stamping, pressing (sheet
metal)
embranchement - m = branch, branch pipe
embrasure - f = door opening, doorway, flanning,
window opening, window recess
embrayage à griffe - m = hooked coupling
embrevé = matched
embrèvement - m = cog, dado, dado joint (US), dap,
gain, housed joint, housing
embrèvement à entaille - m = notching
embrèvement à entaille ouverte - m = dado joint,
housed joint
embrèvement anglais - m = bridle joint
embrèvement d’about - m = end match
embrèvement d’angle - m = shouldered house joint
embrèvement d’angle - m = shouldered housed joint
embrèvement de bois sur chant - m = dado joint,
housed joint
embrèvement de rencontre - m = dado joint, housed
joint
embrèvement du limon - m = paneled string
embrèvement sur chant - m = dado joint, housed
joint
embu - m = fat spot, flat spot, sinking in (paint)
émerillon - m = parbuckle, swivel
émeulage - m = grinding
émiettement - m = crumbling
émissaire - m = outfall sewer, outlet, sewer
émissaire de drainage - m = drainage channel outlet
émissaire d’évacuation - m = outfall sewer
émission de gaz - f = release
émissivité - f = emissivity
emmanchement - m = helving, stepping
emmanchement (outil) - m = hafting, halving
emmancher = fit into, to
emmancher (tuyaux) = join, to
emmancher à chaud = shrink on, to
emmarchement - m = step-groove, tread length
emmarchement dans limon droit - m = housing
emmortaisé = morticed (US), mortised (UK)
emmurer = wall in, to
émoussé = blunt
émousser = blunt ( to), remove moss (to)
empanon - m = cripple rafter, jack, jack rafter
empanon de croupe - m = hip jack
empanon de noue - m = valley jack
empattage - m = footing
empatté = resting on a widened base
empattement - m = widened base, widening of a base
empattement (fondation) - m = footing
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empattement (tuyau) - m = saddle
empattement au bas d’un mur - m = earth table,
ground table
empattement de semelle - m = projection of footing
empattement en T - m = cantilever footing
empattement en tronc de pyramide - m = sloped
footing
empattement en tronc de pyramide - m = sloping
footing
empennage - m = box strike, box strike plate, staple,
staple of keeper, striking box
empierré (chemin) = metalled
empierrement - m = base, broken stone, hardcore,
rock pavement, rock paving
empierrement (route) - m = macadam (US), metal,
metalling (UK)
empierrement de base - m = bottoming
empierrement goudronné - m = tar-grouted macadam
empiétement - m = encroachment
empilage des briques - m = stacking bricks
empiler (matériaux) = stack, to
empileuse - f = stacker
emplacement - m = location, site
emplacement de construction - m = building site
emplacement des travaux - m = construction site, job
site, project site, work site
emporte-pièce - m = punch
empreinte (moule) - f = cavity, mould cavity
empreinte (surface) - f = indentation
emprise (dans l’... de) - f = within the limits of...
emprise (rue) - f = legal highway (US)
emprise au sol - f = covered area, site coverage
emprise au sol d’un bâtiment - f = covered area, site
coverage
emprunt de terre - m = borrow
émulsifiant - m = emulsifier, emulsifying agent
émulsion aqueuse de brai - f = aqueous asphalt
emulsion
émulsion de bitume - f = asphalt emulsion, asphaltic
emulsion
émulsion de bitume et ciment (EBC) - f = emulsion
of bitumen and cement (EBC)
émulsion de brai - f = asphaltic emulsion
en amont = upstream, before, on inlet side
en angle arrondi = at an angle to the street
en arc = arcuate
en arête de poisson = herringbone
en attente = on standby, standby
en aval = on the outlet side en production = on stream
en avance sur les délais prévus = ahead of schedule en quinconce ( pieux, rivets) = staggered, zigzag
en bascule = cantilevered en relief = in alto relieve, in high relief
en bâtière = saddleback en retard = lagging
en biais = at an angle, on the skew en retour = on the return, returned
en biseau = bevelled, splayed en retrait = set back
en bon état = in good condition, in good repair, sound en série = in series
en bon ouvrier = in a workmanlike manner en service = on, on stream
en chantier = on site en sous-sol = below grade (US), below ground (UK)
en charge = pressure en surplomb = overhanging, oversailing, sailing
en chicane = out-of-plumb en tranchée = entrenched
en cours de construction = under construction en treillis = trussed
en cuvette = dished en veilleuse (lumière) = dimmed
en demi cercle = semicircular en voie d’exécution = in progress
en dents de scie = serrated en voûte = arched
en dérangement = out of order en vrac = bulk, loose
en deux parties = split encadré = framed
en deux pièces = split
encadré de pierre de taille = dressed with ashlar
en diagonale = arrisway, arriswise
encadrement - m = border, casement, casing, frame,
en dos d’âne = hog-backed framing, window casement, window frame
en encorbellement = corbelled encadrement à glace - m = square and flat frame
en épi = herringbone, zigzag pattern encadrement de baie en matière noble - m =
en épi (plan de cuisine) = peninsula dressing
en équerre = at right angles, square encadrement de châssis - m = sash frame
en escalier (voussoir,etc) = stepped encadrement de gazon - m = turf border
en espace fonctionnel = open-plan encadrement de panneau - m = panel framing
en étage = upstairs encadrement de parquet - m = parquet border
en flexion = flexed, under flexure encadrement de porte - m = architrave, architrave,
en fonctionnement = on stream door casing, door lining
en fondation = below grade encaissé (pipe) = boxed-in
en forme de tube = tubular encaissé (route) = sunken
en gradins = stepped encaissement - m = gravel-packing
en hélice = spiral encaisser = box in, to
en hémicycle = semicircular encastré = bedded, fixed-end, flush-mounted, recessed,
en lamelles = laminated restrained
en location = rented encastré aux pieds (portique) = fixed-based
en nid d’abeille = honeycomb encastré contre la rotation = restrained against
rotation
en pan coupé = splayed
encastrement - m = embedding, end restraint, end-
en pendentif = hanging, pendant, pendent fixity, fixed end, fixed support, fixity, housing, restraint
en pente = sloping
encastrement à l’extrémité - m = end restraint
en place = in situ, in the field
encastrement dans une surface - m = recess
en plein cintre = full-centered
encastrement élastique - m = incomplete fixed sup-
en plein cintre (arc) = semicircular port, partially fixed support
en plein cintre (fenêtre, porte) = round-headed encastrer = embed (to), recess (to), restrain (to)
en poids = by weight encastrer une poutre dans un mur = tail a beam into
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into a post, to
enceinte - f = enclosed space, enclosure, enclosure
wall, fence, perimeter fence, precinct, walling
enceinte première (château fort) - f = outer bailey
enchâssure - f = chase, chasing
enchâssure dans un mur - f = chasing
enchevalement - m = shoring up for underpinning
enchevaucher = fix (tiles, planks)with an overlap, to
enchevaucher = lay (tiles, planks) with an overlap, to
enchevêtrer = frame (to), trim (joists) (to)
enchevêtrure - f = trimmed opening in floor, trimmer-
beam, trimming
enclenchement - m = clutch, interlock, interlocking
encloisonnement - m = enclosing, enclosure
enclore = fence in (to), wall in (to)
enclos (avec habitation) - f = curtilage
enclume - f = slater’s iron
encoche - f = gain, notch, slot, undercut
encocheuse - f = notching machine
encoffrement - m = form, formwork, shuttering
encoignure (pièce, rue) - f = corner
encolage double face - m = double spread gluing
encollage - m = gluing, pasting, sizing
encollage blanc - m = clairecolle, clearcole
encollage d’apprêt - m = sizing (wall papering)
encollage sur chant - m = edge gluing
encoller = apply an adhesive, to
encombrement - m = volume of building, cantilever,
cantilever beam, corbel, corbelling out, jetty, overhang
encorbellement (à...) - m = cantilevered
encrasser (s’) = clog (to), get dirty (to)
encroûtage - m = scarfing
encroûtement - m = case-hardening
endent - m = notching
endentement - m = joggle joint
endiguer = dyke, to
endommagement de la surface - m = surface marring
endroit (ardoise, tuile) - m = back
endroit de la soudure - m = weld face
enduction - f = coating
enduction vinylique - f = vinyl coating
enduire = coat (to), plaster (to)
enduire extérieurement = render, to
enduire intérieurement = plaster, to
enduit - m = coat, coating, finish, plaster, plastering,
plasterwork, rendering
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enduit à la chaux - m = lime plaster
enduit à la mignonnette - m = pebble-dash finish
enduit au mortier de ciment - m = stucco, stuccoing
enduit au plâtre - m = gypsum plaster, plaster finish
enduit bâtard - m = rough mortar coat
enduit bicouche - m = render and set, two-coat work
enduit bitumineux - m = bituminous coating
enduit brossé - m = brushed finish
enduit d’amiante - m = asbestos paint
enduit d’application à chaud (EAC) - m = hot curing
cast
enduit d’application à chaud (EAC) - m = hot-laid
mixture
enduit de ciment - m = cement rendering
enduit de dressage - m = levelling coat
enduit de finition - m = finish plaster
enduit de gâchage - m = gagging plaster
enduit de lissage - m = leveling coat, leveling plaster
coat, smooth rendering
enduit de mortier - m = gunite
enduit de scellement - m = sealing coat
enduit de surfaçage - m = finishing coat
enduit d’imperméabilisation - m = waterproofing
finish
enduit d’imprégnation à froid - m = cold-laid mix-
ture
enduit d’intérieur de cheminée - m = pargetting
enduit dosé - m = gruage
enduit dressé - m = ruled finish
enduit d’usure - m = surface dressing
enduit en deux couches - m = two-coat work
enduit en mortier de chaud - m = lime plaster
enduit en mortier de ciment - m = rendering
enduit en mortier de plâtre - m = gypsum plaster
enduit en mortier de plâtre - m = plaster
enduit en trois couches - m = render float and set
enduit en trois couches - m = three-coat work
enduit extérieur - m = rendering, stucco
enduit extérieur en plâtre - m = stucco
enduit fibreux - m = fibrous plaster
enduit fin - m = plaster skim coat
enduit frotté - m = rubbed finish
enduit général de dressage - m = levelling coat
enduit goutelette - m = stipple finish
enduit gratté - m = raked plaster, scratch coat
enduit grenu - m = textured finish
enduit grésé - m = rubbed finish
enduit hydrofuge - m = pargetting, parging
enduit hydrofuge (mur de cave) - m = parge coat
enduit intérieur - m = pargetting
enduit isolant - m = tanking
enduit lavé - m = washed plaster
enduit lissé - m = ruled finish
enduit lissé à la règle - m = smooth float finish
enduit lissé au bouclier - m = smooth float finish
enduit pelliculaire - m = skim coat
enduit piqué - m = pricked rendering
enduit pur - m = neat plaster
enduit raclé - m = scratch coat
enduit superficiel - m = surface dressing
enduit superficiel au bitume - m = asphalt surface
treatment
enduit texturé - m = textured finish
enduit tramé - m = textured coating
enduit tyrolien - m = Tyrolean finish, Tyrolian plaster
énergie acoustique - f = acoustical energy, sound
energy
énergie cinétique - f = kinetic energy
énergie de déformation - f = strain energy
énergie de déformation à la rupture - f = modulus
of toughness
énergie de déformation au déchargement - f = resi-
lience
énergie de déformation élastique maximale - f
= modulus of resilience
énergie de distorsion - f = energy of distorsion
énergie de substitution - f = alternative energy
énergie douce - f = soft energy
énergie du rayonnement solaire - f = radiant energy
of the sun
énergie éolienne - f = wind energy, wind power
énergie géothermique - f = geothermal energy
énergie hélio-électrique - f = solar power
énergie hydro-électrique - f = water power
énergie interne - f = strain energy
énergie produite - f = energy output
énergie renouvellable - f = renewable energy
énergie solaire intégrale - f = all-solar energy
enfaîteau - m = hip knob, ridge tile
enfaîtement - m = ridge capping, ridge covering,
ridging
enfeu - m = arcosolium, wall niche tomb
enflammer (s’) = ignite, to
enfoncement - m = alcove, recess
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enfoncer (clou, pieu) = drive in, to
enfoncer à fond = drive home (to), push home (to)
enfoncer à refus = drive home (to), drive to refusal (to)
enfoncer un clou = drive a nail, to
enfoncer un pieu = drive a pile, to
enfoncer une pointe = drive a nail, to
enfoui = buried
enfouir = bury in the ground, to
enfouisseuse de câbles - f = cable-burying machine
enfourchement - m = open-mortise joint, slip mortise,
slot mortise
enfourchure - f = crotch
engin à chenilles - m = caterpillar vehicle
engin automoteur - m = self-propelled vehicle
engin de chantier - m = building machine, construc-
tion machine
engin de compactage - m = compacting tool
engin de reprise - m = reclaimer
engin de terrassement - m = dirt mover (US), earth
mover (UK), earth-moving plant (UK), earthmoving
plant, muck-shifting
engobe - m = slip (ceramic products)
engorgé = waterlodged
engorgement - m = choking up, obstruction
engravure - f = chase, dado, dap, housing, notch,
recess, reglet, trench (wood joint)
engravure arrière - f = back edging (ceramic pipe)
engravure de marche - f = ploughed recess
engravure de pied - m = toe space
engravure de poutre - f = beam pocket
engravure par saignée - f = tuck-in (roofing)
engravure recevant la poutre - f = beam pocket
engrenage - m = mesh
engrenage à chevrons - m = herring-bone gear
enhachement - m = encroachment
enherbé = grassed down, invaded by grass weeds,
turfed
enjamber = span, to
enjolivement - m = adornment, embellishment
enjolivure - f = small embellishment
enlaçure - f = dowel hole, dowelled tenant and mor-
tise joint, peg hole assembly, peghole assembly
enlever au burin = chip off (to), chip out (to), chisel
out (to), chisel (to)
enlever au ciseau = chisel out (to), chisel (to)
enlever les coffrages = strip, to
enlever les terrains de couverture = strip a site, to
enlignement - m = alignment
enlignement des bâtiments - m = building line
enligner = align, to
énoncé des travaux - m = scope of work
énoncé du projet - m = project brief
enquête - f = investigation
enquête d’urbanisme - f = planning survey
enrayure - f = horizontal framing in roof, horizontal
framing of roof
enreprise de transports - f = haulier
enrobage - m = coating, concrete cover, embedment,
encasement
enrobage bitumeux - m = asphalt coating
enrobage de câbles - m = wire covering, wire insu-
lating
enrobage des armatures - m = concrete cover
enrobage en béton - m = casing
enrobé = bedded, coated
enrobé - m = bituminous coated material, coated chip-
pings, coated grit, coated macadam, coated material
enrobé de béton = embedded in concrete, encased in
concrete
enrobé dense - m = dense-coated stone, dense-graded
bituminous mix
enrobé hydrocarboné - m = coated aggregate for
tarmac
enrobé-dense - m = dense -graded bituminous mix
enrobement - m = embedment,encasement
enrober = embed, to
enrobés - m = coated chippings, coated grit
enrochement - m = riprap, rockfill
enrochement compacté - m = compacted rock fill
enrochement de protection - m = riprap
enrochement tout-venant - m = quarry rock, random
quarry rock, random rock
enroulement - m = scroll, winding
enroulement amortisseur - m = damper winding
ensablement - m = sand silting
ensachage - m = bagging
ensacher = bag, to
enseigne - f = fascia
ensemble architectural - m = architectural complex
ensemble de logements - m = housing area, large
estate, large housing scheme
ensemble de porte et huisserie - m = door set
ensemble de serrure et garniture - m = lock set
ensemble des fenêtres - m = windows
ensemble sanitaire préfabriqué - m = prefabricated
plumbing unit
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ensemblier - m = interior decorator, interior designer,
package builder, turnkey contractor, turnkey developer
ensoleillement - m = insolation, sunshine, sunshine
duration
entablement - m = coping, entablature, molding
(US), moulding (UK), tablet
entaille - f = cut, dap, gain, housing, nick, notch, scarf,
slot
entaille dans la maçonnerie - f = bonding pocket
entaille d’assise - f = foot of rafter
entaille simple (menuiserie) - m = dado (US), housed
joint, housing (UK), trench
entaille simple arrêtée(menuiserie) - m = stopped
dado
entailler = gap (to), notch (to)
entartrage (chaudière, tuyau) - m = incrustration,
scaling
entartré (tuyau) = furred
entartrer, s’ = scale, to
ente - f = downgrade
enter = scarf timbers, to
enterré = below grade (US), below ground (UK),
buried, entrenched, subsurface, sunken, underground
enthalpie - f = heat content
entièrement soudé = all-welded
entonnoir - m = feeding hopper, funnel, hopper
entraînement de la garde d’eau - m = unsealing of
drap
entraîneur d’air - m = air entraining agent, air entrai-
ning compound
entrait - m = bottom chord, main tie, tie-beam
entrait de ferme - m = tie-beam
entrait d’une ferme - m = stringer
entrait retroussé - m = collar beam, collar brace,
collar tie, trimmed joist
entraver = obstruct,to
entraxe - m = centre-to-centre distance (UK), centres,
distance between centres, on centre distance, on-centre
distance
entrebâilleur - m = door chain, casement stay, stay bar
entrecolonnement - m = intercolumniation
entre-colonnement - m = intercolumnation
entrée - f = entrance, hall, inlet, intake, sleeve, way in
entrée d’air - f = air inlet, air intake
entrée d’air frais - f = fresh air intake
entrée de câble - f = entrance cable
entrée de porte - f = doorway
entrée de serrure - f = escutcheon, key plate, keyhole,
scutcheon
entre-écorce - f = bark pocket, ingrown bark
entrées-sorties de l’insolateur - f = plenum
entrefenêtre - m = pier
entrelacs - m = interlace, interlacing pattern, knotwork
entremise - f = separator
entrepôt frigorifique - m = cold store
entrepreneur - m = builder, contractor
entrepreneur de forage - m = drilling contractor
entrepreneur de génie civil - m = civil engeneering
contractor
entrepreneur de gros œuvre et de charpente - m
= structural contractor
entrepreneur de sondage - m = boring contractor
entrepreneur en bâtiment - m = builder, building
contractor
entrepreneur en plomberie - m = plumbing
contractor
entrepreneur général - m = general contractor
entrepreneur paysagiste - m = landscape contractor
entrepreneur principal - m = main contractor, prime
contractor
entrepreneur sous-traitant - m = sub-contractor
entrepreneurs groupés - m = cotenderers
entreprise admise à soumissionner - f = qualified
bidder
entreprise candidate - f = prospective bidder (US)
entreprise candidate - f = prospective tenderer (UK)
entreprise chargée des travaux - f = contracting firm
entreprise concurrente - f = other bidder
entreprise consultée - f = invited bidder
entreprise contractante - f = contracting firm
entreprise cotraitante - f = contracting firm
entreprise de construction - f = construction firm
entreprise de construction métallique - f = steelwork
contractor
entreprise générale - f = general contractor, main
contractor, prime contractor
entreprise pilote - f = managing contractor
entreprise retenue - f = successful bidder, successful
tenderer (UK)
entreprise titulaire - f = successful bidder
entresol - m = entresol, half-story, mezzanine floor
entretenir = maintain (to), service (to)
entretenir en bon état = keep in good repair (to),
maintain in good repair (to)
entretien courant - m = routine maintenance
entretien d’une construction - m = maintenance
entretien d’une construction - m = upkeep
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entretien d’une machine - m = service, servicing
entretien systématique - m = planned maintenance
entretoisage - m = bracing, cross bracing
entretoise - f = brace, bridging, bridging-piece, cross
brace, cross girder, cross piece, cross tie, cross-bar, dis-
tance piece, floor beam, header, joist bridging, spacer,
spacer bar, spreader, stay, stay bolt, stretcher, strut,
strutting-piece, tie spacer
entretoise de bois - f = wood bridging
entretoise de coffrage - f = spreader
entretoise de palée - f = walling
entretoise d’écartement - f = spacer, spacer bar
entretoise diagonale - f = diagonal brace
entretoise en X - f = X-member
entretoise tubulaire - f = spacing pipe
entretoisement - m = bracing, bridging, cross bracing,
lateral bracing, strutting, sway bracing, transerve
bracing
entretoisement de contreventement - m = sway
brace, sway rod
entretoisement de plancher - m = bridging, joist
bridging
entretoisement de solives - m = joist bridging,
strutting
entretoisement en croix de Saint André - m = her-
ringbone strutting
entretoisement en sautoir - m = cross bridging
entretoiser = strut, to
entretoit - m = roof-space
entrevous - m = casebay (UK), hollow floor block
(UK), masonry filler unit (US)rough timber boarding,
space between girders, structural clay tile (UK), struc-
tural floor unit (US), structural unit (US)
entrevous en berceau segmentaire - m = floor arch
(US), jack arch (UK)
enture - f = heading joint, lengthening joint, splicing
enture à chameaux - f = timber dog splice
enture à enfourchement - f = slip and tongue splice
enture à frette - f = ferrule splice
enture à gradins - f = stepped splice
enture à joint à clé - f = keyed splice
enture à mi-bois - f = halved joint, halving
enture à mi-bois à sifflet - f = halved scarf joint
enture à queue et endent - f = notch joint
enture à recouvrement - f = lapped splices
enture à sifflet - f = scarf joint, splayed scarf
enture à simple sifflet - f = scarf joint
enture à simple tenon - f = single tenon splice
enture à trait de Jupiter - f = scarf joint
enture en sifflet f = splayed heading joint
enveloppe - f = jacket, lagging
enveloppe de chaudière - f = boiler casing, casing
enveloppe de l’habitat (solaire) - f = building skin,
envelope
enveloppe des cercles de Mohr - f = envelope of
Mohr’s circles
enveloppe d’une construction - f = envelope, shell
enveloppe extérieure - f = skin
envelopper = embed, to
envergure - f = span
envers - m = reverse
envers (ardoise, tuile) - m = bed
éolien = aeolian
éolienne - f = wind machine, wind turbine, wind-
driven generator, windmill
EP (eau pluviale) - f = storm water, drinking water,
potable water
EP (éclairage public) - m = street lighting
ep (épaisseur) - f = course, depth, gauge, thickness
épaisseur (ep) - f = course, depth, gauge, thickness
épaisseur de couche - f = depth
épaisseur de métal - f = gauge
épaisseur de mur - f = wall thickness
épaisseur de paroi - f = wall thickness
épaisseur de porte - f = door thickness
épaisseur de soudure - f = throat
épaisseur d’enrobage - f = concrete cover, cover
épaisseur du joint - f = joint thickness
épaisseur nette d’enrobage - f = clear cover
épaissir = become thick (to), thicken (to)
épaississement (peinture) - m = livering, thickening
épandage - m = irrigation, spreading
épandage par irrigation - m = broad irrigation
épandage souterrain - m = underground disposal
épandeur mécanique - m = mechanical spreader
épandeuse - f = spreader
épandeuse de goudron - f = tar spreader
épannelage - m = rough cut (stone), stone scabbling
épart - m = glass-bar
épaufré - f = chipped
épaufrer = chip, to
épaufrure - f = chip, chipping, spall, spalling
épaufrure d’arête - f = blunted arises
épaulement - m = shoulder
éperon - m = canton
épi - m = finial, groin, groyne, hip-knob, jetty
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épicéa (bois) - m = norway spruce (wood)
épiderme - m = skin
épierrer = remove stones, to
épinaie - f = spiny thicket
épinglage - m = anchorage, tack weld
épingle - f = binders, hairpin, lateral binders, tie
épingle (armature de béton) - f = stirrup, U-stirrup
épingle (séchage du bois) - f = spacer, sticker
épissure - f = splicing
épissure de fil - f = wire splicing
épontille - f = shore
épreuve d’étanchéité à la cartouche fumigène - f
= smoke test
éprouvette - f = test bar, test block, test piece, test
specimen
éprouvette de traction - f = tensile bar, tension spec-
imen, tension test specimen
éprouvette entaillée - f = notched bar, notched spe-
cimen
épuisement - m = dewatering, ground water lowering,
lowering of ground water, pumping out
épuisement par puisards - m = sumping
épuiser des réserves = exhaust, to
épuiser le mortier = over-trowel (to) overtrowel (to)
épurateur - m = strainer
épurateur d’air - m = air cleaner
épuration - f = cleaning, purification
épuration de l’eau usée - f = sewage treatment
épure - f = full scale working drawing, line diagram,
linear diagram
équarri = hewn
équarrir (bois, pierre) = square, to
équarrissage - m = scantling, section of converted
timber, square sawing, squaring
équarrisseuse - f = four-edge trimming saw
équation de continuité hydraulique - f = continuity
equation
équation d’équarrissage - f = stress formula for area
équation du bilan énergétique - f = energy balance
equation
équerrage (ossature) - m = squareness, squaring
équerrage en gras - m = obtuse bevel, obtuse
bevelling, standing bevel, standing bevelling
équerre - f = angle, angle bar, angle bracket, angle
iron, angle plate, set square, square, web cleat
équerre à onglet - f = mitre square
équerre d’arpenteur - f = cross staff
équerre de raccordement et d’appui - f = seating
angle cleat
équerre de raccordement supérieur - f = top flange
angle cleat
équerre de raccordement sur âme - f = connection
angle to web, web angle cleat
équerre de support - f = knee, knee brace
équerre d’onglet - f = mitre square
équerre optique - f = knee piece, optical square
équerrer = squate, to
équidistance - f = contour interval
équidistance des courbes - f = contour interval
équidistance entre deux courbes - f = contour
interval
équilibrage - m = balancing, counterbalancing
équilibrage des phases - m = load balance
équilibre - m = equilibrium
équilibre des déblais et remblais - m = earthwork
balance
équilibre des moments - m = moment equilibrium
équilibre des terrassements - m = earthwork balance
équilibre hygrométrique - m = equilibrium moisture
équilibrer = counterbalance, to
équilibreur (fenêtre à guillotine) - m = sash balance
équilibreur à spirale - m = spiral sash balance
équipe - f = crew, gang
équipé de = equipped with, fitted with
équipe de conception - f = design team
équipe de contrôle - f = inspection team
équipe de ferraillage - f = bar-fixing gang
équipe de montage - f = erection gang
équipe de nivellement - f = level party
équipe de projet - f = project team
équipe de surveillance - f = inspection team
équipe de topographes - f = survey team
équipement - m = equipment, plant, servicing
équipement auxiliaire - m = ancillary equipment
équipement collectif - m = community facility
équipement de chantier de construction - m = plant
on the site
équipement d’engin de terrassement - m = attache-
ment
équipement énergétique - m = energy equipment,
power equipment
équipement fixe - m = fixture
équipements collectifs - m = public facilities
équipements publics - m = public facilities
équivalent de la charge - m = load equivalent
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équivalent de sable - m = sand equivalent
équivalent mécanique de la chaleur - m = mecha-
nical equivalent of heat
érable (bois) - m = maple (wood)
éraflage - m = hacking
ergot - m = stub, tab
ériger = erect, to
erminette (herminette) - f = adze
érosion - f = erosion
érosion de pente - f = slope wash
érosion en nappe - f = sheet erosion, sheet washings
érosion pluviale - f = rainwash
érosion souterraine - f = subsurface erosion
erreur biaisée - f = biased error
erreur de fermeture - f = closing error, topo closing
error
erreur de lecture - f = instrument error
erreur de zéro - f = zero error, zero shift
erreur d’étalonnage - f = calibration error
erreur d’indication - f = reading error
erreur systématique - f = biased error
escalier - m = stair, staircase, stairs, stairway, steps
escalier à double quartier - m = half-turn stairs
escalier à jour - m = open-well stair
escalier à la française - m = return stairs, straight
flight of stair, straight-run of stairs, straight-run stair
escalier à limon courbe - m = geometrical stair,
wreathed stair
escalier à limons droits - m = straight run, straight run
of stairs, straight stair
escalier à limons superposés - m = dog-legged stairs
escalier à marches en tôle cannelée - m = chequer
plate stair tread
escalier à moitié tournante - m = half-space stair,
halfpace stair
escalier à noyau creux ou évidé - m = hollow stair,
open-newel stair
escalier à noyau ouvert - m = open newel stair
escalier à noyau plein - m = solid newel stair
escalier à première volée centrale et deuxième volée
double - m = double-return stair
escalier à quartier tournant - m = quarter-return
stairs, stairs with winding quarter
escalier à rampe droite - m = straight flight of stairs,
straight stair
escalier à révolution - m = winding stair
escalier à vis - m = corkscrew stair, corkscrew stairs,
spiral stair, spiral staircase, spiral stairs, vice stair, vis,
vyce, vys, winding stair, winding stairs
escalier à vis en noyau - m = spindle stairs
escalier à vis suspendu - m = ramp stair
escalier à volée droite - m = straight stair, straight-run
stair
escalier à volées droites - m = fliers
escalier ajouré - m = open stairs, skeleton steps
escalier circulaire - m = circular stair
escalier dans l’œuvre - m = internal stair, inside stair,
internal stairs
escalier de dégagement - m = exit stair, service stair
escalier de desserte - m = basement stair, basement
stairs
escalier de sauvetage - m = fire escape
escalier de secours - m = escape stairs, fire escape, fire
escape stair
escalier de service - m = backstairs, service stair
escalier de soupente - m = garret stairs
escalier dérobé - m = concealed stair, hidden stair,
secret stair
escalier d’honneur - m = grand staircase
escalier droit - m = fliers, straight stairs
escalier emmuré - m = enclosed stairway
escalier en colimaçon - m = corkscrew stair,
corkscrew stairs, spiral stair, spiral staircase, spiral
stairs, vice stair, vis, vyce, vys, winding stair, winding
stairs
escalier en dégagement - m = exit stairs
escalier en échelle de meunier - m = open stair, open
stairs
escalier en encorbellement - m = hanging stair, han-
ging stairs
escalier en hélice - m = helical stair, screw stair, spiral
stair, spiral staircase, spiral stairs, winding stair,
winding stairs
escalier en huit - m = figure of eight stair
escalier en limaçon - m = corkscrew stair, spiral stair,
spiral staircase, vice stair, vis, vyce, vys, winding stair
escalier en spirale - m = spiral stairs
escalier en zigzag - m = dog-legged stairway
escalier encloisonné - m = box stair, closed stair,
enclosed stair, housed stair, walled stairs
escalier enfermé - m = enclosed stairway
escalier entre murs - m = box stairs, closed stairs
escalier escamotable - m = collapsible ladderstairs,
disappearing ladderstairs, folding stair
escalier hélicoïdal - m = circular stair, corkscrew
stairs, helical stair, screw stair, spiral stair, spiral stair-
case, spiral stairs, winding stair, winding stairs
escalier hors d’œuvre - m = external staircase, outside
staircase
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escalier intérieur - m = interior stairway
escalier mécanique - m = escalator, moving staircase,
moving stairs
escalier ouvert - m = open stairway
escalier pendant - m = hanging stairs, hanging steps
escalier rampe sur rampe - m = dogleg stair
escalier rompu en paliers - m = stairs interrupted by
landings
escalier roulant - m = escalator, moving staircase,
moving stairs
escalier roulant à tasseaux - m = comb escalator
escalier suspendu - m = hanging stairs, hanging steps
escalier tournant - m = corkscrew stairs, spiral stair,
spiral staircase, spiral stairs, winding stair, winding
stairs
escalier tournant à jour - m = geometrical stair
escape (fût de colonne) - f = scapus
escape (moulure) - f = scape
escarpe - f = escarp, scarp
espace - m = area space
espace bâti - m = built area, built-up area
espace clos - m = enclosed space
espace d’agrément - m = amenity area
espace fonctionnel - m = open plan
espace libre - m = clearance
espace mort - m = clearance
espace non bâti - m = open space
espace vide - m = void
espacement - m = clearance, pitch, spacing
espacement d’axe en axe - m = centres (UK), distance
between centers (US)
espacement de rivets - m = pitch
espacement des clous - m = nail spacing
espacement longitudinal des rivets - m = rivet pitch
espacement longitudinal maximal - m = maximum
pitch
espacement longitudinal rapproché - m = close pitch
espacement transversal - m = gage
espaces libres - m = open spaces
espaces verts - m = open spaces
espaceur - m = distance block, separator, spacer
espagnolette - f = casement bolt, espagnolette, espa-
gnolette bolt
esplanade - f = esplanade, parade, promenade
esprit-de-sel - m = spirits of salt
esquisse - f = outline, sketch
essai à bille - m = ball test, dynamic ball impact test
essai à blanc - m = blank test, dry run
essai à chaud - m = elevated-temperature test
essai à haute température - m = elevated-temperature
test
essai à la compression - m = compression test,
crushing test
essai à la dépression - m = vacuum test
essai à la résistance à la compression - m = crushing
test
essai à la torsion - m = torsion test
essai à la traction - m = tension test
essai à l’écrasement - m = compression test
essai accéléré - m = accelerated test
essai accéléré de résistance aux intempéries - m
= accelerated weathering test
essai au banc - m = bench scale test
essai au choc - m = drop test, impact test
essai au cisaillement - m = direct shear test
essai au feu - m = fire test
essai au flotteur - m = float test
essai au hasard - m = random testing
essai au pénomètre - m = penetration test, penometer
test
essai au pénomètre dynamique - m = drop penetra-
tion test, dynamic penetration test
essai aux secousses - m = shaking test
essai brésilien - m = diametral compression test,
splitting tensile test, splitting test
essai CBR - m = California bearing ratio
essai consolidé et drainé - m = consolidated drained
test
essai consolidé lent - m = slow test
essai consolidé non drainé - m = consolidated
undrained test
essai courant - m = routine test
essai d’ écrasement - m = crushing test
essai d’adhérence - m = bond test
essai d’affaissement - m = slump test
essai d’arrachement - m = pulling test
essai d’attrition - m = attrition test
essai de bombement - m = cupping test
essai de chantier - m = field test
essai de charge - m = load test, loading test
essai de chargement au vérin - m = bootstrap pile
load test (US)
essai de chargement au vérin - m = pile load test with
yoke and jack (UK)
essai de choc vertical en chute libre - m = falling
weight test
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essai de chocs thermiques sur panneau - m = panel
spalling test
essai de cintrage - m = bend test, bending test, cold
bend test, cold bending test
essai de cisaillement - m = direct shear test
essai de cisaillement à l’appareil triaxial - m =
triaxial shear test
essai de cisaillement par torsion - m = torsion shear
test
essai de cohésion - m = bond test
essai de combustion - m = burning test
essai de compactage - m = compaction test
essai de compression avec étreinte latérale - m =
lateral confined compression test
essai de compression diamétrale - m = diametral
compression test
essai de compression diamétrale - m = splitting test
essai de consistance - m = consistency test
essai de contrôle - m = check test, control test, rou-
tine test
essai de convenance - m = suitability test
essai de dureté - m = hardness test, identation test
essai de dureté à la bille - m = ball hardness test
essai de dureté au cône de diamant - m = diamond
pyramid hardness test
essai de dureté Monotron - m = Monotron hardness
test, Monotron indentation hardness test
essai de dureté Rockwell - m = Rockwell hardness
test
essai de dureté superficielle Rockwell - m
= Rockwell superficial hardness test
essai de fatigue - m = endurance test, fatigue test,
repeated stress test
essai de fatigue par efforts axiaux - m = axial stress
fatigue test
essai de fatigue par flexions alternées - m = reversed
bending fatigue test
essai de fatigue par torsions alternées - m = reversed
torsion fatigue test
essai de fendage - m = diametral compression test,
splitting test
essai de flexion - m = bend test, bending test (UK),
cold bend test, cold bending test, flexural test (US)
essai de flexion par choc - m = impact bending test
essai de flexion par choc sur barreau entaillé - m =
notched bar impact test
essai de fluage - m = creep test, flow test
essai de fluidité à l’appareil de Rossi-Peake - m =
Rossi-Peake test
essai de fonctionnement - m = operational test,
running test
essai de gel et dégel - m = freezing-and-thawing test
essai de gélivité - m = soundness test
essai de longue durée - m = long-term test
essai de marche - m = operational test
essai de matériau - m = material test
essai de pénétration - m = penetration test
essai de pénétration au cône - m = penetrometer test
essai de pénétration au pénétromètre - m = penetro-
meter test
essai de pénétration dynamique - m = dynamic pene-
tration test
essai de plasticité - m = slump test
essai de pliage - m = bend test, bending test, cold bend
test, cold bending test, flexure test
essai de pliage à froid - m = bend test, bending test,
cold bend test, cold bending test
essai de pliage à l’endroit - m = face bend test, normal
bend test
essai de pliage à l’envers - m = reverse bend test, root
bend test
essai de pliage alterné - m = alternate bend test,
reversed bend test, reversed cold bend test
essai de pliage sur cordon entaillé - m = notched
bend test
essai de porosité - m = absorption test
essai de portance - m = plate bearing test
essai de portances du sol - m = California bearing
ratio
essai de qualité - m = soundness test
essai de réception - m = acceptance test, proving test
essai de résilience - m = drop weight test, impact test
essai de résistance - m = strength test
essai de résistance au choc - m = drop test, impact test
essai de résistance sur cube - m = cube test
essai de rupture - m = breaking test
essai de rupture par choc - m = drop test
essai de soudabilité - m = weldability test
essai de structure - m = structural test
essai de torsion - m = torsion test
essai de torsion alternée - m = reverse torsion test
essai de traction - m = tensile test, tension test
essai de traction directe - m = direct tensile test, ten-
sion test by bending
essai de traction par fendage - m = splitting tensile
test, tension test by splitting
essai de traction par flexion - m = tensile bending test
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essai de transmission calorifique - m = thermocon-
ductivity test
essai de transmission de chaleur - m = thermocon-
ductivity test
essai de vieillissement aux intempéries - m = wea-
thering test
essai de viscosité - m = creep test
essai d’écoulement - m = flow test
essai d’écrasement - m = crushing test
essai d’endurance - m = endurance test, fatigue test,
repeated stress test
essai des matériaux - m = materials testing, testing of
materials
essai d’étanchéité - m = leakage test
essai d’évasement - m = drift test, expanding test
essai d’immersion et d’émersion alternées - m =
alternate immersion corrosion test
essai d’immersion et d’émersion alternées - m =
alternate immersion test
essai d’un matériau une fois mis en place - m = in-
place test
essai d’usure - m = wear test
essai d’usure à la meule - m = abrasion test
essai d’usure par frottement - m = abrasion text
essai d’usure par frottement réciproque - m = reci-
procal friction test
essai échantillon fretté latéralement - m = laterally
confined test
essai en charge - m = load test, loading test
essai en grand - m = full-scale test
essai hydraulique (tuyau) - m = water test
essai jusqu’à la ruine - m = test to destruction, test to
failure
essai magnétique à la limaille - m = magnaflux
method, magnetic crack detection, magnetic particle
test
essai non consolidé non drainé - m = unconsolidated
undrained test
essai non destructif - m = non-destructive test
essai non-destructif du béton - m = non-destructive
testing of concrete
essai œdométrique - m = oedometer test
essai probant - m = conclusive test
essai Proctor - m = compaction test, proctor com-
paction test
essai sous pression - m = hydraulic test
essai sur barreau entaillé - m = notched bar test
essai sur le chantier - m = field test
essai sur le terrain - m = field test
essai sur place - m = in-place test
essai sur prélèvement - m = sampling test
essai sur rivet - m = rivet test
essai thermique - m = thermoconductivity test
essai triaxal - m = confined compression test, triaxal
compression test
essais de flexion sur éprouvette confectionnée sur
place - m = works beam tests
essais mécaniques - m = mechanical tests
essais sur cube de béton confectionné sur place - m
= works cube tests
esse - m = S-iron, S-plate, S-shaped wall anchor
essence (bois) - f = species (wood), wood (species)
essentage - m = slate hanging, weather slating, weath-
erboarding
essentage (bardeaux) - m = hanging shingling,
weather shingling
essentage (en ardoise) - m = hung slating
essentage (tuiles) - m = tile hanging, weather tiling
essentage de bardeaux - m = hanging, vertical
shingling
essorage - m = dewatering, removal of excess water
(concrete)
essorer le béton = vacuum concrete, to
essouchement - m = grubbing, grubbing up, removal
of stumps, stubbing up, stumping
essuyer les plâtres = occupy a house before the plaster
has dried out, to
estacade - f = boom, groin, groyne, ice boom, jetty, log
boom, oil boom
estimation - f = appraisal, cubing
estimer = estimate, to
estrade - f = dais, raised platform
établi - m = bench, work bench
établi de maçon - m = banker
établi de menuisier - m = carpenter’s bench
établir la plate-forme = grade, to
établir le plan du terrain = plot the ground, to
établir les plans = design, to
établissement de l’avant-projet - m = advance
planning
établissement de projet - m = planning
établissement des plans - m = planning
établissement des zones - m = zoning
établissement du projet - m = planning
étage - m = floor (UK), storey (UK), story (US)
étage attique - m = attic storey
étage aveugle - m = blind storey, blindstory
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étage courant - m = typical floor
étage des fenêtres hautes - m = clerestory
étage mansardé - m = half storey
étage noble - m = piano nobile
étage technique - m = mechanical floor, service floor
étagère - f = shelf
étai - m = bracing strut, prop, shore, stay, strut, under-
pinning
étai contreventé - m = flying shore
étai horizontal - m = flying shore
étai incliné - m = inclined shore
étai oblique - m = raker, raking shore
étai vertical - m = dead shore, soldier beam
étaiement - m = buttressing, propping, propping up,
shoring, staying, straying, strutting
étain - m = pewter, tin
étains en saumon - m = block tin
étalage - m = display window, floor, shop front
étalage à la machine - m = power floating
étalage de l’enduit - m = floating plaster
étalage du plâtre - m = floating plaster
étalement (colle) - m = spreading
étalement de la période de pointe - m = peak
spreading
étalement latéral (sol) - m = lateral bulging
étalonnage (instrument) - m = calibration
étamage - m = galvanizing
étamé - m = tinned
étanche = water-tight, waterproof
étanche (joint) - m = tight
étanche à l’air = airtight
étanche à l’eau = waterproof
étanche à l’humidité = damp proof
étanche aux intempéries - m = weather tight
étanche aux poussières m = dust-proof
étanchéisation de joint - f = weatherproofing draught
seal
étanchéiser = seal off, to
étanchéité - f = damp check, membrane roofing,
sealant, sealer, sealing compound, tightness, water-
proofing
étanchéité (entre parois d’un mur) - f = water stop
étanchéité à l’eau - f = watertightness
étanchéité aux intempéries - f = weather-tightness
étanchéité multicouche - f = built-up roofing, compo-
sition roofing, multiple membrane
étanchement - m = sealing, waterproofing
étançon - m = post, prop, racking shore, shore, stan-
chion, upright
étang - m = pond
étang (toiture-terrasse) - m = ponding
étape - f = stage
étape (chemin critique) - m = event
étape de l’avant-projet - f = design development stage
étape des travaux - f = stage
état - m = condition
état d’avancement des travaux - m = progress
report, project status report, status of the work
état de marche - m = working order
état de situation - m = progress report
état des lieux - m = fire damage report, inventory of
fixtures, surveyor’s report
état des travaux - m = status of the work
état limite - m = limit state
étau - m = vice, vise
étau à main - m = hand vice
étau d’ébéniste - m = joiner’s clamp
étau d’établi - m = bench vice
étau fixe - m = bank screw
étau mortaiseur - m = slotting machine
étau-limeur - m = shaper
étayage - m = buttressing, propping, propping up,
shoring, staying, straying
étayage auxiliaire - m = ancillary shoring
étayage en dessous - m = underpinning
étayer = shore up (to), shore (to), strut (to)
étendue (escalier) - f = going of flight
étendue de mesure - f = range of measurement
étendue d’eau - f = stretch of water
étincelle - f = spark
étirage (verre) - m = drawing
étiré à froid = cold-drawn
étiré à froid (tuyau) = cold-drawn
étoile - f = radial crack
étoupe - f = oakum, tow
étoupe à calfates - f = calking tow
être de mesure = be to size, to
être en recul = be set back, to
être orienté au nord = face north (to), have a
northern aspect (to)
étrésillon - m = batten plate, bridging-piece, shore,
strut, strutting board, strutting-piece, tie spacer
étrésillon (provisoire de coffrage) -m = spreader
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étrésillon de tranchée - m = shore, shore strut, strut,
trench brace
étrésillon entre solives - m = crossbracing, cross-
bridging, strutting
étrésillon horizontal - m = dog shore
étrésillonnement - m = bracing
étrier - m = band, binders, lateral binders, strap, tie,
U-bolt
étrier (à solive) -m = joist hanger
étrier (armature) - m = stirrup
étrier (chape) - m = clevis
étrier (charpente) - m = band iron, bridle iron, hanger
étrier (montage d’armature) - m = locating link
étrier (plancher) - m = floor hanger
étrier à solive - m = joist hanger
étrier à tube - m = pipe hanger
étrier d’ascenseur - m = sling
étrier de chêneau - m = gutter hanger
étrier de montage - m = holderbat
étrier d’échafaudage - m = cradle iron, stirrup
étrier mural - m = wall hanger
étude - f = study
étude (de terrain, de site...) - f = survey
étude (document d’) - f = design document
étude (enquête) - f = investigation
étude de faisabilité - f = feasability study
étude de projet(s) - f = project study
étude de rentabilité - f = profitability study
étude de rentabilité - f = profitability survey
étude de terrain - f = field survey
étude des contraintes - f = stress analysis
étude des lieux - f = site investigation
étude des structures - f = structural study
étude d’exécution - f = construction survey
étude d’ingénierie - f = engineering study
étude du chantier - f = site investigation
étude du sol - f = ground survey, soil survey
étude foncière - f = land tenure survey
étude granulométrique - f = grain size analysis
étude pédologique - f = soil survey
étude technique - f = engineering study
études - f = engineering
études et plans = drafting and design
études techniques - f = engineering
étuvage - m = kiln-seasoning
étuvage (béton) - m = steam curing (concrete)
étuve - f = kiln, oven, stove
étuvé (bois) = kiln dried
étuve à vide - f = vacuum drier
évacuation (air vicié) - f = removal (foul air)
évacuation (eaux superficielles) - f = surface water
drainage
évacuation (eaux usées, gaz brûlés) - f = discharge
évacuation d’air - f = air discharge, air release
évacuation de la chaleur - f = heat removal
évacuation des déchets - f = waste disposal
évacuation des eaux - f = drainage
évacuation des eaux en sous-sol - f = subsoil drainage
évacuation des eaux superficielles - f = surface water
drainage
évacuation des eaux usées - f = building drainage,
drainage
évacuation des fumées - f = smoke disposal
évacuation des gaz - f = gas extraction, venting
évacuation des produits de la combustion - f = dis-
charge of combustion products, venting, venting of
combustion products
évaluation - f = appraisal
évaluation des avaries, des dégâts - f = assessment
évaluer = estimate, to
évaporateur - m = evaporator
évaporateur à faisceau tubulaire - m = shell and tube
evaporator
évaporateur à refroidissement à air - m = air-cooled
evaporator
évaporation - f = evaporation
évaporation à sec - f = evaporation to dryness
évaporation superficielle - f = surface evaporation
évaporer = evaporate, to
évapotranspiration - f = evapotranspiration
évasé (tuyau) = belmouthed, flared
évaser = tapet, to
ève (clé) - f = groove (key)
évent - m = air drain, air duct, air vent, vent
évent à lames - m = louver, louvered vent
évent à lames d’attique - m = attic louver
évent alternatif - m = yoke vent
évent anti-siphonnage - m = back vent
évent bouclé - m = loop vent
évent continu - m = continuous vent
évent d’aération - m = air vent
évent d’air vicié - m = foul air flue
évent de colonne - m = stack vent
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évent de trépan - m = blowhole
évent d’entretoit - m = attic vent
évent en circuit - m = circuit vent
évent grillagé - m = screened vent
évent grillagé continu - m = continuous screened vent
évent individuel - m = individual vent
évent intermédiaire - m = relief vent
évent mouillé - m = wet vent
évent principal - m = main vent
évidement concave - m = hollow groove
évidé = hollow-backed
évider = hollow out (to)
évier - m = sink
évier à deux bacs - m = double sink
évier vidoir - m = mop sink
évitement - m = by-pass
évolutif (bâtiment, maison) = adaptable and extensible
évolutif (bâtiment, maison) = flexible
examen à l’œil nu - m = visual examination
examen géologique - m = geological survey
examen visuel - m = visual examination
excavateur - m = excavator
excavateur à chaîne à godets - m = multibucket exca-
vator
excavateur à godets - m = bucket digger, bucket exca-
vator
excavateur de tranchée à chaîne - m = ladder ditcher
excavation - f = excavation
excavation dans le sol vierge - f = primary excavation
excavation de tranchée - f = trenching
excavatrice - f = crawler excavator, crawler shovel,
crawler shovel excavator, digger, digging machine,
excavating machine, excavator
excavatrice de tranchées - f = trench digger, trench
digging machine, trenching machine
excaver = excavate, to
excelsior - m = excelsior
excentré = off-centre, out-of-centre
excentrement - m = offset
excentricité - f = eccentricity
excentrique = out-of-center
excès d’agrégat fin - m = oversanding
excès de fouille - m = overexcavation
exciter = energize, to
exécuté à l’usine = shop
exécuté à pied d’œuvre = in-situ, job
exécuté sur le tas = job made
exécuté sur demande = custom-built, custom-made
exécuté sur place = in-situ, job
exécuter en atelier = shop (painting, weld)
exécuter en usine = shop-made
exécution de matérie - f = construction
exécution d’un contrat - f = performance
exécution d’un projet - f = implementation
exécution en atelier - f = shopwork
exercice d’évacuation - m = fire drill
exfoliation - f = exfoliation
exhaure - f = dewatering, pumping out
exhaussé = raised
exhausser = increase the height (to), raise (to)
exhausser d’un étage = add a story, to
exhausser un arc = stilt an arch, to
exhausser un bâtiment d’un étage = add a storey, to
exigences de calcul - f = design requirements
expansion - f = expansion
expansion par l’humidité - f = moisture expansion
expansion résidentielle - f = residential development
expert - m = surveyor (assessment)
expertise - f = official appraisal, survey
expertise contradictoire - f = counter-survey
exploitation - f = extraction, operating of a plant,
service, working of a plant
exploitation contractuelle de chauffage - f = contract
heating
exploitation en régime continu - f = continuous ope-
ration
exploration (forage) - f = trial
exploration du sous-sol - f = subsoil reconnaissance,
subsurface exploration, subsurface investigation
exploration sismique - f = seismic exploration
exploser = blow up (to), explose (to)
exploseur - m = blasting machine
explosif = explosive
explosion - f = blast
exposé à l’est = facing East, facing Eastward
exposé au nord = having a northern aspect
exposer = expose, to
exposition - f = aspect, exhibition, exposure
exposition à l’atmosphère - f = weathering
exposition aux intemperies - f = exposure to the
weather
expropriation - f = compulsory purchase (UK), con-
demnation (US), expropriation
expulsion d’eau sous charge - f = extrusion of water
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exsudation - f = sweating
extension - f = extension
extension anarchique des villes - f = urban sprawl
extensomètre - m = strain gage, strain gauge
extincteur à bouteille à gaz - m = gas cartridge extin-
guisher
extincteur à gaz carbonique - m = carbon dioxide
estinguisher
extincteur à liquide ignifugeant - m = soda acid
extinguisher
extincteur à mousse - m = foam extinguisher
extincteur à poudre sèche - m = dry chemical extin-
guisher
extincteur automatique - m = fire sprinkler, sprinkler
extincteur d’incendie - m = fire extinguisher
extinction (chaux) -f = slaking
extinction à l’air (chaux) - f = air slaking
extracteur de pieux - m = pile drawer, pile extractor
extraction (clim.) - f = exhaust
extraction d’air - f = air exhaustion
extrados - m = crossfall, crown, extrados
extrados (enfoui dans la maçonnerie) - m = back of
an arch
extrados en escalier - m = stepped extrados
extrant énergétique - m = energy output
extrémité femelle - f = hub end
extrusion - f = extrusion
extrusion latérale de la terre molle - f = blow up of
adjacent soft soil, blowing up of adjacent soft soil
exutoire (fumée) - m = smoke vent
exutoire dans le mur - m = weephole
exutoire de toiture - m = roof vent
exutoire d’égout - m = outlet, waste water outfall
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fabrique de ciment - f = cement manufacturing plant
fabriqué sur demande = custom built, custom made
façade - f = elevation, façade, face, front, front view,
front wall, frontage, main wall
façade (antérieure) - f = front elevation
façade à pignon - f = gable end
façade arrière - f = rear elevation
façade de bâtiment - f = frontal
façade de terrain - f = frontage
façade latérale - f = end view
façade légère - f = enclosure wall
façade légère sur ossature secondaire - f = stick
construction
façade panneau - f = panel wall
façade postérieure - f = rear elevation
façade principale - f = front elevation, front view,
main elevation
façade respirante - f = breathing cladding
façade rideau - f = curtain wall
façade sur la rue - f = front elevation
façade-rideau - f = curtain-wall cladding
face (pierre de taille) - f = face
face (planche, panneau) - f = side
face apparente - f = face
face claire - f = clear face
face coffrante - f = form liner, form lining
face comprimée - f = face in compression
face comprimée (contreplaqué) - f = tight side
face de coordination - f = coordinating face
face de pose (brique) - f = bed
face de repère (bois) - f = wood face, work face,
working face
face distendue (contreplaqué) - f = loose side, slack
side
face exposée de bâtiment - f = exposed building face,
exposing building face
face fonctionnelle - f = functional face
face inférieure de la couche - f = lower boundary
face intérieur - f = inner surface
face modulaire - f = modular surface
face supérieure de la couche - f = upper boundary
face tendue - f = face in tension
facette - f = facet
facile à prendre à la pelle = easy to dig with a shovel
façon de feuillure = rabbeted
façonnabilité - f = workability (hardened concrete)
façonnage - m = forming, shaping, working
façonnage (construction métallique) - m = fabri-
cation
façonné = wrought
facteur couchant-levant - m = sunset-sunrise factor
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facteur de bruit - m = noise factor
facteur de charge - m = power load
facteur de ciel - m = sky component, sky factor
facteur de distorsion - m = distortion factor
facteur de forme - m = form factor
facteur de lumière du jour - m = daylight factor
facteur de luminance - m = luminance factor
facteur de pointe - m = peak factor
facteur de portance - m = bearing capacity factor
facteur d’utilisation (Fu) - m = load factor, peak
factor, utilisation factor
facteur passage de nuages - m = transient clouds
factor
facteur U - m = U factor
facture - f = workmanship
faible = low, scant, weak
faible (dimension) = bare, scant
faible allure = low setting
faible largeur = narrow width
faible pente = low grading
faiblir sous l’effort = give way, to
faïençage - m = crazing, hair cracking, pattern
cracking
faïençage à mailles fines - m = chicken wire cracking,
fishnet cracking
faïençage à mailles larges - m = block cracking, map
cracking
faïence - f = earthenware
faire contrepoids = counterbalance, to
faire des sondages = sink boreholes, to
faire flèche = deflect (to), sag (to)
faire la cubature des terres à remuer = calculate the
earthworks quantities,to
faire le bornage = mark out (to), peg out (to), set the
boundary (to), stake out (to)
faire le devis = take out quantities, to
faire le devis de = estimate, to
faire le métré = take off the quantities, to
faire le rapport d’un levé = plot a survey, to
faire passer (câbles, tuyaux) = route, to
faire prise = set, to
faire sauter à la mine = blast, to
faire travailler (structure) = stress, to
faire un levé = map a site (to), survey (to)
faire une brasure = braze, to
faire ventre (mur) = bulge, to
faisceau - m = bundle, loomed wiring, wire bundle
faisceau de conduits de fumées - m = chimney stack fausse porte - f = blank door, blind door, false door
faisceau de pieux - m = pile bent (US), pile cluster fausse prise - f = early stiffening, false set, premature
(UK), pile group (UK) stiffening
faisceau de tubes - m = tube bundle fausse vis - f = drive screw, screw nail, screwnail
faîtage - m = crest of roof, ledge beam, ridge (of roof), faux appui - m = false bearing
ridge beam, ridge cap, ridge pole, ridge roll, ridge tile,
faux aubier - m = false sap
ridge tiling, ridging, roof timbers, roof tree
faux cœur - m = false heartwood
faîtage de couverture - m = ridge capping, ridge
covering faux comble - m = false roof
faîtage orné - m = crest, cresting faux entrait - m = collar beam
faîte - m = crest, ridge faux jour - m = borrowed light
faîte de cheminée - m = chimney top faux limon - m = wall stringer
faîte de toit à deux versants - m = ridge faux parquet - m = counterfloor
faîteau - m = finial faux pieu - m = pile extension
faîtière (bande couvre-joint) - f = ridgecap, ridge- faux plafond - m = counter ceiling, counterceiling,
covering drop ceiling, dropped ceiling, false ceiling, hanging
faîtière (lucarne) - f = sky light (at ridge of roof) ceiling, suspended ceiling
faîtière (ornée) - f = crest tile faux plancher - m = false bottom, raised floor, rough
faîtière (panne) - f = ridge board, ridge piece, ridge floor, subfloor
plate, ridge pole faux poinçon - m = queen post
faîtière (poutre) - f = ridge beam faux-cadre - m = rough frame
faîtière (tuile) - f = crown tile, ridge tile faux-entrait - m = straining beam
faîtière à crête - f = crested tile faux-joint - m = dummy joint, weakened-plane joint
faîtière demi-ronde - f = halfround ridge tile faux-limon - m = wall string
fange - f = mud faux-limon d’escalier - m = wall string
farinage (béton) - m = dusting faux-plancher - m = counter floor
farinage (peinture) - m = chalking faux-poinçon - m = queen post
farine (granulat, béton) - f = flour, meal feeder - m = feeder
farine de bois - f = wood flour, wood meal feeder de réseau secondaire - m = secondary distri-
farine de pierre - f = rock flour (US), stone flour bution trunk line
fariner = chalk, to feeder de sous-station - m = stub feeder
fasce - f = fascia (of column) feeder multiple - m = multiple feeder
fascinage - m = fascine work feeder principal - m = secondary distribution trunk
fascine - f = fascine, fatigue, stress line
fatigue sous corrosion - f = corrosion fatigue feeder secondaire - m = secondary distribution feeder
faubourg - m = suburb feeder secondaire - m = subfeeder
faucheuse de talus - f = bank mower fêlure - f = crack (in glass), flaw
faussage - m = buckling femelle = female
faussé = bent, buckled, out-of-true fendage - m = splitting
fausse - f = blank, blind, false fendillement - m = craze, crazing
fausse boutique - f = false header fendre (se) = crack (to), rive (shingles) to, split (wood,
fausse boutisse - f = false header slate) to
fausse clé - f = skeleton key fenêtrage - m = fenestration, window arrangement,
fausse équerre - f = bevel, bevel square, sliding bevel windows
fausse fenêtre - f = blind window, dead window, false fenêtre - f = window
window fenêtre à balcon - f = bay window
fausse languette - f = false tongue, slip feather, slip fenêtre à bascule (basculante) - f = horizontal centre-
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fenêtre à bascule (basculante) - f = horizontal pivot
window
fenêtre à battants - f = casement window, pivoted
window, sidehung window
fenêtre à châssis à guillotine simple - f = single-hung
window
fenêtre à châssis basculant - f = balance window
fenêtre à deux châssis mobiles - f = double-hung
window
fenêtre à deux vantaux - f = folding casements
fenêtre à double vitrage - f = double glazed window,
double window
fenêtre à guillotine (à contrepoids) - f = double-hung
window, hung sash window, hung window, sash
window
fenêtre à guillotine (sans contrepoids) - f = vertical
slider, vertical sliding window
fenêtre à guillotine à deux châssis mobiles - f
= doubl-hung sash, double-hung window
fenêtre à guillotine à un seul vantail coulissant - f
= singl-hung sash
fenêtre à guillotine à un seul vantail coulissant - f
= single-hung window
fenêtre à jambage de pierre - f = stone-dressed
window
fenêtre à la canadienne - f = Canadian window,
projected-window
fenêtre à la française - f = casement window, folding
casements (opening inward), in-opening window
fenêtre à la guillotine = sash window
fenêtre à lancette - f = lancet window
fenêtre à l’anglaise - f = casement window (opening
outwards)
fenêtre à l’anglaise - f = out-opening window
fenêtre à l’australienne - f = austral window
fenêtre à l’italienne - f = awning window, Italian
window
fenêtre à l’italienne à un seul châssis - f = top
projected window
fenêtre à meneau - f = mullion window
fenêtre à soufflet - f = bottom-hung window, hopper
light, hopper vent, hopper window, trap window
fenêtre à soufflet avec rotation sur la traverse supé-
rieure - f = top-hung window
fenêtre à tabatière - f = hinged skylight
fenêtre à un châssis mobile - f = single-hung window
fenêtre à vantail sur axe horizontal supérieur - f
= top-hung window
fenêtre basculante - f = balance window, horizontal
centre-hung window, horizontal pivot window, tilting
window, pivoted window
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fenêtre coulissant horizontalement - f = horizontal
slider
fenêtre coulissant verticalement - f = vertical sliding
window
fenêtre coulissante - f = sliding window
fenêtre coupe-feu - f = fire window
fenêtre couverte de marques - f = arched window
fenêtre de faîte - f = eyebrow window
fenêtre de lucarne - f = dormer window
fenêtre de pignon - f = gable window
fenêtre de second jour - f = borrowed light
fenêtre de toit - f = roof light
fenêtre des lépreux (église) - f = squint
fenêtre dormante - f = fixed window
fenêtre en baie - f = bay window
fenêtre en chien assis - f = dormer, dormer window
fenêtre en deux parties - f = two-light window
fenêtre en encorbellement - f = oriel, oriel window
fenêtre en mansarde - f = dormer, dormer window
fenêtre en plafond - f = trap window
fenêtre en plein cintre - f = round-headed window
fenêtre en rotonde - f = bow window
fenêtre en saillie - f = bay window, bow window
fenêtre en saillie courbe - f = bow window
fenêtre en saillie ronde - f = compass window
fenêtre en trois parties - f = three-light window
fenêtre encadrée de pierre - f = stone dressed
window
fenêtre flanquante - f = flanking window
fenêtre géminée - f = gemel window
fenêtre gisante - f = horizontal window
fenêtre haute - f = clearstory window, clerestory
fenêtre haute - f = clerestory window
fenêtre jalousie - f = jalousie, jalousie window,
louver window
fenêtre jumelée - f = coupled window, double
window, gemel window
fenêtre métallique - f = metal window
fenêtre murée - f = blank window
fenêtre oscillo-battante - f = tilt-and-turn window
fenêtre panoramique - f = picture window, picture
window
fenêtre pivotante - f = pivoting window, pivoted
window
fenêtres en bande - f = strip windows
fenêtres géminées - f = geminated windows
fenêtres hautes - f = clerestory lights
fente - f = cavity, flaw, gap, split
fente (bois débité) - f = check
fente (bois sur l’arbre) - f = shake
fente (tête de vis) - f = slot
fente de cœur - f = heart shake
fente de roulure - f = shell shake
fente de séchage - f = season check
fente de surface - f = surface check
fente en bout - f = end split
fente en écaille - f = shell shake
fente ouverte - f = open split
fente refermée - f = closed split, tight split
fente superficielle - f = check
fente superficielle - f = surface check
fente traversante - f = split
fente traversante profonde - f = split
fer - m = bar, core, iron, rod, shape and section
fer U - m = channel iron
fer à béton - m = bar, reinforcing bar, reinforcing rod,
reinforcing steel
fer à boudin - m = bulb bar
fer à joints (maçonnerie) - m = jointer, jointing tool
fer à plancher - m = girder
fer à rainurer (dalle de béton) - m = groover
fer à rejointoyer - m = pointing iron
fer à vitrage - m = sash bar, sash iron
fer blanc - m = tinplate
fer cassant - m = brittle iron
fer cassant à chaud - m = hot-brittle iron, hot-short
iron
fer cassant à froid - m = cold-brittle iron
fer clair - m = bright iron
fer d’angle - m = angle, angle bar, angle iron
fer de bêche - m = blade (of spade)
fer de construction - m = structural iron
fer de faible échantillon - m = light section iron
fer de liaison - m = tie bar
fer de rabot - m = blade, blade iron, plane iron,
fer de roche - m = hard iron
fer de transformateur - m = core
fer demi-rond - m = half-round bar, half-round iron
fer doux - m = mild iron
fer en barres - m = bar iron
fer en gueuse - m = pig iron
fer en L - m = angle, angle bar, angle iron
fer en quadrant - m = quadrant iron
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fer en T laminé - m = rolled T-iron
fer en U - m = channel, channel iron, channel section
fer enTé - m = tee iron, tee section
fer forgé - m = wrought iron
fer galvanisé (FG) - m = galvanized iron
fer H - m = H-beam
fer I - m = I-beam, I-shape
fer IPN - m = I-beam, I-shape
fer laminé - m = rolled section
fer méplat - m = flat, flat bar
fer ovale - m = oval, oval bar
fer plat - m = flat, flat bar
fer plat d’une triangulation - m = lattice bar
fer profilé - m = channel iron, rolled section, section
iron, sectional iron
fer rond - m = rod, round bar, round reinforced bar
fer té - m = tee-iron, tee-section
fer U - m = channel
fer(s) divers - m = miscelleanous sections
férailler = scrap, to
fer-blanc - m = tinplate
fer-H - m = H-shape
ferme - f = farm, farmhouse, truss
ferme (toit) - f = roof truss
ferme à béquilles - f = mill bent
ferme à court poinçon - f = pony truss
ferme à deux arbalétriers - f = main couple
ferme à deux poinçons - f = queen truss, queen-post
truss
ferme à écharpe - f = scissors pruss
ferme à entrait brisé - f = scissors truss
ferme à poinçons et contre-fiches - f = king-post truss
ferme comportant deux arbaletiers - f = main
couple
ferme composite - f = composite truss
ferme cornière - f = hip truss
ferme de toit - f = roof principal, roof truss, truss
ferme en écharpe - f = scissors truss
ferme en shed - f = north-light truss, sawtooth truss
ferme éolienne - f = wind farm
ferme Polonceau - f = Belgian truss, Fink truss,
French truss
ferme simple - f = king-post truss, simple truss
ferme sur poteaux - f = mill bent
ferme-imposte - m = fanlight opener, transom lift,
transom operator
fermentation acide - f = acid fermentation
fermentation anaérobie - f = anaerobic fermentation
fermentation méthanique - f = methane fermentation
ferme-porte - m = door closer, door spring, door-
check
ferme-porte automatique - m = automatic closing
device, self-closing device
fermer au verrou = bolt, to
fermer un cours d’assises = lay the last stone of a
course, to
fermer une voûte = put the keystone in place, to
fermes en acier - f = steel roof truss construction
fermette - f = dormer-window truss, lightweight
trussed rafter
fermeture - f = closure
fermeture (machine) - f = shutdown
fermeture antipanique - f = panic hardware
fermeture ignifuge - f = fire resistive closure
fermeture résistant au feu - f = fire resistive closure
fermoir - m = firmer chisel
ferrage (fenêtre, porte) - m = fitting of furniture,
fitting of hardware
ferraillage - m = armature, bar bending, bar fixing, bar
setting, layout of reinforcement, making of reinforce-
ment, placing of reinforcement, reinforcement, rein-
forcing, setting reinforcement, steel fixing
ferraillage au droit - m = direct band
ferraillage diagonal - m = diagonal band
ferraille - f = scrap, scrap iron
ferrailleur - m = bar bender, reinforcing steel worker,
rodman, steel bender, steel fixer
ferrement - m = iron work
ferrer = fit locks an hinges, to
ferronnerie - f = builder’s hardware, hardware, iron
work, metalwork
ferronnerie d’art - f = art metalwork
ferronnier - m = ironworker
ferrure - f = ferrel, fitting, hardware
ferrure de porte - f = door furniture
ferrures - f = iron work
fers d’ancrage - m = steel tie bars
fers de liaison - m = connecting rods, starter bars
ferté - f = fort, stronghold
feston - m = festoon, scallop, scallops
feston (peinture) - m = sagging
feuil (béton peinture) - m = film
feuillagé = foliated
feuillage - m = leaf-work
feuillard - m = strip, strip steel, strip-iron
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feuillard d’acier - m = steel strip, strip steel
feuillard de fer - m = sheet-iron
feuille - f = leaf(decorative pattern), sheet
feuille (matière plastique) - f = sheeting
feuille d’acanthe - f = acanthus leaf
feuille d’aluminium - f = aluminium foil
feuille d’amiante - f = asbestos sheet
feuille de fibre dure - f = sheet of hardboard
feuille de laurier - f = laurel leaf
feuille de métré - f = taking off sheet
feuille de plaquage - f = veneer
feuille de plomb - f = sheet lead
feuille de revêtement - f = over-lay
feuille d’eau - f = water leaf
feuille fine - f = sheet
feuille métallique - f = foil
feuille mince - f = sheet
feuiller = rabbet (to), rebate a boald (to)
feuilleret - m = fillister plane, rabbet plane
feuilles - f = laminations
feuillet - m = leaf, with, wythe
feuillet moyen - m = middle surface
feuilleté = foliated, laminated
feuillure - f = back band, feather edge, fillister, groove,
rabbet, rebate
feuillure extérieure de porte - f = giblet check
feuillure extérieure de vitrage - f = fillister, sash
fillister
feuillure-arrêt - f = giblet check
feutre - m = felt
feutre asphaltique - m = asphalt felt, asphaltic felt
feutre bitumé - m = asphaltic felt, bitumen felt,
roofing felt, tarred felt, bituminous felt
feutre bitumé armé - m = reinforced bitumen felt
feutre bitumé de sous toiture - m = sarking felt,
underlining felt, underslating felt
feutre bitumé goudronné - m = tarred felt
feutre bitumé imprégné - m = impregnated felt (UK),
saturated felt (US)
feutre bitumé pour toiture - m = roofing felt
feutre bitumé surfacé - m = mineral surfaced felt
feutre bitumineux - m = asphaltic felt
feutre d’amiante - m = asbestos felt
feutre de poil - m = hair felt
feutre grésé - m = sanded felt
feutre surfacé - m = mineral surfaced felt
FG (fer galvanisé) - m = galvanized iron
fiabilité - f = reliability
fiabilité intrinsèque - f = inherent reliability
fibragglo (marque commerciale) - m = wood-cement
concrete
fibre - f = fiber (US), fibreboard, fibre (UK)
fibre (du bois) - f = grain (wood)
fibre arrachée - f = torn grain
fibre comprimée - f = compressed fiberboard
fibre de verre - f = fibreglass, glass fiber, glassfibre
fibre de verre isolante - f = glass-wool insulator
fibre d’emballage - f = excelsior
fibre dure - f = hardboard
fibre extrême - f = extreme fiber, extreme fibre
fibre minérale - f = mineral fibre
fibre moyenne - f = neutral fiber
fibre neutre - f = neutral fiber, neutral fibre
fibre ondulée - f = curly grain, wavy grain
fibre torse - f = spiral grain
fibre tranchée - f = diagonal grain, oblique grain
fibre vulcanisée - f = vulcanized fiber, vulcanized
fibre
fibres de verre - f = fibreglass, glassfibre
fibres enchevêtrées - f = interlocked grain, twisted
fibres
fibres extrême - f = extreme fibre
fibres inférieure - f = bottom fibre
fibres irrégulières - f = cross grain
fibres non rectilignes - f = cross grain
fibres ondulées - f = wavy grain
fibres perforée - f = pegboard
fibres régulières - f = straight grain
fibres sinueuses - f = curly grain
fibres soulevées - f = raised grain
fibres torses - f = spiral grain
fibres tranchées - f = cross grain, diagonal grain,
oblique grain
fibres vulcanisée - f = vulcanised fibre
fibrociment - m = asbestos cement
fibro-ciment (marque commerciale) - m = asbestos
cement
fiché = embedded
fiche - f = insert, plug
fiche (arpentage) - f = arrow
fiche (pieu) - f = ultimate set
fiche (poteau) - f = buried length, embedded length
fiche de maçon - f = pointing trowel
fiche des tensions appliquées - f = stressing record
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fiche polarisée - f = polarized plug
fiche technique - f = data sheet, specification
fiche triplite - f = adapter, adaptor
ficher (clou, pieu) = drive in (to), point (to)
ficher (pierre) = fill the joints, to
ficheron - m = eye-bolt
fidélité des résultats - f = repeatability
fierte - f = feretory
fil - m = cord, grain, thread, wire
fil (outil) - m = cutting edge
fil à empreintes - m = indented wire
fil à fines veines - m = fine grain
fil à plomb - m = plumb bob, plumb line
fil arraché - m = chipped grain
fil barbelé - m = barbed wire, barbwire (US)
fil chauffant - m = heating wire
fil clair - m = bright wire
fil d’amenée de courant - m = feed wire, lead-in wire
fil de fer - m = wire
fil de fer barbelé - m = barbed wire
fil de fer pour clôtures - m = fence wire
fil de garde - m = ground wire
fil de garde aérien - m = overhead ground-wire
fil de hauban - m = guy, guy wire
fil de ligature - m = binding wire, tie wire
fil de retour commun - m = common
fil de secteur - m = line wire
fil de service - m = service wire
fil de sonnerie - m = bell wire
fil de terre - m = earth wire (UK), ground wire (US)
fil d’eau - m = invert level
fil déchiré - m = torn grain
fil dénudé - m = bare wire
fil d’identification - m = marker thread, marker wire
fil du bois - m = grain, grain direction
fil d’un pli - m = grain of the ply
fil fin - m = fine grain
fil frisé - m = crimped wire
fil fusible - m = fuse wire
fil grossier - m = coarse grain
fil guipé - m = braided wire
fil isolé à l’amiante - m = asbestos covered wire
fil légèrement tors - m = slight crossgrain
fil méplat - m = flat wire
fil métallique - m = wire
fil neutre - m = ground wire
fil nu - m = bare wire film de revêtement - m = overlay
fil oblique - m = angle grain film d’eau - m = aqueous sheath
fil ondulé - m = crimped wire, twisted grain, wavy film en matière plastique - m = plastic film
grain film étanche - m = damp-proof course
fil prétendu - m = prestressed concrete wire filmogène - m = film forming
fil serré - m = fine grain, TG (tight grain), tight grain fils croisés - m = cross hairs
(TG)
filtrage - m = filtering, filtration
fil souple - m = cord, flex, flexible cord, flexible lead,
flexible wire filtrat - m = filtrate
fil sous amiante - m = asbestos covered wire filtration à double courant - f = dual-flow filtration
fil sous tension - m = live wire filtration de bas en haut - f = upward filtration
fil spiralé - m = spiral grain filtration pousée - f = advance filtration
fil tors - m = spiral wire, twisted fibres, twisted grain, filtre - m = filter, strainer
twisted wire filtre à air - m = air cleaner, air filter
fil torsadé - m = twisted wire filtre à diatomées - m = diatomic filter
fil tranché - m = diagonal grain filtre à double couche - m = double-bed filter, dual-
fil tranché - m = oblique grain, short grain media filter
fil transversal - m = cross grain filtre à granulométrie continue - m = graded filter
filage - m = extrusion filtre à manche de tissus - m = fabric bag filter
filant (dalle, etc.) = running (sole, etc.) filtre à poches - m = bag filter
filasse - f = joint runner, tow, oakum, pouring rope, filtre à poussières - m = dust filter
yarn filtre à sable - m = sand filter
filasse de chanvre - f = oakum filtre à tissu - m = cloth filter
file - f = row filtre à vide - m = vacuum filter
filerie - f = wiring filtre antiparasites - m = interference eliminator
filet - m = annulet, fillet, run line, thread filtre antiparasites - m = interference suppressor
filet à droite - m = right-hand thread, righthand thread filtre bactériologique - m = bacteria filter
filet à gauche - m = lefthand thread filtre biologique - m = biofilter, biological filter
filet de mortier - m = flaunching filtre colmaté - m = clogged filter
filet de peinture - m = run line filtre composite - m = composite filter
filet d’étanchéité - m = weather fillet filtre dégrossisseur - m = preliminary filter, roughing
filet femelle - m = female thread, inside screw, inside filter
thread filtre domestique - m = domestic filter, household
filet mâle - m = male thread filter
filet triangulaire - m = V-thread filtre encrassé - m = clogged filter
filetage - m = chasing, thread, threading filtre gravitaire - m = gravity filter
filetage conique - m = taper thread filtre multicouche - m = multi-media filter
filetage femelle - m = inside thread filtre percolateur - m = percolating filter
filière - f = die, die stock, ledger, purlin, threader, filtre toile - m = cloth filter
threading tool, wall plate fin - m = fine
filière à étirer - f = drawplate fin de course - m = limit switch
filière énergétique - f = energetic system fin de prise - f = final set
filiforme = threadlike fin des travaux - f = completion of work
filler - m = filler fines - f = filler
film antiparasites - m = interference suppressor fines - f = fines
film de démoulage - m = release membrane fini - m = finish
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fini extérieur - m = exterior finish
fini gaufré = embossed finish
fini granitique - m = granitic finish
fini grenu = texture finish
fini ridé = wrinkle finish
fini texturé = textured finish
finissage - m = fine polishing finishing
finissage à la règle - m = screeding
finissage à la taloche - m = floating
finisseur - m = finisher finishing machine
finisseur de revêtement en béton - m = concrete-
laying machine
finisseur routier - m = asphalt finisher finishing
machine paver paver finisher road finisher
finisseuse - f = finishing machine
finition - f = finish finishing
finition à mur sec - f = dry wall finish
finition extérieure - f = exterior finish
finition intérieure - f = interior finish
finition murale - f = wall finish
finition sur limon - f = stringer finish
finitions - f = finishing
fioritures - f = flourishes
fission - f = core crack
fissuration - f = cracking
fissuration corrosion sous contrainte - f = stress cor-
rosion cracking
fissuration en rive - f = edge cracking
fissuré = cracked
fissure - f = crack fissure
fissure capillaire - f = hair crack, hair cracking
fissure de coupe - f = cutting check, knife check
fissure de déroulage - f = knife check, lathe check
fissure diamétrale - f = through shake
fissure en dents de scie - f = meandering crack
fissure en dents de scie - f = meandering cracking
fissure filiforme - f = hair crack
fixation - f = anchorage, anchoring, fastener, fastening,
fastening device, installation, setting
fixé sur plat = surface-mounted
fixer = anchor (to), fasten (to), fix (to), secure (to)
fixité d’extrémité - f = end fixity
flache - f = depression, dip, low spot pothole sheeting
board surface depression vane waney edge
flacheux = waney wany
flambage - m = buckling
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flambage de l’âme - m = web buckling web crippling
flambage plastique - m = inelastic buckling
flambage secondaire - m = minor buckle
flambement - m = buckling
flamme nue - f = naked flame naked light
flanc - m = flank side side form
flanc supérieur de pli couché - m = arch limb
flasque - m = cheek
fléau (fermeture de persienne ou de porte) - m
= hinged bar
fléau (fermeture de persienne ou de porte) - m
= shutter bar
flèche - f = arrow boom deflection jib rise sag sagging
span to depth ratio spire spirelet steeple warp
flèche (sans parapet) - f = broach
flèche (voûte) - f = rise
flèche à la croisée du transept - f = roob spire
flèche au milieu - f = deflection at mid span
flèche au quart - f = deflection at quarter span
flèche de distribution de béton - f = concrete placing
boom
flèche de grue - f = crane boom
flèche de ressort - f = camber, camber of spring
flèche d’église - f = broach, Spire, steepple
flèche d’une ferme - f = sag of truss
flèche en treillis - f = lattice boom, lattice jib
flèche négative - f = hog camber, hogging
flèche octogonale à égout retroussé de plan carré -
f = broach spire
flèche octogonale à égout retroussé de plan carré -
f = broached spire
flèche orthogonale à égout retroussé de plan carré -
f = broach spire
flèche orthogonale à égout retroussé de plan carré -
f = broached spire
flèche principale - f = main jib
flèche rhomboïdale - f = helm roof
fléchi = bent member
fléchi (poutre pièce) = bent beam
fléchir = bend (to), bow (to), sag (to), yield (to)
fléchissement - m = bending, deflection, sag, sagging,
yield
fléchissement plastique - m = plastic bending
fleur de plâtre - f = gauging plaster
fleur de poudre - f = flour
fleur d’émeri - f = emery flour
fleuret - m = bit, cutting-bit, drill bit
fleuron - m = finial, fleuron
flexibilité - f = flexibility, pliability
flexible = cord, flexible hose
fleximètre - m = deflectometer, flexure meter
flexion - f = bending (UK), deflection, flexion, flexure
(US)
flexion alternée - f = reversed bending
flexion circulaire - f = circular bending, pure bending
flexion composée - f = combined bending, combined
bending and axial load
flexion déviée - f = asymmetrical bending, oblique
bending, unsymmetrical bending
flexion gauche - f = asymmetrical bending, oblique
bending, unsymmetrical bending
flexion par choc - f = impact bending
flexion plane - f = plane bending
flexion pure - f = pure bending
flexion simple - f = pure bending, simple bending
flint - m = flint glass
flipot - m = Dutchman, odd piece, strengthening piece
flipot contreplaqué - m = shim
floc - m = floc
flocage - m = flock spraying, flocking
floculant - m = flocculant, flocculating agent, floccu-
lent
flotation - f = flotation
flots grecs - m = wave mouldings
flotteur - m = float
flotteur sphérique - m = ball float
fluage - m = flowing
fluage (métal) - m = creep, flow
fluage à froid - m = cold flow
fluage à vitesse constante - m = final creep, tertiary
creep
fluage à vitesse décroissante - m = initial creep, pri-
mary creep, transient creep
fluage d’adhérence - m = bond creep
fluage latéral - m = bulging, lateral yield
fluatation - m = fluosilicate sealing
fluide = thin
fluide caloporteur - m = heat-carrying fluid, heat-
transfer fluid
fluide de refroidissement - m = coolant
fluidifiant - m = fluidifier
fluoration - f = fluoridation
fluoruration - f = fluoridation
flux - m = flux
flux (chaleur, électricité) - m = flow
flux lumineux - m = light flux, luminous flux
fluxé = cut back
foisonnement - m = bulking, moisture expansion,
swell, swelling
foisonnement par le gel - m = frost heave, frost
heaving
fonçage au jet d’eau - m = jetting
fonçage des pieux - m = pile driving
fonçages - m = heading
foncer = sink, to
foncer par battage = hammer, to
foncer un pieu = drive a pile (to), sink a pile (to)
foncet - m = cap (lock)
fonction résidentielle - f = residential function
fonctionnement à pleine charge - m = full load
operation
fonctionnement à pleine charge - m = operating on
total load
fonctionnement à vide - m = no-load operation
fonctionnement alternatif - m = alternative working
fonctionnement en continu - m = continuous
operation
fonctionnement par tout ou rien - m = on-off
operation
fonctions des contraintes d’Airy - f = Airy stress
function
fonçure de noue - f = valley board
fonçures - f = heading
fond - m = background
fond (coffrage) - m = formwork bottom
fond (de poutre) - m = soffit (of girder mould)
fond bombé - m = domed end
fond de chanfrein (soudure) - m = root
fond de clouage - m = backing, batten board, first fix-
ings, fixing, furring, grounds, nailing ground
fond de coffrage - m = formwork bottom
fond de forme - m = subgrade
fond de fouille - m = bottom grade, bottom of exca-
vation, floor of excavation, subgrade of pit, trench
bottom
fond de joint - m = joint backing
fond de remplissage - m = backing-up
fond d’ébrasement - m = splay
fond d’onde - m = valley (of corrugation)
fond du chanfrein - m = root, root of weld
fond du puits de fenêtre - m = bottom of areaway
fond rocheux - m = bedrock (UK), ledge rock (US)
fondailles - f = heading
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fondation = foundation wall
fondation - f = base, bed rock, foundation, founda-
tions, substructure
fondation (sur très mauvais terrain) - f = buoyant
foundation
fondation à gradins - f = benched foundation
fondation à redans - f = stepped foundation
fondation directe - f = direct bearing foundation
fondation directe - f = footing foundation, natural
foundation, spread footing
fondation en béton - f = concrete foundation, rising
wall
fondation en béton armé - m = reinforced concrete
foundation
fondation en macadam - f = crushed stone base
course
fondation en pierres concassées - f = crushed stone
base course
fondation flexible - f = flexible foundation
fondation individuelle pour poteau - f = column base
fondation individuelle pour poteau - f = concrete
stanchion
fondation isolée en béton - f = concrete foundation
base
fondation naturelle - f = natural foundation
fondation par caisson flottant - f = buoyant founda-
tion, floating foundation
fondation par puits - f = foundation on well, well
foundation
fondation par rigoles - f = strip foundation
fondation par semelle filante - f = strip foundation
fondation profonde - f = deep foundation
fondation rigide - f = rigid foundation
fondation sous l’eau - f = underwater foundation
fondation superficielle - f = direct bearing foundation,
footing foundation, natural foundation, spread footing
fondation sur caisson - f = foundation on caissons
fondation sur gril de répartition - f = grillage
foundation
fondation sur grillage - f = grillage foundation
fondation sur pieux - f = piled foundation
fondation sur pieux flottants - f = floating pile foun-
dation, friction foundation
fondation sur piles-caissons - f = foundation on wells,
well foundation
fondation sur piles-colonnes - f = foundation on
wells, well foundation
fondation sur pilotis - f = pile foundation
fondation sur puits - f = foundation on wells, well
foundation
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fondation sur radier - f = buoyant foundation,
floating foundation, mat foundation (US), raft founda-
tion (UK)
fondation sur radier en surface - f = shallow
foundation
fondation sur semelle superficielle - f = shallow
foundation
fondation sur terrain en pente - f = foundation on
sloping ground
fondations - f = foundation, foundations
fondations en escalier - f = stepped foundation
fondé sur pieux = pile supported
fondement - m = base, structure, substructure
fondis - m = hole due to subsidence
fondoir - m = cooker, kettle (roofing)
fondre = melt, to
fondrière - f = muskeg
fonds - m = land
fonds de terre - m = estate (land only), piece of land
fonds dominant - m = dominant estate, dominant land
fonds et tréfonds - m = soil and subsoil
fonds servant - m = servient estate, servient land
fonds voisin - m = adjoining land
fondu = melted
fongicide - m = fungicide
fontaine - f = fountain, spring
fontaine à boire - m = drinking fountain
fonte - f = cast iron, iron
fonte ductile - f = ductile iron
fonte en gueuse - f = pig iron
fonte grise - f = gray iron (US), grey iron (UK)
fonte malléable - f = malleable cast iron, malleable
casting, malleable iron
fonts baptismaux - m = font
forage - m = borehole, boring, drilling
forage à injection d’eau - m = wash boring
forage à la lance - m = wash boring
forage à percussion - m = percusing
forage acoustique - m = sound drilling
forage au câble - m = cable drilling, churn drilling,
percussion drilling
forage au diamant - m = diamond core drilling, dia-
mond coring, diamond drilling
forage d’échappement - m = exhaust vent
forage d’essai - m = test hole
forage hydrodynamique - m = jet drilling
forage rotary - m = rotary drilling
forages à la tarière - m = auger holes
forçaille - f = slat
force - f = capacity
force antagoniste - f = reaction
force cohésive - f = cohesive force
force d’adhérence - f = bond strength
force de cohésion - f = cohesive bond, cohesive force
force de gonflement - f = expansive force
force d’expansion - f = expansive force
force due à la masse - f = body force
force inclinée - f = inclined force
force portante - f = bearing capacity, bearing strength,
soil bearing
force portante de sécurité - f = safe bearing capacity
force utile - f = lift
force vive - f = momentum, vis viva
forcer au levier = pry, to
forces en équilibre - f = balance stresses
forer = bore (to), sink a well (to), drill (to)
forer un puits = sink a well, to
foret - m = bit, bit (of drill), drill
foret à centrer - m = centre bit
foret à téton - m = centre bit
foreur - m = drill operator, driller, drillman
foreuse - f = boring machine, cable drill, cable tool
drill, churn drill, drill, drill ring, drilling machine, earth
borer, earth-boring, percussion drill
foreuse électrique - f = electric drill
foreuse manuelle - f = hand-drill
foreuse mobile - f = wagon drill
foreuse pneumatique - f = jack hammer drill
forgé = wrought
forge - f = furrow
forgé pour le renvoi = crimped
forgeter = bulge forward (to), jet out (to), project (to)
forjeture (hors d’aplomb) - f = forward bulge
forjeture (hors de l’alignement) - f = part jutting out,
projection
formage - m = forming
formation aquifère - f = aquifer
formation de renards - f = piping
formation des tourbillons - f = vortex shedding
formation d’étangs - f = ponding
formation poudreuse à la surface - f = chalking
formation rocheuse - f = rock formation
formation sur le chantier - f = job training
formation végétale - f = plant community
forme - f = jig, seat (in choir of a church)
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forme (béton, sable) - f = bed
forme (fenêtre de remplage) - f = form-pieces
forme (mortier de pose) - f = screed
forme (sous toiture) - f = roof sheathing, roof sheating
forme de pente - f = slope form
forme de propreté - f = foundation mat
forme du terrain - f = land form
forme en béton - f = oversite concrete
forme en béton (sous dalle de rez-de-chaussée) - f
= oversite concrete
forme en bois - f = roof boarding
forme pour ressauts - f = stepped shaping
forme(sous toiture) - f = roof boarding
formeret - m = wall arch
formule (calcul) - f = formula
formule (imprimée) - f = printed form
formule de battage - m = driving formula, pile
driving formula, pile formula
formule de battage - m = piling formula
formule de soumission - m = bid form, tender form
fort - m = fort
fort d’arrêt - m = barrier fort
fort étoilé - m = star fort
fort maritime - m = coastal-defence fort
forte pente - m = steep gradient
forteresse - f = fortress, stronghold
fortifications - f = fortifications
fortin - m = fortlet
fortune - f = emergency, makeshift
fosse - f = pi,t tank
fossé - m = ditch
fossé (autour d’un chateau) - m = moat
fosse chimique - f = chemical cesspool
fossé collecteur - m = main grain
fosse d’aisance - f = cesspit, cess pit, cesspool
fosse d’aspiration - f = inlet well, suction pit, wet well
fosse d’assèchement - f = dry pit
fosse de décantation - f = Imhoff tank, sand trap
fosse de dessablage - f = sand trap
fosse de dessablement - f = sand trap
fossé de drainage - m = drain ditch, drainage ditch
fossé de parcellement - m = party ditch
fosse de relevage - f = sump
fosse de relevage - f = lifting pit
fosse de visite - f = inspection trench
fossé d’écoulement - m = drainage channel, drainage
ditch
fossé d’égouttement - m = drainage swale
fossé d’évacuation - m = open drain ditch
fossé d’évacuation des eaux - m = drain ditch
fosse Dortmund - f = Dortmund tank
fossé d’oxydation - m = oxidation ditch
fosse fixe - f = cesspit, cesspool
fosse Imhoff - f = Dortmund tank
fosse perdue - f = cesspool
fosse septique - f = septic tank, cesspool, septic tank
fouille - f = cutting, digging, excavating, excavation,
pit
fouille à ciel ouvert - f = open excavation
fouille archéologique - f = dig
fouille blindée - f = timbered excavation, trench
fouille couverte - f = tunnel excavation, tunnelling
fouille en déblai - f = cutting
fouille en excavation - f = excavating, excavation
fouille en galerie - f = tunnel excavation, tunnelling
fouille en rigole - f = trench excavation, trenching,
trenchwork
fouille en souterrain - f = tunnel excavation, tunneling
fouille en tranchée - f = trenching, trenchwork
fouille trop profonde - f = overexcavation
fouiller = delve, to
fouilles - f = trench works
fouillot - m = door-knob hole, hub (lock)
four - m = kiln
four à briques - m = brick kiln
four à chaux - m = lime kiln
four à ciment - m = cement kiln
four de fonderie - m = furnace
four de séchage - m = dry kiln
four de séchage des bois - m = timber seasoning kiln
four de verrerie - m = glass furnace
four encastré - m = built-in oven
four rotatif - m = rotary kiln
fourche à articulation - f = clevis
fourche à rotule - f = clevis
fourneau - m = kitchen range
fourneau de forge - m = forging furnace
fournée - f = batch
fourni = supplied
fourni et posé = furnished and installed (US)
fourni et posé = supplied and fixed (UK)
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fournisseur - m = supplier
fourniture - f = supply
fourreau - m = duct, casing, sleeve
fourreau (de tuyau en traversée) - m = pipe sleeve
fourreau d’indépendance - m = expansion sleeve
fourreau d’indépendance - m = pipe sleeve
fourrure - f = bush, fill, filler, filler block, filler slip,
slip, sleeve, filling piece, fishplate, furring, furring strip,
packing piece, sill, strapping
fourrure (maçonnerie) - f = backfill, backfilling,
hearting
fourrure (serrure à encastrer) - f = lock block
fourrure à ardoise - f = slating batten
foyer = furnace, fireplace, foyer
foyer (de cheminée) - m = hearth
foyer (travée de poutre ou de portique) - m = fixed
point
foyer de chaleur - m = source of heat
foyère - f = front hearth
foyère - f = outer heart
foyer-logement - m = sheltered housing
fraction argileuse - f = clay fraction, fraction d’argile
fraction de reprise en sous-œuvre - f = bay (under-
pinning)
fractionnement de la précontrainte - m = multistage
stressing
fracture - f = rupture
fracture (géologie) - f = fracture
fracture en sifflet - f = splayed fracture, splayed
rupture
fracture soyeuse - f = silky fracture, silky rupture
fragile à froid = cold short
fragilité à froid - f = cold shortness
fragilité de décapage - f = acid brittleness
fragilité du bois - f = brashness
fragilité du métal - f = brittleness, shortness
fragmentation - f = shattering
frais d’études - m = drafting costs
fraisage - m = counter sink
fraisats - m = roadmilling debris
fraise - f = cutter, milling cutter
fraise à feuillure - f = rabetting cutter, rebating cutter
fraise à tranchée - f = trench excavator, trencher
fraiser = countersink, to
fraiser (metal) = mill, to
fraiseuse - f = milling machine, planer, planing
machine
fraiseuse à chaîne - f = chain mortiser
fraiseuse routière - f = pavement profiler, road- fruit (de mur) - m = batter (of wall)
milling machine
fruit d’un mur - m = batter
fraisure - f = counter sink
Fu (facteur d’utilisation) - m = load factor, peak
franc de nœuds = clean wood, clean factor, utilisation factor
franchise - f = deductible
fuir = leak, to
frange capillaire - f = capillary fringe
fuite - f = leak
franges de moiré - f = moire fringe
frappe-devant - m = sledge hammer fuite à la terre - f = earth leak (UK), earth leak (UK),
ground leak (US), ground leak (US)
frayées - f = tracking
fuitemètre - f = leak meter
frettage - m = binding, helical blinding, hoop rein-
forcement, hoping, hoops fumée (plomberie) - f = smoke
frettage en hélice - m = helical binding, helical rein- fumimètre - m = smokemeter
forcement, spiral reinforcement
fumisterie - f = chimney work
frette - f = band, binder, ferrule, hoop, stirrup
frette (de pieu) - f = drive band, pile hoop, pile ring fumivore = smokeless (appliance)
fretter = hoop (to), ferrule (to) fumivorité - f = efficiency of absorption of smoke,
efficiency of smoke absorption
friction - f = friction, friction force
friction de glissement - f = sliding friction fumivorité - f = efficiency of smoke removal
frise - f = framing strip, frieze fumosité - f = smokiness
frise de parquet - f = floor board, flooring strip fumure - f = manure
frise d’entablature - f = frieze furet - m = snake
frisette - f = flap board
fusarole - f = fuserolle
frisure - f = curly grain
fuseau granulométrique - m = grading range
frittage = sintering
fusible - m = fuse, fuse link
fritté = sintered
front d’attaque - m = face fusible à bouchon - m = plug fuse
fronteau - m = pediment, small fronton above a door fusible à cartouche - m = cartridge fuse
or a window fusible à haut pouvoir de coupure - m = high inter-
frontispice - m = frontispiece rupting capacity
fronton - m = façade, frontispiece, pediment fusible à haut pouvoir de coupure (HPC) - m = high
fronton brisé - m = open pediment rupturing capacity fuse
fronton brisé à base interrompue - m = brocken fusible à haut pouvoir de rupture - m = high inter-
pediment rupting capacity
fronton brisé à volutes supérieures rentrantes - m fusible HPC (à haut pouvoir de coupure) - m = high
= scrolled pediment rupturing capacity fuse
frottement - m = friction
fusibles sous coffret - m = fuse box
frottement dans les paliers - m = bearing friction
fusil à ciment - m = cement gun
frottement des appuis - m = bearing friction
frottement des coussinets - m = bearing friction fusion - f = melting
frottement interne - m = internal friction fût (de colonne) - m = fust, shaft
frottement latéral - m = skin friction fût (de pieu) - m = body, shaft, stem
frottement latéral négatif - m = negative skin friction fût (de rivet) - m = shank
frottement négatif (pieu) - m = drag(US), negative fût d’arbre - m = bole
skin friction (UK)
frottement superficiel - f = skin friction fût de colonne lisse - m = plain shaft
frottement sur le mur - m = wall friction futée - f = stopper, stopping
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G/S (gravier/sable) - m = gravel/sand
gabarit - m = clearance, horse mould, jig, running
mould, template, templet
gabarit de montage - m = jig
gabarit de perçage - m = drilling template, template
for drilling
gabarit de terrassement - m = batter gauge
gâble - m = gable, ornamental gable, ornamental gable
over a door
gâchage - m = batching, mixing
gâchage du béton - m = batching concrete
gâché = mixed
gâche - f = keeper (of lock), latch catch, lock keeper,
lock strike, staple, strike plate
gâche à chaux - f = larry, lime rake, mortar beates
gâche à crochet - f = hook catch
gâche électrique - f = door opener, electric door
opener, electrical strike
gâche pour (tuyaux de) descente - f = wall clamp for
downpipes
gâché serré = dry
gâchée - f = batch, mix
gâcher = gauge (to), mix (to), temper (to)
gâchette - f = trigger
gain de chaleur variable - m = incidental heat gain
gainage - m = casing, ducting
gaine - f = casing, duct, jacket, lining, sheath,
sheathing, sleeve, trunking
gaine agrafée - f = spiral duct
gaine d’aération - f = air drain, air duct, funnel, vent
pipe, ventiduct
gaine d’air - f = air duct, duct
gaine d’arrivée d’air chaud - f = heating duct
gaine d’ascenseur - f = elevator hoistway (US), ele-
vator shaft (US), hoistway, shaft (UK), lift
gaine de béton précontraint - f = sleeve
gaine de câble - f = sheath
gaine de canalisation électrique - f = conduit pipe
gaine de chauffe - f = hot-air duct
gaine de climatisation - f = duct
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gaine de distribution - f = busway
gaine de passage - f = sheath
gaine de précontrainte - f = prestressing duct
gaine de reprise - f = collecting duct, return-air duct
gaine de ventilation - f = air duct, ventilation duct
gaine d’entrée - f = entrance sleeve
gaine d’évacuation - f = flue
gaine spiralée - f = spiral duct
gaine technique - f = service shaft, pipe duct, service
duct
galandage - m = brick infill, brick infilling, brick par-
tition, brick-on-edge wall
galbe - m = curve
galerie - f = duct, gallery, tunnel
galerie acoustique - f = whispering gallery
galerie de conduites - f = pipe gallery
galerie de contrôle - f = inspection gallery
galerie de foyer - f = fender, fender wall
galerie de visite - f = inspection trench
galerie des câbles - f = cable tunnel
galerie des filtres - f = filter gallery
galerie d’évacuation - f = spillway tunnel
galerie du foyer - f = fender
galerie en puits - f = limited area excavation, vertical
excavation
galerie marchande - f = shopping arcade
galerie technique - f = main services duct, equipement
tunnel
galerie technique - f = pipe gallery
galet - m = pebble, roller, shingle
galet orientable - m = castor roller
galet pivotant - m = cast stone, castor
galetas - m = garret, loft
galon - m = tape
galvanisage - m = galvanizing
galvanisation - f = galvanising, galvanizing
galvanisation à chaud - f = hot galvanizing, hot-dip
galvanising, hot-dip galvanizing
galvanoplastie - f = plating
gangue - f = matrix
garage faisant corps avec la maison - m = integral
garage
garage solidaire - m = attached garage
garantie décennale - f = ten-year guarantee
garçonnière - f = bachelor flat
garde de toit - f = roof guard
garde d’eau - f = seal, water seal
garde manger - m = larder
garde-corps - m = balcony railing, balcony rails,
banister, guard rail, parapet, balustrade, railing, rails
garde-d’eau - m = trap seal
garde-feu - m = fender
garde-fou - m = guardrail, handrail, parapet, railing,
railings, rails
garde-grève - m = abutment, gravel screen
garde-manger - m = larder, pantry
garde-pieds - m = kick plate, toeboard
gardien - m = caretaker
gardien de nuit - m = night watchman
gargouille - f = culvert, drain, gargoyle, scupper, water
spout
garnir = pack, to
garnir (capitonner) = upholster, to
garnir (décorer) = decorate (to), trim (to)
garnir (des joints) = garret, to
garnir (doubler) = line, to
garnir (remplir) = fill, to
garnir (revêtir) = line, to
garnir de madriers = plank, to
garnissage - m = refractory lining
garniture - f = dolly, gasket,t lagging, trim, ward
garniture (bourrage) - f = packing
garniture (capitonnage) - f = upholstery
garniture (décoration) - f = ornament, fixings,
trimming
garniture (doublage) - f = linning
garniture (remplissage) - f = filling
garniture d’amiante en feuille - f = asbestos sheet
packing
garniture de chanvre - f = hemp packing
garniture de porte - f = suite furniture
garniture de presse-étoupe - f = packing
garniture de serrure - f = ward
garniture d’enduit - f = plaster trim
garniture d’étanchéité - f = gland, gland nut, sealing
strip
garniture en feuillie - f = sheet packing
garniture plate - f = gasket
gauchi = out of true, warped
gauchir = bend (to), buckle (to), warp (to)
gauchissement - m = bending, buckling
gauchissement - m = warp, warping
gauchissement de chant - m = spring
gauchissement en largeur - m = cup
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gauchissement en longueur - m = bow
gaufrage = embossing
gaufré = embossed
gaufrer = crimp, to
gazier - m = gas-fitter
gazon - m = grass, lawn
gel coat - m = gel coat
gel de bentonite - m = bentonite gel
gel de silice - m = silica gel
gelée d’asphalte - m = asphalt jelly
gélif = frost-riven, susceptible to attack by frost,
susceptible to frost, tender
gélifiant - m = gelling agent
gélivité - m = frost susceptibility, liability to frost
damage
gélivure - f = transerve shake, frost crack
gélivure du bois - f = frost-cleft
géminé = gemel
géminé = geminated
générateur - m = generator
générateur d’air chaud - m = air heater, heater unit,
hot air furnace, warm air furnace
générateur de chaleur - m = furnace (US), heater
(UK), boiler plant
générateur éolien - m = wind-driven generator
générateur nucléaire - m = nuclear power plant
génératrice - f = generatrix, power plant
génératrice éolienne - f = wind power unit
génie civil - m = civil engineering
génie de l’hydro-économie - m = water resources
engineering
génie municipal - m = municipal engineering
génie sanitaire - m = sanitary engineering
genou - m = elbow joint, knee
genou vif - m = square elbow
genouillère - f = swing joint, toggle joint
genre de construction - m = constructional method,
constructional procedure
géomécanique - f = geomechanics
géomètre - m = land surveyor, surveyor
géomètre expert - m = land surveyor
géotechnique - f = geotechnics
géotextile - m = civil engineering fabric, engineering
fabric, geofabric, geotextile
géotextile de renfort - m = fabric reinforcing
gerber = stack, to
gerberette - f = beam-hanger, stirrup strap
gerbeuse - f = clark, fenwick, forklift, lift truck
gerce - f = check, split
gerce de séchage - f = season check
gerce de sénilisation - f = season check
gerçure - f = check crack, crack, map crack, flaw,
shake, shake in timber, transerve shake
gerçure du bois - f = shake
gerçure du bois - f = shake in timber
gilet - m = thread
giration - f = gyration
giron - m = going, going of step, tread, tread of step,
tread run
giron de marche d’escalier - m = tread
giron de marche d’escalier - m = tread of step
girouette - f = chimney cowl, vane, weathercock,
weathervane
girouette à fumée - f = cowl
gisant = lay, laying, lying
gisement - m = easting, natural source
gîte pour plafond suspendu - m = ceiling hanger
gîtes - m = binders, binding joists
givrage - m = frosting
glacé = glazed
glace - f = mirror, pane
glace (vitrage) - f = plate glass
glace en trumeau - f = pier glass
glacer (se) = glaze, to
glacis - m = bank, gentle slope, glaze, glazing, ramp,
shelving, slanting, sloping, slope, wash, weathering
glaçure - f = glazing
glaise - f = pot clay, tile clay, clay
glissement de la berge - m = slip of the bank
glissement de terrain - m = landslide
glissement par gravité - m = gravity slide
glissement par la base - m = base failure
glissière - f = chute, runner, slide
glissière de sécurité - f = crash barrier
glissoir - m = chute
glissoir d’alimentation - m = feed-chute
GNT (graves non traitées) - f = non-treated gravels
GO (gros œuvre) - m = carcase, carcass, carcassing,
fabric, heavy construction, heavy construction work,
heavy work, main structure, shell, shell of a building,
structural engineering
gobetage - m = grouting, pointing, pointing up,
rendering, rough-casting, roughcasting, roughing-in
gobeté = pointed, stopped
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gobetis - m = dash bond coat, first coat, rendering coat,
rough coat, rough-cast, roughing-in coat, scratch coat,
spatter dash, spatterdash
godet (engin) - m = bucket (UK), scoop (US)
godet à colle - m = cement cup
godet de terrassement - m = excavator bucket
godet de terrassement - m = shovel dipper
godet graisseur - m = grease cup
godron - m = gadroon, godroon
godronnage - m = gadrooning, godrooning
gomme arabique - f = gum arabic (UK),
mucilage (US)
gomme laque - f = shellac
gomme laque en bâtons - f = stick lax
gond - m = gate hinge, gudgeon, hinge, hinge bolt,
hinge pin, hook, pin
gondolement - m = buckling, warping
gonflement - m = moisture expansion, swell, swelling
gonflement dû au gel - m = frost boil, frost heave
gonflement du sol - m = heave
gonflement par le dégel - m = frost heave
gonflement par le gel - m = frost heave, frost heaving
goniomètre - m = gage
gorge - f = cavetto, cove, corner angle, flute, groove,
throat
gorge (plinthe à...) - f = coved
gorge à profil demi-circulaire - f = half-hollow
moulding
gorge de larmier - f = throating of drip mould
gorge de plinthe - f = cove
gorge pour l’étanchéité - f = groove for joint filler
gorgerin - m = gorgerin, neck, necking
gorgerin nu - m = plain necking
goudron - m = asphalt, tar
goudron composé - m = tar bitumen mixture
goudron de bois - m = wood tar
goudron de houille - m = coal tar, tar
goudron de schiste - m = shale tar
goudron raffiné - m = refined tar
goudron routier - m = paving tar
goudron-bitume - m = tar-bitumen mixture
goudronnage - m = tar spraying, tarring, tarspraying
goudronneuse - f = sprayer, tar spreader
gouge - m = gouge
gouger = chisel out (to), chisel (to)
goujon - m = pin, pintle, stud
goujon (de bois) - m = dowel
goujon (de poudre) - m = joggle
goujon à bois d’œuvre - m = timber connector
goujon à pointe - m = driven gate hook
goujon à scellement - m = built-in gate hook
goujon à tête - m = headed stud
goujon annulaire fendu - m = split ring connector
goujon d’ancrage - m = cramp
goujon de bois - m = cock, dowel
goujon de penture - m = gate hook, gudgeon
goujon de poutre - m = joggle
goujon étonné - m = quenched stud
goujon fileté - m = dowel screw, stud bolt
goujon lisse - m = dowel, dowel pin
goujon métallique - m = gudjeon, gudjeon pin
goujon trempé - m = tempered stud
goulotte - f = channel, box, chute(UK), elephant trunk,
shoot (US)
goulotte de sortie de béton - f = concrete outlet
goulotte d’évacuation - f = discharge channel
goupille - f = cotter pin, joining pin, kingpin, pin,
split pin
goupille conique - f = taper pin
goupille de sûreté - f = cotter, cotter pin, split pin
goupille fendue - f = split pin
gousset - m = angle tie, on tie, drag, gusset, gusset
piece, gusset plate, haunch
gousset d’assemblage - m = assembly gusset
gousset de dalle - m = drop panel, dropped panel
goutte de suif - f = button-head, buttonhead
goutte d’eau - f = drip, weather check
goutte d’eau (architecture) - m = weep groove
gouttes - f = guttae
gouttière - f = eave, eaves, eaves gutter, roof gutter,
trough
gouttière à auge - f = trough gutter
gouttière à l’anglaise - f = round gutter
gouttière anglaise - f = standing gutter
gouttière cachée - f = concealed gutter
gouttière carrée - f = box gutter
gouttière de parapet - f = parapet gutter
gouttière de section trianglaire - f = arris gutter
gouttière de section trianglaire - f = Vee gutter
gouttière de toit - f = gutter
gouttière en V - f = arris gutter, Vee gutter
gouttière havraise - f = a type of Vee-gutter, V-shaped
gutter
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gouttière pendante - f = eaves gutter, eaves trough,
hanging gutter, suspended gutter
gouttière-tôle galvanisée - f = galvanized iron gutter
gradateur - m = dimmer
grader - m = grader
gradin - m = bleacher, foot-step, gradine, jump, step,
tier, gradine, gradline
grain - m = grain, texture
grain d’orge - m = diamond point chisel, parting tool,
quirk, Vee joint, Vee tool
grain fin - m = fine grain, fine texture
grain grossier - m = coarse grain, open grain
grain serré - m = close grain
grain très fin - m = ultra fine material
grain vertical - m = vertical grain (VG), VG (vertical
grain)
grand clou - m = spike
grand collecteur - m = main sewer, trunk sewer
grand ensemble - m = large estate, large housing
estate, large housing scheme
grand face - f = side
grand portail - m = portal
grand rayon - m = long radius
grand salon - m = drawing room
grande dalle en pierre - f = step flag
grande épaisseur de serrage - f = long grip
grandes arcades - f = nave arcade, nave arches, naves
arches
grandes lignes - f = outline
grandes ondes (plaques de couverture) - f = asbestos
cement profile
grandeur de base unitaire - f = basic unit of size
grandeur de base-unité - f = basic unit of size
grandeur de réglage - f = manipulated variable (US)
grandeur de réglage - f = regulating variable (UK)
grandeur d’exécution - f = full size
grandeur nature - f = full scale, full size
grandeur pilote - f = target value
grandeur réglée - f = controlled variable
grandeur utilisée dans les plans - f = planning size
grands appartements - m = state apartments
grands arcs - m = nave arches
grange - f = barn
granité = granite, granite
granite artificiel - m = granitic finish
granite porcelaine - m = sanitary ware
granito - m = granitic finish, granolith, granolithic
finish, terrazzo
granolithe - f = crushed granite, granolith, terrazzo
granulaire = granular
granularité - f = grain size
granulat - m = aggregate, granulate, roadstone
granulat à granulométrie serrée - m = short-range
aggregate, short-range sized aggregate
granulat à granulométrie unique - m = single-sized
aggregate
granulat calibré - m = graded aggregate, sized
aggregate
granulat concassé - m = broken stone, crushed
aggregate
granulat élémentaire - m = single-size aggregate
granulat expansé - m = expanded aggregate
granulat fin - m = fine aggregate
granulat grossier - m = coarse aggregate
granulat léger - m = lightweight aggregate
granulat minéral - m = mineral aggregate
granulat organique - m = organic aggregate
granulat roulé - m = round aggregate
granulat tout venant - m = all-in aggregate
granulat végétal - m = non mineral aggregate
granulé = granulated
granulé de marbre - m = marble granulate
granuleux = bitty
granulométrie - f = gradation, grading, grain size
analysis, particle-size distribution, sizing
granulométrie continue - f = continuous grading, gap
grading
graphique - m = chart, graph
graphite - m = graphite
grappe de nœuds - f = knot cluster
grappin - m = grappler
gras = fat, fatty, greasy, oversize, rich
gras - m = excessive thickness
gras sur la largeur - m = allowance in width
graticule - m = grid
gratte-ciel - m = skylight, skyscraper
grattoir - m = scraper
grattoir triangulaire - m = shave hook
gravats - m = builder’s rubbish, demolition rubble
(UK), rubbish, waste (US)
grave - f = gravel, gravel-sand mixture
grave-ciment - f = gravel-cement mixture, rolled lean
concrete
grave-émulsion - f = emulsion gravel
grave-laitier - f = gravel-slag mixture, slag gravel
graver en relief = emboss, to
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graves non traitées (GNT) - f = non-treated gravels
gravier - m = broken stone, gravel, grit
gravier aggloméré - m = cemented gravel
gravier d’empierrement - m = binding gravel
gravier grossier - m = ballast, chippings, chips, coarse
gravel
gravier meuble - m = loose gravel
gravier roulé - m = rounded gravel
gravier tout-venant - m = bank gravel, bank run
gravel, pit run gravel, pit-run gravel, run of bank gravel
gravier/sable (G/S) - m = gravel/sand
gravière - f = gravel pit
gravillon - m = ballas,t chippings, chips, coarse
gravel, fine gravel, gravel, peagravel
gravillon aggloméré - m = cemented gravel
gravillon concassé - m = broken gravel, crushed
gravel
gravillon dur concassé - m = hard crushed material
gravillon tout-venant - m = pit-run gravel
gravillonnage - m = chip spreading, tertiary crushing
gravillonner = gravel, to
gravillonneuse - f = chip spreader, grit spreader,
gritter, spreader
gravillons - m = ballast, chippings, chips, coarse
gravel, small gravel
gravillons enrobés = coated grit
gravois - m = building rubbish, demolition rubble
(UK), rubbish, waste (US)
grecque - f = fret, Greek key, Greek moulding, key
pattern
grenaillage - m = blast cleaning, shot blasting
grenaillage à la grenaille angulaire - m = grit
blasting
grenaillage à la grenaille ronde - m = shot blasting
grenaille - f = ballast, chippings, chips, coarse gravel
grenaille angulaire - m = grit
grenaille ronde - m = shot
grenat - m = garnet
grenier - m = attic, garret, loft
grenier à foin - m = hayloft
grenier à grain - m = cornloft
grenouille - f = frog rammer
grès - m = gravel, grit, ragstone, sandstone
grès (produit fabriqué) - m = stoneware
grès calcaire - m = chalky sandstone nlime-sandstone
grès cérame - m = vitrified clayn stoneware
grès émaillé - m = glazed eathenware
grès jurassique - m = Jura sandstone
grès quartzeux - m = quartzy sandstone
grès vernissé - m = glazed stonewaren glazed waren
salt-glazed earthenware nsalt-glazed fireclayn salt-
glazed vitrified clayn salt-glazed vitrified clay waren
vitrified clay, vitrified clay ware
grès vitrifié - m = glazed stoneware, glazed ware, salt-
glazed earthenware, salt-glazed fireclay, salt-glazed vit-
rified clay, salt-glazed vitrified clay ware
grès vitrifié - m = vitrified, vitrified clay ware clay
grésage - m = grinding
grès-cérame - m = stoneware
griffe - f = dog, jaw
griffe (base de colonne) - f = angle leaf, griffe, spur
griffe (outil) - f = claw
griffe d’établi - f = C-clamp
griffon - m = griffin
grignoteuse - f = nibbler
gril - m = grating, grillage, grillwork
grillage - m = fabric reinforcement, grid, grillage,
mesh, mesh reinforcement, wire fabric reinforcement,
wire mesh fabric reinforcement
grillage (en fil de fer) - m = chicken wire, wire netting
grillage (fondations) - m = grillage
grillage antirongeur - m = rodent screen
grillage avertisseur - m = tracer netting
grillage aviaire - m = bird screen
grillage de madriers - m = grating
grillage métallique - m = metal screen
grillage renforcé - m = grating
grillage soudé - m = mesh reinforcement
grillage-moustiquaire - m = fly screen, screen
grille - f = gate, lattice
grille (chaudière) - f = grate
grille (chœur d’église) - f = choir screen
grille (égout) - f = grating
grille (foyer) - f = grate
grille (plan) - f = grid
grille (ventilation) - f = grille
grille à bande - f = belt screen
grille à barreaux - f = bar rack, bar screen
grille ajourée - f = railing
grille crevés - f = serrated grating
grille d’aération - f = vent, vent hole, ventilation hole
grille de chaudière - f = grate
grille de chœur d’église - f = choir screen
grille de clôture - f = railings, rails
grille de fer - f = iron grill
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grille de foyer - f = fire grate
grille de poutre - f = grid formation, grid system
grille de protection - f = guard screen
grille de sanctuaire - f = altar rail
grille de soufflage - f = floor register
grille d’échappement d’air vicié - f = waste air gate
grille d’entrée - f = entrance gate, inlet grating, intake
screen, metal entrance gate (s) metal gate
grille fine - f = fine rake
grille garde-grève = protecting grate
grille-écran - f = paralume
grippage - m = seizing
grippement = seizing
gripper = seize up, to
gris de poli (verre) - m = short finish
grit - m = grip
gros (granulat, sable) - m = coarse
gros agrégat - m = coarse aggregate
gros béton - m = coarse aggregate concrete, coarse
concrete, large aggregate concrete, mass concrete
gros bloc - m = boulder
gros bois - m = timber
gros bois de charpente - m = framing timber, struc-
tural timber
gros bois dédoublé - m = half-timber
gros bout - m = butt, butt end, heel
gros diamètre - m = large bore, large diameter
gros galet - m = boulder
gros grain - m = coarse grain
gros granulat - m = coarse aggregate
gros gravier = coarse gravel
gros matériel - m = heavy equipment
gros mur - m = main wall, structural wall
gros œuvre (GO) - m = carcase, carcass, carcassing,
fabric, heavy construction, heavy construction work,
heavy work, main structure, shell, shell of a building,
structural engineering
gros œuvre en béton - m = concrete construction
gros œuvre en béton - m = heavy concrete
gros œuvre et charpente = structural work
gros ouvrages - m = heavy work, rough work, struc-
tural masonry (includes facings and integral pipework),
structural work
gros plâtre - m = building plaster, coarse stuff
gros travaux - m = heavy work
gros-œuvre - m = bare brickwork, raw work, shell of
building
grosse maçonnerie - f = heavy work, carpentry, heavy
iron work
grosse taille - f = coarse cut, rough cut
grosse toile - f = canvas
grosse toile d’emballage - f = burlap (UK),
hessian (UK)
grosse tôle - f = plate
groupe - m = block, housing development, unit
groupe auto-compresseur - m = motor-driven com-
pressor unit
groupe concasseur - m = crushing plant
groupe crible-secoueur - m = screening plants
groupe de conduits de fumée - m = chimney stack,
flue grouping
groupe de pieux - m = group of piles, pile bent (US)
groupe de pieux - m = pile cluster, pile group
groupe d’habitations - m = development block,
housing area, housing group
groupe électrogène - m = generator set
groupe électrogène de secours - m = emergency
generator
groupe électrogène de secours - m = standby
generator
groupe électro-pompe - m = electric pump
groupe frigorifique - m = chiller, cooler unit
groupe hydrophore - m = hydrophor pump
groupe malaxeur d’asphalte - m = asphalt plant
groupe mélangeur - m = batching plant
groupe mélangeur d’asphalte - m = bituminous batch
plant
groupe moto-compresseur - m = compressed air unit
groupe pour la manutention du ciment en vrac - m
= bulk cement handling plant
grue - f = crane, derrick, jib crane
grue à benne preneuse - f = clamshell crane
grue à benne preneuse - f = grab crane
grue à colonne - f = pillar crane
grue à flèche - f = boom crane, jib crane
grue à pont - f = bridge crane
grue à portée variable - f = derricking crane, luffing
jib crane
grue à portique - f = bridge crane, gantry crane, portal
crane, traveling crane
grue à poste fixe - f = fixed crane
grue à pylône - f = tower crane
grue à tour - f = tower crane
grue à tour grimpante - f = climbing crane, climbing
tower, climbing tower crane
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grue à volée - f = jib crane
grue autodépliable - f = self-erecting tower crane
grue automobile - f = self-proppeled crane
grue automotrice - f = mobile crane (UK), self-pro-
pelled crane, truck crane (US)
grue de manutention - f = construction crane, mate-
rial handling crane
grue de montage - f = erecting crane, erecting crane,
erection crane
grue en benne preneuse - f = grab crane
grue marteau - f = hammerhead crane
grue pivotante - f = hammer-head crane, revolving
crane, slewing crane
grue rampante - f = crawler crane
grue roulante - f = gantry, gantry crane, travelling
crane
grue sonnette - f = crane and pile driver
grue sur camion - f = lorry-mounted crane, truck-
mounted crane
grue sur chenilles - f = crawler crane, crawler-
mounted crane
grue sur porteur - f = lorry-mounted crane, truck
crane, truck mounted crane
grue sur portique - f = gantry crane, overhead crane
grue télescopique - f = climbing crane
grue Titan - f = Titan crane
grue tournante - f = revolving crane
grue-tour - f = tower crane
grugeage - m = notching
gruger = plough, to
grume - f = log, underdressed timber
grume de déroulage - f = peeler log
grutier - m = crane driver, crane operator
GS (gravier/sable) - m = gravel/sand
guérite - f = hut, lookout turret (castle), shelter
(watchman)
gueulard - m = zinc mouth
gueule de loup (cheminée) - f = chimney cap, revolving
chimney cap, revolving cowl, turn cap, turncap
gueule de loup (menuiserie) - f = half-round groove,
semi-circular groove
guichet (banque, poste) - m = desk window
guichet (dans la porte) - m = grille, small shutter, spy
hole
guichet (petite ouverture) - m = pass-through, service
hatch
guichet (portillon) - m = wicket gate
guichet de dépense - m = buttery hatch
guichet des lépreux - m = leper’s squint
guidage inférieur (porte à coulisse) - m = floor guide
guide de maçon - m = soldier
guides - m = guide rails
guillaume - m = rabbet plane
guillochis - m = guilloche
guindole - f = hand crane
guipage (fil électrique) - m = braid, braiding
guipon - m = tar brush
guirlande - f = festoon, festooned cable
gunitage - m = gunning of concrete, shotcreting
gunite - f = shotcrete, sprayed concrete
gunite - m = gunite
guniteuse - f = cement gun, concrete gun, shotcrete gun
gypse - m = gypsum
gypse granulé - m = granular gypsum, pebble gypsum
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habillage - m = lining
habillage (ossature) - m = trim
habillage de façade - m = external cladding
habillage en contre-plaqué - m = plywood lining
habitat - m = housing, lodgment
habitation - f = dwelling, habitation, housing, lodg-
ment, tenement
habitation à bon marché - f = low-cost housing
habitation à loyer modéré (HLM) - f = council
housing (UK), council housing estates, council housing
flat, low cost housing (US), public housing (UK)
habitation bifamiliale - f = two-family dwelling
habitation bon marché - f = low-cost housing
habitation collective - f = apartment building, apart-
ment house, multistory dwelling, tenement house
habitation de fonction - f = official dwelling
habitation familiale - f = dwelling house
habitation individuelle - f = one-family dwelling,
one-family house
habitation multifamiliale - f = multiple dwelling
habitation multiple - f = multiple dwelling
habitation unifamiliale - f = dwelling house
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habitations familiales - f = family housing
hache - f = ax, axe
hachotte - f = lath hammer, lath hatchet, lath(ing)
hamme, lath(ing) hatchet
hachures - m = hatchings
hagioscope - m = hagioscope, squint
haie - f = hedge
haie d’abri - f = windbreak
haie défensive - f = spiny hedge
haie-rideau - f = small wind break
halage - m = towing
hall d’entrée - m = hall
hall d’entrée (hôtel, immeuble de bureaux) - m =
concourse (UK), lobby (US), entrance hall (UK)
hall d’exposition - m = showroom
halle - f = covered market
hammergrab - m = hammer grap
hangar - m = shed
happe - f = cramp (masonry)
hardpan - m = hardpan
harpe - f = corner iron, tooth, toother, toothed,
toothing stone, toothing stone
harpe de protection - f = forked tie
hauban - m = guy, guy wire, stay
hauban d’ancrage - m = anchor guy
haubanage des arbres - m = guying of trees
haubaner = stay, to
haut de l’escalier - m = stairhead
haut de plafond - m = with a high ceiling
haut d’escalier - m = stairhead
haut gothique - m = early gothic
haut pouvoir de coupure (HPC) - m = high rupturing
capacity
haut roman - m = early romanesque
haute élasticité(à)(acier)(HE) - f = high yield (steel)
haute pression (HP) - f = high pressure
haute résistance (HR) - f = high strength
haute tension - f = high tension, high voltage
hauteur - f = depth, height, hill, hill top, rise
hauteur à franchir - f = flight rise, rise
hauteur à monter - f = flight rise
hauteur au-dessus du sol - f = height above ground
hauteur capillaire - f = capillary head
hauteur d’allège - f = height of sill
hauteur d’appui - f = elbow height, height of parapet,
sill height
hauteur d’ascension capillaire - f = height of capil-
lary rise
hauteur d’aspiration - f = suction head
hauteur d’assise - f = depht of a course, thickness of
a course
hauteur de bâtiment - f = building height
hauteur de cadre - f = frame-high
hauteur de charge - f = pressure head
hauteur de chute - f = drop height
hauteur de construction - f = building height
hauteur de fiche - f = depth of penetration
hauteur de gousset - f = hauching
hauteur de jet - f = jet height
hauteur de marche - f = rise, riser, riser height
hauteur de passage - f = headroom, headway
hauteur de plafond - f = ceiling height, headroom
hauteur de pluie - f = rainfall
hauteur de refoulement - f = delivery head
hauteur de rive - f = eaves height
hauteur de ruissellement - f = depth of runoff
hauteur d’échappée - f = headroom (stairs)
hauteur d’étage - f = storey height (UK), story
height (US)
hauteur d’un arc - f = height of an arch
hauteur d’un bâtiment - m = height of building
hauteur d’une pièce - f = height of room
hauteur d’une poutre - f = depth of a beam
hauteur géométrique d’aspiration - f = static suction
head
hauteur hors sol - f = height above ground
hauteur libre - f = clear height, clearance, head-way,
headroom, headway
hauteur limitée (travaux publics) - f = limited clea-
rance
hauteur sous clé - f = crown height, height above
impost level, height at crown, rise, rise of an arch
hauteur sous plafond (HP) - m = ceiling clearance,
ceiling height, height to underside of ceiling, stud
hauteur sous poutre - f = height to underside of
girders
hauteur utile - f = effective depth
haut-relief - m = alto relieve, high relief
HE (acier) (à haute élasticité) - m = high-yield (steel)
héberge - f = wall above abutment with a roof
hélice (chapiteau corinthien) (luminaire) - f = helix
hélice (chapiteau ionique) - f = volute
hélice circulaire (armature) - f = spiral
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hélio-centrale électrique - f = solar power farm, solar
power plant
héliographe - m = sunshine recorder
héliostat - m = heliostat
héliostat focalisant - m = concentrating collector
héliotechnique - f = solar energy technology, solar
engineering
hémicycle - m = semi-circular
hérisson - m = bottoming, broken stone, compacted fill
under slab, drainage bed, granular fill
hérisson (décoration) - m = spikes(on top of a gate or
wall)
hérisson (maçonnerie) - m = layer of hardcore, top
course of bricks or stones on edge
hérisson (nettoyage de cheminée) - m = flue-brush
hérisson ensablé - m = blinded base
hermès - m = herm
hermétique = airtight, sealed
hermétique à l’air = air-proof
herminette - f = adze
herse - f = portcullis
hétérogène = bitty
hétérogène, de structure = composite
hêtre - m = beech
heures creuses (élect.) - f = off-peak hours
heurtoir - m = buffer, door-knocker, knocker
heurtoir (porte cochère) - m = door-stop
hie - f = bishop, earth rammer, paviour’s, punner
beetle, rammer
historié = storiated, storied
Hj(homme-jour) - m = man-day
HL (hauteur libre) - f = free height
HLM (habitation à loyer modéré) - f = council
housing estates, council housing flat
HO (hors-œuvre) = external
homme de métier - m = craftsman, tradesman
homologation - f = licencing, official approval
homologué = licenced, officially approved
honoraires d’architecte - m = fees
horizon apparent - m = apparent horizon
horizon d’apport - m = alluvial horizon
horizon fantôme - m = phantom horizon
horizon géologique - m = geological horizon
horizon sensible - m = sensible horizon
horizon visible - m = visible horizon
hors d’air = enclosed
hors d’aplomb = out of plumb
hors de l’emprise du chantier = off site
hors de service = out of action, out of order
hors d’eau = roofed-in
hors d’équerre = out of square
hors d’œuvre = built out, projecting
hors d’œuvre, hors œuvre - m = outside the fabric,
overall
hors d’usage = worm out
hors profil = backbreak, overbreak
hors série = custom built, custom made
hors service = off
hors sol = above grade
hors toit (construction) = penthouse
hors tout = overall (dimension)
hors-d’œuvre - m = outwork
hospice (indigents) - f = workhouse, poor-house
hospice (vieillards) - m = almshouse
hôtel meublé - m = rooming house
hôtel particulier - m = a large town house, House e.g
Somerset House
hôtellerie (monastère) - f = guest house, guests
quarters
hotte (cuisine) - f = hood
hotte (cuisine, cheminée) - f = canopy
hotte (de descente pluviale) - f = hopper head, rain-
water headcanopy
hotte (de maçon) - f = hod
hotte (descente d’eau de pluie) - f = head
hotte à évacuation - f = vented hood
hotte à recyclage - f = ductless hood, nonvented hood
hotte absorbante - f = air purifier
hotte aspirante - f = ventilator
hotte d’aspiration - f = suction hood
hotte de cuisine - f = kitchen hood
hotte d’évacuation - f = exhaust hood
hotte d’extraction - f = exhaust hood
hotte droite - f = chimney breast
houille - f = black coal
hourd - m = allure, alure (castle), wooden gallery
hourdage - m = leveling covering, rough-casting
hourdage (plancher) - m = dead sounding, deadening,
pugging
hourder = bind masonry with mortar or plaster, to
hourder = pug (to), deaden (to)
hourdir = joint, to
hourdis - m = building tile, building uni,t cofferwork,
concrete slab, deafening, hollow clay block, hollow
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floor, hollow pot, hollow tile (US), hollow brickwork,
hollow tile (US), leveling covering, masonry filler unit,
pugging, reinforced tile concrete slab, rough masonry
(rubble or plaster), rough plaster, rough-casting, slab,
soffit block
hourdis (conduits de fumée) - m = parge coat
hourdis (en briques) - m = bricknogging
hourdis (pan de bois) - m = nogging
hourdis (plancher) - m = filler block, hollow block
hourdis creux - m = building tile, hollow block,
hollow building unit, hollow clay block, hollow tile
hourdis creux en béton armé - m = reinforced con-
crete hollow floor unit
hourdis en béton - m = hollow concrete floor
hourdis en céramique - m = rib and tile construction
hourdis en terre cuite - m = rib and tile construction
hourdis phonique - m = pugging
hoyau - m = grub axe
HP (haute pression) - f = high pressure
HP (hauteur sous plafond) - f = ceiling clearance,
ceiling height, height to underside of ceiling
HPC (haut pouvoir de coupure) - m = high rupturing
capacity
HR (haute résistance) - f = high strength
HRC (ciment à haute résistance) - m = high strength
cement, high strength Portland cement
HRI (ciment à haute résistance initiale) - m = high
early strength cement, high early strength Portland
cement
HTS (ciment à haute teneur en silice) - m = high-
silica cement
hublot (éclairage en plafond) - m = recessed fixture
hublot antidéflagrant - m = explosion-proof fixture
hublot plafonnier - m = bulkhead fitting, bulkhead
light, ceiling fixture, ceiling lamp
huile antipoussière - f = dustlaying oil
huile de décoffrage - f = form oil
huile de démoulage - f = form oil, mould oil
huile de fluxage - f = flux oil
huile de lin - f = linseed oil
huile de schiste - f = shale-oil
huile non siccative - f = non drying oil
huile siccative - f = drying oil
huile soufflée - f = blown oil
huile usée - f = waste oil
huisserie = jambn door casementn door framen door
framingn millworkn stilen ready-made carpentry
huisserie accouplée - f = framed grounds
huisserie montante - f = horn frame

humidificateur - m = humidifier
humidification - f = moisture distribution
humidifier = humidify (to), moisten (to)
humidimètre - m = moisture meter
humidistat - m = hygrostat
humidité - f = damp, dampness, moisture
humidité (degré d’) - m = moisture content
humidité (taux d’) - m = moisture content
humidité ascensionnelle - f = rising damp
humidité atmosphérique - f = air moisture, humidity
humidité équivalente - f = moisture equivalent
humidité interne - f = inherent moisture
humidité relative - f = relative humidity
hydraulique - f = hydraulics, water and irrigation
engineering, water engineering
hydraulique urbaine - f = public health engineering
hydrocarboné (liant, béton) = bituminous
hydro-ejecteur - m = water ejector, hydraulic ejector,
hydro-ejector, water jet pump
hydro-électricité - f = water power
hydrofugation - f = waterproofing
hydrofuge = water repellent, waterproof, waterproofed
hydrofugeage = waterproofing
hydrotimétrie - f = water hardness measurement
hygiène du milieu - f = environmental hygiene
hygromètre - m = air humidity indicatorn hygrome-
tern moist-o-graph
hygrostat - m = humidistat, hygrostat
hypercentre - m = central business district
hyperstaticité - f = degree of statical indeterminacy,
degree of statical indeterminateness, statical indetermi-
nacy, statical indeterminateness
hyperstatique = statically indeterminate
hypochloration - f = hypochlorination
hypostyle - m = hypostyle
hypothèse de calcul - f = design assumption, design
basis
hypothèse de charge - f = assumed load
hystérésis - f = hysteresis
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IARD (incendie, accidents et risques divers) = fire,
accidents and miscellaneous risks
ichnographie - f = ichnography
IGH (immeuble de grande hauteur) - m = high-rise
building
ignifugation - f = fireproofing, fire resistant, fire retar-
dant, fireproof, flame retardant, flameproof
ignifugeant = fire retardant, flame retardant
ignifuger = fireproof, to
illustration d’ambiance - f = artist’s impression
îlot - m = block of building, development block
ilotage = islanding
imbriquer = imbricate, to
imbrûlés - m = unburnt fuel
imbue - f = seal coat (paint), sealing coat (paint)
immergé = immersed, submerged
immeuble - m = apartment building, apartment house,
building, premises
immeuble à étages - m = multistorey building (US),
multistory building (UK)
immeuble à revêtement métallique - m = steel-clad
building
immeuble à usage d’habitation - m = building for
residential purposes, building for residential use
immeuble à usage locatif - m = rental building
immeuble administratif - m = administration
building, administrative building
immeuble banalisé - m = shell building
immeuble collectif - m = apartment building, apart-
ment house (US), block of flats (UK), multiple
dwelling (UK)
immeuble collectif (dans quartier pauvre) - m =
tenement, tenement house
immeuble d’appartements - m = apartment building,
apartment house, tenement house
immeuble de bureaux - m = block of offices, office
block, office building
immeuble de grande hauteur (IGH) - m = high-rise
building,tall building
immeuble de rapport - m = apartment building, apart-
ment house (US), investment property (UK), tenement
house
immeuble d’habitation - m = residential building
immeuble d’habitation collective - m = apartment
building, apartment house, tenement house
immeuble industriel - m = industrial building
immeuble industriel à étages - m = flatted factory
immeuble locatif - m = apartment building, apartment
house, tenement house
immeuble recevant du public - m = assembly
building, public building
immeuble résidentiel - m = residential building
immeuble-mirroir - m = glass building
immeuble-tour - m = high-rise building, tower block
immobilisation (engin, machine) - f = downtime
immobilisation (personne) - f = loss of working time
imparfaitement brûlé = underfired
impasse - f = close, cul-de-sac
imperméabilisant = water repellent
imperméabilisation - f = waterproofing
imperméabilisation à l’huile - f = oil proofing
imperméabilisation à l’humidité - f = damp-proofing
imperméabilisé = waterproof
imperméabiliser = proof, to
imperméable = damp-roof, impervious, water repel-
lent, water-tight, waterproof
implantation - f = layout, location, pegging out, posi-
tion, setting out, siting (on a plot), stake-out, staking,
staking out
implantation d’un bâtiment - m = construction
stake-out
implantation sur le chantier - f = field location
implanter un bâtiment = stake out a building, to
impossibilité de poursuivre les travaux - f = frustra-
tion
imposte - f = impost, springer, transom, transom light,
transom window
imposte avec pénétration directe des arcs dans les
piliers - f = discontinuous impost
imposte en éventail - f = fanlight
imposte fixe - f = fixed transom
imposte pleine - f = overpanel
impression - f = priming
imprévu - m = contingency
impulseur - m = impeller
impureté - f = contaminant, impurity
imputrescible = rot proof, rotproof
inaccessible = non trafficable
inachèvement des travaux - m = failure to complete
inaltérable = unalterable
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inaltérable (à l’air, à l’eau) = unaffected (by air, by
water)
inattaquable = impervious
inattaquable par les acides = acid resistant
incinérateur - m = incinerator
incinérateur à boues - m = sludge incinerator
incinérateur à déchets - m = refuse burner
inclinaison - f = gradient, inclination, batter, fall, pitch,
rake, slant, slope
inclinaison (géol.) - f = dip
inclinaison du capteur - f = collector angle
inclinaison du toit - f = roof pitch
inclinaison par rapport à la verticale - f = rake (UK)
inclinaison par rapport à l’horizontale - f = gradient,
inclination from the horizontal, rake (US), slope
inclusion - f = inclusion
inclusion rigide - f = rigid insert
inclusions diverses - f = sundry inclusion
incombustible = fire resistant, fire retardant, fire-proof,
incombustible, uninflammable, fireproof, non-com-
bustible
Inconel - m = inconel
incongélable = frostproof
incorporation - f = admixture
incrustation - f = furring (pipe), inlaying
incrustation (bois, etc.) - f = inlaid work
incrustation (construction) - f = overlaying
incuit = unburnt
incuit - m = unburnt lump, underburnt material,
unslaked lump
indéformable (structure) = rigid
indépendant (logement) = detached, self-contained
indéréglable = foolproof
indicateur à cadran - m = dial gage, dial indicator
indicateur de couple - m = torquemeter, torsion indi-
cator
indicateur de débit - m = flow indicator, flow-meter
indicateur de dosage des granulats - m = aggregate
batch meter
indicateur de flèche - m = deflectometer, flexure
meter
indicateur de maximum - m = maximum demand
indicator, maximum demand meter
indicateur de niveau d’eau - m = water level gauge
indicateur de pente - m = tilt gage, tilt meter
indicateur de pointe - m = maximum demand indi-
cator, maximum demand meter
indicateur de position - m = position indicator
indicateur de profondeur - m = depth indicator
indicateur d’extension (brûleur) - m = flame detector
indicateur d’humidité - m = moisture indicator
indice d’affaiblissement sonore - m = sound reduc-
tion factor, sound transmission loss
indice d’affaissement sonore - m = sound reduction
index
indice de compression - m = compression ratio
indice de liquidité - m = liquidity index
indice de plasticité (sol) (IP) - m = index of plasticity
indice de plasticité (sol) (IP) - m = plasticity index
indice de portance - m = bearing capacity factor
indice de profondeur - m = depth index, depth ratio
indice de réfraction - m = refraction index
indice de surface - m = area ratio
indice des pores - m = pore ratio, void porosity ratio,
voids porosity ratio
indice des vides - m = voids ratio
indice portant de Californie - m = California bearing
ratio
indice portant du sol - m = soil bearing value
indice-qualité prix - m = value for money
industrie(s) du bâtiment - f = building trade, con-
struction trade
inertie - f = inertia
inertie thermique - f = thermal inertia, thermal mass
infiltration - f = infiltration, percolation, seepage
infiltration sous rideau de palplanches - f = under-
seepage
inflammable = flammable (US), inflammable (UK)
informatisé = computer aided, computerized
infrarouge = infrared
infrastructure - f = civil engineering, infrastructure,
substation, substructure
ingélif = frost-proof, non-freeze, frost resistant
ingélif = not susceptible to attack by frost
ingénierie - f = engineering
ingénierie de la fiabilité - f = reliability engineering
ingénieriecde la sûreté - f = safety engineering
ingénieur - m = engineer
ingénieur architecte - m = structural engineer
ingénieur civil - m = structural engineer
ingénieur constructeur - m = structural engineer
ingénieur de chantier - m = field engineer
ingénieur de gros œuvre - m = structural engineer
ingénieur de travaux publics - m = civil engineer
ingénieur de travaux publics et bâtiments - m =
construction engineer
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ingénieur du génie civil - m = civil engineer
ingénieur en béton armé et constructions métalli-
ques - m = structural engineer
ingénieur en construction - m = civil engineer
ingénieur en mécanique - m = mechanical engineer
ingénieur en travaux publics et bâtiments - m =
erecting engineer
ingénieur géotechnicien - m = geotechnical engineer
ingenieur hygiéniste - m = public health engineer
ingénieur mécanicien - m = mechanical engineer
ingénieur municipal - m = borough surveyor
ingénieur-conseil - m = consulting engineer, engi-
neering consultant
ingénieur-en-chef - m = chief engineer
inhibition - f = inhibition
ininflammable = flameproof, non-flammable (US),
non-inflammable (UK), nonflammable (US), nonin-
flammable (UK), uninflammable
injecter = blow, to
injecteur - m = injector, nozzle
injection (coulis) - f = grouting
injection de boue - f = mud jacking
injection de consolidation - f = cementation
inondation - f = flood
inonder = flood, to
inorganique = inorganic
inoxydable = non-corrodible, rustproof
inoxydable = stainless (steel)
insalubre = insanitary, unhealthy
insecte xylophage - m = wood borer, wood boring
insect
insertion de jointoiement - f = tuck pointing
insolateur - m = collector (solar heating)
insolateur concentrateur - m = concentrating col-
lector
insolation - f = sunshine duration
insonore = sound-proof
insonorisation - f = acoustic insulation, sound insula-
tion, sound proofing, soundproofing
insonorisation contre le bruit de trépidation - f =
impact noise abatement
insonorisé = acoustically treated, soundproof
insonoriser = sound-proof (to), muffle (to)
instabilité - f = cycling, hunting, instability
installation - f = installation, installing, plant, system
installation à ciel ouvert - f = outdoor plant, outside
plant
installation à demeure - f = fixture
installation ad hoc - f = fixture
installation après coup - f = retrofitting
installation avec vase d’expansion à l’air libre - f =
open system
installation compacte de dosage et de mélange de
béton - f = self-contained concrete batching and
mixing plant
installation de chantier - f = site facility
installation de chauffage - f = heating plant, heating
system
installation de chauffage central - f = central heating
plant
installation de triage et de mélange de l’agrégat - f
= batching plant
installation d’épuration - f = waste water treatment
plant
installation diagonale - f = diagonal application
installation électrique - f = wiring
installation frigorifique - f = refrigerating plant,
refrigerating system
installation industrielle - f = industrial plant
installation pluricombustible - f = multifuel plant
installation provisoire - f = temporary installation
installation sanitaire - f = plumbing plant, plumbing
system, sanitary facility
installation septique privée - f = private sewage dis-
posal system
installations accessoires - f = appurtenances
installations annexes - f = appurtenances
installations de chantier - f = construction plant
installations de chantier - f = site facilities
installer = fit (water, electricity) (to), lay (water, elec-
tricity) (to)
intégrité d’une charpente - f = stability of structure
intensité lumineuse - f = candlepower
intensité sonore - f = loudness
intercepteur de graisse - m = grease trap
intercepteur - m = intercepting sewer, interceptor
intercepteur de graisse - m = grease box
intercepteur de graisse - m = grease interceptor
interconnexion - f = interlock, interlocking
interphone - m = intercom
interrupteur - m = break witch, circuit breaker, inter-
rupter, switch
interrupteur à flotteur - m = float switch
interrupteur à fusibles - m = fuse switch, fused
switch
interrupteur à gradation de lumière - m = dimmer
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interrupteur à levier - m = fulcrum switch, hand-
operated switch
interrupteur à minuterie - m = time switch
interrupteur à tirage - m = chain pull switch
interrupteur blindé - m = switchbox
interrupteur combiné - m = fuse switch, fused
switch
interrupteur de commande - m = control switch
interrupteur de verrouillage - m = interlocking
switch
interrupteur général - m = main switch
interrupteur instantané - m = snap action switch
interrupteur rapide - m = snap action switch
interrupteur rotatif - m = rotary switch
interrupteur simple - m = one-way switch
interrupteur sous coffret - m = switchbox
interrupteur thermique - m = thermal switch
interrupteur va-et-vient - m = two-way switch
interruption des travaux - f = closing down of work
intervalle - m = gap
intervalle d’air - m = air gap
intervention manuelle - f = manuel control
intrados - m = intrados
intrant énergétique - m = energy input
intumescent = intumescent
inverse du coefficient de sécurité - m = factor of uti-
lization
inverseur - m = changeover switch, reversing device
inverseur de douche - m = shower diverter
inversion des sollicitations - f = reversal of stress,
stress reversal
inviolable = tamperproof
invisible = concealed, invisible, secret
IP (indice de plasticité) (sol) - m = index of plasticity,
plasticity index
irisation - f = checker pattern (on glass)
irrégularité (surface) - f = unevenness
irrégularités - f = honeycomb
irréparable = beyond repair
irrigation - f = irrigation, watering
irrigation à la raie - f = furrow irrigation, row irri-
gation
irrigation en pluie - f = overhead irrigation
irriguer = water, to
isobéton - m = insulating concrete
isolant - m = cleat, insulant, insulating, insulating
material, insulation
isolant (contre l’humidité) - m = damp-proof com-
pound
isolant (protection) - m = insulating
isolant (séparation) - m = isolating
isolant acoustique - m = acoustic material, acoustical
insulation, sound insulation
isolant avec pare-vapeur - m = insulation with vapor-
barrier
isolant contre l’humidité - m = damp-proof com-
pound
isolant en natte piquée - m = quilt insulation
isolant en vrac - m = loose-fill insulation
isolant moussé - m = foamed insulation
isolant projeté - m = sprayed-on insulation
isolant rogode - m = rigid insulation
isolant thermique - m = heat insulation, insulation
isolateur à gorge - m = cleat
isolateur antivibratile - m = vibration isolator
isolateur antivibratile - m = vibration mount
isolateur en porcelaine - m = porcelain insulator
isolation - f = insulation, lagging
isolation acoustique - f = acoustical insulation, sound
insulation
isolation de l’ossature - f = structural insulation
isolation électrique - f = electric insulation, electrical
insulation
isolation en granulés - f = loose-fill insulation
isolation en plaque - f = board insulation, insulation
boards
isolation en vrac - f = loose-fill insulation
isolation périphérique - f = perimeter insulation
isolation phonique - f = acoustic insulation, noise
insulation, sound insulation, sound-proofing
isolation sonique - f = sound insulation
isolation thermique - f = heat insulation, thermal insu-
lation
isolation thermique en polystyrène - f = polystyrene
thermal
isolé = detached, freestanding, insulated, isolated
isolé au caoutchouc = rubber-insulated
isolement - m = insulation
isolement acoustique - m = acoustic insulation
isolement thermique - m = heat insulation, thermal
insulation
isonivelage - m = automatic levelling (lift), self-level-
ling (lift)
Isorel = Hardboard, hard board
isorel dur - m = fiberboard
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isorel mou - m = beaverboard
isostatique = hyperstatic, isostatic, non redundant, per-
fect, statically determinate
isotherme = isotherm
issue de secours - f = emergency exit, fire exit
issue horizontale - f = horizontal exit
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jalon - m = ranging pole, ranging rod, peg, stake, land-
mark, levelling rod
jalon (planimétrie) - m = range pole, range rod
jalon-mire - m = range pole
jalonnement - m = ranging out, pegging, staking
jalonner = peg, to
jalonner un terrain = stak (to), picket a lot (to)
jalousie - f = exterior Venetian blind, jalousie, shutter
blind
jambage - m = door jamb, jamb-post, leg
jambage (baie, cheminée, porte) - m = jamb
jambage (poutre en treillis) - m = strut
jambage de fenêtre - m = window post
jambage de porte - m = door post
jambe - f = leg, pier
jambe boutisse - f = stone pier (in brickwork)
jambe de force - f = brace, bracing strut, corner brace,
knee brace, strut
jambe d’encoignure - f = coins, quoins
jambe étrière - f = stone pier (end of partition wall)
jambette - f = princess post (roof structure), side post,
cladding, jacket
jaquette calorifuge - f = insulating jaquet
jardin - m = garden (UK), yard (US)
jardin à la française - m = formal garden
jardin à l’anglaise - m = informal garden, lanscaped
garden
jardin d’agrément - m = flower garden
jardin de derrière - m = back garden (UK), back yard
(US)
jardin de rocaille - m = rock garden, rockery
jardin d’eau - m = water garden
jardin d’hiver - m = winter garden
jardin en contrebas - m = sunken garden
jardin encaissé - m = sunken graden
jardin paysagé - m = landscaped garden
jardin-avant - m = front yard
jardinerie - f = garden centre
jardinier paysagiste - m = landscape gardener
jardinière - f = planter, window box
jarret - m = break (in line of an arch or a rafter), break
of outline, bulge
jarret (portique) - m = knee
jaspé = mottled
jauge - f = gage (US), gauge (UK)
jauge de déformation - f = strain gage, strain gauge
jauge d’épaisseur - f = thickness gage, thickness
gauge
jauge d’extensiométrie - f = strain gauge
jaugeage - m = gagging
jauger = gage (to) (US), gauge (to) (UK)
jaunissement - m = yellowing
JD (joint de dilatation) - m = contraction joint, expan-
sion joint, slip joint, stress relieving joint
jet (déblai) - m = throw
jet (fenêtre métallique) - m = weather bar
jet (fenêtre) - m = waterbar
jet (fenêtre, porte) - m = weather board, weather
boarding, weather moulding
jet de sable - m = sandblast
jet d’eau (jardin) - m = fountain
jetée - f = jetty, pier
jeter = lay, to
jeter les fondations = lay the foundations, to
jeu - m = allowance, backlash, clearance, play, set,
shim space, suite
jeu admissible - m = admissible clearance, permissible
clearance
jeu axial - m = end play
jeu effectif - m = actual clearance
jeu en bout - m = end play
jeu maximal - m = maximum clearance, minimal clea-
rance
joint - m = joint, jointing material, sealant, strip
joint (mécanique) - m = gasket, seal
joint à adent - m = joggle
joint à bague - m = band coupler, girth joint
joint à brides - m = flanged joint
joint à chevauchement - m = lapped splices
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joint à clavetage - m = keying joint
joint à douille - m = sleeve joint
joint à éclisse - m = fish joint
joint à emboîtement - m = spigot joint (US), bell and
spigot joint (US), spigot and socket joint (UK), socket
joint (UK)
joint à franc bord - m = butt-joint
joint à francs bords - m = butt joint, jump joint
joint à genouillère - m = ball-and-socket joint, ball-
and-socket type joint
joint à glacis - m = weather struck joint
joint à gousset - m = gusset-plated joint
joint à gradins - m = racking back
joint à la dilatation libre - m = expansion joint
joint à la pompe - m = gun-grade sealant
joint à languette et rainure - m = feather-joint
joint à lèvres - m = lip seal joint
joint à manchon - m = sleeve coupling
joint à mi-bois - m = half-lap joint, scarf joint
joint à onglet - m = miter joint, mitering
joint à plat - m = butt-joint
joint à recouvrement - m = lap joint, lapped joint
joint à recouvrement en traction - m = overlapped
tension splice
joint à rejéteau - m = flashed joint
joint à rejingot - m = flashed joint
joint à rotule - m = ball-and-socket joint, ball-and-
socket type joint
joint à rotule - m = swivel joint
joint à vif - m = butt joint
joint abouté - m = butt joint (plumb)
joint affleuré - m = flush joint
joint arrondi - m = keyed joint
joint articulé - m = articulated coupling, hinge,
hinged joint, knuckle joint
joint articulé - m = pin joint
joint au plomb - m = lead joint
joint aveugle - m = dummy joint, weakened-plane
joint
joint bitubulaire - m = sleeve joint
joint boulonné - m = bolted joint
joint bout à bout - m = butt-joint
joint brisé - m = racking back
joint central - m = center joint
joint collé - m = glued joint, solvent-welded joint
joint compensateur - m = expansion joint
joint concave - m = concave joint
joint coulé - m = slushed up joint
joint coulé à chaud - m = hot-poured joint
joint coulissant - m = slip joint
joint creux - m = recessed joint
joint creux chanfreiné (maç.) - m = weather-struck
joint
joint creux chanfreiné (maç.) - m = weathered joint
joint croisé - m = staggered joint
joint d’about - m = butt-joint, end joint
joint d’angle - m = corner connection
joint d’armature - m = reinforcement splice
joint d’assise - m = bed joint, coursing joint
joint d’atelier - m = shop connection
joint de baguette - m = baguette joint
joint de construction - m = construction joint
joint de contraction - m = contraction joint
joint de dilatation (JD) - m = contraction joint, expan-
sion joint, slip joint, stress relieving joint
joint de dilatation à peigne - m = tooth expansion
joint
joint de dilatation transversal - m = transerve expan-
sion joint
joint de ferme - m = panel-point
joint de fil - m = edge joint
joint de jambage - m = jamb joint
joint de lit - m = bed, bed joint, coursing joint, hori-
zontal joint
joint de long - m = bed joint
joint de mortier raclé - m = raked mortar joint
joint de parement - m = face joint
joint de placoplâtre - m = placoplastic joint
joint de recouvrement - m = overlap joint
joint de reprise - m = cold joint (US), construction
joint (UK)
joint de reprise horizontal - m = horizontal construc-
tion joint
joint de retrait - m = contraction joint, shrinkage joint
joint de tassement - m = settlement joint
joint debout - m = standing seam
joint d’emboîture - m = bell-and-spigot joint (US)
joint d’emboîture - m = socket-and-spigot joint (UK)
joint déprimé (contreplaqué) - m = sunken joint
joint d’étanchéité - m = seal, sealant, sealing joint
joint d’étanchéité prémoulé - m = preformed joint
sealant, preformed sealant
joint d’extrémité - m = end joint
joint droit - m = straight joint
joint droit (contreplaqué) - m = butt joint
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joint écarté - m = separated joint
joint éclissé - m = fished joint
joint embrevé - m = matched joint
joint en anglet - m = V joint, V-shaped joint
joint en anglet - m = V-tooled joint
joint en bout - m = end joint
joint en canal - m = keyed joint
joint en charnière - m = knuckle joint
joint en glacis - m = weather struck joint, weathered
joint
joint en Néoprène - m = neoprene weather baffle
joint en parement - m = face joint
joint en traction - m = tension splice
joint en travers du fil - m = end joint
joint en V - m = V-jointed
joint enclavé - m = housed joint
joint étanche - m = seal, tight, waterproof joint
joint express - m = Victaulic coupling
joint feint - m = false joint
joint feuilluré - m = rabbet joint
joint fileté - m = screwed joint
joint glissant - m = expansion joint
joint gras - m = thick joint
joint hydraulique - m = stuffing box, water seal
joint invisible - m = blind joint
joint isolant - m = insulating flange
joint lisse - m = flush joint
joint lisse au fer - m = tooled joint
joint longitudinal - m = edge joint
joint mal nourri - m = starved joint
joint maté - m = caulked joint
joint métalloplastique plein - m = full face gasket
joint montant - m = upright joint, vertical joint
joint montant (entre blocs de maçonnerie) - m =
cross joint (UK)
joint montant (partie visible en parement) - m = per-
pend (UK)
joint montant(entre deux blocs de maçonnerie) - m
= head joint (US)
joint monté - m = lapped joint, overlap
joint ouvert enfermé (contreplaqué) - m = hidden
core gap
joint ouvert visible (contreplaqué) - m = core gap
joint parallèle au fil - m = edge joint
joint pivotant - m = switch joint
joint plat - m = flat joint, flush joint
joint plein - m = flat joint, flush joint
joint raclé - m = raked joint
joint rapporté (dalle en béton) - m = inserted strip
joint refoulé arrondi - m = keyed joint
joint rodé - m = ground joint
joint rompu - m = broken joint, hollow bed
joint saillant demi-rond - m = bead joint
joint saillant en chanfrein double - m = external Vee
joint
joint saillant triangulaire - m = external Vee joint
joint scié - m = sawed joint
joint serré - m = tight joint
joint soudé - m = welded joint
joint soudé au chalumeau - m = blow joint, blown
joint
joint soudé par capillarité - m = sweat joint (US),
capillary joint (UK)
joint soudé par rapprochement - m = butt-weld joint
joint sphérique - m = ball joint
joint sphérique - m = switch joint
joint surépaissi - m = clip joint
joint tiré - m = tooled joint
joint tiré au fer - m = tooled joint
joint tordu - m = sleeve joint
joint torique - m = O ring
joint transversal - m = end joint, transerve joint
joint universel - m = universal joint
joint vertical - m = cross joint, head joint (US), per-
pend (UK)
joint Victaulic - m = Victaulic coupling
joint vif (pierre de taille) - m = dry joint
jointage avec baguette en plein bois - m = bead
jointed
jointement - m = pointing
jointement-rejéteau - m = weathered pointing
jointif = close (boarding, slating), close-
jointed(boarding, slating), edge to edge (boarding,
slating)
jointoiement - m = joint pointing, jointing, pointing up
jointoiement (à l’anglaise) - m = tuck pointing
jointoiement à baguette tiré saillant - m = bastard
pointing, bastard tuck pointing
jointoiement à joints creux - m = recessed pointing
jointoiement à plat - m = flat pointing, flat-joint
pointing
jointoiement au mortier - m = grouting
jointoiement avec mortier liquide - m = grouting
jointoiement avec mortier liquide - m = liquid
grouting
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jointoiement bâtard - m = bastard tuck pointing
jointoiement en montant - m = jointing
jointoiement engravé - m = recessed pointing
jointoiement plat - m = flat pointing
jointoiement rainuré - m = key pointing
jointoiement tiré au fer baguette - m = flat-joint
jointed pointing
jointoyage - m = grouting, jointing, pointing, pointing up
jointoyé = pointed
jointoyé en montant à la truelle = struck joint
jointoyer = grout (to), point (to)
jointoyer en montant à la truelle - m = strike off, to
joints alternés - m = broken joints
joints coulés - m = slushed (up) joints
joints croisés - m = alternate joints, breaking joints,
broken joints, staggered joints
joints décalés - m = staggered joints
joints droits - m = straight joints
joints échelonnés - m = staggered joints
joints en chicane - m = broken joints, staggered joints
joints en quinconce - m = staggered joints
joints rompus - m = broken joints
joints zigzagués - m = broken joints
jonction - f = branch, connection, junction
jonction de poutre à poteau - f = beam-to-column
connection
joue - f = side
joue (coffrage de poutre) - f = beam side
joue de coffrage - f = cheek boards, side formwork
joue de coffrage de poutre - f = haunch board
joue de mortaise - f = cheek
joue de poutre - f = side
jouée - f = cheek, reveal
jouée de mortaise - f = mortise cheeks
jouer le bois = shrink (to), swell (to), warp (to)
jour - m = gap, light
jour d’escalier - m = well-hole
jour solaire moyen (jsm) - m = mean solar day
journal de sondage - m = drilling log
jsm (jour solaire moyen) - m = mean solar day
jubé - m = chancel screen, rood screen
juchoir - m = kneeler
judas - m = door viewer, peephole, spy hole
jumelé = gemel (columns, windows), geminated
(columns, windows)
jumelle - f = leader
jumelles de sonnette - f = driving leaders, driving laine de verre - f = glass silk, glass wool
leads, pile driver leads laine de verre isolante - f = glass-wool insulator
jupe de bardeau - f = tab (shingle) laine minérale - f = mineral wool, rock wool
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laisser des pierres en attente = indent, to
lait de chaux - f = lime wash, milk of lime, white wash
lait de ciment - m = cement grout, grout, neat cement
grout, slurry
laitance - f = grout, laitance
laitier - m = slag, slag cement
laitier de haut fourneau - m = blast-furnace slag
laitier expansé - m = expanded slag, foamed slag
laitier granulé - m = granulated slag
laitier liquide - m = liquid slag
kaolin - m = china clay
laiton - m = brass
kieselguhr - m = kieselguhr
laize - f = width
kiosque - m = kiosk
lambourde - f = floor furring, floor joist, floor rib,
kiosque à musique - m = bandstand joist, ledger, ribbon, sleeper
kiosque de jardin - m = summer house lambourde (d’une poutre) - f = ledger strip
kip - m = kip lambourde de parquet (plancher avec solives de pla-
fond) - f = boarding joist
lambourde de plancher - f = wall plate (on corbels)

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lambourde engravée - f = let-in ribbon
lambourde sur béton - f = floor batten, floor runner,
sleeper
lambrequin (rideau) - m = pelmet
lambrequin (toit) - m = barge board, eaves board,
fascia board, gable board, vergeboard (often with elab-
orate pattern)
lambris - m = lining, panel, panelling, wainscoting,
wood panelling
l (largeur) - f = width lambris (d’appui) - m = dado, wainscot
L (longueur) - f = lenght lambris (sous fenêtre) - m = breast lining
label de qualité - m = seal of approval, trademark lambris d’appui - m = brest lining
labyrinthe - m = maze lambris de hauteur - m = floor-to-ceiling wood
panelling
lacet - m = pintle (of hinge)
lambris rustique - m = rustic siding
lâche = loose
lambrissage - m = paneling
lagon - m = lagoon (sewage disposal)
lambrissé = panneled
lagunage - m = lagooning
lambrisser = ceil, to
lagune - f = lagoon
lame - f = blade, cutter, slat
laie - f = kevel
lame biaise - f = angle blade
laine d’acier - f = steel wool
lame d’air (mur creux) - f = air space
laine d’amiante - f = rock wool lame d’air (mur creux) - f = cavity
laine de bois - f = excelsior (US), wood-wool (UK) lame de parquet - f = floor board, flooring strip,
laine de laitier - f = slag wool framing strip, strip
laine de plomb - f = lead wool lame de persienne - f = louver (US), louvre (UK)
laine de roche - f = rock wool lame de store - f = slat

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lame d’épandage - f = spreader
lame frontale (bulldozer) - f = mouldboard
lame niveleuse - f = angle blade
lame porteuse (caillebotis) - f = bearing bar
lamellé = laminated
lamelle - f = bar
lamellé-collé = glued-laminated, glulam
lamellé-collé - m = laminated wood
lamelles - f = laminations
lamifié = laminated, laminate sheet, stratified plastic
laminé = rolled
laminé - m = section
laminé à chaud = hot rolled, hot-rolled steel section
laminé à froid = cold rolled, cold rolled steel section
laminé-marchand - m = standard section
laminoir - m = mill, rolling mill
lampadaire (éclairage d’intérieur) - m = standard
lamp
lampadaire (éclairage public) - m = lamp-post (UK),
street lamp (US)
lampe à arc - f = arc lamp, arc light
lampe à atmosphère gazeuse - f = gas-filled lamp
lampe à contrepoids - f = rise-and-fall pendant
lampe à décharge - f = discharge lamp
lampe à fluorescence - f = fluorescent lamp
lampe à haute intensité - f = high-intensity lamp
lampe à réflecteur incorporé - f = reflector lamp
lampe à souder - f = blow lamp (UK), blow
torch (US)
lampe à suspension - f = pendant
lampe à vapeur de mercure - f = mercury vapour
lamp
lampe à vapeur de sodium - f = sodium vapour lamp
lampe d’applique - f = bracket lamp, bracket light
lampe de signalisation - f = indicating lamp, indicator
lamp
lampe dépolie - f = frosted lamp
lampe en applique - f = bracket lamp, wall lamp
lampe-contrôle - f = pilot lamp
lampe-témoin - f = pilot lamp, pilot light
lançage - m = jetting (piles), water jetting, water-jet
driving
lance - f = jet, nozzle
lance à ciment - f = cement gun
lance à oxygène - f = oxygen lance
lance d’arrosage - f = hose, water hose
lance d’incendie - f = fire hose, fire nozzle
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lance d’injection - f = jet pipe (pile driving)
lance-flamme - f = flame gun
lancette - f = lancet
langue (verre) - f = edge crack
langueté et bouveté = tongued and grooved
languette - f = cleat, fillet, key, slip, spline, tongue
languette (conduit de fumée) - f = withe, wythe
languette (menuiserie) - f = feather, slip feather,
tongue
languette et rainure - f = tongue and groove
languette linguiforme - f = feather
languette rapportée - f = spline
lanterne - f = chimney jack, lantern, lantern light,
lantern turret
lanterne (parallèle au faîte) - f = clerestory
lanterne de direction - f = direction signal
lanterne de serrage - f = turn-buckle, turnbuckle
lanterne de tension - f = parbuckle
lanterne de traction - f = parbuckle
lanterneau - m = lantern, lantern light, monitor roof,
roof light, skylight, small lantern
lanterneau circulaire - m = saucer dome
lanterneau de toit - m = clerestory
lanterneau d’éclairage zénithal - m = dome light
lanterneau filant - m = clerestory
laque - f = lacquer, shellac
lardage = studding with nails
largeur - f = span, width
largeur (l) - f = width
largeur de marche - f = going-of-step, tread width
largeur de noyau - f = extent of core
largeur de passage - f = clear width (door)
largeur d’éclairement - f = daylight width
largeur moyenne - f = average width
largeur utile - f = coverage
largeur utile (plaque ondulée) - f = cover width
largeur utile de la table de compression - f = effec-
tive flange width
largeur utile du hourdis - f = effective flange width
largeurs non assorties - f = random widths
larme - f = tears, water drops
larmier - m = drip grove, eave, hood mold, weather
check
larmier (corniche classique) - m = corona
larmier (corniche) - m = crown moulding
larmier (non décoratif) - m = drip, drip moulding,
drip stone
larmier (utilisé au lieu de mouchette) - m = check lavabo sur colonne - m = pedestal washbasin
throat, throat, weather check lavabo sur pied - m = pedestal washbasin
larmier au-dessus d’une baie et carré - m = label, lavabo suspendu - m = wall-hung washbasin
label moulding
lavage - m = wash, washing
larmier au-dessus d’une baie et en arc - m = hood
moulding lavage à contre-courant (filtre) - m = backwash,
backwashing
larmier en pierre - m = weather moulding
lavage à grande eau - m = hosing down
larmier jet d’eau - m = drip mold
laverie - f = scullery
lasure - f = preservative
laveur d’air - m = air washer
latex - m = latex
layonnage - m = clearing
lattage - m = battening, lath, lathing, lathwork
lazaret - m = leper hospital
lattage (contreplaqué) - m = core strips, coreboard,
lazure - f = impregnation
coreboards
lazuré - f = impregnated
lattage jointif - m = close lathing
lé - m = width (wall paper)
latté = block-board
LE (limite élastique) - f = yield point
latte - f = batten, lath, slat, sticker, strip
le bâtiment - m = building industry (the…), building
latté - m = coreboard trade (the…)
latte à ardoises - f = slate batten, slating batten, slating le pieu refoule - m = the pile refuses
lath
le pieu refuse - m = the pile refuses
latte à tuiles - f = tile batten, tile lath, tilling lath
lentille à échelons - f = fresnel lens
latte de régalage - f = long float, smoothing board
lentille d’argile - f = clay lens
latte de sciage - f = sawn lath
lentille de Fresnel - f = fresnel lens
latte en bois - f = wood lath
lentille de sable - f = lens of sand
latte en placoplâtre - f = gypsum lath
les harpes - f = toothing (the)
latte en plâtre et enduit - f = gypsum lath and plast
les jours d’un bâtiment - m = apertures
latte et enduit - f = lath and plaster
les voûtes - f = arches (under bridge), vaulting
latte extérieure (fenêtre à guillotine) - f = parting
bead, parting stop, parting strip lésène - m = pilaster strip
latte intérieure (fenêtre à guillotine) - f = guard bead, lessivage - m = leaching
inner bead, inside stop bead, sash stop, vertical sash lessive - f = lye
stop, window bead, window stop lest (grue) - m = kentledge
latte menue - f = half batten levage - m = hoisting, lift, lifting
latte métallique - f = metal lath levé à la boussole - m = compass survey
latte refendue - f = riven lath levé à la chaîne - m = chain survey
latte support - f = backing strip levé à la planchette - m = plane table survey, plane
latte volige - f = splat table surveying, plane tabling
latter = lath, to levé aérien - m = aérial survey
latte-volige - f = slating batten levé de bornage - m = boundary survey
lattis - m = battening, lath, lathing, lathwork, lattice, levé de plans - m = survey, surveying
trellis levé de reconnaissance - m = exploratory survey
lattis (pose d’ardoise ou tuiles) - m = groundwork levé de terrain - m = land survey, land surveying,
(over roofing boards) survey, topographical survey
lattis céramique - m = clay lathing levé directeur - m = control survey
lattis en métal déployé - m = metal lathing levé d’un plan - m = mapping, plotting
lauze - f = stone slate levé d’un terrain - m = plotting
lavabo - m = lavatory (US), sink (US), washbasin (UK) levé géologique - m = geological survey
lavabo collectif - m = trough, wash trough levé par cheminement - m = traversing
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levé tachéométrique - m = tacheometric survey
levé topographique - m = land survey, land surveying,
survey, surveying, topographic survey
levée - f = enbankment, levee
levée de bétonnage - f = lift
lever un plan = map a site (to), survey (to)
levier - m = arm, crow-bar, lever
levier de démolition - m = pitching tool
levier optique - m = optical lever
lézarde - f = chink, crack
lézarde de tassement - f = settlement crack, settling
crack
liaison - f = bond, bonding, connection, connector, fas-
tener
liaison à sec - f = dry bond
liaison dalle-poteau - f = slab-column connection
liaison électrique - f = cross-bonding, electrical
bonding
liaisonnement - m = bond, bonding
liaisonner = bond (to), grout (to)
liant - m = binder, binding agent
liant (granito) - m = matrix
liant aérien - m = air-cured binder
liant bitumineux - m = asphalt binder, bituminous
binder
liant d’agrégation - m = binder
liant hydraulique - m = hydraulic binder
liant hydrocarboné - m = asphalt binder, asphalt
cement (US), asphaltic binder, bituminous binder
(UK), bituminous cement
liant plastique - m = binder plastic, plastic binder
liants - m = binding materials
liants bitumineux - m = bituminous materials
libage - m = filler stone, rubble
libre = floating, free
libre parcours moyen - m = mean free path
librement aménageable = open plan
lice - f = outer bailey
liège - m = cork
liège aggloméré - m = agglomerated cork, compressed
cork, cork board, cork slab
liège expansé - m = expanded cork
lien - m = bond, cavity wall tie, tie
lien à chaîne - m = chain-bond
lien diagonal - m = diagonal tie
lien en fer à U - m = hanger, stirrup, strap
lier = bind, to
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lierne - f = bridging, bridging-piece, coupling purlin,
dragon tie, inter-tie, lierne, lierne rib, rail, ridge rib,
strut, strutting-piece
lieu de construction - m = construction site
lieu de rassemblement - m = place of assembly
lieu d’emprunt - m = borrow area, borrow ditch,
borrow pit
lieu géométrique - m = locus
lieux - m = premises
ligature - f = binders, lashing, lateral binders, rein-
forcement binder, reinforcement stirrup
ligature (armature, poteau) - f = tie
ligne à cingler - f = chalk line
ligne axiale - f = centre line
ligne brisée - f = broken line
ligne d’amenée de courant - f = service entrance
conductor
ligne d’arrivée - f = incoming cable, incoming line
ligne de base - f = base line, datum line, zero line
ligne de branchement - f = service line
ligne de charge - f = load line
ligne de collimation - f = collimation line, line of col-
limation
ligne de consommateur - f = distributing main (US),
distributor (UK), secondary distribution mains (UK)
ligne de courant - f = flow line, line of flow, stream
line
ligne de démarcation - f = boundary line
ligne de distribution d’eau - f = water distribution
line
ligne de façade - f = frontage line
ligne de faille - f = fault line
ligne de faît - f = drainage divide
ligne de flux - f = flow line
ligne de foi - f = fiducial line
ligne de foulée - f = line of travel, walking line
ligne de fuite - f = leakage path
ligne de glissement - f = flow line, slip band, slip line
ligne de niveau - f = contour line, datum, datum line
ligne de partage des eaux - f = divide, height of land,
watershed
ligne de pente - f = pitch line
ligne de référence - f = datum, datum line, reference
line
ligne de repère - f = datum, datum line
ligne de repère de hauteur = datum line, datum
ligne de rupture - f = failure line
ligne de terrain - f = lot line
ligne de tuyauterie - f = pipe run
ligne de visée - f = line of sight
ligne d’échappée - f = line of clear headroom
ligne d’égal tassement - f = settlement contour
ligne d’égale pression - f = curve of equal pressure
ligne d’égales contraintes principales - f = stress
contour
ligne des naissances - f = springing line
ligne des niveaux piézométriques - f = hydraulic
grade line (US)
ligne des niveaux piézométriques - f = hydraulic
gradient (UK)
ligne des zéros (terrassement) - f = no-cut no-fill line
ligne d’influence - f = influence line
ligne d’opérations - f = base line
ligne du terrain - f = top level of ground
ligne élastique de flexion - f = deflection curve
ligne élastique de flexion - f = elastic curve
ligne en pointillés - f = dotted line
ligne fraîche - f = wet edge
ligne fuyante - f = vanishing line
ligne interurbaine - f = toll line (US), trunk line (UK)
ligne méridienne - f = north-south line
ligne modulaire - f = modular line
ligne neutre - f = neutral axis
ligne piézométrique - f = hydraulic grade line (US),
hydraulic gradient (UK)
ligne souterraine - f = buried line, underground line
ligne tracée au cordeau - f = chalk line
ligne zéro - f = base line, zero line
lignes lumière et force - f = light and power lines
lignite - f = lignite
lignolet - m = combing (roof)
limaille - f = filings
lime - f = file
lime à couteau - f = knife file
lime bâtarde - f = bastard file
lime d’Allemagne - f = rasp
lime demi-ronde - f = half-round file
lime douce - f = smooth file
lime triangulaire - f = three-square file
limeuse - f = filing machine, shaping machine
limite - f = boundary
limite (propriété, terrain) - f = boundary (UK)
limite (propriété, terrain) - f = lot line (US)
limite conventionnelle d’élasticité - f = proof stress
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limite de charge du sol - f = allowable soil bearing
limit
limite de consistance d’Atterberg - f = Atterberg
consistency limits
limite de la couche - f = boundary
limite de la propriété - f = property line (US)
limite de plasticité (LP) - f = plastic limit, plasticity
limit
limite de propriété - f = boundary (UK)
limite de résistance - f = yield point
limite de retrait - f = shrinkage limit
limite de rupture - f = ultimate strength, yield point
limite d’élasticité - f = elastic limit, yield strength
limite d’emprise de la fouille - f = excavation line
limite élastique - f = elastic limit, yield point
limiteur de débit - m = flow limiting device
limnigraphe - m = water level recorder
limon - m = bridge board, face string, outer string,
string board, string piece
limon (d’escalier) - m = string (stairway), string (UK),
stringer (US)
limon (sol) - m = silt
limon à crémaillère - m = carriage, notch board, step
stringer, bracketed string
limon à la française - m = close string, closed stringer
(US), housed string (UK)
limon à l’anglaise - m = cut string, open string
limon argileux - m = clay loam
limon de loess - m = loess loam
limon débillardé - m = wreathed string
limon découpé - m = cut-out stringer
limon d’escalier - m = stair string
limon droit - m = close string (UK), closed stringer
(US), housed string (UK)
limon engravé - m = housed stringer, ploughed
stringer
limon intermédiaire - m = intermediate carriage
limousinage - m = rubble walling, walling
lin = flax
lin (huile de) = linseed oil
linçoir - m = ledger, runner, tail trimmer
linçoir (chevêtre) - m = header (US), header joist
(US), trimmer joist (UK)
linçoir (plancher) - m = wall plate (on corbels)
linéaire = linear, running
linéique = lineal, per unit of length
linguet de sécurité - m = safety catch
linteau - m = head, head jamb, header, lintel, lintol, lit de contact - m = contact bed
straight arch lit de dessous - m = bed face
linteau de chaînage - m = lintel spandrel beam lit de dessus - m = top face
linteau de fenêtre - m = window sprandel lit de dispersion - m = disposal bed
linteau de foyer - m = chimney bar lit de galets - m = pebble bed
linteau de sécurité - m = safety lintel
lit de mortier - m = mortar bed
linteau en deux pièces - m = double timber lintel
lit de pose (canalisation) - m = pipe bed
linteau jumelé - m = double header
lit de pose (pierre) - m = bed face
liquide à viscosité variable - m = complex liquid (US)
lit de séchage - m = drying bed
liquide à viscosité variable - m = non-newtonian
liquid (UK) lit d’épandage - m = disposal bed
liquide thixotropique - m = thixotropic liquid lit entraîné - m = entrained bed, moving bed
lisière - f = border, edge lit filtrant - m = filter bed
lissage - m = dressing, finishing, floating lit fluidisé - m = fluidized bed
lissage (enduit) - m = smoothing lit mobile - m = entrained bed, moving bed
lissage à la machine - m = power floating lit multicouche - m = mixed-media bed
lissage à la truelle - m = trowel finish, trowelling lit naturel - m = natural face, quarry face
lissage de l’enduit - m = floating plaster lit percolateur - m = percolating filter
lissage des ressources - m = resource smoothing lit tendre - m = soft bed
lissage du plâtre - m = floating plaster lité = beded
lissé = trowelled smooth liteau - m = batten, roofer, slate batten, slate lath,
lisse - f = cross powl, flush, furring, ledger strip, plain, sticker, tile batten, tile lath (over rafters or counter bat-
plate, rail, ribbon, sill, sill plate, smooth, top rail, wall tens)
plate litée (pierre) - f = bedded
lisse (ossature) - f = cladding rail (UK), fixing rail litonnage - m = lathing(slating or tiling)
(UK), girt (US), sheeting rail (UK), side rail (UK) litonnage (sur voligeage) - m = battens, groundwork
lisse basse - f = bottom plate, sill plate, sole plate livraison - f = transfer, turnover
lisse basse ancrée - f = anchored sill lixivation - f = leaching
lisse d’appui - f = sub-sill lobé = cusped, lobed
lisse de chevron - f = rafter plate lobe - m = cusp, foil, lobe
lisse sur la terre - f = mudsill
lobe d’un arc - m = feathering
lisseuse - f = trowel
local - m = premises
lissoir - f = jointer, jointing tool
local commercial - m = business premises
lissoir d’arête - m = edger
local des machines (ascenseur) - m = machinery
liste de quantités - f = bill of quantities room
liste des fenêtres - f = window schedule local des machines (ascenseur) - m = mechanical
liste restreinte - f = short list equipment room
listeau - m = fillet, listel local électricité - m = electrical plant room
listeau (entre cannelures) - m = stria local sanitaire - m = sanitary facility
listel - m = fillet, listel local technique (LT) - m = equipment room, mechan-
listel (entre cannelures de colonne) - m = stria ical room (US), plant room, plant space
listel d’encadrement - m = reveal locataire à bail - m = lessee
lit - m = bed, course location - f = letting, renting
lit bactérien - m = bacteria bed, biological filter locaux - m = accommodation, premises
lit d’assise - m = bed joint locaux d’habitation - m = domestic premises
lit d’attente - m = top face (stone) loess - m = loess
lit de carrière - m = natural face, quarry face loess modifié - m = loess beam, loess loam

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logement - m = accommodation, cradle, dwelling,
dwelling unit, habitation, housing, lodgement, tenement
logement collectif - m = multifamily housing, multiple
dwelling
logement de fonction - m = housing provided by the
employer, official residence, tied cottage
logement de plain-pied - m = flat
logement individuel - m = one-family dwelling,
single-family dwelling
logement locatif - m = edge beam, main beam, rental
housing, rented accommodation
logement ouvrier - m = tenement
logement public - m = public housing
logement terminé - m = housing completion
logement unifamilial - m = one-family dwelling, one-
family house
logements familiaux - m = family housing
loggia - f = loggia, recessed balcony
long pan - m = long side, long side (roof), long slope,
long wall (as opposed to gable wall), long wall (oblong
building), longitudinal façade, main slope (pitched
roof)
longeron - m = girder, stringer
longévité - f = service life
longrine - f = girder, ground beam, ground sleeper,
longitudinal beam, sleeper, sleeper plate, stringer,
waling
longrine (boisage de tranchée, coffrage) - f = wale,
waler, waling, whaler
longrine (échafaudage) - f = ledger
longrine (pieux) - f = pile cap
longrine de fondation - f = sill, sill plate
longue vis - f = long screw
longue vis (raccord de plomberie) - f = long screw
longueur (L) - f = length
longueur d’adhérence d’armature - f = bond length,
bond length of reinforcement, grip length of reinfor-
cement
longueur d’application de la charge - f = length of
span under load
longueur d’appui - f = bearing length
longueur de façade - f = frontage
longueur de fente - f = crack length
longueur de flambage (colonne) - f = effective
length
longueur de la ligne de foulée - f = total going
longueur de portée - f = span length
longueur developpée (tuyau) - f = developed length
longueur en huile - f = oil length
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longueur équivalente - f = effective length
longueur hors-tout - f = overall length
longueur libre - f = unsupported length
longueur libre au flambage - f = effective length
longueur moyenne - f = average length
longueur réelle - f = actual length
longueurs diverses et mélangées - f = mill lengths
longueurs diverses et mélangées - f = random lengths
loquet - m = catch, latch
loqueteau - m = catch, fastener, latch
loqueteau à bille - m = ball catch
loqueteau mortaisé - m = mortise latch
lot - m = batch, building lot, building plot, lot
lot d’après corps d’état - m = section (spécifications)
lot d’après travaux - m = work section
lot de travaux - m = item
lot d’essai - m = trial batch
lotissement - m = allotment, building lot, building plot,
development, division into plots, housing development,
housing estate (UK), lot, plot plan, plotting, project,
subdividing of land (US), subdivision (US)
lotissement de jardins - m = garden allotment
lotissement résidentiel - m = residential allotment
loupe - f = burl, burr
loupe de noyer - f = walnut burr
louve - f = lewis
louveteau - m = lewis wedge
LP (limite de plasticité) - f = plastic limit, plasticity
limit
LT (local technique) - m = equipment room, mecha-
nical room (US), plant room, plant space
lucarne - f = dormer, dormer window, luthern, roof
light, skylight
lucarne à comble brisé - f = hip roof dormer
lucarne à deux versants - f = gable dormer
lucarne à pignon - f = gable window
lucarne attique - f = attic window
lucarne en chien assis - f = shed dormer
lucarne faîtière - f = gable window, skylight, skylight
(at ridge of a roof)
lucarne jumelée - f = gemel window
lucarne pendante - f = partial dormer
lucarne rentrante - f = internal dormer
lucarne saillante - f = dormer, dormer window
lucarne sur le versant - f = external dormer, external
dormer window
lucarne-attique - f = attic window
lumière crue - f = hard light, harsh light
lumière diffuse - f = diffused light
lumière rasante - f = low-angle light
lumière réfléchie - f = reflected light
lumière solaire - f = sunlight
luminaire - m = downlighter, light fitting (UK), light
fixture (UK), luminaire (US)
luminaire encastré - m = recessed fitting, recessed
luminaire
luminaire filant - m = strip lighting
luminance - f = luminance
lumineux = illuminated
lumineux = luminous
lunette (architecture) - f = lunette
lunette (théodolite) - f = telescope
lunure - f = internal sapwood
lustrage (revêtement de sol) - m = buffing
lustrage (verre) - m = glossing
lustre - m = chandelier
lustrer (parquet) = buff, to
lut - m = jointing compound, lut, luting
lutrin - m = lectern
lyre de dilatation - f = expansion bend, expansion
loop
M
macadam - m = broken stone, crushed stone,
macadam
macadam à base de bitume - m = asphalt macadam
macadam à l’eau - m = waterbound macadam
macadam au goudron - m = tarmac, tarmacadam
macadam d’asphalte - m = asphalt macadam
macadam de bitume - m = asphalt macadam
macadam enrobé - m = mixed macadam
macadam-ciment - m = cement-bound macadam
macadamiser = tarmac,to
macadam-mortier - m = tar-grouted macadam
mâchefer - m = cinders, clinker, furnace clinker
machicoulis - m = machicolation
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machine à cintrer les armatures - f = bar bender
machine à cintrer les ronds - f = bar bender
machine à cintrer les tubes - f = pipe bender
machine à coffrage glissant - f = slipform paver, slip-
former
machine à couper les armatures - f = bar cutter
machine à couper les ronds - f = bar cutter
machine à décoller le papier peint - f = steam
stripper
machine à encocher - f = notching machine
machine à entailler - f = notching machine
machine à mortaiser - f = mortising machine, slotter,
slotting machine
machine à souder - f = welder, welding machine
machine à surfacer - f = mechanical trowel, surfacing
machine
machine à surfacer le béton - f = concrete surfacing
machine
machine arrêtée - f = idle machine
machine de fatigue - f = fatigue tester, fatigue testing
machine, simulated service testing machine
machine d’endurance - f = fatigue tester, fatigue tes-
ting machine, simulated service testing machine
machine d’essai au choc - f = impact testing machine
machine d’essai de fatigue - f = fatigue tester,
fatigue testing machine, simulated service testing
machine
machine d’essai d’endurance - f = fatigue tester,
fatigue testing machine, simulated service testing
machine
machine d’essai dynamique - f = dynamic testing
machine
machine d’usure - f = abrasion testing machine
machine en chômage - f = idle machine
machine immobilisée - f = idle machine
machine motrice - f = prime mover
machine outil - f = machine-tool
machine pour essais d’usure - f = abrasion testing
machine
machine tarière - f = earth-boring
machinerie - f = machine room, machinery mecha-
nical room (US), plant room
machinerie d’ascenseur - f = elevator machinery (US)
machinerie d’ascenseur - f = lift machinery (UK)
mâchoire - f = jaw
mâchoire d’étau - f = jaw of a vice
mâchure - f = chip mark
maçon - m = bricklayer, mason
maçonnage - m = masonry
maçonner = mason, to
maçonnerie - f = bricklaying, brickwork, concrete
masonry, masonry, stonework, walling
maçonnerie à joints incertains - f = opus incertum
work, random rubble, random rubble work
maçonnerie à joints rectilignes - f = closely fitted
masonry (UK), random range ashlar (US)
maçonnerie à parementéclaté - f = axed work
maçonnerie à sec - f = dry masonry
maçonnerie apparente - f = exposed masonry
maçonnerie armée à éléments coffrants - f = rein-
forced grouted-brick masonry
maçonnerie au-dessus du niveau du sol - f = above-
grade masonry
maçonnerie brute - f = rubble
maçonnerie creuse - f = hollow masonry
maçonnerie de briques - f = brick masonry (US)
maçonnerie de briques - f = brickwork (UK)
maçonnerie de fond - f = backing (UK), backup (US)
maçonnerie de moellons - f = rubble walling
maçonnerie de moellons bruts - f = quarry-faced
masonry, random work
maçonnerie de moellons smillés - f = ashlar masonry
maçonnerie de parement - f = masonry veneer
maçonnerie de pierres de taille en rangéesde hau-
teurs différentes - f = random ashlar
maçonnerie de pierres de taille en rangéesde hau-
teurs différentes - f = ranged rubble
maçonnerie en aggloméré - f = block work
maçonnerie en appareil assisé - f = coursed rubble
masonry, coursed rubble
maçonnerie en appareil réglé - f = coursed ashlar
(US), range masonry (US), range work (US), regular
coursed rubble (UK)
maçonnerie en béton - f = concrete mansonry
maçonnerie en briques - f = brickwork
maçonnerie en briques armée - f = reinforced brick-
work
maçonnerie en briques creuses - f = blockwork
maçonnerie en élévation - f = above-grade work
maçonnerie en fondation - f = below-grade work
maçonnerie en liaison - f = bonded masonry
maçonnerie en liaison à sec - f = dry masonry
maçonnerie en moellons - f = rubble, rubblework
maçonnerie en moellons irréguliers - f = opus
incertum, polygonal ragwork, random rubble, rubble
work
maçonnerie en opus incertum - f = opus incertum,
polygonal ragwork, random rubble, rubble work
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maçonnerie en parpaings - f = block work, block-
work
maçonnerie en pierre - f = masonry (UK), stone
masonry
maçonnerie en pierre - f = stone work, stonework (US)
maçonnerie en pierre de taille - f = ashlar, ashlar
masonry
maçonnerie en pierres naturelles - f = masonry,
natural stonework
maçonnerie en pierres sèches - f = dry rubble, dry
walling
maçonnerie enduite - f = rendered masonry
maçonnerie massive - f = solid masonry
maçonnerie non-apparente - f = rough work
maçonnerie plaquée - f = masonry veneer, veneered
masonry
maculations - f = marring
madrier - m = baulk, deal, plank, thick board, thick
plank, timber plank
madrier à croisure - m = cross plank
madrier à gravier - m = gravel board, gravel plank
madrier à marches - m = step-plank
madrier de pontage - m = bridge plank
maigre (béton, mortier) = lean
maigre (dimension) = bare, scant
mail recouvert - m = covered mall
maillage - m = grid layout
maillé = edge-grain
maille - f = mesh opening
maille (bois) - f = silver grain
maille (grillage, tamis) - f = mesh
maille (treillis de construction triangulé) - f = panel
maillechort - m = German silver, nickel silver
maillet - m = mallet
maillon d’attache - m = clevis
maillon de chaîne - m = chain link
maillon de jonction - m = clevis
maillon fusible - m = fuse link
maillure (bois) - f = silver grain
main (ouverture d’une porte) - f = hand
main courante - f = handrail, rail, stair handrail
main d’œuvre saisonnière - f = casual labour
mainteneur automatique de charge - m = automatic
load maintainer, constant load maintainer
mainteneur de charge constante - m = automatic
load maintainer, constant load maintainer
maison à bois apparents - f = frame house
maison à colombages - f = half-timbered house
maison à colombages - f = timber-frame house
maison à énergie nulle - f = zero-energy house
maison à mi-étages - f = split level house
maison à ossature de bois (MOB) - f = frame house,
timber-frame house, timber-framed house
maison à poutres apparentes - f = half-timbered
house
maison à premier étage mansardé - f = chalet bun-
galow (UK), story-and-a-half house (US), story-and-
half
maison à trois étages - f = three decker house
maison à un étage - f = house on two floors, single-
storey house (UK), two-storey house, two-story
house (US)
maison autonome - f = eco house
maison chapitrale - f = chapter house
maison collective - f = block of flats, tenement
building
maison d’appartements - f = apartment house
maison de plain pied - f = bungalow
maison de rapport - f = apartment building, apartment
house (US), investment property (UK), tenement
house (UK)
maison de ville - f = town house
maison délabrée - f = blighted housing
maison d’habitation - f = dwelling house, residential
house
maison du chapitre - f = chapter house
maison écologique - f = eco house
maison en angle sur la rue - f = house at an angle to
the street
maison en bande - f = terraced house, town house
maison en bois - f = frame house
maison en décrépitude - f = blighted housing
maison en dur - f = traditional house
maison en location - f = rental (US), rented pro-
perty (UK)
maison en pans de bois - f = timber-frame house
maison en terrasse - f = terrace house
maison familiale - f = family abode, family house
maison indépendante - f = detached house
maison individuelle - f = one-family dwelling, one-
family house
maison individuelle jumelée - f = half-double (US)
maison individuelle jumélée - f = semi-detached
house (UK)
maison isolée - f = detached house
maison jumelée - f = semi-attached house, semi-
detached house, twin house
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maison multifamiliale - f = multiple dwelling
maison particulière - f = private home, private house
maison préfabriquée - f = prefab, prefabricated
construction
maison sans étages - f = bungalow
maison semi-finie - f = core house
maison simple - f = detached dwelling
maison solaire - f = solar house
maison sur sous-sol - f = basement house
maison sur sous-sol surélevé - f = semibasement
house
maison sur terre-plein - f = house with solid ground
floor, house with solid groundfloor
maison sur vide sanitaire - f = house with suspende
groundfloor
maison témoin - f = model house (US), show
house (UK)
maison traditionnelle - f = conventional house, house
build on the site, on-the-site home
maison unifamiliale - f = dwelling house
maisons dos à dos - f = back-to-back houses
maisons en bande - f = link houses (UK), row houses
(US), terrace houses (UK), town houses (UK)
maisons indépendantes à fondations reliées - f = link
homes (US), link houses (US)
maisons jumelées - f = double house (US), pair of
semi-detached houses (UK)
maisons siamoises - f = link homes (US), link
houses (US)
maître = main, principle
maître - m = master
maître à danser - m = calipers
maître de danse - m = calipers
maître de l’œuvre - m = architect
maître de l’ouvrage (MO) - m = construction agency,
building owner, building sponsor, owner, sponsor,
client, employer
maître de l’ouvrage (MO) (marché public) - m =
contracting authority
maître d’œuvre (MO) - m = architect, engineer for the
works, general contractor, main contractor, prime con-
tractor
maître d’ouvrage (MO) - m = construction agency,
building owner, building sponsor, owner, sponsor,
client, employer
maître d’ouvrage (MO) (marché public) - m =
contracting authority
maître sondeur - m = boring master
maître-autel - m = high altar
maîtresse, piece - - f = principal member (of a frame)
maîtresse-poutre - f = girder, main beam
maîtrise - f = supervisory staff
majoration pour chutes - f = allowance for cutting
waste
mal nourri (peinture, colle) = hungry, starved
maladrerie - f = leper hospital
malandre - f = enclosed rotten knot
malaxage - m = mixing (concrete)
malaxer = mix, to
malaxer de nouveau = retemper, to
malaxeur - m = concrete mixer, dough mixer, mill,
mixer, mixing machine
malaxeur discontinu - m = batch mixer
malaxeur horizontal - m = paddle mixer, pan mixer,
turbo mixer
malaxeur plat - m = paddle mixer, pan mixer, turbo
mixer
malaxeur véhiculaire - m = ready-mixer
malfaçon - f = bad workmanship, defect, defective
work
malfaçon - f = faulty workmanship
malléabilité - f = malleability
mamelon - m = nipple
mamelon de réduction - m = bushing
mamelon de tuile - m = stub
mamelon double - m = barrel nipple, long nipple
manche - m = handle, heft, heft of hammer
manche de marteau - m = heft, heft of hammer
manche d’incendie - f = fire hose
manche filtrante - f = filter hose
manchette - f = sleeve
manchette flexible - f = flexible coupling
manchette souple de raccordement - f = flexible
connector (air conditioning)
manchon - m = jacket
manchon (de peintre) - m = sleeve
manchon (pipe) - m = coupling, pipe coupling,
socket, coupler
manchon d’accouplement - m = junction sleeve
manchon de frottament - m = sleeve
manchon de jonction - m = junction sleeve
manchon de raccord - m = sleeve joint, splicing
sleeve
manchon de raccordement de tubes - m = conduit
coupler
manchon d’entrée de canalisation (élect.) - m = duct
edge shield
manchon double - m = double socket
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manchon en fer forgé - m = wrought coupling
manchon flexible - m = flexible coupling
manchon réducteur - m = reducer
mandrin - m = chuck, dolly, mandrel, punch, tube
beader
mandrin à serrage automatique - m = self-clamping
chuck
mandriner = expand (a tube), to
manette - f = control lever, hand lever, lever
manette de commande - f = control lever
maniabilité - f = workability
manille d’assemblage - f = clevis
mannequin - m = boxing, jamb form, jig, trench box,
trench guard
mannequin de soudage - m = welding jig
manocontact - m = pressure switch
manœuvre - f = operation, helper (US), labourer, mate
(UK), unskilled labourer
manœuvre en duplex - f = duplex control (of two lifts)
manœuvres - m = hands
manomètre - m = pressure gauge
manomètre à tube en U - m = U gauge
manque (peinture) - m = holiday, skip
manque de ductilité - m = notch brittleness, notch
shortness
manque de recouvrement - m = lack of cove
manque d’eau - m = water shortage
manque d’enrobage - m = lack of cover
manquement à une obligation - m = default
mansarde - f = attic room, garret
manteau de cheminée - m = chimney-piece, mantel,
mantelpiece
manteau de fer - m = chimney bar
manuel technique - m = engineering manual
manutention - f = conveyance, handling
manutention des matériaux - f = materials handling
maquette - f = model
maquette (à échelle réduite) - f = scale model
maquette d’architeture - f = architectural model
maquette grandeur nature - f = full-scale model,
mock-up
marbre - m = marble, surface plate
marbre d’ajusteur - m = surface plate
marbre reconstitué - m = reconstituted marble, recon-
structed marble
marbrure - f = marbleizing (US), marbling (UK)
marchand = merchantable
marchant au fuel = oil-fired
marchant au gaz = gas-fired
marche - f = operation, run, running, stair, step, tread,
tread of step
marché - m = contract
marche à nez arrondi - f = bull-noze step
marche à pleine charge - f = full load operation
marche à pleine charge - f = operating on total load
marche ajourée - f = skeleton step
marche arrondie - f = drum-head step, round step,
round step, round-end step
marche balancée - f = balanced step
marche carrée - f = flier, square step
marche convexe - f = commode step
marche d’angle - f = corner step, kit winder, kite
winder, winder
marche dansante - f = dancing step
marche d’arrivée - f = top step
marche de bois dur - f = hardwood tread
marche de départ - f = bottom step, starting step
marche de départ arrondi - f = step with half-round
end
marche de départ en demi-cercle - f = circle end
marche de départ en volute - f = curtail step, scroll
step
marche délardée - f = spandrel step
marche d’escalier - f = stair, tread, tread of step
marche d’essai - f = trial run
marche droite - f = flier, flyer
marche en encorbellement - f = cantilever step,
hanging step
marche en pointe - f = maximum operation
marche en volute - f = scroll step
marche gironnée - f = tapered step
marche palière - f = landing tread
marche portant noyau - f = turret step
marche poussée - f = maximum operation
marche poussée - f = maximum run
marche rampante - f = ramped step
marche rayonnante - f = wheel step, wheeler,
wheeling step, winder
marche rectangulaire - f = flier, flyer
marche tournante - f = turn step, winder
marche-palière - f = landing board, landing tread
marches ajourées - f = skeleton steps
marches d’escalier - f = stairway, stair, stairs
marécage - m = muskeg
marge - f = margin
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marge (autour d’une maison) - f = yard (US)
marge ciselée - f = drafted margin
marge de reculement - f = set-back
marge d’isolement - f = yard requirement
margelle - f = kerbing
margeurs non assorties - f = mixed widths
marne - f = marl
maroufler = glue (adherend) (to), press hard
(adherend) (to), rub (adherend) (to), rub on (adherend)
(to), stick a backing cloth (to)
marquage - m = marking
marquage routier - m = road marking
marque - f = mark, trace
marque de pince - f = tong marks
marque de rouleau (verre) - f = roller mark
marque de tâcheron - f = banker mark, mason’s mark
marquer = plot, to
marquer à la chaîne = chain, to
marquer à la craie = chalk, to
marqueterie - f = inlay, marquetry
marquise - f = marquee, porch
marquise (au-dessus d’une porte) - f = canopy
marquise (en toile) - f = awning
marteau - m = hammer, pile hammer, stapling
hammer
marteau à ardoise - m = slater’s hammer
marteau à bretteler - m = roughing hammer
marteau à brocher - m = roofing hammer
marteau à dents - m = claw hammer
marteau à deux mains - m = sledge hammer, sledge-
hammer
marteau à frapper devant - m = sledgehammer
marteau à latter - m = lath hammer
marteau à panne bombée - m = ball-peen hammer
marteau à panne fendue - m = claw hammer
marteau à panne ronde - m = ball-peen hammer
marteau à pierres - m = stone hammer
marteau à piquer - m = chipping hammer, scaling
hammer, scutch
marteau à planer - m = planishing hammer
marteau à river - m = riveting hammer
marteau à toiture - m = roofing hammer
marteau agrafeur - m = stapler hammer, stapling
hammer
marteau chasse-pieu - m = pile hammer
marteau de battage - m = pile driving hammer
marteau de battage - m = pile hammer
marteau de briqueteur - m = brick hammer, brick-
layer’s hammer
marteau de couvreur - m = pick hammer, roofing
hammer
marteau de démolition - m = breaking hammer
marteau de maçon - m = scutch
marteau d’eau - m = water hammer
marteau perforateur - m = hammer drill, jack-
hammer, jackhammer, pneumatic drill, rock drill
marteau perforateur à air comprimé - m = airdrill,
pneumatic drill
marteau perforateur à air comprimé - m = pneu-
matic rock drill
marteau piqueur - m = concrete breaker, jack
hammer, paving breaker, pneumatic drill, road breaker,
rock breaker
marteau pneumatique - m = air hammer, jack-
hammer, pneumatic drill, pneumatic hammer
marteau riveur - m = riveting hammer
marteau rond - m = ball hammer
marteau-piqueur - m = jack hammer
marteau-trépideur - m = double-acting pile hammer
martelé = hammer finish, hammer finished
martelet - m = brick hammer, brickage, bricklayer’s
hammer
mascaron - m = mascaron
masonite - m = masonite
masque (décoration) - m = mask
masque d’étanchéité - m = cut-off (against water
seepage)
masque étanche - m = impervious blanket, waterproof
blanket, waterproof layer
masse - f = ground, mass, sledge hammer, stone
hammer
masse atmosphère - f = air mass
masse commune - f = cable band
masse de déblaiement - f = excavated material
masse de remplissage - f = jointing compound, cable
compound, joint sealer, joint sealing filler
masse de sol - f = earth mass, soil mass
masse interessée par le glissement - f = sliding masse
masse surfacique - f = mass per unit area
masse thermique - f = thermal mass, density, unit
weight
masse volumique apparente - f = bulk density
masse volumique réelle - f = true density
masse volumique vraie - f = true density
massette - f = stone hammer
massicot (tranchoir) - m = guillotine
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massif = solid
massif - m = base
massif d’ancrage - m = anchor, anchor block, ancho-
rage
massif d’asphalte - m = asphalt putty
massif de béton - m = concrete base, mass concrete
massif de fleur - m = flower bed
massif de fond - m = back up (US), backing (UK)
massif de fondation - m = foundation, foundation
block, foundation mass, foundations
massif en blocs d’argile - m = tile furring
massif en brique - m = brick furring
massif en maçonnerie - m = furring
massif en tuile - m = tile furring
mastic - m = compound, mastic
mastic (de vitrier) - m = putty
mastic à l’huile de lin - m = linseed oil putty
mastic à reboucher - m = badigeon (US), beaumon-
tage (US)
mastic à reboucher - m = filler (UK)
mastic bitumineux - m = asphalt mastic, mastic
asphalt
mastic d’asphalte - m = asphalt mastic, asphalt putty,
asphaltic mastic
mastic de brai - m = coaltar pitch mastic
mastic de calfeutrage - m = caulking compound
mastic de fer - m = iron cement
mastic de fond - m = back putty, bed putty
mastic de garnissage de joints - m = jointing com-
pound
mastic de peintre - m = painter’s putty
mastic de vitrerie - f = glazier’s putty
mastic de vitrier - m = glazier’s putty, glazing putty
mastic d’étanchéité - m = sealant, sealing compound
mastic pâteux préformé - m = preformed joint
sealant
masticage - m = filling, puttying, stopping(of small
holes and minor defects)
masticd’étanchéité - m = sealing compound
mastif d’ancrage - m = solid anchor block
mat = dull, flat, mat, matt
mât - m = stiff leg, tower
mât (engin) - m = mast
mat (peinture) - m = flat
mât d’arrêt - m = dead end tower
mât de distribution articulé - m = folding distribu-
tion mast
mât de drapeau - m = flag pole
mât de grue - m = stiff leg
mât de levage - m = gin pole
matage - m = burring, hammering
matage (joint) - m = caulking, ramming
matage (surface brillante) - m = flatting
matage du filet du boulon - m = burring of bolt thread
matage du rivet - m = rivet driving
maté = caulked
mateau de couvreur - m = roofing hammer
matelas - m = bat, bat insulation, blanket, cushion
matelas d’air - m = air cushion, air space
matelas isolant - m = bat insulation, blanket insula-
tion, quilt
mater (bouton) = burr, to
mater (joint) = caulk, to
matériau - m = material
matériau absorbant phonique - m = acoustic
material
matériau absorbant phonique - m = sound absorbing
material
matériau acoustique - m = acoustical material
matériau amorphe - m = raw material
matériau argileux - m = clayey material
matériau bon marché - m = low-cost material
matériau brut - m = raw material
matériau calibré - m = graded material
matériau classé - m = graded material
matériau composite - m = composite material
matériau couvre-plancher - m = flooring
matériau de base - m = bulk material
matériau de construction - m = building material
matériau de granulométrie convenable - m = well-
graded material
matériau de remblai - m = filling material
matériau de remplissage - m = filling material
matériau demi-fini - m = section
matériau(x) d’emprunt - m = borrow, borrow
material
matériau d’enture - m = splice material
matériau excavé - m = excavated material, spoil
matériau excavé excédentaire - m = spoil, waste
matériau fini - m = unit
matériau incombustible - m = non-combustible
material
matériau inconsistant - m = loose material
matériau isolant - m = insulating material
matériau phonique - m = sound absorbing material
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matériau plastique - m = plastics
matériau préfabriqué - m = prefabricated material
matériau trié - m = graded material
matériaux - m = material
matériaux amorphes - m = raw materials
matériaux combustibles et incombustibles - m =
combustible and incombustible materials
matériaux d’apport - m = borrow, borrow material
matériaux de construction - m = building materials,
construction materials
matériaux de construction industrielle - m = indus-
trial building products
matériaux de fondation - m = base course materials,
base materials
matériaux de remblayage - m = fill material
matériaux de remplissage - m = fill material
matériaux de viabilité - m = base course materials,
base materials
matériaux défectueux - m = defective materials
matériaux demi-finis - m = sections
matériaux enrobés - m = bound materials, coated
material, mixed macadam
matériaux et éléments dimensionnés - m = compo-
nents
matériaux et éléments modulaires - m = modular
components
matériaux finis - m = units
matériaux routiers - m = paving materials
matériel de chantier - m = construction equipment
matériel de chauffage - m = heating equipment
matériel de compactage - m = compaction equipment
matériel de manutention - m = handling equipment
matériel de production à froid - m = cold generating
equipment
matériel de terrassement - m = earthmoving equip-
ment
matériel sanitaire - m = sanitary ware
matière - f = material
matière à changement de phase - m = phase change
material, phase-change material
matière ajoutée - f = additive, adjuvant, admixture,
agent
matière d’agrégation - f = binder
matière de base - f = basic design stress, basic
material
matière de chrage - f = filler
matière flottante - f = skimmings
matière isolante - f = insulating material
matière organique - f = organic material, organic
matter
matière plastique - f = plastic compound, plastic
material, plastic
matière plastique stratifiée - m = laminated plastic
matière polluante - f = pollutant
matière première - f = raw material
matière première énergétique - f = energy feedstock
matière pulvérulente - m = granular material
matière sèche - f = total solids
matière triée - m = graded material
matières en suspension (MES) - f = suspended
matter, suspended solids
matières solides - f = solids
matières solides en solution - f = dissolved solids
matières totales dissoutes - f = total dissolved solids
matir = caulk, to
matoir - m = caulker, caulking chisel, caulking
hammer, caulking iron
matrice - f = matrix
maturation (béton, plâtre) - f = maturing
maturation des boues - f = sludge ripening
maturation du béton - f = ageing
mauvais poli (verre) - m = short finish
mauvais sol - m = bad ground, loose surface, poor soil,
soft ground, soft surface
mauvais terrain - m = troublesome land
mauvais terrain - m = troublesome soil
maxigraphe - m = maximum demand indicator
maxigraphe - m = maximum demand meter
maximum - m = peak
mazout - m = fuel oil, oil
mazout, chauffé au - m = oil-fired
mazout, marchant au = oil-fired
méandre - m = meander
mécanicien - m = mechanic
mécanique = mechanical, engineering, mechanical
engineering, mechanics
mécanique des sols - f = soil statics, soil mechanics
mécanisme - m = device
mécano-soudé = fabricated
mécanique des fluides - f = fluid mechanics
mèche - f = bit, drill, drill bit
mèche à téton - f = center bit
mèche anglaise - f = center bit
mèche hélicoïdale - f = twist drill
mélamine - f = melamine
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mélange - m = admixture, mix, mixing
mélange à la niveleuse - m = blade mixing
mélange à la pelle - m = spading
mélange de parement - m = face mix
mélange détonant - m = explosive mixture
mélange en centrale - m = plant mix
mélange mouillé - m = wet mix
mélange pauvre - m = lean mixture
mélangé sur place = mixed-in-place
mélanger = mix, to
mélangeur - m = batcher, concrete mixer, mixer, mixer
tap, mixing machine
mélangeur monotrou - m = single-hole mixer tap
membrane - f = membrane
membrane de polyéthylène - f = polyethylene film
membrane étanche à l’humidité - f = moisture
barrier
membre - m = member
membre boiteux - m = tail piece
membre comprimé - m = compression member
membre de charpente - m = structural member
membre de cintrage - m = turning piece
membre en compression -m = compression member
membre en flexion - m = flexed member
membre fléchi - m = flexural member
membre raidisseur d’angle - m = bracing
membre rainuré - m = kerfed member
membre tendu - f = tension member
membre travaillant à la compression - m = com-
presssion member
membron - m = curb, curb member, curb roll
membrure - f = boom (of girder), chord (of truss),
chord member, flange (of web girder), member, struc-
tural lumber, structural timber
membrure comprimée - f = compression flange
membrure d’âme en compression - f = compression
web member
membrure de contreventement - f = wind brace
membrure de poutre - f = boomchord
membrure inclinée - f = pitched chord
membrure inférieure - f = bottom boom, bottom
chord
membrure inférieure avec voie - f = lower chord with
track
membrure supérieure - f = top boom, top chord
membrure surabondante - f = redundant member
membrure transversale - f = cross-member
membrures d’âme - f = web members
membrures parallèles - f = parallel flanges
mémoire - m = architect’s bill, contractor’s account
ménager (une ouverture, une sortie) = provide, to
ménager ou régulariser la pente = grade, to
ménager une ouverture = provide an opening, to
meneau - m = inner stud, middle post, mullion,
monial, window bar
meneau (vertical) - m = muntin
meneau horizontal - m = transom
menhir - m = standing stone
mentonnet - m = catcht (of latch), catcht pin, flange,
latch catch, latch pin lug, stub
mentonnet (tuile) - m = nib
menuiserie - f = carpentry, finishing carpentry (US),
joinery (UK), millwork, ready-made carpentry, wood
finishings
menuiserie (articles en bois) - f = carpenter’s finish,
woodwork
menuiserie (usine) - f = mill
menuiserie métallique - f = metal doors and windows,
metal millwork, metallic joinery, metalwork
menuiserie préfabriquée - f = millwork
menuisier - m = carpenter
menuisier en bâtiment - m = carpenter, joiner, light
carpenter
menus ouvrages - m = minor work, small masonry
work, smaller work
menus ouvrages de menuiserie - m = inside finish,
interior trim, trim
menus ouvrages de menuiserie légère - m = inside
finish, trim
méplat - m = fla,t flat bar
méranti - m = lauan, seraya
merlin - m = ax
merlon - m = merlon
MES (matières en suspension) - f = suspended
matter, suspended solids
mesurage - m = measurement, measuring
mesurage et pointage - m = measurement and tally
mesure - f = measure, measurement, measuring
mesure brute - f = actual reading
mesure corrective - f = corrective action, remedial
action
mesure dans œuvre - f = inside measurement
mesure de base - f = module
mesure de face - f = face measure
mesure de longueur - f = linear measure
mesure de planche - f = board measure
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mesure de superficie - f = square measure
mesure de surface - f = surface measure
mesure de volume - f = cubic measure
mesure développée - f = overall measurement
mesure d’urgence - f = emergency measure
mesure effective - f = actual measurement
mesure hors œuvre - f = out-to-out measurement, out-
side measurement, overall measurement
mesure nominale - f = nominal measure
mesure réelle - f = actual measure
mesure réelle - f = actual measurement
mesure solarimétrique - f = solar radiation measu-
rement
mesure vraie - f = actual measurement
métal à souder - m = solder
métal clair - m = bright metal
métal commun - m = base metal
métal d’apport - m = deposited metal, filler metal,
weld metal
métal de base - m = parent metal
métal déployé - m = expanded mesh, expanded metal,
expanded metal fabric, expanding metal lathing
métal écroui - m = hard metal
métal en feuille - m = sheet metal
métal en fusion - m = molten metal
métal ferreux - m = ferrous metal
métal fondu - m = weld metal
métal gaufré - m = crimped metal
métal monel - m = monel metal
métal mou - m = soft metal
métal tendre - m = soft metal
métallerie - f = metalwork
métallisation - f = metal spraying, metallization
métallurgie - f = metallurgy
métamère - m = metamer
métatome - m = metatome
méthane - m = methan
méthaniseur - m = methane digester
méthode Crémona - f = method of joints
méthode de béton projeté - f = gunite technique
méthode de calcul élastique - f = elastic method of
design
méthode de construction - f = construction method,
construction practice, construction procedure
méthode de construction par levage et relevage - f
= lift-up and tilt-up
méthode de la double intégration - f = double inte-
gration method
méthode de la motte gelée - f = frozen ball method
méthode de l’angle de rotation - f = angle balancing
method
méthode de répartition des moments - f = Hardy-
Cross method
méthode de report - f = plotting method
méthode d’enregistrement graphique - f = plotting
method
méthode des charges fictives - f = conjugate beam
method, method of elastic weights, method of fictious
loads
méthode des fils tendus sur grands bancs - f = long-
line system
méthode des nœuds - f = method of joints
méthode des poudres magnétiques - f = magnaflux
method, magnetic crack detection, magnetic particle
test
méthode des surfaces de moments - f = area-moment
method
méthode des torons tendus sur grands bancs - f =
long-line system
méthode des tronçons - f = method of sections
méthode d’exécution des travaux - f = construction
practice
méthode d’exécution des travaux - f = construction
procedure
métier - m = craft, trade
métrage - m = measurement, measuring, quantity
survey, quantity surveying
mètre - m = tape
métré - m = quantitative survey, quantity survey, quan-
tity survey takeoff, quantity surveying, survey statement
mètre à ruban - m = measuring tape, tape measure
mètre linéaire - m = linear meter, running metre
mètre pliant - m = folding rule
métrer = measure (to), survey (to)
métrer du bois = measure the timber, to
métreur - m = building surveyor, quantity surveyor
métreur-vérificateur - m = quantity surveyor
mettre à découvert = expose, to
mettre à la masse = earth (to), ground (to)
mettre à l’air libre = vent, to
mettre à niveau = blade (to), grade (to)
mettre à nu = bare (to), expose (to), strip (to)
mettre au rebut = scrap, to
mettre d’aplomb = plumb, to
mettre d’équerre = square, to
mettre en œuvre = use, to
mettre en place = place in position, to
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mettre en route = start, to
mettre en service = commission (to), energize (to)
mettre hors tension = switch off (to), energize (to),
switch on (to)
meuble - m = item of furnituren, piece of furniture
meuble bas - m = base unit, floor unit
meuble de cuisine - m = kitchen unit
meuble de rangement - m = storage unit
meuble de séparation - m = room divider
meuble fixe à demeure - m = fixture
meuble haut - m = wall unit
meubles - m = furniture
meubles fixes à demeure - m = appurtenances
meubles fixes à demeure - m = fixtures
meubles immeubles par destination - m = appurte-
nances
meubles immeubles par destination - m = fixtures
meulage - m = grinding
meule - f = grinder, grinding machine, grindstone
meule à affûter - f = grinding wheel
meule à aiguiser - f = grinding wheel
meule en grès - f = grindstone
meuleuse - f = grinder
meulière - f = grit stone, millstone grit
meurtrière - f = loop-hole, loophole
mezzanine - f = horizontal slot window, mezzanine
mica - m = mica
microbéton bitumeux - m = sheet asphalt
micro-empreinte - f = micro-indentation
microfissuration - f = hair cracking, hair cracks
micromètre - m = gage, micrometer, micrometer
caliper, micrometer gage
micropolluant = micropollutant
mi-étage - m = lower lever
mieux disant - m = lowest bidder
mignonette - f = pea gravel
migration d’humidité - f = moisture migration, mois-
ture movement
milieu - m = medium
milieu de conservation - m = curing medium
milieu filtrant - m = filter medium
miner = undermine, to
minéralisation - f = hardness
minéralisation de l’eau - f = mineral properties of
water
minirupteur - m = microswitch
minium - m = red lead
minute - f = original of a document
minuterie - f = light time switch, timer
mire - f = levelling rod (US), levelling staff (UK), rod,
surveyor’s rod
mire à glissière - f = target rod (US), target staff (UK)
mire à glissière - f = à voyant - f = target rod (US)
mire à voyant - f = target staff (UK)
mire de nivellement - f = levelling rod (US), levelling
staff (UK)
mire parlante - f = self-reading rod (US), self-reading
staff (UK)
mirette - f = jointer
miroir - m = mirror, silver grain
miroir à facettes - m = facet mirror, segmented mirror
miroir asservi au mouvement du soleil - m = sun-
tracking mirror
miroir composé à foyer quasi linéaire - m = com-
pound parabolic concentrator
miroir composé à foyer quasi ponctuel - m = com-
pound parabolic concentrator
miroir cylindro-parabolique - m = trough collector
miroir cylindro-parabolique - m = trough concen-
trator
miroir cylindro-parabolique - m = trough concen-
trator
miroir de faille - m = slickenside
miroir espion - m = see-through mirror(US), two-way
mirror(UK)
miroir mobile - m = moveable mirror
miroir orientable - m = moveable mirror
miroir parabolique - m = dish concentrator, dish con-
centrator
miroir semi-réféchissant - m = see-through
mirror(US), two-way mirror(UK)
miroir tournant - m = moveable mirror
mise à dimensions - f = sizing, trimming
mise à disposition des lieux - f = giving possession
mise à disposition des lieux - f = possession
mise à épaisseur - f = thicknessing
mise à jour - f = amending
mise à jour - f = updating
mise à la masse - f = earthing (UK), grounding (US)
mise à la teinte - f = staining
mise à la terre - f = earthing (UK), grounding (US)
mise à niveau - f = grading, levelling
mise à nu - f = stripping
mise à vif - f = stripping
mise au point - f = adjusting, adjustment, development
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mise d’équerre - f = squaring
mise en chantier - f = house start, start, start of
building work
mise en charge - f = loading
mise en circuit - f = connecting, connection
mise en coffrage du béton - f = placing of concrete
mise en commun - f = pooling
mise en construction de logements - f = house start
mise en cordons - f = windrowing
mise en couleur (bois) - f = staining
mise en eau - f = priming
mise en forme - f = shaping
mise en fouille - f = lowering-in (pipe)
mise en marche - f = starting
mise en œuvre des pieux - f = piling
mise en œuvre des produits préfabriqués - f = site
assembly
mise en œuvre du béton - f = placing of concrete
mise en place - f = installation, setting
mise en place aciers - f = tilt-up construction
mise en place des armatures - f = setting reinforce-
ment
mise en place des coffrages - f = placing forms
mise en place des matelas isolants - f = quilting
mise en place du béton - f = placement, placing of
concrete
mise en place du coffrage - f = building forms
mise en place d’un joint - f = sealing
mise en place par relèvement - f = tilt-up construc-
tion
mise en place par translation verticale - f = lift-slab
method
mise en plombs - f = leading
mise en précontrainte - f = prestressing, stressing (of
tendon) (US), tensioning (UK)
mise en précontrainte au vérin - f = jacking
mise en pression - f = pressurizing
mise en route - f = start-up, starting
mise en service - f = commissioning
mise en tas - f = pilling, stockpiling
mise en tension - f = tensioning (tendons)
mise en valeur - f = development
mise hors circuit - f = disconnecting, disconnection
mise hors de l’eau - f = roofing-in, topping out
mise hors d’eau - f = bowing up
mise hors service - f = decommissioning
mise sous tension - f = switching on
mitre - f = cap, chimney cap, chimney cowl, cowl
mitre - f = gyrating cowl
mitron - m = chimney cap, chimney cowl, chimney
pot, flue terminal
MO (maître d’œuvre) - m = architect, engineer for the
works, general contractor, main contractor, prime con-
tractor, client, employer
MO (maître d’ouvrage) (building) - m = owner
MO (maître d’ouvrage) (marché public) - m =
contracting authority
MOB (maison à ossature de bois) - f = frame house,
timber-frame house, timber-framed house
mobile = mobile, movable
mode de construction - m = construction pattern,
construction system
modelage - m = shaping
modelage du terrain - m = land shaping
modèle - m = form, relief, pattern
modèle animé - m = working model
modèle de convention - m = form of agreement
modèle de soumission - m = bid form, form of tender,
tender form
modèle en grandeur naturelle - m = mock-up
modèle en vraie grandeur - m = full-size model,
mock-up
modèle grandeur naturelle - m = full-size model
modèle réduit - m = scale model
modèle répétitif - m = repeating model
modélisation - f = modeling
modénature - f = outline of cornice, proportions and
profile of a moulding, cornice outline
modification de l’ouvrage prévu au contrat - f
= change (US), variation (UK)
modification d’une construction - f = alteration
modification importante - f = major change
modification majeure - f = major change
modification mineure - f = minor change
modification peu importante - f = minor change
modifier (construction) = alter, to
modifier (dessin, texte) = amend, to
modillon - m = bracket, modillion
module - m = module, modulus
module de base - m = basic module
module de compressibilité - m = modulus of com-
pressibility
module de compression volumétrique - m = bulk
modulus of elasticity
module de déformation volumétrique - m = modulus
of compressibility
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module de finesse - m = coefficient of fineness
module de plan - m = planning module
module de réaction - m = coefficient of subgrade
reaction, modulus of reaction, modulus of subgrade
module de résistance - m = section modulus
module de rupture - m = modulus of rupture
module de section d’un membre - m = section
modulus of member
module de Young - m = coefficient of elasticity,
Young’s modulus
module d’élasticité - m = coefficient of elasticity,
elastic modulus, modulus of elasticity
module d’élasticité au cisaillement - m = modulus of
rigidity, modulus of shear, shear modulus
module d’élasticité transversale - m = transverse
modulus of elasticity
module d’hysérésis - m = hysteresis modulus
module d’inertie - m = section modulus
module d’inertie polaire - m = section modulus in
torsion
module du plan - m = planning size
module d’Young - m = modulus of elasticity
module sécant - m = secant modulus
moduler = modulate, to
modulor - m = modulor
moelle - f = pith
moellon - m = field stone, quarry-stone, rough stone,
rubble, rubble stone, stone
moellon d’assise - m = ashlar
moellon smillé - m = scabbled rubble
moellonage - m = rubble
moellons assisés - m = rubble built to courses
moellons bruts - m = rubble, rubble-stone
moellons équarris - m = squared rubble
moellons irréguliers - m = polygonal rubble, random
rubble
moellons par assise - m = coursed rubble
moellons réguliers - m = coursed rubble
moignon - m = leader, nozzle (to downpipe), pipe
outlet, spitter, stub
moins disant - m = lowest bidder
moisage - m = double-lap joint, sandwich construction
moisage d’étais inclinés - m = shores, struts
moisé = sandwiched between double members
moise - f = brace, double member (wood structure),
ledger, strutting, tie, tie beam, wale, waling
moise de cloison - f = noggin
moise inclinée - f = diagonal brace
moisi = moldy (US), mouldy (UK)
moisissure - f = fungal growth, fungal growth, mildew,
mold (US), mould (UK)
moitié tournante - f = halfpace landing, halfspace
moleté = knurled
molette - f = cutting wheel
molette coupante - f = cutter, cutter wheel
moment - m = torque
moment admissible - m = moment of resistance,
resistance moment
moment aux appuis - m = moment about points of
support
moment de basculement - m = overturning moment,
tilting moment
moment de flexion - m = bending moment
moment de forces résistantes - m = moment of
resisting forces
moment de renversement - m = overturning moment
moment de résistance - m = modulus of section,
moment of resistance, section modulus
moment de rupture - m = ultimate moment
moment de torsion - m = torque, tortional moment,
twisting moment
moment d’encastrement - m = fixed-end moment,
fixing moment
moment d’équilibre - m = compensation moment
moment d’excentrement - m = excentric moment
moment d’inertie - m = moment of inertia, second
moment of area
moment d’inertie polaire - m = polar moment of
inertia
moment d’une force - m = moment of a force
moment fléchissant - m = bending moment
moment fléchissant au milieu - m = bending moment
at mid span
moment fléchissant négatif - m = hogging moment,
negative bending moment
moment fléchissant positif - m = positive bending
moment, sagging moment
moment réparti - m = distributed moment
moment résistant - m = moment of resistance, resis-
tance moment
moment sollicitant - m = applied moment
moniteur - m = monitor
monobloc - m = one-piece
monocombustible - m = monofuel
monocomposant - m = one-part (adhesive, sealant)
monocomposant - m = single-part (adhesive, sealant)
monocouche - m = single-layer
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monolithe = monolith
monolithique = monolithic
monoptère = monopteral
montage - m = assembling, assembly, delta connec-
tion, electrical connection, erection, fitting, installation,
mounting, raising, setting
montage à blanc - m = trial assembly
montage de l’échafaudage - m = frame erection
montage de plusieurs capteurs en série ou en paral-
lèle - m = collector ganging
montage des brides - m = flanging-up
montage en commun de plusieurs éléments - m =
ganging
montage en parallèle - m = parallel connection
montage en pont - m = bridge circuit, bridge connec-
tion
montage en zig-zag - m = zigzag connection
montage étoile-triangle - m = star-delta connection
montage série - m = series connection
montage souple - m = flexible mounting
montage sur le chantier - m = site assembly
montage sur place - m = site assembly
montant - m = cheek, jamb, post, soldier, stander,
strut, stud, upright wall member
montant (barrière) - m = gate post
montant (dans baie) - m = muntin
montant (échelle) - m = upright
montant (étaiement de mur) - m = wall piece
montant (étaiement de mur) - m = wall plate
montant (fenêtre, mur) - m = stile
montant (structure) - m = stanchion, upright
montant (treillis) - m = vertical
montant central - m = middle post, mullion
montant charnier - m = butt stile, hanging stile, hinge
stile
montant d’assemblage - m = hanging stile
montant de barrière - m = gate post
montant de battement - m = door mullion
montant de battement (porte battante) - m = closing
stile, lock stile, striking stile
montant de battement (porte croisée) - m = meeting
stile
montant de fenêtre - m = window jamb
montant de fond (poteau) - m = of full-frame height
montant de noix - m = tongued stile
montant de noix (fenêtre à la française) - m = ton-
gued tile
montant de porte - m = door jamb
montant de rive - m = pulley stile, sash stile, window
stile
montant de rive (fenêtre à guillotine) - m = hanging
stile
montant de suspension - m = hanging stile, pulley
stile, window stile
montant d’échafaudage - m = pole, standard
montant des dommages - m = amount of loss
montant d’huisserie - m = door jamb, door post
montant du mouton - m = hammer rail
montant d’une échelle - m = cheek beam
montant ébrasé - m = splayed jamb
montant ferré - m = hinge jamb, hinge stile
montant intermédaire (porte) - m = muntin
montant nain - m = jack stud
montants - m = studding
montants de cloison - m = partition studs
montants de foyer - m = chimney jambs
montants et diagonales (poutre en treillis) - m = web
members
monte-charge - m = elevator, freight elevator (US),
goods lift (UK), hoist, lift, service lift
monte-charge mobile - m = portable loader
montée - f = rise, riser, standpipe, uptake
montée (escalier) - f = flight rise
montée (marche) - f = height
montée (voûte) - f = height of an arch
montée totale - f = total rise
monte-escalier - m = chair lift, stairlift
monte-grume - m = jack ladder
monte-matériaux - m = builder’s hoist, material
hoist, platform hoist
monte-plats - m = dumbwaiter (US), service hoist
(UK)
monter à joints croisés = keep the perpends, to
monter un mur en briques = lay up a brick wall, to
monteur de charpentes métalliques - m = erector,
steel erector, structural iron worker
montoir - m = horse-block, mounting-block
montre-comparateur - f = dial gage, dial indicator
monument - m = memorial, monument
monument aux morts - m = war memorial
monument classé - m = listed building
moquette - f = carpet, pile carpet, velvet pile carpet
moquette aiguilletée - f = needleloom carpet
moquette bouclée - f = looped pile carpet
moquette grande largeur - f = broadloom carpet
moquette tendue - f = fitted carpet
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moquette touffetée - f = tufted carpet
moquette tuftée - f = tufted carpet
moraillon - m = hasp, staple hasp
moraine - f = moraine
moraine de poussée - f = push moraine
moraine de poussée - f = shove moraine
moraine superficielle - f = surface moraine
morceler = break up an estate (to), parcel out land (to),
plot out land (to)
morcellement - m = parcelling, parcelling, plotting
mordache - f = grip, jaw, shackle, soft jaw
mordâne - m = hauching
mordant (lime, vis) - m = bite
mordant (peinture) - m = paint stripper
mordant pour bois - m = wood stain
morfil - m = wire edge
mors - m = grip, shackle
mors (étau, pince) - m = jaw
mortaisage - f = morticing (UK), mortising (US),
slotting
mortaise - f = groove, mortice (UK), mortise (US)
mortaise à queue-de-renard - f = foxtail wedging
mortaise aveugle - f = blind mortice, stopped mortice,
stub mortice
mortaise borgne - f = blind mortice, stopped mortice,
stub mortice
mortaise passante - f = through mortice
mortaiseuse - f = mortice machine, mortising
machine, slotter, slotting machine
mortier - m = mortar
mortier asphaltique - m = sheet asphalt
mortier au ciment - m = compo
mortier avec peu de fines - m = harsh mortar
mortier bâtard - m = cement-lime mortar, lime and
cement mortar, mixed mortar
mortier bitumineux - m = asphalt grout, sheet asphalt
mortier ciment-terre - m = earth-cement mortar
mortier clair - m = clear mortar, grout
mortier d’arasement - m = mortar bed
mortier d’argile - m = clay mud
mortier de chaux - m = lime mortar
mortier de chaux et de ciment - m = lime cement
mortar
mortier de ciment - m = cement grout, cement mortar,
cement plaster
mortier de hourdage - m = masonry mortar
mortier de pose (carrelage) - m = bedding mortar
mortier de régalage - m = leveling bed
mortier de terre - m = loam mortar
mortier d’injection - m = grout
mortier d’injection des éléments - m = grout surroun-
ding tunnel sections
mortier gras - m = fat mortar
mortier grillagé - m = reinforced mortar
mortier hydraulique - m = hydraulic mortar
mortier hydrocarboné - m = asphalt cement, asphalt
grout
mortier liquide - m = grout
mortier maigre - m = lean mortar
mortier normal - m = standard mortar
mortier projeté (enduit) - m = gunite, shotcrete
mortier prolongé - m = lean mortar
mortier réfractaire - m = fire-clay mortar
mortier réglementaire - m = prescribed mortar
mortier spécifié - m = designed mortar
mortier un pour trois - m = standard mortar
mort-terrain - m = overburden
mosaïque - f = formal ornamental bed, mosaic,
mosaic work
mosaïque moderne - f = broken ashlar, random range
ashlar, random range work, random work
motif - m = pattern
motif décoratif - m = motif
motif du grillage - m = grid pattern
motobineur - m = motor hoe
motobrouette - f = buggy, power barrow
motoculteur - m = power cultivator
motofaucheuse - f = motor mower
motohoue - f = motor hoe
motoniveleuse - f = autopatrol (UK), motor grader
(US), motor patrol (UK), road grader (US)
motopompe - f = electric pump, mechanical pump
motosouffleur - m = motor blower
motte (château fort) - f = motte
motte (de terre) - f = clod
mou (de courroie) - m = slack
moucheté (bois) = bird’s eye
moucheté (peinture) = flecked
mouchetis - m = rough rendering, roughcast
mouchette - f = ogee plane, smoothing plane
mouchette (larmier) - f = throat, underthroating
mouchette (outil) - f = bead plane, beading plane,
moulding plane
mouchette (style flamboyant) - f = mouchette
moucheture (bois) - f = bird-peck
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moucheture(peinture) - f = flek
mouflage - m = lifting block
moufle - f = block, tackle, block and tackle, pulley
block
moufle à poulie différentielle - f = differential block
mouillabilité - f = wettability
mouillabilité - f = wetting power
moulage - m = cast stone, casting, mold, moulding
moulage en coquille - m = case-hardened casting
moulage par injection - m = injection moulding
moulé = cast, molded, moulded
moule - m = mold (US), mould (UK)
moulé en place = cast in place, cast in situ
moule multiple (béton) - m = gang mold, gang mould
moule perdu - m = waste mould
mouler = mold, to
moulinet - m = paddle (for rendering), turnstile
mouluration - f = moulding
moulure - f = border, fillet, molding (US),
moulding (UK)
moulure (corniche, plinthe, etc.) - f = trim
moulure à dents de scie - f = indented molding
moulure à rejéteau - f = weather molding
moulure arrêtée - f = stop moulding, stopped
moulding
mouluré au bord et au centre = B & CB, beaded and
center-beaded
moulure aux deux parements - f = double measure
moulure biseautée - f = cant
moulure busquée - f = miter
moulure chanfreinée - f = chamfered edge
moulure cornière - f = angle bead
moulure couvre-joint - f = cover fillet, cover
moulding, cover strip
moulure creuse - f = hollow molding, hollow
moulding
moulure curviligne - f = curved moulding
moulure d’allège - f = apron
moulure de corniche - f = bed-molding
moulure de façonnage - f = face mold
moulure de faîtage - f = ridge roll
moulure de guidage - f = parting bead
moulure de rencontre - f = parting stop
moulure de socle - f = base molding, base moulding
moulure de tête - f = head molding
moulure dentée - f = indented molding
moulure droite creuse - f = crowning moulding
moulure droite pleine - f = supporting moulding
moulure élancée - f = raking molding
moulure grain d’orge - f = quirk bead
moulure grand cadre - f = balection moulding, bolec-
tion moulding, raised moulding, risen moulding
moulure lisse - f = flat molding
moulure petit cadre - f = drop moulding
moulure plate - f = rectilinear moulding
moulure poussée dans la masse - f = solid moulding,
struck moulding, stuck moulding
moulure rampante - f = raking molding
moulure rapportée - f = laid-on moulding, planted
moulding
moulure renversée - f = prone moulding
mouluré sur une face = beaded one side
moussant - m = foaming agent
mousse - f = foam
mousse à cellules fermées - f = closed-cell foam
mousse à peau intégrée - f = structural foam
mousse de caoutchouc - f = latex foam rubber
mousse de laitier - f = expanded slag
mousse de laitier - f = foamed slag
mousse de plastique - f = foamed plastic
mousse de plastique - f = plastic foam
mousse de polystyrène - f = polystyrene foam
mousse injectée in situ - f = foamed in place insu-
lation
mousse isolante - f = foam insulation
moustiquaire - f = fly screen, insect screen, screen
mouton - m = driving hammer, drop-lamer, fall block,
hammer, pile hammer
mouton (de sonnette) - m = tup
mouton à déclic - m = drop hammer, monkey
mouton à simple effet - m = single-acting pile
hammer
mouton de battage - m = pile driving hammer, pile
hammer, piling hammer
mouton de battant - m = half-round tongue
mouton hydraulique - m = hydraulic hammer
mouture - f = grinding (of cement)
mouvement de dévers - m = creep (of retaining wall)
mouvement de terrain - m = ground movement
mouvement de terre - m = earth moving
moyens de sortie - m = means of egress
mulot - m = queen closer
multicouche = multilayer, multi-ply
mur - m = wall
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mur à cavité - m = cavity brickwork, cavity wall,
hollow wall
mur à hauteur d’appui - m = breast wall
mur à lame d’air - m = double-leaf wall
mur à pan coupé - m = cant wall
mur à parement appliqué - m = veneered wall
mur à patin - m = cantilever retaining wall
mur ajouré - m = honeycomb wall
mur alvéolé - m = pigeon-holed wall
mur autoportant - m = self-supporting wall, self-sus-
taining wall
mur autoporteur - m = self-supporting wall, self-sus-
taining wall
mur avec un certain fruit - m = oversailing wall
mur aveugle - m = blank wall
mur bahut - m = coped wall, dwarf wall
mur borgne - m = blank wall
mur caisson - m = crib wall
mur commun - m = common wall, party wall
mur coupe-feu - m = fire wall, fireproof wall, firewall
mur coupe-feu (sur toute la hauteur d’un
immeuble) - m = compartment wall (UK)
mur coupe-feu (sur toute la hauteur d’un
immeuble) - m = division wall (US)
mur creux - m = cavity brickwork, cavity wall,
double-leaf wall, hollow wall
mur d’about - m = end wall
mur d’allège - m = apron wall, sprandel wall
mur d’ancrage - m = anchor wall
mur d’appui - m = bearing wall, breast wall
mur de 11 cm - m = half-brick wall
mur de 22 cm - m = one-brick wall, whole-brick wall
mur de 34 cm - m = brick-and-a-half wall, one-and-
a-half brick wall
mur de 46 cm - m = two-brick wall
mur de brique - m = one-brick wall
mur de cave - m = basement
mur de cloisonnement coupe-feu cm - m = compart-
ment wall
mur de clôture - m = boundary wall (UK), enclosure
wall, property line wall (US)
mur de clôture non mitoyen - m = lot line wall (US)
mur de culée - m = abutment wall, wing wall
mur de façade - m = external leaf, external wall,
facade, face wall, front wall, outer wall
mur de face - m = face wall
mur de flanc - m = flank wall
mur de fondation = foundation wall
mur de gros œuvre - m = main wall
mur de long pan - m = long wall of a building (as
opposed to gable wall)
mur de onze centimètres - m = half-brick wall
mur de pied - m = toe wall
mur de pierres sèches - m = dry rubble
mur de pierres sèches - m = dry walling
mur de pourtour - m = enclosure wall
mur de refend - m = canted wall, cross wall, division
wall, gable wall, interior wall, transerve wall
mur de refend (maçonnerie de pierre) - m = sunk
draft
mur de refend porteur - m = structural wall
mur de retour - m = return wall, wing wall
mur de revêtement - m = face wall, revetment wall
mur de revêtement (conduit de fumée) - m =
chimney breast
mur de séparation - m = division wall, partition
walling
mur de silex - m = flint wall
mur de soubassement - m = basement wall
mur de sous-sol - m = basement wall
mur de soutènement - m = breast wall (UK), retaining
wall
mur de soutènement cantilever - m = cantilever
retaining wall
mur de support - m = bearing wall
mur de tête - m = abutment, flare wall, headwall
mur de tympan - m = spandrel
mur de vingt-deux-centimètres - m = whole brick wall
mur d’échiffre - m = string wall, string-wall
mur d’enceinte - m = enclosure wall
mur d’enceinte ( château fort) - m = bailey wall
mur d’épaulement - m = retaining wall
mur double - m = cavity wall
mur écran - m = blank wall
mur en agglomérés - m = block wall
mur en aile - m = wing wall
mur en ailes - m = headwall
mur en béton armé coulé sur place - m = in-situ rein-
forced concrete walling
mur en béton banché - m = poured concrete wall
mur en blocaille - m = rubble wall
mur en élevation - m = above-grade wall
mur en galets - m = boulder wall
mur en maçonnerie mixte - m = compound wall
mur en moellons - m = rubble wall
mur en parpaings - m = block wall
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mur en pierres sèches - m = dry-stone wall
mur en pisé - m = cob wall, mud wall
mur en talus - m = battered wall, talus wall
mur en té - m = cantilever retaining wall
mur en torchis - m = mud wall
mur évidé - m = cavity brickwork, cavity wall, hollow
wall
mur extérieur - m = exterior wall
mur frontal - m = head wall (culvert), headwall, head-
wall (culvert)
mur gouttereau - m = eaves wall
mur ignifuge - m = firewall
mur isolé - m = freestanding wall
mur latéral - m = sidewall
mur lézardé - m = wall with cracks
mur mitoyen - m = common wall (US), division wall,
mitoyen wall, party fence, party wall, party wall (UK),
strong wall
mur mouluré - m = diaphragm wall
mur nain - m = dwarf wall
mur nain (combles) - m = knee wall
mur non porteur - m = non-bearing wall, non-load-
bearing wall
mur orbe - m = blank wall, blind wall, dead wall
mur panneau - m = panel wall
mur paré - m = face wall
mur pare-feu - m = fireproof wall, firewall
mur périphérique - m = periphery wall
mur pignon - m = end wall, gable wall
mur plaqué - m = veneered wall
mur plein - m = blank wall, blind wall
mur poids - m = gravity wall
mur portant - m = bearing wall
mur porteur - m = loadbearing wall, structural wall
mur rampant - m = sloping wall
mur repris en sous-œuvre - m = underpinned wall
mur rideau - m = curtain wall, wall span
mur sans mortier - m = dry wall
mur séparatif - m = division wall, separating wall
mur transverse - m = transerve wall
mur Trombe - m = trombe wall
murage - m = walling
muraille - f = wall
muraille (souvent au pluriel) - f = a high, defensive
wall
muraille (souvent au pluriel) - f = walls (defensive)
mural = wall, wall hung, wall-mounted
muré (cheminée, fenêtre) = dead
murer = block up (to), brick up (to), wall up (to)
muret - m = dwarf wall, low wall
muret de garde-corps - m = parapet wall
muret de rétention - m = bund
murette - f = low wall, wall
murette de fondation - f = foundation wall
mur-pignon - m = gable wall
mur-rideau - m = curtain wall, curtain walling, enclo-
sure wall
murs - m = walling
murs à double paroi - m = hollow walling
murs en élévation - m = above-grade walls
murs pleins - m = solid walling
murs principaux - m = main walling
mutule - f = mutule
N
nacelle - f = boat scaffold
nacelle - f = scotia
nacelle à compas - f = scissor work platform
nacelle d’échafaudage volant - f = cradle
naissance - f = springer
naissance (voûte) - f = springing
naissance de l’âme - f = root of web, web toe
nantissement du marché - m = contract as collateral
nappe (fils) - f = layer
nappe (géol.) - f = nappe
nappe aquifère - f = water table
nappe artésienne - f = artesian aquifer, artesian water
nappe de barres - f = bar mat
nappe de chevauchement - f = overthrust nappe
nappe de recouvrement - f = fold nappe
nappe d’eau - f = water table
nappe d’eau souterraine - f = underground water
nappe d’eau suspendue - f = perched water table
nappe d’écoulement - f = downsliding nappe
nappe d’irrigation - f = irrigation mat
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nappe d’un tourbillon - f = sheet of a vortex
nappe inférieure - f = bottom bars, bottom layer,
bottom reinforcement
nappe isolante - f = insulating bat
nappe phréatique - f = ground water table, phreatic
water, water table
nappe supérieure - f = top bars
nappe supérieure - f = top layer, top reinforcement
natte - f = bat, bat insulation
natte isolante - f = bat insulation
ne pas appliquer d’échelle = do not scale
nébules - m = nebul, nebulé moulding, nebuly
moulding
nef - f = nave
nef à trois vaisseaux - f = nave in three parts
nef annulaire - f = annular nave
nef latérale - f = side aisle
néoprène - m = neoprene
nerf - m = fillet, rib (vaulting)
nervé = ribbed
nervuré = ribbed
nervure - f = girder
nervure (panneau, voûte) - f = rib
nervure (renfort) - f = stiffener
nervure d’arc - f = arch rib
nervure d’arête - f = groined rib
nervure de cintre - f = arch rib
nervure de formeret - f = wall rib
nervure de ligne de faîte - f = ridge rib
nervure de plancher - f = floor beam
nervure raidisseuse - f = stiffening rib
net (droit) - m = fair, fair end
net (propre) - m = neat
net de décoffrage - m = fairface from the form
nettoyage (route) - m = penning, pitching, soling
nettoyage au chalumeau - m = flame cleaning
nettoyage du terrain - m = clearing of site, site
clearing
nez - m = nosing
nez antidérapant - m = safety nosing
nez de marche - m = nosing, stair nosing, tread nosing
nez de plancher - m = nosing
nez de robinet - m = nozzle
niche - f = alcove, niche, recess
nid d’abeilles - m = honeycomb
nid de cailloux - m = honey-combing, rock pocket
nid de graviers - m = honey-combing, rock pocket
niveau - m = floor, gage glass, grade, level, level indi-
cator, storey, story
niveau (triangulaire) - m = A level
niveau à atteindre - m = finish grain, finished grain
niveau à bulle - m = spirit level
niveau à bulle d’air - m = bench level, spirit level
niveau à lunette - m = dumpy level, engineer’s level,
surveyor’s level
niveau à lunette indépendante - m = Y-level
niveau à plomb - m = plumb rule, plumb-level
niveau aménagé - m = grab
niveau bas - m = bottom grade
niveau brut de plancher - m = structural floor level
niveau caoutchouc - m = water level
niveau cavalier - m = striding level
niveau de base (semelle) - m = base level
niveau de bâtisseur - m = builder’s level
niveau de crue - m = flood level
niveau de débordement(appareil sanitaire) - m =
flood level
niveau de fil d’eau - m = invert level
niveau de fond de fouille - m = bottom grade
niveau de maçon - m = pendulum level, plumb level
niveau de pression acoustique ou sonore - m = sound
pressure level
niveau de référence - m = datum (elevation)
niveau de réservoir - m = gauge glass
niveau de terrain fini - m = final grade (US), finished
grade, finished ground level
niveau de terrain naturel - m = grade
niveau d’eau - m = water level
niveau définitif au sol - m = finish grain, finished
grain
niveau des terrassements - m = final grade (US), for-
mation level (UK), grade level (US)
niveau d’étiage - m = lowest water level
niveau d’intensité sonore - m = loudness level
niveau du sol - m = grade, grade level (US), grade line,
ground level (UK), ground line
niveau du terrain - m = ground level
niveau fini du sol - m = finish grain, finished floor
level, finished grain
niveau général de la France - m = corresponds to
“ordnance datum”
niveau hydrostatique - m = water table
niveau inférieur - m = bottom level
niveau moyen - m = mean level
niveau moyen de la mer - m = mean sea level
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niveau naturel - m = existing grade, natural grade
niveau ou surface du terrain définitif - m = final
grade (US), finish grade (US), formation level (UK)
niveau piézométrique - m = water table
niveau semi-enterré - m = semi basement, semi-base-
ment
niveau sonore - m = noise level, sound level
niveau triangulaire - m = A level
nivelage - m = grading, levelling
nivelage brut - m = rough grading
niveler = blade (to), even up (to)
nivelette - f = boning rod, bubble tube, level tube
niveleuse - f = grader, motorgrader, scraper
niveleuse à commande automatique de la lame - f
= automatic blade control grader
niveleuse automotrice - f = grader, motor grader
niveleuse automotrice sur pneus - f = autopatrol
niveleuse élévatrice - f = elevating grader
nivellement - m = blading, flattening, grading, level-
ling (survey), top levelling
nivellement en marche arrière - m = back blading
nivellement en marche arrière - m = blading back
nœud - m = hitch, joint, panel joint, system point, truss
joint
nœud (bois) - m = knot
nœud (charnière) - m = knuckle
nœud adhérent - m = tight knot
nœud de biais - m = spike knot
nœud de branche - m = branch knot
nœud de canalisation - m = mains junction
nœud de ferme - m = node
nœud de ferme - m = panel joint
nœud de peinture - m = knuckle
nœud de plomberie - m = wiped joint
nœud de soudure - m = welded joint
nœud décollé - m = loose knot
nœud d’une poutre triangulée - m = panel-point
nœud encastré - m = encased knot
nœud entremêlé - m = intergrown knot
nœud fourchu - m = branch knot
nœud isolé - m = single knot
nœud lâche - m = loose knot
nœud mauvais - m = unsound knot
nœud mort - m = branch knot, dead knot
nœud plat - m = spike knot, splay knot
nœud rigide - m = rigid joint
nœud sain - m = live knot, sound knot
nœud sautant - m = loose knot norme - f = specification
nœud séparé - m = loose knot norme de bâtiment - f = building standard
nœud serré - m = tight-knot norme de matériaux - f = material standard
nœud vicieux - m = decayed knot, unsound knot norme dimensionnelle - f = dimensional standard
nœud vivant - m = sound knot normes de construction - f = building standard,
nœuds adhérent - m = tight-knot construction standard
nœuds en épis - m = knot cluster, splay-knot normes d’urbanisme - f = planning standards
nœuds groupés - m = knot cluster notice - f = instruction leaflet, instructions for use
noix - f = grooving plane, half-round groove noue - f = valley tile, valley
noix (mètre pliant) - f = rule joint noue (charpente) - f = valley rafter
noix (montant de fenêtre à la française) - f = half- noue à ardoises croisées - f = laced valley
round tongue noue à double tranchis - f = close cut valley
nombre de coups - m = frequency of blows noue à onglet - f = cut-and-mitred valley
nomenclature - f = list (UK), list of parts (UK), noue à tuiles croisées - f = laced valley
schedule (US) noue arrondie - f = swept valley
nomogramme - m = nomogramme noue entrecroisée - f = laced valley, woven valley
non à l’échelle = not to scale noue fermée - f = closed valley, concealed valley
non abrité (site) = open noue métallique - f = valley flashing
non assisé = uncoursed
noue ronde - f = swept valley
non cohérent = cohesionless, noncohesive
noueux = knotty
non collaborant = noncomposite
noulet - m = valley gutter
non compris = excluded, not included
nourrice - f = auxiliary tank, feed tank
non conforme = non conforming
nourrice - f = service tank
non conformité = non compliance, non conformity
nourrice de distribution - f = feeder, manifold
non corroyé (bois) = undressed, undressed lumber
noyage - m = embedment
(US), unwrought
noyau - m = core
non gelif = frost resistant
noyau (escalier) - m = newel
non inflammable = nonflammable
noyau (vis) - m = countersunk
non isostatique = statically indeterminated
non jointif (blindage) = open noyau central - m = kern, kernel
non plastifié (NP) = unplasticised noyau creux - m = hollow newel, open newel
non porteur = non-load-bearing, non-loadbearing, noyau de brique - m = brick-core
nonbearing noyau d’escalier tournant - m = newel
non propagateur de flamme = flamme retardant noyau du pli (géol.) - m = arch bend
non protégé (élect.) = open noyau du pli (géol.) - m = arch core
non remanié = undisturbed noyau d’un anticlinal érodé - m = anticlinal core
non taillé (pierre) = undressed noyau dur - m = hard core
non tissé = non-woven noyau en béton - m = concrete core
non vitrifié = unglazed noyau fretté - m = core
non-corroyé (bois) = unwrought timber (UK) noyau imperméable en argile - m = impervious core
noquet - m = flashing, soaker of clay
noquet (plomb) - m = gutter lead noyau massif - m = solid newel
noria - f = bucket wheel, Persian wheel noyau métallique - m = metal core
normal = at right angles to, standard noyau ouvert - m = hollow newel, open newel
normalisation (acier) - f = normalising, normalizing noyau plein - m = solid newel
normalisation (normes) - f = standardisation, standar- noyau synclinal - m = trough core
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noyé (dans le béton) = embedded œil (peinture, volute) - m = eye
noyer = walnut œil-de-bœuf - m = bull’s eye, oculus, scuttle
noyer dans la masse = embed, to œil-de-dôme - m = lantern opening
noyure - f = counter sink œil-de-perdrix - m = pin-knot
NP (non plastifié) = unplasticised office - m = butler’s pantry, buttery
nu = bare offre - f = bid (US), tender (UK)
nu - m = bare plat ogive (utilisé à tort au lieu d’”arc brisé”) - f = dia-
nu (élément) - m = main surface gonal rib, pointed arch
nu (élément) - m = reference surface oiseau - m = hod
nu (mur) - m = main plane, plane surface, wall face, okoumé - m = African mahogany, gaboom, okoume
wall plane oléorésine - f = oleoresin
nuançage - m = shading olives - f = olive moulding
nuance (acier) - f = grade ombre - f = shade
nuance (couleur) - f = shade ombre portée - f = shadow
nuancier - m = colour card, colour chart, colour range, oméga - m = top hat section
shade card
omission (corroyage, ponçage) - f = skip
omissions au corroyage - f = skips of dressing

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onde (profil) - f = corrugation
onde (son, force) - f = wave
onde amortie - f = damped wave
onde de choc - f = shock wave
onde de pression - f = pressure wave
onde de sol - f = ground wave
onde réfléchie - f = reflected wave
onde séismique - f = seismic wave
ondes sonores - f = sound waves
obélisque - m = needle, obelisk ondulé = corrugated
objet (norme) - m = scope onduleur - m = inverter
obligation non remplie - f = unfulfilled obligation onglet - m = miter (US), mitre (UK), tab
oblique = oblique, slanting, sloping opacité (peinture) - f = hiding power
obstruer = block (to), clog (to) opalite - f = opalite
obturateur - m = blind flange opération - f = building project, project
obturateur - m = plug opération d’urbanisme - f = planning operation
obturateur (mastic) - m = sealant opérations topographiques - f = surveying
obturation de surface - f = stopping
opercule - m = opening
obturation d’ouverture - f = closure
opus incertum - m = broken range, random rubble
obturer (fissures) = fill cracks (to), seal cracks (to) work
obturer (un tuyau, une ouverture) = stop, to OQ (ouvrier qualifié) - m = skilled worker
occupation - f = occupancy oratoire - m = oratory
occupation du sol - f = land use orbe (mur) - m = blind wall
occupation partielle - f = partial occupancy orbevoie - f = blind arcades
ocratation - f = ocrating ordinaire = standard
oculus - m = bull’s eye, oculus, roundel ordonnance - f = general arrangment of a building
oculus (dans porte) - m = vision light ordonnancement - m = progress scheduling, pro-
odomètre - m = consolidometer, odometer gressing, scheduling
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ordre colossal - m = colossal order
ordre colossal - m = giant order
ordre composite - m = composite order
ordre d’architecture - m = order
ordre de commencement des travaux - m = notice to
proceed
ordre de modification - m = change order
ordre de modification - m = variation order
ordre de service - m = instructions to contractor
ordre de service - m = work order
ordre de service de démarrage des travaux - m =
notice to proceed
ordre de succession des corps d’état - m = sequence
of trades
ordres de grandeur - m = orders of size
oreille - f = lug, tab
oreillon - m = lug
organe d’assemblage - m = fastener
organe d’assemblage pour le bois d’oeuvre - m =
timber connector joint
organe d’assemblage pour le bois d’oeuvre - m =
timber fastening joint
organe de détente - m = expansion device
organe de régulation - m = control device
organisme constructeur - m = construction agency
oriel - m = bow-window, oriel window
oriental = swivel
orientation - f = aspect, exposure
orientation (grue) - f = slewing
orientement - m = westing
orifice - m = aperture, orifice, port
orifice d’aération - m = vent, vent hole, ventilation
hole
orifice de sortie - m = outlet
orifice d’écoulement (appareil sanitaire) - m =
outgo
orifice d’écoulement (appareil sanitaire) - m =
waste outlet
orifice d’entrée - m = inlet, inlet nozzle
orillon (bastion) - m = orillon
orle - m = orle
orlet - m = orlet
orme - m = elm
ornement - m = enrichment, ornament
orthostate - m = orthostate
orthotrope = orthogonally anisotropic, orthotropic
OS (ouvrier spécialisé) - m = semiskilled worker
oscillation - f = vibration
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osmose - f = osmosis
osmose inverse - f = reverse osmosis
ossature - f = carcass, frame, framed structure, frame-
work, framing, skeleton, skeleton framing, skeleton
structure, structural engineering, structure
ossature à calcul isostatique - f = statically determi-
nate structure
ossature à clairevoie - f = balloon framing
ossature à plate-forme - f = platform framing
ossature à plate-forme - f = western framing
ossature ajourée - f = skeleton framing
ossature apparente (plafond suspendu) - f = exposed
grid
ossature contreventée - f = braced framing
ossature de plancher - f = floor framing
ossature en acier - f = steel framework, steel framing
ossature indépendante - f = independent skeleton
ossature massive - f = wall-bearing framing
ossature métallique - f = metal frame, steel frame-
work, steel framing, steel skeleton, structural steel
ossature non contreventée - f = unbraced frame
ossature secondaire - f = subframe
ossuaire - m = ossuary
oubliette - f = oubliette, secret dungeon
ouche de soufflage - f = outlet grille
ouïe - f = louvre-board, luffer-board, lufferboard
ourlet (couverture métallique) - m = bead
outeau - m = roof vent
outil à air comprimé - m = air tool
outil à air comprimé - m = pneumatic tool
outil à tranchant - m = edge tool
outil multiple - m = gang tool
outil pneumatique - m = air tool
outillage mécanique - m = mechanical equipment
ouverture - f = aperture, bay, jamb, light, opening,
span
ouverture brute - f = rough opening
ouverture de chantier - f = start of work
ouverture de fenêtre - f = window opening
ouverture de fossés - f = cutting ditches, ditching
ouverture de nettoyage - f = cleanout
ouverture de tranchées - f = trenching
ouverture d’entrée - f = inlet
ouverture des plis - f = opening of bids (US),
opening of tenders (UK)
ouverture du sol - f = breaking of ground, ground
breaking
ouverture verticale - f = vertical opening
ouvrabilité (béton) - f = workability
ouvragé = wrought
ouvrage - m = structure, work, works
ouvrage à claire-voie - m = crib, cribbling, cribwork
ouvrage à cornes (fortifications) - m = hornwork
ouvrage au-dessous du sol - m = below-grade
structure
ouvrage au-dessus du sol - m = above-grade structure
ouvrage avancé (fortifications) - m = outwork
ouvrage bouchardé - m = pointed work
ouvrage clé en main - m = turnkey job
ouvrage d’achèvement - m = light work
ouvrage d’art - m = civil engineering structure
ouvrage d’art - m = construction work (civil engi-
neering)
ouvrage d’art - m = engineering work, permanent
structure, permanent work, structure
ouvrage de croisement dénivelé - m = flyover
ouvrage de détournement - m = diversion scheme
ouvrage de génie civil - m = civil engineering struc-
ture, engineering structure
ouvrage en aggloméré - m = blockwork
ouvrage en béton - m = concrete structure, concrete
work, concreting
ouvrage en cadre - m = framed structure
ouvrage en damier - m = checkerwork (US), chequer-
work (UK)
ouvrage en damier mixte - m = checkerwork (US),
chequer-work (UK)
ouvrage en élévation - m = above-grade structure
ouvrage en mosaïque = mosaic work
ouvrage en parpaing - m = blockwork
ouvrage en pierre - m = stonework
ouvrage enterré - m = below-grade structure
ouvrage léger - m = smaller work
ouvrage menu - m = smaller work
ouvrage par assises - m = range work
ouvrage provisoire - m = false work, temporary work
ouvrage riveté - m = rivet work
ouvrage souterrain - m = below-grade structure
ouvrage souterrain - m = undergroundstructure
ouvrage supporté par le sol - m = soil-supported
structure
ouvrage voûté - m = arched structure
ouvrages annexes - m = appendant works
ouvrages d’achèvement - m = completion, finishings
ouvrages d’art - m = constructive works, works
ouvrages de menuiserie légère - m = interior trim
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ouvrages de menuiserie légère - m = trim
ouvrages divers - m = sundry work
ouvrages en fer - m = iron work
ouvrages en métal - m = metalwork
ouvrages métalliques - m = metalwork, steelwork
ouvrant = opening, operable
ouvrant - m = casement, movable sash
ouvrant (cloison, fenêtre) - m = operable
ouvrant (vantail de fenêtre) - m = casement, opening
light
ouvrant (vantail de porte) - m = active leaf, swing
leaf
ouvrier qualifié (OQ) - m = skilled worker
ouvrier spécialisé (OS) - m = mechanic, semiskilled
worker
ouvriers - m = hands, manpower
ouvrir (chantier) = start work, to
ouvrir (tranchée) = break ground, to
ovale - m = oval, oval bar
oves - m = egg pattern
oves et dards - m = egg and arrow pattern, egg and
dart pattern, egg-and-arrow pattern, egg-and-dart
pattern
oxycoupage - m = burning (of metal), flame cutting,
gas cutting, oxyacetylene cutting, oxycutting, oxygen
cutting
oxyde de carbone - m = carbon monoxide
ozonateur - m = ozone plant, ozone unit, ozonizer,
ozone plant, ozone unit, ozonizer
ozoniseur - m = ozone plant, ozone unit, ozonizer
P
P (poinçonnement) - m = indentation (floor covering),
punching, puncturing
PAC (pompe à chaleur) - f = heat pump
paillage - m = mulching
paillasse - f = counter, counter kitchen
paillasse (d’escalier) - f = solid flight of steps
paillasse (escalier en béton) - f = flight slab, waist
paillasse (kitchen) - f = structural draining board
paillasse (laboratory) - f = structural counter top
paillasse (surface de travail) - f = bench
paillasson (béton) - m = curing blanket, doormat,
straw mat
paille (métal) - f = flaw, straw
pailletes de mica - f = flake, mica flakes
paillette (crochet de gouttière) - f = tie
paillon - m = curing blanket, frost protection quilt,
straw mat
pain (asphalte) - m = block, cake
pain de mastic d’asphalte - m = mastic block
paire de chevron - f = couple
palan - m = block and tackle, hoist, hoisting tackle,
pulley block, tackle
palan à chaîne - m = chain hoist, pulley chain
palan à croc - m = cathead
palan de chèvre - m = gin block
palan de levage - m = chain block, hoisting tackle
palan différentiel - m = differential hoist, differential
pulley block
palançon - m = lath, stake
palastre - m = backplate, lock plate
pale - f = pale, picket
pale de ventilateur - f = blade
palée - f = bent, pier, pile bent, pile pier, piling
palée de pieux - f = pile pier
palée de stabilité - f = sway frame
palette - f = pallet
palette de malaxeur - f = mixing paddle
palfeuilles - f = sheeters
palier - m = bearing, landing, pace, stage
palier d’arrivée - m = top landing
palier de butée - m = thrust bearing
palier de départ - m = bottom landing
palier de repos - m = intermediate landing, landing
palier d’escalier - m = stair landing
palification - f = piling (for foundations)
palis - m = pale, picket, stake
palissade - f = palisade
palissade (chantier) - f = hoarding
palissade (clôture) - f = picket fence
palissade (fortifications) - f = stockade
palissage en madriers - f = planking
palissandre - f = palissander, rose wood
palmé = palmate
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palmer - m = micrometer, micrometer caliper, micro-
meter gage
palmette - f = palmette
palmiforme = palmiform
palonnier - m = I-beam of bridle, lifting beam, lifting
frame
palplanche(s) - f = pile-plank, sheet pile, sheet piles,
sheet piling, sheeting
palplancher - f = piling sheet
pan - m = face, sloping side (roof)
pan (brique, pierre) - m = side
pan coupé - m = cant wall, hipped gable, splay
pan de bois - m = frame wall, timber frame, wood
frame
pan de dôme - m = gore, lune
pan de fer - m = steel frame (of wall)
pan de mur - m = large section of a wall, large sec-
tion of walling, lenght of walling
pan de remplissage - m = panel wall
pan de toit - m = slope, sloping side
pan de voûte - m = civery, severy
pan d’ossature - m = single-plane frame
panache - m = panache, triangular pendentive
panne (machine) - f = breakdown, failure, outage
(US)
panne (toit) - f = purlin
panne courante - f = intermediate purlin
panne de brisis - f = curb plate, purlin plate
panne de marteau - f = peen
panne de tuile - f = interlocking pantile, pantile
panne en treillis - f = latticed purlin, trussed purlin
panne faîtière - f = ridge beam, ridge plate, ridge pole,
ridge purlin, ridgeboard, roof tree
panne intermédaire - f = intermediate purlin
panne sablière - f = pole plate
panne secondaire - f = sub-purlin
panne Z - f = Z purlin (UK), Zee purlin (US)
panneau - m = panel
panneau (de coffrage) - m = soffit board
panneau (matériau de construction) - m = board
panneau (taille des pierres) - m = face mould, mould,
template
panneau à âme creuse - m = hollow panel
panneau à fiches - m = pinboard
panneau à glace - m = square-framed panel
panneau à table saillante - m = raised and fielded
panel
panneau à table saillante aux deux parements - m
= double-raised panel
panneau affleuré - m = flush panel
panneau arasé - m = flush panel
panneau avivé - m = edged board
panneau chauffant - m = heating panel, panel heating
panneau coffrant - m = form liner
panneau composé - m = compo board
panneau contreplaqué à âme lamellée - m = lamin-
board
panneau contreplaqué à âme lattée - m = blockboard
panneau contreplaqué à âme panneautée - m = bat-
tenboard
panneau couchant - m = horizontal panel
panneau d’accès (toit) - m = hatchway, roof hatch
panneau d’affichage - m = billboard (US), hoarding
(UK), notice board
panneau d’aggloméré - m = flakeboard (US), particle
board
panneau d’allège - m = spandrel panel
panneau d’arrivée (élect.) - m = incoming panel
panneau de chantier - m = site sign
panneau de commande - m = switchboard
panneau de construction - m = building board
panneau de contrôle - m = panelboard
panneau de copeaux - m = chipboard
panneau de départ (élect.) - m = outgoing panel
panneau de façade - m = curtain wall, facing panel
panneau de ferme - m = truss panel
panneau de fibres - m = fiberboard (US), fibre
building board (UK), fibreboard (UK), hardboard
panneau de fibres agglomérées - m = composition
board, fiberboard, fibre board, fibre building board
panneau de fibres de densité moyenne - m =
medium-density fibreboard
panneau de fibres dur(es) - m = hardboard, standard
hardboard, standard hardboard
panneau de fibres extra-dur(es) - m = tempered hard-
board, tempered hardboard
panneau de fibres mi-dur(es) - m = medium hard-
board, medium-density fibreboard, medium-density
hardboard medium density fiberboard (US), medium
density hardboard, medium hardboard
panneau de fibres tendres - m = building board (UK),
fiberboard (US), insulating fibreboard, softboard,
homogeneous fibres wallboard, insulating fibreboard,
softboard
panneau de gypse - m = gypsum board
panneau de hauteur - m = standing panel
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panneau de joue (coffrage) - m = cheek board
panneau de parement - m = facing
panneau de particules - m = chipboard, particle board
panneau de particules de lin - m = flax board
panneau de particules extrudées - m = extruded par-
ticle board
panneau de particules pressées à plat - m = platen-
pressed particle board
panneau de plancher - m = floor panel
panneau de plâtre cartonné - m = plaster board
panneau de remplissage - m = cladding panel
panneau de remplissage - m = infill panel
panneau de revêtement - m = wall-board
panneau de revêtement mural - m = wainscot
panneau de signalisation - m = sign
panneau de sous-toiture - m = roof decking, roof
decking
panneau de tympan - m = sprandel panel
panneau d’entablement - m = fascia
panneau d’épaisseur - m = flush panel
panneau d’isolation - m = bat
panneau dur à deux faces lisses - m = duo-face hard-
board
panneau dur gaufré - m = embossed hardboard
panneau dur perforé - m = pegboard, perforated
hardboard
panneau en amiante-ciment - m = asbestos cement
sheeting
panneau en béton - m = panel-type concrete unit
panneau en carton-plâtre - m = gypsum plasterboard
panneau en enduit - m = plaster board
panneau en retombée - m = drop panel, dropped
panel
panneau encadré - m = framed panel
panneau équipé de coupe-circuits - m = fuse panel
panneau horizontal - m = horizontal panel
panneau isolant - m = insulation board, soft board
panneau lamellé - m = laminated panel, laminboard
panneau latté - m = battenboard (UK), blockboard,
coreboard
panneau massicoté - m = edged board
panneau mi-dur - m = semihardboard
panneau mou - m = softboard
panneau mural - m = building block, wall panel, wall-
board
panneau radiant - m = radiant panel
panneau sandwich - m = composite board, sandwich
panel
panneau semi-rigide (isolation) - m = bat insulation
panneau silhouetté - m = shadow board
panneau solaire - m = solar panel
panneau stratifié - m = laminate
panneau surbaissé - m = dropped panel
panneau témoin - m = sample panel
panneau vertical - m = vertical panel
panneau vitré - m = view panel
panneau voilé - m = twisted board
panneau-façade - m = panel wall
panneautage - m = paneling, panelling
panneaux - m = panelling, panels
panneaux de lambrissage - m = wall panelling
panneresse - f = stretcher
panneresse à plat - f = bull stretcher
panneresse arrondi - f = bull stretcher
panneton - m = bit (key)
panse - f = bely (baluster)
papier abrasif - m = abrasive paper, sand paper
papier asphalté - m = asphalt paper, asphalted paper
papier bitumé - m = asphalted paper, tar paper
papier cache - m = masking paper
papier d’apprêt - m = lining paper
papier de construction - m = building paper
papier de revêtement - m = sheathing paper
papier de verre - m = glasspaper, sandpaper
papier feutre - m = felt paper
papier fort isolant - m = building paper
papier goudronné - m = tar paper
papier grenat - m = garnet paper
papier kraft - m = kraft paper
papier verré - m = sand paper
papier-cache - m = masking tape
papier-feutre - m = felt paper
papier-grenat - m = garnet paper
papier-verré - m = sand paper
paquet - m = tappet
par évaporation = evaporative
paraboloïde = paralaboidal, paraboloid, paraboloidal
solar concentrator, trough collector, trough concentrator
parachute (ascenseur) - f = grip gear
parachute (ascenseur) - f = safety gear
parafoudre - m = arrester, lightning arrester, lightning
conductor, lightning rod
parafouille - f = cutoff
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paralume - m = diagonal louver, diffuser, diffuser
(light), diffuser grille, illumation louver, light (diffuser),
light baffle, light diffuser, louver (diagonal), spill shield
parapet - m = breast wall, breastwork, curb, parapet,
parapet wall
parapet crenelé - m = battlement
parapluie (cheminée) - m = chimney hood, rain cap
parapluie (toit) - m = station roof, umbrella roof
parasismique (PS) = earthquake resistant
parasites - m = interference
paratonnerre - m = lightning arrester, lightning con-
ductor, lightning rod
parc de logements - m = housing stock
parcelle - f = housing development, lot, parcel, plot
parcelle de terrain - f = lot, plot of ground, tract
parcellement - m = parceling, plotting
parclose - f = batten, cushion frame, glass stop,
glazing bead, glazing fillet, glazing stop, loose mold,
removable stop (US)
parcours de tuyauterie - m = run
pare-balles - m = bullat resistant
pare-douche - m = shower screen
pare-éclaboussures - m = anti-splash device
pare-écume - m = scum board
pare-étincelles - m = fire screen, fire-guard spark
arrester
pare-feu = fire retardant
pare-feu - m = fire brace, fire screen, fire screen, fire-
guard
pare-flammes - m = flame retardant
parement - m = ashlar, cladding, covering, face, face-
side, facing, mantle, trim, weather board
parement (de sous-face) - m = soffit cladding, soffit
covering
parement à clin - m = bevel siding
parement à face plane - m = seam-face
parement à mi-bois - m = drop siding
parement à onglet - m = mitered siding
parement à recouvrement - m = lap siding
parement acoustique - m = acoustic covering
parement brut - m = quarry face, rock face, seam-face
parement comprimé - m = face in compression
parement de bois vertical - m = vertical wood siding
parement de brique - m = brick veneer
parement de brique (sur ossature en bois) - m =
brick facing
parement de brique (sur ossature en bois) - m =
brick veneer
parement de faîte - m = ridge covering
parement de joint - m = joint face
parement de maçonnerie - m = masonry surface
parement de mur - m = wall surface
parement de panneresse - m = stretcher face
parement de pierre - m = stone facing
parement de porte - m = door face
parement de sous-face - m = soffit cladding
parement en bois - m = wood siding
parement en pierre - m = ashlar facing
parement en pierre taillée par assise - m = coursed
ashlar facing
parement en pierres brutes naturelles - m = seam-
face
parement en pierres naturelles - m = seam-face
parement en pierres taillées irrégulières - m
= random ashlar facing
parement extérieur - m = exterior finish
parement intérieur - m = closing face
parement intérieur (mur de soutènement) - m
= back
parement lisse - m = smooth face
parement rustique - m = tooled face
parement tendu - m = face in tension
parement vu - m = exposed face
pare-pluie - m = rain barrier
parer = dress, to
pare-soleil - m = shade screen, shade screen, sun
screen, sun shade, sunbreaker, sunscreen
pare-vapeur - m = moisture barrier, vapor barrier
(US), vapour barrier (UK)
pare-vapeur continu - m = continuous vapor-barrier
pare-vapeur-polystyrène - m = polystyrene vapor
barrier
pare-vent - m = wind barrier, windbreak
parking - m = car park (UK), parking area (US),
parking lot (US)
parking silo - m = multistorey car park (UK), parking
garage (US),parking structure (US)
parking souterrain - m = undergroundcar park
paroi - f = leaf, partition wall, sidewall, with, wythe
paroi (légère) - f = skin
paroi (tuyau) - f = wall
paroi contrainte - f = stressed skin
paroi de madriers entre pieux battus - f = horizontal
timber planks between I-beams
paroi de mur - f = wythe
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paroi d’échange à grande surface (clim) - f
= extended surface
paroi d’élément - f = shell
paroi d’étanchéite - f = cutoff wall
paroi intérieure - f = web
paroi intérieure en béton d’élément extérieur - f
= concrete inner skin of external wall unit
paroi intermédaire (conduits de fumée) - f = midfea-
ther, withe, wythe
paroi latérale de lucarne - f = dormer cheek
paroi moulée dans le sol - f = diaphragm wall
parois - f = shell of a building
parpaing - m = block, blockwork, bonded stone,
bonder, bonding brick, building block, building unit,
cinder block, concrete block, header, parpend, parpend
stone,perpend, perpend stone, precast concrete block,
through stone
parpaing creux - m = cellular block, hollow block,
hollow clay block, hollow tile
parpaing de béton - m = concrete block
parpaing de laitier - m = breeze block
parquet - m = floor, flooring, wood floor, wood
flooring
parquet à bâtons rompus - m = herringbone parquet
parquet à coupe de pierre - m = strip flouring with
alternate joints
parquet à coupe perdue - m = strip flooring
parquet à fougère - m = herring-bone flooring
parquet à joints perdus - m = strip flooring
parquet à la française - m = parquet, parquet, par-
quetry
parquet à l’anglaise - m = parquet floor, strip flooring,
(random lengths)
parquet de chêne - m = oak parquet
parquet de glace - m = wood grounds for mirror work
parquet en marqueterie - m = parquetry
parquet flottant - m = floating floor, floating wood
floor
parquet mosaïque - m = inlaid parquet, wood block
floor
parquet sans fin - m = overlay flooring, strip flooring
parquetage - m = parquetry
parqueteur - m = floor layer
parquetterie - f = parquet
parti - m = scheme
parti (d’une façade) - m = general arrangement,
general scheme
parti architectural - m = schematic design
parti constructif - m = structural scheme
parti technique - m = engineering scheme, structural
scheme
particule - f = particle
particule de sol - f = soil particle
particules fines - f = fines
partie basse - f = bottom, lower part
partie centrale - f = core
partie collée à une autre - f = adherend
partie commune - f = common area, communal area
partie cylindrique - f = barrel
partie enrobée - f = embedded portion
partie femelle - f = bell
partie haute (PH) - f = top, upper part
partiellement protégé = semi-enclosed
partiellement protégé (élect.) = semi-enclosed
parvis - m = open space in front of a church, paradise,
piazza, plaza
pas (boulons, rivets) - m = gauge, pitch, spacing
pas d’access - m = door step
pas d’âne - m = ramped steps, stepped ramp
pas de filetage - m = pitch
pas de porte - m = doorstep
pas de vis - m = thread
pas japonais - m = stepping stones
pas-d’âne - m = heavy step
passage - m = drive, driveway, footpath, footway,
hallway, run
passage (circulation de personnes) - m = walkway
passage couvert - m = arcade, breezeway, dogtrot
passage d’air - m = airflow
passage d’eau - m = culvert
passage d’escalier - m = staircase
passage en dessous - m = underpass
passage en dessus - m = overpass
passage inférieur - m = underpass
passage libre de porte - m = doorway width
passage pour canalisations - m = duct
passage pour piétons - m = crosswalk (US), pedes-
trian crossing (UK)
passage recouvert - m = breeze-way
passage souterrain - m = subway, underpass
passage supérieur - m = overbridge, overcrossing,
overpass
passage voûté - m = arcade, archway
passage(acheminement de tuyau) - m = routing
passant - m = undersize
passe - f = bead, pass
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passe - m = master key
passe câble - m = cable bushing
passe de fond - f = root pass, root run
passe de pénétration - f = penetration run
passe de soudage - f = pass, run
passe de soudure - f = seam
passe d’enduit - f = application
passe d’étage - m = floor master key
passe sur l’envers - f = back pass
passée - f = undersize
passe-fil - m = grommet, grummet
passe-partout - m = crosscut saw, master key, two-
man saw
passe-partout général - m = great grand master key
passe-partout partiel - m = grand master key
passe-plats - m = pass-through (US), service hatch
(UK), serving hatch
passerelle - f = catwalk, footbridge, gangway,
linkspan, linkway, pedestrian bridge
passerelle à deux niveaux - f = two-tier linkspan
passerelle de service - f = catwalk
passerelle pour canalisations - f = pipe-rack (over an
obstacle)
passerelle roulante - f = rolling ladder
passes de soudure - f = beading
passivation - f = passivation
passoire - f = round-hole screen, round-hole sieve,
sieve, strainer
pastille - f = pellet
pastille (placage) - f = patch, plug
pastille de sécurité - f = bursting disk
pâte à joints - f = joint compound, jointing compound,
sealing compound
pâte argileuse - f = clay matrix
pâte d’argile - f = clay matrix
pâte de bois - f = wood pulp
pâte de chaux - f = lime putty, plasterer’s putty, plas-
tering putty
pâté de maisons - m = block
pâte de verre - f = glass paste, vitreous paste
pâte pure de chaux - f = lime paste
pâte pure de ciment - f = neat cement grout
patenôtre - m = bead moulding, paternoster
patère - f = coat hook, coat peg, cutting hook
patère (décoration) - f = patera
patère (décoration) - f = rose
patère de robonet de puisage - f = tap holder
patience - f = miserere, subsellium
patin - m = duckfoot, patten, skid
patin (d’escalier) - m = staircase sill
patin (étaiement) - m = sole piece, sole plate
patin de chenille - m = track shoe
patin de scellement - m = anchor plate, anchoring
plate, fixing plate
patin vibrant - m = vibration plate
patiné = aged, patinated, weathered
patine - f = patina
patiner (se) = weather, to
patron - m = pattern, template, templet
patte - f = bracket, cleat, ear, lug, plate, tab, tie
patte (charnière) - f = door frame anchor, leaf
patte (huisserie) - f = jamb anchor
patte à glace - f = holdfast, mirror bracket
patte à goujon - f = plate dowel (concrete or stone
post)
patte à goujon (huisserie) - f = spud
patte à scellement - f = anchor, bat, binding iron,
masonry anchor
patte à sceller - f = anchor flange, anchoring flange
patte d’ancrage - f = anchor flange, anchoring flange
patte de bardeau - f = butt
patte de fixation - f = fixing lug
patte de scellement - f = anchor flange, anchoring
flange, masonry anchor, fishtail anchor
patte d’éléphant - f = belled-out bottom, widened
bottom
paumelle - f = door hinge
paumelle - f = hinge-socket
paumelle à double action - f = double-acting hinge
paumelle à ressort - f = spring hinge
paumelle dégondable - f = heave-off hinge, heaveoff
hinge, lift-off hinge, liftoff butt, liftoff hinge, loose-joint
hinge
paumelle électrique - f = butt hinge
paumelles - f = butts
paumet - m = door hinge
pauvre = lean
pavage - m = block pavement, pavement, paving
pavage autobloquant - m = interlocking paving
pavé - m = block, cobble, cobble stone, paver, paving
block, paving brick, paving tile, paving-stone, set
pavé (surtout en granit) - m = sett
pavé à emboîtement - m = interlocking paving stone
pavé autobloquant - m = interlocking paving block
pavé d’asphalte - m = asphalt block
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pavé de pierre - m = Belgian stone
pavé de verre - m = glass block, paving light, solid
glass block
pavé équarri - m = pitcher
pavé imbricable - m = interlocking paving stone
pavement - m = pavement
paveur - m = pavior (US), paviour (UK)
pavilllon - m = bungalow, detached house, pavilion,
suburban house
pavillon (housing) - m = a construction typical of
modern suburban development
pavillon à rez-de-chaussée - m = bungalow
pavillon de chasse - m = shooting lodge
pavillon de garde - m = gate-lodge, lodge
pavillon de plain pied - m = bungalow
pavillon d’entrée - m = gate lodge, lodge
pavillon jumelé - m = semi-detached house
pavilon d’entrée - m = gate-lodge
paysagé = landscaped
PAZ (plan d’aménagement de zone) - m = area deve-
lopment plan
PC (perte de charge) - f = friction loss, loss of head,
loss of pressure, pressure drop
PC (prise de courant) - f = convenience outlet, con-
venience receptacle, outlet (US), power point (UK),
receptacle outlet (US), socket (US), take-over
PC (prise en charge) (adduction d’eau) - f = tap
PCI (pouvoir calorifique inférieur) - m = net calo-
rific value
PCS (pouvoir calorifique supérieur) - m = gross
calorific value
PE(presse-étoupe) - m = gland, gland nut, packing
gland,packing nut, stuffing box
peau de crapaud (peinture) - f = alligatoring, croco-
diling
peau de crapaud (verre) - f = drag (US), hogging
(UK)
peau de crocodile - f = aligatoring, crocodiling,
webbing
peau de démoulage - f = release membrane
peau d’orange - f = orange peel
pédiculé = pendiculated
pédicule - m = pendicule
pédiluve - m = foot bath, shower pan, shower tray
pédologie - f = pedology, soil science
peignage - m = chasing, combing (paint)
peignage de pas de vis - m = chasing
peignage fin (verre) - m = drawing lines, piano lines
peigne - m = tooth spreader
peigne (escalier roulant) - m = comb, combplate
peigne (finition de surface) - m = comb, drag
peigne de peintre - m = graining comb
peintre au pistolet - m = spray painter
peintre décorateur - m = decorator
peintre en bâtiment - m = decorator
peinturage - m = painting
peinturage - m = paintwork
peinture - f = paint, painting, paintwork
peinture à effet de martelage - f = hammer finish
peinture à la colle - f = distemper
peinture à l’aluminium - f = aluminium paint (UK),
aluminum paint (US)
peinture à l’eau - f = water paint
peinture à l’huile - f = oil paint
peinture à séchage rapide - f = sharp paint
peinture alkyde - f = alkyd paint
peinture antiacide - f = acid resistant paint
peinture anticondensation - f = anti-condensation
paint
peinture anticorrosion - f = anticorrosive paint
peinture anticorrosive - f = anticorrosive paint, rust-
proof paint
peinture anticryptogamique - f = fungicidal paint
peinture antidérapante - f = antislip paint
peinture antifongique - f = fungicidal paint
peinture antirouille - f = anti-rust paint, rust-
inhibiting paint, rust-inhibitive paint
peinture antisolaire - f = shading paint
peinture antisonique - f = acoustic paint, antinoise
paint
peinture aqueuse - f = water paint
peinture au four - f = backing finish (US)
peinture au goudron - f = tar paint
peinture au latex - f = latex paint, rubber-emulsion
paint
peinture au mica - f = mica paint
peinture au minium - f = lead paint
peinture au pistolet - f = spray painting
peinture autolavable - f = self-cleaning paint
peinture aux silicates - f = silicate paint
peinture bitumeuse - f = bituminous paint
peinture brillante - f = gloss paint, glossy paint
peinture cellulosique - f = cellulose acetate
peinture craquelée - f = crackle finish
peinture d’aspect - f = cosmetic paint
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peinture de signalisation routière - f = road-line
paint, road-line paint, road-marking paint, traffic paint
peinture diluée à l’eau - f = water-thinned paint
peinture d’impression - f = primer (on absorbant
substrate), primer (on absorbant surface), priming
peinture d’impression à séchage rapide - f = sharp
paint
peinture émail - f = enamel paint
peinture émulsion - f = emulsion paint
peinture émulsionnée - f = emulsion paint
peinture extérieure - f = outside paint
peinture fongicide - f = fungicidal paint
peinture fraîche - f = wet paint
peinture friable - f = brittle paint
peinture glycérophtalique - f = alkyd paint
peinture granulée - f = bitty paint
peinture hydrofuge - f = waterproof paint
peinture ignifuge - f = fire-resistive paint, fire-retar-
dant paint
peinture intumescente - f = intumescent paint
peinture mate - f = flat paint
peinture métallisée - f = metallic paint
peinture murale - f = wall paint
peinture par projection - f = spray painting
peinture par ruissellement - f = flow coating
peinture perméable à la vapeur d’eau - f = breather
paint
peinture pétrifiante - f = petrifying paint
peinture primaire - f = metal paint, metal primer
peinture primaire réactive (PPR) - f = wash primer
peinture pyrométrique - f = heat-sensitive paint
peinture réfractaire - f = heat-resistant paint
peinture respirante - f = breather paint
peinture sanitaire - f = rotproofing paint
peinture silicatée - f = silicate paint
peinture vermiculée - f = wrinkle paint
pelable = peel-off, peelable
pelage (peinture) - m = peeling, peeling off
pelle - f = shovel, spade
pelle à benne traînante - f = dragline
pelle à câbles - f = cable excavator, dragline excavator
pelle à vapeur - f = steam shovel
pelle chargeuse - f = loader, loading shovel
pelle d’excavateur - f = bucket
pelle en butte - f = crowd shovel, face shovel, forward
shovel
pelle équipée en rétro - f = backacter, backhoe,
backhoe shovel
pelle mécanique - f = digger, escavator, power shovel,
steam shovel, trencher
pelle mécanique à godet retourné - f = backdigger,
backdigging shovel
pelle niveleuse - f = skimmer shovel
pelle rétro - f = backdigger, backdigging shovel
pelle rétro caveuse - f = back-acting shovel, backacter,
backacting shovel
pelle rétro caveuse - f = backhoe, drag shovel (US),
hoe (US), pull shovel (US), trench hoe, backdigger
(UK), backdigging shovel
pelleteuse - f = loader, loading machine
pelleteuse-chargeur - f = face shovel
pénalité de retard - f = penalty for delay
pendage - m = dip (of stratum)
pendage général - m = normal dip
pendage inverse - m = reverse dip
pendage prononcé - m = steep dip
pendage raide - m = steep dip
pendaison de crémaillère - f = house-warming party
pendard - m = pipe hanger
pendentif (arch.) - m = pendentive
pendentif (élect.) - m = pendant
penderie - f = built-in wardrobe (UK), clothes closet
(US), hanging closet (US)
pendre la crémaillère = have a house-warming
(party), to
pendre la crémaillère = throw a house-warming
party, to
pêne - m = bolt (of lock)
pêne à demi-tour - m = latchbolt
pêne à ressort - m = latchbolt, spring bolt
pêne battant - m = cam bolt
pêne coulant - m = bullet bolt
pêne demi-tour à cran d’arrêt - m = deadlatch
pêne demi-tour à cran d’arrêt - m = deadlocking
latch
pêne dormant - m = dead bolt, dead lock
pêne en biseau - m = bevelled bolt
pêne lançant - m = bullet bolt
pêne ressort - m = spring bolt
pénétrabilité (bitume) - f = penetration
pénétration (goudron) - f = tar grouting
pénétration (toit) - f = projection
pénétration (voûte) - f = penetration
pénétromètre - m = penetrometer
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pénétromètre à cône - m = cone penetrometer
pénétromètre à pointe de curage - m = wash point
penetrometer
pente - f = fall, grade, rake, slant, weathering
pente (comble, toit, route) - f = pitch
pente (terrain) - f = gradient, slope
pente à la demie - f = half-pitch roof, one-half pitch
pente critique - f = critical gradient
pente de la ligne de charge - f = energy gradient
pente de la ligne d’eau - f = slope
pente de la toiture - f = pitch (of roof), roof pitch
pente de talus - f = slope angle
pente descendante - f = downgrade
pente douce - f = gentle grade
pente du sol - f = grade
pente du talus - f = side slope
pente du toit - f = pitch, roof slope
pente en m/m - f = rise-and-run
pente naturelle - f = natural grade
pente naturelle de tassement - f = angle of repose
pente naturelle du sol - f = natural grade
pente normale de l’escalier - f = nosing line
pente transversale - f = transverse gradient, transverse
slope
pente transversale (route) - f = camber
pente transversale (toit) - f = cross slope, crossfall
pente(tuyau) - f = fall
penture - f = band-and-gudgeon hinge, band-and-hook
hinge, butt hinge, hook-and-ride hinge, strap hinge
penture à crapaudine - f = socket hinge
penture à T - f = T hinge, T-hinge
penture anglaise - f = T-hinge
perçage - m = boring, drilling, piercing
perce (placage) - f = sand through, sanding through
percée - f = opening (made after a wall was built)
percement d’une rue - m = opening of a street
(through existing constructions)
percer = bore (to), drill (to), provide an opening (to)
percer un tunnel = bore a tunnel, to
percer une fenêtre = provide a window(in an existing
structure), to
percer une ouverture = make an opening, to
perceuse - f = boring machine, drill, drilling machine
perceuse à colonne - f = drill press
perceuse à conscience - f = breast drill
perceuse électrique - f = electric drill
perche - f = rod, wooden pole
perche d’échaffaudage - f = scaffolding pole
perche horizontale - f = ledger
perçoir - m = awl, gimlet
percuteur (de fusible) - m = striker
perdu (emballage, palette) = non-returnable, nonreco-
verable, nonreturnable
pérennité - f = long life (of a building)
perforation - f = piercing
perforatrice - f = boring machine, drill, drilling,
drilling machine, rock drill
perforatrice à air comprimé - f = air drill, pneumatic
rock drill
perforatrice à percussion - f = percussion drill
perforer = drill, to
pergélisol - m = permafrost
pergola - f = pergola
périe (baguette, soudure) - f = bead
périmètre - m = perimeter
périmètre d’alimentation - m = circle of influence
périmètre d’appel - m = circle of influence
périmètre inondable - m = flood plain
périmètre mouillé - m = wetted perimeter
péristyle - m = peristyle
perle - f = astragal, bead
perlite - f = perlite
perlite expansée - f = expanded perlite
perméabilité - f = permeability, perviousness
perméable = permeable, pervious
perméamètre - m = permeameter
permis de construction - m = building permit
permis de construire - m = building license, building
permit, construction permit
permis de démolir - m = demolitionpermit
perré - m = pitching (bank), revetment, riprap, stone
facing, stone pitching
perron - m = fliers, flight of stairs, flight of steps, front
step, outside, perron, step, steps, stoop
perron de béton - m = concrete stoop
persienne - f = louvered shutter, louvers, shutter,
slatted shutter, window shutter
personnel de chantier - m = field staff
personnel d’exécution du projet - m = project per-
sonnel
personnel occasionnel - m = casual labor, casual
workers
perte (chaleur, puissance) - f = loss
perte (matériaux façonnés) - f = waste
perte à la cheminée - f = flue gas loss
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perte à l’aspiration - f = suction loss
perte à vide - f = no-load loss
perte au feu - f = loss on ignition
perte dans un tuyau - f = leak
perte de chaleur - f = heat loss, waste heat
perte de charge (PC) - f = friction loss, loss of head,
loss of pressure, pressure drop
perte de charge due au frottement - f = friction head,
hydraulic friction
perte de charge hydraulique - f = hydraulic loss
perte de jouissance - f = loss of use
perte de réseau - f = network loss, system loss
perte de transport - f = transmission loss
perte de volume - f = shrinkage, shrinking
perte de volume (bois) - f = shrinkage
perte d’eau à l’exploitation - f = escaped water, ope-
ration waste
perte en cours de transport - f = conveyance loss
perte en ligne - f = transmission loss
perte par évaporation - f = flash-off
perte par les fumées - f = flue gas loss
perte réputée totale (assurance) - f = constructive
total loss
pervibrateur - m = immersion vibrator, internal
vibrator, poker vibrator
pervibration - f = internal vibration
pesanteur - f = gravity force
petit bois - m = astragal (UK), division bar (US),
glazing bar, muntin (US), sash bar, window bar,
window cross, window glazing bar (US)
petit bois de fenêtre - m = window bar, window cross
petit canal - m = flume
petit chantier - m = minor works
petit diamètre - m = minibore
petit fer - m = astragal (UK), division bar, glazing bar,
muntin (US), sash bar
petit listel - m = annulet
petit matériel divers - m = small tools
petit poteau de béton armé - m = short reinforced
concrete column
petit rayon - m = quick sweep, morning room
petit-bois - m = glass-bar
petite maçonnerie - f = smaller work
petite nef - f = side aisle
petites ondes (plaques de couverture) - f = galva-
nised iron profile
petits appartements - m = private apartments
pétrir = churn, to
PFC (plâtre fin de construction) - m = fine building
plaster
PGC (plâtre gros de construction) - m = coarse
building plaster
PH (partie haute) - f = top, upper part
PH (plancher haut) - m = floor above, upper floor
phase - f = stage
phase (élect.) - f = phase
phase acide - f = acid stage
phase de préparation des travaux - f = preconstruc-
tion phase
phase des travaux - f = stage
phénol - m = phenol
phone - m = phon
phosphatation - f = phosphating
pic - m = double-pointed pick, mattock, navvy pick,
pick mattock
pic-montoir - m = pick mattock
picot de fer barbelé - m = barb
pictogramme - m = pictogram
pièce - f = back room
pièce (de charpente) - f = member
pièce chargée en bout - f = column, post
pièce comprimée - f = compressed member
pièce contractuelle - f = contract document
pièce coulée - f = casting
pièce d’acier matricé - f = stamping
pièce d’apparat - f = state room
pièce d’appui - f = ledge, support
pièce d’attache - f = fastening
pièce de bois - f = lumber, piece of timber
pièce de bois coudée - f = knee
pièce de charpente à jointures collées - f = glue-lami-
nated timber
pièce de charpente bouvetée - f = tongued timber
pièce de charpente feuilletée - f = glue-laminated
timber
pièce de charpente lamellée-collée - f = glue-lami-
nated timber
pièce de fonderie - f = cast stone
pièce de fonderie usinée - f = machined casting
pièce de fonte - f = casting
pièce de joint - f = splice material
pièce de lambrissée - f = panelled room
pièce de montage (canalisation) - f = conduit fitting
pièce de raccordement - f = cable fitting, connector
pièce de terre attenante à une habitation - f = cur-
tilage
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pièce détachée - f = separate part, spare part
pièce du marché - f = tender document
pièce femelle - f = outer part
pièce forgée - f = forging
pièce habitable - f = dwelling room, habitable room
pièce jointive - f = make-up piece
pièce lambrissée - f = panelled room
pièce mâle - f = inner part
pièce moulée - f = cast stone, casting, molding (US),
moulding (UK)
pièce noyée dans la masse - f = insert
pièce principale - f = habitable room
pièce rapportée - f = loose piece
pièce usinée - f = machined casting
pièce voisine - f = adjoining room
pièces de charpente métallique - f = structural steel-
work details
pièces d’une charpente - f = membering, members of
a frame
pièces et outils de fixation = fastening devices
pièces fixées - f = attachments
pièces forgées en acier - f = steel forgings
pièces matricées - f = drop forcings
pied - m = leg, stand, support stand
pied (arbaletier, arêtier) - m = heel
pied (colonne, mur) - m = base, foot
pied (poteau en béton ou métal) - m = stanchion base
pied (poteau en bois) - m = butt end
pied (talus) - m = toe
pied à coulisse - m = calipers
pied cube - m = board foot
pied d’assise - m = bed plate, seating block
pied de chevron - m = heel
pied de mouton - m = sheepsfoot roller
pied de poteau - m = footing
pied de tasseau - m = stop end
pied de toiture - m = roof eave
pied linéaire - m = linear foot
pied-de-biche - m = case opener, claw bar (UK), crow-
bar, hand speck, nail claw, nail extractor, nail puller,
pinch bar (UK), spike bar, wrecking bar (US)
pied-droit - m = abutment, knee brace, pier
piédestal - m = footstall, pedestal
piédouche - m = footstall, pedestal
piédroit - m = jamb, pier (arch of bridge, window),
pillar
piédroit ( béquille de portique) - m = column
piédroit (béquille de portique) - m = leg
piédroit de culée - m = abutment pier
piège à sable - m = grit arrestor
piège à sons - m = attenuator, sound trap, sound
pierraille - f = broken stones, crushed stones
pierre - f = rough stone, rubber stone, stone
pierre à aiguiser - f = oilstone, whetstone
pierre à bâtir - f = building stone
pierre à chaux - f = limestone
pierre à ciment - f = cement stone
pierre à huile - f = oil stone, oilstone
pierre à macadam - f = crushed rock, crushed stone
pierre à parement brut - f = quarry-faced stone
pierre à repasser - f = oilstone, whetstone
pierre angulaire - f = corner stone, headstone, quoin
pierre appareillée - f = face ashlar
pierre artificielle - f = artificial stone, cast stone
pierre broyée - f = crushed stone, grating
pierre calcaire - f = chalk, limestone
pierre cassée - f = broken stone, crushed rock,
crushed stone
pierre concassée - f = crushed rock, crushed stone,
crusher run
pierre concassée gros calibre - f = ballast, chippings,
chips, coarse gravel
pierre d’angle - f = coin, quoin
pierre d’arrachement - f = toothing stone
pierre d’attente - f = flagstone, toothing stone
pierre d’autel - f = altar stone
pierre de carrière - f = quarry-stone
pierre de construction - f = building stone
pierre de couronnement - f = capstone, cope-stone,
coping stone
pierre de liaison - f = bond stone
pierre de liaisonnement - f = bond stone, bonder,
bondstone
pierre de sommet - f = apex stone, saddle stone
pierre de taille - f = ashlar, broad stone, cut-stone,free-
stone, squared stone
pierre de taille bouchardée - f = tooled ashlar
pierre de taille équarrie - f = hammer-dressed ashlar
pierre de taille irrégulière - f = broken ashlar
pierre d’échantillon - f = dimension stone
pierre délitée - f = natural cleft stone
pierre des champs - f = cobble
pierre dure - f = hard stone
pierre en attente - f = toother, tusk
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pierre en parpaing - f = parpend stone, perpend, per-
pend stone, through stone
pierre façonnée - f = facing
pierre franche - f = freestone
pierre froide - f = very hard stone
pierre litée - f = bedded stone
pierre meulière - f = gritstone
pierre meulière - f = millstone
pierre moulée - f = cast stone
pierre mûrie - f = weathered stone
pierre naturelle - f = natural stone
pierre non-taillée - f = undressed stone
pierre parpaing - f = bond stone
pierre parpaing - f = through-stone
pierre plaquée sur bois - f = stone veneer
pierre plate - f = flagstone
pierre plate (de pavage) - f = flag
pierre ponce - f = pumice, pumice stone
pierre pourrie - f = decayed rock
pierre reconstituée - f = cast stone, reconstituted
stone, reconstructed stone
pierre récurée - f = scoured stone
pierre taillée - f = cut stone, dressed stone
pierre tendre - f = soft stone
pierre tombale - f = gravestone, tombstone
pierre véritable - f = natural stone
pierres cassées - f = hardcore
pierreux = stony
piètement - m = base
pieu - m = fence picket
pieu ( clôture) - m = pale, picket
pieu (fondation) - m = pile
pieu à ailes - m = pile with welded-on flanges, pile
with wings
pieu à base élargie - m = bulb pile, bulbed pile,
pedestal pile
pieu à bulbe - m = bulb pile, bulbed pile
pieu à chemise récupérée - m = uncased pile
pieu à chemise récupérés - m = shell-less pile
pieu à disque - m = disc foundation pile
pieu à fourreau perdu - m = cased pile
pieu à fourreau récupéré - m = shell-less pile
pieu à fourreau récupéré - m = uncased pile
pieu à friction - m = friction pile
pieu à frottement - m = shell pile
pieu à pointe portante - m = end-bearing pile, point-
bearing pile
pieu à sabot débordant - m = button-bottom pile
pieu à vis - m = screw pile
pieu à vrille - m = screw pile
pieu battu - m = driven pile
pieu battu en acier - m = driven steel pile
pieu caisson - m = caisson pile
pieu caisson foncé - m = drilled-in caisson
pieu chargé à la pointe - m = end-bearing pile, point
bearing pile
pieu coulé en place - m = cast-in place pile, cast-in-
situ pile
pieu coulé en place - m = in-situ pile
pieu d’ancrage - m = anchor pile
pieu d’appui - m = end-bearing pile, point bearing pile
pieu de gros bois - m = timber piling
pieu de sable - m = sand pile, vertical sand drain
pieu drainant - m = sand pile, vertical sand drain
pieu en acier - m = sectional steel pile
pieu en béton - m = concrete pile
pieu en béton précontraint - m = prestressed concrete
pile
pieu en H - m = H-pile
pieu en traction - m = tension pile
pieu en tube - m = pipe pile
pieu flottant - m = friction pile
pieu foré - m = bored pile, cast-in-place pile, cast-in-
situ pile, in-situ concrete pile
pieu foré creux - m = hollow performed pile
pieu foré moulé dans le sol - m = bored cast-in-place
pile
pieu foré moulé dans le sol - m = cast-in-situ pile
pieu incliné - m = batter pile, raker, raking pile
pieu lancé - m = jetted pile
pieu moulé dans le sol - m = bored cast-in place pile
pieu moulé dans le sol - m = cast-in-place pile, cast-
in-situ pile
pieu moulé dans le sol à tube battu - m = driven-cast-
in-place pile, driven-cast-in-situ pile
pieu non chemisé - m = uncased pile
pieu portant en frottement - m = friction pile
pieu porteur - m = bearing pile
pieu préfabriqué - m = performed pile, precast pile
pieu résistant à la pointe - m = end-bearing pile
pieu résistant à la pointe - m = point bearing pile
pieu travaillant à l’arrachement - m = uplift pile
pieu travaillant en pointe - m = end-bearing pile,
point-bearing pile
pieu tube à ailettes - m = fin-type point pile
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pieu tube à paroi mince - m = thin-walled pipe pile
pieu tube à pointe - m = closed-end pipe pile, solid-
point pipe pile
pieu tube non obturé - m = open-end pipe pile
pieu tube ouvert à la base - m = open-end pipe, open-
end pipe pile
pieu(clôture) - m = picket
pieuvre - f = wiring loom
pieux battus - m = intermediate driven piles in a row
pieux groupés - m = group of piles, pile fluster
pige - f = gauge rod
pigeon - m = loose tongue (miltred joint)
pigeonnier - m = dove-cote, dovecote
pigeonnière - f = half batten
pigment - m = pigment
pigment de charge - m = extender, extender pigment,
inert pigment
pigment pelliculant - m = leafing pigment
pignon - m = gable, gable end, gable top, pinion
pignon à redans - m = corbie gable, crow gable, step
gable, stepped gable
pignon à redents - m = crow gable, step gable, stepped
gable
pignon chantourné - m = multicurved gable, shaped
gable
pignon coupé - m = clipped gable (US), hipped
gable (UK)
pilastre - m = gate post, newel post, parastas, pier,
pilaster
pilastre de portail - m = gate post
pilastre de rampe - m = newel, post
pilastre de rampe d’escalier - m = newel post
pilastre d’entrée - m = gate post
pile - m = main pillar, stack
pile (bois, brique) - f = pier
pile (nef, pont) - f = pier
pile à combustible - f = fuel celle
pile porteuse - f = pier
pile-colonne havée dans le sol - f = excavated shaft
with steel shell
pilier - m = column, main pillar, pier, pillar, post
pilier à fûts noués - m = knotted pillar
pilier cantonné - m = cantonned pier
pilier composé - m = compound pier, compound pillar
pilier court - m = pedestal
pilier d’arc-boutant - m = buttress, counterfort
pilier fasciculé - m = clustered pillar
pilier fretté - m = hooped column
pilier ondulé - m = bundle pier piquet de support d’enrouleur - m = fence post with
pilon - m = bishop, hammer, pile hammer, pounder wire reel
pilonnage - m = earth ramming, ramming, rodding, piquetage - m = construction stake-out pegging (UK),
tamping pegging out, stake-out, staking, staking out (US)
pilonnage par couches - m = ramming in layers, piqueter = peg out (to), stake out (to)
tamping in layers piqueter un bâtiment = stake out a building, to
pilonner = puddle (to), ram (to) piqueter un terrain = picket a lot, to
pilonner = ram to piqûre - f = blowing
pilonneur de terre - m = backfill tamper piqûres (humidité) - f = mildew
pilot - m = fence picket, pile piqûres (surface) - f = pinholes, pitting
pilot - m = piriforme = periform
pilotage - m = construction management, project piscine - f = swimming pool
management piscine (architecture religieuse) - f = piscina
pilotis - m = fence picket, pile, pile pier, piles, spile piscine couverte - f = indoor pool
pin - m = pine piscine hors sol - f = above-ground swimming pool
pinacle - m = pinnacle pisé - m = adobe, cob, cobwork, cofferwork, loam, pisé
pince - f = lazy tong, nippers, overlap, pliers, tongs pison - m = rammer
pince à fusibles - f = fuse tong piste - f = road, track
pince à levier - f = pinch bar piste cyclable - f = bikeway (US)
pince à riper - f = lining bar piste cyclable - f = cycle track (UK)
pince à sertir - f = cap crimper piste de chantier - f = job-site road
pince à souder - f = gun welder piste de station service - f = petrol station foresourt
pince à tubes - f = pipe tongs pistolage - m = gun application
pince coupante - f = cutting nippers, cutting pliers, pistolet - m = gun
nippers, white cutters, wire cutters pistolet à calfeutrer - m = caulking gun
pince crocodile - f = combination pliers (US), foot- pistolet à clous - m = ram set gun
prints (UK)
pistolet à peinture - m = paint sprayer, spray gun
pince isolante - f = fuse tong
pistolet à river - m = rivet gun
pince longitudinale - f = end distance (rivets)
pistolet de dessinateur - m = French curve
pince transversale - f = edge distance (rivets)
pistolet de scellement - m = cartridge gun, stud gun
pinceau - m = paint brush
pistolet pour projection - m = spray gun
pince-monseigneur - f = crowbar
pistoléteur - m = spray-gun-operator
pinnule - f = sight (alidade)
pistoleur - m = spray-gun-operator
pioche - f = mattock, pick, pick axe, pickaxe
piston de soudure - m = pin
pipe de traversée - f = entrance sleeve
pitchpin - m = pitch pine, yellow pine
piquage - m = branching, nidge, nig, stab, stabbing,
piton - m = eyebolt, eyescrew, grappler, hook, stud
tapping
piton à œil - m = eye bolt
piquage (béton) - m = pudding (US)(puddling),
rodding (UK) piton fileté - m = eyescrew
piquage (conduite) - m = branch pivot - m = pivot, swivel, taproot
piqué (humidité) = spotted pivot à col de cygne - m = extension casement hinge
piqué (vers) = wormeaten pivot central - m = pintle
piquet - m = picket pivot de charnière - m = hinge bolt, hinge pin
piquet (clôture) - m = peg, post, stake pivot de grille - m = gate hinge
piquet de nivellement - m = grade stake pivot de porte - m = gate hinge
piquet de repère - m = construction stake, excavation placage - m = ply, veneer, veneering
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placage à coupe rotative - m = rotary cut veneer
placage coupé au couteau - m = knife-cut veneer
placage de maçonnerie - m = masonry veneer
placage déroulé - m = roller-cut veneer, rotary cut
veneer
placage dressé - m = trimmed veneer
placage en briques - m = brick facing, brick veneer
placage extérieur de contreplaqué - m = face veneer
placage jointé - m = jointed veneer
placage monté - m = pleat
placage semi-dérouté - m = half-round cut veneer
placage tranché - m = sliced veneer
placard - m = cabinet (UK), closet (US), cupboard,
wall cupboard
placard à provisions - m = pantry
placard chauffe-linge - m = airing cupboard
placard cuisine - m = kitchen cabinet
placard en dessous - m = closet under
placard mural - m = wall cabinet
place (urbanisme, carrée) - f = square
place d’armes - f = drill ground, parade ground
place-forte - f = stronghold
places assises - f = seating
placoplâtre - m = gypsumboard
placoplâtre(marque déposée) - m = plaster board
placoplâtre(marque déposée) - m = plasterboard
plafond - m = ceiling
plafond (corniche) - m = planceer, plancier
plafond à adoucissement - m = coved ceiling
plafond à caissons - m = coffered ceiling
plafond à gorge - m = cove ceiling, coved ceiling
plafond à grandes gorges - m = cove ceiling, coved
ceiling
plafond à nervures - m = ribbed ceiling
plafond à panneaux - m = paneled ceiling
plafond caissonné - m = coffered ceiling
plafond éclairant - m = luminous ceiling
plafond en caisson - m = boxed ceiling
plafond en dalle pleine - m = solid upper floor
plafond en résille - m = cell ceiling
plafond en résille - m = egg-crate ceiling
plafond flottant - m = false ceiling
plafond incliné - m = bulkhead
plafond lambrissé - m = pavelled ceiling
plafond mouluré - m = B. Clg (beaded ceiling)
plafond mouluré - m = beaded ceiling (B. Clg)
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plafond plat et à gorge - m = cove and flat ceiling
plafond rayonnant - m = ceiling panel heating
plafond suspendu - m = suspended ceiling
plafond voûté - m = cove and flat ceiling
plafonnage - m = ceiling
plafonner = ceil, to
plafonnier - m = ceiling fixture, ceiling lamp, ceiling
light fitting
plafonnier hémisphérique - m = bowl
plage (baignoire) - f = flat top
plage (instrument) - f = range
plage (piscine) - f = deck
plage de réglage - f = adjustment range
plaine - f = drawknife
plan = flat, plane
plan - m = design, drawing, horizontal section, plan,
scheme, top view
plan (de ville) - m = map
plan à l’échelle - m = scale drawing
plan annoté - m = marked up drawing
plan au sol (d’un étage) - m = floor plan
plan au sol (niveau de sol naturel) - m = ground plan
plan cadastral - m = plat (US)
plan clé - m = controlling plane
plan comme construit - m = as-built drawing
plan coté - m = dimension plan, dimensioned drawing,
dimensioned plan
plan d’aménagement - m = development plan,
official plan
plan d’aménagement - m = site plan
plan d’aménagement de zone (PAZ) - m = area deve-
lopment plan
plan d’architecte - m = architect drawing, architect’s
drawing
plan d’atelier - m = shop drawing
plan de charpente - m = framing plan
plan de cisaillement - m = shear plane
plan de clivage - m = cleavage plane
plan de collage - m = glue line
plan de comble - m = hipped end
plan de comparaison - m = datum, datum level
plan de cuisson - m = hob
plan de détail d’exécution - m = detail drawing
plan de faille - m = fault plane
plan de ferraillage - m = reinforcement drawing
plan de fondation - m = foundation plan, subgrade
level
plan de glissement - m = slip surface
plan de gros œuvre - m = structural drawing
plan de la moindre résistance - m = plane of least
resistance
plan de l’étage supérieur - m = upper floor plan
plan de masse - m = block plan, location plan, overall
plan, site plan
plan de montage - m = assembly drawing, erection
drawing
plan de niveau - m = datum, datum level
plan de nivellement - m = grading plan
plan de piquetage - m = staking plan
plan de présentation - m = display drawing, display
plan, presentation drawing, presentation plan
plan de réalisation - m = development plan
plan de recollement - m = “as constructed” drawing,
as-built drawing
plan de référence - m = datum plane, reference plan,
reference plane
plan de rupture - m = failure plane, plane of rupture
plan de séparation - m = boundary
plan de situation - m = location plan, site plan
plan de stratification - m = bedding plane, plane of
stratification, stratification plane
plan de terrain - m = ground plan, plot plan
plan de travail - m = counter, work surface, worktop
plan de zonage - m = zoning map
plan d’eau - m = lake, pond
plan définitif - m = as-built drawing, final plan
plan d’emplacement - m = site plan
plan d’ensemble - m = general arrangement drawing,
general plan, key plan, site plan
plan des plantations - m = planting plan
plan d’étage - m = floor plan
plan d’étude(s) - m = design drawing, drawing
schedule
plan d’exécution - m = construction drawing, shop
drawing, working drawing, working plan
plan d’implantation - m = layout diagram, layout
plan
plan directeur - m = master plan
plan d’occupation des sols (POS) - m = land use plan
plan d’origine - m = datum plane
plan d’ouvrage effectivement réalisé - m = as-built
drawing
plan d’ouvrage réalisé - m = as-built drawing
plan du premier étage - m = first floor plan
plan du sous-sol - m = basement floor plan
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plan en bloc - m = block plan
plan en damier - m = grid layout
plan en échiquier - m = gridiron plan
plan en épi - m = peninsula arrangement
plan en grille - m = grid plan
plan focal - m = focal plane
plan guide - m = key plan
plan horizontal - m = ground plan
plan incliné - m = incline
plan modificatif - m = marked-up plan
plan modulaire - m = modular plane
plan neutre - m = neutral plann neutral surface
plan orthogonal - m = grid layout
plan parcellaire - m = plat (US)n plot plan (UK)
plan quadrillé - m = checkerboard plan (US), che-
querboard plan (UK), gridiron plan (UK)
plan relief - m = relief map
plan schématique - m = layout
plan topographique - m = contour map
plan type - m = standard plan
planage - m = planishing
planche - f = board, plank, set
planchéiage ajouré - m = open boarding
planchéiage de toit - m = roofer
planchéier = board, to
planche-palier - f = landing board, landing tread
plancher - m = bench, boarding, deck, decking, floor,
floor covering, floor finish, flooring, planking
plancher à hourdis de terre cuite - m = pot floor
plancher à nervures avec hourdis en poteries - m =
rib and tile construction
plancher à nervures avec hourdis en terre cuite - m
= ribe and tile floor
plancher à poutrage en gril - m = grillage floor
plancher à solivage composé - m = double floor,
double-joisted floor
plancher à solives apparentes - m = open floor
plancher à solives de remplissage - m = fillerjoist
floor
plancher brut - m = blind floor, counter floor, rough
floor, subfloor
plancher champignon - m = mushroom floor
plancher collaborant - m = floor acting compositely
with the structure
plancher dalle - m = slab floor
plancher de béton - m = concrete floor
plancher en béton armé - m = reinforced concrete
floor
plancher en bois - m = timber floor, wooden floor
plancher en bois (recouvrement) - m = wood floor
(ing)
plancher en bois collé - m = wood-block floor
plancher fini - m = finish (ed) floor
plancher flottant - m = floating floor
plancher haut (PH) - m = floor above, upper floor
plancher lamellaire - m = laminated floor
plancher massif - m = solid floor
plancher nervuré - m = ribbed floor
plancher ondulé - m = corrugated floor
plancher ouvert - m = open floor
plancher simple - m = simple floor
plancher sur poutres - m = double floor, single-
framed floor
plancher surelévé à dalles amovibles - m = raised
flooring system
plancher suspendu - m = suspended floor
plancher truscon - m = truscon floor
plancher volant - m = scaffold floor
plancher-champignon - m = flat slab construction,
mushroom slab construction
plancher-dalle champignon - m = flat slab construc-
tion, mushroom slab construction
plancher-support - m = flat roof deck
plancher-terrasse - m = flat roof deck
planches - f = boarding
planches bouvetées - f = matchboards
planches cornières - f = corner boards
planches jointives - f = close boarding, closed boards
planches jointives en couverture - f = closed roof
board sheating
planches non jointives - f = open boarding, spaced
boards
planches non-jointives en couverture - f = spaced
roof board sheathing
planches verticales (blindage de fouille) - f = poling
boards
planche-sur-planche - f = board-on-board
planchette - f = board, slat, small board
planchette (levé) - f = plane table
planchette à réguler - f = rubbing board
plane - f = drawknife, drawshave
planéité - f = flatness
planer le bois = shoot wood, to
planeuse - f = planing machine
planification - f = planning
planification territoriale - f = area planning
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planimètre - m = planimeter
planitude - f = flatness
plan-repère - m = key plan
plans de montage - m = erection diagrams
plans d’étude - m = design drawings
plans et devis - m = drafts and estimates (US),
draughts and estimates (UK)
plan-type - m = master plan
planure - f = shaving
plaquage - m = veneering
plaqué = surface-mounted, veneered
plaque - f = plate, sheet
plaque (aggloméré) - f = slab
plaque à orifice - f = orifice plate
plaque à peindre - f = plasterboard
plaque à rebord - f = flange plate
plaque ajourée - f = perforated plate
plaque chauffante - f = girdle
plaque courbe - f = curved plate
plaque d’ isorel mou - f = beaverboard
plaque d’acier - f = steel plate
plaque d’amiante - f = abestos sheet
plaque d’ancrage - f = anchor plate
plaque d’appui - f = base plate, bearing plate
plaque d’appui (béton précontraint) - f = end plate
plaque d’appui (poutre) - f = bearing plate
plaque d’assemblage de cisaillement - f = shear plate
connector
plaque d’assise - f = base plate, baseplate, bedplate,
footing-block, sole piece, sole plate
plaque d’attache - f = tie plate
plaque de base - f = base plate, footing-block, sole
piece, sole plate, steel base plate
plaque de blindage - f = armor plate
plaque de cheminée = chimneyback, fire-back, fire-
back, flashing
plaque de couverture - f = roofing sheet
plaque de cuisson - f = hob (UK), hotplate, stove
top (US)
plaque de fibre dure - f = sheet of hardboard
plaque de firme - f = name plate
plaque de fixation - f = tie plate
plaque de frottement - f = wearing plate
plaque de gazon - f = grass sod
plaque de liaison (bretelle, couvre-joint) - f = tie-
plate
plaque de placoplâtre - f = plaster board
plaque de plâtre - f = plasterboard
plaque de plâtre cartonnée - f = gypsum plasterboard
plaque de propreté - f = finger plate
plaque de propreté - f = keep plate, push plate
plaque de raccord - f = connecting plate
plaque de renforcement - f = tension plate
plaque de scellement - f = anchor plate
plaque de support - f = bearing plate
plaque de terre cuite (revêtement) - f = ceramic
veneer
plaque de toiture - f = roofing sheet
plaque d’éclairement - f = roof-light sheet, rooflight
sheet
plaque d’embase - f = stanchion base
plaque d’isorel dur - f = fiberboard
plaque du constructeur - f = name plate
plaque d’usure - f = wearing plate
plaque en chicane - f = baffle plate
plaque encastrée - f = clamped plate
plaque gaufrée - f = checkered plate
plaque ondulée - f = corrugated sheet
plaque protectrice - f = protection plate
plaque racleuse - f = scraper blade
plaque rapportée en terre cuite (doublage) - f = furring
tile
plaque signalétique - f = name plate, rating plate
plaque striée - f = checker plate (US), checkered plate,
chequer plate (UK)
plaque vibrante - f = soil compactor, vibrating plate,
compactor
plaquer (bois) = veneer, to
plaquer (métal) = plate, to
plaques - f = laminations
plaquette - f = slip brick, slip tile
plaquette rapportée de terre cuite - f = furring tile
plaquettes de terre cuite - f = ceramic veneer
plasticité - f = plasticity
plastifiant - m = plasticiser, plasticizer
plastifiant réducteur d’eau - m = water-reducing
plasticizer
plastifiant rétenteur d’eau - m = water-retaining plas-
ticizer
plastigel - m = plastigel
plastique - m = plastic
plastique armé de verre - m = reinforced plastic
plastique cellulaire - m = foam plastic
plastique expansé - m = expanded plastic
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plastique lamellé - m = laminated plastic
plastique mégalithique - m = megalithic plastic
plastisol - m = plastisol
plat - m = batten, flat, flat bar, ribbon
plat à joint - m = square-edged
plateau - m = broad
plateau absorbant - m = absorption bed
plateau de chargement - m = loading platform
plateau de chargement - m = pallet
plateau de cœur - m = heartboard
plateau de vulcanisation - m = vulcanizing period
plateau technique - m = mechanical floor
plateau tellurien - m = absorption bed
plate-bande (poutre) - f = flange
plate-bande - f = band, cover, cover plate, doubler
plate, flat molding, strap
plate-bande (baie) - f = flat arch, jack arch, straight
arch, lintel course
plate-bande (moulure) - f = platband, plate-bande
plate-bande (panneau à table saillante) - f = raising
plate-bande (poutre) - f = flange-plate
plate-bande à crossettes en escalier - f = stepped arch
plate-forme - f = formation, platform, superstructure,
uppercarriage
plate-forme (route) - f = sub-base
plate-forme (terrassements) - f = formation (UK),
subgrade (US)
plate-forme (toit) - f = flat roof
plate-forme anti-refoulante - f = smoke shelf
plate-forme de travail - f = banker, work, working
platform platform
plate-forme en treillis - f = chequer plate platform
grating
plate-forme hélicoptère - f = helipad
plate-forme mobile de travail - f = movable work
platform
plate-forme tournante - f = swiveling platform
platelage - m = decking, flooring, plating
platelage (échafaudage) - m = planking
platelage en caillebotis - m = slatted decking
platelage en madriers - m = plank decking
platine (serrure) - f = plate (of lock case)
platine d’assise - f = baseplate
platine en acier - f = steel bearing plate
platoir - m = float
plâtrage - m = plastering, plasterwork
plâtras - m = debris (of plasterwork bricks and mortar)
plâtre - m = gypsum plaster, plaster, plaster of Paris
plâtre à enduit - m = cement plaster
plâtre à haute dureté - m = hard plaster
plâtre à hourdis - m = rough plaster
plâtre à mouler - m = Keene’s cement, moulding
plaster
plâtre à plancher - m = flooring cement, flooring
plaster
plâtre à stuc - m = stucco plaster
plâtre aluné à prise accélérée - m = Keene’s cement
plâtre amaigri - m = sanded plaster
plâtre anhydre - m = anhydrous gypsum plaster
plâtre armé de fibres - m = fibered plaster
plâtre armé de fibres - m = fibrous plaster
plâtre bâtard - m = gauged plaster, gauged stuff, putty
and plaster
plâtre boraté - m = parian plaster
plâtre clair - m = thin plaster
plâtre cuit - m = burnt plaster
plâtre cuit à mort - m = dead burnt plaster
plâtre de fin de construction - m = fine building
plaster
plâtre de finition - m = finish plaster
plâtre de gypse - m = gypsum plaster, plaster of Paris
plâtre de Paris - m = plaster of Paris
plâtre de surfaçade - m = final coat plaster
plâtre de vermiculite - m = vermiculite plaster
plâtre fin - m = fine stuff, finishing plaster
plâtre fin de construction - m = fine building plaster
plâtre gâché clair - m = thin plaster
plâtre gâché serré - m = stiff plaster
plâtre gros de construction - m = coarse building
plaster
plâtre semi-hydrate - m = semihydrate plaster
plâtre surcuit - m = hard-burnt plaster
plâtrer = plaster up (to), plaster (to)
plâtrerie - f = plasteringn, plasterwork
plâtrier - m = plasterer
plâtroir - m = plastering trowel
platypes - m = pin-hole borers
plein (empli) = plaster
plein (non creux) = solid
plein cintre - m = perfect arch
plein cintre - m = round arch
plein sur joints - m = staggered joints
plénum - m = plenum
plessiomètre - m = pressure meter
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plexiglass (marque déposée) = corresponds to Perspex
(registred trade mark)
plexiglass (marque déposée) = methyl methacrylate
organic
pli - m = crease, fold, kink, ply
pli (à fil) croisé - m = cross-band, cross-banding
pli anticlinal - m = up fold
pli couché - m = recumbent fold
pli de coulée (verre) - m = lap mark
pli décalé - m = offset fold
pli du contre-plaqué - m = ply
pli en chevron - m = zigzag fold
pli en retour - m = back fold, overthrust fold
pli extérieur - m = face ply
pli faille - m = fault fold
pli longitudinal - m = centre, centre ply
pli normal - m = upright fold
pli semi-circulaire - m = semi-circular bend
pli transversal - m = cross band
pliage - m = bending
pliage à bloc - m = full bending
pliage à l’envers - m = reverse bending
pliage alterné - m = alternate bending
pliage serré - m = tight bending
plier = bend, to
plier à 90° = bend through 90°, to
plier sous le poids = sag, to
plinthe - f = base (US), baseboard (US), mopboard
(US), scrubboard (US), shoe mold, skirting board (UK),
washboard (US)
plinthe (échafaudage) - f = guard board, toeboard
plinthe (élément de cuisine) - f = toeboard
plinthe (piédestal) - f = plinth
plinthe à couvercle - f = plugmould, skirting trunking
plinthe à gorges - f = coved tile
plinthe chanfreinée - f = splayed baseboard (US),
splayed skirting board (UK)
plinthe chauffante - f = skirting heater
plinthe de porte - f = kick plate, kicking plate, toe
plate
plinthe électrique - f = skirting trunking, wireway
plis longitudinaux - m = centres
plomb - m = fuse, lead, plumb bob, plummet
plomb coulé - m = cast lead
plomb de fil à plomb - m = plumb bob, plummet
plomb de maçon - m = plumb bob, plumb line
plomb de vitrail - m = came, window lead
plomb d’œuvre - m = raw lead
plomb en feuille - m = sheet lead
plomb fondu - m = molten lead
plomb laminé - m = milled lead
plomb spongieux - m = spongy lead
plomber un mur = plumb a wall (to), plumb line a
wall (to)
plomberie - f = plumbery, plumbing
plomberie brute - f = roughing-in
plombier - m = plumber
plombier-zingueur - m = sheet metal worker
plot - m = bar, contact, pier
plot (colle, plâtre) - m = dab, dot
plot (sciage du bois) - m = boule
plot antivibratile - m = flexible mounting
plot antivibration - m = anti-vibratory stud
plumée - f = draft (stone)
pluviomètre - m = pluviometer, rain gauge
PN (pression normale) - f = normal pressure
PN (projet de norme) - m = draft standard
poche d’air - f = air lock, air pocket
poche d’air (canalisation) - f = air pocket
poche de gomme - f = gum pocket
poche de résine - f = gum pocket (UK), pitch
pocket (US)
poche de résine - f = resin pocket
poêle - m = roomheater, stove
poêle à bois - m = wood-burning stove
poêle à feu continu - m = all-night burner, allnight
burner, slow combustion stove, slow-combustion stove
poêle mixte - m = combination stove
poids excentrique - m = eccentric weight
poids mort - m = dead load, dead weight
poids par unité de surface - m = weight per unit area
poids propre (PP) - m = dead load, dead weight, live
load, self load, self weight
poids propre de la culée - m = abutment dead weight
poids roulant - m = live weight
poids roulant - m = moving weight
poids sous l’eau - m = immersed weight
poids spécifique - m = specific weight
poids spécifique d’un sol immergé - m = submerged
unit weight
poignée - f = handle
poignée (fenêtre, porte) - f = pull
poignée d’appui - f = grab rail
poignée de porte - f = door handle
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poignée de tirage - f = handpull, pull
poignée encastrée - f = flush pull
poil de brosse - m = bristle
poinçon (combles) - m = crown post, king post, king
rod, kingbolt, queen post
poinçon (outil) -m = centre punch, nail punch, punch
poinçon intermédiaire - m = princess post
poinçonnement (P) - m = indentation (floor covering)
poinçonnement (P) - m = punching, puncturing
point caractéristique - m = terrain feature
point d’appui - m = fulcrum, panel-point, point of
support
point d’appui - m = purchase
point d’attache (tirant) - m = anchorage
point de combustion - m = fire point, ignition point
point de congélation - m = freezing point
point de coulage - m = pouring point
point de déchargement - m = unloading area
point de détérioration - m = point of failure
point de faille - m = node of fault
point de feu - m = fire point, ignition point
point de mesure - m = gage mark, gage point
point de poussée (voûte) - m = abutment
point de ramollissement - m = softening point
point de ramollissement (bitume) - m = softening
point
point de référence - m = check point, datum point,
reference point
point de repère - m = check point, datum point
point de repère topographique - m = bench mark
point de restitution - m = outlet, tailrace
point de rosée - m = dew point, dewpoint
point de rupture - m = point of failure, yield point
point de tir - m = shot point
point de triangulation - m = triangulation point
point de trouble - m = cloud point
point de zéro - m = zero mark
point d’ébullition - m = boiling point
point d’épinglage - m = tack weld
point d’inflammabilité - m = flash point
point d’inflammation - m = fire point, ignition point
point d’inflexion - m = inflection point, point contra-
flexure
point modulaire - m = modular point
point observé - m = fix (survey)
pointage - m = tally
pointal - m = prop, strut
pointe - f = nail, peak polochon - m = pad
pointe (clou) - f = nail polochon (plâtre) - m = large dab
pointe (graphique) - f = peak polochonnage = pads
pointe (pieu) - f = toe polyane- m = plastic film
pointe à glace - f = holdfast polyester renforcé de verre (PRV) - m = glass rein-
pointe à stries annulaires - f = ring-groove nail, ring- forced polyester
shank nail, ringlock nail polyéthylène - m = polyethylene, polythene
pointe à tête homme - f = finishing nail polygone des forces - m = polygon of forces
pointe à tracer - f = scriber polygone funiculaire - m = funicular polygon
pointe de choc (paratonnerre) - f = air terminal polyisobutylène - m = polyisobutylene
pointe de diamant (dessin) - f = diamond, diamond polylobé = cusped, multifoil
fret, lozenge moulding, nail head moulding polymère - m = polymer
pointe de diamant (outil) - f = diamond cutter, dia- polypropylène - m = polypropylene
mond point, glass cutter
polyuréthane - m = polyurethane
pointe de fer - f = spike
polyvalent = general purpose, multipurpose
pointe de Paris - f = French nail
pomme de douche - f = rose, shower head, shower
pointe de Paris - f = wire nail sprayer, spray nozzle
pointe de pénétration - f = drive point pommelle - f = screen (to pipe), strainer
pointe de tapissier - f = carpet tack pompage au moyen de puisards - m = pumpping
pointe de traçage - f = scriber from open sumps, sumping
pointe de vitrier - f = glazier’s brad, glazier’s point, pompe - f = gun, pump
glazier’s sprig pompe à amorçage automatique - f = self-priming
pointe essoreuse - f = suction well, well point pump
pointe fausse-vis - f = drivescrew, screw nail pompe à béton - f = pumpcrete machine
pointe filtrante - f = drive point, sand point, well point pompe à boue - f = mud pump
pointe pour assemblage - f = casement nail pompe à chaleur - f = heat pump
pointe torsadée - f = drivescrew pompe à chaleur air/air - f = air-to-air heat pump
pointe torsadée - f = screw nail pompe à chaleur air/eau - f = air-to-water heat pump
pointeau - m = center punch, centre punch, checker, pompe à chaleur sol/air - f = earth-to-air heat pump
gage, needle, punch, site clerk, timekeeper pompe à colimaçon - f = volute pump
point-éclair - m = flash point pompe à commande directe - f = close-coupled pump
pointeur - m = checker, site clerk, timekeeper pompe à deux ouïes - f = double suction pump
poire - f = pear switch pompe à double aspiration - f = double suction pump
poitrail - m = breastsummer, bressummer, brest- pompe à éolienne - f = windmill driven pump, wind-
summer mill pump
poivrière - f = pepper-box turret pompe à fluide caloporteur - f = heat transfer pump
poix - f = pitch (resin) pompe à godets - f = bucket pump
poli = polished pompe à hélice - f = axial flow pump
poli - m = polished finish pompe à injection de ciment - f = cement injection
poli miroir - m = mirror finish pump
police sanitaire - f = public health control (office) pompe à matières épaisses - f = sludge pump
polir = surface, to pompe à vide - f = vacuum pump
polissage - m = polishing, rubbing pompe alimentaire - f = feed pump
polluant = pollutant pompe aspirante - f = lift pump
polluant - m = contaminant, pollutant pompe aspirante - f = suction pump
polluant acide - m = acid pollutant pompe aspirante et foulante - f = lift-and-force pump
polluant du milieu - m = environmental pollutant pompe axiale à piston - f = axial flow piston pump

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pompe centrifuge - f = centrifugal pump
pompe d’adduction d’eau - f = service pump, water
supply pump
pompe d’alimentation - f = feed pump
pompe d’amorçage - f = primer pump
pompe d’assèchement - f = sump pump
pompe de calfeutrement - f = sealant caulking gun
pompe de cave - f = sump pump
pompe de forage - f = borehole pump
pompe de gavage - f = booster pump
pompe de puisard - f = sump pump
pompe de puits profond à piston plongeur - f = dif-
ferencial plunger deep well reciprocating pump
pompe de refoulement - f = force pump
pompe de relèvement - f = lift pump
pompe de relèvement des eaux d’ égout - f = sewage
pump
pompe de reprise - f = sewage pump
pompe de sondage - f = bore hole pump
pompe d’épuisement - f = sump pump
pompe dilacératrice - f = disintegrator pump
pompe d’injection - f = grout pump, grouting pump
pompe élévatoire - f = lift pump
pompe éolienne - f = windmill driven pump, windmill
pump
pompe foulante - f = delivery pump, force pump
pompe hélico-centrifuge - f = mixed-flow pump
pompe immergée - f = submerged pump
pompe pour forage tubé - f = tubewell pump
pompe pour puits profond - f = deep well pump
pompe refoulante - f = backflow pump
pompe relais - f = booster pump
pompe vide-cave - f = bailing pump
pompe volumétrique - f = displacement pump
ponçage - m = pumicing, rubbing, sanding
ponçage (peinture) - m = flatting, flatting down,
rubbing down
ponçage au papier au verre - m = sand-papering
ponce - f = pumice, pumice stone
ponce naturelle - f = natural pumice stone
ponceau - m = culvert
ponceau rectangulaire - m = box culvert
ponceau voûté - m = arched culvert
poncer = rub down (to), sand (floor) (to), sandpaper
(wood) (to)
ponceuse - f = sander, sander machine, sanding
machine
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ponceuse à bande - f = belt sander
ponceuse à ruban abrasif - f = belt sander
ponceuse à sols - f = concrete grinder, pavement
grinder
ponceuse orbitale - f = orbital sander
pondération - f = factoring (US), weighting (UK)
pondéré = factored (US), weighted (UK)
pont à une travée - m = simple bridge
pont basculant - m = bascule bridge
pont biais - m = skew bridge
pont de service - m = gangway, gantry, gantry crane
pont de service - m = travelling crane
pont élévateur - m = lift
pont levant - m = lift bridge
pont mobile - m = movable bridge, moveable bridge,
opening bridge
pont portique - m = gantry, gantry crane, portal crane
pont roulant - m = bridge crane (US), crane, gantry,
gantry crane, overhead crane, overhead travelling
crane, traveller, travelling crane
pont suspendu - m = suspension bridge
pont thermique - m = cold bridge
pont tournant - m = swing bridge
pontage - m = bridging
pontiste - m = overhead crane operator
pont-levis - m = drawbridge
pontonnier - m = overhead crane operator
pont-rail - m = railway bridge
pont-route - f = road bridge
ponts et charpentes - m = structural engineering
poqué sain = sound wormy
porcelaine sanitaire - f = sanitary ware
porcelaine sanitaire vitrifiée - f = vitreous china
porche - m = porch
pore résineux - m = resin pore
porosité - f = porosity
porosité du sol - f = soil porosity
porosité primaire - f = original porosity, primary
porosity
porosité totale - f = true porosity
port - m = port
port à rabat - f = flap door
portail - m = double gate, gate, main door, main gate,
portal
portail de garage - m = drive gate
portail d’église - m = West door
portance - f = bearing, bearing strength, carrying
capacity, lift
portance du sol - f = soil bearing, soil resistance
portance du terrain - f = bearing capacity
portatif = portable
porte - f = door
porte (château, ville) - f = gate
porte à âme alvéolée - f = cellular-core door, mesh-
core door
porte à âme creuse - f = hollow-core door
porte à âme pleine - f = solid-core door
porte à brisures - f = folding door
porte à coulisse à deux vantaux - f = biparting door
porte à deux battants - f = double doors, folding door,
French doors, side-hung double leaf door
porte à deux battants superposés - f = Dutch door
porte à deux vantaux - f = double door, French doors
porte à deux vantaux brisés - f = bifolding door
porte à faux = overhanging, overhung
porte à glace - f = square-framed door, square-pan-
elled door
porte à glissière - f = sliding door
porte à guichet - f = Dutch door
porte à mâchicoulis - f = machicolated gateway
porte à oculus - f = vision-light door
porte à panneaux - f = panel door, panelled door
porte à panneaux articulés - f = sectional door
porte à pivots - f = pivoted door
porte à plusieurs battants - f = folding door
porte à rideau métallique - f = roll-up door, rollup
door
porte à tambour - f = revolving door
porte à un seul battant - f = single door
porte à un seul vantail - f = single door
porte à va-et-vient - f = double-swing door
porte à vantail - f = leaf-door
porte à vantail coupé - f = Dutch door, stable door
porte accordéon - f = accordion door, multifolding
door
porte accordéon à axes horizontaux - f = bifolding
door
porte accordéon escamotable - f = stack door
porte alternative - f = double-acting door, swing door
porte arasée - f = flush-panelled door
porte assemblée au quart - f = four-panel door
porte assemblée au tiers - f = three-panel door
porte automatique - f = automatic door, self-closing
door
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porte basculante - f = bascule door, canopy door
(US), flapdoor, overhead door, up-and-over door (UK)
porte bâtarde - f = single door, single leaf door
porte battante - f = folding door, hanging door, self-
closing door
porte battante - f = side-hung door, swing door, wing-
door
porte brisée - f = folding door
porte cochère - f = carriage entrance, carriage porch,
porch
porte coulissante - f = sliding door
porte coulissante à deux vantaux - f = bi-parting door
porte coulissante droite à vantaux parallèles sur
deux plans différents - f = straight-run double-track
top-hung door
porte coulissante suspendue - f = top-hung sliding
door
porte coupée - f = Dutch door, stable door
porte coupe-feu - f = fire door
porte coupe-feu à fermeture automatique - f = self-
closing fire door
porte croisée - f = balcony-window, casement door,
French door, French window, pair of French doors
porte d’accès - f = access door
porte d’aérage - f = ventilating door
porte d’amont - f = head gate
porte d’aval - f = tail gate
porte de communication - f = interior door
porte de glace - f = plate glass door
porte de ramonage - f = cleanout, cleanout (US),
cleanout door (US), soot door (UK)
porte de secours - f = emergency door
porte de service - f = back door, service door
porte de visite - f = access door, inspection door
porte d’écluse - f = lock gate
porte d’entrée - f = entrance door, exterior door, front
door, gate
porte dérobée - f = gib door, jib door, secret door
porte en affleurement - f = jib door, surface-mounted
door
porte en frises - f = batten door
porte en glace - f = plate glass door
porte escamotable en plafond - f = overhead door,
up-and-over door
porte guillotine - f = sectional overhead door
porte ignifuge - f = fire door, fire resistant door
porte ignifuge à fermeture automatique - f = self-
closing fire door
porte ignifuge commandée par la chaleur - f = heat-
actuated fire door
porte industrielle - f = industrial door
porte isoplane - f = flush door, slab door
porte isothermique - f = insulated door
porte matelassée - f = baize-covered door, padded
door
porte menuisée - f = framed door
porte métallique - f = metal door
porte monopièce - f = one section door
porte monumentale - f = gateway
porte murée - f = blank door
porte oscillante - f = swing door
porte palière - f = landing door
porte palière (ascenseur) - f = elevator door, hoistway
door (US), lift door (UK)
porte palière battante - f = swing elevator door
porte panoramique coulissante - f = patio door
porte pare-feu - f = fire door
porte pare-flamme - f = smoke-control door
porte persienne - f = louver door, louvered door
porte pivotante - f = revolving door, side-hung door,
swing door
porte plane - f = flush door, plane door, slab door
porte plane alvéolée - f = hollow-core door
porte plaquée - f = veneered door
porte pliante - f = folding door, multifolding door,
telescoping door
porte pliante accordéon - f = sliding folding door
porte pliante accordéon à axes centrés - f = centre-
hung folding sliding door, centre-hung sliding folding
door
porte pliante escamotable - f = stack door
porte rabattable - f = canopy door (US)
porte rabattante - f = overhead door, trap, up-and-
over door
porte rembourrée - f = baize covered door, padded
door
porte revolver - f = revolving door
porte rideau - f = sectional overhead door
porte rideau métallique - f = roll-up door
porte roulante - f = rolling door
porte roulante au sol - f = bottom rolling door,
bottom-rolling door
porte roulante et coulissante - f = sliding door
(garage type)
porte roulante suspendue - f = overhung door, over-
hung rolling door
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porte simple - f = single door
porte solin = fillet support
porte souple - f = curtain door
porte souple - f = flexible door
porte souple - f = strip curtain
porte sur barres - f = batten door, ledged door,
unframed door
porte sur barres et écharpes - f = ledged and braced
door
porte sur châssis - f = batten door
porte tambour - f = revolving door
porte tournante - f = revolving door
porte va-et-vient - f = double acting door, double
swing door, swing door
porte vitrée - f = glazed door, glazed tile, sash door
porte-à-faux - m = cantilever, cantilevered end, over-
hang
porte-chaîne - m = axman (US), chainman (UK)
porte-croisée - f = French casement
portée - f = range, span
portée (arc) - f = chord, span
portée (écrou) - f = boss
portée encastrée - f = restrained span
portée entre appuis - f = total span between bearings
portée entre axes d’appui - f = centre-to-centre span
portée entre nus - f = clear span
portée intérieur - f = interior span
portée libre - f = clear span, unsupported span
portée moyenne - f = medium span
portée nette - f = clear span
portée utile - f = effective span
porte-en-dehors - f = outrigger
porte-fenêtre - f = balcony-window, French door,
French window
porte-fenêtre à petit bois - f = divided-light door
porte-fenêtre coulissante - f = patio door
porte-filière - m = die stock
porte-fusible(s) - m = fuse carrier (UK), fuse holder
(US), fuse tube (US), fuse block
porte-maquettes - m = loading frame, straining frame
porte-mire - m = rod man (US), staff man (UK)
porte-mordaches - m = grip holder
porte-palière - f = landing door
porter en saillie = corbel out, to
porter sur = be carried by (to), bear on (to)
porte-rideau - f = sectional overhead door
portes palières - f = elevator doors
portes parallèles à volets articulés - f = double
sliding elevator doors
portes pliantes en acier - f = folding steel doors
porte-serviettes - m = towel holder, towel rail
porteur = bearing, load bearing, structural
porteur - m = bearer
porteur - m = load-bearing
porteur (plafond suspendu) - m = carrying channel
portier - m = doorkeeper, doorman, gate-keeper, gate-
keeper, porter
portier automatique - m = electrical door-opener
portier électronique - m = door control, door opener
portière - f = door curtain
portillon - m = low gate, pilor door, side door, single
gate, wicket gate
portillon (dans une porte) - m = wicket
portillon de ventail coupé - m = lower leaf of stable
door
portique - m = bent, gantry, loading frame, porch,
portal frame, portico, rigid frame, straining frame, trav-
eling crane, truss
portique à deux articulations - m = two-hinged arch
portique à étages - m = building frame, multiple-story
frame, multistorey frame, multistory frame
portique à travées multiples - m = continuous frame,
multiple frame, multiple-span frame
portique à traverse brisée - m = gable bent, gable
frame
portique à traverse droite - m = rectangular bent, rec-
tangular frame
portique à traverse inclinée - m = inclined frame
portique à trois articulations - m = three-hinged arch,
three-hinged frame
portique articulé aux pieds - m = hinged-base frame,
pinned-base frame
portique de contreventement - m = sway frame
portique de levage - m = gantry crane
portique de mise en charge - m = loading frame
portique d’entrée - m = end bracing, portal bracing
portique encastré aux pieds - m = fixed base frame
portique étagé - m = building frame, multi-story
frame, multiple-story frame
portique hyperstatique - m = hyperstatic frame,
redundant frame
portique indéformable - m = rigid frame
portique isostatique - m = isostatic frame
portique non isostatique - m = imperfect frame
portique simple - m = rigid frame, simple frame
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portique statiquement déterminé - m = perfect
frame, statically determinate frame
portique statiquement indéterminé - m = statically
indeterminate frame
POS (plan d’occupation des sols) - m = land use plan
pose - f = fixing, installation, laying, securing, setting
pose à bain de mastic (vitrage) - f = bed glazing
pose à joints coulés - f = slushed (up) joints
pose à joints pleins = shoved joints
pose à joints vifs - f = butting
pose à rupture de joint - f = shell bedding
pose au crochet (ardoise) - f = hanging
pose d’ardoises - f = slating
pose de carreaux à joints croisés - f = broken-joint
tiling
posé de champ = set on edge
posé de chant = on edge
pose de la vitre - f = glazing
pose de tuiles - f = tiling
pose de tuyau - f = pipe laying
pose de verres - f = glazing
pose des tuyaux d’amenée et d’évacuation - f =
rough work, roughing-in
pose en alignement continu (dallage) - f = square
bond
posé en délit = bedded against the grain
posé en délit = edge bedded, face bedded
pose en délit - f = edge bedding, face bedding
pose normale (carrelage) - f = square bond
posé sec = laid-dry
posé sur la rive = set on edge
posé sur le can = set on edge
pose-drains - m = drainage mole
poser = lay down (to), lay (to)
poser (briques, canalisations) = lay, to
poser (des fils aériens) = run overhead lines, to
poser (des fils, câbler) = wire, to
poser (des poteaux) = plant, to (posts, etc.)
poser (du papier peint) = hang (to), wall paper (to)
poser (une pierre) = set, to (a stone)
poser (une serrure) = lay, to (a lock)
poser à bain de mastic = bed in putty, to
poser à bain de mortier = bed in mortar, to
poser à cru = build without foundations, to
poser à joints croisés = keep the perpends (to), lay
bricks keeping the perpends (to)
poser à joints vifs = butt, to
poser à la colle = fix with an adhesive (to), fix with
glue (to), stick down (to)
poser à sec = lay dry, to
poser d’aplomb = lay plumb (to), set plumb (to)
poser de chant = lay on edge (to), set on edge (to)
poser des fils = wire, to
poser des fils aériens = run overhead lines, to
poser des poteaux = plant, to (posts, etc.)
poser des tuiles = tile, to
poser des vitres = glaze, to
poser du papier peint = hang wallpaper (to), hang (to),
wall paper (to), wallpaper (to)
poser la première pierre = lay the foundation stone, to
poser les vitres = glaze in, to
poser une pierre = set, to (a stone)
poser une porte = hang a door, to
poser une serrure = lay, to (a lock)
pose-tubes - m = pipe layer, side boom, side-boom
poseur d’asphalte - m = asphalt layer, asphalter
poseur de blindage - m = cribber, sheeting setter
poseur de canalisations - m = pipe layer
poseur de carrelages - m = tile layer, tiler
poseur de parquet - m = floor layer
poseuse de câbles - f = cable laying machine
position la plus défavorable de la charge - f = most
unfavorable position of load
possession du sol - f = land tenure
postcontrainte - f = post-tensioning
poste de détente - m = pressure reducing station
poste de nuit - m = night shift
poste de péage - m = toll booth
poste de pompage - m = pumping station
poste de redressement - m = rectifier station
poste de relevage - m = pumping station
poste de relèvement - m = pumping station
poste de sectionnement - m = switching station
poste de soudage - m = welding set
poste de soudure - m = welder, welding machine
poste de téléphone - m = extension
poste de transformation - m = transformer station
poste d’enrobage - m = asphalt plant, coating plant
poste d’incendie - m = fire point
poste du matin - m = morning shift
postes - f = running moulding, running ornament
post-réchauffeur - m = afterheater
post-refroidisseur - m = aftercooler
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posttension - f = post-tensioning
pot à suie - m = soot pocket
pot de gâchage - m = gage pot
pot de purge - m = water trap
potable = drinkable
poteau - m = column, pier, post, rising pier, upright
wall member
poteau (construction métallique) - m = stanchion
poteau (construction métallique) - m = staunchion
poteau (échafaudage) - m = pole
poteau (ossature murale) - m = stud
poteau à éléments espacés - m = spaced column
poteau à facettes - m = canted column
poteau à ligatures - m = tied column
poteau à ligatures (en aciers longitudinaux reliés par
cadres ou étriers) - m = tied column
poteau aminci - m = tapered column
poteau articulé aux extrémités - m = hinged-end
column
poteau articulé aux extrémités - m = pin-end column
poteau battant - m = shutting post, striking post
poteau chargé dans la direction de son axe - m
= axially loaded column
poteau combiné - m = combination column
poteau composé - m = built-up column
poteau composite - m = composite column
poteau composite de béton armé = composite rein-
forced concrete column
poteau cornier - m = angle post, corner post
poteau cornier (ossature en bois) - m = teasel post,
teazle post
poteau court - m = strut
poteau creux - m = box column
poteau d’acier - m = steel post
poteau d’ancrage - m = anchor post, deadman
poteau d’angle - m = corner post
poteau d’arrosage - m = standpipe
poteau de balustrade - m = rail post
poteau de barrière - m = gate pier, gate post
poteau de bornage - m = boundary post
poteau de cloison - m = partition stud
poteau de départ (élect.) - m = distributing rod
poteau de départ (escalier) - m = newel post
poteau de fenêtre (ossature de bois) - m = window
post
poteau de fer - m = stanchion steel column, structural
steel column
poteau de montage - m = hanging post
poteau de montage (porte) - m = hanging post
poteau de pignon - m = gable stud
poteau de remplage - m = dwarf stud, half stud
poteau de remplissage - m = dwarf stud, half stud
poteau de rive - m = end column
poteau de sous-panne - m = purlin post
poteau de vois - m = wood column
poteau d’escalier - m = newel
poteau d’huisserie = jamb, door cheek, door jamb,
door post, live hole, window post
poteau d’incendie - m = fire hydrant, fire plug
poteau d’ossature murale - m = stud
poteau élancé - m = long column, slender column
poteau en acier - m = stanchion, steel column, struc-
tural steel column
poteau en acier déployé - m = expanded steel pole
poteau en béton armé - m = reinforced concrete
column
poteau en bois - m = stander
poteau encastré - m = embedded column
poteau encastré aux bouts - m = fixed-end column
poteau engagé - m = attached column
poteau espacé - m = spaced column
poteau extérieur - m = post
poteau ferré (barrière) - m = hanging pos,t swinging
post
poteau fixé - m = engaged column
poteau fretté - m = tied column
poteau fretté en hélice - m = spiral reinforced column
poteau indicateur - m = marker post
poteau intérieur - m = interior column
poteau isolé - m = isolated column
poteau latéral - m = side stud
poteau métallique - m = stanchion, steel column,
structural steel column
poteau métallique enrobé - m = combination column,
encase stanchion
poteau montant de fond - m = full frame height post
poteau mural - m = wall stud
poteau nain - m = jack stud
poteau ordinaire de béton armé - m = ordinary rein-
forced concrete column
poteau rempli d’eau - m = fluid filled column
poteau saboté - m = shoed post
poteau simple - m = simple column
poteau sous chevron - m = stud under rafter
poteau sur socle - m = shoed post
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poteau tubulaire - m = pipe column
poteaux de cloison - m = partition studs
poteaux jumelés - m = double studs, twin-columns
potelet - m = dwarf stud, half stud, jack stud, pun-
cheon, rail post, scantling, small post, stud
potelet de balustrade - m = newel post, rail post
potelets jumelés - m = double studs
potence - f = bracket, derrick
potence (échafaudage) - f = builder’s jack, window
jack
potence constructible en élévation - f = air rights
potence pivotante - f = hammer-head crane
potentiel calorifique - m = calorific value, fire load
poterie - f = tile
poterie creuse - f = tile
poterne - f = postern
poucier - m = thumb piece
poudre d’aluminium - f = aluminum bronze
poulie - f = pulley, pulley block, tackle
poulie à câble - f = cable pulley, cable sheave
poulie à gorge - f = block, floored pulley, grooved
pulley
poulie d’entraînement - f = driving pulley
poulie fixe - f = fast pulley
poulie folle - f = idle pulley, idler
pour gros travaux = heavy duty
pourcentage d’armature - m = percentage reinforce-
ment
pourcentage de ciment - m = cement rate
pourcentage d’eau dans le sol - m = soil water
percentage
pourcentage en gros grain - m = coarse aggregate rate
pourcentage minimal des armatures - m = economic
percentage of steel and concrete
pourrir = decay (to), rot (to)
pourriture alvéolaire - f = rot pocket, white pocket
pourriture brune - f = brown rot
pourriture du cœur - f = heartrot, heartwood rot
pourriture humide - f = wet rot
pourriture sèche - f = dry rot
poussée - f = thrust
poussée active des terres - f = active earth pressure
poussée active du terrain - f = active earth pressure
poussée au vide - f = outward pressure, thrust passing
outside the material
poussée axiale longitudinale - f = end thrust
poussée d’Archimède - f = buoyancy
poussée de chevrons - f = rafter thrust
poussée de la voûte - f = arch thrust
poussée des terres - f = earth pressure, ground thrust
poussée des terres au repos - f = earth pressure at rest,
soil pressure at rest
poussée des voûtes - f = arch pressure
poussée d’extrémité - f = end thrust
poussée latérale - f = lateral thrust
poussée latérale des terres - f = lateral earth pressure
poussée passive du terrain - f = passive earth pressure
poussée statique au repos - f = earth pressure at rest
pousser en dehors (mur) = belly out, to
pousser une moulure = run a beading (to), run a
moulding (to)
pousser une moulure dans la masse (plâtre) = stick
a moulding, to
pousse-tube - m = pipe pushing machine, pipe rammer
pousseur - m = pusher tractor
poussier - m = coal dust
poussier de coke - m = breeze
poussière de pierre - f = stone dust
poussières abrasives - f = grit
poussoir - m = tappet
poussoir (serrure) - m = push button
poutraison - f = beams, girderage, girders
poutre - f = balk, baulk, beam, girder, joist
poutre (en bois ou en béton) - f = girder
poutre (en bois) - f = beam
poutre (terme utilisé par les bureaux d’études) - f
= beam
poutre à ailes larges - f = H-beam, H-shape
poutre à ailes larges du type IPB - f = universal
column with parallel flange
poutre à âme évidée - f = castellated beam
poutre à âme pleine - f = plate beam, plate girder,
solid web girder
poutre à appuis multiples - f = multi-span beam
poutre à béquilles - f = bent, portal frame, rigid frame
poutre à caisson - f = box beam, hollow box girder
poutre à gousset(s) - f = haunched beam, haunched
beam
poutre à hauteur variable - f = camel back truss
poutre à larges ailes - f = board-flange beam, board-
flange girder, wide-flange beam, wide-flange girder
poutre à membrures parallèles - f = flat-chord truss,
parallel-chord truss
poutre à plaques rapportées - f = flitched beam,
flitched girder
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poutre à profil en I - f = rolled steel joist (RSJ), RSJ
(rolled steel joist)
poutre à table de compression - f = T-beam
poutre à treillis - f = open-web girder, truss beam,
truss girder, trussed beam, trussed girder
poutre à treillis en croix - f = lattice girder
poutre à treillis en N - f = N truss, Pratt truss
poutre à treillis en V - f = Warren truss
poutre à triangulation multiple - f = lattice girder
poutre ajourée - f = castellated beam
poutre appuyée - f = supported beam, supported
girder
poutre appuyée aux extrémités - f = beam supported
at the ends, end-supported beam
poutre armée - f = trussed beam, trussed girder
poutre bascule - f = outrigger
poutre bowstring - f = bowstring girder
poutre bowstring - f = bowstring truss
poutre caisson - f = box beam, box girder, hollow box
girder
poutre cloison - f = wall beam
poutre composée - f = built-up beam, built-up girder,
combination beam, compound beam, compound girder,
flitch beam, flitched beam, plated beam, plated girder
poutre composée à âme pleine - f = plate girder
poutre composée de bois et de métal - f = flitched
beam
poutre composée mixte - f = flitch beam or girder,
flitched beam or girder, sandwich beam or girder, sand-
wiched beam or girder
poutre composite - f = compound beam
poutre continue - f = continuous beam, continuous
girder, continuous slab
poutre courbe - f = curved beam
poutre creuse - f = box-girder
poutre creuse rectangulaire - f = box beam
poutre croisées - f = grid formation
poutre d’acier - f = steel beam
poutre de contreventement - f = bracing member
poutre de faîte - f = ridge beam
poutre de gloire - f = rood beam
poutre de hauteur variable - f = camel back
poutre de jubé - f = rood beam
poutre de plafond - f = ceiling beam
poutre de plancher - f = floor beam, floor joist,
summer, summer tree
poutre de pont provisoire - f = girder of temporary
bridge
poutre de pont roulant - f = crane runway girder
poutre de redressement - f = pan handle, pump
handle, strap beam, strap connection, tie beam
poutre de reprise - f = transfer beam, transfer girder
poutre de rigidité - f = pan handle, pump handle, strap
beam, strap connection, tie beam
poutre de rive - f = edge beam, end floor beam,
perimeter beam
poutre de tympan - f = spandrel beam
poutre d’égale résistance - f = beam of constant
strength
poutre d’égale résistance - f = beam of uniform
strength
poutre d’équilibrage - f = strap beam, strap connection
poutre droite - f = straight girder
poutre échelle - f = open-frame girder, Vierendeel
girder, Vierendeel truss
poutre éclissée - f = fish beam
poutre en acier - f = steel beam, steel girder, steel joist
poutre en acier laminé - f = rolled steel joist (RSJ),
RSJ (rolled steel joist)
poutre en acier longitudinale - f = longitudinal steel
beam
poutre en arc - f = trussed arch
poutre en béton armé - f = reinforced concrete beam
poutre en béton précontraint - f = prestressed
concrete beam
poutre en bois - f = wood beam
poutre en console - f = cantilever beam, cantilever
girder, overhanging beam
poutre en console - f = overhanging girder
poutre en deux pièces - f = split beam
poutre en double T - f = I-beam, I-girder, I-olled steel
joist (RSJ), RSJ (rolled steel joist)
poutre en encorbellement - f = cantilever
poutre en encorbellement - f = cantilever beam
poutre en feston - f = continuous suspension girder
poutre en hourdis - f = ribbed slab
poutre en I - f = I-beam, I-shape
poutre en K - f = knee bracing
poutre en porte-à-faux - f = cantilever, cantilever
beam, overhanging beam
poutre en relevé - f = upstand beam
poutre en retombée - f = downstand beam
poutre en T - f = T-beam, T-girder, T-shape
poutre en T renversé - f = inverted T-girder, upstand
beam (UK)
poutre en tôle section rectangulaire - f = box beam
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poutre en treillis - f = lattice beam, lattice box beam,
lattice girder, lattice truss, open-web girder, trussed
beam, trussed girder
poutre en treillis articulée - f = pin-connected truss
poutre en treillis en V - f = warren truss
poutre en U - f = channel beam
poutre en ventre de poisson - f = fish-bellied girder
poutre en Z - f = Z-beam
poutre encastrée - f = built-in beam, clamped beam,
clamped plate,fixed-end beam, fully restrained beam,
let-in member, restrained beam
poutre faîtière - f = ridge beam, ridge pole
poutre fléchie - f = bent beam
poutre intérieure - f = intermediate floor beam
poutre jumelée - f = flitched beam
poutre lamellée - f = built-up beam
poutre lamellée-collée - f = laminated beam
poutre laminée - f = rolled beam, sectional girder
poutre maîtresse - f = girder, main beam, principal
beam
poutre maîtresse (plancher) - f = binder, binding
beam, binding joist
poutre métallique enrobée - f = composite beam,
composite girder
poutre mixte - f = composite beam
poutre Monié - f = N truss, Pratt truss
poutre Neuville - f = Warren truss
poutre palière - f = flight header
poutre principale - f = main beam, principal beam
poutre raidisseuse - f = stiffening girder
poutre rapportée - f = built-up beam
poutre reconstituée soudée - f = welded plate girder
poutre renversée - f = upset beam, upturned beam
poutre réticulée - f = lattice girder, open-web girder
poutre sablière - f = raising plate, roof plate, wall plate
poutre secondaire - f = secondary beam
poutre simple - f = simple beam
poutre simplement appuyée - f = simple beam,
simply-supported beam
poutre sous-bandée - f = trussed beam, underbraced
beam
poutre sous-tendue - f = trussed beam, underbraced
beam
poutre sur appuis encastrés - f = encastered beam,
end-fixed beam, fixed beam
poutre sur appuis libres - f = simple beam, simply-
supported beam
poutre sur appuis simples - f = simply supported
beam
poutre sur deux appuis - f = simple supported beam
poutre sur plusieurs appuis - f = multi-span beam
poutre suspendue - f = drop-in girder
poutre transversale - f = cross beam, cross girder, joist
poutre triangulée - f = lattice beam, lattice girder, lat-
tice truss, truss
poutre tubulaire - f = box beam
poutre vibrante - f = beam vibrator, vibrating beam
poutre Vierendeel - f = open-frame girder, Vierendeel
girder, Vierendeel truss
poutre Warren - f = Warren girder, Warren truss
poutre-bascule (échafaud) - f = outrigger
poutre-caisson - f = box beam, box girder
poutre-cloison - f = beam with high depth-span ratio,
wall beam
poutre-console - f = cantilever, cantilever beam
poutre-échelle - f = open-frame girder, Vierendeel
girder, Vierendeel truss
poutre-ferme - f = truss-beam
poutre-H - f = H-beam, H-shape
poutrelle - f = beam, flashboard, girder, purli, small
beam, stop log, universal beam
poutrelle (planche) - f = joist
poutrelle à croisillons - f = lattice girder, open-web
girder
poutrelle à treillis - f = open-web steel joist
poutrelle composée - f = combination beam, flitched
beam
poutrelle composée - f = flitched girder
poutrelle de plancher - f = floor joist, joist
poutrelle d’extrémité - f = roof-end joist
poutrelle en acier - f = rolled steel joist
poutrelle en H - f = beam, broad-flanged beam
poutrelle en T - f = T-shape
poutrelle en treillis - f = open-web steel joist
poutrelle horizontale - f = ledger
poutrelle métallique à base préenrobée - f = compo-
site floor joist
poutrelle métallique préenrobée - f = composite floor
joist
poutrelle-H - f = H-beam, H-shape
poutres croisées - f = grid system
poutres-chaînages - f = bond beams
pouvoir - m = capacity, power
pouvoir absorbant - m = absorptive power, absorptivity
pouvoir adhérent - m = adhesive strength
pouvoir agglomérant - m = cementing value
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pouvoir calorifique - m = calorific value, heating
power, heating value
pouvoir calorifique inférieur (PCI) - m = net calo-
rific value
pouvoir calorifique supérieur (PCS) - m = gross
calorific value
pouvoir colmatant - m = clogging capacity
pouvoir couvrant - m = hiding power
pouvoir couvrant (peinture) - m = covering capacity,
covering power
pouvoir de coupure - m = interrupting capacity
pouvoir de coupure (élect.) - m = breaking capacity
(UK), interrupting capacity (US)
pouvoir de rupture - m = interrupting capacity, rup-
turing capacity
pouvoir de transmission - m = transmissivity
pouvoir d’échange - m = exchange capacity
pouvoir éclairant - m = illuminating power, lighting
power
pouvoir émissif - m = emittance
pouvoir siccativant - m = drying power
pouvoirs - m = authority
pouzzolane - f = pozzolan, pozzolana, pozzuolana,
pozzuolane
PP (poids propre) - m = dead load, dead weight, live
load, self load, self weight
PPR (peinture primaire réactive) - f = wash primer
préau - m = yard
préau (cloître) - m = garth, paradise
préau (école) - m = covered play area, covered play-
ground, part of the playground under cover
prébâti - m = door buck (US), subframe
pré-cadre - m = sub-frame
pré-cadre dormant - m = door buck (US), rough buck
(US), sub-buck (US), sub-frame (UK)
préchauffeur - m = preheater
précipitations annuelles - f = annual rainfall
précontraindre = prestress, to
précontraint - m = prestressed
précontrainte - f = prestressing
précontrainte fractionné - f = multistage stressing
précontrainte par câble ancré - f = post-tensioning
précontrainte par câbles - f = post-tensioning
précontrainte par fil adhérent - f = pre-tensioning
précontrainte par fils adhérents - f = pretensioning
précontrainte par prétension - f = pretensioning, pre-
tensioning
précontrainte par pré-tension et post-tension - f =
pre-post tensioning
précontrainte par pré-tension et post-tension - f =
pre-posttensioning
prédalle - f = primary slab, shuttering floor slab
prédelle - f = predella
pré-enduit - m = plaster base, scratch coat
préfabrication - f = prefabrication
préfabrication (béton) - f = precasting
préfabrication foraine - f = site precasting, site pre-
fabrication
préfabrication légère - f = small-units prefabrication
préfabrication lourde - f = large-panel construction
préfabriqué = prefabricated, prefab
préfabriqué (construction) = pre-engineered
préfabriqué (élément en béton) = precast
préfabriquer = prefabricate, to
préférentiel = preferred
préfiltre - m = primary filter
prélèvement d’échantillon - m = sampling
prélèvement pour essai - m = test sample
premier cadre - m = ground frame, top frame
premier étage - m = first floor (UK), first storey,
second floor (US), second story
premier rang - m = first course
premier rang (tuiles) - m = starting course
premier sciage (débit) - m = conversion
premier secours - m = first aid
premier tronçon en béton - m = first concrete wall
section
premier vantail - m = active leaf
première assise - f = first course
première couche de plâtre - f = rendering, rough
work, roughing-in
première enceinte - f = outer bailey
première moulure (d’un corps de moulure) - f = bed
moulding
première passe - f = root run
première surbille - f = log after butt log, second
length, second log
premiers soins - m = first aid
prendre (béton, plâtre) = set, to
prendre à la pelle = dig with a shovel, to
prendre comme hypothèse = assume, to
prendre du jeu = work loose, to
prendre en pesée = pry, to
prendre feu = catch fire, to
prendre l’aplomb = plumb, to
préparation - f = mixing
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préparation - f = processing
préparation du béton - f = batching concrete
préparé sur le chantier = job mix
préparé sur place = mixed-in-place
préparer = mix, to
prépatiné = weathered
prépeint = prepainted
prépeint (produits sidérurgiques) = ready primed
prescripteur - m = specifier
prescription technique - f = specification
prescriptions générales - f = master specifications
présentant un défaut critique = minor defective
présentant un défaut mineur = minor defective
pressage à chaud - m = hot pressing
presse - f = press
presse à cintrer - f = bender, bender machine
pressé à plat = platen-pressed
presse à vis - f = vise
presse-étoupe (PE) - m = cable gland, gland, gland
nut,packing box, packing gland, packing nut, stuffing
box, stuffing gland
pressiomètre - m = pressure meter
pression - f = pressure
pression acoustique - f = sound pressure
pression active de Rankine - f = active Rankine pres-
sure
pression admissible sur le sol - f = allowable bearing
soil pressure
pression admissible sur le sol - f = permissible soil
pressure
pression anisotrope - f = anisotropic pressure
pression artésienne - f = artesian pressure
pression atmosphérique - f = standard pressure
pression atmosphérique standard - f = standard
atmospheric pressure
pression aux appuis - f = bearing pressure
pression d’arrêt (clim.) - f = cutout pressure
pression d’aspiration - f = suction pressure
pression de contact - f = bearing load
pression de contact (sous fondations) - f = contact
pressure under the foundations
pression de fluage - f = creep pressure
pression de fond - f = tubing head pressure
pression de formation - f = rock pressure
pression de gonflement (argile) - f = swelling
pressure
pression de la vapeur saturée - f = saturated vapor
pressure
pression de marche - f = operating pressure
pression de refoulement - f = delivery pressure
pression de rivetage - f = riveting pressure
pression de service - f = operating pressure
pression de soutien - f = all-round pressure, cell pres-
sure, confining pressure
pression de voûte - f = arch pressure
pression d’épreuve - f = proof pressure
pression des remblais - f = backfill pressure
pression des terres au repos - f = earth presure at res,t
soil pressure at rest
pression d’étreinte latérale - f = all-round pressure,
cell pressure, confining pressure
pression différentielle - f = differential pressure
pression directe pour l’incendie - f = direct fire pres-
sure
pression du sol au repos - f = earth pressure at rest,
soil pressure at rest
pression du vent - f = wind pressure
pression d’utilisation - f = operating pressure
pression en traction - f = tension pressure
pression intergranulaire - f = grain-to-grain pressure,
intergranular pressure
pression interstitielle - f = pore pressure, pore water
pressure
pression manométrique - f = gauge pressure
pression naturelle des terres - f = earth pressure at rest
pression naturelle des terres - f = soil pressure at rest
pression normale d’utilisation autorisée - f = safe
working pressure
pression pure - f = direct compression
pression sonore - f = sound pressure
pression superficielle - f = surface pressure
pression sur le support - f = bearing pressure
pression timbrée - f = safe working pressure
pression variable - f = fluctuating pressure
pressostat - m = pressure switch
présumé = assumed
prêt - m = loan
prêt à l’emploi = mill mixed (US), premixed, ready for
use, ready mixed
prêt à mouiller = mill mixed (US), ready mixed (UK)
prêt hypothécaire - m = mortgage loan
prétension - f = pretensioning
prévisions - f = estimates
primage - m = carry-over
prime (assurance) - f = premium
prime (salaire) - f = bonus
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prime pour avance - f = bonus for early completion
principe de superposition - m = principle of super-
position
prise - f = grip, hardening, inlet, inlet nozzle, intake,
mesh, purchase, setting,tap
prise (béton, plâtre) - f = set
prise (de palette) - f = entry, pallet entry
prise (mortier) - f = stiffening
prise à mousse - f = foam inlet
prise accélérée - f = flash set, grab set, quick set
prise d’air - f = air hole, air inlet, air intake
prise d’air comprimé - f = compressed air inlet
prise d’air frais - f = fresh air inlet, fresh air intake,
outside air intake
prise de courant - f = convenience outlet, convenience
receptacle, outlet (US), power point (UK), receptacle
outlet (US), socket (US), socket outlet
prise de courant à la terre - f = earth outlet (UK),
ground outlet (US), safety outlet (UK)
prise de courant blindée - f = enclosed receptacle
prise de courant femelle - f = receptable outlet
prise de courant mâle - f = plug
prise de courant murale - f = convenience outlet
(US), wall outlet, wall receptacle, wall socket (UK)
prise de courant spéciale - f = special purpose outlet
prise de force - f = power take-off, power takeoff
prise de possession - f = taking over
prise de pression - f = pressure point
prise de pression - f = pressure tapping point
prise de scellement - f = anchor flange
prise de téléphone - f = telephone outlet
prise de terre - f = earth connection (UK), earth elec-
trode, ground connection (US)
prise de terre d’abonné - f = service earth (UK), ser-
vice ground (US)
prise d’eau - f = hydrant, water intake
prise d’eau (incendie) - f = fire hydrant, fire plug
prise d’échantillon - f = sampler, sampling, sampling
valve
prise d’incendie sur rue - f = dry riser inlet
prise du ciment - f = binding of cement, set
prise en charge (PC) - f = take-over
prise en charge (PC) (adduction d’eau) - f = tap
prise étanche - f = waterproof outlet
prise instantanée - f = flash set, grab set, quick set
prise lumuière - f = lighting outlet
prise rapide - f = flash set
prisme de glissement - m = failure wedge, shearing
wedge, sliding wedge
prisme d’éboulement - m = sliding wedge
prisme d’épreuve - m = test cube
privilège - m = lien
privilège de main d’œuvre - m = mechanic’s lien
prix - m = price
prix actualisé - m = updated price (to date of contract)
prix ajustable - m = flexible price
prix de revient - m = prime cost
prix départ usine - m = price ex works
prix en dollars constants - m = constant dollar price
prix forfaitaire - m = fixed lump sum price, fixed
price
prix indexé - m = indexed price
prix rendu - m = delivered price, gate price
prix rendu chantier - m = price delivered to the site
prix révisable - m = escalation price
prix unitaire (PU) - m = price each, price per item,
unit price
probabilité de simultanéité - f = probability of coin-
cidence
procédé - m = process
procédé à sec - m = dry process
procédé continu à contre-courant - m = continuous
backflow process
procédé de construction - m = construction type
procédé de construction industrialisé - m = system
building
procédé des boues activées - m = activated sludge-
process
procédé discontinu - m = batch process
procédé d’oxydation en milieu liquide - m = wet oxi-
dation process
procéde par voie séche - m = dry process
procédé propre de combustion de charbon - m =
clean coal burning
procédé Siemens-Martin - m = open hearth process
procédés de construction - m = methods of building
processus d’enroulement - m = roll-up process
procès-verbal - m = official report, report
procès-verbal de bornage - m = land surveyor’s
certificate
procès-verbal d’essai - m = test certificate, test report
production - f = production, throughput
production de chaleur - f = heating
production de froid - f = chilling
production de masse - f = mass production
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production d’eau glacée - f = chilling
production en série - f = mass production
produit - m = agent, compound, mastic, material,
product
produit antirouille - m = rust preventive
produit d’addition - m = additive, adjuvant, admix-
ture, agent, concrete admixture
produit de calfatage - m = calking compound
produit de calfeutrement - m = calking compound
produit de calfeutrement - m = sealant
produit de combustion - m = flue gas, waste gas
produit de concassage - m = crusher run
produit de conservation - m = preservative
produit de consistance pâteuse - m = compound
produit de cure - m = curing compound
produit de fluxage - m = flux (asphalt)
produit de remplissage pour joints - m = joint filler
produit de reprise - m = bonding agent
produit de séchage - m = curing compound
produit de séchage du béton - m = curing compound
produit d’étanchéité - m = sealer sealing compound,
waterproof compound, waterproofing compound
produit d’étanchéité pour joints - m = joint com-
pound, joint sealer, joint sealing material, sealing com-
pound
produit isolant - m = insulating material
produit manufacturé - m = manufacture, manufac-
tured material, manufactured product
produit réfractaire - m = refractory product
produit sidérurgique laminé à froid - m = cold-rolled
steel product
produit superficiel - m = curing compound
produits de dégrillage - m = bar screen refuse
produits de silicone - m = silicones
produits ligneux - m = wood products
produits résineux - m = naval stores (US)
profession du bâtiment - f = construction trade
professions du bâtiment - f = building trade
profil - m = contour, contour line, cross-section, out-
line, profile, shape (US), vertical section
profil (obturation de joint) - m = prefabricated joint
filler
profil (profilé) - m = section (UK)
profil à âme évidée - m = castellated section
profil arrondi - m = nosing
profil composé - m = built-up beam
profil creux - m = hollow section
profil creux carré - m = square hollow section
profil creux de construction - m = structural hollow
section
profil creux rond - m = round hollow section
profil de laminage - m = rolled shape, rolled steel sec-
tion, structural shape
profil de terrain - m = contour, contour line
profil du sol - m = soil profile
profil du sous-sol - m = subgrade contour, subsoil
contour
profil en baguette - m = nosing
profil en H - m = H-beam, H-shape
profil en large - m = cross-section
profil en long - m = longitudinal section, profile, ver-
tical section
profil en long (terrain) - m = longitudinal profile, lon-
gitudinal section
profil en travers - m = cross-section
profil extrudé - m = extruded section
profil hydraulique - m = hydraulic profile
profil IPN - m = I-beam, I-shape
profil reconstitué - m = built-up section, built-up
shape
profil régularisé - m = graded profile
profil renversé - m = reverse profile
profil stratigraphique - m = columnar section
profil vertical des vitesses - m = vertical velocity
curve
profilage - m = forming, shaping
profilé - m = beam, girder, molding, rolled section
(UK), section (UK), shape (US), shape and section,
structural shape
profilé à âme évidée - m = castellated section
profilé à boudin - m = beaded section
profilé à chaud - m = hot-rolled section, rolled steel
joist
profilé à froid - m = cold-rolled section
profilé cannelé - m = channel
profilé carré creux - m = hollow square section
profilé composé - m = built-up beam, built-up roof
shape
profilé creux - m = hollow section
profilé creux carré - m = square hollow section
profilé creux circulaire - m = hollow circular section
profilé creux de construction - m = structural hollow
section
profilé creux rond - m = round hollow section
profilé d’acier - m = rolled shape, rolled steel section,
structural shape
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profilé de charpente creux - m = hollow structural
section
profilé de construction - m = structural section (UK),
structural shape (US)
profilé de fourrure - m = furring channel
profilé décoratif - m = architectural section
profilé d’ossature - m = structural shape
profilé du commerce - m = standard section
profilé en caoutchouc - m = rubber extrusion
profilé en H - m = H-beam, H-shape
profilé en I - m = I-beam, I-shape
profilé en T - m = T-bar, T-shape, tee
profilé en tôle pliée - m = formed steel
profilé en U - m = channel section
profilé extrudé - m = extruded section
profilé lourd - m = heavy section
profilé marchand - m = standard section
profilé normalisé - m = standard section
profilé reconstitué - m = built-up section, built-up
shape
profilé sur machine à galets - m = roll formed, roll-
formed
profilé tube - m = rolled hollow section
profileuse - f = grader
profileuse de fond - f = subgrader
profondément rempli = deeply hollowed out
profondeur - f = depth, thickness
profondeur de fer de bêche - m = spit
profondeur de fiche d’un pieu - f = depth of pene-
tration
profondeur de la tranchée - m = depth of cover (of
pipe)
profondeur de pénétration du gel - f = frost depth
profondeur du gel - f = frost depth
profondeur efficace - f = effective depth
programmateur (clim.) - m = programmer
programme d’avancement - m = progress chart, time
schedule
programme d’avancement des travaux - m = pro-
gress schedule, time schedule
programme de construction de logements - m =
housing program
programme de construction d’habitations - m =
housing program
programme d’exécution des travaux - m = work
schedule
projecteur - m = floodlight, projector
projecteur convergent - m = focussed projector
projecteur divergent - m = extensive projector
projecteur extensif - m = extensive projector, inten-
sive projector, narrow angle floodlight
projection - f = gun application mechanical applica-
tion, projection
projection (de plâtre, de mortier) - f = mechanical
application
projection axonométrique - f = axonometric projection
projection de béton par voie humide - f = wet shot-
creting
projection de peinture - f = gun spraying, gunning,
spraying
projection équidistante - f = equidistant map projec-
tion, equidistant projection
projection équivalente - f = equal area projection
projection horizontale - f = ground plan
projection orthogonale - f = orthographic projection
projection orthographique - f = orthographic
projection
projet - m = design, draft, plan, project, scheme
projet complet - m = integrated project
projet d’aménagement - m = development plan
projet d’aménagement complet - m = integrated project
projet d’architecture - m = building design
projet de bâtiment - m = building design
projet de construction - m = building design
projet de construction d’habitations - m = housing
development
projet de construction d’habitations - m = housing
project
projet de contrat - m = draught contract
projet de logement - m = housing project
projet de norme (PN) - m = draft standard, draught
standard
projet définitif - m = final plan
projet d’ensemble - m = integrated project
projet détaillé - m = detailed design
projet d’exécution - m = final drawing, production
design, working design, working drawing
projet d’urbanisme - m = planning scheme, town
planning scheme, town-planning scheme
projet modulé - m = modular design
projetant - m = planner
projeté = intended, planned, proposed, spray-on,
sprayed
projeter (enduit) = spray, to
projeter les plans = design, to
projeteur - m = designer, designing engineer
projeteur calculateur - m = designer
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prolongement - m = extension
prolonger = extent, to
promenoir - m = foyer
promenoir (cloître) - m = ambulatory
propagation (incendie) - f = spread
propagation de la flamme - f = flame spread
propagation de la flamme - f = spread of flame
proportion eau/ciment - f = water cement ratio
propriétaire limitrophe - m = abutter, abutting owner
propriétaire riverain - m = frontager
propriété - f = premises, property
propriété adjacente - f = adjacent property
propriété mécanique - f = mechanical property
propriété superficielle - f = surface property
propriétés à admettre - f = design properties
prorogation - f = extension (in time)
protecteur de fil métallique - m = wire guard
protection - f = cover, enclosure, housing
protection anticorrosive - f = anticorrosive protection
protection antigel - f = antifreezing, frost protection
protection automatique contre l’incendie - f = fire
extinguishing system
protection du débord de toit - f = eave protection
protégé (élect.) = enclosed
protège-angle - m = corner guard, plaster bead, staff
bead
PRV (polyester renforcé de verre) - m = glass rein-
forced polyester
PS (parasismique) = earthquake resistant
PU (prix unitaire) - m = price eac,h price per item,
unit price
puisage - m = draw-off
puisard - m = cesspool, dry pit
puisard (assainissement) - m = soakaway, dry well
puisard (bouche d’égout) - m = catch pit
puisard (chaufferie, cave) - m = sump
puisard (de bouche d’égout) - m = catch pit
puisard (puits perdu) - m = soakaway, drain well,
drainage well
puisard d’absorbtion - m = cesspool, leaching cess-
pool
puissance - f = capacity
puissance (chaudière) - f = output
puissance (en chevaux) - f = horse power
puissance (plant) - f = capacity
puissance absorbée - f = power input
puissance brute - f = gross installed capacity
puissance calorifique - f = heating capacity, heating
power, cooling capacity
puissance installée - f = installed capacity
puissance nette - f = output capacity
puissance nominale - f = rating
puissance thermique effective - f = usefull heat
puits - m = chimney, pier, shaft
puits (collecteur) - m = pit
puits (eau, fondations) - m = well
puits (élect.) - m = chamber, pit
puits (fondations, reprise en sous-œuvre) - m = pit
puits (galerie) - m = shaft
puits à câbles - m = jointing chamber
puits absorbant - m = absorbing well, absorption
well, dead well, drain well, negative well, soakaway
puits absorbant de drainage - m = inverted drainage
well
puits artésien - m = artesian well
puits citerne - m = dug well, lined well, shallow well
puits collecteur - m = sump
puits crépiné - m = strainer well, tubular well
puits creusé par lançage - m = jetted well
puits cuvelé - m = lined well
puits d’accès - m = manhole
puits d’air - m = air well
puits d’ascenseur - m = elevator hoistway (US, lift
well (UK))
puits de cheminée - m = chimney stack
puits de coupure - m = splicing chamber
puits de décharge - m = bleeder well, relief well
puits de fenêtre - m = areaway
puits de fenêtre en tôle galvanisée - m = galvanized
iron areaways
puits de fondation - m = foundation pit
puits de lumière - m = areaway
puits de lumière plastique - m = plastic sky dome
puits de recherche - m = trial pit
puits de reconnaissance - m = trial hole
puits de reconnaissance - m = trial pit
puits de reprise en sous-œuvre - m = underpinning pit
puits de sondage - m = test pit
puits de surface - m = shallow well
puits de tirage - m = distribution chamber
puits de ventilation - m = air shaft, air well
puits d’échappement - m = exhaust shaft
puits d’éclairage - m = areaway, light well
puits d’égouttement - m = dry well
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puits d’essai - m = test pit
puits d’exploration - m = trial pit
puits exécuté par battage - m = driven well
puits filtrant (fouille) - m = filter well
puits foncé - m = driven well
puits instantané - f = wellpoint
puits non tubé - m = uncased well
puits ordinaire - m = dug well
puits perdu - m = cesspool, dry well, leaching pit,
leaching well, soakaway
puits ponctuel - m = well point
puits sec - m = dry well
pulvérisateur - m = pulverizer
pulvérisateur - m = sprayer
pulvérisation - f = spraying (fine drop)
pulvérisation pneumatique - f = spraying
pulvérisation sous haute pression (peinture) - f
= airless spraying
pulvériser (liquide) = spray, to
pulvériser (solide) = pulverizer, to
pulvimixer - m = pulverising mixter
pupitre de commande - m = console, control desk
pupitreur - m = console operator
pur (ciment, plâtre) = neat, pure
pur (contrainte) = simple
pureau - m = bare, exposure (US), gage, gauge (roof),
margin (tile, slate)
purge - f = venting
purge d’air - f = air vent
purge rapide - f = blow down
purger = bleed (to) (UK), blow down (to) (UK), blow
off (to) (US), drip (to), purge (to), vent (to)
purgeur - m = air release valve, blow off cock, blow-
down valve, draw cock, pet cock, trap, vent valve
purgeur d’air - m = air vent
purgeur d’air de radiateur - m = radiator air valve
purgeur de vapeur - m = steal trap
purificateur - m = purifier
PVC non plastifié - m = unplasticized PVC
PVC plastifié - m = plasticized PVC
PVC (chlorure de polyvinyle surchloré) - m =
unplasticised polyvinyl chloride
pylône - m = gate post, pylon
pylône (élect.) - m = steel tower
pylône (élect.) - m = tower
pylône en treillis - m = lattice mast, lattice tower
pylône métallique - m = iron tower
pyranomètre - m = pyranometer
pyromètre - m = pyrometer
pyrostat - m = firestat
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quadrex - m = quadrex
quadrillage - m = checkerwork, grid
quadrillage de référence - m = reference grid
quadrillage modulaire - m = modular grid
quadrilobe - m = quatrefoil
quadruplex - m = quadruplex
quai de déchargement - m = loading bay (UK)
quai de déchargement - m = loading dock (US),
loading platform (US)
qualité - f = grade
qualité d’exécution - f = workmanship
qualité fixée par contrat - f = contract grade
quart - m = quarter
quart de rond - m = ovolo, quarter-round molding,
rounded edge, shoe mold
quart de rond (baguette) - m = quarter-round
quart de rond creux - m = hollow quarter round
molding
quart-de-rond - m = ovolo, quarter-round molding,
rounded edge, shoe mold
quart-de-rond (baguette) - m = quarter-round
quartier - m = area (UK), district (UK), neighborhood
(US)
quartier de roche - m = boulder
quartier dense - m = densely populated area
quartier insalubre - m = slum, slum area
quartier insalubre à démolir - m = clearance area
quartier insalubre à démolir - m = slum clearance area
quartier résidentiel - m = residential area, residential
district
quartier tournant - m = quarterspace, quarterspace
landing
quartonné = vertical-grained
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quatrefeuille (arcs brisés) - m = quatrefoil
quatre-feuilles (arcs brisés) - m = quatrefoil
queue (marche) - f = outer end
queue (outil) - f = shank
queue (pierre) - f = tailing
queue d’aronde - f = dovetail
queue d’aronde découverte - f = open dovetail
queue d’aronde découverte - f = ordinary dovetail
queue d’aronde ouverte - f = box dovetail, common
dovetail, through dovetail
queue d’aronde passante - f = box dovetail, common
dovetail, through dovetail
queue d’aronde perdue - f = blind dovetail, concealed
dovetail, concealed dovetail, mitre dovetail, secret
dovetail
queue d’aronde recouverte - f = blind dovetail,
concealed dovetail, concealed dovetail
queue d’aronde semi-recouverte - f = drawer dove-
tail, lapped dovetail
queue de carpe - f = calked end, fishtail, iron cramp
queue de rat - f = rat-tail file
queue de renard - f = fox tenon, fox wedge, foxtail
wedge
queue de vache - f = eaves overhang
queue-de-carpe - f = fishtail, spreader
queue-de-cochon - f = auger-bit
qui pousse au vide = bulging
qui pousse au vide (mur) = bellying
quille - f = jack stud
quincaillerie - f = hardware, ironmongery, metalwork
quincaillerie de bâtiment - f = builder’s hardware
quintefeuille - m = cinquefoil
quotient énergérique net - m = net energy ratio
R
rabattement de la nappe phréatique - m = ground
water lowering, groundwater lowering, sinking of
groundwater
rabattre = fold back (to), fold down (to)
rabattre (clou) = burr, to
rabattre (collerette de tube, tôle) = flange, to
rabot - m = plane
rabot à languette(s) - m = feather plane, tongue plane
rabot debout - m = fillister
rabotage - m = planing
raboté = dressed (lumber), planed, wrot, wrought
raboté (pierre) = dragged
raboté de biais = planed across the grain
raboté et avivé = SE (surfaced and edged), surfaced
and edged (SE)
raboté et bouveté = dressed and matched
raboté sur deux côtés = dressed two edges, surfaced
two edges
raboté sur deux faces = dressed two sides, S2S (sur-
faced two sides), surfaced two sides (S2S)
raboté sur deux faces avec rainure au centre = sur-
faced two sides and centre-matched (S2SCM)
raboté sur deux faces avec rainure régulière = sur-
faced two sides and one edge (S2S1E)
raboté sur deux rives = S2E (surfaced two edges),
surfaced two edges (S2E)
raboté sur quatre faces = S4S (surfaced four sides),
surfaced four sides (S4S)
raboté sur quatre faces avec coulisse calfatée sur
chaque côté = surfaced four sides with a caulking seam
on each side
raboté sur une face = S1S (surfaced one side), sur-
faced one side (S1S)
raboté sur une face et deux côtés = S1S2E (surfaced
one side and two edges), surfaced one side and two
edges (S1S2E)
raboté sur une face et un côté = S1S1E (surfaced one
side and one edge), surfaced one side and one edge
(S1S1E)
raboté sur une ou deux faces avec bouvetage régu-
lier = SSM (surfaced one or two sides and standard
matched)
raboté sur une ou deux faces avec bouvetage régu-
lier = surfaced one or two sides and standard matched
(SSM)
raboter le bois = shoot wood, to
raboteuse - f = planer, planing machine
raboteuse routière - f = pavement milling machine,
planer, planing machine
rabotin - m = stone-plane
raccord - m = adapter, connection, connector, fitting,
pipe coupling, pipe fitting, union
raccord à compression - m = compression fitting
raccord à emboîtement - m = socket fitting
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raccord à emboîtement à souder - m = socket
welding fitting
raccord à grand rayon - m = long-radius elbow, long-
sweep fitting
raccord à joint rodé - m = ground joint fitting
raccord à souder par rapprochement - m = butt-wel-
ding fitting
raccord à T - m = pipe tee T piece
raccord à trois pièces - m = union fitting
raccord à vide - m = vacuum-fitting
raccord conique - m = concentric reducer, increaser,
tapered reducer
raccord coudé - m = bend, elbow, elbow connection
raccord courbe - m = cove
raccord de câble - m = cable fitting, cable joint
raccord de cheminée - m = chimney connector
raccord de peinture - m = touching up
raccord de réduction - m = pipe reducer, reducer
raccord de traversée de cloison - m = bulkhead
connector
raccord de tuyau - m = pipe coupling, pipe fitting
raccord d’évent - m = vent connector
raccord droit simple - m = close nipple
raccord en acier forgé - m = forged steel fitting
raccord en équerre - m = elbow ell
raccord femelle - m = female union
raccord fileté - m = coupler, coupling
raccord flexible - m = flexible coupling
raccord mâle - m = male union
raccord pompier - m = quick-acting coupling
raccord pompier rapide - m = quick-acting coupling
raccord pour rampe et balustrade - m = railing
fitting
raccord sphérique pour rampes et balustrades - m
= ball pattern railing fitting
raccord taraudé - f = screwed fitting
raccord union - m = lip union, union fitting
raccord Victaulic - m = Victaulic coupling
raccordé = connected, plumbed-in, wired-in
raccordement - m = joint
raccordement bout à bout - m = abutment
raccordement conique - m = bushing
raccordement de tuyauterie - m = pipe connecting
raccordement de tuyauterie - m = pipe coupling
raccorder (tuyaux) = connect, to
raccourcir = shorten, to
raccourcissement élastique - m = elastic shortening
racheter (arch.) = provide a transition, to
racinal - m = bolster (pile, post)
racinaux (fondations) -m = grillage
racine de la soudure - f = root of weld
rack (canalisations) - m = gantry
raclé = struck
raclette - f = scraper
raclette en caoutchouc - f = squeegee
racleur à bras - m = handscraper
racloir - m = scraper
racloir (de menuiserie) - m = cabinet scraper, scraper
plane (US)
radiateur - m = heater, radiator
radiateur à accumulation - m = storage heater
radiateur à bouteille incorporée - m = mobile space
heater
radiateur à circulation d’huile - m = oil-filled heater
radiateur à colonnes - m = column radiator
radiateur à gaz - m = gas fire
radiateur électrique - m = electric fire, electric
heater
radiateur fixé au mur - m = wall-hung radiator
radiateur mural - m = panel radiator, wall-hung
radiator
radiateur panneau - m = panel radiator
radiateur plat - m = panel radiator
radiateur plinthe - m = baseboard radiator unit (US)
radiateur plinthe - m = skirting radiator (UK)
radiateur sèche-serviettes - m = heated towel rail
radiateur soufflant - m = fan heater
radiateur-plinthe - m = baseboard heater
radiation - f = radiation
radier - m = apron, bottom slab
radier (égout) - m = invert slab, invert
radier (fondations) - m = mat (US), raft (UK)
radier de fondation - m = fondation slab, foundation
invert, foundation raft
radier en béton armé - m = reinforced concrete slab
radier en dalles champignons - m = inverted flat slab
foundation
radier en voûte renversée - m = inverted arch foun-
dation
radier fondé sur pieux - m = pile-supported raft
radier plan épais - m = flat slab mat, flat slab raft, uni-
form mat
radier plat à nervures - m = beam-and-slab mat,
beam-and-slab raft, ribbed mat
radier rigide - m = rigid mat, stiff raft
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radier souple - m = flexible mat, flexible raft
rafraîchissement - m = cooling (a.c)
rafraîchissement d’ambiance - m = comfort cooling
rafraîchissement des locaux - m = space cooling
ragréage - m = correction, patching, patching up, trim-
ming up
ragréement - m = resurfacing
ragréer = clean up (to) (brickwork joints), finish off
(to) (wall), trim up (to) (wall)
ragrément - m = correction, patching, patching up
raide (sol, béton) = stiff
rai-de-cœur - m = heart, heart leaf, leaf
raideur (construction métallique) - f = stiffness
raidisseur - m = counter brace, diaphragm, diaphragm
plate, stiffener, wale, wire strainer
raidisseur horizontal - m = horizontal supporting
plank, horizontal supporting timber, vertical supporting
timber
raidisseurs de stabilisation d’âme - m = web stabi-
lizing stiffeners
rail - m = rail
rail de tête - m = head rail
rail haut (cloison) - m = top rail
rail inférieur - m = bottom rail
rainer = groove (to), slot (to)
rainuré = grooved, slotted
rainure - f = ball race, chase, flute, furrow, groove,
housing, notching rectangular groove, slot
rainure à section semi-circulaire - f = half-round
groove
rainure anticapillaire - f = water check
rainure anti-capillaire - f = water check
rainure de clavette - f = keyway
rainure d’étanchéiage - f = water-check
rainure et languette - f = tongue and groove
rainurer = groove, to
rainurer = slot, to
rais-de-cœur et dards - m = heart and dart pattern,
heart-and-dart pattern, leaf and dart pattern, leaf-and-
dart pattern
raise - f = milling cutter
rajout - m = addition, addition to a builing, wing
rallonge - f = adapter, addition, extension, extension
cord,extension piece, lengthening piece
rallonge de charpente - f = eke piece, eking, eking
piece
rambarde - f = crowd barrier, guard rail, pedestrian
guard rail, railing
ramollissement - m = softening
ramonage - m = sweeping (of chimney)
rampage - m = crawling
rampant = raking, rampant, rising
rampant - m = slope
rampe - f = balustrade, bamister, grade, gradient, hand
rail, railing, rise, slope
rampe (escalier) - f = rail
rampe (plan incliné) - f = incline, ramp
rampe à gaz - f = rack of gas burners
rampe à gradins - f = ramped step, stepped ramp
rampe d’accès - f = access ramp, approach, ramp
rampe d’alimentation - f = manifold
rampe d’appui - f = guardrail
rampe d’arrosage - f = sprinkler pipe
rampe d’aspersion - f = sparge pipe
rampe d’éclairage - f = strip lighting
rampe d’escalier - f = banister, flight of stairs, flight
of steps
rampe escalier) - f = handrail
rang - m = row, course
rang de doublage - m = doubling course (roofing)
rang de pied - m = eaves course
rang double - m = double course
rang faîtier - m = ridge course
rangée - f = course, range
rangée (maison, pieux) - f = row
rangée de bordure - f = eave course
rangement - m = storage
râpé = threadbare
râpe - f = rasp
rapiéçage - m = patching, patching, patching up
rapiéçage (placage) - m = insert
rapiécer = patch up (to), patch (to)
rapport - m = ratio
rapport (papier-peint) - m = repeat
rapport d’activité - m = progress report
rapport d’amplification - m = performance energy
ratio
rapport d’armature - m = ratio of reinforcement,
reinforcement ratio
rapport d’armature - m =
rapport de battage - m = driving record, penetration
record
rapport de battement - m = driving record
rapport de fatigue - m = fatigue ratio
rapport de hauteur à longueur - m = depth ratio
rapport d’eau à ciment - m = water cement ratio
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rapport d’élancement - m = slenderness ratio
rapport d’endurance - m = endurance ratio
rapport des gradients hydrauliques - m = gradient
ratio
rapport eau/ciment - m = water cement ratio
rapport énergétique net - m = net energy ratio
rapport indice de plasticité-indice de liquidité - m
= toughness index
rapport modulaire - m = modular ratio
rapport plancher-sol - m = floor space index
rapport résistance-poids - m = weight-to-strenght
ratio
rapport sable/ciment - m = cement-sand ratio
rapporté (moulure) = applied, loose, planted
râtelier - m = crib
rattrapage - m = feathering, retrofit
rattraper (jeu, mou) = take up, to
ravalement - m = cleaning down, facelift, re-dressing,
renovation, repointing, resurfacing, surface finishing
ravaler = re-dress a plastered surface (to), re-surface a
wall (to), renovate (to), repoint (to), resurface (to)
ravaler (mur) = reface, to
ravinement - m = gullying
rayer = score (to), scratch (to)
rayère - f = slot opening (in tower, stairs)
ray-grass - m = rye-grass
rayon - m = radius, shelf
rayon de bassage - m = root radius
rayon de cintrage - m = radius of bend
rayon de pliage - m = radius of bend
rayon du fond de l’entaille - m = notch root radius
rayon hydraulique - m = hydraulic radius
rayon hydraulique moyen - m = mean hydraulic flow
rayon médullaire - m = medullary ray, pith ray
rayonnage - m = shelving
rayonnement (chaleur, soleil) - m = radiation
rayonnement diffus - m = diffuse radiation, diffused
radiation
rayonnement diffusé - m = scattered radiation
rayonnement réfléchi - m = reflected radiation
rayonnement solaire - m = solar radiation
rayonnement solaire direct - m = beam radiation,
direct radiation
rayonnement ultraviolet - m = ultraviolet radiation
rayons ligneux - m = wood rays
RC (rez-de-chaussée) - m = first floor (US), first story
(US), ground floor (UK), street floor (US)
réa - m = pulley sheave
réactif - m = reagent
réaction ascendante au sol - f = upward reaction of
ground
réaction aux appuis - f = support reaction force
réaction d’ancrage - f = anchor pull
réaction d’appui - f = support reaction
réaction du sol - f = ground reaction
réaction du sol (de fondation) - f = reaction of ground
réaction du sol (de fondation) - f = subgrade reaction
réaction du sous-sol au cisaillement - f = subgrade
shear
réaction horizontale au sol - f = horizontal soil
reaction
réactivité - f = recovery (after removal of stress)
réalisation - f = construction
réalisation d’un projet - f = project implementation
réalisation technique - f = engineering achievement,
technical achievement
réaliser un projet = carry out a project (to), implement
a project (to)
réaménagement - m = redevelopment
réarmement (élect.)- m = rese,t resetting
réarmement à la main - m = hand reset
réarmer = reset, to
rebattre (plâtre) = retemper, to
rebondissant = resilient
rebondissement du pieu - m = pile bounce
rebord - m = edge, ledge, raised edge, stool
rebord (arrondi) -m = lip
rebord de fenêtre - f = window ledge, elbow board
(US), stool (US), window board (UK)
rebouchage - m = backfilling (trench), filling in (large
cracks and cavities), patching, stopping
reboucher (tranchée) = fill in (to), refill (to)
reboucheur (pour plâtre) - m = filler (UK),
spachtling (US), spackle (US) spackling (US),
sparkling (US)
rebut - m = reject
rebut (bois) - m = cull
rebuts - m = scoots
recalibrage - m = reshaping
recépage - m = cutting down, trimming
recéper = cut down, to (pile heads)
recéper (pieux) = cut off (to) (pile heads), strike off (to)
(pile heads)
réceptacle - m = electric receptacle
réception (d’un ouvrage) - f = acceptance, collection
réception définitive - f = final acceptance
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réception des travaux - f = acceptance of work
réception partielle - f = partial acceptance
réception provisoire - f = interim acceptance, provi-
sional acceptance
recette de métier - f = trick of the trade
receveur à douche(s) - m = receptor (US), shower tray
(UK,) shower receptor (US), shower tray (UK)
recevoir une force = take up a force, to
réchaud à deux feux - m = two-burner ring
réchaud à gaz - m = gas ring
réchauffage - m = reheating
réchauffeur - m = heater, pre-heater
réchauffeur aval - m = after-heater
réchauffeur d’air - m = air heater
réchauffeur de carter - m = crankcase heater
réchauffeur de mazout - m = oil heater
réchauffeur d’eau - m = hot-water heater
récipient - m = container, vessel
récipient sous pression - m = pressure vessel
recoin - m = corner, nook
recoin (près d’une cheminée) - m = inglenook
reconduction conventionnelle - f = automatic renewal
reconduction d’un marché - f = renewal of contract
reconnaissance de l’emplacement - f = prospecting
of the site
reconnaissance des terrains - f = site exploration, site
investigation, soil exploration
reconnaissance du site - f = site reconnaissance, site
survey
reconnaissance du sol - f = site exploration, site inves-
tigation, soil exploration, soil survey
reconstitution des stocks - f = replenishment of stock-
piles
reconstitution d’isolant - f = insulation build-up
reconstruction - f = re-erection, reconstruction
reconstruire = rebuild, to
reconversion - f = conversion
recoupement (levé) - m = intersection
recours (en droit) - m = remedy
recours en coassurés - m = cross liability
recouvrance - f = recovery (after removal of stress)
recouvrant = lapped
recouvrement - m = cover, lap splice, lapping,
overlap, overlapping, splice
recouvrement (ardoise, panneaux, tuiles) -m = lap
recouvrement (armature) - m = lap length
recouvrement en béton - m = concrete cover
recouvrement horizontal (géol.) - m = heave
recouvrement longitudinal - m = side lap
recouvrement stratigraphique - m = stratigraphic
heave
recouvrement transversal - m = head lap
rectifier = remedy, to
rectifier (métal) = grind, to
recuire (cuivre) = anneal, to
recuit - m = annealed
recul - m = back-se,t backset, setback
reculement - m = batter
récupérateur de graisse - m = grease box, grease
separator, grease trap
récupérateur de poussière - m = dust collector
récupération - f = recovery
récupération de la chaleur - f = heat recovery
récupération de pièces - f = cannibalization
récupération d’énergie - f = energy recovery
recyclage - m = recirculation
recyclage de gas de combustion - m = flue gas
circulation
redent - m = shed
redent (pignon) - m = catstep, corbiestep, crowstep
redéveloppement - m = redevelopment, renewal
rédier en béton - m = concrete apron
redoute (fortifications) - f = redoubt
redresser (élect.) = rectify, to
redresseur - m = rectifier
réducteur - m = reducer, reducing coupling, reducing
fitting
réducteur de pression - m = pressure-reducing valve
réducteur de pression - m = reducing valve
réducteur d’eau - m = water reducing agent
réducteur en té - m = reducing tee
réduction - f = adapter, diminishing piece, diminishing
pipe, reducer, reducing coupling, reducing fitting,
reducing pipe, reduction, taper pipe
réduction de la charge (clim.) - f = load shedding
réduction de la poussière - f = dust abatement, dust
control
réduction du bruit - f = noise abatement, noise
reduction
réduction du débit - f = load shedding
réduction en copeaux - f = chipping
réduction mâle et femelle - f = bushing
réduire un plan = reduce a drawing, to
réel (épaisseur, grandeur) = actual
réenclenchement (élect.) - m = reset
réenclenchement manuel - m = hand reset
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refaçonnage - m = reshaping
refaire le revêtement d’une route = resurface, to
réfection - f = alteration, consolidation, major repair,
major repairs, remaking (joints), restoration of a
building
réfection (route) - f = re-surfacing, resurfacing
réfection de toiture - f = reroofing
refend (mur de...) = gable wall
refendage des ardoises - m = shale splitting
refendre = resaw (to), rip (to)
refendre (ardoise) = split, to
refendre (barreaux, lattes) = rive, to
refente - f = deep-cutting, ripping, ripsawing
refeuillure - f = double fillister
réflecteur (chauffage solaire) - m = concentrator
réflecteur (éclairage) - m = reflector
réflecteur cylindro-parabolique - m = trough col-
lector, trough concentror
réflecteur parabolique - m = dish concentror
refluement - m = back flow
reflux - m = back flow
refouillement des fissures - m = cut of cracks
refouiller un mur = recessing a wall
refoulement - m = back draft, back flow
refoulement (métal) - m = upending, upsetting
refoulement (pompe) - m = delivery, discharge
refoulement de cheminée - m = downdraft (US),
downdraught (UK)
refoulement en montant (joints de maçonnerie) - m
= jointing
refoulement latéral (sol) - m = bulging
refouler (joint) = press back, to
refouler (métal) = upset, to
refouler (pieu) = refuse, to
réfractaire = fire resistant, fireproof, refractory
réfrigérant = cooling, coolant, cooling medium,
cooling tower
réfrigérant intermédiaire - m = intercooler
refroidissement - m = cooling
refroidissement à absorption - m = absorption
cooling
refroidissement en circuit fermé - m = closed-cycle
cooling
refroidissement par détente directe - m = direct
expansion refrigeration
refroidissement par évaporation - m = evaporate
cooling
refuge pour piétons - m = pedestrian island
refus - m = retained material
refus (crible) - m = oversize material, screenings,
tailings, undersize materials
refus (pieu) - m = refusal
refus d’un crible - m = tailings
regâchage - m = remixing, retempering
regâcher = remix (to), retemper (to)
regain - m = second growth
régalage - m = final grading, fine grading (of ground),
grading
régalement - m = grading
régalement brut - m = rough grading
régalement de finition - m = fine grading, finish
grading
régaler (talus) = dress, to
régaler (terrain horizontal) = level, to
régaleuse - f = fine grader, leveling board, subgrader
regard - m = access chamber, inspection chamber
regard (de visite) - m = inspection door, inspection
hole, manhole
regard avec chute -m = drop manhole
regard de chasse - m = flushing manhole
regard de curage - m = flushing manhole
regard de lampe - m = lamphole
regard de nettoyage - m = access eye (UK), cleaning
eye (UK), cleanout (US)
regard de raccordement -m = junction manhole
regard de tirage (élect.) - m = draw-in box (UK)
regard de tirage (élect.) - m = handhole (US)
regard de visite - m = access hole, inspection hole
regard de visite (égout) - m = access chamber, inspec-
tion chamber
regard en béton - m = concrete shaft
regard vitré (porte) - m = vision light
regarnissage (joints de maçonnerie) - m = pointing,
repointing
régime - m = operating conditions, regime, regimen
régime continu - m = continuous rating
régime d’écoulement - m = flow characteristics
régime d’essai - m = test conditions
régime normal - m = normal working conditions
régime permanent - m = continuous rating, steady
flow
régime permanent (liquide) - m = steady flow
région - f = area
registre (cheminée) -m = register
régistre (ventilation) - m = flap
registre d’air - m = air register
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registre de cheminée - m = damper
réglage - m = adjusting, adjustment, screeding, setting
réglage de fond de fouille - m = bottoming
réglage de précision - m = fine tuning
réglage des surfaces - m = grading
réglage du béton - m = screeding
réglage du chauffage - m = heating control
réglage du débit - m = flow regulation, throttling
réglage d’une pente avec des nivelettes - m = boning
réglage d’une pente avec des nivelettes - m
= boning in
réglage par tout ou rien - m = open-and-shut action
(US), two-position action (US), two-step action (UK)
réglage progressif - m = inching
réglage ultérieur de la précontrainte - m = post-ten-
sioning
règle - f = float
règle (mortier, plâtre) - f = straightedge
règle à araser ( béton, plâtre) -f = screed, strike-off
règle à lisser - f = float, screed
règle à niveler le béton - f = straight edge
règle d’assises - f = gauga rod
règle de dressage - f = screed board
règle de guidage - f = running rule, screed
règle de l’art - f = code of practice, good trade practice
règle de plafonneur - f = nib rule
règle de plâtrier - f = Darby, derby sticker
règle d’étages - f = storey rod
règle d’une profession - f = code of practice
règle surfaceuse vibrante - f = vibrating screed,
vibrating screeder
règle vibrante - f = screed, vibrating screed
règlement (d’un litige) - m = settlement of a dispute
règlement à l’amiable - m = out of court settlement,
out-of-court settlement
règlement d’installation (élect.) - m = wiring regula-
tion
réglementation des hauteurs de construction - f
= height zoning
règles de déontologie - f = standards of professional
practice
règles de l’art - f = code of practice, engineering prac-
tice, good engineering practice, good practice, trade
practice
règles d’une profession - f = code of practice
règles neige vent - f = climatic loadings design code
règles paraséismiques - f = earthquake loadings
code, seismic design code
réglet - m = reglet
réglette - f = strip lamp
régner = run uninterrupted (feature on an elevation), to
regrattage - m = regrating (stonework)
regroupement - m = batter
régulariser (pente, talus) = grade, to
régulariser le sol = grade the site, to
régulariser les pentes = grade the ramps, to
régulariser les rampes = grade the ramps, to
régulariser les talus = grade embankments, to
régularité (de la pente) - f = consistency
régulateur - m = controller, governor
régulateur de débit - m = flow regulator, rate of flow
controller
régulateur de pression (clim.) - m = constant pressure
valve
régulateur de tirage - m = damper
régulateur de tirage à rabattement - m = flop
damper
régulation - f = automatic control
régulation par tout ou rien - f = on-off control
régulier = standard
réhabilitation - f = home improvement, home
improvement (of old property), improvement (of old
property)
réhausse - f = raising block, raising piece
rehausser = make higher (to), raise (to)
rehausser d’un étage = add a storey, to
rein de voûte - m = haunch
reins de voûte - m = haunch
rejet (évacuation) - m = discharge, release
rejet (géo.) - m = heave
rejet de chaleur - m = heat discharge
rejet de faille - m = fault throw
rejet des eaux usées - m = waste water disposal
rejet dilué - m = dilute effluent
rejet en rivière - m = discharge into river
rejet horizontal - m = fault heave
rejet incliné appparent - m = apparent slip
rejet parallèle aux couches - m = stratigraphic heave
rejet stratigraphique - m = stratigraphic heave, stra-
tigraphic throw
rejet thermique - m = thermal discharge, waste heat
rejet toxique - m = toxic waste
rejet vertical apparent - m = apparent throw
rejéteau - m = drip mold, flashing board, label, water
bar, weather bar, weather moulding, weatherboard,
weathering
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rejéteau de cheminée recouvert de tôle galvanisée -
m = galvanized iron covered saddle
rejéteau en dos d’âne - m = cricket
rejingot - m = cove, drip cap, drip mold, flashing
board, weather, weathering
rejingot avec gorge - m = throating fillet
rejointement - m = resurfacing, pointing, pointing up,
repointing
rejointoyage - m = repointing
relais - m = booster, relay
relais temporisé - m = time-lag relay
relaxation des contraintes - f = stress relaxation
relaxation des contraintes (traitement technique) -
f = stress relieving
relevage - m = luffing, raising
relevé - m = survey, survey sketch, surveying
relevé d’architecture - m = detailed drawing, meas-
ured drawing
relevé de compteur - m = meter reading
relevé de consommation d’énergie - m = energy
reporting
relevé de planification - m = planning survey
relevé de pollution - m = pollution survey
relevé d’étanchéité - m = upstand
relevé d’étanchéité - m = upturn
relevé topographique - m = topographic survey
relèvement - m = banking
relever = plot, to
relever (plafond, plancher) = raise, to
relever les niveaux = take levels, to
relief (couverture métallique) - m = turnup, upstand,
upturn
relief (terrain) -m = relief
relogement - m = rehousing
remanié (sol, terre) = disturbed, remolded (US),
remoulded (UK)
remaniement - m = alteration (to a construction),
remodelling, remoulding
remblai - m = backfill, backfilling, bank, banking-up,
dyke, embankment, fill, filling material, made ground,
return fill
remblai compacté - m = rolled fill
remblai cylindré - m = rolled fill
remblai d’apport - m = superimposed fill
remblai en terre - m = earth embankment
remblai en vrac - m = dumped fill
remblai hydraulique - m = hydraulic fill
remblai non cohérent - m = cohesionless fill
remblai roulé - m = rolled fill
remblayage - m = backfilling, banking, filling,
refilling
remblayage des fouilles - m = refilling excavations
remblayage hydraulique - m = hydraulic fill
remblayer = bank up (to), fill up (to)
remblayeuse - f = back filler, backfilling machine
remembrement - m = replotting
remettre = hand over (to), put back (to)
remettre à zéro = reset, to
remettre en état = renovate (to), repair (to)
remettre en état (après les travaux) = restore, to
remise - f = coach house, discount, shed, transfer,
turnover
remise de bateau - f = boat house
remise en eau - f = water re-filling, re-filling with
water
remise en état - f = consolidation, making good, reins-
tatement
remise en forme - f = reshaping
remodelage - m = remodelling, reshaping
remontage - m = re-erection
remontée (peinture) - f = bleed-through
remontée (peinture) - f = strike-through
remontée (pieu) - f = rising
remontée capillaire - f = capillary rise
remontée de boue - f = migration of mud to the
surface
remorquage - m = towing
remorque - f = trailer
remorque porte-engins - f = plant trailer
remorque surbaissée - f = lowbed trailer, lowboy
rampart(s )- m = bulwark(s), defense wall(s), rampart,
walls
remplacement - m = replacement
remplage - m = backing, form-pieces, tracery
remplir les joints à la truelle = slush joints full, to
remplissage - m = beam filling, filling, infilling, pug-
ging, refilling
remplissage d’ossature - m = infilling of frame
remplissage en béton - m = grouting
renard - m = blow, shear failure of soil
renard (érosion) - m = piping
renard (mur orbe faisant pendant à un autre) - m
= blind wall
renard mécanique - m = nigger, steam nigger
rendement de capteur - m = collector efficiency
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rendement de conversion thermique - m = thermal
conversion efficiency
rendement d’un filtre - m = filter efficiency
rendement en surface - m = coverage, spreading rate
rendement en surface (peinture) - m = coverage
rendement radiatif - m = collector efficiency
rendement réel - m = actual performance
rendement thermique - m = thermal efficiency
rendu à pied d’œuvre = delivered on site
rendu à pied d’œuvre = free on site
rendu chantier = delivered on site
rendu chantier = free on site
rendu d’architecture - m = architectural rendering
renflement - m = bulge, entasis
renfoncement - m = recess, armature, bracing, consol-
idation, reinforcement, reinforcing, stiffening, strength-
ening
renfort d’angle rentrant - m = cornerite
renfort de chevron - m = backing of a rafter
renfort de ferme - m = backing of a rafter
renfort de sablière - m = scab plate, scabs
renfort de serrure - m = lock reinforcement
reniflard - m = air valve, air vent, vent
reniflard de siphon - m = back siphonage preventer
reniflard de siphon - m = back vent
reniflard de siphon - m = backvent
renouvellement d’air (clim.) - m = air change
rénovation - f = refurbishment, renewal, renovation
rénovation urbaine - f = urban renewal
rentrant - m = re-entrant, recess
rentrée (pilier) - f = tumbling home, tumbling-in
renversement - m = overturning, reversal
renversement de charge - m = load reversal
renvoi à siphon - m = trapped outlet
renvoi d’angle par engrenage - m = beveled gear
mounting
répandage - m = spreading
répandage à la niveleuse - m = blade spreading
répandeuse - f = sprayer, spreader
répandeuse de béton - f = concretesprayer
répandeuse de liant- f = bitumen sprayer
répandeuse d’émulsions - f = emulsion sprayer
répandre à la niveleuse = blade, to
répartiteur général (RG) - m = main distribution
frame
répartition des charges - f = distribution of loads
répartition des moments - f = moment distribution
repérage - m = marking
repère - m = datum point, mark, marker, reference
mark
repère de hauteur - m = datum, datum line
repère de niveau général de la France - m = equiva-
lent to Ordnance bench mark
repère de nivellement - m = bench mark
repère topographique - m = bench mark, survey
benchmark
repiquage - m = paving repair, paving repairs, road
mending repair, road repairs
repiquer un mur = prepare wall surface by picking,
to
replâtrage - m = patching, patching up
repliement du chantier - m = clearance of site
reporter = plot, to
reporter (effort, force) = transfer, to
reporter une force = transfer a force (to), transmit a
force (to)
repos - m = intermediate landing (between two floors),
landing
reprendre = draw, to
reprendre (poussée) = pick up (to), take up (to),
transfer (to)
reprendre en sous-œuvre = underpin, to
reprendre une charge = take up a load, to
représentation graphique (levé) - f = plotting
reprise (récupération) - f = recovery
reprise (réparation) - f = making good, repairing
reprise à l’envers - f = backing run, sealing run
reprise au tas - f = reclaiming
reprise au vent - f = wind bracing
reprise d’air - f = air return
reprise de béton - f = junction
reprise de bétonnage - f = cold joint (US), construc-
tion joint (UK)
reprise d’eau - f = water gain
reprise d’étanchéité - f = bonding (of fitting to damp
proof course)
reprise d’humidité - f = water gain
reprise en sous-œuvre - f = underpinning
reprise en tas - f = reclaiming (from stockpile)
reprise en vrac - f = unducted return
reprofilage - m = reshaping
reprofileuse - m = pavement milling machine, pave-
ment restoration machine, planer
reptation (membrane de toit) - f = creep
réseau - m = network, system
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réseau (fenêtre) - m = tracery
réseau à chute unitaire - m = single-stack system
réseau bouclé - m = ringe network, ringe system
réseau d’adduction d’eau - m = water supply system
réseau d’adduction et de distribution d’eau - m =
water system
réseau d’assainissement - m = sewer system
réseau de cisaillement - m = shear pattern
réseau de contraintes - m = shear pattern
réseau de distribution - m = distribution grid, distri-
bution system
réseau de distribution de gaz domestique - m =
domestic gas grid
réseau de distribution d’eau - m = water distribution
system, water main system, water supply system, water
system
réseau de distribution d’électricité - m = electricity
grid
réseau de gaines - m = duct network, ducting, duct-
work
réseau de lignes de consommateurs - m = secondary
distribution network
réseau de pieux - m = pile pattern
réseau de pointes filtrantes - m = wellpoint system
réseau de référence - m = reference space grid
réseau de terre - m = earth network
réseau de transport de l’électricité - m = grid system
réseau de voirie - m = utility line
réseau d’égouts - m = sewer system
réseau d’énergie électrique - m = power grid
réseau des conduites - m = main net, main network
réseau des lignes de courant - m = flow pattern
réseau d’évacuation - m = drainage system
réseau d’incendie - m = fire line
réseau d’incendie à eau sous pression - m = wet pipe
system
réseau d’incendie à eau sous pression - m = wet-pipe
system
réseau gravitaire - m = gravity system
réseau maillé - m = gridiron system, meshed network
réseau modulaire - m = modular space grid
réseau muni de compteurs - m = metered system
réseau neutre directement à la terre - m = system
with slolidly earthed neutral
réseau polylobé - m = cusps
réseau pseudo-séparatif - m = partially separate
sewer system
réseau séparatif (égout) - m = separate sewer system
réseau unitaire d’assainissement - m = combined
sewer system
réseau unitaire d’assainissement - m = combined
sewerage system
réseau urbain - m = secondary distribution network
réseau urbain - m = secondary distribution trunk line
réseaux - m = utilities
réseaux des équipotentielles - m = equipotential pat-
tern
réseaux divers - m = public utilities
réservation - f = grout pocket, wall pocket
réserve - f = storage area, store room
réserve froide - f = cold store
réservoir - m = reservoir, tank
réservoir à ciel ouvert - m = open-air reservoir
réservoir à commande par contacteur pneumatique
- m = seat-actuated pneumatic tank
réservoir à mazout - m = oil tank
réservoir à toit bombé - m = dome-roof tank
réservoir à toit flottant - m = floating-roof tank
réservoir à toit respirant - m = lifter-roof tank
réservoir amortisseur - m = surge tank
réservoir bas - m = low level tank (UK), low-down
tank (US)
réservoir d’air comprimé - m = air receiver (of com-
pressor)
réservoir de charge - m = working tank
réservoir de chasse - m = cistern (UK), flush (UK),
flush tank (US), flushing cistern (UK)
réservoir de chasse automatique - m = automatic
flushing cistern
réservoir de chasse bas - m = low-down tank (US),
low-level cistern (UK)
réservoir de chasse haut - m = high-level cistern
(UK), high-level tank (UK), high-up tank (US)
réservoir de retenue - m = impounding reservoir, sto-
rage reservoir
réservoir de stockage - m = storage tank
réservoir d’eau chaude - m = hot-water tank
réservoir d’équilibre - m = surge tank
réservoir d’incendie - m = fire system
réservoir en charge - m = gravity feed tank, gravity
tank
réservoir enterré - m = underground tank
réservoir journalier - m = day tank, service tank
réservoir nourrice - m = feed tank
réservoir saisonnier - m = impounding reservoir
réservoir sous pression - m = pressure tank
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résidence - f = residence
résidu - m = residue, scrap, waste
résidu sec - m = dry residue
résidus industriels - m = industrial waste
résilience - f = impact resistance? impact strength?
toughness
résilience (travail de choc) -f = resilience
résille - f = lattice
résille (structure) - f = grid
résille bidirectionnelle - f = rectangular grid, square
grid, two-way grid
résille de vitrail - f = cames
résille spatiale - f = space grid
résille tridimensionnelle - f = three-way grid
résine - f = resin
résine acrylique - f = acrylic resin
résine alkyde - f = alkyd resin
résine aux silicones - f = silicone resin
résine coumarone - f = coumarone resin, cumarone
resin
résine coumarone-indène - f = coumarone-indene
resin, cumarone-indene resin
résine coumaronique - f = coumarone resin, cuma-
rone resin
résine de polyuréthane - f = polyurethane resin
résine de silicone - f = silicone resin
résine époxyde - f = epoxy resin
résine minérale - f = mineral resin
résine phénolique - f = phenol resin, phenolic resin
résine polyester - f = polyester resin
résine polyvinylique - f = polyvinyl resin
résine synthétique - f = synthetic resin
résine thermodurcissable - f = thermosetting resin
résine thermoplastique - f = thermoplastic resin
résine uréeformaldéhyde - f = ureaformaldehyde
resin
résineux = softwood
résistance (élect.) - f = résistor, resistance
résistance (matériau) -f = resistance strength
résistance à admettre - f = design capacity, design
strength
resistance à la compression - f = compression
strength, compressive strength, compressive strength
résistance à la compression sans étreinte latérale -
f = unconfined compressive strength
résistance à la déformation - f = deformation strength
résistance à la fatigue - f = fatigue strength
résistance à la flexion - f = bending strength (UK),
flexural strength (US)
résistance à la friction - f = frictional resistance
résistance à la rupture - f = breaking load (US),
breaking strength (UK), ultimate strength, ultimate
stress
résistance à la torsion - f = torsion resistance, tor-
sional strength
résistance à la traction - f = tensile strength
résistance à la traction par fendage - f = splitting ten-
sile strengh
résistance à la traction par flexion - f = bending ten-
sile strength
résistance à l’abrasion - f = abrasion resistance
résistance à l’acide - f = acid resistant
résistance à l’affaissement sous charge à haute tem-
pérature - f = refractoriness under load (RUL)
résistance à l’affaissement sous charge à haute tem-
pérature - f = RUL (refractoriness under load)
résistance à l’arrachage (pieu) - f = pile extraction
resistance
résistance à l’arrachement - f = pull out strength,
pull-out strength
resistance à l’éclatement - f = bursting strength,
bursting strength
résistance à l’écoulement - f = drag
résistance à l’écrasement - f = crushing strength,
crushing strength
résistance à l’effraction - f = burglarproof
résistance à l’enfoncement - f = resistance to pene-
tration
résistance à l’état mouillé - f = wet strength
résistance au battage - f = penetration resistance
résistance au choc - f = impact strength
résistance au cisaillement - f = shear strength,
shearing resistance
résistance au cisaillement sans consolidation - f =
undrained shear strength
résistance au cône - f = cone index, cone resistance
résistance au décollement - f = delamination strength
résistance au délaminage - f = interlaminar strength
résistance au feu - f = fire resistance
résistance au flambage - f = buckling resistance
résistance au flambage - f = buckling strength
résistance au fléchissement - f = yield strength
résistance au fluage - f = creep strength
résistance au glissement - f = sliding resistance
résistance au roulement - f = rolling resistance, run-
ning resistance
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résistance aux intempéries - f = weatherhability,
weatherhability
résistance aux maculations - f = resistance to bad
weather, resistance to marring
résistance aux salissures - f = resistance to dirtying
résistance d’adhésion - f = bond strength
résistance de frottement - f = frictional resistance
résistance des matériaux - f = strength of materials
résistance du sol - f = soil bearing, soil bearing
capacity, soil resistance, soil strength
résistance en compression - f = compressive strength
résistance en traction - f = withdrawal resistance
résistance envisagée - f = design strength
résistance initiale - f = early strength, green strength,
primary strength
résistance oscillatoire - f = oscillation resistance
résistance relative d’un assemblage - f = joint effi-
ciency
résistance thermique - f = thermal stability
résistance ultime - f = ultimate strength
résistance vive (énergie libérée) - f = resilience
résistance-limite - f = ultimate strength
résistant à l’usure = hard wearing, wear-resistant
résistant aux intempéries = weatherproof
résistant aux tremblements de terre = quakeproof
résonance - f = resonance
résorcine - m = resorcinol
résorcinol - m = resorcinol, resorcinol adhesive
respecter le cahier des charges = adhere to specifica-
tions, to
respirable = breathable
respiration d’un réservoir - f = breathing
responsable de la planification énergétique - m =
energy planner
responsable des études - m = job captain
ressaut - m = horizontal or vertical projection in the
main plane, offset, projection, set-off, step, strip
ressaut (chéneau, couverture) - m = drip
ressaut vertical - m = dropped panel
ressort à boudin - m = coil spring, spiral spring
ressort à cintrer - m = bending spring
ressort hélicoïdal - m = coil spring
ressuage (mur) - m = sweating
ressuage (peinture) - m = bleed-through, strike-
through
ressuage du béton - m = bleeding of concrete
ressuyage (séchage du bois) - m = reconditioning
(wood drying)
ressuyé pour l’expédition = shipping dry
ressuyer (plâtre) = dry, to
restauration d’une façade - f = facelift
restituteur - m = plotting instrument, plotting machine
(aerial survey)
restitution - f = plotting (aerial survey)
restitution (pieu) - f = restitution
restriction apportée à la hauteur - f = height zone
restructuration - f = re-structuring
résultats dispersés - m = scattered results
retable - m = altar-piece, reredos
retard (élect.) - m = lag
retardant de la propagation du feu = fire retardant
retardant la propagation des flammes = flame retar-
dant
retardateur de prise - m = retarder, retarding admix-
ture
retenteur d’eau - m = water retaining agent
rétention - f = detention, holding, retention
retention spécifique d’eau capillaire - m = specific
retention
réticule - m = graticule, reticule
retombe - f = spring
retombée - f = drop, eaves, spring, whitened frieze
retombée de plafond - f = drop ceiling, frieze
retombée de poutre - f = dropped girder
retombée de voûte - f = springing
retombée d’étanchéité - f = downstand
retoucher = make good (to), touch up (paint) (to)
retour - m = return
retour (mur de...) - m = return wall
retour de flamme - m = backfire, backfiring
retour de limon courbé - m = wreath, wreath piece
retour de mur - m = stopped end
retour en vrac - m = unducted return
retrait - m = offset, recess, setback, shrinkage, toe
space, withdrawal
retrait (charge pression) - m = removal
retrait (du ciment, etc.) - m = shrinkage
retrait dû au séchage - m = drying shrinkage
retrait en losange - m = diamonding
retrait par refroidissement - m = thermal shrinkage
retraite (nu d’un mur) - f = intake, offset, scarcement,
setback
retraite horizontale dans un mur - f = intake
retranche - f = offset (in wall, for floor beams)
retrécissement - m = narrowing, shrinkage
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retrécissement (cheminée) - m = fire frame
rétrochargeuse - f = back loader, backloader
revalorisation - f = renewal
revenu - m = recovery
revenu (acier) - m = temper
revenu élastique - m = elastic recovery
revenue - f = second growth
reverbération (lumière) - f = reflection
réverbération (son) - f = reverberation
réverbère - m = street lamp
reverseau - m = flashing
revêtement - m = cladding, coating, cover, covering,
external cladding panel, facing, facing, finish, lap,
lining, planking, sheathing, surface, surfacing, weather
revêtement (brique, pierre) - m = face, facework,
pavement, route
revêtement (talus) -m = revetment
revêtement à liants hydrocarbonés - m = blacktop
revêtement acoustique - m = acoustic lining, sound-
proofing
revêtement asphaltique spongieux - m = sponge
asphalt
revêtement au mortier de ciment - m = stucco, stuc-
coing
revêtement bitumé - m = asphalt covering, asphalt
surfacing
revêtement bitumineux - m = asphalt covering,
asphalt surfacing
revêtement calorifuge - m = lagging
revêtement contre-plaqué - m = plywood sheathing
revêtement d’asphalte - m = asphalt covering
revêtement de coffrage - m = form lining
revêtement de conduit de cheminée en argile vitri-
fiée - m = vitrified clay glue lining
revêtement de façade - m = facing
revêtement de foyer - m = chimney-breast
revêtement de mur en ardoises - m = hung slating
revêtement de mur en ardoises - m = weather slating
revêtement de mur en tuiles - m = hung tiling, wea-
ther tiling
revêtement de planches - m = boarding
revêtement de sol (coulé ou sans joints) - m = join-
tless flooring, seamless flooring
revêtement de sol (non permanent) -m = floor cove-
ring,flooring
revêtement de sol (permanent) -m = floor finish
revêtement de sol en caoutchoucà pastilles - m
= studded rubber flooring
revêtement de sol en plaques de caoutchouc - m
= rubber-tiled flooring
revêtement de toit - m = roofer
revêtement d’étanchéité - m = single-unit roof
covering, waterproof coating
revêtement d’étanchéité multicouches - m = mem-
brane, membrane roofing
revêtement diagonal - m = diagonal sheathing
revêtement dur - m = hard surface, hard-surfaced area
revêtement en béton - m = concrete surface
revêtement en contre-plaqué - m = plywood lining
revêtement en dur - m = hard surface, hard-surfaced
area
revêtement en liège - m = cork insulation
revêtement en macadam-mortier - m = tar-grouted
macadam
revêtement en pierre - m = stone facing
revêtement étalé à la brosse - m = scrubbed-on
coating
revêtement étanche - m = impervious blanket
revêtement étanche - m = waterproof blanket, water-
proof coating, waterproofing
revêtement extérieur (mur) - m = cladding
revêtement extérieur en béton - m = concrete clad-
ding skin
revêtement hydrocarboné - m = black top, blacktop,
black top
revêtement intérieur - m = lining
revêtement magnésien - m = magnesite flooring
revêtement multicouche étanche - m = multiple
membrane
revêtement mural - m = wall sheathing
revêtement mural intérieur - m = wall covering
revêtement noir - m = black top
revêtement par pénétration du goudron - m = tar
grouted surfacing
revêtement pelliculaire - m = skin coat
revêtement plastique - m = black top, plastic covering
revêtement rigide - m = rigid pavement
revêtement routier - m = pavement, road surface, top-
ping
revêtement souple - m = flexible pavement
revêtement superficiel - m = surfacing
revêtement transparent - m = glazing
revêtement travaillant - m = stressed skin
revêtir = encase, to
révisé = amended
rez-de-chaussée (RC) - m = first floor (US), first story
(US), ground floor (UK), street floor (US)
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rez-de-chaussée à combles amenagés - m = chalet
bungalow (UK), semi-bungalow (US)
rez-de-chaussée à étage partiel - m = chalet bun-
galow (UK), semi-bungalow (US), story-and-a half
rez-de-chaussée sur terre-plein - m = solid ground-
floor
rez-de-chaussée surélevé - m = American basement
RG (répartiteur général) - m = main distribution
frame
RGT (rangement) - m = storage space
rhéoépaississement - m = shear thickening
rhéologie - f = rheology
RIA (robinet d’incendie armé) - m = fire hose reel
riblons - m = scrap
ridage - m = crinkling, ripples, wrinkling
ride - f = furrow
rideau - m = curtain (window) (UK), drape (window)
(US)
rideau (fixe) -m = bulkhead
rideau d’ancrage - m = anchor curtain
rideau de cheminée - m = chimney board, fire board,
summer piece
rideau de palplanches - m = sheet pile wall, sheet
piling
rideau d’eau - m = water curtain
rideau d’étanchéité (fouille) - m = cut-off, cutoff
rideau d’injection - m = grout curtain
rideau dont l’extrémité est immobilisée - m = bul-
khead with fixed earth support
rideau fixe - m = bulkhead
rideau fixe dont l’extrémité est immobilisée - m
= bulkhead with fixed earth support
rideau métallique à grille - m = rolling grille door
rideau métallique à lames - m = roll-up door, rolling
shutter, rolling shutter door
rideau rigide - m = bulkhead
rideaux d’obscurcissement - m = blackout curtains
ridement - m = ripple
rides - f = ridging (of surface)
rides (peinture) - f = crinkling, ripples, wrinkling
riflard - m = jack plane, plastering trowel, riffler
rigidité - f = stiffness
rigidité à la flexion - f = rigidity, stiffness, flexural
rigidity
rigidité de flexion - f = flexural stiffness
rigidité diélectrique - f = dielectric strength, insu-
lating strength
rigole - f = culvert, footing, footing trench, gutter
rigole (fondations) - f = narrow strip foundation
rigole d’assèchement - f = drainage channel, drainage
ditch, drainage trench
rigole de béton - f = concrete footing
rigole de reprise - f = collecting channel
rigole d’écoulement (tuile) - f = waterway
rigole parfaitement dressée - f = sharp cut trench
rinceaux - m = running foliage decoration
ripage (étaiement) -m = skidding, sliding
risque - m = hazard
risque aggravé - m = substandard risk
risque après travaux - m = completed operations
hazard
risque assurable - m = insurable risk
risque contigu - m = contiguous risk
risque de voisinage - m = exposure risk
risque d’exploitation - m = operational risk
risque d’incendie - m = fire hazard
risque externe - m = external hazard
risque garanti - m = covered risk
risque locatif - m = tenant’s risk
risque moyen - m = average risk
risque normal - m = common hazard
risque professionnel - m = occupational hazard
risque réservé (assurance) - m = excepted risk
risques exclus - m = excluded risk
rive - f = edge, framing header, header, ridge
rive (plateau) - f = edge, waney edge
rivé à couvre-joint = butt rivetted
rive amincie - f = feather edge
rive chanfreinée - f = chamfered edge
rive cisaillée - f = sheared edge
rive de chevrons - f = rafter header
rive de pignon - f = verge board
rive de plancher - f = nosing
rive de tête (toit) - f = abutment line, top edge
rive en arêtier - f = hip edge
rive laminée - f = rolled edge
rive latérale (toit) - f = verge
river = clinch (to), rivet (to)
river (bouton, clou) = clench (to), clinch (to)
riverain - m = resident (of a street)
rivet - m = rivet
rivet à tête conique - m = cone head rivet
rivet à tête fraisée- m = countersunk rivet
rivet à tête goutte-de-suif - m = button-head rivet
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rivet à tête noyée - m = flush rivet
rivet à tête ronde - m = button rivet
rivet d’assemblage - m = tack rivet
rivet d’atelier - m = shop rivet
rivet de chantier - m = field rivet
rivet de montage - m = stitch fastener
rivet fraisé - m = countersunk rivet
rivet plein - m = blind rivet
rivet tubulaire et fendu - m = tubular and split rivet
riveteuse - f = riveting machine
riveteuse à air comprimé - f = air gun, rivet gun
riveteuse pneumatique - f = air gun
riveteuse pneumatique - f = rivet gun
rivets en quinconce - m = cross rivet(t)ing, staggered
rivet(t)ing
rivets enlignés - m = chain rivet(t)ing
rivets tubulaires et fendus - m = tubular and split
rivets
rivoir - m = riveting hammer
rivure - f = riveted joint, second head of a rivet
robinet - m = cock, valve
robinet (appareil sanitaire) - m = bibcock (US),
faucet (US), tap (UK)
robinet à bec courbe - m = bib tap, bibcock
robinet à bec droit - m = straight nose cock
robinet à bille - m = ball valve
robinet à boisseau - m = plug cock
robinet à cache-entrée - m = lockshield valve
robinet à clé - m = key valve
robinet à deux voies - m = two-way valve
robinet à disque tampon - m = plug type disc valve
robinet à disque type bouchon - m = plug type disc
valve
robinet à emboîtement soudé - m = socket welding
valve
robinet à flotteur - m = ball cock, ball valve, float
valve
robinet à flotteur pour réservoir - m = tank float
valve
robinet à membrane - m = diaphragm valve
robinet à pointeau - m = needle valve
robinet à ressort - m = spring-faucet
robinet à siège oblique - m = angle seat valve
robinet à tournant conique - m = plug cock, plug
valve
robinet à tournant sphérique - m = ball valve
robinet chef - m = master tap
robinet d’arrêt - m = stop cock, stopcock
robinet d’arrêt sphérique - m = globe valve
robinet d’arrosage - m = hose bib, hose cock, sill
cock (US)
robinet de barrage - m = isolating valve
robinet de branchement - m = curb cock (US)
robinet de branchement - m = curb stop, stop cock
robinet de chasse - m = flush valve, flushing valve,
flushometer
robinet de compagnie - m = company’s stopcock, cor-
poration cock
robinet de compteur - m = meter control, meter stop
robinet de compteur à gaz - m = meter control, meter
stop
robinet de jauge - m = try cock
robinet de laboratoire à bille - m = lab. ball valve
robinet de prise d’eau - m = water valve
robinet de puisage - m = drawoff tap
robinet de purge - m = bleeder, bleeding valve, drain
cock, draw cock, pet cock, purge valve
robinet de radiateur - m = radiator valve
robinet de réglage - m = control valve, throttle valve
robinet de vapeur - m = steam-valve
robinet de vidange - m = drain cock, drain valve
robinet d’échantillonage - m = sampling cock
robinet d’équerre - m = angle valve
robinet d’incendie - m = hose valve
robinet d’incendie armé (RIA) - m = fire hose reel
robinet d’isolement - m = isolating valve
robinet électromagnétique - m = electrovalve
robinet électromagnétique - m = solenoid valve
robinet flotteur - m = ball-cock
robinet général - m = master tap
robinet mélangeur - m = mixer tap
robinet motorisé - m = motorised valve
robinet plein passage - m = fullflow valve, fullway
valve
robinet thermostatique - m = thermostatic valve
robinet-pilier - m = pillar tap
robinet-purgeur - m = drip cock
robinetterie - f = plumbing fitting, valve, valving,
water fittings
robinet-vanne - m = gate valve
robinet-vanne à tige montante - m = rising stem
valve
rocade - f = by-pass (road)
rocaillage - m = fluxing
rocaillage (incertum) - m = galleting, gaveting
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rocaillage (mortier entre grosses pierres) - m =
packing
rocaille - f = broken stones, rock garden, rockery, rock-
work
roche acide - f = acid rock
roche aquifère - f = water-bearing rock
roche de fond - f = bedrock (UK), ledge (US), ledge
rock (US)
roche en place - f = bed rock, bedrock, ledge, solid
rock
roche éolienne - f = aeolian rock
roche ignée - f = igneous rock
roche litée - f = layered rock
roche métamorphique - f = metamorphic rock
roche meuble - f = unconsolidated rock
roche non cimentée - f = unconsolidated rock
roche organique - f = organic rock
roche pourrie - f = rotten rock
roche sédimentaire - f = bedded rock, sedimentary
rock
roche stratifiée - f = stratified rock
roche tendre - f = soft rock
roche trapéenne - f = trap
roche vive - f = living rock
roche vive - f = solid rock
roche-mère - f = bed rock, parent rock
rognures - f = scrap
ronce (bois) - f = burl, curl
ronce artificielle - f = barbed wire
ronce de noyer - f = burr walnut
rond - m = rod, round bar
rond à béton - m = reinforcing steel, bar, concrete bar,
reinforcing bar, reinforcing rod, round reinforced bar
rond crénelé - m = corrugated bar, toothed round rein-
forcing bar
rond lisse - m = plain bar
rond pour béton armé - m = reinforcing bar, rein-
forcing rod
rondelle - f = washer
rondelle biaise - f = beveled washer (US), bevelled
washer (UK)
rondelle conique - f = tapered washer
rondelle de butée - f = thrust collar
rondelle en fibre - f = fibre washer
rondelle fusible - f = fusible plug
rondelle métallique ondulée - f = corrugated metallic
gasket
rondelle partielle - f = ring gasket
rondelle plate - f = plain washer
ronfleur - m = buzzer
rongé = heavily corroded, heavily rusted
rongé des vers = wormeaten
rongé par la rouille = badly rusted
roofing - m = roofing felt
rorifère = on which condensation forms, on which dew
or condensation appears
rosace - f = rose
rosace (fenêtre) - f = Catherine wheel window,
marigold window, wheel window, rose window
rosace à plots - f = ceiling junction box
rosace de plafond - f = ceiling block, ceiling rose
rose - f = rose, rose window
roseau - m = reed (roofing)
rosette (serrure) - f = rose
rosette des jauges - f = strain rosette
rossignol - m = mortise wedge
rotor (serrure) - m = cylinder plug, swivelling
cylinder
rotule - f = hinge, swivel, toggle joint
rotule cylindrique - f = pin joint
rotule de dilatation - f = expansion rocker, rocker,
rocker expansion
rotule plastique - f = plastic hinge
roue dentée - f = cogwheel
roue folle - f = idle pulley, idler
roue poreuse - f = caster, castor
roue-pelle - f = bucket wheel, bucket wheel escalator
rouet - m = annular ward
rouillé = rusty
rouille - f = rust
rouille blanche - f = white rust
rouillure - f = rust corrosion
rouleau (arc) - m = arch band, roll
rouleau (compactable) - m = roller
rouleau à gazon - m = garden roller
rouleau à peinture - m = paint roller
rouleau à pied dameurs - m = tamping roller
rouleau à pied de mouton - m = sheepsfoot roller
rouleau à pieds de mouton - m = sheeps foot roller
rouleau à pilonner - m = tamping roller
rouleau à pneus - m = multiwheel roller, pneumatic
tyred roller
rouleau de dilatation - m = expansion roller, roller,
roller expansion
rouleau lisse - m = smooth-wheel roller
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rouleau vibrant - m = vibrating roller, vibratory roller
roulement - m = bearing
roulement à aiguilles - m = needle bearing
roulement de butée - m = thrust bearing
roulement de dilatation - m = expansion bearing
roulette (instrument) - f = measuring tape, surveyor’s
tape, tape measure (in circular case)
roulette (papier peint) - f = seam roller
roulette à manivelle - f = wind-up tape, wind-up tape
measure
roulure - f = cup shake, ring shake
route carrossable - f = road passable for vehicles
route de ceinture - f = orbital road
route de desserte - f = service road
route en gravier - f = gravel road
route en remblais - f = road cutting, sunken road
route en terre - f = dirt road
route gravillonnée - f = gravel road
route principale - f = main road
ruban - m = band, ribbon, tape
ruban à joint - m = joint
ruban à joints - m = joint tape
ruban adhésif - m = friction tape
ruban cache - m = masking tape
ruban de toile huilée - m = cambric tape
ruban gradué - m = diametral tape, diamond tape
ruban isolant - m = friction tape (US), insulating tape
(UK), tape
ruban transporteur - m = conveyor belt
rubanage - m = interlocked grain, ribbon grain
rubrique (programme de travaux) - f = item
rudenture - f = cable pattern, cabling, reeding ( on
column)
rudération - f = ruderation
ruellée - f = cement fillet, cement flashing, mortar
fillet, ruille, weather fillet(between roof and wall)
rugosité - f = roughness, surface roughness
rugueux = rough
ruine - f = destruction, failure (not by fracture), rupture
ruine d’une pièce - f = failure of a component
ruine par compression - f = compression failure
ruiner = groove (to), notch (to)
ruinure = notch
ruisseau - m = gutter
ruissellement - m = run-off, running off, streaming,
surface run-off
rupteur - m = breaker (élect.)

rupture - f = breaking, collapse, fracture, structural
failure (by fracture)
rupture à nerf - f = fibrous fracture
rupture active - f = active failure
rupture dans le plan de collage - f = glue failure
rupture de base (talus) - f = base failure, toe failure
rupture de coupelle - f = cup and cone fracture
rupture de joint (pierre) - f = hollow bed
rupture de poinçonnement - f = punched fracture
rupture de synchronisme (élect.) - f = phase
swinging
rupture dentelée - f = jagged fracture, jagged rupture
rupture en coupelle - f = cup and cone fracture
rupture en exploitation - f = service failure
rupture en sifflet - f = splayed fracture
rupture en sifflet - f = splayed rupture
rupture fragile - f = brittle fracture
rupture par clivage - f = cleavage fracture
rupture par compression - f = compression failure
rupture par éclatement - f = bursting failure, bursting
fracture
rupture par écoulement plastique - f = failure by
plastic flow
rupture par enfoncement - f = failure by sinking,
foundation failure
rupture par érosion souterraine - f = failure by sub-
surface erosion, failure by subsurface erosion
rupture par fendage - f = splitting fracture, splitting
rupture
rupture par flambement - f = buckling failure
rupture par poussée active - f = active failure
rupture par renards - f = failure by piping
rupture par rotation - f = failure by tilting
rupture par soulèvement - f = heaving failure
rupture par traction - f = failure by pull
rupture profonde au-dessous du pied de talus - f =
base failure below the toe
rupture soyeuse - f = silky fracture, silky rupture
rusticage - m = rustic work, rustication
rustique = rustic
rustiqué = rusticated
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sabine - f = sabin
sablage - m = blast cleaning, gritting, sandblasting,
sand blasting, sanding
sablage de propreté - m = sand blinding
sablage humide - m = vapour blasting, wet blasting
sablage sec - m = dry sand blasting
sable à lapin - m = fine sand
sable anguleux - m = sharp sand
sable aquifère - m = waterbearing sand
sable boulant - m = running sand
sable chevrotine - m = buckshot sand, rounded sand
sable compact - m = tight sand
sable coquillier - m = shell sand
sable de maçonnerie - m = building sand
sable de quartz - m = quartz sand
sable dosé - m = balanced sand
sable éolien - m = blown sand
sable éolien - m = wind-blown sand
sable fin - m = fine sand
sable grossier - m = coarse sand
sable maigre - m = lean sand
sable mordant - m = sharp sand
sable mordant - m = siliceous sand
sable pour couche de propreté - m = sand cushion
sable propre - m = clean sand
sable séparateur - m = parting sand
sable siliceux - m = siliceous sand
sable très fin - m = very fine sand
sable uniforme - m = uniform sand
sable-bitume - m = sand alphalt
sableuse de décapage - f = sandblaster
sablière - f = capping, plate, templet, sand pit, sole
plate, top plate
sablière (poutre) -f = wall plate
sablière (sous chéneau) - f = gutter plate
sablière basse - f = bottom plate, foundation sill,
ground plate (framed structure), groundsill, sole piece,
sole plate
sablière de cloison - f = partition cap, partition head,
partition plate
sablière de comble - f = pole plate, top plate, roof
plate, top wall plate
sablière de débord de toit - f = eaves plate
sablière de toit - f = roof plate
sablière haute - f = head plate, head-plate, upper sill
sablon - m = fine sand, sand (fine)
sabot - m = cap, curved plane, saddle, skid
sabot (calibre à trainer) - m = horse
sabot (sous poteau métallique) - m = bearing block,
bearing plate
sabot de pieu - m = drive shoe, pile shoe
sabot de plinthe - m = skirting block
sac à valve de remplissage - m = valve bag
s’agglomérer en boule = ball, to
sagitté = arrow-shaped
saignée - f = grip, cu,t trench, chase
saignée (dans un mur, plâtre) - f = chase
saignée d’engravure - f = raggle, raglet, raglin, reglet
saignement (peinture) - m = bleed-through, bleeding,
strike through, strike-through
saillant = jutting out, jutty, projecting, protruding,
salient
saillant - m = overhang
saillie - f = bow, ledge, lip, lug, offset, projection,
salient
saillie de rive (toit) - f = gable verge, verge, verge
overhang
saillie de toit - f = overhanging eaves
saillie de toiture - f = verge
saillie-larmier - f = projection-drip
sain (bois) = sound
salamandre - f = salamander
salissure - f = dirty mark, soil, stain
salle (cinéma, théâtre) - f = auditorium
salle anéchoïque - f = anechoic room
salle blanche - f = clean room
salle capitulaire - f = chapter house
salle d’armes - f = armoury
salle de bains (SdB) (pièce) - f = bathroom
salle de bains (SdB)(appareils assortis) - f
= bathroom suite
salle de bal - f = ballroom
salle de banquets - f = banqueting hall, banqueting
room, function room
salle de danse - f = ballroom
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salle des fêtes - f = assembly rooms (UK 19th cen-
tury), parish hall, village hall
salle des pas perdus - f = concourse, lobby
salle du chapitre - f = chapter house
salle du commun - f = servants’ hall
salle insonore - f = acoustically treated room
salle insonorisé - f = acoustically treated room
salle sourde - f = dead room, free-field room
salon - m = drawing room, lounge, parlour (19th cen-
tury)
sans carter = uncased
sans défaut = clear
sans enrobage = uncased
sans garniture = pack less, packless
sans retrait (béton, mortier) = shrinkage compensa-
ting
sans traitement = rough
sapelli - m = sapele, sapele mahogany
sapin (arbre) - m = fire tree
sapin (bois) - m = deal
sapine - f = hoist tower
saponification (peinture) - f = saponification
s’appuyer sur = bear on (to), butt on (to), butt
against (to)
sas - m = lock
sas (clim.) - m = air lock (separating air-conditioned
from non air-conditioned space)
sas pour le personnel - m = man lock
sas sous pression - m = pressure lock
saut de loup - m = areaway, sunken fence
saute de pression - f = pressure surge
saute de température - f = sudden change in tempe-
rature
sauterelle - f = bevel, bevel square, portable belt con-
veyor, portable conveyor, valley bevel
sauteuse - f = jig-saw
sautoir - m = St Andrews Cross
scagliola - f = scagliola
scarificateur - m = scarifier
scellé au mortier = bedded in mortar
scellement - m = anchorage, anchoring, bedding,
fixing into masonry, seal, sealing
scellement au coulis - m = grouting
scellement au mortier clair - m = grouting
scellement d’argile - m = clay seal
scellement étanche - m = seal
scellements - m = masonry fixings
sceller = anchor (to), fix to masonry (to), grout (to)
sceller (carreau, poutre) = bed, to scie d’entrée - f = keyhole saw
sceller dans un bain de mortier = bed in mortar, to scie égohine - f = hand saw
schéma - m = diagram, scheme, sketch-plan scie égoïne - f = hand saw
schéma de fabrication - m = flow sheet scie hélicoïdale - f = wire saw
schéma de montage - m = layout diagram scie mécanique - f = power handsaw
schéma de principe - m = flow sheet scie passe-partout - f = crosscut saw
schéma d’écoulement de l’air - m = air flow pattern, scie sabre - f = sabre saw
flow pattern scie sauteuse - f = jig saw, jigsaw, scroll saw
schéma électrique - m = circuit diagram, schematic, scie tronçonneuse - f = chain saw
wiring diagram
scie verticale à refendre - f = gang saw
schéma hydraulique - m = flow pattern
scie-cloche - f = tubular saw
schéma unifilaire - m = single-line diagram
scier = saw, to
schiste - m = shale
scier de travers = crosscut, to
schiste argileux - m = shale
scierie - f = mill
schiste expansé - m = expanded shale
scierie - f = sawmill
sciage (bois) - m = conversion
sciéromètre - m = durometer
sciage en long parallèle aux faces - m = deep cutting
sciéromètre - m = sclerometer
sciage en long parallèle aux tranches - m = flat cut-
ting, flatting, ripping, ripsawing sciure - f = sawdust
scie - f = saw sciure de bois - f = sawdust
scie à bois - f = bucksaw scléromètre - m = sclerometer
scie à bûches - f = bucksaw scléromètre à rebondissement - m = durometer
scie à cadre - f = frame saw scolytes - m = pin-hole borers
scie à chantourner - f = fret saw, jig saw, turning saw scories - f = cinders
scie à cloche - f = annular bit; crown saw; cylinder scotie - f = scotia
saw; hole, tubular saw scraper - m = scraper
scie à couper en travers - f = crosscut saw sculpter = carve, to
scie à découper - f = fret saw sculpture - f = carving, sculpture
scie à dos - f = back saw, mitre saw, tenon saw SdB (salle de bains) (appareils assortis) - f
scie à enter - f = pit saw = bathroom suite
scie à fil - f = cable saw SdB (salle de bains) (pièce) - f = bathroom
scie à guichet - f = keyhole saw se décomposer = decay, to
scie à métaux - f = hack saw, hacksaw, metal saw se déliter = exfoliate (to), split (to)
scie à ruban - f = band saw, band-saw se déposer = settle, to
scie à ruban (étroite) - f = ribbon saw se tasser = settle, to
scie à tronçonner - f = head-saw seau - m = bucket
scie à trous - f = annular bit, crown saw, cylinder saw, seau de forage - m = drilling bucket
hole cutter, hole saw, tubular saw sec à l’air = air dry, air-dry
scie alternative - f = reciprocating saw sec à l’expédition = shipping dry
scie anglaise - f = jig-saw sec absolu (bois) = bone dry, oven dry
scie circulaire - f = buzz saw (US), circular saw (UK) sec au toucher = touch dry
scie circulaire oscillante - f = drunken saw, swing saw, séchage - m = curing, drying, seasoning of timber
wobble saw séchage (bois) -m = seasoning
scie circulaire portative - f = builder’s saw séchage à l’air - m = air drying, natural seasoning
scie concave - f = concave saw séchage à l’étuve - m = hot-air drying, kiln drying,
scie de travers - f = crosscut saw oven-drying
scie défonceuse - f = flooring saw séchage du bois de construction - m = seasoning

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séchage du bois de construction - m = seasoning of
timber
séchage éclair - m = flash drying
séchage hors poussière - m = dustfree
séchage naturel - m = air drying, air seasoning,
natural seasoning
séchage par pulvérisation - m = spray drying
séchage par rayons infrarouges - m = infrared
drying
séché à l’air = air-dried, air-seasoned
séché au four = kiln dried, oven-dry
séché au séchoir = kiln dried, oven-dry
sécher = season, to
séchoir à ventilateur - m = blower kiln
séchoir de granulat - m = aggregate dryer
second jour - m = borrowed light
second œuvre - m = completion, finishing work, fin-
ishings, finishing trades, light work
secteur (élect.) - m = mains
secteur (zonage) - m = district
section - f = cross-sectional area, length, profile
section (calcul) -f = section
section critique - f = crippling section, critical section,
dangerous section
section dangereuse - f = crippling section, dangerous
section
section d’appui - f = bearing section
section efficace des armatures diagonales - f = effec-
tive area of reinforcement in diagonal bands
section en I - f = I-shaped section
section en T - f = T-shaped section
section équivalente - f = equivalent section
section fissurée - f = cracked section
section portante - f = bearing section
section rectangulaire - f = bow section
section résistante - f = load-resisting section
section transversale - f = cross-section
section utile - f = effective section
section utile ( armature, béton) - f = effective area
section utile de l’armature - f = effective area of rein-
forcement
sectionneur - m = break witch
sectionneur à commande par perche - m = hook
stick operated disconnect switch
sectionneur à commande par perche - m = hook
switch
sécurité - f = safety
sédimentométrie - f = sedimentation analysis
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segment - m = lining segment, segment
segment fléché - m = arrow (critical path)
séisme - m = earthquake
sel de fusion - m = fusing salt, heat of fusion salt
sel dissout - m = dissolved salt
sel fondu - m = fusing salt, heat of fusion salt
sel fusible - m = fusing salt, heat of fusion salt
sel lixiviable - m = leachable salt
sellette - f = slung cradle
sellette de peintre - f = decorator’s cradle
selon le plan de stratification = along the bedding
plane
selon les règles de l’art = in a workmanlike manner
sels eutectiques - m = eutectic salts
s’emboire = sink in, to
semelle - f = footing-block, head beam, plate, sill
semelle (de cloison) - f = bottom plate
semelle (de fondation) - f = footing
semelle (étai) - f = abutment piece (US)
semelle (étai) -f = sole piece
semelle (fondations, mur) - f = base
semelle (machine) - f = baseplate, bedplate
semelle (poteaux) - f = sole plate
semelle (poutre métallique) - f = flange
semelle à charge excentrée - f = eccentric footing
semelle à gradins - f = stepped footing
semelle à redans - f = benched foundation
semelle à redans - f = stepped foundation
semelle à redents - f = benched foundation
semelle à redents - f = stepped foundation
semelle armée dans deux sens - f = tow-way footing
semelle armée dans les deux sens - f = tow-way rein-
forcement footing
semelle basse (de chandelle) - f = sill
semelle basse (de cloison) - f = bottom plate
semelle carrée - f = square footing
semelle comprimée - f = compression flange
semelle continue - f = continuous footing, strip
footing
semelle d’ancrage - f = stay block
semelle d’appui - f = sole piece, sole plate
semelle de béton - f = concrete footing
semelle de béton - f = concrete sole
semelle de fondation - f = foundation slab, sole,
footing
semelle de propreté - f = cap (trench)
semelle de renforcement - f = doubling piece
semelle élastique - f = elastic footing
semelle en compression - f = compression flange
semelle en gradins successifs - f = benched footing,
stepped footing
semelle en poutrelles enrobées - f = grillage
foundation
semelle en redans successifs - f = benched footing,
stepped footing
semelle en tronc de pyramide - f = sloping footing
semelle excentrée - f = eccentric footing
semelle filante - f = continuous footing, running sole,
footing, strap footing, strip footing
semelle flexible - f = flexible footing
semelle flottante - f = floating sole
semelle fondée sur pieux - f = pile-supported conti-
nuous footing
semelle haute (de chandelle) - f = head (dead shore)
semelle haute (de cloison) - f = partition cap, parti-
tion head, top plate
semelle isolée - f = blob foundation, individual footing,
isolated footing, pad footing, pad foundation, single
footing
semelle isolée pyramidale - f = sloped column footing
semelle isolée sous pilier - f = blob foundation (US),
individual column footing, pad foundation (UK), single
column footing
semelle isolée sous poteau - f = blob foundation (US),
individual column footing, pad foundation (UK), single
column footing
semelle jumelée - f = combined footing
semelle pyramidale - f = sloped footing, tapered
footing
semelle rigide - f = rigid footing
semence - f = sprig nail, tack
semence de tapissier - f = carpet tack
semi-hermétique = semi-hermetic, semi-sealed
s’enclencher = mesh, to
s’engrener = mesh, to
sénilisation - f = seasoning
sens - m = direction
sens anti-horaire - m = anticlockwise
sens d’écoulement - m = direction of flow
sens horaire - m = clockwise, clockwise direction
sensibilité à l’entaille - f = notch brittleness
sensible au froid = frost-tender
sentence arbitrale - f = arbitration award
séparateur - m = intercepting trap, interceptor, parting
strip, separator, trap
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séparateur d’hydrocarbures - f = gasoline inter-
ceptor, gasoline separator, gasoline tra,p petrol intercep-
ting trap, petrol interceptor (UK), petrol trap
séparateur de graisse - f = grease interceptor (US),
grease removal tank, grease separator, grease skimming
tank, grease trap (UK)
séparateur d’huile - f = oil interceptor, oil remover,
oil separator
séparateur d’hydrocarbures - f = petrol intercepting
chamber
séparation - f = divider, division, partition walling,
separating wall, separation wall
séparation des couches - f = delamination
séparation des éléments - f = segregation of
ingredients
séparation ignifuge - f = fire barrier
sergent - m = bar cramp, joiner’s clamp, joiner’s
cramp
série - f = range, set
série de couches - f = sequence, succession
série de trous enlignés - f = chain
série géométrique - f = geometric series
serlienne - f = Palladian window, serliana, Venitian
window
serpentin - m = coil
serpentin de chauffage - m = heating coil
serpentin de refroidisseur - m = cooling coil
serrage - m = grip, tightening (bolts, nuts, screws)
serrage (béton) - m = compaction
serre (attenante à une maison) - f = conservatory
serre-câble - m = bulldog clip, cable clamp, cable grip,
cleat, grip
serre-fil - m = wire clamp
serre-fil pour câble d’acier - f = wire rope clamp
serre-fils de hauban - m = anchor champ
serre-joint - m = cramp
serrer à bloc = drive a screw home (to), screw home
(to), screw tight (to)
serrer à refus = drive a screw home (to), screw tight
(to), screw home (to)
serre-tube - m = riveting clamp, tube-wrench, pipe
tongs
serre-tubes à chaîne - m = chain pipe wrench, chain
tongs
serrure - f = lock
serrure à barillet - f = cylinder lock
serrure à boutons - f = knob set
serrure à canon - f = cylinder lock
serrure à cylindre - f = cylinder lock
serrure à double tour - f = double lock
serrure à forer - f = bored lock
serrure à fouillot - f = spring lock
serrure à garnitures - f = warded lock
serrure à gorges - f = tumbler lock
serrure à larder - f = mortise lock
serrure à palâtre - f = case lock
serrure à pêne dormant - f = dead lock
serrure à pistons - f = cylinder lock, pin tumbler lock
serrure à pompe - f = Bramah lock
serrure à ressort - f = spring lock
serrure à rouleau - f = roller catch lock
serrure antipanique - f = antipanic lock
serrure anti-panique - f = anti-panic lock
serrure auberonière - f = rim lock
serrure batteuse - f = cam lock
serrure bec-de-cane complète - f = latch set
serrure bénarde - f = double-sided lock, pin-key lock,
pinkey lock
serrure camarde - f = drawback lock
serrure coup de poing - f = panic lock
serrure cylindrique - f = cylindrical lock
serrure de sûreté - f = safety lock, security lock
serrure en applique - f = rim lock
serrure en applique - f = surface lock
serrure encastrée - f = flush lock (flush with door
edge only)
serrure encloisonnée - f = rim lock
serrure entaillée - f = flush lock (flush with door edge
and face)
serrure incrochetable - f = burglar-proof lock
serrure incrochetable - f = burglarproof lock
serrure lardée - f = mortice lock, mortise lock
serrure mortaisée - f = mortice lock, mortise lock
serrure multipoints - f = multipoint lock
serrure réversible - f = double-handed lock
serrure tubulaire - f = tubular lock
serrure va-et-vient - f = two-way action lock
serrurerie - f = builder’s hardware, hardware, iron
work, metalwork
serrurerie d’art - f = art metalwork
serrurerie de bâtiment - f = builder’s hardware,
building hardware, finish hardware
serrurerie décorative - f = architectural hardware,
architectural metalwork
serrurerie pour portes de secours - f = panic hard-
ware
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serrurier - m = ironworker
sertir = crimp (to), swage (to)
service de la voirie - m = highways department
service d’hygiène - m = public health department
service technique - m = engineering department, engi-
neering division
service technique - m = engineering office
services publics utilitaires - m = public utilities, uti-
lities
servitude - f = constraint, easement
servitude d’écoulement des eaux - f = drainage ease-
ment
servitudes - f = appurtenances
seuil - m = door sill (UK), saddle, sill, threshold (UK)
seuil d’audibilité - m = threshold of audibility
seuil de fenêtre - m = stool, door sill, threshold
seuil en brique sur la rive - m = brick-on-edge sill
seuil rapporté - m = slip sill
sgraffite - m = sgraffito
SH (surface habitable) - f = floor area, net floor area
shed - m = inhabited area, northlight roof
SHO (surface hors œuvre ) - f = outside gross area,
construction gross area, gross area
SHOB (surface hors œuvre brute) - f = outside gross
area, construction gross area
SHOB (surface hors œuvre) - f = gross area
SHON (surface hors œuvre nette) - f = net inner sur-
face, internal surface,
siccatif = drying
siccatif - m = drier, drying agent
siccité - f = dryness
siège - m = seat
siège à la turque - m = squat closet
siège de clapet - m = valve seat
siège de soupape - m = valve seat
sièges - m = seating
silex - m = flint
sillage - m = slipstrim
silo - m = bin, silo
silo à ciment - m = cement silo
silo accumulateur de granulats - m = aggregate bin
silo de stationnement - m = multistorey car park
silo de stockage - m = bin
silo de stockage - m = hopper
similipierre - f = cast stone, artificial stone, imitation
stone, patent stone
simple service (ascenseur) - m = single-sided
simulateur de rayonnement solaire - m = solar
simulator
singe - m = jig
sinus verse - m = rise
siphon - m = siphon, syphon, trap
siphon à chute directe - m = bag trap
siphon à cloche - m = bell trap
siphon à grande garde d’eau - m = deep seal trap
siphon à sortie horizontale - m = P-trap
siphon à sortie verticale - m = S-trap
siphon à ventilation directe - m = crown-vented trap
siphon antisiphonnage - m = nonsiphon trap
siphon anti-siphonnage - m = nonsiphon trap
siphon coupe-odeurs - m = stench trap
siphon de bâtiment - m = building trap
siphon de cour - m = yard trap
siphon de maison - m = building trap, house trap
siphon de sol - m = floor drain, floor trap
siphon de sortie d’immeuble - m = building sewer,
building trap, house sewer, house trap, main sewer,
main trap
siphon de vidange - m = waste trap
siphon d’égout - m = drain trap
siphon disconnecteur - m = disconnecting trap, inter-
cepting trap, interceptor
siphon en S à sortie oblique - m = three-quarter S-trap
siphon horizontal - m = running trap
siphon indésamorçable - m = antisiphon trap
siphon principal - m = main trap
siphon renversé - m = dip trap
siphon vertical - m = S trap
sipo - m = utile
site exposé - m = exposed position
site protégé - m = sheltered position
situation de travaux - f = progress report
smille - f = scabbling hammer
smiller = scabble, to
société d’études - f = engineering company, engi-
neering firm
société d’ingénieurs-conseils - f = engineering com-
pany
société d’ingénieurs-conseils - f = engineering firm
socle - m = base, base plate, cradle, footstall, patten,
pedestal, plinth, socket, socle, stand
socle (chambranle) - m = base block, plinth block,
skirting block
socle (colonne sous plinthe) - m = scamillus
socle amortisseur - m = arrester
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socle de lambris - m = skirtings
socle de plafond - m = ceiling block
socle de prise de courant - m = receptacle
socle en retrait (sous meuble) - m = toe recess
socle rocheux - m = bed rock (UK), bedrock (UK),
ledge rock (US)
soffite - m = caisson
soffite d’avant-toit - f = eaves soffit
soie (outil) - f = tang
sol - m = building ground, floor, flooring, ground
sol à architecture serrée - m = densely packed soil
sol à granulométrie continue - m = well-graded soil
sol à gros éléments - m = coarse granular soil, coarse-
grained soil
sol acide - m = acid soil
sol affouillable - m = soil liable to scour
sol alcalin - m = alkaline soil
sol alluvial - m = alluvial soil
sol antipoussière - m = dustproof floor
sol cohérent - m = cohesive soil
sol cohésif - m = cohesive soil
sol cohésif dur - m = hard cohesive soil
sol cohésif ferme - m = firm cohesive soil
sol cohésif mou - m = soft cohesive soil
sol cohésif raide - m = stiff cohesive soil
sol d’alluvions - m = alluvial soil
sol d’apport - m = made-up soil
sol d’appui - m = bearing soil, supporting soil
sol d’assise - m = bearing soil, supporting soil
sol de fondation - m = foundation soil, natural foun-
dation supporting soil, subgrade, subsoil, supporting
soil
sol de grande résistance - m = high bearing strength
soil
sol de support - m = bearing soil
sol définitif - m = final grade (US), formation (UK),
formation level (UK), grade level (US)
sol d’emprunt - m = borrowed soil
sol dur - m = hard ground, hard-soil
sol en béton - m = concrete floor
sol en bois dur - m = hardwood floor
sol en pente - m = sloping ground
sol en place - m = natural ground, natural soil, soil in
place
sol en terre battue - m = mud floor
sol expansif - m = high expansion soil
sol ferme - m = firm ground, firm soil
sol fini - m = finish grade, finished floor level, finished
grade
sol fort - m = heavy soil
sol gonflant - m = expansive soil
sol gonflant - m = swelling soil
sol gorgé d’eau - m = waterlogged ground, water-
logged soil
sol graveleux - m = gravely soil
sol inaffouillabe - m = soil not liable to scour
sol intact - m = undisturbed soil
sol meuble - m = loose ground, loose soil
sol naturel - m = natural foundation, natural grade,
subsoil, undisturbed soil
sol non cohérent - m = noncohesive soil
sol non cohésif - m = non cohesive soil
sol non remanié - m = undisturbed soil
sol nu - m = bare soil
sol organique - m = muck soil
sol porteur - m = bearing soil, supporting soil
sol pulvérulent - m = cohesionless soil, granular soil
sol rapporté - m = superimposed soil
sol rayonnant - m = floor panel heating
sol remanié - m = disturbed soil, remoulded soil
sol résistant - m = firm ground, hard ground, hard-soil
sol sans cohésion - m = noncohesive soil
sol se dérobant latéralement - m = bulging soil
sol soumis aux actions saisonnières - m = active layer
sol vivant - m = topsoil, vegetable soil
solarimètre - m = solarimeter
sol-ciment - m = soil-cement
soldat (maçonnerie) - m = skirting block
solidaire = integral, monolithic
solifluction - f = solifluction, solifluxion
solin - m = angle fillet, fillet (of cement, mortar or
plaster), fillet gutter, flashing, rain throwing slope, roof
joint, soaker, weather fillet, weathering
solin à grains - m = step flashing
solin de bardeau - m = shingle flashing
solin de cheminée - m = chimney flashing
solin en contre-solin métalliques - m = metal flashing
and counter flashing
solin étanche - m = weatherproof roof joint
solivage - f = floor joists, joist work, the joists
solive - f = floor framing, floor joist, joist
solive assemblée - f = framed joist
solive au sol - f = ground joist
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solive bâtarde - f = tail joist (US), tail piece, trimmed
joist (UK)
solive boîteuse - f = tail joist (US), tail piece (US),
trimmed joist (UK)
solive courante - f = boarding joist, common joist,
floor joist
solive de bordure - f = box-end joist, end joist, header-
joist
solive de plafond - f = ceiling joist
solive de plancher - f = boarding joist, common joist,
floor joist
solive de remplissage - f = intermediate joist, tail joist
solive de rez-de-chaussée - f = ground floor joist
solive de rive - f = end joist, framing header, header
solive de toit - f = roof joist
solive d’enchevêtrure - f = trimmer (US), trimmer
joist (US), trimming joist (UK)
solive en acier ajouré - f = open-web steel joist
solive maîtresse - f = trimmer joist
solive passante - f = bridging joist
solive porteuse - f = trimmer joist (US), trimmer(US),
trimming joist (UK)
soliveau - m = floor joist, joist, small joist
sollicitation - f = stress
sollicitation de compression - f = compressive stress
sollicitation de pointe - f = peak load, peak service
load, peak service stress, peak stress
sollicitation de torsion - f = torsion stress
sollicitation de traction - f = tensile stress
sollicitation thermique - f = thermal load, thermal
stress
sollicitations dynamiques - f = dynamic loads,
dynamic stresses
solution antigel - f = antifreezing solution
solution pour le traitement du bois - f = wood pre-
servative
sommet (pignon, toit) -m = apex
sommet (voûte, route) - m = crown
sommet d’onde - m = high part of a corrugation
sommier - m = cross beam, cross girder, impost,
springer, transom
sommier (arc) - m = skewback
sommier (arc) - m = springer
sommier (charpente) - m = summer
sommier (charpente) -m = breastsummer
sommier de pignon - m = gable springer, skew block,
skew butt
sondage - m = boring, core boring, test boring, trial
boring, trial hole
sondage à la grenaille - m = shot boring
sondage carotté - m = core boring, core drilling,
coring
sondage d’exploration - m = probing
sondage par battage - m = percussion boring
sondage par injection d’eau - m = wash boring
sondage par percussion - m = percussion boring
sondage par rotation m = rotary boring
sonde - f = cable drill, churn drill, earth borer, earth-
boring, percussion drill, sensor
sonde de température - f = temperature sensor
sondeur - m = driller
sondeuse - f = drill, drill ring, drilling machine
sondeuse à battage - f = cable drill, churn drill, per-
cussion drill
sondeuse à carottes - f = core drill
sondeuse à grenaille - f = shot core drill, shot drill
sondeuse à percussion - f = cable drill, churn drill,
percussion drill
sondeuse pneumatique - f = pneumatic drill
sondeuse rotative - f = rotary drill
sone - f = sone
sonnerie - f = bell
sonnerie rythmée - f = interrupted ringing
sonnette - f = bell, driving rig, pile driver, pile driving
rig, piling rig
sonnette de battage - f = pile driver
sonnette électrique - f = electric bell
sonomètre - m = sound level meter
sonorisation - f = publi-address system, sound ampli-
fication system
sortie - f = egress, outlet
sortie (fluide) - f = outlet
sortie d’air - f = air outlet
sortie de conduit de fumée - f = flue outlet
sortie de fils - f = outlet
sortie de plafond - f = ceiling outlet
sortie de toit (ventilation) - f = roof terminal
sortie d’eau de pluie - f = rain outlet
sortie d’escalier - f = stairway bulkhead
sortie électrique - f = convenience outlet, convenience
receptacle
sortie horizontale (plomberie) - f = side outlet
sortie siphoïde - f = siphon outlet
sortie spéciale - f = special purpose outlet
soubassement - m = base, bed rock, subgrade, base-
ment, foundation, mantel base, plinth course
soubassement (mur) - m = wall base
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soubassement (sol) - m = underlying soil
soubassement de mur en moellons - m = plinth
course
souche - f = chimney pot, metal chimney, stack of
chimney
souche d’asphalte - f = asphalt coat, asphalt coating
souche de cheminée - f = chimney pot, chimney stack
(above roof level), shaft, stack of chimney
souche de tubulure - f = pipe tail
soudabilité - f = weldability
soudage - m = soldering
soudage (autogène) -m = welding
soudage à la flamme - m = flame welding
soudage à la molette - m = resistance seam welding
soudage à l’arc - m = arc-welding
soudage à l’arc métallique - m = metal arc welding
soudage à l’arc métallique avec électrode enrobée -
m = manual metal arc welding (UK), stick welding
(US)
soudage à l’arc métallique sous atmosphère
gazeuse - m = shielded metal arc welding
soudage à plat - m = downhand position welding
soudage aluminothermique - m = thermic welding
soudage au chalumeau - m = torch welding
soudage au chantier - m = field welding, site welding
soudage au plomb - m = lead burning
soudage de goujons - m = stud welding
soudage du haut vers le bas - m = downhand welding
soudage en position horizontale - m = downhand
position welding
soudage par bossage(s) - m = projection welding
soudage par étincelage - m = flash welding
soudage par friction - m = friction welding
soudage par fusion - m = fusion welding
soudage par plasma d’arc - m = arc plasma welding
soudage par points - m = spot welding, stitch welding
soudage par rapprochement - m = butt-welding
soudage par refoulement - m = upset welding
soudage par résistance - m = resistance welding
soudage thermique - m = heat welding
soudage TIG - m = TIG welding
soudé = fabricated (as opposed to cast), welded
soudé au chantier = site-welded
soudé bout à bout = butt-welded
soudé par rapprochement = butt-welded
souder = weld, to
souder au chalumeau = blow, to
soudeur - m = welder
soudeur à l’arc - m = electric welder
soudeur au chalumeau - m = acetylene welder
soudeur autogène - m = acetylene welder
soudeuse - f = welder, welding machine
soudobrasage - m = braze welding, brazing welding
soudure - f = solder, soldered joint, welding
soudure (autogène) -f = seam, weld
soudure à bords droits - f = square butt weld
soudure à bords étroits - f = square butt weld
soudure à clin - f = fillet weld overlap
soudure à clin - f = lapweld
soudure à congé - f = fillet weld
soudure à écharpe - f = lap-weld
soudure à entaille - f = slot weld
soudure à l’arc - f = arc welding
soudure à nervure - f = fillet weld
soudure à plat - f = flat weld
soudure à recouvrement - f = lap-seam-welding, lap-
weld, lap-welding, lapweld
soudure à tampon - f = plug weld
soudure arasée - f = flush welding
soudure au chalumeau - f = torch welding
soudure au plafond - f = overhead weld
soudure autogène - f = acetylene welding
soudure autogène sur plomb - f = lead burning
soudure bord à bord - f = butt weld, butt-weld, butt-
welding, jump weld
soudure continue - f = seam
soudure d’about - f = butt-weld
soudure d’angle - f = fillet weld
soudure de fils croisés - f = cross-wire weld
soudure de montage - f = erection weld
soudure de pointage - f = tack weld
soudure de raccordement - f = tie-in weld
soudure demi-montante - f = inclined weld
soudure d’étanchéité - f = seal weld, sealing run
soudure discontinue - f = intermittent weld
soudure électrique - f = arc welding
soudure en bouchon - f = plug weld
soudure en congé - f = convex fillet weld
soudure en corniche - f = horizontal vertical weld
soudure en demi V - f = single bevel weld, single-
bevel butt weld, single-bevel weld
soudure en double J - f = double J weld, double-J butt
weld, double-J weld
soudure en gorge - f = fillet weld
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soudure en gorge double - f = double fillet weld
soudure en K - f = double bevel butt weld, double-
bevel butt weld, K weld
soudure en plusieurs passes - f = multirun weld
soudure en position - f = positioned weld
soudure en T - f = T-joint
soudure en tulipe - f = single U butt weld, single-U
butt weld
soudure en U - f = single U butt weld, single-U butt
weld
soudure en V - f = single Vee butt weld, single-Vee
butt weld
soudure en X - f = double V butt weld, double-V butt
weld
soudure forte - f = hard solder
soudure indirecte - f = hard solder, solder
soudure montante - f = uphand weld
soudure oxyacétylènique - f = acetylene welding
soudure par fusion - f = fusion welding
soudure par point - f = spot welding
soudure par points - f = tack weld, tack-welding,
tacking
soudure par rapprochement - f = butt weld
soudure par recouvrement - f = lap-weld, lap-
welding
soudure saine - f = sound weld
soudure tendre - f = soft solder
soufflage - m = blow, blowing
soufflage en allège - m = discharge below window
soufflante - f = blower
soufflette - f = blow gun
souffleur centrifuge - m = centrifugal blower
soufflure - f = popping
soufflure (métal) - f = blowhole
soufflure (plâtre) - f = blowing
soufflure de gaz - f = gas pocket (casting)
souflures - f = blowing, popping
souillard - m - f = internal outlet (to gutter)
soulagement d’une charge - m = unloading
soulagement d’une pression - m = removal of
pressure
soulager (une poutre) = relieve the strain, to
soulager (une poutre) = take the strain off, to
soulèvement - m = bulge
soulèvement dû au gel - m = frost heave
soulèvement du fond de fouille - m = bottom heave
soulèvement du grain - m = grain raising
soulèvement du pieu - m = rising of the pile
soulèvement du sol - m = heave
soulèvement du sol (dû au gel) - m = frost heave
soulèvement par le vent - m = wind uplift
soulever au levier = pry, to
soupape - f = valve
soupape à flotteur - f = float valve
soupape antivide - f = vacuum breaker
soupape Arnott - f = Arnott valve
soupape casse-vide - f = anti-siphon valve
soupape d’admission - f = inlet valve
soupape d’arrêt - f = check valve
soupape d’arrivée - f = inlet valve
soupape de décharge - f = relief valve
soupape de décompression - f = relief valve
soupape de réglage - f = adjusting valve
soupape de retenue - f = retaining valve
soupape de sûreté - f = relief valve, safety valve
soupape de sûreté à éclatement - f = pop safety valve
soupape d’étranglement - f = throttle valve
soupape régulatrice - f = adjusting valve
soupente - f = garret, loft
soupente d’escalier - f = cupboard under the stairs
soupirail - m = airhole, airhole of a cellar, basement
light, basement ventilator, basement window, cellar
light, cellar ventilator
souplesse - f = suppleness
source (eau) - f = spring
source chaude - f = heat source
source classique d’énergie - f = conventional source
of energy
source de bruit - f = source of sound
source de froid - f = heat sink
source froide - f = heat sink
source lumineuse - f = lighting source
source ponctuelle - f = point source
sous plancher = underfloor
sous pression = pressure
sous tension = live, switched on, turned on
sous une charge constante = constant load, at
sous-bois = undergrowth
sous-branchement d’égout - m = building subdrain
sous-cavage - m = caving
sous-caver = undermine, to
sous-cote - f = undersize
sous-couche - f = base
sous-couche - f = subbase
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sous-couche (peinture) -f = undercoat
sous-couche de sable - f = sand cushion
sous-dimensionné = underdesigned, undersized
sous-enduit - m = plaster undercoat
sous-ensemble - m = subassembly
sous-équipé (en matériel) = under-planted, under-
planted
sous-équipé (en personne) = undermanned
sous-estimer = underestimate, to
sous-évaluer = underestimate, to
sous-face - f = soffit, under wooden piece, under-sur-
face, underface, underside
sous-face affleurée - f = flush soffit
sous-face de débord de toit - f = eaves soffit
sous-face d’escalier en enduit - f = plaster stair soffit
sous-face en pente - f = sloped soffit
sous-face horizontale - f = horizontal soffit
sous-finition - f = underlayment
sous-jacent = underlying
sous-lisse (garde-corps) - f = midrail
sous-œuvre - m = underpinning
sous-plancher - m = sound-boarding, subfloor, sub-
flooring
sous-plancher diagonal - m = diagonal subfloor
sous-poutre - f = bolster, corbel, under-girder
sous-pression (sur les fondations) - f = uplift (US)
sous-pression (sur les fondations) - f = upward pres-
sure (UK)
sous-pression hydrostatique - f = hydrostatic uplift
sous-refroidisseur - m = subcooler
sous-sol - m = subsoil
sous-sol (fondation) -m = sub-grade
sous-sol (partie d’une construction) -m = basement
sous-sol à plusieurs étages - m = subbasement
sous-sol enterré - m = underground
sous-sol habitable - m = English basement (UK)
sous-sol inférieur - m = subbasement
sous-sol rocheux - m = bedrock, cap rock, ledge rock
sous-sol surélevé - m = semi-basement
sous-station - m = substation
sous-tension - f = live, on, switched on, turned on,
undervoltage
sous-toiture - f = ashlering, roof boarding, roof deck,
roof sheating, roof-boarding
sous-traitant - m = sub-contractor, subcontractor
soutènement - m = propping, supporting
soutènement de terres - m = earth retaining
souterrain - m = below grade, buried, subway, under-
ground, underground passage, underpass
souterrain (câble, canalisation) - m = buried
soutien - m = shore
soutine - f = prop
spatule - f = spatula
spatule - f = spreader (adhesive)
spatule crantée - f = serrated spreader
spécification - f = specification
spectre acoustique - m = sound spectrum
spirale - f = spiral
spit - m = stud driven in with a stud gun
spittage - m = stud driving, stud shooting
spot - m = spotlight
sprinkler - m = sprinkler
squelette - m = carcass, frame, skeleton
squelette (sol) - m = internal structure of the soil
stabilisateur - m = supporting jack
stabilisateur d’âme - m = web stabilizer
stabilisateur de sols - m = soil stabilizer
stabilisateur hydraulique - m = hydraulic outrigger
stabilisation d’un sol - f = soil stabilisation
stabilité à la lumière - f = lightfastness
stabilité au feu - f = fire grading
stabilité au feu - f = fire stability
stabilité dimensionnelle - f = dimensional stability
stabilité d’une construction - f = stability of structure
stabilité d’une couleur - f = colour fastness (UK),
colour retention (US)
stabilité thermique - f = thermal stability
stable à la chaleur = heat resistant
stable au feu = fire resistant, fire resistive
stade - m = stage
stade des études - m = planning stage
stade des travaux - m = stage
stade du projet - m = planning stage
stadia - f = stadia rod (US), stadia staff (UK), staff for
stadia work
stadimétrie - f = stadia work, stadiawork
staff - m = fibrous plasterwork, staff (plastering)
stalle - f = box
standolie - f = stand oil
station de compression - f = compression plant
station de pompage - f = pumping station
station de pompage des eaux d’égout - f = sewage
pumping station
station de recompression - f = booster station
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station de relevage - f = sewage lift station
station de relèvement - f = lift station
station de transformation - f = transformer station
station d’épuration - f = sewage treatment plant,
sewage works
stationnement bilatéral - m = parking on both sides
stationnement délimité - m = designated parking
stationnement en épi - m = angle parking
stationnement en file - m = parallel parking
stationnement hors chaussée - m = off-street parking
stationnement interdit - m = no parking
stationnement réglementé - m = controlled parking
statique de construction - f = structural analysis
stator (serrure) - f = shell
stéréotomie - f = stereotomy
stériles - m = aggregate
stitage - m = pistol fixing, shot fixing
stock de dimension - m = dimension stock
stockage compensateur - m = buffer storage
stockage régularisateur - m = buffer storage
stockage tampon - m = buffer storage
stockage thermique - f = heat storage
store - m = blind (US), roller blind, shade (US)
store à lames orientables - m = louver
store à lames verticales - m = vertical blind
store à l’italienne - m = awning blind
store à rouleau - m = roller blind
store capote - m = awning blind
store corbeille - m = awning blind
store sur rouleau - m = roller blind
store venitien - m = venitian blind
strate - f = strata, stratum
strate portante - f = bearing layer, bearing stratum
stratification - f = bedding (geology)
stratifié = laminated, laminated plastic
stratifié - m = laminate, plastic laminate
stratifié en plastique = plastic coated
striction - f = necking, necking down, reduction in
area
strie - f = streak
strie (colonne) - f = striga
structure - f = texture
structure (calculs, études) -f = structure
structure à étages - f = multistorey structure
structure à résilles superposés - f = double-layer
space structure
structure en résille simple - f = single-layer space
structure
structure en treillis - f = truss
structure fine - f = fine texture
structure gonflable - f = air supported structure, air-
supported structure, inflatable structure, pneumatic
structure
structure grumeleuse - f = cluster structure
structure homogène - f = even texture
structure homogène (bois) - f = even texture
structure hyperstatique - f = hyperstatic frame,
hyperstatic structure
structure isostatique = isostatic frame, perfect frame,
simple frame
structure mottée - f = cluster structure
structure plane - f = planar structure, plane truss
structure prismatique - f = folded-plate construction,
hipped-plate construction, prismatic shell construction
structure spatiale - f = space deck, space frame, space
structure
structure statiquement indéterminée - f = statically
indeterminate structure
structure tridimensionnelle - f = space frame, space
frame structure
stuc (enduit extérieur) -m = stucco
stuc (imitation de marbre) - m = stuc
studio - m = bedsitter (UK), efficiency apartment, one-
room flat (UK), studio apartment (US)
stuquer = stucco, to
style flamboyant - m = perpendicular style
style perpendiculaire - m = perpendicular style
styliste - m = designer
stylobate - m = stylobate
subjectile - m = background, base, ground, substrate
(paint)
subjectile absorbant - m = hot surface
substance - f = material
succession de couches - f = sequence, succession
suie - f = soot
suintement - m = oozing, seepage, sweating (damp
wall)
suintement d’asphalte - m = asphalt seepage
superélasticité - f = high elasticity
superficie - f = area
superficie de plancher - f = floor space
superposer = superimpose, to
superposition - f = superposition
superstructure - f = superstructure
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support - m = bearing, bracket, cleat, footstall, ful-
crum, gantry, hanger, load support, parapet, pedestal,
stay, support
support (couverture) - m = roof sheating
support (de couverture) - m = roof sheating
support (peinture) - m = base, ground, substrate
support (revêtement de sol) - m = subflooring,
underlayment
support à fourche - m = crutch
support d’appui - m = bearing support
support de fusible - m = fuse holder
support de fût - m = gantry
support d’enduit - m = lath, stucco lath
support d’étanchéité - m = roof decking
support métallique - m = metal reinforcement
support métallique d’enduit - m = metal lath
support-bipied - m = biped mounting
support-console - m = wall bracket
supporter (plafond, poutre) = bear (to), carry (to)
supporter (pression, température) = withstand, to
supporter la charge maxi = be fully loaded, to
supporter une charge = carry a load, to
supporter une charge = take a load, to
sur appui libre = freely supported
sur appui simple = freely supported
sur chant = on edge
sur le chantier = in the field
sur le tas = on the job
sur le terrain = in the field
sur les lieux = on site
sur place = in situ, in the field
surbille - f = log after the butt lock
surcharge - f = additional load, imposed load, live
load, mobile load, superimposed load
surcharge (mur de soutènement) - f = surcharge, sur-
charged earth
surcharge (prix) - f = surcharge
surcharge de neige - f = snow load
surcharge de vent - f = wind load
surchargé d’ornements = ornate
surcharge mobile - f = live load, moving load, rolling
load
surcharge neige-vent - f = snow and wind loads
surcharge roulante - f = live load, moving load,
rolling load
surcharge temporaire - f = live load, moving load,
rolling load
surcharge vibratoire - f = pulsating live load
surcharge virtuelle à répartition continue - f
= equivalent live load, equivalent uniform live load,
equivalent uniform load, equivalent uniformly distrib-
uted load (EUDL), EUDL (equivalent uniformly dis-
tributed load)
surchauffage - m = overheating, superheating
surchauffeur - m = superheater, superheater unit
surchaussé = stilted
surcompactage - m = overcompaction
surcompresseur - m = booster
surconsolidé = overcompacted, overconsolidated
surcuit (brique, plâtre, tuile) = hard burnt, hard-burnt
surcuits - m = overburnt material
surdessication - f = excessive drying
surdimensionné = over designed, oversize
surdimensionnement - m = overdesign, overde-
signing
surélévation - f = bulge, raising
surélevé = raised, stilted
surépaisseur - f = allowance, excess metal, thickness
allowance
surépaisseur (soudure en congé) - f = weld reinfor-
cement
surépaisseur de corosion - f = corosion allowance
surépaisseur de coulée - f = boss
surépaisseur en bordure (peinture) - f = fat edge
surfaçage - m = surface, surfacing
surface - f = area, surface
surface à coller - f = adherend, face to be joined
surface à gros grain - f = coarse-textured surface
surface à nu - f = exposed surface
surface absorbante (chauffage solaire) - f = absorber,
absorbing plate, absorbing surface, collector surface,
hot surface
surface active de captage - f = collector area
surface active de glissement - f = active surface of
sliding
surface aux intempéries - f = weathering surface
surface bâtie - f = built area, built-up area
surface bétonnée - f = concrete hardstand, concrete
surface
surface captante - f = collector area
surface constructible - f = constructible surface
surface construite - f = covered area
surface corrigée - f = corrected floor area
surface côtelée - f = ribbing
surface criblante - f = screen fabric, screen mesh
surface criblante (ou d’un crible) - f = screen deck
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surface dans œuvre - f = net floor area
surface d’appui - f = bearing, bearing area, bearing
face, bearing section, bearing surface
surface de chauffe - f = heating surface
surface de friction - f = friction surface
surface de frottement - f = friction surface
surface de frottement alcaline - f = hot surface
surface de glissement - f = slip plane, slip surface
surface de plancher - f = floor area, floor space
surface de sortie - f = outlet area
surface de suppression - f = area of resultant water
pressure, resultant water pressure
surface d’échange (batterie de climatisation) - f =
face area
surface d’éclairement (fenêtre) - f = sight size
surface d’écoulement - f = discharge area
surface disponible - f = floor area
surface du terrain définitif - f = formation (UK),
grade (US), original grade
surface en dur - f = concrete hardstand
surface fors œuvre - f = gross area
surface habitable (SH) - f = floor area, net floor area
surface hors œuvre (SHO) - f = construction gross
area, gross area, outside gross area
surface hors œuvre (SHOB) - f = gross area
surface hors œuvre brute (SHOB) - f = outside gross
area, construction gross area
surface hors œuvre nette (SHON) - f = net inner sur-
face, net internal surface, inner surface, internal surface
surface neutre = neutral surface, neutral plane
surface piquée - f = pitted surface
surface plane - f = plane surface
surface portante - f = bearing area, bearing face,
bearing surface
surface réflechissante - f = reflective coating
surface réflectrive - f = reflective coating
surface utile - f = active area, floor area, floor space
surface utile de plancher - f = usable floor area
surface utilisable - f = gross floor area
surface vitrée (porte) - f = door light
surfaceuse - f = surface planer, surfacer
surfacique = per unit of area
surhaussement (sol) - m = banking
surhausser - m = raised
surintensité (élect.) - f = overcurrent
surplomb - m = overhang, sail-over
surpresseur - m = booster, booster pump
surprime - f = additonnal premium
surtension - f = excess voltage, overvoltage
surtension transitoire - f = voltage surge
surveillant - m = inspector
surveillant des travaux - m = clerk of works, project
inspector
survitrage - m = secondary glazing
survolteur - m = booster
suspendu par le dessus = top-hung
suspendu par ressorts = mechanically sprung
suspension (luminaire) - f = hanging light fitting
(UK), pendant luminaire (US), pendent luminaire (US)
suspension aqueuse - f = aqueous suspension
suspension caténaire - f = catenary suspension
suspension de bentonite - f = bentonite suspension
suspente - f = hanger (ceiling)
suspente de faux plafond - f = ceiling hanger
suspente de tuyau - f = pipe hanger
système à absorption - m = absorption system
système à deux tuyaux - m = two-pipe system
système à double conduite - m = double-main system
système à énergie totale - m = total-energy system
système bibloc - m = split system
système bi-énergétique - m = bi-energy system
système collecteur d’énergie solaire - m = solar
energy collection system
système composite - m = composite construction
système constructif - m = building system
système continu - m = continuous design, rigid frame
système d’aqueduc - m = water distribution system
système de cadres semi-rigides - m = semi-rigid
design
système de charges partagées - m = load-sharing
system
système de charpenterie - m = framing system
système de chauffage à air chaud - m = warm-air
heating system
système de chauffage à air chaud propulsé - m =
forced air heating system
système de chauffage à air chaud pulsé - m = forced-
air heating
système de chauffage à la vapeur - m = vapor hea-
ting system
système de chauffage périmétrique - m = perimeter
heating system
système de construction - m = building system,
system of building
système de drainage - m = drainage system
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système de drainage de bâtiment - m = building drai-
nage system
système de drainage pluvial - m = storm drainage
system
système de drainage sanitaire - m = sanitary drainage
system
système de mesure - m = system of measurement
système de noyage en pluie - m = fire protection
sprinkler system
système de partage de charges - m = load bearing
system
système de partage des charges - m = load-sharing
system
système de peinture - m = paint system
système de plomberie - m = plumbing system
système de puits filtrants - m = wellpoint system
système de référence - m = reference system
système de ventilation - m = venting system
système d’érection par levage - m = lift slab system
système d’érection par relevage - m = tilt-up system
système en encorbellement - m = unsupported canti-
levered
système hyperstatique - m = hyperstatic system
système isostatique - m = conventional design
système modulaire de référence - m = modular refe-
rence system
système orienteur - m = tracking system
système par grands bancs = long-line system
système tourbillonnaire - m = vortex system
système triangulé - m = truss
T
t.e.c. (tonne d’équivalent charbon) - f = ton coal
equivalent
t.e.p. (tonne d’équivalent pétrole) - f = ton oil equi-
valent
TA (titre alcalimètrique simple) - m = phenolphtalein
alkalinity
tabatière - f = hinged rooflight, hinged skylight,
skylight
tabatière (fenêtre à...) - f = hinged skylight
tabernacle (robinet enterré) - m = valve chamber,
valve pit
table (panneau de menuiserie) - f = field,fielding
table à dessin - f = drafting table
table à secousses - f = flow table, jig table, shock table,
vibrating table
table coffrante - f = casting table
table d’autel - f = altar slab, altar stone
table de coffrage - f = slab form
table de compression - f = compression flange
table de cuisson - f = hob, hob unit
table de plomb - f = cast lead sheet
table de préfabrication - f = precasting table
table de travail - f = counter, counter kitchen
table de travail (cuisine) - f = work top, counter top
table de triage - f = sorting table
table d’encorbellement - f = corbel table
table rentrante (pierre) - f = sunk panel, sunkface
table vibrante - f = vibrating table, vibration table
tableau - m = board, panel, reveal, smitchboard
tableau basse tension (TBT) - m = low voltage
switchboard (LVS), LVS (low voltage switchboard)
tableau d’abonné - m = consumer unit
tableau d’affichage - m = bulletin board, notice board
tableau d’arrivée de secteur - m = service board
(UK), service equipment (US)
tableau d’avancement des travaux - m = progress
chart, progress report
tableau de baie - m = reveal
tableau de biens expressément assurés - m = sche-
dule (insurance)
tableau de bord - m = instrument panel
tableau de commande - m = control board, control
panel, switchboard
tableau de contrôle - m = control board
tableau de débitage - m = cutting chart, cutting list
tableau de départ - m = distribution board, distribu-
tion switch board
tableau de distribution - m = distribution board, dis-
tribution switchboard, switchboard
tableau de manœuvre - m = switchboard
tableau divisionnaire - m = distribution board
tableau électrique - m = electric board, switchboard,
electric panel
tableau général - m = main panel
tableau synoptique - m = block diagram
tablette - f = coping
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tablette (appui de poutre ou des solive) -f = bearing
tablette (appui de poutre ou des solive) -f = shelf
tablette anti-refoulante - f = smoke shelf
tablette d’appui - f = elbow board, window board,
window ledge
tablette de cheminée - f = mantelshelf
tablette de mur - f = coping
tablier - m = apron, decking, floor
tablier (charpente, pont) -m = deck
tablier d’acier - m = steel deck
tablier de baignoire - m = bath panel
tablier de cheminée - m = chimney board, fire board,
summer piece
tablier en pente - m = pitched apron
tabouret - m = stool (support)
TAC (titre alcalimétrique complet) - m = methylo-
range alkalinity
tache - f = discolouration, stain
tâche (chemin critique) - f = activity
tache de sève - f = sap stain, sap-stain, sapstain
tache médullaire - f = pith fleck, pith-fleck
tachéomètre - m = tachemeter, tacheometer,
tachymeter, theodolite, transit
tâcheron - m = jobber
taches d’humidité - f = mildew
taillant - m = bit, cutting edge (tool), drill bit
taille - f = cut, cutting, size
taille (pierre) - f = cutting, dressing, finish
taille au pic - f = pick dressing
taille brute - f = rough dressing
taille courante - f = stock size
taille croisée - f = cross-cut
taille croisée (lime) - f = double cut
taille des pierres - f = stone cutting
taille double (lime) - f = smooth cut
taille douce (lime) - f = smooth cut
taille éclatée (pierre) - f = split face finish, split-face
finish
taille effective (granulométrie) - f = effective size
taille en anglet - f = V cut, V-cut
taille en sifflet (rampant de pignon) - f = raking
cutting
taille plane - f = smooth dressing
taille simple - f = single cut
tailler = cut (to), dress (to)
tailler à l’herminette = adze, to
tailler au dimensions voulues = gauge, to
tailler dans la masse (moulure) = strike a moulding, to
tailler d’onglet = mitre, to
tailleur de pierre(s) - m = stone-cutter, stone-mason,
stonecutter, stonemason, mason
tailloir - m = abacus
taloche - f = floa,t hawk, patter, wood trowel
taloché - f = plastered
taloche (béton, plâtre) - f = metal float
taloche (béton, plâtre) - f = steel float
taloche à plâtre - f = float, wood trowel
taloche à pointes - f = nail float
taloche vibrante - f = vibrating float
talocheuse mécanique - f = mechanical float
talon - m = heel, nib
talon (à...) - m = coved
talon (de porte) - m = base heel
talon (gouttière) - m = cap, stopend
talon (moulure) - m = ogee, talon
talon droit - m = crowning cyma reversa, cyma
reversa, cyma reversa crowning
talon renversé - m = cyma reversa, cyma reversa
prone, prone cyma reversa
talus - m = bank, batter, ramp, shoulder, slope
talus (en déblai) - m = cutting
talus (en remblai) -m = embankment
talus de chemin de fer - m = railway embankment
talus en déblai - m = cutting slope
talus en remblai - m = embankment
talus naturel - m = angle of repose
talutage - m = bank sloping
talutage - m = banking
taluter = batter, to
taluteuse - m = sloper
tambour - m = revolving door, tambour, wind screen
tambour (colonne, coupole) - m = drum
tambour (porte) - m = cylindrical vestibule, tambour
tambour cribleur - m = perforated rotating drum
tambour de bétonnière - m = mixer drum
tambour laveur - m = rotary washer barrel
tambour mélangeur - m = mixer drum
tambour tournant - m = revolving door
tambours treuil - m = cable drum of double winch
drawworks
tamis - m = mesh, screen, sieve, strainer
tamis dilacérateur - m = comminuting screen
tamis rotatif - m = drum screen, revolving screen,
rotary drum strainer
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tamisage - m = sieving, sifting
tamisat - m = screened material, undersize material
tamisé = graded, screened, sifted
tamiser = sift, to
tampon - m = buffer, dowel, insert, plug, spigot
tampon (évier, baignoire) - m = waste plug
tampon (maçonnerie) - m = wall plug
tampon de dégorgement - m = cleaning eye, cleanout,
inspection fitting
tampon de dégorgement - m = rodding eye
tampon de regard - m = cover, inspection cover, man-
hole cover
tampon de regard d’égout - m = manhole cover
tampon de renvoi - m = waste-plug
tampon de visite - m = access eye, inspection eye, ins-
pection fitting
tampon d’égout - m = manhole cover
tampon étanche - m = double seal manhole cover
tampon hermétique - m = double seal manhole cover,
trap screw
tampon provisoire - m = stub-in
tampon série chaussée - m = heavy duty manhole
cover
tampon série trottoir - m = light duty manhole cover
tamponnage - m = plugging
tamponnement - m = plugging
tamponnoir - m = plugging chisel, plugging drill, star
drill (US)
tapecul - m = counterpoise barrier, counterpoise
swing gate, counterpoise swing-gate
tape-cul - m = counterpoise barrier, counterpoise
swing gate, counterpoise swing-gate
tapée de persienne - f = external jamb lining, shutter
piece
tapis - m = blanket, mat
tapis (revêtement de sol) - m = carpet
tapis aiguilleté - m = needle tufted carpet, needle-
tufted carpet
tapis bitumeux - m = asphalt mat
tapis brosse - m = door mat
tartrifuge - m = scale preventive
tas (matériaux) - m = heap, stack, stockpile
tas (rivet) - m = dolly
tas de charge - m = springing stones
tas de matériaux approvisionnés - m = stockpile
tasseau - m = batten, batten roll, bracket, chantlate,
cleat, conica roll, fillet, slat, strapping, strip
tasseau (couverture métallique) - m = batten roll,
conical roll
tasseau (de bois) - m = brace lath
tasseau biseauté - m = cant strip
tasseau continu - m = continuous strapping
tasseau de clouage - m = nailing strip
tasseau de faîtage - m = ridge roll
tasseau de support - m = supporting bracket
tasseau de tablette - m = batten, shelf batten, shelf
cleat
tasseau de tablette - m = shelf strip
tasseaux de fixation - m = grounds, groundwork
tassement - m = compacting, settlement (foundations),
subsidence, subsidence of ground
tassement de consolidation - m = consolidation set-
tlement
tassement de terrain - m = land subsidence, settle-
ment, settling
tassement définitif - m = final settlement, ultimate set-
tlement
tassement des ancrages - m = anchorage set
tassement différentiel - m = differential settlement,
unequal settlement
tassement du sol - m = subsidence, subsidence of
ground
tassement en forme de bol - m = bowshaped settle-
ment
tassement global - m = overall settlement
tasser = puddle (to), tamp (to)
tasser (se) (fondations) = settle, (foundations), to
tassomètre - m = settlement gauge, settlement meter
taupe - f = mole
taux de contrainte admissible - m = allowable stress
taux de couple - m = torque rate, torque value
taux de liant - m = binder content, binder factor
taux de porosité - m = pore ratio, porosity, void
porosity ratio, void ratio, voids porosity ratio, voids
ratio, voids to total volume of material ratio
taux de renouvellement d’air - m = ventilation rate
taux de résistance au feu - m = fire-resistance rating
taux de salinité (TDS) - m = saltness ratio (SR)
taux de salinité (TDS) - m = SR (saltness ratio)
taux de travail - m = bearing stress, working stress
taux de travail admissible - m = allowable bearing
pressure, allowable foundation pressure, working stress
taux de travail admissible du sol - m = bearing capa-
city, maximum bearing stress
taux de travail du sol - m = ground bearing pressure
taux de ventilation - m = ventilation rate
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taux d’étendage - m = spreading rate
taux d’humidité - m = moisture content
taux d’occupation - m = occupancy rate
TBT (tableau basse tension) - m = low voltage
switchboard (LVS), LVS (low voltage switchboard)
TDS (taux de salinité) - m = saltness ratio (SR), SR
(saltness ratio)
té - (plomberie) - m = pipe tee, T-branch, Tee, tee
té à 45° - m = 45° pipe lateral
té à bride - m = flanged tee
té à dos d’âne - m = cross-over tee
té à emboîtement soudé - m = socket-welding tee
té à souder par rapprochement - m = butt-welding tee
té de plafond - m = drop tee
té de raccordement - m = tee connection
té d’embranchement - m = T-branch
té d’embranchement - m = tee
té double - m = pipe cross
té double (équivalent profil en I) - m = I section
té en attente - m = tee for future connection
té en Y - m = true Y bend
té mâle et femelle - m = service tee
té pied de biche - m = sanitary tee
té pour rampe et balustrade - m = railing tee
té simple et équerre (de charnière) - m = garnet
té simple et équerre (de charnière) - m = garnet
hinge
technique - f = engineering, technique
technique de construction - f = construction method,
structural engineering
technique de pointe - f = state-of-the-art technique
technique des eaux usées - f = disposal engineering,
sewage engineering
technique des fondations - f = foundation engineering
technique des ouvrages en terre - f = earthwork engi-
neering, soil engineering
technique recommandée - f = recommended practice,
recommended practise
technique sanitaire - f = sanitary engineering
teck - m = teak
tégule - f = tegula
teinté = colored, coloured
teinte - f = color (US), colour (UK), shade (of
colour), tint
teinté dans la masse = coloured right through, through
colour (UK), through tinted, thru color (US), with full
body color, coloured right through, full body colour,
through colour
teinte plate - f = plain colour, uniform colour temps d’indisponibilité - m = downtime
teinte unie - f = plain colour, uniform colour temps maximal d’utilisation - m = pot life, usable
teinture - f = dye life, working life
teinture à l’alcool - f = spirit stain temps mort - m = downtime
teinture à l’eau - f = water stain tenaille(s) - f = nipper, pincer, pincers, plier, tong,
pincers
teinture pour bois - f = wood stain
tenant-aboutissant = end-to-end
télégraphe - m = bevel
tendance à l’écaillage (peinture) - f = brittleness
télévision en circuit fermé - f = closed circuit televi-
sion tendeur - m = strainer, stretcher, tensioner
télévision en circuit fermé - f = closed-circuit tendeur à lanterne - m = turn-buckle tie, turnbuckle
television tendeur de fils - m = turn-buckle
telluromètre - m = ground current meter tendeur de fils de fer - m = wire strainer, wire
témoin - m = crack control joint, test block, test patch stretcher, wire tightener
témoin (de tableau) - m = indicator light teneur - f = content
témoin (indicant mouvement) - m = plaster pad, tell teneur en eau - f = moisture content, water content
tale, telltale, mortar patch teneur en humidité - f = moisture content
température ambiante - f = air temperature teneur en vides - f = void content
température ambiante - f = ambient temperature, teneur normale en eau - f = equilibrium moisture
room temperature content
température d’admission - f = inlet temperature teneur optimale en eau - f = OMC (optimum mois-
température de calcul - m = design temperature ture content)
température de confort - m = comfort temperature teneur optimale en eau - f = optimum moisture
température de consigne - m = temperature setting content (OMC)
température de couleur - m = colour temperature tenon - m = dowel, lug, stud
température du thermomètre mouillé - m = wet- tenon (menuiserie) -m = tenon
bulb temperature tenon (tuile) - m = nib
température et pression normales - m = standard tenon bâtard - m = barefaced tenon
temperature and pressure tenon divisé - m = divided tenon
température extérieure - f = outdoor temperature tenon double - m = double tenons
température fictive extérieure - f = sol-air tempe- tenon embrevé - m = haunched tenon
rature
tenon en about - m = end tenon
température humide (TH) - f = wet bulb temperature
tenon en croix - m = teaze tenon
température imposée - f = design temperature, tem-
perature requirement tenon interne (pierre) - m = secret joggle
température sèche - f = dry bulb temperature tenon invisible - m = stub tenon
temps au plus tard - m = latest finish date, latest finish tenon passant - m = through tenon
time tenon tronqué - m = stub tenon
temps au plus tôt - m = earliest event occurrence time tenseur - m = tensor
temps d’assemblage (colle) - m = assembly time tenseur des contraintes - m = stress tensor
temps d’assemblage fermé - m = closed (asssembly) tenseur des déformations - m = strain tensor
time, closed asssembly time, closed time
tenseur des rotations - m = rotation tensor
temps d’assemblage ouvert - m = open assembly
time, open time tenseur des tensions - m = stress tensor
temps de coupure - m = clearing time tension - f = tension
temps de prise - m = setting time tension - f = voltage
temps de réponse - m = response time tension (force) -f = stress
temps de séjour - m = detention time, holding time, tension d’alimentation - f = incoming voltage
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tenture - f = wall covering (wall paper or fabric),
curtain
tenue - f = behaviour, performance (material)
tenue aux intempéries - f = weathering
terrade - f = time refuse compost, urban waste ferti-
lizer
terrage - m = top soiling
terrain - m = ground, land, soil, terrain
terrain (bâti) = lot (US), plot (UK)
terrain (niveau) - m = natural grade
terrain à bâtir - m = building lot, building plot,
building site
terrain à double façade - m = through lot
terrain à double face - m = through lot
terrain accidenté - m = hilly ground, uneven terrain
terrain affouillable - m = soil liable to scour
terrain alcalin - m = sweet soil
terrain aménagé - m = developed land, service land
terrain attaquable à la pelle - m = ground which can
be dug with a shovel
terrain attaquable à la pioche ou au pic - m = ground
which can be broken up with a pick
terrain boulant - m = running ground
terrain cédé - m = endowed land
terrain cohérent - m = cohesive soil
terrain constructible - m = building land, land
released for development
terrain d’angle - m = corner lot
terrain d’appui - m = bearing soil, supporting soil
terrain d’assise - m = bearing soil, bearing stratum,
natural foundation, supporting soil
terrain de couverture - m = overburden
terrain de fondation - m = subgrad, subsoil, sup-
porting soil
terrain de fondation (route) - m = road bed
terrain de jeux - m = play area, playground, recreation
ground
terrain de jeux pour les tout petits - m = toddlers’
play area (UK)
terrain de jeux pour les tout petits - m = tot lot (US)
terrain de mauvaise qualité - m = poor bearing
stratum
terrain de niveau - m = level ground
terrain de sports - m = playfield (US), playing field
(UK)
terrain détrempé - m = waterlogged ground, wet
ground
terrain dur - m = hardpan
terrain ébouleux - m = crumbly ground, loose ground
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terrain égal - m = even ground
terrain en bordure - m = frontage
terrain en pente - m = sloping ground
terrain enclavé - m = gore lot
terrain équipé - m = developed land
terrain gonflant - m = expansive soil, swelling soil
terrain gorgé d’eau - m = waterlogged ground
terrain imbibé d’eau - m = waterlogged ground
terrain inconsistant - m = loose earth, loose ground,
loose soil
terrain intérieur - m = inside lot, inside plot, interior
lot, interior plot
terrain irrégulier - m = uneven ground
terrain marécageux - m = marshy ground
terrain meuble - m = earth, loose ground, loose soil
terrain muni des services - m = service land
terrain naturel (TN) - m = natural foundation, natural
grade, natural ground evel, natural soil, undisturbed
soil, undisturbed soil
terrain pulvérulent - m = granular soil
terrain rapporté - m = made ground
terrain remblayé - m = filled ground, made ground
terrain rempli - m = made ground
terrain repris sur l’eau - m = reclaimed ground,
regained land
terrain résistant - m = firm ground
terrain saturé - m = waterlogged ground
terrain sous-jacent - m = underlaying soil, underlying
soil
terrain traversant - m = through lot, through plot
terrain vague - m = waste ground, waste land
terrain viabilisé - m = improved land (US), plot with
all services (UK), serviced area, serviced land (US)
terrasse - f = flat roof, patio, terrace
terrasse accessible - f = trafficable roof
terrasse en gradins - f = bench terrace
terrassement - m = digging, dirt moving (US), earth
moving (UK), earthwork (UK), excavating,excavation,
grading, muck shifting (US)
terrassement à l’air comprimé - m = compressed air
eath moving
terrassement brut - m = rough grading
terrassement en déblais - m = earthworks in cut
terrassement en découverte - m = surface earthwork
terrassement en grande masse - m = bulk excavation
terrassement général - m = bulk excavation, rough
grading
terrassement pour canalisations - m = trenching for
piping
terrassement pour fossés - m = cutting ditches,
ditching
terrasser = batter, to
terrassier - m = digger, earth contractor, earthwork
contractor, laborer, trench digger
terrasson - m = deck of curb roof if nearly flat, upper
slope of gambrel roof or of Mansard roof
terrazolith - m = terrazolith
terrazzo - m = terrazzo
terre - f = dirt, muck, earth, ground, soil
terre (élect.) - f = earth (UK), ground (US)
terre (mettre à la...) - f = earth, to
terre (mise à la...) - f = earthing
terre à diatomées - f = diatomaceous earth
terre à foulon - f = fuller’s earth
terre alcaline - f = alkaline earth
terre argileuse - f = clay soil, clayey soil
terre armée - f = reinforced earth
terre battue (sol, route) - f = dirt
terre cuite - f = architectural terra cotta (US), burnt
clay, clay, fired clay, terra cotta (UK)
terre de bruyère - f = heath mould
terre de remplissage - f = fill
terre d’emprunt - f = borrowed dirt (US), borrowed
earth (UK)
terre d’infusoires - f = diatomaceous earth
terre en place - f = undisturbed earth, undisturbed soil
terre glaise - f = clay, clay loam, clay soil, loam
terre grasse - f = heavy soil
terre lourde - f = heavy soil
terre meuble - f = loose earth, loose ground, loose soil
terre pouzzolane - f = pozzolana earth
terre réfractaire - f = fire clay
terre remaniée - f = remoulded soil
terre sale - f = weed-infested land
terre végétale - f = loam
terre végétale (TV) - f = mould, topsoil, vegetable soil
terreau - m = vegetable mould
terre-cuite - f = terra-cotta
terre-plein - m = earth, backfill, backing, platform, ter-
replein
terre-plein aéré - m = crawl space
terre-plein central (routes) (TPC) - m = central
reserve (UK)
terre-plein central (routes) (TPC) - m = median
strip (US)
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terres de couverture - f = muck, overburden
terres excédentaires - f = excess spoil, spoil
terres extraites - f = cut, excavated material
terres provenant des fouilles - f = cut
terres provenant des fouilles - f = excavated material
terres reprises sur la mer - f = innings
tesselle - f = tessera
test d’étanchéité au fumigène - f = smoke test
testeur d’asphalte Nottingham - m = NAT
(Nottingham Asphalt Tester)
testeur d’asphalte Nottingham - m = Nottingham
Asphalt Tester (NAT)
tête - f = head, port
tête à six pans - f = hexagonal head
tête cache-entrée - f = lockshield
tête conique - f = pan head
tête d’amarrage - f = gripping head
tête de buse - f = headwall
tête de gouttière - f = cap, stopend
tête de marteau - f = hammer head, poll, striking face
tête de mur - f = stopped end
tête de pieu - f = pile head
tête de tasseau (couverture métallique) - f = saddle
piece
tête de voussoir - f = face
tête demi-ronde - f = cup head, snap head
tête éclatée - f = broom, brooming
tête en goutte de suif - f = knobbled head
tête fendue - f = slotted head
tête fraisée - f = countersunk head
tête goutte de suif - f = button head
tête mâtée - f = driven head
tête noyée - f = countersunk head
tête orientable - f = power swivel
tête plate - f = bird’s beak, flat head
tête plate (moulure) - f = beakhead
tête ronde (TR) - f = cup head, round head, snap head
tête terminale isolée (élect.) - f = stop end
tête tronconique - f = pan head
têtière - f = fire end, forend (UK), front (US), lock face
(US), lock forend (UK), lock front, selvage (US),
selvedge (US)
têtière affleurante - f = flush front (lock)
têtu - m = axhammer
textile - m = fabric, textile
textile non tissé - m = nonwoven fabric, unwoven
fabric
texture - f = texture
texture rugueuse (pour un bon accrochage) - f = key
TH (température humide) - f = wet bulb temperature
TH (titre hydrotimétrique) - m = hardness
thalweg - m = drainage line
théodolite - m = theodolite, transit
théodolite réitérateur - m = repeating theodolite
théodolite répétiteur - m = repeating theodolite
thermie - f = therm
thermocollant = heat activated (adhesive), heat-acti-
vated (adhesive)
thermocouple - m = thermocouple
thermodurcissable = thermosetting
thermomètre - m = thermometer
thermomètre moullié - m = wet bulb thermometer,
wet-bulb thermometer
thermomètre sec - m = dry bulb thermometer, dry-
bulb thermometer
thermophorèse - f = pattern staining
thermoplasme - m = heating pad
thermoplastique = thermoplastic
thermoplongeur - m = immersion heater
thermopompe - f = heat pump
thermo-siphon - m = gravity circulation of hot water
thermo-siphon - m = thermo-siphon
thermosoudage - m = heat bonding, heat sealing
thermotraité = heat treated
thibaude - f = carpet felt
thibaude - f = carpet underlay
thibaude - f = underfelt
thixotropique = thixotropic
thuya - m = thuya
tierceron - m = tierceron
tiers central - m = middle third
tiers médian - m = middle third
tiers-point - m = three-square file, triangular file
tige - f = rod, shank
tige (d’allonge) - f = extension stem
tige (robinet) -f = stem
tige d’allonge - f = extension stem
tige d’ancrage - f = anchor bar, anchor rod
tige de botte - f = Roman tile
tige de curage - f = wash pipe
tige de fixation - f = anchor rod
tige de forage - f = drill rod
tige de paratonnerre - f = lightning rod
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tige de piquage (béton) - f = rod
tige de robinet fixe - f = non-rising stem
tige de robinet fixe - f = nonrising stem
tige de robinet montante - f = rising stem
tige de selle - f = saddle bar
tige de sondage - f = bore rod
tige de sonde - f = bore rod
tige d’embrasinement - f = kelly bar
tige d’entretoisement de coffrage - f = form spacer
tige d’entretoisement de coffrage - f = form tie
tige filetée - f = dowell screw
tige ronde - f = roman tile
tige-rayon - f = radius rod
tille - f = adze
timbre d’office - m = deep sink
tir - m = blasting
tirage - m = draft (US), draught (UK)
tirage de câbles - m = drawing-in
tirage du bois - m = culling
tirage forcé - m = artificial daught, forced draught
tirage induit - m = induced draught
tirage inverti - m = back-draught, backdraught
tirage mécanique - m = mechanical draught
tirage naturel - m = natural draught
tirage renversé - m = back-draught, backdraught
tirage thermique - m = natural draught
tirant - m = coll-beam, cross tie, sag rod, stay, stay
bolt, stringer, tie, tie bar, tie rod, tie-beam, wall tie
tirant (charpente en bois) - m = binding beam
tirant (coffrage) - m = form tie, tie bolt
tirant (construction métallique) - m = truss rod
tirant à cœur - m = cupping
tirant à gouttière - m = cupping
tirant de coffrage - m = formwork tie
tire-clou (ardoises) -m = ripper
tire-clous - m = nail claw, nail puller
tire-fond - m = coach bolt, coach screw, lag bolt, lag-
screw, long bolt, screw-bolt, screwspike, woood-screw
tire-joint - m = jointer (masonry)
tire-joint - m = jointing tool
tire-pointe - m = nail extractor, nail puller
tirer = draw (to), pull (to)
tirer au vide (mur) = belly out (to), bulge (to)
tirer de largeur = reduce to width, to
tirer d’épaisseur d’une planche = thickness a board, to
tire-sable - m = earth borer
tirets - m = broken line (drawing) toit à égout - m = pent roof, shed roof
tirette - f = pull cord toit à entrait brisé - m = scissors roof
tissu - m = fabric toit à la Mansard - m = curb roof
tissu de verre (TV) - m = glass cloth, glass fabric toit à la mansarde avec pignons - m = gambrel roof
tissu d’émeri - m = emery cloth toit à lanterneau - m = monitor roof
tissu filtrant - m = filter cloth toit à pans coupés - m = jerkin roof
tissu urbain - m = urban fabric toit à pente double - m = double pitch roof
titre alcalimétrique complet - m = methyl-orange toit à pente douce - m = flat-pitch roof
alkalinity toit à pente faible - m = gentle-grade roof
titre alcalimétrique complet (TAC) - m = methylo- toit à pignon - m = gable roof
range alkalinity toit à pignon - m = gabled roof
titre alcalimétrique simple - m = phenolphtalein alka- toit à quatre pans - m = hip roof
linity
toit à redans - m = sawtooth roof
titre alcalimètrique simple (TA) - m = phenolphtalein
alkalinity toit à redents - m = sawtooth roof
titre hydrotimétrique (TH) - m = hardness, water toit à un versant - m = pent, pent roof, penthouse roof,
hardness shed roof
toit bombé - m = rainbow roof, whaleback roof
titulaire du marché - m = contractor
toit brisé - m = curb roof, double-pitched roof
TN (terrain naturel) - m = natural foundation, natural
grade, natural ground evel, natural soil, undisturbed soil toit brisé en pavillon - m = Mansard roof
toboggan - m = gravity toit comble à deux égouts - m = pitch roof, ridge roof,
saddle roof
toboggan - m = gravity chute
toit comble à deux longs pans - m = pitch roof, ridge
toc - m = dog roof, saddle roof
toile - f = canvas, cloth toit comble à deux pans - m = pitch roof, ridge roof
toile (renfort de plâtre) - f = scrim saddle roof
toile à sacs - f = burlap (US) toit comble à deux pentes - m = pitch roof, ridge roof,
toile à sacs - f = hessian (UK) saddle roof
toile de criblage - f = screen deck, screen fabric, toit comble à deux versants - m = pitch roof, ridge
screen mesh roof, saddle roof
toile de jute - f = hessian (UK), urlap (US) toit d’abri d’auto - m = carport roof
toile d’émeri - f = emery cloth toit en acier à nervures - m = ribbed steel roof deck
toile métallique - f = mesh, screen, wire cloth, wire toit en acier nervuré - m = ribbed steel roof deck
gauze toit en appentis - m = aisle roof, half span roof, half-
toile solaire - f = solar blanket span roof, lean-to, lean-to roof, lean-to-roof, pent roof,
penthouse roof, shed roof
toisage - m = culling
toit en bâtière - m = saddle roof, saddleback roof
toise - f = fathom
toit en bâtière brisée - m = gambrel roof (US),
toit - m = roof Mansard roof (UK)
toit à charpente à binchets - m = hammer-beam roof toit en bâtière sans entrait - m = couple roof, coupled
toit à demi-croupe - m = clipped gable roof (US), roof
hipped gable roof (UK), jerkinhead roof, shreadhead, toit en béton armé - m = solid reinforced concrete
shreadhead roof roof slab
toit à deux égouts - m = gable roof toit en carène - m = ogee roof
toit à deux longs pans - m = pitch roof, ridge roof, toit en croupe - m = double pitch roof, gambrel roof,
saddle roof hip roof, hipped roof
toit à deux pans - m = gable roof toit en doucine - m = ogee roof
toit à deux pentes - m = gable roof toit en mansarde - m = curb roof, Mansard roof
toit à deux versants - m = double-pitched roof, gable toit(ure) en pavillon - m = pavilion roof, pyramid
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toit en pente - m = pitched roof
toit en shed - m = sawtooth roof
toit en terrasse - m = built-up roof,flat roof, terrace
toit en V - m = butterfly roof, vee roof
toit en voile mince - m = shell roof, thin shell roof
toit équilatéral - m = equilateral roof
toit monopente - m = single pitch roof
toit multicouche - m = built-up roof, laminated
roofing
toit ordinaire - m = pitch roof
toit ouvert - m = open roof
toit plat - m = deck roof, flat roof
toit pyramidal - m = pyramid roof
toit-pavillon - m = pyramid roof, vee roof
toit(ure)-terrasse - m = built-up roof, deck roof, flat
roof, leads, terrace, terrace-roof
toiture - f = roof, roof covering, roof finish, roofing
toiture à grande portée - f = large span roof
toiture à isolant sur étanchéité - f = inverted built-up
roofing system
toiture à isolant sur étanchéité - f = inverted roofing
system
toiture à redans - f = sawtooth roof
toiture à redents - f = sawtooth roof, shed
toiture accessible - f = trafficable roof
toiture chaude - f = warm roof
toiture circulable - f = trafficable roof
toiture d’ardoise - f = slate roof
toiture de chaume - f = thatched roof
toiture de tuiles - f = tile roof
toiture en aluminium - f = aluminum roofing
toiture en appentis - f = aisle roof, shed roof
toiture en terrasse - f = built-up, roof flat roof, terrace
toiture inversée - f = inverted built-up roofing system,
inverted roof, inverted roofing system, upside-down
roof
toiture lamellaire - f = multi-ply roof
toiture métallique - f = flexible metal roofing
toiture mobile - f = mobile covering
toiture sans plafond - f = open roof
toiture solarium - f = sunroof
tôle - f = armor plate, metal sheeting, rolled sheet,
sheet iron, sheet metal
tôle à bord tombé - f = flanged sheet
tôle à chaudières - f = boiler plate
tôle à relief - f = floor plate
tôle antidérapante- f = tread plate
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tôle d’acier - f = steel sheet
tôle d’acier prélaqué - f = coated steel sheet
tôle de chaudière - f = boiler plate
tôle de couverture - f = roof sheeting
tôle de toiture - f = roofing sheet
tôle électrozinguée - f = zinc-plated sheet
tôle emboutie - f = pressed sheet
tôle fine - f = sheet, steel sheet
tôle forte - f = heavy gauge sheet metal, plate
tôle forte en acier - f = steel plate
tôle galvanisée - f = galvanised iron
tôle isolante - f = boiler jacquet
tôle mince - f = sheet, sheet metal
tôle mine en acier - f = steel sheet
tôle ondulée - f = corrugated iron, corrugated sheet,
pressed steel
tôle plastifiée - f = plastic coated sheet, plastic coated
steel
tôle pliée - f = pressed steel
tôle plombée - f = terne plate
tôle pour bordage - f = flange plate
tôle prélaquée - f = coated sheet
tôle prélaquée - f = organic coated sheet
tôle raidisseuse - f = stiffener, stiffener plate
tôle réductrice - f = steel packing plate
tôle striée - f = checkered plate (UK), chequered
plate (US)
tôle zarès - f = trough plate
tolérance - f = allowance, tolerance
tolérance de fabrication - f = work tolerance
tolérance de montage - f = assembly tolerance
tolérance de montage - f = location deviation
tolérance serrée - f = close tolerance
tôlerie - f = metalwork, sheet metal work
tôlier - m = sheet metal worker
tôlier-zingueur - m = sheet metal worker
tombac - m = red brass
tomber = fall, to
tomber en panne = break down, to
tomber en ruine(s) = fall into ruin(s) (to)
tombereau - m = dumper
tombereau à fond ouvrant - m = drop-bottom wagon
tombereau automoteur - m = dumper
tomette - f = a type of quarry tile, usually hexagon-
shaped
tomette - f = floor tile
tommette - f = a type of quarry tile, usually hexagon- tour de ventilation - f = ventilation tower
shaped tour d’habitation - f = high rise apartment building
tonne - f = ton (US)
tonne à eau - f = water tanker tour d’habitation - f = tower block (UK)
tonne d’équivalent charbon (t.e.c.) - f = ton coal tour ignifuge - f = fire tower
equivalent
tour lanterne - f = lantern tower
tonne d’équivalent pétrole (t.e.p.) - f = ton oil equi-
tour penchée - f = leaning tower
valent
tour solaire - f = solar tower
tonnelle - f = pergola
tonnelle de jardin - f = arbour tourbe - f = peat
topographie - f = surveying, topographical survey, tourbillon - m = vortex
topographical surveying tourbillon attaché - m = bound vortex
torchis - m = cob, loam tourbillon d’extrémité - m = tip vortex
tore - m = roll molding, tore, torus tourbillon libre - m = trailing vortex
tore à listel - m = roll and fillet moulding, roll-and- tourbillon lié - m = bound vortex
fillet moulding tourelle - f = turret
tore en demi-cœur - m = thumb moulding
tourie - f = carboy
torer = draw, to
tourillon - m = gudgeon, sash point, swivel pin
toron - m = strand (of cable)
tourne-à-gauche - m = saw-set, tap-wrench
toronné = stranded
tourner = revolve (to), slew (to)
torsade - f = cable moulding
tourne-vent - m = chimney cowl; chimney jack
torsader = twist, to
tournevis - m = screwdriver
torsiomètre - m = torsion indicator
tournevis à cliquet - m = ratchet screwdriver
torsion - f = kink, torsion, twist, twisting
tournevis coudé - m = offset screwdriver
torsion plastique - f = inelastic torsion
tourniquet - m = turnstile
tortillement - m = kink
touage - m = towing tourniquet pour contrevent - m = turn-buckle
touffe - f = tuft tournisse - f = scantling; stud
toupie - f = shaper tous corps d’état - m = all trade
toupie (plomberie) -f = turn-pin tout monté = preassembled
toupie à béton - f = agitating truck, concrete mixer, tout venant = mill run; unsorted
truck mixer, truckmixer tout-à-l’égout - m = main drainage
toupie sur camion - f = concrete transit mix vehicle tout-venant (TV) - m = all-in; crusher run; pit run;
toupie(travail du bois) - f = spindle quarry-run; run of quarry; run-of-the-mill
toupilleuse - f = spindle moulder TP (travaux publics) - m = civil engineering, public
tour - f = high-rise building, tower works
tour - m = revolution, turn TPC (terre-plein central) (routes) - m = central
reserve (UK), median strip (US)
tour (machine-outil) -f = lathe
TR (tête ronde) - f = cup head, round head, snap head
tour à cheval - f = ridge tower, ridge turret
tracé - m = alignment, outline
tour à la croisée du transept - f = rood spire, rood
tower tracé de voies - m = lane marking
tour aéroréfrigérante - f = cooling tower tracé d’implantation - m = pegging out
tour de bureaux - f = office tower trace d’outil - f = tool mark
tour de guet - f = watch tower tracé d’une construction - m = outline of a building
tour de main - m = trick of the trade on a map
tour de réfrigération - f = cooling tower tracé d’une route - m = alignment of a road
tour de refroisissement d’eau - f = water cooling tracé d’une tuyauterie - m = run of a pipe
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tracé en plan - m = alignmen, plan, plan view, top
view
tracer = draw (to), plot (to)
tracer un plan = draw a plan, to
tracer une courbe = plot a curve, to
tracteur - m = prime mover
tracteur à chenilles - m = caterpillar vehicle
tracteur à chenilles - m = crawler tractor
traction - f = tension; traction
tractopelle - f = tractor loader; tractor shovel
train à béton - m = paving train
train de charge normalisé - m = standard train of
loads
train type - m = typical train loading
train valseur (malaxeur) - m = planetary rotating
paddles
traînée (peinture) - f = streak
traînée (vent) - f = drag
traîner une moulure en plâtre = horse up a moulding,
to
traîner une moulure en plâtre = run a moulding, to
trait - m = line
trait carré (ardoise, tuile) - m = perpends
trait de niveau - m = datum line; level line
trait de repère - m = mark
trait de scie - m = kerf; saw kerf; sawout
traité = quenched and tempered
traitement - m = processing; treatment
traitement après prise - m = curing; curing of
concrete
traitement d’air - m = air handling
traitement d’aspect - m = cosmetic treatment
traitement de prise de béton - m = curing
traitement des versants en terrasse - m = benching
of slopes
traitement du bois - m = wood treatment
traitement paysager - m = landscape treatment
traitement préalable - m = pretreatment
traitement simultané - m = combined treatment
traitement superficiel - m = surface treatment
traitement sur place - m = on-site processing
traitement thermique - m = heat treatment
traitement ultérieur - m = curing
traiter après prise = cure, to
traits de brosse - m = brush marks
traits de pinceau - m = brush marks
traits stadimétriques - m = stadia hairs
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trame - f = layout grid
tranchage - m = cutting
tranchant - m = cutting blade; cutting edge
tranche (marbre) - f = slab
tranche (planche, panneau) - f = edge; slice
tranche de travaux - f = phase of work; stage of the
works
tranchée - f = channel; ditch; trench
tranchée à ciel ouvert - f = open cut; open trench
tranchée d’étanchéité - f = cut-off trench
tranchée étayée - f = braced cut
tranchée parafouille - f = cutoff trench
trancheuse - f = ditcher; ditching machine; trench
digging machine; trench excavator; trencher; trenching
machine
trancheuse à chaîne - f = ladder ditcher
tranchis - m = mitred edge (of slate or tile)
tranquilisation - f = stilling
transbordeur - m = traveling platform; traverser
transenne - f = transenna
transfert de propriété - m = conveyance
transformateur - m = transformer
transformateur à noyau - m = core transformer
transformateur abaisseur - m = stepdown trans-
former
transformateur de basse tension - m = line trans-
former
transformateur de distribution - m = line trans-
former
transformateur de sonnerie - m = bell transformer
transformation - f = alteration; conversion; proces-
sing; remodeling
translucide = translucent
transmission de la chaleur - f = heat transfer
transmission indirecte - f = flanking
transmission indirecte (son) - f = indirect trans-
mission
transmission thermique - f = heat transmission
transparence (défaut) - f = telegraphing
transpercement de colle (contre-plaqué) - m
= bleed-through
transpercement de colle (contre-plaqué) - m = glue
penetration
transplanter = transplant, to
transport - m = transportation
transport à pied d’œuvre - m = transport to the site
transport d’énergie électrique - f = power trans-
mission
transport des déblais payé - m = overhaul
transporteur - m = carrier; conveyor; haulier
transporteur à bande - m = belt conveyor
transporteur à chaîne - m = chain conveyor
transporteur à courroie - m = belt conveyor;
conveyor belt
transporteur à godets - m = bucket conveyor
transporteur à rouleaux - m = roller conveyor
transporteur à tablier - m = apron conveyor
transporteur à tapis - m = belt conveyor
transporteur de béton pneumatique - m = concrete
placer
transporteur mobile - m = portable belt conveyor;
portable conveyor
transversal - m = traverse load stress
trappe - f = hatch, trap door
trappe d’accès - f = trap door
trappe de cave - f = cellar flap
trappe de désenfumage - f = fire bent, smoke outlet
trappe de nettoyage - f = cleanout trap
trappe de ramonage - f = cleanout (US), soot door
(UK)
trappe inclinée - f = bulkhead
trappe rabattante - f = trap
trass - m = trass
travail (bois) - m = movement, working
travail à brigades relevées - m = shift work, shiftwork
travail à forfait - m = contract work
travail à la compression - m = compressive stress
travail à la flexion - m = bending stress
travail à la main - m = handwork
travail aux explosifs - m = blasting
travail de choc - m = impact strength
travail en marche arrière - m = reverse blading
travail en tandem - m = blade-to-blade dozing
travail en traction - m = tensile stress
travaillant = stressed
travaillant à la compression = in compression
travaillant en flexion = bending (UK), bent (UK),
flexed (US), flexural (US)
travaillé = wrought
travailler à la compression = compression, to be in
travailler à la traction = tension, to be in
travailleurs intermittents - m = casual labor, casual
workers
travaux - m = construction, project
travaux annexes - m = appurtenant work
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travaux au niveau du sol - m = surface works
travaux au sol - m = surface works
travaux de béton - m = concrete construction
travaux de bétonnage - m = concrete work,
concreting
travaux de construction - m = construction operation,
construction work
travaux de construction de premièreimportance - m
= major construction
travaux de démolition - m = demolition work
travaux de finissage - m = finish work
travaux de finition - m = final finish, finish work
travaux de génie civil - m = civil engineering work
travaux de menuiserie = millwork
travaux de menuiserie - m = ready-made carpentry
travaux de précision - m = close work
travaux de première importance - m = major
construction
travaux de terrassement - m = digging
travaux de voirie - m = roadworks
travaux d’enduit - m = plastering, plasterwork
travaux divers - m = miscellaneous works, sundry
works
travaux en béton - m = concrete work, concreting
travaux en cours - m = work in progress
travaux en fondation - m = below-grade work
travaux en régie - m = day rate work, daywork
travaux en régie directe - m = direct labour work,
force account work
travaux en sous-œuvre - m = below-grade work
travaux en sous-sol - m = below-grade work
travaux en tandem - m = blade-to-blade dozing
travaux hors devis - m = extra work
travaux importants - m = sizable project
travaux légers - m = completion, light work
travaux neufs - m = new work
travaux prévus - m = scheduled work
travaux publics (TP) - m = civil engineering, public
works
travaux supplémentaires - m = extra work
travaux sur le chantier - m = site work
travaux sur le terrain - m = field work
travaux sur place - m = site work
travée - f = compartment, yoke
travée (couverture, nef) -f = bay
travée (ferme, portique) -f = span
travée contiguë au mur - f = tail-bay
travée continue - f = continuous span
travées multiples - f = multiple frame
traverse - f = cross brace, cross girder, cross member,
cross piece, rail, cross, cross-bar, cross-member, cross-
piece, ledge, lock rail, nogging, sleeper, strut, tie,
transom
traverse (dormant) - f = head jamb, head
traverse (porte) -f = rail
traverse (portique) - f = cross girder, cross beam
traverse basse - f = bottom rail
traverse de liaison (construction métallique) - f
= stay plate
traverse de manteau de cheminée - f = lintel course
traverse de porte - f = rail
traverse d’huisserie - f = head, head jamb(US), head-
jamb, yoke
traverse d’imposte - f = dormant, dormant tree,
transom bar
traverse dormante (cadre dormant) - f = door head
traverse du milieu (fenêtre à guillotine) - f = mee-
ting rail
traverse du milieu (porte) - f = lock rail, middle rail
traverse haute (porte) - f = top rail
traverse haute de châssis (fenêtre) - f = top rail of
sash
traverse haute du dormant - f = window head
traverse intermédiaire (porte) - f = crossrail, inter-
mediate rail, lock rail
traverse médiane - f = centre rail
traversée - f = bush, bushing
traversée de cloison - f = bushing
traversière - f = bridging piece, collar-beam
traversin - m = bolster, bridging piece, heading
travon - m = springer
travure - f = joist work
tréfilage - m = wire drawing
tréfilerie - f = wire drawing mill
trèfle - m = trefoil
tréfonds - m = subsoil
treillage - m = lattice, latticework, open fence, trellis,
wire fencing, wire netting
treillage métallique - m = wire netting
treille à l’italienne - f = pergola
treillis - m = grating set, lacing system
treillis - m = lattice, latticework, mesh, mesh wire,
trellis, truss, wire mesh
treillis à losange - m = diamond mesh
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treillis articulé - m = pin-connected truss, pin-jointed
truss
treillis céramique - m = clay lath
treillis d’armature d’enduit - m = lathing, metal
lathing
treillis double - m = double lacing
treillis métallique - m = fabric reinforcement, mesh
reinforcement, wire fabric reinforcement, wire mesh
fabric reinforcement, wire netting
treillis simple - m = single lacing
treillis soudé (Ts) - m = BRC fabric (UK), British
Reinforced Concrete fabric (UK), lock-woven mesh,
welded wire mesh (UK), wired mesh, woven steel
fabric
treillis soudé pour béton armé - m = reinforcement
mat
treillis spatial - m = space lattice
treillis tridimensionnel - m = space lattice
trémie - f = floor opening, funnel, hopper, opening
trémie (d’escalier) - f = staircase opening, staircase
space
trémie (silo) - f = boot, hopper
trémie (w.c.) - f = hopper
trémie à béton - f = concrete hopper
trémie avec bords en caoutchouc - f = hopper with
rubber border
trémie d’attente - f = loading hopper
trémie d’attente - f = receiving bin
trémie de cheminée - f = chimney opening, chimney
opening (in floor structure), roof jack
trémie de gouttière - f = rainwater hopper
trémie de mesurage - f = batching silo
trémie de plancher - f = floor opening
trémie de stockage - f = storage bin
trémie d’entrée de câble - f = cable chamber
trémie en couverture - f = roof jack
trémie intermédiaire - f = intermediate storage
container
trempe - f = hardening
trempé (métal) = hardened, quenched
trempe (métal) - m = quenching
trempé (verre) = toughened
tremper = quench (to), temper (to)
tremper un métal = chill, to
trépan - m = bit, bore bit, chisel, core bit, drill bit
trépan à orifices d’évacuation de l’eau - m = wash bit
trépan-benne - m = hammer-grab
trépidation - f = vibration
très petit diamètre - m = microbore, minibore dia- triplex - m = triplex
meter triptère = tripteral
tressaillure - f = D-line cracking tritureuse - f = pulvimixer
tresse (architecture) - f = strapwork tritureuse (ou pulvimixer) - f = pulverising mixer
tresse (fil électrique) -f = braid, braided cable trommel - m = rotary screen, trommel
tresse d’amiante - f = asbestos cord, asbestos rope, trompe - f = squinch, trumpet arch
braided asbestos, joint runner
trompe d’éléphant - f = articulated chute, articulated
tréteau - m = trestle drop chute
treuil - m = cat, crab, derrick, hoist, jenny, winch,
trompe d’éléphant - f = elephant trunk
windglass
trompillon - m = small squinch
treuil à air comprimé - m = air hoist
tronc d’arbre - m = trunk
treuil à bras - m = hand winch
tronc de cône - m = conical mold
treuil à deux tambours - m = two-drum hoist
treuil double - m = double winch drawworks tronc d’église - m = collection box, poor box, alms
box
treuil mobile - m = crab
tronçon - m = length, run, section
triage (bois) -m = grading
tronçon de travail - m = excavated section
triangle - m = triangle
tronçon de tuyau - m = pipe length
triangle (outil) - m = shave hook, shavehook
tronçon de tuyau - m = pipe section
triangle de renforcement - m = triangular stiffener
tronçonnage - m = cross-cut
triangle des vis calantes - m = tribach
tronçonnage au disque - m = disk cutting
triangulation (poutre) - f = triangulation
tronçonneuse - f = chain saw, slasher
triangulé = laced, triangularly braced, trussed
trop-plein - m = overflow
triaxal = triaxal
trottoir - m = footpath (UK), footway, pavement (UK),
tribenne - f = three-way tipper
sidewalk (US)
tribune (au-dessus des bas-côtés) - f = gallery
trottoir en béton - m = concrete vibrator
tribune (église) - f = rood loft
trottoir roulant - m = moving walkway
tribune (stade) - f = stand
trou à l’avancement - m = pilot borehole
tribune d’honneur - f = grandstand
trou borgne - m = blind hole
tribune d’orgue - f = organ loft
trou d’aération - m = vent, vent hole, ventilation hole
tribune publique - f = public gallery
trou de boulin - m = putlog hole
triconque = triconch
trou de cheville - m = pin hole
tridimensionnel = three dimensional
trou de crochet - m = hookhole
trié = assorted
trou de griffe - m = hookhole
trier = grade, to
trou de lampe - m = lamphole
triforium - m = triforium
trou de louve - m = lewis hole
triforium (église gothique) - m = blindstory
trou de mine - m = blast hole, shot hole
triglyphe - m = triglyph
trou de poing - m = hand hole, handhole
trilobé = trefoil
trou de puits - m = well-hole
tringlage - m = rodding
trou de rotule - m = pin hole
tringle - f = rod, sticker
tringle (architecture) - f = square fillet moulding, trou de sondage - m = bore hole, borehole
tringle trou de sondage blindé - m = cased borehole
tringle (crémone) - f = rod trou de sondage devié - m = deviated borehole
tringle (rideau) - f = curtain rail, curtain rod trou de sondage non tubé - m = open borehole
tringle de clouage - f = nailing strip, pallet trou de sondage tubé - m = cased borehole
tringle de plafond - f = ceiling strap trou de soufflage - m = blow hole (drilling bit)
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trou de visite - m = access hole, inspection hole, man-
hole
trou débouchant - m = bottomless hole
trou d’écoulement (sanitaire) - m = plughole, waste
trou d’évacuation d’eau - m = weep-hole
trou d’évent - m = air hole, vent, vent hole, ventila-
tion hole
trou d’homme - m = manhole, manway
trou d’injection - m = grout hole
trou oblong - m = elongated hole
trou poinçonné - m = punched hole
trous alignés - m = chain of holes
truellage - m = trowel work
truelle - f = trowel
truelle à brettelée - f = notched trowel
truelle à briqueter - f = brick trowel
truelle à jointoyer - f = pointing trowel
truelle brettée - f = notched trowel
truelle brettelée - f = notched trowel
truelle briqueteuse - f = brick trowel
truelle carrée - f = margin trowel
truelle de bois - f = patter
truelle mécanique - f = mechanical floater, mecha-
nical trowel, power float, power troweller, surfacing
machine
trumeau - m = interfenestration, pier (between two
openings in a wall)
trumeau (façade légère) - m = pier panel
trumeau (portail) - m = central pier
trusquin - m = gage, marking gauge, scriber
trusquin à marbre - m = gage
trusquin à pointe - m = marking gage
trusquinage - m = scribing, trussed arch
trusquiner = scribe, to
Ts (treillis soudé) - m = BRC fabric (UK), British
Reinforced Concrete fabric (UK), lock-woven mesh,
welded wire fabric (US), welded wire mesh (UK),
woven steel fabric
tubage - m = shuttering, tubing
tubage (cheminée) m = flexible tubing
tubage (sondage) - m = casing
tubage définitif - m = permanent casing, permanent
pile shell
tubage non récupéré - m = pipe left in place, pipe left
in the ground
tubage perforé - m = perforated casing, sloted casing
tubage provisoire - m = temporary casing, withdrawn
casing
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tubage souple - m = flexible tubing
tube - m = flue, joint-forming pipe, pipe, tube
tube (élect.) - m = conduit
tube à ailettes - m = finned tube
tube à trappe pour bétonnage sous l’eau - m
= tremie
tube battu - m = drive tube, driven tube
tube capillaire - m = capillary tube
tube carottier - m = core barrel
tube crépiné (forage) - m = perforated casing, strainer
tube
tube d’alimentation - m = teed pipe
tube de bétonnage - m = tremie pipe
tube de canalisation électrique - m = conduit pipe
tube de travail - m = driving tube
tube d’entrée - m = lead-in pipe
tube en acier - m = steel pipe, tubular pipe
tube fileté - m = screwed conduit
tube filtrant - m = perforated casing
tube fluorescent - m = fluorescent lamp, fluorescent
tube
tube indicateur de niveau - m = gage glass
tube léger - m = tubing
tube métallique souple - m = flexible conduit
tube pervibrateur - m = vibrating poker
tube plongeur - m = deep pipe, tremie, tremie tube
tube sans couture - m = seamless piping, seamless
tubing
tube sans soudure - m = seamless pipe, seamless
tubing
tube soudé - m = welded pipe, welded tube
tube souple - m = flexible tubing
tube sous vide - m = evacuated tube, vacuum tube
tubercule de rouille - m = tubercule
tuberculisation - f = tuberculation
tubulaire = tubular, tube
tuf - m = tuff
tuffeau - m = tuffa
tufté = tufted
tuile - f = roof tile, roofing tile, tile
tuile (engin de terrassement) - f = track shoe
tuile à double recouvrement - f = double-lap tile
tuile à douille - f = collar tile
tuile à emboîtement - f = grooved tile, interlocking
tile
tuile à gorge - f = grooved tile
tuile à simple recouvrement - f = single lap tile
tuile à vitre - f = glazing tile tumbler - m = tumbler switch
tuile angulaire - f = arris tile tunnelier - m = tunnel boring machine, tunneling
tuile canal - f = gutter tile, half-round tile, mission tile machine
(US), roman tile, Spanish tile (UK) turbidimètre - m = turbidimeter
tuile canal couvre-joint - f = imbrex turbine - f = turbine
tuile canal de couverture - f = imbrex, mission tile, turbine éolienne - f = wind turbine
Spanish tile turbine hydraulique - f = water turbine
tuile canal de dessus - f = imbrex turc - m = butt
tuile céramique - f = ceramic tile, encaustic turque (toilette à la...) - f = seatless privy seat pan
tuile chaperon - f = coping tile tuyau - m = pipe
tuile chaperonne - f = coping tile tuyau à bride - m = flange pipe
tuile cornière - f = flap tile tuyau à douves en bois - m = wood-stave pipe
tuile couvre-joint - f = imbrex tuyau à emboîtement - m = faucet pipe, socket pipe
tuile creuse - f = gutter tile, roman tile tuyau à revêtement de ciment - m = cement-lined
tuile d’arête - f = arris tile pipe
tuile d’argile - f = clay tile tuyau collecteur - m = building drain
tuile de battellement - f = eaves-tile, tegula, under- tuyau coudé - m = bent pipe
tile, undertile tuyau d’aération - m = stack, vent, vent hole, vent
tuile de courant - f = under-tile, undertile line, vent pipe, vent piping, vent stack, ventilation hole
tuile de dessus - f = imbrex, over-tile, overtile tuyau d’alimentation - m = teed pipe
tuile de parement - f = facing tile tuyau d’alimentation en béton avec bec = flexible
tuile de pignon - f = gable tile concrete delivery hose with nozzle
tuile de rive - f = gable tile, verge tile tuyau d’amenée d’eau - m = water supply pipe
tuile de verre - f = glass tile tuyau d’amiante - m = fiber pipe
tuile d’égout - f = eaves tile tuyau d’amiante bitumé - m = bituminized fiber pipe
tuile du premier rang - f = starter tile tuyau d’arrivée (chaudière) - m = feed pipe
tuile en S - f = pantile tuyau de branchement - m = branch pipe
tuile en terre cuite - f = clay tile tuyau de branchement - m = service connection
tuile et demie - f = tile and a half tuyau de chasse - m = flush pipe
tuile et demie - f = tile-and-a-half tuyau de chute - m = escape, leader, rainwater leader,
soil pipe, soil stack, waste pipe
tuile faîtière - f = crest tile, crown tile, ridge roll, ridge
tile, ridge tiling, ridging tuyau de chute moulé - m = cast header
tuile flamande - f = pantile tuyau de chute unique - m = soil and waste stack
tuile gironnée - f = tapered tile tuyau de décharge - m = discharge pipe
tuile mécanique - f = grooved tile, interlocking tile tuyau de descente - m = leader
tuile panne - f = pantile tuyau de descente d’eaux ménagères - m = waste
stack
tuile plane - f = crown tile
tuyau de descente pluviale - m = rain leader, rain-
tuile plate - f = crown tile, flat tile, plain tile
water pipe
tuile romaine - f = Roman tile
tuyau de distribution de l’eau - m = water distri-
tuile ronde - f = Roman tile buting pipe
tuileau - m = bat, fragment of broken tile tuyau de drainage souterrain - m = subsoil drainage
tuilerie - f = tile-works, tileworks pipe
tuiles à joints alternés - f = broken-joint tiles tuyau de fumée - m = flue pipe, smoke pipe
tuiles à joints croisés - f = broken-joint tiles tuyau de gaz - m = gas pipe
tuiles à joints droits - f = straight-joint tiles tuyau de montée - m = standpipe
tuiles posées à joints droits - f = straight-joint tiles tuyau de poêle - m = stove pipe
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tuyau de raccordement - m = connecting pipe
tuyau de raccordement (appareil de chauffage) - m
= flue pipe
tuyau de refoulement (pompe) - m = delivery pipe
tuyau de refoulement (pompe) - m = discharge pipe
tuyau de renvoi - m = soil pipe
tuyau de renvoi - m = waste pipe
tuyau de retour (chaudière) - m = return pipe
tuyau de trop-plein - m = overflow pipe
tuyau de ventilation - m = air supply pipe, funnel
tuyau de vidange - m = drainage pipe, waste pipe
tuyau d’eau d’un bâtiment - m = building main
tuyau d’évacuation - m = discharge pipe, drain pipe
(above ground), stack, waste pipe
tuyau d’évacuation de W-C - m = discharge pipe
tuyau d’évacuation en fonte - m = cast iron soil pipe
tuyau d’évent - m = vent line, vent pipe, vent piping,
vent stack
tuyau d’incendie - m = fire hose, fire-hose
tuyau en amiante-ciment - m = asbestos cement pipe
tuyau en attente - m = pipe tail
tuyau en entaille - m = pipe chased in wall
tuyau en fonte centrifugée - m = spun iron pipe
tuyau en grés - m = clay pipe
tuyau en poterie - m = tile
tuyau en traversée - m = pipe passing through a floor
or through a wall
tuyau flexible - m = flexible hose, hose
tuyau purgeur - m = blow-off pipe
tuyau série assainissement - m = sewer pipe
tuyau soudé - m = welded pipe, welded tube
tuyau soudé en spirale - m = spiral-welded pipe
tuyau souple - m = tubing
tuyau vertical - m = stack
tuyauterie - f = active pipe, pipework, piping
tuyauterie d’aération - f = vent line, vent pipe, vent
piping, vent stack
tuyauterie d’air - f = air line
tuyauterie de remplissage - f = fill line
tuyauterie de ventilation - f = vent line, vent pipe,
vent piping, vent stack
tuyère - f = injector nozzle, nozzle
TV (terre végétale) - f = mould, topsoil, vegetable soil
TV (tissu de verre) - m = glass cloth, glass fabric
TV (tout-venant) - m = all-in, crusher run, pit run,
quarry-run, run-of-the-mill
tympan - m = tympan, tympanum
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tympan (entre arcs) -m = spandrel
type fixé par contrat - m = contract grade
type résidentiel - m = residence type
U
uni (couleur) = plain, uniform
uni (surface) = level, smooth
union - f = union fitting
union à té - f = union tee
unipolaire = single-pole
uniservice = throwaway
unité - f = unit, unity
unité d’accroissement - f = increment
unité d’accroissement modulaire - f = modular
increment
unité d’appareil - f = unit of bond
unité de bâtiment - f = building unit
unité de chauffage - f = heat producing unit
unité de logement - f = dwelling unit
unité de longueur - f = unit of length
unité de mesure - f = basic module, unit of measure
unité de passage (porte) - f = door unit
unité de passage (porte) - f = unit of exit width
unité de production de froid - f = chiller
unité de traitement de l’air (UTA) - f = air treatment
unit (ATU)
unité de voisinage - f = neighborhood unit
unité d’habitation - f = dwelling unit
unité résidentielle - f = dwelling unit, residential unit
urbanisme - m = city planning (US), town planning
(UK), urban planning (US)
urbaniste - m = city planner (US), planner (UK),
planner (US), town planner (UK)
usager - m = user (road, utilities)
usé jusqu’à la corde = threadbare
user = wear out, to
user par frottement = abrade, to
usinage - m = machining
usinage de pièces - m = machining
usine - f = factory, mill, plant, works
usine d’assemblage - f = assembly plant
usine de mise en coffrage - f = placing plant
usine de montage - f = assembly plant
usine d’épuration - f = sewage treatment plant
usine d’incinération - f = incineration plant
usine foraine - f = mobile plant, on site factory, on-
site factory, on-site factory, site factory
usiner = machine, to
usure - f = wear, wear and tear
usure interne - f = attrition
usure par frottement - f = abrasion, attrition, friction
wear
UTA (unité de traitement de air) - f = ATU (air treat-
ment unit)
V
va-et-vient (VV) - m = two-way switch
vaigrage - m = ceiling
vaisseau - m = aisle, nave
vaisseau central - m = middle aisle
valet d’établi - m = bench holdfast
valeur à la casse - f = scrap value
valeur à neuf - f = replacement value
valeur agréée - f = agreed value
valeur après démolition - f = wreckage value
valeur au jour du sinistre - f = actual cash value
valeur commerçante - f = market value
valeur de réglage - f = manipulated variable (US)
valeur de réglage - f = regulating condition (UK)
valeur de remplacement - f = replacement value
valeur de sauvetage - f = salvage value
valeur d’usage - f = use value
valeur énergétique - f = energy content
valeur indiquée - f = instrument reading
valeur locative - f = rent value, rental value
valeur réelle - f = actual value
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valeur statique - f = structural analysis unit
vallonnement (surface peinte) - m = valleys
valve - f = valve
valve de vidange - f = blow-off valve
vanne - f = cock, gate-valve, valve
vanne à boisseau sphérique - f = globe valve
vanne à clapet oscillant - f = swing valve
vanne à disque biseauté - f = wedge disc valve
vanne d’arrêt - f = stop valve
vanne de prise d’eau - f = water valve
vanne de retenue - f = check valve
vanne de sectionnement général - f = isolating valve
vanne d’étage - f = landing valve
vanne en fer - f = iron body gate valve
vanne motorisée - f = motorized valve
vannerie (dessin de parquet, briques) - f = basket
weave
vannerie (dessin de parquet, briques) - f = basket
weave pattern
vanne-wagon - f = caterpillar gate
vantail - m = window wing
vantail (fenêtre) -m = casement
vantail (porte) -m = leaf
vantail à recouvrement - m = overlapping leaf
vantail à recouvrement - m = rabbeted door leaf,
rebated door leaf
vantail mobile - m = active leaf
vantail ouvrant - m = opening leaf
vantail ouvrant à droite - m = right-hung casement
vantail sans recouvrement - m = non-rabbeted leaf,
non-rebated leaf, nonrebated door leaf, nonrebated leaf
vapeur - f = steam, vapour
vapeur de réfrigérant - f = refrigerant vapour
vapeur saturée - f = saturated vapour
vapeur surchauffée - f = superheated steam
variante - f = alternative
variante (marché) - f = alternative bid (US), alterna-
tive tender (UK)
variante d’huisserie - f = alternate door jamb
variateur - m = dimmer, dimmer switch
variation de phase - f = phase swinging
variation du zéro - f = zero error, zero shift
varlope - f = plane
vase - f = silt, sludge
vase - m = vessel
vase d’expansion - m = expansion tank, expansion
vessel
vase d’expansion fermé - m = diaphragm expansion
tank
vase d’expansion ouvert - m = open-vented expan-
sion tank
vaseline - f = petroleum jelly
vasistas - m = casement window, fanlight, night vent,
opening fanlight, skylight, transom, vent sash, venti-
lator, ventlight
vasque - f = bowl (of sanitary fitting)
vastringue - f = spokeshave
VB (ventilation basse) - f = bottom ventilation, cold
air intake, fresh air intake (at floor level)
veau (cintre) - m = solid rib
VEC (verre extérieur collé) - m = structural glazing
véhicule tout-terrain - m = off-highway vehicle
veilleuse - f = pilot light
veine - f = grain, seam, vein
veine colorée - f = mineral streak
veine d’argile - f = clay seam
veine résineuse - f = pitch streak, resin streak
veiner façon bois = grain, to
veines - f = graining
veines croisées - f = cross grain
veines d’extrémités - f = end grain
veines transversales - f = cross grain
veinette - f = graining brush
velours (tapis) - m = nap, pile
velours bouclé = uncut velvet
vélume - m = canopey
venelle - f = alley
vent - m = blast
ventail (ventaux) - m = leaf (leaves)
ventelle(s) - f = fixed louver(s) board (UK), fixed
louvre(s) board (UK), louver(s) board (UK), louvre(s)
board (UK), louver(s), louver(s) blade, louver boards
(UK), louvers (UK), louvre boards (UK), louvres (UK)
ventilateur - m = exhaust fan, blower, fan, ventilator,
ventilator fan
ventilateur à double ouïe - m = double inlet fan,
double section fan, double-inlet fan
ventilateur à hélice - m = propeller fan
ventilateur à tirage - m = extract ventilator
ventilateur aspirant - m = exhaust fan, exhauster,
extractor fan
ventilateur axial - m = axial-flow fan
ventilateur centrifuge - m = centrifugal fan
ventilateur de plafond - m = ceiling fan
ventilateur de soufflage - m = force-draft fan
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ventilateur de soufflage d’air - m = air supply fan
ventilateur de tirage - m = draught inducer
ventilateur de titrage forcé - m = force-draft fan
ventilateur d’insufflation - m = force-draft fan
ventilateur extrateur - m = exhaust-fan
ventilateur hélico-centrifuge - m = mixed-flow fan
ventilateur oscillant - m = gyrating fan
ventilateur plafonnier - m = ceiling fan
ventilateur rotatif - m = rotary fan
ventilateur soufflant - m = blower
ventilation - f = vent, ventilating, ventilation, venting
ventilation basse (VB) - f = bottom ventilation, cold
air intake, fresh air intake (at floor level)
ventilation continue en sous-face - f = continuous
soffit
ventilation forcée - f = forced draught (UK), forced
draft (US)
ventilation haute (VH) - f = warm air discharge (at
ceiling level)
ventilation mécanique - f = exhaust system, extract
system, mechanical ventilation
ventilation naturelle - f = natural ventilation
ventilation par extraction - f = exhaust ventilation
ventilation primaire (VP) - f = soil vent, stack vent,
stack venting, waste vent
ventilation primaire (VP) (tuyau) - f = continuous
vent (US), main soil and waste vent (US)
ventilation secondaire - f = fixture vent, trap vent
ventilation secondaire par groupe - f = group vent
ventilation transversale - f = cross ventilation
ventiler (dépense) = apportion expenses, to
ventiler (fosse) = vent (to), ventilate (to)
ventilo-convecteur - m = fan-coil unit
ventouse - f = air hole, airhole, air inlet, air valve, air
vent, force cup, suction cup, vent duct, vent-hole, ven-
tilation opening
ventouse (appareil à gaz) - f = balanced flue outlet,
balanced flue terminal
ventrière - f = cross-tie, purlin
venue d’eau - f = infiltration of water
venue d’eau souterraine - f = ingress of underground
water
venue d’eau souterraine - f = inrush of underground
water
VER (vinyl-expansé-relief) - m = cushion floor
véranda - f = gallery, verandah, porch
vérification - f = check, verification
vérification de l’étanchéité - f = leak test
vérification des bilans énergétiques - f = energy
auditing
vérin - m = jack, ram, screw jack
vérin (béton précontraint) - m = jacking device
vérin à vis - m = jack screw, screw jack
vérin d’avancement - m = hydraulic ram
vérin de calage - m = jack
vérin de tension - m = stressing jack
vérin de traction - m = tensioning jack
vérin hydraulique - m = hydraulic cylinder, hydraulic
jack
vérin plat - m = flat jack
vérin pneumatique - m = pneumatic cylinder
vermiculé = vermiculated
vermiculé = wrinkle
vermiculite - m = vermiculite
vermoulu = wormeaten
vermoulure - f = bore dust, bore hole, frass, wood-
dust, wormhole
vernier - m = vernier
vernis - m = shellac, lacquer, varnish
vernis à l’alcool - m = spirit varnish
vernis à polir - m = polishing varnish
vernis à polir - m = rubbing varnish
vernis à séchage rapide - m = quick drying varnish
vernis à séchage rapide - m = quick-drying varnish
vernis au tampon - m = French polish
vernis blanc - m = clear varnish, transparent varnish
vernis cellulosique - m = clear cellulose lacquer
vernis copal - m = copal varnish
vernis couvre-nœuds - m = knotting varnish
vernis craquelant - m = cracking varnish
vernis du Japon - m = japan varnish
vernis gras - m = oil varnish
vernis pelable - m = peel-off coating
vernissage - m = glazing
vernissé = glazed, varnished
vernis-teinte - m = varnish stain
vernure - f = groin
verre - m = glass
verre à faible émulsivité - m = low-emissivity glass
verre à glace - m = plate glass
verre à glace poli - m = polished plate glass
verre à vitres - m = sheet glass (UK), window glass (US)
verre à vitres feuilleté - m = laminated sheet glass (UK)
verre à vitres feuilleté - m = laminated window glass
(US)
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verre altéré - m = weathered glass
verre antique - m = antique glass
verre antiréfléchissant - m = non-reflecting glass,
nonreflecting glass
verre antireflet - m = non-reflecting glass, nonre-
flecting glass
verre armé - m = wire glass, wired glass
verre athermique - m = heat-absorbing glass
verre blanc - m = clear glass
verre cannelé - m = corrugated glass, ribbed glass
verre cathédrale - m = cathedral glass
verre clair - m = clear glass
verre coloré - m = coloured glass
verre coulé - m = cast glass
verre craquelé - m = crackle glass
verre dalle - m = pavement light
verre de couleur - m = coloured glass
verre de hublot - m = bulls’eye
verre de sécurité - m = safety glass, shatterproof glass,
splinterproof glass
verre de sécurité armée - m = wired cast glass, wired
safety glass
verre de toiture - m = plain rolled glass, roofing glass
verre demi-double - m = demi-double strength sheet
(UK), demi-double strength window glass(US), demi-
double thickness sheet glass(UK), demi-double thick-
ness window glass(US), demi-double thickness window
glass(US)
verre dépoli - m = frosted glass, ground glass
verre diaphane - m = see-through mirror, two-way
mirror
verre dormant - m = fixed light
verre double - m = double strength window glass
(US), double thickness sheet glass (UK), double thick-
ness window glass (US), double-strength sheet glass
(UK)
verre doublé - m = flashed glass
verre en feuille - m = sheet glass
verre étiré - m = drawn glass, flat-drawn glass
verre extérieur collé(VEC) - m = structural glazing
verre feuilleté - m = laminated glass
verre fibré - m = fibrous glass
verre flint - m = flint glass
verre flotté - m = float glass
verre fumé - m = smoked glass
verre givré - m = frosted glass
verre impressionné - m = weathered glass
verre imprimé - m = patterned glass
verre jardinier - m = greenhouse glass, horticultural
glass
verre laminé - m = rolled glass
verre marguerite - m = frosted glass
verre martelé - m = hammered glass
verre moulé - m = pressed glass
verre mousse - m = foam glass
verre non-transparent - m = obscured glass
verre non-transparent - m = visionproof glass
verre ondulé - m = corrugated glass
verre opale - m = opal glass
verre opalin - m = opal glass
verre opaque - m = opaque glass
verre ordinaire - m = plain glass
verre pare-balles - m = bullet resisting glass, bullet-
proof glass
verre plaqué - m = flashed glass
verre réfléchissant - m = reflective glass
verre sandwich - m = shatterproof glass, splinterproof
glass
verre simple - m = single strength sheet glass (UK),
single strength window glass (US), single thickness
sheet glass (UK), single thickness window glass (US)
verre soluble - m = soluble glass, water glass
verre soufflé - m = blown glass
verre strié - m = corrugated glass, rippled glass
verre teinté dans la masse - m = tinted glass
verre translucide - m = opaque glass
verre translucide - m = translucent glass
verre travaillé - m = configured glass
verre trempé - m = tempered glass (US), toughened
glass (UK)
verre Triplex (marque déposée) - m = shatterproof
glass, splinterproof glass
verrerie - f = glassware
verrière - f = glass roof, large glazed area in a wall,
skylight, stained-glass window
verrou - m = bolt, latch, lock bolt, slide bolt
verrou à baïonnette - m = door bolt
verrou à coulisse - m = sliding bolt
verrou à larder - m = mortice bolt
verrou à pêne rond - m = barrel bolt
verrou à ressort - m = snap bolt
verrou bénard - m = pin key bolt
verrou cylindrique - m = barrel-bolt
verrou de nuit - m = night bolt
verrou d’urgence - m = panic bolt
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verrouillage - m = interlock, interlocking, locking
(elevator doors), safety interlock
verrouillage des portes palières - m = elevator door
locking device
versant - m = roof slope, slope, sloping side
vert-de-gris - m = verdigris
vertical = plumb, vertical
verticalité - f = plumbness
vestiaire - m = changing room, checkroom (US),
cloakroom (UK), coat rack, locker room
vestibule - m = entrance hall, lobby
vestibule (hôtel, théâtre) - m = locker room
vétuste = antiquated
VH (ventilation haute) - f = warm air discharge (at
ceiling level)
viabilisation - f = provision of services
viabilisé = serviced
vibrateur - m = vibrator
vibrateur (béton) -m = buzzer
vibrateur à aiguille - m = spud vibrator
vibrateur interne - m = internal vibrator, poker
vibrator
vibration - f = chatter, vibration
vibration entretenue - f = sustained vibration
vibration forcée - f = forced vibration
vibration propre - f = free vibration
vibreur (béton) - m = vibrator
vibrofinisseur - m = vibrating and finishing machine
vibrofonçage - m = vibropiling
vibrofonceur - m = piling vibrator, sonic pile driver,
vibrating pile driver
vibrolance - f = vibrating probe
vibropilonneuse - f = vibrating rammer
vice (souvent “désordre” en construction) - m
= defect
vice apparent - m = visible defect
vice caché - m = hidden defect (UK), hidden fault,
latent defect (US)
vice de construction - m = construction defect, defec-
tive workmanship faulty construction, faulty construc-
tion
vice de fabrication - m = defective workmanship,
faulty workmanship
vices calantes - f = plate screws
vidage (appareil sanitaire) - m = waste
vidage (benne) - m = dumping
vidage à mécanisme extérieur - m = pop-up waste,
popup waste
vidage par l’arrière - m = end dumping
vidage par renversement du sens de la rotation - m
= reversing discharge
vidage système américain - m = bi-transit waste and
overflow, bitransit waste and overflow, standing waste
and overflow
vidange (appareil sanitaire) - f = fixture drain
vidange (condensat, huile) - f = draining, draining off
vidange (fosse d’aisances) - f = emptying
vidange individuelle - f = fixture drain
vide = empty, unloaded
vide - m = air space, cavity, gap, holiday, space,
vacuum
vide (béton) -m = voids
vide (porosité) - m = void
vide d’air - m = air space
vide interstitiel - m = intergranular air void
vide pour empêcher le cisaillement - m = pocket for
shear check
vide pour remplissage avec béton - m = space for
concrete infilling
vide rempli de béton - m = concrete infilling
vide sanitaire (VS) - m = crawl space
vide sous comble - m = roof space, roof void
vide sous-plancher - m = ceiling void
vide technique (VT) - m = service space
vide technique horizontal - m = horizontal service
space
vide technique vertical - m = vertical service space
vide-cave (pompe) - m = bailing pump
vide-ordures (VO) - m = garbage chute (US), refuse
chute, rubbish chute (UK), trash chute (US)
vider les quatre murs = gut a building, to
vidoir - m = flap, disposal basin, slop sink
vieillissement - m = ageing (UK), aging (US), sea-
soning
vieillissement accéléré - m = accelerated ageing,
accelerated aging, artificial ageing, artificial aging
vieillissement artificiel - m = accelerated ageing,
accelerated aging, artificial ageing, artificial aging
vieillissement(dû aux intempéries) - m = weathering
vieux béton - m = concrete rubble
vilebrequin - m = bit brace, brace, crankshaf,t speed
wrench
vilebrequin à cliquet - m = ratchet brace
vilebrequin à conscience - m = breast-drill
vilebrequin à engrenage - m = hand-drill
vilebrequin à rochet - m = ratchet brace
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vinyl-expansé-relief (VER) - m = cushion floor
virevolte - f = concrete buggy
virole - f = collar, ferrule
vis - f = screw
vis (escalier à vis) - f = screw stair, vice stair
vis à ailettes - f = thumb screw, wing screw
vis à bois - f = wood screw
vis à cache-tête - f = dome cover screw
vis à calotte - f = dome cover screw
vis à filet renversé - f = left-handed screw
vis à jour - f = hollow-newel stair, open-newel stair
vis à noyau plein - f = solid-newel stair
vis à oreilles - f = thumb screw, wing nut, wing screw
vis à tête à six pans - f = hexagon head screw, hexag-
onal head screw
vis à tête bombée - f = button-head screw
vis à tête cruciforme - f = recessed-head screw
vis à tête fendue - f = slotted screw
vis à tête fraisée - f = countersunk screw
vis à tête noyée - f = flush screw
vis à tête plate - f = flat-head screw
vis à tête six pans - f = hexagon head screw, hexag-
onal head screw, hexagonal—head screw
vis à tôle - f = sheet metal screw
vis brute - f = black bolt, unfinished bolt
vis calante(s) - f = foot levelling screw(s), plate
screw(s), levelling screw(s)
vis calantes (topographie) - f = foot
vis d’assemblage - f = connecting screw
vis de butée - f = stop screw
vis de calage - f = adjusting screw, leveling screw
vis de haute résistance - f = high strength bolt, high
strength friction grip bolt
vis de jonction - f = connecting screw
vis de manœuvre - f = stem
vis de rappel - f = adjusting screw
vis de réglage - f = adjusting screw
vis mécanique - f = machine screw, turned screw
vis moletée - f = thumbscrew
vis sans fin - f = worm gear
vis sans tête - f = grub screw
vis transporteuse - f = helical conveyor
vis transporteuse - f = worm conveyor
viscoréduction - f = visbreaking
visée - f = sight, top sight
visée arrière - f = back observation, backsight
visée avant - f = fore observation, foresight
visée interne - f = backsight
viseur - m = sight gauge, sight tube
viseur de liquide - m = liquid indicator (US), sight
glass (UK)
viseur de liquide avec indicateur d’humidité - m
= sight glass and moisture indicator
viseur de nadir - m = vertical collimator
visière - f = visor
vissé = screwed-on
vissé-collé = screwed and glued
visser = screw (to), thread (to)
visser à fond = screw home, to
vitesse axiale (clim.) - f = centre line velocity, centre-
line velocity
vitesse de cisaillement - f = rate of shear
vitesse de curage - f = self-cleaning velocity
vitesse de fluage - f = rate of creep
vitesse de frappe - f = frequency of blows
vitesse de mise en charge - f = rate of loading
vitesse de régime - f = normal working speed
vitesse d’écoulement - f = stream velocity, velocity
vitesse d’évaporation - f = evaporation rate
vitesse frontale - f(clim.) = face velocity
vitesse-type de marche - f = design speed
vitrage - m = glass, glass-partition, glazing, glazing
partition
vitrage antieffraction - m = armour plate glass
vitrage au nord d’un toit en shed - m = north light
vitrage de façade - m = patent glazing
vitrage double - m = double glazing
vitrage pare-balles - m = bullet resistant glazing
vitrage pare-soleil - m = solar control glazing
vitrage sans mastic - m = dry glazing
vitrages - m = cover
vitrail - m = glass, stained glass
vitré = glazed, paned
vitre - f = glass, glass pane, pane, pane of glass,
window pane
vitre de fenêtre - f = window pane
vitrer = glaze, to
vitrerie - f = glazing
vitrerie brevetée - f = patent glazing
vitrerie double - f = double glazing
vitreux = glassy, vitreous
vitrier - m = glazier
vitrificateur (parquet) - m = surface sealer (wooden
floor)
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vitrification - f = glazing, hard plastifying
vitrifié = vitrified
vitrifier = glaze (o), vitrify (to)
vitrine - f = display cabinet, display case, glass, shop
window (UK), show window (US)
vitrine (à l’intérieur du magasin) - f = show case
vivier - m = fish pond (of abbey)
VO (vide-ordures) - m = garbage chute (US), refuse
chute, rubbish chute (UK), trash chute (US)
voie circulaire - f = ring road
voie d’accès - f = access road, approach road
voie d’air - f = air space
voie de ceinture - f = ring road
voie de circulation - f = traffic lane
voie de grue - f = crane track
voie de scie - f = saw kerf
voilage - m = curtain wall, net curtains (UK), sheer
drapes (US)
voilé = out-of-true, true (out of), warped
voile - m = shell construction, shell roof, wall, warping
voile (mince) -m = thin shell
voile (mur de soutènement) - m = stem
voile (peinture) - m = cloudiness, shell
voile autoportant polygonal - m = folded construc-
tion, folded plate construction, hipped plate construc-
tion, prismatic shell construction
voile de béton - m = concrete shell
voile de verre - m = glass fibre mat
voile mince - m = shell, thin shell
voile mince paraboloïde hyperbolique - m = hyper-
bolic paraboloid construction, hyperbolic paraboloid
shell
voilement - m = bulging, warping, web buckling
voilement longitudinal de face - m = bow, camber
voilement longitudinal de rive - m = edge bend,
spring (of board)
voilement transversal - m = cup
voilure - f = buckling, warp
voirie (travaux de...) - m = road works
voirie et réseaux divers (VRD) - m = external works,
roadway, site works, water and drainage networks
vois d’accès - f = approach
voisin = adjoining
volant = flying, movable, suspended
volant - m = flywheel, handwheel, span
volée - f = boom, flight of steps, stair
volée d’escalier - f = flight of stairs, flight of steps,
stair
volée droite - f = straight flight, straight run
volet - m = damper, flap, inside shutter, outside shutter,
shutter
volet (contrevent) - m = outside shutter
volet (fenêtre) - m = inside shutter
volet (régistre) - m = flap
volet mécanique - m = revolving shutter, roller blind,
rolling shutter
volet persienne - m = partly louvered shutter
volet roulant - m = revolving shutter, roller blind,
roller shutter, rolling shutter
volet se repliant à l’intérieur - m = box shutter
volière - f = aviary
volige - f = floor board, lath, batten, plank, slat, slating
batten
volige (sous ardoises ou tuiles) - f = roof board, sar-
king board
volige chanlattée - f = eaves board, eaves lath
volige de fond de créneau - f = gutter board, gutter
plank
voligeage - m = battening, floor boarding, lath, lathing,
lathwork, roofing strips, planking, timber planking,
sheathing (base for wall or roof cladding
voligeage (sous toiture) - m = roof boarding, roof
sheathing, sarking boards
voligeage jointif - m = close boarding
voligeage non jointif - m = open boarding
voligeage sous ardoises - m = slate boarding
volume - m = bulk, volume
volume de la chasse - m = capacity of the cistern
volume de protection - m = firebreak (around a
building)
volume de rangement - m = storage space
volume modulaire - m = modular volume
volumique = per unit of volume
volute - f = scroll
volute - f = volute
volute (de pompe centrifuge) - f = casing
vousseau - m = arch brick, key stone, quoin
voussoir - m = arch brick, circle brick, arch stone,
gagged stone, key stone, quoin, vousseau, voussoir
voussoir de départ - m = impost, platband
voussoir précontraint (pont) - m = precast segment
(bridge)
voussoir retourné - m = toed voussoir
voussure - f = groin, order of an arch, splayed arch
voussure (entre plafond et mur) - f = cove, coving
voussure (voûte) - f = arching, concavity (of vault)
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voûtain - m = cell (of vault), segment (of ribbed vault),
tapered casing, vaulting cell
voûtain de plancher - m = floor arch (US), jack
arch (UK)
voûté = arched, vaulted
voûte - f = arch, roof, vault
voûte à arc-doubleau - f = groined arch
voûte à arête - f = groined arch
voûte à nervures - f = ribbed vault
voûte annulaire - f = annular vault
voûte autoportante - f = barrel vault shell
voûte biaise - f = oblique arch, skew arch, skew vault
voûte d’arête - f = groin vault, groined vault, groin
vault, groined vault
voûte de décharge - f = discharging arch
voûte de pont de chemin de fer - f = railway arch
voûte de tunnel - f = roof
voûte d’entrée - f = archway
voûte en anse de panier - f = basket-handle vault
voûte en arc - f = trough vault
voûte en arc de cloître - f = cloistered vault, coved
vault, dominical vault, square dome, square vault
voûte en berceau - f = barrel vault, barrel-vault, cradle
vault
voûte en berceau brisé - f = pointed barrel vault
voûte en berceau droit - f = straight barrel vault
voûte en berceau oblique - f = oblique barrel vault
voûte en berceau rampant - f = rising barrel vault,
sloping barrel vault
voûte en coupole - f = domed vault
voûte en demi-berceau - f = half-barrel vault
voûte en éventail - f = fan vault
voûte en ogive - m = ogival vault
voûte en plein cintre - f = semi-circular vault
voûte mince autoportante - f = barrel shell
voûte nervée (à nervure) - f = ribbed vault
voûte quadripartite - f = quadripartite vault
voûte renversée - f = inverted arch
voûte sexpartite - f = sexpartite vault
voûte tournant sur noyau - f = radial arch roof
voûte tournant sur pilier - f = radial arch roof
voûtelette - f = arch rib, jack arch
voûtes - f = arches, vaulting
voyant - m = indicator light, pilot light
voyant de mire - m = target
voyant lumineux - m = indicator light
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VP (ventilation primaire) - f = soil vent, stack vent,
stack venting, waste vent
VP (ventilation primaire) (tuyau) - f = continuous
vent (US), main soil and waste vent (US)
VRD (voirie et réseaux divers) - m = external works,
site works, roadway, water and drainage networks
vrillage - m = twist
vrille - f = gimlet
vrillons - m = excelsior X (chaux) - f = lime
VS (vide sanitaire) - m = crawl space XHA (chaux hydraulique artificielle) - f = artificial
VT (vide technique) - m = service space hydraulic lime
vue à vol d’oiseau - f = bird’s eye view XHN (chaux hydraulique naturelle) - f = natural
hydraulic lime
vue de côté - f = side elevation, side view
vue de face - f = front elevation, front view

Z
vue d’en haut - f = top view
vue d’ensemble - f = general view
vue éclatée - f = exploded view
vue en coupe - f = cross-section, sectional elevation,
sectional view
vue en élévation - f = elevation
vue en plan - f = plan view
vue en sous-face - f = bottom view
vue latérale - f = end view
ZA (zone artisanale) - f = industrial estate (usually
vulcanisation - f = cure, curing, vulcanisation
small, with local firms and workshops), industrial park
VV (va-et-vient) - m = two-way switch (usually small, with local firms and workshops)
VV (voile de verre) - m = glass fibre mat ZAC (zone d’aménagement concertée) - f = mixed
development zone
ZAD (zone d’aménagement différé) - f = holding

W
w.c. - m = closet (US), w.c. (UK)
w.c. à la turque - m = squat closet
w.c. à reservoir bas - m = closet with low-down flush
tank (US), low-level suite (UK)
w.c. à réservoir haut - m = closet with high-up flush
tank (US), high-level suite (UK), high-level w.c. suite
w.c. chimique - m = chemical closet
w.c.à cuvette attenante - m = closed-coupled w.c.
W-C à chasse d’eau - m = hopper-type WC
white-spirit - m = substitute, turp, turps, white spirit
zone
zed - m = Z bar (UK), zee bar (US)
ZI (zone industrielle) - f = industrial estate, industrial
park
zigzaguer les joints = break joints, to
zingage - m = galvanizing, zinc plating
zingué au feu = hot dip galvanized
zinguerie - f = metalwork, sheet metal work, zinc
flexible metal roofing
zonage - m = zoning
zonage de fait - m = actual zoning, existing pattern of
land use
zonage par affectation - m = use zoning
zonage ponctuel - m = spot zoning
zone - f = area, zone
zone à dégager - f = clearance area
zone à urbaniser - f = development area
zone à urbaniser en priorité (ZUP) - f = priority
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zone active de Rankine - f = active Rankine zone
zone artisanale (ZA) - f = industrial estate (usually
small, with local firms and workshops)
zone artisanale (ZA) - f = industrial park (usually
small, with local firms and workshops)
zone clé - f = controlling zone
zone constructible - f = constructible zone
zone construite - f = built area, built-up area
zone côtière - f = coastal zone
zone d’activité - f = working area
zone d’aménagement concertée (ZAC) -f = mixed
development zone
zone d’aménagement différé (ZAD) - f = holding
zone
zone d’aménagement paysager - f = landscape area
zone de confort - f = comfort zone
zone de failles - f = faulted area
zone de marnage - f = tidal zone
zone de plan masse - f = outlineplan
zone de stationnement - f = parking area
zone de subsidence - f = area of subsidence
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zone de villes dortoirs - f = commuter belt
zone d’emprunt - f = barrow pit (US), borrow area,
borrow pit
zone desservie - f = tributary area
zone d’extension - f = extension area
zone funiculaire - f = zone of semicontinuous soil
moisture
zone industrielle (ZI) - f = industrial estate, industrial
park
zone mouillée (ardoise) - f = creep
zone non affectée - f = floating zone
zone pendulaire - f = zone of semicontinuous soil
moisture
zone piétonne - f = pedestrian area (UK), pedestrian
precinct (US), pedestrian zone (UK)
zone piétonnière - f = pedestrian area (UK), pedes-
trian precinct (US), pedestrian zone (UK)
zone résidentielle - f = residential zone
zone verte - f = green belt
ZUP (zone à urbaniser en priorité) - f = priority
development area
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anglais -
français –
1/4 bend = coude au 1/4 - m
1/8 bend = coude au 1/8 - m
45° pipe lateral = té à 45° - m
45°elbow = coude au 1/8 - m - m
90°elbow = coude au 1/4 - m
A
a construction typical of modern suburban develop-
ment = pavillon (housing) - m
a heavy type of gutter = chéneau - m
a high, defensive wall = muraille (souvent au pluriel) - f
a large town house = hôtel particulier - m
A level = niveau (triangulaire) - m, niveau triangulaire - m
a small paving stone = cadette - f
a square paving stone = cadette - f
a type of quarry tile, usually hexagon-shaped
= tomette - f, tommette - f
a type of valve = clapet - m
a type of Vee-gutter = gouttière havraise - f
a wood gutter lined with metal = chéneau à encaisse-
ment - m
A.C. generator = alternateur - m
abacus = abaque (architecture) - m, tailloir - m
abbedo = abbédo
abbey = abbaye - f
abbey church = abbaye - f
abestos sheet = plaque d’amiante - f
above grade = hors sol
above-grade masonry = maçonnerie au-dessus du
niveau du sol - f
above-grade structure = ouvrage au-dessus du sol - m
above-grade structure = ouvrage en élévation - m
above-grade wall = mur en élevation - m
above-grade walls = murs en élévation - m
above-grade work = maçonnerie en élévation - f
above-ground swimming pool = piscine hors sol - f
abrade, to = user par frottement
abrasion = abrasion - f, usure par frottement - f
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abrasion resistance = résistance à l’abrasion - f
abrasion test = essai d’usure à la meule - m
abrasion testing machine = machine d’usure - f,
machine pour essais d’usure - f
abrasion text = essai d’usure par frottement - m
abrasive = abrasif - m
abrasive paper = papier abrasif - m
absolute specific gravity = densité absolue - f
absorbed water = eau d’absorption - f
absorbent = absorbant - m
absorber = absorbeur - m, surface absorbante (chauf-
fage solaire) - f
absorber panel = absorbeur - m
absorbing plate = absorbeur - m, surface absorbante
(chauffage solaire) - f
absorbing surface = surface absorbante (chauffage
solaire) - f
absorbing well = puits absorbant - m
absorptance = coefficient d’absorption - m
absorption bed = plateau absorbant - m, plateau tel-
lurien - m
absorption cooling = refroidissement à absorption - m
absorption rate = coefficient d’absorption d’eau - m,
coefficient de capillarité - m
absorption system = système à absorption - m
absorption test = essai de porosité - m
absorption well = puits absorbant - m
absorptive form = coffrage perdu - m
absorptive power = absorptivité - f, pouvoir absorbant - m
absorptivity = absorptivité - f, pouvoir absorbant - m
abut against, to = arc-bouter (s’)
abut on, to = arc-bouter (s’)
abut, to = buter
abutment = aboutement - m, butée - f, contrefort - m,
culée - f, culée de pont - f, garde-grève - m, mur de
tête - m, pied-droit - m, point de poussée (voûte) - m,
raccordement bout à bout - m
abutment dead weight = poids propre de la culée - m
abutment hindge = articulation aux naissances - f
abutment line = rive de tête (toit) - f
abutment piece (US) = semelle (étai) - f
abutment pier = piédroit de culée - m
abutment wall = mur de culée - m
abuttal = aboutissant - m
abutter = propriétaire limitrophe - m
abutting joint = assemblage de rencontre - m
abutting on = attenant à
abutting owner = propriétaire limitrophe - m
acanthus leaf = feuille d’acanthe - f
acarded = bordé d’arcades, couvert d’arcades
accelerated ag€ing = vieillissement accéléré - m, vieil-
lissement artificiel - m, vieillissement accéléré - m,
vieillissement artificiel - m
accelerated test = essai accéléré - m
accelerated weathering test = essai accéléré de résis-
tance aux intempéries - m
accelerating admixture = accélérateur - m
accelerating agent = accélérateur - m, accélérateur de
prise - m
accelerator = accélérateur - m, accélérateur de prise - m
accelerometer = accéléromètre - m
acceptance = réception (d’un ouvrage) - f
acceptance of work = réception des travaux - f
acceptance test = essai de réception - m
access = accès - m
access balcony = coursive - f
access chamber = regard - m
access chamber = regard de visite (égout) - m
access door = porte d’accès - f, porte de visite - f
access eye = tampon de visite - m
access eye (UK) = bouchon de dégorgement - m, bou-
chon de visite - m, regard de nettoyage - m
access hole = regard de visite - m, trou de visite - m
access ramp = rampe d’accès - f
access road = voie d’accès - f
access to exits = accès aux issues - m
access work platform = élévateur à nacelle - m
accessory = accessoire - m
accolade = accolade (décor) - f
accommodation = locaux - m, logement - m
accordion door = porte accordéon - f
accordion sash = châssis accordéon - m, châssis
pliant - m
account = compte - m
accretion = accroissement par alluvionnement - m
accumulation curve = courbe cumulative - f
accumulator = accumulateur - m
acetate = acétate - m
acetylene blow torch = chalumeau à acétylène - m
acetylene blowlamp = chalumeau à acétylène - m
acetylene blowpipe = chalumeau à acétylène - m
acetylene blowpipe = chalumeau oxyacétylènique - m
acetylene torch = chalumeau à acétylène - m
acetylene welder = soudeur au chalumeau - m
acetylene welder = soudeur autogène - m
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acetylene welding = soudure autogène - f, soudure oxy-
acétylènique - f
achitectural effect = animation - f
acicular = aciculaire
acid brittleness = fragilité de décapage - f
acid fermentation = fermentation acide - f
acid pollutant = polluant acide - m
acid resistant = inattaquable par les acides, résistance
à l’acide - f
acid resistant paint = peinture antiacide - f
acid rock = roche acide - f
acid soil = sol acide - m
acid stage = phase acide - f
acid-resistant brick = brique résistant aux acides - f
acid-resisting cement = ciment résistant aux acides - m
acid-resisting concrete = béton antiacide - m
acorn nut = écrou borgne - m
acoustic = acoustique
acoustic covering = parement acoustique - m
acoustic insulation = insonorisation - f, isolation
phonique - f, isolement acoustique - m
acoustic lining = revêtement acoustique - m
acoustic material = isolant acoustique - m, matériau
absorbant phonique - m
acoustic paint = peinture antisonique - f
acoustic tile = carreau acoustique - m
acoustical = acoustique
acoustical absorptivity = coefficient d’absorption
acoustique - m
acoustical energy = énergie acoustique - f
acoustical insulation = isolant acoustique - m
acoustical insulation = isolation acoustique - f
acoustical material = matériau acoustique - m
acoustically treated = insonorisé
acoustically treated room = salle insonore - f, salle
insonorisé - f
acoustics = acoustique - f
acroter = acrotère - m
acroterion = acrotère - m
acroterium = acrotère - m
acrylic resin = résine acrylique - f
acting compositely = collaborant
actinometer = actinomètre - m
activated = activé
activated alumina = alumine activée - f
activated carbon = charbon actif - m, charbon activé - m
activated charcoal = charbon actif - m, charbon
activé - m
activated sludge = boue activée - f
activated sludgeprocess = procédé des boues
activées - m
active area = surface utile - f
active earth pressure = poussée active des terres - f
active earth pressure = poussée active du terrain - f
active energy meter = compteur d’énergie active - m
active failure = rupture active - f, rupture par poussée
active - f
active layer = sol soumis aux actions saisonnières - m
active leaf = battant ouvrant le premier - m, ouvrant
(vantail de porte) - m, premier vantail - m, vantail
mobile - m
active pipe = canalisation en service - f, tuyauterie - f
active Rankine pressure = pression active de
Rankine - f
active Rankine zone = zone active de Rankine - f
active reinforcement = aciers actifs - m, armature
active - f
active surface of sliding = surface active de glisse-
ment - f
activity = tâche (chemin critique) - f
actual = réel (épaisseur, grandeur)
actual cash value = valeur au jour du sinistre - f
actual clearance = jeu effectif - m
actual deviation = écart effectif - m
actual dimension = dimension effective - f, dimension
réelle - f
actual length = longueur réelle - f
actual measure = mesure réelle - f
actual measurement = dimension effective - f, mesure
effective - f, mesure réelle - f, mesure vraie - f
actual output = coefficient d’utilisation - m
actual performance = rendement réel - m
actual reading = mesure brute - f
actual value = valeur réelle - f
actual zoning = zonage de fait - m
actuator = actionneur - m
acute angle = angle aigu - m
adaptable and extensible = évolutif (bâtiment,
maison)
adaptation = adaptation - f
adaptator = adaptateur - m
adapter = agrandissement - m, cône-réduction - m,
fiche triplite - f, raccord - m, rallonge - f, réduction - f
adaptor = fiche triplite - f
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add a storey, to = exhausser un bâtiment d’un étage,
rehausser d’un étage, exhausser d’un étage
addition = agrandissement - m, rajout - m, rallonge - f
addition to a builing = rajout - m
additional load = surcharge - f
additive = additif - m, adjuvant - m, matière ajoutée - f,
produit d’addition - m
additive compound = composé d’addition
additonnal premium = surprime - f
addorsed = adossé
adfreezing = congélation adhérente - f
adhere to specifications, to = respecter le cahier des
charges
adherend = partie collée à une autre - f, surface à
coller - f
adhesion = adhérence - f, adhésion - f
adhesive = adhésif - m, ciment liant - m
adhesive strength = adhérence - f, pouvoir adhérent - m
adiabatic compression = compression adiabatique - f
adjacent property = propriété adjacente - f
adjacent to = attenant à
adjoining = avoisinant, voisin
adjoining land = fonds voisin - m
adjoining room = pièce voisine - f
adjustable monkey wrench = clé à molette - f
adjustable monkey wrench = clé américaine - f
adjustable monkey wrench = clé anglaise - f
adjustable spanner = clé à molette - f, clé améri-
caine - f, clé anglaise - f, clef anglaise - f
adjustable spanner (UK) = clef à molette - f
adjustement = ajustement - m
adjusting = mise au point - f, réglage - m
adjusting nut = écrou de réglage - m, écrou tendeur - m
adjusting screw = vis de calage - f, vis de rappel - f,
vis de réglage - f
adjusting valve = soupape de réglage - f, soupape régu-
latrice - f
adjustment = mise au point - f, réglage - m
adjustment range = plage de réglage - f
adjuvant = additif - m, adjuvant - m, matière ajoutée - f,
produit d’addition - m
administration building = bâtiment administratif - m,
immeuble administratif - m, bâtiment administratif - m,
immeuble administratif - m
admissible clearance = jeu admissible - m
admistrative clauses = cahier des clauses administra-
tives particulières (CCAP - m, CCAP (cahier des
clauses administratives particulières) - m
admixture = additif - m, addition - f, adjuvant - m,
admissible, incorporation - f, matière ajoutée - f,
mélange - m, produit d’addition - m
adobe = adobe - f, adobe - m, argile compacte - f, brique
en adobe - f, brique séchée à l’air - f, construction en
adobe - f, pisé - m
adobe brick = brique d’adobe - f
adobe construction = adobe - m, construction en
adobe - f
adornment = enjolivement - m
adorsed = adossé
advance filtration = filtration pousée - f
advance planning = établissement de l’avant-projet - m
advisory development plant = avant-projet - m
adze = aisceau - m, aissette - f, erminette (herminette)
- f, herminette - f, tille - f
adze, to = dresser à l’hermétique, tailler à l’herminette
adzed = dressé à l’herminette
AEMA (Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers’
Association) = AEMA (Association américaine des
Manufacturiers d’Émulsion de Bitume) - f
aeolian = éolien
aeolian rock = roche éolienne - f
aerated burner = brûleur à flamme bleue - m
aerated concrete = béton à air occlus - m, béton
aéré - m, béton-gaz - m
aeration = aération - f
aeration pond = bassin d’aération - m
aeration tank = bassin d’aération - m
aerator fitting = aérateur brise-jet - m
aerial = antenne - f
aerial cableway = câble aérien - m, blondin - m
aerial ropeway = câble aérien - m
aerial survey = levé photogrammétrique - m, levé
aérien - m
aerial work platform = élévateur à nacelle - m
aerobic decomposition = destruction aérobie - f
aerobic digestion = digestion aérobie - f
A-frame = chevalet de levage - m
African mahogany = okoumé - m
aftercooler = post-refroidisseur - m
afterheat = chaleur résiduelle - f
afterheater = post-réchauffeur - m
after-heater = réchauffeur aval - m
against the grain = à contre fil
against the grain = contre le fil
aged = patiné
aged cement = ciment vieilli - m
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ageing = maturation du béton - f
ageing (UK) = vieillissement - m
agent = additif - m, adjuvant - m, agent - m, chef de
chantier - m, matière ajoutée - f, produit - m
agent = produit d’addition - m
agglomerate = agglomérat - m, conglomérat - m
agglomerate(d) cork brick = brique en liège - f
agglomerated cork = liège aggloméré - m
aggregate = agrégat - m, granulat - m, stériles - m
aggregate batch meter = indicateur de dosage des gra-
nulats - m
aggregate bin = silo accumulateur de granulats - m
aggregate dryer = séchoir de granulat - m
aggregate feeder = alimentateur d’agrégats - m
aggregate feeder = alimentateur doseur - m
aggregate weigh batcher skip = benne d’alimentation
en granulats avec dispositif de pesage des charges - f
aggressive water = eau agressive - f
aging (US) = vieillissement - m
agitating truck = toupie à béton - f
agitator = agitateur - m
agreed value = valeur agréée - f
agricultural drain = drain agricole - m
ahead of schedule = en avance sur les délais prévus
air admission = amenée d’air - f
air bottle = bouteille d’air - f
air brick = brique argileuse non cuite - f, brique d’aé-
ration - f, brique de ventilation - f, brique perforée - f
air change = renouvellement d’air (clim.) - m
air cleaner = épurateur d’air - m, filtre à air - m
air compressor = compresseur d’air - m
air conditioning = climatisation - f
air cushion = matelas d’air - m
air diffuser = diffuseur - m
air discharge = évacuation d’air - f
air displacement pump = aéro-éjecteur - m
air drain = conduit d’air - m, évent - m, gaine d’aéra-
tion - f
air draught = aspirail - m
air drill = perforatrice à air comprimé - f
air dry = sec à l’air
air drying = séchage à l’air - m
air drying = séchage naturel - m
air duct = conduit aéraulique - m, conduit d’air - m,
évent - m, gaine d’aération - f, gaine d’air - f, gaine de
ventilation - f
air ejector = aéro-éjecteur - m
air entrained concrete = béton aéré - m
air entraining admixture = additif d’occlusion
d’air - m
air entraining agent = agent aérateur - m, agent d’en-
traînement d’air - m, entraîneur d’air - m
air entraining compound = agent aérateur - m, agent
d’entraînement d’air - m, entraîneur d’air - m
air entraining concrete = béton à air occlus - m, béton
à entraînement d’air - m
air exhaustion = extraction d’air - f
air filter = filtre à air - m
air flow pattern = schéma d’écoulement de l’air - m
air flue = carneau d’air - m, conduit aéraulique - m,
conduit d’air - m, conduit de ventilation - m
air gap = intervalle d’air - m
air gun = riveteuse à air comprimé - f, riveteuse pneu-
matique - f
air hammer = marteau pneumatique - m
air handler = caisson de traitement d’air - m
air handling = traitement d’air - m
air handling unit = centrale de climatisation - f
air heater = aérotherme - m, appareil de chauffage
ambiant - m, générateur d’air chaud - m, réchauffeur
d’air - m
air heating = chauffage d’air - m
air hoist = treuil à air comprimé - m
air hole = bouche d’aération - f, prise d’air - f, trou
d’évent - m, ventouse - f
air humidity indicator = hygromètre - m
air inlet = admission d’air - f, amenée d’air - f, arrivée
d’air - f, aspirail - m, entrée d’air - f, prise d’air - f, ven-
touse - f
air input = apport d’air - m
air input supply = apport d’air - m
air intake = admission d’air - f, arrivée d’air - f, entrée
d’air - f, prise d’air - f
air line = canalisation d’air - f, tuyauterie d’air - f
air lock = bouchon d’air - m, poche d’air - f
air lock (separating air-conditioned from non air-
conditioned space) = sas (clim.) - m
air mass = masse atmosphère - f
air moisture = humidité atmosphérique - f
air outlet = sortie d’air - f
air pipe = conduite d’air - f
air pocket = poche d’air - f, poche d’air (canalisa-
tion) - f
air purifier = hotte absorbante - f
air receiver = accumulateur de compresseur - m
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air receiver (of compressor) = réservoir d’air com-
primé - m
air register = registre d’air - m
air release = évacuation d’air - f
air release valve = purgeur - m
air return = reprise d’air - f
air rights = potence constructible en élévation - f
air seasoning = séchage naturel - m
air shaft = puits de ventilation - m
air slaked lime = chaux éteinte à sec - f
air slaking = extinction à l’air (chaux) - f
air space = couche d’air - f, lame d’air (mur creux) - f,
matelas d’air - m, vide - m, vide d’air - m, voie d’air - f
air supplied = apport d’air - m
air supply = apport d’air - m
air supply fan = ventilateur de soufflage d’air - m
air supply pipe = tuyau de ventilation - m
air supported structure = construction gonflable - f
air supported structure = structure gonflable - f
air temperature = température ambiante - f
air terminal = pointe de choc (paratonnerre) - f
air terminal unit = caisson - m
air tool = outil à air comprimé - m, outil pneuma-
tique - m
air treatment unit (ATU) = unité de traitement de l’air
(UTA) - f
air valve = reniflard - m, ventouse - f
air vent = bouche d’aération - f, évent - m, évent d’aé-
ration - m, purge d’air - f, purgeur d’air - m, reniflard
- m, ventouse - f
air vessel = bouteille d’air - f
air washer = laveur d’air - m
air well = courette - f, puits d’air - m, puits de venti-
lation - m
air-conditioned = à air conditionné
air-conditioned building = bâtiment climatisé - m
air-cooled condenser = condenseur à air - m
air-cooled evaporator = évaporateur à refroidissement
à air - m
air-cured binder = liant aérien - m
air-dried = séché à l’air
airdried brick = brique argileuse non cuite - f, brique
séchée à l’air - f
airdrill = marteau perforateur à air comprimé - m
air-dry = sec à l’air
air-entrained concrete = béton à air occlus - m
airflow = passage d’air - m
airhole = soupirail - m, ventouse - f
airhole of a cellar = soupirail - m
airing = aération - f
airing cupboard = placard chauffe-linge - m
airless spraying = pulvérisation sous haute pression
(peinture) - f
air-operated = à air comprimé
air-operated = commandé par air comprimé
air-placed concrete = béton projeté - m
air-powered = à air comprimé
air-proof = hermétique à l’air
air-seasoned = séché à l’air
airslide mixer = bétonnière à couloir - f
air-stack = cheminée d’aération - f
air-supported structure = construction gonflable - f
air-supported structure = structure gonflable - f
airtight = étanche à l’air
airtight = hermétique
airtight stopping = bouchon hermétique - m
air-to-air heat pump = pompe à chaleur air/air - f
air-to-water heat pump = pompe à chaleur air/eau - f
air-type collector = capteur à air - m
Airy stress function = fonctions des contraintes
d’Airy - f
aisle = vaisseau - m
aisle roof = toit en appentis - m
aisle roof = toiture en appentis - f
alabaster = albâtre - m
alarm = alarme - f, avertisseur - m
alburnum = aubier - m
alcaline hardness = degré hydrotimétrique tempo-
raire - m
alcove = alcôve - f, enfoncement - m, niche - f
alette = alette - f
algicible = algicide - m
algicidal = algicible
alidade = alidade - f
aligatoring = peau de crocodile - f
align, to = enligner
alignment = alignement - m, enlignement - m, tracé -
m, tracé en plan - m
alignment chart = abaque à points alignés - m
alignment of a road = tracé d’une route - m
alkaline = alcalin - m
alkaline earth = terre alcaline - f
alkaline soil = sol alcalin - m
alkyd paint = peinture alkyde - f, peinture glycéroph-
talique - f
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alkyd resin = résine alkyde - f
all around loading = charge latérale dans toutes les
directions - f
all mod. cons (all modern conveniences) = confort
moderne - m
all modern conveniences (all mod. cons) = confort
moderne - m
all risk insurance = assurance tous risques - f
all trade = tous corps d’état - m
alley = venelle - f
alligatoring = crocodilage - m, peau de crapaud
(peinture) - f
all-in = tout-venant (TV) - m
all-in = TV (tout-venant) - m
all-in aggregate = agregat tout-venant - m, granulat
tout venant - m
all-levels sample = échantillon moyen - m
allnight burner = poêle à feu continu - m
all-night burner = poêle à feu continu - m
allochthonous = allochtone
allotment = lotissement - m
allotment of land = affectation des sols - f
allowable bearing capacity = capacité portante admis-
sible - f
allowable bearing pressure = taux de travail admis-
sible - m
allowable bearing soil pressure = pression admissible
sur le sol - f
allowable capacity = capacité portante admissible - f
allowable foundation pressure = taux de travail
admissible - m
allowable load = charge admissible - f
allowable soil bearing limit = limite de charge du
sol - f
allowable stress = contrainte admissible - f, contrainte
autorisée - f, effort admissible - m, taux de contrainte
admissible - m
allowance = jeu - m, surépaisseur - f, tolérance - f
allowance for cutting waste = majoration pour
chutes - f
allowance in width = gras sur la largeur - m
alloy = alliage - m
alloy steel = acier allié - m, acier spécial - m, alliage
d’acier - m
alloy structural steel = acier allié de construction - m
all-round pressure = pression de soutien - f, pression
d’étreinte latérale - f
all-solar energy = énergie solaire intégrale - f
all-steel structure = construction entièrement métal-
lique - f, construction tout acier - f
allure = hourd - m
alluvia = alluvions - f
alluvial = alluvial, alluvionnaire
alluvial clay deposit = dépôt argileux alluvionnaire - m
alluvial horizon = horizon d’apport - m
alluvial soil = sol alluvial - m, sol d’alluvions - m
alluviation = alluvionnement - m
all-weld test piece = échantillon prélevé dans le métal
déposé - m
all-welded = entièrement soudé
almary = armoire aux vases sacrés - f
almonry = aumônerie - f
alms box = troncd’église - m
almshouse = hospice (vieillards) - m
along the bedding plane = selon le plan de stratifica-
tion
along the grain = dans le sens du fil
along the grain = de droit fil
altar = autel - m
altar frontal = devant d’autel - m
altar rail = balustrade de sanctuaire - f, grille de sanc-
tuaire - f
altar slab = table d’autel - f
altar stone = pierre d’autel - f, table d’autel - f
altar-piece = retable - m
alter, to = modifier (construction)
alteration = modification d’une construction - f,
réfection - f,transformation - f
alteration (to a construction) = remaniement - m
alternate bend test = essai de pliage alterné - m
alternate bending = pliage alterné - m
alternate door jamb = variante d’huisserie - f
alternate immersion corrosion test = essai d’immer-
sion et d’émersion alternées - m
alternate immersion test = essai d’immersion et
d’émersion alternées - m
alternate joints = joints croisés - m
alternate quarter sawing = débit sur faux-quartier - m
alternating current = courant alternatif - m
alternating current generator = alternateur - m
alternating stress amplitude = amplitude d’une solli-
citation alternée - f
alternative = de remplacement, de substition, de subs-
tition, variante - f
alternative bid (US) = variante (marché) - f
alternative energy = énergie de substitution - f
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alternative tender (UK) = variante (marché) - f
alternative working = fonctionnement alternatif - m
alternator = alternateur - m
alto relievo = haut-relief - m
alumina = alumine - f
alumina silicate brick = brique de chamotte - f
aluminium (UK) = aluminium - m
aluminium foil = feuille d’aluminium - f
aluminium paint (UK) = peinture à l’aluminium - f
aluminous cement = ciment alumineux - m
aluminous cement (US) = ciment fondu - m
aluminum (US) = aluminium - m
aluminum alloy = alliage à base d’aluminium - m
aluminum alloy = alliage d’aluminium - m
aluminum bronze = bronze d’aluminium - m, poudre
d’aluminium - f
aluminum nail = clou d’aluminium - m
aluminum paint (US) = peinture à l’aluminium - f
aluminum roofing = bac en aluminium - m, bac en alu-
minium pour toiture - m, bacs de couverture en alumi-
nium, couverture en aluminium - f, toiture en alumi-
nium - f
aluminum steel = acier à l’aluminium - m
alum-soaked gypsum = ciment anglais - m
alure (castle) = hourd - m
ambiant = ambiant
ambient temperature = température ambiante - f
ambo = ambon - m
ambry = armoire aux vases sacrés - f
ambulatory = déambulatoire - m, promenoir (cloître) - m
amend, to = modifier (dessin, texte)
amended = révisé
amending = mise à jour - f
amenities = agréments - m, aménagements - m,
attraits - m
amenity area = aire d’agrément - f, espace d’agré-
ment - m
American basement = rez-de-chaussée surélevé - m
ammeter = ampèremètre - m
amortisement (UK) = amortissement - m
amortizement (US) = amortissement - m
amount of loss = montant des dommages - m
amphiteater (US) = amphithéâtre - m
amphitheatre (UK) = amphithéâtre - m
amplitude limiter = écrêteur - m
Amsler’s calibrating boxes = boîtes de tarage
Amsler - f
Amsler’s standardizing boxes = boîtes de tarage
Amsler - f
anaerobic fermentation = fermentation anaérobie - f
anchor = ancrage - m, ancre - f, bride d’ancrage - f,
bride de scellement - f, massif d’ancrage - m
anchor = patte à scellement - f
anchor bar = crochet normal - m, crosse - f, tige d’an-
crage - f
anchor bar bent at 45° = crochet à 45° - m
anchor bar bent once at 90° = crochet de retour
d’équerre - m
anchor block = massif d’ancrage - m
anchor bolt = boulon d’ancrage - m, boulon d’attache
- m, boulon de fixation - m, boulon de fondation - m,
boulon de scellement - m
anchor champ = serre-fils de hauban - m
anchor cone = cône d’ancrage - m, cône femelle - m
anchor cup = cloche d’ancrage - f
anchor curtain = rideau d’ancrage - m
anchor(ing) flange = bride de scellement - f, patte à
sceller - f, patte d’ancrage - f, patte de scellement - f,
prise de scellement - f
anchor guy = hauban d’ancrage - m
anchor nut = écrou de blocage - m, écrou de fixa-
tion - m
anchor pile = pieu d’ancrage - m
anchor plate = contre-plaque - f, patin de scellement -
m, plaque d’ancrage - f, plaque de scellement - f
anchor post = poteau d’ancrage - m
anchor pull = réaction d’ancrage - f
anchor rod = tige d’ancrage - f
anchor rod = tige de fixation - f
anchor wall = mur d’ancrage - m
anchor, to = ancrer, fixer, sceller
anchorage = ancrage - m, épinglage - m, fixation - f,
massif d’ancrage - m, point d’attache (tirant) - m, scel-
lement - m
anchorage bridle = bride d’ancrage - f, bride de fixa-
tion - f, bride de scellement - f
anchorage cone = cône d’ancrage - m
anchorage set = tassement des ancrages - m
anchored bearing = appui ancré - m
anchored sill = lisse basse ancrée - f
anchoring = ancrage - m, fixation - f, scellement - m
anchoring plate = patin de scellement - m
ancient = antique
ancillary building = bâtiments annexes - m
ancillary equipment = équipement auxiliaire - m
ancillary frame = châssis secondaire - m
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ancillary shoring = étayage auxiliaire - m
ancillary works = annexe(s) - f
ancon = ancon - m
ancone = ancon - m
anechoic = anéchoïque
anechoic room = salle anéchoïque - f
anemograph = anémographe - m
anenometer = anémomètre - m
angle = angle - m, cornière - f, équerre - f, fer
d’angle - m, fer en L - m
angle balancing method = méthode de l’angle de rota-
tion - f
angle bar = cornière - f, équerre - f, fer d’angle - m, fer
en L - m
angle bead = baguette cornière - f, baguette d’angle - f,
cornette - f, moulure cornière - f
angle beam = cornière - f
angle blade = lame biaise - f, lame niveleuse - f
angle block = bloc d’angle - m, taquet (menuiserie) - m
angle book = carnet de tours d’horizon - m
angle brace = aisselier - m, contrefiche - f, décharge
d’angle - f
angle brace diagonal = contrefiche - f
angle bracket = console - f, équerre - f
angle brick = brique d’angle - f
angle capital = chapiteau angulaire - m
angle cleat = chaise - f, chaise de construction métal-
lique - f, chantignolle - f, cornière d’attache - f
angle closer = clausoir d’angle - m
angle fillet = solin - m
angle flange = bride angulaire - f
angle grain = fil oblique - m
angle hip tile = arêtier cornier angulaire - m
angle iron = cornière - f, équerre - f, fer d’angle - m,
fer en L - m
angle joint = assemblage d’angle - m
angle leaf = griffe (base de colonne) - f
angle of base friction = angle de frottement de la
base - m
angle of internal friction = angle de frottement
interne - m
angle of load distribution = angle de répartition des
charges - m
angle of natural slope = angle de talus naturel - m
angle of notch = angle d’entaille - m
angle of repose = angle d’éboulement - m, angle de
repos - m, angle de talus - m, angle de talus naturel -
m, angle de talus naturel des terres - m, pente naturelle
de tassement - f, talus naturel - m
angle of rest = angle d’éboulement - m annulet = annelet - m, filet - m, petit listel - m
angle of shearing resistance = angle de résistance au anodised = anodisé
cisaillement - m anta = ante - f
angle of skew = angle du biais - m antae = ante - f
angle of skew of a bridge = angle du biais d’un antechapel = avant-corps de chapelle - m
pont - m
antechurch = avant-corps d’église - m
angle of slide = angle de glissement - m, angle d’ébou-
lement - m antefix = antéfixe - m
angle of slip = angle de glissement - m antenna = antenne - f
angle of slope = angla de pente - m, angle de décli- anteroom = antichambre - f
vité - m, angle de talus - m, angle d’inclinaison - m anti acid cement = ciment anti acide - m
angle parking = stationnement en épi - m anti splash nozzel = brise-jet - m
angle plate = équerre - f anti-chalking = antifarinant
angle post = poteau cornier - m anticlinal = anticlinal
angle rafter = arêtier (de charpente) - m, chevron d’arê- anticlinal bulge = bombement anticlinal - m
tier - m anticlinal core = noyau d’un anticlinal érodé - m
angle ridge = arêtier (de charpente) - m anticline = anticlinal - m
angle seat valve = robinet à siège oblique - m anticlockwise = dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une
angle section = cornière - f montre
angle steel framing = cadre métallique à cornières - m anticlockwise = sens anti-horaire - m
angle tie = décharge d’angle - f, gousset - m anti-clockwise = dans le sens inverse des aiguilles
d’une montre
angle tile = arêtier cornier angulaire - m
anti-condensation paint = peinture anticondensa-
angle valve = robinet d’équerre - m
tion - f
angledozer = angledozer - m, bouteur biais - m, bull-
anticorrosive = anticorrosif
dozer à lame orientable - m, chasse-terre à lame en
biais - m anticorrosive paint = peinture anticorrosion - f, pein-
ture anticorrosive - f
angular aggregate = concassé de fermeture - m
anticorrosive protection = protection anticorrosive - f
angular brick = brique angulaire - f
antidryer = antisiccatif
anhydrite = anhydrite - f
anti-drying = antisiccatif
anhydrous gypsum plaster = plâtre anhydre - m
anti-foaming = antimousse
anhydrous lime = chaux anhydre - f, chaux vive - f
anti-freeze = antigel
animal glue = colle animale - f
antifreezing = protection antigel - f
anisotropic = anisotrope
antifreezing solution = solution antigel - f
anisotropic pressure = pression anisotrope - f
antifrost agent = adjuvant antigel - m
anneal, to = recuire (cuivre)
anti-frothing = antimousse
annealed = recuit - m
antinoise paint = peinture antisonique - f
annealed steel = acier recuit - m
antioxidant = antioxydant - m
annexe = annexe - f
antipanic lock = serrure antipanique - f
annual rainfall = précipitations annuelles - f
anti-panic lock = serrure anti-panique - f
annual ring = couche annuelle - f
antiquated = vétuste
annual run off = année hydrologique - f
antique glass = verre antique - m
annular bit = scie à cloche - f, scie à trous - f
anti-reflection = antireflet
annular grooved nail = clou annelé - m
antireflection coating = couche anti-réfléchissante - f,
annular nave = nef annulaire - f couche antireflet - f, couche anti-réfléchissante - f,
annular vault = voûte annulaire - f couche antireflet - f
annular ward = rouet - m antirust = antirouille
annulated column = colonne annelée - f anti-rust paint = peinture antirouille - f

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antiscale = désincrustant
antiscale agent = désincrustant
antisiphon trap = siphon indésamorçable - m
anti-siphon valve = soupape casse-vide - f
anti-skinning = antipeaux
anti-skinning agent = agent antipeaux - m
antislip paint = peinture antidérapante - f
anti-splash device = pare-éclaboussures - m
antisurge = anti-coup de liquide - m
anti-surge = anti-coup de liquide
anti-theft device = antieffraction - m
anti-vibratory stud = plot antivibration - m
any edge of the slate = chef (ardoise) - m
apartment (US) = appartement - m
apartment building = habitation collective - f,
immeuble - m, immeuble collectif - m, immeuble
d’appartements - m, immeuble de rapport - m,
immeuble d’habitation collective - m, immeuble
locatif - m, maison de rapport - f
apartment house = habitation collective - f, immeu-
ble - m, immeuble d’appartements - m, immeuble
d’habitation collective - m, immeuble locatif - m,
maison d’appartements - f
apartment house (US) = immeuble collectif - m,
immeuble de rapport - m, maison de rapport - f
aperture = baie - f, orifice - m, ouverture - f
apertures = les jours d’un bâtiment - m
apex = sommet (pignon, toit) - m
apex stone = pierre de sommet - f
apophyge = apophyge - f
apophyge = congé - m
apparent horizon = horizon apparent - m
apparent slip = rejet incliné appparent - m
apparent specific gravity = densité pseudo-réelle - f
apparent throw = rejet vertical apparent - m
appendage = annexe (bâtiment...) - f
appendant works = ouvrages annexes - m,
annexe(s) - f
appentice = appentis (construction) - m, bâtiment en
appentis - m
appliance = appareil - m
appliance branch circuit = distribution intérieure sur
prises de courant - f
applicability of standards = conditions d’application
des normes - f
application = aplication - m
application = passe d’enduit - f
applied = rapporté (moulure)
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applied load = charge utile - f
applied moment = moment sollicitant - m
apply an adhesive, to = encoller
apply generously, to = bien nourrir (colle, peinture)
apply, to = appliquer
apportion expenses, to = ventiler (dépense)
appraisal = estimation - ,f évaluation - f
approach = accès - m, rampe d’accès - f, voie
d’accès - f
approach road = voie d’accès - f
approval = approbation - f
approve,to = approuver
appurtenances = accessoires - m, appartenances et
dépendances - f, droits accessoires - m, installations
accessoires - f, installations annexes - f, meubles fixes
à demeure - m, meubles immeubles par destination - m,
servitudes - f
appurtenant work = travaux annexes - m
apron = allège - f, avancée - f, chape - m, moulure
d’allège - f, radier - m, tablier - m
apron conveyor = transporteur à tablier - m
apron flashing = bavette - f
apron piece = appui de limon - m
apron wall = mur d’allège - m
apse = abside - f
apse chapel = chapelle abisidiale - f
apsidal = absidal, apsidial
apsidal chapel = absidiole - f
apsidiole = absidiole - f
apsorption = absorption - f
apteral = aptère
aqueduct = aqueduc - m
aqueous = aqueux
aqueous asphalt emulsion = émulsion aqueuse de
brai - f
aqueous sheath = coquille d’eau - f
aqueous sheath = film d’eau - m
aqueous suspension = suspension aqueuse - f
aquifer = couche aquifère - f, formation aquifère - f
aquifer formation = couche aquifère - f
aquiferous = aquifère
arabesque = arabesque - f
arbitration = arbitrage - m
arbitration award = sentence arbitrale - f
arbour = charmille - f, tonnelle de jardin - f
arc lamp = lampe à arc - f
arc light = lampe à arc - f
arc of fold = arc de plissement - m
arc plasma welding = soudage par plasma d’arc - m
arc welding = soudure à l’arc - f
arc welding = soudure électrique - f
arcade = arcade - f, arcs - m, passage couvert - m,
passage voûté - m
arcading = arcs - m
arch = arc - m, arche - f, cintre - m, voûte - f
arch (bridge, civil engineering) = arche - f
arch action = effet d’arc - m, effet de silo - m, effet
de voûte - m
arch band = rouleau (arc) - m
arch bend = charnière anticlinale - f, noyau du pli
(géol.) - m
arch brace, (roof structure) = aisselier courbe - m
arch brick = brique à couteau - f, brique claveau - f,
brique couteau - f, brique de voûte - f, brique en coin
- f, brique-claveau - f, vousseau - m, voussoir - m
arch core = noyau du pli (géol.) - m
arch effect = effet d’arc - m, effet de silo - m, effet de
voûte - m
arch hinged at the abutments = arc articulé aux
appuis - m
arch hinged at the abutments = arc articulé aux nais-
sances - m
arch limb = flanc supérieur de pli couché - m
arch pressure = poussée des voûtes - f, pression de
voûte - f
arch rib = nervure d’arc - f, nervure de cintre - f, voû-
telette - f
arch stone = brique de voûte - f, claveau - m, vous-
soir - m
arch thrust = poussée de la voûte - f
arch with fixed ends = arc à appuis encastrés - m
arch with fixed ends = arc encastré - m
arched = arqué, couvert d’un arc - m, en voûte, voûté
arched beam = arc doubleau - m
arched buttress = arc-boutant - m
arched culvert = ponceau voûté - m
arched opening = baie couverte d’un arc - f
arched structure = ouvrage voûté - m
arched window = fenêtre couverte de marques - f
arches = arcades - f, voûtes - f
arches (under bridge) = les voûtes - f
arching = effet d’arc - m, effet de silo - m, effet de
voûte - m, voussure (voûte) - f
architect = architecte - m, maître de l’œuvre - m,
maître d’œuvre (MO) - m, MO (maître d’œuvre) - m
architect drawing = plan d’architecte - m
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architectonic = dessinateur-architecte - m
architectonics = architectonique - f
architect’s bill = mémoire - m
architect’s drawing = plan d’architecte - m
architectural = architectural
architectural complex = ensemble architectural - m
architectural concrete = béton architectonique - m
architectural concrete = béton architectural - m
architectural design = conception architecturale - f
architectural hardware = serrurerie décorative - f
architectural metalwork = serrurerie décorative - f
architectural model = maquette d’architeture - f
architectural rendering = rendu d’architecture - m
architectural section = profilé décoratif - m
architectural terra cotta (US) = terre cuite - f
architecture = architecture - f
architrave = architrave - f, chambranle (de porte) - m,
chambranle rapporté - m, couvre-joint - m, couvre-
joint - m, encadrement de porte - m, encadrement de
porte - m
archivolt = archivolte - f
archway = arcade - f, passage voûté - m, voûte d’en-
trée - f
arcosolium = enfeu - m
arcuate = arqué, courbé en arc, en arc
arc-welding = soudage à l’arc - m
area = aire - f, espace - m, région - f, superficie - f,
surface - f, zone - f
area (UK) = quartier - m
area development plan = PAZ (plan d’aménagement
de zone) - m
area development plan = plan d’aménagement de
zone (PAZ) - m
area drain (US) = avaloir de sol - m
area of building = aire de bâtiment - f
area of resultant water pressure = surface de suppres-
sion - f
area of subsidence = zone de subsidence - f
area planning = aménagement des territoires - m
area planning = planification territoriale - f
area ratio = indice de surface - m
area-moment method = méthode des surfaces de
moments - f
areaway = caisse de soupirail - f, caisse de
soupirail - f, cour anglaise - f, courette anglaise - f,
puits de fenêtre - m, puits de lumière - m, puits d’éclai-
rage - m, saut de loup - m
arenaceous limestone = calcaire arénacé - m
argillaceous = argileux
argillite = argillite - f
argillous = argileux
arm = bras - m, levier - m
armarium = armoire aux vases sacrés - f
armature = armature - f, ferraillage - m, renforce-
ment - m
armor plate = plaque de blindage - f, tôle - f
armored cable = câble armé - m
armory = armurerie - f
armour = armure de câble
armour plate glass = vitrage antieffraction - m
armoured concrete = BA (béton armé), béton
armé (BA) - m
armoury = salle d’armes - f
Arnott valve = soupape Arnott - f
arrangement = agencement - m, aménagement inté-
rieur - m, disposition - f
arrangement of the site = aménagement du terrain - m
array = batterie de capteurs - f, champ de miroir - m
arrester = parafoudre - m, socle amortisseur - m
arris = arête - f, arête vive - f
arris fillet = chanlate - f
arris gutter = gouttière de section trianglaire - f
arris gutter = gouttière en V - f
arris hip tile = arêtier cornier angulaire - m
arris over column = arête d’une colonne - f
arris rafter = arêtier de charpente - m
arris tile = arêtière - f, tuile angulaire - f, tuile
d’arête - f
arrisway = en diagonale
arriswise = en diagonale
arrow = attache - f
arrow = fiche (arpentage) - f, flèche - f
arrow (critical path) = segment fléché - m
arrow loop = archère - f
arrow slit = archère - f
arrow-shaped = sagitté
art metalwork = ferronnerie d’art - f, serrurerie
d’art - f
artesian aquifer = nappe artésienne - f
artesian pressure = pression artésienne - f
artesian water = eau artesienne - f, nappe artésienne - f
artesian well = puits artésien - m
articulated chute = trompe d’éléphant - f
articulated coupling = joint articulé - m
articulated drop chute = trompe d’éléphant - f
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artificial ag€ing = vieillissement accéléré - m, vieillis-
sement artificiel - m, vieillissement accéléré - m, vieil-
lissement artificiel - m
artificial basalt = béton au basalte - m
artificial daught = tirage forcé - m
artificial diabase = béton à la diabase - m
artificial granite = béton au granite - m
artificial hydraulic lime = chaux hydraulique artifi-
cielle (XHA) -f
artificial hydraulic lime = XHA (chaux hydraulique
artificielle) - f
artificial stone = aggloméré - m, pierre artificielle - f,
similipierre - m
artist’s impression = illustration d’ambiance - f
as built drawing = dessin conforme à l’exécution - m
as cast = brut de fonderie - m
as rolled = brut de laminage - m
asbestos = amiante - m
asbestos board = carton d’amiante - m
asbestos cement = ciment amiante - m, ciment
d’amiante - m, fibrociment - m, fibro-ciment (marque
commerciale) - m
asbestos cement pipe = conduite en amiante-ciment - f,
tuyau en amiante-ciment - m
asbestos cement profile = grandes ondes (plaques de
couverture) - f
asbestos cement sheeting = amiante-ciment en
feuille - m
asbestos cement sheeting = panneau en amiante-
ciment - m
asbestos concrete = béton d’amiante - m
asbestos cord = cordon d’amiante - m, tresse
d’amiante - f
asbestos covered wire = fil isolé à l’amiante - m
asbestos covered wire = fil sous amiante - m
asbestos felt = feutre d’amiante - m
asbestos millboard = carton d’amiante - m
asbestos paint = enduit d’amiante - m
asbestos rope = cordon d’amiante - m, tresse
d’amiante - f
asbestos sheet = feuille d’amiante - f
asbestos sheet packing = garniture d’amiante en
feuille - f
asbestos shingle = bardeau d’amiante-ciment - m
asbestos slate = ardoise d’amiante - f
asbestos-cement = AC (amiante ciment) - m, amiante
ciment (AC) - m
as-built drawing = attachement - m, plan comme
construit - m, plan de recollement - m, plan définitif - m,
plan d’ouvrage effectivement réalisé - m, plan d’ou-
vrage réalisé - m
as-constructed drawing = plan de recollement - m
aseismic = asismique
ash = cendre - f
ash box = cendrier - m
ash(es) concrete = béton de cendres - m
ashlar = maçonnerie en pierre de taille - f, moellon
d’assise - m, parement - m, pierre de taille - f
ashlar facing = parement en pierre - m
ashlar masonry = maçonnerie de moellons smillés - f
ashlar masonry = maçonnerie en pierre de taille - f
ashlaring = cloison verticale de mansarde - f
ashlering = sous-toiture - f
ashpan = bac à cendres - m, cendrier - m
ashpit = cendrier - m
askew = biais (en...) - m
aspect = exposition - f, orientation - f
asphalt = asphalte - f, bitume - m, brai - m, gou-
dron - m
asphalt binder = liant bitumineux - m, liant hydrocar-
boné - m
asphalt binder flux = bitume fluxé - m
asphalt block = pavé d’asphalte - m
asphalt cement = bitume asphaltique routiern - m,
bitume consistant - m, bitume plastique - m, bitume
routier - m, ciment à l’asphalte - m, ciment asphal-
tique - m, ciment bitumineux - m, ciment plas-
tique - m, mortier hydrocarboné - m
asphalt cement (US) = liant hydrocarboné - m
asphalt coarse concrete = béton bitumineux gros - m
asphalt coat = souche d’asphalte - f
asphalt coating = enrobage bitumeux - m, souche
d’asphalte - f
asphalt concrete = béton à liant plastique - m, béton
asphlaltique - m, béton bitumeux - m, béton bitumi-
neux - m, béton d’asphalte - m, béton de bitume - m
asphalt covering = revêtement bitumé - m, revêtement
bitumineux - m, revêtement d’asphalte - m
asphalt emulsion = émulsion de bitume - f
Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers’ Association
(AEMA) = Association américaine des Manufacturiers
d’Émulsion de Bitume (AEMA) - f
asphalt felt = feutre asphaltique - m
asphalt finisher = finisseur routier - m
asphalt grout = ciment bitumineux - m, mortier bitu-
mineux - m, mortier hydrocarboné - m
asphalt jelly = gelée d’asphalte - m
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asphalt layer = asphalteur - m, asphalteur-bitumeur - m,
asphaltier - m, bitumeur - m, poseur d’asphalte - m
asphalt macadam = macadam à base de bitume - m,
macadam d’asphalte - m, macadam de bitume - m
asphalt mastic = mastic bitumineux - m, mastic d’as-
phalte - m
asphalt mat = tapis bitumeux - m
asphalt paper = papier asphalté - m
asphalt paving plant = centrale d’enrobage - f
asphalt plant = centrale d’enrobage - f, groupe
malaxeur d’asphalte - m, poste d’enrobage - m
asphalt primer = bitume d’impression - m, bitume
pour couche d’impression - m
asphalt putty = massif d’asphalte - m, mastic d’as-
phalte - m
asphalt seepage = suintement d’asphalte - m
asphalt shingle = bardeau bituminé - m, bardeau cana-
dien - m, bardeau d’asphalte - m
asphalt shingle (US) = bardeau bitumineux - m
asphalt surface treatment = enduit superficiel au
bitume - m
asphalt surfacing = revêtement bitumé - m, revête-
ment bitumineux - m
asphalt tack coat = couche d’accrochage au bitume - f,
couche de fond au bitume - f
asphalt tile = carreau bitumineux - m, carreau d’as-
phalte - m, carreau thermoplastique - m, dalle d’as-
phalte - f, dalle thermoplastique amiantée - f
asphalt tile (US) = dalle thermoplastique - f
asphalted paper = papier asphalté - m, papier
bitumé - m
asphalter = asphalteur - m, asphalteur-bitumeur - m,
asphaltier - m, bitumeur - m, poseur d’asphalte - m
asphaltic binder = liant hydrocarboné - m
asphaltic concrete = béton asphlaltique - m, béton bitu-
meux - m
asphaltic emulsion = émulsion de bitume - f, émulsion
de brai - f
asphaltic felt = feutre asphaltique - m, feutre
bitumé - m, feutre bitumineux - m
asphaltic fine concrete = béton bitumineux fin - m
asphaltic mastic = mastic d’asphalte - m
asphalting = asphaltage - m
aspidial chapel = chapelle en absidiole - f
aspirator = aspirateur statique - m
aspirator cowl = aspirateur statique - m
aspirator cowling = aspirateur statique - m
aspiratory cowl = aspirateur - m
assemble, to = assembler
assembled = assemblé
assemblies = éléments complexes de construction - m
assembling = assemblage - , montage - m
assembly = assemblage - m, élément assemblé - m,
élément complexe - m, montage - m
assembly building = immeuble recevant du public - m
assembly drawing = dessin d’assemblage - m, plan de
montage - m
assembly gusset = gousset d’assemblage - m
assembly line = banc de montage - m, chaîne d’assem-
blage - f, chaîne de fabrication - f, chaîne de mon-
tage - f
assembly plant = usine d’assemblage - f, usine de
montage - f
assembly rooms (UK 19th century) = salle des
fêtes - f
assembly time = temps d’assemblage (colle) - m
assembly tolerance = tolérance de montage - f
assessment = évaluation des avaries, des dégâts - f
assorted = trié
assume, to = prendre comme hypothèse
assumed = présumé
assumed compressive force = effort hypothétique de
compression - m
assumed load = charge admise - f, charge supposée - f,
hypothèse de charge - f
astragal = astragale - m, baguette - f, chapelet - m,
perle - f
astragal (UK) = petit bois - m, petit fer - m
asymetrical = asymétrique
asymmetrical bending = flexion déviée - f, flexion
gauche - f
at an angle = en biais
at an angle to the street = en angle arrondi
at eye-level = à hauteur des yeux
at grade = à niveau, de niveau
at right angles = d’équerre, en équerre
at right angles to = à angle droit par rapport à, normal
atlas = atlante - m
atmospheric water = eau atmosphérique - f
attached column = colonne adossée - f, poteau
engagé - m
attached garage = garage solidaire - m
attachement = équipement d’engin de terrassement - m
attachment = annexe (document, etc.) - f
attachment (of digging machine) = accessoire
(d’engin de terrassement) - m
attachments = accessoires - m, pièces fixées - f
attenuator = piège à sons - m
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Atterberg consistency limits = limite de consistance
d’Atterberg - f
attic = attique - m, comble - m, combles - m, gre-
nier - m
attic louver = évent à lames d’attique - m
attic order = ordre attique - m
attic room = mansarde - f
attic storey = étage attique - m
attic vent = évent d’entretoit - m
attic window = lucarne attique - f
attic window = lucarne-attique - f
attrition = usure interne - f
attrition = usure par frottement - f
attrition test = essai d’attrition - m
ATU (air treatment unit) = UTA (unité de traitement
de air) - f
audible alarm = alarme sonore - f
auditorium = auditorium - , salle (cinéma, théâtre) - f
auger = tarière - f
auger holes = forages à la tarière - m
auger-bit = queue-de-cochon - f
aumbry = armoire aux vases sacrés - f
austral window = fenêtre à l’australienne - f
Australian window = châssis à l’australienne - m
authority = pouvoirs - m
autoclave cured concrete = béton autoclavé - m
autoclave curing = autoclavage - m
autoclaved concrete = béton autoclavé - m
autogenous flame cutter = chalumeau-coupeur auto-
gène - m
automatic blade control grader = niveleuse à com-
mande automatique de la lame - f
automatic circuit breaker = disjoncteur automa-
tique - m
automatic closing device = ferme-porte automa-
tique - m
automatic control = régulation - f
automatic door = porte automatique - f
automatic fire warning and detecting system = aver-
tisseur et détecteur automatiques d’incendie - m
automatic flushing cistern = réservoir de chasse auto-
matique - m
automatic levelling (lift) = isonivelage - m
automatic load maintainer = mainteneur automatique
de charge - m, mainteneur de charge constante - m
automatic renewal = reconduction conventionnelle - f
automatic stop-check = clapet automatique d’arrêt de
vapeur - m

autopatrol = niveleuse automotrice sur pneus - f
autopatrol (UK) = motoniveleuse - f
autothermal = autothermique
auxiliary = appoint (d’)
auxiliary heating = chauffage d’appoint -m
auxiliary latch = contre-pêne - m
auxiliary tank = nourrice - f
avant-corps = avant-corps - m
average length = longueur moyenne - f
average risk = risque moyen - m
average width = largeur moyenne - f
average year = année moyenne - f
aviary = volière - f
awl = alêne - f, perçoir - m
awning = auvent - m, marquise (en toile) - f
awning blind = store à l’italienne - m, store capote -m,
store corbeille - m
awning window = fenêtre à l’italienne - f
ax = cognée - f, hache - f, merlin - m
axe = hache - f
axed work = maçonnerie à parementéclaté - f
axhammer = têtu - m
axial = axial - m
axial compressive unit stress = contrainte axiale uni-
taire en compression - f
axial flow = écoulement axial - m
axial flow piston pump = pompe axiale à piston - f
axial flow pump = pompe à hélice - f
axial load = charge axiale - f, charge longitudinale - f
axial stress = effort axial - m
axial stress fatigue test = essai de fatigue par efforts
axiaux - m
axial-flow fan = ventilateur axial - m
axially loaded column = poteau chargé dans la direc-
tion de son axe - m
axis = axe - m
axman (US) = porte-chaîne - m
axonometric projection = projection axonomé-
trique - f
axonometry = axonométrie - f
B
B & CB = mouluré au bord et au centre
B. Clg (beaded ceiling) = plafond mouluré - m
bachelor flat = garçonnière - f
back = contre-face - m, contre-parement - m, dessus
d’un élément de charpente - m, endroit (ardoise, tuile) -
m, parement intérieur (mur de soutènement) - m
back band = feuillure - f
back blading = nivellement en marche arrière - m
back boiler = bouilleur - m, bouilleur de foyer
ouvert - m
back door = porte de service - f
back draft = refoulement - m
back draught = contre-tirage - m
back edging (ceramic pipe) = engravure arrière - f
back elevation = élévation arrière - f
back filler = remblayeuse - f
back flow = refluement - m, reflux - m, refoulement - m
back fold = pli en retour - m
back garden (UK) = jardin de derrière - m
back hearth = arrière-âtre - m
back kitchen = arrière-cuisine - f
back lining = ébrasement de mur - m
back loader = rétrochargeuse - f
back nut = contre-écrou - m
back observation = coup arrière - m, visée arrière - f
back of an arch = extrados (enfoui dans la maçon-
nerie) - m
back of ply = contre-face - m
back off, to = dévisser en partie
back pass = passe sur l’envers - f
back pressure = contre-pression - f
back putty = contre-masticage - m, mastic de fond - m
back room = chambre sur cour - f, chambre sur cour
intérieure - f, pièce - f
back saw = scie à dos - f
back shore = contrefiche - f
back sight = coup arrière - m
back siphonage = contre-siphonnement - m
back siphonage preventer = antivide - mreniflard de
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back up (US) = massif de fond - m
back veneer = contre-face - m
back vent = évent anti-siphonnage - m, reniflard de
siphon - m
back yard (UK) = arrière-cour - f
back yard (US) = jardin de derrière - m
backacter = pelle équipée en rétro - f, pelle rétro
caveuse - f
backacting shovel = pelle rétro caveuse - f
back-acting shovel = pelle rétro caveuse - f
backbreak = hors profil
backdigger = pelle mécanique à godet retourné - f,
pelle rétro - f
backdigger (UK) = pelle rétrocaveuse - f
backdigging shovel = pelle mécanique à godet
retourné - f
backdigging shovel = pelle rétro - f, pelle rétroca-
veuse - f
backdraught = tirage inverti - m, tirage renversé - m
back-draught = tirage inverti - m, tirage renversé - m
backfall = contre-pente - f
backfill = fourrure (maçonnerie) - f, remblai - m, terre-
plein - m
backfill (over an arch) = blocage (chargeant un
arc) - m
backfill over an arch = blocage - m
backfill pressure = pression des remblais - f
backfill rammer = dame pour remblais - f
backfill tamper = pilonneur de terre - m
backfilling = fourrure (maçonnerie) - f, remblai - m,
remblayage - m
backfilling (trench) = rebouchage - m
backfilling machine = remblayeuse - f
backfire = retour de flamme - m
backfiring = retour de flamme - m
backfitting = adaptation - f
back-flap hinge = charnière à pattes - f
backflow = contre-courant - m
backflow pump = pompe refoulante - f
backflow valve = clapet antipollution - m, clapet de
retenue - m
background = arrière-plan - m, fond - m, subjectile - m
background heating = chauffage d’ambiance -m
background heating = chauffage de base - m
backhoe = pelle équipée en rétro - f, pelle rétro
caveuse - f
backhoe loader = chargeuse-pelleteuse - f
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backhoe shovel = pelle équipée en rétro - f
backing = délardement d’arêtier - m, fond de
clouage - m, remplage - m, terre-plein - m
backing (UK) = maçonnerie de fond - f, massif de
fond - m
backing brick = brique de remplissage - f
backing finish (US) = peinture au four - f
backing flange = contre-bride - f
backing of a rafter = renfort de chevron - m, renfort
de ferme - m
backing run = reprise à l’envers - f
backing strip = bande de renforcement - f, latte sup-
port - f
backing-up = fond de remplissage - m
backlash = jeu - m
backloader = rétrochargeuse - f
backplate = palastre - m
back-plate = contre-cœur - m
backroom of a shop = arrière-boutique - f
backset = recul - m
back-set = recul - m
backsetting = bossage à bordure unie - m
backsight = visée arrière - f, visée interne - f
backsiphonage preventer = clapet de contresiphon-
nage - m
back-splash = dosseret - m
backstairs = escalier de service - m
back-to-back houses = maisons dos à dos - f
backup (US) = maçonnerie de fond - f
backvent = reniflard de siphon - m
backwash = lavage à contre-courant (filtre) - m
backwashing = décolmatage - m, décolmatage d’un
filtre - m, lavage à contre-courant (filtre) - m
backwater flap = clapet de retenue - m
bacteria bed = lit bactérien - m
bacteria filter = filtre bactériologique - m
bad ground = mauvais sol - m
bad workmanship = malfaçon - f
badigeon = badigeon - m
badigeon (US) = mastic à reboucher - m
badly rusted = rongé par la rouille
baffle = chicane - f, déflecteur - m, diffuseur - m, écran
acoustique - m, écran tranquillisateur - m
baffle plate = plaque en chicane - f
bag dust collector = dépoussiéreur à poche - m
bag filter = filtre à poches - m
bag trap = siphon à chute directe - m
bag, to = ensacher
bagasse = bagasse - f
bagging = ensachage - m
baguette = astragale - m, baguette - f
baguette joint = joint de baguette - m
bailer = curette - f
bailey = baile - m
bailey wall = mur d’enceinte ( château fort) - m
bailing pump = pompe vide-cave - f, vide-cave
(pompe) - m
baize covered door = porte rembourrée - f
baize-covered door = porte matelassée - f
baked finish (US) = émail au four - m
bakelite = bakélite - f
baking (US) = cuisson au four (peinture) - f
baking stain = coup de feu - m
balance stresses = efforts compensés - m, forces en
équilibre - f
balance window = fenêtre à châssis basculant - f,
fenêtre basculante - f
balance, to = compenser
balanced flue outlet = ventouse (appareil à gaz) - f
balanced flue terminal = ventouse (appareil à gaz) - f
balanced sand = sable dosé - m
balanced step = marche balancée - f
balanced-draught flue = conduit à tirage équilibré - m
balanced-flue boiler = chaudière à circuit étanche - f
balancing = balancement d’escalier - m
balancing = équilibrage - m
balcony = balcon - m
balcony outlet = avaloir de balcon - m
balcony railing = garde-corps - m
balcony rails = garde-corps - m
balcony-window = porte croisée - f, porte-fenêtre - f
balection moulding = moulure grand cadre - f
balistraria = archère cruciforme - f
balk = poutre - f
ball = bille - f
ball bearing hinge = charnière à billes - f
ball catch = loqueteau à bille - m
ball cock = robinet à flotteur - m
ball crusher = broyeur à boulets - m, concasseur à bou-
lets - m
ball float = flotteur sphérique - m
ball flower = bouton - m
ball hammer = marteau rond - m
ball hardness test = essai de dureté à la bille - m
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ball hydrant = bouche d’incendie à sphère - f
ball impact test = billage - m
ball joint = joint sphérique - m
ball mill = broyeur à boulets - m
ball nozzle = ajustage à sphère - m
ball of clay = boule d’argile - f
ball pattern railing fitting = raccord sphérique pour
rampes et balustrades - m
ball race = cage de roulement à billes - f, chemin - m,
rainure - f
ball socket = crapaudine à bille - f
ball test = essai à bille - m
ball thrust = butée à billes - f
ball valve = clapet à bille - m, robinet à bille - m,
robinet à flotteur - m, robinet à tournant sphérique - m
ball, to = s’agglomérer en boule
ball-and-socket joint = joint à genouillère - m, joint à
rotule - m
ball-and-socket type joint = joint à genouillère - m,
joint à rotule - m
ballast = ballast - m, gravier grossier - m, gravillon - m,
gravillons - m, grenaille - f, pierre concassée gros
calibre - f
ballasted = compensé
ball-cock = robinet flotteur - m
balljointed rocker bearing = appui oscillant à pivot
sphérique - m
balloon frame = charpente à petits éléments cloués - f
balloon framing = charpente à petits éléments cloués
- f, ossature à clairevoie - f
balloon grating = crapaudine - f
ball-peen hammer = marteau à panne bombée - m,
marteau à panne ronde - m
ballroom = salle de bal - f, salle de danse - f
balluster bracket = col de cygne - m
baluster = balustre - m, barreau de rampe - f
baluster capital = chapiteau à balustres - m
balustrade = balustrade - f, garde-corps - m, rampe - f
bamister = rampe - f
banal industrial waste (BIW) = déchets industriels
banals (DIB) - m
band = attache - f, bague - f, bague de colonne - f, bande
- f, bandeau - m, bourrelet - m, bride - f, collier de ser-
rage - m, étrier - m, frette - f, plate-bande - f, ruban - m
band clamp = collier de tuyau - m
band coupler = joint à bague - m
band course = bandeau - m
band iron = étrier (charpente) - m
band moulding = bandeau - m
band of mouldings = corps de moulures - m bar of uniform section = barre d’échantillon uni-
band resaw = dédoubleuse - f forme - f
band saw = scie à ruban - f bar rack = grille à barreaux - f
band-and-gudgeon hinge = penture - f bar screen = dégrilleur - , grille à barreaux - f
band-and-hook hinge = penture - f bar screen refuse = produits de dégrillage - m
banded column = colonne annelée - f, colonnes à bos- bar setting = ferraillage - m
sages - f bar spacer = cale de pose - f
banded rustication = bossage un sur deux - m, bos- barb = picot de fer barbelé - m
sages continus - m barbacan = barbacane - f
bandelet = bandelette - f barbed bolt = boulon de scellement à crans - m
banding = alaise de porte plane - f, cerclage - m barbed wire = fil barbelé - m, fil de fer barbelé - m,
band-saw = scie à ruban - f ronce artificielle - f
bandstand = kiosque à musique - m barbette = barbette - f
bangor = ardoise de Bangor - f barbican = barbacane - f
banister = balustrade - f, balustre - m, garde-corps - m, barbwire (US) = fil barbelé - m
rampe d’escalier - f bare = de faible échantillon, faible (dimension),
banister knob = boule de balustre - f maigre (dimension), nu, pureau - m
bank = berge - f, glacis - m, remblai - m, talus - m bare brickwork = gros-œuvre - m
bank gravel = gravier tout-venant - m bare of slate = échantillon - m
bank mower = faucheuse de talus - f bare pipe = conduite nue - f
bank of elevators = batterie d’ascenseurs - f bare plat = nu - m
bank run gravel = gravier tout-venant - m bare soil = sol nu - m
bank screw = étau fixe - m bare wire = fil dénudé - m, fil nu - m
bank sloping = talutage - m bare, to = mettre à nu
bank up, to = remblayer barefaced tenon = tenon bâtard - m
banker = établi de maçon - m, plate-forme de travail - f bar-fixing gang = équipe de ferraillage - f
banker mark = marque de tâcheron - f barge board = bordure de pignon - f, chanlatte - f, lam-
brequin (toit) - m, planche de rive (pignon) - f
banking = relèvement - m, remblayage - m, surhaus-
sement (sol) - m, talutage - m barge couple = chevrons de pignon - m
banking-up = remblai - m barge course = assise de pignon - f
banqueting hall = salle de banquets - f barita = baryte - f
banqueting room = salle de banquets - f barite = barytine - f
bar = barre - f, barreau - m, barrette - f, fer - m, fer à barium concrete = béton alourdi à la barytine - m
béton - m, lamelle - f, plot - m, rond à béton - m barium white = blanc fixe - m
bar bender = ferrailleur - m, machine à cintrer les bark = écorce - f
armatures - f, machine à cintrer les ronds - f bark pocket = entre-écorce - f
bar bending = cintrage des armatures - m, ferrail- barley sugar column = colonne torse - f
lage - m barley-sugar column = colonne torse - f
bar cramp = sergent - m barn = grange - f
bar cropper = cisailleuse - f barrel = barillet - m, bombement - m, bout droit - m,
bar cutter = cisaille - f, machine à couper les arma- corps cylindrique - m, corps de pompe - m, cylindre - m,
tures - f, machine à couper les ronds - f partie cylindrique - f
bar fixing = ferraillage - m barrel (US) = boisseau de robinet - m
bar iron = fer en barres - m barrel bolt = verrou à pêne rond - m
bar mat = nappe de barres - f barrel drain = drain tubulaire - m
bar mat (US) = armature à deux directions croisées - f barrel key = clef forée - f
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barrel shell = coque cylindrique - f, voûte mince auto- base moulding = moulure de socle - f
portante - f base of a column = base de colonne - f
barrel vault = voûte en berceau - f base of stack = embase de la cheminée - f
barrel vault shell = voûte autoportante - f base plate = assise - f, plaque d’appui - f, plaque d’as-
barrel-bolt = verrou cylindrique - m sise - f, plaque de base - f, socle - m
barrel-vault = voûte en berceau - f base shoe = contre-plinthe - m
barrier fort = fort d’arrêt - m base slab = dalle de fondation - f
barring = barreaudage - m base unit = meuble bas - m
barrow = brouette - f baseboard (US) = plinthe - f
barrow pit (US) = carrière d’emprunt - f, zone d’em- baseboard heater = radiateur-plinthe - m
prunt - f
baseboard radiator unit (US) = radiateur plinthe - m
barrowman = brouetteur - m
baseboard register = bouche de chaleur de plinthe
bars = barreautage - m réglable - f
bartisan = bretèche - ,f échauguette - f base-court = basse-cour de château - f
bartizan = bretèche - f, échauguette - f basedload = charge de base - f
barytes concrete = béton à baryte - m basement = cave - f, mur de cave - m, soubassement - m,
bas relief = bas-relief - m sous-sol (partie d’une construction) - m
basal cement = ciment basal - m basement drain = égout de sous-sol - m
bascule bridge = pont basculant - m basement floor plan = plan du sous-sol - m
bascule door = porte basculante - f basement house = maison sur sous-sol - f
base = assise - f, base - f, couche d’ empierrement - f, basement light = soupirail - m
couche de fondation - f, embase - f, embasement - m, basement stair(s) = escalier de desserte - m
empierrement - m, fondation - f, fondement - m, massif -
m, pied (colonne, mur) - m, piètement - m, semelle (fon- basement ventilator = soupirail - m
dations, mur) - f, socle - m, soubassement - m, sous- basement wall = mur de soubassement - m, mur de
couche - f, subjectile - m, support (peinture) - m sous-sol - m
base (US) = plinthe - f basement window = soupirail - m
base block = socle (chambranle) - m baseplate = plaque d’assise - f, platine d’assise - f,
base coat = couche d’apprêt - f semelle (machine) - f
base concrete = béton de départ - m basic design stress = contrainte de base admise - f
base course = assise de base - f, couche de base - f, basic design stress = matière de base - f
couche supérieure - f basic material = matière de base - f
base course materials = matériaux de fondation - m, basic module = coefficient numérique - m, module de
matériaux de viabilité - m base - m, unité de mesure - f
base exchange = échange de bases - m basic steel = acier Thomas - m
base failure = glissement par la base - m, rupture de basic unit of size = grandeur de base unitaire - f
base (talus) - f
basic unit of size = grandeur de base-unité - f
base failure below the toe = rupture profonde au-des-
basilica = basilique - f
sous du pied de talus - f
base fixing pin = taquet de fixation de plinthe - m basin = bassin (récipient) - m, cuvette - f
base heel = talon (de porte) - m basket arch = arc en anse de pannier - m
base level = niveau de base (semelle) - m basket strainer = crapaudine - f
base line = alignement - m, base - f, base d’opéra- basket weave = vannerie (dessin de parquet, briques) - f
tions - f, base d’un levé - f, ligne de base - f, ligne d’opé- basket weave pattern = vannerie (dessin de parquet,
rations - f, ligne zéro - f briques) - f
base materials = matériaux de fondation - m basket-handle arch = arc en anse de pannier - m
base materials = matériaux de viabilité - m basket-handle vault = voûte en anse de panier - f
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bastard file = bâtarde - f, lime bâtarde - f
bastard pointing = jointoiement à baguette tiré sail-
lant - m
bastard tuck pointing = jointoiement à baguette tiré
saillant - m, jointoiement bâtard - m
bastion = bastion - m
bat = briqueteau - m, briqueton - m, demi-brique - f,
matelas - m, natte - f, panneau d’isolation - m, patte
à scellement - f,tuileau - m
bat insulation = matelas - m, matelas isolant - m,
natte - f, natte isolante - f, panneau semi-rigide (isola-
tion) - m
batch = bétonnée - f, charge discontinue - ,f charge
intermittent - f, contenu d’une benne m, discontinu,
fournée - f, gâchée f, lot - m
batch digester = digesteur discontinu - m
batch mixer = bétonnière à débit discontinu - m,
malaxeur discontinu - m
batch process = procédé discontinu - m
batch size = effectif du lot - m
batcher = doseur - m, mélangeur - m
batching = dosage (du béton) - m, gâchage - m
batching by volume = dosage volumétrique - m
batching by weight = dosage pondéral - m
batching concrete = gâchage du béton m, préparation
du béton - f
batching plant = centrale à béton - f, centrale de
dosage - f, groupe mélangeur - m, installation de triage
et de mélange de l’agrégat - f
batching silo = trémie de mesurage - f
batchload digester = digesteur discontinu - m
batement light = châssis à rebord en biais - m
bath (UK) = baignoire - f
bath heater = chauffe-bain - m
bath panel = tablier de baignoire - m
bathing = bassin - m
bathroom = salle de bains (SdB) (pièce) - f, SdB (salle
de bains) (pièce) - f
bathroom suite = salle de bains (SdB)(appareils
assortis) - f, SdB (salle de bains) (appareils assortis) - f
bathroom water heater = chauffe-bain - m
bathtub (US) = baignoire - f
batten = baguette - f, bastaing - m, couvre-joint - m,
latte - f, liteau - m, parclose - f, plat - m, tasseau - m,
tasseau de tablette - m, volige - f
batten board = fond de clouage - m
batten door = porte en frises - f, porte sur barres - f,
porte sur châssis - f
batten plate = barrette - f, bretelle - f, étrésillon - m
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batten roll = tasseau - m, tasseau (couverture métal-
lique) - m
battenboard = panneau contreplaqué à âme pan-
neautée - m
battenboard (UK) = panneau latté - m
battening = bacula - m, lattage - m, lattis - m,
voligeage - m
battens = litonnage (sur voligeage) - m
batter = fruit - m, fruit d’un mur - m, inclinaison - f,
reculement - m, regroupement - m, talus - m
batter (of wall) = fruit (de mur) - m
batter board = banquette - f, clinomètre - m
batter board (US) = chaise (d’implantation) - f
batter boards = chaises de fondement - f
batter boards (US) = chaise de tracé des fouilles - f
batter down, to = démolir
batter gauge = gabarit de terrassement - m
batter level = clinomètre - m
batter pile = pieu incliné - m
batter, to = démolir, donner du fruit, taluter, terrasser
batterboard (US) = chevalet d’implantation - m
battered = délabré
battered wall = mur en talus - m
battering ram = bélier - m
battery = batterie - f
battery fencer = électrificateur sur batterie - m
battery mould = batterie coffrante - f
battlement = crénaux - m, créneau - m, parapet cre-
nelé - m
baulk = billon - m, madrier - m, poutre - f
bay = baie - f, balcon - m, claire-voie - f, ouverture - f,
travée (couverture, nef) -f
bay (underpinning) = fraction de reprise en sous-
œuvre - f
bay window = fenêtre à balcon - f, fenêtre en baie - f,
fenêtre en saillie - f
bay-window = bow-window
be battered, to = avoir du fruit
be carried by, to = porter sur
be experienced in one’s craft, to = avoir du métier
be fully loaded, to = supporter la charge maxi
be set back, to = être en recul
be to size, to = être de mesure
bead = astragale - m, baguette - f, bourrelet - m,
cochonnet - m, cordon - m, couvre-joint - m, ourlet
(couverture métallique) - m, passe - f, périe (baguette,
soudure) - f, perle - f
bead and quirk = carré et baguette - m
bead joint = assemblage avec baguette en plein
bois - m
bead joint = joint saillant demi-rond - m
bead jointed = jointage avec baguette en plein bois - m
bead moulding = baguette - f, chapelet - m, patenôtre - m
bead plane = mouchette (outil) - f
bead, to = appliquer un couvre joint, appliquer une
baguette, dudgeonner
beaded and center-beaded = mouluré au bord et au
centre
beaded ceiling (B. Clg) = plafond mouluré - m
beaded one side = mouluré sur une face
beaded section = profilé à boudin - m
beading = baguette - f, passes de soudure - f
beading plane = mouchette (outil) - f
beak = bec - m
beak moulding = bec-de-corbin - m
beakhead = tête plate (moulure) - f
beam = poutre - f, poutre (en bois) - f, poutre (terme
utilisé par les bureaux d’études) - f, poutrelle - f, pou-
trelle en H - f, profilé - m
beam anchor = ancre de tête (poutre) - f
beam bearing = appui de poutre - m
beam box = coffrage de poutre - m
beam casing = coffrage de poutre - m
beam compass = compas à trusquin - m
beam filling = remplissage - m
beam form = coffrage de poutre - m
beam of constant strength = poutre d’égale résis-
tance - f
beam of uniform strength = poutre d’égale résis-
tance - f
beam pocket = engravure de poutre - f, engravure rece-
vant la poutre - f
beam radiation = rayonnement solaire direct - m
beam reinforcement = armature de poutre - f
beam side = joue (coffrage de poutre) - f
beam support = appui de poutre - m
beam supported at the ends = poutre appuyée aux
extrémités - f
beam vibrator = poutre vibrante - f
beam with high depth-span ratio = poutre-cloison - f
beam-and-slab mat = radier plat à nervures - m
beam-and-slab raft = radier plat à nervures - m
beam-hanger = gerberette - f
beams = poutraison - f
beam-to-column connection = assemblage de poutre
à poteau - m
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beam-to-column connection = jonction de poutre à
poteau - f
bear on, to = porter sur, s’appuyer sur
bear, to = supporter (plafond, poutre)
beard an edge, to = délarder une arête
bearer = porteur - m
bearing = appui - m, appui de solive - m, coussinet -
m, palier - m, portance - f, porteur, roulement - m, sup-
port - m, surface d’appui - f, tablette (appui de poutre
ou des solive) -f
bearing area = surface d’appui - f, surface portante - f
bearing bar = lame porteuse (caillebotis) - f
bearing bed = couche portante - f
bearing block = sabot (sous poteau métallique) - m
bearing capacity = capacité portante - f, force por-
tante - f, portance du terrain - f, taux de travail admis-
sible du sol - m
bearing capacity factor = facteur de portance - m,
indice de portance - m
bearing course = couche portante - f
bearing face = surface d’appui - f, surface portante - f
bearing friction = frottement dans les paliers - m, frot-
tement des appuis - m, frottement des coussinets - m
bearing layer = couche portante - f, strate portante - f
bearing length = longueur d’appui - f
bearing load = pression de contact - f
bearing of reference object = constante de station - f
bearing partition = cloison porteuse - f
bearing pile = pieu porteur - m
bearing plate = crapaudine - f
bearing plate = plaque d’appui - f
bearing plate = plaque d’appui (poutre) - f
bearing plate = plaque de support - f
bearing plate = sabot (sous poteau métallique) - m
bearing pressure = pression aux appuis - f
bearing pressure = pression sur le support - f
bearing section = section d’appui - f, section por-
tante - f, surface d’appui - f
bearing soil = bon sol - m, sol d’appui - m, sol d’as-
sise - m, sol de support - m, sol porteur - m, terrain
d’appui - m, terrain d’assise - m
bearing stratum = strate portante - f, terrain d’as-
sise - m
bearing strength = force portante - f, portance - f
bearing stress = taux de travail - m
bearing support = support d’appui - m
bearing surface = surface d’appui - f, surface por-
tante - f
bearing wall = mur d’appui - m, mur de support - m,
mur portant - m
bearing-type connection = assemblage du type à
appui - m
bearing-type connection joint = assemblage du type
à appui - m
beat down, to = damer
beaumontage = ciment bouche-pores - m
beaumontage (US) = mastic à reboucher - m
beaverboard = isorel mou - m, plaque d’ isorel mou - f
become dull, to = emboire (s’) (peinture)
become flat, to = emboire (s’) (peinture)
become thick, to = épaissir
bed = assiette (base) - f, assiette d’une chaussée - f,
assise - f, banc - m, bassin - m, couche de fonda-
tion - f, couchis - m, envers (ardoise, tuile) - m, face
de pose (brique) - f, forme (béton, sable) - f, joint de
lit - m, lit - m
bed face = lit de dessous - m, lit de pose (pierre) - m
bed glazing = pose à bain de mastic (vitrage) - f
bed in mortar, to = poser à bain de mortier, sceller
dans un bain de mortier
bed in putty, to = poser à bain de mastic
bed joint = joint d’assise - m, joint de lit - m, joint de
long - m, lit d’assise - m
bed moulding = première moulure (d’un corps de mou-
lure) - f
bed of a road = assiette d’une chaussée - f
bed of a slate = assise de l’ardoise - f
bed of mortar = bain de mortier - m
bed plate = assise - f, pied d’assise - m
bed putty = contre-masticage - m, mastic de fond - m
bed rock = assise - f, fondation - f, roche en place - f,
roche-mère - f, soubassement - m
bed rock (UK) = socle rocheux - m
bed the foundations, to = asseoir les fondations
bed, to = asseoir (fondations), sceller (carreau, poutre)
bedded = calé, encastré, enrobé, litée (pierre) - f
bedded against the grain = posé en délit
bedded clay = argile litée - f
bedded in mortar = scellé au mortier
bedded rock = roche sédimentaire - f
bedded stone = pierre litée - f
bedding = embarrure - f, scellement - m
bedding (geology) = stratification - f
bedding dot = taquet (plâtre) - m
bedding mortar = mortier de pose (carrelage) - m
bedding plane = plan de stratification - m
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beded = lité
bed-molding = moulure de corniche - f
bedplate = plaque d’assise - f, semelle (machine) - f
bedrock = assise de rocheuse - f, roche en place - f,
sous-sol rocheux - m
bedrock (UK) = fond rocheux - m, roche de fond - f,
socle rocheux - m
bedroom = chambre à coucher - f
bedsitter (UK) = studio - m
beech = hêtre - m
beetle = dame - f, demoiselle - f
before = en amont
behaviour = comportement - m, tenue - f
belfry = beffroi - m
Belgian stone = pavé de pierre - m
Belgian truss = ferme Polonceau - f
bell = cloche - f, partie femelle - f, sonnerie - f, son-
nette - f, tulipe (tuyau) - f
bell (US) = emboîture (tuyau) - f
bell and spigot joint = emboîtement - m
bell and spigot joint (US) = joint à emboîtement - m
bell cage = beffroi - m
bell capitol = chapiteau campaniforme - m
bell chamber = chambre des cloches - f
bell gable = clocher mur - m
bell gasholder = cloche gazométrique - f
bell mouth = crépine - f
bell out bottom = bulbe formant semelle - m
bell out, to = élargir la base d’un pieu
bell pull = cordon de sonnette - m
bell push = bouton de sonnerie - m
bell tower = clocher - m
bell transformer = transformateur de sonnerie - m
bell trap = siphon à cloche - m
bell turret = clocheton - m
bell wire = fil de sonnerie - m
bell-and-spigot joint (US) = joint d’emboîture - m
belled out bottom bulb = bulbe formant semelle - m
belled-out bottom = patte d’éléphant - f
bellied = bombé
bell-shaped = campaniforme
bell-tower = beffroi - m
belly out, to = pousser en dehors (mur), tirer au vide
(mur)
bellying = bombé, qui pousse au vide (mur)
belmouthed = évasé (tuyau)
below grade = bois déclassé - m, en fondation, sou-
terrain - m
below grade (US) = en sous-sol, enterré
below grade timber = bois déclassé - m
below ground (UK) = en sous-sol, enterré
below-grade structure = ouvrage au-dessous du
sol - m, ouvrage enterré - m, ouvrage souterrain - m
below-grade work = maçonnerie en fondation - f, tra-
vaux en fondation - m, travaux en sous-œuvre - m, tra-
vaux en sous-sol - m
belt = bande - f, bandeau saillant - m, ceinture - f,
courroie - f
belt bond = chaîne - f
belt conveyor = convoyeur à bande - m, tapis transpor-
teur - m, transporteur à bande - m, transporteur à cour-
roie - m, transporteur à tapis - m
belt course = assise de ceinture - f, bandeau - m, cein-
ture - f, chaîne - f
belt sander = ponceuse à bande - f, ponceuse à ruban
abrasif - f
belt screen = grille à bande - f
belt weigher = tapis peseur - m
belvedere = belvédère - m
bely (baluster) = panse - f
bench = banc - m, berme - f, établi - m, paillasse
(surface de travail) - f, plancher - m
bench holdfast = valet d’établi - m
bench hook = crochet d’établi - m
bench level = niveau à bulle d’air - m
bench mark = borne-repère - f, point de repère topo-
graphique - m, repère de nivellement - m, repère topo-
graphique - m
bench scale test = essai au banc - m
bench table = banc continu au socle - m
bench terrace = terrasse en gradins - f
bench vice = étau d’établi - m
benched footing = semelle en gradins successifs - f
benched footing = semelle en redans successifs - f
benched foundation = fondation à gradins - f, semelle
à redans - f, semelle à redents - f
benching = banquette - f, cunette - f
benching of slopes = traitement des versants en ter-
rasse - m
bend = raccord coudé - m
bend test = essai de cintrage - m, essai de flexion - m,
essai de pliage - m, essai de pliage à froid - m
bend through 90°, to = plier à 90°
bend under a strain, to = arquer
bend, to = couder, courber, fléchir, gauchir, plier
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bender = cintreuse - f, coudeuse - f, presse à cintrer - f
bender machine = cintreuse - f, coudeuse - f, presse
à cintrer - f
bending = cintrage - m, fléchissement - m, gauchis-
sement - m, pliage - m
bending (UK) = flexion - f, travaillant en flexion
bending load stress = charge de fluxion - f, effort de
flexion - m, effort transversal - m
bending moment = moment de flexion - m, moment
fléchissant - m
bending moment at mid span = moment fléchissant
au milieu - m
bending moment coefficient = coefficient de réduction
des moments fléchissants - m
bending schedule = carnet de ferraillage - m
bending spring = ressort à cintrer - m
bending strain = déformation due à la flexion - f
bending strength (UK) = résistance à la flexion - f
bending stress = contrainte de flexion - f, contrainte
fléchissante - f, effort de flexion - m, travail à la
flexion - m
bending tensile strength = résistance à la traction par
flexion - f
bending test = essai de cintrage - m, essai de pliage -
m, essai de pliage à froid - m
bending test (UK) = essai de flexion - m
bending under a strain = arqué
bends = courbes - f
bent = cadre - m, chevalet - m, chevalet-palée - m,
cintré, déformé, faussé, palée - f, portique - m, poutre
à béquilles - f
bent (UK) = travaillant en flexion
bent bar = barre cintrée - f, barre coulée - f, barre
pliée - f, barre recourbée - f
bent beam = fléchi (poutre pièce), poutre fléchie - f
bent member = fléchi
bent pipe = tuyau coudé - m
bent shower arm = crosse de douche - m
bent spanner = clé coudée - f
bent spanner = clef coudée - f
bent up bar = barre cintrée - f, barre coudée - f, barre
pliée - f, barre recourbée - f
bentonite = bentonite - f
bentonite gel = gel de bentonite - m
bentonite mud = boue bentonique - f
bentonite slurry = coulis de bentonite - m
bentonite suspension = suspension de bentonite - f
bent-up bar = barre relevée - f
berm = berme - f
besant = besant - m
between-season heating (UK) = chauffage de demi-
saison -m
bevel = biseau - m, biveau - m, fausse équerre - f, sau-
terelle - f, télégraphe - m
bevel brick = brique chanfreinée - f
bevel end brick = brique à tête oblique - f
bevel halving = assemblage à mi-bois en sifflet - m
bevel off a corner, to = délarder un coin
bevel siding = clins - m, parement à clin - m, planche
à recouvrement imbriqué - f
bevel square = fausse équerre - f, sauterelle - f
bevel, to = biseauter
beveled gear mounting = renvoi d’angle par engre-
nage - m
beveled washer (US) = rondelle biaise - f
bevelled = biseauté, coupé en biseau, en biseau
bevelled bolt = pêne en biseau - m
bevelled halving = assemblage à mi-bois en sifflet - m
bevelled washer (UK) = rondelle biaise - f
bevelled-edge chisel = ciseau à biseau - m
bevelling = biseautage - m
beyond repair = irréparable
bezant = besant - m
biased error = erreur biaisée - f, erreur systématique - f
biaxal stress = contrainte suivant deux directions
axiales - f
biaxal stress = effort bi-axial - m, contrainte bi-
axiale - f, contrainte plane - f
bib nozzle = bec courbe - m
bib tap = robinet à bec courbe - m
bibcock = robinet à bec courbe - m
bibcock (US) = robinet (appareil sanitaire) - m
bid (US) = offre - f
bid bond = cautionnement de soumission - m
bid form = formule de soumission - m, modèle de sou-
mission - m
bidet = bidet - m
bi-energy system = système bi-énergétique - m
bifolding door = porte à deux vantaux brisés - f, porte
accordéon à axes horizontaux - f
bikeway (US) = piste cyclable - f
bill of materials = bordereau matières - m, devis quan-
titatif - m
bill of quantities (BOQ) = devis quantitatif - m, liste
de quantités - f
billboard (US) = panneau d’affichage - m
billet (moulding) = billette - f
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bimetallic strip = bilame - m
bin = bac - m, benne - f, silo - m, silo de stockage - m
bind masonry with mortar or plaster, to = hourder
bind, to = lier
binder = agglomérant - m, couche de liaison - f, couche
intermédiaire - f, frette - f, liant - m, liant d’agréga-
tion - m, matière d’agrégation - f, poutre maîtresse
(plancher) - f
binder content = taux de liant - m
binder course = assise de boutisses - f, couche de
liaison - f, couche intermédiaire - f
binder factor = taux de liant - m
binder plastic = liant plastique - m
binders = aciers transversaux - m, barre flottante - f,
cadre - m, épingle - f, étrier - m, gîtes - m, ligature - f
binding = frettage - m
binding agent = liant - m
binding beam = poutre maîtresse (plancher) - f
binding beam = tirant (charpente en bois) - m
binding course = assise de liaison - f, couche de
liaison - f, couche intermédiaire - f
binding gravel = gravier d’empierrement - m
binding iron = patte à scellement - f
binding joist = poutre maîtresse (plancher) - f
binding joists = gîtes - m
binding materials = liants - m
binding of cement = prise du ciment - f
binding post = borne - f
binding post = borne d’attache - f
binding reinforcement = armature de frettage - f
binding wire = fil de ligature - m
biochemical oxygen demand = DBO (demande bio-
chimique d’oxygène) - f
biochemical oxygen demand = demande biochi-
mique d’oxygène (DBO) - f
biocidal = biocide
biocide = biocide - m
biofilter = filtre biologique - m
biofiltration = biofiltration - f
bioflocculation = biofloculation - f
biological filter = filtre biologique - m
biological filter = lit bactérien - m
biological filtration = biofiltration - f
biparting door = porte à coulisse à deux vantaux - f
bi-parting door = porte coulissante à deux vantaux - f
biped mounting = support-bipied - m
bipolar coordinates = coordonnées bipolaires - f
bird screen = grillage aviaire - m
bird-peck = moucheture (bois) - f
bird’s beak = tête plate - f
bird’s eye = bois moucheté - m, moucheté (bois)
bird’s eye view = vue à vol d’oiseau - f
bishop = dame - f, demoiselle - f, hie - f, pilon - m
bister = bistre - m
bit = fleuret - m, foret - m, mèche - f, taillant - m,
trépan - m
bit (key) = panneton - m
bit (of drill) = foret - m
bit brace = vilebrequin - m
bit key = clef à panneton -f
bite = mordant (lime, vis) - m
bitransit waste and overflow = vidage système amé-
ricain - m
bi-transit waste and overflow = vidage système
américain - m
bitt = bitte d’amarrage - f, bobard - m, bollard - m
bitty = granuleux, hétérogène
bitty paint = peinture granulée - f
bitume concrete = béton bitumineux - m, béton de
goudron - m
bitumen = bitume - m
bitumen felt = feutre bitumé - m
bitumen sprayer = répandeuse de liant - f
bitumen tar (mixture) = bitume goudron - m
bituming = bitumage - m
bituminized fiber pipe = tuyau d’amiante bitumé - m
bituminous = asphaltique, bitumé, bitumineux, hydro-
carboné (liant, béton)
bituminous batch plant = groupe mélangeur d’as-
phalte - m
bituminous binder = liant bitumineux - m
bituminous binder (UK) = liant hydrocarboné - m
bituminous cement = liant hydrocarboné - m
bituminous coated material = enrobé - m
bituminous coating = enduit bitumineux - m
bituminous concrete = béton à liant hydrocarboné - m
bituminous concrete = béton bitumeux - m, béton
bitumineux - m, béton de goudron - m, béton hydro-
carboné - m
bituminous covering = chape bitumineuse - f
bituminous distributor = distributeur d’asphalte - m
bituminous felt = feutre bitumé - m
bituminous heating kettle = chaudière à asphalte - f
bituminous material(s) = corps noir(s) - m, liants
bitumineux - m
bituminous paint = peinture bitumeuse - f
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BIW (banal industrial waste) = DIB (déchets indus-
triels banals) - m
black body = corps noir - m
black bolt = boulon brut - m, vis brute - f
black coal = houille - f
black top = revêtement hydrocarboné - m, revêtement
hydrocarburé - m, revêtement noir - m, revêtement
plastique - m
blackout curtains = rideaux d’obscurcissement - m
blacktop = revêtement à liants hydrocarbonés - m,
revêtement hydrocarboné - m
blade = aile de turbine - f, bouclier - m, fer de
rabot - m, lame - f, pale de ventilateur - f
blade (of spade) = fer de bêche - m
blade iron = fer de rabot - m
blade mixing = mélange à la niveleuse - m
blade pitch = angle d’attaque de la lame - m
blade pitch = angle de coupe (engin de terrasse-
ment) - m
blade pitch = angle de pénétration - m
blade spreading = répandage à la niveleuse - m
blade, to = mettre à niveau, niveler, répandre à la nive-
leuse
blades = aubage - m
blade-to-blade dozing = travail en tandem - m
blade-to-blade dozing = travaux en tandem - m
blading = nivellement - m
blading back = nivellement en marche arrière - m
blanc fixe = blanc fixe - m
blank = blanc - m, fausse - f
blank door = fausse porte - f, porte murée - f
blank flange = bride pleine - f, bride pleine - f
blank test = essai à blanc - m
blank wall = mur aveugle - m, mur borgne - m, mur
écran - m, mur orbe - m, mur plein - m
blank window = fenêtre murée - f
blanket = chape - f, matelas - m, tapis - m
blanket insulation = matelas isolant - m
blanket insurance = assurance globale - f
blanket of graded gravel = tapis filtrant - m
blanket sand = dépôt de sable alluvionnaire - m
blast = charge - f, charge d’explosif - f, courant
d’air - m, explosion - f, vent - m
blast cleaning = décalaminage mécanique - m, déca-
page par projection d’abrasifs - m, grenaillage - m,
sablage - m
blast furnace cement = ciment de haut-fourneau - m,
ciment de laitier de haut-fourneau - m, ciment métal-
lurgique - m, CM (ciment métallurgique) - m
blast furnace Portland cement 85 = ciment de laitier
au clinker (Portland) - m
blast furnace slag cement = ciment de haut-four-
neau - m, ciment de laitier de haut-fourneau - m, ciment
métallurgique - m, CM (ciment métallurgique) - m
blast hole = trou de mine - m
blast, to = abattre à l’explosif, faire sauter à la mine
blast-furnace slag = laitier de haut fourneau - m
blasthole = trou de tir - m
blasting = tir - m, travail aux explosifs - m
blasting cap = amorce fulminante - f, détonateur - m
blasting machine = exploseur - m
bleach to = blanchir (tissu)
bleacher = gradin - m
bleaching = blanchiment - m, décoloration - f
bleaching agent = agent de blanchiment - m
bled timber = bois essevé - m, bois saigné - m
bleed, to = couler, déteindre
bleed, to (UK) = purger
bleeder = robinet de purge - m
bleeder well = puits de décharge - m
bleeding = saignement (peinture) - m
bleeding line = canalisation de charge - f
bleeding of concrete = ressuage du béton - m
bleeding valve = robinet de purge - m
bleed-through = remontée (peinture) - f, ressuage
(peinture) - m, saignement (peinture) - m, transperce-
ment de colle (contre-plaqué) - m
blemish = altération - f
blighted housing = maison délabrée - f
blighted housing = maison en décrépitude - f
blind = aveugle - m, contrevent - m, fausse - f
blind (US) = store - m
blind arcade = arcature - f, arcs aveugles - m
blind arcades = orbevoie - f
blind arch = arc aveugle - m, cintre borgne - m
blind door = fausse porte - f
blind dovetail = queue d’aronde perdue - f, queue
d’aronde recouverte - f
blind flange = bride pleine - f, obturateur - m
blind floor = plancher brut - m
blind hinge = charnière invisible - f
blind hole = trou borgne - m
blind joint = joint invisible - m
blind mortice = mortaise aveugle - f, mortaise
borgne - f
blind nailing = clouage à tête perdue - m, clouage
caché - m
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blind rivet = rivet plein - m
blind storey = étage aveugle - m
blind wall = mur orbe - m, mur plein - m, orbe
(mur) - m, renard (mur orbe faisant pendant à un
autre) - m
blind window = fausse fenêtre - f
blinded base = hérisson ensablé - m
blinding concrete = béton de propreté - m
blindstory = étage aveugle - m, triforium (église
gothique) - m
blister steel = acier de cémentation - m
blistering = cloquage - m
blistering (UK) = boursoufflure - f
blob foundation = semelle isolée - f
blob foundation (US) = semelle isolée sous pilier - f
blob foundation (US) = semelle isolée sous poteau - f
block = bloc - m, cale - f, coin (cale) - m, groupe - m,
moufle - f, pain (asphalte) - m, parpaing - m, pâté de
maisons - m, pavé - m, poulie à gorge - f
block and tackle = moufle - m, palan - m
block construction = construction de blocs - f
block cracking = faïençage à mailles larges - m
block diagram = tableau synoptique - m
block heating = chauffage central en commun –m,
chauffage en commun -m
block of building = îlot - m
block of flats = maison collective - f
block of flats (UK) = immeuble collectif - m
block of offices = immeuble de bureaux - m
block pavement = chaussée pavée - f, pavage - m
block plan = plan de masse - m, plan en bloc - m
block system = construction de type fermé - f
block tin = étains en saumon - m
block up, to = murer
block wall = mur en agglomérés - m, mur en par-
paings - m
block work = maçonnerie en aggloméré - f, maçon-
nerie en parpaings - f
block, to = obstruer
blockboard = contreplaqué latté - m, panneau contre-
plaqué à âme lattée - m, panneau latté - m
block-board = latté
blocking = aérocâble - m, blondin - m, câble
aérien - m, calage - m
blocking course = assise de couronnement - f
blocking up = bouchage (d’une ouverture) - m
blockwork = maçonnerie en briques creuses - f,
maçonnerie en parpaings - f, ouvrage en aggloméré - m,
ouvrage en parpaing - m, parpaing - m
bloom = efflorescence - f
bloom (brick) = efflorescence - f
blow = cloque - f, renard - m, soufflage - m
blow down = chasse à purge rapide - f, purge rapide - f
blow down, to (UK) = purger
blow gun = soufflette - f
blow hole (drilling bit) = trou de soufflage - m
blow joint = joint soudé au chalumeau - m
blow lamp (UK) = lampe à souder - f
blow off cock = purgeur - m
blow off, to (US) = purger
blow tool = chasse - f
blow torch (US) = lampe à souder - f
blow up of adjacent soft soil = extrusion latérale de
la terre molle - f
blow up, to = exploser
blow, to = injecter, souder au chalumeau
blowdown valve = purgeur - m
blower = soufflante - f, ventilateur - m, ventilateur
soufflant - m
blower kiln = séchoir à ventilateur - m
blowhole = évent de trépan - m, soufflure (métal) - f
blowholes = bullage (béton banché) - m
blowing = piqûre - f, soufflage - m, soufflure
(plâtre) - f, souflures - f
blowing up of adjacent soft soil = extrusion latérale
de la terre molle - f
blowlamp = brûloir - m
blowlamp (UK) = chalumeau - m
blown asphalt = bitume soufflé - m
blown glass = verre soufflé - m
blown joint = joint soudé au chalumeau - m
blown oil = huile soufflée - f
blown sand = sable éolien - m
blow-off pipe = tuyau purgeur - m
blow-off valve = valve de vidange - f
blowtorch (US) = chalumeau - m
blowtorch cutting (US) = découpage au chalumeau - m
blub (US) = boursouflure (enduit) - f
blue = bleu
blue print = calque - m
blue stain = bleuissement - m
blued steel = acier bronzé - m
blueing = bleuissement - m
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blueprint = bleu - m
blue-print = contre-calque - m
blunt = émoussé
blunt, to = émousser
blunted arises = épaufrure d’arête - f
blunted arrises = arêtes cassées - f
board = bastaing - m, panneau (matériau de construc-
tion) - m, planche - f, planchette - f, tableau - m
board foot = pied cube - m
board insulation = isolation en plaque - f
board measure = mesure de planche - f
board, to = planchéier
board-flange beam = poutre à larges ailes - f
board-flange girder = poutre à larges ailes - f
boarding = bardage - m, cloison en planches - f, clô-
ture en planches - f, planchéiage - m, plancher - m,
planches - f, revêtement de planches - m
boarding joist = lambourde de parquet (plancher avec
solives de plafond) - f, solive courante - f, solive de
plancher - f
boarding up = condamnation - f
board-on-board = planche-sur-planche - f
boaster = ébauchoir - m
boat house = remise de bateau - f
boat scaffold = nacelle - f
body = consistance d’un fluide - f, fût (de pieu) - m
body (UK) = boisseau de robinet - m
body force = force due à la masse - f
boil = boulance - f, boursouflure - f
boiler = bouilleur - m, chaudière - f
boiler barrel = corps cylindrique de chaudière - m
boiler casing = enveloppe de chaudière - f
boiler compound = antitartre - m
boiler feed = alimentation de chaudière - f
boiler feed water = eau d’alimentation de chaudière - f
boiler flue = carneau - m
boiler house = chaufferie - f
boiler jacquet = tôle isolante - f
boiler plant = générateur de vapeur - m
boiler plate = tôle à chaudières - f, tôle de chaudière - f
boiler room = chaufferie - f
boiler scale = tartre de chaudière - f
boiler thermostat = aquastat - m
boiler water = eau de chaudière - f
boiler-room = chambre de chauffe - f
boilerwork = chaudronnerie - f
boiling point = point d’ébullition - m
bole = fût d’arbre - m
bolection moulding = moulure grand cadre - f
bollard = borne-routière - f
bolster = chapeau - m, ciseau - m, sous-poutre - f,
traversin - m
bolster (pile, post) = racinal - m
bolster work = bossage adouci - m
bolt = boulon - m, verrou - m
bolt (of lock) = pêne - m
bolt cropper = coupe-boulons - m
bolt cutter = coupe-boulons - m
bolt, to = fermer au verrou
bolted connections = articulations - f
bolted joint = joint boulonné - m
bolting = boulonnage - m
bond = accrochage - m, accrochage de peinture - m,
adhérence - f, appareil - m, assemblage - m, liaison - f,
liaisonnement - m, lien - m
bond beams = chaînage - m, poutres-chaînages - f
bond brick = brique d’assemblage - f
bond coat = couche d’accrochage - f
bond course = assise de pierres de boutisses - f
bond course = assise de pierres de liaison - f
bond creep = fluage d’adhérence - m
bond header = boutisse parpaigne - f
bond length = longueur d’adhérence d’armature - f
bond length of reinforcement = longueur d’adhérence
d’armature - f
bond stone = brique de liaison - f, pierre de liaison - f,
pierre de liaisonnement - f, pierre parpaing - f
bond strength = adhérence - f, force d’adhérence - f,
résistance d’adhésion - f
bond stress = contrainte d’adhérence - f
bond test = essai d’adhérence - m, essai de cohé-
sion - m
bond, to = liaisonner
bonded = collé
bonded masonry = maçonnerie en liaison - f
bonded stone = parpaing - m
bonder = boutisse - f, brique d’assemblage - f, brique
de liaison - f, parpaing - m, pierre de liaisonnement - f
bonding = appareillage - m, collage - m, liaison - f,
liaisonnement - m
bonding (of fitting to damp proof course) = reprise
d’étanchéité - f
bonding agent = produit de reprise - m
bonding brick = boutisse - f, parpaing - m
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bonding layer = couche d’accrochage - f, couche de
reprise - f
bonding pocket = entaille dans la maçonnerie - f
bonding ties = attaches de liaisonnement - f
bondstone = pierre de liaisonnement - f
bone dry = sec absolu (bois)
boning = réglage d’une pente avec des nivelettes - m
boning in = réglage d’une pente avec des nivelettes - m
boning rod = nivelette - f
bonus = prime (salaire) - f
bonus for early completion = prime pour avance - f
boom = estacade - f, flèche - f, volée - f
boom (of girder) = membrure - f
boom crane = grue à flèche - f
boomchord = membrure de poutre - f
boost = allure poussée - f
booster = relais - m, surcompresseur - m, surpres-
seur - m, survolteur - m
booster pump = pompe de gavage - f, pompe relais - f,
surpresseur - m
booster station = station de recompression - f
boot = trémie (silo) - f
bootstrap pile load test (US) = essai de chargement
au vérin - m
BOQ (bill of quantities) = devis quantitatif - m
border = bordure - f, encadrement - m, lisière - f,
moulure - f
border stone = bordure de trottoir - f
bore = alésage - m
bore a tunnel, to = percer un tunnel
bore bit = trépan - m
bore diameter = diamètre intérieur - m
bore dust = vermoulure - f
bore hole = trou de sondage - m, vermoulure - f
bore hole cementation = cimentation (puits de
forage) - f
bore hole pump = pompe de sondage - f
bore rod = tige de sondage - f, tige de sonde - f
bore, to = aléser, forer, percer
bored cast-in place pile = pieu moulé dans le sol - m
bored cast-in-place pile = pieu foré moulé dans le
sol - m
bored lock = serrure à forer - f
bored pile = pieu foré - m
borehole = forage - m
borehole = trou de sondage - m
borehole log = coupe géologique d’un forage - f
borehole pump = pompe de forage - f
borehole survey = contrôle de la déviation - f
boring = alésage - m, forage - m, perçage - m, son-
dage - m
boring contractor = entrepreneur de sondage - m
boring foreman = chef sondeur -m
boring machine = aléseuse - f, foreuse - f, per-
ceuse - f, perforatrice - f
boring master = maître sondeur - m
borough surveyor = ingénieur municipal - m
borrow = emprunt de terre - m, matériau d’em-
prunt - m, matériaux d’apport - m, matériaux d’em-
prunt - m
borrow area = carrière d’emprunt - f, lieu d’em-
prunt - m, zone d’emprunt - f
borrow ditch = lieu d’emprunt - m
borrow material = matériau d’emprunt - m
borrow material = matériaux d’apport - m, matériaux
d’emprunt - m
borrow pit = ballastière - f, carrière d’emprunt - f,
lieu d’emprunt - m, zone d’emprunt - f
borrowed dirt (US) = terre d’emprunt - f
borrowed earth (UK) = terre d’emprunt - f
borrowed light = faux jour - m, fenêtre de second
jour - f, second jour - m
borrowed soil = sol d’emprunt - m
borrowed-earth = apport de terre
bort = diamant noir - m
boss = bossage - m, bosse - f, clef de voûte - f, portée
(écrou) - f, surépaisseur de coulée - f
bossage = bossage - m
bossing = bossage - m
both sides = double face - f
bott joint = assemblage bout à bout - m
bottle = bouteille - f
bottom = partie basse - f
bottom bars = nappe inférieure - f
bottom boom = membrure inférieure - f
bottom chord = élément inférieur - m, entrait - m,
membrure inférieure - f
bottom dumping = déversement par le fond - m
bottom fibre = fibres inférieure - f
bottom grade = fond de fouille - m, niveau bas - m,
niveau de fond de fouille - m
bottom heave = soulèvement du fond de fouille - m
bottom landing = palier de départ - m
bottom layer = nappe inférieure - f
bottom level = niveau inférieur - m
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bottom of areaway = fond du puits de fenêtre - m
bottom of excavation = fond de fouille - m
bottom plate = lisse basse - f, sablière basse - f, semelle
(de cloison) - f, semelle basse (de cloison) - f
bottom plate brick = brique canal - f
bottom rail = rail inférieur - m, traverse basse - f
bottom register = bouche de chaleur de plinthe
réglable - f
bottom reinforcement = nappe inférieure - f
bottom rolling door = porte roulante au sol - f
bottom slab = radier - m
bottom step = marche de départ - f
bottom ventilation = VB (ventilation basse) - f
bottom ventilation = ventilation basse (VB) - f
bottom view = vue en sous-face - f
bottom-hung window = fenêtre à soufflet - f
bottoming = empierrement de base - m, hérisson - m,
réglage de fond de fouille - m
bottomless hole = trou débouchant - m
bottom-rolling door = porte roulante au sol - f
boulder = bloc cyclopéen - m, gros bloc - m, gros
galet - m, quartier de roche - m
boulder clay (UK) = argile à blocaux - f
boulder wall = mur en galets - m
boule = plot (sciage du bois) - m
bound concrete = béton fretté - m
bound materials = matériaux enrobés - m
bound moisture = eau de constitution - f
bound vortex = tourbillon attaché - m
bound vortex = tourbillon lié - m
bound water = eau de constitution - f, eau liée - f
bound, to = borner (limiter)
boundary = limite - f, limite de la couche - f, plan de
séparation - m
boundary (UK) = limite (propriété, terrain) - f, limite
de propriété - f
boundary condition = condition à la limite - f
boundary layer = couche limite - f
boundary line = ligne de démarcation - f
boundary mark = borne - f
boundary post = poteau de bornage - m
boundary stone = borne - f
boundary stress = contrainte à la limite - f
boundary survey = levé de bornage - m
boundary wall (UK) = mur de clôture - m
bow = cambrure - f, gauchissement en longueur - m,
saillie - f, voilement longitudinal de face - m
bow compass = compas à balustre - m
bow divider = compas à balustre à pointes sèches - m
bow section = section rectangulaire - f
bow window = fenêtre en rotonde - f, fenêtre en
saillie - f, fenêtre en saillie courbe - f
bow, to = fléchir
bowed = arqué, cambré
bowing = cambrure - f
bowing = cambrure de solive - f
bowing up = mise hors d’eau - f
bowl = bassin (récipient) - m, bol de scraper - m,
cuve - f cuvette - f, plafonnier hémisphérique - m
bowl (of sanitary fitting) = vasque - f
bowshaped settlement = tassement en forme de
bol - m
bowstring girder = poutre bowstring - f
bowstring truss = poutre bowstring - f
bow-window = bow-window, oriel - m
box = boîte - f, caisson - m, coffrage - m, goulotte - f,
stalle - f
box beam = poutre à caisson f, poutre caisson f,
poutre creuse rectangulaire - f, poutre en tôle section,
poutre tubulaire - f
box beam = poutre-caisson - f
box board(s) = bois de caisserie - m, bois de laye-
terie - m, bois de caisserie - m, bois de layeterie - m
box column = poteau creux - m
box construction = construction en caisson - m
box culvert = dalot - m, ponceau rectangulaire - m
box dovetail = queue d’aronde ouverte - f, queue
d’aronde passante - f
box drain = dalot - m
box girder = poutre caisson - f, poutre-caisson - f
box gutter = cheneau à l’anglaise - m, gouttière
carrée - f
box in, to = encaisser
box shutter = volet se repliant à l’intérieur - m
box spanner = clef à douille - f
box stair = escalier encloisonné - m, escalier encloi-
sonné - m
box stairs = escalier entre murs - m
box strike = empennage - m
box strike plate = empennage - m
box wrench = clé polygonale - f
boxed ceiling = plafond en caisson - m
boxed heart = cœur enfermé - m
boxed heart = cœur renfermé - m
boxed-in = encaissé (pipe)
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box-end joist = solive de bordure - f
box-girder = poutre creuse - f
boxing = mannequin - m
box-room = chambre de débarras - f
brace = contre fiche - f, contrefiche - f, contreventé,
croisillon - m, entretoise - f, jambe de force - f,
moise - f, vilebrequin - m
brace (against a wall) = bracon - m
brace lath = tasseau (de bois) - m
braced cut = tranchée étayée - f
braced frame = charpente à gros éléments mortaisés
et entretoisés - f
braced framing = charpente à gros éléments mortaisés
et entretoisés - f, charpente contreventée - f, ossature
contreventée - f
bracing = armature - f, armement - m, cadre d’entre-
toisement - m, chaînage - m, contreventement - m,
entretoisage - m, entretoisement - m, étrésillonne-
ment - m, membre raidisseur d’angle - m, renforce-
ment - m
bracing member = poutre de contreventement - f
bracing strut = bielle de triangulation - f,
chandelle - f, étai - m, jambe de force - f
bracing truss = contreventement vertical - m
brack = bois déclassé - m
bracket = bras - m, brique en forme de console - f,
console - f, modillon - m, patte - f, potence - f, sup-
port - m, tasseau - m
bracket baluster = balustrade à console - f, balustre à
console - f, balustre col de cygne - f, balustre de
console - f
bracket lamp = lampe d’applique - f, lampe en
applique - f
bracket light = lampe d’applique - f
bracket scaffold = échafaudage à chaise - m, échafau-
dage en console - m
bracketed string = limon à la cremaillère - m
bracket-hanger = chaise console - f
bracket-lamp = applique - f
brackish water = eau saumâtre - f
brad = clou à tête perdue - m
brad punch = chasse-pointes - m
braid = guipage (fil électrique) - m, tresse (fil élec-
trique) - f
braided asbestos = tresse d’amiante - f
braided cable = tresse (fil électrique) -f
braided wire = fil guipé - m
braiding = guipage (fil électrique) - m
braking down = effondrement - m
Bramah lock = serrure à pompe - f
branch = branchement - m, dérivation - f, embranche-
ment - m, jonction - f, piquage (conduite) - m
branch cicuit = antenne - f, circuit dérivé - m, déri-
vation - f, distribution intérieure - f
branch drain = branchement de vidange - m
branch knot = nœud de branche - m, nœud
fourchu - m, nœud mort - m
branch pipe = embranchement - m, tuyau de branche-
ment - m
branch sewer = égout secondaire - m
branch vent = branchement de ventilation - m
branching = branchement - m, piquage - m
brash = cassant
brashness = fragilité du bois - f
brashwood = bois cassant - m
brashy = cassant
brass = laiton - m
braze welding = soudobrasage - m
braze, to = braser, faire une brasure
brazier = brasero - m
brazing = brasage - m, brasure - f
brazing welding = soudobrasage - m
BRC (British Reinforced Concrete) = béton armé
norme britannique - m
BRC fabric (UK) = treillis soudé(Ts) - m
BRC fabric (UK) = Ts (treillis soudé) - m
breach = brèche - f
break = angle de mur - m, casse - f, cassure - f,
coude - m, coude d’un mur - m, coupure - f, discon-
tinuité - f
break (in line of an arch or a rafter) = jarret - m
break down, to = tomber en panne
break ground = commencement du creusage - m
break ground, to = donner les premiers coups de
pioche, ouvrir (tranchée)
break in a curve = brisure nette d’une courbe - f
break in grade = changement de pente - m
break in masonry courses = décrochement - m
break in the face of a wall = décrochement nu d’un
mur - m
break joints, to = alterner les joints, croiser les joints,
zigzaguer les joints
break of outline = jarret - m
break out concrete work, to = démolir un bétonnage
break out concrete, to = démolir un bétonnage
break the edge, to = abattre l’angle, abattre l’arête
break the ground, to = attaquer le terrain
break the seal, to = désamorcer
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break up an estate, to = morceler
break up, to = attaquer
break witch = appareil de coupure - m
break witch = disjoncteur - m
break witch = interrupteur - m, sectionneur - m
breakage = casse - f
break-away = décollement hydraulique - m
breakaway corrosion = corrosion galopante - f
breakdown = panne (machine) - f
breaker = concasseur - m, coupe-circuit - m, défon-
ceuse - f, disjoncteur - m
breaker (élect.) = rupteur - m
breaking = de rupture (charge, tension), rupture - f
breaking capacity (UK) = pouvoir de coupure
(élect.) - m
breaking hammer = marteau de démolition - m
breaking joints = joints croisés - m
breaking load = charge de rupture - f
breaking load (US) = résistance à la rupture - f
breaking of ground = ouverture du sol - f
breaking strain = contrainte de rupture - f, effort de
rupture - m
breaking strength (UK) = résistance à la rupture - f
breaking stress = charge de rupture - f, effort de rup-
ture - m
breaking test = essai de rupture - m
breakthrough = crevaison - f
breast = allège sous fenêtre - f
breast drill = perceuse à conscience - f
breast high = à hauteur d’appui
breast lining = lambris (sous fenêtre) - m
breast wall = allège sous fenêtre - f, mur à hauteur
d’appui - m, mur d’appui - m, parapet - m
breast wall (UK) = mur de soutènement - m
breast-drill = vilebrequin à conscience - m
breastsummer = poitrail - m, sommier (charpente) -m
breastwork = parapet - m
breathable = respirable
breather paint = peinture perméable à la vapeur
d’eau - f
breather paint = peinture respirante - f
breathing = respiration d’un réservoir - f
breathing cladding = façade respirante - f
breccia = brèche - f
breeching = buses de fumée - f, culottes - f
breeching fitting = culotte - f
breeze = poussier de coke - m
breeze block = parpaing de laitier - m
breeze concrete = béton léger - m
breezeway = passage couvert - m
breeze-way = passage recouvert - m
bressummer = poitrail - m
brest lining = lambris d’appui - m
brest wall of window = allège - f
brestsummer = poitrail - m
brick = brique - f
brick and a half = brique et demie - f
brick construction = construction en brique - f
brick course laid on edge = brique posée de champ - f
brick facing = parement de brique (sur ossature en bois)
- m
brick facing = placage en briques - m
brick from infusorial earth = brique en kieselguhr - f
brick furring = massif en brique - m
brick hammer = marteau de briqueteur - m, martelet - m
brick infill = galandage - m
brick infilling = galandage - m
brick kiln = four à briques - m
brick masonry (US) = maçonnerie de briques - f
brick of standard dimensions = brique d’échantillon - f
brick of tin = brique d’étain - f
brick on edge = brique sur chant - f
brick on edge coping = assise de bahut - f
brick on edge coping = couronnement en brique sur
la rive - m
brick partition = galandage - m
brick pier = chaîne de liaison verticale - f
brick sewer = égout en briques - m
brick slip = briquette - f
brick tie = agrafe à brique - f
brick trowel = truelle à briqueter - f, truelle brique-
teuse - f
brick up, to = murer
brick veneer = brique plaquée sur bois - f, parement
de brique - m, parement de brique (sur ossature en
bois) - m, placage en briques - m
brick, to = briqueter
brickage = martelet - m
brick-and-a-half wall = mur de 34 cm - m
brickbat = briqueteau - m, briqueton - m, demi-brique - f
brick-bond aspect = aspect brique - m
brick-core = noyau de brique - m
brick-field = briqueterie - f
bricking = briquetage - m
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bricklayer = briqueteur - m, maçon - m
bricklayer’s hammer = marteau de briqueteur - m,
martelet - m
bricklaying = maçonnerie - f
bricknogging = hourdis (en briques) - m
brick-on-edge course = brique posée de champ - f
brick-on-edge sill = seuil en brique sur la rive - m
brick-on-edge wall = galandage - m
brick-on-end course = assise de bout - f
brickwork = briquetage - m, briqueterie - f, maçon-
nerie - f, maçonnerie en briques - f
brickwork (UK) = maçonnerie de briques - f
brickworks = briqueterie - f
brick-yard = briqueterie - f
bridge board = limon - m
bridge circuit = couplage en pont - m, montage en
pont - m
bridge connection = couplage en pont - m, montage
en pont - m
bridge crane = grue à pont - f, grue à portique - f
bridge crane (US) = pont roulant - m
bridge plank = madrier de pontage - m
bridging = entretoise - f, entretoisement - m, entretoi-
sement de plancher - m, lierne - f, pontage - m
bridging joist = solive passante - f
bridging piece = traversière - f, traversin m, entre-
toise - f, étrésillon m, lierne - f
bridle iron = étrier (charpente) - m
bridle joint = assemblage à tenon et mortaise avec
embrèvement - m
bridle joint = embrèvement anglais - m
brief = définition des ouvrages - f
bright bolt = boulon - m, boulon ajusté - m
bright iron = fer clair - m
bright metal = métal clair - m
bright wire = fil clair - m
bright wood = bois net - m
brightened = avivé (peinture, vernis)
brightener = aviveur - m
brightening = brillantage - m
bring down a wall to a certain height, to = déraser
un mur
bring to the building site, to = amener à pied d’œuvre
briquetting = agglomération (charbon) - f
brise-soleil = brise-soleil - m
bristle = poil de brosse - m
British Reinforced Concrete (BRC) = béton armé
norme britannique - m
British Reinforced Concrete fabric (UK) = treillis
soudé(Ts) - m
British Reinforced Concrete fabric (UK) = Ts
(treillis soudé) - m
brittle = cassant
brittle fracture = rupture fragile - f
brittle iron = fer cassant - m
brittle paint = peinture friable - f
brittleness = fragilité du métal - f, tendance à l’écail-
lage (peinture) - f
broach = égout retroussé sur plan carré - m, flèche
(sans parapet) - f, flèche d’église - f
broach spire = flèche octogonale à égout retroussé de
plan carré - f, flèche orthogonale à égout retroussé de
plan carré - f
broached spire = flèche octogonale à égout retroussé
de plan carré - f, flèche orthogonale à égout retroussé
de plan carré - f
broad = plateau - m
broad irrigation = épandage par irrigation - m
broad knife = couteau à égrener - m
broad stone = pierre de taille - f
broadax (US) = doloire - f
broadaxe (UK) = doloire - f
broad-flanged = à ailes larges
broad-flanged beam = poutrelle en H - f
broadloom carpet = moquette grande largeur - f,
tapis de grande largeur - m, tapis grande largeur - m
brocken pediment = fronton brisé à base inter-
rompue - m
broken arch = arc segmentaire brisé - m
broken ashlar = appareil irrégulier rectangle - m,
mosaïque moderne - f, pierre de taille irrégulière - f
broken brick = briquaillons - m
broken glass = éclats de verre - m
broken gravel = gravillon concassé - m
broken joint = joint rompu - m
broken joints = joints alternés - m, joints croisés - m,
joints en chicane - m, joints rompus - m, joints zigza-
gués - m
broken line = ligne brisée - f
broken line (drawing) = tirets - m
broken range = opus incertum - m
broken stone = cailloutis - m, empierrement - m, gra-
nulat concassé - m, gravier - m, hérisson - m,
macadam - m, pierre cassée - f
broken stones = pierraille - f, rocaille - f
broken white = blanc cassé - m
broken-joint tiles = tuiles à joints alternés - f
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broken-joint tiles = tuiles à joints croisés - f
broken-joint tiling = pose de carreaux à joints
croisés - f
bronzing = bronzage de peinture - m
broom = tête éclatée - f
brooming = tête éclatée - f
brow coatpavement = corps de chape - m
brown discoloration = bistrage - m
brown rot = pourriture brune - f
brown stain = coloration brune - f
browning coat = corps d’enduit - m
browning coat = couche de fond f
brucane = brucane - m
brucanium = brucane - m
brush = brosse - f
brush discharge = aigrette - f
brush marks = traits de brosse - m, traits de pin-
ceau - m
brushed finish = enduit brossé - m
brushwood = broussailles - f
bubble aeration = aération par barbotage - f
bubble tube = nivelette - f
bubbling = bullage de peinture - m
bucket = aube - f, auget - m, benne - f, pelle d’exca-
vateur - f, seau - m
bucket (UK) = godet (engin) - m
bucket chain = chaîne à godets - f
bucket conveyor = convoyeur - m, transporteur à
godets - m
bucket digger = excavateur à godets - m
bucket dredge = drague à godets - f
bucket elevator = élévateur à godets - m
bucket excavator = excavateur à godets - m
bucket ladder = élinde - f
bucket pump = pompe à godets - f
bucket wheel = noria - f, roue-pelle - f
bucket wheel escalator = roue-pelle - f
buckle, to = gauchir
buckled = faussé
buckling = faussage - m
buckling = flambage - m, flambement - m, gauchis-
sement - m, gondolement - m, voilure - f
buckling failure = rupture par flambement - f
buckling load = charge de flambage - f, charge de
flambement - f
buckling resistance = résistance au flambage - f
buckling strength = résistance au flambage - f
buckling stress = contrainte de flambage - f, contrainte
de flambement - f
bucksaw = scie à bois - f, scie à bûches - f
buckshot sand = sable chevrotine - m
bucrane = bucrâne - m
bucranium = bucrâne - m
buff, to = lustrer (parquet)
buffer = amortisseur - m, butoir - m, heurtoir - m,
tampon - m
buffer storage = stockage compensateur - m, stockage
régularisateur - m, stockage tampon - m
buffing = lustrage (revêtement de sol) - m
bug bulb = ampoule insectifuge - f
bug holes = bullage de béton - m
buggy = motobrouette - f
build without foundations, to = poser à cru
build, to = bâtir, édifier
builder = bâtisseur - m, constructeur - m, entrepre-
neur - m
builder = entrepreneur en bâtiment - m
builder’s hardware = ferronnerie - f, quincaillerie de
bâtiment - f, serrurerie - f, serrurerie de bâtiment - f
builder’s hoist = monte-matériaux - m
builder’s jack = potence (échafaudage) - f
builder’s level = niveau de bâtisseur - m
builder’s risk insurance = assurance chantiers - f
builder’s rubbish = gravats - m
builder’s saw = scie circulaire portative - f
building = bâtiment - m, construction - f, immeuble - m
building and contracting = bâtiment et travaux
publics - m
building assembly = assemblage de construction - m
building block = aggloméré - m, bloc de construc-
tion - m, bloc de maçonnerie - m, panneau mural - m,
parpaing - m
building board = panneau de construction - m
building board (UK) = panneau de fibres tendre - m
building code = code de construction - m
building code = code du bâtiment - m
building component = composant de construction - m
building component = élément de construction - m
building construction = construction de bâtiments - f
building construction = construction d’immeubles - f
building construction = construction immobilière - m
building contractor = entrepreneur en bâtiment - m
building cooperative = coopérative de construction - f
building debris = déblais - m
building density = densité de construction - f
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building design = projet d’architecture - m, projet de
bâtiment - m, projet de construction - m
building drain = collecteur d’immeuble - m, collec-
teur principal - m, drain de bâtiment - m, égout de
maison - m, tuyau collecteur - m
building drain lateral = branchement particulier d’un
immeuble - m
building drainage = évacuation des eaux usées - f
building drainage system = système de drainage de
bâtiment - m
building electricity = électricité de bâtiment - f
building for residential purposes = immeuble à usage
d’habitation - m
building for residential use = immeuble à usage d’ha-
bitation - m
building forms = coffrage - m, mise en place du cof-
frage - f
building frame = portique à étages - m, portique
étagé - m
building gravity = densité de construction - f
building ground = sol - m
building hardware = serrurerie de bâtiment - f
building height = hauteur de bâtiment - f, hauteur de
construction - f
building industry = bâtiment - m
building industry, the = le bâtiment - m
building land = terrain constructible - m
building lateral = branchement de prise d’im-
meuble - m
building lease = bail emphythéotique - f
building license = permis de construire - m
building line = alignement d’une construction - m
building line = enlignement des bâtiments - m
building lot = lot - m, lotissement - m, terrain à bâtir - m
building machine = engin de chantier - m
building main = tuyau d’eau d’un bâtiment - m
building material(s) = matériau(x) de construction - m
building owner = maître de l’ouvrage (MO) - m,
maître d’ouvrage (MO) - m
building paper = papier de construction - m, papier fort
isolant - m
building permit = autorisation de bâtir - f, autorisa-
tion de construire - f, permis de construction - m,
permis de construire - m
building plaster = gros plâtre - m
building plot = lot - m, lotissement - m, terrain à
bâtir - m
building project = opération - f
building rubbish = gravois - m
building sand = sable de maçonnerie - m
building sewer = branchement d’égout - m, branche-
ment particulier d’égout - m, égout de bâtiment - m,
égout de maison - m, siphon de sortie d’immeuble - m
building site = chantier de bâtiment - m, emplacement
de construction - m, terrain à bâtir - m
building site (UK) = chantier de construction - m
building skin = enveloppe de l’habitat (solaire) - f
building sponsor = maître de l’ouvrage (MO) - m,
maître d’ouvrage (MO) - m
building standard = norme de bâtiment - f, normes de
construction - f
building stone = pierre à bâtir - f, pierre de construc-
tion - f
building subdrain = sous-branchement d’égout - m
building surveyor = métreur - m
building system = système constructif - m, système de
construction - m
building tile = bardeau - m, bloc creux - m, brique
creuse - f, carreau creux - m, corps creux - m,
hourdis - m, hourdis creux - m
building trade = bâtiment - m, corps d’état - m, indus-
tries du bâtiment - f, professions du bâtiment - f
building trade, the = le bâtiment - m
building trap = siphon de bâtiment - m, siphon de
maison - m, siphon de sortie d’immeuble - m
building unit = aggloméré - m, élément constitutif - m,
élément de construction - m, hourdis - m, parpaing - m,
unité de bâtiment - f
buildings and structures = bâtiments et ouvrages - m
built area = espace bâti - m, surface bâtie - f, zone
construite - f
built in floor steel slats = acier collaborant au plan-
cher - m
built in furniture = ameublement intégré - m
built out = hors d’œuvre
built-in appliance = appareil encastré - m
built-in bath = baignoire à tablier - f
built-in bath (UK) = baignoire encastrée - f
built-in beam = poutre encastrée - f
built-in cooker = cuisinière encastrée - f
built-in gate hook = goujon à scellement - m
built-in kitchen = cuisine-placard - f
built-in oven = four encastré - m
built-in wardrobe (UK) = penderie - f
built-in-screed = chape incorporée - f
built-up area = espace bâti - m, surface bâtie - f, zone
construite - f
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built-up beam = poutre composée - f, poutre
lamellée - f, poutre rapportée - f, profil composé - m,
profilé composé - m
built-up column = poteau composé - m
built-up girder = poutre composée - f
built-up roof = toit en terrasse - m, toit multicouche -
m, toiture en terrasse - f, toiture-terrasse - f
built-up roof shape = profilé composé - m
built-up roofing = complexe d’étanchéité - m, couver-
ture multicouche - f, étanchéité multicouche - f
built-up section = profil reconstitué - m, profilé
reconstitué - m
built-up shape = profil reconstitué - m, profilé recons-
titué - m
bulb = ampoule - f, bulbe - m
bulb angle = cornière à boudin - f
bulb bar = fer à boudin - m
bulb of pressure = bulbe des pressions - m
bulb pile = pieu à base élargie - m, pieu à bulbe - m
bulbed pile = pieu à base élargie - m, pieu à bulbe - m
bulbous toe = base élargie - f
bulge = bombement - m, bombement de mur - m,
bosse - f, jarret - m, renflement - m, soulèvement - m,
surélévation - f
bulge forward, to = forgeter
bulge, to = faire ventre (mur), tirer au vide (mur)
bulging = déformation latérale - f, fluage latéral - m,
qui pousse au vide, refoulement latéral (sol) - m
bulging = voilement - m
bulging soil = sol se dérobant latéralement - m
bulk = en vrac, volume - m
bulk cement = ciment en vrac - m
bulk cement handling plant = groupe pour la manu-
tention du ciment en vrac - m
bulk concrete = béton de masse - m, béton en
masse - m, béton simple - m
bulk density = densité sèche apparente - f, masse volu-
mique apparente - f
bulk excavation = terrassement en grande masse - m,
terrassement général - m
bulk material = matériau de base - m
bulk metering = comptage collectif - m, comptage
global - m
bulk modulus of elasticity = module de compression
volumétrique - m
bulk specific gravity = densité apparente - f
bulkhead = construction hors toit - f, construction
hors-toit - f, plafond incliné - m, rideau (fixe) –m,
rideau fixe - m, rideau rigide - m, trappe inclinée - f
bulkhead connector = raccord de traversée de cloison - m
bulkhead fitting = hublot plafonnier - m
bulkhead light = hublot plafonnier - m
bulkhead with fixed earth support = rideau dont l’ex-
trémité est immobilisée - m
bulkhead with fixed earth support = rideau fixe dont
l’extrémité est immobilisée - m
bulking = foisonnement - m
bull = arrondi - m
bull header = boutisse arrondie - f
bull stretcher = carreau de chant - m, panneresse à
plat - f, panneresse arrondi - f
bullat resistant = pare-balles - m
bulldog clip = serre-câble - m
bulldozer = bélier-niveleur - m, bouldozer - m, bou-
teur - m, bulldozer - m
bullet bolt = pêne coulant - m
bullet bolt = pêne lançant - m
bullet resistant glazing = vitrage pare-balles - m
bullet resisting glass = verre pare-balles - m
bulletin board = tableau d’affichage - m
bullet-proof glass = verre pare-balles - m
bullnose = à angle arrondi, arrondi - m, brique à angle
arrondi - f
bullnose arris = arête arrondie - f
bullnose brick = brique avec quart de rond - f, brique
quart de rond - f
bullnosed = adouci (arête)
bull-noze step = marche à nez arrondi - f
bull’s eye = oculus - m, œil-de-bœuf - m, verre de
hublot - m
bult hinge = dégondable (charnière, pommelle)
bulwark = boulevard - m, rempart - m
bund = muret de rétention - m
bundle = faisceau - m
bundle pier = pilier ondulé - m
bung lumber = bois de bonde - m
bungalow = bungalow - m, chalet - m, maison de plain
pied - f, maison sans étages - f, pavilllon - m, pavillon
à rez-de-chaussée - m, pavillon de plain pied - m
bunk house = baraquement - m
buoyancy = poussée d’Archimède - f
buoyant foundation = fondation (sur très mauvais ter-
rain) - f
buoyant foundation = fondation par caisson flottant - f
buoyant foundation = fondation sur radier - f
burglar alarm = alarme contre le vol - f, antieffrac-
tion - m
burglarproof = résistance à l’effraction - f
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burglarproof lock = serrure incrochetable - f
burglar-proof lock = serrure incrochetable - f
buried = enfoui
buried = enterré, souterrain - m, souterrain (câble,
canalisation) - m
buried length = fiche (poteau) - f
buried line = ligne souterraine - f
buried pipe = canalisation enfouie - f, conduite
enterrée - f
burl = loupe - f, ronce (bois) - f
burlap (UK) = grosse toile d’emballage - f
burlap (US) = toile à sacs - f, toile de jute- f
burn off, to = brûler
burn, to = brûler
burner = brûleur - m
burner port = brique de brûleur - f
burner tip = bec de brûleur - m
burning = cuisson de briques - f
burning (of metal) = oxycoupage - m
burning test = essai de combustion - m
burnish, to = aviver, brunir
burnished = avivé (métal)
burnover brick = brique demi-cuite - f
burnt clay = terre cuite - f
burnt lime = chaux vive - f
burnt plaster = plâtre cuit - m
burr = bavure - f, broussin - m, loupe - f
burr walnut = ronce de noyer - f
burr, to = ébarber, mater (bouton), rabattre (clou)
burr-cuter = ébarboir - m
burring = matage - m
burring of bolt thread = matage du filet du boulon - m
burst = crevaison - f, éclatement de tuyau - m
burst, to = crever
bursting = éclatement de conduite - m
bursting disk = disque de sécurité - m, pastille de sécu-
rité - f
bursting failure = rupture par éclatement - f
bursting fracture = rupture par éclatement - f
bursting strength = resistance à l’éclatement - f
bursting strength = résistance à l’éclatement - f
bury in the ground, to = enfouir
bus = barre omnibus - f
busbar = barre omnibus - f
bush = canon de passage - m, fourrure - f, traversée - f
bush hammer = bouchardage - m, boucharde - f
bush hammer finish = bouchardage - m
bushammer = boucharde - f
bush-hammer, to = boucharder
bush-hammered concrete = béton bouchardé - m
bushing = mamelon de réduction - m, raccordement
conique - m, réduction mâle et femelle - f traversée - f,
traversée de cloison - f
business premises = local commercial - m
busway = gaine de distribution - f
butler’s pantry = office - m
butress = arc boutant - m
butt = contre-bouterolle - f, gros bout - m, patte de
bardeau - f, turc - m
butt against, to = buter contre, s’appuyer sur
butt end = gros bout - m, pied (poteau en bois) - m
butt hinge = charnière - f, paumelle électrique - f, pen-
ture - f
butt joining = abouchement - m, aboutage - m, abou-
tement - m
butt joint = assemblage à francs bords - m, assemblage
d’about - m, assemblage par aboutage - m, joint à
francs bords - m, joint à vif - m, joint droit (contre-
plaqué) - m
butt joint (plumb) = joint abouté - m
butt lenght = bille de pied - f
butt lenghth = culée - f
butt log = bille de pied - f
butt on, to = s’appuyer sur
butt pipes, to = aboucher des tuyaux
butt rivetted = rivé à couvre-joint
butt stile = montant charnier - m
butt weld = soudure bord à bord - f, soudure par rap-
prochement - f
butt wood = bois de souche - m
button-bottom pile = pieu à sabot débordant - m
buttonhead = goutte de suif - f
button-head = goutte de suif - f
button-head rivet = rivet à tête goutte-de-suif - m
button-head screw = vis à tête bombée - f
buttress = contrefort - m, culée - f, pilier d’arc-bou-
tant - m
buttress, to = arc-bouter
buttressing = étaiement - m, étayage - m
butts = paumelles - f
butt-strap = bande de recouvrement - f
butt-weld = soudure bout à bout - f, soudure d’about - f
butt-weld joint = joint soudé par rapprochement - m
butt-welded = soudé bout à bout, soudé par rapproche-
ment
butt-welding = soudage par rapprochement - m, sou-
dure bout à bout - f
butt-welding fitting = raccord à souder par rapproche-
ment - m
butt-welding tee = té à souder par rapprochement - m
butyl rubber = caoutchouc butylique - m
buzz saw (US) = scie circulaire - f
buzzer = avertisseur - m, ronfleur - m, vibrateur
(béton) - m
buzzer =
by pass = dérivation - f
by weight = en poids
bye-law = arrêté municipal - m
by-pass = contournement - m, dérivation - f, évite-
ment - m
by-pass (road) = rocade - f
by-pass meter = compteur à dérivation - m

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butt, to = abouter, abutter, poser à joints vifs
butted-up = abuté
butt-end = about - m
butterfly nut = écrou à oreilles - m, écrou papillon - m
butterfly roof = toit en V - m
buttery = office - m
buttery hatch = guichet de dépense - m
butting = aboutage - m
butting = aboutement - m
butting = pose à joints vifs - f cabinet (UK) = placard - m
butt-joint = joint à franc bord - m, joint à plat - m, joint cabinet scraper = racloir (de menuiserie) - m
bout à bout - m, joint d’about - m cabinet work = ébénisterie - f
button head = tête goutte de suif - f cabinetmaker = ébéniste - m
button rivet = rivet à tête ronde - m cable band = masse commune - f

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cable box = boîte de jonction - f
cable bushing = passe câble - m
cable chamber = trémie d’entrée de câble - f
cable clamp = collier de câble - m, collier de fixa-
tion - m, serre-câble - m
cable cleat = collier à câbles - m
cable compound = masse de remplisssage - f
cable drill = foreuse - f, sonde - f, sondeuse à bat-
tage - f, sondeuse à percussion - f
cable drilling = forage au câble - m
cable drum of double winch drawworks = tambours
treuil - m
cable excavator = pelle à câbles - f
cable fitting = pièce de raccordement - f, raccord de
câble - m
cable gland = presse-étoupe (PE) - m
cable grip = serre-câble - m
cable joint = raccord de câble - m
cable laying machine = appareil poseur de câbles - m,
poseuse de câbles - f
cable moulding = torsade - f
cable pattern = rudenture - f
câble protecting cap = brique protectrice pour câble - f
cable pulley = poulie à câble - f
cable saw = scie à fil - f
cable sheave = poulie à câble - f
cable sling = élingue à câble - f
cable suspension = caténaire - f
cable tool drill = foreuse - f
cable tray = chemin de câble - m
cable trunking = canalisation électrique - f
cable tunnel = galerie des câbles - f
cable weight compensation = compensation du poids
des câbles - f
cable-burying machine = enfouisseuse de câbles - f
cable-crane = aérocâble - m, blondin - m, câble
aérien - m
cableway = blondin - m, aérocâble - m, câble
aérien - m
cabling = rudenture - f
cage = cage - f
caisson = caisson - m, caisson d’air comprimé - m,
soffite - m
caisson pile = pieu caisson - m
cake = pain (asphalte) - m
caking coal = charbon gras - m
calcicolous = calcicole, calcifuge
calcimine = calcimine - f
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calcium aluminate cement (US) = ciment fondu - m
calcium hardness = dureté calcique - f
calcium silicate brick = brique silico-calcaire - f
calculate the earthworks quantities, to = faire la
cubature des terres à remuer
calculation = calcul - m
calculation chart = abaque (design) - m
calendar = calendrier - m
calibrated torque limiting spanner = clé dynamomé-
trique - f
calibrated torque wrench = clé dynamométrique - f
calibrated wrench = clé dynamométrique - f
calibration = étalonnage (instrument) - m
calibration error = erreur d’étalonnage - f
California bearing ratio = essai CBR - m, essai de
portances du sol - m, indice portant de Californie - m
calipers = compas de calibre - m, compas d’épais-
seur - m, maître à danser - m, maître de danse - m, pied
à coulisse - m
calked end = queue de carpe - f
calker = calfateur - m
calking = calfatage - m, calfeutrement - m
calking (US) = colmatage - m
calking chisel (US) = burin à mater - m
calking compound = produit de calfatage - m
calking compound = produit de calfeutrement - m
calking tool (US) = burin à mater - m
calking tow = étoupe à calfates - f
callus = bourrelet - m
calorific value = potentiel calorifique - m, pouvoir
calorifique - m
calotte = calotte - f
cam = came - f
cam bolt = pêne battant - m
cam lock = serrure batteuse - f
camber = bombement - m, cambrure - f, ceinture - m,
contre-flèche - f, flèche de ressort - f, pente transver-
sale (route) - f, voilement longitudinal de face - m
camber arch = arc cambré - m
camber of spring = flèche de ressort - f
camber, to = camber
cambered = bombé
cambium = cambium - m
cambric tape = ruban de toile huilée - m
came = came de vitrail - f
came = plomb de vitrail - m
camel back = poutre de hauteur variable - f
camel back truss = poutre à hauteur variable - f
cames = résille de vitrail - f
Canadian sash = châssis à la canadienne - m
Canadian sash = châssis basculant - m
Canadian window = fenêtre à la canadienne - f
canal = canal - m
candelabrum = candélabre - m
candlepower = intensité lumineuse - f
cannibalization = récupération de pièces - f
canopey = vélume - m
canopy = auvent - m, hotte (cuisine, cheminée) - f,
marquise (au-dessus d’une porte) - f
canopy door (US) = porte basculante - f, porte rabat-
table - f
canopy window = châssis auvent - m
cant = bille dédossée - f, moulure biseautée - f
cant a corner, to = délarder un coin
cant board = chanlatte - f
cant brick = brique biseautée - f, brique en sifflet - f,
brique évasée - f
cant chisel = ciseau en biseau - m
cant strip = chanlatte - f, dévirure - f, tasseau
biseauté - m
cant wall = mur à pan coupé - m, pan coupé - m
cant, to = abattre l’angle, abattre l’arête
canted = abattu
canted angle = angle abattu - m
canted column = poteau à facettes - m
canted wall = mur de refend - m
cantilever = cantilever - m, console - f, encorbelle-
ment - m, porte-à-faux - m, poutre en encorbelle-
ment - f, poutre en porte-à-faux - f, poutre-console - f
cantilever beam = console - f, encorbellement - m,
poutre en console - f, poutre en encorbellement - f,
poutre en porte-à-faux - f, poutre-console - f
cantilever footing = empattement en T - m
cantilever form = coffrage suspendu - m, coffrage tra-
vaillant en console - m
cantilever girder = poutre en console - f
cantilever retaining wall = mur à patin - m
cantilever retaining wall = mur de soutènement can-
tilever - m
cantilever retaining wall = mur en té - m
cantilever step = marche en encorbellement - f
cantilevered = en bascule, en porte à faux, en porte-à-
faux, encorbellement (à...) - m
cantilevered end = porte-à-faux - m
canton = éperon - m
cantonned pier = pilier cantonné - m
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canvas = grosse toile - f
canvas = toile - f
cap = bouchon - m, bouchon femelle - m, capu-
chon - m, chapeau - m, chaperon - m, couronnement de
mur - m, embout - m, mitre - f, sabot - m, talon (gout-
tière) - m, tête de gouttière - f
cap (lock) = foncet - m
cap (trench) = semelle de propreté - f
cap crimper = pince à sertir - f
cap plate = couronne - f
cap plug = bouchon femelle - m
cap rock = sous-sol rocheux - m
cap(p)ing brick = brique à chaperon - f
cap(p)ing brick = brique de couronnement - f
capability = compétence d’une entreprise - f
capacitance meter = capacimètre - m
capacity = capacité - f, contenance - f, débit - m, force -
f, pouvoir - m, puissance - f, puissance (plant) - f
capacity of the cistern = volume de la chasse - m
capillarity = capillarité - f
capillary absorption = absorption capillaire - f
capillary attraction = capillarité - f
capillary break = coupure de capillarité - f
capillary flow = écoulement capillaire - m
capillary fringe = frange capillaire - f
capillary groove = coupure de capillarité - f
capillary head = hauteur capillaire - f
capillary joint (UK) = joint soudé par capillarité- m
capillary rise = remontée capillaire - f
capillary tube = tube capillaire - m
capillary water = eau capillaire - f
capillary water (US) = eau de la frange capillaire - f
capital = chapiteau - m
capped rope = câble à têtes culottées - m
capping = bande couvre-joint - f, chapeau de pilotis -
m, couronnement - m, couvre-joint - m, sablière - f
capping brick = brique de couronnement - f
capping of timber platform = chape d’une plate-
forme en bois de charpente - f
capping piece = couronnement - m
capsill = chapeau de vanne - m
capstan = cabestan - m
capstone = pierre de couronnement - f
car = cabine - f, cabine d’ascenseur - f, cage - f
car annunciator = annonciateur de cabine - m
car park (UK) = parking - m
carbon block = brique de carbone - f
carbon brick = brique de carbone - f
carbon dioxide = acide carbonique - m, anhydride car-
bonique - m, dioxyde de carbone - m
carbon dioxide estinguisher = extincteur à gaz carbo-
nique - m
carbon monoxide = oxyde de carbone - m
carbon steel = acier au carbone - m
carbonate hardness = degré hydrotimétrique tempo-
raire - m
carbonate hardness = dureté carbonatée - f
carbonation = carbonatation - f
carboy = dame-jeanne - f, tourie - f
carcase = carcasse - f, GO (gros œuvre) - m, gros
œuvre (GO) - m, carcasse - f, charpente - f, ossa-
ture - f, squelette - m
carcassing = GO (gros œuvre) - m, gros
œuvre (GO) - m
cardboard = carton - m
caretaker = gardien - m
caretaker (UK) = concierge - f
carpenter = charpentier - m, menuisier - m, menuisier
en bâtiment - m
carpenter’s bench = établi de menuisier - m
carpenter’s finish = menuiserie (articles en bois) - f
carpenter’s joint = assemblage de charpente - m
carpentry = charpentage, charpente - f, charpen-
terie - f, grosse menuiserie - f, menuiserie - f
carpentry work = charpenterie - f
carpet = couche de roulement - f, moquette - f, tapis
(revêtement de sol) - m
carpet felt = thibaude - f
carpet float = bouclier feutré - m
carpet tack = pointe de tapissier - f, semence de tapis-
sier - f
carpet underlay = thibaude - f
carpet-felt = carton-feutre - m
carport = abri d’auto - m
carport roof = toit d’abri d’auto - m
carriage = chariot - m, crémaillère - f, crémaillère cen-
trale - f, limon à crémaillère - m
carriage entrance = porte cochère - f
carriage porch = porte cochère - f
carrier = transporteur - m
carry a load, to = supporter une charge
carry out a project, to = réaliser un projet
carry, to = supporter (plafond, poutre)
carrying cable = câble porteur - m
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carrying capacity = calibre de fusible - m, capacité - f,
capacité de résistance - f, capacité portance - f, charge
utile - f, portance - f
carrying channel = porteur (plafond suspendu) - m
carry-over = primage - m
cartridge = cartouche coupe-circuit - f
cartridge fuse = fusible à cartouche - m
cartridge gun = pistolet de scellement - m
carve, to = ciseler, sculpter
carving = sculpture - f
casatble refractory = béton réfractaire - m
case = boîtier de serrure - m, caisse - f, carter - m,
coffre - m
case hardened = cémenté
case lock = serrure à palâtre - f
case opener = pied-de-biche - m
case tension = cémentation d’humidité - f
casebay (UK) = entrevous - m
cased borehole = trou de sondage blindé - m, trou de
sondage tubé - m
cased pile = pieu à fourreau perdu - m
case-hardened casting = moulage en coquille - m
case-hardening = aciérage - m, cémentation - f,
encroûtement - m
casein glue = colle à la caséine - f
casement = bâti dormant - m, battant - m, battant
d’une fenêtre - m, cadre - m, châssis - m, encadre-
ment - m, ouvrant - m, ouvrant (vantail de fenêtre) - m,
vantail (fenêtre) - m
casement bolt = crémone - f, espagnolette - f
casement door = porte croisée - f
casement nail = pointe pour assemblage - f
casement stay = arrêt de châssis - m, compas
d’arrêt - m, entrebaîlleur - m
casement window = croisée - f, croisée d’ogives - f,
fenêtre à battants - f, fenêtre à la française - f,
vasistas - m
casement window (opening outwards) = fenêtre à
l’anglaise - f
casing = architrave - f, blindage - m, boisage de pein-
ture - m, cadre - m, cadre coffrant - m, carter - m,
chambranle - m, chemisage - m, chemisage de
fouille - m, chemisage de trou - m, coffrage - m, contre-
chambranle - m, cuvelage - m, encadrement - m, enro-
bage en béton - m, enveloppe de chaudière - f, four-
reau - m, gainage - m, tubage (sondage) - m
casing = volute (de pompe centrifuge) - f
casing trim = couvre-joint - m
cassoon = caisson - m
cast = moulé
cast cement = ciment fondu - m
cast concrete = béton moulé - m
cast concrete, to = bétonner
cast glass = verre coulé - m
cast header = tuyau de chute moulé - m
cast in place = coulé en œuvre, coulé en place, coulé
sur place, moulé en place
cast in situ = coulé en œuvre, coulé en place, coulé sur
place, moulé en place
cast iron = fonte - f
cast iron dome = calotte fonte - f
cast iron sewer pipe = canalisation d’égout en fonte - f
cast iron soil pipe = tuyau d’évacuation en fonte - m
cast lead = plomb coulé - m
cast lead sheet = table de plomb - f
cast steel = acier moulé - m
cast stone = galet pivotant - m, moulage - m, pièce de
fonderie - f, pièce moulée - f, pierre artificielle - f,
pierre moulée - f, pierre reconstituée - f, simili-
pierre - f
cast, to = couler (béton)
castable = coulable
castellated = crénelé
castellated beam = poutre à âme évidée - f, poutre
ajourée - f
castellated nut = écrou à créneaux - m
castellated section = profil à âme évidée - m, profilé
à âme évidée - m
castelleted web = âme évidée - f
caster = roue poreuse - f
cast-in place pile = pieu coulé en place - m
casting = coulage - m, moulage - m, pièce coulée - f,
pièce de fonte - f, pièce moulée - f
casting bed = aire de coulage - f
casting table = table coffrante - f
cast-in-place concrete = béton coulé en place - m
cast-in-place pile = pieu foré - m, pieu moulé dans le
sol - m
cast-in-situ pile = pieu coulé en place - m, pieu
foré - m, pieu foré moulé dans le sol - m, pieu moulé
dans le sol - m
castle = château-fort - m
castor = galet pivotant - m, roue porteuse - f
castor roller = galet orientable - m
casual labor = personnel occasionnel - m, travailleurs
intermittents - m
casual labour = main d’œuvre saisonnière - f
casual workers = personnel occasionnel - m, tra-
vailleurs intermittents - m
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cat = treuil - m
cat ladder = planche à tasseaux - f
catch = clenche - f, cliquet - m, crémone - f, crochet
d’arrêt - m, déclic - m, loquet - m, loqueteau - m
catch basin = bassin - m, bassin collecteur - m, bassin
de réception - m, bouche d’égoût - f, chambre de décan-
tation - f
catch fire, to = prendre feu
catch pit = puisard (bouche d’égout) - m, puisard (de
bouche d’égout) - m
catchment area = bassin d’alimentation (d’une zone
acquifère) - m, bassin de drainage - m, bassin de récep-
tion - m
catchment area (UK) = bassin hydrographique - m,
bassin versant - m
catcht (of latch) = mentonnet - m
catcht pin = mentonnet - m
catenary = caténaire - f, chaînette - f
catenary arch = arc en chaînette - m
catenary suspension = caténaire - f, suspension caté-
naire - f
caterpillar = chenille - f
caterpillar gate = vanne-wagon - f
caterpillar track = chenille - f
caterpillar vehicle = engin à chenilles - m, tracteur à
chenilles - m
cathead = cabestan - m, palan à croc - m
cathedral = cathédrale - f
cathedral glass = verre cathédrale - m
Catherine wheel window = rosace (fenêtre) - f
cat’s eyes = cabochons lumineux - m, catadioptre - m,
Cataphotes - m
catstep = redent (pignon) - m
catwalk = passerelle - f
catwalk = passerelle de service - f
caulk, to = calfater, calfeutrer, colmater, mater (joint),
matir
caulked = calfaté
caulked = maté
caulked joint = joint maté - m
caulker = matoir - m
caulking = calfatage - m, calfeutrage - m, calfeu-
trement - m, matage (joint) - m
caulking (UK) = colmatage - m
caulking chisel = matoir - m
caulking chisel (UK) = burin à mater - m
caulking compound = mastic de calfeutrage - m
caulking gun = pistolet à calfeutrer - m
caulking hammer = matoir - m
caulking iron = matoir - m
caulking tool (UK) = burin à mater - m
causeway = chaussée empierrée - f
caustic lime = chaux vive - f
cave-in = affaissement - m, cavet - m, éboulement - m
cavetto = cavet - m, gorge - f
caving = affouillement - m, sous-cavage - m
caving in = éboulement - m
cavitation = cavitation - f
cavity = empreinte (moule) - f, fente - f, lame d’air (mur
creux) - f, vide - m
cavity brickwork = mur à cavité - m, mur creux - m,
mur évidé - m
cavity wall = mur à cavité - m, mur creux - m, mur
double - m, mur évidé - m
cavity wall tie = lien - m
C-clamp = griffe d’établi - f
ceil, to = lambrisser, plafonner
ceiling = plafond - m, plafonnage - m, vaigrage - m
ceiling beam = doubleau - m, poutre de plafond - f
ceiling block = rosace de plafond - f, socle de pla-
fond - m
ceiling clearance = hauteur sous plafond (HP) - m, HP
(hauteur sous plafond) - f
ceiling fan = ventilateur de plafond - m, ventilateur pla-
fonnier - m
ceiling fixture = appareil fixé au plafond - m, hublot
plafonnier - m, plafonnier - m
ceiling hanger = gîte pour plafond suspendu - m, sus-
pente de faux plafond - f
ceiling heating = chauffage par le plafond - m
ceiling height = hauteur de plafond - f, hauteur sous
plafond (HP) - m, HP (hauteur sous plafond) - f
ceiling joist = solive de plafond - f
ceiling junction box = rosace à plots - f
ceiling lamp = hublot plafonnier - m, plafonnier - m
ceiling light fitting = plafonnier - m
ceiling outlet = sortie de plafond - f
ceiling panel heating = chauffage par le plafond - m
ceiling panel heating = chauffage par panneaux ray-
onnants - m
ceiling panel heating = plafond rayonnant - m
ceiling rose = rosace de plafond - f
ceiling strap = tringle de plafond - f
ceiling strut = aiguille - f
ceiling void = vide sous-plancher - m
cell = cellule - f, cellule - f
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cell (of vault) = voûtain - m
cell ceiling = plafond en résille - m
cell pressure = pression de soutien - f, pression
d’étreinte latérale - f
cellar = cave - f, cellier - m
cellar flap = trappe de cave - f
cellar light = soupirail - m
cellar steps = descente de cave - f
cellar ventilator = soupirail - m
cellular autoclave concrete = béton cellulaire auto-
clavé - m
cellular block = bloc poreux - m, parpaing creux - m
cellular board = contreplaqué alvéolaire - m
cellular brick = brique alvéolaire - f
cellular cofferdam = batardeau à cellules - m
cellular concrete = béton alvéolaire - m, béton
alvéolé - m, béton cellulaire - m, béton poreux - m
cellular-core door = porte à âme alvéolée - f
cellulose acetate = peinture cellulosique - f
cement = ciment - m
cement = ciment colle -m
cement adhesive = ciment colle -m
cement and sand grouting = couche de mortier de
ciment - f
cement clinker = clinker - m
cement concrete = béton de ciment - m
cement conforming to standards = ciment norma-
lisé - m
cement content = dosage en ciment - m
cement cup = godet à colle - m
cement dust = ciment pulvérisé - m
cement factor = dosage en ciment - m
cement fillet = cimentation (bâtiment) - f, ruellée - f
cement finisher = cimentier-enduiseur - m, cimentier-
surfaceur - m
cement flashing = ruellée - f
cement grout = barbotine - f, bouillie de ciment - f,
coulis - m, coulis au ciment - m, coulis de ciment - m,
lait de ciment - m, mortier de ciment - m
cement gun = appareil à guniter - m, canon à
ciment - m, cement gun - m, fusil à ciment - m, guni-
teuse - f, lance à ciment - f
cement injection pump = pompe à injection de
ciment - f
cement kiln = four à ciment - m
cement manufacturing plant = cimenterie - f,
fabrique de ciment - f
cement mill = broyeur à ciment - m
cement mortar = mortier de ciment - m
cement plant = cimenterie - f
cement plaster = mortier de ciment - m, plâtre à
enduit - m
cement powder = ciment pulvérisé - m
cement rate = pourcentage de ciment - m
cement rendering = enduit de ciment - m
cement roller = boucharde d’enduiseur - f
cement screed = chape en ciment - f
cement silo = silo à ciment - m
cement slurry = barbotine - f
cement stone = calcaire à ciment - m, pierre à ciment - f
cement wash = badigeonnage au ciment - m
cement weigher = bascule à ciment - f
cement work = cimentation - f, cimenterie - f
cement worker = cimenteur - m, cimentier - m
cement works = cimenterie - f
cement, to = cimenter
cementation = injection de consolidation - f
cementation powder = cément - m
cement-based adhesive = ciment colle -m
cement-bound macadam = macadam-ciment - m
cement-coated wire nail = clou de broche gommé - m
cemented = cimenté
cemented gravel = gravier aggloméré - m, gravillon
aggloméré - m
cementing value = pouvoir agglomérant - m
cement-lime = batard (enduit) - m
cement-lime mortar = mortier bâtard - m
cement-lined pipe = tuyau à revêtement de ciment - m
cement-sand ratio = dosage sable/ciment - m, rapport
sable/ciment - m
cemetory = cimetière - m
center bit = mèche à téton - f, mèche anglaise - f
center brick = brique centrale (réfractaire) - f, brique
de répartition - f
center joint = joint central - m
center line (US) = axe - m
center nailed slating = couverture à clous de milieu - f
center punch = pointeau - m
centering = centrage - m, cintrage - m
centering (US) = cintre - m
centerline (US) = axe - m
centers (US) = cintre - m
central business district = hypercentre - m
central heating = chauffage central -m
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central heating plant = installation de chauffage cen-
tral - f
central mixing plant = centrale à béton - f
central pier = trumeau (portail) - m
central polar axis = axe central polaire - m
central reserve (UK) = terre-plein central (routes)
(TPC)- m, TPC (terre-plein central) (routes) - m
centre = pli longitudinal - m
centre bit = foret à centrer - m, foret à téton - m
centre line = ligne axiale - f
centre line (UK) = axe - m
centre line velocity = vitesse axiale (clim.) - f
centre mark = coup de pointeau - m
centre of gravity = centre de gravité - m
centre of pressure = centre de pression - m
centre of twist = centre de torsion - m
centre ply = pli longitudinal - m
centre punch = poinçon (outil) –m, pointeau - m
centre rail = traverse médiane - f
centre stringer = crémaillère centrale - f
centre-hung folding sliding door = porte pliante
accordéon à axes centrés - f
centre-hung sliding folding door = porte pliante
accordéon à axes centrés - f
centreline (UK) = axe - m
centre-line velocity = vitesse axiale (clim.) - f
centrering (UK) = cintre - m
centres = entraxe - m, plis longitudinaux - m
centres (UK) = cintre - m, espacement d’axe en axe - m
centre-striking = décintrage - m
centre-to-centre distance (UK) = entraxe - m
centre-to-centre span = portée entre axes d’appui - f
centrifugal blower = souffleur centrifuge - m
centrifugal fan = ventilateur centrifuge - m
centrifugal pump = pompe centrifuge - f
centrifugal supercharger = compresseur centri-
fuge - m
centrifugally cast concrete = béton centrifugé - m
centrifuge = centrifugeuse - f
centring = décintrage - m
centring (UK) = cintre - m
centroid = centre - m, centre de gravité - m
centroidal axis = axe central - m
ceramic materials = céramique - f
ceramic tile = carreau de céramique - m
ceramic tile = tuile céramique - f
ceramic veneer = plaque de terre cuite (revêtement) - f
ceramic veneer = plaquettes de terre cuite - f
ceramics = céramique - f
cess pit = fosse d’aisance - f
cesspit = fosse d’aisance - f, fosse fixe - f
cesspool = bassin d’épuration - m, fosse d’aisance - f,
fosse fixe - f, fosse perdue - f, fosse septique - f, pui-
sard - m, puisard d’absorbtion - m, puits perdu - m
chain = série de trous enlignés - f
chain block = palan de levage - m
chain bond = chaînage - m
chain conveyor = transporteur à chaîne - m
chain door fastener = chaîne de sûreté - f
chain hoist = palan à chaîne - m
chain link = maillon de chaîne - m
chain link fence = clôture grillagée - f
chain mortiser = fraiseuse à chaîne - f
chain of holes = trous alignés - m
chain pipe wrench = clé à chaîne pour tubes - f, clé
serre tube à chaîne - f, serre-tubes à chaîne - m
chain pull switch = interrupteur à tirage - m
chain rivet(t)ing = rivets enlignés - m
chain saw = scie tronçonneuse - f, tronçonneuse - f
chain survey = levé à la chaîne - m
chain tongs = clé à chaîne - f, clé serre tube à
chaîne - f, serre-tubes à chaîne - m
chain, to = arpenter, chaîner, marquer à la chaîne
chain-bond = lien à chaîne - m
chaine pipe wrench = clef serre-tubes à chaine - f
chaining = chaînage - m
chain-link fence = clôture à maille en losange - f
chainman = chaîneur - m
chainman (UK) = porte-chaîne - m
chair = chaise (armature, cloison) - f
chair lift = monte-escalier - m
chair rail = antibois - m
chalet bungalow (UK) = maison à premier étage man-
sardé - f, rez-de-chaussée à combles amenagés - m, rez-
de-chaussée à étage partiel - m
chalk = calcaire - m, chaux - f, craie - f, pierre cal-
caire - f
chalk a line, to = cingler une ligne
chalk line = cordeau - m, cordeau passé à la craie - m,
ligne à cingler - f, ligne tracée au cordeau - f
chalk, to = fariner, marquer à la craie
chalking = farinage (peinture) - m, formation pou-
dreuse à la surface - f
chalky sandstone = grès calcaire - m
chamber = chambre - f, puits (élect.) - m
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chamber wall = bajoyer - m
chamfer = biseau - m, chanfrein - m
chamfer off, to = abattre l’arête
chamfer stop brick = brique à arrêt de chanfrein - f
chamfer, to = biseauter, chanfreiner
chamfered = chanfreiné
chamfered edge = chanfrein - m, moulure chan-
freinée - f, rive chanfreinée - f
chamfered rustification = bossage à anglet - m, bos-
sage à chanfreins - m
chamfering = biseautage - m, chanfreinage - m
chancel arch = arc triomphal - m
chancel screen = jubé - m
chandelier = lustre - m
change (US) = modification de l’ouvrage prévu au
contrat - f
change key = clef individuelle - f, clef particulière - f
change order = ordre de modification - m
changeover switch = inverseur - m
change-over switch = commutateur - m
changing room = vestiaire - m
channel = barre en U - f, canal - m, caniveau - m, can-
nelure - f, chéneau - m, dalot - m, fer en U - m, fer
U - m, goulotte - f, profilé cannelé - m, tranchée - f
channel bar = barre en U - f
channel beam = poutre en U - f
channel between moulding = tarabiscot - m
channel brick = brique canal - f
channel iron = barre en U - f, fer U - m, fer en U - m,
fer profilé - m
channel joint = anglet - m
channel section = fer en U - m, profilé en U - m
channel-jointed rustication with reticulated quoins
= bossage en table - m
chantlate = chanlatte - f, tasseau - m
chantry = chapelle - f
chapel = chapelle - f
Chapel Royal = chapelle royale - f
chaplaincy = aumônerie - f
chaplet = baguette à perles - f, chapelet - m
chapter house = maison chapitrale - f, maison du cha-
pitre - f, salle capitulaire - f, salle du chapitre - f
character marked lumber = bois à fil particulier - m
characteristic = caractéristique - f
charcoal = charbon de bois - m
charge = charge - f
charring hammer = boucharde - f
chart = abaque - m
chart = graphique - m
chase = chasse - f, enchâssure - f, engravure - f, rai-
nure - f, saignée - f, saignée (dans un mur, plâtre) - f
chasing = ciselage - m, ciselage du bois - m, enchâs-
sure - f, enchâssure dans un mur - f, filetage - m, pei-
gnage - m, peignage de pas de vis - m
chassis = chariot - m
chatter = broutage - m, vibration - f
chattering = broutage - m
chaulking chisel = cordoir - m
check = crevasse - f, fente (bois débité) - f, fente
superficielle - f, gerce - f, vérification - f
check bolt = boulon d’arrêt - m, boulon de butée - m
check crack = gerçure - f
check meter (UK) = compteur de décompte - m
check nut = contre-écrou - m
check point = point de référence - m, point de
repère - m
check test = contre-épreuve - f, contre-essai - m
check test = essai de contrôle - m
check throat = larmier (utilisé au lieu de mou-
chette) - m
check valve = clapet de retenue - m, soupape d’arrêt - f,
vanne de retenue - f
checker = pointeau - m, pointeur - m
checker (US) = damier - m
checker pattern (on glass) = irisation - f
checker pattern (US) = damiers - m
checker plate (US) = plaque striée - f
checkerboard (US) = damier - m
checkerboard plan (US) = plan quadrillé - m
checkered plate = plaque gaufrée - f, plaque striée - f
checkered plate (UK) = tôle striée - f
checkerwork = quadrillage - m
checkerwork (US) = appareil en damier mixte - m,
appareil mixte en damier - m, ouvrage en damier - m,
ouvrage en damier mixte - m
checking of nuts = blocage des écrous - m
checkroom (US) = vestiaire - m
cheek = flasque - m, joue de mortaise - f, jouée - f, mon-
tant - m
cheek beam = montant d’une échelle - m
cheek board = panneau de joue (coffrage) - m
cheek boards = joue de coffrage - f
chemical cesspool = fosse chimique - f
chemical closet = w.c. chimique - m
chemical feeder = doseur de réactif - m
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chemical oxygen demand = demande chimique en
oxygène - f
chemically bonded basic brick = brique basique chi-
miquement liée - f
chequer pattern (UK) = damiers - m
chequer plate (UK) = plaque striée - f
chequer plate platform grating = plate-forme en
treillis - f
chequer plate stair tread = escalier à marches en tôle
cannelée - m
chequerboard (UK) = damier - m
chequerboard plan (UK) = plan quadrillé - m
chequered plate (US) = tôle striée - f
chequerwork (UK) = appareil en damier mixte - m,
appareil mixte en damier - m, ouvrage en damier - m
chequer-work (UK) = ouvrage en damier mixte - m
chicken wire = grillage (en fil de fer) - m
chicken wire cracking = faïençage à mailles fines - m
chief engineer = ingénieur-en-chef - m
chill room = chambre froide - f
chill, to = tremper un métal
chilled water = eau glacée - f, eau réfrigérée - f
chiller = groupe frigorifique - m, unité de production
de froid - f
chilling = production de froid - f, production d’eau
glacée - f
chimera = chimère - f
chimney = cheminée - f, puits - m
chimney back = dos de cheminée - m
chimney bar = linteau de foyer - m, manteau de fer - m
chimney block = boisseau de cheminée - m, brique cel-
lulaire en conduit de cheminée - f
chimney board = rideau de cheminée - m, tablier de
cheminée - m
chimney bond = appareil de cheminée - m
chimney breast = coffre - m, hotte droite - f, mur de
revêtement (conduit de fumée) - m
chimney cap = couronnement de cheminée - m, gueule
de loup (cheminée) - f, mitre - f, mitron - m
chimney connector = raccord de cheminée - m
chimney cowl = champignon de cheminée - m, chapeau
de cheminée - m, mitre - f, mitron - m, tourne-vent - m,
girouette - f
chimney effect = effet de cheminée - m
chimney flashing = solin de cheminée - m
chimney flue = conduit de cheminée - m, conduit de
fumée - m, conduit d’évacuation de fumée - m
chimney flue tile = boisseau - m
chimney gathering = avaloir - m
chimney hood = parapluie (cheminée) - m
chimney jack = lanterne - f, tourne-vent - m
chimney jambs = montants de foyer - m
chimney liner = doublure de cheminée - f
chimney lining = chemisage de cheminée - m
chimney opening = trémie de cheminée - f
chimney opening (in floor structure) = trémie de
cheminée - f
chimney piece = chambranle - m
chimney pot = mitron - m, souche - f, souche de che-
minée - f
chimney shaft = coffre - m
chimney stack = faisceau de conduits de fumées - m,
groupe de conduits de fumée - m, puits de cheminée - m
chimney stack (above roof level) = souche de che-
minée - f
chimney surround = chambranle - m
chimney top = couronnement de cheminée - m
chimney top = faîte de cheminée - m
chimney wood = chapeau - m
chimney work = fumisterie - f
chimneyback = cœur (cheminée) - m
chimneyback = plaque de cheminée
chimney-breast = revêtement de foyer - m
chimney-piece = manteau de cheminée - m
chimney-stack = cheminée (conduit) - f
china clay = kaolin - m
chiné = chiné - f
chink = lézarde - f
chip = copeau - m, éclat - m, éclat de bois - m, épau-
frure - f
chip irregularities, to = boucharder les aspérités
chip mark = mâchure - f
chip off, to = buriner, enlever au burin, buriner, enlever
au burin
chip spreader = gravillonneuse - f
chip spreading = gravillonnage - m
chip, to = épaufrer
chipboard = aggloméré de bois - m, panneau de
copeaux - m, panneau de particules - m
chipped = épaufré - f
chipped brick = brique ébréchée - f, brique écornée - f
chipped corner = écornure - f
chipped grain = fil arraché - m
chipping = burinage - m, épaufrure - f, réduction en
copeaux - f
chipping chisel = burin - m
chipping hammer = marteau à piquer - m
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chippings = gravier grossier - m, gravillon - m
chippings = gravillons - m, grenaille - f, pierre
concassée gros calibre - f
chips = copeaux (métal) - m, gravier grossier - m, gra-
villon - m, gravillons - m, grenaille - f, pierre
concassée gros calibre - f
chisel = burin - m, ciseau - m, trépan - m
chisel out, to = buriner, enlever au burin, enlever au
ciseau, gouger
chisel, to = buriner, enlever au burin, enlever au ciseau,
gouger
chloride = chlorure - m
chlorinated rubber = caoutchouc chloré - m
chlorination = chloration - f
chlorine = chlore - m
choir = chœur - m
choir enclosure = chancel - m
choir enclosure = clôture de chœur - f
choir screen = clôture de chœur - f, grille (chœur
d’église) - f, grille de chœur d’église - f
choking up = engorgement - m
chord = portée (arc) - f
chord (of truss) = membrure - f
chord member = membrure - f
chrome-magnesite brick = brique de chrome
magnésie - f
chromite brick = brique de chromite - f
chuck = mandrin - m
chuff brick = brique crevassée - f
chugging = chouquage
churchwarden’s pew = banc d’œuvre - m
church-yard = cimetière d’une église - m
churn drill = foreuse - f, sonde - f, sondeuse à bat-
tage - f, sondeuse à percussion - f
churn drilling = forage au câble - m
churn, to = pétrir
chute = bec déverseur - m, couloir - m, glissière - f, glis-
soir - m
chute mixer = bétonnière à couloir - f
chute(UK) = goulotte - f
cinder block = aggloméré - m
cinder block = bloc de cendre - m, parpaing - m
cinder concrete = béton de mâchefer - m
cinder fill = cendre de remplissage - f
cinders = mâchefer - m, scories - f
cinquefoil = quintefeuille - m
circle = cercle - m
circle brick = voussoir - m
circle end = marche de départ en demi-cercle - f
circle of influence = périmètre d’alimentation - m
circle of influence = périmètre d’appel - m
circle-on-circle = à double courbure
circuit = circuit - m
circuit breaker = disjoncteur - m, interrupteur - m
circuit closing device = conjoncteur - m
circuit diagram = schéma électrique - m
circuit protector = coupe-circuit - m
circuit vent = évent en circuit - m
circular arch = arc en plein cintre - m
circular bending = flexion circulaire - f
circular saw (UK) = scie circulaire - f
circular stair = escalier circulaire - m, escalier héli-
coïdal - m
circular-circular = à double courbure
circulating pump = accélérateur du chauffage cen-
tral - m
circulation rate = débit en circulation - m
cistern = chasse d’eau (wc) - f
cistern = citerne - f
cistern (UK) = réservoir de chasse - m
city planner (US) = urbaniste - m
city planning (US) = urbanisme - m
civery = pan de voûte - m
civil engeneering contractor = entrepreneur de génie
civil - m
civil engineer = ingénieur de travaux publics - m, ingé-
nieur du génie civil - m, ingénieur en construction - m
civil engineering = génie civil - m, infrastructure - f,
TP (travaux publics) - m, travaux publics (TP) - m
civil engineering fabric = géotextile - m
civil engineering structure = ouvrage d’art - m,
ouvrage de génie civil - m
civil engineering work = travaux de génie civil - m
CL (centre line) = axe - m
clack valve = clapet articulé - m
cladding = bardage - m, jaquette - f, parement - m, revê-
tement - m, revêtement extérieur (mur) - m
cladding panel = panneau de remplissage - m
cladding rail (UK) = lisse (ossature) - f
cladding unit = élément de façade - m
clairecolle = encollage blanc - m
clam shell = benne preneuse - f
clam-bucket = benne à coquilles - f, benne preneuse - f
clamped beam = poutre encastrée - f
clamped plate = plaque encastrée - f, poutre encas-
trée - f
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clamping = chaînage - m
clamping action = action de serrage - f
clamping bolt = boulon de serrage - m
clamping stress = contrainte due au serrage - f
clamshell = benne preneuse - f
clamshell crane = grue à benne preneuse - f
clamshell grab = benne preneuse - f
clapboard = bardeau - m, planche à clin - f, planche à
gorge - f, planche à recouvrement - f
clapboards = clins - m
clarifier = bassin de décantation - m, clarificateur - m,
décanteur - m
clark = chariot élévateur - m, gerbeuse - f
clasp = agrafe - f
clasp nail = clou à agrafe - m
clasping buttress = contrefort cornier - m
claustra = claustre - m
claw = griffe (outil) - f
claw bar (UK) = pied-de-biche - m
claw chisel = ciseau grain d’orge - m
claw hammer = marteau à dents - m, marteau à panne
fendue - m
clay = argile - f, glaise - f, terre cuite - f, terre glaise - f
clay and staw mortar = bauge - f
clay brick = brique - f, brique argileuse non cuite - f,
brique de glaise - f, brique en terre - f
clay digger = bêcheuse à glaise - f
clay fraction = fraction argileuse - f
clay lath = treillis céramique - m
clay lathing = lattis céramique - m
clay lens = lentille d’argile - f
clay loam = limon argileux - m, terre glaise - f
clay matrix = pâte argileuse - f, pâte d’argile - f
clay mud = coulis d’argile - m, mortier d’argile - m
clay pan = couche dure argileuse du sous sol - f
clay pipe = tuyau en grés - m
clay pit = argilière - f
clay puddle = corroi - m
clay seal = couche argileuse d’étanchéité - f
clay seal = scellement d’argile - m
clay seam = veine d’argile - f
clay soil = terre argileuse - f
clay soil = terre glaise - f
clay tile = brique creuse en argile - f, brique d’argile - f,
brique en argile - f, carreau en terre cuite - m, tuile d’ar-
gile - f, tuile en terre cuite - f
clayey = argileux
clayey material = matériau argileux - m
clayey soil = terre argileuse - f
clean = franc de nœuds - m
clean break = cassure franche - f, cassure nette - f
clean coal burning = procédé propre de combustion de
charbon - m
clean cut = coupe franche - f
clean off, to = ébousiner
clean out, to = désenvaser
clean room = chambre blanche - f, chambre propre - f,
salle blanche - f
clean sand = sable propre - m
clean timber = bois franc de neuds - m
clean up, to = blanchir (menuiserie)
clean up, to (brickwork joints) = ragréer
clean wood = franc de nœuds
clean, to = curer
cleaning = décalaminage - m, décapage - m, épura-
tion - f
cleaning (of pipes) = curage - m
cleaning down = ravalement - m
cleaning eye = tampon de dégorgement - m
cleaning eye (UK) = regard de nettoyage - m
cleaning eye (US) = bouchon de dégorgement - m, bou-
chon de visite - m
cleaning of mill scale = décalaminage - m
cleaning out = écurage (égout, puits) - m
cleanout = ouverture de nettoyage - f, porte de ramo-
nage - f, tampon de dégorgement - m
cleanout (US) = bouchon de dégorgement - m, bou-
chon de visite - m, porte de ramonage - f, regard de
nettoyage - m, trappe de ramonage - f
cleanout door (US) = porte de ramonage - f
cleanout trap = trappe de nettoyage - f
cleanse, to = débourber
cleanser = débourbeur - m
cleansing = curage - m, curetage - m, débourbage
clear = blanc - m, sans défaut
clear an obstruction, to = dégorger
clear cellulose lacquer = vernis cellulosique - m
clear cover = épaisseur nette d’enrobage - f
clear face = face claire - f
clear glass = verre blanc - m, verre clair - m
clear height = hauteur libre - f
clear lumber = bois clair de construction - m, bois sans
défaut - m, bois sans défauts - m
clear mortar = mortier clair - m
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clear span = portée entre nus - , portée libre - f, portée
nette - f
clear stuff = bois sans défauts - m
clear the site, to = déblayer
clear timber = bois sans défauts - m
clear varnish = vernis blanc - m
clear width (door) = largeur de passage - f
clear, to = approuver, déblayer
clearance = approbation - f, dégagement - m,
échappée - f, espace libre - m, espace mort - m, espa-
cement - m, gabarit - m, hauteur libre - f, jeu - m
clearance area = quartier insalubre à démolir - m
clearance area = zone à dégager - f
clearance of site = repliement du chantier - m
clearcole = encollage blanc - m
clearing = déblaiement - m, déblayage - m, débrous-
saillage - m, défrichage - m, défrichement - m, dégage-
ment - m, dessouchement - m, layonnage - m
clearing (of a pipe) = dégorgement - m
clearing and grubbing = défrichement et essouche-
ment - m
clearing machine = débroussailleuse - f
clearing of site = déblaiement de l’emplacement - m
clearing of site = nettoyage du terrain - m
clearing time = durée de fusion - f
clearing time = temps de coupure - m
clearing(of pipe) = débouchage - m
clears = bois sans défauts - m
clearstory window = fenêtre haute - f
cleat = armature - f, barre - f, chantignolle - f, cornière
d’attache - f, emboîture - f, isolant - m, isolateur à
gorge - m, languette - f, patte - f, serre-câble - m, sup-
port - m, taquet - m, tasseau - m
cleat leg = aile de cornière - f
cleavage = clivage –m, délitage - m
cleavage fracture = rupture par clivage - f
cleavage plane = plan de clivage - m
cleaving = délitage - m
cleft timber = bois de fente - m, bois fendu - m
clench, to = river (bouton, clou)
clerestory = claire-voie - f, étage des fenêtres
hautes - m, fenêtre haute - f, lanterneau de toit - m, lan-
terneau filant - m, lanterne (parallèle au faîte) - f
clerestory lights = fenêtres hautes - f
clerestory window = fenêtre haute - f
clerk of (the) works = conducteur des travaux - m,
contrôleur de chantier - m, surveillant des travaux - m
clevis = chape - f, étrier (chape) - m, fourche à articu-
lation - f, fourche à rotule - f, maillon d’attache - m,
maillon de jonction - m, manille d’assemblage - f
client = maître de l’ouvrage (MO) - m, maître d’ou-
vrage (MO) - m, MO (maître d’ouvrage) - m
climatic loadings design code = règles neige vent - f
climatization = climatisation - f
climbing crane = grue à tour grimpante - f, grue téles-
copique - f
climbing form = coffrage grimpant - m
climbing tower = grue à tour grimpante - f
climbing tower crane = grue à tour grimpante - f
clinch nail = clou à river - m
clinch, to = river, river (bouton, clou)
clinker = brique de mâchefer - f, brique hollandaise - f,
brique vitrifiée - f, mâchefer - m
clinker concrete = béton de briquaillons - m
clinometer = clinomètre - m
clip = agrafe - f, collier - m, crapaud de serrage - m
clip angle = cornière d’assemblage - f, cornière de
fixation - f
clip bond = appareil de dent de chien - m
clip joint = joint surépaissi - m
clip-on = clipsable
clipped gable (US) = pignon coupé - m
clipped gable roof (US) = toit à demi-croupe - m
clipper = cisaille - f
clipping = clippage
cloakroom (UK) = vestiaire - m
clockwise = dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre
clockwise = sens horaire - m
clockwise direction = sens horaire - m
clod = motte (de terre) - f
clog, to = boucher (se), colmater, obstruer, encrasser
(s’)
clogged filter = filtre colmaté - m, filtre encrassé - m
clogging = colmatage - m
clogging capacity = pouvoir colmatant - m
cloistered vault = voûte en arc de cloître - f
close = cul-de-sac - m, impasse - f
close (boarding, slating) = jointif
close boarding = planches jointives - f, voligeage
jointif - m
close cut valley = noue à double tranchis - f
close graded = à granulométrie étalée, à granulométrie
fermée, à granulométrie pleine
close grain = grain serré - m
close joint = assemblage jointif - m
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close lathing = lattage jointif - m
close nipple = raccord droit simple - m
close pitch = espacement longitudinal rapproché - m
close string = limon à la française - m
close string (UK) = limon droit - m
close tolerance = tolérance serrée - f
close tolerance turned bolt = boulon ajusté - m
close work = travaux de précision - m
close-couple coupe = comble sur entrait - m
close-couple roof = comble sur entrait - m
close-coupled pump = pompe à commande directe - f
close-cut hip = arêtier à double tranchis - m
closed (asssembly) time = temps d’assemblage
fermé - m
closed asssembly time = temps d’assemblage
fermé - m
closed boards = planches jointives - f
closed building = constructions en ordre continu - f
closed cell = à cellules fermées, cellule fermée - f
closed circuit television = télévision en circuit fermé - f
closed eaves = égout voligé - m
closed frame = cadre fermé - m, cadre rectangulaire
fermé - m
closed loop = boucle fermée - f
closed rectangular frame = cadre fermé - m
closed rectangular frame = cadre rectangulaire
fermé - m
closed roof board sheating = planches jointives en
couverture - f
closed settlement = constructions en ordre continu - f
closed split = fente refermée - f
closed stair(s) = escalier encloisonné - m, escalier entre
murs - m
closed stringer (US) = limon à la française - m, limon
droit - m
closed time = temps d’assemblage fermé - m
closed traverse = cheminement fermé - m
closed valley = noue fermée - f
closed-cell foam = mousse à cellules fermées - f
closed-circuit television = télévision en circuit
fermé - f
closed-coupled w.c. = w.c.à cuvette attenante - m
closed-cycle cooling = refroidissement en circuit
fermé - m
closed-end pipe pile = pieu tube à pointe - m
closed-loop lighting system = distribution à quatre
fils - f
closed-loop lighting system = distribution série à
quatre fils - f
closed-loop system = circuit fermé - m
close-grown = à couches minces
close-jointed(boarding, slating) = jointif
closely fitted masonry (UK) = maçonnerie à joints rec-
tilignes - f
closer = clausoir - m
close-ringed = à couches minces
closet = armoire (de rangement) - f
closet (US) = placard - m, w.c. - m
closet under = placard en dessous - m
closet with high-up flush tank (US) = w.c. à réservoir
haut - m
closet with low-down flush tank (US) = w.c. à reser-
voir bas - m
closing date = date de début - f
closing down of work = interruption des travaux - f
closing error = erreur de fermeture - f
closing face = parement intérieur - m
closing stile = battant - m, montant de battement (porte
battante) - m
closure = clausoir - m, closoir - m, fermeture - f, obtu-
ration d’ouverture - f
cloth = toile - f
cloth filter = filtre à tissu - m, filtre toile - m
clothes closet (US) = penderie - f
cloud point = point de trouble - m
cloudiness = voile (peinture) - m
clout nail = clou à tête plate - m
clover-leaf intersection = croisement en as de trèfle - m
clubfoot = base élargie - f
cluster bottom mould = brique centrale (fonderie) - f
cluster column = colonne à faisceau - f
cluster development = aménagement groupé - m
cluster structure = structure grumeleuse - f, structure
mottée - f
clustered column = colonne fasciculée - f
clustered pillar = pilier fasciculé - m
clutch = enclenchement - m
coach bolt = tire-fond - m
coach house = remise - f
coach screw = tire-fond - m
coal = charbon - m
coal bunker = coffre à charbon - m
coal dust = poussier - m
coal firing = chauffe au charbon - f
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coal tar = goudron de houille - m
coal/wood combination boiler = chaudière à bois et à
charbon - f
coal-tar = coltar - m
coal-tar pitch = brai (de houille) - m
coaltar pitch mastic = mastic de brai - m
coarse = gros (granulat, sable) - m
coarse aggregate = agregat grossier - m, granulat gros-
sier - m, gros agrégat - m, gros granulat - m
coarse aggregate concrete = gros béton - m
coarse aggregate rate = pourcentage en gros grain - m
coarse building plaster = PGC (plâtre gros de
construction) - m, plâtre gros de construction - m
coarse concrete = béton à gros grains - m, béton sans
éléments fins - m, gros béton - m
coarse cut = grosse taille - f
coarse filtration = dégrossissage - m
coarse grain = bois à grain grossier - m, bois à grosses
veines - m, bois à larges zones d’accroissement - m,
bois à structure grossière - m, bois à texture grossière
- m, fil grossier - m, grain grossier - m, gros grain - m
coarse grain lumber = bois à grain grossier - m, bois
à grosses veines - m, bois à larges zones d’accroisse-
ment - m, bois à structure grossière - m, bois à texture
grossière - m
coarse granular soil = sol à gros éléments - m
coarse gravel = gravier grossier - m, gravillon - m, gra-
villons - m, grenaille - f, gros gravier, pierre concassée
gros calibre - f
coarse sand = sable grossier - m
coarse screening = dégrossissage - m
coarse stuff = gros plâtre - m
coarse-grained = à grain grossier
coarse-grained soil = sol à gros éléments - m
coarse-grown = à couches larges
coarse-textured surface = surface à gros grain - f
coastal zone = zone côtière - f
coastal-defence fort = fort maritime - m
coat = couche - f, enduit - m
coat hook = patère - f
coat peg = patère - f
coat rack = vestiaire - m
coat, to = enduire
coated = enrobé
coated aggregate for tarmac = enrobé hydrocar-
boné - m
coated chippings = enrobé - m
coated chippings = enrobés - m
coated grit = enrobé(s) - m, gravillons enrobés
coated macadam = enrobé - m
coated material = enrobé - m, matériaux enrobés - m
coated nail = clou enduit - m
coated sheet = tôle prélaquée - f
coated steel sheet = tôle d’acier prélaqué - f
coating = chape - ,f enduction - f, enduit - m, enro-
bage - m, revêtement - m
coating plant = centrale d’enrobage - f, poste d’en-
robage - m
cob = pisé - m, torchis - m
cob wall = mur en pisé - m
cobble = pavé - m, pierre des champs - f
cobble stone = pavé - m
cobwork = pisé - m
cock = clé - f, goujon de bois - m, robinet - m,
vanne - f
cock bead = baguette saillante - f
cocking piece = coyau - m
cock-metal = bronze de robinet
code of practice = règle(s) de l’art - f, règle(s) d’une
profession - f
coefficient = coefficient - m
coefficient of elasticity = coefficient d’élasticité - m,
module de Young - , m module d’élasticité - m
coefficient of expansion = coefficient de dilatation - m
coefficient of fineness = module de finesse - m
coefficient of friction = coefficient de frottement - m
coefficient of heat transmission = coefficient de trans-
mission de la chaleur - m
coefficient of imperviousness = coefficient d’imper-
méabilité - m
coefficient of performance = coefficient de perfor-
mance - m
coefficient of retention = coefficient de rétention - m
coefficient of roughness = coefficient de frotte-
ment - m, coefficient de rugosité - m
coefficient of subgrade reaction = coefficient de rai-
deur - m, coefficient de réaction du sol en fondation - m,
module de réaction - m
coefficient of thermal expansion = coefficient de dila-
tation thermique - m
coefficient of traction = coefficient de traction - m
coefficient of utilisation = coefficient d’utilisation - m
coffer = caisson - m
coffer slab = dalle caissonnée - f
cofferdam = bâtardeau - m, caisson hydraulique - m
coffered = caissonné
coffered ceiling = plafond à caissons - m, plafond cais-
sonné - m
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cofferwork = blocage - m, hourdis - m, pisé - m
cog = embrèvement - m
cogged joint = assemblage à adent - m, assemblage en
adent - m
cogwheel = roue dentée - f
cohesionless = non cohérent
cohesionless fill = remblai non cohérent - m
cohesionless soil = sol pulvérulent - m
cohesive bond = force de cohésion - f
cohesive coefficient = coefficient de cohésion - m
cohesive force = force cohésive - f
cohesive force = force de cohésion - f
cohesive soil = sol cohérent - m, sol cohésif - m, ter-
rain cohérent - m
coil = batterie - f, serpentin - m
coil spring = ressort à boudin - m, ressort hélicoïdal - m
coin = pierre d’angle - f
coin bonding = besace - f
coin stones = chaîne d’encoignure - f, chaîne d’angle - f
coins = chaîne d’encoignure - f, chaîne d’angle - f,
jambe d’encoignure - f
coke = coke - m
coke-oven brick = brique de four à coke - f
colcrete = béton colloïdal - m
cold air intake = VB (ventilation basse) - f, ventilation
basse (VB) - f
cold bend test = essai de cintrage - m, essai de
flexion - m, essai de pliage - m, essai de pliage à
froid - m
cold bending test = essai de cintrage - m, essai de
flexion - m, essai de pliage - m, essai de pliage à
froid - m
cold bridge = pont thermique - m
cold chisel = ciseau à froid - m
cold draw steel = acier étiré à froid - m
cold flow = fluage à froid - m, fluage à froid - m
cold formed steel = acier plié à froid - m
cold generating equipment = matériel de production
à froid - m
cold glue = colle à froid - f
cold joint (US) = joint de reprise - m, reprise de béton-
nage - f
cold rolled = laminé à froid
cold rolled steel = acier laminé à froid - m
cold rolled steel section = laminé à froid
cold room = armoire frigorifique - f
cold room = chambre froide - f
cold setting adhesive = colle à froid - f
cold short = cassant à froid, fragile à froid
cold shortness = fragilité à froid - f
cold storage chamber = chambre frigorifique - f
cold store = chambre frigorifique - f, entrepôt frigori-
fique - m, réserve froide - f
cold water feed tank = ballon d’eau froide - m
cold working = déformation à froid de l’acier - f
cold working = écrouissage - m
cold-brittle iron = fer cassant à froid - m
cold-drawn = étiré à froid, étiré à froid (tuyau)
cold-laid mixture = EIF (enduit d’imprégnation à
froid) - m
cold-laid mixture = enduit d’imprégnation à froid - m
coldout = béton colloïdal - m
cold-rolled section = profilé à froid - m
cold-rolled steel product = produit sidérurgique
laminé à froid - m
collapse = affaissement (sol) - m, collapse - m, défor-
mation due à la surdessication - f, déformation par
dessiccation - f, éboulement - m, écroulement - m,
effondrement - m, rupture - f
collapse (wood) = déformation par surdessication - f
collapse, to = écrouler, s’
collapsible ladderstairs = escalier escamotable - m
collar = collerette - f, collier - m, virole - f
collar beam = entrait retroussé - m, faux entrait - m
collar boss = collet maître - m
collar brace = entrait retroussé - m
collar roof = close à entrait retroussé - f
collar tie = entrait retroussé - m
collar tile = tuile à douille - f
collar-beam = traversière - f
coll-beam = tirant - m
collecting channel = rigole de reprise - f
collecting duct = gaine de reprise - f
collection = réception (d’un ouvrage) - f
collection box = tronc d’église - m
collection line = canalisation collective - f, collec-
teur - m
collector = capteur - m, collecteur - m
collector (solar heating) = insolateur - m
collector angle = inclinaison du capteur - f
collector area = surface active de captage - f, surface
captante - f
collector efficiency = rendement de capteur - m, ren-
dement radiatif - m
collector ganging = montage de plusieurs capteurs en
série ou en parallèle - m
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collector panel = absorbeur - m
collector plate = absorbeur - m
collector surface = surface absorbante (chauffage
solaire) - f
collimation line = ligne de collimation - f
colloid concrete = béton colloïdal - m
colloidal concrete = béton colloidal - m
colonnade = colonnade - f
colonnade basilica = basilique à colonnes - f
color (US) = couleur - f, teinte - f
colored = teinté
colossal order = ordre colossal - m
colour (UK) = couleur - f, teinte - f
colour card = nuancier - m
colour chart = nuancier - m
colour fastness (UK) = stabilité d’une couleur - f
colour range = nuancier - m
colour retention (US) = stabilité d’une couleur - f
colour temperature = température de couleur - m
colour wash = badigeon - m
coloured = teinté
coloured concrete = béton coloré - m
coloured glass = verre coloré - m
coloured glass = verre de couleur - m
coloured right through = teinté dans la masse
coloured right through = teinté dans la masse - f
column = appui - m, colonne - f, pièce chargée en
bout - f, piédroit ( béquille de portique) - m, pilier - m,
poteau - m
column base = embase de poteau - f, fondation indi-
viduelle pour poteau - f
column capital = chapiteau de colonne - m
column casing = coffrage de poteaux - m
column form = coffrage de poteaux - m
column head = champignon - m
column radiator = radiateur à colonnes - m
column strip = bande de colonne - f, bande de
poteau - f
column with a plain shaft = colonne lisse - f
columnar section = profil stratigraphique - m
comb = crête - f, peigne (escalier roulant) - m, peigne
(finition de surface) - m
comb escalator = escalier roulant à tasseaux - m
combed joint = assemblage à queues droites - m
comb-grained timber = bois sur maille - m
comb-grained wood = bois maillé - m
combination beam = poutre composée - f, poutrelle
composée - f
combination boiler (US) = chaudière mixte - f
combination column = poteau combiné - m, poteau
métallique enrobé - m
combination pliers (US) = pince crocodile - f
combination roller = compacteur mixte - m
combination stove = cuisinière mixte - f, poêle
mixte - m
combined bending = flexion composée - f
combined bending and axial load = flexion com-
posée - f
combined boiler (UK) = chaudière mixte - f
combined building drain = drain unitaire de bâti-
ment - m
combined building sewer = égout unitaire de bâti-
ment - m
combined footing = semelle jumelée - f
combined loads = charges combinées - f, efforts com-
binés - m
combined moisture = eau de constitution - f
combined sewage = eaux d’égout mixtes - f, eaux
d’égout unitaire - f
combined sewer = égout à canalisation unique - m,
égout unitaire - m
combined sewer system = réseau unitaire d’assainis-
sement - m
combined sewerage system = réseau unitaire d’assai-
nissement - m
combined stresses = charges combinées - f,
contrainte(s) complexe(s) - f, contrainte(s)
composée(s) - f, contraintes combinées - f, efforts com-
binés - m
combined treatment = traitement simultané - m
combined wastewaters = eaux d’égout mixtes - f, eaux
d’égout unitaire - f
combined water = eau de constitution - f
combing (paint) = peignage - m
combing (roof) = lignolet - m
combplate = peigne (escalier roulant) - m
combustible and incombustible materials = maté-
riaux combustibles et incombustibles - m
combustible load = charge combustible - f
combustion air = air comburant - m
combustor = chambre de combustion et accessoires - f
comfort cooling = rafraîchissement d’ambiance - m
comfort temperature = température de confort - m
comfort zone = zone de confort - f
comminuting screen = tamis dilacérateur - m
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comminutor = broyeur - m
commission, to = mettre en service
commissioning = mise en service - f
commode step = marche convexe - f
common = de qualité courante
common = fil de retour commun - m
common aerial = antenne commune - f
common area = aire commune - f, partie commune - f
common bond = appareil alterné - m
common brick = brique commune - f, brique de rem-
plissage - f, brique ordinaire - f
common dovetail = queue d’aronde ouverte - f, queue
d’aronde passante - f
common hazard = risque normal - m
common joist = solive courante - f, solive de plan-
cher - f
common main = conduite principale - f
common quarter sawing = débit sur quartier hollan-
dais - m
common rafter = arbalétier commun - m, chevron - m,
chevron commun - m, chevron de long pan - m
common timber = bois commun de charpente - m
common wall = mur commun - m
common wall (US) = mur mitoyen - m
communal area = partie commune - f
communitor (US) = dilacérateur - m
community facilities = aménagements collectifs - m
community facility = équipement collectif - m
commuter belt = zone de villes dortoirs - f
compact development = aménagement groupé - m
compact settlement = aménagement groupé - m
compact to saturation, to = cylindrer à refus
compacted fill under slab = hérisson - m
compacted rock fill = enrochement compacté - m
compacted strike-off = arasement avec compaction - m
compacting = compaction - m, damage - m, tasse-
ment - m, compactage - m
compacting by rolling = compactage par cylin-
drage - m
compacting by watering = compactage par
arrosage - m
compacting factor = degré de compactage - m
compacting fill = compactage de remblai - m
compacting tool = engin de compactage - m
compaction = compactage - m, compaction - m,
damage - m, serrage (béton) - m
compaction by rolling = compactage par cylin-
drage - m, compactage par roulage - m
compaction by tamping = compactage par damage - m
compaction by vibroflotation = compactage par
vibroflottation - m
compaction by watering = compactage par
arrosage - m
compaction equipment = matériel de compactage - m
compaction factor = compacité - f
compaction test = essai de compactage - m, essai
Proctor - m
compactness = compacité - f
compactor = compacteur - m
compactor roller = compacteur - m
companion flange = contre-bride - f
company’s stopcock = robinet de compagnie - m
compartment = compartiment - m, travée - f
compartment wall = mur de cloisonnement coupe-feu
cm - m
compartment wall (UK) = mur coupe-feu (sur toute
la hauteur d’un immeuble) - m
compartmention = cloisonnement de sécurité - m
compass = compas - m
compass brick = brique à couteau - f, brique en coin - f,
claveau - m
compass survey = levé à la boussole - m
compass window = fenêtre en saillie ronde - f
compensation moment = moment d’équilibre - m
complete circuit = circuit fermé - m
complete reversed loads = charges alternées symétri-
ques - f
complete reversed loads = efforts alternés symétri-
ques - m
complete reversed stresses = charges alternées symé-
triques - f, efforts alternés symétriques - m
completed operations hazard = risque après tra-
vaux - m
completely reversed load = charge alternée symé-
trique - f
completion = achèvement - m, ouvrages d’achève-
ment - m, second œuvre - m, travaux légers - m
completion date = date d’achèvement des travaux - f
completion of the project = achèvement des tra-
vaux - m
completion of work = fin des travaux - f
completion period = délai d’exécution - m
complex = complexe
complex liquid (US) = liquide à viscosité variable - m
compliance = conformité - f
compo = mortier au ciment - m
compo board = panneau composé - m
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component = composant - m, composante de construc-
tion - f, composante d’une force - f, élément de
construction - m, éléments constituants - m
component of construction = composante de construc-
tion - f, élément de construction - m, éléments consti-
tuants - m
components = matériaux et éléments dimensionnés - m
composite = complexe, composé, hétérogène, de struc-
ture
composite beam = poutre métallique enrobée - f
composite beam = poutre mixte - f
composite board = panneau sandwich - m
composite brick = brique composite - f, brique
mixte - f
composite column = poteau composite - m
composite construction = construction composite - f,
construction mixte - f, système composite - m
composite filter = filtre composite - m
composite floor joist = poutrelle métallique à base
préenrobée - f, poutrelle métallique préenrobée - f
composite girder = poutre métallique enrobée - f
composite material = matériau composite - m
composite order = ordre composite - m
composite plywood = contreplaqué à âme complexe -
m, contreplaqué composite - m
composite reinforced concrete column = poteau com-
posite de béton armé
composite truss = ferme composite - f
composition = composition - f
composition board = panneau de fibres agglomé-
rées - m
composition board lining = doublage par com-
plexe - m
composition roofing = étanchéité multicouche - f
composition shingle = bardeau composé - m
compound = composé, composé - m, mastic - m, pro-
duit - m, produit de consistance pâteuse - m
compound beam = poutre composée - f, poutre com-
posite - f
compound girder = poutre composée - f
compound load = charge composée - f
compound parabolic concentrator = miroir composé
à foyer quasi linéaire - m
compound parabolic concentrator = miroir composé
à foyer quasi ponctuel - m
compound pier = pilier composé - m
compound pillar = pilier composé - m
compound wall = mur en maçonnerie mixte - m
compregnated wood (US) = bois imprégné den-
sifié - m
compressed = comprimé
compressed air = air comprimé - m
compressed air eath moving = terrassement à l’air
comprimé - m
compressed air ejector = aéro-éjecteur - m
compressed air inlet = prise d’air comprimé - f
compressed air unit = groupe moto-compresseur - m
compressed asphalt = asphalte comprimé - m
compressed concrete = béton comprimé - m, béton
damé - m, béton maigre - m
compressed cork = liège aggloméré - m
compressed fiberboard = fibre comprimée - f
compressed member = pièce comprimée - f
compressed wood = bois densifié - m
compressed-air operated circuit breaker = disjonc-
teur à gaz comprimé - m
compressibility = compressibilité - f
compressible filler = compriband - m
compression = compression - f
compression bar(s) = armature(s) de compression - f,
barre(s) comprimée(s) - f, barre en compression - f,
barres de compression - f
compression failure = ruine par compression - f, rup-
ture par compression - f
compression fitting = raccord à compression - m
compression flange = membrure comprimée - f,
semelle comprimée - f, semelle en compression - f,
table de compression - f
compression member = membre comprimé - m,
membre en compression - m
compression plant = station de compression - f
compression ratio = indice de compression - m
compression reinforcement = armature comprimée - f,
armatures de compression - f, barres de compres-
sion - f
compression strength = resistance à la compression - f
compression test = essai à la compression - m, essai
à l’écrasement - m
compression type hydrant = bouche d’incendie à
compression - f
compression web member = membrure d’âme en
compression - f
compression wood (US) = bois de compression - m
compression, to be in = travailler à la compression
compressive strain = déformation due à la compres-
sion - f, déformation par compression - f
compressive strength = résistance à la compression - f,
résistance en compression - f
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compressive stress = contrainte de compression - f,
effort de compression - m, sollicitation de compres-
sion - f, travail à la compression - m
compressometer = compressomètre - m
compressor = compresseur - m
compressor housing = carcasse de compresseur - f
compresssion member = membre travaillant à la com-
pression - m
compulsory purchase (UK) = expropriation - f
computation = calcul - m
computer aided = informatisé
computerized = informatisé
concave bow = bateau - m
concave brick = brique concave - f, claveau - m
concave joint = joint concave - m
concave saw = scie concave - f
concavity (of vault) = voussure (voûte) - f
concealed = invisible
concealed dovetail = queue d’aronde perdue - f,
queue d’aronde recouverte - f
concealed edge band = alaise embrevée - f
concealed gutter = chéneau encaissé - m, gouttière
cachée - f
concealed nail = clou dissimulé - m
concealed nailing = clouage caché - m
concealed stair = escalier dérobé - m
concealed valley = noue fermée - f
concentrated load = charge concentrée - f, charge
isolée - f, charge ponctuelle - f
concentrating collector = capteur à concentration - m,
capteur à foyer - m, héliostat focalisant - m, insolateur
concentrateur - m
concentration of flow lines = concentration de lignes
de courant - f
concentrator = réflecteur (chauffage solaire) - m
concentric arch = arc concentrique - m
concentric load = charge centrée - f
concentric reducer = raccord conique - m
concha = cul-de-four - m
conclusive test = essai probant - m
concordant tendon = câble concordant - m
concourse = salle des pas perdus - f
concourse (UK) = hall d’entrée (hôtel, immeuble de
bureaux) - m
concrete = béton - m, béton de ciment - m
concrete adhesive = colle à béton - f
concrete admixture = adjuvant du béton - m, produit
d’addition - m
concrete apron = aire bétonnée - f, rédier en béton - m
concrete bar = barre pour béton armé - f, rond à
béton - m
concrete base = massif de béton - m
concrete batching plant = centrale à béton - f
concrete block = aggloméré - m, bloc en béton - m,
parpaing - m, parpaing de béton - m
concrete breaker = brise-béton - m, marteau
piqueur - m
concrete buggy = virevolte - f
concrete cap = chaperon de béton - m, couronnement
en béton - m
concrete chair = chaise à béton - f
concrete cladding skin = revêtement extérieur en
béton - m
concrete compression covering = chape de compres-
sion - f
concrete construction = construction en béton - f, gros
œuvre en béton - m, travaux de béton - m
concrete core = noyau en béton - m
concrete cover = enrobage - m, enrobage des arma-
tures - m, épaisseur d’enrobage - f, recouvrement en
béton - m
concrete cover for reinforcement = béton d’enro-
bage - m, béton d’enrobement - m
concrete covering = chape de béton - f
concrete delivery pipe = conduite d’alimentation en
béton - f
concrete during setting = béton en prise - m
concrete edging = bordurette en béton - f
concrete floor = plancher de béton - m, sol en béton - m
concrete footing = rigole de béton - f, semelle de
béton - f
concrete form = coffrage à béton - m
concrete foundation = fondation en béton - f
concrete foundation base = fondation isolée en
béton - f
concrete foundation block = bloc de fondation en
béton - f
concrete grinder = ponceuse à sols - f
concrete gun = guniteuse - f
concrete hardstand = surface bétonnée - f, surface en
dur - f
concrete hopper = trémie à béton - f
concrete infilling = vide rempli de béton - m
concrete inner skin of external wall unit = paroi inté-
rieure en béton d’élément extérieur - f
concrete insert = cheville de scellement - f
concrete mansonry = maçonnerie en béton - f
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concrete masonry = maçonnerie - f
concrete mixer = bétonnière - f, malaxeur - m, mélan-
geur - m,toupie à béton - f
concrete mixer operator = conducteur de béton-
nière - m
concrete moulded by centrifugal action = béton cen-
trifugé - m
concrete outlet = goulotte de sortie de béton - f
concrete pedestal = dé en béton - m
concrete pile = pieu en béton - m
concrete pipe = buse en béton
concrete placer = transporteur de béton pneuma-
tique - m
concrete placing boom = flèche de distribution de
béton - f
concrete plant = centrale à béton - f
concrete plant mixer = bétonnière de centrale à
béton - f
concrete polymer = béton au polymère - m
concrete proportions = dosage du béton - m
concrete protection for reinforcement = béton d’en-
robage - m
concrete protection for reinforcement = béton d’en-
robement - m
concrete road worker = bétonneur (de routes) - m
concrete rubble = démolitions de béton - f
concrete rubble = vieux béton - m
concrete shaft = regard en béton - m
concrete shell = voile de béton - m
concrete slab = dallage en béton - m, dalle de béton - f,
dalle en béton - f, hourdis - m
concrete sole = semelle de béton - f
concrete spreader = bétonneuse - f, distributeur de
béton - m
concrete stanchion = fondation individuelle pour
poteau - f
concrete stoop = perron de béton - m
concrete structure = bâtiment en béton - m, construc-
tion en béton - f, ouvrage en béton - m
concrete subbase = béton de fondation - m
concrete surface = revêtement en béton - m, surface
bétonnée - f
concrete surfacing machine = machine à surfacer le
béton - f
concrete surround to bend = butée de coude - f
concrete tile = carreau en béton - m
concrete transit mix vehicle = toupie sur camion - f
concrete vibrator = trottoir en béton - m
concrete work = bétonnage - m, ouvrage en béton - m,
travaux de bétonnage - m, travaux en béton - m
concrete worker = bétonneur - m, cimentier - m
concrete, to = bétonner
concrete-framed = à ossature en béton armé
concrete-laying machine = finisseur de revêtement en
béton - m
concrete-mixer paver = bétonnière motorisée - f
concreter = bétonneur - m
concretesprayer = répandeuse de béton - f
concreting = bétonnage - m, ouvrage en béton - m, tra-
vaux de bétonnage - m, travaux en béton - m
concreting bucket = benne à béton - f
condemnation (US) = expropriation - f
condenser = condensateur - m, condenseur - m
condition = condition - f, état - m
condition(s) of compatibility = condition(s) de com-
patibilité - f
conditioning = conditionnement - m
condomnium owner = copropriétaire - m
conductibility = conductibilité - f
conductor = conducteur - m, descente pluviale - f
conductor (US) = descente d’eau de pluie - f
conductor head = cuvette - f
conduit = canalisation - f, canalisation électrique - f,
caniveau - m, conduit - m, conduite - m, tube (élect.) - m
conduit box = boîte de connexion - f, boîte de déri-
vation - f, boîte de jonction - f
conduit coupler = manchon de raccordement de
tubes - m
conduit fitting = pièce de montage (canalisation) - f
conduit pipe = gaine de canalisation électrique - f
conduit pipe = tube de canalisation électrique - m
conduit run = canalisation - f, conduit - m,
conduite - f
cone crusher = concasseur giratoire - m
cone grip = cône d’ancrage - m
cone head rivet = rivet à tête conique - m
cone index = résistance au cône - f
cone nozzle = buse à turbulence - f
cone of depression = cône de dépression - m
cone penetrometer = pénétromètre à cône - m
cone resistance = résistance au cône - f
configured glass = verre travaillé - m
confined compression test = essai triaxal - m
confined sample = échantillon fretté - m
confined stratum = couche frettée - f
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confining pressure = pression de soutien - f, pression
d’étreinte latérale - f
conglomerate = agglomérat - m, aggloméré - m,
conglomérat - m
conica roll = tasseau - m
conical = conique
conical mold = tronc de cône - m
conical roll = tasseau (couverture métallique) - m
conjugate beam method = méthode des charges fic-
tives - f
conjugate stress = contrainte conjugée - f
connect, to = brancher, raccorder (tuyaux)
connected = raccordé
connecting = mise en circuit - f
connecting pipe = tuyau de raccordement - m,
éclisse - f, plaque de raccord - f
connecting rod = barre d’accouplement - f, bielle - f
connecting rods = armature de liaison - f, fers de
liaison - m
connecting screw = vis d’assemblage - f, vis de jonc-
tion - f
connection = assemblage - m, branchement - m,
connexion - f, jonction - f -, liaison - f, mise en cir-
cuit - f, raccord - m
connection angle to web = équerre de raccordement
sur âme - f
connector = connecteur - m, connexion - f, dispositif
d’assemblage - m, liaison - f, pièce de raccordement - f,
raccord - m
conservatory = serre (attenante à une maison) - f
consistency = consistance - f, régularité (de la pente) - f
consistency test = essai de consistance - m
console = brique en forme de console - f, console - f,
pupitre de commande - m
console operator = pupitreur - m
consolidated = compacté
consolidated drained test = essai consolidé et
drainé - m
consolidated undrained test = essai consolidé non
drainé - m
consolidation = consolidation - f, réfection - f, remise
en état - f, renforcement - m
consolidation settlement = tassement de consolida-
tion - m
consolidometer = odomètre - m, œdomètre - m
constant dollar price = prix en dollars constants - m
constant load maintainer = mainteneur automatique
de charge - m, mainteneur de charge constante - m
constant load, at = sous une charge constante
constant pressure valve = régulateur de pression
(clim.) - m
constant-flow mixer = bétonnière continuer - f
constraint = servitude - f
construct, to = construire
constructible surface = surface constructible - f
constructible zone = zone constructible - f
construction = bâtiment - m, construction - f, exécu-
tion de matérie - f, réalisation - f, travaux - m
construction agency = constructeur - m, maître de
l’ouvrage (MO) - m, maître d’ouvrage (MO) - m, orga-
nisme constructeur - m
construction crane = grue de manutention - f
construction defect = vice de construction - m
construction drawing = plan d’exécution - m
construction engineer = ingénieur de travaux publics
et bâtiments - m
construction equipment = matériel de chantier - m
construction firm = entreprise de construction - f
construction gross area = SHO (surface hors
œuvre) - f, SHOB (surface hors œuvre brute) - f, sur-
face hors œuvre (SHO) - f, surface hors œuvre brute
(SHOB) - f
construction joint = joint de construction - m
construction joint (UK) = joint de reprise - m, reprise
de bétonnage - f
construction machine = engin de chantier - m
construction management = pilotage - m
construction materials = matériaux de construc-
tion - m
construction method = méthode de construction - f,
technique de construction - f
construction office = bureau de chantier - m
construction operation = travaux de construction - m
construction pattern = mode de construction - m
construction permit = autorisation de bâtir - f, auto-
risation de construire - f, permis de construire - m
construction plant = installations de chantier - f
construction practice = méthode de construction - f,
méthode d’exécution des travaux - f
construction procedure = méthode de construction - f,
méthode d’exécution des travaux - f
construction requirement = condition de construc-
tion - f
construction schedule = calendrier d’exécution des
travaux - m
construction site = chantier - f, chantier de construc-
tion - f, emplacement des travaux - m, lieu de construc-
tion - m
construction stake = piquet de repère - m
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construction stake-out = implantation d’un bâti-
ment - m, piquetage - m
construction standard = normes de construction - f
construction supervision = contrôle technique des tra-
vaux - m
construction survey = étude d’exécution - f
construction system = mode de construction - m
construction time = délai de construction - m, délai de
réalisation - m, délai d’exécution - m
construction trade = corps d’état - m, industrie du
bâtiment - f, profession du bâtiment - f
construction type = procédé de construction - m
construction work = travaux de construction - m
construction work (civil engineering) = ouvrage
d’art - m
constructional method = genre de construction - m
constructional procedure = genre de construction - m
constructive total loss = perte réputée totale (assu-
rance) - f
constructive works = ouvrages d’art - m
consulting architect = architecte conseil - m
consulting engineer = ingénieur-conseil - m
consumable = consommable
consumer connection = branchement particulier - m
consumer unit = tableau d’abonné - m
contact = plot - m
contact adhesive = colle de contact - f
contact bed = lit de contact - m
contact pressure under the foundations = pression de
contact (sous fondations) - f
contact-bond adhesive = adhésif par contact - m
container = container - , conteneur - m, emballage - m,
récipient - m
contaminant = impureté - f, polluant - m
contener = benne - f
content = contenu - m, dosage - m, teneur - f
contiguous risk = risque contigu - m
contingency = imprévu - m
continuity bar = chapeau - m, chapeau de conti-
nuité - m
continuity equation = équation de continuité hydrau-
lique - f
continuity reinforcement = aciers de couture - m
continuity rod(s) = acier(s) de couture - m
continuous backflow process = procédé continu à
contre-courant - m
continuous beam = dalle continue - f, poutre
continue - f
continuous corbel = corbeau filant - m
continuous design = système continu - m
continuous filter belt = bande filtrante continue - f
continuous flight auger = tarière à vis - f
continuous footing = semelle continue - f, semelle
filante - f
continuous frame = cadre continu - m, portique à tra-
vées multiples - m
continuous girder = poutre continue - f
continuous gluing = application de colle en cordons - f
continuous grading = granulométrie continue - f
continuous hinge = charnière piano - f
continuous load = charge continue - f, charge
répartie - f
continuous load digester = digester en continu - m
continuous mixer = bétonnière continue - f
continuous operation = exploitation en régime
continu - f
continuous operation = fonctionnement en continu - m
continuous rating = caractéristiques en régime perma-
nent (élect.) - f
continuous rating = régime continu - m, régime per-
manent - m
continuous screened vent = évent grillagé continu - m
continuous slab = dalle continue - f, poutre continue - f
continuous soffit = ventilation continue en sous-face - f
continuous span = travée continue - f
continuous strapping = tasseau continu - m
continuous suspension girder = poutre en feston - f
continuous vapor-barrier = pare-vapeur continu - m
continuous vent = évent continu - m
continuous vent (US) = ventilation primaire (VP)
(tuyau) - f, VP (ventilation primaire) (tuyau) - f
contour = courbe de niveau - f, courbe hypsomé-
trique - f, profil - m, profil de terrain - m
contour interval = équidistance - f, équidistance des
courbes - f, équidistance entre deux courbes - f
contour line = courbe de niveau - f, courbe hypsomé-
trique - f, ligne de niveau - f, profil - m, profil de ter-
rain - m
contour map = carte hypsométrique - f, plan topogra-
phique - m
contract = marché - m
contract as collateral = nantissement du marché - m
contract date = date contractuelle - f
contract document = document contractuel - m,
pièce contractuelle - f
contract grade = qualité fixée par contrat - f, type fixé
par contrat - m
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contract heating = exploitation contractuelle de chauf-
fage - f
contract terms = conditions de contrat - f, conditions
du marché - f
contract time = durée des travaux - f
contract work = travail à forfait - m
contracting authority = maître de l’ouvrage (MO)
(marché public) - m, maître d’ouvrage (MO) (marché
public) - m, MO (maître d’ouvrage) (marché
public) - m
contracting firm = entreprise chargée des travaux - f,
entreprise contractante - f, entreprise cotraitante - f
contraction joint = JD (joint de dilatation) - m, joint
de contraction - m, joint de dilatation (JD) - m, joint
de retrait - m
contractor = contractant - m, entrepreneur - m, titu-
laire du marché - m
contractor coil = bobine-contracteur - f
contractor’s account = mémoire - m
contractor’s agent = chef de chantier - m
contractura = contracture de colonne - f
contracture = contracture - f
control = asservissement - m, commande - f,
contrôle - m
control board = tableau de commande - m, tableau de
contrôle - m
control desk = pupitre de commande - m
control device = organe de régulation - m
control lever = manette - f, manette de commande - f
control loop = boucle de régulation - f
control panel = tableau de commande - m
control points = canevas de base - m
control survey = levé directeur - m
control switch = disjoncteur - m
control switch = interrupteur de commande - m
control test = contre-épreuve - f, contre-essai - m,
essai de contrôle - m
control valve = distributeur - m, robinet de réglage - m
controlled parking = stationnement réglementé - m
controlled variable = grandeur réglée - f
controller = combinateur - m, régulateur - m
controlling dimension = dimension clé - f
controlling plane = plan clé - m
controlling zone = zone clé - f
convection = convection - f
convection heating = chauffage par convection - m
convector = convecteur - m
convenience outlet = PC (prise de courant) - f, prise
de courant - f, sortie électrique - f
convenience outlet (US) = prise de courant murale - f
convenience receptacle = PC (prise de courant) - f,
prise de courant - f, sortie électrique - f
conventional construction = construction courante - f,
construction traditionnelle - f
conventional design = système isostatique - m
conventional house = maison traditionnelle - f
conventional source of energy = source classique
d’énergie - f
conversion = débit m, premier sciage (débit) - m,
reconversion - f, sciage (bois) - m, transformation - f
convert, to = débiter
converted timber = bois de sciage m, bois débité - m
convex bow = contre-bateau - m
convex fillet weld = soudure en congé - f
conveyance = manutention - f, transfert de pro-
priété - m
conveyance loss = perte en cours de transport - f
conveyor = bande transporteuse - f, convoyeur - m,
convoyeur - m
conveyor = transporteur - m
conveyor belt = bande transporteuse - f, courroie trans-
porteuse - f, ruban transporteur - m, tapis roulant - m,
transporteur à courroie - m
cooker = fondoir - m
coolant = fluide de refroidissement - m, réfrigérant - m,
agent frigorigène - m
cooler unit = groupe frigorifique - m
cooling = réfrigérant, refroidissement - m
cooling (a.c) = rafraîchissement - m
cooling capacity = puissance frigorifique - f
cooling coil = batterie froide - f, serpentin de refroidis-
seur - m
cooling load = charge de réfrigération - f
cooling medium = réfrigérant - m
cooling tower = aéroréfrigérant, réfrigérant - m, tour
aéroréfrigérante - f, tour de réfrigération - f
cooling unit = bloc refroidisseur - m
cooling water = eau de refroidissement - f
coordinating dimension = dimension de coordina-
tion - f
coordinating face = face de coordination - f
copal varnish = vernis copal - m
cope = antidétonant - m, chaperon - m
coped wall = mur bahut - m
copes = boqueteau - m
cope-stone = pierre de couronnement - f
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coping = bahut - m, chaperon - m, couronnement - m,
covertine - ,f entablement - m, tablette - f,tablette de
mur - f
coping brick = brique à chaperon - f, brique de cha-
peron - f, brique de tablette - f
coping stone = pierre de couronnement - f
coping tile = tuile chaperon - f, tuile chaperonne - f
copper and brass nail = clou de cuivre et de laiton - m
copper bearing steel = acier au cuivre - m
copper-clad steel = acier cuivré - m
coquina rock = calcaire coquillé - m
corbel = brique en forme de console - f, console - f,
corbeau - m, encorbellement - m, sous-poutre - f
corbel arch = arc en tas-de-charge - m
corbel course = assise en tas de charge - f
corbel out, to = porter en saillie
corbel table = table d’encorbellement - f
corbelled = en encorbellement
corbelling = console - f
corbelling out = encorbellement - m
corbie gable = pignon à redans - m, pignon à
redans - m
corbiestep = redent (pignon) - m
cord = corde - f, cordon de connexion - m, fil - m, fil
souple - m, flexible
core = alvéole - f, âme - f, âme d’un cable - f, blo-
cage - m, blocage de mur - m, carotte - f, carotte de
sondage - f, fer - m, fer de transformateur - m,
noyau - m, noyau fretté - m, partie centrale - f
core barrel = carottier - m, carottier de sondeuse - m,
cylindre carottier - m, tube carottier - m
core bit = carottier - m, couronne à molettes - f,
trépan - m
core boring = carottage - m, sondage - m, sondage
carotté - m
core crack = cracking - m, fission - f
core cutting = carottage - m
core drill = carottier - m, sondeuse à carottes - f
core drilling = carottage - m, sondage carotté - m
core gap = joint ouvert visible (contreplaqué) - m
core house = maison semi-finie - f
core sample = carotte - f, carotte-échantillon - f
core strips = lattage (contreplaqué) - m
core transformer = transformateur à noyau - m
coreboard = lattage (contreplaqué) - m, latté - m, pan-
neau latté - m
coreboards = lattage (contreplaqué) - m
corer = carottier - m
coring = carottage - m, écurage - m, écurage (che-
minée) - m, sondage carotté - m
cork = liège - m
cork board = liège aggloméré - m
cork brick = brique en liège - f
cork insulation = revêtement en liège - m
cork slab = liège aggloméré - m
cork tile = carreau de liège - m
corkscrew stair(s) = escalier à vis - m, escalier en coli-
maçon - m, escalier en limaçon - m, escalier à vis - m,
escalier hélicoïdal - m, escalier tournant - m
corner = angle - m, coin - m, encoignure (pièce,
rue) - f, recoin - m
corner angle = gorge - f
corner bead = baguette d’angle - f, cornette - f
corner block = bloc d’angle - m
corner boards = planches cornières - f
corner brace = contrefiche - f, jambe de force - f
corner connection = assemblage d’angle - m, joint
d’angle - m
corner guard = cornette - f, protège-angle - m
corner iron = harpe - f
corner joint = assemblage d’angle - m
corner key = clavette d’angle - f
corner leader = chaîne d’angle appareillée d’avance - f
corner lot = terrain d’angle - m
corner post = cornier - m, poteau cornier - m, poteau
d’angle - m
corner reinforcement = armature d’angle - f
corner return block = bloc d’angle - m
corner step = marche d’angle - f
corner stone = pierre angulaire - f
corner stones = chaîne d’encoignure - f
cornerite = renfort d’angle rentrant - m
corner-locked joint = assemblage à queues droites - m
cornice = chapiteau - m, corniche - f
cornice bracket = blochet de chêneau - m
cornice outline = modérature - f
cornloft = grenier à grain - m
corona = larmier (corniche classique) - m
corosion allowance = surépaisseur de corosion - f
corporation cock = robinet de compagnie - m
corrected floor area = surface corrigée - f
correction = ragréage - m, ragrément - m
corrective action = mesure corrective - f
corresponds to “ordnance datum” = niveau général
de la France - m
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corresponds to Perspex (registred trade mark) =
plexiglass (marque déposée)
corridor = corridor - m, couloir - m, dégagement - m
corrosion = corrosion - f
corrosion fatigue = fatigue sous corrosion - f
corrosion inhibitor = agent inhibiteur de corrosion - m
corrugated = cannelé, ondulé
corrugated bar = rond crénelé - m
corrugated brick = brique ondulée - f
corrugated floor = plancher ondulé - m
corrugated glass = verre cannelé - m, verre ondulé - m,
verre strié - m
corrugated iron = tôle ondulée - f
corrugated joint fastener = agrafe ondulée - f
corrugated metallic gasket = rondelle métallique
ondulée - f
corrugated sheet = plaque ondulée - f, tôle ondulée - f
corrugation = onde (profil) - f
corundum brick = brique de corindon - f
cosmetic paint = peinture d’aspect - f
cosmetic treatment = traitement d’aspect - m
cotenderers = entrepreneurs groupés - m
cotter = clavette - f, goupille de sûreté - f
cotter pin = clavette - f, goupille - f, goupille de
sûreté - f
coumarone resin = résine coumarone - f, résine cou-
maronique - f
coumarone-indene resin = résine coumarone-
indène - f
councealed nailing = clouage à tête perdue - m
council estate = cité ouvrière -f
council housing (UK) = habitation à loyer modéré
(HLM) - f
council housing estates = habitation à loyer modéré
(HLM) - f
council housing estates = HLM (habitation à loyer
modéré) - f
council housing flat = habitation à loyer modéré
(HLM) - f, HLM (habitation à loyer modéré) - f
counter = contrefiche - f, contreventement - m, décou-
poir - m, paillasse - f, plan de travail - m, table de tra-
vail - f
counter base = contre-soubassement - m
counter brace = raidisseur - m
counter ceiling = faux plafond - m
counter floor = faux-plancher - m, plancher brut - m
counter flow = contre-courant - m
counter kitchen = découpoir - m, paillasse - f, table de
travail - f
counter lath = contre-latte - m
counter sink = fraisage - m, fraisure - f, noyure - f
counter top = table de travail (cuisine) -f
counterbalance = contrepoids - m
counterbalance, to = contrebalancer, équilibrer, faire
contrepoids
counterbalancing = équilibrage - m
counterbrace = contre-tirant - m
counterceiling = faux plafond - m
counterflashing = contre-solin - m
counterfloor = faux parquet - m
counterfort = contrefort - m, pilier d’arc-boutant - m
counterpoise = contrepoids - m
counterpoise barrier = tapecul - m, tape-cul - m
counterpoise swing gate = tapecul - m, tape-cul - m
counterscarp = contrescarpe - f
countersink hole = avant-trou - m
countersink, to = fraiser
counterslope = contrepente - f
countersunk = noyau (vis) - m
countersunk bolt = boulon à tête perdue - m, boulon
prisonnier - m
countersunk head = tête fraisée - f, tête noyée - f
countersunk rivet = rivet à tête fraisée- m, rivet
fraisé - m
countersunk screw = vis à tête fraisée - f
counter-survey = expertise contradictoire - f
counterweight = contrepoids - m, contre-poids - m
counting = comptage - m
countraflow = contre-courant - m
country planning = aménagement du territoire - m
couple = paire de chevron - f
couple roof = charpente de comble - f, toit en bâtière
sans entrait - m
couple-close roof = comble sur entrait - m
coupled = accouplé (colonnes, fenêtres)
coupled columns = colonnes jumelées - f
coupled roof = toit en bâtière sans entrait - m
coupled window = fenêtre jumelée - f
coupler = manchon -(pipe) - m, raccord fileté - m
coupling = manchon (pipe) - m
coupling = raccord fileté - m
coupling purlin = lierne - f
course = assise - f, couche - f, ep (épaisseur) - f, épais-
seur (ep) - f, lit - m, rang - m, rangée - f
course (UK) = assise (de maçonnerie) - f
course of diagonal bricks = assise en épi - f
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course of large stones = assise de grand appareil - f,
assise en grand appareil - f
course of perpends = assise de parpaings - f
coursed = assisé
coursed ashlar (US) = maçonnerie en appareil réglé - f
coursed ashlar facing = parement en pierre taillée par
assise - m
coursed masonry = appareil assisé - m
coursed rubble = appareil en moellons smillés - m,
maçonnerie en appareil assisté - f, moellons par
assise - m, moellons réguliers - m
coursed rubble masonry = maçonnerie en appareil
assisé - f
coursed work = appareil assisé - m
coursing joint = joint d’assise - m, joint de lit - m
court = cour - f
courtyard = cour - f
coussinet = coussinet - m
couter batter = contre-fruit - m
cov = doucine - f
cove = congé - m, gorge - f, gorge de plinthe - f, rac-
cord courbe - m, rejingot - m, voussure (entre plafond
et mur) - f
cove and flat ceiling = plafond plat et à gorge - m, pla-
fond voûté - m
cove ceiling = plafond à gorge - m, plafond à grandes
gorges - m
coved = gorge (plinthe à...) - f, talon (à...) - m
coved ceiling = plafond à adoucissement - m, plafond
à gorge - m, plafond à grandes gorges - m
coved tile = plinthe à gorges - f
coved vault = voûte en arc de cloître - f
cover = couverture - f, épaisseur d’enrobage - f,
plate-bande - f, protection - f, recouvrement - m, revê-
tement - m, tampon de regard - m, vitrages - m
cover bead = baguette couvre joint - f
cover fillet = couvre-joint - m, moulure couvre-
joint - f
cover flashing = bande de solin - f
cover moulding = couvre-joint - m, moulure couvre-
joint - f
cover plate = couvre-joint - m, plate-bande - f
cover slab = dalle de recouvrement - f
cover strap = couvre-joint - m
cover strip = couvre-joint - m, moulure couvre-joint - f
cover width = largeur utile (plaque ondulée) - f
cover, to = bâcher
coverage = largeur utile - f, rendement en surface - m,
rendement en surface (peinture) - m
covered area = emprise au sol - f, emprise au sol d’un
bâtiment - f, surface construite - f
covered mall = mail recouvert - m
covered market = halle - f
covered play area = préau (école) - m
covered playground = préau (école) - m
covered risk = risque garanti - m
covering = chape de béton - f, parement - m, revête-
ment - m
covering capacity = pouvoir couvrant (peinture) - m
covering plaster = chape d’enduit - f
covering power = pouvoir couvrant (peinture) - m
coving = congé - m, corniche à talon - f, voussure (entre
plafond et mur) -f
cowl = abat-vent - m, antirefouleur - m, chapeau - m,
girouette à fumée - f, mitre - f
cowl (chimney) = champignon de cheminée - m
cowl (chimney) = chapeau de cheminée - m
cowling aspirator = aspirateur statique - m
cowl-type aspirator = aspirateur statique - m
crab = chariot - m, chariot de grue - m, chèvre - f,
treuil - m, treuil mobile - m
crack = fissure - f, gerçure - f, lézarde - f
crack (in glass)) = fêlure - f
crack control joint = témoin - m
crack length = longueur de fente - f
crack, to = fendre (se)
cracked = fissuré
cracked section = section fissurée - f
cracking = craquelure - f, fissuration - f
cracking ratio = coefficient de fissuration - m
cracking ring = anneau de fissuration - m
cracking varnish = vernis craquelant - m
crackle finish = peinture craquelée - f
crackle glass = verre craquelé - m
crackling = craquellement - m, craquelure(s) - f
cradle = berceau - m, châssis - m, logement - m,
nacelle d’échafaudage volant - f, socle - m
cradle iron = étrier d’échafaudage - m
cradle scaffold = échafaud suspendu - m
cradle vault = voûte en berceau - f
cradling = cintre de voûte - m, cintrement - m
craft = métier - m
craftsman = homme de métier - m
cramp = agrafe - f, bride de serrage - f, clameau - m,
crampon (agrafe) - m, goujon d’ancrage - m, serre-
joint - m
cramp (masonry) = happe - f
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cramp-iron = clameau - m
crane = grue - f, pont roulant - m
crane and pile driver = grue sonnette - f
crane boom = flèche de grue - f
crane driver = grutier - m
crane operator = conducteur de grue - m, grutier - m
crane runway girder = poutre de pont roulant - f
crane track = chemin de grue - m, voie de grue - f
crane truck = camion-grue - m
crankcase heater = réchauffeur de carter - m
cranked = déformé
crankshaft = vilebrequin - m
crash barrier = glissière de sécurité - f
crash helmet = casque protecteur - m
crate = caisse en bois - f
crater = cratère - m
crawl space = terre-plein aéré m, vide sanitaire
(VS) - m, VS (vide sanitaire) - m
crawler crane = grue rampante - f, grue sur che-
nilles - f
crawler dozer = bouteur à chenilles - m
crawler excavator = excavatrice - f
crawler shovel = excavatrice - f
crawler shovel excavator = excavatrice - f
crawler track = chenille
crawler track chassis = châssis porteur à chenilles - m
crawler tractor = tracteur à chenilles - m
crawler-mounted crane = grue sur chenilles - f
crawling = rampage - m
crawling boards = planche à tasseaux - f
craze = craquèlement - m, fendillement - m
crazing = craquelure - f, faïençage - m, fendille-
ment - m
crazy paving = dallage en opus incertum - m, dallage
irrégulier - m, dallage rustique - m
crease = pli - m
creep = fluage (métal) - m, reptation (membrane de
toit) - f, zone mouillée (ardoise) - f
creep (of retaining wall) = mouvement de dévers - m
creep deformation = déformation de fluage - f
creep pressure = pression de fluage - f
creep strain = allongement de fluage - m, déformation
de fluage - f
creep strength = résistance au fluage - f
creep test = essai de fluage - m, essai de viscosité - m
creeper = crosse - f
crenel = créneau - m
crenellation = crénaux - m
crenelle = créneau - m
creosote = créosote - f
crescent wrench = clé à molette - f
crest = couronnement - m, crête - f, faîtage orné - m,
faîte - m
crest of roof = faîtage - m
crest tile = faîtière (ornée) - f, tuile faîtière - f
crested tile = faîtière à crête - f
cresting = faîtage orné - m
crew = équipe - f
crib = blindage à clair voie m, bois d’un puits m,
caisson à claire-voie m, ouvrage à claire-voie m, râte-
lier - m
crib wall = mur caisson - m
cribber = poseur de blindage - m
cribbing = blindage à clair voie m, caisson à claire-
voie m, ouvrage à claire-voie - m
cribwork = caisson à claire-voie - m, ouvrage à claire-
voie - m
cricket = besace - f, dossier - m, rejéteau en dos
d’âne - m
crimp, to = gaufrer, sertir
crimped = forgé pour le renvoi
crimped metal = métal gaufré - m
crimped wire = fil frisé - m, fil ondulé - m
crinkling = ridage - m
crinkling = rides (peinture) - f
cripple rafter = empanon - m
crippling load = charge de flambement - f
crippling section = section critique - f, section dange-
reuse - f
critical defect = défaut critique - m
critical gradient = pente critique - f
critical load = charge critique - f
critical path = chemin critique - m
critical range = domaine critique - m
critical section = section critique - f
critical stress = contrainte critique - f
crocket capital = chapiteau à crochets - m
crocodiling = crocodilage - m, peau de crapaud (pein-
ture) - f, peau de crocodile - f
crook = bois coudé - m, bois courbant - m, déjette-
ment - m
crooked end = crosse - m
crooked pipe = crosse - m
crop a bar, to = affranchir une barre
crop, to = affranchir (un bord)
cross band = pli transversal - m
cross beam = poutre transversale - f, sommier - m,
traverse (portique) - f
cross brace = croisillon - m, entretoise - f, traverse - f
cross bracing = cadre d’entrecroisement - m cadre
d’entretoisement - m, contreventement - m, contreven-
tement en croix de St André - m, entretoisage - m,
entretoisement - m
cross break = casse en travers - f
cross bridging = entretoisement en sautoir - m
cross flow = à courants croisés
cross girder = croisillon m, entretoise - f, poutre trans-
versale - f, sommier m, traverse - f, traverse (por-
tique) - f
cross grain = fibres irrégulières - f, fibres non rectili-
gnes - f, fibres tranchées f, fil transversal m, veines
croisées - f, veines transversales - f
cross hairs = fils croisés - m
cross joint = assemblage à enfourchement - m, joint
vertical - m
cross joint (UK) = joint montant (entre blocs de
maçonnerie) - m
cross liability = recours en coassurés - m
cross member = traverse - f
cross piece = croisillon - m, entretoise - f, traverse - f
cross plank = madrier à croisure - m
cross powl = lisse - f
cross reinforcement = armature diagonale - f
cross rivet(t)ing = rivets en quinconce - m
cross slope = pente transversale (toit) - f
cross staff = équerre d’arpenteur - f
cross tie = entretoise - f, tirant - m, traverse - f
cross ventilation = aération transversale - f, aération
transversale naturelle - f, ventilation transversale - f
cross wall = mur de refend - m
cross-arm = traverse - f
cross-band = pli (à fil) croisé - m
cross-banding = pli (à fil) croisé - m
cross-bar = croisillon - m, entretoise - f,traverse - f
cross-bonding = liaison électrique - f
crossbracing = étrésillon entre solives - m
crossbridging = étrésillon entre solives - m
cross-bridging = croix de Saint-André - f
cross-cut = contre-taille - f, coupe transversale - f, débit
transversal - m, taille croisée - f, tronçonnage - m
crosscut chisel = bédane - m
crosscut saw = passe-partout - m
crosscut saw = scie à couper en travers - f, scie de tra-
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crosscut, to = scier de travers
crossette = crossette de voussoir - f
crossfall = extrados - m, pente transversale (toit) - f,
pente transversale (toit) - f
cross-grained = à contre fil
cross-grained plywood = contreplaqué à fil en tra-
vers - m
cross-grained slate = ardoise en contre-fil - f
crossing = croisée du transept - f
crosslap joint = assemblage à mi-bois en croix - m
cross-member = élément transversal - m, membrure
transversale - f,traverse - f
crossover bend = courbe de croisement - f
cross-over tee = té à dos d’âne - m
crosspiece = traverse - f
crossrail = traverse intermédiaire (porte) - f
cross-section = coupe - f, coupe transversale - f,
profil - m, profil en large - m, profil en travers - m, sec-
tion transversale - f, vue en coupe - f
cross-sectional area = section - f
cross-springer = arc doubleau - m
cross-tie = ventrière - f
crosswalk (US) = passage pour piétons - m
cross-wall unit = élément mural transversal - m
cross-wire weld = soudure de fils croisés - f
crosswise reinforcement = armature croisée - f
crotch = enfourchure - f
crow gable = pignon à redans - m
crow gable = pignon à redents - m
crowbar = pince-monseigneur - f
crow-bar = levier - m, pied-de-biche - m
crowd barrier = rambarde - f
crowd shovel = pelle en butte - f
crowding = cavage - m
crowfooted = à redan(s) (toiture)
crowfooted = à redent(s) (toiture)
crown = clé de voûte - f, couronnement - m,
extrados - m, sommet (voûte, route) - m
crown brick = brique centrale (réfractaire) - f
crown course = assise de couronnement - f
crown height = hauteur sous clé - f
crown moulding = larmier (corniche) - m
crown of wall = couronnement - m
crown post = poinçon (combles) - m
crown saw = scie à cloche - f, scie à trous - f
crown stone = clé de voûte - f
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crown tile = faîtière (tuile) - f, tuile faîtière - f, tuile
plane - f
crown tile = tuile plate - f
crown-glass = crown-glass
crowning = chaperon - m, couronnement - m
crowning cyma reversa = talon droit - m
crowning moulding = moulure droite creuse - f
crowning termination = couronnement - m
crown-vented trap = siphon à ventilation directe - m
crowstep = redent (pignon) - m
crucible = creuset - m
crucible steel = acier fondu au creuset - m
crude sewage = eaux résiduaires brutes - f
crude sludge = boue brute - f, boue fraîche - f
crumbling = désagrégation - f, éboulement - m, écrou-
lement - m,effritement - m, émiettement - m
crumbly ground = terrain ébouleux - m
crush (US) = écrasure (verre) - f
crushed = concassé
crushed aggregate = granulat concassé - m
crushed granite = granolithe - f
crushed gravel = gravillon concassé - m
crushed rock = pierre à macadam - f, pierre cassée - f,
pierre concassée - f
crushed stone = concassé de fermeture - m,
macadam - m, pierre à macadam - f, pierre broyée - f,
pierre cassée - f, pierre concassée - f
crushed stone base course = base en macadam - f
crushed stone base course = base en pierres con-
cassées - f
crushed stone base course = couche de fondation en
macadam - f
crushed stone base course = couche de fondation en
pierres concassées - f
crushed stone base course = fondation en macadam - f
crushed stone base course = fondation en pierres
concassées - f
crushed stones = pierraille - f
crusher = broyeur - m, concasseur - m, concasseur à
pierres - m
crusher run = pierre concassée - f, produit de concas-
sage - m, tout-venant (TV) - m, TV (tout-venant) - m
crushing = écrasement - m
crushing plant = groupe concasseur - m
crushing strength = résistance à l’écrasement - f
crushing strength = résistance à l’écrasement - f
crushing stress = effort de compression - m
crushing test = essai à la compression - m, essai à la
résistance à la compression - m, essai d’ écrasement - m,
essai d’écrasement - m
crutch = support à fourche - m
crypt = crypte - f
crystal = cristal - m
crystallize, to = cristalliser
cube test = essai de résistance sur cube - m
cubic content of building = cubage - m
cubic measure = mesure de volume - f
cubicle = armoire de commande - f, armoire élec-
trique - f, cellule - f
cubing = cubage - m, estimation - f
cul-de-sac = cul-de-sac - m, impasse - f
cull = rebut (bois) - m
cullet = calcin - m
culling = cubage - m, tirage du bois - m, toisage - m
culvert = conduit souterrain - m, gargouille - f, pas-
sage d’eau - m, ponceau - m, rigole - f
culvert pipe = buse (canalisation) - f
cumarone resin = résine coumarone - f
cumarone resin = résine coumaronique - f
cumarone-indene resin = résine coumarone-indène - f
cup = cuvette - f, gauchissement en largeur - m, voile-
ment transversal - m
cup and cone fracture = rupture de coupelle - f, rup-
ture en coupelle - f
cup counter wind gauge = anémomètre à coquilles et
compteur - m
cup head = tête demi-ronde - f, tête ronde (TR) - f,
TR (tête ronde) - f
cup pull = cuvette - f
cup shake = roulure - f
cupboard = armoire (de rangement) - f, placard - m
cupboard under the stairs = soupente d’escalier - f
cupola = coupole - f
cupping = bombement - m, tirant à cœur - m, tirant à
gouttière - m
cupping test = essai de bombement - m
curb = costière - f, membron - m, parapet - m
curb (US) = bord de trottoir - m
curb cock (US) = robinet de branchement - m
curb joint = brisis de comble - m
curb member = membron - m
curb plate = panne de brisis - f
curb roll = boursault - m, membron - m
curb roof = comble à la Mansard - m, comble brisé - m,
toit à la Mansard - m, toit brisé - m, toit en mansarde - m
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curb stop = robinet de branchement - m
curb stop box = bouche à clé - f
curb-roof = comble à la française - m
curbstone (US) = bordure de trottoir - f
cure = cure - f, vulcanisation - f
cure, to = conserver le béton, traiter après prise
curing = cure - f, durcissement - , séchage - m, traite-
ment après prise - m, traitement de prise de béton - m,
traitement ultérieur - m, vulcanisation - f
curing blanket = paillasson (béton) - m, paillon - m
curing compound = anti-évaporant - , produit de
cure - m, produit de séchage - m, produit de séchage du
béton - m, produit superficiel - m
curing medium = milieu de conservation - m
curing membrane concrete = anti-évaporant (béton)
curing of concrete = cure du béton - f, traitement après
prise - m
curl = ronce (bois) - f
curly grain = bois frisé - m, fibre ondulée - f, fibres
sinueuses - f, frisure - f
curly wood = bois ronçeux - m
current rating = calibre de fusible - m
current robbing = détournement - m
curtail step = marche de départ en volute - f
curtailed inspection = contrôle tronqué - m
curtain = cache de serrure - m, tenture - f
curtain (window) (UK) = rideau - m
curtain door = porte souple - f
curtain rail = tringle (rideau) - f
curtain rod = tringle (rideau) - f
curtain wall = façade rideau - f, mur rideau - m, mur-
rideau - m, panneau de façade - m, voilage - m
curtain walling = mur-rideau - m
curtaining = draperies - f
curtain-wall cladding = façade-rideau - f
curtilage = enclos (avec habitation) - f
curtilage = pièce de terre attenante à une habitation - f
curvature = courbure - f
curve = cintre - m, galbe - m
curve of equal pressure = ligne d’égale pression - f
curved = cintré
curved beam = poutre courbe - f
curved moulding = moulure curviligne - f
curved narrow end = collet adouci - m
curved plane = sabot - m
curved plate = plaque courbe - f
curved plywood = contreplaqué cintré - m, contre-
plaqué galbé - m
curves = courbes - f
cushion = coussinet - m, matelas - m
cushion capital = chapiteau cubique - m
cushion floor = VER (vinyl-expansé-relief) - m
cushion floor = vinyl-expansé-relief (VER) - m
cushion frame = parclose - f
cusp = lobe - m
cusped = lobe, polylobé
cusped arch = arc polylobé - m
cusps = réseau polylobé - m
custom built = fabriqué sur demande, hors série
custom made = fabriqué sur demande, hors série
custom-built = exécuter sur demande
custom-made = exécuter sur demande
cut = coupure - f, déblais - m, entaille - f, saignée - ,
taille - f,terres extraites - f, terres provenant des
fouilles - f
cut along the grain, to = couper de droit fil
cut and fill work = déblais et remblais - m
cut back = fluxé
cut corner = angle abattu - m
cut down, to (pile heads) = recéper
cut nail = clou coupé - m, clou découpé - m
cut of cracks = refouillement des fissures - m
cut off a rivet, to = cisailler un rivet
cut off an end, to = affranchir une barre
cut off, to = araser les têtes de pieux, ébouter
cut off, to (pile heads) = recéper (pieux)
cut on the bevel, to = couper à fausse équerre
cut out of square, to = couper à fausse équerre
cut stone = pierre taillée - f
cut string = limon à l’anglaise - m
cut with the grain, to = couper de droit fil
cut, to = débiter, diluer, tailler
cut-and-mitred valley = noue à onglet - f
cutaway drawing = dessin écorché - m
cutback = cut back - m
cutback asphalt = bitume fluxé - m
cutback bitumen = bitume fluxé - m
cutoff = parafouille - f, rideau d’étanchéité (fouille) - m
cut-off = rideau d’étanchéité (fouille) - m
cut-off (against water seepage) = masque d’étan-
chéité - m
cutoff trench = tranchée parafouille - f
cut-off trench = tranchée d’étanchéité - f
cutoff wall = paroi d’étanchéite - f
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cutout = coupe-circuit - m, découpe - f
cutout box = bois de court circuit - f, coffret du coupe-
circuit - m
cutout pressure = pression d’arrêt (clim.) - f
cut-out stringer = limon découpé - m
cuts and fills = déblais et remblais - m
cut-stone = pierre de taille - f
cutter = brique tendre - f, couteau - m, couteau dés-
agrégateur - m, désagrégateur - m, fraise - f, lame - f,
molette coupante - f
cutter wheel = molette coupante - f
cutting = abattage - m, attaque du terrain - f, déblai - m,
découpage - m, fouille - f, fouille en déblai - f, taille - f,
taille (pierre) - f, talus (en déblai) - m, tranchage - m
cutting angle = angle d’attaque - m
cutting blade = tranchant - m
cutting chart = tableau de débitage - m
cutting check = fissure de coupe - f
cutting ditches = ouverture de fossés - f, terrassement
pour fossés - m
cutting down = recépage - m
cutting edge = fil (outil) - m, tranchant - m
cutting edge (tool) = taillant - m
cutting groove = amorce de rupture (pierre) - f
cutting hook = patère - f
cutting list = tableau de débitage - m
cutting nippers = pince coupante - f
cutting pliers = pince coupante - f
cutting slope = talus en déblai - m
cutting wheel = molette - f
cutting-bit = fleuret - m
cutwater = bec - m
cycle track (UK) = piste cyclable - f
cycling = instabilité - f
cyclone cellar = abri anti-cyclone - m
cyclopean concrete = béton cyclopéen - m
cylinder = canon de serrure de sûreté - m, cylindre - m
cylinder guard = cuirasse de canon - f
cylinder lock = serrure à barillet - f, serrure à
canon - f, serrure à cylindre - f, serrure à pistons - f
cylinder plug = rotor (serrure) - m
cylinder sample = carotte - f, carotte-échantillon - f
cylinder saw = scie à cloche - f, scie à trous - f
cylindrical lock = serrure cylindrique - f
cylindrical vestibule = tambour (porte) - m
cyma = cimaise - f, cymaise - f
cyma recta = doucine droite - f, doucine renversée - f
cyma reversa = doucine renversée - f, talon droit - m,
talon renversé - m
cyma reversa crowning = talon droit - m
cyma reversa prone = talon renversé - m
cymatum = cimaise - f, cymaise - f
D
d.i.y. home improvement = bricolage - m
dab = plot (colle, plâtre) - m
dado = cimaise - f, cymaise - f, dé - m, embrèvement -
m, engravure - f, lambris (d’appui) - m
dado (US) = entaille simple (menuiserie) - m
dado cap = cimaise - f, cymaise - f
dado joint = embrèvement à entaille ouverte - m,
embrèvement de bois sur chant - m, embrèvement de
rencontre - m, embrèvement sur chant - m
dado joint (US) = embrèvement - m
dado rail = cimaise - f
dado rail = cymaise - f
dais = estrade - f
dam = barrage - m
damage = dégradation
damage to the structure = déformation de la struc-
ture - f
damage to the structure = désordre de la structure - m
damcrest = couronnement - m, crête - f
damp = humidité - f
damp check = barrière d’étanchéité - f, étanchéité - f
damp check (US) = bande d’étanchéité - f, barrière
étanche - f, coupure étanche - f
damp concrete = béton à consistence deterre
humide - m
damp course = barrière d’étanchéité - f, carton d’étan-
chéité - m, chape d’étanchéité - f, couche d’isola-
tion - f, couche isolante imperméable - f
damp course (UK) = coupure de capillarité - f, cou-
pure étanche - f
damp proof = étanche à l’humidité
damp proof course = barrière d’étanchéité - f
damp proof course (UK) = bande d’étanchéité - f
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damp, to = amortir, amortir (bruit)
dampcourse = couche d’arrêt - f
dampcourse (UK) = bande d’étanchéité - f
damped wave = onde amortie - f
dampen, to = amortir (bruit)
damper = registre de cheminée - m, régulateur de
tirage - m, volet - m, amortisseur - m
damper winding = enroulement amortisseur - m
damping = amortissement (choc) - m
damping mechanism = dispositif amortisseur - m
dampness = humidité - f
damp-proof compound = isolant (contre l’humi-
dité) - m, isolant contre l’humidité - m
damp-proof course = bande isolante - f, carton d’étan-
chéité - m, chape d’étanchéité - f, couche d’arrêt - f,
couche d’isolation - f, couche étanche - f, couche iso-
lante - f, couche isolante imperméable - f, coupure
étanche - f, film étanche - m, coupure de capillarité - f
damp-proof course (UK) = barrière étanche - f
damp-proof membrane = chape d’étanchéité - f
damp-proofing = imperméabilisation à l’humidité - f
damp-proofing course = chape d’étanchéité - f, couche
d’isolation - f, couche isolante imperméable - f, carton
d’étanchéité - m
damp-roof = imperméable
dancing step = marche dansante - f
dangerous section = section critique - f
dangerous section = section dangereuse - f
dap = embrèvement - m, engravure - f, entaille - f
Darby = règle de plâtrier - f
dark room = chambre noire - f
dart = dard - m
dash bond coat = gobetis - m
dashpot = amortisseur - m
data sheet = fiche technique - f
datum = base - f, ligne de niveau - f, ligne de réfé-
rence - f, ligne de repère - f, ligne de repère de hau-
teur - f, plan de comparaison - m, plan de niveau - m,
repère de hauteur - m
datum (elevation) = niveau de référence - m
datum level = plan de comparaison - m, plan de
niveau - m
datum line = base - f, base d’implantation - f, base
d’opérations - f, ligne de base - f, ligne de niveau - f,
ligne de référence - f, ligne de repère - f, ligne de repère
de hauteur, repère de hauteur - m, trait de niveau - m
datum plane = plan de référence - m, plan d’origine - m
datum point = point de référence - m, point de
repère - m, repère - m
day rate work = travaux en régie - m
day tank = réservoir journalier - m
daylight factor = facteur de lumière du jour - m
daylight width = largeur d’éclairement - f
daywork = travaux en régie - m
dead = muré (cheminée, fenêtre)
dead anchor block = ancrage mort - m
dead anchorage = ancrage mort - m
dead and live loads = charges et surcharges de ser-
vices - f
dead bolt = pêne dormant - m
dead burnt plaster = plâtre cuit à mort - m
dead end = bout aveugle - m, bout fermé - m, bras mort
(de tuyau) - m
dead end tower = mât d’arrêt - m
dead knot = nœud mort - m
dead leg = branchement en attente - m
dead light = dormant - m
dead load = charge constante - f, charge due au poids
propre - f, charge permanente - f, charge
dead load = statique - f, poids mort - m, poids propre
(PP) - m, PP (poids propre) - m
dead load stress = effort dû au poids mort - m
dead lock = pêne dormant - m, serrure à pêne dor-
mant - f
dead man = ancrage mort - m, corps mort - m
dead room = chambre sourde - f, salle sourde - f
dead shore = chandelle - f, étai vertical - m
dead sounding = hourdage (plancher) - m
dead wall = mur orbe - m
dead water = eau morte - f
dead weight = poids mort - m, poids propre (PP) - m,
PP (poids propre) - m
dead well = puits absorbant - m
dead window = fausse fenêtre - f
deaden, to = hourder
deadening = amortissement du bruit - m, hourdage
(plancher) - m
deadlatch = pêne demi-tour à cran d’arrêt - m
deadlight = châssis dormant - m, châssis fixe - m
deadlocking latch = pêne demi-tour à cran d’arrêt - m
deadman = corps mort - m, poteau d’ancrage - m
deadwood = charpente - f
deaerator = dégazeur - m
deafening = hourdis - m
deal = bois blanc - m, bois de sapin - m, madrier - m,
sapin (bois) - m
deambulatory = déambulatoire - m
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debris = débris - m, déchets - f, décombres - m, démo-
lition (débris) - f, éboulis - m
debris (of plasterwork bricks and mortar) = plâ-
tras - m
decantation = décantation - f
decay = décomposition - f, délabrement - m
decay, to = pourrir, se décomposer
decayed knot = nœud vicieux - m
decayed rock = pierre pourrie - f
decentre, to = décintrer
deck = bac - m, plage (piscine) - f, plancher - m, tablier
(charpente, pont) -m
deck beam = dalle nervurée - f
deck of curb roof if nearly flat = terrasson - m
deck roof = toit plat - m, toit-terrasse - m
decking = plancher - m, platelage - m, tablier - m
decline in pressure = diminution de pression - f
decommissioning = mise hors service - f
decorate, to = décorer, garnir (décorer)
decoration = décoration - f
decorative block = élément d’animation de surface - m
decorative terminal = couronnement - m
decoratives blocks = éléments d’animation de sur-
faces - m
decorator = peintre décorateur - m
decorator = peintre en bâtiment - m
decorator’s cradle = sellette de peintre - f
deductible = franchise - f
deep crack = crevasse - f
deep cutting = sciage en long parallèle aux faces - m
deep etch test = attaque macrographique - f
deep foundation = fondation profonde - f
deep pipe = tube plongeur - m
deep seal trap = siphon à grande garde d’eau - m
deep sink = timbre d’office - m
deep well pump = pompe pour puits profond - f
deep-cutting = refente - f
deepest dungeon = cul de basses fosses - m
deeply hollowed out = profondément rempli
deface, to = dégrader
defacement = dégradation
default = défaillance de l’entrepreneur - f
default = manquement à une obligation - m
default of contractor = carence de l’entrepreneur - f
defect = défaut - m, défectuosité - f, désordre - m, mal-
façon - f, vice (souvent “désordre” en construc-
tion) - m
defective = défectueux
defective fraction = défectueux (proportion d’élé-
ments)
defective materials = matériaux défectueux - m
defective work = malfaçon - f
defective workmanship = vice de fabrication - m
defective workmanship faulty construction = vice de
construction - m
defense wall(s) = rampart(s) - m
deferrization = déferrisation - f
deficit = déficit - m
deflect, to = faire flèche
deflected tendon = câble relevé - m
deflection = déflexion - f, flèche - f, fléchissement -
m, flexion - f
deflection at mid span = flèche au milieu - f
deflection at quarter span = flèche au quart - f
deflection curve = ligne élastique de flexion - f
deflectometer = déflectomètre - m, fleximètre - m, indi-
cateur de flèche - m
deflocculating agent = défloculant
deflocculation = défloculation - f
defoamer = additif-antimousse - m
deforestation = déboisement - m
deformability = déformabilité - f
deformation = déformation - f
deformation strength = résistance à la déformation - f
deformed bar = barre à haute adhérence - f, barre à
saillie - f, barre cannelée - f, barre crénelée - f, barre
déformée - f
deformeter = déformètre - m
degree of curvature = degré de courbure - m
degree of statical indeterminacy = hyperstaticité - f
degree of statical indeterminateness = hypersta-
ticité - f
degree-day = degré-jour - m
dehumidifier = déshumidificateur - m
dehydratation = déshydratation - f
delamination = décollement des plis de contre-
plaqué - m, détachement des couches - m, séparation
des couches - f
delamination strength = résistance au décollement - f
delayed elastic deformation = déformation élastique
différée - f, déformation élastique retardée - f
delivered on site = rendu à pied d’œuvre, rendu chan-
tier
delivered price = prix rendu - m
delivery = refoulement (pompe) - m
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delivery head = hauteur de refoulement - f
delivery pipe = tuyau de refoulement (pompe) - m
delivery pressure = pression de refoulement - f
delivery pump = pompe foulante - f
delta connection = couplage en triangle - m
delta connection = montage - m
delve, to = fouiller
demi-double strength sheet (UK) = verre demi-
double - m
demi-double strength window glass(US) = verre
demi-double - m
demi-double thickness sheet glass(UK) = verre demi-
double - m
demi-double thickness window glass(US) = verre
demi-double - m
demi-double thickness window glass(US) = verre
demi-double - m
demolish, to = démolir
demolition (UK) = démolissage - m, démolisse-
ment - m, démolition - f
demolition culvert = conduit de démolition - m
demolition materials = démolitions (débris)- f
demolition rubble (UK) = gravats - m, gravois - m
demolition site = chantier de démolition - m
demolition work = travaux de démolition - m
demolitionpermit = permis de démolir - m
demountable partition = cloison démontable - f
dense concrete = béton lourd - m, béton plein - m
dense -graded bituminous mix = enrobé-dense - m
dense-coated stone = enrobé dense - m
dense-graded bituminous mix = enrobé dense - m
densely packed soil = sol à architecture serrée - m
densely populated area = quartier dense - m
densified impregnated wood (UK) = bois imprégné
densifié - m
densified wood = bois densifié - m
density = densité - f, masse volumique - f
dental cement = ciment dentaire - m
dentil = denticule - m
depht of a course = hauteur d’assise - f
deposit = dépôt - m
deposited metal = métal d’apport - m
depositing under water = bétonnage sous l’eau - m
depot = cellier - m
depressed arch = arc déprimé - m
depression = baissière - f, cuvette - f, décaissé - m,
décaissement - m, flache - f, dépression - f
depth = ep (épaisseur) - f, épaisseur (ep) - f, épaisseur
de couche - f, hauteur - f, profondeur - f
depth gauge = calibre de profondeur - m
depth index = indice de profondeur - m
depth indicator = indicateur de profondeur - m
depth of a beam = hauteur d’une poutre - f
depth of cover (of pipe) = profondeur de la tran-
chée - m
depth of penetration = hauteur de fiche - f, profondeur
de fiche d’un pieu - f
depth of runoff = hauteur de ruissellement - f
depth ratio = indice de profondeur - m, rapport de hau-
teur à longueur - m
derby sticker = règle de plâtrier - f
derrick = chevalement - m, chèvre - f, écoperche - f,
grue - f, potence - f, treuil - m
derricking crane = grue à portée variable - f
descaling = décalaminage - m
description of work = désignation des ouvrages - f
description of work = désignation des travaux - f
description of work = devis descriptif - m
design = conception - f, de calcul, dessin - m, dimen-
sionnement - m, plan - m, projet - m
design and build = conception et réalisation - f
design assumption = hypothèse de calcul - f
design basis = hypothèse de calcul - f
design capacity = capacité nominale - f, capacité
prévue - f, résistance à admettre - f
design condition = données du projet - f
design development stage = étape de l’avant-projet - f
design document = étude (document d’) - f
design draftsman = dessinateur-projeteur - m
design drawing(s) = plan(s) d’étude - m
design heat loss = déperditions thermiques calculées - f
design load = charge à admettre - f, charge admise - f
design of concrete = dosage du béton - m
design office = bureau d’étude(s) - m
design properties = propriétés à admettre - f
design requirements = exigences de calcul - f
design speed = vitesse-type de marche - f
design storm = averse nominale - f
design strength = résistance à admettre - f, résistance
envisagée - f
design team = équipe de conception - f
design temperature = température de calcul - m, tem-
pérature imposée - f
design, to = concevoir, concevoir les plans, établir les
plans, projeter les plans
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designated parking = stationnement délimité - m
designed mortar = mortier spécifié - m
designer = concepteur - m, dessinateur-projeteur - m,
projeteur - m, projeteur calculateur - m, styliste - m
designing engineer = projeteur - m
desk window = guichet (banque, poste) - m
destruction = ruine - f
desurger = anti-bélier - m
detached = indépendant (logement), isolé
detached dwelling = maison simple - f
detached house = maison indépendante - f, maison
isolée - f, pavilllon - m
detail drawing = dessin de détail - m, dessin détaillé -
m, plan de détail d’exécution - m
detailed design = projet détaillé - m
detailed drawing = relevé d’architecture - m
detailed estimate = détail estimatif - m
detector = détecteur - m
detention = rétention - f
detention time = temps de séjour - m
detonating corde = cordeau détonant - m
detonating fuse = cordeau détonant - m
detonator = détonateur - m
developed land = terrain aménagé - mterrain
équipé - m
developed length = longueur developpée (tuyau) - f
development = aménagement - m, développement - m,
lotissement - m, mise au point - f, mise en valeur - f
development area = zone à urbaniser - f
development block = bloc - m, groupe d’habita-
tions - m, îlot - m
development of land = aménagement du terrain - m
development plan = plan d’aménagement - m, plan de
réalisation - m, projet d’aménagement - m
deviated borehole = trou de sondage devié - m
deviation = dérogation - f, déviation - f, écart - m
deviation from straight line of pipe = accident de par-
cours - m
deviator stress = contrainte déviatorique - f
device = appareil - m, dispositif - m, mécanisme - m
dew point = point de rosée - m
dewatered sludge = boue essorée - f
dewatering = assèchement - m, dénoyage - m, épuise-
ment - m, essorage - m, exhaure - f
dewpoint = point de rosée - m
diagonal = contrefiche - f
diagonal application = installation diagonale - f
diagonal arch = arc d’ogive - m
diagonal band = armature dans un plan diagonal - f,
armature diagonale - f, armature parallèle à une diago-
nale - f, bande diagonale - f,ferraillage diagonal - m
diagonal brace = barre oblique - f, contreventement
diagonal - m, décharge diagonale - f, écharpe - f,
entretoise diagonale - f, moise inclinée - f
diagonal bracing = écharpe de contreventement - f
diagonal buttress = contrefort angulaire - m
diagonal grain = fibre(s) tranchée(s) - f, fil tranché - m
diagonal louver = paralume - m
diagonal member = barre diagonale - f
diagonal rib = branche d’ogive - f, ogive (utilisé à tort
au lieu d’”arc brisé”) - f
diagonal sheathing = revêtement diagonal - m
diagonal slating = couverture d’ardoises en pointe à 2
épaulements - f
diagonal subfloor = sous-plancher diagonal - m
diagonal tie = décharge - f, lien diagonal - m
diagram = diagramme - m, schéma - m
dial gage = comparateur - m, comparateur à cadran - m,
indicateur à cadran - m, montre-comparateur - f
dial indicator = comparateur - m, comparateur à
cadran - m, indicateur à cadran - m, montre-compara-
teur - f
dial-type meter = compteur à cadran - m
diametral compression = compression diamétrale - f
diametral compression test = essai brésilien - m, essai
de compression diamétrale - m, essai de fendage - m
diametral tape = ruban gradué - m
diamond = pointe de diamant (dessin) - f
diamond core drilling = forage au diamant - m
diamond coring = forage au diamant - m
diamond cutter = pointe de diamant (outil) - f
diamond drilling = forage au diamant - m
diamond fret = pointe de diamant (dessin) - f
diamond mesh = treillis à losange - m
diamond point = pointe de diamant (outil) - f
diamond point chisel = grain d’orge - m
diamond pyramid hardness test = essai de dureté au
cône de diamant - m
diamond rock drill crown = couronne à diamants - f
diamond rustication = bossage en pointe de dia-
mant - m
diamond slate = ardoise carrée à deux épaulements - f
diamond spero-conical penetrator = cône de dia-
mant - m
diamond tape = ruban gradué - m
diamonding = déformation en losange - f, retrait en
losange - m
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diaphragm = raidisseur - m
diaphragm expansion tank = vase d’expansion
fermé - m
diaphragm plate = cloisonnage - m, raidisseur - m
diaphragm valve = robinet à membrane - m
diaphragm wall = mur mouluré - m, paroi moulée dans
le sol - f
diappearing stair = échelle escamotable - f
diatomaceous earth = terre à diatomées - f, terre d’in-
fusoires - f
diatomic filter = filtre à diatomées - m
diatomite = diatomite - f
diatomite brick = brique de diatomite - f
die = dé - m, dé à fileter - m, filière - f
die of pedestal = dé - m
die stamping = emboutissage - m
die stock = filière - f, porte-filière - m
dielectric = diélectrique - m
dielectric strength = rigidité diélectrique - f
difference in elevation = dénivellation - f
difference in level of supports = dénivellation des
appuis - f
differencial plunger deep well reciprocating pump
= pompe de puits profond à piston plongeur - f
differential block = moufle à poulie différentielle - f
differential hoist = palan différentiel - m
differential pressure = pression différentielle - f
differential pulley block = palan différentiel - m
differential settlement = dénivellation des appuis - f,
tassement différentiel - m
differential settlement of supports = dénivellation des
appuis - f
differential surge tank = cheminée d’équilibre diffé-
rentielle - f
diffuse porous wood = bois à pores épars - m
diffuse radiation = rayonnement diffus - m
diffused light = lumière diffuse - f
diffused radiation = rayonnement diffus - m
diffuse-porous wood = bois à pores disséminés - m
diffuser = paralume - m
diffuser (light) = paralume - m
diffuser grille = paralume - m
diffusion = défilement - m
diffusion vane = aube de diffusion - m
dig = fouille archéologique - f
dig with a shovel, to = prendre à la pelle
digested sludge = boue digérée - f
digester = digesteur - m
digester tank = cuve de digestion - f
digestion = digestion d’égout - f
digestion tank = cuve de digestion - f
digestor = digesteur - m
digger = excavatrice - f, pelle mécanique - f, terras-
sier - m
digging = creusement - m, fouille - f, terrassement - m,
travaux de terrassement - m
digging machine = excavatrice - f
dilapidated = délabré
dilapidation = délabrement - m
dilatation = dilatation - f
dilatometer = dilatomètre - m
dilute effluent = rejet dilué - m
dim = bois de dimension - m
dimension = cote - f, dimension - f
dimension plan = plan coté - m
dimension stock = bois d’échantillon - m, stock de
dimension - m
dimension stone = pierre d’échantillon - f
dimension timber = bois d’ échantillon - m
dimensional analysis = analyse dimensionnelle - f
dimensional coordination = coordination dimension-
nelle - f, coordination modulaire - f
dimensional stability = stabilité dimensionnelle - f
dimensional standard = norme dimensionnelle - f
dimensioned = coté
dimensioned drawing = plan coté - m
dimensioned plan = plan coté - m
dimensioning = dimensionnement - m
dimensioning saw = déligneuse - f
dimensions given by scale = dimensions à l’échelle - f
diminished arch = arc déprimé - m
diminishing piece = réduction - f
diminishing pipe = réduction - f
dimmed = en veilleuse (lumière)
dimmer = gradateur - m, interrupteur à gradation de
lumière - m, variateur - m
dimmer switch = variateur - m
dining area = coin repas - m
dining recess = coin repas - m
dip = déclivité - f, flache - f, inclinaison (géol.) - f
dip (of stratum) = pendage - m
dip trap = siphon renversé - m
dipper arm = bras de godet - m
dipper dredge = drague à cuiller - f
dipping = application au trempé - f
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direct access = accès direct - m
direct band = armature parallèle à un côté - f, arma-
ture parallèle à une arête - f, bande directe - f, ferrail-
lage au droit - m
direct bearing foundation = fondation directe - f, fon-
dation superficielle - f
direct bearing stress = contrainte pure aux appuis - f
direct compression = compression pure - f, compres-
sion simple - f, pression pure - f
direct current = courant continu - m
direct cylinder = ballon direct - m
direct expansion refrigeration = refroidissement par
détente directe - m
direct fire pressure = pression directe pour l’in-
cendie - f
direct fired water heater = chauffe-eau instantané - m
direct heating = chauffage direct -m
direct labour work = travaux en régie directe - m
direct radiation = rayonnement solaire direct - m
direct shear = cisaillement direct - m, cisaillement
simple - m
direct shear test = essai au cisaillement - m, essai de
cisaillement - m
direct stress = contrainte normale - f
direct tensile test = essai de traction directe - m
direct-fired air heater = aérotherme à chauffage
direct - m
direction = sens - m
direction of flow = sens d’écoulement - m
direction signal = lanterne de direction - f
directly on the ground = à cru
dirt = boue - f, déblai - m, terre - f, terre battue (sol,
route) - f
dirt mover (US)t = engin de terrassement - m
dirt moving (US) = terrassement - m
dirt road = route en terre - f
dirty mark = salissure - f
dirty water = eaux ménagères - f
disappearing ladderstairs = escalier escamotable - m
disassemble, to = démonter
disassembling = démontage - m
disassembly = démontage - m
disc foundation pile = pieu à disque - m
discharge = débit - m, décharge - f, déchargement - m,
déversement - m, évacuation (eaux usées, gaz
brûlés) - f, refoulement (pompe) - m, rejet (évacua-
tion) - m
discharge area = surface d’écoulement - f
discharge below window = soufflage en allège - m
discharge channel = goulotte d’évacuation - f
discharge into river = rejet en rivière - m
discharge lamp = lampe à décharge - f
discharge of combustion products = évacuation des
produits de la combustion - f
discharge pipe = descente - f, descente sanitaire - f,
tuyau de décharge - m, tuyau de refoulement
(pompe) - m, tuyau d’évacuation - m,tuyau d’évacua-
tion de W-C - m
discharging arch = arc de décharge - m, arc en
déchargé - m, voûte de décharge - f
discolouration = tache - f
disconnecting = mise hors circuit - f
disconnecting trap = siphon disconnecteur - m
disconnection = mise hors circuit - f
discontinuous construction = construction désolida-
risée - f, construction flottante - f
discontinuous impost = imposte avec pénétration
directe des arcs dans les piliers - f
discontinuous slab = dalle non continue - f
discontinuous slab = dalle non-continue - f
discount = remise - f
discrepancy of the results = désacord des résultats - m
dish = cuvette - f, déformation en cuvette - f
dish concentrator = concentrateur parabolique - m,
miroir parabolique - m, réflecteur parabolique - m
dished = bombé, cuvette (en...) - f, en cuvette
dished washer = cuvette - f
dishing = déformation en cuvette - f
disinfectant = désinfectant - m
disintegrator = broyeur - m
disintegrator pump = pompe dilacératrice - f
disk = déformation en cuvette - f
disk cutting = tronçonnage au disque - m
dismantle, to = démonter
dismantled = démonté
dismantling = démantèlement - m, démontage - m
dispersing agent = dispersant - m
dispersional analysis = analyse dispersoïdale - f
dispersional analysis = analyse granulométrique - f
displacement pump = pompe volumétrique - f
display cabinet = vitrine - f
display case = vitrine - f
display drawing = dessin de présentation - m, plan de
présentation - m
display plan = plan de présentation - m
display window = étalage - m
disposal basin = vidoir - m
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disposal bed = lit de dispersion - m, lit d’épandage - m
disposal container = benne de transport - f
disposal engineering = technique des eaux usées - f
disposition = aménagement intérieur - m
dissolved salt = sel dissout - m
dissolved solids = matières solides en solution - f
dissymmetry = dissymétrie - f
distance between centers (US) = espacement d’axe en
axe - m
distance between centres = entraxe - m
distance block = espaceur - m
distance piece = cale (entretoisement) - f, entretoise - f
distemper = badigeon (sur mur) - m, peinture à la
colle - f
distemper, to = badigeonner
distorsion = déformation - f
distorting strain = effort de distorsion - m
distortion = déformation par torsion - f, distorsion - f
distortion factor = facteur de distorsion - m
distributed load = charge continue - f, charge
répartie - f
distributed moment = moment réparti - m
distributing main (US) = ligne de consommateur - f
distributing rod = poteau de départ (élect.) - m
distribution = distribution - f
distribution bars = aciers de répartition - m, armature
de répartition - f
distribution board = tableau de départ - m, tableau de
distribution - m, tableau divisionnaire - m
distribution chamber = puits de tirage - m
distribution factor = coefficient de distribution - m
distribution grid = réseau de distribution - m
distribution of loads = répartition des charges - f
distribution reinforcement = aciers de répartition - m,
armature de répartition - f
distribution reinforcement bar(s) = armature de
répartition - f
distribution steel = aciers de répartition - m, armature
de répartition - f
distribution switch board = tableau de départ - m,
tableau de distribution - m
distribution system = réseau de distribution - m
distributor (UK) = ligne de consommateur - f
distributor brick = brique centrale (réfractaire) - f
distributor brick = brique de répartition - f
district = secteur (zonage) - m
district (UK) = quartier - m
district heating = chauffage urbain -m
district heating station = centrale de chauffage
urbain - f
disturbed = remanié (sol, terre)
disturbed soil = sol remanié - m
ditch = fossé - m, tranchée - f
ditcher = trancheuse - f
ditching = ouverture de fossés - f, terrassement pour
fossés - m
ditching machine = trancheuse - f
diversion = déviation - f
diversion scheme = ouvrage de détournement - m
divert, to = deriver, détourner
divide = ligne de partage des eaux - f
divided tenon = tenon divisé - m
divided-light door = porte-fenêtre à petit bois - f
divider = séparation - f
dividers = compas à pointes sèches - m
dividing box = boîte d’extrémité - f
division = cloisonnement - m, séparation - f
division bar = petit fer - m
division bar (US) = petit bois - m
division into plots = lotissement - m
division wall = mur de refend - m, mur de sépara-
tion - m, mur mitoyen - m, mur séparatif - m
division wall (US) = mur coupe-feu (sur toute la hau-
teur d’un immeuble) - m
D-line cracking = tressaillure - f
do not scale = ne pas appliquer d’échelle
dobbie = brique moulée à la main - f
dog = agrafe - f, clameau - m, crampon - m, griffe - f,
toc - m
dog anchor = clameau - m, crochet d’assemblage - m
dog ear = coin de mouchoir de toiture métallique - m
dog iron = clameau - m, crochet d’assemblage - m
dog shore = étrésillon horizontal - m
dog tooth pattern = dents de chien - f, dents d’engre-
nage - f
dogleg stair = escalier rampe sur rampe - m
dog-legged stairs = escalier à limons superposés - m
dog-legged stairway = escalier en zigzag - m
dog’s tooth = dent-de-chien - f
dogtooth course = assise en dent d’engrenage - f
dogtooth course = assise en dents de scie - f
dogtrot = passage couvert - m
do-it-yourself = bricolage - m
dolly = avant-pieu - m, chariot - m, garniture - f, man-
drin - m, tas (rivet) - m
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dome = calotte - f, coupole - f, dôme - m
dome brick = brique de coupole - f
dome cover screw = vis à cache-tête - f, vis à calotte - f
dome light = lanterneau d’éclairage zénithal - m
dome top = cache tête - m
domed end = fond bombé - m
domed vault = voûte en coupole - f
domelight = coupole d’éclairage - f
dome-roof tank = réservoir à toit bombé - m
domestic appliances = appareils ménagers - m
domestic architecture = architecture domestique - f
domestic building = bâtiment à usage d’habitation - m
domestic filter = filtre domestique - m
domestic gas grid = réseau de distribution de gaz
domestique - m
domestic hot water = eau chaude sanitaire - f
domestic premises = locaux d’habitation - m
domestic sewage = eaux d’égouts - f, eaux-vannes
domestiques - f
dominant estate = fonds dominant - m
dominant land = fonds dominant - m
dominical vault = voûte en arc de cloître - f
door = porte - f
door bolt = verrou à baïonnette - m
door buck (US) = prébâti - m, pré-cadre dormant - m
door bumper = butoir - m
door casement = bâti - m, bâti de porte - m, cham-
branle - m, dormant de porte - m, huisserie - f
door casing = chambranle - m, dormant de porte - m,
encadrement de porte - m
door chain = chaîne de sûreté - f, entrebâilleur - m
door cheek = poteau d’huisserie - m
door closer = ferme-porte - m
door control = portier électronique - m
door curtain = portière - f
door face = parement de porte - m
door fastener = targette - f
door frame = bâti - m, bâti de porte - m, bâti dormant
de porte - m, cadre de porte - m, cadre dormant - m,
chambranle - m, dormant de porte - m, huisserie - f
door frame anchor = patte (charnière) - f
door framing = bâti - m, bâti de porte - m, cham-
branle - m, dormant de porte - m, huisserie - f
door furniture = ferrure de porte - f
door handle = béquille - f, poignée de porte - f
door head = traverse dormante (cadre dormant) - f
door hinge = charnière de porte - f, paumelle - f,
paumet - m
door jamb = chambranle de porte - m, jambage - m,
montant de porte - m, montant d’huisserie - m, poteau
d’huisserie - m
door knob = bouton de porte - m
door light = surface vitrée (porte) - f
door lining = chambranle de porte - m, encadrement
de porte - m
door mat = tapis brosse - m
door mat well = décaissé pour tapis brosse - m, décais-
sement pour tapis brosse - m
door mullion = montant de battement - m
door opener = gâche électrique - f, portier électro-
nique - m
door opening = baie de porte - f, embrasure - f
door pocket = cavité - f
door post = jambage de porte - m, montant d’huis-
serie - m, poteau d’huisserie - m
door pull = bouton de porte - m
door set = ensemble de porte et huisserie - m
door sill = seuil de porte - m
door sill (UK) = seuil - m
door spring = ferme-porte - m
door step = pas d’access - m, arrêt de porte - m, cale-
porte - m
door thickness = épaisseur de porte - f
door unit = bloc-porte - m, unité de passage (porte) - f
door viewer = judas - m
doorcase = cadre dormant - m, chambranle de porte - m
door-check = ferme-porte - m
doorkeeper = portier - m
door-knob hole = fouillot - m
door-knocker = heurtoir - m
doorman = portier - m
doormat = paillasson (béton) - m, tapis-brosse - m
doorstep = pas de porte - m
doorstop = butoir - m
door-stop = heurtoir (porte cochère) - m
doorway = embrasure - f, entrée de porte - f
doorway width = passage libre de porte - m
dormant = traverse d’imposte - f
dormant tree = traverse d’imposte - f
dormer = chien assis - m, fenêtre en chien assis - f,
fenêtre en mansarde - f, lucarne - f, lucarne saillante - f
dormer cheek = paroi latérale de lucarne - f
dormer window = fenêtre de lucarne - f, fenêtre en
chien assis - f, fenêtre en mansarde - f, lucarne - f,
lucarne saillante - f
dormer-window truss = fermette - f
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Dortmund park = bassin de décantation de
Dortmund - m
Dortmund park = décanteur de Dortmund - m
Dortmund tank = fosse Dortmund - f
Dortmund tank = fosse Imhoff - f
dosing tank = bassin doseur - m
dot = plot (colle, plâtre) - m
dotted line = ligne en pointillés - f
doty timber = bois échauffé - m
double acting door = porte va-et-vient - f
double active = à double action
double angle = cornières adossées - f
double bevel butt weld = soudure en K - f
double cant brick = claveau - m
double course = doublis - m
double course = rang double - m
double cut = taille croisée (lime) - f
double decker screen = crible à deux étages - m
double door = porte à deux vantaux - f
double doors = porte à deux battants - f
double dovetail masonry tie = agrafe en double queue
d’aronde - f
double eaves = égout de deux pièces - m
double eaves course = doublis - m
double face nailing = clouage jumelé de face - m
double faced = double face - f
double fillet weld = soudure en gorge double - f
double fillister = refeuillure - f
double floor = plancher à solivage composé - m
double floor = plancher sur poutres - m
double gate = portail - m
double glasing = double vitrage - m
double glazed = à double vitrage
double glazed window = fenêtre à double vitrage - f
double glazing = vitrage double - m, vitrerie double - f
double header = chevêtre jumelé - m, linteau
jumelé - m
double house (US) = maisons jumelées - f
double hung sash = châssis à guillotine - m
double inlet fan = ventilateur à double ouïe - m
double integration method = méthode de la double
intégration - f
double J weld = soudure en double J - f
double lacing = treillis double - m
double leaf block = brique à rupture de joint - f
double lock = serrure à double tour - f
double measure = à cadre aux deux parements
double measure = à grand cadre, à moulures aux deux
parements, à petit cadre, assemblage à cadre sur deux
parements - m, cadre aux deux parements - ,
double member (wood structure) = moise - f
double partition = cloison double - f
double pitch roof = toit à pente double - m, toit en
croupe - m
double pole scaffold = échafaudage à double rangée
d’échasses - m
double prestressing = double précontrainte - f
double range = à deux lectures
double run = double volée - f
double sampling = échantillonnage double - m
double seal manhole cover = tampon étanche - m,
tampon hermétique - m
double section fan = ventilateur à double ouïe - m
double shell bathtub = baignoire à tablier - f
double shell bathtub (US) = baignoire encastrée - f
double sink = évier à deux bacs - m
double sliding elevator doors = portes parallèles à
volets articulés - f
double socket = manchon double - m
double spread gluing = encolage double face - m
double strength window glass (US) = verre double - m
double studs = poteaux jumelés - m
double studs = potelets jumelés - m
double suction pump = pompe à deux ouïes - f, pompe
à double aspiration - f
double swing door = porte va-et-vient - f
double tenons = double tenon - m
double tenons = tenon double - m
double thickness sheet glass (UK) = verre double - m
double thickness window glass (US) = verre
double - m
double timber lintel = linteau en deux pièces - m
double V butt weld = soudure en X - f
double winch drawworks = treuil double - m
double window = contre-fenêtre - f, fenêtre à double
vitrage - f, fenêtre jumelée - f
double-acting door = porte alternative - f
double-acting hinge = paumelle à double action - f
double-acting pile hammer = marteau-trépideur - m
double-bed filter = filtre à double couche - m
double-bevel butt weld = soudure en K - f
double-drum mixer = bétonnière à deux tambours - f
double-ferrule socket = douille à double bague - f
double-handed lock = serrure réversible - f
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double-headed nail = clou à deux têtes superpo-
sées - m
double-hung window = fenêtre à deux châssis
mobiles - f, fenêtre à guillotine (à contrepoids) - f,
fenêtre à guillotine à deux châssis mobiles - f
double-inlet fan = ventilateur à double ouïe - m
double-J butt weld = soudure en double J - f
double-J weld = soudure en double J - f
double-joisted floor = plancher à solivage composé - m
double-lap joint = moisage - m
double-lap slating = couverture tiercée - f
double-lap tile = tuile à double recouvrement - f
double-layer space structure = structure à résilles
superposés - f
double-leaf wall = mur à lame d’air - m, mur creux - m
double-lock seam = double aggrafure plate - f
double-lock welt = double aggrafure plate - f
double-main system = système à double conduite - m
double-pitch roof = comble à deux égouts - m, comble
à deux versants - m
double-pitched roof = toit à deux versants - m,toit
brisé - m
double-pointed pick = pic - m
double-pole scaffolding = échafaudage à double
rangée d’échasses - m
doubler plate = plate-bande - f
double-raised panel = panneau à table saillante aux
deux parements - m
double-return stair = escalier à première volée cen-
trale et deuxième volée double - m
double-sided lock = serrure bénarde - f
double-skin cladding = bardage double peau - m
double-strength sheet glass (UK) = verre double - m
double-swing door = porte à va-et-vient - f
double-tenon joint = assemblage à double tenon - m
double-tube heat exchanger = échangeur de chaleur
à tubes coaxiaux - m
double-V butt weld = soudure en X - f
doubl-hung sash = fenêtre à guillotine à deux châssis
mobiles - f
doubling course = doublis - m
doubling course (roofing) = rang de doublage - m
doubling piece = chanlatte - f, semelle de renforce-
ment - f
dough mixer = malaxeur - m
dovecote = pigeonnier - m
dove-cote = pigeonnier - m
dovetail = queue d’aronde - f
dove-tail = assemblage à queue d’aronde - m, assem-
blage en queue d’aronde - m
dovetail half-lap joint = assemblage à mi-bois à
queue - m
dovetail halved joint = assemblage à mi-bois à
queue - m
dovetail joint = assemblage à queue d’aronde - m,
assemblage à queue d’aronde - m, assemblage en queue
d’aronde - m
dowel = cheville - f, goujon (de bois) - m, goujon de
bois - m, goujon lisse - m, tampon - m, tenon - m
dowel action = effet de goujon - m
dowel hole = enlaçure - f
dowel joint = assemblage à peigne - m
dowel pin = goujon lisse - m
dowel screw = goujon fileté - m, tige filetée - f
dowelled tenant and mortise joint = enlaçure - f
down comer (UK) = descente d’eau de pluie - f
down conductor (UK) = descente de paratonnerre - f
downcomer = colonne descendante - f, descente plu-
viale - f
downdraft (US) = refoulement de cheminée - m
downdraught (UK) = refoulement de cheminée - m
downgrade = pente - f pente descendante - f
downhand position welding = soudage à plat - m, sou-
dage en position horizontale - m
downhand welding = soudage du haut vers le bas - m
downlighter = luminaire - m
downpipe = colonne descendante - f, descente plu-
viale - f
downsliding nappe = nappe d’écoulement - f
downspout = descente pluviale - f
down-spout (US) = descente d’eau de pluie - f
downstand = becquet - m
downstand = retombée d’étanchéité - f
downstand beam = poutre en retombée - f
downstream = aval - m
downstream cutwater = arrière-bec - m
downtime = immobilisation (engin, machine) - f,temps
d’indisponibilité - m
downtime = temps mort - m
dozey timber = bois échauffé - m
dozy timber = bois échauffé - m
draft = ciselure relevée - f, dessin - m, projet - m
draft (stone) = plumée - f
draft (US) = tirage - m
draft preventer = bourrelet - m
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draft standard = PN (projet de norme) - m, projet de
norme (PN) - m
draft stop = coupe-feu (CF) - m
draft stop (US) = CF (coupe-feu) - m
drafted margin = ciselure relevée - f, marge ciselée - f
drafting and design = études et plans
drafting costs = frais d’études - m
drafting table = table à dessin - f
drafts and estimates (US) = plans et devis - m
draftsman = dessinateur industriel - m
draftsman (US) = dessinateur - m
drag = peigne (finition de surface) - m, résistance à
l’écoulement - f, traînée (vent) - f
drag (US) = peau de crapaud (verre) - f
drag shovel (US) = pelle rétro caveuse - f
drag(US) = frottement négatif (pieu) - m
dragged = raboté (pierre)
dragline = dragline - f, pelle à benne traînante - f
dragline excavator = pelle à câbles - f
dragon beam = coyer - m
dragon tie = gousset - m
dragon tie = lierne - f
dragon tooth = dent de tranquilisation - f
drain = canalisation d’évacuation - f
drain = caniveau - m, collecteur - m, conduit de drai-
nage - m, drain - m, égout - m, égout privé - m, gar-
gouille - f
drain away, to = écouler (s’)
drain cock = robinet de purge - m, robinet de
vidange - m
drain ditch = fossé de drainage - m, fossé d’évacua-
tion des eaux - m
drain pipe = canalisation d’évacuation - f
drain pipe (above ground) = tuyau d’évacuation - m
drain rod = canne de dégorgement - f, dégorgeoir - m
drain sewer = égout (assainissement) - m
drain tile = drain de terre cuite - m, dureté de terre
cuite - f
drain trap = siphon d’égout - m
drain valve = robinet de vidange - m
drain well = puisard (puits perdu) –m, puits absor-
bant - m
drain, to = assécher, drainer
drainage = assainissement - m, drainage - m, évacua-
tion des eaux - f, évacuation des eaux usées - f
drainage area = bassin d’apport - m, bassin hydrogra-
phique - m, bassin versant - m
drainage bed = couche drainante - f, hérisson - m
drainage blanket = tapis drainant - m
drainage channel = canal d’assèchement - m, canal
d’écoulement - m, fossé d’écoulement - m, rigole d’as-
sèchement - f
drainage channel outlet = émissaire de drainage - m
drainage ditch = canal d’assèchement - m, canal
d’écoulement - m, fossé de drainage - m, fossé d’écou-
lement - m, rigole d’assèchement - f
drainage divide = ligne de faît - f
drainage easement = servitude d’écoulement des
eaux - f
drainage fill = couche drainante - f
drainage gutter = caniveau - m
drainage layer = couche drainante - f
drainage line = canalisation d’évacuation - f,
thalweg - m
drainage mole = pose-drains - m
drainage pipe = canalisation d’évacuation - f, tuyau de
vidange - m
drainage swale = creux de terre - m, fossé d’égoutte-
ment - m
drainage system = réseau d’évacuation - m, système
de drainage - m
drainage trench = rigole d’assèchement - f
drainage water = eau de drainage - f
drainage well = puisard (puits perdu) -m
draining = égouttage - m, égouttement - m, vidange
(condensat, huile) - f
draining board = égouttoir - m
draining off = vidange (condensat, huile) - f
drape (window) (US) = rideau - m
draped tendon = câble relevé - m
draught (UK) = tirage - m
draught contract = projet de contrat - m
draught excluder = bourrelet - m
draught inducer = accélérateur de tirage - m, ventila-
teur de tirage - m
draught standard = projet de norme (PN) - m
draught strip = bourrelet - m
draught-limiting device = coupe-tirage - m
draught-proofing = calfeutrage - m
draughts and estimates (UK) = plans et devis - m
draughtsman (UK) = dessinateur - m
draw a plan, to = tracer un plan
draw cock = purgeur - m, robinet de purge - m
draw wire = aiguille de terrain - f
draw, to = dessiner, reprendre, tirer, torer, tracer
drawback lock = serrure camarde - f
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drawbar pull = effort disponible au crochet - m
drawbridge = pont-levis - m
drawer dovetail = queue d’aronde semi-recouverte - f
draw-in box = chambre de tirage - f
draw-in box (UK) = boîte de tirage - ,f regard de tirage
(élect.) - m
drawing = dessin - m, dessin d’exécution - m, étirage
(verre) - m, plan - m
drawing board = planche à dessin - f
drawing lines = peignage fin (verre) - m
drawing office = bureau de dessin - m
drawing room = grand salon - m, salon - m
drawing schedule = plan d’études - m
drawing-in = tirage de câbles - m
drawknife = plaine - f, plane - f
drawn glass = verre étiré - m
draw-off = puisage - m
drawoff tap = robinet de puisage - m
drawplate = filière à étirer - f
drawshave = plane - f
dredge = drague - f
dredge, to = draguer
dredger = drague - f
dredging = dragage - m
drencher = drencher - m
dress, to = blanchir le bois, corroyer, dresser (une sur-
face), parer, régaler (talus), tailler
dressed = dressé
dressed (lumber) = raboté
dressed and matched = raboté et bouveté
dressed lumber (US) = bois corroyé - m
dressed stone = pierre taillée - f
dressed timber = bois raboté - m
dressed timber (US) = bois corroyé - m
dressed two edges = raboté sur deux côtés
dressed two sides = raboté sur deux faces
dressed with ashlar = encadré de pierre de taille
dressing = encadrement de baie en matière noble - m,
lissage - m, taille (pierre) - f, apport - m
dressing room = câblage - m
dressings = chaîne d’angle et encadrements en matière
noble - m
drier = siccatif - m
drift = broche d’assemblage - f
drift pin = broche d’assemblage
drift punch = chasse-clavette - m
drift test = essai d’évasement - m
driftbolt = chasse-boulons - m
drill = appareil de forage - m, foret - m, foreuse - f,
mèche - f, perceuse - f, perforatrice - f, sondeuse - f
drill bit = fleuret - m, mèche - f, taillant - m, trépan - m
drill core = carotte de sondage - f
drill ground = place d’armes - f
drill operator = foreur - m
drill press = perceuse à colonne - f
drill ring = appareil de forage - m, appareil de son-
dage - m, foreuse - f, sondeuse - f
drill rod = tige de forage - f
drill, to = forer, percer, perforer
drilled-in caisson = pieu caisson foncé - m
driller = foreur - m, sondeur - m
drilling = forage - m, perçage - m, perforatrice - f
drilling bucket = seau de forage - m
drilling contractor = entrepreneur de forage - m
drilling foreman = chef foreur -m
drilling log = journal de sondage - m
drilling machine = aléseuse - f, foreuse - f, per-
ceuse - f, perforatrice - f, sondeuse - f
drilling template = gabarit de perçage - m
drillman = foreur - m
drinkable = potable
drinking fountain = fontaine à boire - m
drinking water = eau potable (EP) - f
drinking water = EP (eau potable) - f
drinking water supply = AEP (alimentation en eau
potable) - f
drinking water supply = alimentation en eau potable
(AEP) - f
drip = coupe-larme - m, goutte d’eau - f, larmier (non
décoratif) - m, ressaut (chéneau, couverture) - m
drip cap = becquet - m, rejingot - m
drip cock = robinet-purgeur - m
drip grove = larmier - m
drip mold = larmier jet d’eau - m, rejéteau - m,
rejingot - m
drip moulding = larmier (non décoratif) - m
Drip proof = abrité (matériel, machine, etc.)
drip stone = larmier (non décoratif) - m
drip strip = bande d’égout - f, égout - m
drip tray = bac de récupération des condensats - m
drip, to = purger
dripping = bavure - f, égouttage - m, égouttement - m
dripping eave(s) = débord de toit dégouttant - m, égout
dégoutant - m, égout libre - m
drippings = égoutture - f
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drive = allée - f, passage - m
drive (UK) = allée pour voiture - f
drive a nail, to = enfoncer un clou, enfoncer une
pointe, battre un pieu, enfoncer un pieu, foncer un pieu
drive a screw home, to = serrer à bloc, serrer à refus
drive band = frette (de pieu) - f
drive gate = portail de garage - m
drive home, to = enfoncer à fond, enfoncer à refus
drive in, to = enfoncer (clou, pieu), ficher (clou, pieu)
drive point = pointe de pénétration - f, pointe fil-
trante - f
drive screw = clou torsadé - m, fausse vis - f
drive shaft = arbre entraîneur - m
drive shoe = sabot de pieu - m
drive to refusal, to = battre à refus, enfoncer à refus
drive tube = tube battu - m
driven gate hook = goujon à pointe - m
driven head = tête mâtée - f
driven pile = pieu battu - m
driven sampler = carottier battu - m
driven steel pile = pieu battu en acier - m
driven tube = tube battu - m
driven well = puits exécuté par battage - m, puits
foncé - m
driven-cast-in-place pile = pieu moulé dans le sol à
tube battu - m
driven-cast-in-situ pile = pieu moulé dans le sol à tube
battu - m
drivescrew = pointe fausse-vis - f, pointe torsadée - f
driveway = allée - f, passage - m
driveway (US) = allée pour voiture - f
driving = battage de pieux - m
driving cap = casque de battage - m, casque de pieu - m
driving die = bouterolle - f
driving formula = formule de battage - m
driving hammer = mouton - m
driving helmet = casque de pieu - m, casque de bat-
tage - m
driving leaders = jumelles de sonnette - f
driving leads = jumelles de sonnette - f
driving pulley = poulie d’entraînement - f
driving record = carnet de battage - m, rapport de bat-
tage - m, rapport de battement - m
driving rig = sonnette - f
driving tube = tube de travail - m
drop = baisse - f
drop = retombée - f
drop arch = arc brisé surbaissé - m
drop bottom bucket = benne à fond ouvrant - f
drop bottom skip = benne à fond ouvrant - f
drop caisson = caisson havé - m
drop ceiling = faux plafond - m, retombée de pla-
fond - f
drop chaining = cutellation - f
drop elbow = coude de plafond - m
drop escutcheon = cache-entrée - m
drop forcings = pièces matricées - f
drop guard = cache-entrée - m
drop hammer = mouton à déclic - m
drop height = hauteur de chute - f
drop in level = baisse de niveau - f, dénivellation - f
drop inlet = bouche d’égout - f
drop inlet = chute d’égout - f
drop key plate = cache-entrée - m
drop manhole = regard avec chute -m
drop moulding = moulure petit cadre - f
drop panel = gousset de dalle - m, panneau en
retombée - m
drop penetration test = essai au pénomètre dyna-
mique - m
drop siding = parement à mi-bois - m
drop system distribution = distribution en parapluie - f
drop tee = té de plafond - m
drop test = essai au choc - m, essai de résistance au
choc - m, essai de rupture par choc - m
drop weight test = essai de résilience - m
drop-arm barrier = barrière à bascule - f
drop-bottom wagon = tombereau à fond ouvrant - m
drop-in girder = poutre suspendue - f
drop-lamer = mouton - m
droplight = baladeuse - f
dropped ceiling = faux plafond - m
dropped curve = bateau - m
dropped girder = retombée de poutre - f
dropped panel = champignon - m, gousset de dalle - m,
panneau en retombée - m, panneau surbaissé - m, res-
saut vertical - m
dropping = égouttage - m, égouttement - m
drop-point slating = couverture d’ardoises en pointe
à 2 épaulements - f
drop-point slating (US) = couverture d’ardoises en
modèle carré - f
drops = égoutture - f
drum = tambour (colonne, coupole) - m
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drum mixer with reversing discharge = bétonnière à
contre-courant - f
drum screen = tamis rotatif - m
drum-head step = marche arrondie - f
drunken saw = scie circulaire oscillante - f
dry = gâché serré
dry bond = liaison à sec - f
dry bulb temperature = température sèche - f
dry bulb thermometer = thermomètre sec - m
dry chemical extinguisher = extincteur à poudre
sèche - m
dry concrete = béton peu mouillé - m, béton sec - m
dry construction = construction sans mortier - f
dry glazing = vitrage sans mastic - m
dry joint = assemblage à sec - m, joint vif (pierre de
taille) - m
dry kiln = four de séchage - m
dry lining = doublage sec - m
dry masonry = maçonnerie à sec - f
dry masonry = maçonnerie en liaison à sec - f
dry meter = compteur sec - m
dry partition = cloison sèche - f
dry pit = fosse d’assèchement - f, puisard - m
dry process = procédé à sec - m, procéde par voie
séche - m
dry residue = résidu sec - m
dry riser = colonne sèche - f, conduite sèche - f
dry riser inlet = prise d’incendie sur rue - f
dry room condition = condition d’ambiance sèche - f
dry rot = pourriture sèche - f
dry rubble = maçonnerie en pierres sèches - f, mur de
pierres sèches - m
dry run = essai à blanc - m
dry sand blasting = sablage sec - m
dry steam coal = charbon maigre - m
dry to stiff concrete = béton à consistence deterre
humide - m
dry wall = construction à mur sec - f, mur sans mor-
tier - m
dry wall construction = construction à mur sec - f
dry wall finish = finition à mur sec - f
dry walling = maçonnerie en pierres sèches - f, mur
de pierres sèches - m
dry well = puisard (assainissement) –m, puits d’égout-
tement - m, puits perdu - m, puits sec - m
dry, to = ressuyer (plâtre)
dry-bond adhesive = adhésif par contact - m
dry-bond adhesive = colle de contact - f
dry-bulb thermometer = thermomètre sec - m
drying = égouttage - m, égouttement - m, séchage - m,
siccatif
drying agent = déshydratant, siccatif - m
drying bed = lit de séchage - m
drying closet = armoire de séchage - f
drying cupboard = armoire sèche-linge - f
drying oil = huile siccative - f
drying power = pouvoir siccativant - m
drying shrinkage = retrait dû au séchage - m
dry-mixing glue = colle à dissoudre - f
dryness = siccité - f
dry-stone wall = mur en pierres sèches - m
dry-weather flow = débit d’étiage - m
dry-wheather flow = débit de temps sec - m
dual drum paver = bétonnière motorisée à deux tam-
bours - f
dual fuel = bicombustible
dual fuel boiler = chaudière mixte - f
dual main system = double réseau (eau) - m
dual-burning = à deux combustibles
dual-flow filtration = filtration à double courant - f
dual-fuel boiler = chaudière bi-énergie - f
dual-media filter = filtre à double couche - m
dual-purpose = à double usage
dual-system heating = chauffage bivalent - m
duckboard = planche à tasseaux - f
duckboards = caillebotis - m
duckfoot = patin - m
duckfoot bend = coude à patin - m
duct = buse (tronçon de canalisation) - f
duct = canalisation - f, conduit - m, conduite - f, four-
reau - m, gaine - f, gaine d’air - f, gaine de climatisa-
tion - f, galerie - f, passage pour canalisations - m
duct edge shield = manchon d’entrée de canalisation
(élect.) - m
duct network = réseau de gaines - m
duct opening = bouche d’air - f
duct rod = barre de tirage - f
ductile = dilatable
ductile iron = fonte ductile - f
ductilimeter = ductilimètre - m
ductility = ductilité - f
ducting = gainage - m, réseau de gaines - m
ductless hood = hotte à recyclage - f
ductwork = canalisation - f, réseau de gaines - m
dug well = puits citerne - m, puits ordinaire - m
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dull = mat
dumbwaiter (US) = monte-plats - m
dummy = damet - m
dummy joint = faux-joint - m, joint aveugle - m
dump = décharge - f
dump truck = camion basculant - m
dump, to = décharger, déverser
dumped fill = remblai en vrac - m
dumper = basculeur - m, benne automobile - f, benne
basculante - f, dumper - m, tombereau - m, tombereau
automoteur - m
dumping = basculement - m, déversement - m, vidage
(benne) - m
dumping area = décharge - f, décharge publique - f
dumpy level = niveau à lunette - m
dungeon = basses-fosses - f
dungeon = cachot de basse fosse - m
duo-face hardboard = panneau dur à deux faces
lisses - m
duplex apartment (US) = appartement en duplex - m
duplex control (of two lifts) = manœuvre en duplex - f
duplicate sample = échantillon dédoublé - m
duplicate service parallel-series distribution = distri-
bution mixte - f
duplication = dédoublement d’une installation - m
duration = durée - f
durometer = sciéromètre - m, scléromètre à rebondis-
sement - m
dust abatement = réduction de la poussière - f
dust collecting system = appareil collecteur de pous-
sière - m
dust collector = récupérateur de poussière - m
dust control = dépoussiérage - m, réduction de la pous-
sière - f
dust extraction = dépoussiérage - m
dust extractor = dépoussiéreur - m
dust filter = filtre à poussières - m
dustbin (UK) = boîte à ordure - f
dustfree = séchage hors poussière - m
dust-free time = durée de séchage hors poussière - f
dusting = farinage (béton) - m
dusting brush = brosse de dépoussiérage - f
dustlaying oil = huile antipoussière - f
dust-proof = étanche aux poussières m
dustproof floor = sol antipoussière - m
Dutch bond = appareil hollandais - m
dutch brick = brique de pavage - f, brique recuite
pour égouts - f
dutch clinker = brique de pavage - f, brique recuite
pour égouts - f
Dutch door = contre-hus - m, porte à deux battants
superposés - f, porte à guichet - f, porte à vantail
coupé - f, porte coupée - f
Dutch tile = carreau de céramique vernissé - m, carreau
glacé - m
dutchman = flipot - m
duty cycle = coefficient d’utilisation - m
duty load = charge utile - f
dwarf partition = cloison basse - f, cloison d’appui - f,
cloison naine - f
dwarf stud = poteau de remplage - m, poteau de rem-
plissage - m, potelet - m
dwarf wall = mur bahut - m, mur nain - m, muret - m
dwelling = demeure - f, habitation - f, logement - m
dwelling house = habitation familiale - f, habitation
familiale - f, habitation unifamiliale - f, maison d’ha-
bitation - f, maison unifamiliale - f
dwelling room = pièce habitable - f
dwelling unit = logement - m, unité de logement - f,
unité d’habitation - f, unité résidentielle - f
dye = teinture - f
dyke = remblai - m
dyke, to = endiguer
dynamic ball impact test = essai à bille - m
dynamic load(s) = charge(s) dynamique(s) - f, efforts
dynamiques - m, sollicitations dynamiques - f
dynamic penetration test = essai au pénomètre dyna-
mique - m, essai de pénétration dynamique - m
dynamic stresses = charges dynamiques - f, efforts
dynamiques - m, sollicitations dynamiques - f
dynamic testing machine = machine d’essai dyna-
mique - f
dynamite = dynamite - f
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ear = crossette de chambranle de porte - f, patte - f
earliest event occurrence time = temps au plus tôt - m
early gothic = haut gothique - m
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early romanesque = haut roman - m
early stiffening = fausse prise - f
early strength = résistance initiale - f
early wood = bois de printemps - m, bois initial - m
earth = terrain meuble - m, terre - f
earth (UK) = terre (élect.) - f
earth borer = foreuse - f, sonde - f, tarière - f, tire-
sable - m
earth circuit (UK) = circuit de terre - m, circuit mis à
la terre - m
earth connection (UK) = prise de terre - f
earth contractor = terrassier - m
earth dam = barrage en terre - m
earth electrode = prise de terre - f
earth embankment = remblai en terre - m
earth fault = défaut à la terre - m
earth leak (UK) = fuite à la terre - f, fuite à la terre - f
earth mass = masse de sol - f
earth mover (UK) = engin de terrassement - m
earth moving = mouvement de terre - m
earth moving (UK) = terrassement - m
earth network = réseau de terre - m
earth outlet (UK) = prise de courant à la terre - f
earth platform = terre-plein - m
earth pressure = poussée des terres - f
earth pressure at rest = poussée des terres au repos - f,
poussée statique au repos - f, pression du sol au
repos - f, pression naturelle des terres - f
earth pressure calculation = calcul de la force de
poussée - m
earth pressure computation = calcul de la force de
poussée - m
earth presure at rest = pression des terres au repos - f
earth rammer = dame - f, hie - f
earth ramming = pilonnage - m, soutènement de
terres - m
earth return circuit (UK) = circuit de retour par la
terre - m
earth table = embasement - m, empattement au bas
d’un mur - m
earth terminal = borne de terre - f
earth wire (UK) = fil de terre - m
earth, to = mettre à la masse, terre (mis à la...) - f
earth-and-rockfill dam = barrage en terre et enroche-
ment - m
earth-boring = foreuse - f, machine tarière - f, sonde - f
earth-cement mortar = mortier ciment-terre - m
earthenware = faïence - f
earthenware tile = carreau de faïence - m
earthing = terre (mise à la...) - f
earthing (UK) = mise à la masse - f, mise à la terre - f
earthmoving equipment = matériel de terrasse-
ment - m
earthmoving plant = engin de terrassement - m
earth-moving plant (UK) = engin de terrassement - m
earthquake = séisme - m
earthquake loadings code = règles paraséismiques - f
earthquake resistant = asismique, parasismique (PS),
PS (parasismique)
earthquake-proof construction = construction asis-
mique - f
earth-to-air heat pump = pompe à chaleur sol/air - f
earthwork (UK) = terrassement - m
earthwork balance = équilibre des déblais et rem-
blais - m
earthwork balance = équilibre des terrassements - m
earthwork contractor = terrassier - m
earthwork engineering = technique des ouvrages en
terre - f
earthworks in cut = terrassement en déblais - m
ease a beam, to = alléger une poutre
ease a load, to = decharger
ease a part, to = donner du jeu
ease an edge, to = délarder une arête
ease, to = adoucir une courbe
eased arris = arête arrondie - f
easement = servitude - f
easement curve = courbe de raccordement - f
easier path = chemin de moindre résistance - m
easing centres = allégement des cintres - m
easing wedge = cale de serrage - f
easing wedge = coin de blocage - m
East end = chevet - m
easting = gisement - m
easy to dig with a shovel = facile à prendre à la pelle
easy-go-lightly building = construction hasardée - f
eave = avant-toit - m, débord de toit - m, gouttière - f,
larmier - m
eave course = rangée de bordure - f
eave protection = protection du débord de toit - f
eaves = avant-toit - m, battellement - m, bord du toit -
m, débord de toit - m, égout (bord de toit) - m, égout
du toit - m, gouttière - f, retombée - f
eaves board = bordure de toit - f, chanlatte - f, lambre-
quin (toit) - m, volige chanlattée - f
eaves catch = chanlatte - f, congé de débord de toit - m
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eaves course = rang de pied - m
eaves fascia = bordure de toit - f, planche de rive - f
eaves gutter = chéneau - m, gouttière - f, gouttière pen-
dante - f
eaves height = hauteur de rive - f
eaves lath = volige chanlattée - f
eaves overhang = auvent queue de vache - m, queue
de vache - f
eaves plate = sablière de débord de toit - f
eaves slate = ardoise de chêneau - f
eaves soffit = soffite d’avant-toit - f
eaves soffit = sous-face de débord de toit - f
eaves strip = bande d’égout - f
eaves tile = tuile d’égout - f
eaves trough = chéneau - m, gouttière pendante - f
eaves wall = mur gouttereau - m
eaves-tile = tuile de battellement - f
EBC (emulsion of bitumen and cement) = EBC
(émulsion de bitume et ciment) - f
ebony = ébène - m
eccentric footing = semelle à charge excentrée - f,
semelle excentrée - f
eccentric load = charge excentrée - f, charge excen-
trique - f
eccentric loading = charge excentrée - f, charge excen-
trique - f
eccentric tapping = taraudage excentrique - f
eccentric weight = poids excentrique - m
eccentricity = excentricité - f
echinus = échine - f
eco house = maison autonome - f, maison écologique - f
economic percentage of steel and concrete = pour-
centage minimal des armatures - m
edge = arête - f, can - m, champ - m, chant - m, côté - m,
lisière - f, rebord - m, rive - f, rive (plateau) - f, tranche
(planche, panneau) - f
edge beam = logement locatif - m, poutre de rive - f
edge bearing = appui de rive - m
edge bedded = posé en délit
edge bedding = pose en délit - f
edge bedding (of ridge tiles) = embarrure - f
edge bend = voilement longitudinal de rive - m
edge cover strip = couvre-chant - m
edge crack = langue (verre) - f
edge cracking = fissuration en rive - f
edge distance = distance de rive - f
edge distance (rivets) = pince transversale - f
edge gluing = collage sur chant - m, encollage sur
chant - m
edge grain = débit sur maille - m
edge joint = assemblage sur champ - m, joint de fil - m,
joint longitudinal - m, joint parallèle au fil - m
edge jointing = assemblage bord à bord - m, collage
bord à bord - m
edge moulding = bande de chant - f, couvre-chant - m
edge nailing = clouage en biais à la rive - m
edge stress = contrainte au contour - f, contrainte de
rive - f
edge strip = bande de rive - f, couvre-chant - m
edge to edge (boarding, slating) = jointif
edge tool = outil à tranchant - m
edge trim = bordure - f
edged board = panneau avivé - m, panneau massi-
coté - m
edge-grain = maillé
edge-grain timber = bois débité sur mailles - m, bois
sur maille - m
edge-grained wood = bois maillé - m
edge-jointing adhesive = colle pour joints - f
edge-jointing cement = colle d’assemblage bord à
bord - f
edger = lissoir d’arête - m
edgeways = chant (de...) - m
edging = bande de chant - f, bordure - f, couvre
chant - m
edging strip = alaise de porte plane - f, bande de
chant - f
edgings = délignures - f
effective area = section utile ( armature, béton) - f
effective area of reinforcement = section utile de l’ar-
mature - f
effective area of reinforcement in diagonal bands =
section efficace des armatures diagonales - f
effective depth = hauteur utile - f, profondeur effi-
cace - f
effective flange width = largeur utile de la table de
compression - f
effective flange width = largeur utile du hourdis - f
effective length = longueur de flambage (colonne) - f,
longueur équivalente - f, longueur libre au flambage - f
effective section = section utile - f
effective size = taille effective (granulométrie) - f
effective span = portée utile - f
effective storage = capacité utile - f
efficiency apartment = studio - m
efficiency of absorption of smoke = fumivorité - f
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efficiency of smoke absorption = fumivorité - f
efficiency of smoke removal = fumivorité - f
efflorescence = efflorescence - f
egg and arrow pattern = oves et dards - m
egg and dart pattern = oves et dards - m
egg pattern = oves - m
egg-and-arrow pattern = oves et dards - m
egg-and-dart pattern = oves et dards - m
egg-crate ceiling = plafond en résille - m
egg-shaped sewer = égout à cuvette - m, égout ovoïde - m
egress = de sortie, sortie - f
eighth bend = coude au 1/8 - m, demi-coude - m
ejector = éjecteur (eaux, eaux usées) - m
ejector pump = éjecteur (eaux, eaux usées) - m
eke piece = alaise (charpente) - f, assemblage de ral-
longe (charpente) - m, embout de charpente - m, ral-
longe de charpente - f
eking = alaise (charpente) - f, assemblage de rallonge
(charpente) - m, embout de charpente - m, rallonge de
charpente - f
eking piece = alaise (charpente) - f, assemblage de ral-
longe (charpente) - m, embout de charpente - m, ral-
longe de charpente - f
el (US) = aile en retour - f
elastic = élastique - m
elastic curve = ligne élastique de flexion - f
elastic deformation = déformation élastique - f
elastic design = calcul en élasticité - m
elastic footing = semelle élastique - f
elastic frame = cadre élastique - m
elastic limit = limite d’élasticité - f, limite élastique - f
elastic method of design = méthode de calcul élas-
tique - f
elastic modulus = module d’élasticité - m
elastic range = domaine élastique - m
elastic recovery = détente élastique - f, revenu élas-
tique - m
elastic shortening = raccourcissement élastique - m
elastic strain = déformation élastique - f
elasticity = élasticité
elastic-plastic = élasto-plastique
elastic-plastic deformation = déformation élasto-
plastique - f
elbow = coude - m, crossette - f, raccord coudé - m, rac-
cord en équerre - m
elbow board = tablette d’appui - f
elbow board (US) = rebord de fenêtre - m
elbow connection = raccord coudé - m
elbow height = hauteur d’appui - f
elbow high = à hauteur d’appui
elbow joint = genou - m
electric arc = arc électrique - m
electric bell = sonnette électrique - f
electric board = tableau électrique - m
electric door opener = gâche électrique - f
electric drill = foreuse électrique - f, perceuse élec-
trique - f
electric fire = radiateur électrique - m
electric heater = radiateur électrique - m
electric insulation = isolation électrique - f
electric panel = tableau électrique - m
electric pump = électropompe - f, groupe électro-
pompe - m, motopompe - f
electric receptacle = réceptacle - m
electric welder = soudeur à l’arc - m
electrical bonding = liaison électrique - f
electrical connection = montage - m
electrical door-opener = portier automatique - m
electrical insulation = isolation électrique - f
electrical plant room = local électricité - m
electrical strike = gâche électrique - m
electrically operated = à manœuvre électrique
electricity grid = réseau de distribution d’électricité - m
electrodrainage = électrodrainage - m
electrolytic corrosion = corrosion electrolytique - f
electrovalve = robinet électromagnétique - m
elephant trunk = goulotte - f, trompe d’éléphant - f
elevated-temperature test = essai à chaud - m
elevated-temperature test = essai à haute tempéra-
ture - m
elevating grader = niveleuse élévatrice - f
elevating scraper = décapeuse à tapis élevateur - f
elevating scraper = décapeuse élevatrice - f
elevation = cote - f, cote de nivellement - f, éléva-
tion - f, façade - f, vue en élévation - f
elevator = ascenseur - m, élévateur - m, monte-
charge - m
elevator (US) = ascenseur - m
elevator door = porte palière (ascenseur) - f
elevator door locking device = verrouillage des portes
palières - m
elevator doors = portes palières - f
elevator hoistway (US) = gaine d’ascenseur - f, puits
d’ascenseur - m
elevator machinery (US) = machinerie d’ascenseur - f
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elevator pit = cuvette - f
elevator shaft = cage d’ascenseur - f
elevator shaft (US) = cage d’ascenseur - f, gaine d’as-
censeur - f
ell = coude - m, raccord en équerre - m
ell (US) = aile en retour - f
elliptical arch = arc elliptique - m
elm = orme - m
elongated hole = trou oblong - m
embankment = remblai - m, talus (en remblai) –m,
talus en remblai - m
embed, to = encastrer, enrober, envelopper, noyer dans
la masse
embedded = fiché, noyé (dans le béton)
embedded column = poteau encastré - m
embedded in concrete = enrobé de béton
embedded length = fiche (poteau) - f
embedded portion = partie enrobée - f
embedding = encastrement - m
embedment = enrobage - m, enrobement - m,
noyage - m
embellishment = enjolivement - m
emboss, to = graver en relief
embossed = gaufré
embossed finish = fini en relief, fini gaufré
embossed hardboard = panneau dur gaufré - m
embossing = bosselage - m, gaufrage
embrasure = ébrasement - m
emergency = fortune - f
emergency door = porte de secours - f
emergency exit = issue de secours - f
emergency generator = groupe électrogène de
secours - m
emergency measure = mesure d’urgence - f
emery cloth = tissu d’émeri - m, toile d’émeri - f
emery flour = fleur d’émeri - f
emissivity = émissivité - f
emittance = pouvoir émissif - m
employer = maître de l’ouvrage (MO) - m, maître d’ou-
vrage (MO) - m, MO (maître d’ouvrage) - m
empty = vide
emptying = vidange (fosse d’aisances) - f
emulsifier = agent émulsifiant - m, agent émulsion-
nant - m, émulsifiant - m
emulsifying agent = agent émulsifiant - m, émulsi-
fiant - m
emulsion gravel = grave-émulsion - f
emulsion of bitumen and cement (EBC) = émulsion
de bitume et ciment (EBC) - f
emulsion paint = peinture émulsion - f, peinture émul-
sionnée - f
emulsion sprayer = répandeuse d’émulsions - f
enamel = émail - m
enamel brick = brique émaillée - f
enamel paint = peinture émail - f
enamelled = émaillé
enamelled brick = brique de parement vitrifiée en cou-
leur - f
enamelled brick = brique émaillée - f, brique vernie - f
enamelled steel = acier émaillé - m
enbankment = levée - f
encase stanchion = poteau métallique enrobé - m
encase, to = revêtir
encased in concrete = enrobé de béton
encased knot = nœud encastré - m
encasement = enrobage - m, enrobement - m
encastered beam = poutre sur appuis encastrés - f
encaustic = tuile céramique - f
encaustic brick = brique de parement vitrifiée en cou-
leur - f
encaustic brick = brique émaillée - f, brique vernie - f
enclosed = hors d’air, protégé (élect.)
enclosed busbar = barre omnibus protégée - f
enclosed cutout = coupe-circuit à fusion enfermée - m
enclosed receptacle = prise de courant blindée - f
enclosed rotten knot = malandre - f
enclosed space = enceinte - f, espace clos - m
enclosed stair = escalier encloisonné - m
enclosed stairway = escalier emmuré - m, escalier
enfermé - m
enclosing = encloisonnement - m
enclosure = annexe (document, etc.) - f, armoire élec-
trique - f, carter - m, clôture - f, coffret - m, enceinte - f,
encloisonnement - m, protection - f
enclosure wall = enceinte - f, façade légère - f, mur de
clôture - m, mur de pourtour - m, mur d’enceinte - m,
mur-rideau - m
encroachment = empiétement - m, enhachement - m
encrustation = dépôt calcaire - m
encumbrance = charge - f
end = de rive (poutre, poteau)
end bracing = portique d’entrée - m
end cap (UK) = embout - m
end column = poteau de rive - m
end construction tile = bloc creux d’extrémité - m
end construction tile = brique creuse à perforations
verticales - f
end distance (rivets) = pince longitudinale - f
end dumping = vidage par l’arrière - m
end fixity = fixité d’extrémité - f
end fixity constant = coefficient d’encastrement - m
end floor beam = poutre de rive - f
end grain = bois en bout - m, veines d’extrémités - f
end joint = assemblage d’about - m, assemblage par
aboutage - m, joint d’about - m, joint d’extrémité - m,
joint en bout - m, joint en travers du fil - m, joint trans-
versal - m
end jointed timber = bois abouté - m
end joist = solive de bordure - f, solive de rive - f
end loading = chargement en bout - m
end match = bout embrevé - m, embrèvement
d’about - m
end matching = bouvetage d’about - m
end piece = embout - m
end plate = plaque d’appui (béton précontraint) - f
end play = jeu axial - m, jeu en bout - m
end restraint = encastrement - m, encastrement à l’ex-
trémité - m
end split = fente en bout - f
end tenon = tenon en about - m
end thrust = poussée axiale longitudinale - f, poussée
d’extrémité - f
end view = façade latérale - f, vue latérale - f
end wall = mur d’about - m, mur pignon - m
end-anchored reinforcement = armature munie d’an-
crage - f
end-bearing column = colonne travaillant en pointe - f
end-bearing pile = pieu à pointe portante - m, pieu
chargé à la pointe - m, pieu d’appui - m, pieu résistant
à la pointe - m, pieu travaillant en pointe - m
end-construction tile = bloc perforé à perforation ver-
ticale - m
end-fixed beam = poutre sur appuis encastrés - f
end-fixity = encastrement - m
end-fixity constant = coefficient d’encastrement - m
end-grain wood = bois de bout - m
end-lap joint = assemblage en équerre à mi-bois - m
endowed land = terrain cédé - m
end-stop = butée - f
end-supported beam = poutre appuyée aux extré-
mités - f
end-to-end = tenant-aboutissant
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endurance test = essai de fatigue - m, essai d’endu-
rance - m
energetic system = filière énergétique - f
energize, to = alimenter, exciter, mettre en service,
mettre sous tension
energy auditing = contrôle de l’utilisation de
l’énergie - m
energy auditing = vérification des bilans énergéti-
ques - f
energy balance equation = équation du bilan énergé-
tique - f
energy conservation = économies d’énergie - f
energy content = contenu energique - m, valeur éner-
gétique - f
energy equipment = équipement énergétique - m
energy feedstock = matière première énergétique - f
energy gradient = pente de la ligne de charge - f
energy input = intrant énergétique - m
energy of distorsion = énergie de distorsion - f
energy output = énergie produite - f, extrant énergé-
tique - m
energy planner = responsable de la planification éner-
gétique - m
energy recovery = récupération d’énergie - f
energy reporting = relevé de consommation d’éner-
gie - m
energy-intensive = à forte intensité énergétique
engaged column = colonne engagée - f, poteau fixé - m
engineer = ingénieur - m
engineer aide = aide-ingénieur - m
engineer for the works = maître d’œuvre (MO) - m
engineer for the works = MO (maître d’œuvre) - m
engineering = études - f, études techniques - f, ingé-
nierie - f, mécanique - f, technique - f
engineering achievement = réalisation technique - f
engineering behaviour = comportement méca-
nique - m
engineering brick = brique à resistance garantie - f,
brique pour mur portant - f
engineering company = société d’études - f, société
d’ingénieurs-conseils - f
engineering consultant = ingénieur-conseil - m
engineering data = données techniques - f
engineering department = bureau d’études - m,
service technique - m
engineering division = bureau d’études - m, service
technique - m
engineering fabric = géotextile - m
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engineering firm = société d’études - f, société d’in-
génieurs-conseils - f
engineering manual = aide-mémoire technique - m,
manuel technique - m
engineering office = bureau d’études - m, service tech-
nique - m
engineering practice = règles de l’art - f
engineering property = caractéristique géotech-
nique - f
engineering scheme = parti technique - m
engineering structure = ouvrage de génie civil - m
engineering study = étude d’ingénierie - f, étude tech-
nique - f
engineering work = ouvrage d’art - m
engineer’s chain = chaîne d’arpenteur - f
engineer’s level = niveau à lunette - m
English basement (UK) = sous-sol habitable - m
English bond = appareil alterné simple - m, appareil
anglais - m
English window = châssis à l’anglaise - m
enlarged footing = élargissement de pied - m
enrichment = ornement - m
entablature = entablement - m
entasis = renflement - m
entrained air = air entraîné - m
entrained bed = lit entraîné - m, lit mobile - m
entrance = entrée - f
entrance bushing = borne d’entrée - f
entrance cable = arrivée de câble - f, entrée de câble - f
entrance door = porte d’entrée - f
entrance gate = grille d’entrée - f
entrance hall = vestibule - m
entrance hall (UK) = hall d’entrée (hôtel, immeuble
de bureaux) - m
entrance sleeve = gaine d’entrée - f, pipe de tra-
versée - f
entrapped air = air occlus - m
entrenched = en tranchée, enterré
entresol = entresol - m
entry = prise (de palette) - f
envelope = enveloppe de l’habitat (solaire) - f, enve-
loppe d’une construction - f
envelope curve = courbe enveloppe - f
envelope of Mohr’s circles = enveloppe des cercles de
Mohr - f
environmental damage = atteinte à l’environnement - f
environmental heat = chaleur extraite du milieu - f,
chaleur tirée du milieu
environmental hygiene = hygiène du milieu - f
environmental pollutant = polluant du milieu - m
epoxy resin = résine époxyde - f
equal = égal - m
equal angle = cornière(s) à ailes égales - f
equal area projection = projection équivalente - f
equal-leg angle = cornière à ailes égales - f
equidistant map projection = projection équidis-
tante - f
equidistant projection = projection équidistante - f
equilateral arch = arc en tiers point - m, arc équila-
téral - m
equilateral roof = toit équilatéral - m
equilibrium = équilibre - m
equilibrium moisture = équilibre hygrométrique - m
equilibrium moisture content = teneur normale en
eau - f
equipement tunnel = galerie technique - f
equipment = équipement - m
equipment room = local technique (LT) - m, LT (local
technique) - m
equipotential pattern = réseaux des équipoten-
tielles - m
equipped with = équipé de
equivalent live load = surcharge virtuelle à répartition
continue - f
equivalent live load charge = charge uniforme équi-
valent - f
equivalent section = section équivalente - f
equivalent to Ordnance bench mark = repère de
niveau général de la France - m
equivalent uniform live load = charge uniforme équi-
valent - f, surcharge virtuelle à répartition continue - f
equivalent uniform load = charge uniforme équiva-
lent - f, surcharge virtuelle à répartition continue - f
equivalent uniformly distributed load (EUDL) =
charge uniforme équivalent - f, surcharge virtuelle à
répartition continue - f
erect, to = édifier, ériger
erecting brace = bras releveur - m
erecting crane = grue de montage - f
erecting crane = grue de montagne - f
erecting engineer = ingénieur en travaux publics et
bâtiments - m
erection = construction - f, édification - f, montage - m
erection crane = grue de montagne - f
erection diagrams = plans de montage - m
erection drawing = plan de montage - m
erection gang = équipe de montage - f
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erection weld = soudure de montage - f
erector = monteur de charpente métallique - m
erosion = érosion - f
escalation price = prix révisable - m
escalator = escalier mécanique - m, escalier roulant - m
escape = apophyge inférieure - f, échappement - m,
tuyau de chute - m
escape route = dégagement de secours - m
escape stairs = escalier de secours - m
escaped water = perte d’eau à l’exploitation - f
escarp = escarpe - f
escavator = pelle mécanique - f
escutcheon = bride de sol - f, cache-entrée - m,
écusson - m, entrée de serrure - f
escutcheon plate = cache-entrée - m
espagnolette = espagnolette - f
espagnolette bolt = espagnolette - f
esplanade = esplanade - f
estate (land only) = fonds de terre - m
estimate = devis - m
estimate = devis estimatif - m
estimate of cost = devis estimatif - m
estimate, to = estimer, évaluer, faire le devis de
estimated completion date = date prévue pour l’achè-
vement des travaux - f
estimates = prévisions - f
EUDL (equivalent uniformly distributed load) =
charge uniforme équivalent - f, surcharge virtuelle à
répartition continue - f
eutectic salts = sels eutectiques - m
evacuated tube = tube sous vide - m
evaporate cooling = refroidissement par évapora-
tion - m
evaporate, to = évaporer
evaporation = évaporation - f
evaporation coil = batterie évaporateur - f
evaporation rate = vitesse d’évaporation - f
evaporation tank = bac évaporatoire - m
evaporation to dryness = évaporation à sec - f
evaporative = par évaporation
evaporative condenser = condenseur à évaporation - m
evaporative condenser = condenseur à ruisselle-
ment - m
evaporator = évaporateur - m
evapotranspiration = évapotranspiration - f
even = égal - m
even grained wood = bois homogène - m
even ground = terrain égal - m
even texture = structure homogène - f, structure
homogène (bois) - f
even textured wood = bois homogène - m
even up, to = dresser (une surface), niveler
evenness = égalité - f
event = étape (chemin critique) - m
excavate, to = excaver
excavated material = déblais - m, masse de déblaie-
ment - f, matériau excavé - m, terres extraites - f,terres
provenant des fouilles - f
excavated section = tronçon de travail - m
excavated shaft with steel shell = pile-colonne havée
dans le sol - f
excavating = fouille - f, fouille en excavation - f, ter-
rassement - m
excavating machine = excavatrice - f
excavation = déblais - m, excavation - f, fouille - f,
fouille en excavation - f
excavation = terrassement - m
excavation calculation = calcul des déblais - m
excavation line = limite d’emprise de la fouille - f
excavation stake = piquet de repère - m
excavator = excavateur - m, excavatrice - f
excavator bucket = godet de terrassement - m
excaveted material (UK) = déblai - m
excelsior = copeaux - m, excelsior - m, fibre d’embal-
lage - f, vrillons - m
excelsior (US) = laine de bois - f
excentric moment = moment d’excentrement - m
excepted risk = risque réservé (assurance) - m
excess metal = surépaisseur - m
excess spoil = terres excédentaires - f
excess voltage = surtension - f
excessive drying = dessication - f
excessive drying = surdessication - f
excessive thickness = gras - m
exchange capacity = pouvoir d’échange - m
excluded = non compris
excluded risk = risques exclus - m
exfoliate, to = se déliter
exfoliation = exfoliation - f
exhaust = extraction (clim.) - f
exhaust air = air évacué - m, air expulsé - m, air
extrait - m
exhaust duct = conduit d’échappement - m
exhaust fan = aspirateur (de ventilation) - m, ventila-
teur - m, ventilateur aspirant - m
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exhaust hood = hotte d’évacuation - f
exhaust hood = hotte d’extraction - f
exhaust manifold = collecteur d’échappement - m
exhaust shaft = puits d’échappement - m
exhaust system = ventilation mécanique - f
exhaust vent = échappement - m, forage d’échappe-
ment - m
exhaust ventilation = ventilation par extraction - f
exhaust, to = épuiser des réserves
exhausted bath = bain usé - m
exhausted outlet = bouche d’évacuation - f
exhauster = aspirateur - m, aspirateur (de cheminée) -
m, ventilateur aspirant - m
exhaust-fan = ventilateur extrateur - m
exhibition = exposition - f
existing building = bâtiment existant - m
existing grade = niveau naturel - m
existing pattern of land use = zonage de fait - m
exit air = air rejeté - m
exit away = dégagement - m
exit stair = escalier de dégagement - m
exit stairs = escalier en dégagement - m
expand (a tube), to = mandriner
expand, to = dilater (se...)
expand, to = dudgeonner
expanded aggregate = granulat expansé - m
expanded burnt clay = argile expansée - f
expanded cement = béton expansif - m
expanded clay = argile expansée - f
expanded cork = liège expansé - m
expanded mesh = métal déployé - m
expanded metal = métal déployé - m
expanded metal fabric = métal déployé - m
expanded perlite = perlite expansée - f
expanded plastic = plastique expansé - m
expanded shale = schiste expansé - m
expanded slag = laitier expansé - m, mousse de lai-
tier - f
expanded steel pole = poteau en acier déployé - m
expanded-slag concrete = béton de laitier expansé - m,
béton de mousse de laitier - m
expanding cement = ciment expansif - m, ciment gon-
flant - m
expanding clay = argile gonflante - f
expanding metal lathing = métal déployé - m
expanding test = essai d’évasement - m
expansion = détente - f, dilatation - f, expansion - f
expansion attic (US) = combles aménageables - m
expansion bearing = appareil d’appui mobile - m, rou-
lement de dilatation - m
expansion bend = courbe de dilatation f, lyre de dila-
tation - f
expansion bolt = boulon de scellement - m, cheville à
expansion - f
expansion device = organe de détente - m
expansion joint = JD (joint de dilatation) - m, joint à
la dilatation libre - m, joint compensateur - m, joint de
dilatation (JD) - m, joint glissant - m
expansion loop = boucle de dilatation - f, courbe de
dilatation - f, lyre de dilatation - f
expansion rocker = rotule de dilatation - f
expansion roller = chariot de dilatation - m, rouleau de
dilatation - m
expansion sleeve = fourreau d’indépendance - m
expansion strip = bande de dilatation - f
expansion tank = vase d’expansion - m
expansion valve = détendeur - m
expansion vessel = vase d’expansion - m
expansive agent = agent expansif - m
expansive cement = ciment expansif - m, ciment sans
retrait - m
expansive force = force de gonflement - f, force d’ex-
pansion - f
expansive soil = sol gonflant - m, terrain gonflant - m
expelled air = air expulsé - m
experienced = confirmé
exploded view = vue éclatée - f
exploratory program = campagne d’exploration - f
exploratory survey = levé de reconnaissance - m
explose, to = exploser
explosion = déflagration - f
explosion proof = anti-déflagrant, antidéflagrant - m
explosion-proof fixture = accessoire antidéfla-
grant - m, appareil antidéflagrant - m, hublot antidéfla-
grant - m
explosive = explosif
explosive mixture = mélange détonant - m
expose, to = exposer, mettre à découvert, mettre à nu
exposed = apparent (maçonnerie)
exposed aggregate concrete = béton de granulat appa-
rent - m
exposed aggregate external face = béton apparent à
granulat exposé - m
exposed aggregate finish concrete = béton lavé - m
exposed building face = face exposée de bâtiment - f
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exposed concrete = béton apparent - m, béton
exposé - m
exposed face = parement vu - m
exposed grid = ossature apparente (plafond sus-
pendu) - f
exposed masonry = maçonnerie apparente - f
exposed panel = dalle de rive - f
exposed position = site exposé - m
exposed surface = surface à nu - f
exposing building face = face exposée de bâtiment - f
exposure = échantillon - m, exposition - f, orientation - f
exposure (US) = pureau - m
exposure of aggregate = dénudation - f
exposure risk = risque de voisinage - m
exposure to the weather = exposition aux intem-
peries - f
exposure to weather (US) = échantillon - m
expropriation = expropriation - f
extended surface = paroi d’échange à grande surface
(clim) - f
extender = blanc de charge - m, pigment de charge - m
extender pigment = pigment de charge - m
extension = agrandissement - m, extension - f, poste de
téléphone - m, prolongement - m, rallonge - f
extension (in time) = prorogation - f
extension area = zone d’extension - f
extension casement hinge = pivot à col de cygne - m
extension cord = rallonge - f
extension ladder = échelle à coulisse - f, échelle
double - f
extension lamp = baladeuse - f
extension lead = cordon prolongateur - m
extension piece = rallonge - f
extension stem = tige (d’allonge) - f,tige d’allonge - f
extensive projector = projecteur divergent - m
extensive projector = projecteur extensif - m
extent of core = largeur de noyau - f
extent, to = prolonger
extention = délai supplémentaire - m
exterior door = porte d’entrée - f
exterior finish = fini extérieur - m, finition extérieure - f
exterior finish = parement extérieur - m
exterior plywood = contreplaqué extérieur - m
exterior trim = boiserie extérieure - f
exterior Venetian blind = jalousie - f
exterior wall = mur extérieur - m
external = HO (hors-œuvre)

external access balcony = coursive - f
external cladding = habillage de façade - m
external cladding panel = revêtement - m
external dormer = lucarne sur le versant - f
external dormer window = lucarne sur le versant - f
external gangway = coursive - f
external hazard = risque externe - m
external jamb lining = tapée de persienne - f
external leaf = mur de façade - m
external staircase = escalier hors d’œuvre - m
external Vee joint = joint saillant en chanfrein
double - m, joint saillant triangulaire - m
external wall = mur de façade - m
external works = voirie et réseaux divers (VRD) - m
external works = VRD (voirie et réseaux divers) - m
extra work = travaux hors devis - m, travaux supplé-
mentaires - m
extract system = ventilation mécanique - f
extract ventilator = ventilateur à tirage - m
extract, to = arracher
extraction = arrachage - m, exploitation - f
extractor = aspirateur (de ventilation) - m
extractor fan = ventilateur aspirant - m
extrados = extrados - m
extradossed arch = arc extradossé - m
extrasensitive clay = argile extrasensible - f
extreme fiber = fibre extrême - f
extreme fibre = fibre extrême - f, fibres extrême - f
extruded aluminium = aluminium filé - m
extruded particle board = panneau de particules
extrudées - m
extruded section = profil extrudé - m
extruded water = eau expulsée sous charge - f
extrusion = extrusion - f, filage - m
extrusion of water = expulsion d’eau sous charge - f
eye = œil (peinture, volute) - m
eye bar = barre à œil - f
eye bolt = boulon à œil - m, piton à œil - m, piton - m,
boulon à bout percé - m, boulon à œillère - m, boulon
à œillet - m, ficheron - m
eyebrow window = fenêtre de faîte - f
eyescrew = piton - m, piton fileté - m
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fabric = GO (gros œuvre) - m, gros œuvre (GO) - m,
textile - m, tissu - m
fabric architecture = architecture textile - f
fabric bag filter = filtre à manche de tissus - m
fabric reinforcement = armature en treillis - f, arma-
ture en treillis soudé - f, grillage - m, treillis métal-
lique - m
fabric reinforcing = géotextile de renfort - m
fabricated = mécano-soudé
fabricated (as opposed to cast) = soudé
fabrication = façonnage (construction métallique) - m
facade = mur de façade - m, façade - f, fronton - m
face = façade - f, face (pierre de taille) - f, face appa-
rente - f, front d’attaque - m, pan - m, parement - m,
revêtement (brique, pierre) - m, tête de voussoir - f
face area = surface d’échange (batterie de climatisa-
tion) - f
face ashlar = pierre appareillée - f
face bedded = posé en délit
face bedding = pose en délit - f
face bend test = essai de pliage à l’endroit - m
face brick = brique de parement - f
face brick = brique destinée à rester apparente - f
face in compression = face comprimée - f
face in compression = parement comprimé - m
face in imitation brickwork, to = briqueter
face in tension = face tendue - f, parement tendu - m
face joint = joint de parement - m, joint en pare-
ment - m
face measure = mesure de face - f
face mix = mélange de parement - m
face mold = moulure de façonnage - f, panneau (taille
des pierres) - m
face nailing = clouage de face - m, clouage droit - m,
clouage perpendiculaire - m
face north, to = être orienté au nord
face of curb = contrebord - m
face ply = pli extérieur - m
face shovel = pelle en butte - f, pelleteuse-chargeur - f
face string = contre-limon - m, limon - m
face to be joined = surface à coller - f
face velocity = vitesse frontale - f (clim.)
face veneer = placage extérieur de contreplaqué - m
face wall = mur de façade - m, mur de face - m, mur
de revêtement - m, mur paré - m
face with brick, to = briqueter
facelift = ravalement - m, restauration d’une façade - f
face-side = côté de la face - m, parement - m
facet = facette - f
facet mirror = miroir à facettes - m
facework = revêtement (brique, pierre) - m
facing = boiserie de parement - f, panneau de pare-
ment - m, parement - m, pierre façonnée - f, planche de
parement - f, revêtement - m, revêtement - m, revête-
ment de façade - m
facing block = bloc de parement - m
facing bond = appareil de parement - m
facing brick = brique de parement - f
facing East = exposé à l’est
facing Eastward = exposé à l’est
facing panel = panneau de façade - m
facing tile = tuile de parement - f
factor = coefficient - m, dosage - m
factor of safety for a column = coefficient de flambe-
ment - m
factor of utilization = inverse du coefficient de sécu-
rité - m
factored (US) = pondéré
factoring (US) = pondération - f
factory = usine - f
fading = décoloration - f
fail, to = désamorcer (se)
failsafe = à sécurité intégrée, à sécurité positive, à
sûreté intégrée
fail-safe = à sécurité intégrée, à sécurité positive
failure = éboulement - m, écroulement - m, effondre-
ment - m, panne (machine) - f
failure (not by fracture) = ruine - f
failure (UK) = dérangement - m
failure by piping = rupture par renards - f
failure by plastic flow = rupture par écoulement plas-
tique - f
failure by pull = rupture par traction - f
failure by sinking = rupture par enfoncement - f
failure by subsurface erosion = rupture par érosion
souterraine - f
failure by sub-surface erosion = rupture par érosion
souterraine - f
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failure by tilting = rupture par rotation - f
failure line = ligne de rupture - f
failure load = charge de rupture - f, charge limite - f
failure of a component = ruine d’une pièce - f
failure of adhesion = décollement - m
failure plane = plan de rupture - m
failure strain = déformation de rupture - f
failure stress = contrainte de rupture - f
failure to complete = inachèvement des travaux - m
failure wedge = prisme de glissement - m
fair = net (droit) - m
fair end = net (droit) - m
fair face = belle face - f
fairface from the form = net de décoffrage - m
fair-faced concrete = béton apparent - m, béton de
parement - m, béton exposé - m
fall = baisse - f, chute - f, déclivité - f, éboulement - m,
inclinaison - f, pente - f, pente(tuyau) - f
fall block = mouton - m
fall in, to = écrouler, s’
fall into ruin(s), to = tomber en ruine(s)
fall of pipe = chute - f
fall, to = tomber
fallen earth = éboulis - m
falling weight test = essai de choc vertical en chute
libre - m
falling-in = éboulement - m
false = fausse - f
false arch = arc en tas-de-charge - m
false bearing = faux appui - m
false bed = délit - m
false bottom = faux plancher - m
false ceiling = faux plafond - m, plafond flottant - m
false door = fausse porte - f
false header = fausse boutique - f, fausse boutisse - f
false heartwood = faux cœur - m
false joint = joint feint - m
false roof = faux comble - m
false sap = faux aubier - m
false set = fausse prise - f
false tongue = fausse languette - f
false trip = déclenchement inopiné - m
false window = fausse fenêtre - f
false work = ouvrage provisoire - m
family abode = maison familiale - f
family house = maison familiale - f
family housing = habitations familiales - f fatigue test = essai de fatigue - m, essai d’endu-
family housing = logements familiaux - m rance - m
fan = auvent - m, ventilateur - m fatigue tester = machine de fatigue - f, machine d’en-
durance - f, machine d’essai de fatigue - f, machine
fan heater = radiateur soufflant - m d’essai d’endurance - f
fan nozzle = buse à fente - f fatigue testing machine = machine de fatigue - f,
fan vault = voûte en éventail - f machine d’endurance - f, machine d’essai de fatigue - f,
fan-coil unit = ventilo-convecteur - m machine d’essai d’endurance - f
fanlight = chien assis - m fatty = gras
fanlight = imposte en éventail - f, vasistas - m fatty clay = argile grasse - f
fanlight opener = ferme-imposte - m faucet (US) = robinet (appareil sanitaire) - m
farm = ferme - f faucet pipe = tuyau à emboîtement - m
farmhouse = ferme - f fault = désordre - m
fascia = architrave - f, archivolte - f, bordure de toit - f, fault finding = dépannage - m
corniche - f, enseigne - f, panneau d’entablement - m fault fold = pli faille - m
fascia (of column) = fasce - f fault heave = rejet horizontal - m
fascia board = lambrequin (toit) - m, planche fault line = ligne de faille - f
côtière - f, planche de rive - f
fault plane = plan de faille - m
fascine = fascine - f
fault throw = rejet de faille - m
fascine work = fascinage - m
faulted area = zone de failles - f
fast pin hinge = charnière à broche rivée - f
faulty construction = vice de construction - m
fast pulley = poulie fixe - f
faulty workmanship = malfaçon - ,f vice de fabrica-
fast sheet = châssis dormant - m, châssis fixe - m, dor- tion - m
mant - m
fauton = ancre - f
fasten, to = assujettir, attacher, fixer
feasability study = étude de faisabilité - f
fastener = agrafe - f, attache - f, connexion - f, crochet
feather = clavette - f, couvre-joint - m, languette
de fixation - m, fixation - f, liaison - f, loqueteau - m,
(menuiserie) - f, languette linguiforme - f
organe d’assemblage - m, taquet - m
feather edge = feuillure - f, planche à clin - f, planche
fastening = attache - f, fixation - f, pièce d’attache - f
méplate - f, rive amincie - f
fastening bolt = boulon de fixation - m, crémone - f,
feather edged board = bardage en clins - m, planche
dispositif de fermeture - m
à clin - f
fastening collar = bride de serrage - f, collier de fixa-
feather joint = assemblage à fausse languette - m
tion - m
feather plane = rabot à languette - m
fastening device = fixation - f
featheredge = bord aminci - m, bord en biseau - m
fastening devices = pièces et outils de fixation
featheredge brick = brique à couteau - f, brique en
fast-grown = à couches larges
coin - f
fast-track = construction en régime accéléré - f
featheredge coping = chaperon en glacis - m
fat = gras
feather-edge coping = couronnement biseauté - m
fat concrete = béton gras - m
feather-edged weather boards = bardage en clins - m
fat edge = surépaisseur en bordure (peinture) - f
feathering = amincissement - m, fini des joints - m,
fat lime = chaux grasse - f lobe d’un arc - m, rattrapage - m
fat mortar = mortier gras - m feather-joint = joint à languette et rainure - m
fat spot = embu - m feed = alimentation - f, dosage - m
fathom = brasse - f, toise - f feed and return = aller et retour (plomberie) - m
fatigue = fatigue - f feed line = tuyau de prise d’eau - m
fatigue ratio = rapport de fatigue - m feed pipe = tuyau d’arrivée (chaudière) - m, tuyau de
fatigue strength = résistance à la fatigue - f prise d’eau - m, amenée d’eau - f
fatigue strength reduction factor = coefficient d’effet feed pump = pompe alimentaire - f, pompe d’alimen-
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feed tank = bâche d’alimentation - f, nourrice - f, réser-
voir nourrice - m
feed water = arrivée d’eau - f
feed water tank = bâche alimentaire - f
feed wire = fil d’amenée de courant - m
feedback control = commande asservie - f
feed-chute = glissoir d’alimentation - m
feeder = artère - f, câble d’alimentation - m, colonne
montante - f, départ - m, doseur - m, feeder - m, nour-
rice de distribution - f
feeder box = boîte d’artère - f
feeding hopper = entonnoir - m
feeler gauge = calibre d’épaisseur - m
fees = honoraires d’architecte - m
feint = biseau - m, bord rabattu - m
felt = feutre - m
felt paper = papier feutre - m, papier-feutre - m
felt-faced float = bouclier feutré - m
female = femelle
female thread = filet femelle - m
female threaded = avec un filet intérieur
female union = raccord femelle - m
fence = barrière (clôture) - f, clôture - f, enceinte - f
fence in, to = enclore
fence picket = pieu - m, pilot - m, pilotis - m
fence post with wire reel = piquet de support d’enrou-
leur - m
fence wire = fil de fer pour clôtures - m
fencing = bardage (clôture) - m, clôturage - m, clô-
ture - f, clôtures - f
fencing and gates = clôtures et grilles - f
fender = chasse roue - m, galerie de foyer - f, galerie
du foyer - f, garde-feu - m
fender wall = galerie de foyer - f
fenestration = fenêtrage - m
fenwick = chariot élévateur - m, gerbeuse - f
feretory = fierte - f
fermentation tank = chambre de fermentation - f, cuve
de fermentation - f
ferrel = ferrure - f
ferroconcrete = BA (béton armé), béton armé (BA) - m
ferro-concrete = béton ferreux - m
ferrous metal = métal ferreux - m
ferrule = bague - f, frette - f, virole - f
ferrule splice = enture à frette - f
ferrule, to = fretter
festoon = feston - m, guirlande - f
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festooned cable = guirlande - f
fiber (US) = fibre - f
fiber concrete = béton de ciment et de fibres - m
fiber pipe = tuyau d’amiante - m
fiberboard = carton fibre - m, fibre - f, isorel dur - m,
panneau de fibres agglomérées - m, plaque d’isorel
dur - f
fiberboard (US) = panneau de fibres - m, panneau de
fibres tendre - m
fibered plaster = plâtre armé de fibres - m
fibre (UK) = fibre - f
fibre board = panneau de fibres agglomérées - m
fibre building board = panneau de fibres agglomé-
rées - m
fibre building board (UK) = panneau de fibres - m
fibre washer = rondelle en fibre - f
fibreboard = aggloméré - m
fibreboard (UK) = panneau de fibres - m
fibreglass = fibre de verre - f, fibres de verre - f
fibrous concrete = béton armé de fibres - m, béton
fibreux - m
fibrous fracture = cassure fibreuse - f, rupture à nerf - f
fibrous glass = verre fibré - m
fibrous plaster = enduit fibreux - m, plâtre armé de
fibres - m
fibrous plasterwork = staff - m
fiducial line = ligne de foi - f
field = chantier - m, de chantier, table (panneau de
menuiserie) - f
field angle = angle de champ - m
field book = carnet de relevés - m
field drain = drain agricole - m
field engineer = ingénieur de chantier - m
field location = implantation sur le chantier - f
field office = bureau de chantier - m
field rivet = rivet de chantier - m
field shop = atelier mobile de chantier - m
field staff = personnel de chantier - m
field stone = moellon - m
field superintendent = directeur de chantier - m
field survey = étude de terrain - f
field test = essai de chantier - m, essai sur le chan-
tier - m, essai sur le terrain - m
field tile = drain agricole - m, drain de terre cuite - m,
dureté de terre cuite - f
field welding = soudage au chantier - m
field work = travaux sur le terrain - m
fielding = table (panneau de menuiserie) - f
figure of eight stair = escalier en huit - m
figured dimensions = dimensions chiffrées - f
figured wood = bois madré - m
file = lime - f
filing machine = limeuse - f
filings = limaille - f
fill = fourrure - f, remblai - m, terre de remplissage - f
fill a joint with mortar, to = bourrer un joint de
mortier - m
fill cracks, to = obturer (fissures)
fill in, to = combler, reboucher (tranchée)
fill line = tuyauterie de remplissage - f
fill material = matériaux de remblayage - m, matériaux
de remplissage - m
fill the joints, to = ficher (pierre)
fill up, to = remblayer
fill, to = boucher les fissures, garnir (remplir)
filled ground = terrain remblayé - m
filler = bouche-pores - m, brique creuse de remplis-
sage - f, charge - f, ciment à boucher - m, filler - m,
fines - f, fourrure - f, matière de chrage - f
filler (UK) = mastic à reboucher - m, reboucheur (pour
plâtre) - m
filler block = fourrure - f
filler block = hourdis (plancher) - m
filler concrete = béton de remplissage - m
filler metal = métal d’apport - m
filler piece = blocage - m
filler rod = baguette d’apport (soudage) - f
filler slip = fourrure - f
filler stone = libage - m
fillerjoist floor = plancher à solives de remplissage - m
fillet = astragale - m, baguette - f, bandeau - m,
congé - m, cordon - m, filet - m, languette - f, listeau - m,
listel - m, moulure - f, nerf - m, tasseau - m
fillet (of cement, mortar or plaster) = solin - m
fillet gutter = solin - m
fillet moulding = baguette - f
fillet support = porte solin
fillet weld = cordon de soudure - m, soudure à congé - f,
soudure à nervure - f, soudure d’angle - f, soudure en
gorge - f
fillet weld overlap = soudure à clin - f
fillet welding = cordon de soudure - m
fillet-like architrave = baguette - f
filling = bourrage - m, garniture (remplissage) - f, mas-
ticage - m, remblayage - m, remplissage - m
filling in (large cracks and cavities) = rebouchage - m
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filling knife = couteau de peintre - m
filling material = matériau de remblai - m, matériau de
remplissage - m, remblai - m
filling paste = badigeon - m
filling piece = fourrure - f
fillister = feuillure - f, feuillure extérieure de vitrage - f,
rabot debout - m
fillister plane = feuilleret - m
film = feuil (béton peinture) - m
film forming = filmogène - m
film glue = colle en feuille - f
filter = filtre - m
filter aid = adjuvant de filtration - m
filter bed = bassin de filtration - m, lit filtrant - m
filter canister = cartouche filtrante - f
filter cartridge = cartouche filtrante - f
filter cloth = tissu filtrant - m
filter efficiency = rendement d’un filtre - m
filter gallery = galerie des filtres - f
filter hose = manche filtrante - f
filter layer = tapis filtrant - m
filter medium = milieu filtrant - m
filter well = puits filtrant (fouille) - m
filtering = filtrage - m
filtering concrete = béton filtrant - m
filtrate = filtrat - m
filtration = filtrage - m
fin = ailette de radiateur - f, balèvre de béton banché - f,
bavure - f, ébarbure - f
final acceptance = réception définitive - f
final coat = couche de finition - f
final coat plaster = plâtre de surfaçade - m
final creep = fluage à vitesse constante - m
final date = date de début - f
final drawing = projet d’exécution - m
final estimate = décompte définitif - m, décompte
final - m
final finish = travaux de finition - m
final grade (US) = niveau de terrain fini - m, niveau des
terrassements - m, niveau ou surface du terrain défi-
nitif - m, sol définitif - m
final grading = régalage - m
final plan = plan définitif - m, projet définitif - m
final set = fin de prise - f
final settlement = tassement définitif - m
final settling basin = décanteur secondaire clarifica-
teur - m
fine = fin - m
fine aggregate = agrégat fin - m, granulat fin - m
fine building plaster = PFC (plâtre fin de construc-
tion) - m, plâtre de fin de construction - m, plâtre fin de
construction - m
fine clay = argile fine - f
fine concrete filling = béton fin - m
fine grader = régaleuse - f
fine grading = régalement de finition - m
fine grading (of ground) = régalage - m
fine grain = fil à fines veines - m, fil fin - m, fil
serré - m, grain fin - m
fine grained wood = bois fin - m
fine gravel = gravillon - m
fine grown wood = bois fin - m
fine polishing = finissage - m
fine rake = grille fine - f
fine sand = sable à lapin - m, sable fin - m, sablon - m
fine stuff = plâtre fin - m
fine texture = grain fin - m, structure fine - f
fine textured wood = bois fin - m
fine trim = boiserie - f
fine tuning = réglage de précision - m
fine-grown = à couches minces
fines = éléments fins - m, fines - f, particules fines - f
finger guard = bourrelet anti pince doigts - m
finger joint = assemblage à entures multiples - m
finger plate = plaque de propreté - f
finial = épi - m, faîteau - m, fleuron - m
fining works = affinerie - f
finish = enduit - m, fini - m, finition - f, revêtement - m,
taille (pierre) - f
finish (ed) floor = plancher fini - m
finish board = boiserie - f
finish frame = cadre de finition - m
finish grade = sol fini - m
finish grade (US) = niveau ou surface du terrain défi-
nitif - m
finish grading = régalement de finition - m
finish grain = niveau à atteindre - m, niveau définitif
au sol - m, niveau fini du sol - m
finish hardware = serrurerie de bâtiment - f
finish off, to (wall) = ragréer
finish outer string = contre-limon -m
finish plaster = enduit de finition - m, plâtre de fini-
tion - m
finish size = dimensions à obtenir - f, dimensions défi-
nitives - f
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finish string = contre-limon -m
finish work = travaux de finissage - m, travaux de fini-
tion - m
finished floor level = niveau fini du sol - m, sol fini - m
finished grade = niveau de terrain fini - m, sol fini - m
finished grain = niveau à atteindre - m, niveau définitif
au sol - m, niveau fini du sol - m
finished ground level = niveau de terrain fini - m
finished size = dimension finie - f
finisher = finisseur - m
finishing = finissage - m, finition - f, finitions - f, lis-
sage - m
finishing carpentry (US) = menuiserie - f
finishing coat = couche de finition - f, couche finale - f
finishing coat = enduit de surfaçage - m
finishing machine = finisseur - m, finisseur routier - m,
finisseuse - f
finishing nail = pointe à tête homme - f
finishing plaster = plâtre fin - m
finishing trade = corps d’état secondaire - m
finishing trades = second œuvre - m
finishing work = second œuvre - m
finishings = ouvrages d’achèvement - m, second
œuvre - m
Fink truss = ferme Polonceau - f
finned tube = tube à ailettes - m
fins = ailetage - m
fin-type point pile = pieu tube à ailettes - m
fir = abiès - m
fire alarm = alarme d’évacuation d’urgence - f
fire alarm = avertisseur d’incendie - m
fire alarm call point = coffret d’alarme d’incendie - m
fire back = cœur (cheminée) - m
fire bar = barreau de grille - f
fire barrier = séparation ignifuge - f
fire behaviour = comportement au feu - m
fire bent = trappe de désenfumage - f
fire board = rideau de cheminée - m, tablier de che-
minée - m
fire brace = coupe-feu (CF) - m, pare-feu - m
fire brick = brique d’argile réfractaire - f, brique réfrac-
taire - f
fire cement = ciment réfractaire -m
fire check = CF (coupe-feu) - m
fire clay = terre réfractaire - f
fire clay refractory = brique d’argile réfractaire - f
fire damage report = état des lieux - m
fire damper = clapet coupe-feu - m
fire detection = détection incendie - f
fire door = porte coupe-feu - f, porte ignifuge - f, porte
pare-feu - f
fire drill = exercice d’évacuation - m
fire end = têtière - f
fire escape = échelle de sauvetage - f
fire escape = escalier de sauvetage - m, escalier de
secours - m
fire escape stair = escalier de secours - m
fire exit = issue de secours - f
fire extinguisher = extincteur d’incendie - m
fire extinguishing system = protection automatique
contre l’incendie - f
fire frame = retrécissement (cheminée) - m
fire grading = classement au feu - m, stabilité au feu - f
fire grate = grille de foyer - f
fire hazard = risque d’incendie - m
fire hose = lance d’incendie - f, manche d’incendie - f,
tuyau d’incendie - m
fire hose reel = RIA (robinet d’incendie armé) - m,
robinet d’incendie armé (RIA) - m
fire hydrant = poteau d’incendie - m, prise d’eau
(incendie) - f
fire ladder = échelle de sauvetage - f, échelle d’in-
cendie - f
fire line = réseau d’incendie - m
fire load = charge d’incendie - f, potentiel calori-
fique - m
fire nozzle = lance d’incendie - f
fire partition = cloison ignifuge - f
fire performance = comportement au feu - m
fire place = cheminée ouverte - f
fire plug = borne d’incendie - f, poteau d’incendie - m,
prise d’eau (incendie) - f
fire point = point de combustion - m, point de feu - m,
point d’inflammation - m, poste d’incendie - m
fire protection sprinkler system = système de noyage
en pluie - m
fire resistance = résistance au feu - f
fire resistant = ignifuge, incombustible, réfractaire,
stable au feu
fire resistant door = porte ignifuge - f
fire resistive = stable au feu
fire resistive closure = fermeture ignifuge - f, ferme-
ture résistant au feu - f
fire retardant = ignifuge, ignifugeant, incombustible,
pare-feu, retardant de la propagation du feu
fire riser = colonne d’incendie - f
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fire screen = écran pare-feu - m, pare-étincelles - m,
pare-feu - m, pare-feu - m
fire separation = cloisonnement de sécurité - m
fire sprinkler = extincteur automatique - m
fire stability = stabilité au feu - f
fire stop = CF (coupe-feu) - m
fire stop rating = durée coupe feu - f
fire system = réservoir d’incendie - m
fire test = essai au feu - m
fire tower = tour ignifuge - f
fire tree = sapin (arbre) - m
fire wall = mur coupe-feu - m
fire window = fenêtre coupe-feu - f
fire, accidents and miscellaneous risks = IARD
(incendie, accidents et risques divers)
fire-arrester = coupe feu - m
fireback = plaque de cheminée - f
fire-back = plaque de cheminée - f
fireboard = carton fibre -
firebreak (around a building) = volume de protec-
tion - m
fire-check = coupe-feu (CF) - m
fire-clay = argile réfractaire - f
fireclay brick = brique de chamotte - f, brique réfrac-
taire alumineuse - f
fireclay cement = ciment réfractaire - m
fire-clay mortar = mortier réfractaire - m
fired clay = terre cuite - f
firefighting equipment = appareil de lutte contre l’in-
cendie - m
fireguard = pare-feu - m
fire-guard spark arrester = pare-étincelles - m
fire-hose = tuyau d’incendie - m
fireplace = âtre - m, foyer - m, cheminée (foyer) - f
fireplug = bouche d’incendie - f
fireproof = à l’épreuve du feu, ignifuge, incombustible,
réfractaire
fire-proof = incombustible
fireproof brick = brique réfractaire - f
fireproof filling = bourrage coupe feu - m
fireproof wall = mur coupe-feu - m, mur pare-feu - m
fireproof, to = ignifuger
fireproofing = ignifugation - f
fire-resistance rating = cote de résistance au feu - f,
degré de résistance du feu - m, taux de résistance au
feu - m
fire-resisting = CF (coupe-feu), coupe-feu
fire-resistive paint = peinture ignifuge - f
fire-retardant paint = peinture ignifuge - f fitted carpet = moquette tendue - f
firestat = pyrostat - m fitted carpet = tapis en pose tendue - m
fire-stop = coupe-feu (CF) - m fitted with = équipé de
fire-stop rating = durée coupe feu - f fitter = ajusteur - m, ajusteur-mécanicien - m
firetube boiler = chaudière à tubes de fumée - f fitting = adaptation - f, ajustage - m, ajustement - m,
firewall = mur coupe-feu - m, mur ignifuge - m, mur montage - m, raccord - m, ferrure - f
pare-feu - m fitting of furniture = ferrage (fenêtre, porte) - m
firing = cuisson de briques - f fitting of hardware = ferrage (fenêtre, porte) - m
firm cohesive soil = sol cohésif ferme - m fitting out = aménagement intérieur - m, agencement
firm ground = bon sol - m, sol ferme - m, sol résis- intérieur - m
tant - m, terrain résistant - m fittings = agencement - m
firm soil = bon sol - m, sol ferme - m fix (survey) = point observé - m
firmer chisel = fermoir - m fix to masonry, to = sceller
first aid = premier secours - m, premiers soins - m fix with an adhesive, to = poser à la colle
first coat = gobetis - m fix with glue, to = poser à la colle
first concrete wall section = premier tronçon en fix, to = assujettir, caler, fixer
béton - m fix (tiles, planks)with an overlap, to = enchevaucher
first course = premier rang - m, première assise - f fixed arch = arc encastré - m, arc sans articulation - m
first fixings = charpente en bois - f, fond de clouage - m fixed base frame = portique encastré aux pieds - m
first floor (UK) = premier étage - m fixed beam = poutre sur appuis encastrés - f
first floor (US) = RC (rez-de-chaussée) - m, rez-de- fixed bearing = appui à encastrement - m, appui
chaussée (RC) - m encasté - m, appui fixe - m
first floor plan = plan du premier étage - m
fixed crane = grue à poste fixe - f
first storey = premier étage - m
fixed end = encastrement - m
first story (US) = RC (rez-de-chaussée) - m, rez-de-
fixed heater = appareil à gaz immobilisé - m
chaussée (RC) - m
fixed light = châssis dormant - m, châssis fixe - m, dor-
fish beam = poutre éclissée - f
mant - m, verre dormant - m
fish glue = colle de poisson - f
fixed louver board (UK) = ventelle - f, ventelles - f
fish joint = éclissage - m, joint à éclisse - m
fixed louvre board(s) (UK) = ventelle(s) - f
fish pond = bassin de jardin - m
fixed lump sum price = prix forfaitaire - m
fish pond (of abbey) = vivier - m
fixed point = foyer (travée de poutre ou de por-
fish-bellied girder = poutre en ventre de poisson - f tique) - m
fished joint = joint éclissé - m fixed price = prix forfaitaire - m
fishing = éclissage - m fixed sash = châssis dormant - m, châssis fixe - m
fish-joint = éclisse - f fixed support = appui à encastrement - m, encastre-
fishnet cracking = faïençage à mailles fines - m ment - m
fishplate = fourrure - f fixed transom = imposte fixe - f
fish-plate = éclisse - f fixed window = fenêtre dormante - f
fishtail = queue de carpe - f, queue-de-carpe - f fixed-based = encastré aux pieds (portique)
fishtail anchor = patte de scellement - m fixed-end = encastré
fishtail bolt = boulon de scellement à queue de fixed-end beam = poutre encastrée - f
carpe - m fixed-end column = poteau encastré aux bouts - m
fissure = fissure - f fixed-end moment = moment d’encastrement - m
fit = ajustage - m, ajustement - m fixing = fond de clouage - m, pose - f
fit into, to = emmancher fixing block = bloc de clouage - m, brique en bois - f,
fit locks an hinges, to = ferrer taquet (menuiserie) - m, brique de bois - f
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fixing lug = patte de fixation - f
fixing moment = moment d’encastrement - m
fixing pin = clavette - f, taquet de fixation - m
fixing plate = patin de scellement - m
fixing rail (UK) = lisse (ossature) - f
fixing reinforcement = armature d’encastrement - f
fixings = garniture (décoration) - f
fixity = encastrement - m
fixture = équipement fixe - m, installation à
demeure - f, installation ad hoc - f, meuble fixe à
demeure - m
fixture branch = collecteur d’appareil - m
fixture drain = branchement d’appareil - m, branche-
ment de vidange - m, collecteur d’appareil - m, drain
d’appareil - m, vidange (appareil sanitaire) - f, vidange
individuelle - f
fixture vent = ventilation secondaire - f
fixtures = meubles fixes à demeure - m, meubles
immeubles par destination - m
flacking off = écaillage - m
flag = dallage - m, pierre plate (de pavage) - f
flag pole = mât de drapeau - m
flagging = carrelage - m
flagstone = dalle - f, pierre d’attente - f, pierre plate - f
flake = pailletes de mica - f
flakeboard (US) = panneau d’aggloméré - m
flame arrester = arrête flammes - m
flame cleaning = décalaminage au chalumeau - m,
décapage thermique - m, nettoyage au chalumeau - m
flame cutting = découpage à la flamme - m, oxycou-
page - m
flame cutting (UK) = découpage au chalumeau - m
flame detector = contrôleur de flamme - m, indicateur
d’extension (brûleur) - m
flame gun = lance-flamme - f
flame monitoring = contrôle de la flamme - m
flame penetration rating = degré pare-flamme - m
flame proof = antidéflagrant - m
flame retardant = ignifuge, ignifugeant, pare-
flammes - m, retardant la propagation des flammes
flame spread = propagation de la flamme - f
flame welding = soudage à la flamme - m
flameproof = ignifuge
flameproof = ininflammable
flammable (US) = inflammable
flamme retardant = non propagateur de flamme
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flange = aile - f, boudin - m, bourrelet - m, bride - f,
collerette - f, collet - m, mentonnet - m, plate-bande
(poutre) - f, semelle (poutre métallique) - f
flange (of web girder) = membrure - f
flange cleat = cornière d’attache de bride - f
flange fishplate = éclisse d’aile - f
flange pipe = tuyau à bride - m
flange plate = plaque à rebord - f, tôle pour bordage - f
flange steel = acier à brides - m, acier de bordage - m
flange, to = rabattre (collerette de tube, tôle)
flanged = à bord tombé
flanged joint = joint à brides - m
flanged sheet = tôle à bord tombé - f
flanged tee = té à bride - m
flange-plate = plate-bande (poutre) - f
flange-web shear = cisaillement semelle-âme - m
flanging-up = assemblage des tuyaux - m, montage des
brides - m
flank = flanc - m
flank wall = mur de flanc - m
flanking = transmission indirecte - f
flanking window = fenêtre flanquante - f
flanning = ébrasement intérieur - m, embrasure - f
flap = abattant - m, clapet - m, régistre (ventilation) -
m, vidoir - m, volet - m, volet (régistre) - m
flap board = frisette - f
flap door = port à rabat - f
flap hinge = briquet de menuiserie - m
flap tile = tuile cornière - f
flapdoor = porte basculante - f
flare wall = mur de tête - m
flared = évasé (tuyau)
flash = bavure - f
flash board = batardeau en planches - m
flash drying = séchage éclair - m
flash point = point d’inflammabilité - m, point-
éclair - m
flash set = prise accélérée - f, prise instantanée - f, prise
rapide - f
flash welding = soudage par étincelage - m
flashboard = poutrelle - f
flashed brick = brique flammée - f
flashed glass = verre doublé - m, verre plaqué - m
flashed joint = joint à rejéteau - m, joint à rejingot - m
flashing = bande - f, bande de recouvrement - f, bande
de solin - f, bavette - f, collerette - f, couvre-joint d’étan-
chéité - m, noquet - m, plaque de cheminée - f, rever-
seau - m, solin - m
flashing board = rejéteau - m, rejingot - m
flash-off = perte par évaporation - f
flat = bas-fond - m, fer méplat - m, fer plat - m, loge-
ment de plain-pied - m, mat, mat (peinture) - m,
méplat - m, plan, plat - m
flat (UK) = appartement - m
flat arch = arc en plate-bande - m, arc plat - m, plate-
bande (baie) - f
flat bar = fer méplat - m, fer plat - m, méplat - m,
plat - m
flat concrete slab = dalle horizontale en béton - f
flat countersunk = à tête noyée
flat cutting = sciage en long parallèle aux tranches - m
flat door bolt = targette - f
flat end = chevet plat - m
flat grain = débit en plot - m, débit sur dosse - m
flat grain wood = bois sur dosse - m
flat head = tête plate - f
flat jack = vérin plat - m
flat joint = joint plat - m, joint plein - m
flat molding = moulure lisse - f, plate-bande - f
flat paint = peinture mate - f
flat pointing = jointoiement à plat - m, jointoiement
plat - m
flat roof = plate-forme (toit) - f, terrasse - f, toit en ter-
rasse - m, toit plat - m, toiture en terrasse - f,toiture-ter-
rasse - f
flat roof deck = plancher-support - m, plancher-ter-
rasse - m
flat sawing = débit sur dosse - m
flat seam = agrafure plate (couverture) - f
flat slab = dalle champignon - f, dalle sans nervure - f,
dalle simple - f
flat slab construction = plancher-champignon - m,
plancher-dalle champignon - m
flat slab mat = radier plan épais - m
flat slab raft = radier plan épais - m
flat spot = embu - m
flat tile = tuile plate - f
flat top = plage (baignoire) - f
flat weld = soudure à plat - f
flat wire = fil méplat - m
flat-chord truss = poutre à membrures parallèles - f
flat-drawn glass = verre étiré - m
flat-head screw = vis à tête plate - f
flat-joint jointed = à joint tiré au fer baguette
flat-joint jointed pointing = jointoiement tiré au fer
baguette - m
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flat-joint pointing = jointoiement à plat - m
flatness = planéité - f
flatness = planitude - f
flat-pitch roof = toit à pente douce - m
flat-plate collector = capteur plan fixe - m
flat-roof outlet = avaloir de terrasse - m
flatted factory = immeuble industriel à étages - m
flattening = nivellement - m
flatting = matage (surface brillante) - m, ponçage (pein-
ture) - m, sciage en long parallèle aux tranches - m
flatting agent = agent de matité - m, agent matant - m
flatting down = ponçage (peinture) - m
flat-top culvert = dalot - m
flaunching = filet de mortier - m
flaw = brèche - f, crique - f, criqûre - f, défaut - m, fêlure
- f, fente - f, gerçure - f, paille (métal) - f
flax = lin
flax board = panneau de particules de lin - m
flax shives = anas de lin - m
flecked = moucheté (peinture)
flek = moucheture(peinture) - f
Flemish bond = appareil flamand - m
flemish brick = brique hollandaise - f
flemish clinker = brique hollandaise - f
fleuron = fleuron - m
flex = fil souple - m
flexed = en flexion
flexed (US) = travaillant en flexion
flexed member = membre en flexion - m
flexibility = flexibilité - f
flexible = évolutif (bâtiment, maison)
flexible concrete delivery hose with nozzle = tuyau
d’alimentation en béton avec bec
flexible conduit = tube métallique souple - m
flexible connector (air conditioning) = manchette
souple de raccordement - f
flexible cord = fil souple - m, fil souple - m
flexible coupling = accouplement articulé - m, man-
chette flexible - f, manchon flexible - m, raccord
flexible - m
flexible door = porte souple - f
flexible footing = semelle flexible - f
flexible foundation = fondation flexible - f
flexible hose = flexible
flexible hose = tuyau flexible - m
flexible lead = fil souple - m
flexible mat = radier souple - m
flexible metal roofing = toiture métallique - f
flexible mounting = montage souple - m, plot antivi-
bratile - m
flexible pavement = chaussée flexible - f, chaussée
souple –f, revêtement souple - m
flexible price = prix ajustable - m
flexible raft = radier souple - m
flexible tubing = tubage (cheminée) m, tubage
souple - m, tube souple - m
flexible wire = fil souple - m
flexion = flexion - f
flexural (US) = travaillant en flexion
flexural center = centre de cisaillement - m, centre de
flexion - m, centre de torsion - m
flexural computation = calcul de flexion - m
flexural load stress = charge de flexion - f, effort de
flexion - m, effort transversal - m
flexural member = membre fléchi - m
flexural rigidity = rigidité de flexion - f
flexural stiffness = rigidité de flexion - f
flexural strength (US) = résistance à la flexion - f
flexural test (US) = essai de flexion - m
flexure (US) = flexion - f
flexure meter = déflectomètre - m, fleximètre - m, indi-
cateur de flèche - m
flexure test = essai de pliage - m
flier = marche carrée - f, marche droite - f, marche rec-
tangulaire - f
fliers = escalier à volées droites - m, escalier droit - m,
perron - m
flight header = poutre palière - f
flight of stairs = perron - m
flight of stairs = rampe d’escalier - f, volée
d’escalier - f
flight of steps = perron - m, rampe d’escalier - f,
volée - f, volée d’escalier - f
flight rise = hauteur à franchir - f, hauteur à monter - f,
montée (escalier) - f
flight run = déploiement au sol - m
flight slab = paillasse (escalier en béton) - f
flint = silex - m
flint glass = flint - m
flint glass = verre flint - m
flint wall = mur de silex - m
flitch = bois flache - m
flitch beam = poutre composée - f
flitch beam or girder = poutre composée mixte - f
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flitched beam = poutre à plaques rapportées - f, poutre
composée - f, poutre composée de bois et de métal - f,
poutre jumelée - f, poutrelle composée - f
flitched beam or girder = poutre composée mixte - f
flitched girder = poutre à plaques rapportées - f
flitched girder = poutrelle composée - f
float = aplanissoir - m, bouclier - m, platoir - m,
règle - f, règle à lisser - f, taloche - f, taloche à plâtre - f,
flotteur - m
float glass = verre flotté - m
float meter = compteur à flotteur - m
float stone = bloc aplanissoir - m
float switch = interrupteur à flotteur - m
float test = essai au flotteur - m
float valve = robinet à flotteur - m, soupape à
flotteur - f
floated asphalt = bitume coulé - m
floated coat = couche de fond - f
floated concrete = béton taloché - m
floated layer = couche talochée - f
floating = aplanissement - m, désolidarisé, finissage à
la taloche - m, libre, lissage - m
floating brick = brique flottante - f
floating coat = couche de fond - f
floating cover = cloche - f
floating floor = dalle flottante - f, parquet flottant - m,
plancher flottant - m
floating foundation = fondation par caisson flottant - f,
fondation sur radier - f
floating pile foundation = fondation sur pieux flot-
tants - f
floating plaster = étalage de l’enduit - m, étalage du
plâtre - m, lissage de l’enduit - m, lissage du plâtre - m
floating screed = cueillie - f
floating slab = dalle flottante - f
floating sole = semelle flottante - f
floating wood floor = parquet flottant - m
floating zone = zone non affectée - f
floating-roof tank = réservoir à toit flottant - m
floc = floc - m
flocculant = floculant - m
flocculated sludge = boue floculée - f
flocculating agent = floculant - m
flocculating tank = bassin de floculation - m
flocculation tank = bassin de floculation - m
flocculator = bassin de floculation - m
flocculent = floculant - m
flock spraying = flocage - m
flocking = flocage - m
flood = inondation - f
flood level = niveau de crue - m, niveau de déborde-
ment (appareil sanitaire) - m
flood overflow = déversoir d’orage - m
flood plain = périmètre inondable - m
flood shaft = cheminée d’inondation - f
flood, to = inonder
floodlight = projecteur - m
floor = étalage - m, niveau - m, parquet - m, plan-
cher - m, plancher - m, sol - m, tablier - m
floor (UK) = étage - m
floor above = PH (plancher haut) - m
floor above = plancher haut (PH) - m
floor acting compositely with the structure =
plancher collaborant - m
floor arch (US) = entrevous en berceau segmen-
taire - m, voûtain de plancher - m
floor area = aire de plancher - f, SH (surface habi-
table) - f, surface de plancher - f, surface disponible - f,
surface habitable (SH) - f, surface utile - f
floor area ratio = coefficient d’occupation du sol
(COS) - m
floor batten = lambourde sur béton - f
floor beam = entretoise - f, nervure de plancher - f,
poutre de plancher - f
floor board = bois de plancher - m, frise de parquet - f,
lame de parquet - f, planche de sol - f, volige - f
floor boarding = voligeage - m
floor covering = couverture de dol - f, couvre-sol - m,
plancher - m, revêtement de sol (non permanent) -m
floor drain = caniveau de sol - m, drain de
plancher - m, drain de sol - m, égout au sol - m, siphon
de sol - m
floor drain (UK) = avaloir de sol - m
floor drain and trap = drain et siphon de plancher - m
floor duct = canalisation sous plancher - f
floor finish = plancher - m, revêtement de sol (perma-
nent) - m
floor flange = bride de plancher - f, bride de sol - f
floor framing = charpente de plancher - f, ossature de
plancher - f, solive - f
floor furring = lambourde - f
floor guide = coulisseau de plancher - m, guidage infé-
rieur (porte à coulisse) - m
floor hanger = étrier (plancher) - m
floor heating = chauffage par le plancher - m, chauf-
fage par le sol - m, chauffage sous plancher - m
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floor joist = bastaing - m, lambourde - f, poutre de plan-
cher - f, poutrelle de plancher - f, solive - f, solive cou-
rante - f, solive de plancher - f, soliveau - m
floor joists = solivage - f
floor layer = parqueteur - m, poseur de parquet - m
floor master key = passe d’étage - m
floor of excavation = fond de fouille - m
floor opening = trémie - f, trémie de plancher - f
floor panel = panneau de plancher - m
floor panel heating = chauffage par le sol - m, sol
rayonnant - m
floor plan = plan au sol (d’un étage) - m, plan
d’étage - m
floor plate = tôle à relief - f
floor register = grille de soufflage - f
floor rib = lambourde - f
floor runner = lambourde sur béton - f
floor screed = chape de sol - f
floor slab = dalle de plancher - f, dalle plancher - f
floor space = superficie de plancher - f, surface de plan-
cher - f, surface utile - f
floor space index = rapport plancher-sol - m
floor stop = arrêt de plancher - m
floor tile = carreau - m, dalle - f, tomette - f
floor tiler = carreleur - m
floor tiling = carrelage - m
floor trap = siphon de sol - m
floor unit = meuble bas - m
floor units = éléments de plancher - m
floor, to = carreler
floored pulley = poulie à gorge - f
flooring = couverture de sol - f, matériau couvre-plan-
cher - m, parquet - m, plancher - m, platelage - m, revê-
tement de sol (non permanent) –m, sol - m
flooring cement = ciment keene - m, plâtre à
plancher - m
flooring plaster = plâtre à plancher - m
flooring saw = scie défonceuse - f
flooring strip = frise de parquet - f, lame de parquet - f
floor-to-ceiling wood panelling = lambris de hau-
teur - m
flop damper = régulateur de tirage à rabattement - m
Florentine blind = banne - f
flotation = flotation - f
flour = farine (granulat, béton) - f, fleur de poudre - f
flourishes = fioritures - f
flow = débit - m, écoulement - m, fluage (métal) - m,
flux (chaleur, électricité) - m
flow and return = départ et retour (chaudière) - m
flow away, to = écouler (s’)
flow characteristics = régime d’écoulement - m
flow coating = peinture par ruissellement - f
flow concrete = béton fluidifié - m
flow in open channels = écoulement libre - m
flow indicator = débitmètre - m, indicateur de débit - m
flow limiting device = limiteur de débit - m
flow line = ligne de courant - f, ligne de flux - f, ligne
de glissement - f
flow of water in open channels = écoulement libre - m
flow of water in pipes = écoulement forcé - m
flow out, to = écouler (s’)
flow pattern = configuration d’écoulement - f, réseau
des lignes de courant - m, schéma d’écoulement de
l’air - m, schéma hydraulique - m
flow pipe = aller (d’un circuit) - m, départ d’eau
chaude - m
flow regulation = réglage du débit - m
flow regulator = régulateur de débit - m
flow sheet = schéma de fabrication - m, schéma de prin-
cipe - m
flow table = table à secousses - f
flow test = essai de fluage - m, essai d’écoulement - m
flow, to = écouler (s’)
flower bed = massif de fleur - m
flower garden = jardin d’agrément - m
flower tub = bac à fleur - m
flowing = écoulement - m, fluage - m
flow-meter = débitmètre - m, indicateur de débit - m
fluctuating pressure = pression variable - f
flue = carnau - m, carneau - m, conduit de fumée - m,
conduit d’évacuation - m, conduit d’évacuation de
fumée - m, gaine d’évacuation - f, tube - m
flue block = boisseau de cheminée - m
flue collar = buse (fumisterie) - f
flue effect = effet de cheminée - m
flue gas = produit de combustion - m
flue gas circulation = recyclage de gas de combus-
tion - m
flue gas loss = perte à la cheminée - f, perte par les
fumées - f
flue grouping = groupe de conduits de fumée - m
flue lining = chemisage de cheminée - m
flue outlet = sortie de conduit de fumée - f
flue pipe = conduit de fumée - m, conduit d’évacua-
tion - m, tuyau de fumée - m, tuyau de raccordement
(appareil de chauffage) - m
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flue terminal = mitron - m
flue tile = boisseau - m, boisseau de terre cuite - m,
conduit de fumée - m
flue-brush = hérisson (nettoyage de cheminée) - m
flued gas appliance = appareil raccordé - m
flueless gas appliance = appareil à gaz non rac-
cordé - m
fluid filled column = poteau rempli d’eau - m
fluid mechanics = méchanique des fluides - f
fluidifier = fluidifiant - m
fluidized bed = lit fluidisé - m
flume = petit canal - m
fluorescent lamp = lampe à fluorescence - f, tube fluo-
rescent - m
fluorescent tube = tube fluorescent - m
fluoridation = fluoration - f, fluoruration - f
fluosilicate sealing = fluatation - m
flush = à fleur de, à tête perdue, affleuré, arasé, chasse
d’eau (wc) - f, de niveau, lisse - f
flush (UK) = réservoir de chasse - m
flush bead = baguette affleurée - f
flush cup-pull = cuvette encastrée - f
flush door = porte isoplane - f, porte plane - f
flush front (lock) = têtière affleurante - f
flush joint = joint affleuré - m, joint lisse - m, joint
plat - m, joint plein - m
flush lock (flush with door edge and face) = serrure
entaillée - f
flush lock (flush with door edge only) = serrure encas-
trée - f
flush on both side = arasé sur les deux parements
flush on one side = arasé sur un parement
flush panel = panneau affleuré - m, panneau arasé - m,
panneau d’épaisseur - m
flush pipe = tuyau de chasse - m
flush pull = poignée encastrée - f
flush rivet = rivet à tête noyée - m
flush screw = vis à tête noyée - f
flush soffit = sous-face affleurée - f
flush tank (US) = réservoir de chasse - m
flush valve = robinet de chasse - m
flush welding = soudure arasée - f
flush with = à fleur de, à ras de, au niveau de, de plain-
pied avec
flushing = chasse d’eau (wc) - f
flushing cistern (UK) = réservoir de chasse - m
flushing manhole = regard de chasse - m, regard de
curage - m
flushing rim = bord à effet d’eau - m
flushing valve = robinet de chasse - m
flush-mounted = encastré
flushometer = robinet de chasse - m
flush-panelled door = porte arasée - f
flute = cannelure - f, gorge - f, rainure - f
flute, to = canneler
fluted = cannelé
fluting = cannelures - f
flux = flux - m, fondant (soudage) - m
flux (asphalt) = produit de fluxage - m
flux oil = huile de fluxage - f
fluxing = rocaillage - m
fly ash = cendres volantes - f
fly screen = grillage-moustiquaire - m, moustiquaire - f
flyer = marche droite - f, marche rectangulaire - f
flying = en porte-à-faux, volant
flying buttress = arc-boutant - m
flying glass = éclats de verre - m
flying scaffold = échafaudage volant - m
flying shore = étai contreventé - m, étai horizontal - m
flyover = autopont - m, croisement à deux niveaux - m,
croisement à niveaux différents - m, ouvrage de croi-
sement dénivelé - m
flywheel = volant - m
foam = mousse - f
foam concrete = béton cellulaire - m, béton écu-
meux - m, béton mousse - m, béton-mousse - m
foam extinguisher = extincteur à mousse - m
foam glass = verre mousse - m
foam inlet = prise à mousse - f
foam insulation = mousse isolante - f
foam mortar = béton poreux - m
foam plastic = plastique cellulaire - m
foam rubber = caoutchouc mousse - m
foamed in place insulation = mousse injectée in situ - f
foamed insulation = isolant moussé - m
foamed plastic = mousse de plastique - f
foamed slag = laitier expansé - m, mousse de laitier - f
foamed slag brick = brique de laitier ponce - f
foaming adhesive = colle moussante - f
foaming agent = agent moussant - m, moussant - m
focal plane = plan focal - m
focussed projector = projecteur convergent - m
foil = clinquant - m, lobe - m, feuille métallique - f
fold = pli - m
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fold back, to = rabattre
fold down, to = rabattre
fold nappe = nappe de recouvrement - f
folded construction = voile autoportant polygonal - m
folded plate construction = voile autoportant poly-
gonal - m, structure prismatique - f
folding = brisé
folding casements = fenêtre à deux vantaux - f
folding casements (opening inward) = fenêtre à la
française - f
folding distribution mast = mât de distribution arti-
culé - m
folding door = porte à brisures - f, porte à deux bat-
tants - f, porte à plusieurs battants - f, porte battante - f,
porte brisée - f, porte pliante - f
folding joint (of a shutter) = brisure - f
folding rule = mètre pliant - m
folding shutter = contrevent - m
folding stair = escalier escamotable - m
folding steel doors = portes pliantes en acier - f
folding wedge = coin de blocage - m
folding wedge = détente - f
foliated = feuillagé, feuilleté
foliated column = colonne feuillée - f
fondation slab = radier de fondation - m
font = bénitier indépendant - m
font = fonts baptismaux - m
foolproof = à l’épreuve des fausses manœuvres
foolproof = détrompé, indéréglable
foolproofed = à l’épreuve des fausses manœuvres,
détrompé
foolproofing = détrompage - m
foolproofing device = détrompeur - m
foot = pied (colonne, mur) - m, vis calantes (topogra-
phie) - f
foot bath = pédiluve - m
foot irons = échelons - m
foot levelling screw = vis calante - f
foot of rafter = assise de chevron - f, entaille
d’assise - f
footbridge = passerelle - f
footing = empattage - m, empattement (fondation) - m,
pied de poteau - m, rigole - f, semelle (de fondation) - f,
semelle de fondation - f, semelle filante - f
footing drain = drain de semelle - m
footing forms = coffrages à rigole - m, coffrages à
semelle - m
footing foundation = fondation directe - f, fondation
superficielle - f
footing trench = rigole - f
footing-block = plaque d’assise - f, plaque de base - f,
semelle - f
footpath = chemin pour piétons - m, passage - m
footpath (UK) = trottoir - m
footprints (UK) = pince crocodile - f
footstall = piédestal - m, piédouche - m, socle - m, sup-
port - m
foot-step = gradin - m
footway = chemin pour piéton - m, passage - m, trot-
toir - m
force account work = travaux en régie directe - m
force cup = débouchoir - m, dégorgeoir - m, ventouse - f
force pump = pompe de refoulement - f, pompe fou-
lante - f
forced air = air pulsé - m
forced air heating system = système de chauffage à
air chaud propulsé - m
forced circulation hot water heating (US) = chauffage
central à circulation forcée -m
forced draft (US) = ventilation forcée - f
forced draught = tirage forcé - m
forced draught (UK) = ventilation forcée - f
forced vibration = vibration forcée - f
forced warm air heating = chauffage à air chaud
propulsé - m
forced warm-air furnace = aérotherme - m
forced-air heater = aérotherme - m
forced-air heating = chauffage par air pulsé –m, chauf-
fage par air thermopulsé m, système de chauffage à air
chaud pulsé - m
force-draft fan = ventilateur de soufflage - m, ventila-
teur de titrage forcé - m, ventilateur d’insufflation - m
fore observation = visée avant - f
fore-building = avant-corps - m
forecourt = avant-cour - f
foreman = chef d’équipe - m, contremaître - m
forend (UK) = têtière - f
foresight = visée avant - f
forfeiture = défaillance de l’entrepreneur - f
forged eye-bar = barre à œil forgé - f
forged steel = acier forgé - m
forged steel fitting = raccord en acier forgé - m
forging = pièce forgée - f
forging furnace = fourneau de forge - m
fork = chape - f
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fork joint = chape - f
fork lift-truck = chariot à fourche - m, chariot éléva-
teur à fourche - m
fork truck = chariot à fourche - m, chariot élévateur à
fourche - m
fork wrench = clé à béquille - f, clé à fourche - f
forked tie = ancre à fourchette - f, harpe de protec-
tion - f
forklift = chariot élévateur - m, gerbeuse - f
form = banchage - m, banche - f, coffrage - m,
coffre - m, encoffrement - m, modele - m
form board = planche de coffrage - f
form factor = facteur de forme - m
form liner = face coffrante - f, panneau coffrant - m
form lining = doublure de coffrage - f, face coffrante - f,
revêtement de coffrage - m
form lumber = bois de coffrage - m, planche de cof-
frage - f
form nail = clou à deux têtes superposées - m, clou de
coffrage - m
form of agreement = modèle de convention - m
form of tender = modèle de soumission - m
form oil = huile de décoffrage - f, huile de démou-
lage - f
form panel = banche - f
form release agent = agent de décoffrage - m
form removal = décoffrage - m
form setter = coffreur - m
form spacer = tige d’entretoisement de coffrage - f
form striking = décoffrage - m, démoulage - m
form stripping = décoffrage - m, démoulage - m
form tie = tige d’entretoisement de coffrage - f, tirant
(coffrage) - m
formal garden = jardin à la française - m
formal ornamental bed = mosaïque - f
formation = plate-forme - f
formation (UK) = plate-forme (terrassements) - f, sol
définitif - m, surface du terrain définitif - f
formation level (UK) = niveau des terrassements - m,
niveau ou surface du terrain définitif - m, sol défi-
nitif - m
formed = banché
formed coke = coke moulé - m
formed concrete = béton banché - m
formed steel = profilé en tôle pliée - m
forming = coffrage - m, façonnage - m, formage - m,
profilage - m
form-pieces = forme (fenêtre de remplage) - f, rem-
plage - m
forms = coffrages - m
formula = formule (calcul) - f
form-vibrated concrete = béton vibré sur coffrage - m
formwork = banchage - m, coffrage - m, encoffre-
ment - m
form-work = banchage - m
formwork bottom = fond (coffrage) - m, fond de cof-
frage - m
formwork carpenter = coffreur - m
formwork tie = tirant de coffrage - m
fort = ferté - f, fort - m
fortifications = fortifications - f
fortlet = fortin - m
fortress = forteresse - f
forward bulge = forjeture (hors d’aplomb) - f
forward shovel = pelle en butte - f
fossil meal brick = brique en kieselguhr - f
foul air = air vicié - m
foul air flue = évent d’air vicié - m
foul water = eaux d’égout - f, eaux résiduaires - f, eaux
usées - f, eaux vannes - f
foundation = assiette (base) - f, assise de gros
œuvre - f, fondation(s) - fmassif de fondation - m, sou-
bassement - m
foundation bed = assise des fondations - f
foundation block = bloc de scellement - m, massif de
fondation - m
foundation bolt = boulon d’ancrage - m, boulon d’at-
tache - m, boulon de fixation - m, boulon de fonda-
tion - m, boulon de scellement - m
foundation course = couche de base - f, couche supé-
rieure - f
foundation element = élément de fondation - m
foundation engineering = technique des fondations - f
foundation failure = rupture par enfoncement - f
foundation invert = radier de fondation - m
foundation mass = massif de fondation - m
foundation mat = forme de propreté - f
foundation on caissons = fondation sur caisson - f
foundation on sloping ground = fondation sur terrain
en pente - f
foundation on well = fondation par puits - f
foundation on wells = fondation sur piles-caissons - f,
fondation sur piles-colonnes - f, fondation sur puits - f
foundation pit = puits de fondation - m
foundation plan = plan de fondation - m
foundation raft = radier de fondation - m
foundation sill = sablière basse - f
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foundation slab = dalle de fondation - f, de fonda-
tion - f, semelle de fondation - f
foundation soil = sol de fondation - m
foundation system = complexe de fondation - m
foundation unit = élément de fondation - m
foundation wall = fondation, mur de fondation,
murette de fondation - f
foundations = fondation - f, fondations - f, massif de
fondation - m
fountain = fontaine - f, jet d’eau (jardin) - m
four way reinforcement = armature à quatre direc-
tions - f
four-centred arch = arc en accolade - m
four-centred pointed arch = arc brisé aplati - m
four-centred pointed arch = arc Tudor - m
four-edge trimming saw = équarrisseuse - f
four-panel door = porte assemblée au quart - f
fourteen inches = brique et demie - f
four-way reinforcement = armatures à quatre direc-
tions - f
fox tenon = queue de renard - f
fox wedge = queue de renard - f
foxtail wedge = queue de renard - f
foxtail wedging = assemblage à contre-clavette - m,
mortaise à queue-de-renard - f
foxy timber = bois échauffé - m
foyer = foyer - m, promenoir - m
fraction d’argile = fraction argileuse - f
fracture = cassure - f, fracture (géologie) - f, rupture - f
fracture load = charge de rupture - f
fragment of broken tile = tuileau - m
frame = bâti - m, cadre - m, cadre de porte - m, car-
casse - f, chaise (clocher, tour) - f, chambranle - m, char-
pente - f, châssis - m, châssis fixe - m, dormant - m,
encadrement - m, ossature - f, squelette - m
frame bent = chevalet en charpente - m
frame building = bâtiment à pans de bois - m
frame construction = construction à ossature de
bois - f
frame construction (UK) = construction à ossature en
bois - f
frame erection = montage de l’échafaudage - m
frame filting spindle = broche d’inclinaison du che-
valet - f
frame house = maison à bois apparents - f, maison à
ossature de bois (MOB) - f, maison en bois - f, MOB
(maison à ossature de bois) - f
frame member = élément de charpente - m
frame plate = cadre plat - m
frame saw = scie à cadre - f
frame structure (US) = construction à ossature en
bois - f
frame wall = pan de bois - m
frame, to = enchevêtrer
framed = encadré
framed door = porte menuisée - f
framed grounds = huisserie accouplée - f
framed joist = solive assemblée - f
framed panel = panneau encadré - m
framed partition = cloison en charpente f
framed square = à glace
framed structure = charpente - f, ossature - f, ouvrage
en cadre - m
frame-high = hauteur de cadre - f
framework = bâti - m, charpente - f, charpenterie - f,
ossature - f
framing = charpente - f, charpenterie - f, encadre-
ment - m, ossature - f
framing header = rive - f, solive de rive - f
framing plan = plan de charpente - m
framing strip = frise - f, lame de parquet - f
framing system = système de charpenterie - m
framing timber = bois de charpente - m, gros bois de
charpente - m
frass = vermoulure - f
free = libre
free fall mixer = bétonnière à tambour inverseur - m
free field = champ libre - m
free flow = à soufflage direct (clim.), écoulement
libre - m
free height = HL (hauteur libre) - f
free lime = chaux libre -f
free moisture = eau libre - f
free on site = rendu à pied d’œuvre, rendu chantier
free stuff = bois sans défauts - m
free trip = déclenchement libre - m
free vibration = vibration propre - f
free water = eau gravitaire - f
free-burning coal = charbon flambant - m
free-fall corer = carottier à chute libre - m
free-field room = salle sourde - f
free-flow = à soufflage direct (clim.)
freely supported = sur appui libre, sur appui simple
freestanding = autonome, autoportant - m, autopor-
teur - m, isolé
freestanding wall = mur isolé - m
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freestone = pierre de taille - f, pierre franche - f
freezing point = point de congélation - m
freezing-and-thawing test = essai de gel et dégel - m
freight elevator (US) = monte-charge - m
French arch = arc français - m
French casement = porte-croisée - f
French curve = pistolet de dessinateur - m
French door = porte croisée - f, porte-fenêtre - f
French doors = porte à deux battants - f, porte à deux
vantaux - f
French drain = drain de pierres sèches - m, drain en
pierres sèches - m, dureté en pierres sèches - f
French nail = pointe de Paris - f
French polish = vernis au tampon - m
French roof = comble brisé - m
French truss = ferme Polonceau - f
French window = châssis à la française - m, porte
croisée - f, porte-fenêtre - f
frequency of blows = nombre de coups - m, vitesse de
frappe - f
fresh air = air frais - m, air neuf - m
fresh air inlet = bouche d’introduction de l’air neuf - f
fresh air inlet = prise d’air frais - f
fresh air intake = entrée d’air frais - f, prise d’air
frais - f
fresh air intake (at floor level) = VB (ventilation
basse) - f, ventilation basse (VB) - f
fresh concrete = béton fraîchement malaxé - m, béton
frais - m
fresh sewage = eaux d’égout fraîches - f
fresh sludge = boue brute - f, boue fraîche - f
fresh wastewaters = eaux d’égout fraîches - f
fresnel lens = lentille à échelons - f, lentille de
Fresnel - f
fret = grecque - f
fret saw = scie à chantourner - f, scie à découper - f
fret-work = chantournage - m
friction = friction - f, frottement - m
friction force = friction - f
friction foundation = fondation sur pieux flottants - f
friction grip bolt = boulon à serrage contrôlé - m
friction head = perte de charge due au frottement - f
friction loss = PC (perte de charge) - f, perte de
charge (PC) - f
friction pile = pieu à friction - m, pieu flottant - m, pieu
portant en frottement - m
friction surface = surface de friction - f, surface de frot-
tement - f
friction tape = ruban adhésif - m
friction tape (US) = chatterton - m, ruban isolant - m
friction wear = usure par frottement - f
friction welding = soudage par friction - m
frictional resistance = résistance à la friction - f, résis-
tance de frottement - f
frieze = bordure de papier peint - f, frise - f, frise d’en-
tablature - f, retombée de plafond - f
fringe water (US) = eau de la frange capillaire - f
frog = clé - f
frog rammer = dame sauteuse - f, grenouille - f
front = façade - f
front (US) = têtière - f
front building = avant-corps - m
front door = porte d’entrée - f
front elevation = devant - m, élévation avant - f, façade
(antérieure) - f, façade principale - f, façade sur la rue - f,
vue de face - f
front end loader = chargeuse à l’avancement - f
front hearth = âtre avant - m, dalle de foyer - f,
foyère - f
front overhang = avant-toit - m
front step = perron - m
front view = devant - m, élévation avant - f, façade - f,
façade principale - f, vue de face - f
front wall = façade - f, mur de façade - m
front yard = jardin-avant - m
frontage = alignement - m, droit de façade - m,
façade - f, façade de terrain - f, longueur de façade - f,
terrain en bordure - m
frontage line = ligne de façade - f
frontage road = desserte - f
frontager = propriétaire riverain - m
frontal = façade de bâtiment - f
front-end loader = chouleur - m
fronthearth = dalle de foyer - f
frontispiece = frontispice - m, fronton - m
frost boil = boursouflure due au gel - f, gonflement dû
au gel - m
frost cleft concrete = béton gélif - m
frost crack = gélivure - m
frost depth = profondeur de pénétration du gel - f, pro-
fondeur du gel - f
frost grip = congélation adhérente - f
frost heave = boursouflure due au gel - f, foisonnement
par le gel - m, gonflement dû au gel - m, gonflement
par le dégel - m, soulèvement du sol (dû au gel) - m
frost heaving = gonflement par le gel - m
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frost line = cote de gel - f
frost protection = protection antigel - f
frost protection quilt = paillon - m
frost resistant = ingélif
frost resistant = non gelif
frost susceptibility = gélivité - m
frost-cleft = gélivure du bois - f
frosted bulb = ampoule dépolie - f
frosted glass = verre dépoli - m, verre givré - m, verre
marguerite - m
frosted lamp = lampe dépolie - f
frosting = givrage - m
frosting (of glass) = dépolissage - m
frost-preventing = antigélif
frostproof = antigélif - m, incongélable
frost-proof = ingélif
frostproof closet = cuvette incongelable - f
frost-proof closet = cabinet anti-gel - m
frostproof concrete = béton anti-gelif - m
frost-proof concrete = béton antigelif - m
frost-riven = gélif
frost-tender = sensible au froid
frozen ball method = méthode de la motte gelée - f
frustration = impossibilité de poursuivre les travaux - f
fuel celle = pile à combustible - f
fuel economiser = économiseur de combustible - m
fuel oil = mazout - m
fulcrum = point d’appui - m, support - m
fulcrum switch = interrupteur à levier - m
full bending = pliage à bloc - m
full body colour = teinté dans la masse - f
full central heating = chauffage central général -m
full face gasket = joint métalloplastique plein - m
full flow = à passage intégral
full frame height post = poteau montant de fond - m
full load operation = fonctionnement à pleine
charge - m, marche à pleine charge - f
full scale = à l’échelle réelle, échelle grandeur exécu-
tion - f, échelle grandeur nature f, grandeur nature - f
full scale working drawing = épure - f
full size = grandeur d’exécution - f, grandeur nature - f
full-centered = en plein cintre
full-centre arch = arc en voûte semi-circulaire - m
full-centre arch = arc plein-cintre - m
fuller board = carton bakelisé - m, planche de fibre - f
fuller’s earth = terre à foulon - f
fullflow valve = robinet plein passage - m
full-scale model = maquette grandeur nature - f
full-scale test = essai en grand - m
full-size core = carotte plein diamètre - f
full-size model = modèle en vraie grandeur - m, modèle
grandeur naturelle - m
fullway valve = robinet plein passage - m
fully equipped = armé
fully restrained beam = poutre encastrée - f
function room = salle de banquets - f
functional element = élément constitutif - m
functional elements = éléments fonctionnels de la
construction - m
functional face = face fonctionnelle - f
fungal growth = moisissure - f, moisissure - f
fungicidal paint = peinture anticryptogamique - f
fungicidal paint = peinture antifongique - f, peinture
fongicide - f
fungicide = fongicide - m
funicular polygon = polygone funiculaire - m
funicular water = eau funiculaire - f
funnel = cheminée - f, entonnoir - m, gaine d’aéra-
tion - f, trémie - f, tuyau de ventilation - m
furnace = calorifère, calorifère - m, chambre de com-
bustion - f, four de fonderie - m, foyer
furnace (US) = générateur de chaleur - m
furnace brick = brique pour four - f
furnace clinker = mâchefer - m
furnished and installed (US) = fourni et posé
furnishing = ameublement - m
furniture = ameublement - m, meubles - m
furred = entartré (tuyau)
furring = coyau - m, doublage - m, fond de clouage - m,
fourrure - f, lisse - f, massif en maçonnerie - m
furring (pipe) = incrustation - f
furring channel = profilé de fourrure - m
furring strip = coyau - m, fourrure - f
furring tile = brique creuse de remplissage - f, brique
de remplissage - f, plaque rapportée en terre cuite (dou-
blage) - f, plaquette rapportée de terre cuite - f
furrow = cannelure - f, forge - f, rainure - f, ride - f
furrow irrigation = irrigation à la raie - f
fuse = coupe-circuit - m, fusible - m, plomb - m
fuse block = porte-fusibles - m
fuse box = boîte à fusibles - f, coffret à fusibles - m,
coupe-circuit renforcé - m, fusibles sous coffret - m
fuse carrier (UK) = porte-fusible - m
fuse cartridge = cartouche - f, cartouche fusible - f
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fuse holder = support de fusible - m
fuse holder (US) = porte-fusible - m
fuse link = élément fusible - m, fusible - m, maillon
fusible - m
fuse panel = panneau équipé de coupe-circuits - m
fuse switch = interrupteur à fusibles - m, interrupteur
combiné- m
fuse tong = pince à fusibles - f, pince isolante - f
fuse tube (US) = porte-fusible - m
fuse wire = fil fusible - m
fused block = brique moulée en fusion - f
fused switch = combiné - m, interrupteur à fusibles - m,
interrupteur combiné - m
fuserolle = fusarole - f
fusible plug = bouchon fusible - m, rondelle fusible - f
fusing salt = sel de fusion - m, sel fondu - m, sel
fusible - m
fusion welding = soudage par fusion - m, soudure par
fusion - f
fust = fût (de colonne) - m
G
gabble roof = comble à pignon - m, comble sur
pignon - m
gable = gâble - m
gable = pignon - m
gable bent = portique à traverse brisée - m
gable board = lambrequin (toit) - m, planche de rive
(pignon) - f, planche de rive du pignon - f
gable dormer = lucarne à deux versants - f
gable end = bout du pignon - m, façade à pignon - f,
pignon - m
gable frame = portique à traverse brisée - m
gable roof = comble sur pignon - m, toit à deux
égouts - m, toit à deux pans - m, toit à deux pentes - m,
toit à deux versants - m, toit à pignon - m
gable shoulder = butée de pignon - f
gable springer = sommier de pignon - m
gable stud = poteau de pignon - m
gable tile = tuile de pignon - f, tuile de rive - f
gable top = pignon - m
gable verge = saillie de rive (toit) - f
gable wall = mur de refend - m
gable wall = mur pignon - m
gable wall = mur-pignon - m
gable wall = refend (mur de...)
gable window = fenêtre de pignon - f
gable window = lucarne à pignon - f
gable window = lucarne faîtière - f
gabled roof = toit à pignon - m
gaboom = okoumé - m
gadroon = godron - m
gadrooned capital = chapiteau godronné - m
gadrooning = godronnage - m
gage = calibre - m, dosage - m, espacement trans-
versal - m, goniomètre - m, micromètre - m, poin-
teau - m, pureau - m, trusquin - m, trusquin à marbre - m
gage (US) = jauge - f
gage block (US) = cale (mesure) - f
gage glass = niveau - m, tube indicateur de niveau - m
gage mark = point de mesure - m
gage point = point de mesure - m
gage pot = pot de gâchage - m
gage, to = calibrer
gage, to (US) = jauger
gagged arch = arc en brique taillée - m
gagged brickwork = briquetage jointoyé - m
gagged stone = claveau - m, voussoir - m
gagging = jaugeage - m
gagging plaster = enduit de gâchage - m
gagging-board = planche de gâchage - f
gain = apport - m, embrèvement - m, encoche - f,
entaille - f
gallery = balcon - m, coursive - m, galerie - f, tribune
(au-dessus des bas-côtés) - f, véranda - f
galleting = rocaillage (incertum) - m
gallows bracket = console murale triangulaire - f
galvanised iron = tôle galvanisée - f
galvanised iron profile = petites ondes (plaques de
couverture) - f
galvanising = galvanisation - f
galvanized iron = fer galvanisé (FG) - m, FG (fer gal-
vanisé) - m
galvanized iron areaways = puits de fenêtre en tôle
galvanisée - m
galvanized iron covered saddle = rejéteau de che-
minée recouvert de tôle galvanisée - m
galvanized iron gutter = gouttière-tôle galvanisée - f
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galvanized outlet and switch box = boîte en métal gal-
vanisé pour appareillage électrique - f
galvanizing = étamage - m, galvanisage - m, galvani-
sation - f, zingage - m
gambrel roof = comble brisé - m, toit à la mansarde
avec pignons - m, toit en croupe - m
gambrel roof (US) = comble à la Mansard - m, toit en
bâtière brisée - m
gang = brèche - f, brigade - f, équipe - f
gang boarding = planche à tasseaux - f
gang foreman = chef d’équipe - m
gang mill = batterie de scies - f
gang mold = moule multiple (béton) - m
gang mould = moule multiple (béton) - m
gang saw = scie verticale à refendre - f
gang shore = batterie d’étais - f
gang strut = batterie d’étais - f
gang tool = outil multiple - m
ganged form = batterie coffrante - f, batterie de cof-
frage - f
ganging = montage en commun de plusieurs élé-
ments - m
gangway = chemin de service - m, passerelle - f, pont
de service - m
gantry = chantier - m, chevalet de levage - m, chevalet
de sciage - m, grue roulante - f, pont de service - m, pont
portique - m, pont roulant - m, portique - m, rack (cana-
lisations) - m, support - m, support de fût - m
gantry crane = grue à portique - f, grue roulante - f,
grue sur portique - f, pont de service - m, pont por-
tique - m, pont roulant - m, portique de levage - m
gap = brèche - f, creux - m, distance - f, fente - f, inter-
valle - m, jour - m, vide - m
gap grading = granulométrie discontinue - f
gap, to = échancrer, entailler
gap-filling adhesive = colle de remplissage - f, colle
pour joints épais - f
gaping = bâillement de joint - m, béant
garbage can (US) = boîte à ordure - f
garbage chute (US) = vide-ordures (VO) - m, VO
(vide-ordures) - m
garbage disposal unit (US) = broyeur à ordure - f,
broyeur d’évier - m
garden (UK) = jardin - m
garden allotment = lotissement de jardins - m
garden centre = jardinerie - f
garden city = cité de jardin - f
garden path = allée - f
garden pond = bassin de jardin - m
garden roller = rouleau à gazon - m gate lodge = pavillon d’entrée - m
garden suburb = banlieue jardin - f gate pier = poteau de barrière - m
garden wall bond = appareil de mur de jardin - m gate post = montant de barrière - m, pilastre - m,
gargoyle = gargouille - f pilastre de portail - m, pilastre d’entrée - m, poteau de
barrière - m, pylône - m
garnet = grenat - m, té simple et équerre (de char-
nière) - m gate price = prix rendu - m
garnet hinge = charnière à équerre - f, charnière à gate stop = butée de porte - f
gond - f, té simple et équerre (de charnière) - m gate valve = robinet-vanne - m
garnet paper = papier grenat - m, papier-grenat - m gatekeeper = portier - m
garret = attique - m, combles - m, galetas - m, gre- gate-keeper = portier - m
nier - m, mansarde - f, soupente - f
gate-lodge = pavillon de garde - m, pavilon d’entrée - m
garret stairs = escalier de soupente - m
gate-valve = vanne - f
garret window = chatière - f
gateway = porte monumentale - f
garret, to = garnir (des joints)
gathering = avaloir - m
garth = préau (cloître) - m
gauga rod = règle d’assises - f
gas appliance = appareil à gaz - m
gauge = calibre - m, dosage - m, échantillon - m, ep
gas cartridge extinguisher = extincteur à bouteille à (épaisseur) - f, épaisseur (ep) - f, épaisseur de métal - f,
gaz - m pas (boulons, rivets) - m
gas concrete = béton écumeux - m, béton mousse - m, gauge (roof) = pureau - m
béton-gaz - m
gauge (UK) = jauge - f
gas cutting = oxycoupage - m
gauge block (UK) = cale (mesure) - f
gas cylinder = bouteille de gaz comprimé - f
gauge glass = niveau de réservoir - m
gas extraction = dégazage - m, évacuation des gaz - f
gauge pressure = pression manométrique - f
gas fire = radiateur à gaz - m
gauge rod = baguette de calibrage - f, pige - f
gas flame coal = charbon flambant - m
gauge, to = calibrer, doser (ciment), gâcher, tailler au
gas main = conduite de distribution de gaz - f
dimensions voulues
gas meter = compteur de gaz - m
gauge, to (UK) = jauger
gas pipe = tuyau de gaz - m
gauged arch = arc en brique taillée - m
gas pocket (casting) = soufflure de gaz - f
gauged brick = brique calibrée - f, brique en coin - f
gas ring = réchaud à gaz - m
gauged plaster = plâtre bâtard - m
gas tester = détecteur de gaz - m
gauged stuff = plâtre bâtard - m
gas vent = conduit d’évacuation des gaz brulés -m
gauging = calibrage de maçonnerie - m, dosage - m
gas-filled lamp = lampe à atmosphère gazeuse - f
gauging plaster = fleur de plâtre - f
gas-fired = marchant au gaz
gauging water = eau de gâchage - f
gas-fired boiler = chaudière marchant au gaz - f
Gaussian curve = courbe de Gauss - f, courbe en
gas-fitter = gazier - m
cloche - f
gasket = garniture - f, garniture plate - f, joint (méca-
gaveting = rocaillage (incertum) - m
nique) - m
gel coat = gel coat - m
gaskin = bitord - m
gelling agent = gélifiant - m
gasoline interceptor = séparateur d’hydrocarbures - f
gasoline separator = séparateur d’hydrocarbures - f gemel = géminé
gasoline trap = séparateur d’hydrocarbures - f gemel (columns, windows) = jumelé
gate = barrière de passage - f, grille - f, portail - m, porte gemel window = fenêtre géminée - f, fenêtre jume-
(château, ville) - f, porte d’entrée - f lée - f, lucarne jumelée - f
gate hinge = gond - m, pivot de grille - m, pivot de geminated = accouplé (colonnes), géminé
porte - m geminated windows = fenêtres géminées - f
gate hook = goujon de penture - m geminated(columns, windows) = jumelé
gate house = chambre des vannes - f, corps de garde - m general arrangement = parti (d’une façade) - m

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general arrangement drawing = plan d’ensemble - m
general arrangment of a building = ordonnance - f
general attendance charges = compte pro-rata - m
general conditions = cahier des charges - m, conditions
générales - f
general conditions of contract = cahier des clauses
générales - m
general contractor = entrepreneur général - m, entre-
prise générale - f, maître d’œuvre (MO) - m, MO
(maître d’œuvre) - m
general foreman = chef de chantier - m
general insurance = assurance IARD (incendie, acci-
dents et risques divers) - f
general plan = plan d’ensemble - m
general purpose = polyvalent
general scheme = parti (d’une façade) - m
general superintendent = chef de chantier - m
general view = vue d’ensemble - f
generator = générateur - m
generator set = groupe électrogène - m
generatrix = génératrice - f
generous = bien norri
generous coat = couche bien nourrie - f
gentle grade = pente douce - f
gentle slope = glacis - m
gentle-grade roof = toit à pente faible - m
geofabric = géotextile - m
geological horizon = horizon géologique - m
geological survey = examen géologique - m
geological survey = levé géologique - m
geomechanics = géomécanique - f
geometric series = série géométrique - f
geometrical stair = escalier à limon courbe - m, esca-
lier tournant à jour - m
geotechnical engineer = ingénieur géotechnicien - m
geotechnics = géotechnique - f
geotextile = géotextile - m
geothermal energy = énergie géothermique - f
German silver = maillechort - m
get dirty, to = encrasser (s’)
giant order = ordre colossal - m
giant rainer = canon d’arrosage - m
gib door = porte dérobée - f
giblet check = feuillure extérieure de porte - f, feuil-
lure-arrêt - f
gimlet = perçoir - m, tarière - f, vrille - f
gin = bigue - f
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gin block = palan de chèvre - m
gin pole = derrick à haubans - m, mât de levage - m,
chèvre à haubans - f
girder = fer à plancher - m, longeron - m, longrine - f,
maîtresse-poutre - f, nervure - f, poutre - f, poutre (en
bois ou en béton) - f, poutre maîtresse - f, poutrelle - f,
profilé - m
girder cleat = attache de poutre - f
girder course = assise parpaing - f
girder of temporary bridge = poutre de pont provi-
soire - f
girder pass = cannelure à poutrelle - f
girderage = poutraison - f
girders = poutraison - f
girdle = plaque chauffante - f
girt (US) = lisse (ossature) - f
girth joint = joint à bague - m
give under a load, to = céder
give way, to = faiblir sous l’effort
giving possession = mise à disposition des lieux - f
glacial deposit = dépôt glaciaire - m
gland = garniture d’étanchéité - f, PE (presse-
étoupe) - m, presse-étoupe (PE) - m
gland nut = garniture d’étanchéité - f, PE (presse-
étoupe) - m, presse-étoupe (PE) - m
glass = carreau - m, châssis - m, cloison vitrée - f,
verre - m, vitrage - m, vitrail - m, vitre - f, vitrine - f
glass block = bloc de verre - m, brique de verre - f, dalle
de verre - f, pavé de verre - m
glass brick = brique de verre - f
glass building = immeuble-mirroir - m
glass cloth = tissu de verre (TV) - m, TV (tissu de
verre) - m
glass concrete = béton translucide - m
glass cutter = pointe de diamant (outil) - f
glass fabric = tissu de verre (TV) - m, TV (tissu de
verre) - m
glass fiber = fibre de verre - f
glass fibre mat = voile de verre - m, VV (voile de
verre) - m
glass furnace = four de verrerie - m
glass pane = carreau de vitre - m, vitre - f
glass paste = pâte de verre - f
glass reinforced polyester = polyester renforcé de
verre (PRV) - m
glass reinforced polyester = PRV (polyester renforcé
de verre) - m
glass roof = verrière - f
glass silk = laine de verre - f
glass stop = parclose - f glazing putty = mastic de vitrier - m
glass tile = tuile de verre - f glazing stop = parclose - f
glass tube cutter = coupe-tube de verre - m glazing tile = tuile à vitre - f
glass wool = laine de verre - f glazing unit = châssis vitré - m
glass-bar = croisillon - m, épart - m, petit-bois - m globe valve = robinet d’arrêt sphérique - m, vanne à
glass-crete = béton armé à muraillement en verre - m boisseau sphérique - f
glassfiber reinforced concrete = béton armé de fibre gloss = brillant - m
de verre - m gloss paint = peinture brillante - f
glassfibre = fibre(s) de verre - f glossing = lustrage (verre) - m
glasspaper = papier de verre - m glossy paint = peinture brillante - f
glass-partition = vitrage - m glue block = taquet (menuiserie) - m
glass-reinforced concrete = béton armé de fibre de glue failure = rupture dans le plan de collage - f
verre - m glue line = plan de collage - m
glassware = verrerie - f glue penetration = transpercement de colle (contre-
glass-wool insulator = fibre de verre isolante - f plaqué) - m
glass-wool insulator = laine de verre isolante - f glue(adherend), to = maroufler
glassy = vitreux glue, to = coller
glaze = émail - m, glacis - m glue-cement = ciment colle - m
glaze in, to = poser les vitres glued = collé
glaze, to = glacer (se), poser des vitres, vitrer, vitrifier glued joint = joint collé - m
glazed = émaillé, glacé, vernissé, vitré glued laminated timber = bois lamellé collé - m
glazed brick = brique de parement vitrifiée en cou- glued-laminated = lamellé-collé
leur - f, brique émaillée - f, brique vernie - f, brique ver- glue-laminated timber = pièce de charpente à join-
nissée - f tures collées - f
glazed concrete = béton émaillé - m, béton translu- glue-laminated timber = pièce de charpente feuil-
cide - m letée - f
glazed door = porte vitrée - f glue-laminated timber = pièce de charpente lamellée-
glazed eathenware = grès émaillé - m collée - f
glazed frame = châssis vitré - m gluing = collage - m, encollage - m
glazed sash = châssis vitré - m glulam = lamellé-collé
glazed stoneware = grès vernissé - m, grès vitrifié - m godroon = godron - m
glazed tile = carreau de faïence - m, carreau de faïence godrooning = godronnage - m
émaillé - m, porte vitrée - f going = giron - m
glazed ware = grès vernissé - m, grès vitrifié - m going of flight = étendue (escalier) - f
glazier = vitrier - m going of step = giron - m
glazier’s brad = pointe de vitrier - f going-of-step = largeur de marche - f
glazier’s point = pointe de vitrier - f gold-plated = doré
glazier’s putty = mastic de vitrerie - f, mastic de good edge = bonne rive - f
vitrier - m good engineering practice = règles de l’art - f
glazier’s sprig = pointe de vitrier - f good ground = bon sol - m
glazing = couverture transparente - f, émaillage- m, good practice = règles de l’art - f
glacis - m, glaçure - f, pose de la vitre - f, pose de
verres - f, revêtement transparent - m, vernissage - m, good trade practice = règle de l’art - f
vitrage - m, vitrerie - f, vitrification - f goods lift (UK) = monte-charge - m
glazing bar = petit bois - m, petit fer - m goose neck = col de cygne - m, crosse - m
glazing bead = baguette de vitrerie - f, parclose - f gooseneck = crosse d’échelon - m
glazing fillet = parclose - f gore = pan de dôme - m
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Gothic arch = arc en ogive - m
gouge = gouge - m
Government-recognised (architect) (France) =
DPLG (diplômé par le gouvernement) - m
Government-recognised architect (France) = archi-
tecte DPLG (diplômé par le gouvernement) - m
governor = régulateur - m
grab = benne piocheuse - f, benne preneuse - f, niveau
aménagé - m
grab bucket = benne piocheuse - f, benne preneuse - f
grab crane = grue à benne preneuse - f, grue en benne
preneuse - f
grab rail = poignée d’appui - f
grab set = prise accélérée - f, prise instantanée - f
grabrail = barre de support - f
gradation = granulométrie - f
grade = catégorie - f, classe - f, cote - f, niveau - m,
niveau de terrain naturel - m, niveau du sol - m, nuance
(acier) - f, pente - f, pente du sol - f, qualité - f, rampe - f
grade (US) = surface du terrain définitif - f
grade embankments, to = régulariser les talus
grade in lumber = classification du bois - f
grade level (US) = niveau des terrassements - m, niveau
du sol - m, sol définitif - m
grade line = contour du sol - m, niveau du sol - m
grade stake = piquet de nivellement - m
grade strip (US) = chemin - m
grade the ramps, to = régulariser les pentes, régula-
riser les rampes
grade the site, to = régulariser le sol
grade, at = à niveau, de niveau
grade, to = aménager la pente, classer, cribler, établir
la plate-forme, ménager ou régulariser la pente, mettre
à niveau, régulariser (pente, talus), trier
graded = calibre, criblé, tamisé
graded aggregate = granulat calibré - m
graded filter = filtre à granulométrie continue - m
graded material = matériau calibré - m, matériau
classé - m, matériau trié - m, matière triée - m
graded profile = profil régularisé - m
grader = grader - m, niveleuse - f, niveleuse automo-
trice - f, profileuse - f
grades filter layer = couche filtrante graduée - f
gradient = déclivité - f, dénivellation - f, inclinaison - f,
inclinaison par rapport à l’horizontale - f, pente (ter-
rain) - f, rampe - f
gradient ratio = rapport des gradients hydrauliques - m
gradine = gradin - m, gradine - f
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grading = calibrage de granulats - m, classement - m,
classification - f, granulométrie - f, mise à niveau - f,
nivelage - m, nivellement - m, régalage - m, régale-
ment - m, réglage des surfaces - m, terrassement - m,
triage (bois) -m
grading curve = courbe granulométrique - f
grading curve of sieve test = courbe granulométri-
que - f
grading of aggregate = classement des éléments du
granulat - m
grading of aggregate = classement granulomé-
trique - m
grading plan = plan de nivellement - m
grading range = fuseau granulométrique - m
gradiograph = clinomètre - m
gradline = gradine - f
grain = fil - m, fil du bois - m, grain - m, veine - f
grain (wood) = fibre (du bois) - f
grain direction = direction des veines - f, fil du bois - m
grain of the ply = fil d’un pli - m
grain raising = soulèvement du grain - m
grain size = calibre - m
grain size = granularité - f
grain size analysis = analyse granulométrique - f, étude
granulométrique - f, granulométrie - f
grain, to = veiner façon bois
graining = boisage - m, veines - f
graining brush = veinette - f
graining comb = peigne de peintre - m
grain-to-grain pressure = pression intergranulaire - f
grain-to-grain stress = contrainte intergranulaire - f
grand master key = clef de groupe - f
grand master key = passe-partout partiel - m
grand staircase = escalier d’honneur - m
grandstand = tribune d’honneur - f
granite = granité, granite - m
granitic finish = fini granitique - m, granite artifi-
ciel - m, granito - m
granolith = granito - m, granolithe - f
granolithic finish = granito - m
granular = granulaire
granular fill = hérisson - m
granular gypsum = gypse granulé - m
granular material = matière pulvérulente - m
granular soil = sol pulvérulent - m, terrain pulvéru-
lent - m
granulate = granulat - m
granulated = granulé
granulated slag = laitier granulé - m gravity batch mixer = bétonnière à chute libre - f
granulated slag brick = brique de laitier granulé - f gravity chute = toboggan - m
granulated-slag brick = brique à batir pour usines - f gravity circulation of hot water = thermo-siphon - m
granulating hammer = boucharde - f gravity dam = barrage-poids - m
granulating roller = boucharde d’enduiseur - f gravity feed = alimentation par gravité - f
graph = graphique - m gravity feed tank = réservoir en charge - m
graphite = graphite - m gravity filter = filtre gravitaire - m
grappler = grappin - m, piton - m gravity flow = écoulement libre - m, écoulement libre
grass = gazon - m par gravité - m
grass sod = plaque de gazon - f gravity force = pesanteur - f
grass strip = bande enherbée - f gravity hot water heating = chauffage central à circu-
lation naturelle -m
grass table = embasement - m
gravity mixer = bétonnière à tambour inverseur - f
grassed down = enherbé
grate = grille (chaudière) - f, grille (foyer) - f, grille de gravity slide = glissement par gravité - m
chaudière - f gravity supply = adduction gravitaire - f, alimentation
grate bar = barreau de grille - f en charge - f, alimentation par gravité - f
graticule = réticule - m gravity system = réseau gravitaire - m
grating = gril - m, grillage de madriers - m, grillage ren- gravity tank = réservoir en charge - m
forcé - m, grille (égout) - f, pierre broyée - f gravity wall = mur poids - m
grating set = crapaudine - f, treillis - m gravity water = eau gravitaire - f
gratings = caillebotis - m gray iron (US) = fonte grise - f
gravel = grave - f, gravier - m, gravillon - m, grès - m gray stock = brique vitrifiée - f
gravel board = madrier à gravier - m grease box = bac à graisse - m, bac dégraisseur - m,
gravel concrete = béton de gravier - m, béton de gra- intercepteur de graisse - m, récupérateur de graisse - m
vier ou de gravillon - m, béton de gravillons - m grease cup = godet graisseur - m
gravel guard = crapaudine - f grease interceptor = bac à graisse - m, bac dégrais-
gravel packing = couronne de gravier - f seur - m, intercepteur de graisse - m
gravel pit = ballastière - m, gravière - f grease interceptor (US) = séparateur de graisse - f
gravel plank = madrier à gravier - m grease removal tank = séparateur de graisse - f
gravel road = chaussée gravelée - f, route en gravier - f, grease separator = bac à graisse - m, bac dégrais-
route gravillonnée - f seur - m, récupérateur de graisse - m, séparateur de
graisse - f
gravel screen = garde-grève - m
grease skimming tank = séparateur de graisse - f
gravel stop = arrêt à gravier - m
grease trap = bac à graisse - m, bac dégraisseur - m,
gravel walk = allée gravelée - f
boîte à graisse - f, intercepteur de graisse - m, récupé-
gravel, to = gravillonner rateur de graisse - m
gravel/sand = G/S (gravier/sable) - m, gravier/sable grease trap (UK) = séparateur de graisse - f
(G/S) - m, GS (gravier/sable) - m
greasy = gras
gravel-cement mixture = grave-ciment - f
great grand master key = clef maîtresse - f, passe-par-
gravel-packing = encaissement - m tout général - m
gravel-sand mixture = grave - f Greek key = grecque - f
gravel-slag mixture = grave-laitier - f Greek moulding = grecque - f
gravely soil = sol graveleux - m green belt = zone verte - f
gravestone = pierre tombale - f green brick = brique crue - f, brique crue (luminaire) - f
gravitational flow = écoulement libre - m green concrete = béton frais - m, béton jeune - m, béton
gravitational water = eau gravitaire - f vert - m
gravity = toboggan - m green lumber = bois vert - m
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green sludge = boue brute - f
green sludge = boue fraîche - f
green strength = résistance initiale - f
green timber = bois vert - m
greenhouse glass = verre jardinier - m
grey iron (UK) = fonte grise - f
grid = graticule - m, grillage - m, grille (plan) - f, qua-
drillage - m, résille (structure) - f
grid formation = grille de poutre - f, poutre croisées - f
grid layout = maillage - m, plan en damier - m, plan
orthogonal - m
grid pattern = motif du grillage - m
grid plan = plan en grille - m
grid system = grille de poutres - f, poutres croisées - f,
poutres croisées - f, réseau de transport de l’électri-
cité - m
gridiron plan = plan en échiquier - m
gridiron plan (UK) = plan quadrillé - m
gridiron system = réseau maillé - m
griffe = griffe (base de colonne) - f
griffin = griffon - m
grillage = gril - m, grillage - m, grillage (fondations) -
m, racinaux (fondations) -m
grillage floor = plancher à poutrage en gril - m
grillage foundation = fondation sur gril de réparti-
tion - f, fondation sur grillage - f, semelle en poutrelles
enrobées - f
grille = grille (ventilation) - f, guichet (dans la
porte) - m
grillwork = gril - m
grind, to = égriser (marbre, verre), rectifier (métal)
grinder = affûteuse - f, broyeur - m, meule - f, meu-
leuse - f
grinding = affûtage - m, broyage - m, doucissage - m,
émeulage - m, grésage - m, meulage - m
grinding (of cement) = mouture - f
grinding machine = affûteuse - f, broyeur - m, meule - f
grinding wheel = meule à affûter - f, meule à
aiguiser - f
grindstone = meule - f, meule en grès - f
grip = adhérence - f, grit - m, mordache - f, mors - m,
prise - f, saignée - f, serrage - m, serre-câble - m
grip anchorage = ancrage par serrage - m
grip gear = parachute (ascenseur) - f
grip holder = porte-mordaches - m
grip length of reinforcement = longueur d’adhérence
d’armature - f
gripping head = tête d’amarrage - f
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grit = corps étrangers - m, gravier - m, grenaille angu-
laire - m, grès - m, poussières abrasives - f
grit arrestor = piège à sable - m
grit blasting = grenaillage à la grenaille angulaire - m
grit chamber = bassin à sable - m, bassin de dessable-
ment - m, dessableur - m
grit removal unit = dessableur - m
grit spreader = gravillonneuse - f
grit stone = meulière - f
grit trap = dessableur - m
gritstone = pierre meulière - f
gritter = gravillonneuse - f
gritting = sablage - m
gritty clay = argile à cailloux - f
grog = chamotte - f
grog fireclay mortar = ciment réfractaire - m
groin = arc doubleau - m, arête de voûte - f, épi - m,
estacade - f, vernure - f, voussure - f
groin vault = voûte d’arête(s) - f
groined arch = voûte à arc-doubleau - f, voûte à
arête - f
groined rib = nervure d’arête - f
groined vault = voûte d’arête(s) - f
grommet = passe-fil - m
groove = caniveau - m, cannelure - f, feuillure - f,
gorge - f mortaise - f rainure - f
groove (key) = ève (clé) - f
groove and tongue, to = bouveter
groove between moulding = tarabiscot - m
groove for joint filler = gorge pour l’étanchéité - f
groove, to = canneler, rainer, rainurer, ruiner
grooved = cannelé, rainuré
grooved and tongued = bouveté
grooved pulley = poulie à gorge - f
grooved tile = tuile à emboîtement - f, tuile à gorge - f,
tuile mécanique - f
groover = fer à rainurer (dalle de béton) - m
grooving plane = bouvet à rainure - m, bouvet
femelle - m, noix - f
gross = brut (poids)
gross area = aire brute - f, SHO (surface hors
œuvre) - f, SHOB (surface hors œuvre) - f, surface fors
œuvre - f, surface hors œuvre (SHO) - f, surface hors
œuvre (SHOB) - f
gross calorific value = PCS (pouvoir calorifique supé-
rieur) - m
gross calorific value = pouvoir calorifique supérieur
(PCS) - m
gross floor area = surface utilisable - f
gross installed capacity = puissance brute - f
gross sample = échantillon brut - m
ground = masse - f, sol - m, subjectile - m, support
(peinture) - m, terrain - m, terre - f
ground (US) = terre (élect.) - f
ground beam = longrine - f
ground bearing pressure = taux de travail du sol - m
ground breaking = ouverture du sol - f
ground circuit (US) = circuit de terre - m
ground colour = couleur de fond - f
ground concrete = béton grésé - m
ground connection (US) = prise de terre - f
ground current meter = telluromètre - m
ground floor (UK) = RC (rez-de-chaussée) - m
ground floor (UK) = rez-de-chaussée (RC) - m
ground floor joist = solive de rez-de-chaussée - f
ground frame = premier cadre - m
ground glass = verre dépoli - m
ground joint = joint rodé - m
ground joint fitting = raccord à joint rodé - m
ground joist = solive au sol - f
ground leak (US) = fuite à la terre - f
ground level = niveau du terrain - m
ground level (UK) = niveau du sol - m
ground line = niveau du sol - m
ground movement = mouvement de terrain - m
ground occupation factor (France) = coefficient d’oc-
cupation du sol (COS) - m, COS (coefficient d’occu-
pation du sol) - m
ground outlet (US) = prise de courant à la terre - f
ground plan = plan au sol (niveau de sol naturel) - m,
plan de terrain - m, plan horizontal - m, projection hori-
zontale - f
ground plate (framed structure) = sablière basse - f
ground reaction = réaction du sol - f
ground return circuit (US) = circuit de retour par la
terre - m
ground sleeper = longrine - f
ground stabilization (by soil-cement mix) = béton-
nage du sol (routes) - m
ground subsidence = affaissement - m, affaissement de
terrain - m
ground survey = étude du sol - f
ground table = assise de fond - f, embasement - m,
empattement au bas d’un mur - m
ground thrust = poussée des terres - f
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ground water lowering = épuisement - m, rabattement
de la nappe phréatique - m
ground water table = nappe phréatique - f
ground wave = onde de sol - f
ground which can be broken up with a pick = ter-
rain attaquable à la pioche ou au pic - m
ground which can be dug with a shovel = terrain
attaquable à la pelle - m
ground wire = fil de garde - m, fil neutre - m
ground wire (US) = fil de terre - m
ground, to = mettre à la masse
grounded circuit (US) = circuit mis à la terre - m
grounding (US) = mise à la masse - f, mise à la terre - f
grounds = fond de clouage - m, tasseaux de fixation - m
groundsill = sablière basse - f
groundwater = eau souterraine - f
groundwater flow = écoulement souterrain - m
groundwater lowering = rabattement de la nappe
phréatique - m
groundwater runoff = écoulement souterrain - m
groundwork = litonnage (sur voligeage) - m, tasseaux
de fixation - m
groundwork (over roofing boards) = lattis (pose d’ar-
doise ou tuiles) - m
group heating = chauffage central en commun -m
group heating = chauffage en commun -m
group of piles = groupe de pieux - m, pieux groupés - m
group vent = ventilation secondaire par groupe - f
grouped flues = conduits groupés - m
grout = chape - f, coulis - m, crépi - m, lait de
ciment - m, laitance - f, mortier clair - m, mortier d’in-
jection - m, mortier liquide - m
grout curtain = écran d’injection - m, écran d’étan-
chéité - m, rideau d’injection - m
grout hole = trou d’injection - m
grout pocket = réservation - f
grout pump = pompe d’injection - f
grout surrounding tunnel sections = mortier d’injec-
tion des éléments - m
grout, to = jointoyer, liaisonner, sceller
grouted hooks = crampon - m, crochet scellé - m
grouting = barbotine - f, coulage de ciment - m, cou-
lage de mortier liquide - m, gobetage - m, injection
(coulis) - f, jointoiement au mortier - m, jointoiement
avec mortier liquide - m, jointoyage - m, remplissage
en béton - m, scellement au coulis - m, scellement au
mortier clair - m
grouting admixture = adjuvant pour injection - m
grouting cementation = cimentation - f
grouting curtain = écran d’injection - m
grouting of the ground = bétonnage du sol - m
grouting pump = pompe d’injection - f
grout-intruded concrete = béton injecté - m
growth ring = cerne - m, couche annuelle - f
growth wood = cambium - m
groyne = épi - m, estacade - f
gruage = enduit dosé - m
grub axe = hoyau - m
grub screw = vis sans tête - f
grub, to = décaper et dessoucher un terrain
grubbing = débroussaillage - m, décapage - m, déca-
page du sol - m, défrichage - m, défrichement - m, des-
souchement - m, essouchement - m
grubbing up = essouchement - m
grummet = passe-fil - m
guard bar = appui de fenêtre (accoudoir) - m, barre
d’appui - f
guard bead = baguette d’angle - f, latte intérieure
(fenêtre à guillotine) - f
guard board = plinthe (échafaudage) - f
guard rail = garde-corps - m, rambarde - f
guard ring = cuirasse de canon - f
guard screen = grille de protection - f
guard stone = chasse roue - m
guardrail = garde-fou - m, rampe d’appui - f
gudgeon = gond - m, goujon de penture - m, tou-
rillon - m, goujon métallique - m
gudjeon pin = goujon métallique - m
guest house = hôtellerie (monastère) - f
guests quarters = hôtellerie (monastère) - f
guide coat = couche de guide - f
guide rail = chemin de guidage - m
guide rails = guides - m
guide track = chemin de guidage - m
guide vanes = aubage directionnel - m
guilloche = guillochis - m
guillotine = massicot (tranchoir) - m
gulley = bouche avaloir - f, bouche d’égoût - f
gully = bouche avaloir - f, caniveau de sol - m
gully hole = avaloir de chaussée - m, bouche d’égoût - f
gully inlet = avaloir de chaussée - m
gullying = ravinement - m
gum arabic (UK) = gomme arabique - f
gum pocket = poche de gomme - f
gum pocket (UK) = poche de résine - f
gun = pistolet - m
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gun = pompe - f
gun application = application au pistolet - f, pisto-
lage - m, projection - f
gun nailer = cloueur automatique - m
gun spraying = projection de peinture - f
gun welder = pince à souder - f
gun-grade sealant = joint à la pompe - m
gunite = chape de ciment - f, enduit de mortier - m,
gunite - m, mortier projeté (enduit) - m
gunite technique = méthode de béton projeté - f
gun-nailer = cloueuse - f
gunning = projection de peinture - f
gunning of concrete = gunitage - m
gusset = gousset - m
gusset piece = gousset - m
gusset plate = gousset - m
gusset window = châssis à soufflet - m
gusset-plated joint = joint à gousset - m
gut a building, to = vider les quatre murs
guttae = gouttes - f
gutter = busard - m, caniveau - m, chéneau - m, éché-
nal - m, gouttière de toit - f, rigole - f, ruisseau - m
gutter board = volige de fond de créneau - f
gutter box = caisse goutière - f
gutter hanger = étrier de chêneau - m
gutter hook = crochet de gouttière - m
gutter lead = noquet (plomb) - m
gutter plank = volige de fond de créneau - f
gutter plate = sablière (sous chéneau) - f
gutter tile = tuile canal - f, tuile creuse - f
guy = amarre de retenue - f, fil de hauban - m,
hauban - m
guy Derrick = derrick avec flèche auxiliaire - m
guy pole = derrick à haubans - m
guy wire = fil de hauban - m, hauban - m
guyed mast = derrick à haubans - m
guyed mast derrick = derrick à haubans - m
guying of trees = haubanage des arbres - m
gypsum = gypse - m
gypsum block = carreau de plâtre - m
gypsum board = panneau de gypse - m
gypsum cement = ciment keene - m
gypsum concrete = béton au plâtre - m, béton de plâtre
- m, béton de plâtre cuit - m
gypsum lath = latte en placoplâtre - f
gypsum lath and plast = latte en plâtre et enduit - f
gypsum partition tile = carreau de plâtre - m
gypsum plaster = enduit au plâtre - m, enduit en mor-
tier de plâtre - m, plâtre - m, plâtre de gypse - m
gypsum plasterboard = panneau en carton-plâtre - m,
plaque de plâtre cartonnée - f, planche au plâtre - f
gyrating cowl = mitre - f
gyrating fan = ventilateur oscillant - m
gyration = giration - f
gyratory crusher = broyeur à cône - f, concasseur à
noix - m, concasseur giratoire - m
half-brick wall = cloison de 11 cm - f, mur de
11 cm - m, mur de onze centimètres - m
half-double (US) = maison individuelle jumelée - f
half-header = demi-boutisse - f
half-hollow moulding = gorge à profil demi-circu-
laire - f
halflap joint = assemblage à mi-bois - m
half-lap joint = assemblage à mi-bois - m, joint à mi-
bois - m
halfpace landing = moitié tournante - f
halfpace stair = escalier à moitié tournante - m

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half-pitch roof = pente à la demie - f
half-round tile = tuile canal - f
half-round bar = fer demi-rond - m
half-round cut veneer = placage semi-dérouté - m
half-round file = lime demi-ronde - f
half-round groove = contre-noix - f, gueule de loup
(menuiserie) - f, noix - f, rainure à section semi-circu-
laire - f
half-round iron = fer demi-rond - m
h(a)ematite concrete = béton à l’hématite - m halfround ridge tile = faîtière demi-ronde - f
habitable room = pièce habitable - f, pièce princi- half-round tongue = mouton de battant - m, noix
pale - f (montant de fenêtre à la française) - f
habitation = habitation –f, logement - m halfspace = moitié tournante - f
hack saw = scie à métaux - f half-space stair = escalier à moitié tournante - m
hacking = éraflage - m half-span roof = appentis (toit) - m, toit en appentis - m
hacksaw = scie à métaux - f half-story = entresol - m
hafting = emmanchement (outil) - m half-timber = gros bois dédoublé - m
hagioscope = hagioscope - m half-timbered house = maison à colombages - f,
hair crack = fissure capillaire - f, fissure filiforme - f maison à poutres apparentes - f
hair cracking = faïençage - m, fissure capillaire - f, half-timbering = demi-boisage - m
microfissuration - f half-truss = demi-ferme - f
hair cracks = microfissuration - f half-turn stairs = escalier à double quartier - m
hair felt = feutre de poil - m Hall = château - m
hairpin = épingle - f hall = entrée - f, hall d’entrée - m
half batten = latte menue - f hall church = église-halle - f
half batten = pigeonnière - f hallway = passage - m
half column = demi-poteau - m halved joint = assemblage à mi-bois - m, enture à mi-
half dome = cul-de-four - m bois - f
half landing = demi-palier - m halved scarf joint = enture à mi-bois à sifflet - f
half round moulding = baguette demi-ronde - f halving = assemblage à mi-bois - m, emmanchement
half span roof = toit en appentis - m (outil) - m, enture à mi-bois - f
half storey = étage mansardé - m halving joint = assemblage à mi-bois - m
half story = demi-étage - m hammer = marteau - m, mouton - m, pilon - m
half stud = poteau de remplage - m, poteau de remplis- hammer beam = blochet - m
sage - m, potelet - m hammer blow = coup de battage - m
half timbering = colombage - m hammer breaker = concasseur à percussion - m
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hammer cylinder = cylindre du mouton - m
hammer dressed = dressé au marteau
hammer drill = marteau perforateur - m
hammer finish = martelé, peinture à effet de marte-
lage - f
hammer finished = martelé
hammer grap = hammergrab - m
hammer hardening = écrouissage - m, écrouisse-
ment - m
hammer head = tête de marteau - f
hammer rail = montant du mouton - m
hammer sampler = carottier battu - m
hammer tacker = agrafeuse cloueuse marteau - f
hammer tacker = cloueuse marteau - f
hammer, to = foncer par battage
hammer-beam roof = toit à charpente à binchets - m
hammer-dressed ashlar = pierre de taille équarrie - f
hammered glass = verre martelé - m
hammer-grab = trépan-benne - m
hammerhead crane = grue marteau - f
hammer-head crane = grue pivotante - f, potence piv-
otante - f
hammering = battage - m, matage - m
hand = main (ouverture d’une porte) - f
hand crane = guindole - f
hand drill = chignole - f
hand hole = trou de poing - m
hand lever = manette - f
hand lift-truck = chariot élévateur à main - m
hand operated = à bras
hand over, to = remettre
hand punner = dame - f
hand rail = balustrade - f, rampe - f
hand rammer = demoiselle - f
hand reset = réarmement à la main - m, réenclenche-
ment manuel - m
hand saw = égoïne - f, scie égohine - f, scie égoïne - f
hand speck = pied-de-biche - m
hand truck = chariot à bras - m, diable - m
hand vice = étau à main - m
hand winch = treuil à bras - m
hand-drill = foreuse manuelle - f, vilebrequin à engre-
nage - m
handhole = trou de poing - m
handhole (US) = regard de tirage (élect.) - m
handle = béquille - f, manche - m, poignée - f
handle hasp = crémone à bouton - f
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handling = manutention - f
handling equipment = appareil de manutention - m
handling equipment = matériel de manutention - m
hand-operated = à commande manuelle, à main, à
main courante, commandé à la main
hand-operated auger = tarière - f
hand-operated switch = interrupteur à levier - m
handpull = poignée de tirage - f
handrail = garde-fou - m, main courante - f, rampe
escalier) - f
hands = manœuvres - m, ouvriers - m
handscraper = racleur à bras - m
handwheel = volant - m
handwork = travail à la main - m
hang a door, to = poser une porte
hang wallpaper, to = poser du papier peint
hang, to = coller, poser (du papier peint), poser du
papier peint
hanger = chaise (tuyau) - f, collier d’attache - m, col-
lier de fixation - m, collier de suspension - m,
console - f, crochet - m, crochet de suspension - m, dis-
positif de suspension - m, étrier (charpente) - m, lien en
fer à U - m, support - m
hanger (ceiling) = suspente - f
hanger bolt = boulon de suspension - m
hanging = en pendentif, essentage de bardeaux - m,
pose au crochet (ardoise) - f
hanging ceiling = faux plafond - m
hanging closet (US) = penderie - f
hanging door = porte battante - f
hanging gutter = gouttière pendante - f
hanging keystone = clé pendante - f
hanging keystone = clef pendante - f
hanging light fitting (UK) = suspension (luminaire) - f
hanging post = poteau de montage - m, poteau de mon-
tage (porte) - m, poteau ferré (barrière) - m
hanging sash = châssis à guillotine - m
hanging scaffold = échafaudage volant - m
hanging scaffolding = échafaudage suspendu - m
hanging shingling = bardage en bardeaux - m, essen-
tage (bardeaux) - m
hanging stair(s) = escalier en encorbellement - m,
escalier pendant - m, escalier suspendu - m
hanging step(s) = marche(s) en encorbellement - f,
escalier pendant - m, escalier suspendu - m
hanging stile = montant charnier - m, montant d’assem-
blage - m, montant de rive (fenêtre à guillotine) - m,
montant de suspension - m
haphazard building = construction sporadique - f,
développement sporadique - m
hard = dur
hard board = isorel - m
hard burnt = surcuit (brique, plâtre, tuile)
hard burnt brick = brique de résistance élevée - f,
brique dure - f
hard cohesive soil = sol cohésif dur - m
hard core = noyau dur - m
hard crushed material = gravillon dur concassé - m
hard dry = dur à l’ongle
hard ground = sol dur - m, sol résistant - m
hard hat = casque de chantier - m, casque protec-
teur - m
hard iron = fer de roche - m
hard light = lumière crue - f
hard metal = métal écroui - m
hard plaster = plâtre à haute dureté - m
hard plastifying = vitrification - f
hard shoulder = bande d’arrêt d’urgence - f
hard solder = soudure forte - f, soudure indirecte - f
hard soldering = brasure - f
hard stock = brique de résistance élevée - f, brique
dure - f
hard stone = pierre dure - f
hard surface = revêtement dur - m, revêtement en
dur - m
hard water = eau calcaire - f
hard wearing = résistant à l’usure
hard wood = bois feuillu - m
hardboard = fibre dure - f, panneau de fibres - m, pan-
neau de fibres dur - m
Hardboard = Isorel
hard-burnt = surcuit (brique, plâtre, tuile)
hard-burnt facing brick = brique de parement - f
hard-burnt plaster = plâtre surcuit - m
hardcore = blocaille - f, caillasse - f, empierrement -
m, pierres cassées - f
hardcore bed = couche compactée - f
hardened = trempé (métal)
hardened concrete = béton durci - m
hardened steel = acier trempé - m
hardener = durcisseur - m
hardening = durcissement - m, prise - f, trempe - f
hardening agent = accélérateur de durcissement - m
hardness = degré hydrotimétrique - m, dureté - f, miné-
ralisation - f, TH (titre hydrotimétrique) - m, titre
hydrotimétrique (TH) - m
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hardness test = essai de dureté - m
hardpan = argile compacté - f, hardpan - m, terrain
dur - m
hard-pan = carapace calcaire - f
hard-soil = sol dur - m, sol résistant - m
hardstand = aire bétonnée - f, aire en dur - f
hardstanding = aire bétonnée - f
hard-surfaced area = aire bétonnée - f, aire en dur - f,
revêtement dur - m, revêtement en dur - m
hardware = ferronnerie - f, ferrure - f, quincaillerie - f,
serrurerie - f
hardwood = bois dur - m, bois feuillu - m
hardwood floor = sol en bois dur - m
hardwood heart = cœur de bois dur - m
hardwood tread = marche de bois dur - f
Hardy-Cross method = méthode de répartition des
moments - f
harped tendon = câble relevé - m
harsh concrete = béton raide - m
harsh light = lumière crue - f
harsh mortar = mortier avec peu de fines - m
hasp = moraillon - m
hatch = trappe - f
hatchings = hachures - m
hatchway = panneau d’accès (toit) - m
hathoric capital = chapiteau hatorique - m
hauching = hauteur de gousset - f, mordâne - m
haul = distance de transport - f
haulier = enreprise de transports - f, transporteur - m
haunch = aisselle de voûte - f, gousset - m, rein de
voûte - m, reins de voûte - m
haunch board = joue de coffrage de poutre - f
haunched beam = poutre à gousset - f, poutre à gous-
sets - f
haunched tenon = tenon embrevé - m
haunching = berceau - m
have a house-warming (party), to = pendre la cré-
maillère
have a northern aspect, to = être orienté au nord
having a northern aspect = exposé au nord
hawk = taloche - f
hayloft = grenier à foin - m
hazard = risque - m
hazardous industrial waste (HIW) = déchets indus-
triels dangereux (DID) - m
haze = brouillard - m
H-beam = fer H - m, poutre à ailes larges - f, poutre-
H - f, poutrelle-H - f, profil en H - m, profilé en H - m
H-clip = agrafe-H - f
head = charge - f, chef de tête - m, couvrement - m,
hotte (descente d’eau de pluie) - f, linteau - m, tête - f,
traverse (dormant) –f, traverse d’huisserie - f
head (dead shore) = semelle haute (de chandelle) - f
head beam = semelle - f
head frame = chevalement - m
head gate = porte d’amont - f
head jamb = linteau - m, traverse (dormant) - f
head jamb(US) = traverse d’huisserie - f
head joint (US) = joint montant(entre deux blocs de
maçonnerie) - m, joint vertical - m
head lap = recouvrement transversal - m
head molding = moulure de tête - f
head plate = sablière haute - f
head rail = rail de tête - m
head tank = bâche de mise en pression - f
head tree = chapeau - m
head wall (culvert) = mur frontal - m
headed = abouté
headed stud = goujon à tête - m
header = boutisse - f, brique - f, collecteur - m,
colonne - f, conduite principale - f, entretoise - f, lin-
teau - m, parpaing - m, rive - f, solive de rive - f
header (US) = chevêtre - m, linçoir (chevêtre) - m
header course = assise de boutisses - f
header joist (US) = chevêtre - m, linçoir (chevêtre) - m
header-joist = solive de bordure - f
heading = fonçages - m, fonçures - f, fondailles - f, tra-
versin - m
heading bond = appareil de boutisses - m
heading chisel = bédane - m
heading course = appareil de boutisses - m, assise de
boutisses - f
heading joint = assemblage bout à bout - m
heading joint = enture - f
headjamb = traverse d’huisserie - f
head-plate = sablière haute - f
headrace = canal d’amenée - m
headroom = dégagement vertical - m, échapée - f,
échappée - f, hauteur de passage - f, hauteur de pla-
fond - f, hauteur libre - f
headroom (stairs) = hauteur d’échappée - f
head-saw = scie à tronçonner - f
headstone = clé d’arc - f, clef d’arc - f, pierre angu-
laire - f
headwall = mur de tête - m, mur en ailes - m, mur
frontal - m, tête de buse - f
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headwall (culvert) = mur frontal - m
headway = échapée - f, hauteur de passage - f, hauteur
libre - f
head-way = échappée - f, hauteur libre - f
heap = tas (matériaux) - m
heaped = chargé à refus (benne, godet)
heaped capacity = capacité à refus - f, capacité avec
dôme - f
heaped concrete = béton banché - m, béton coulé - m
heart = cœur (bois) - m, rai-de-cœur - m
heart and dart pattern = rais-de-cœur et dards - m
heart centre = centre de cœur - m
heart leaf = rai-de-cœur - m
heart shake = fente de cœur - f
heart wood = bois de cœur - m
heart-and-dart pattern = rais-de-cœur et dards - m
heartboard = plateau de cœur - m
hearth = âtre - m, cheminée - f, foyer (de cheminée) - m
hearthstone = âtre - m
hearting = fourrure (maçonnerie) - f
heartrot = pourriture du cœur - f
heartwood = bois de cœur - m, bois parfait - m, cœur
(bois) - m, duramen - m
heart-wood = duramen - m
heartwood rot = pourriture du cœur - f
heat activated (adhesive) = thermocollant
heat barrier = barrière thermique - f
heat bonding = thermosoudage - m
heat capacity = capacité calorifique - f, capacité ther-
mique - f
heat carrier = agent caloporteur - m
heat carrying = caloporteur
heat conducting = caloporteur
heat conductivity = conductibilité thermique - f, con-
ductivité thermique - f
heat content = contenu calorifique - m, enthalpie - f
heat deficit = déficit thermique - m
heat discharge = rejet de chaleur - m
heat duct = caloduc - m
heat exchanger = échangeur de chaleur - m, échangeur
thermique - m
heat factor = coefficient thermique - m
heat gain = apport calorifique - m, apport de cha-
leur - m, apport thermique - m
heat input = apport calorifique - m, apport de cha-
leur - m, apport thermique - m, chaleur consommée - f,
chaleur fournie - f
heat insulation = isolant thermique - m, isolation ther-
mique - f, isolement thermique - m
heat insulation =
heat load = charge thermique - f
heat loss = déperdition calorifique - f, déperdition de
chaleur, déperdition thermique - f, perte de chaleur - f
heat of fusion salt = sel de fusion - m, sel fondu - m,
sel fusible - m
heat of hydration = chaleur d’hydratation - f
heat output = chaleur émise - f
heat pipe = caloduc - m, conduit de chaleur - m
heat producing unit = unité de chauffage - f
heat pump = PAC (pompe à chaleur) - f, pompe à cha-
leur - f, thermopompe - f
heat recovery = récupération de la chaleur - f
heat removal = évacuation de la chaleur - f
heat resistant = stable à la chaleur
heat sealing = thermosoudage - m
heat setting = allure de chauffe - f
heat sink = source de froid - f, source froide - f
heat source = source chaude - f
heat storage = stockage thermique - f
heat store = accumulateur thermique - m
heat transfer = transmission de la chaleur - f
heat transfer pump = pompe à fluide caloporteur - f
heat transmission = transmission thermique - f
heat transmission coefficient = coefficient de trans-
mission calorifique - m
heat treated = thermotraité
heat treatment = traitement thermique - m
heat tube = caloduc - m
heat welding = soudage thermique - m
heat-absorbing glass = verre athermique - m
heat-activated (adhesive) = thermocollant
heat-actuated fire door = porte ignifuge commandée
par la chaleur - f
heat-carrying fluid = fluide caloporteur - m
heated concrete = béton chauffé - m
heated towel rail = radiateur sèche-serviettes - m
heater = aérotherme - m, appareil de chauffage - m,
calorifière - m, chauffe-eau - m, chaufferette - f, radia-
teur - m, réchauffeur - m
heater (UK) = générateur de chaleur - m
heater unit = élément chauffant - m, générateur d’air
chaud - m
heath mould = terre de bruyère - f
heating = chauffage - m, production de chaleur - f
heating and cooling = chauffage et climatisation - m
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heating appliance = appareil de chauffage - m
heating capacity = puissance calorifique - f
heating channel = caniveau de chauffage - m
heating coil = batterie chaude - f, batterie de chauffe - f,
serpentin de chauffage - m
heating control = réglage du chauffage - m
heating ditch = caniveau de chauffage - m
heating duct = conduit de chauffage - m, gaine d’ar-
rivée d’air chaud - f
heating engineer = chauffagiste -m
heating equipment = matériel de chauffage - m
heating lines = canalisations de chauffage - f
heating pad = coussin chauffant - m, thermoplasme - m
heating panel = panneau chauffant - m
heating pipes = canalisation de chauffage - f
heating plant = installation de chauffage - f
heating power = pouvoir calorifique - m, puissance
calorifique - f
heating surface = surface de chauffe - f
heating system = chauffage central - m, installation de
chauffage - f
heating trench = caniveau de chauffage - m
heating unit = batterie chaude - f, batterie de chauffe - f
heating value = pouvoir calorifique - m
heating wire = fil chauffant - m
heating, ventilation, air conditionning (HVAC) =
chauffage, ventilation, climatisation - m
heat-resistant paint = peinture réfractaire - f
heat-sensitive paint = peinture pyrométrique - f
heat-transfer fluid = fluide caloporteur - m
heave = gonflement du sol - m, recouvrement hori-
zontal (géol.) - m, rejet (géo.) - m, soulèvement du
sol - m
heaveoff hinge = paumelle dégondable - f
heave-off hinge = dégondable (charnière, pommelle),
paumelle dégondable - f
heavily corroded = rongé
heavily rusted = rongé
heaving failure = rupture par soulèvement - f
heavy aggregate concrete = béton lourd - m
heavy concrete = béton lourd - m, gros œuvre en
béton - m
heavy construction = construction lourde - f, GO (gros
œuvre) - m, gros œuvre (GO) - m
heavy construction work = GO (gros œuvre) - m, gros
œuvre (GO) - m
heavy current = courant fort - m
heavy duty = de grand rendement, de grande puis-
sance, pour gros travaux
heavy duty manhole cover = tampon série
chaussée - m
heavy equipment = gros matériel - m
heavy gauge sheet metal = tôle forte - f
heavy iron work = grosse serrurerie - f
heavy section = profilé lourd - m
heavy sludge = boue épaisse - f
heavy soil = sol fort - m, terre grasse - f, terre lourde - f
heavy stain = coloration forte - f
heavy step = pas-d’âne - m
heavy structure = construction lourde - f
heavy wood framing = charpenterie lourde - f
heavy work = GO (gros œuvre) - m, gros œuvre
(GO) - m, gros ouvrages - m, gros travaux - m, grosse
maçonnerie - f
heavy-aggregate = béton compact - m
heavy-weight = béton compact - m
heavyweight concrete = béton lourd - m
hedge = haie - f
heel = gros bout - m, pied (arbaletier, arêtier) - m, pied
de chevron - m, talon - m
heft = manche - m, manche de marteau - m
heft of hammer = manche - m, manche de marteau - m
height = hauteur - f, montée (marche) - f
height above ground = hauteur au-dessus du sol - f,
hauteur hors sol - f
height above impost level = hauteur sous clé - f
height at crown = hauteur sous clé - f
height of an arch = hauteur d’un arc - f, montée
(voûte) - f
height of building = hauteur d’un bâtiment - m
height of capillary rise = hauteur d’ascension capil-
laire - f
height of land = ligne de partage des eaux - f
height of parapet = hauteur d’appui - f
height of room = hauteur d’une pièce - f
height of sill = hauteur d’allège - f
height to underside of ceiling = hauteur sous pla-
fond - f, HP (hauteur sous plafond) - f
height to underside of girders = hauteur sous
poutre - f
height zone = restriction apportée à la hauteur - f
height zoning = réglementation des hauteurs de
construction - f
held water (UK) = eau de la frange capillaire - f
helical binding = frettage en hélice - m, frettage - m
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helical conveyor = vis transporteuse - f
helical reinforcement = frettage en hélice - m
helical stair = escalier en hélice - m, escalier héli-
coïdal - m
heliostat = héliostat - m
helipad = plate-forme hélicoptère - f
helix = hélice (chapiteau corinthien) (luminaire) - f
helm roof = flèche rhomboïdale - f
helmet = casque - m
helper (US) = manœuvre - m
helving = emmanchement - m
hem = corne - f
hemp = chanvre - m
hemp packing = garniture de chanvre - f
herm = hermès - m
herringbone = arêtes de poisson (en) - f, disposition en
arêtes de poisson - f, en arête de poisson, en épi
herringbone arrangement = arêtes de poisson (en) - f,
disposition en arêtes de poisson - f
herringbone bond = appareil en arêtes de poisson - m,
appareil en épi - m, appareil chevronné - m
herring-bone flooring = parquet à fougère - m
herring-bone gear = engrenage à chevrons - m
herringbone parquet = parquet à bâtons rompus - m
herringbone pattern = bâtons rompus - m
herringbone strutting = entretoisement en croix de
Saint André - m, croisillons - m, croix de Saint-André - f
herringbone work = appareil en épi - m
hessian (UK) = grosse toile d’emballage - f, toile à
sacs - f, toile de jute - f
hewn = débillardé, dressé, équarri
hewn timber = bois blanchi - m
hexagon head screw = vis à tête à six pans - f, vis à
tête six pans - f
hexagonal = à six pans
hexagonal head = tête à six pans - f
hexagonal head screw = vis à tête à six pans - f, vis à
tête six pans - f
hexagonal nut = écrou à six pans - m
hexagonal—head screw = vis à tête six pans - f
hexagonally headed = avec tête hexagonale
hichair = chaise élevée - f
hickey = cintreuse - f
hidden core gap = joint ouvert enfermé (contre-
plaqué) - m
hidden defect = désordre caché - m
hidden defect (UK) = vice caché - m
hidden fault = vice caché - m
hidden stair = escalier dérobé - m
hiding power = opacité (peinture) - f, pouvoir cou-
vrant - m
high altar = maître-autel - m
high alumina cement = ciment à haute teneur en alu-
mine - m
high bearing strength soil = sol de grande résis-
tance - m
high capacity meter = compteur à grand débit - m
high early strength cement = ciment à haute résis-
tance initiale - m, HRI (ciment à haute résistance ini-
tiale) - m
high early strength Portland cement = HRI (ciment
à haute résistance initiale) - m
high early strength Portland cement (UK) = ciment
à très haute résistance - m
high elasticity = superélasticité - f
high expansion cement = ciment expansif - m, ciment
sans retrait - m
high expansion soil = sol expansif - m
high flow = débit de crue - m
high interrupting capacity = fusible à haut pouvoir de
coupure - m, fusible à haut pouvoir de rupture - m
high part of a corrugation = sommet d’onde - m
high pressure = haute pression (HP) - f, HP (haute
pression) - f
high relief = haut-relief - m
high rise apartment building (US) = tour d’habita-
tion - f
high rupturing capacity = haut pouvoir de coupure
(HPC) - m
high rupturing capacity = HPC (haut pouvoir de cou-
pure) - m
high rupturing capacity fuse = fusible à haut pouvoir
de coupure (HPC) - m, fusible HPC (à haut pouvoir de
coupure) - m
high slump concrete = béton de consistance plas-
tique - m
high speed steel = acier rapide - m
high spot = aspérité - f
high strength = haute résistance (HR) - f, HR (haute
résistance) - f
high strength bolt = vis de haute résistance - f
high strength cement = HRC (ciment à haute résis-
tance) - m
high strength friction grip bolt = vis de haute résis-
tance - f
high strength Portland cement = HRC (ciment à
haute résistance) - m
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high strength steel = acier à haute résistance - m, acier
de haute résistance - m
high tensile steel = acier à haute résistance - m, acier
de haute résistance - m
high tensile strength steel = acier à haute résis-
tance - m, acier de haute résistance - m
high tension = haute tension - f
high voltage = haute tension - f
high yield (steel) = haute élasticité(à)(acier)(HE) - f
high-alumina cement = ciment alumineux - m
high-alumina cement (UK) = ciment fondu - m
high-aluminia cement = ciment fondu - m
high-bond bar = barre à haute adhérence - f
high-calcium lime = chaux pure -f
high-density concrete = béton compact - m
high-density concrete = béton lourd - m
high-intensity lamp = lampe à haute intensité - f
high-level cistern (UK) = réservoir de chasse haut - m
high-level suite (UK) = w.c. à réservoir haut - m
high-level tank (UK) = réservoir de chasse haut - m
high-level w.c. suite = w.c. à réservoir haut - m
high-plasticity clay = argile à haute plasticité - f
high-rise building = IGH (immeuble de grande hau-
teur) - m, immeuble de grande hauteur (IGH) - m,
immeuble-tour - m, tour - f
high-rise construction = architecture verticale - f
high-silica cement = HTS (ciment à haute teneur en
silice) - m
high-silica content cement = ciment à haute teneur en
silice - m
high-slump concrete = béton très plastique - m
high-strenght friction grip bolt = boulon à haute résis-
tance - m
high-strenght friction grip bolt = boulon à serrage
contrôlé - m
high-strength bolt = boulon à haute résistance - m
high-tensile bolt = boulon à haute résistance - m
high-up tank (US) = réservoir de chasse haut - m
highways department = service de la voirie - m
high-yield (steel) = HE (acier) (à haute élasticité) - m
high-yield steel = acier à haute élasticité (HE) - m
hill = hauteur - f
hill top = hauteur - f
hillock = butte (de terrain) - f
hilly ground = terrain accidenté - m
hindged at the abutments = articulé aux naissances
hinge = articulation - f, articulation cylindrique - f, arti- hipped gable (UK) = pignon coupé - m
culation en tourbillon - f, charnière - f, gond - m, joint hipped gable roof (UK) = toit à demi-croupe - m
articulé - m, rotule - f
hipped plate construction = voile autoportant poly-
hinge bolt = axe de charnière - m, cheville de char- gonal - m
nière - f, gond - m, pivot de charnière - m
hipped roof = croupe - f
hinge jamb = montant ferré - m
hipped roof = toit en croupe - m
hinge knuckle = charnon - m
hipped-plate construction = structure prismatique - f
hinge pin = axe de charnière - m, cheville de char-
nière - f, gond - m, pivot de charnière - m historiated capital = chapiteau historié - m
hinge stile = montant charnier - m, montant ferré - m hitch = nœud - m
hinged = à battants, articulé, charnière (à...) - f HIW (hazardous industrial waste) = DID (déchets
industriels dangereux) - m
hinged arch = arc à articulations - m
hoarding = clôture en planches - f
hinged bar = fléau (fermeture de persienne ou de
porte) - m hoarding = palissade (chantier) - f
hinged boom joint = articulation de mât - f hoarding (UK) = panneau d’affichage - m
hinged joint = articulation cylindrique - f, articulation hob = plan de cuisson - m table de cuisson - f
en tourbillon - f, joint articulé - m hob (UK) = plaque de cuisson - f
hinged leaf = abattant - m hob unit = table de cuisson - f
hinged rooflight = tabatière - f hod = hotte (de maçon) - f oiseau - m
hinged sash = châssis ouvrant - m hodman = aide-maçon - m
hinged skylight = fenêtre à tabatière - f tabatière - f hoe (US) = pelle rétro caveuse - f
tabatière (fenêtre à...) - f hog = bombement - m
hinged-base frame = portique articulé aux pieds - m hog camber = cambrure - f flèche négative - f
hinged-end column = poteau articulé aux extré- hog-backed = en dos d’âne
mités - m
hogging = cambrure - f, contre-flèche - f, flèche néga-
hingeless arch = arc encastré - m arc sans articula- tive - f
tions - m
hogging (UK) = peau de crapaud (verre) - f
hinge-socket = paumelle - f
hogging moment = moment fléchissant négatif - m
hip = arête - f arête de croupe - f arêtier - m chevron
d’arête - m croupe - f hoist = appareil de levage - m, élévateur - m, monte-
charge - m, palan - m, treuil - m
hip bead = arêtier (de toîture, plomb) - m
hoist cable = câble de levage - m
hip edge = arête de toiture - f rive en arêtier - f
hoist of concrete form = élévateur - m
hip end = croupe - f
hoist tower = sapine - f
hip jack = chevron court - m empanon de croupe - m
hoisting = levage - m
hip knob = arêtière - f, enfaîteau - m
hoisting cable = câble de levage - m
hip rafter = accoinçon - m, arêtier - m, arêtier de
croupe - m, chevron d’arêtier - m hoisting tackle = appareil de levage - m, palan - m,
palan de levage - m
hip roof = comble en croupe - m, croupe - f, toit à
quatre pans - m, toit en croupe - m hoistway = gaine d’ascenseur - f
hip roof dormer = lucarne à comble brisé - f hoistway (US) = cage d’ascenseur - f
hip sheet = bavette - f hoistway door (US) = porte palière (ascenseur) - f
hip strip = arêtier - m hold fast = clou à patte - m
hip tile = arêtier cornier - m arêtière - f holderbat = étrier de montage - m
hip truss = ferme cornière - f holdfast = patte à glace - f, pointe à glace - f
hip-and-valley roof = closes s’intersectant - f combles hold-fast = clou à patte - m
s’intersectant - m holding = rétention - f
hip-knob = épi - m holding down bolt = boulon de scellement - m
hipped end = croupe - f plan de comble - m holding time = temps de séjour - m
hipped gable = pan coupé - m holding zone = ZAD (zone d’aménagement différé) - f

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holding-down bolt = boulon d’ancrage - m, boulon
d’attache - m, boulon de fixation - m, boulon de fonda-
tion - m, boulon de scellement - m
hole cutter = scie à cloche - f, scie à trous - f
hole due to subsidence = fondis - m
hole saw = scie à cloche - f, scie à trous - f
holiday = défaut - m, défaut d’enrobage - m,
dimanche(peinture) - m, manque (peinture) - m,
vide - m
holiday bungalow = chalet - m
holiday detector = détecteur de défauts - m
hollow = baissière - f, creux - m
hollow area = décollement de béton, de plâtre - m
hollow back = dos évidé - m
hollow bed = joint rompu - m, rupture de joint
(pierre) - f
hollow block = bardeau - m, bloc creux - m, brique
creuse - f, carreau creux - m, hourdis (plancher) –m,
hourdis creux - m, parpaing creux - m
hollow block (UK) = corps creux - m
hollow box girder = poutre à caisson - f, poutre
caisson - f
hollow brick = brique creuse - f, brique perforée - f
hollow brickwork = hourdis - m
hollow building unit = corps creux - m, élément creux
pour construction - m, hourdis creux - m
hollow circular section = profilé creux circulaire - m
hollow clay block = bardeau - m, brique creuse - f,
carreau creux - m, corps creux - m, élément de remplis-
sage en terre cuite - m, hourdis - m, hourdis creux - m,
parpaing creux - m
hollow clay brick = brique plâtrière - f
hollow clay tile (US) = corps creux - m
hollow clayblock = bloc creux - m
hollow concrete floor = hourdis en béton - m
hollow core = âme cloisonnée (panneau) - f
hollow floor = hourdis - m
hollow floor block (UK) = entrevous - m
hollow floor brick = brique pontée à plancher - f
hollow floor slab = dalle en corps creux - f
hollow floor tile = bardeau de plancher - m
hollow gauge brick = brique de hourdis - f
hollow gauge slab = brique de hourdis - f
hollow gauged brick = brique creuse pour voûte - f
hollow gauged slab = brique creuse pour voûte - f
hollow glass block = brique creuse en verre - f
hollow glass brick = brique creuse en verre - f
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hollow groove = évidement concave - m
hollow mansonry unit (UK) = brique creuse - f
hollow masonry = maçonnerie creuse - f
hollow masonry unit = élément creux de maçon-
nerie - m
hollow molding = congé - m, moulure creuse - f
hollow moulded brick = brique en poterie creuse - f
hollow moulding = moulure creuse - f
hollow newel = noyau creux - m, noyau ouvert - m
hollow out, to = évider
hollow panel = panneau à âme creuse - m
hollow part = élément creux - m
hollow partition = cloison creuse - f
hollow performed pile = pieu foré creux - m
hollow pot = bloc creux - m, hourdis - m
hollow quarter round molding = quart de rond
creux - m
hollow section = profil creux - m, profilé creux - m
hollow shape = brique creuse - f
hollow slab = dalle alvéolée - f
hollow square section = profilé carré creux - m
hollow stair = escalier à noyau creux ou évidé - m
hollow structural section = profilé de charpente
creux - m
hollow tile = bardeau - m, bloc creux - m, carreau
creux - m, corps creux - m, hourdis creux - m, parpaing
creux - m
hollow tile (UK) = bloc perforé en terre cuite - m,
brique creuse - f, hourdis - m
hollow unit = élément creux - m
hollow wall = mur à cavité - m, mur creux - m, mur
évidé - m
hollow walling = murs à double paroi - m
hollow-backed = évider
hollow-core door = porte à âme creuse - f, porte plane
alvéolée - f
hollow-newel stair = vis à jour - f
home building = construction d’habitations - f,
construction individuelle - f
home construction = construction individuelle - f
home improvement = amélioration de l’habitat - f,
réhabilitation - f
home improvement (of old property) = réhabilita-
tion - f
homogeneous fibres wallboard = panneau de fibres
tendres - m
honey comb wall = cloison ajourée - f
honeycomb = à nid d’abeille, en nid d’abeille, irrégu-
larités - f, nid d’abeilles - m
honeycomb (ed) = alvéolaire, alvéolé
honeycomb brick = brique perforée en losanges - f,
brique treillisée - f
honey-comb slating = couverture d’ardoises en modèle
carré - f
honey-comb slating = couverture d’ardoises en pointe
à 3 épaulements - f
honeycomb wall = cloison ajourée - f, mur ajouré - m,
mur alvéolé - m
honey-combing = nid de cailloux - m, nid de gra-
viers - m
hood = hotte (cuisine) - f
hood mold = larmier - m
hood moulding = larmier au-dessus d’une baie et en
arc - m
hook = crochet - m, crochet d’armature - m, gond - m,
piton - m
hook and eye = crochet et piton - m
hook bolt = boulon crochet - m, boulon-crochet - m,
crampon fileté - m
hook catch = gâche à crochet - f
hook stick operated disconnect switch = disjoncteur
à manche - m
hook stick operated disconnect switch = sectionneur
à commande par perche - m
hook switch = disjoncteur à manche - m, sectionneur
à commande par perche - m
hook-and-ride hinge = penture - f
hooked bar = barre à crochet - f, barre crochetée - f
hooked coupling = embrayage à griffe - m
hookhole = trou de crochet - m, trou de griffe - m
hooks = crochets d’ancrage - m
hoop = cercle - f, frette - f
hoop reinforcement = frettage - m
hoop stress = contrainte circonférentielle - f
hoop, to = fretter
hooped column = pilier fretté - m
hooping = cerclage - m, frettage - m
hoops = frettage - m
hopper = avaloir - m, entonnoir - m, silo de stockage -
m, trémie - f, trémie (silo) - f, trémie (w.c.) - f
hopper head = cuvette - f, hotte (de descente plu-
viale) - f
hopper light = châssis à la canadienne - m, châssis-
trémie - m, fenêtre à soufflet - f
hopper vent = fenêtre à soufflet - f
hopper window = fenêtre à soufflet - f
hopper with rubber border = trémie avec bords en
caoutchouc - f
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hopper-feed boiler = chaudière à trémie de combus-
tible - f
hopper-type WC = W-C à chasse d’eau - m
horizontal centre-hung window = fenêtre à bascule
(basculante) - f
horizontal centre-hung window = fenêtre bascu-
lante - f
horizontal construction joint = joint de reprise hori-
zontal - m
horizontal exit = issue horizontale - f
horizontal features = accidents horizontaux sur
façade - m
horizontal framing in roof = enrayure - f
horizontal joint = joint de lit - m
horizontal loading = chargement horizontal - m
horizontal or vertical projection in the main plane
= ressaut - m
horizontal panel = panneau couchant - m, panneau
horizontal - m
horizontal pivot window = fenêtre à bascule (bascu-
lante) - f, fenêtre basculante - f
horizontal scale = échelle des longueurs - f
horizontal section = coupe horizontale - f, plan - m
horizontal service space = vide technique hori-
zontal - m
horizontal sheeting = blindage par planches horizon-
tales - m
horizontal slider = fenêtre coulissant horizontale-
ment - f
horizontal slot window = mezzanine - f
horizontal soffit = sous-face horizontale - f
horizontal soil reaction = réaction horizontale au
sol - f
horizontal splayed and rebated overlapping joint =
emboîtement - m
horizontal supporting plank = raidisseur hori-
zontal - m
horizontal supporting timber = raidisseur hori-
zontal - m
horizontal timber planks between I-beams = paroi de
madriers entre pieux battus - f
horizontal vertical weld = soudure en corniche - f
horizontal window = fenêtre gisante - f
horn frame = huisserie montante - f
hornwork = ouvrage à cornes (fortifications) - m
horse = sabot (calibre à trainer) - m
horse mould = calibre à traîner - m, gabarit - m
horse power = puissance (en chevaux) - f
horse up a moulding, to = traîner une moulure en
plâtre
horse-block = montoir - m
horsed joint = agrafure simple - f
horseshoe apse = abside outrepassée - f
horseshoe arch = arc outrepassé - m
horticultural glass = verre jardinier - m
hose = lance d’arrosage - f, tuyau flexible - m
hose bib = robinet d’arrosage - m
hose cock = robinet d’arrosage - m
hose reel = dévidoir - m
hose valve = robinet d’incendie - m
hosing down = lavage à grande eau - m
hot air furnace = générateur d’air chaud - m
hot blast stove brick = brique de cowper - f
hot concrete = béton chaud - m
hot curing cast = EAC (enduit d’application à
chaud) - m
hot curing cast = enduit d’application à chaud
(EAC) - m
hot dip galvanized = zingué au feu
hot galvanizing = galvanisation à chaud - f
hot glue = colle à chaud - f
hot laid mixture = EAC (enduit d’application à
chaud) - m
hot pressing = pressage à chaud - m
hot rolled = laminé à chaud
hot rolled mild steel = acier laminé - m
hot rolled steel shaft = arbre en acier laminé à
chaud - m
hot spot = coup de feu - m
hot surface = subjectile absorbant - m, surface absor-
bante (chauffage solaire) - f, surface de frottement alca-
line - f
hot water cylinder = ballon d’eau chaude - m
hot water storage = accumulation d’eau chaude - f
hot working = corroyage - m
hot-air drying = séchage à l’étuve - m
hot-air duct = gaine de chauffe - f
hot-air heating = chauffage central à air chaud -m
hot-air heating = chauffage par air chaud - m
hot-air vent = bouche de chaleur - f
hot-blast heating = chauffage par soufflage d’air
chaud - m
hot-brittle iron = fer cassant à chaud - m
hot-dip galvanising = galvanisation à chaud - f
hot-dip galvanizing = galvanisation à chaud - f
hot-hair dryed = desséché
hot-laid mixture = enduit d’application à chaud
(EAC) - m
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hotplate = plaque de cuisson - f
hot-poured joint = joint coulé à chaud - m
hot-rolled section = profilé à chaud - m
hot-rolled steel = acier laminé à chaud - m
hot-rolled steel section = laminé à chaud
hot-setting adhesive = colle thermodurcissable - f
hot-short iron = fer cassant à chaud - m
hot-water heater = ballon réchauffeur - m, bouilleur
d’eau chaude - m, chauffe-bain - m, chauffe-eau - m,
réchauffeur d’eau - m
hot-water heating = chauffage à l’eau chaude - m
hot-water tank = accumulateur d’eau chaude - m,
ballon d’eau chaude - m, réservoir d’eau chaude - m
hourdis stone = brique creuse pour voûte - f
House = château - m
house a beam into a post, to = encastrer une poutre
dans un poteau
house at an angle to the street = maison en angle sur
la rue - f
house automation = domotique - f
house build on the site = maison traditionnelle - f
house building = construction de maisons - f, construc-
tion d’habitations - f
house coal = charbon domestique - m
house connection = branchement particulier - m
house drain = collecteur principal - m, égout de
maison - m
House e.g Somerset House = hôtel particulier - m
house joint = assemblage à entaille simple - m
house on two floors = maison à un étage - f
house service connection = branchement d’im-
meuble - m
house sewer = branchement d’égout - m, branchement
particulier d’égout - m, égout de maison - m, siphon de
sortie d’immeuble - m
house site = assiette d’une maison - f
house start = mise en chantier - f, mise en construc-
tion de logements - f
house trap = siphon de maison - m, siphon de sortie
d’immeuble - m
house with solid ground floor = maison sur terre-
plein - f
house with suspende groundfloor = maison sur vide
sanitaire - f
housed joint = assemblage à embrèvement - m,
embrèvement - m, embrèvement à entaille ouverte - m,
embrèvement de bois sur chant - m, embrèvement de
rencontre - m, embrèvement sur chant - m, entaille
simple (menuiserie) - m, joint enclavé - m
housed stair = escalier encloisonné - m
housed string (UK) = limon à la française - m, limon
droit - m
housed stringer = limon engravé - m
household filter = filtre domestique - m
housekeeping log book = carnet de bord - m
house-warming party = pendaison de crémaillère - f
housing = cage - f, carcasse - f, carter - m, coffret - m,
coquille - f, embrèvement - m, emmarchement dans
limon droit - m, encastrement - m, engravure - f,
entaille - f, habitat - m, habitation - f, logement - m, pro-
tection - f, rainure - f
housing (UK) = entaille simple (menuiserie) - m
housing area = cité - f, ensemble de logements - m,
groupe d’habitations - m
housing completion = logement terminé - m
housing development = chantier de construction d’ha-
bitations - m, cité - f, groupe - m, lotissement - m, par-
celle - f, projet de construction d’habitations - m
housing estate (UK) = lotissement - m
housing group = groupe d’habitations - m
housing program = programme de construction de
logements - m, programme de construction d’habita-
tions - m
housing project = chantier de construction d’habita-
tions - m, projet de construction d’habitations - m,
projet de logement - m
housing provided by the employer = logement de
fonction - m
housing shortage = crise du logement - f
housing stock = parc de logements - m
hoyer prestessed concrete = béton corde à piano - m
H-pile = pieu en H - m
H-shape = fer-H - m, poutre à ailes larges - f, poutre-
H - f, poutrelle-H - f, profil en H - m, profilé en H - m
hub = bouche d’écoulement - f
hub (lock) = fouillot - m
hub end = bout femelle - m, extrémité femelle - f
humidifier = humidificateur - m
humidify, to = humidifier
humidistat = hygrostat - m
humidity = humidité atmosphérique - f
hung sash window = fenêtre à guillotine (à contre-
poids) - f
hung slating = ardoises posées au crochet - f, bardage
en ardoise - m, essentage (en ardoise) - m, revêtement
de mur en ardoises - m
hung tiling = revêtement de mur en tuiles - m
hung window = fenêtre à guillotine (à contrepoids) - f
hungry = mal nourri (peinture, colle)
hunting = instabilité - f
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hurdle = claie - f
hut = baraque - f, baraquement - m, cabane - f, gué-
rite - f
hutment = baraque - f
HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditionning) =
chauffage, ventilation, climatisation - m
hydrant = bouche d’air - f, bouche d’incendie - f, prise
d’eau - f
hydrated lime = chaux éteinte - f, chaux hydratée - f
hydraulic accumulator = accumulateur hydrau-
lique - m
hydraulic binder = ciment hydraulique - m, liant
hydraulique - m
hydraulic buffer = amortisseur hydraulique - m
hydraulic cement = ciment hydraulique - m
hydraulic clamping device = dispositif de serrage
hydraulique - m
hydraulic coupling puller = appareil hydraulique à
emboîter les tuyaux - m
hydraulic cylinder = vérin hydraulique - m
hydraulic ejector = hydro-éjecteur - m
hydraulic fill = remblai hydraulique - m, remblayage
hydraulique - m
hydraulic friction = perte de charge due au frotte-
ment - f
hydraulic grade line (US) = ligne des niveaux piézo-
métriques - f, ligne piézométrique - f
hydraulic gradient (UK) = ligne des niveaux piézo-
métriques - f, ligne piézométrique - f
hydraulic hammer = mouton hydraulique - m
hydraulic head = charge hydraulique - f
hydraulic jack = vérin hydraulique - m
hydraulic lime = chaux hydraulique - f
hydraulic load = charge hydraulique - f
hydraulic loss = perte de charge hydraulique - f
hydraulic mortar = mortier hydraulique - m
hydraulic outrigger = stabilisateur hydraulique - m
hydraulic profile = profil hydraulique - m
hydraulic radius = rayon hydraulique - m
hydraulic ram = vérin d’avancement - m
hydraulic test = essai sous pression - m
hydraulically-operated bulldozer = bulldozer à com-
mande hydraulique - m
hydraulics = hydraulique - f
hydro-ejector = hydro-éjecteur - m
hydrophor pump = groupe hydrophore - m
hydrostatic pressure cell = cellule de mesure des pres-
sions intertitielles - f
hydrostatic stress = contrainte hydrostatique - f,
contrainte omnilatérale - f
hydrostatic uplift = sous-pression hydrostatique - f
hygrometer = hygromètre - m
hygroscopic moisture = eau hygroscopique - f
hygroscopic water = eau hygroscopique - f
hygrostat = humidistat - m, hygrostat - m
hyperbolic paraboloid construction = voile mince
paraboloïde hyperbolique - m
hyperbolic paraboloid shell = voile mince paraboloïde
hyperbolique - m
hyperstatic = isostatique
hyperstatic frame = portique hyperstatique - m, struc-
ture hyperstatique - f
hyperstatic structure = structure hyperstatique - f
hyperstatic system = système hyperstatique - m
hypochlorination = hypochloration - f
hypophyge = apophyge - f
hypostyle = hypostyle - m
hysteresis = hystérésis - f
hysteresis loop = boucle d’hystérésis - f
hysteresis modulus = module d’hysérésis - m
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I section = té double (équivalent profil en I) - m
I-beam = fer I - m, fer IPN - m, poutre en double T - f,
poutre en I - f, poutrelle IPN - f, profil IPN - m, profilé
en I - m
I-beam of bridle = palonnier - m
ice boom = estacade - f
ichnography = ichnographie - f
identation test = essai de dureté - m
idle machine = machine arrêtée - f, machine en chô-
mage - f, machine immobilisée - f
idle pulley = poulie folle - f, roue folle - f
idler = poulie folle - f, roue folle - f
I-girder = poutre en double T - f
igneous rock = roche ignée - f
ignite, to = allumer (s’), enflammer (s’)
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ignition point = point de combustion - m, point de
feu - m, point d’inflammation - m
illumation louver = paralume - m
illuminated = lumineux
illuminating power = pouvoir éclairant - m
ilmenite concrete = béton au titanate de fer - m
imbrex = tuile canal couvre-joint - f, tuile canal de cou-
verture - f, tuile canal de dessus - f, tuile couvre-joint - f,
tuile de dessus - f
imbricate, to = imbriquer
imbrication = couverture en écailles - f
Imhoff tank = cuve Imhoff - f, fosse de décantation - f
imitation brickwork = briquetage - m
imitation stone = similipierre - m
immature concrete = béton jeune - m
immersed = immergé
immersed weight = poids sous l’eau - m
immersion heater = thermoplongeur - m
immersion vibrator = pervibrateur - m
impact bending = flexion par choc - f
impact bending test = essai de flexion par choc - m
impact breaker = concasseur à percussion - m
impact factor = coefficient de majoration dyna-
mique - m
impact load = charge dynamique - f
impact noise abatement = insonorisation contre le
bruit de trépidation - f
impact resistance = résilience - f
impact spanner = clé à chocs - f, clé pneumatique - f
impact spanner (UK) = clef à chocs - f
impact strength = résilience - f, résistance au choc - f,
travail de choc - m
impact test = essai au choc - m, essai de résilience - m,
essai de résistance au choc - m
impact testing machine = machine d’essai au choc - f
impact wrench = clé à chocs - f, clé pneumatique - f,
clef pneumatique - f
impact wrench (US) = clefs à chocs - f
impeller = impulseur - m
imperfect frame = portique non isostatique - m
impervious = athermane, athermique, impermeable,
inattaquable
impervious blanket = masque étanche - m, revêtement
étanche - m, chape étanche - f
impervious core of clay = noyau imperméable en
argile - m
implement a project, to = réaliser un projet
implementation = exécution d’un projet - f
imposed load = charge utile - f, surcharge - f
impost = imposte - f, sommier - m, voussoir de
départ - m
impost capital = chapiteau imposte - m
impounding reservoir = réservoir de retenue - m,
réservoir saisonnier - m
impregnated = lazuré - f
impregnated felt (UK) = feutre bitumé imprégné - m
impregnated wood = bois imprégné - m
impregnation = lazure - f
improved land (US) = terrain viabilisé - m
improved wood = bois amélioré - m
improvement (of old property) = réhabilitation - f
improvement (of soil) = amendement - m
impurity = impureté - f
in a workmanlike manner = en bon ouvrier, selon les
règles de l’art
in alto relievo = en relief
in and out bond = appareil harpé - m
in compression = comprimé, travaillant à la compres-
sion
in diminishing courses = à pureau décroissant
in good condition = en bon état
in good repair = bien entretenu, en bon état
in graduated courses = à pureau décroissant
in high relief = en relief
in progress = en voie d’exécution
in series = en série
in situ = en place, sur place
in the field = à pied d’œuvre, au chantier, en place, sur
le chantier, sur le terrain, sur place
in the foreground = au premier plan
inactive leaf = deuxième vantail - m
in-and-out bond = besace - f, appareil en besace - m
inching = réglage progressif - m
incident angle = angle d’incidence - m
incidental heat gain = gain de chaleur variable - m
incineration plant = usine d’incinération - f
incinerator = incinérateur - m
incipient crack = amorce de crique - f
incipient decay = échauffure - f
incipient failure = amorce de rupture (pierre) - f
inclination = inclinaison - f
inclination from the horizontal = inclinaison par rap-
port à l’horizontale - f
incline = plan incliné - m, rampe (plan incliné) - f
inclined bar = armature inclinée - f
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inclined force = force inclinée - f
inclined frame = portique à traverse inclinée - m
inclined shore = étai incliné - m
inclined weld = soudure demi-montante - f
included angle = angle d’ouverture - m
inclusion = inclusion - f
incombustible = incombustible
incoming cable = arrivée - f, câble d’entrée - m, ligne
d’arrivée - f
incoming line = arrivée - f, câble d’entrée - m, ligne
d’arrivée - f
incoming panel = panneau d’arrivée (élect.) - m
incoming voltage = tension d’alimentation - f, tension
d’entrée - f
incomplete fixed support = encastrement élastique - m
inconel = Inconel - m
increase the height, to = exhausser
increaser = cône de plomberie - m, raccord conique - m
increment = unité d’accroissement - f
incrustation = dépôt calcaire - m, tartre de chau-
dière - f, entartrage (chaudière, tuyau) - m
indented = à crans
indent = bosselure (marque de choc) - f
indent, to = échancrer, laisser des briques en attente,
laisser des pierres en attente
indentation = bosselure (marque de choc) - f, dente-
lure - f, empreinte (surface) - f
indentation (floor covering) = P (poinçonnement) - m,
poinçonnement (P) - m
indented = cranté
indented bar = barre à empreintes - f
indented molding = moulure à dents de scie - f, mou-
lure dentée - f
indented scarf joint = assemblage en trait de
Jupiter - m
indented wire = fil à empreintes - m
independent scaffold = échafaudage à double rangée
d’échasses - m
independent skeleton = ossature indépendante - f
index of plasticity = indice de plasticité (sol) (IP) - m,
IP (indice de plasticité) (sol) - m
indexed price = prix indexé - m
indicating lamp = lampe de signalisation - f
indicator lamp = lampe de signalisation - f
indicator light = témoin (de tableau) - m, voyant - m,
voyant lumineux - m
indigested sludge = boue brute - f, boue fraîche - f
indirect expansion = détente indirecte - f
indirect heating = chauffage indirect - m
indirect load = charge indirecte - f
indirect transmission = transmission indirecte (son) - f
indisturbed sample (UK) = échantillon intact - m
individual column footing = semelle isolée sous
pilier - f, semelle isolée sous poteau - f
individual footing = semelle isolée - f
individual vent = évent individuel - m
indoor pool = piscine couverte - f
induced draught = tirage induit - m
industrial building = bâtiment à usage industriel - m,
bâtiment industriel - m, construction industrielle - f,
immeuble industriel - m
industrial building products = matériaux de construc-
tion industrielle - m
industrial door = porte industrielle - f
industrial estate = ZI (zone industrielle) - f, zone
industrielle (ZI) - f
industrial estate (usually small, with local firms and
workshops) = ZA (zone artisanale) - f
industrial estate (usually small, with local firms and
workshops) = zone artisanale (ZA) - f
industrial park = ZI (zone industrielle) - f, zone indus-
trielle (ZI) - f
industrial park (usually small, with local firms and
workshops) = ZA (zone artisanale) - f
industrial park (usually small, with local firms and
workshops) = zone artisanale (ZA) - f
industrial plant = installation industrielle - f
industrial waste = eaux résiduaires industrielles - f
industrial waste = résidus industriels - m
industrial wastewaters = eaux résiduaires indus-
trielles - f
inelastic buckling = flambage plastique - m
inelastic torsion = torsion plastique - f
inert pigment = pigment de charge - m
inertia = inertie - f
infill element = élément de remplissage - m
infill panel = panneau de remplissage - m
infill piece = closoir - m
infilling = remplissage - m
infilling of frame = remplissage d’ossature - m
infiltration = infiltration - f
infiltration of water = venue d’eau - f
infiltration water = eau d’infiltration - f
inflammable (UK) = inflammable
inflatable dam = barrage gonfable - m
inflatable structure = structure gonflable - f
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inflected arch = arc infléchi - m, arc renversé - m
inflection point = point d’inflexion - m
influence line = ligne d’influence - f
informal garden = jardin à l’anglaise - m
infrared = infrarouge
infrared drying = séchage par rayons infrarouges - m
infrastructure = infrastructure - f
inglenook = recoin (près d’une cheminée) - m
ingress of underground water = venue d’eau souter-
raine - f
ingrown bark = entre-écorce - f
inhabited area = shed - m
inherent moisture = humidité interne - f
inherent reliability = fiabilité intrinsèque - f
inhibition = inhibition - f
inhibitor = anticorrosif
initial creep = fluage à vitesse décroissante - m
initial set = début de prise - m
initial stress = contrainte initiale de précontrainte - f
injection anchor = boulon injecté - m
injection moulding = moulage par injection - m
injector = injecteur - m
injector nozzle = tuyère - f
inlaid parquet = parquet mosaïque - m
inlaid work = incrustation (bois, etc.) - f
inlay = marqueterie - f
inlaying = incrustation - f
inlet = entrée - f, orifice d’entrée - m, ouverture d’en-
trée - f, prise - f
inlet filter = crépine - f
inlet grating = grille d’entrée - f
inlet nozzle = orifice d’entrée - m, prise - f
inlet side = côté amont - m
inlet temperature = température d’admission - f
inlet valve = soupape d’admission - f, soupape d’ar-
rivée - f
inlet well = fosse d’aspiration - f
inner batter = contre-fruit - m
inner bead = latte intérieure (fenêtre à guillotine) - f
inner casing = contre-bâti - m, contre-chambranle - m
inner cone = dard - m
inner court = cour intérieure - f
inner door = contre-porte - m
inner hearth = arrière-âtre - m, âtre - m
inner lining = ébrasement intérieur - m
inner part = pièce mâle - f
inner stud = meneau - m
inner surface = face intérieur - f, SHON (surface hors
œuvre nette) - f, surface hors œuvre nette (SHON) - f
inner wall = contre-mur - m
innings = terres reprises sur la mer - f
in-opening window = fenêtre à la française - f
inorganic = inorganique
inorganic clay = argile inorganique - f
in-place test = essai d’un matériau une fois mis en
place - m
in-place test = essai sur place - m
in-process inspection = contrôle en cours de fabrica-
tion - m
inrush of underground water = venue d’eau souter-
raine - f
insanitary = insalubre
insect sreen = moustiquaire - f
insert = fiche - f, pièce noyée dans la masse - f, rapié-
çage (placage) - m, tampon - m
inserted strip = joint rapporté (dalle en béton) - m
inset edge band = alaise embrevée - f
inside casing = contre-bâti - m, contre-chambranle - m
inside diameter = diamètre intérieur - m
inside finish = boiserie intérieure - f, menus ouvrages
de menuiserie - m, menus ouvrages de menuiserie
légère - m
inside lot = terrain intérieur - m
inside measurement = mesure dans œuvre - f
inside plot = terrain intérieur - m
inside screw = filet femelle - m
inside shutter = volet - m, volet (fenêtre) - m
inside stair = escalier dans œuvre - m
inside stop bead = latte intérieure (fenêtre à guillo-
tine) - f
inside the fabric = dans œuvre
inside thread = filet femelle - m, filetage femelle - m
inside trim = contre-bâti –m, contre-chambranle - m
in-situ = exécuté à pied d’œuvre, exécuté sur place
in-situ concrete = béton coulé en ou sur place - m,
béton coulé en place - m
in-situ concrete pile = pieu foré - m
in-situ pile = pieu coulé en place - m
in-situ reinforced concrete walling = mur en béton
armé coulé sur place - m
insolation = ensoleillement - m
inspection chamber = regard - m, regard de visite
(égout) - m
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inspection cover = couverture de regard - f, tampon de
regard - m
inspection door = porte de visite - f, regard (de
visite) - m
inspection eye = tampon de visite - m
inspection fitting = bouchon de visite - m, tampon de
dégorgement - m, tampon de visite - m
inspection gallery = galerie de contrôle - f
inspection hole = regard (de visite) - m, regard de
visite - m, trou de visite - m
inspection lamp = baladeuse - f
inspection team = équipe de contrôle - f, équipe de sur-
veillance - f
inspection trench = caniveau visitable - m, fosse de
visite - f, galerie de visite - f
inspector = surveillant - m
instability = instabilité - f
installation = aménagement - m, fixation - f, installa-
tion - f, mise en place - f, montage - m, pose - f
installed capacity = puissance installée - f
installing = installation - f
instantaneous deformation = déformation instan-
tanée - f
instruction leaflet = notice - f
instructions for use = notice - f
instructions to contractor = ordre de service - m
instrument error = erreur de lecture - f
instrument panel = tableau de bord - m
instrument reading = valeur indiquée - f
insulant = isolant - m
insulated = isolé
insulated door = porte isothermique - f
insulating = isolant - m, isolant (protection) - m
insulating bat = nappe isolante - f
insulating concrete = isobéton - m
insulating covering = chape isolante - f
insulating fibreboard = panneau de fibres tendre - m,
panneau de fibres tendres - m
insulating fishplate = éclisse isolante - f
insulating flange = joint isolant - m
insulating jacket = calorifugeage - m
insulating jaquet = jaquette calorifuge - f
insulating material = calorifuge - m, isolant - m, maté-
riau isolant - m, matière isolante - f, produit isolant - m
insulating strength = rigidité diélectrique - f
insulating tape (UK) = chatterton - m, ruban iso-
lant - m
insulation = calorifugeage - m, isolant - m, isolant ther-
mique - m, isolation - f, isolement - m
insulation board = panneau isolant - m
insulation boards = isolation en plaque - f
insulation build-up = reconstitution d’isolant - f
insulation fault = défaut d’isolement - m
insulation stop = arrêt pour isolant - m
insulation with vapor-barrier = isolant avec pare-
vapeur - m
insurable risk = risque assurable - m
intact sample = échantillon non remanié - m
intact sample (US) = échantillon intact - m
intake = admission - f, amenée d’air - f, arrivée - f, aspi-
ration - f, entrée - f, prise - f, retraite (nu d’un mur) - f,
retraite horizontale dans un mur - f
intake screen = grille d’entrée - f
integral = solidaire
integral garage = garage faisant corps avec la
maison - m
integral tube-and-sheet collector = collecteur à série
de tubes - m
integrated project = projet complet - m
integrated project = projet d’aménagement com-
plet - m
integrated project = projet d’ensemble - m
intended = projeté
intended use = destination - f
intensive projector = projecteur intensif - m
inter woven fencing = clôture à entrelacs - f
intercepting sewer = égout captant - m, intercep-
teur - m
intercepting trap = séparateur - m, siphon disconnec-
teur - m
interceptor = intercepteur - m, séparateur - m, siphon
disconnecteur - m
intercolumnation = entre-colonnement - m, entreco-
lonnement - m
intercom = interphone - m
interconnecting cable = câble de traversée - m, câble
d’interconnexion - m
intercooler = réfrigérant intermédiaire - m
interfenestration = trumeau - m
interference = parasites - m
interference eliminator = filtre antiparasites - m
interference suppressor = film antiparasites - m, filtre
antiparasites - m
intergranular air void = vide interstitiel - m
intergranular pressure = pression intergranulaire - f
intergranular stress = contrainte intergranulaire - f
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intergrown knot = nœud entremêlé - m
interim acceptance = réception provisoire - f
interim claim = décompte de travaux - m
intérior architect = architecte d’intérieur - m
interior architecture = architecture d’intérieur - f
interior column = poteau intérieur - m
interior decorator = décorateur ensemblier - m
interior decorator = ensemblier - m
interior design = architecture intérieure - f
interior designer = décorateur ensemblier - m, ensem-
blier - m, architecte d’intérieur - m
interior door = porte de communication - f
interior finish = finition intérieure - f
interior lintel = caisson - m
interior lot = terrain intérieur - m
interior plot = terrain intérieur - m
interior span = portée intérieur - f
interior stairway = escalier intérieur - m
interior trim = boiserie intérieure - f, menus ouvrages
de menuiserie - m, ouvrages de menuiserie légère - m
interior wall = mur de refend - m
interior wall framing = charpente de mur intérieur - f
interior wiring system = distribution intérieure - f
interjoist = distance de solive à solive - f
interlace = entrelacs - m
interlacing arcade = arcs entrelacés - m
interlacing arches = arcs entrelacés - m
interlacing pattern = entrelacs - m
interlaminar strength = résistance au délaminage - f
interlock = asservissement - m, couplage - m, enclen-
chement - m, interconnexion - f, verrouillage - m
interlock, to = emboîter, s’
interlocked grain = fibres enchevêtrées - f, ruba-
nage - m
interlocking = autoblocant, couplage - m, enclenche-
ment - m, interconnexion - f, verrouillage - m
interlocking grain = bois rebours - m, bois rusti-
que - m, contre-fil rubané - m
interlocking pantile = panne de tuile - f
interlocking paving = pavage autobloquant - m
interlocking paving block = pavé autobloquant - m
interlocking paving stone = pavé à emboîtement - m,
pavé imbricable - m
interlocking switch = interrupteur de verrouillage - m
interlocking tile = tuile à emboîtement - f, tuile méca-
nique - f
intermediate carriage = limon intermédiaire - m
intermediate driven piles in a row = pieux battus - m
intermediate floor beam = poutre intérieure - f
intermediate joist = solive de remplissage - f
intermediate landing = demi-palier - m, palier de
repos - m
intermediate landing (between two floors) =
repos - m
intermediate purlin = panne courante - f, panne inter-
médaire - f
intermediate rafter = chevron - m
intermediate rail = traverse intermédiaire (porte) - f
intermediate storage container = trémie intermé-
diaire - f
intermittent weld = soudure discontinue - f
internal angle = angle rentrant - m
internal arrangement = aménagement intérieur - m
internal defect = défaut interne - m
internal dormer = lucarne rentrante - f
internal eaves gutter = chéneau - m
internal friction = frottement interne - m
internal outlet (to gutter) = souillard - m - f
internal plated refractory brick = brique réfractaire
armée à l’intérieur - f
internal reinforced refractory brick = brique réfrac-
taire armée à l’intérieur - f
internal sapwood = aubier entrelardé - m, aubier
interne - m, double aubier - m, lunure - f
internal stair = escalier dans l’œuvre - m
internal stairs = escalier dans œuvre - m
internal structure of the soil = squelette (sol) - m
internal surface = SHON (surface hors œuvre
nette) - f, surface hors œuvre nette (SHON) - f
internal vibration = pervibration - f
internal vibrator = pervibrateur - m, vibrateur
interne - m
internally vibrated concrete = béton pervibré - m
interrupted ringing = sonnerie rythmée - f
interrupter = interrupteur - m
interrupting capacity = pouvoir de coupure - m, pou-
voir de rupture - m
interrupting capacity (US) = pouvoir de coupure
(élect.) - m
intersecting arcade = arcs entrecroisés - m
intersecting arches = arcs entrecroisés - m
intersecting ribs = croisée d’ogives - f
intersection = recoupement (levé) - m
interstitial water = eau interstitielle - f
inter-tie = lierne - f
interwoven fencing = clôture entrelacée - f
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intrados = intrados - m
intruder alarm = alarme antieffraction - f
intrumentation = appareillage - m
intumescent = intumescent
intumescent paint = peinture intumescente - f
invaded by grass weeds = enherbé
inventory of fixtures = état des lieux - m
invert = radier (égout) -m
invert elevation = contre-pente - f
invert level = cote de fil d’eau - f, fil d’eau - m, niveau
de fil d’eau - m
invert slab = radier (égout) - m
inverted arch = arc renversé - m, voûte renversée - f
inverted arch foundation = radier en voûte ren-
versée - m
inverted built-up roofing system = toiture à isolant sur
étanchéité - f
inverted built-up roofing system = toiture inversée - f
inverted drainage well = puits absorbant de
drainage - m
inverted flat slab foundation = radier en dalles
champignons - m
inverted roof = toiture inversée - f
inverted roofing system = toiture à isolant sur étan-
chéité - f, toiture inversée - f
inverted T-girder = poutre en T renversé - f
inverter = onduleur - m
investigation = enquête - f, étude (enquête) - f
investment property (UK) = immeuble de rapport - m,
maison de rapport - f
invisible = invisible
invited bidder = entreprise consultée - f
involute = à développante
iron = fer - m, fonte - f
iron body gate valve = vanne en fer - f
iron cement = ciment de fer - m, mastic de fer - m
iron cramp = queue de carpe - f
iron grill = grille de fer - f
iron removal = déferrisation - f
iron tower = pylône métallique - m
iron work = construction en fer - f, ferrement - m, fer-
ronnerie - f, ferrures - f, ouvrages en fer - m, serru-
rerie - f
ironbricks = briques vitrifiées catégorie A - f
ironmongery = quincaillerie - f
ironworker = ferronnier - m, serrurier - m
irregular alignment = désalignement - m
irregular coursed work = à assise réglée
irregularity = accident de terrain - m
irrigation = apport d’eau - m, arrosage - m, épan-
dage - m, irrigation - f
irrigation mat = nappe d’irrigation - f
I-shape = fer I - m, fer IPN - m, poutre en double T - f,
poutre en I - f, poutrelle IPN - f, profil IPN - m, profilé
en I - m
I-shaped section = section en I - f
islanding = ilotage
isolated = isolé
isolated column = poteau isolé - m
isolated footing = semelle isolée - f
isolating = isolant (séparation) - m
isolating valve = robinet de barrage - m, robinet d’iso-
lement - m, vanne de sectionnement général - f, vanne
de sectionnement général - f
isostatic = isostatique
isostatic frame = portique isostatique - m, structure iso-
statique
isotherm = isotherme
isothermal curing = auto-étuvage - m
Italian window = fenêtre à l’italienne - f
item = lot de travaux - m, rubrique (programme de tra-
vaux) - f
item of furniture = meuble - m
J
jack = cric - m, empanon - m, vérin - m, vérin de
calage - m
jack arch = arc en plate-bande - m, arc plat - m, plate-
bande (baie) - f, voûtelette - f
jack arch (UK) = entrevous en berceau segmentaire
- m, voûtain de plancher - m
jack hammer = brise-béton - m, marteau piqueur - m,
marteau-piqueur - m
jack hammer drill = foreuse pneumatique - f
jack ladder = monte-grume - m
jack nut = contre-écrou - m, écrou indesserrable - m
jack plane = riflard - m
jack rafter = empanon - m
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jack screw = vérin à vis - m
jack stud = montant nain - m, poteau nain - m,
potelet - m, quille - f
jacket = chemise - f, enveloppe - f, gaine - f, jaquette - f,
manchon - m
jackhammer = marteau perforateur - m
jack-hammer = marteau perforateur - m, marteau
pneumatique - m
jacking = mise en précontrainte au vérin - f
jacking device = vérin (béton précontraint) - m
jacking stress = contrainte de précontrainte - f
jagged failure = cassure dentelée - f
jagged fracture = cassure dentelée - f, rupture den-
telée - f
jagged rupture = rupture dentelée - f
jalousie = fenêtre jalousie - f
jalousie = jalousie - f
jalousie window = fenêtre jalousie - f
jamb = battée - f, huisserie, jambage (baie, cheminée,
porte) - m, montant - m, ouverture - f, piédroit - m,
poteau d’huisserie
jamb anchor = patte (huisserie) - f
jamb block = bloc à feuillure - m
jamb brick = brique à angle arrondi - f
jamb form = mannequin - m
jamb joint = joint de jambage - m
jamb lining = chambranle (de porte) - m, ébrase-
ment - m
jamb-post = jambage - m
janitor (US) = concierge - f
japan varnish = vernis du Japon - m
jaw = griffe - f, mâchoire - f, mordache - f, mors (étau,
pince) - m
jaw crusher = concasseur à machoires -m
jaw of a vice = mâchoire d’étau - f
jenny = treuil - m
jerk = à-coup - m
jerkin roof = toit à pans coupés - m
jerkinhead = demi-croupe - f
jerkinhead roof = toit à demi-croupe - m
jet = lance - f
jet drilling = forage hydrodynamique - m
jet height = hauteur de jet - f
jet out, to = forgeter
jet pipe (pile driving) = lance d’injection - f
jet pump = éjecteur (eaux, eaux usées) - m
jetted pile = pieu lancé - m
jetted well = puits creusé par lançage - m
jetting = fonçage au jet d’eau - m joint compound = pâte à joints - f, produit d’étanchéité
jetting (piles) = lançage - m pour joints - m
jetty = encorbellement - m, épi - m, estacade - f, jetée - f joint cutter = découpeuse de sol (béton) - f
jib = flèche - f joint efficiency = résistance relative d’un assem-
blage - f
jib crane = grue - f, grue à flèche - f, grue à volée - f
joint face = parement de joint - m
jib door = porte dérobée - f, porte en affleurement - f
joint filler = calfeutrage - m, produit de remplissage
jig = calibre - m, forme - f, gabarit - m, gabarit de mon-
pour joints - m
tage - m, mannequin - m, singe - m
joint owner = copopriétaire - m
jig saw = scie à chantourner - f, scie sauteuse - f
jig table = table à secousses - f joint pointing = jointoiement - m
jigging compaction = chocage - m joint pourer = cordon d’amiante - m
jigsaw = scie sauteuse - f joint reinforcement = chaînage - m
jig-saw = sauteuse - f, scie anglaise - f joint runner = corde - f, filasse - f, tresse d’amiante - f
jitterbug (US) = dame sauteuse - f joint sealer = masse de remplisssage - f, produit d’étan-
chéité pour joints - m
job = de chantier, exécuté à pied d’œuvre, exécuté sur
place joint sealing filler = masse de remplisssage - f
job captain = responsable des études - m joint sealing material = produit d’étanchéité pour
joints - m
job completion date = date d’achèvement des tra-
vaux - f joint tape = bande pour joints - f, ruban à joints - m
job made = exécuté sur le tas joint thickness = épaisseur du joint - f
job mix = préparé sur le chantier joint with cover plates = assemblage avec couvre-
joints - m
job office = bureau de chantier - m
joint, to = hourdir
job site = emplacement des travaux - m
jointed = assemblé
job site (US) = chantier de construction - m
jointed veneer = placage jointé - m
job superintendent = chef de chantier - m
job training = formation sur le chantier - f jointer = fer à joints (maçonnerie) - m, lissoir - f,
mirette - f
jobber = tâcheron - m
jointer (masonry) = tire-joint - m
job-site road = piste de chantier - f
joint-forming pipe = tube - m
joggle = adent - m, goujon (de poudre) - m, goujon de
poutre - m, joint à adent - m jointing = assemblage - m, jointoiement - m, jointoie-
ment en montant - m, jointoyage - m, refoulement en
joggle joint = assemblage à crémaillère - m, assem- montant (joints de maçonnerie) - m
blage à tenon - m, endentement - m
jointing chamber = puits à câbles - m
join edge to edge, to = affronter des panneaux
jointing compound = lut - m, masse de remplissage f,
join end to end, to = abouter mastic de garnissage de joints - m, pâte à joints - f
join, to = aboucher les tuyaux, assembler, emmancher jointing material = joint - m
(tuyaux)
jointing tool = fer à joints (maçonnerie) - m, lissoir - f,
joined = collé tire-joint - m
joiner = menuisier en bâtiment - m jointless flooring = revêtement de sol (coulé ou sans
joiner’s clamp = étau d’ébéniste - m, sergent - m joints) - m
joiner’s cramp = sergent - m joist = bastaing - m, lambourde - f, poutre - f, poutre
joinery = ébénisterie - f transversale - f, poutrelle (planche) - f, poutrelle de
joinery (UK) = menuiserie - f plancher - f, solive - f, soliveau - m
joining pin = broche - f, goupille - f joist bridging = entretoise - f, entretoisement de plan-
cher - m, entretoisement de solives - m
joint = à liaison (couverture en ardoise), articulation - f,
assemblage - m, joint - m, nœud - m, raccordement - m, joist hanger = étrier (à solive) –m, étrier à solive - m
ruban à joint - m joist work = solivage - m, travure - f
joint backing = fond de joint - m jolt = à-coup - m
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jumbo brick = brique de grande taille - f kerf = trait de scie - m
jump = gradin - m kerfed member = membre rainuré - m
jump joint = joint à francs bords - m kern = noyau central - m
jump weld = soudure bout à bout - f kernel = noyau central - m
jumper = barre à mine - f kettle (roofing) = fondoir - m
jumper = barrette de connexion - f kevel = laie - f
jumper bar = barre à mine - f key = adent - m, clavette - f, clé (arc) - f, clé d’arc - f,
jumper lead = cavalier - m, connexion volante - f clé d’assemblage - f, clé de voûte - f, clef d’arc - f, lan-
guette - f, texture rugueuse (pour un bon accrochage) - f
jumping jack = dame sauteuse - f
key an arch, to = bander un arc
junction = jonction - f, reprise de béton - f
key blank = clef brute - f
junction box = boîte de dérivation - f, boîte de jonc-
tion - f, boîte de raccordement - f, coffret de branche- key brick = brique de voûte - f, clé de voûte - f
ment - m key drop = cache-entrée - m
junction curve = courbe de raccordement - f key joint = adent - m, clé - f
junction manhole = regard de raccordement -m key operated service box = bouche à clé - f
junction sleeve = manchon d’accouplement - m, man- key pattern = grecque - f
chon de jonction - m
key plan = plan d’ensemble - m, plan guide - m, plan-
Jura limestone = calcaire classique - m, grès juras- repère - m
sique - m
key plate = entrée de serrure - f
jutting out = saillant
key pointing = jointoiement rainuré - m
jutty = saillant
key stone = claussoir - m, claveau - m, concassé de fer-
meture - m, vousseau - m, voussoir - m

K
key valve = robinet à clé - m
keyed arch = arc à clé - m
keyed joint = assemblage à clé - m, joint arrondi - m,
joint en arrondi - m
keyed splice = enture à joint à clé - f
keyhole = entrée de serrure - f
keyhole plate = cache-entrée - m, écusson - m
keyhole saw = scie à guichet - f, scie d’entrée - f
keying = clavetage - m
K value = coefficient K - m keying joint = joint à clavetage - m
K weld = soudure en K - f key-pinch = broche de serrure - f
keel = bêche - f keystone = clé d’arc - f, clé de voûte - f, clef d’arc - f
keene’s cement = ciment keene - m, plâtre à mouler - keyway = rainure de clavette - f
m, plâtre aluné à prise accélérée - m kick plate = garde-pieds - m, plinthe de porte - f
keep dry = craint l’humidité kicking plate = plinthe de porte - f
keep in good repair, to = entretenir en bon état kieselguhr = kieselguhr - m
keep plate = plaque de propreté - f kiln = étuve - f, four - m
keep the perpends, to = monter à joints croisés, poser kiln brick = brique réfractaire pour four - f
à joints croisés
kiln dried = desséché, étuvé (bois), séché au four,
keeper (of lock) = gâche - f séché au séchoir
kelly bar = tige d’embrasinement - f kiln dried wood = bois étuvé - m
kentledge = lest (grue) - m kiln drying = séchage à l’étuve - m
kerb (UK) = bord de trottoir - m kiln-dried lumber = bois de construction séché au
kerb stone (UK) = bordure de trottoir - f four - m
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kinetic energy = énergie cinétique - f knot cluster = grappe de nœuds - f, nœuds en épi - m,
king bolt = aiguille - f nœuds groupés - m
king brick = brique centrale (fonderie) - f knotted pillar = pilier à fûts noués - m
king post = aiguille - f, poinçon (combles) - m knotted shaft = fûts noués - m
king rod = aiguille - f, poinçon (combles) - m knotting varnish = vernis couvre-nœuds - m
kingbolt = poinçon (combles) - m knotty = noueux
king-closer = brique clausoir - f knotty wood = bois noueux - m
kingpin = goupille - f knotwork = entrelacs - m
king-post truss = ferme à poinçons et contre-fiches - f knuckle = nœud (charnière) - m, nœud de peinture - m
king-post truss = ferme simple - f knuckle joint = brisis de comble - m, joint articulé - m,
joint en charnière - m
king-rod = barre-aiguille - f
knuckle joint (of roof) = brisure de comble - f
kink = coque - f, pli - m, torsion - f, tortillement - m
knurled = moleté
kiosk = kiosque - m
knurled nut = écrou moleté - m
kip = kip - m
kraft paper = papier kraft - m
kit winder = marche d’angle - f
canal - m, joint refoulé arrondi - m
kitchen cabinet = placard cuisine - m
keyed splice = enture à joint à clé - f
kitchen hood = hotte de cuisine - f
keyhole = entrée de serrure - f
kitchen range = fourneau - m
keyhole plate = cache-entrée - m, écusson - m
kitchen unit = élément de cuisine - m, meuble de cui-
keyhole saw = scie à guichet - f, scie d’entrée - f
sine - m
keying = clavetage - m
kitchenette = cuisinette - f
keying joint = joint à clavetage - m
kite winder = marche d’angle - f
key-pinch = broche de serrure - f
klinker = brique hollandaise - f
keystone = clé d’arc - f, clé de voûte - f, clef d’arc - f
knee = bois coudé - m, bois courbant - m, console - f,
cornière d’appui - f, coude - m, équerre de support - f, keyway = rainure de clavette - f
genou - m, jarret (portique) - m, pièce de bois coudée - f kick plate = garde-pieds - m, plinthe de porte - f
knee brace = équerre de support - f, jambe de force - f, kicking plate = plinthe de porte - f
pied-droit - m kieselguhr = kieselguhr - m
knee bracing = poutre en K - f kiln = étuve - f, four - m
knee piece = équerre optique - f kiln brick = brique réfractaire pour four - f
knee wall = mur nain (combles) - m kiln dried = desséché, étuvé (bois), séché au four,
kneeler = juchoir - m séché au séchoir
knife check = fissure de coupe - f, fissure de dérou- kiln dried wood = bois étuvé - m
lage - f kiln drying = séchage à l’étuve - m
knife file = lime à couteau - f kiln-dried lumber = bois de construction séché au
knife-cut veneer = placage coupé au couteau - m four - m
knob set = serrure à boutons - f kiln-seasoning = étuvage - m
knob stem = carré de manœuvre - m kinetic energy = énergie cinétique - f
knobbled head = tête en goutte de suif - f king bolt = aiguille - f
knock down, to = abattre, démolir king brick = brique centrale (fonderie) - f
knocked down = démonté king post = aiguille - f, poinçon (combles) - m
knocker = heurtoir - m king rod = aiguille - f, poinçon (combles) - m
knocking-down = démolissage - m, démolisse- kingbolt = poinçon (combles) - m
ment - m, démolition - f king-closer = brique clausoir - f
knockout = défonçable kingpin = goupille - f
knoll = butte (de terrain) - f king-post truss = ferme à poinçons et contre-fiches - f
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king-rod = barre-aiguille - f knuckle joint (of roof) = brisure de comble - f
kink = coque - f, pli - m, torsion - f, tortillement - m knurled = moleté
kiosk = kiosque - m knurled nut = écrou moleté - m
kip = kip - m kraft paper = papier kraft - m
kit winder = marche d’angle - f
kitchen cabinet = placard cuisine - m

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kitchen hood = hotte de cuisine - f
kitchen range = fourneau - m
kitchen unit = élément de cuisine - m, meuble de cui-
sine - m
kitchenette = cuisinette - f
kite winder = marche d’angle - f
klinker = brique hollandaise - f
knee = bois coudé - m, bois courbant - m, console - f,
cornière d’appui - f, coude - m, équerre de support - f,
genou - m, jarret (portique) - m, pièce de bois coudée - f lab. ball valve = robinet de laboratoire à bille - m
knee brace = équerre de support - f, jambe de force - f, label = larmier au-dessus d’une baie et carré - m, rejé-
pied-droit - m teau - m
knee bracing = poutre en K - f label moulding = larmier au-dessus d’une baie et
knee piece = équerre optique - f carré - m
knee wall = mur nain (combles) - m label stop = arrêt de larmier - m
kneeler = juchoir - m labor and material payment bond = cautionnement
knife check = fissure de coupe - f, fissure de dérou- pour salaires et patériaux - m
lage - f labor foreman = chef d’équipe - m, contremaître - m
knife file = lime à couteau - f laborer = manœuvre - m, terrassier - m
knife-cut veneer = placage coupé au couteau - m laced = triangulé
knob set = serrure à boutons - f laced valley = noue à ardoises croisées - f, noue à tuiles
knob stem = carré de manœuvre - m croisées - f, noue entrecroisée - f
knobbled head = tête en goutte de suif - f lacing bar = barre de treillis - f
knock down, to = abattre, démolir lacing course = chaîne horizontale - f
knocked down = démonté lacing system = treillis - m
knocker = heurtoir - m lack of cove = manque de recouvrement - m
knocking-down = démolissage - m, démolisse- lack of cover = manque d’enrobage - m
ment - m, démolition - f lacquer = laque - f, vernis - m
knockout = défonçable lacunar = caisson - m
knoll = butte (de terrain) - f ladder ditcher = excavateur de tranchée à chaîne - m,
knot = nœud (bois) - m trancheuse à chaîne - f
knot cluster = grappe de nœuds - f, nœuds en épi - m, ladder dredge = drague à godets - f
nœuds groupés - m ladder scaffold = échafaudage à échelle - m
knotted pillar = pilier à fûts noués - m ladle = cuillère de chargement - f
knotted shaft = fûts noués - m Lady chapel = chapelle de la vierge - f
knotting varnish = vernis couvre-nœuds - m lag = retard (élect.) - m
knotty = noueux lag bolt = tire-fond - m
knotty wood = bois noueux - m lagging = calorifugeage - m, couchis - m, en retard,
knotwork = entrelacs - m enveloppe - f, garniture - f, isolation - f, revêtement
knuckle = nœud (charnière) - m, nœud de peinture - m calorifuge - m
knuckle joint = brisis de comble - m, joint articulé - m, lagoon = lagune - f
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lagooning = lagunage - m
lag-screw = tire-fond - m
laid dry = à liaison à sec (maçonnerie), posé sec
laid-on moulding = moulure rapportée - f
laitance = laitance - f
lake = plan d’eau - m
lamellar tearing = arrachement lamellaire - m
laminar flow = écoulement laminaire - m
laminate = panneau stratifié - m, stratifié - m
laminate sheet = lamifié - m
laminated = en lamelles, feuilleté, lamellé, lamifié,
stratifié
laminated beam = poutre lamellée-collée - f
laminated clay = argile feuilletée - f
laminated floor = plancher lamellaire - m
laminated glass = verre feuilleté - m
laminated joint = assemblage à queues droites - m
laminated panel = panneau lamellé - m
laminated plastic = matière plastique stratifiée - m
laminated plastic = plastique lamellé - m, stratifié
laminated plastic tile = carreau flexible multi-
couche - m
laminated roofing = toit multicouche - m
laminated sheet glass (UK) = verre à vitres feuil-
leté - m
laminated timber = bois lamellé - m
laminated window glass (US) = verre à vitres feuil-
leté - m
laminated wood = bois lamellé - m, lamellé-collé - m
lamination factor = coefficient de foisonnement - m
laminations = feuilles - f, lamelles - f, plaques - f
laminboard = panneau contreplaqué à âme lamel-
lée - m, panneau lamellé - m
lamp = ampoule - f
lamp bracket = applique pour lampe - f
lamp bulb = ampoule - f
lamp capping cement = ciment de scellement pour
lampe - m
lamp holder = douille - f
Lamp shade = abat-jour - m
lamp socket = douille - f
lamphole = regard de lampe - m, trou de lampe - m
lamp-post = candélabre - m
lamp-post (UK) = lampadaire (éclairage public) - m
lancet = lancette - f
lancet arch = arc à lancette - m, arc en lancette - m
lancet window = fenêtre à lancette - f
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land = fonds - m, terrain - m
land arch = arche de rive - f
land development = aménagement du terrain - m
land drain = drain - m
land drainage = assèchement - m, drainage - m
land form = forme du terrain - f
land packer = dameur - m
land register = cadastre - m
land released for development = terrain construc-
tible - m
land shaping = modelage du terrain - m
land subsidence = tassement de terrain - m
land survey = arpentage - m, levé de terrain - m, levé
topographique - m
land surveying = arpentage - m, levé de terrain - m,
levé topographique - m
land surveyor = arpenteur - m, arpenteur-géomètre - m,
géomètre - m, géomètre expert - m
land surveyor’s certificate = procès-verbal de bor-
nage - m
land tenure = possession du sol - f
land tenure survey = étude foncière - f
land use = occupation du sol - f
land use plan = plan d’occupation des sols (POS) - m
land use plan = POS (plan d’occupation des sols) - m
landfill compactor = compacteur pour enfouissement
sanitaire - m
landing = palier - m, palier de repos - m, repos - m
landing board = marche-palière - f, planche-palier - f
landing button = bouton d’étage - m
landing door = porte palière - f, porte-palière - f
landing tread = marche palière - f, marche-palière - f,
planche-palier - f
landing trimmer = chevêtre sous marche palière - m
landing valve = vanne d’étage - f
land-mark = jalon - m
landscape area = zone d’aménagement paysager - f
landscape contractor = entrepreneur paysagiste - m
landscape design = architecture de paysage - f
landscape designer = architecte de paysage - m
landscape gardener = jardinier paysagiste - m
landscape treatment = traitement paysager - m
landscaped = paysagé
landscaped garden = jardin paysagé - m
landslide = glissement de terrain - m
land-slide = éboulement de terrain - m
land-slip = éboulement de terrain - m
lane = allée - f, chemin - m
lane marking = tracé de voies - m
lanscaped garden = jardin à l’anglaise - m
lantern = lanterne - f, lanterneau - m
lantern light = lanterne - f
lantern light = lanterneau - m
lantern opening = œil-de-dôme - m
lantern tower = tour lanterne - f
lantern turret = lanterne - f
lap = chevauchement - m, recouvrement (ardoise, pan-
neaux, tuiles) –m, revêtement - m
lap joint = assemblage à recouvrement - m, joint à
recouvrement - m
lap length = recouvrement (armature) - m
lap mark = pli de coulée (verre) - m
lap siding = clins - m, parement à recouvrement - m,
planche à recouvrement - f
lap splice = chevauchement - m, recouvrement - m
lap-joint = clin - m
lapped = à chevauchement, chevauchant, recouvrant
lapped dovetail = queue d’aronde semi-recouverte - f
lapped joint = chevauchement - m, joint à recouvre-
ment - m, joint monté - m
lapped splices = enture à recouvrement - f, joint à che-
vauchement - m
lapping = chevauchement - m, recouvrement - m
lap-seam-welding = soudure à recouvrement - f
lapweld = soudure à clin - f, soudure à recouvrement - f
lap-weld = soudure à écharpe - f, soudure à recouvre-
ment - f, soudure par recouvrement - f
lap-welding = soudure à recouvrement - f, soudure par
recouvrement - f
larder = garde manger - m, garde-manger - m
large aggregate concrete = gros béton - m
large bore = gros diamètre - m
large dab = polochon (plâtre) - m
large diameter = gros diamètre - m
large estate = ensemble de logements - m, grand
ensemble - m
large glazed area in a wall = verrière - f
large housing estate = grand ensemble - m
large housing scheme = ensemble de logements - m,
grand ensemble - m
large section of a wall = pan de mur - m
large section of walling = pan de mur - m
large span roof = toiture à grande portée - f
large window = baie vitrée - f
large-panel construction = préfabrication lourde - f
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larry = gâche à chaux - f
lashing = ligature - f
last course = arase - f, arasement - m
last levelling course = arase - f
latch = bec-de-cane - m, canon de serrure - m, clenche - f,
crémone - f, loquet - m, loqueteau - m, verrou - m
latch catch = gâche - f, mentonnet - m
latch lock = bec-de-cane - m
latch pin = mentonnet - m
latch set = serrure bec-de-cane complète - f
latchbolt = pêne à demi-tour - m, pêne à ressort - m
latch-key = clef de serrure de sûreté - f
Late gothic = bas gothique - m
Late romanesque = bas roman - m
late wood = bois final - m
latent defect (US) = vice caché - m
latent heat = chaleur latente - f
lateral binders = cadre - m, épingle - f, étrier - m, liga-
ture - f
lateral bracing = cadre d’entrecroisement - m, cadre
d’entretoisement - m, entretoisement - m
lateral bulging = étalement latéral (sol) - m
lateral confined compression test = essai de compres-
sion avec étreinte latérale - m
lateral earth pressure = poussée latérale des terres - f
lateral force = effort tranchant - m
lateral load = charge latérale - f
lateral support = appui latéral - m
lateral thrust = poussée latérale - f
lateral yield = déformation latérale - f, fluage
latéral - m
lateralbinders = barre flottante - f
laterally confined test = essai échantillon fretté laté-
ralement - m
latest finish date = temps au plus tard - m
latest finish time = date de réalisation au plus tard - f
latest finish time = temps au plus tard - m
latex = latex - m
latex foam rubber = mousse de caoutchouc - f
latex paint = peinture au latex - f
lath = bacula - m, lattage - m, latte - f, lattis - m,
palançon - m, support d’enduit - m, volige - f, voli-
geage - m
lath and plaster = latte et enduit - f
lath bolt = bille à lattes - f
lath fence = clôture en lattis - f
lath hammer = hachotte - f, marteau à latter - m
lath hatchet = hachotte - f
lath(ing) hammer = hachotte - f
lath(ing) hatchet = hachotte - f
lath, to = latter
lathe = tour (machine-outil) -f
lathe check = fissure de déroulage - f
lathing = bacula - m, lattage - m, lattis - m, treillis d’ar-
mature d’enduit - m, voligeage - m
lathing(slating or tiling) = litonnage - m
lathwork = bacula - m, lattage - m, lattis - m, voli-
geage - m
lattice = grille - f, lattis - m, résille - f, treillage - m,
treillis - m
lattice bar = fer plat d’une triangulation - m
lattice beam = poutre en treillis - f, poutre triangulée - f
lattice boom = flèche en treillis - f
lattice box beam = poutre en treillis - f
lattice girder = poutre à treillis en croix - f, poutre à
triangulation multiple - f, poutre en treillis - f, poutre
réticulée - f, poutre triangulée - f, poutrelle à croisil-
lons - f
lattice jib = flèche en treillis - f
lattice mast = pylône en treillis - m
lattice tower = pylône en treillis - m
lattice truss = poutre en treillis - f, poutre triangulée - f
lattice web = âme en treillis - f
latticed purlin = panne en treillis - f
latticework = treillage - m, treillis - m
lauan = méranti - m
laundry tray = bac à linge - m
laundry tub = bac à linge - m, cuve de lessivage - f
laurel leaf = feuille de laurier - f
lavatory = cabinet d’aisances - m
lavatory (US) = lavabo - m
lavatory block = bloc sanitaire - m
lawn = gazon - m
lay = gisant
lay (tiles, planks) with an overlap, to = enchevaucher
lay (water, electricity), to = installer
lay bricks keeping the perpends, to = poser à joints
croisés
lay down, to = poser
lay dry, to = poser à sec
lay on edge, to = poser de chant
lay plumb, to = poser d’aplomb
lay the dust, to = abattre la poussière
lay the foundation stone, to = poser la première pierre
lay the foundations, to = jeter les fondations
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lay the last stone of a course, to = fermer un cours
d’assises
lay up a brick wall, to = monter un mur en briques
lay, to = jeter, poser, poser (briques, canalisations)
lay, to (a lock) = poser (une serrure), poser une serrure
layer = assise - f, banc - m, chape - f, couche - f, nappe
(fils) - f
layer of filter sand = couche filtrante en sable - f
layer of hardcore = hérisson (maçonnerie) - m
layered rock = roche litée - f
laying = gisant, pose - f
laylight = châssis de plafond - m
layout = agencement - m, disposition - f, implanta-
tion - f, plan schématique - m, tracé d’une ville - m
layout diagram = plan d’implantation - m, schéma de
montage - m
layout dimensions = cotes d’implantation - f
layout grid = trame - f
layout of reinforcement = ferraillage - m
layout plan = plan d’implantation - m
lazy suzan = carrousel - m
lazy tong = pince - f
leachable salt = sel lixiviable - m
leaching = lessivage - m
leaching = lixivation - f
leaching cesspool = puisard d’absorbtion - m
leaching pit = puits perdu - m
leaching well = puits perdu - m
lead = amenée de courant - f, avance - f, plomb - m
lead burning = soudage au plomb - m, soudure auto-
gène sur plomb - f
lead joint = joint au plomb - m
lead paint = peinture au minium - f
lead plug = cheville en plomb - f
lead wool = laine de plomb - f
leader = chaîne d’angle appareillée d’avance - f,
conduite pluviale - f, descente - f, jumelle - f, moi-
gnon - m, tuyau de chute - m, tuyau de descente - m
leader (US) = descente pluviale - f
leader head = cuvette - f
leader shoe = dauphin - m
lead-in pipe = tube d’entrée - m
lead-in wire = fil d’amenée de courant - m
leading = mise en plombs - f
leading edge = bord avant - m, bord d’attaque - m
leads = toiture-terrasse - f
leaf = battant - m, feuillet - m, paroi - f, patte (char-
nière) - f, rai-de-cœur - m, vantail (porte) -m
leaf (leaves) = ventail (ventaux) - m
leaf and dart pattern = rais-de-cœur et dards - m
leaf(decorative pattern) = feuille - f
leaf-and-dart pattern = rais-de-cœur et dards - m
leaf-door = porte à vantail - f
leafing pigment = pigment pelliculant - m
leaf-work = feuillage - m
leak = échappement - m, fuite - f, perte dans un tuyau - f
leak detector = détecteur de fuites - m
leak meter = fuitemètre - f
leak sealing = arrêt de fuite - m
leak test = vérification de l’étanchéité - f
leak, to = couler, fuir
leakage path = ligne de fuite - f
leakage test = essai d’étanchéité - m
lean = maigre (béton, mortier), pauvre
lean coal = charbon maigre - m
lean concrete = béton maigre - m
lean lime = chaux maigre - f
lean mixed concrete = béton faiblement dosé en
ciment - m
lean mixture = mélange pauvre - m
lean mortar = mortier maigre - m, mortier prolongé - m
lean sand = sable maigre - m
leaning tower = tour penchée - f
lean-to = appentis - m, bâtiment en appentis - m, toit
en appentis - m
lean-to roof = toit en appentis - m, toit en appentis - m
lease = bail - m
lectern = lutrin - m
ledge = assise de rocheuse - f, barre - f, corniche - f,
pièce d’appui - f, rebord - m, roche en place - f,
saillie - f, traverse - f
ledge (US) = roche de fond - f
ledge beam = faîtage - m
ledge rock = assise de rocheuse - f, sous-sol
rocheux - m
ledge rock (US) = fond rocheux - m, roche de fond - f,
socle rocheux - m
ledged and braced door = porte sur barres et
écharpes - f
ledged door = porte sur barres - f
ledger = filière - f, lambourde - f, linçoir - m, longrine
(échafaudage) - f, moise - f, perche horizontale - f, pou-
trelle horizontale - f
ledger strip = lambourde (d’une poutre) - f, lisse - f
ledgment = arasement - m
left elevation = élévation gauche - f
left-hand = à gauche
lefthand thread = filet à gauche - m
left-handed screw = vis à filet renversé - f
leg = aile - f, béquille de portique - f, jambage - m,
jambe - f, pied - m, piédroit (béquille de portique) - m
legal description = désignation officielle du terrain - f
legal highway (US) = emprise (rue) - f
lenght = L (longueur) - f
lenght of walling = pan de mur - m
length = longueur (L) - f, section - f, tronçon - m
length of rod = barre ronde - f
length of span under load = longueur d’application de
la charge - f
lengthening joint = enture - f
lengthening piece = rallonge - f
lens = cabochon - m
lens of sand = lentille de sable - f
leper hospital = lazaret - m, maladrerie - f
leper’s squint = guichet des lépreux - m
lessee = locataire à bail - m
lessor = bailleur - m
let-in member = élément encastré - m, poutre encas-
trée - f
let-in ribbon = lambourde engravée - f
letter box (UK) = boîte à lettres - f
letting = location - f
levee = levée - f
level = cote - f, égal - m, niveau - m, uni (surface)
level a plot, to = égaliser un terrain
level book = carnet de nivellement - m
level brick = brique chanfreinée - f
level down, to = déraser
level ground = terrain de niveau - m
level indicator = niveau - m
level line = trait de niveau - m
level off, to = araser
level party = équipe de nivellement - f
level tube = nivelette - f
level with = à fleur de, à ras de, affleuré
level, to = affleurer, égaliser (une surface), régaler (ter-
rain horizontal)
leveling = arasement - m
leveling bed = mortier de régalage - m
leveling board = régaleuse - f
leveling coat = enduit de lissage - m
leveling course = arase - f, arasement - m

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leveling covering = chape de nivellement - f, hourdage
- m, hourdis - m
leveling plaster coat = enduit de lissage - m
leveling screw = vis de calage - f
levelling = affleurement - m, dressage (nivelage) - m,
égalisation - f, mise à niveau - f
levelling = nivelage - m
levelling (survey) = nivellement - m
levelling board = planche de régalage - f
levelling coat = enduit de dressage - m, enduit général
de dressage - m
levelling rod = jalon - m
levelling rod (US) = mire - f, mire de nivellement - f
levelling screed = chape de ragréage - f
levelling screws = vis calantes - f
levelling staff (UK) = mire - f, mire de nivellement - f
levelling up = dressage - m
levelling-up course = couche de dégrossissage - f
lever = levier - m, manette - f
lever boards = abat-son - m
lever boards = abat-vent - m
lever casement bolt = crémone à levier - f
lever door handle = béquille - f
lever handle = bec de-cane - m, béquille - f
lever handle with safety catch = bec de-cane à con-
damnation - m
lewis = louve - f
lewis hole = trou de louve - m
lewis wedge = louveteau - m
liability to frost damage = gélivité - m
licenced = homologué
licencing = homologation - f
lid = couvercle - m
lien = privilège - m
lierne = lierne - f
lierne rib = lierne - f
lift = appareil de levage - m, ascenseur - m, banchée -
f, cabine d’ascenseur - f, élévateur - m, force utile - f,
levage - m, levée de bétonnage - f, monte-charge - m,
pont élévateur - m, portance - f
lift (UK) = ascenseur - m
lift bridge = pont levant - m
lift car = benne - f, cabine d’ascenseur - f
lift door (UK) = porte palière (ascenseur) - f
lift forms = coffrages amovibles - m
lift machinery (UK) = machinerie d’ascenseur - f
lift pump = pompe aspirante - f, pompe de relèvement
- f, pompe élévatoire - f
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lift shaft = cage d’ascenseur - f
lift shaft (UK) = cage d’ascenseur - f, gaine d’ascen-
seur - f
lift slab system = système d’érection par levage - m
lift station = station de relèvement - f
lift truck = chariot élévateur - m, gerbeuse - f
lift well (UK) = puits d’ascenseur - m
lift-and-force pump = pompe aspirante et foulante - f
lifter-roof tank = réservoir à toit respirant - m
lifting = décollement de flamme - m, levage - m
lifting appliance = appareil de levage - m
lifting beam = palonnier - m
lifting block = mouflage - m
lifting cable = câble de levage - m
lifting frame = palonnier - m
lifting hook = anneau de levage - m
lifting hook in floor = anneau de levage d’élément de
plancher - m
lifting hook in wall unit = anneau de levage d’élément
mural - m
lifting jack = chèvre - f
lifting pit = fosse de relevage - f
lifting tackle = appareil de levage - m
liftoff butt = paumelle dégondable - f
liftoff hinge = paumelle dégondable - f
lift-off hinge = charnière dégonflable - f
lift-off hinge = dégondable (charnière, pommelle)
lift-off hinge = paumelle dégondable - f
lift-slab method = mise en place par translation verti-
cale - f
lift-up and tilt-up = méthode de construction par
levage et relevage - f
light = ampoule - f, carreau - m, châssis - m, jour - m,
ouverture - f
light (diffuser) = paralume - m
light and power lines = lignes lumière et force - f
light baffle = paralume - m
light brick = brique légère - f
light bulb = ampoule - f
light carpenter = menuisier en bâtiment - m
light cladding element = élément de façade légère - m
light construction = construction légère - f
light court = courette - f
light current = courant faible - m
light diffuser = paralume - m
light duty manhole cover = tampon série trottoir - m
light fitting (UK) = appareil d’éclairage - m, lumi-
naire - m, luminaire - m
light flux = flux lumineux - m
light section iron = fer de faible échantillon - m
light structure = construction légère - f
light time switch = minuterie - f
light well = courette - f, puits d’éclairage - m
light work = ouvrage d’achèvement - m, second
œuvre - m, travaux légers - m
lighten the appearance (by canting), to = élégir
lightfastness = stabilité à la lumière - f
lighting bollard = borne d’éclairage - f
lighting branch circuit = distribution lumière - f
lighting column = candélabre - m
lighting outlet = prise lumuière - f
lighting power = pouvoir éclairant - m
lighting source = source lumineuse - f
lightning arrester = parafoudre - m, paratonnerre - m
lightning conductor = parafoudre - m
lightning conductor = paratonnerre - m
lightning rod = parafoudre - m, paratonnerre - m, tige
de paratonnerre - f
lightweight aggregate = granulat léger - m
lightweight aggregate concrete = béton de granulats
légers - m
lightweight brick = brique allégée - f
lightweight concrete = béton léger - m
light-weight concrete = béton léger - m
lightweight concrete block = élément de remplissage
en béton léger - m
lightweight refractory = brique réfractaire légère - f
lightweight refractory brick = brique légère réfrac-
taire - f
lightweight trussed rafter = fermette - f
light-wood framing = charpente légère - f
lignite = lignite - f
lime = chaux - f, X (chaux) - f
lime and cement mortar = mortier bâtard - m
lime burner = chaufournier - m
lime cement mortar = mortier de chaux et de
ciment - m
lime concrete = béton de chaux - m
lime diluted cement concrete = béton de ciment et de
chaux - m
lime kiln = four à chaux - m
lime malm brick = brique de sable calcaire - f, brique
en chaux et sable - f, brique silico-calcaire - f
lime mortar = mortier de chaux - m
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lime paste = pâte pure de chaux - f
lime plaster = enduit à la chaux - m, enduit en mortier
de chaud - m
lime putty = chaux en mottes - f, chaux en pâte –f, pâte
de chaux - f
lime rake = gâche à chaux - f, gâche à chaux - f
lime sand brick = brique de sable calcaire - f, brique
en chaux et sable - f, brique silico-calcaire - f
lime wash = eau de chaux - f, lait de chaux - f
lime-hater = calcifuge
lime-loving = calcicole
lime-sandstone = grès calcaire - m
lime-slag cement = ciment de laitier à la chaux - m,
CLX (ciment de laitier à chaux) - m
limestone = calcaire - m, pierre à chaux - f, pierre cal-
caire - f
limewash = badigeon - m, badigeon à la chaux - m,
blanc de chaux - m, chaux - m
limewater = eau de chaux - f
liming = chaulage - m
limit design = calcul à la limite - m
limit state = état limite - m
limit switch = fin de course - m
limit, to = borner (limiter)
limited area excavation = galerie en puits - f
limited clearance = hauteur limitée (travaux
publics) - f
limiter = écrêteur - m
limonite concrete = béton à limonite - m
line = alignement - m, canalisation - f, canalisation - f,
cordeau - m, trait - m
line and grade = alignement de niveau - m
line diagram = épure - f
line load = charge linéaire - f
line of clear headroom = ligne d’échappée - f
line of collimation = ligne de collimation - f
line of flow = ligne de courant - f
line of sight = ligne de visée - f
line of travel = ligne de foulée - f
line pin = chevillette - f
line transformer = transformateur de basse tension - m
line transformer = transformateur de distribution - m
line wire = fil de secteur - m
line, to = garnir (doubler), garnir (revêtir)
lineal = linéique
linear = linéaire
linear diagram = épure - f
linear diffuser = diffuseur linéaire - m
linear diffuser = diffuseur rectiligne - m
linear expansion = dilatation linéaire - f
linear foot = pied linéaire - m
linear measure = mesure de longueur - f
linear meter = mètre linéaire - m
lined well = puits citerne - m, puits cuvelé - m
liner = chambranle de porte - m
lining = blindage - m, boisage - m, chemisage - m, che-
mise - f, cuvelage - m, doublage - m, doublure - f,
gaine - f, habillage - m, lambris - m, revêtement - m,
revêtement intérieur - m
lining bar = pince à riper - f
lining brick = brique de remplissage - f
lining off = cinglage du bois - m
lining paper = apprêt (papier peint) - m, papier d’ap-
prêt - m
lining segment = élément - m, segment - m
link = cadre - m
link homes (US) = maisons indépendantes à fondations
reliées - f, maisons siamoises - f
link houses (UK) = maisons en bande - f, maisons indé-
pendantes à fondations reliées - f, maisons siamoises - f
linkage dimension = dimension de liaison - f
linkspan = passerelle - f
linkway = passerelle - f
linning = garniture (doublage) - f
linseed oil = huile de lin - f, lin (huile de)
linseed oil putty = mastic à l’huile de lin - m
lintel = linteau - m
lintel block = bloc de linteau - m, bloc en U - m
lintel brick = brique de linteau - f
lintel course = plate-bande (baie) –f, traverse de man-
teau de cheminée - f
lintel spandrel beam = linteau de chaînage - m
lintol = linteau - m
lip = balèvre - f, balèvre de pierre - f, rebord
(arrondi) - m, saillie - f
lip curb = contrebord à pente douce - m
lip seal joint = joint à lèvres - m
lip union = raccord union - m
lipped edge = chant alésé - m
lipping = alaise de porte plane - f
lipping = alaise rapportée - f
lip-seal welded bonnet = chapeau à joint d’étanchéité
soudé - m
liquid asphalt = asphalte fluide - m, bitume fluide - m
liquid grouting = jointoiement avec mortier liquide - m
liquid indicator (US) = viseur de liquide - m
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liquid membrane curing compound = badigeon de
cure - m
liquid membrane forming concrete curing = badi-
geon de vieillissement du béton - m
liquid sewage = eaux usées - f
liquid slag = laitier liquide - m
liquid waste = eaux d’égouts - f
liquid-cooled collector = capteur à circulation
d’eau - m
liquid-fuel boiler = chaudière à combustible - f
liquidity index = indice de liquidité - m
liquid-type collector = capteur à liquide - m
list (UK) = nomenclature - f
list of parts (UK) = nomenclature - f
list of pearls = baguette à perles - f
listed building = monument classé - m
listel = bandeau - m, listeau - m, listel - m
listing = calfeutrage - m
live = sous tension, sous-tension - f
live hole = poteau d’huisserie - m
live knot = nœud sain - m
live load = charge - f, charge mobile - f, charge
roulante - f, charge temporaire - f, charge variable - f,
poids propre (PP) - m, PP (poids propre) - m, sur-
charge - f, surcharge mobile - f, surcharge roulante - f,
surcharge temporaire - f
live main = conduite en charge -f
live weight = poids roulant - m
live wire = fil sous tension - m
livering = épaississement (peinture) - m
living rock = roche vive - f
load = charge - f
load balance = équilibrage des phases - m
load bearing = porteur
load bearing system = système de partage de
charges - m
load capacity = capacité de chargement - f, charge
maximum - f
load diagram = diagramme des charges - m
load duration = durée de la charge - f
load equivalent = équivalent de la charge - m
load factor = facteur d’utilisation (Fu) - m, Fu (facteur
d’utilisation) - m
load indicator = dynamomètre - m
load line = ligne de charge - f
load reversal = renversement de charge - m
load settlement = charge tassement - f
load settlement curve = courbe de charge tassement - f
load shedding = délestage - m, réduction de la charge
(clim.) - f, réduction du débit - f
load support = support - m
load test = essai de charge - m, essai en charge - m
load-bearing = porteur - m
load-bearing cross wall unit = élément porteur de
séparation - m
load-bearing external = élément extérieur - m
load-bearing external wall = élément extérieur por-
teur - m
loadbearing wall = mur porteur - m
loader = chargeur - m, chargeuse - f, pelle chargeuse - f,
pelleteuse - f
load-free start = démarrage à vide - m
loading = chargement - m, mise en charge - f
loading bay (UK) = quai de déchargement - m
loading capacity = capacité portante - f
loading category = catégorie de charge - f
loading dock (US) = quai de déchargement - m
loading frame = cadre de mise en charge - m, porte-
maquettes - m, portique - m, portique de mise en
charge - m
loading hopper = trémie d’attente - f
loading machine = chargeuse - f, pelleteuse - f
loading platform = plateau de chargement - m
loading platform (US) = quai de déchargement - m
loading shovel = chargeuse pelleteuse - f, pelle char-
geuse - f
loading test = essai de charge - m, essai en charge - m
load-resisting section = section résistante - f
loads carried to the ground = descente de charges - f,
descente des charges - f
load-sharing system = système de charges parta-
gées - m, système de partage des charges - m
loam = pisé - m, terre glaise - f, terre végétale - f, tor-
chis - m
loam mortar = mortier de terre - m
loan = prêt - m
lobby = salle des pas perdus - f, vestibule - m
lobby (US) = hall d’entrée (hôtel, immeuble de
bureaux) - m
lobe = lobe - m
lobed = lobé
local office = antenne - f
locating link = étrier (montage d’armature) - m
location = emplacement - m, implantation - f
location deviation = écart de position - m, tolérance de
montage - f
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location plan = plan de masse - m, plan de situation - m
lock = sas - m serrure - f
lock block = fourrure (serrure à encastrer) - f
lock bolt = verrou - m
lock case = coffre - m
lock face (US) = têtière - f
lock forend (UK) = têtière - f
lock front = têtière - f
lock gate = porte d’écluse - f
lock joint = agrafure - f
lock keeper = gâche - f
lock nut = contre-écrou - m, écrou de blocage - m,
écrou de fixation - m, écrou indesserrable - m
lock plate = palastre - m
lock rail = traverse - f, traverse du milieu (porte) - f,
traverse intermédiaire (porte) - f
lock reinforcement = renfort de serrure - m
lock seam = agrafure - f
lock set = ensemble de serrure et garniture - m
lock stile = battant - m, montant de battement (porte
battante) - m
lock strike = gâche - f
locker room = vestiaire - m
locker room = vestibule (hôtel, théâtre) - m
locking = condamnation - f
locking (elevator doors) = verrouillage - m
locking button = bouton de condamnation - m
locknut = contre-écrou - m, écrou indesserrable - m
lockshield = tête cache-entrée - f
lockshield valve = robinet à cache-entrée - m
lock-up garage = box - m
lock-woven mesh = treillis soudé(Ts) - m
lock-woven mesh = Ts (treillis soudé) - m
locus = lieu géométrique - m
lodge = pavillon de garde - m, pavillon d’entrée - m
lodgment = habitat - m, habitation - f, logement - m
loess = loess - m
loess beam = loess modifié - m, limon de loess - m,
loess modifié - m
loft = comble accessible - m, combles - m, galetas - m,
grenier - m, soupente - f
loft conversion = aménagement des combles - m
loft ladder = échelle escamotable - f
loft suitable for conversion (UK) = combles aména-
geables - m
log = bille - f, grume - f
log (of borehole) = diagraphie - f
log after butt log = première surbille - f
log after the butt lock = surbille - f
log boom = estacade - f
loggia = loggia - f
logging = diagraphie - f
long bolt = tire-fond - m
long column = poteau élancé - m
long flame coal = charbon flambant - m
long float = latte de régalage - f
long grip = distance de serrage - f, grande épaisseur de
serrage - f
long life (of a building) = pérennité - f
long nipple = mamelon double - m
long radius = grand rayon - m
long screw = longue vis - f, longue vis (raccord de
plomberie) - f
long side = long pan - m
long side (roof) = long pan - m
long slope = long pan - m
long wall (as opposed to gable wall) = long pan - m
long wall (oblong building) = long pan - m
long wall of a building (as opposed to gable wall) =
mur de long pan - m
long-grained plywood = contreplaqué à fil en long - m
longhorn beetle = capricorne - m
longitudinal bar = barre longitudinale - f
longitudinal beam = longrine - f
longitudinal facade = long pan - m
longitudinal profile = profil en long (terrain) - m
longitudinal reinforcement = armature longitudi-
nale - f
longitudinal section = coupe longitudinale - f, profil
en long - m, profil en long (terrain) - m
longitudinal steel = armature longitudinale - f
longitudinal steel beam = poutre en acier longitudi-
nale - f
long-line system = méthode des fils tendus sur grands
bancs - f, méthode des torons tendus sur grands
bancs - f, système par grands bancs
long-radius elbow = raccord à grand rayon - m
long-sweep fitting = raccord à grand rayon - m
long-term test = essai de longue durée - m
long-time load = charge de longue durée - f
long-time static load = charge de longue durée - f
lookout rafter = chevron en porte-à-faux - m
look-out rafter = chevron en porte-à-faux - m
lookout turret (castle) = guérite - f
loomed wiring = faisceau - m
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loop = boucle - f
loop circuit = canalisation en boucle - f
loop hook in floor panel = anneau de levage d’élément
de plancher - m
loop hook in wall unit = anneau de levage d’élément
mural - m
loop vent = évent bouclé - m
looped pile carpet = moquette bouclée - f
loophole = arbalétrière - f, archère - f, barbacane - f,
meurtrière - f
loop-hole = meurtrière - f
loose = en vrac, lâche, rapporté (moulure)
loose brick = brique déchaussée - f
loose earth = terrain inconsistant - m, terre meuble - f
loose flange = bride folle - f, contre-bride - f
loose gravel = gravier meuble - m
loose ground = sol meuble - m, terrain ébouleux - m,
terrain inconsistant - m, terrain meuble - m, terre
meuble - f
loose knot = nœud décollé - m, nœud lâche - m, nœud
sautant - m, nœud séparé - m
loose material = matériau inconsistant - m
loose mold = parclose - f
loose mortar = bavures de mortier - f
loose piece = pièce rapportée - f
loose side = côté ouvert - m, face distendue (contre-
plaqué) - f
loose sleeve = douille mobile - f
loose soil = sol meuble - m, terrain inconsistant - m, ter-
rain meuble - m, terre meuble - f
loose surface = mauvais sol - m
loose tongue (miltred joint) = pigeon - m
loose-fill insulation = isolant en vrac - m, isolation en
granulés - f, isolation en vrac - f
loose-joint hinge = charnière dégonflable - f, dégon-
flable (charnière, pommelle), paumelle dégondable - f
loosen, to = ameublir la terre, desserrer
loosening = ameublissement - m
loose-pin = charnière à broche démontable - f
loose-pin butt hinge = charnière à broche démon-
table - f
lorry-mounted crane = grue sur camion - f, grue sur
porteur - f
lose the seal, to = désamorcer (se)
loss = perte (chaleur, puissance) - f
loss of head = PC (perte de charge) - f
loss of head = perte de charge (PC) - f
loss of pressure = PC (perte de charge) - f, perte de
charge (PC) - f
loss of use = perte de jouissance - f
loss of working time = immobilisation (personne) - f
loss on ignition = perte au feu - f
lost roof space = combles perdus - m
lot = lot - m, lotissement - m, parcelle - f, parcelle de
terrain - f
lot (US) = terrain (bâti)
lot line = ligne de terrain - f
lot line (US) = limite (propriété, terrain) - f
lot line wall (US) = mur de clôture non mitoyen - m
lot size = effectif du lot - m
loudness = intensité sonore - f
loudness contour = courbe d’intensité sonore - f
loudness level = niveau d’intensité sonore - m
lounge = salon - m
louver = aérateur à lames - m, évent à lames - m, store
à lames orientables - m, ventelles - f
louver (diagonal) = paralume - m
louver (US) = lame de persienne - f
louver blade = ventelles - f
louver board = planche horizontale de coffrage - f
louver board (UK) = ventelle - f, ventelles - f
louver door = porte persienne - f
louver window = fenêtre jalousie - f
louvered door = porte persienne - f
louvered shutter = persienne - f
louvered vent = aérateur à lames - m, évent à
lames - m
louvers = persienne - f
louvers (UK) = ventelles - f
louvre (UK) = lame de persienne - f
louvre board (UK) = ventelle - f
louvre boards = abat-son - m, abat-vent - m
louvre boards (UK) = ventelles - f
louvre-board = ouïe - f
louvres (UK) = ventelles - f
low = à petite allure, faible
low cost housing (US) = habitation à loyer modéré
(HLM) - f
low flow = basses eaux - f
low gate = portillon - m
low grading = faible pente
low heat cement = ciment à faible chaleur d’hydrata-
tion - m
low level tank (UK) = réservoir bas - m
low pitched = à faible pente
low setting = faible allure
low spot = flache - f
low volatile coal = charbon maigre - m
low voltage = basse tension - f
low voltage switchboard (LVS) = tableau basse ten-
sion (TBT) - m
low voltage switchboard (LVS) = TBT (tableau basse
tension) - m
low wall = muret - m, murette - f
low-angle light = lumière rasante - f
lowbed trailer = remorque surbaissée - f
lowboy = remorque surbaissée - f
low-cost housing = habitation à bon marché - f
low-cost housing = habitation bon marché - f
low-cost material = matériau bon marché - m
low-down tank (US) = réservoir bas - m, réservoir de
chasse bas - m
low-emissivity glass = verre à faible émulsivité - m
lower boundary = face inférieure de la couche - f
lower chord with track = membrure inférieure avec
voie - f
lower deviation = écart inférieur - m
lower leaf of stable door = portillon de ventail
coupé - m
lower lever = mi-étage - m
lower part = partie basse - f
lower slope of a Mansard roof = brisis - m
lower slope of gambrel roof = brisis - m
lowering = baisse - f
lowering of ground water = épuisement - m
lowering wedge = coin de blocage - m
lowering wedge = détente - f
lowering-in (pipe) = mise en fouille - f
lowest bidder = mieux disant - m, moins disant - m
lowest water level = niveau d’étiage - m
low-level cistern (UK) = réservoir de chasse bas - m
low-level suite (UK) = w.c. à réservoir bas - m
low-maintenance construction = construction néces-
sitant peu d’entretien - f
low-relief = bas-relief - m
lozenge moulding = pointe de diamant (dessin) - f
luffer boards = abat-son - m, abat-vent - m
lufferboard = ouïe - f
luffer-board = ouïe - f
luffing = relevage - m
luffing jib crane = grue à portée variable - f
lug = cosse - f, mentonnet - m, oreille - f, oreillon - m,
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lukewarm water = eau tiède - f
lumber = bois - m, bois de construction - m, bois en
grumes - m, élément en bois - m, pièce de bois - f
lumber room = chambre de débarras - f
luminaire (US) = appareil d’éclairage - m, lumi-
naire - m
luminance = luminance - f
luminance factor = facteur de luminance - m
luminous = lumineux
luminous ceiling = plafond éclairant - m
luminous flux = flux lumineux - m
lump coke = coke en morceaux - m
lump lime = chaux en mottes - f
lune = pan de dôme - m
lunette = lunette (architecture) - f
lurching allowance = choc transversal admissible - m
lut = lut - m
luthern = lucarne - f
luting = lut - m
LVS (low voltage switchboard) = tableau basse ten-
sion (TBT) - m, TBT (tableau basse tension) - m
lye = lessive - f
lying = gisant
lynch gate = auvent portail - m
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macadam = macadam - m
macadam (US) = empierrement (route) - m
machicolated gateway = porte à mâchicoulis - f
machicolation = machicoulis - m
machine bolt = boulon mécanique - m
machine room = machinerie - f
machine screw = vis mécanique - f
machine shop = atelier d’ajustage - m
machine, to = usiner
machined casting = pièce de fonderie usinée - f
machined casting = pièce usinée - f
machinery = machinerie - f
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machinery room = local des machines (ascenseur) - m
machine-tool = machine outil - f
machining = usinage - m
machining = usinage de pièces - m
made ground = remblai - m, terrain rapporté - m, ter-
rain remblayé - m, terrain rempli - m
made-up soil = sol d’apport - m
magnaflux method = essai magnétique à la
limaille - m, méthode des poudres magnétiques - f
magnesia cement = ciment à la magnésie - m, ciment
magnésien - m
magnesidon special brick = brique spéciale de magné-
sidon - f
magnesite brick = brique de magnésite - f
magnesite flooring = revêtement magnésien - m
magnesite flooring = tarrazolith - m
magnesium flooring = tarrazolith - m
magnesium oxychloride cement = ciment à la
magnésie - m, ciment sorel - m
magnetic crack detection = essai magnétique à la
limaille - m, méthode des poudres magnétiques - f
magnetic particle test = essai magnétique à la
limaille - m, méthode des poudres magnétiques - f
magnetite concrete = béton au magnétite - m
mahogany = acajou - m
mail box (US) = boîte à lettres - f
main = canalisation principale - f, conducteur - m,
conduit principal - m, conduite - f, conduite de distri-
bution - f, conduite maîtresse - f, conduite principale - f,
maître
main bar = armature principale - f, barre principale - f,
barre principale d’armature - f
main beam = logement locatif - m, maîtresse-poutre - f,
poutre maîtresse - f, poutre principale - f
main building = corps de bâtiment - m
main cable = câble de distribution - m
main contractor = entrepreneur principal - m, entre-
prise générale - f, maître d’œuvre (MO) - m, MO
(maître d’œuvre) - m
main couple = ferme à deux arbalétriers - f, ferme com-
portant deux arbaletiers - f
main distribution = distribution principale - f
main distribution frame = répartiteur général (RG) -
m, RG (répartiteur général) - m
main door = portail - m
main drainage = tout-à-l’égout - m
main duct = canalisation principale f
main elevation = façade principale - f
main gate = portail - m
main grain = fossé collecteur - m
main jib = flèche principale - f
main meter (UK) = compteur général - m
main net = réseau des conduites - m
main network = réseau des conduites - m
main panel = tableau général - m
main part (of building) = corps d’un bâtiment - m
main part of dwelling = corps de logis - m
main pillar = pile - m, pilier - m
main pipe = canalisation principale - f
main plane = nu (mur) - m
main quadrangle = cour d’honneur - f
main rafter = chevron - m, chevron principal - m
main reinforcement = armature principale - f, barre
principale - f
main reinforcement bars = barres principales - f,
barres principales d’armature - f
main road = route principale - f
main section = corps d’un bâtiment - m
main services duct = galerie technique - f
main sewer = collecteur principal - m, égout collec-
teur - m, égout principal - m, grand collecteur - m,
siphon de sortie d’immeuble - m
main slope (pitched roof) = long pan - m
main soil and waste vent (US) = ventilation primaire
(VP) (tuyau) - f
main soil and waste vent (US) = VP (ventilation pri-
maire) (tuyau) - f
main stack = chute à ventilation primaire - f
main street = artère principale - f
main structure = GO (gros œuvre) - m, gros œuvre
(GO) - m
main surface = nu (élément) - m
main switch = interrupteur général - m
main tie = entrait - m
main trap = siphon de sortie d’immeuble - m, siphon
principal - m
main vent = colonne de ventilation secondaire - f, évent
principal - m
main wall = façade - f, gros mur - m, mur de gros
œuvre - m
main walling = murs principaux - m
mains = secteur (élect.) - m
mains junction = nœud de canalisation - m
mains water = eau de ville - f
maintain in good repair, to = entretenir en bon état
maintain, to = entretenir
maintenance = entretien d’une construction - m
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maintenance contract = contrat entretien - m
Maintenance cradle = balancelle
maintenance log book = carnet de bord - m
maintenance period = délai de garantie - m
maisonnette (UK) = appartement en duplex - m
major change = modification importante - f, modifi-
cation majeure - f
major construction = travaux de construction de pre-
mièreimportance - m, travaux de première impor-
tance - m
major repair(s) = réfection - f
make an opening, to = percer une ouverture
make flush, to = araser une pierre, affleurer
make good, to = retoucher
make higher, to = rehausser
make level, to = araser
makeshift = fortune - f
make-up = appoint - m, appoint d’eau - m, eau d’ap-
point - f
make-up feed = EAPP (eau d’appoint) - f
make-up piece = pièce jointive - f
make-up water = appoint - m, appoint d’eau - m,
EAPP (eau d’appoint) - f, eau d’appoint - f
making good = remise en état - f, reprise (réparation) - f
making of reinforcement = ferraillage - m
making out = art du trait - m
male thread = filet mâle - m
male union = raccord mâle - m
male union elbow = coude union mâle - m
malleability = malléabilité - f
malleable = déformable
malleable cast iron = fonte malléable - f
malleable casting = fonte malléable - f
malleable iron = fonte malléable - f
mallet = maillet - m
man lock = sas pour le personnel - m
managing contractor = entreprise pilote - f
man-day = Hj(homme-jour) - m
mandrel = mandrin - m
manhole = puits d’accès - m, regard (de visite) - m, trou
de visite - m, trou d’homme - m
manhole cover = couvercle de regard - m, tampon de
regard - m, tampon de regard d’égout - m, tampon
d’égout - m
manhole frame and cover = cadre et tampon - m
manhole shaft = cheminée de regard - f
manifold = collecteur - m, nourrice de distribution - f,
rampe d’alimentation - f
manipulated variable (US) = grandeur de réglage - f,
valeur de réglage - f
manor house = demeure seigneuriale - f
manpower = ouvriers - m
Mansard roof = comble à la Mansard - m, toit brisé
en pavillon - m, toit en mansarde - m
mansard roof (UK) = comble à la Mansard - m, toit
en bâtière brisée - m
manse = demeure du pasteur - f
Mansion = château - m
mantel = manteau de cheminée - m
mantel base = soubassement - m
mantelpiece = chambranle de cheminée - m, manteau
de cheminée - m
mantelshelf = dessus de cheminée - m, tablette de che-
minée - f
mantle = parement - m
manual control = commande à la main - f, commande
manuelle - f
manual metal arc welding (UK) = soudage à l’arc
métallique avec électrode enrobée - m
manuel control = intervention manuelle - f
manufacture = produit manufacturé - m
manufactured material = produit manufacturé - m
manufactured product = produit manufacturé - m
manufacturer = constructeur - m
manure = apport - m, fumure - f
manway = trou d’homme - m
map = plan (de ville) - m
map a site, to = faire un levé, lever un plan
map crack = gerçure - f
map cracking = faïençage à mailles larges - m
maple (wood) = érable (bois) - m
mapping = levé d’un plan - m
marble = marbre - m
marble granulate = granulé de marbre - m
marbleizing (US) = marbrure - f
marbling (UK) = marbrure - f
margin = bande latérale - f, échantillon - m, marge - f
margin (tile, slate) = pureau - m
margin draft = ciselure relevée - f
margin lights = carreaux marginaux - m
margin strip = bordure de parquet - f
margin trowel = truelle carrée - f
marigold window = rosace (fenêtre) - f
marine glue = colle marine - f
marine plywood = contreplaqué longue durée - m
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mark = marque - f, repère - m, trait de repère - m
mark out the boundary,to = borner
mark out, to = aborner, faire le bornage
marked up drawing = dessin corrigé - m, plan
annoté - m
marked-up plan = plan modificatif - m
marker = repère - m
marker post = poteau indicateur - m
marker thread = fil d’identification - m
marker wire = fil d’identification - m
market value = valeur commerçante - f
marking = marquage - m, repérage - m
marking gage = trusquin à pointe - m
marking gauge = trusquin - m
marking out = bornage - m
marl = caillasse - f, marne - f
marquee = marquise - f
marquetry = marqueterie - f
marring = maculations - f
marshy ground = terrain marécageux - m
mascaron = mascaron - m
mask = masque (décoration) - m
masking paper = papier cache - m
masking tape = papier-cache - m, ruban cache - m
mason = maçon - m, tailleur de pierres - m
mason, to = maçonner
mason’s scaffolding = échafaudage à double rangée
d’échasses - m
masonite = masonite - m
masonry = de scellement, maçonnage - m, maçon-
nerie - f, maçonnerie en pierres naturelles - f
masonry (UK) = maçonnerie en pierre - f
masonry anchor = patte à scellement - f, patte de scel-
lement - f
masonry cement = ciment à maçonner - m, ciment de
hourdage - m
masonry construction = construction en dur - f
masonry filler unit = hourdis - m
masonry filler unit (US) = entrevous - m
masonry fixings = scellements - m
masonry mortar = mortier de hourdage - m
masonry nail = clou à maçonnerie - m
masonry reinforcement = chaînage - m
masonry surface = parement de maçonnerie - m
masonry tie = agrafe - f
masonry veneer = maçonnerie de parement - f,
maçonnerie plaquée - f
masonry veneer = placage de maçonnerie - m
mason’s mark = marque de tâcheron - f
mason’s scaffold = échafaudage à double rangée
d’échasses - m
mass = masse - f
mass concrete = béton coulé en masse - m, béton de
masse - m, béton simple - m, gros béton - m, massif de
béton - m
mass flow rate = débit massique - m
mass flowmeter (US) = compteur à moulinet - m
mass of fallen masonry = éboulis - m
mass per unit area = masse surfacique - f
mass production = production de masse - f, produc-
tion en série - f
massed pitch = amas d’oléorésine - m
mast = mât (engin) - m
master = maître - m
master bedroom = chambre de maître - f
master instrument = appareil d’étalonnage - m
master key = passe - m, passe-partout - m
master meter (US) = compteur général - m
master plan = plan directeur - m, plan-type - m
master specifications = cahier des charges type - m,
devis directeur - m, devis-type - m, prescriptions géné-
rales - f
master tap = robinet chef - m, robinet général - m
mastic = mastic - m, produit - m
mastic asphalt = asphalte coulé - m, bitume coulé - m,
mastic bitumineux - m
mastic block = pain de mastic d’asphalte - m
mat = mat, tapis - m
mat (US) = radier (fondations) - m
mat foundation (US) = fondation sur radier - f
match joint = assemblage bouveté - m
match plane = bouvet à joindre - m
match, to = bouveter
matchboard = planche profilée - f
matchboards = planches bouvetées - f
match-cast, to = bétonner bout-à-bout
matched = bouveté, embrevé
matched board = planche embrevée - f
matched joint = joint embrevé - m
matched lumber = bois embrevé - m
matched with a V-edge = à rainure et languette en
grain d’orge
matcher = bouveteuse - f
match-planes = bouvet en deux morceaux - m
mate (UK) = manœuvre - m
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material = matériau - m, matériaux - m, matière - f, pro-
duit - m, substance - f
material handling crane = grue de manutention - f
material hoist = monte-matériaux - m
material standard = norme de matériaux - f
material stockpile = dépôt de matériaux - m
material test = essai de matériau - m
materials handling = manutention des matériaux - f
materials testing = essai des matériaux - m
mating flange = contre-bride - f
matrix = gangue - f, liant (granito) - m, matrice - f
matt = mat
matting = abrivent - m
mattock = décintroir - m, pic - m, pioche - f
maturing = maturation (béton, plâtre) - f
maximum bearing stress = taux de travail admissible
du sol - m
maximum clearance = jeu maximal - m
maximum demand indicator = indicateur de
maximum - m, indicateur de pointe - m, maxigraphe - m
maximum demand meter = indicateur de maximum
- m, indicateur de pointe - m, maxigraphe - m
maximum measurement = cote maximale - f, cote
maximum - f
maximum modular gap = distance modulaire maxi-
male - f
maximum operation = allure poussée - f, marche en
pointe - f, marche poussée - f
maximum pitch = espacement longitudinal
maximal - m
maximum run = allure poussée - f, marche poussée - f
maximum stress = contrainte limite - f
maximum utilisable strength = critère de résis-
tance - m
maximum utilisable strength = critère de rupture - m
maze = labyrinthe - m
meal = farine (granulat, béton) - f
mean deviation = écart moyen - m
mean free path = libre parcours moyen - m
mean hydraulic flow = rayon hydraulique moyen - m
mean level = niveau moyen - m
mean sea level = niveau moyen de la mer - m
mean solar day = jour solaire moyen (jsm) - m
mean solar day = jsm (jour solaire moyen) - m
mean time between failures = durée moyenne utile - f
meander = méandre - m
meandering crack = fissure en dents de scie - f
meandering cracking = fissure en dents de scie - f
means of egress = dégagement - m, moyens de
sortie - m
measure = mesure - f
measure the ground, to = arpenter
measure the timber, to = métrer du bois
measure, to = arpenter, cuber, métrer
measured drawing = relevé d’architecture - m
measurement = cote - f, cubage - m, dimension - f,
dimension - f, mesurage - m, mesure - f, métrage - m
measurement and tally = mesurage et pointage - m
measuring = cote - f, cubage - m, dimension - f,
mesurage - m, mesure - f, métrage - m
measuring chain = chaîne d’arpenteur - f
measuring frame = cadre de mesurage - m
measuring tape = mètre à ruban - m, roulette (instru-
ment) - f
mechanic = compagnon - m, mécanicien - m, ouvrier
spécialisé (OS) - m
mechanical = mécanique
mechanical anchor = ancrage mécanique - m
mechanical application = projection - f, projection (de
plâtre, de mortier) - f
mechanical bond = accrochage mécanique - m, cohé-
sion de compression - f
mechanical core = noyau technique - m
mechanical draught = tirage mécanique - m
mechanical engineer = ingénieur en mécanique - m
mechanical engineer = ingénieur mécanicien - m
mechanical engineering = construction mécanique - f,
mécanique - f
mechanical equipment = outillage mécanique - m
mechanical equipment room = local des machines
(ascenseur) - m
mechanical equivalent of heat = équivalent méca-
nique de la chaleur - m
mechanical float = talocheuse mécanique - f
mechanical floater = truelle mécanique - f
mechanical floor = étage technique - m, plateau tech-
nique - m
mechanical property = caractéristique mécanique - f,
propriété mécanique - f
mechanical pump = motopompe - f
mechanical room (US) = local technique (LT) - m, LT
(local technique) - m, machinerie - f
mechanical spreader = épandeur mécanique - m
mechanical stress = effort mécanique - m
mechanical tests = essais mécaniques - m
mechanical trowel = machine à surfacer - f, truelle
mécanique - f
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mechanical ventilation = ventilation mécanique - f
mechanically sprung = suspendu par ressorts
mechanics = mécanique - f
mechanic’s lien = privilège de main d’œuvre - m
median strip (US) = terre-plein central (routes)
(TPC) - m, TPC (terre-plein central) (routes) - m
medium = milieu - m
medium density fiberboard (US) = panneau de fibres
mi-dures - m
medium density hardboard = panneau de fibres mi-
dures - m
medium hardboard = panneau de fibres mi-dur - m,
panneau de fibres mi-dures - m
medium span = portée moyenne - f
medium-density fiberboard = panneau de fibres mi-
dur - m, panneau de fibres de densité moyenne - m, pan-
neau de fibres mi-dur - m
mediun baked brick = brique demi-cuisson - f
medullary ray = rayon médullaire - m
meeting rail = traverse du milieu (fenêtre à guillo-
tine) - f
meeting stile = battant - m, montant de battement (porte
croisée) - m
meeting stiles = battement incorporé - m
megalithic plastic = plastique mégalithique - m
melamine = mélamine - f
melt = coulée - f
melt, to = fondre
melted = fondu
melting = fusion - f
member = barre - f, élément - m, élément de char-
pente - m, membre - m, membrure - f, pièce (de char-
pente) - f
membering = pièces d’une charpente - f
members of a frame = pièces d’une charpente - f
membrane = membrane - f, revêtement d’étanchéité
multicouches - m
membrane curing = cure sous antiévaporant - f
membrane roofing = étanchéité - f, revêtement d’étan-
chéité multicouches - m
memorial = monument - m
mercantile building = bâtiment commercial - m
merchantable = marchand
merchantable log = bille marchande - f
mercury vapour lamp = lampe à vapeur de mercure - f
merlon = merlon - m
mesh = engrenage - m, grillage - m, maille (grillage,
tamis) - f, prise - f, tamis - m, toile métallique - f,
treillis - m
mesh opening = maille - f
mesh reinforcement = armature en treillis - f, armature
en treillis soudé - f, grillage - m, grillage soudé - m,
treillis métallique - m
mesh wire = treillis - m
mesh, to = s’enclencher, s’engrener
mesh-core door = porte à âme alvéolée - f
meshed network = réseau maillé - m
metal = empierrement (route) - m
metal anchor = ancre métallique - f
metal arc welding = soudage à l’arc métallique - m
metal bonding cement = ciment pour métaux - m
metal chimney = cheminée d’usine - f, cheminée
métallique - f, souche - f
metal chimney cowl = champignon - m
metal core = noyau métallique - m
metal cramp = agrafe - f
metal decking = bac métallique - m
metal detector = détecteur de métaux - m
metal door = porte métallique - f
metal doors and windows = menuiserie métallique - f
metal entrance gate (s) = grille d’entrée - f
metal flashing and counter flashing = solin en contre-
solin métalliques - m
metal float = taloche (béton, plâtre) - f
metal form = coffrage métallique - m
metal frame = ossature métallique - f
metal frame work = charpente métallique - f
metal gate = grille d’entrée - f
metal lath = latte métallique - f, support métallique
d’enduit - m
metal lathing = lattis en métal déployé - m, treillis d’ar-
mature d’enduit - m
metal millwork = menuiserie métallique - f
metal paint = peinture primaire - f
metal pan = bac métallique - m, coffrage métal-
lique - m
metal primer = apprêt à métal - m, peinture primaire - f
metal reinforcement = support métallique - m
metal roofing slag = bac de toiture - m
metal saw = scie à métaux - f
metal screen = grillage métallique - m
metal sheeting = tôle - f
metal spraying = métallisation - f
metal structure = construction métallique - f
metal tie = attache métallique - f
metal trim = baguette métallique - f
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metal trim = boiserie métallique - f
metal window = fenêtre métallique - f
metalled = empierré (chemin)
metallic joinery = menuiserie métallique - f
metallic paint = peinture métallisée - f
metallic reinforcement = armature métallique - f
metalling (UK) = empierrement (route) - m
metallization = métallisation - f
metallurgy = métallurgie - f
metalwork = ferronnerie - f, menuiserie métallique - f,
métallerie - f, ouvrages en métal - m, ouvrages métal-
liques - m, quincaillerie - f, serrurerie - f, tôlerie - f, zin-
guerie - f
metamer = métamère - m
metamorphic rock = roche métamorphique - f
metatome = métatome - m
meter = appareil de comptage - m, appareil de
mesure - m, compteur - m
meter control = robinet de compteur - m, robinet de
compteur à gaz - m
meter reading = relevé de compteur - m
meter stop = robinet de compteur - m, robinet de comp-
teur à gaz - m
metered system = réseau muni de compteurs - m
metering = comptage - m
metes and bounds = bornes - f
methan = méthane - m
methane digester = méthaniseur - m
methane digestion = digestion méthanique - f
methane fermentation = digestion méthanique - f
methane fermentation = fermentation méthanique - f
method of elastic weights = méthode des charges fic-
tives - f
method of fictious loads = méthode des charges fic-
tives - f
method of joints = méthode Crémona - f, méthode des
nœuds - f
method of sections = méthode des tronçons - f
methods of building = procédés de construction - m
meths = alcool à brûler - m, alcool dénaturé - m
methyl methacrylate organic = plexiglass (marque
déposée)
methylated spirit = alcool à brûler - m, alcool déna-
turé - m
methylorange alkalinity = TAC (titre alcalimétrique
complet) - m, titre alcalimétrique complet (TAC) - m
methyl-orange alkalinity = titre alcalimétrique com-
plet - m
mezzanine = mezzanine - f
mezzanine floor = entresol - m
mica = mica - m
mica flakes = pailletes de mica - f
mica paint = peinture au mica - f
microbore = très petit diamètre - m
micro-indentation = micro-empreinte - f
micrometer = micromètre - m, palmer - m
micrometer caliper = micromètre - m, palmer - m
micrometer gage = micromètre - m, palmer - m
micropollutant = micropolluant
microswitch = minirupteur - m
middle aisle = vaisseau central - m
middle post = meneau - m, montant central - m
middle rail = traverse du milieu (porte) - f
middle strip = bande centrale - f, bande du milieu - f,
bande médiane - f
middle surface = feuillet moyen - m
middle third = tiers central - m, tiers médian - m
midfeather = paroi intermédaire (conduits de
fumée) - f
midrail = sous-lisse (garde-corps) - f
midspan loading = charge au milieu - f
mid-span reinforcement = armature en travée - f
migration of mud to the surface = remontée de
boue - f
mild iron = fer doux - m
mild steel = acier doux (ADX) - m, adx (acier doux) - m
mildew = moisissure - f, piqûres (humidité) - f, taches
d’humidité - f
milk of lime = lait de chaux - f
mill = broyeur - m, laminoir - m, malaxeur - m, menui-
serie (usine) - f, scierie - f, usine - f
mill bent = ferme à béquilles - f, ferme sur poteaux - f
mill construction = charpenterie d’usine - f, construc-
tion d’usine - f
mill leat (UK) = canal d’amenée - m
mill lengths = longueurs diverses et mélangées - f
mill mixed (US) = prêt à l’emploi, prêt à mouiller
mill run = débit courant - m, débit tout venant - m, tout
venant
mill scale = calamine - f, écaille de laminoir - f
mill, to = fraiser (metal)
millboard = carton fort - m, carton-pâte - m
milled lead = plomb laminé - m
milled steel = acier usiné - m
milling cutter = fraise - f, raise - f
milling machine = fraiseuse - f
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millstone = pierre meulière - f
millstone grit = meulière - f
millwork = huisserie - f, menuiserie - f, menuiserie pré-
fabriquée - f, travaux de menuiserie
mineral aggregate = granulat minéral - m
mineral fibre = fibre minérale - f
mineral properties of water = minéralisation de
l’eau - f
mineral resin = résine minérale - f
mineral streak = veine colorée - f
mineral surfaced felt = feutre bitumé surfacé - m,
feutre surfacé - m
mineral wool = laine minérale - f
minibore = petit diamètre - m
minibore diameter = très petit diamètre - m
minimal clearance = jeu minimal - m
minimal modular gap = distance modulaire mini-
male - f
minor buckle = flambage secondaire - m
minor change = modification mineure - f, modification
peu importante - f
minor defect = défaut mineur - m
minor defective = présentant un défaut critique, pré-
sentant un défaut mineur
minor work = menus ouvrages - m
minor works = petit chantier - m
mirror = glace - f, miroir - m
mirror bracket = patte à glace - f
mirror finish = poli miroir - m
miscellaneous works = travaux divers - m
miscelleanous sections = fer(s) divers - m
miserere = patience - f
mission tile = tuile canal de couverture - f
mission tile (US) = tuile canal - f
miter = moulure busquée - f
miter (US) = onglet - m
miter box = boîte à onglets - f
miter joint = assemblage à onglet - m, joint à
onglet - m
mitered siding = parement à onglet - m
mitering = joint à onglet - m
mitoyen wall = mur mitoyen - m
mitre (UK) = onglet - m
mitre arch = arc en mitre - m
mitre box = boîte à onglets - f
mitre dovetail = queue d’aronde perdue - f
mitre joint = assemblage à onglet - m
mitre saw = scie à dos - f
mitre square = équerre à onglet - f, équerre d’onglet - f
mitre, to = couper d’onglet, tailler d’onglet
mitred edge (of slate or tile) = tranchis - m
mix = composition - f, dosage - m, gâchée - f,
mélange - m
mix design = calcul du dosage - m, dosage - m
mix, to = agiter, doser, gâcher, malaxer, mélanger, pré-
parer
mixcut lumber = bois mal débité - m
mixed = gâché
mixed development zone = ZAC (zone d’aménage-
ment concertée) - f
mixed development zone = zone d’aménagement
concertée (ZAC) -f
mixed glue = colle préparée - f
mixed macadam = agrégats enrobés - m, macadam
enrobé - m, matériaux enrobés - m
mixed mortar = mortier bâtard - m
mixed widths = margeurs non assorties - f
mixed-flow fan = ventilateur hélico-centrifuge - m
mixed-flow pump = pompe hélico-centrifuge - f
mixed-in-place = mélangé sur place, préparé sur place
mixed-media bed = lit multicouche - m
mixer = agitateur - m, bétonnière - f, malaxeur - m,
mélangeur - m
mixer drum = tambour de bétonnière - m, tambour
mélangeur - m
mixer tap = mélangeur - m, robinet mélangeur - m
mixing = confection - f, dosage - m, gâchage - m,
mélange - m, préparation - f, agitation (mélange) - f
mixing (concrete) = malaxage - m
mixing box = caisson mélangeur - m
mixing machine = bétonnière - f, malaxeur - m,
mélangeur - m
mixing paddle = palette de malaxeur - f
mixing proportions = dosage - m
mixing time = durée de malaxage - f
mixing water = eau de gâchage - f
moat = douve - f, fossé (autour d’un chateau) - m
mobile = mobile
mobile covering = toiture mobile - f
mobile crane (UK) = grue automotrice - f
mobile load = surcharge - f
mobile plant = usine foraine - f
mobile space heater = radiateur à bouteille incor-
porée - m
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mock-up = maquette grandeur nature - f, modèle en
grandeur naturelle - m, modèle en vraie grandeur - m
model = maquette - f
model apartment (US) = appartement témoin - m
model house (US) = maison témoin - f
modeling = modélisation - f
moderate contact = contact modéré - m
modillion = modillon - m
modular brick = brique modulaire - f
modular component = composant modulaire - m
modular components = matériaux et éléments modu-
laires - m
modular construction = construction modulaire - f,
coordination modulaire - f
modular design = projet modulé - m
modular detail = détail modulaire - m
modular dimension = dimension modulaire - f
modular gap = distance modulaire - m
modular grid = quadrillage modulaire - m
modular increment = unité d’accroissement modu-
laire - f
modular line = ligne modulaire - f
modular measurement = cote modulaire - f
modular plane = plan modulaire - m
modular point = point modulaire - m
modular ratio = coefficient d’équivalence - m, rapport
modulaire - m
modular reference system = système modulaire de
référence - m
modular space grid = réseau modulaire - m
modular surface = face modulaire - f
modular volume = volume modulaire - m
modulate, to = moduler
modulated building = construction modulée - f
modulated construction = construction modulée - f
modulated dimension = dimension modulée - f
module = mesure de base - f, module - m
modulor = modulor - m
modulus = module - m
modulus of compressibility = module de compressi-
bilité - m, module de déformation volumétrique - m
modulus of compression = coefficient d’écrase-
ment - m
modulus of elasticity = coefficient d’élasticité - m,
module d’élasticité - m, module d’Young - m
modulus of reaction = module de réaction - m
modulus of resilience = énergie de déformation élas-
tique maximale - f
modulus of rigidity = module d’élasticité au cisaille-
ment - m
modulus of rupture = coefficient de rupture - m
modulus of rupture = module de rupture - m
modulus of section = moment de résistance - m
modulus of shear = module d’élasticité au cisaille-
ment - m
modulus of subgrade = coefficient de raideur - m
modulus of subgrade = coefficient de réaction du sol
de fondation - m
modulus of subgrade = module de réaction - m
modulus of toughness = énergie de déformation à la
rupture - f
mohr’s circle = cercle de mohr - m
moire fringe = franges de moiré - f
moist concrete = béton humide - m
moisten, to = humidifier
moist-o-graph = hygromètre - m
moisture = humidité - f
moisture barrier = membrane étanche à l’humidité - f,
pare-vapeur - m
moisture content = coefficient d’humidité - m, degré
d’humidité - m, degré hygrométrique - m, humidité
(degré d’) - m, humidité (taux d’) - m, taux d’humi-
dité - m, teneur en eau - f, teneur en humidité - f
moisture deficit = déficit en eau - m, déficit
hydrique - m
moisture distribution = arrosage - m, humidifica-
tion - f
moisture equivalent = humidité équivalente - f
moisture expansion = dilatation due à l’humidité - f,
expansion par l’humidité - f, foisonnement - m, gonfle-
ment - m
moisture indicator = indicateur d’humidité - m
moisture meter = humidimètre - m
moisture migration = migration d’humidité - f
moisture movement = migration d’humidité - f
mold = moulage - m
mold (US) = moisissure - f, moule - m
mold, to = mouler
molded = moulé
molded and fire brick = brique moulée et cuite - f
molding = baguette - f, profilé - m
molding (US) = cimaise - f, cymaise - f, entable-
ment - m, moulure - f, pièce moulée - f
moldy (US) = chanci, moisi
mole = taupe - f
mole drainage = drainage taupe - m
molten lead = plomb fondu - m
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molten metal = métal en fusion - m
moment about points of support = moment aux
appuis - m
moment coefficient = coefficient de réduction des
moments fléchissants - m
moment distribution = répartition des moments - f
moment equilibrium = équilibre des moments - m
moment of a force = moment d’une force - m
moment of inertia = moment d’inertie - m
moment of resistance = moment admissible - m,
moment de résistance - m, moment résistant - m
moment of resisting forces = moment de forces résis-
tantes - m
momentum = force vive - f
mond bond = appareil flamand modifié - m
monel metal = métal monel - m
monial = méneau - m
monitor = écran de contrôle - m, moniteur - m
monitor roof = lanterneau - m, toit à lanterneau - m
comble à lanterneau - m
monkey = mouton à déclic - m
monkey tail = crosse - m
monkey wrench = clé à molette - f, clé anglaise - f, clef
anglaise - f
monkey wrench (US) = clef à molette - f
monofuel = monocombustible - m
monolith = monolithe
monolithic = monolithique, solidaire
monolithic concrete = béton monolithe - m
monolithic concrete construction = construction en
béton monolithe - f
monopitch roof = appentis (toit) - m
monopteral = monoptère
Monotron hardness test = essai de dureté
Monotron - m
Monotron indentation hardness test = essai de dureté
Monotron - m
montan cement = ciment de haut-fourneau alumi-
neux - m
monument = monument - m
Moorish arch = arc outrepassé - m
mop sink = évier vidoir - m
mopboard (US) = plinthe - f
moraine = moraine - f
morning room = petit salon - m
morning shift = poste du matin - m
mortar = mortier - m
mortar beates = gâche à chaux - f
mortar bed = bain de mortier - m, lit de mortier - m,
mortier d’arasement - m
mortar board = planche à mortier - f
mortar box = boîte de gâchage - f
mortar droppings = bavures de mortier - f
mortar fillet = ruellée - f
mortar mill = broyeur à mortier - m
mortar patch = témoin (indiquant mouvement) - m
mortar tray = auge à joints - m, cadre - m, cadre métal-
lique - m
mortar trough = augette à mortier - f, augette de
maçon - f
mortgage loan = prêt hypothécaire - m
mortgage registry = conservation des hypothèques - f
mortice (UK) = mortaise - f
mortice bolt = verrou à larder - m
mortice lock = serrure lardée - f, serrure mortaisée - f
mortice machine = mortaiseuse - f
morticed (US) = emmortaisé
morticing (UK) = mortaisage - f
mortise (US) = mortaise - f
mortise and tenon joints = assemblage à tenon et mor-
taise - m
mortise cheeks = jouée de mortaise - f
mortise chisel = bédane - m
mortise latch = loqueteau mortaisé - m
mortise lock = serrure à larder - f, serrure lardée - f,
serrure mortaisée - f
mortise wedge = rossignol - m
mortised (UK) = emmortaisé
mortising (US) = mortaisage - f
mortising machine = machine à mortaiser - f, mortai-
seuse - f
mosaic = mosaïque - f
mosaic work = mosaïque - f, ouvrage en mosaïque
most unfavorable position of load = position la plus
défavorable de la charge - f
motif = motif décoratif - m
motor blower = motosouffleur - m
motor grader = niveleuse automotrice - f
motor grader (US) = motoniveleuse - f
motor hoe = motobineur - m
motor hoe = motohoue - f
motor housing = coquille de moteur - f
motor mower = motofaucheuse - f
motor patrol (UK) = motoniveleuse - f
motor-driven compressor unit = groupe auto-com-
presseur - m
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motorgrader = niveleuse - f
motorised valve = robinet motorisé - m, vanne
motorisée - f
motorscraper = décapeuse automotrice - f
motte = motte (château fort) - f
mottled = jaspé
mouchette = mouchette (style flamboyant) - f
mould = panneau (taille des pierres) - m, terre végétale
(TV) - f, TV (terre végétale) - f
mould (UK) = moisissure - f, moule - m
mould cavity = empreinte (moule) - f
mould oil = huile de démoulage - f
mouldboard = lame frontale (bulldozer) - f
mouldboard pitch = angle de coupe (engin de terras-
sement) - m, angle de pénétration - m
moulded = moulé
moulded brick = brique moulée - f, brique moulu-
rée - f, brique profilée - f
moulded plywood = contreplaqué moulé - m
moulding = moulage - m, mouluration - f
moulding (UK) = cimaise - f, cymaise - f, entable-
ment - m, moulure - f, pièce moulée - f
moulding plane = mouchette (outil) - f
moulding plaster = plâtre à mouler - m
moulding stop = arrêt de chanfrein - m
mouldy (UK) = chanci, moisi
mound = butte (de terrain) - f
mounding = bombement - m
mount, to = assembler
mounting = assemblage - m, montage - m
mounting-block = montoir - m
mouth of a mill = abée - f
movable = mobile, volant
movable anchorage of bearing = ancrage mobile
d’appui - m
movable bridge = pont mobile - m
movable coupling = bride mobile - f, contre-bride - f
movable partition = cloison amovible - f
movable sash = ouvrant - m
movable structure = construction volante - f
movable work platform = plate-forme mobile de tra-
vail - f
moveable bridge = pont mobile - m
moveable mirror = miroir mobile - m, miroir orien-
table - m, miroir tournant - m
movement = travail (bois) - m
moving bed = lit entraîné - m, lit mobile - m
moving form = coffrage mobile - m
moving load = charge mobile - f, charge roulante - f,
charge temporaire - f, surcharge mobile - f, surcharge
roulante - f, surcharge temporaire - f
moving staircase = escalier mécanique - m, escalier
roulant - m
moving stairs = escalier mécanique - m, escalier rou-
lant - m
moving walkway = trottoir roulant - m
moving weight = poids roulant - m
mucilage (US) = gomme arabique - f
muck = terre - f, terres de couverture - f
muck (US) = déblai - m
muck shifting (US) = terrassement - m
muck soil = sol organique - m
muck-shifting plant (UK) = engin de terrassement - m
mud = boue - f, fange - f
mud floor = sol en terre battue - m
mud jacking = injection de boue - f
mud pump = pompe à boue - f
mud wall = mur en pisé - m, mur en torchis - m
mudsill = lisse sur la terre - f
muff joint = assemblage à manchon - m
muffle, to = insonoriser
mulching = paillage - m
mullion = meneau - m
mullion = montant central - m
mullion window = fenêtre à meneau - f
multiaxial stress = contrainte pluriaxiale - f
multibucket excavator = excavateur à chaîne à
godets - m
multicurved gable = pignon chantourné - m
multicyclone dry dust collector = dépoussiéreur à
multicyclone - m
multifamily housing = logement collectif - m
multifoil = polylobé
multifoil arch = arc polylobé - m
multifolding door = porte accordéon - f, porte pliante - f
multifuel plant = installation pluricombustible - f
multilayer = multicouche
multi-media filter = filtre multicouche - m
multiple dwelling = bâtiment d’habitation collectif - m,
habitation multifamiliale - f, habitation multiple - f,
logement collectif - m, maison multifamiliale - f
multiple dwelling (UK) = immeuble collectif - m
multiple feeder = feeder multiple - m
multiple frame = portique à travées multiples - m
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multiple frame = travées multiples - f
multiple membrane = étanchéité multicouche - f, revê-
tement multicouche étanche - m
multiple occupancy = affectations multiples - f
multiple sampling = échantillonnage multiple - m
multiple-occupancy building = bâtiment à usage mul-
tiple - m
multiple-span frame = portique à travées multiples - m
multiple-story frame = portique à étages - m, portique
étagé - m
multiple-unit roof covering = couverture en matériaux
discontinus - f
multipli = contreplaqué multipli - m
multi-ply = multicouche - f
multi-ply roof = couverture multicouche - f, toiture
lamellaire - f
multipoint lock = serrure multipoints - f
multipurpose = polyvalent
multirun weld = soudure en plusieurs passes - f
multi-span beam = poutre à appuis multiples - f, poutre
sur plusieurs appuis - f
multistage stressing = fractionnement de la précon-
trainte - m, précontrainte fractionné - f
multistorey = à plusieurs étages
multistorey building (US) = immeuble à étages - m
multistorey car park = silo de stationnement - m
multistorey car park (UK) = parking silo - m
multistorey frame = portique à étages - m
multistorey structure = structure à étages - f
multistory building (UK) = immeuble à étages - m
multistory dwelling = habitation collective - f
multistory frame = portique à étages - m
multi-story frame = portique étagé - m
multi-variate control = contrôle de qualité à plusieurs
variables - m
multiwheel roller = rouleau à pneus - m
multi-wheel roller = compacteur à pneus - m, cylindre
à pneus - m
municipal engineering = génie municipal - m
muntin = meneau (vertical) - m, montant (dans
baie) - m, montant intermédaire (porte) - m
muntin (US) = petit bois - m, petit fer - m
mushroom floor = plancher champignon - m
mushroom slab = dalle champignon - f
mushroom slab construction = plancher-champi-
gnon - m, plancher-dalle champignon - m
mushroom-headed pushbutton = bouton coup de
poing - m
muskeg = fondrière - f, marécage - m
mutule = mutule - f
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N truss = poutre à treillis en N - f, poutre Monié - f
nail = clou - m, pointe - f, pointe (clou) - f
nail claw = pied-de-biche - m, tire-clous - m
nail extractor = arrache-clou - m, pied-de-biche - m,
tire-pointe - m
nail float = taloche à pointes - f
nail head moulding = pointe de diamant (dessin) - f
nail puller = arrache-clou - m, pied-de-biche - m, tire-
clous - m, tire-pointe - m
nail punch = chasse-clou - m, poinçon (outil) -m
nail set = chasse-clou - m
nail spacing = espacement des clous - m
nail, to = clouer
nailed joint = assemblage cloué - m
nailing = clouage - m, cloutage
nailing block = brique de bois - f
nailing brick = brique de bois - f
nailing ground = fond de clouage - m
nailing gun = cloueuse - f
nailing strip = bande de clouage - f, don de
clouage - m, tasseau de clouage - m,tringle de
clouage - f
naked flame = flamme nue - f
naked floor = charpente de plancher - f
naked light = flamme nue - f
name plate = plaque de firme - f, plaque du construc-
teur - f, plaque signalétique - f
nap = velours (tapis) - m
nappe = nappe (géol.) - f
narrow angle floodlight = projecteur intensif - m
narrow bend = coude étroit - m
narrow end = collet - m
narrow ringed = à couches minces
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narrow strip foundation = rigole (fondations) - f
narrow width = faible largeur
narrowing = retrécissement - m
NAT (Nottingham Asphalt Tester) = testeur d’as-
phalte Nottingham - m
natural bed = assise naturelle - f
natural cement = ciment naturel - m
natural cleft stone = pierre délitée - f
natural drainage = écoulement naturel - m
natural draught = tirage naturel - m, tirage ther-
mique - m
natural face = lit de carrière - m, lit naturel - m
natural foundation = fondation directe - f, fondation
naturelle - f, fondation superficielle - f, sol naturel - m,
terrain d’assise - m, terrain naturel (TN) - m, TN (ter-
rain naturel) - m
natural foundation supporting soil = sol de fonda-
tion - m
natural grade = niveau naturel - m, pente naturelle - f,
pente naturelle du sol - f, sol naturel - m, terrain
(niveau) - m, terrain naturel (TN) - m, TN (terrain
naturel) - m
natural ground = sol en place - m
natural ground evel = terrain naturel (TN) - m, TN
(terrain naturel) - m
natural hydraulic lime = chaux hydraulique naturelle
(XHN) - f, XHN (chaux hydraulique naturelle) - f
natural pumice stone = ponce naturelle - f
natural seasoning = séchage à l’air - m, séchage
naturel - m
natural soil = sol en place - m, terrain naturel (TN) - m,
TN (terrain naturel) - m
natural source = gisement - m
natural stone = pierre naturelle - f, pierre véritable - f
natural stonework = maçonnerie en pierres natu-
relles - f
natural through ventilation = aération naturelle - f
natural ventilation = ventilation naturelle - f
naval stores (US) = produits résineux - m
nave = nef - f
nave = vaisseau - m
nave arcade = grandes arcades - f
nave arches = grandes arcades - f, grands arcs - m
nave in three parts = nef à trois vaisseaux - f
naves arches = grandes arcades - f
navigation arch = arche marinière - f
navvy pick = pic - m
neat = net (propre) - m, pur (ciment, plâtre)
neat cement = ciment pur - m
neat cement grout = lait de ciment - m, pâte pure de net inner surface = SHON (surface hors œuvre
ciment - f nette) - f, surface hors œuvre nette (SHON) - f
neat line = alignement des fondations - m net internal surface = SHON (surface hors œuvre
neat plaster = enduit pur - m nette) - f, surface hors œuvre nette (SHON) - f
nebul = nébules - m net line = alignement des fondations - m
nebulé moulding = nébules - m net room area = aire nette d’une pièce - f
nebuly moulding = nébules - m network = réseau - m
neck = gorgerin - m network loss = perte de réseau - f
necking = gorgerin - m, striction - f neutral axis = axe neutre - m, ligne neutre - f
necking down = striction - f neutral fiber = fibre moyenne - f, fibre neutre - f
neutral fibre = fibre neutre - f
needle = aiguille - f, cale - f, couchis - m, obélisque - m,
pointeau - m neutral plan = plan neutre - m
needle bearing = roulement à aiguilles - m neutral plane = surface neutre - f
needle tufted carpet = tapis aiguilleté - m neutral surface = plan neutre - m, surface neutre
needle valve = robinet à pointeau - m new for old insurance = assurance valeur à neuf - f
needleloom carpet = moquette aiguilletée - f new work = travaux neufs - m
needle-shaped = aciculaire newel = balustre - m, noyau (escalier) - m, noyau d’es-
calier tournant - m, pilastre de rampe - m, poteau d’es-
needle-tufted carpet = tapis aiguilleté - m calier - m
needling = calage - m newel post = balustre de départ - f, départ de rampe - m,
negative bending moment = moment fléchissant pilastre - m, pilastre de rampe d’escalier - m, poteau de
négatif - m départ (escalier) - m, potelet de balustrade - m
negative deviation = écart en moins - m nib = mentonnet (tuile) - m, talon - m, tenon (tuile) - m
negative pressure = dépression - f nib rule = règle de plafonneur - f
negative reinforcement = armature de moment nibbler = grignoteuse - f
négatif - f niche = niche - f
negative skin friction = frottement latéral négatif - m niched column = colonne dans une niche - f, colonne
negative skin friction (UK) = frottement négatif en engravure - f
(pieu) - m nick = entaille - f
negative well = puits absorbant - m nickel silver = maillechort - m
neighborhood (US) = quartier - m nidge = piquage - m
neighborhood unit = unité de voisinage - f nig = piquage - m
neoprene = néoprène - m nigger = renard mécanique - m
neoprene rubber = caoutchouc néoprène - m night bolt = verrou de nuit - m
neoprene weather baffle = joint en Néoprène - m night shift = poste de nuit - m
nervure = arête de voûte - f night vent = vasistas - m
nest (into another part), to = emboîter, s’ night watchman = gardien de nuit - m
net absorption = absorption nette - f niogas = biogaz - m
net area = aire nette - f nipper = tenaille - f
net calorific value = PCI (pouvoir calorifique infé- nippers = pince - f, pince coupante - f
rieur) - m nipple = mamelon - m
net calorific value = pouvoir calorifique inférieur no longer used as originally = désaffecté
(PCI) - m
no parking = stationnement interdit - m
net curtains (UK) = voilage - m
no slump concrete = béton sec - m
net energy ratio = quotient énergérique net - m, rap-
port énergétique net - m no-cut no-fill line = ligne des zéros (terrassement) - f
net floor area = SH (surface habitable) - f, surface dans node = nœud de ferme - m
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no-fines concrete = béton à gros grains - m, béton
caverneux - m, béton sans éléments fins - m, béton sans
granulats fins - m, béton sans sable - m
noggin = moise de cloison - f
nogging = hourdis (pan de bois) - m, traverse - f
noise abatement = réduction du bruit - f
noise barrier = écran anti-bruits - m
noise factor = facteur de bruit - m
noise insulation = isolation phonique - f
noise level = niveau sonore - m
noise reduction = réduction du bruit - f
no-load = à vide
no-load loss = perte à vide - f
no-load operation = fonctionnement à vide - m
nominal dimension = dimension nominale - f
nominal measure = mesure nominale - f
nominal measurement = cote nominale - f
nominal size lumber = bois de construction de dimen-
sions nominales - m
nominal sizes = dimensions nominales - f
nomogramme = nomogramme - m
non aerated burner = brûleur à flamme blanche - m
non cohesive soil = sol non cohésif - m
non compliance = non conformité
non conforming = non conforme
non conformity = non conformité
non drying oil = huile non siccative - f
non mineral aggregate = granulat végétal - m
non redundant = isostatique
non trafficable = inaccessible
nonalloy steel = acier non allié - m
nonbearing = non porteur
non-bearing partition = cloison non porteuse - f
non-bearing wall = mur non porteur - m
noncohesive = non cohérent
noncohesive soil = sol non cohérent - m, sol sans cohé-
sion - m
non-combustible = incombustible
non-combustible material = matériau incombus-
tible - m
noncomposite = non collaborant
non-corrodible = inoxydable
non-destructive test = essai non destructif - m
non-destructive testing of concrete = essai non-des-
tructif du béton - m
nonflammable = non inflammable
nonflammable (US) = ininflammable
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non-flammable (US) = ininflammable
non-freeze = ingélif
non-hydraulic lime = chaux aérienne -f
noninflammable (UK) = ininflammable
non-inflammable (UK) = ininflammable
non-loadbearing = non porteur
non-load-bearing = non porteur
non-load-bearing wall = mur non porteur - m
non-metallic sheathed cable = câble à gaine non
métallique - m
non-newtonian liquid (UK) = liquide à viscosité
variable - m
non-rabbeted leaf = vantail sans recouvrement - m
nonrebated door leaf = vantail sans recouvrement - m
nonrebated leaf = vantail sans recouvrement - m
non-rebated leaf = vantail sans recouvrement - m
nonrecoverable = perdu (emballage, palette)
nonreflecting glass = verre antiréfléchissant - m, verre
antireflet - m
non-reflecting glass = verre antiréfléchissant - m, verre
antireflet - m
non-return valve = clapet de non retour - m, clapet de
retenue - m
nonreturnable = perdu (emballage, palette)
non-returnable = perdu (emballage, palette)
nonrising stem = tige de robinet fixe - f
non-rising stem = tige de robinet fixe - f
nonsiphon trap = siphon antisiphonnage - m, siphon
anti-siphonnage - m
non-skid = antidérapant
nonslip = antidérapant
non-treated gravels = GNT (graves non traitées) - f,
graves non traitées (GNT) - f
nonvented hood = hotte à recyclage - f
non-woven = non tissé
nonwoven fabric = textile non tissé - m
nook = recoin - m
noria = chaîne à godets - f
normal bend test = essai de pliage à l’endroit - m
normal dip = pendage général - m
normal distribution curve = courbe de distribution
normale - f
normal pressure = PN (pression normale) - f
normal working conditions = régime normal - m
normal working speed = vitesse de régime - f
normal year = année moyenne - f
normalising = normalisation (acier) - f
normalizing = normalisation (acier) - f
north light = vitrage au nord d’un toit en shed - m
northlight roof = shed - m
north-light truss = ferme en shed - f
north-south line = ligne méridienne - f
norway spruce (wood) = épicéa (bois) - m
nosing = nez - m, nez de marche - m, nez de plan-
cher - m, profil arrondi - m, profil en baguette - m, rive
de plancher - f
nosing line = pente normale de l’escalier - f
nosing strip = bande de protection - f
no-slump concrete = béton de consistance “terre
humide” - m
not included = non compris
not readily ignited = difficilement inflammable
not susceptible to attack by frost = ingélif
not to scale = non à l’échelle
notch = encoche - f, engravure - f, entaille - f, ruinure
notch angle = angle d’entaille - m
notch board = limon à crémaillère - m
notch brittleness = manque de ductilité - m, sensibi-
lité à l’entaille - f
notch effect = effet d’entaille - m
notch joint = enture à queue et endent - f
notch root radius = rayon du fond de l’entaille - m
notch shortness = manque de ductilité - m
notch, to = bretteler, entailler, ruiner
notched = cranté
notched bar = barreau entaillé - m, éprouvette
entaillée - f
notched bar impact test = essai de flexion par choc
sur barreau entaillé - m
notched bar test = essai sur barreau entaillé - m
notched bend test = essai de pliage sur cordon
entaillé - m
notched joint = assemblage embrevé - m
notched rafter = chevron engravé - m
notched specimen = barreau entaillé - m, éprouvette
entaillée - f
notched trowel = truelle à brettelée - f, truelle
brettée - f, truelle brettelée - f
notching = embrèvement à entaille - m, endent - m, gru-
geage - m, rainure - f
notching machine = encocheuse - f, machine à enco-
cher - f, machine à entailler - f
notching of stone = bretture - f
notice board = panneau d’affichage - m, tableau d’af-
fichage - m
notice to proceed = ordre de commencement des tra-
vaux - m, ordre de service de démarrage des travaux - m
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Nottingham Asphalt Tester (NAT) = testeur d’as-
phalte Nottingham - m
nozzle = ajutage - m, bec - m, buse (ajustage) - f, buse
(sortie d’appareil de projection) - f, injecteur - m,
lance - f, nez de robinet - m, tuyère - f
nozzle (to downpipe) = moignon - m
nozzle brick = brique de brûleur - f, brique de réparti-
tion - f
nuclear power plant = générateur nucléaire - m
nug sill = appui à oreillons - m
null balance device = dispositif d’équilibrage automa-
tique - m
nut = écrou - m
nut and washer of site bolt = écrou et rondelle d’as-
semblage - m
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O ring = joint torique - m
oak = chêne - m
oak parquet = parquet de chêne - m
oakum = étoupe - f, filasse - f, filasse de chanvre - f
obelisk = obélisque - m
oblique = oblique
oblique arch = voûte biaise - f
oblique barrel vault = voûte en berceau oblique - f
oblique bending = flexion déviée - f, flexion gauche - f
oblique grain = fibre tranchée - f, fibres tranchées - f,
fil tranché - m
obscured glass = verre non-transparent - m
obstruct, to = entraver
obstruction = engorgement - m
obtuse angle = angle obtus - m
obtuse bevel = équerrage en gras - m
obtuse bevelling = équerrage en gras - m
occupancy = affectation d’un bâtiment - f, occupa-
tion - f
occupancy rate = densité d’occupation - f, taux d’oc-
cupation - m
occupational hazard = risque professionnel - m
occupy a house before the plaster has dried out, to
= essuyer les plâtres
ocrating = ocratation - f
octahedral stress = contrainte octahédrale - f
oculus = oculus - m, œil-de-bœuf - m
odd piece = flipot - m
odometer = odomètre - m, œdomètre - m
odor control = élimination des odeurs - f
oedometer test = essai œdométrique - m
of fine workmanship = d’une belle facture
of full-frame height = montant de fond (poteau) - m
of low flammability = difficilement inflammable
of standard dimensions = d’échantillon
of uniform section = d’échantillon uniforme
off = hors service
off site = hors de l’emprise du chantier
off white = blanc cassé - m
off-center = désaxé
off-centre = excentré
off-centre load = charge excentrée - f, charge excen-
trique - f
off-form concrete = béton brut de décoffrage - m
off-highway vehicle = véhicule tout-terrain - m
office = bureau - m
office block = immeuble de bureaux - m
office building = immeuble de bureaux - m
office landscape screen = cloison de bureau paysage - f
office tower = tour de bureaux - f
official appraisal = expertise - f
official approval = homologation - f
official dwelling = habitation de fonction - f
official plan = plan d’aménagement - m
official report = procès-verbal - m
official residence = logement de fonction - m
officially approved = homologué
off-peak hours = heures creuses (élect.) - f
offset = changement de direction - m, col de cygne - m,
décalage - m, décentrement - m, déporté, désaxé,
dévoiement - m, excentrement - m, ressault - m,
retrait - m, retraite (nu d’un mur) - f, saillie - f
offset (in wall, for floor beams) = retranche - f
offset bar = barre d’armature décalée - f
offset fold = pli décalé - m
offset screwdriver = tournevis coudé - m
off-street parking = stationnement hors chaussée - m
ogee = cimaise de lambris - f, cymaise de lambris - f,
doucine - f, talon (moulure) - m
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ogee arch = arc en accolade - m
ogee molding (US) = cimaise - f, cimaise de lambris - f,
cymaise - f, cymaise de lambris - f
ogee moulding = doucine - f
ogee moulding (UK) = cimaise - f, cimaise de lam-
bris - f, cymaise - f, cymaise de lambris - f
ogee plane = mouchette - f
ogee roof = dos d’âne - m, toit en carène - m, toit en
doucine - m
ogival arch = arc en ogive - m
ogival vault = voûte en ogive - m
ogive arch = arc en ogive
oil = mazout - m
oil boom = estacade - f
oil can = burette à huile - f
oil firing = chauffe au mazout - f
oil heater = réchauffeur de mazout - m
oil interceptor = séparateur d’huile - f
oil length = longueur en huile - f
oil paint = peinture à l’huile - f
oil proofing = imperméabilisation à l’huile - f
oil remover = séparateur d’huile - f
oil separator = séparateur d’huile - f
oil stone = pierre à huile - f
oil sump = carter d’huile - m
oil tank = réservoir à mazout - m
oil varnish = vernis gras - m
oil-filled heater = radiateur à circulation d’huile - m
oil-fired = marchant au fuel, mazout, chauffé au - m,
mazout, marchant au
oil-fired central heating = chauffage central au
mazout - m
oil-fired heating = chauffage au mazout -m
oil-immersed = à bain d’huile
oilstone = pierre à aiguiser - f, pierre à huile - f, pierre
à repasser - f
okoume = okoumé - m
oleoresin = oléorésine - f
olive moulding = olives - f
OMC (optimum moisture content) = teneur optimale
en eau - f
on = en service, sous-tension - f
on centre distance = entraxe - m
on edge = de chant, posé de chant, sur chant
on inlet side = en amont
on low = allure, (marchant à petite) - f
on one floor = de plain pied
on one level = de plain pied
on site = à pied d’œuvre, en chantier, sur les lieux
on site factory = usine foraine - f
on standby = en attente
on stream = en fonctionnement, en production, en
service
on the job = sur le tas
on the outlet side = en aval
on the return = en retour
on the skew = en biais
on which condensation forms = rorifère
on which dew or condensation appears = rorifère
on-centre distance = entraxe - m
one section door = porte monopièce - f
one way slab = dalle dans une direction - f
one-and-a-half brick wall = mur de 34 cm - m
one-brick wall = mur de 22 cm - m
one-brick wall = mur de brique - m
one-dimensional stress = contrainte simple - f
one-family dwelling = habitation individuelle - f, loge-
ment individuel - m, logement unifamilial - m, maison
individuelle - f
one-family house = habitation individuelle - f, loge-
ment unifamilial - m, maison individuelle - f
one-half pitch = pente à la demie - f
one-part (adhesive, sealant) = monocomposant - m
one-piece = monobloc - m
one-pipe gas meter = compteur à raccord unique - m
one-room flat (UK) = studio - m
one-sided = asymétrique
one-way slab = dalle armée dans un seul sens - f
one-way switch = interrupteur simple - m
on-off control = régulation par tout ou rien - f
on-off operation = fonctionnement par tout ou rien - m
on-site factory = atelier forain - m, usine foraine - f,
usine foraine - f
on-site processing = traitement sur place - m
on-the-site home = maison traditionnelle - f
oolithic limestone = calcaire oolithique - m
oozing = suintement - m
opal glass = verre opale - m, verre opalin - m
opale lamp (US) = ampoule opale - f
opalite = opalite - f
opaque glass = verre opaque - m, verre translucide - m
open = à ciel ouvert, à jour, béant, non abrité (site), non
jointif (blindage), non protégé (élect.)
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open (but may be covered) = à surface libre (canali-
sation, réservoir)
open assembly time = temps d’assemblage ouvert - m
open boarding = planchéiage ajouré - m, planches non
jointives - f, voligeage non jointif - m
open borehole = trou de sondage non tubé - m
open building = constructions en ordre discontinu - f
open burning coal = charbon flambant - m
open cell = à cellules ouvertes, cellule ouverte - f
open channel = canal à écoulement libre - m, canal à
surface libre - m
open circuit = circuit ouvert - m
open culvert = canal à ciel ouvert - m
open cut = tranchée à ciel ouvert - f
open development = développement libre - m
open dovetail = queue d’aronde découverte - f
open drain = égout à ciel ouvert - m
open drain ditch = fossé d’évacuation - m
open excavation = fouille à ciel ouvert - f
open fence = clôture à claire-voie - f, treillage - m
open floor = plancher à solives apparentes - m, plan-
cher ouvert - m, écoulement à surface libre - m, écou-
lement libre - m
open graded = à granulométrie ouverte, à granulomé-
trie serrée
open grain = grain grossier - m
open hearth process = procédé Siemens-Martin - m
open hearth steel = acier Martin - m, acier sur sole - m
open hub = bouche d’écoulement - f
open newel = noyau creux - m, noyau ouvert - m
open newel stair = escalier à noyau ouvert - m
open pediment = fronton brisé - m
open plan = espace fonctionnel - m, librement aména-
geable
open roof = comble à charpente apparente - m, toit
ouvert - m, toiture sans plafond - f
open settlement = constructions en ordre discontinu - f
open slating = couverture à claire-voix - f
open space = espace non bâti - m
open space in front of a church = parvis - m
open space planning = aménagement paysagé - m
open spaces = espaces libres - m, espaces verts - m
open split = fente ouverte - f
open stair = escalier en échelle de meunier - m
open stairs = échelle de meunier - f, escalier ajouré -
m, escalier en échelle de meunier - m
open stairway = escalier ouvert - m
open string = limon à l’anglaise - m
open system = installation avec vase d’expansion à l’air
libre - f
open time = temps d’assemblage ouvert - m
open traverse = cheminement entre deux points
connus - m
open trench = tranchée à ciel ouvert - f
open web = âme en treillis - f, âme triangulée - f
open work = à claire-voie, ajouré - m, claire-voie - f
open-air reservoir = réservoir à ciel ouvert - m
open-and-shut action (US) = réglage par tout ou
rien - m
open-building method = construction discontinue - f
open-cut drainage = drainage par fossés - m
open-end pipe = pieu tube ouvert à la base - m
open-end pipe pile = pieu tube non obturé - m, pieu
tube ouvert à la base - m
open-frame girder = poutre échelle - f, poutre
Vierendeel - f, poutre-échelle - f
open-front seat = abattant anti-contact - m
open-grained = à grain grossier
open-grown = à couches larges
opening = baie - f, opercule - m, ouverture - f, ouvrant,
trémie - f
opening (made after a wall was built) = percée - f
opening bridge = pont mobile - m
opening fanlight = vasistas - m
opening leaf = vantail ouvrant - m
opening light = ouvrant (vantail de fenêtre) - m
opening of a street (through existing constructions)
= percement d’une rue - m
opening of bids (US) = ouverture des plis - f
opening of tenders (UK) = ouverture des plis - f
open-joint drain tile = drain sans joints - m
open-mortise joint = assemblage à enfourchement - m,
enfourchement - m
open-mortise tenon = assemblage à enfourchement - m
open-newel stair = escalier à noyau creux ou évidé - m
open-newel stair = vis à jour - f
open-plan = à plan libre, en espace fonctionnel
open-plan office = bureau-paysagé (paysager) - m
open-space planning = agencement paysagé - m
open-spandrel arch = arc à tympan ajouré - m
open-vented expansion tank = vase d’expansion
ouvert - m
open-web girder = poutre à treillis - f, poutre en
treillis - f, poutre réticulée - f, poutrelle à croisillons - f
open-web steel joist = poutrelle à treillis - f, poutrelle
en treillis - f, solive en acier ajouré - f
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open-well stair = escalier à jour - m
openwork = à jour
operable = ouvrant, ouvrant (cloison, fenêtre) - m
operable partition = cloison mobile - f
operating conditions = régime - m
operating data = bases d’exploitation - f
operating of a plant = exploitation - f
operating on total load = fonctionnement à pleine
charge - m
operating on total load = marche à pleine charge - f
operating pressure = pression de marche - f, pression
de service - f, pression d’utilisation - f
operation = manœuvre - f, marche - f
operation waste = perte d’eau à l’exploitation - f
operational risk = risque d’exploitation - m
operational test = essai de fonctionnement - m
operational test = essai de marche - m
operator = conducteur - m
opposed = antagoniste (force)
opposing = antagoniste (couple)
opposing torque = couple antigoniste - m
opposite moulding = contre-profil de moulure - m
optical cement = ciment d’optique - m
optical lever = levier optique - m
optical plumbing = centrage optique - m
optical square = équerre optique - f
optimum moisture content (OMC) = teneur optimale
en eau - f
opus incertum = maçonnerie en moellons irrégu-
liers - f, maçonnerie en opus incertum - f
opus incertum work = maçonnerie à joints incer-
tains - f
opus reticulatum = appareil réticulé - m
opus spicatum = appareil en épi - m
orange peel = peau d’orange - f
oratory = oratoire - m
orbital road = route de ceinture - f
orbital sander = ponceuse orbitale - f
order = commande - f, ordre d’architecture - m
order of an arch = voussure - f
orders of size = ordres de grandeur - m
ordinary dovetail = queue d’aronde découverte - f
ordinary Portland cement = ciment Portland sans
constituants secondaires - m
ordinary reinforced concrete column = poteau ordi-
naire de béton armé - m
ordinary structural steel = acier commercial - m
organ loft = tribune d’orgue - f
organic aggregate = granulat organique - m
organic coated sheet = tôle prélaquée - f
organic manure = amendement humifère - m, amen-
dement oganique - m
organic material = matière organique - f
organic matter = matière organique - f
organic rock = roche organique - f
oriel = fenêtre en encorbellement - f
oriel window = fenêtre en encorbellement - f, oriel - m
orifice = orifice - m
orifice meter = compteur à orifice calibré - m
orifice plate = plaque à orifice - f
original grade = surface du terrain primitif - f
original inspection = contrôle en première présenta-
tion - m
original of a document = minute - f
original porosity = porosité primaire - f
orillon = orillon (bastion) - m
orle = orle - m
orlet = orlet - m
ornament = garniture (décoration) - f
ornament = ornement - m
ornamental gable = gâble - m
ornamental gable over a door = gâble - m
ornamental garden pond = bassin d’agrément - m
ornate = surchargé d’ornements
ornate, to = décorer
ornemental terminal = couronnement - m
orthogonally anisotropic = orthotrope
orthographic projection = projection orthogonale - f,
projection orthographique - f
orthostate = orthostate - m
orthotropic = orthotrope
oscillation resistance = résistance oscillatoire - f
osmosis = osmose - f
ossuary = ossuaire - m
other bearing = appui intermédiaire - m
other bidder = entreprise concurrente - f
oubliette = oubliette - f
out of action = hors de service
out of alignment = désaligné
out of court settlement = règlement à l’amiable - m
out of order = en dérangement, hors de service
out of plumb = dévers - m, hors d’aplomb
out of square = hors d’équerre
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out of straight = ayant du biais
out of true = dévers - m, gauchi
outage (US) = dérangement - m, panne (machine) - f
outbuilding = annexe (bâtiment...) - f, bâtiments
annexes - m, dépendance - f
outcrop = affleurement rocheux - m
outdoor plant = installation à ciel ouvert - f
outdoor temperature = température extérieure - f
outer bailey = basse-cour de château - f, enceinte pre-
mière (château fort) - f, lice - f, première enceinte - f
outer driven pile = bord extérieur - m
outer end = queue (marche) - f
outer heart = foyère - f
outer hearth = dalle de foyer - f
outer part = pièce femelle - f
outer sill = appui de fenêtre extérieur - m, appui exté-
rieur - m
outer string = contre-limon -m, limon - m
outer wall = contre-mur - m, mur de façade - m
outfall = débouché - m, décharge - f
outfall channel = canal de décharge - m
outfall sewer = émissaire - m, émissaire d’évacua-
tion - m
outfitting = agencement intérieur - m
outgo = orifice d’écoulement (appareil sanitaire) - m
outgoing circuit = départ - m
outgoing panel = panneau de départ (élect.) - m
outlet = bonde - f, débouché - m, de sortie, émis-
saire - m, exutoire d’égout - m, orifice de sortie - m,
point de restitution - m, sortie - f, sortie (fluide) - f,
sortie de fils - f
outlet (US) = PC (prise de courant) - f, prise de cou-
rant - f
outlet area = surface de sortie - f
outlet box = coffret de sortie - m
outlet grille = bouche de soufflage - f
outlet pipe = canalisation en aval - f
outlet side = côté aval - m
outlet to sewer = départ vers égout - m
outlet ventilator = aérateur statique (toit) - m
outline = contour - m, esquisse - f, grandes lignes - f,
profil - m, tracé - m
outline dimension = cote d’encombrement - f
outline of a building on a map = tracé d’une construc-
tion - m
outline of cornice = modénature - f
outline specifications = devis préliminaire - m
outline specifications = devis sommaire - m
outlineplan = zone de plan masse - f
outlooker = chevron en porte-à-faux - m
out-of-center = excentrique
out-of-centre = désaxé, excentré
out-of-court settlement = règlement à l’amiable - m
out-of-plumb = dévoyé, en chicane
out-of-true = faussé, voilé
out-opening window = fenêtre à l’anglaise - f
output = de sortie, puissance (chaudière) - f
output capacity = puissance nette - f
outrigger = bascule - f, porte-en-dehors - f, poutre bas-
cule - f, poutre-bascule (échafaud) - f
outrigger scaffold = échafaudage en bascule - m
outside = perron - m
outside air intake = prise d’air frais - f
outside diameter = diamètre extérieur - m
outside gross area = SHO (surface hors œuvre ) - f,
SHOB (surface hors œuvre brute) - f, surface hors
œuvre (SHO) - f, surface hors œuvre brute (SHOB) - f
outside measurement = mesure hors œuvre - f
outside paint = peinture extérieure - f
outside plant = installation à ciel ouvert - f
outside shutter = volet - m, volet (contrevent) - m
outside staircase = escalier hors d’œuvre - m
outside the fabric = hors d’œuvre - m, hors œuvre
out-to-out measurement = mesure hors œuvre - f
outward pressure = poussée au vide - f
outwork = hors-d’œuvre - m
outwork = ouvrage avancé (fortifications) - m
oval = fer ovale - m, ovale - m
oval bar = fer ovale - m, ovale - m
oven = étuve - f
oven dry = sec absolu (bois), anhydre, séché au four,
séché au séchoir
oven-drying = séchage à l’étuve - m
over designed = surdimensionné
over door = dessus de porte - m
over the bank dumping = déversement en contre
haut - m
overall = hors œuvre
over-all = dimensions générales - f, dimensions hors
d’œuvre - f
overall (dimension) = hors tout
overall dimension = dimension hors-tout - f
overall dimensions of window = dimensions en
tableau - f
overall foundation wall dimensions = dimensions
générales de la fondation - f
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overall length = longueur hors-tout - f
overall measurement = dimension hors-tout - f,
échelle développée - f, mesure développée - f, mesure
hors œuvre - f
overall plan = plan de masse - m
overall settlement = tassement global - m
overall size = dimension d’encombrement - f
overbreak = hors profil
overbridge = passage supérieur - m
overburden = mort-terrain - m, terrain de couverture -
m, terres de couverture - f
overburnt material = surcuits - m
overcompacted = surconsolidé
overcompaction = surcompactage - m
overconsolidated = surconsolidé
overcrossing = passage supérieur - m
overcurrent = surintensité (élect.) - f
overdesign = surdimensionnement - m
overdesigning = surdimensionnement - m
overdoor = dessus de porte - m
overexcavation = excès de fouille - m
overexcavation = fouille trop profonde - f
overflow = trop-plein - m
overflow channel = canal d’évacuation - m, canal de
trop-plein - m
overflow duct = déchargeoir - m
overflow pipe = tuyau de trop-plein - m
overhang = avancée - f, débord - m, encorbellement -
m, porte-à-faux - m, saillant - m, surplomb - m
overhanging = en porte-à-faux, en surplomb, porte à
faux
overhanging beam = poutre en console - f, poutre en
porte-à-faux - f
overhanging eaves = saillie de toit - f
overhanging girder = poutre en console - f
overhaul = transport des déblais payé - m
overhead = aérien
overhead cable = câble aérien - m
overhead clearance = dégagement en hauteur - m
overhead crane = grue sur portique - f, pont roulant - m
overhead crane operator = conducteur de pont - m,
pontiste - m, pontonnier - m
overhead door = porte basculante - f, porte escamo-
table en plafond - f, porte rabattante - f
overhead ground-wire = fil de garde aérien - m
overhead irrigation = arrosage en pluie - m, irrigation
en pluie - f
overhead travelling crane = pont roulant - m
overhead weld = soudure au plafond - f
overheating = surchauffage - m
overhung = porte à faux
overhung door = porte roulante suspendue - f
overhung rolling door = porte roulante suspendue - f
overlaid plywood = contreplaqué revêtu - m
overlap = chevauchement - m, joint monté - m,
pince - f, recouvrement - m
overlap joint = joint de recouvrement - m
overlapped = à chevauchement
overlapped tension splice = joint à recouvrement en
traction - m
overlapping = à chevauchement, à recouvrement, che-
vauchement - m, recouvrement - m
overlapping astragal = battement - m, couvre-joint - m
overlapping leaf = vantail à recouvrement - m
overlay = film de revêtement - m
over-lay = feuille de revêtement - f
overlay flooring = parquet sans fin - m
overlaying = incrustation (construction) - f
overpanel = imposte pleine - f
overpass = passage en dessus - m, passage supé-
rieur - m
overplus = balèvre de mortier - f
over-reinforcement = augmentation du pourcentage
d’acier tendu - f
oversailing = en surplomb
oversailing course = assise en surplomb sur le nu d’un
mur - f
oversailing course = assise en saillie - f, assise en sur-
plomb - f
oversailing wall = mur avec un certain fruit - m
oversanding = excès d’agrégat fin - m
oversite concrete = béton de propreté - m, forme en
béton - f, forme en béton (sous dalle de rez-de-
chaussée) - f
oversize = gras, surdimensionné
oversize material = refus (crible) - m
over-the-rim supply = alimentation par le dessus - f
overthrow = couronnement - m
overthrust fold = pli en retour - m
overthrust nappe = nappe de chevauchement - f
overtile = tuile de dessus - f
over-tile = tuile de dessus - f
overtrowel, to = battre à mort, épuiser le mortier
overturning = basculement - m, déversement - m, ren-
versement - m
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overturning moment = moment de basculement - m,
moment de renversement - m
overvoltage = surtension - f
ovolo = quart de rond - m, quart-de-rond - m
own load = charge permanente - f
owner = maître de l’ouvrage (MO) - m, maître d’ou-
vrage (MO) - m, MO (maître d’ouvrage) (building) - m
owner’s representative = délégué du maître d’ou-
vrage - m
oxichloride cement = ciment oxychloruré - m
oxidation ditch = fossé d’oxydation - m
oxyacetylene cutting = oxycoupage - m
oxyacetylene torch = chalumeau à flamme oxyacéty-
lénique - m
oxycutting = oxycoupage - m
oxygen cutting = oxycoupage - m
oxygen deficit = déficit d’oxygène - m
oxygen lance = lance à oxygène - f
ozone plant = ozonateur - m, ozoneur - m, ozoni-
seur - m
ozone unit = ozonateur - m, ozoneur - m, ozoniseur - m
ozonizer = ozonateur - m, ozoneur - m, ozoniseur - m
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pace = palier - m
pack joints, to = bourrer les joints
pack less = sans garniture
pack, to = bourrer, calfater, garnir
package builder = ensemblier - m
packaged = autonome
packaged concrete = béton en sacs - m
packaged unit = appareil totalement equipé - m
packaging = conditionnement - m
packer = bourrage - m
packing = bourrage - m, calfeutrage - m, garniture
(bourrage) - f, garniture de presse-étoupe - f, rocaillage
(mortier entre grosses pierres) - m
packing box = presse-étoupe (PE) - m
packing coefficient = coefficient de serrage - m
packing gland = PE(presse-étoupe) - m, presse-étoupe
(PE) - m
packing nut = écrou de presse-étoupe - m, PE(presse-
étoupe) - m, presse-étoupe (PE) - m
packing piece = fourrure - f
packless = sans garniture
pad = appui de poutre - m, polochon - m
pad footing = semelle isolée - f
pad foundation = semelle isolée - f
pad foundation (UK) = semelle isolée sous pilier - f,
semelle isolée sous poteau - f
padded door = porte matelassée - f, porte rem-
bourrée - f
paddle (for rendering) = moulinet - m
paddle mixer = malaxeur horizontal - m, malaxeur
plat - m
padlock = cadenas - m
pads = polochonnage
padstone = appui de poutre - m
paint = peinture - f
paint blister = boursoufflure (peinture) - f
paint brush = brosse à peinture - f, pinceau - m
paint remover = décapant - m
paint roller = rouleau à peinture - m
paint sprayer = pistolet à peinture - m
paint stripper = décapant - m, mordant (peinture) - m
paint system = système de peinture - m
painter’s putty = mastic de peintre - m
painting = peinturage - m, peinture - f
paintwork = peinturage - m, peinture - f
pair of compasses = compas - m
pair of French doors = porte croisée - f
pair of semi-detached houses (UK) = maisons
jumelées - f
pale = pale - f, palis - m, pieu ( clôture) - m
palisade = palissade - f
palissander = palissandre - f
Palladian window = baie palladienne - f, serlienne - f
pallet = palette - f, plateau de chargement - m, tringle
de clouage - f
pallet entry = prise (de palette) - f
palm capital = chapiteau palmiforme - m
palmate = palmé
palmette = palmette - f
palmiform = palmiforme
pan = bac - m, coffrage métallique - m, cuvette - f
pan form = coffrage métallique - m
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pan handle = poutre de redressement - f? poutre de
rigidité - f
pan head = tête conique - f, tête tronconique - f
pan mixer = malaxeur horizontal - m, malaxeur plat - m
panache = panache - m
pane = carreau - m, glace - f, vitre - f
pane of glass = vitre - f
paned = vitré
panel = lambris - m, maille (treillis de construction
triangulé) - f, panneau - m, tableau - m
panel door = porte à panneaux - f
panel framing = encadrement de panneau - m
panel heating = chauffage à surface radiante - m,
chauffage à surface radiante –m, chauffage par pan-
neaux rayonnants - m, chauffage par radiation - m
panel heating = panneau chauffant - m
panel joint = nœud - m, nœud de ferme - m
panel radiator = radiateur mural - m, radiateur pan-
neau - m, radiateur plat - m
panel spalling test = essai de chocs thermiques sur
panneau - m
panel strip = bande de panneau - f, couvre-joint - m
panel wall = façade panneau - f, mur panneau - m, pan
de remplissage - m, panneau-façade - m
panelboard = panneau de contrôle - m
paneled ceiling = plafond à panneaux - m
paneled string = embrèvement du limon - m
paneling = lambris - m, lambrissage - m, panneau-
tage - m
panelled door = porte à panneaux - f
panelled room = pièce de lambrissée - f, pièce lam-
brissée - f
panelling = panneautage - m, panneaux - m
panel-point = joint de ferme - m, nœud d’une poutre
triangulée - m, point d’appui - m
panels = panneaux - m
panel-type concrete unit = aggloméré en béton - m,
panneau en béton - m
panic bolt = barre anti-panique - f
panic bolt = verrou d’urgence - m
panic exit device = barre anti-panique - f
panic hardware = fermeture antipanique - f, serrurerie
pour portes de secours - f
panic lock = serrure coup de poing - f
panneled = lambrissé
pantile = panne de tuile - f, tuile en S - f, tuile fla-
mande - f, tuile panne - f
pantry = dépense - f, garde-manger - m, placard à pro-
visions - m
pap = amorce - f, amorce de tuyau de descente - f
papyriform capital = chapiteau papyriforme - m
paraboloid = paraboloïde - m
paraboloidal solar concentrator = paraboloïde - m
parade = esplanade - f
parade ground = place d’armes - f
paradise = parvis - m, préau (cloître) - m
paralaboidal = paraboloïde
parallel connection = montage en parallèle - m
parallel distribution = distribution en dérivation - f
parallel flanges = membrures parallèles - f
parallel parking = stationnement en file - m
parallel trough gutter = chéneau - m
parallel-chord truss = poutre à membrures paral-
lèles - f
paralume = grille-écran - f
parapet = appui - m, besquaire - m, garde-corps - m,
garde-fou - m, parapet - m, support - m
parapet gutter = chéneau encaissé - m, gouttière de
parapet - f
parapet walk = chemin de ronde - m, acrotère - m,
muret de garde-corps - m, parapet - m
parastas = ante - f, pilastre - m
parbuckle = émerillon - m, lanterne de tension - f, lan-
terne de traction - f
parcel = parcelle - f
parcel out land, to = morceler
parceling = morcellement - m
parceling = parcellement - m, morcellement - m
pare, to = démaigrir
parent metal = métal de base - m
parent rock = roche-mère - f
parge coat = couche de crépi - f, crépi - m, enduit
hydrofuge (mur de cave) - m, hourdis (conduits de
fumée) - m
parget = crépi - m
pargetting = enduit d’intérieur de cheminée - m
pargetting = enduit hydrofuge - m, enduit intérieur - m
parge-work = crépissage - m
parging = crépi - m, enduit hydrofuge - m
parian plaster = plâtre boraté - m
paring = délardement - m
parish hall = salle des fêtes - f
Parker’s cement = ciment romain - m
parking area = aire de stationnement de véhicules - f
parking area = zone de stationnement - f
parking area (US) = parking - m
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parking garage (US) = parking silo - m
parking lot (US) = parking - m
parking on both sides = stationnement bilatéral - m
parking structure (US) = parking silo - m
parlour (19th century) = salon - m
parpend = parpaing - m
parpend stone = parpaing - m, pierre en parpaing - f
parquet = parquet à la française - m, parquetterie - f
parquet border = encadrement de parquet - m
parquet floor = parquet à l’anglaise - m
parquetry = parquet à la française - m, parquet en mar-
queterie - m, parquetage - m
part jutting out = forjeture (hors de l’alignement) - f
part of the playground under cover = préau
(école) - m
part sample = échantillon partiel - m
partial acceptance = réception partielle - f
partial dormer = lucarne pendante - f
partial height partition = cloisonnette - f
partial occupancy = occupation partielle - f
partially fixed support = encastrement élastique - m
partially separate sewer = égout pseudo-séparatif - m
partially separate sewer system = réseau pseudo-
séparatif - m
particle = particule - f
particle analysis = analyse granulométrique - f
particle board = panneau d’aggloméré - m, panneau
de particules - m
particle size analysis = analyse granulométrique - f
particle-size distribution = granulométrie - f
particular size grading curve = courbe granulomé-
trique - f
particular specification = C.C.T.P. (cahier des clauses
techniques particulières) - m, cahier des clauses tech-
niques particulières - m, cahier des clauses techniques
particulières (C.C.T.P.) - m
parting agent = agent de décoffrage - m
parting bead = latte extérieure (fenêtre à guillotine) - f
parting bead = moulure de guidage - f
parting compound = agent de décoffrage - m
parting sand = sable séparateur - m
parting stop = latte extérieure (fenêtre à guillotine) -
f, moulure de rencontre - f, latte extérieure (fenêtre à
guillotine) - f, séparateur - m, tringle de séparation - f
parting tool = grain d’orge - m
partition = cloison - f
partition block = brique de platrière - f, brique plâ-
trière - f
partition cap = sablière de cloison - f, semelle haute
(de cloison) - f
partition head = sablière de cloison - f, semelle haute
(de cloison) - f
partition plate = sablière de cloison - f
partition slab = carreau de plâtre - m
partition stud = poteau de cloison - m
partition studs = montants de cloison - m, poteaux de
cloison - m
partition tile = carreau de plâtre - m
partition unit = élément de cloison - m
partition wall = paroi - f
partition walling = cloison - f, mur de séparation - m,
séparation - f
partitioned office = bureau cloisonné - m
partly louvered shutter = volet persienne - m
party ditch = fossé de parcellement - m
party fence = mur mitoyen - m
party wall = mur commun - m, mur mitoyen - m
party wall (UK) = mur mitoyen - m
pass = passe - f, passe de soudage - f
passage = couloir - m, dégagement - m
passageway = corridor - m, couloir - m, coursière - f,
coursive - f
passenger elevator (US) = ascenseur - m
passenger lift (UK) = ascenseur - m
passivation = passivation - f
passive earth pressure = butée des terres - f, poussée
passive du terrain - f
passive earth resistance = butée des terres - f
passive reinforcement = aciers passifs - m, armature
passive - f
pass-through = guichet (petite ouverture) - m
pass-through (US) = passe-plats - m
paste = colle blanche - f
paste on, to = cimenter (sur)
pasting = encollage - m
pasty mortar bed = bain soufflant de mortier
patch = bouchon - m, bouchon de placage - m, pastille
(placage) - f
patch up, to = rapiécer
patch, to = rapiécer
patching = ragréage - m, ragrément - m, rapiéçage - m,
rebouchage - m, replâtrage - m
patching up = ragréage - m, ragrément - m,
rapiéçage - m, replâtrage - m
patent fuel = boulets - m
patent glazing = bardage en verre - m
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patent glazing = vitrage de façade - m, vitrerie bre-
vetée - f
patent stone = similipierre - m
patera = patère (décoration) - f
paternoster = patenôtre - m
patina = patine - f
patinated = patiné
patio = terrasse - f
patio door = porte panoramique coulissante - f
patio door = porte-fenêtre coulissante - f
patten = patin - m, socle - m
patter = taloche - f, truelle de bois - f
pattern = animation - f, chantournement - m,
dessin - m, modèle - m, motif - m, patron - m
pattern cracking = faïençage - m
pattern staining = thermophorèse - f
patterned = à dessin
patterned glass = verre imprimé - m
pave, to = carreler, daller
paved area = dallage - m
paved path = allée dallée - f
pavelled ceiling = plafond lambrissé - m
pavement = corps de chaussée - m, pavage - m, pave-
ment - m, revêtement (brique, pierre) - m, revêtement
routier - m
pavement (UK) = trottoir - m
pavement (US) = dallage - m
pavement concrete = béton de routier - m, béton rou-
tier - m
pavement grinder = ponceuse à sols - f
pavement light = dallage de verre - m, dallage éclai-
rant - m, dallage en verre - m, verre dalle - m
pavement milling machine = raboteuse routière - f,
reprofileuse - m
pavement narrows (US) = chaussée rétrécie - f
pavement profiler = fraiseuse routière - f
pavement restoration machine = reprofileuse - m
paver = bétonnière motorisée - f, finisseur routier - m,
pavé - m
paver finisher = finisseur routier - m
pavilion = pavilllon - m
pavilion roof = comble en pavillon - m, toit en
pavillon - m
paving = couche de surface - f, pavage - m
paving (UK) = dallage - m
paving asphalt = bitume routier - m
paving block = pavé - m
paving breaker = marteau piqueur - m
paving brick = brique à paver - f, brique de pavage - f, pedestal = dé - m, piédestal - m, piédouche - m, pilier
pavé - m court - m, socle - m, support - m
paving concrete = béton routier - m pedestal pile = pieu à base élargie - m
paving light = pavé de verre - m pedestal washbasin = lavabo sur colonne - m
paving materials = matériaux routiers - m pedestal washbasin = lavabo sur pied - m
paving repair = repiquage - m pedestrian area (UK) = zone piétonne - f, zone pié-
paving repairs = repiquage - m tonnière - f
paving slab = dalle - f pedestrian bridge = passerelle - f
paving stone = dalle - f pedestrian crossing (UK) = passage pour piétons - m
paving tar = goudron routier - m pedestrian guard rail = rambarde - f
paving tile = carreau de pavage - m, pavé - m pedestrian island = refuge pour piétons - m
paving train = train à béton - m pedestrian precinct (US) = zone piétonne - f, zone pié-
tonnière - f
paving-stone = pavé - m
pedestrian zone (UK) = zone piétonne - f, zone pié-
pavior (US) = paveur - m
tonnière - f
pavior’sbeetle = dame de paveur - f
pedestrian-controlled = à conducteur à pied
paviour (UK) = paveur - m
pedestrian-controlled dumper = brouette auto-
paviour’s beetle = hie - f motrice - f
pawl = arrêtoir - m, cliquet - m, déclic - m pediment = fronteau - m, fronton - m
pay dirt = charge utile - f pediment arch = arc en mitre - m
pay dirt (US) = charge payante - f pedology = pédologie - f
pay load (UK) = charge payante - f, charge utile - f peelable = pelable
payload = charge utile - f peeler log = grume de déroulage - f
payment bond = cautionnement de paiement - m peeling = décollement d’un feuil de peinture - m,
pea gravel = mignonette - f déroulage - m, écaillage - m, pelage (peinture) - m
peagravel = gravillon - m peeling off = pelage (peinture) - m
peak = de crête, maximum - m, pointe - f, pointe (gra- peel-off = pelable
phique) - f peel-off coating = vernis pelable - m
peak factor = facteur de pointe - m, facteur d’utilisa- peen = panne de marteau - f
tion (Fu) - m, Fu (facteur d’utilisation) - m
peephole = judas - m
peak load = charge de crête - f, charge de pointe - f,
sollicitation de pointe - f peg = cheville - f, jalon - m, piquet (clôture) - m
peak service load = charge de pointe - f, sollicitation peg hole assembly = enlaçure - f
de pointe - f peg out, to = faire le bornage, piqueter
peak service stress = charge de pointe - f, sollicitation peg, to = jalonner
de pointe - f pegboard = fibres perforée - f, panneau dur perforé - m
peak spreading = étalement de la période de pointe - m pegging = jalonnement - m
peak stress = charge de pointe - f, sollicitation de pegging (UK) = piquetage - m
pointe - f
pegging out = implantation - f, piquetage - m, tracé
pear switch = poire - f d’implantation - m
pearl bulb (UK) = ampoule opale - f peghole assembly = enlaçure - f
peat = tourbe - f pellet = pastille - f
pebble = galet - m pelmet = boîte à rideau - f, lambrequin (rideau) - m,
pebble bed = lit de galets - m lambrequin (rideaux) - m
pebble dash = crépissure - f penalty for delay = pénalité de retard - f
pebble gypsum = gypse granulé - m pencil bar = chevelu - m
pebble-bed storage = accumulation sur lit de galets - f pencil round = chant rond - m
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pendant = cul de lampe - m, en pendentif, lampe à sus-
pension - f
pendant = pendentif (élect.) - m
pendant bracket = chaise pendante - f, chaise sus-
pendue - f
pendant keystone = clé pendante - f, clef pendante - f
pendant luminaire (US) = suspension (luminaire) - f
pendent = en pendentif
pendent luminaire (US) = suspension (luminaire) - f
pendentive = pendentif (arch.) - m
pendiculated = pédiculé
pendicule = pédicule - m
pendulum level = niveau de maçon - m
penetration = pénétrabilité (bitume) - f, pénétration
(voûte) - f
penetration arch = arc de pénétration - m
penetration grade bitumen (UK) = bitume routier - m
penetration record = carnet de battage - m, rapport de
battage - m
penetration resistance = résistance au battage - f
penetration run = passe de pénétration - f
penetration test = essai au pénomètre - m, essai de
pénétration - m
penetrometer = pénétromètre - m
penetrometer test = essai de pénétration au cône - m,
essai de pénétration au pénétromètre - m
peninsula = en épi (plan de cuisine)
peninsula arrangement = plan en épi - m
penning = nettoyage (route) - m
penometer test = essai au pénomètre - m
penstock = conduite forcée - f
pent = appentis - m, bâtiment en appentis - m, toit à un
versant - m
pent roof = appentis hors-toit - m, comble en appen-
tis - m, toit à égout - m, toit à un versant - m, toit en
appentis - m
penthouse = appartement mansardé - m, appentis - m,
auvent - m, comble en appentis - m, construction hors
toit - f, construction hors-toit - f, hors toit (construction)
penthouse roof = toit à un versant - m, toit en
appentis - m
pentice = appentis - m, bâtiment en appentis - m,
construction hors toit - f
pepper-box turret = poivrière - f
per unit of area = surfacique
per unit of length = linéique
per unit of volume = volumique
percent reduction of area = coefficient de striction - m
percentage elongation = allongement pour cent - m
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percentage reinforcement = pourcentage d’arma-
ture - m
perched water table = nappe d’eau suspendue - f
percolating filter = filtre percolateur - m, lit percola-
teur - m
percolating water = eau d’infiltration - f
percolation = infiltration - f
percusing = forage à percussion - m
percussion boring = sondage par battage - m, sondage
par percussion - m
percussion drill = foreuse - f, perforatrice à percus-
sion - f, sonde - f, sondeuse à battage - f, sondeuse à per-
cussion - f
percussion drilling = forage au câble - m
perfect = isostatique
perfect arch = plein cintre - m
perfect frame = portique statiquement déterminé - m
perfect frame = structure isostatique - f
perforated brick = brique alvéolée - f, brique creuse - f,
brique perforée - f
perforated casing = tubage perforé - m, tube crépiné
(forage) - m, tube filtrant - m
perforated ceiling brick = brique perforée pour
planchers - f
perforated drain tile = drain perforé - m
perforated hardboard = panneau dur perforé - m
perforated metal pan = bac en métal perforé - m
perforated plate = plaque ajourée - f
perforated rotating drum = tambour cribleur - m
performance = comportement - m, exécution d’un
contrat - f
performance (material) = tenue - f
performance bond = cautionnement de bonne fin - m,
cautionnement d’exécution de contrat - m
performance code = code d’application - m
performance energy ratio = rapport d’amplifica-
tion - m
performance specification = caractéristiques techni-
ques de performance - f
performed pile = pieu préfabriqué - m
pergola = pergola - f, tonnelle - f, treille à l’italienne - f
periapsidal chapel = chapelle rayonnante - f
periform = piriforme
perimeter = périmètre - m
perimeter beam = poutre de rive - f
perimeter fence = clôture - f, enceinte - f
perimeter heating = chauffage périphérique -m
perimeter heating system = système de chauffage
périmétrique - m
perimeter insulation = isolation périphérique - f
perimeter shear = cisaillement au contour - m
perimeter shear = cisaillement perimétral - m
periodic sampling = échantillonnage systématique - m
periphery wall = mur périphérique - m
peristyle = péristyle - m
perling = contrefiche - f
perlite = perlite - f
permafrost = pergélisol - m
permanent building = construction en dur - f
permanent building (in mansory) = bâtiment en
dur - m
permanent casing = tubage définitif - m
permanent form = coffrage perdu - m
permanent load = charge permanente - f
permanent pile shell = tubage définitif - m
permanent set = déformation permanente - f
permanent structure = ouvrage d’art - m
permanent work = ouvrage d’art - m
permeability = perméabilité - f
permeable = perméable
permeameter = perméamètre - m
permissible clearance = jeu admissible - m
permissible compression stress = contrainte de pres-
sion admissible - f
permissible deviation = écart admissible - m, écart per-
missible - m
permissible load = charge à admettre - f, charge admis-
sible - f
permissible soil pressure = pression admissible sur le
sol - f
permissible stress = contrainte admissible - f
permissible working stress = contrainte admissible - f
perpend = parpaing - m, pierre en parpaing - f
perpend (UK) = joint montant (partie visible en pare-
ment) - m, joint vertical - m
perpend stone = parpaing - m, pierre en parpaing - f
perpendicular style = style flamboyant - m, style per-
pendiculaire - m
perpends = trait carré (ardoise, tuile) - m
perron = perron - m
Persian wheel = chaîne à godets - f, noria - f
personnel and material hoist = ascenseur mixte - m
perspective drawing = dessin en perspective - m
pervious = perméable
pervious bed = couche perméable - f
perviousness = perméabilité - f
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pet cock = purgeur - m, robinet de purge - m
petrifying paint = peinture pétrifiante - f
petrol intercepting chamber = séparateur d’hydrocar-
bures - f
petrol intercepting trap = séparateur d’hydrocar-
bures - f
petrol interceptor (UK) = séparateur d’hydrocar-
bures - f
petrol station foresourt = piste de station service - f
petrol trap = séparateur d’hydrocarbures - f
petroleum jelly = vaseline - f
pewter = étain - m
phantom horizon = horizon fantôme - m
phase = phase (élect.) - f
phase change material = matière à changement de
phase - m
phase lagging = déphasage en arrière - m
phase leading = déphasage en avant - m
phase of work = tranche de travaux - f
phase shift = déphasage - m
phase swinging = rupture de synchronisme (élect.) - f
phase swinging = variation de phase - f
phase-change material = matière à changement de
phase - m
phased construction = construction par tranches - f
phenol = phénol - m
phenol resin = résine phénolique - f
phenolic cement = ciment phénolique - m
phenolic resin = résine phénolique - f
phenolphtalein alkalinity = TA (titre alcalimètrique
simple) - m, titre alcalimétrique simple - m, titre alca-
limètrique simple (TA) - m
phon = phone - m
phosphating = bondérisation - f, phosphatation - f
photoelectric cell = cellule photoélectrique - f
phreatic water = nappe phréatique - f
piano hinge = charnière piano - f
piano lines = peignage fin (verre) - m
piano nobile = étage noble - m
piazza = parvis - m
pick = pioche - f
pick axe = pioche - f
pick dressing = taille au pic - f
pick hammer = marteau de couvreur - m
pick mattock = pic - m, pic-montoir - m
pick up = capteur de mesure - m
pick up, to = reprendre (poussée)
pickaxe = pioche - f pile construction = construction sur pilotis - f
picket = pale - f, palis - m, pieu ( clôture) - m, pieu(clô- pile drawer = extracteur de pieux - m
ture) - m, piquet - m pile driver = batteur de pieux - m sonnette - f son-
picket a lot, to = borner un terrain, délimiter un terrain, nette de battage - f
jalonner un terrain, piqueter un terrain pile driver leads = jumelles de sonnette - f
picket fence = palissade (clôture) - f
pile driver operator = batteur de pieux - m conduc-
pickling = décalaminage chimique - m, décapage (chi- teur de sonnette - m
mique) - m, dérochage - m
pile driving = battage de pieux - m battage des pieux
pictogram = pictogramme - m - m fonçage des pieux - m
picture window = fenêtre panoramique - f pile driving formula = formule de battage - m
picture-rail = cimaise - f, cymaise - f pile driving hammer = marteau de battage - m,
piece of furniture = meuble - m mouton de battage - m
piece of land = fonds de terre - m pile driving rig = sonnette - f
piece of timber = élément - m, élément de charpente - pile extension = faux pieu - m
m, pièce de bois - f pile extraction resistance = résistance à l’arrachage
piend rafter = arêtier - m (pieu) - f
pier = contrefort - m, culée - f, demi-palier - m, demi- pile extractor = arrache-pieu - m, extracteur de
pilier - m, entrefenêtre - m, jambe - f, jetée - f, palée - f, pieux - m
pied-droit - m, pilastre - m, pile (bois, brique) - f, pile pile fluster = pieux groupés - m
(nef, pont) - f, pile porteuse - f, pilier - m, plot - m,
poteau - m, puits - m pile formula = formule de battage - m
pier (arch of bridge, window) = piédroit - m pile foundation = fondation sur pilotis - f
pier (between two openings in a wall) = trumeau - m pile group = groupe de pieux - m
pier buttress = culée d’arc boutant - f pile group (UK) = faisceau de pieux - m
pier glass = glace en trumeau - f pile hammer = marteau - m, marteau chasse-pieu - m,
pier panel = trumeau (façade légère) - m marteau de battage - m, mouton - m, mouton de bat-
tage - m, pilon - m
pierced = à jour
pile head = tête de pieu - f
pierced work = à jour, ajouré - m
pile helmet = casque de battage - m casque de
piercing = perçage - m, perforation - f pieu - m
pig iron = fer en gueuse - m, fonte en gueuse - f pile hoop = frette (de pieu) - f
pigeon hole = boulin - m
pile load test with yoke and jack (UK) = essai de
pigeon-holed wall = mur alvéolé - m chargement au vérin - m
pigment = pigment - m pile pattern = réseau de pieux - m
pilaster = pilastre - m pile pier = palée - f palée de pieux - f pilotis - m
pilaster strip = lésène - m pile puller = arrache-pieu - m
pilaster strips = bandes lombardes - f pile ring = frette (de pieu) - f
pile = pieu (fondation) - m, pilot - m, pilotis - m, velours pile shoe = sabot de pieu - m
(tapis) - m
pile supported = fondé sur pieux
pile bent = chevalet-palée - m, palée - f
pile with welded-on flanges = pieu à ailes - m
pile bent (US) = faisceau de pieux - m, groupe de
pieux - m pile with wings = pieu à ailes - m
pile bounce = rebondissement du pieu - m piled foundation = fondation sur pieux - f
pile cage = armature de pieu - f pile-drawer = arrache-pieu - m
pile cap = casque de battage - m casque de pieu - m pile-plank = palplanche - f
chapeau - m chapeau de pieu - m longrine (pieux) - f piles = pilotis - m
pile carpet = moquette - f pile-supported continuous footing = semelle fondée
pile cluster = groupe de pieux - m sur pieux - f
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piling = battage de pieux - m, mise en œuvre des
pieux - f, palée - f
piling (for foundations) = palification - f
piling formula = formule de battage - m
piling hammer = mouton de battage - m
piling rig = sonnette - f
piling sheet = palplancher - f
piling vibrator = vibrofonceur - m
pillar = piédroit - m, pilier - m
pillar crane = grue à colonne - f
pillar tap = robinet-pilier - m
pilling = mise en tas - f
pillow = chapeau - m
pillow capital = chapiteau cubique - m
pilor door = portillon - m
pilot borehole = trou à l’avancement - m
pilot hole = avant-trou - m
pilot lamp = lampe-contrôle - f, lampe-témoin - f
pilot light = lampe-témoin - f, veilleuse - f, voyant - m
pin = broche - f, cheville - f, clavette - f, gond - m,
goujon - m, goupille - f, piston de soudure - m
pin connection = assemblage à cheville - m
pin hole = trou de cheville - m, trou de rotule - m
pin joint = articulation à tourbillon - f, articulation
cylindrique - f, joint articulé - m, rotule cylindrique - f
pin key = clef bénarde - f
pin key bolt = verrou bénard - m
pin tumbler lock = serrure à pistons - f
pinboard = panneau à fiches - m
pincer = tenaille - f
pincers = tenaille - f, tenailles - f
pinch bar = pince à levier - f
pinch bar (UK) = pied-de-biche - m
pin-connected truss = poutre en treillis articulée - f,
treillis articulé - m
pine = pin - m
pin-end column = poteau articulé aux extrémités - m
pin-hole borers = platypes - m, scolytes - m
pinholes = piqûres (surface) - f
pinion = pignon - m
pin-jointed = arc en treillis - m, articulé
pin-jointed truss = treillis articulé - m
pinkey lock = serrure bénarde - f
pin-key lock = serrure bénarde - f
pin-knot = œil-de-perdrix - m
pinnacle = clocheton - m, pinacle - m
pinned = articulé
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pinned joint = articulation cylindrique - f
pinned-base frame = portique articulé aux pieds - m
pintle = goujon - m, pivot central - m
pintle (of hinge) = lacet - m
pipe = buse - f, canalisation - f, canon de serrure - m,
conduit - m, conduite - f, tube - m, tuyau - m
pipe bed = lit de pose (canalisation) - m
pipe bend = coude - m
pipe bender = machine à cintrer les tubes - f
pipe bending = cintrage de tuyaux - m
pipe bracket = collier de tuyau - m
pipe chased in wall = tuyau en entaille - m
pipe clamp = collier de serrage - m
pipe clip = collier de fixation - m, collier de retenue - m,
collier de tuyau - m
pipe column = poteau tubulaire - m
pipe connecting = raccordement de tuyauterie - m
pipe console = corbeau - m
pipe coupling = manchon (pipe) - m, raccord - m, rac-
cord de tuyau - m, raccordement de tuyauterie - m
pipe cross = té double - m
pipe cutter = coupe-tubes - m
pipe drainage = drainage par tuyaux - m
pipe duct = gaine technique - f
pipe finder = détecteur de conduite - m
pipe fitting = raccord - m, raccord de tuyau - m
pipe gallery = galerie de conduites - f, galerie tech-
nique - f
pipe hanger = étrier à tube - m, pendard - m, suspente
de tuyau - f
pipe layer = pose-tubes - m, poseur de canalisations - m
pipe laying = pose de tuyau - f
pipe left in place = tubage non récupéré - m
pipe left in the ground = tubage non récupéré - m
pipe length = tronçon de tuyau - m
pipe outlet = moignon - m
pipe passing through a floor or through a wall =
tuyau en traversée - m
pipe pile = pieu en tube - m
pipe plug = bouchon mâle - m
pipe pushing machine = pousse-tube - m
pipe rammer = pousse-tube - m
pipe reducer = raccord de réduction - m
pipe ring = collier - m
pipe run = ligne de tuyauterie - f
pipe saddle = collier de prise en charge - m
pipe section = tronçon de tuyau - m
pipe setting = cintrage de tuyaux - m
pipe sleeve = fourreau (de tuyau en traversée) - m
pipe sleeve = fourreau d’indépendance - m
pipe tail = souche de tubulure - f, tuyau en attente - m
pipe tee = raccord à T - m, té - (plomberie) - m
pipe tongs = pince à tubes - f, serre-tubes - m
piped water supply = adduction d’eau - f, distribution
d’eau - f
pipe-rack (over an obstacle) = passerelle pour cana-
lisations - f
pipework = tuyauterie - f
piping = canalisation - f, canalisations - f, formation de
renards - f, renard (érosion) - m, tuyauterie - f
piscina = piscine (architecture religieuse) - f
pisé = pisé - m
pistol fixing = stitage - m
piston core sampler = carottier à piston - m
piston corer = carottier à piston - m
piston-type sampler = carottier à piston - m
pit = bassin (fosse) - m, carrière - f, cuvette d’ascen-
ceur - f, fosse - f, fouille - f, puits (collecteur) - m, puits
(élect.) - m, puits (fondations, reprise en sous-
œuvre) - m
pit boards (UK) = blindage de puits - m
pit run = tout-venant (TV) - m, TV (tout-venant) - m
pit run gravel = gravier tout-venant - m
pit saw = scie à enter - f
pitch = angle de déclivité - m, brai - m, déclivité - f,
espacement - m, espacement de rivets - m,
inclinaison - f, pas (boulons, rivets) - m, pas de file-
tage - m, pente (comble, toit, route) - f, pente du toit - f
pitch (of roof) = pente de la toiture - f
pitch (resin) = poix - f
pitch faced rustication = à bossage rustique
pitch line = ligne de pente - f
pitch pine = pitchpin - m
pitch pocket (US) = poche de résine - f
pitch roof = comble à deux égouts - m, comble à deux
longs pans - m, comble à deux pans - m, comble à deux
pentes - m, comble à deux versants - m, toit à deux
longs pans - m, toit comble à deux égouts - m, toit
comble à deux longs pans - m, toit comble à deux
pans - m, toit comble à deux pentes - m, toit comble à
deux versants - m, toit ordinaire - m
pitch streak = veine résineuse - f
pitched apron = tablier en pente - m
pitched chord = membrure inclinée - f
pitched roof = toit à deux versants - m, toit en pente - m
pitcher = pavé équarri - m
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pitching = nettoyage (route) - m
pitching (bank) = perré - m
pitching chisel = chasse - f
pitching piece = appui de limon - m, cale de limon - f
pitching tool = levier de démolition - m
pitch-roof = comble à deux pentes - m
pith = moelle - f
pith fleck = tache médullaire - f
pith ray = rayon médullaire - m
pith-fleck = tache médullaire - f
pit-run gravel = gravier tout-venant - m, gravillon tout-
venant - m
pitted surface = surface piquée - f
pitting = attaque - f, piqûres (surface) - f
pivot = pivot - m
pivoted door = porte à pivots - f
pivoted window = fenêtre à battants - f, fenêtre bascu-
lante - f, fenêtre pivotante - f
pivoting sash = châssis pivotant - m
pivoting window = fenêtre pivotante - f
place brick = brique mal cuite - f
place in position, to = mettre en place
place of assembly = lieu de rassemblement - m
place of public worship = édifice de culte - m
placement = mise en place du béton - f
placing forms = coffrage - m, mise en place des cof-
frages - f
placing of concrete = bétonnage - m, mise en coffrage
du béton - f, mise en œuvre du béton - f, mise en place
du béton - f
placing of reinforcement = ferraillage - m
placing plant = usine de mise en coffrage - f
placoplastic joint = joint de placoplâtre - m
plain = lisse, uni (couleur)
plain bar = barre lisse - f, barre unie - f, rond lisse - m
plain colour = teinte plate - f, teinte unie - f
plain concrete = béton courant - m, béton non
armé - m, béton ordinaire - m
plain glass = verre ordinaire - m
plain grain wood = bois sur dosse - m
plain moulding = bandeau - m
plain necking = gorgerin nu - m
plain reinforcement = armature lisse - f
plain rolled glass = verre de toiture - m
plain sawing = débit en plot - m
plain settling = décantation simple - f
plain shaft = fût de colonne lisse - m
plain tendon = acier lisse - m
plain tile = carreau uni - m
plain tile = tuile plate - f
plain washer = rondelle plate - f
plan = plan - m, projet - m, tracé en plan - m
plan view = coupe horizontale - f, tracé en plan - m,
vue en plan - f
planar structure = structure plane - f
planceer = plafond (corniche) - m
plancier = plafond (corniche) - m
plane = bouvet - m, plan, rabot - m, varlope - f
plane bending = flexion plane - f
plane deformation = déformation biaxale - f, déforma-
tion plane - f
plane door = porte plane - f
plane iron = fer de rabot - m
plane of least resistance = plan de la moindre résis-
tance - m
plane of rupture = plan de rupture - m
plane of stratification = plan de stratification - m
plane strain = déformation biaxale - f, déformation
plane - f
plane surface = nu (mur) - m, surface plane - f
plane table = planchette (levé) - f
plane table survey = levé à la planchette - m
plane table surveying = levé à la planchette - m, che-
minement à la planchette - m
plane tabling = levé à la planchette - m
plane truss = structure plane - f
planed = raboté
planed across the grain = raboté de biais
planer = fraiseuse - f, raboteuse - f, raboteuse rou-
tière - f, reprofileuse - m
planetary rotating paddles = train valseur
(malaxeur) - m
planimeter = planimètre - m
planing = rabotage - m
planing machine = fraiseuse - f, planeuse - f, rabo-
teuse - f, raboteuse routière - f
planing of edges = aplanissage des rives - m
planishing = planage - m
planishing hammer = marteau à planer - m
plank = bastaing - m, madrier - m, planche - f, volige - f
plank decking = platelage en madriers - m
plank lining = coffrage de puits - m, planche de cof-
frage - f
plank shape = charpente de madriers - f
plank, to = garnir de madriers
planking = bardage - m, coffrage - m, palissage en
madriers - f, planchéiage - m, plancher - m, platelage
(échafaudage) - m, revêtement - m, voligeage - m
planned = projeté
planned development = développement organisé - m
planned maintenance = entretien systématique - m
planner = projetant - m
planner (UK) = urbaniste - m
planner (US) = urbaniste - m
planning = établissement de projet - m, établissement
des plans - m, établissement du projet - m, planifica-
tion - f
planning module = module de plan - m
planning operation = opération d’urbanisme - f
planning scheme = projet d’urbanisme - m
planning size = cote de liaison - f, grandeur utilisée
dans les plans - f, module du plan - m
planning stage = stade des études - m, stade du
projet - m
planning standards = normes d’urbanisme - f
planning survey = enquête d’urbanisme - f, relevé de
planification - m
plant = équipement - m, installation - f, usine - f
plant community = formation végétale - f
plant cover = couvert végétal - m, couverture végé-
tale - f
plant mix = mélange en centrale - m
plant on the site = équipement de chantier de construc-
tion - m
plant room = local technique (LT) - m, LT (local tech-
nique) - m, machinerie - f
plant space = local technique (LT) - m, LT (local tech-
nique) - m
plant strip = bande végétale - f
plant trailer = remorque porte-engins - f
plant, to (posts, etc.) = poser (des poteaux), poser des
poteaux
planted = rapporté (moulure)
planted moulding = moulure rapportée - f
planter = jardinière - f
planting plan = plan des plantations - m
plant-mixed concrete = béton de centrale - m
plast concrete = béton plastique - m
plaster = enduit - m, enduit en mortier de plâtre - m,
plâtre - m, plein (empli)
plaster base = pré-enduit - m
plaster bead = cornette - f, protège-angle - m
plaster bed = baguette d’angle - f
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plaster board = panneau de plâtre cartonné - m, pan-
neau en enduit - m, placoplâtre(marque déposée) - m,
plaque de placoplâtre - f
plaster finish = enduit au plâtre - m
plaster ground = arrêt d’enduit - m
plaster of Paris = plâtre - m, plâtre de gypse - m, plâtre
de Paris - m
plaster pad = témoin (indicant mouvement) - m
plaster skim coat = enduit fin - m
plaster slab = carreau de plâtre - m
plaster stair soffit = sous-face d’escalier en enduit - f
plaster trim = garniture d’enduit - f
plaster undercoat = sous-enduit - m
plaster up, to = plâtrer
plaster, to = enduire, enduire intérieurement, plâtrer
plaster’s putty = chaux en mottes - f
plasterboard = carreau de plâtre - m, placoplâtre
(marque déposée) - m, plaque à peindre - f, plaque de
plâtre - f
plastered = taloché - f
plasterer = plâtrier - m
plasterer’s putty = pâte de chaux - f
plastering = enduit - m, plâtrage - m, plâtrerie - f
plastering = travaux d’enduit - m
plastering lime = chaux en mottes - f
plastering putty = chaux en mottes - f, pâte de chaux - f
plastering trowel = plâtroir - m, riflard - m
plasterwork = enduit - m, plâtrage - m, plâtrerie - f, tra-
vaux d’enduit - m
plastic = matière plastique - m, plastique - m
plastic bending = fléchissement plastique - m
plastic binder = liant plastique - m
plastic coated = stratifié en plastique
plastic coated sheet = tôle plastifiée - f
plastic coated steel = tôle plastifiée - f
plastic compound = matière plastique - f
plastic concrete = béton de consistance plastique - m
plastic covering = revêtement plastique - m
plastic deformation = déformation plastique - f
plastic design = calcul en plasticité - m, calcul plas-
tique - m
plastic film = film en matière plastique - m, polyane - m
plastic flow = déformation plastique - f
plastic foam = mousse de plastique - f
plastic hinge = rotule plastique - f
plastic laminate = stratifié - m
plastic limit = limite de plasticité (LP) - f, LP (limite
de plasticité) - f
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plastic material = matière plastique - f
plastic range = domaine plastique - m
plastic sheet = bâche plastique - f
plastic sky dome = puits de lumière plastique - m
plastic wood = bois liquide - m
plastic yield = déformation plastique - f
plasticiser = plastifiant - m
plasticity = plasticité - f
plasticity index = indice de plasticité (sol) (IP) - m, IP
(indice de plasticité) (sol) - m
plasticity limit = limite de plasticité (LP) - f, LP
(limite de plasticité) - f
plasticized PVC = PVC plastifié - m
plasticizer = additif fluidifiant - m, plastifiant - m
plastics = matériau plastique - m
plastigel = plastigel - m
plastisol = plastisol - m
plat (US) = plan cadastral - m, plan parcellaire - m
platband = plate-bande (moulure) - f, voussoir de
départ - m
plate = dalle simple - f, éclisse - f, grosse tôle - f,
lisse - f, patte - f, plaque - f, sablière - f, semelle - f, tôle
forte - f
plate (of lock case) = platine (serrure) - f
plate beam = poutre à âme pleine - f
plate bearing test = essai de portance - m
plate block = brique à nez - f
plate dowel = doguet - m
plate dowel (concrete or stone post) = patte à
goujon - f
plate girder = poutre à âme pleine - f, poutre composée
à âme pleine - f
plate glass = glace (vitrage) - f, verre à glace - m
plate glass door = porte de glace - f, porte en glace - f
plate screw(s) = vis calante(s) - f
plate, to = plaquer (métal)
plate-bande = plate-bande (moulure) - f
plated = dallé
plated beam = poutre composée - f
plated girder = poutre composée - f
platen-pressed = pressé à plat
platen-pressed particle board = panneau de particules
pressées à plat - m
platform = plate-forme - f, terre-plein - m
platform frame = charpente-plate-forme à éléments
porteurs - f
platform framing = charpente à plate-forme - f, char-
pente-plate-forme à éléments porteurs - f, ossature à
plate-forme - f
platform hoist = monte-matériaux - m
plating = galvanoplastie - f, placage (métal) - m, pla-
telage - m
play = jeu - m
play area = terrain de jeux - m
play area (UK) = aire de jeux - f
play lot (US) = aire de jeux - f
playfield (US) = terrain de sports - m
playground = terrain de jeux - m
playing field (UK) = terrain de sports - m
plaza = parvis - m
pleat = placage monté - m
plenum = entrées-sorties de l’insolateur - f, plénum - m
pliability = flexibilité - f
plier = tenaille - f, pince - f
plinth = base - f, embasement - m, plinthe (pié-
destal) - f, socle - m
plinth block = socle (chambranle) - m
plinth course = assise de soubassement - f, assise
d’embase - f, soubassement - m, soubassement de mur
en moellons - m
plot = parcelle - f
plot (UK) = terrain (bâti) - m
plot a curve, to = tracer une courbe
plot a survey, to = faire le rapport d’un levé
plot of ground = parcelle de terrain - f
plot out land, to = morceler
plot plan = lotissement - m, plan de terrain - m
plot plan (UK) = plan parcellaire - m
plot ratio = coefficient d’occupation du sol (COS) - m
plot the ground, to = établir le plan du terrain
plot with all services (UK) = terrain viabilisé - m
plot, to = dresser un plan, marquer, reliever, reporter,
tracer
plotting = levé d’un plan - m, levé d’un terrain - m,
lotissement - m, morcellement - m, parcellement - m,
représentation graphique (levé) - f
plotting (aerial survey) = restitution - f
plotting instrument = restituteur - m
plotting machine (aerial survey) = restituteur - m
plotting method = méthode de report - f
plotting method = méthode d’enregistrement gra-
phique - f
plough plane (UK) = bouvet à approfondir - m
plough, to = gruger
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ploughed recess = engravure de marche - f
ploughed stringer = limon engravé - m
plow and tongue joint (US) = assemblage à rainure et
languette - m
plow plane (US) = bouvet à approfondir - m
plow-bolt = boulon rognoir - m
plug = bouche d’eau - f, bouchon - m, bouchon
mâle - m, fiche - f, obturateur - m, pastille (placage) - f,
prise de courant mâle - f, tampon - m
plug cock = robinet à boisseau - m, robinet à tournant
conique - m
plug fuse = fusible à bouchon - m
plug hole = bonde - f
plug in, to = brancher
plug type disc valve = robinet à disque tampon - m
plug type disc valve = robinet à disque type bou-
chon - m
plug valve = robinet à tournant conique - m
plug weld = soudure à tampon - f, soudure en bou-
chon - f
plugging = tamponnage - m, tamponnement - m
plugging chisel = tamponnoir - m
plugging drill = tamponnoir - m
plughole = écoulement - m, trou d’écoulement (sani-
taire) - m
plugmould = plinthe à couvercle - f
plumb = aplomb - m, d’aplomb, vertical
plumb a wall, to = plomber un mur
plumb bob = fil à plomb - m, plomb - m, plomb de fil
à plomb - m, plomb de maçon - m
plumb level = niveau de maçon - m
plumb line = fil à plomb - m, plomb de maçon - m
plumb line a wall, to = plomber un mur
plumb rule = niveau à plomb - m
plumb with = à l’aplomb de
plumb withing = à l’aplomb de
plumb, to = aplomber, mettre d’aplomb, prendre
l’aplomb
plumbed-in = raccordé
plumber = plombier - m
plumber’s friend = dégorgeoir - m, débouchoir - m
plumbery = plomberie - f
plumbing = articles de plomberie - m, plomberie - f
plumbing contractor = entrepreneur en plomberie - m
plumbing fitting = robinetterie - f
plumbing fixture(s) = appareil(s) de plomberie - m,
appareil(s) sanitaire(s) - m
plumbing plant = installation sanitaire - f
plumbing stack = colonne - f, colonne de plomberie - f
plumbing system = installation sanitaire - f, système
de plomberie - m
plumb-level = niveau à plomb - m
plumbline = aplomb - m
plumbness = aplomb - m, verticalité - f
plummet = plomb - m, plomb de fil à plomb - m
pluviometer = pluviomètre - m
ply = couche - f, placage - m, pli - m, pli du contre-
plaqué - m
plywood = contreplaqué - m, contre-plaqué - m
plywood lining = habillage en contre-plaqué - m, revê-
tement en contre-plaqué - m
plywood roof sheathing = contre-plaqué en couver-
ture - m
plywood sheathing = revêtement contre-plaqué - m
pneumatic caisson = caisson à air comprimé - m
pneumatic cylinder = vérin pneumatique - m
pneumatic drill = marteau perforateur - m, marteau
perforateur à air comprimé - m, marteau piqueur - m,
marteau pneumatique - m, sondeuse pneumatique - f
pneumatic hammer = marteau pneumatique - m
pneumatic rock drill = marteau perforateur à air com-
primé - m, perforatrice à air comprimé - f
pneumatic structure = structure gonflable - f
pneumatic tool = outil à air comprimé - m
pneumatic tyred roller = compacteur à pneus - m, rou-
leau à pneus - m
pneumatic water system = distribution par réservoir
à pression hydropneumatique - f
pneumatic-tyred roller = cylindre à pneus - m
pocket for shear check = vide pour empêcher le cisail-
lement - m
point bearing pile = pieu chargé en pointe - m, pieu
d’appui - m, pieu résistant à la pointe - m
point contraflexure = point d’inflexion - m
point load = charge concentrée - f, charge ponctuelle - f
point of failure = point de détérioration - m, point de
rupture - m
point of support = point d’appui - m
point source = source ponctuelle - f
point, to = ficher (clou, pieu), jointoyer
point-bearing pile = pieu à pointe portante - m, pieu
travaillant en pointe - m
pointed = gobeté, jointoyé
pointed arch = arc brisé - m, ogive (utilisé à tort au lieu
d’”arc brisé”) - f
pointed barrel vault = voûte en berceau brisé - f
pointed north arch = arc brisé outrepassé - m
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pointed work = ouvrage bouchardé - m
pointer = aiguille - f
pointing = gobetage - m, jointement - m, join-
toyage - m, regarnissage (joints de maçonnerie) - m,
rejointoiement - m
pointing iron = fer à rejointoyer - m
pointing trowel = fiche de maçon - f, truelle à join-
toyer - f
pointing up = gobetage - m, jointoiement - m, join-
toyage - m, rejointoiement - m
Poisson’s ratio = coefficient de Poisson - m
poker vibrator = pervibrateur - m, vibrateur interne - m
polar coordinates = coordonnées polaires - f
polar moment of inertia = moment d’inertie
polaire - m
polarized plug = fiche polarisée - f
pole = écoperche - f, montant d’échafaudage - m,
poteau (échafaudage) - m
pole plate = panne sablière - f, sablière de comble - f
poling boards = planches verticales (blindage de
fouille) - f
polished = poli
polished concrete = béton poli - m
polished finish = poli - m
polished plate glass = verre à glace poli - m
polishing = polissage - m
polishing varnish = vernis à polir - m
poll = tête de marteau - f
pollutant = matiére polluante - f, polluant, polluant - m
pollution survey = relevé de pollution - m
pollutional load = charge polluante - f
polyester concrete = béton au polyester - m
polyester resin = résine polyester - f
polyethylene = polyéthylène - m
polyethylene film = film de polyéthylène - m, mem-
brane de polyéthylène - f
polygon of forces = polygone des forces - m
polygonal ragwork = maçonnerie en moellons irrégu-
liers - f, maçonnerie en opus incertum - f
polygonal rubble = moellons irréguliers - m
polyisobutylene = polyisobutylène - m
polymer = polymère - m
polymer-concrete composite material = béton de
résine synthétique - m
polypropylene = polypropylène - m
polypropylène reinforced concrete = béton renforcé
par fibres de polypropylène - m
polystyrene foam = mousse de polystyrène - f
polystyrene strip = bande en polystyrène - f
polystyrene thermal = isolation thermique en polys-
tyrène - f
polystyrene vapor barrier = pare-vapeur-polysty-
rène - m
polythene = polyéthylène - m
polyurethane = polyuréthane - m
polyurethane resin = résine de polyuréthane - f
polyvinyl acetate = acétate de polyvinyle - m
polyvinyl resin = résine polyvinylique - f
pond = bassin (pièce d’eau) - m, étang - m, plan
d’eau - m
ponding = étang (toiture-terrasse) - m
ponding = formation d’étangs - f
pony truss = ferme à court poinçon - f
pool = bassin de piscine - m
pooling = mise en commun - f
poor bearing stratum = terrain de mauvaise qua-
lité - m
poor box = tronc d’église - m
poor concrete = béton maigre - m
poor soil = mauvais sol - m
poor-house = hospice (indigents) - m
pop safety valve = soupape de sûreté à éclatement - f
popcorn concrete = béton caverneux - m, béton sans
éléments fins - m
pop-off valve = détendeur de pression - m
popout = cratère - m, défibrage - m
popping = soufflure - f, souflures - f
popup waste = vidage à mécanisme extérieur - m
pop-up waste = vidage à mécanisme extérieur - m
porcelain enamel = émail vitrifié - m
porcelain insulator = isolateur en porcelaine - m
porch = marquise - f, porche - m, porte cochère - f, por-
tique - m, véranda - m
porch-roof = auvent - m
pore pressure = pression interstitielle - f
pore ratio = indice des pores - m, taux de porosité - m
pore water = eau interstitielle - f
pore water pressure = pression interstitielle - f
porosity = porosité - f, taux de porosité - m
porous brick = brique poreuse - f
porous concrete = béton écumeux - m, béton
mousse - m, béton poreux - m, béton-gaz - m
porous wood = bois feuillu - m
port = orifice - m, port - m, tête - f
portable = portatif
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portable belt conveyor = sauterelle - f
portable belt conveyor = transporteur mobile - m
portable building = bâtiment démontable - m
portable conveyor = sauterelle - f, transporteur
mobile - m
portable freestanding heater = appareil de chauffage
mobile - m
portable loader = monte-charge mobile - m
portable scaffolding = échafaudage roulant - m
portal = grand portail - m, portail - m
portal bracing = portique d’entrée - m
portal crane = grue à portique - f, pont portique - m
portal frame = cadre - m, portique - m, poutre à
béquilles - f
portcullis = herse - f
porter = portier - m
porter (UK) = concierge - f
porter’s lodge = conciergerie - f
portico = portique - m
Portland blastfurnace cement = CHF (ciment de
haut-fourneau) - m, ciment des hauts-fourneaux
(CHF) - m, ciment métallurgique mixte - m
Portland cement = ciment Portland - m
Portland cement type III (US) = ciment à très haute
résistance - m
Portland clinker = brique de ciment Portland - f
Portland-blast furnace slag cement = ciment Portland
de fer - m
position = implantation - f
position indicator = indicateur de position - m
position of house = assiette d’une maison - f
positioned weld = soudure en position - f
positive bending moment = moment fléchissant
positif - m
positive deviation = écart en plus - m
positive displacement meter = compteur volumé-
trique - m
positive reinforcement = armature de moment
positif - f
positive terminal = borne positive - f
possession = mise à disposition des lieux - f
post = colonne - f, étançon - m, montant - m, pièce
chargée en bout - f, pilastre de rampe - m, pilier - m,
piquet (clôture) - m, poteau - m, poteau extérieur - m
post and beam = construction à poteaux et à poutres - f
post, beam and plank construction = construction à
poteaux, à poutres et à madriers - f
post-and beam = à poutres et poteaux
post-and beam type = à poutres et poteaux
post-and-beam construction = construction à poteaux
et poutres - m
post-and-lintel construction = construction à poteaux
et poutres - m
postern = poterne - f
post-tensioned concrete = béton postcontraint - m
post-tensioning = postcontrainte - f, post-contrainte - f,
posttension - f, précontrainte par câble ancré - f, précon-
trainte par câbles - f, réglage ultérieur de la précon-
trainte - m
pot clay = glaise - f
pot floor = plancher à hourdis de terre cuite - m, plan-
cher à hourdis en terre cuite - m
pot life = temps maximal d’utilisation - m
potable water = eau potable (EP) - f, EP (eau
potable) - f
pothole = cavité - f, flache - f
pounder = dame - f, pilon - m
pour = coulée - f
pour break = arrêt de coulage - m
pour coat = asphalte coulé - m
pour, to = bétonner, couler (béton)
pourable = coulable
poured concrete = béton banché - m, béton coulé - m,
béton coulé par goulotte - m, béton moulé - m
poured concrete wall = mur en béton banché - m
poured-in-place concrete = béton coulé en ou sur
place - m
pouring = coulage - m
pouring concrete = coulage du béton - m
pouring point = point de coulage - m
pouring rope = corde - f, filasse - f
powdered fuel burner = brûleur à pulvérisé - m
power = pouvoir - m
power barrow = brouette automotrice - f, moto-
brouette - f
power cultivator = motoculteur - m
power equipment = équipement énergétique - m
power feeder = distribution de force - f
power float = truelle mécanique - f
power floating = étalage à la machine - m, lissage à la
machine - m
power grid = réseau d’énergie électrique - m
power handsaw = scie mécanique - f
power input = puissance absorbée - f
power load = facteur de charge - m
power mains = distribution de force - f
power plant = génératrice - f
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power point (UK) = PC (prise de courant) - f, prise de
courant - f
power rack = baie électrique - f
power shovel = pelle mécanique - f, pelle mécanique - f
power swivel = tête orientable - f
power takeoff = prise de force - f
power take-off = prise de force - f
power transmission = transport d’énergie électrique - f
power troweller = truelle mécanique - f
power wrench = clé pneumatique - f, clef pneuma-
tique - f
pozzolan = pouzzolane - f
pozzolan cement = ciment à la pouzzolane - m, ciment
aux pouzzolanes - f, ciment pozzolanique - m
pozzolana = pouzzolane - f
pozzolana concrete = béton de pouzzolane - m
pozzolana earth = terre pouzzolane - f
pozzolanic blast-furnace cement = ciment pouzzo-
lano-métallurgique - m
pozzolanic cement = ciment au trass - m, ciment poz-
zolanique - m
pozzolanic concrete = béton de pouzzolane - m
pozzolanic effect = effet pouzzolanique - m
pozzolanic reaction = effet pouzzolanique - m
pozzuolana = pouzzolane - f
pozzuolane = pouzzolane - f
Pratt truss = poutre à treillis en N - f, poutre Monié - f
preassembled = tout monté
precast = préfabriqué (élément en béton)
precast blaster slab = carreau de plâtre - m
precast concrete = béton coulé au sol - m, béton manu-
facturé - m, béton préfabriqué - m
precast concrete block = aggloméré de béton - m,
aggloméré en béton - m, bloc en béton - m, parpaing - m
precast concrete unit = élément en béton préfa-
briqué - m
precast member = élément préfabriqué - m
precast on site = coulé au sol
precast pile = pieu préfabriqué - m
precast plaster block = carreau de plâtre - m
precast plaster-work partition = cloison en carreau de
plâtre - f
precast reinforced concrete unit = élément préfa-
briqué en béton armé - m
precast segment (bridge) = voussoir précontraint
(pont) - m
precast shaft ring = anneau de puits préfabriqué - m
precasting = préfabrication (béton) - f
precasting table = table de préfabrication - f
precinct = enceinte - f
precompressed concrete = béton précomprimé - m
preconstruction phase = phase de préparation des tra-
vaux - f
predella = prédelle - f
pre-engineered = préfabriqué (construction)
pre-engineered construction = construction industria-
lisée - f
prefab = construction préfabriquée - f, maison préfa-
briquée - f, préfabriqué - m
prefab unit = élément préfabriqué - m
prefabricate, to = préfabriquer
prefabricated = préfabriqué
prefabricated building = baraquement - m
prefabricated construction = construction préfabri-
quée - f, maison préfabriquée - f
prefabricated joint filler = compriband - m, profil
(obturation de joint) - m
prefabricated material = matériau préfabriqué - m
prefabricated partition = cloison mobile - f, cloison
préfabriquée - f
prefabricated plumbing unit = bloc-eau - m,
ensemble sanitaire préfabriqué - m
prefabricated unit = élément préfabriqué - m
prefabrication = préfabrication - f
preferred = préférentiel
preformed joint filler = corps de joint prémoulé - m
preformed joint sealant = joint d’étanchéité pré-
moulé - m, mastic pâteux préformé - m
preformed sealant = corps de joint prémoulé - m, joint
d’étanchéité prémoulé - m
preheater = préchauffeur - m
pre-heater = réchauffeur - m
prehung door unit = bloc porte - m
preliminary design = avant-projet - m
preliminary estimate = devis estimatif - m
preliminary estimates of cost = devis estimatif - m
preliminary filter = filtre dégrossisseur - m
preliminary project = avant-projet - m
preliminary sketch = croquis - m
preliminary specifications = devis préliminaire - m
premature stiffening = fausse prise - f
premises = immeuble - m, lieux - m, local - m,
locaux - m, propriété - f
premium = prime (assurance) - f
premixed = prêt à l’emploi
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prepacked aggregate concrete = béton activé - m,
béton prépack - m
prepacked concrete = béton de blocage - m
prepact concrete = béton activé - m, béton prépack - m
prepainted = prépeint
prepare wall surface by picking, to = repiquer un mur
prepared aggregate concrete = béton de blocage - m
prepayment meter = compteur à paiement préa-
lable - m
preplaced aggregate concrete = béton activé - m,
béton de blocage - m, béton prépack - m
pre-post tensioning = précontrainte par pré-tension et
post-tension - f
pre-posttensioning = précontrainte par pré-tension et
post-tension - f
prescribed mortar = mortier réglementaire - m
Presence chamber = chambre du Trône - f
presentation drawing = dessin de présentation - m,
plan de présentation - m
presentation plan = plan de présentation - m
preservation = conservation - f
preservative = lasure - f, produit de conservation - m
preserved wood = bois traité - m
press = presse - f
press back, to = refouler (joint)
press hard (adherend), to = maroufler
pressed = calandré
pressed brick = brique comprimée - f, brique
pressée - f
pressed glass = verre moulé - m
pressed sheet = tôle emboutie - f
pressed steel = acier embouti - m, tôle ondulée - f, tôle
pliée - f
pressing (sheet metal) = emboutissage - m
pressure = en charge, pression - f, sous pression
pressure bulb = bulbe des pressions - m
pressure cell = capsule manométrique - f, capteur de
pression - m, cellule manométrique - f
pressure component = composante de la pression - f
pressure drop = chute de pression - f, PC (perte de
charge) - f, perte de charge (PC) - f
pressure gauge = manomètre - m
pressure head = charge - f, hauteur de charge - f
pressure lock = sas sous pression - m
pressure meter = plessiomètre - m, pressiomètre - m
pressure pipe = conduite en charge - f, conduite
forcée - f
pressure point = prise de pression - f
pressure reducer = détendeur - m
pressure reducing station = poste de détente - m
pressure reducing valve = détendeur - m
pressure shock = choc - m
pressure surge = à-coup de pression - m, saute de pres-
sion - f
pressure switch = manocontact - m, pressostat - m
pressure tank = réservoir sous pression - m
pressure tapping point = prise de pression - f
pressure vessel = récipient sous pression - m, récipient
sous-pression - m
pressure wave = onde de pression - f
pressure-reducing valve = réducteur de pression - m
pressurized staircase = cage d’escalier en surpres-
sion - f
pressurizing = mise en pression - f
prestessed concrete with thin wire armouring =
béton corde à piano - m
prestress, to = précontraindre
prestressed = précontraint - m
prestressed concrete = béton précontraint - m
prestressed concrete beam = poutre en béton précon-
traint - f
prestressed concrete pile = pieu en béton précon-
traint - m
prestressed concrete wire = fil prétendu - m
prestressing = mise en précontrainte - f, précon-
trainte - f
prestressing bar = acier de précontrainte - m
prestressing bed = banc de précontrainte - m
prestressing duct = gaine de précontrainte - f
prestressing reinforcement = armature de précon-
trainte - f
prestressing wire = acier de précontrainte - m
pretensioning = précontrainte par fils adhérents - f, pré-
contrainte par prétension - f, prétension - f
pre-tensioning = précontrainte par fil adhérent - f, pré-
contrainte par pré-tension - f
pretensioning bed = banc de précontrainte - m
pretensioning bench = banc de précontrainte - m
pretreatment = traitement préalable - m
price = prix - m
price delivered to the site = prix rendu chantier - m
price each = prix unitaire (PU) - m, PU (prix uni-
taire) - m
price ex works = prix départ usine - m, prix départ
usine - m
price per item = prix unitaire (PU) - m, PU (prix uni-
taire) - m
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pricked rendering = enduit piqué - m
pricking up coat = crochetage - m
primary creep = fluage à vitesse décroissante - m
primary excavation = excavation dans le sol vierge - f
primary filter = préfiltre - m
primary meter (UK) = compteur général - m
primary porosity = porosité primaire - f
primary slab = prédalle - f
primary strength = résistance initiale - f
primary stress = contrainte primaire - f
prime coat = apprêt - m, couche d’impression - f,
couche d’impression - f, couche primaire - f
prime contractor = entrepreneur principal - m, entre-
prise générale - f, maître d’œuvre (MO) - m, MO
(maître d’œuvre) - m
prime cost = prix de revient - m
prime mover = avant-train - m, dispositif entraî-
neur - m, machine motrice - f, tracteur - m
primer = apprêt - m, couche d’apprêt - f, couche d’im-
pression - f, couche d’impression - f
primer (on absorbant substrate) = peinture d’impres-
sion - f
primer (on absorbant surface) = peinture d’impres-
sion - f
primer pump = pompe d’amorçage - f
priming = apprêt - m, couche d’impression - f, impres-
sion - f, mise en eau - f, peinture d’impression - f
priming burner = brûleur de mise en route - m
priming coat = couche d’apprêt - f, couche d’impres-
sion - f
priming paint = apprêt - m
princess post = poinçon intermédiaire - m
princess post (roof structure) = jambette - f
principal axis = axe principal - m
principal beam = poutre maîtresse - f, poutre princi-
pale - f
principal member (of a frame) = maîtresse, piece - f
principal rafter = arbalétrier - m, chevron principal - m
principal reinforcement = armature principale - f
principle = maître
principle of superposition = principe de superposi-
tion - m
printed form = formule (imprimée) - f
priority development area = zone à urbaniser en prio-
rité (ZUP) - f, ZUP (zone à urbaniser en priorité) - f
prismatic shell construction = structure prisma-
tique - f, voile autoportant polygonal - m
private apartments = petits appartements - m
private automatic branch exchange (PABX) = auto-
commutateur - m
private home = maison particulière - f
private house = maison particulière - f
private sewage disposal system = installation septique
privée - f
private sewer = égout privé - m
probability of coincidence = probabilité de simulta-
néité - f
probe = capteur - m
probing = sondage d’exploration - m
process = procédé - m
process water = eau de fabrication - f
processing = élaboration - f, préparation - f, traite-
ment - m, transformation - f
proctor compaction test = essai proctor - m
procurement = approvisionnement - m
product = produit - m
production = production - f
production design = projet d’exécution - m
profile = banquette - f, chantournement - m, coupe - f,
coupe verticale - f, profil - m, profil en long - m, sec-
tion - f
profile (UK) = chaise (d’implantation) - f, chaise de
tracé des fouilles - f, chevalet d’implantation - m
profile, to = chantourner
profiled = chantourné
profitability study = étude de rentabilité - f
profitability survey = étude de rentabilité - f
programmer = programmateur (clim.) - m
progress = avancement des travaux - m
progress chart = programme d’avancement - m,
tableau d’avancement des travaux - m
progress claim = décompte de travaux - m
progress report = état d’avancement des travaux - m,
état de situation - m, rapport d’activité - m, situation de
travaux - f, tableau d’avancement des travaux - m
progress schedule = calendrier des travaux - m, pro-
gramme d’avancement des travaux - m
progress scheduling = ordonnancement - m
progressing = ordonnancement - m
progressive collapse = effondrement de proche en
proche - m, effondrement en chaîne - m
progressively = charge progressive - f
project = chantier - m, lotissement - m, opération - f,
projet - m, travaux - m
project architect = architecte d’opération - m
project brief = énoncé du projet - m
project evaluation = analyse de projet - f
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project implementation = réalisation d’un projet - f
project inspector = surveillant des travaux - m
project leader = chef de projet - m
project management = pilotage - m
project manager = directeur des travaux - m
project personnel = personnel d’exécution du
projet - m
project schedule = calendrier de projet - m
project site = chantier - m, chantier de construction - m,
emplacement des travaux - m
project status report = état d’avancement des tra-
vaux - m
project study = étude de projet(s) - f
project team = équipe de projet - f
project, to = forgeter
projected-window = fenêtre à la canadienne - f
projecting = hors d’œuvre, saillant
projecting brick course = bandeau saillant en bri-
ques - m
projecting course = assise saillante - f
projecting reinforcement = acier en attente - m, aciers
en attente - m
projecting roof = avant-toit - m
projecting scaffold = échafaudage en bascule - m
projection = forjeture (hors de l’alignement) - f, péné-
tration (toit) - f, projection - f, ressaut - m, saillie - f
projection of footing = débord de semelle - m, empat-
tement de semelle - m
projection of shingles = débord de bardeaux en
rejingot - m
projection welding = soudage par bossage - m, sou-
dage par bossages - m
projection-drip = saillie-larmier - f
projector = projecteur - m
promenade = esplanade - f
promotor = constructeur - m
prone cyma reversa = talon renversé - m
prone moulding = moulure renversée - f
proof pressure = pression d’épreuve - f
proof stress = limite conventionnelle d’élasticité - f
proof, to = imperméabiliser
prop = béquille - f, butte (de soutènement) - f, cale - f,
chandelle - f, chevalement - m, colonne - f, étai - m,
étançon - m, pointal - m, soutine - f
prop up, to = accorer
propeller fan = ventilateur à hélice - m
property = caractéristique - f, propriété - f
property line (US) = limite de la propriété - f
property line wall (US) = mur de clôture - m
proportion, to = doser
proportioner = doseur - m
proportioning = dimensionnement - m, dosage - m
proportioning design = calcul du dosage - m
proportions = composition - f
proportions and profile of a moulding = modéna-
ture - f
proposed = projeté
propping = étaiement - m, étayage - m, soutène-
ment - m
propping up = étaiement - m, étayage - m
prorportional feed = dosage proportionnel - m
prospecting of the site = reconnaissance de l’emplace-
ment - f
prospective bidder (US) = entreprise candidate - f
prospective tenderer (UK) = entreprise candidate - f
protected from the weather = à l’abri des intempéries
protecting grate = grille garde-grève
protection plate = plaque protectrice - f
protective coating = couche protectrice - f
protective concrete layer = couche protectrice en
béton - f
protruding = saillant
proud = désaffleuré
provide a transition, to = racheter (arch.)
provide a window(in an existing structure), to =
percer une fenêtre
provide an opening, to = ménager une ouverture,
percer
provide, to = ménager (une ouverture, une sortie)
proving ring (of penetrometer) = anneau
dynamométrique - m
proving test = essai de réception - m
provision of services = viabilisation - f
provisional acceptance = réception provisoire - f
proximity switch = détecteur de proximité - m
pry, to = forcer au levier, prendre en pesée, soulever
au levier
P-trap = siphon à sortie horizontale - m
publi-address system = sonorisation - f
public building = édifice public - m, immeuble rece-
vant du public - m
public facilities = équipements collectifs - m, équipe-
ments publics - m
public gallery = tribune publique - f
public health control (office) = police sanitaire - f
public health department = service d’hygiène - m
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public health engineer = ingenieur hygiéniste - m
public health engineering = hydraulique urbaine - f
public housing = logement public - m
public housing (UK) = habitation à loyer modéré
(HLM) - f
public sewer = égout public - m
public utilities = réseaux divers - m, services publics
utilitaires - m
public works = TP (travaux publics) - m, travaux
publics (TP) - m
pudding = corroi - m
pudding (US)(puddling) = piquage (béton) - m
puddle = corroi - m
puddle, to = damer, pilonner, tasser
puddled earth = béton de terre - m
pug mill = bétonnière-malaxeur - f
pug mill mixer = bétonnière-malaxeur - f
pug, to = hourder
pugging = hourdage (plancher) - m, hourdis - m,
hourdis phonique - m, remplissage - m
pull = effort de traction - m, poignée (fenêtre, porte) - f,
poignée de tirage - f
pull box (US) = boîte de tirage - f
pull cord = tirette - f
pull down, to = abattre, démolir
pull out strength = résistance à l’arrachement - f
pull shovel (US) = pelle rétro caveuse - f
pull, to = tirer
pulley = poulie - f
pulley block = moufle - m, palan - m, poulie - f
pulley block of bridle = caisse de câble pour le palon-
nier - f
pulley chain = palan à chaîne - m
pulley sheave = réa - m
pulley stile = montant de rive - m, montant de suspen-
sion - m
pulling chamber = chambre de tirage (câbles) - f
pulling test = essai d’arrachement - m
pull-out strength = résistance à l’arrachement - f
pulpwood = bois à pâte mécanique - m
pulsating live load = surcharge vibratoire - f
pulsating load = charge périodique - f, charge
vibrante - f
pulverising mixer = tritureuse (ou pulvimixer) - f
pulverising mixter = pulvimixer - m
pulverizer = pulvérisateur - m
pulverizer, to = pulvériser (solide)
pulvimixer = tritureuse - f
pumice = pierre ponce - f, ponce - f purlin cleat = chantignole - f, chantignolle - f, échan-
pumice concrete = béton de ponce - m, béton ponce - m tignole - f
pumice slag brick = brique de laitier ponce - f purlin plate = panne de brisis - f
pumice stone = pierre ponce - f, ponce - f purlin post = poteau de sous-panne - m
pumice stone concrete = béton ponce - m push bar = barre de poussée - f
pumicing = ponçage - m push button = bouton poussoir - m, bouton pres-
sion - m, poussoir (serrure) - m
pump = pompe - f
push home, to = enfoncer à fond
pump dry, to = assécher par pompage
push moraine = moraine de poussée - f
pump handle = poutre de redressement - f, poutre de
rigidité - f push plate = plaque de propreté - f
pump pit = chambre des pompes - f pusher tractor = pousseur - m
pumpcrete machine = pompe à béton - f put back, to = remettre
pumped concrete = béton pompé - m put the keystone in place, to = fermer une voûte
pumping out = épuisement - m, exhaure - f putlog = boulin - m
pumping station = poste de pompage - m, poste de putlog hole = trou de boulin - m
relevage - m, poste de relèvement - m, station de pom- putty = mastic (de vitrier) - m
page - f putty and plaster = plâtre bâtard - m
pumpping from open sumps = pompage au moyen de putty knife = couteau à mastiquer - m
puisards - m
puttying = masticage - m
pun, to = damer
pylon = pylône - m
punch = bouterolle - f, chasse-clou - m, emporte-
pièce - m, mandrin - m, poinçon (outil) - m, pointeau - m pyramid roof = comble-pavillon - m, toit en
pavillon - m, toit pyramidal - m, toit-pavillon - m
punched = chasse-cloué - m
pyramidal hipped roof = toit en pavillon - m
punched fracture = rupture de poinçonnement - f
pyranometer = pyranomètre - m
punched hole = trou poinçonné - m
pyrometer = pyromètre - m
puncheon = potelet - m
punching = découpure - f, P (poinçonnement) - m,

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poinçonnement (P) - m
punching effect = effet de poinçonnement - m
punching shear = contrainte de poinçonnement - f
punching shear reinforcement = armature de poin-
çonnement - f
puncturing = P (poinçonnement) - m, poinçonne-
ment (P) - m
punner = demoiselle - f, hie - f
punning = damage - m
purchase = point d’appui - m, prise - f
quadra = cadre - m
purchase requisition = demande d’approvisionne-
ment - f quadrangle = cour carrée - f
pure = pur (ciment, plâtre) quadrant iron = fer en quadrant - m
pure bending = flexion circulaire - f, flexion pure - f, quadrant mat = armature en quart de cercle - f
flexion simple - f quadrant steel = armature en quart de cercle - f
purge valve = robinet de purge - m quadrex = quadrex - m
purge, to (UK) = purger quadripartite vault = voûte quadripartite - f
purification = épuration - f quadruplex = quadruplex - m
purifier = purificateur - m quakeproof = résistant aux tremblements de terre
purlin = filière - f, panne (toit) - f, poutrelle - f, ven- qualified bidder = entreprise admise à soumis-
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quality control = contrôle de qualité -m
quantitative survey = métré - m
quantity survey = métrage - m, métré - m
quantity survey takeoff = métré - m
quantity surveying = métrage - m, métré - m
quantity surveyor = métreur - m, métreur-vérifica-
teur - m
quarrel = carreau de vitrail - m
quarrier = carrier - m
quarry = carrière - f
quarry bed = assise naturelle - f
quarry face = lit de carrière - m
quarry face = lit naturel - m
quarry face = parement brut - m
quarry glass = carreau de verre - m
quarry glass = carreau de vitrail - m
quarry rock = enrochement tout-venant - m
quarry sap = eau de carrière - f
quarry tile = carreau d’argile non vernissé - m, carreau
de terre cuite - m
quarry-faced masonry = maçonnerie de moellons
bruts - f
quarry-faced stone = pierre à parement brut - f
quarryman = carrier - m
quarry-run = tout-venant (TV) - m, TV (tout-
venant) - m
quarry-stone = moellon - m, pierre de carrière - f
quarter = quart - m
quarter bend = coude - m, coude au 1/4 - m, coude en
équerre - m
quarter girth measurement = cubage au quart - m
quarter hollow = cavet - m
quarter sawing = débit sur maille - m, débit sur quar-
tier - m
quarter sawn timber = bois scié sur maille - m
quartered timber = bois de sciage - m
quartering = chevron - m
quarter-return stairs = escalier à quartier tournant - m
quarter-round = quart de rond (baguette) - m, quart-
de-rond (baguette) - m
quarter-round molding = quart de rond - m, quart-de-
rond - m
quarterspace = quartier tournant - m
quarterspace landing = quartier tournant - m
quartz sand = sable de quartz - m
quartzy sandstone = grès quartzeux - m
quater-sawn timber = bois sur maille - m
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quatrefoil = quadrilobe - m
quatrefoil = quatrefeuille (arcs brisés) - m, quatre-
feuilles (arcs brisés) - m
queen bolt = aiguille-poinçon - f
queen closer = clozot - m, demi-clausoir - m, mulot - m
queen post = aiguille pendante latérale - f, clé pendante
latérale - f, clef pendante latérale -f, faux poinçon - m,
faux-poinçon - m, poinçon (combles) - m
queen truss = arbalète à deux poinçons - f, ferme à
deux poinçons - f
queen-post truss = ferme à deux poinçons - f
quench, to = tremper
quenched = trempé (métal)
quenched and tempered = traité
quenched stud = goujon étonné - m
quenching = trempe (métal) - m
quick clay = argile extrasensible - f, argile fluide - f,
argile très sensible - f
quick drying varnish = vernis à séchage rapide - m
quick lime = chaux vive - f
quick set = prise accélérée - f, prise instantanée - f
quick sweep = petit rayon - m
quick-acting coupling = raccord pompier - m, raccord
pompier rapide - m
quick-drying varnish = vernis à séchage rapide - m
quick-release = à déclenchement rapide
quick-setting cement = ciment à prise rapide - m,
ciment prompt - m
quiet lime = chaux maigre - f
quilt = matelas isolant - m
quilt insulation = isolant en natte piquée - m
quilting = mise en place des matelas isolants - f
quirk = carré - m, grain d’orge - m
quirk and bead = baguette et carré - f
quirk bead = carré et baguette - m, moulure grain
d’orge - f
quoin = angle de mur - m, claveau - m, coin de mur - m,
pierre angulaire - f, pierre d’angle - f, vousseau - m,
voussoir - m
quoin bonding = appareil en besace - m, besace - f
quoin stones = chaîne d’encoignure - f, chaîne
d’angle - f
quoins = chaîne d’encoignure - f, chaîne d’angle - f,
jambe d’encoignure - f
quotation = devis - m, devis estimatif - m
quote = devis estimatif - m
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rabbet = assemblage à feuillure - m, feuillure - f
rabbet joint = assemblage à feuillure - m, joint feuil-
luré - m
rabbet plane = feuilleret - m, guillaume - m
rabbet, to = feuiller
rabbeted = à feuillure, façon de feuillure
rabbeted door leaf = vantail à recouvrement - m
rabbeted frame = dormant à feuillure - m, dormant
feuillure - m
rabetting cutter = fraise à feuillure - f
raceway = canalisation électrique - f, caniveau - m
rack = baie (rangement) - f, crémaillère - f
rack of gas burners = rampe à gaz - f
racking = déformation diagonale - f, déformation en
parallélogramme - f
racking back = déharpement - m, joint à gradins - m,
joint brisé - m
racking course = assise rampante - f
racking shore = étançon - m
racking shore system = batterie de contrefiches - f
racking shores = batterie de contrefiches - f
radial arch = arc doubleau rayonnant - m
radial arch roof = voûte tournant sur noyau - f
radial arch roof = voûte tournant sur pilier - f
radial brick = brique à couteau - f, brique en coin - f,
brique radiale - f
radial chapel = chapelle rayonnante - f
radial crack = étoile - f
radiant energy of the sun = énergie du rayonnement
solaire - f
radiant heat = chaleur rayonnante - f
radiant heating = chauffage par radiation - m, chauf-
fage par rayonnement –m, chauffage rayonnant - m
radiant panel = panneau radiant - m
radiant sensor = capteur d’énergie radiante - m
radiating brick = brique à couteau - f, brique en coin - f
radiating chapel = chapelle rayonnante - f
radiation = radiation - f, rayonnement (chaleur,
soleil) - m
radiator = radiateur - m
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radiator air valve = purgeur d’air de radiateur - m
radiator casing = cache-radiateur - m
radiator valve = robinet de radiateur - m
radius = congé de raccordement - m, rayon - m
radius brick = brique à couteau - f, brique en coin - f,
claveau - m
radius of bend = rayon de cintrage - m, rayon de
pliage - m
radius rod = tige-rayon - f
raft (UK) = radier (fondations) -m
raft foundation (UK) = fondation sur radier - f
rafter = chevron - m
rafter header = rive de chevrons - f
rafter plate = lisse de chevron - f
rafter thrust = poussée de chevrons - f
rag bolt = boulon de scellement à crans - m
ragbolt = boulon de scellement - m
raggle = saignée d’engravure - f
raglet = saignée d’engravure - f
raglin = saignée d’engravure - f
ragstone = grès - m
ragwork = appareil assisé en dalles - m
rail = barre - f, barre de clôture - f, lierne - f, lisse - f,
main courante - f, rail - m, rampe (escalier) - f, tra-
verse - f, traverse (porte) –f, traverse de porte - f
rail of window = accoudoir - m
rail post = balustre - m, barreau de rampe - f, poteau
de balustrade - m, potelet - m, potelet de balustrade - m
railing = appui - m, balustrade - f, barrière - f, clôture
à claire-voie - f, garde-corps - m, garde-fou - m, grille
ajourée - f, rambarde - f, rampe - f
railing fitting = raccord pour rampe et balustrade - m
railing tee = té pour rampe et balustrade - m
railings = garde-fou - m, grille de clôture - f, clôture - f
rails = clôture - f, garde-corps - m, garde-fou - m, grille
de clôture - f
railway arch = voûte de pont de chemin de fer - f
railway bridge = pont-rail - m
railway embankment = talus de chemin de fer - m
rain barrier = pare-pluie - m
rain cap = parapluie (cheminée) - m
rain gauge = pluviomètre - m
rain leader = tuyau de descente pluviale - m
rain leader (US) = descente d’eau de pluie - f, descente
pluviale - f
rain outlet = sortie d’eau de pluie - f
rain throwing slope = solin - m
rain water pipe (UK) = descente d’eau de pluie - f
rainbow roof = toit bombé - m
rainfall = hauteur de pluie - f
raingun = canon d’arrosage - m
rainpipe = descente d’eau pluviale - f
rainwash = érosion pluviale - f
rainwater = eau de pluie - f
rainwater goods = composants d’évacuation des eaux
pluviales - m
rainwater head = cuvette - f
rainwater headcanopy = hotte (de descente plu-
viale) - f
rainwater hopper = trémie de gouttière - f
rainwater leader = conduite pluviale - f, tuyau de
chute - m
rainwater outlet = avaloir - m, avaloir de toiture - m
rainwater pipe = tuyau de descente pluviale - m
rainwater pipe(UK) = descente pluviale - f
rainwater shoe = dauphin - m
raise, to = exhausser, rehausser, relever (plafond,
plancher)
raised = exhaussé, surélevé, surhaussé- m
raised and fielded panel = panneau à table sail-
lante - m
raised edge = rebord - m
raised floor = faux plancher - m
raised flooring system = plancher surelévé à dalles
amovibles - m
raised grain = fibres soulevées - f
raised moulding = moulure grand cadre - f
raised platform = estrade - f
raising = élévation - f, montage - m, plate-bande (pan-
neau à table saillante) - f, relevage - m, surélévation - f
raising block = réhausse - f
raising piece = réhausse - f
raising plate = poutre sablière - f
rake = inclinaison - f, pente - f
rake (UK) = inclinaison par rapport à la verticale - f
rake (US) = inclinaison par rapport à l’horizontale - f
rake out, to = dégarnir (joint de maçonnerie)
raked joint = joint raclé - m
raked mortar joint = joint de mortier raclé - m
raked plaster = enduit gratté - m
raker = contrefiche - f, étai oblique - m, pieu incliné - m
raking = rampant
raking back = déharpement - m
raking bond = appareil rampant - m
raking cornice = corniche rentrante - f
raking cutting = taille en sifflet (rampant de pignon) - f
raking molding = moulure élancée - f, moulure ram-
pante - f
raking pile = pieu incliné - m
raking riser = contre-marche chanfreinée - f
raking shore = contrefiche - f, étai oblique - m
rakings = débris de dégrillage - m
ram = bélier - m, vérin - m
ram set gun = pistolet à clous - m
ram, to = damer, pilonner
rammed = cylinder, damé
rammed clay = béton d’argile - m
rammed concrete = béton comprimé - m, béton
damé - m, béton maigre - m, béton pilonné - m
rammed earth = béton de terre - m
rammer = dame - f, dameur - m, hie - f, pison - m
ramming = battage du sol - m, damage - m, matage
(joint) - m, pilonnage - m
ramming in layers = pilonnage par couches - m
ramp = glacis - m, rampe (plan incliné) –f, rampe
d’accès - f, talus - m
ramp stair = escalier à vis suspendu - m
rampant = rampant
rampant arch = arc rampant - m
rampart = rempart - m
rampart walk = chemin de ronde - m
ramped step = marche rampante - f, rampe à gradins - f
ramped steps = pas d’âne - m
random = aléatoire - m
random ashlar = maçonnerie de pierres de taille en
rangéesde hauteurs différentes - f
random ashlar facing = parement en pierres taillées
irrégulières - m
random courses = appareil assisé - m
random lengths = longueurs diverses et mélangées - f
random paving = dallage en opus incertum - m
random quarry rock = enrochement tout-venant - m
random range ashlar = appareil irrégulier rec-
tangle - m, mosaïque moderne - f
random range ashlar (US) = maçonnerie à joints rec-
tilignes - f
random range work = mosaïque moderne - f
random rock = enrochement tout-venant - m
random rubble = maçonnerie à joints incertains - f,
maçonnerie en moellons irréguliers - f, maçonnerie en
opus incertum - f, moellons irréguliers - m
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random rubble work = maçonnerie à joints incer-
tains - f, opus incertum - m
random sample = échantillon aléatoire - m, échantillon
pris au hasard - m
random testing = essai au hasard - m
random widths = largeurs non assorties - f
random work = appareil irrégulier rectangle - m, appa-
reil tout-venant - m, maçonnerie de moellons bruts - f,
mosaïque moderne - f
random-rubble backing = blocage - m
range = distance - f, plage (instrument) - f, portée - f,
rangée - f, série - f
range (US) = assise (de maçonnerie) - f
range masonry (US) = maçonnerie en appareil réglé - f
range of measurement = étendue de mesure - f
range pole = jalon (planimétrie) - m, jalon-mire - m
range rod = jalon (planimétrie) - m
range work = ouvrage par assises - m
range work (US) = maçonnerie en appareil réglé - f
ranged rubble = maçonnerie de pierres de taille en ran-
gées de hauteurs différentes - f
ranging out = jalonnement - m
ranging pole = jalon - m
ranging rod = jalon - m
rapid-hardening cement = ciment à durcissement
rapide - m
rasp = lime d’Allemagne - f, râpe - f
rat trap bond = appareil à ratière - m
ratchet brace = vilebrequin à cliquet - m, vilebrequin
à rochet - m
ratchet screwdriver = tournevis à cliquet - m
ratchet wrench = clé à cliquet - f
rate = allure de ventilateur - f
rate of creep = vitesse de fluage - f
rate of flow controller = régulateur de débit - m
rate of loading = vitesse de mise en charge - f
rate of shear = vitesse de cisaillement - f
rate offlow = débit - m
rating = puissance nominale - f
rating plate = plaque signalétique - f
ratio = coefficient - m, rapport - m
ratio of reinforcement = rapport d’armature - m
rat-tail file = queue de rat - f
rattrap bond = appareil à ratière - m
raw lead = plomb d’œuvre - m
raw material = matériau amorphe - m, matériau
brut - m, matière première - f
raw materials = matériaux amorphes - m
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raw sewage = eaux résiduaires brutes - f
raw sludge = boue brute - f, boue fraîche - f
raw water = eau brute - f
raw work = gros-œuvre - m
reach, to = atteindre
reaction = force antagoniste - f
reaction of ground = réaction du sol (de fondation) - f
reaction shear = cisaillement à l’appui - m
reaction to cold = comportement au froid - m
reaction wood = cœur excentré - m
reading error = erreur d’indication - f
ready for use = prêt à l’emploi
ready mixed = prêt à l’emploi
ready mixed (UK) = prêt à mouiller
ready primed = prépeint (produits sidérurgiques)
ready-made carpentry = huisserie - m, menuiserie - f,
travaux de menuiserie - m
ready-mix concrete = béton préparé - m
ready-mix(ed) concrete = béton de transport - m, béton
manufacturé - m, béton transporté - m, béton de cen-
trale - m, béton prémalaxé - m, béton pré-malaxé - m,
béton prêt à l’emploi - m
ready-mixer = bétonnière roulante - f, malaxeur véhi-
culaire - m
reagent = réactif - m
real estate = biens fonciers - m, biens immobiliers - m
real estate (land only) = bien-fonds - m
real property = biens immobiliers - m
reamer = alésoir - m
rear elevation = arrière-façade - f élévation arrière - f
façade arrière - f façade postérieure - f
rear vault = arrière-voussure - f
rear yard (US) = arrière-cour - f
rebar = barre d’armature - f
rebate = batée - f feuillure - f
rebate a boald, to = feuiller
rebated = à feuillure
rebated door leaf = vantail à recouvrement - m
rebated joint = assemblage à feuillure - m
rebating cutter = fraise à feuillure - f
rebuild, to = reconstruire
receiver = collecteur - m
receiving bin = trémie d’attente - f
receptable outlet = prise de courant femelle - f
receptacle = socle de prise de courant - m
receptacle outlet (US) = PC (prise de courant) - f, prise
de courant - f
receptor (US) = bac à douche - m, receveur à dou-
ches - m
recess = défoncé - m, encastrement dans une surface -
m, enfoncement - m, engravure - f, niche - f, renfonce-
ment - m, rentrant - m, retrait - m
recess, to = encastrer
recessed = décaissé (en retrait) - m, encastré
recessed balcony = loggia - f
recessed edge = bord aminci - m
recessed fitting = luminaire encastré - m
recessed fixture = hublot (éclairage en plafond) - m
recessed joint = joint creux - m
recessed luminaire = luminaire encastré - m
recessed pointing = jointoiement à joints creux - m
recessed pointing = jointoiement engravé - m
recessed-head screw = vis à tête cruciforme - f
recessing a wall = refouiller un mur
reciprocal friction test = essai d’usure par frottement
réciproque - m
reciprocating compressor = compresseur à piston - m
compresseur alternatif - m
reciprocating saw = scie alternative - f
recirculation = recyclage - m
reclaimed ground = terrain repris sur l’eau - m
reclaimer = engin de reprise - m
reclaiming = reprise au tas - f
reclaiming (from stockpile) = reprise en tas - f
recommended practice = technique recommandée - f
recommended practise = technique recommandée - f
reconditioning (wood drying) = ressuyage (séchage
du bois) - m
reconstituted marble = marbre reconstitué - m
reconstituted stone = pierre reconstituée - f
reconstructed marble = marbre reconstitué - m
reconstructed stone = pierre reconstituée - f
reconstruction = reconstruction - f
recovery = récupération - f reprise (récupération) - f
revenu - m
recovery (after removal of stress) = réactivité - f
recouvrance - f
recreation ground = terrain de jeux - m
rectangular bent = portique à traverse droite - m
rectangular frame = portique à traverse droite - m
rectangular grid = résille bidirectionnelle - f
rectangular groove = rainure - f
rectifier = redresseur - m
rectifier station = poste de redressement - m
rectify, to = redresser (élect.)
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rectilinear moulding = moulure plate - f
recumbent fold = pli couché - m
red brass = tombac - m
red heart wood = cœur rouge - m
red lead = minium - m
red pine = bois rouge - m
red stock = brique vitrifiée - f
redevelopment = réaménagement - m redéveloppe-
ment - m
redoubt = redoute (fortifications) - f
re-dress a plastered surface, to = ravaler
re-dressing = ravalement - m
reduce a drawing, to = réduire un plan
reduce to width, to = tirer de largeur
reduce, to = amaigrir (poutre, pierre)
reduced inspection = contrôle réduit - m
reduced scale = échelle réduite - f
reducer = cône de réduction - m convergent - m déten-
deur - m manchon réducteur - m raccord de réduc-
tion - m réducteur - m réduction - f
reducing coupling = cône de réduction - m réduc-
teur - m réduction - f
reducing fitting = cône de réduction - m réducteur - m
réduction - f
reducing flange = bride de réduction - f
reducing pipe = convergent - m réduction - f
reducing tee = réducteur en té - m
reducing valve = détendeur de pression - m détendeur-
régulateur - m réducteur de pression - m
reduction = réduction - f
reduction in area = striction - f
redundant frame = portique hyperstatique - m
redundant member = barre surabondante - f mem-
brure surabondante - f
reed (roofing) = roseau - m
reeding ( on column) = rudenture - f
re-entrant = rentrant - m
reentrant angle = angle rentrant - m
re-entrant angle = cueillie - f
re-entrant corner = angle rentrant - m
re-erection = reconstruction - f remontage - m
reface, to = ravaler (mur)
reference grid = quadrillage de référence - m
reference line = base d’implantation - f ligne de réfé-
rence - f
reference mark = repère - m
reference plan = plan de référence - m
reference plane = plan de référence - m
reference point = point de référence - m
reference space grid = réseau de référence - m
reference surface = nu (élément) - m
reference system = système de référence - m
refill, to = reboucher (tranchée)
refilling = remblayage - m remplissage - m
refilling excavations = remblayage des fouilles - m
re-filling with water = remise en eau - f
refined tar = goudron raffiné - m
reflected light = lumière réfléchie - f
reflected radiation = rayonnement réfléchi - m
reflected wave = onde réfléchie - f
reflection = reverbération (lumière) - f
reflective coating = surface réflechissante - f surface
réflectrive - f
reflective glass = verre réfléchissant - m
reflector = réflecteur (éclairage) - m
reflector lamp = lampe à réflecteur incorporé - f
refraction index = indice de réfraction - m
refractoriness under load (RUL) = résistance à l’af-
faissement sous charge à haute température - f
refractory = réfractaire
refractory brick = brique réfractaire - f
refractory cement = ciment réfractaire - m
refractory concrete = béton réfractaire - m
refractory lining = garnissage - m
refractory product = produit réfractaire - m
refrigerant vapour = vapeur de réfrigérant - f
refrigerating plant = installation frigorifique - f
refrigerating system = circuit frigorifique - m, instal-
lation frigorifique - f
refrigeration compressor = compresseur frigori-
fique - m
refurbishment = rénovation - f
refusal = refus (pieu) - m
refusal, to = à refus
refuse burner = incinérateur à déchets - m
refuse chute = vide-ordures (VO) - m, VO (vide-
ordures) - m
refuse, to = refouler (pieu)
regained land = terrain repris sur l’eau - m
regime = régime - m
regimen = régime - m
regional planning = aménagement régional - m
register = bouche de chaleur - f, registre (cheminée) - m
reglet = engravure - f réglet - m saignée d’engravure - f
regrating (stonework) = regrattage - m
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regular = égal - m
regular coursed rubble (UK) = maçonnerie en appa-
reil réglé - f
regularity = égalité - f
regulating condition (UK) = valeur de réglage - f
regulating variable (UK) = grandeur de réglage - f
reheating = réchauffage - m
rehousing = relogement - m
reinforce, to = armer conforter consolider
reinforced = armé confortation - f
reinforced bitumen felt = feutre bitumé armé - m
reinforced brickwork = maçonnerie en briques
armée - f
reinforced concrete = BA (béton armé) béton armé
(BA) - m
reinforced concrete abutment = culée en béton
armé - f
reinforced concrete beam = poutre en béton armé - f
reinforced concrete column = poteau en béton
armé - m
reinforced concrete construction = construction en
béton armé - f
reinforced concrete floor = plancher en béton armé - m
reinforced concrete foundation = fondation en béton
armé - m
reinforced concrete hollow floor unit = hourdis creux
en béton armé - m
reinforced concrete slab = radier en béton armé - m
reinforced concrete upper floor slabs = dalles de
plancher en béton armé - f
reinforced concrete with glass-tile fillers = béton
armé à muraillement en verre - m, béton translucide - m
reinforced earth = terre armée - f
reinforced grouted-brick masonry = maçonnerie
armée à éléments coffrants - f
reinforced mortar = mortier grillagé - m
reinforced plastic = plastique armé de verre - m
reinforced tile concrete slab = hourdis - m
reinforcement = aciers (béton) - m, armature (de
béton) - f, consolidation - f, ferraillage - m, renforce-
ment - m
reinforcement bar = barre d’armature - f
reinforcement binder = ligature - f
reinforcement bond = adhérence des armatures - f
reinforcement cage = cage d’armature - f
reinforcement drawing = plan de ferraillage - m
reinforcement mat = treillis soudé pour béton armé - m
reinforcement ratio = rapport d’armature - m
reinforcement splice = joint d’armature - m
reinforcement stirrup = ligature - f
reinforcing = armature - f, ferraillage - m, renforce-
ment - m
reinforcing bar = acier rond - m, armature - f, barre
d’armature - f, fer à béton - m, rond à béton - m, rond
pour béton armé - m
reinforcing rod = armature - f, barre d’armature - f, fer
à béton - m, rond à béton - m, rond pour béton armé - m
reinforcing steel = acier d’armature - m, acier en
béton - m, acier rond pour béton armé - m, fer à
béton - m, rond à béton - m
reinforcing steel worker = ferrailleur - m
reinstatement = remise en état - f
reject = rebut - m
relative humidity = degré hygrométrique - m, humi-
dité relative - f
relay = relais - m
relay cubicle = cabine de relayage - f
release = déclenchement - m, émission de gaz - f, rejet
(évacuation) - m
release a beam, to = décharger
release agent = agent de décoffrage - m, agent de
démoulage - m
release from mould = démoulage - m
release membrane = film de démoulage - m, peau de
démoulage - f
release of formwork = décoffrage - m
releasing = démoulage - m
reliability = fiabilité - f
reliability engineering = ingénierie de la fiabilité - f
relief = modele - m, relief (terrain) -m
relief map = plan relief - m
relief valve = clapet de décharge - m, clapet de
sûreté - m, détendeur - m, soupape de décharge - f, sou-
pape de décompression - f, soupape de sûreté - f
relief vent = évent intermédiaire - m
relief well = puits de décharge - m
relieve the strain, to = soulager (une poutre)
relieving arch = arc de décharge - m, arc en
décharge - m, arche de soutainement (génie civil) - f
relocatable = amovible
relocatable partition = cloison amovible - f, cloison
démontable - f
relocate, to = déplacer
remaining concrete = béton restant - m
remaking (joints) = réfection - f
remedial action = mesure corrective - f
remedy = recours (en droit) - m
remedy, to = rectifier
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remix, to = regâcher
remixing = regâchage - m
remodeling = remaniement - m, remodelage - m, trans-
formation - f
remolded (US) = remanié (sol, terre)
remolded sample (US) = échantillon remanié - m
remote heating = chauffage à distance - m
remote meter = appareil de télémesure - m
remoulded (UK) = remanié (sol, terre)
remoulded sample (UK) = échantillon remanié - m
remoulded soil = sol remanié - m, terre remaniée - f
remoulding = remaniement - m
removable = amovible, démontable
removable stop (US) = parclose - f
removal = déblaiement - m, retrait (charge pres-
sion) - m
removal (foul air) = évacuation (air vicié) - f
removal from mould = démoulage - m
removal of casing = décoffrage - m
removal of excess water (concrete) = essorage - m
removal of load = allègement de la charge - m
removal of pressure = soulagement d’une pression - m
removal of stumps = essouchement - m
removal of surface rocks = dérochage - m
remove moss, to = émousser
remove stones, to = épierrer
remove stumps, to = déssoucher
removing forms = décoffrage - m
render and set = enduit bicouche - m
render and set, to = crépir et enduire
render float and set = enduit en trois couches - m
render, to = enduire extérieurement
rendered masonry = maçonnerie enduite - f
rendering = enduit - m, enduit en mortier de ciment -
m, enduit extérieur - m, gobetage - m, première couche
de plâtre - f
rendering coat = corps d’enduit - m, crépi - m,
gobetis - m
renewable energy = énergie renouvellable - f
renewal = redéveloppement - m, rénovation - f, reva-
lorisation - f
renewal of contract = reconduction d’un marché - f
renovate, to = ravaler, remettre en état
renovation = ravalement - m, rénovation - f
rent value = valeur locative - f
rental (US) = maison en location - f
rental building = immeuble à usage locatif - m
rental housing = logement locatif - m, logement
locatif - m
rental value = valeur locative - f
rented = en location
rented accommodation = logement locatif - m
rented property (UK) = maison en location - f
renting = location - f
repair, to = remettre en état
repairing = reprise (réparation) - f
repeat = rapport (papier-peint) - m
repeat test = contre-épreuve - f, contre-essai - m
repeatability = fidélité des résultats - f
repeated impact = choc répété - m
repeated impact load = choc répété - m
repeated stress test = essai de fatigue - m, essai d’en-
durance - m
repeating model = modèle répétitif - m
repeating theodolite = théodolite réitérateur - m
repeating theodolite = théodolite répétiteur - m
replacement = remplacement - m
replacement value = valeur à neuf - f, valeur de rem-
placement - f
replenishment of stockpiles = reconstitution des
stocks - f
replotting = remembrement - m
repoint, to = ravaler
repointing = ravalement - m, regarnissage (joints de
maçonnerie) - m, rejointoiement - m, rejointoyage - m
report = procès-verbal - m
representative sample = échantillon type - m
required fire flow = débit incendie requis - m
reredos = retable - m
reroofing = réfection de toiture - f
resaw, to = refendre
resawn timber = bois refendu - m
reservoir = réservoir - m
reset = réarmement (élect.)- m, réenclenchement
(élect.) - m
reset, to = réarmer, remettre à zéro
resetting = réarmement (élect.)- m
reshaping = recalibrage - m, refaçonnage - m, remise
en forme - f, remodelage - m, reprofilage - m
residence = résidence - f
residence type = type résidentiel - m
resident (of a street) = riverain - m
residential allotment = lotissement résidentiel - m
residential area = quartier résidentiel - m
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residential building = bâtiment à usage d’habita-
tion - m, bâtiment résidentiel - m, immeuble d’habita-
tion - m, immeuble résidentiel - m
residential construction = construction de loge-
ments - f, construction de logis - f, construction d’ha-
bitations - f
residential development = expansion résidentielle - f
residential district = quartier résidentiel - m
residential function = fonction résidentielle - f
residential house = maison d’habitation - f
residential unit = cellule d’habitation - f, unité résiden-
tielle - f
residential zone = zone résidentielle - f
residual heat = chaleur résiduelle - f
residue = résidu - m
resilience = élasticité, énergie de déformation au
déchargement - f, résilience (travail de choc) –f, résis-
tance vive (énergie libérée) - f
resilient = élastique, rebondissant
resilient flooring = couvre-plancher élastique - m
resin = résine - f
resin bonded = collé à la résine synthétique
resin impregnated wood = bois imprégné - m
resin pocket = poche de résine - f
resin pore = pore résineux - m
resin streak = veine résineuse - f
resin treated wood = bois imprégné - m
resistance = résistance (élect.) -f
resistance moment = moment admissible - m, moment
résistant - m
resistance seam welding = soudage à la molette - m
resistance strength = résistance (matériau) -f
resistance to bad weather = résistance aux macula-
tions - f
resistance to dirtying = résistance aux salissures - f
resistance to marring = résistance aux maculations - f
resistance to penetration = résistance à l’enfonce-
ment - f
resistance welding = soudage par résistance - m
résistor = résistance (élect.) - f
resolution of forces = décomposition des forces - f
resonance = résonance - f
resorcimol adhesive = colle résorcine-formol - f
resorcinol = résorcine - m, résorcinol - m
resorcinol adhesive = résorcinol - m
resource smoothing = lissage des ressources - m
respond = demi-pilier - m
response time = temps de réponse - m
rest against, to = buter contre
rest bend = coude à patin - m
rest brick = brique en forme de console - f
resting on a widened base = empatté
restitution = restitution (pieu) - f
restoration of a building = réfection - f
restore, to = remettre en état (après les travaux)
restrain, to = encastrer
restrained = encastré
restrained against rotation = encastré contre la rota-
tion
restrained beam = poutre encastrée - f
restrained span = portée encastrée - f
restraint = encastrement - m
restricted = dans l’embarras, embarras - m
re-structuring = restructuration - f
resultant water pressure = surface de suppression - f
re-surface a wall, to = ravaler
resurface, to = ravaler, refaire le revêtement d’une
route
resurfacing = ragréement - m, ravalement - m, réfec-
tion (route) - f, rejointement - m
re-surfacing = réfection (route) - f
retained material = refus - m
retaining valve = clapet de retenue - m, soupape de
retenue - f
retaining wall = mur de soutènement - m, mur d’épau-
lement - m
retarder = retardateur de prise - m
retarding admixture = retardateur de prise - m
retemper, to = malaxer de nouveau, rebattre (plâtre),
regâcher
retempering = regâchage - m
retention = rétention - f
retention period = temps de séjour - m
retest = contre-essai - m
reticulated work = appareil réticulé - m
reticule = réticule - m
retrochoir = arrière-cœur - m
retrofit = rattrapage - m
retrofitting = installation après coup - f
return = circuit de retour - m, retour - m
return air = air de reprise - m
return air inlet = bouche de reprise - f
return bend = coude à 180° - m, coude double - m,
coude en U - m, double coude - m
return circuit = circuit de retour - m
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return duct = conduit de retour - m
return fill = remblai - m
return pipe = tuyau de retour (chaudière) - m
return stairs = escalier à la française - m
return wall = mur de retour - m, retour (mur de...) - m
return wing (UK) = aile en retour - f
return-air duct = gaine de reprise - f
returned = en retour
reveal = ébrasement - m, jouée - f, listel d’encadre-
ment - m, tableau - m, tableau de baie - m
reveal lining = ébrasement - m
reverberation = réverbération (son) - f
reverberation time = durée de réverbération - f
reversal = changement de signe d’une force - m, ren-
versement - m
reversal of stress = changement de signe - m, inversion
des sollicitations - f
reverse = envers - m
reverse bend test = essai de pliage à l’envers - m
reverse bending = pliage à l’envers - m
reverse blading = travail en marche arrière - m
reverse dip = pendage inverse - m
reverse gradient = contre-pente - f
reverse osmosis = osmose inverse - f
reverse piece = contre-pièce rainurée - f
reverse profile = contre-profil - m, profil renversé - m
reverse torsion test = essai de torsion alternée - m
reverse tracing = contre-calque - m
reversed bend test = essai de pliage alterné - m
reversed bending = flexion alternée - f
reversed bending fatigue test = essai de fatigue par
flexions alternées - m
reversed cold bend test = essai de pliage alterné - m
reversed torsion fatigue test = essai de fatigue par tor-
sions alternées - m
reversing device = inverseur - m
reversing discharge = vidage par renversement du sens
de la rotation - m
revetment = perré - m, revêtement (talus) -m
revetment wall = mur de revêtement - m
revolution = tour - m
revolve, to = tourner
revolving chimney cap = gueule de loup (cheminée) - f
revolving cowl = gueule de loup (cheminée) - f
revolving crane = grue pivotante - f, grue tournante - f
revolving door = porte à tambour - f, porte pivotante - f,
porte revolver - f, porte tambour - f, porte tournante - f,
tambour - m, tambour tournant - m
revolving screen = tamis rotatif - m
revolving shelf = carrousel - m
revolving shutter = volet mécanique - m, volet rou-
lant - m
rhenish brick = brique flottante - f, brique rhénane - f
rheology = rhéologie - f
rib = bêche - f, cannelure - f, nervure (panneau,
voûte) - f
rib (vaulting) = nerf - m
rib and tile construction = hourdis en céramique - m,
hourdis en terre cuite - m, plancher à nervures avec
hourdis en poteries - m
rib bolt = boulon à blocage automatique - m
riband development = développement tentaculaire - m
ribbed = nervé, nervuré
ribbed ceiling = plafond à nervures - m
ribbed floor = plancher nervuré - m
ribbed fluting = cannelures à listel - f
ribbed glass = verre cannelé - m
ribbed mat = radier plat à nervures - m
ribbed section slab = dalle à section nervurée - f
ribbed slab = dalle nervurée - f, dalle nervurée - f,
poutre en hourdis - f
ribbed steel roof deck = toit en acier à nervures - m
ribbed steel roof deck = toit en acier nervuré - m
ribbed vault = voûte à nervures - f, voûte nervée (à ner-
vure) - f
ribbing = surface côtelée - f
ribbon = lambourde - f, lisse - f, plat - m, ruban - m
ribbon developement = construction tentaculaire - f,
développement tentaculaire - m
ribbon grain = rubanage - m
ribbon saw = scie à ruban (étroite) - f
ribbon-grained wood = bois rubané - m
ribe and tile floor = plancher à nervures avec hourdis
en terre cuite - m
rich = gras
rich lime = chaux riche - f
ridge = arête - f, faîte - m, faîte de toit à deux ver-
sants - m, rive - f
ridge (of roof) = faîtage - m
ridge beam = faîtage - m, faîtière (poutre) - f, panne
faîtière - f, poutre de faîte - f, poutre faîtière - f
ridge board = faîtière (panne) - f
ridge cap = faîtage - m
ridge capping = enfaîtement - m, faîtage de couver-
ture - m
ridge course = rang faîtier - m
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ridge covering = couverture du faîte - f, enfaîte-
ment - m, faîtage de couverture - m, parement de
faîte - m
ridge end = about (de faîtage) - m
ridge piece = faîtière (panne) - f
ridge plate = faîtière (panne) - f, panne faîtière - f
ridge pole = faîtage - m, faîtière (panne) - f, panne faî-
tière - f, poutre faîtière - f
ridge purlin = panne faîtière - f
ridge rib = lierne - f, nervure de ligne de faîte - f
ridge roll = faîtage - m, moulure de faîtage - f, tasseau
de faîtage - m, tuile faîtière - f
ridge roof = comble à brisis - m, comble à deux
égouts - m, comble à deux longs pans - m, comble à
deux pans - m, comble à deux pentes - m, comble à
deux versants - m, toit à deux longs pans - m, toit à deux
versants - m, toit comble à deux égouts - m, toit comble
à deux longs pans - m, toit comble à deux pans - m, toit
comble à deux pentes - m, toit comble à deux ver-
sants - m
ridge stop = arête de faîte - m, arrêt de faîte - m
ridge tile = enfaîteau - m, faîtage - m, faîtière (tuile) - f
ridge tile = tuile faîtière - f
ridge tiling = faîtage - m, tuile faîtière - f
ridge tower = tour à cheval - f
ridge turret = tour à cheval - f
ridgeboard = panne faîtière - f
ridgecap = faîtière (bande couvre-joint) - f
ridgecovering = faîtière (bande couvre-joint) - f
ridge-roof = comble à deux pentes - m
ridging = enfaîtement - m, faîtage - m, tuile faîtière - f
ridging (of surface) = rides - f
riffler = riflard - m
rift sawing = débit sur maille - m, débit sur quartier - m
rift-grained wood = bois maillé - m
rift-sawn timber = bois sur maille - m
right = droit - m
right angle = angle droit - m
right-angle bend = courbe d’équerre - f
righthand thread = filet à droite - m
right-hand thread = filet à droite - m
right-hung casement = vantail ouvrant à droite - m
rigid = indéformable (structure)
rigid footing = semelle rigide - f
rigid foundation = fondation rigide - f
rigid frame = cadre - m, cadre rigide - m, portique - m,
portique indéformable - m, portique simple - m, poutre
à béquilles - f, système continu - m
rigid insert = inclusion rigide - f
rigid insulation = isolant rogode - m
rigid joint = assemblage rigide - m, nœud rigide - m
rigid mat = radier rigide - m
rigid pavement = chaussée rigide –f, revêtement
rigide - m
rigid plastic = de plasticité absolue, de plasticité totale
rigid reinforcement = armature rigide - f
rigidity = rigidité à la flexion - f
rim lock = serrure auberonière - f, serrure en
applique - f, serrure encloisonnée - f
ring = anneau - m, bague - f, bague de colonne - f
ring and bolt pipe hanger = collier à boulon - m
ring connector = dispositif d’assemblage à anneau - m
ring gasket = rondelle partielle - f
ring main = canalisation bouclée - f, canalisation en
ceinture - f
ring porous wood = bois à zones poreuses - m
ring road = voie circulaire - f, voie de ceinture - f
ring shake = roulure - f
ringe network = réseau bouclé - m
ringe system = réseau bouclé - m
ringed column = colonne baguée - f
ring-groove nail = pointe à stries annulaires - f
ringlock nail = pointe à stries annulaires - f
ring-main circuit = circuit en ceinture - m
ring-shank nail = pointe à stries annulaires - f
rip, to = refendre
ripe wood = bois parfait - m
ripper = défonceuse - f
ripper = tire-clou (ardoises) -m
ripping = refente - f, sciage en long parallèle aux tran-
ches - m
ripping bar (US) = pied-de-biche - m
ripple = ridement - m
rippled glass = verre strié - m
ripples = ridage - m, rides (peinture) - f
riprap = enrochement - m, enrochement de protec-
tion - m, perré - m
ripsawing = refente - f
ripsawing = sciage en long parallèle aux tranches - m
rise = flèche - f, flèche (voûte) - f, hauteur - f, hauteur
à franchir - f, hauteur de marche - f, hauteur sous clé - f,
montée - f, rampe - f, sinus verse - m
rise of an arch = hauteur sous clé - f
rise-and-fall pendant = lampe à contrepoids - f
rise-and-run = pente en m/m - f
risen moulding = moulure grand cadre - f
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riser = canalisation verticale - f, colonne montante - f,
conduite montante - f, contremarche - f, contre-
marche - f, hauteur de marche - f, montée - f
riser height = hauteur de marche - f
rising = rampant, remontée (pieu) - f
rising barrel vault = voûte en berceau rampant - f
rising damp = humidité ascensionnelle - f
rising ground = butte (de terrain) - f
rising main = colonne montante - f
rising main = conduite montante - f
rising of floor timbers = acculement - m
rising of the pile = soulèvement du pieu - m
rising pier = poteau - m
rising pipe = colonne montante - f, conduite mon-
tante - f
rising stem = tige de robinet montante - f
rising stem valve = robinet-vanne à tige montante - m
rising wall = fondation en béton - f
rising-butt hinge = charnière hélicoidale - f
rive (shingles) to = fendre (se)
rive, to = refendre (barreaux, lattes)
riven lath = latte refendue - f
rive-set = bouterolle - f
rivet = rivet - m
rivet buster gun = dérivoir - m
rivet driving = matage du rivet - m
rivet gun = pistolet à river - m, riveteuse à air com-
primé - f, riveteuse pneumatique - f
rivet pitch = espacement longitudinal des rivets - m
rivet set = bouterolle - f
rivet snap = bouterolle - f
rivet steel = acier à rivet - m
rivet test = essai sur rivet - m
rivet work = ouvrage riveté - m
rivet, to = river
riveted joint = assemblage rivé - m, rivure - f
riveted structure = construction rivée - f
riveting clamp = serre-tube - m
riveting hammer = marteau à river - m, marteau
riveur - m, rivoir - m
riveting machine = riveteuse - f
riveting pressure = pression de rivetage - f
road = piste - f
road asphalt (US) = bitume routier - m
road bed = terrain de fondation (route) - m
road breaker = brise-béton - m, marteau piqueur - m
road bridge = pont-route - f
road curb = bordure de trottoir - f
road cutting = route en remblais - f
road finisher = finisseur routier - m
road form = coffrage de route - m
road grader (US) = motoniveleuse - f
road marking = marquage routier - m
road mending repair = repiquage - m
road metal = caillasse - f
road narrows (UK) = chaussée rétrécie - f
road passable for vehicles = route carrossable - f
road repairs = repiquage - m
road surface = revêtement routier - m
road works = voirie (travaux de...) - m
road-line paint = peinture de signalisation routière - f
road-line paint = peinture de signalisation routière - f
road-marking paint = peinture de signalisation rou-
tière - f
roadmilling debris = fraisats - m
road-milling machine = fraiseuse routière - f
roadstone = granulat - m
roadway = chaussée - f, voirie et réseaux divers
(VRD) - m, VRD (voirie et réseaux divers) - m
roadworks = travaux de voirie - m
rock asphalt = asphalte - m
rock breaker = marteau piqueur - m
rock drill = marteau perforateur - m, perforatrice - f
rock face = parement brut - m
rock fall = éboulement de rocher - m
rock flour (US) = farine de pierre - f
rock formation = formation rocheuse - f
rock garden = jardin de rocaille - m, rocaille - f
rock pavement = blocage - m, empierrement - m
rock paving = empierrement - m
rock pocket = nid de cailloux - m, nid de graviers - m
rock pressure = pression de formation - f
rock type grapple = drague pour roc - f
rock wool = laine d’amiante - f, laine de roche - f, laine
minérale - f
rocker = rotule de dilatation - f
rocker bearing = appui oscillant - m
rocker expansion = rotule de dilatation - f
rockery = jardin de rocaille - m, rocaille - f
rocket tester = cartouche fumigène - f
rockfill = enrochement - m
rockfill dam = barrage d’enrochement - m
Rockwell hardness test = essai de dureté Rockwell - m
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Rockwell superficial hardness test = essai de dureté
superficielle Rockwell - m
rockwork = rocaille - f
rod = barre - f, fer - m, fer rond - m, mire - f, perche - f,
rond - m, tige - f, tige de piquage (béton) - f, tringle - f,
tringle (crémone) - f
rod a drain, to = dégorger un égout
rod and shelf = barre et tablette - f
rod man (US) = porte-mire - m
rod mill = broyeur à barres - m
rodded concrete = béton piqué - m
rodding = pilonnage - m, tringlage - m
rodding (UK) = piquage (béton) - m
rodding eye = tampon de dégorgement - m
rodding(of drain) = débouchage - m
rodent screen = grillage antirongeur - m
rodman = ferrailleur - m
roll = bourrelet - m, rouleau (arc) - m
roll and fillet moulding = tore à listel - m
roll formed = profilé sur machine à galets - m
roll molding = tore - m
roll moulding = boudin - m
roll, to = calandrer
roll-and-fillet moulding = tore à listel - m
rolled = calandré, cylinder, damé, laminé
rolled beam = poutre laminée - f
rolled edge = rive laminée - f
rolled fill = remblai compacté - m, remblai cylindré - m,
remblai roulé - m
rolled glass = verre laminé - m
rolled hollow section = profilé tube - m
rolled lean concrete = grave-ciment - f
rolled section = fer laminé - m, fer profilé - m
rolled section (UK) = profilé - m
rolled shape = acier profilé - m, profil de laminage - m,
profilé d’acier - m
rolled sheet = tôle - f
rolled steel = acier formé au laminoir - m, acier
laminé - m, acier tiré - m
rolled steel joist = poutrelle en acier - f
rolled steel joist = profilé à chaud - m
rolled steel joist (RSJ) = poutre à profil en I - f, poutre
en acier laminé - f, poutre en double T - f
rolled steel section = acier profilé - m, profil de lami-
nage - m, profilé d’acier - m
rolled T-iron = fer en T laminé - m
roller = calandre - f, compacteur - m, cylindre - m,
galet - m, rouleau (compactable) - m, rouleau de dila-
tation - m
roller bearing = appui à rouleaux - m
roller blind = store - m, store à rouleau - m, store sur
rouleau - m, volet mécanique - m, volet roulant - m
roller catch lock = serrure à rouleau - f
roller coating = application au rouleau - f
roller conveyor = transporteur à rouleaux - m
roller expansion = rouleau de dilatation - m
roller mark = marque de rouleau (verre) - f
roller shutter = volet roulant - m
roller support = appui à rouleaux - m
roller-cut veneer = placage déroulé - m
roll-formed = profilé sur machine à galets - m
rolling door = porte roulante - f
rolling grille door = rideau métallique à grille - m
rolling ladder = échelle roulante - f, passerelle rou-
lante - f
rolling load = charge mobile - f, charge roulante - f,
charge temporaire - f, surcharge mobile - f, surcharge
roulante - f, surcharge temporaire - f
rolling mill = laminoir - m
rolling out into thin threads = cylindrage en fil - m
rolling out into thin threads = cylindrage en fila-
ments - m
rolling resistance = résistance au roulement - f
rolling shear = cisaillement de roulure - m, cisaille-
ment rotatif - m
rolling shutter = rideau métallique à lames - m, volet
mécanique - m, volet roulant - m
rolling shutter door = rideau métallique à lames - m
rolling until complete compaction = cylindrage à
refus - m
rollup door = porte à rideau métallique - f, porte rideau
métallique - f, rideau métallique à lames - m
roll-up process = processus d’enroulement - m
roman arc = arc plein cintre - m
roman cement = ciment romain - m
Roman tile = tige de botte - f, tuile romaine - f, tuile
ronde - f
roman tile = tige ronde - f, tuile canal - f, tuile creuse - f
roob spire = flèche à la croisée du transept - f
rood = crucifix - m
rood beam = poutre de gloire - f, poutre de jubé - f
rood loft = tribune (église) - f
rood screen = jubé - m
rood spire = tour à la croisée du transept - f
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rood tower = tour à la croisée du transept - f
roof = chaise - f, combles - m, couverture - f, toit - m,
toiture - f, voûte - f, voûte de tunnel - f, comble - m
roof area = aire de toit - f
roof block = brique de ciel - f, brique de cubilot - f
roof board = volige (sous ardoises ou tuiles) - f
roof boarding = forme en bois - f, forme(sous toi-
ture) - f, planche de sous-toiture - f, sous-toiture - f, voli-
geage (sous toiture) - m
roof break = brisis - m
roof cladding = couverture - f
roof covering = couverture - f, toiture - f
roof crest = crête de faîte - f
roof deck = sous-toiture - f
roof decking = bac de couverture - m, éléments ou pan-
neaux préfabriqués de sous-toiture - m, panneau de
sous-toiture - m, panneau de sous-toiture - m, support
d’étanchéité - m
roof eave = pied de toiture - m
roof finish = toiture - f
roof framing = charpente - f, charpente de couver-
ture - f, charpente de toit - f, charpente du toit - f
roof guard = garde de toit - f
roof gutter = gouttière - f
roof hatch = panneau d’accès (toit) - m
roof hip = arête de toit - f
roof jack = buse de cheminée - f, trémie de
cheminée - f, trémie en couverture - f
roof joint = solin - m
roof joist = solive de toit - f
roof ladder = échelle à tasseaux - f
roof light = fenêtre de toit - f, lanterneau - m, lucarne - f
roof outlet = avaloir de terrasse - m
roof overhang = débord de toit - m
roof parapet coping = couronnement d’acrotère - m
roof pitch = inclinaison du toit - f, pente de la toiture - f
roof plate = poutre sablière - f, sablière de comble - f,
sablière de toit - f
roof principal = ferme de toit - f
roof projection = débord de toit - m
roof sheathing = forme (sous toiture) - f, voligeage
(sous toiture) - m, forme (sous toiture) - f, sous-toi-
ture - f, support (couverture) - m, support (de couver-
ture) - m
roof sheeting = tôle de couverture - f
roof slope = pente du toit - f, versant - m
roof space = vide sous comble - m
roof terminal = sortie de toit (ventilation) - f
roof tile = tuile - f
roof timbers = charpente de toit - f, faîtage - m
roof timber-work = charpente de toit - f
roof top enclosure = construction hors toit - f
roof tree = faîtage - m, panne faîtière - f
roof truss = ferme (toit) - f, ferme de toit - f
roof vent = exutoire de toiture - m, outeau - m
roof ventilator = aérateur de toiture - m, aspirateur de
toit - m
roof void = vide sous comble - m
roof-boarding = sous-toiture - f
roofed-in = hors d’eau
roof-end joist = poutrelle d’extrémité - f
roofer = couvreur - m, liteau - m, planchéiage de
toit - m, revêtement de toit - m
roofer’s hammer = asseau - m
roof-gutter = chéneau - m
roofing = couverture - f, toiture - f
roofing felt = feutre bitumé - m, feutre bitumé pour toi-
ture - m, roofing - m
roofing glass = verre de toiture - m
roofing hammer = marteau à brocher - m, marteau à
toiture - m, marteau de couvreur - m, mateau de cou-
vreur - m
roofing membrane = complexe d’étanchéité - m
roofing sheet = plaque de couverture - f, plaque de toi-
ture - f, tôle de toiture - f
roofing strips = voligeage - m
roofing tile = tuile - f
roofing underlay = couche d’indépendance - f
roofing-in = mise hors de l’eau - f
rooflight = châssis de toiture - m
rooflight sheet = plaque d’éclairement - f
roof-light sheet = plaque d’éclairement - f
roof-purlin cleat = échantignole - f
roof-space = combles - m, entretoit - m
room air = air intérieur - m
room divider = cloisonnette mobile - f, meuble de
séparation - m
room temperature = température ambiante - f
roomheater = poêle - m
rooming house = hôtel meublé - m
room-sealed appliance = appareil en circuit
étanche - m
root = fond de chanfrein (soudure) - m, fond du chan-
frein - m
root barrier = écran antiracine - m
root bend test = essai de pliage à l’envers - m
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root of web = naissance de l’âme - f
root of weld = fond du chanfrein - m, racine de la sou-
dure - f
root pass = passe de fond - f
root radius = rayon de bassage - m
root run = passe de fond - f, première passe - f
rooter = défonceuse - f
rope = câble - m, cordage - m, corde - f
rope moulding = cordelière - f
ropiness = cordage - m
rose = patère (décoration) - f, pomme de douche - f,
rosace - f, rose - f, rosette (serrure) - f
rose nail = clou à tête de diamant - m
rose window = rosace (fenêtre) –f, rose - f
rose wood = bois de rose - m, palissandre - f
rosendal cement = ciment naturel - m
rosin = colophane - f
Rossi-Peake test = essai de fluidité à l’appareil de
Rossi-Peake - m
rot pocket = pourriture alvéolaire - f
rot proof = imputrescible
rot, to = pourrir
rotary boring = sondage par rotation m
rotary cut veneer = placage à coupe rotative - m
rotary cut veneer = placage déroulé - m
rotary cutting = déroulage - m
rotary cutting machine = déroulage - m, dérouleuse - f
rotary displacement meter = compteur à piston
rotatif - m
rotary drill = sondeuse rotative - f
rotary drilling = forage rotary - m
rotary drum strainer = tamis rotatif- m
rotary fan = ventilateur rotatif - m
rotary kiln = four rotatif - m
rotary meter = compteur à turbine - m, compteur de
vitesse - m
rotary screen = trommel - m
rotary sprinkler = arroseur rotatif - m
rotary sprinkler with intermittent jet = arroseur à
brise-jets tournants - m
rotary switch = commutateur rotatif - m, interrupteur
rotatif - m
rotary washer barrel = tambour laveur - m
rotary-cut veneer = bois de placage déroulé - m
rotation tensor = tenseur des rotations - m
rotproof = imputrescible
rotproofing paint = peinture sanitaire - f
rotten rock = roche pourrie - f
rough = brut - m, brut (finition), rugueux, sans traite-
ment
rough buck (US) = pré-cadre dormant - m
rough carriage = crémaillère - f
rough cast = crépi rustique - m, crépi - m, gobetis - m
rough cut = grosse taille - f
rough cut (stone) = épannelage - m
rough dressing = taille brute - f
rough floor = faux plancher - m, plancher brut - m
rough frame = faux-cadre - m
rough from the form = brut de décoffrage - m
rough grading = nivelage brut - m, régalement brut -
m, terrassement brut - m, terrassement général - m
rough grinding = égrisage - m
rough lumber = bois brut de construction - m
rough masonry (rubble or plaster) = hourdis - m
rough mortar coat = enduit bâtard - m
rough opening = ouverture brute - f
rough plane, to = corroyer
rough planer = corroyeuse - f
rough plaster = hourdis - m, plâtre à hourdis - m
rough polishing = débrutissage - m
rough rendering = crépi - m, mouchetis - m
rough sketch = croquis - m
rough stone = moellon - m, pierre - f
rough string = crémaillère - f
rough stringer = crémaillère - f
rough timber boarding = entrevous - m
rough work = charpenterie brute - f, gros ouvrages - m,
maçonnerie non-apparente - f, pose des tuyaux
d’amenée et d’évacuation - f, première couche de
plâtre - f
roughcast = crépi - m, mouchetis - m
rough-cast = crépissage - mn gobetis - m
roughcasting = gobetage - m
rough-casting = gobetage - mn hourdage - mn
hourdis - m
roughen, to = boucharder
roughening = bouchardage - m
rough-face brick = brique à parement rugueux - f
rough-finish brick = brique à parement rugueux - f
roughing filter = filtre dégrossisseur - m
roughing hammer = marteau à bretteler - m
roughing out (carpentry) = dégrossissage - m
roughing tank = bassin dégrossisseur - m
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roughing-in = gobetage - m, plomberie brute - f, pose
des tuyaux d’amenée et d’évacuation - f, première
couche de plâtre - f
roughing-in coat = gobetis - m
roughness = rugosité - f
rought cast, to = crépir
rought render, to = crépir
round = arrondi
round aggregate = granulat roulé - m
round arch = arc en plein cintre - m, plein cintre - m
round bar = fer rond - m, rond - m
round concrete flue = brique cellulaire en conduit de
cheminée - f
round gutter = gouttière à l’anglaise - f
round head = tête ronde (TR) - f, TR (tête ronde) - f
round headed = couvert en plein cintre - m
round hollow section = profil creux rond - m, profilé
creux rond - m
round reinforced bar = acier rond - m, fer rond - m,
rond à béton - m
round step = marche arrondie - fn marche arrondie - f
round timber = bois en grume - mn bois rond - m
round wood = bois rond - m
rounded arris = arête arrondie - f
rounded edge = quart de rond - m, quart-de-rond - m
rounded gravel = gravier roulé - m
rounded sand = sable chevrotine - m
roundel = oculus - m
round-end step = marche arrondie - f
round-headed = en plein cintre (fenêtre, porte)
round-headed bolt = boulon à tête hémisphérique - m
round-headed window = fenêtre en plein cintre - f
round-hole screen = passoire - f
round-hole sieve = passoire - f
route = revêtement (brique, pierre) - m
route, to = faire passer (câbles, tuyaux)
routine maintenance = entretien courant - m
routine test = essai courant - m, essai de contrôle - m
routing = acheminement - m, passage(acheminement
de tuyau) - m
routing of pipes = cheminement des canalisations - m
row = file - f, rang - f, rangée (maison, pieux) - f
row houses (US) = maisons en bande - f
row irrigation = irrigation à la raie - f
rowlock = brique posée de champ - f, brique posée de
chant - f
rowlock bond = appareil de boutisses sur le can - m,
appareil de briques posées de chant - m
rowlock header = boutisse posée de chant - f
RSJ (rolled steel joist) = poutre à profil en I - f, poutre
en acier laminé - f, poutre en double T - f
rub (adherend), to = maroufler
rub (US) = écrasure (verre) - f
rub down, to = égrener
rub down, to = poncer
rub on (adherend), to = maroufler
rubbed finish = enduit frotté - m, enduit grésé - m
rubber = brique tendre - f, caoutchouc - m
rubber extrusion = profilé en caoutchouc - m
rubber mastic = ciment de caoutchouc - m
rubber plunger = débouchoir - m, dégorgeoir - m
rubber stone = pierre - f
rubber-emulsion paint = peinture au latex - f
rubber-insulated = isolé au caoutchouc
rubber-insulated cable = câble en caoutchouc - m,
câble isolé en caoutchouc - m
rubber-tiled flooring = revêtement de sol en plaques
de caoutchouc - m
rubber-tyred roller = compacteur à pneus - m
rubbing = polissage - m, ponçage - m
rubbing block = brique de ponçage - f
rubbing board = planchette à réguler - f
rubbing brick = brique de ponçage - f
rubbing down = ponçage (peinture) - m
rubbing stone = brique de ponçage - f
rubbing varnish = vernis à polir - m
rubbish = gravats - m, gravois - m
rubbish chute (UK) = vide-ordures (VO) - m
rubbish chute (UK) = VO (vide-ordures) - m
rubbish dump = décharge publique - f
rubbish tip = décharge publique - f
rubble = bloc de pierre - m, blocaille - f, débris - m,
décombres - m, démolition (débris) - f, libage - m,
maçonnerie brute - f, maçonnerie en moellons - f,
moellon - m, moellonage - m, moellons bruts - m
rubble arch = arc bloqué au mortier - m
rubble built to courses = moellons assisés - m
rubble concrete = béton cyclopéen - m, béton de pier-
raille - m, béton de rebuts - m
rubble drain = drain en pierre sèches - m, dureté en
pierres sèches - f
rubble stone = moellon - m
rubble stones = blocaille - f
rubble wall = mur en blocaille - m, mur en moel-
lons - m
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rubble walling = limousinage - m, maçonnerie de
moellons - f
rubble work = blocage de mur - m, maçonnerie en
moellons irréguliers - f, maçonnerie en opus incertum - f
rubble-stone = moellons bruts - m
rubblework = maçonnerie en moellons - f
ruderation = rudération - f
rug = carpette - f
ruille = ruellée - f
RUL (refractoriness under load) = résistance à l’af-
faissement sous charge à haute température - f
rule joint = articulation - f, noix (mètre pliant) - f
ruled finish = enduit dressé - m, enduit lissé - m
run = coulure - f, déploiement au sol - m, marche - f,
parcours de tuyauterie - m, passage - m, passe de sou-
dage - f, tronçon - m
run a beading, to = pousser une moulure
run a moulding, to = pousser une moulure, traîner une
moulure en plâtre
run line = filet - m, filet de peinture - m
run of a pipe = tracé d’une tuyauterie - m
run of bank gravel = gravier tout-venant - m
run of quarry = tout-venant - m
run off, to = écouler (s’)
run out, to = écouler (s’)
run overhead lines, to = poser (des fils aériens)
run overhead lines, to = poser des fils aériens
run uninterrupted (feature on an elevation), to
= régner
run, to = couler
rung = barreau - m, barreau d’échelle - m, échelon - m
runner = coulisseau - m, glissière - f, linçoir - m
runner brick = brique canal - f
runner core = brique centrale (fonderie) - f
running = courant, linéaire, marche - f
running (sole, etc.) = filant (dalle, etc.)
running bond = appareil à joints croisés - m, appareil
en panneresses - m
running foliage decoration = rinceaux - m
running ground = terrain boulant - m
running metre = mètre linéaire - m
running mould = calibre à traîner - m, gabarit - m
running moulding = postes - f
running off = ruissellement - m
running ornament = postes - f
running resistance = résistance au roulement - f
running rule = règle de guidage - f
running sand = sable boulant - m
running slab = dalle filante - f
running sole = semelle filante - f
running test = essai de fonctionnement - m
running trap = siphon horizontal - m
running water = eau courante - f
runoff = eau de ruissellement - f
run-off = eaux pluviales - f, ruissellement - m
runoff flow = débit de ruissellement - m
run-of-mine coal = charbon tout venant - m
run-of-the-mill = tout-venant (TV) - m, TV (tout-
venant) - m
rupture = fracture - f, ruine - f
rupturing capacity = pouvoir de rupture - m
rust = rouille - f
rust corrosion = rouillure - f
rust preventive = antirouille - m, produit antirouille - m
rustic = rustique
rustic arch = arc bloqué au mortier - m
rustic brick = brique rustique - f
rustic siding = lambris rustique - m
rustic work = bossage - m, rusticage - m
rusticated = rustiqué
rustication = bossage - m, rusticage - m
rust-inhibiting = antirouille
rust-inhibiting paint = peinture antirouille - f
rust-inhibitive paint = peinture antirouille - f
rustproof = inoxydable
rustproof paint = peinture anticorrosive - f
rusty = rouillé
rye-grass = ray-grass - m
S
S anchor = ancre en forme de S - f
S plate = ancre en forme de S - f
S trap = siphon vertical - m
S1S (surfaced one side) = raboté sur une face
S1S1E (surfaced one side and one edge) = raboté sur
une face et un côté
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S1S2E (surfaced one side and two edges) = raboté sur
une face et deux côtés
S2E (surfaced two edges) = raboté sur deux rives
S2S (surfaced two sides) = raboté sur deux faces
S4S (surfaced four sides) = raboté sur quatre faces
sabin = sabine - f
sabre saw = scie sabre - f
sack finish = chiffonnage - m
sack rub = chiffonnage - m
sacking = débullage - m
sacrificial form = coffrage perdu - m
saddle = besace - f, chevalet - m, collier de prise en
charge - m, empattement (tuyau) - m, sabot - m,
seuil - m
saddle back coping = chapelle à deux égouts - f, cha-
peron en dos d’âne - m
saddle bar = barlotière de vitraux - f, tige de selle - f
saddle coping = bahut - m, chaperon à deux égouts - m
saddle fitting = collier de prise en charge - m
saddle joint = agrafure simple - f
saddle piece = tête de tasseau (couverture métal-
lique) - f
saddle roof = comble à brisis - m, comble à deux
égouts - m, comble à deux longs pans - m, comble à
deux pans - m, comble à deux pentes - m, comble à
deux versants - m, toit à deux longs pans - m, toit
comble à deux égouts - m, toit comble à deux longs
pans - m, toit comble à deux pans - m, toit comble à
deux pentes - m, toit comble à deux versants - m, toit
en bâtière - m
saddle stone = pierre de sommet - f
saddleback = en bâtière
saddleback coping = bahut - m, chaperon à deux
égouts - m
saddle-back coping of brest wall = couronnement de
parapet - m
saddleback roof = toit en bâtière - m
saddle-backed coping = bahut - m
safe bearing capacity = capacité portante admis-
sible - f
safe bearing capacity = force portante de sécurité - f
safe capacity = capacité portante admissible - f
safe load = charge admissible - f, charge de sécurité - f,
charge sûre - f
safe stress = contrainte admissible - f
safe working load = charge nominale - f
safe working pressure = pression normale d’utilisation
autorisée - f, pression timbrée - f
safety = sécurité - f
safety arch = arc de décharge - m
safety catch = linguet de sécurité - m
safety chain = chaîne de sûreté - f
safety engineering = ingénieriecde la sûreté - f
safety factor = coefficient de sécurité - m
safety gear = parachute (ascenseur) - f
safety glass = verre de sécurité - m
safety hoop = crinoline - f
safety interlock = verrouillage - m
safety lintel = linteau de sécurité - m
safety lock = serrure de sûreté - f
safety nosing = nez antidérapant - m
safety outlet (UK) = prise de courant à la terre - f
safety valve = soupape de sûreté - f
sag = flèche - f, fléchissement - m
sag of truss = flèche d’une ferme - f
sag rod = tirant - m
sag, to = faire flèche, fléchir, plier sous le poids
sagging = affaissement - m, déflexion - f, feston (pein-
ture) - m, flèche - f, fléchissement - m
sagging moment = moment fléchissant positif - m
sailing = en surplomb
sailing course = assise en surplomb sur le nu d’un
mur - f
sailing course = assise en saillie - f, assise en sur-
plomb - f
sail-over = surplomb - m
salamander = salamandre - f
salient = saillant, saillie - f
salient angle = angle saillant - m
salmen brick = brique mal cuite - f, brique mal cuite - f
salt spray = brouillard salin
salt-glazed earthenware = grès vernissé - m, grès
vitrifié - m
salt-glazed fireclay = grès vernissé - m, grès vitrifié - m
salt-glazed vitrified clay = grès vernissé - m, grès
vitrifié - m
salt-glazed vitrified clay ware = grès vernissé - m, grès
vitrifié - m
saltness ratio (SR) = taux de salinité (TDS) - m, TDS
(taux de salinité) - m
salvage value = valeur de sauvetage - f
samel brick = brique mal cuite - f
sample = échantillon - m
sample panel = panneau témoin - m
sampler = carottier - m, échantillonneur - m, prise
d’échantillon - f
sampling = échantillonnage - m, prélèvement d’échan-
tillon - m, prise d’échantillon - f
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sampling cock = robinet d’échantillonage - m
sampling test = essai sur prélèvement - m
sampling valve = prise d’échantillon - f
sand (fine) = sablon - m
sand (floor), to = poncer
sand alphalt = sable-bitume - m, asphalte sablé - m
sand blasting = sablage - m
sand blinding = sablage de propreté - m
sand box = boîte à sable - f
sand catcher = dessableur - m
sand concrete = béton de sable - m
sand cushion = sable pour couche de propreté - m
sand cushion = sous-couche de sable - f
sand equivalent = équivalent de sable - m
sand filter = filtre à sable - m
sand fraction = classe granulaire de sable - f
sand heap analogy = analogie du tas de sable - f
sand intercerptor = dessableur - m
sand jack = boîte à sable - f
sand paper = papier abrasif - m, papier verré - m,
papier-verré - m
sand pile = pieu de sable - m, pieu drainant - m,
sand pit = sablière - f
sand point = pointe filtrante - f
sand silting = ensablement - m
sand through = perce (placage) - f
sand trap = bassin de dessablage - m, bassin de des-
sablement - m, bassin dessableur - m, dessableur - m,
fosse de décantation - f, fosse de dessablage - f, fosse
de dessablement - f
sandblast = jet de sable - m
sandblasted concrete = béton sablé - m
sandblaster = sableuse de décapage - f
sandblasting = décapage au jet de sable - m,
sablage - m
sanded felt = feutre grésé - m
sanded plaster = plâtre amaigri - m
sanded wood = contreplaqué poncé - m
sander = ponceuse - f
sander machine = ponceuse - f
sand-faced brick = brique sablée - f
sanding = ponçage - m, sablage - m
sanding block = bloc de ponçage - m, cale à poncer - f
sanding machine = ponceuse - f
sanding through = perce (placage) - f
sand-lime brick = brique de sable calcaire - f, brique
en chaux et sable - f, brique silico-calcaire - f
sandpaper = papier de verre - m
sandpaper (wood), to = poncer
sandpaper block = cale à poncer - f
sand-papering = ponçage au papier au verre - m
sandstone = grès - m
sandwich beam or girder = poutre composée mixte - f
sandwich construction = moisage - m
sandwich panel = panneau sandwich - m
sandwiched beam or girder = poutre composée
mixte - f
sandwiched between double members = moisé
sandy limestone = calcaire sableux - m
sanitary appliance = appareil sanitaire - m
sanitary building drain = drain sanitaire de bâti-
ment - m
sanitary building sewer = égout sanitaire de bâti-
ment - m
sanitary cross = croix pieds de biche - f
sanitary drainage system = système de drainage sani-
taire - m
sanitary engineering = génie sanitaire - m, technique
sanitaire - f
sanitary facility = commodité sanitaire - f
sanitary facility = installation sanitaire - f, local sani-
taire - m
sanitary fitting = appareil sanitaire - m
sanitary fittings = appareils sanitaires - m
sanitary fixture = appareil sanitaire - m
sanitary fixtures = appareils sanitaires - m
sanitary sewage = eaux d’égouts - f, eaux vannes - f
sanitary sewer = égout d’eaux usées - m
sanitary tee = té pied de biche - m
sanitary ware = granite porcelaine - m, matériel sani-
taire - m, porcelaine sanitaire - f
sanitation = assainissement - m
sanitery engeneering = assainissement - m
sap = aubier - m
sap stain = tache de sève - f
sapcer = distanceur - m
sapele = sapelli - m
sapele mahogany = acajou sapelli - m, sapelli - m
saplings = boisage - m
saponification = saponification (peinture) - f
saps = bois d’aubier - m
sapstain = tache de sève - f
sap-stain = aubier décoloré - m, tache de sève - f
sapwood = aubier - m
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sarking board = volige (sous ardoises ou tuiles) - f
sarking boards = voligeage (sous toiture) - m
sarking felt = feutre bitumé de sous toiture - m
sash = battant - m, châssis - m, châssis de fenêtre - m,
châssis mobile - m
sash balance = contrepoids - m, équilibreur (fenêtre à
guillotine) - m
sash bar = fer à vitrage - m, petit bois - m, petit fer - m
sash door = porte vitrée - f
sash fillister = feuillure extérieure de vitrage - f
sash frame = bâti dormant - m, encadrement de
châssis - m
sash iron = fer à vitrage - m
sash point = tourillon - m
sash stile = montant de rive - m
sash stop = latte intérieure (fenêtre à guillotine) - f
sash weight = contre-poids - m
sash weight mouse = contrepoids - m
sash window = fenêtre à guillotine (à contrepoids) - f
sash window = fenêtre à la guillotine
saturated felt (US) = feutre bitumé imprégné - m
saturated vapor pressure = pression de la vapeur
saturée - f
saturated vapour = vapeur saturée - f
saturation coefficient = coefficient de saturation - m
saturation curve = courbe de saturation - f
saucer dome = lanterneau circulaire - m
saw = scie - f
saw horse = chevalet - m
saw kerf = trait de scie - m, voie de scie - f
saw off, to = araser, ébouter
saw tooth pattern = dents de scie - f
saw, to = scier
sawdust = sciure - f, sciure de bois - f
sawdust concrete = béton de sciure de bois - m
sawed joint = joint scié - m
sawing = débit - m
sawmill = scierie - f
sawmill residues = chutes de scierie - f
sawn lath = latte de sciage - f
sawn lumber = bois de construction scié - m, bois de
sciage - m
sawn on four sides = à quatre sciages
sawn timber = bois de sciage - m
sawnwood = bois de sciage - m
sawout = trait de scie - m
saw-set = tourne-à-gauche - m
sawtooth roof = toit à redans - m
sawtooth roof = toit à redents - m, toit en shed - m, toi-
ture à redans - f, toiture à redents - f
sawtooth truss = ferme en shed - f
scab = éclisse - f
scab plate = renfort de sablière - m
scabble, to = dégrossir, smiller
scabbled rubble = moellon smillé - m
scabbling hammer = smille - f
scabs = renfort de sablière - m
scaffold = échafaud - m, échafaudage - m
scaffold board = planche d’échafaudage - f
scaffold floor = plancher volant - m
scaffold nail = clou à deux têtes superposées - m
scaffold pole = baliveau - m, écoperche - f
scaffold standard = baliveau - m
scaffolding = échafaud - m, échafaudage - m
scaffolding pole = échasse - f, échasse d’échafaud - f,
perche d’échaffaudage - f
scagliola = scagliola - f
scale = à échelle réduite, calamine - f, échelle - f,
tartre - f
scale drawing = dessin à l’échelle - m, dessin coté - m,
plan à l’échelle - m
scale drawings = dessin à l’échelle - m
scale model = maquette (à échelle réduite) - f, modèle
réduit - m
scale of drawing = échelle d’un plan - f
scale preventive = antitartre - m, tartrifuge - m
scale removal = détartrage - m
scale, to = entartrer, s’
scaled down = à échelle réduite
scaling = calaminage - m, écaillage - m, entartrage
(chaudière, tuyau) - m
scaling hammer = marteau à piquer - m
scallop = feston - m
scalloped arch = arc festonné - m
scalloped capital = chapiteau à godrons - m, chapiteau
festonné - m
scalloped cushion capital = chapiteau cubique fes-
tonné - m
scallops = feston - m
scamillus = socle (colonne sous plinthe) - m
scant = de faible échantillon, faible, faible (dimension),
maigre (dimension)
scantling = bois équarri - m, équarrissage - m,
potelet - m, tournisse - f
scantlings = bois d’équarrissage - m, bois equarri - m
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scape = apophyge inférieure de colonne - f, escape
(moulure) - f
scapus = escape (fût de colonne) - f
scarcement = retraite (nu d’un mur) - f
scarf = entaille - f
scarf joint = assemblage à simple sifflet - m, assem-
blage en biais - m, enture à sifflet - f, enture à simple
sifflet - f, enture à trait de Jupiter - f, joint à mi-bois-- m
scarf timbers, to = enter
scarfed plywood = contreplaqué jointé - m
scarfing = assemblage à écart - m, assemblage à
enture - m, assemblage à mi-bois - m, encroûtage - m
scarifier = scarificateur - m
scarp = escarpe - f
scatter = dispersion des résultats - f
scattered development = aménagement dispersé - m
scattered radiation = rayonnement diffusé - m
scattered results = résultats dispersés - m
sceme = projet - m
schedule = conditions particulières - f
schedule (insurance) = tableau de biens expressément
assurés - m
schedule (US) = nomenclature - f
schedule of implementation = calendrier d’exécution
des travaux - m
scheduled work = travaux prévus - m
scheduling = ordonnancement - m
schematic = schéma électrique - m
schematic design = parti architectural - m
scheme = avant-projet - m, parti - m, plan - m,
schéma - m
scheme arch = arc segmentaire - m
scissor work platform = nacelle à compas - f
scissors pruss = ferme à écharpe - f
scissors roof = toit à entrait brisé - m
scissors truss = ferme à entrait brisé - f, ferme en
écharpe - f
sclerometer = sciéromètre - m, scléromètre - m
sconcheon = battée - f
scoop (US) = godet (engin) - m
scoop loader = chargeuse à l’avancement - f, chou-
leur - m
scoots = bois marchand inférieur - m, rebuts - m
scope = domaine d’essai - m, objet (norme) - m
scope of test = domaine d’essai - m
scope of work = consistance des travaux - f, énoncé des
travaux - m
score, to = rayer
scotia = nacelle - f, scotie - f
scour, to = décaper
scoured concrete = béton décapé - m
scoured stone = pierre récurée - f
scouring = affouillement - m, décapage (méca-
nique) - m
scouring by water = affouillement - m
scrap = ferraille - f, résidu - m, riblons - m, rognures - f
scrap iron = ferraille - f
scrap value = valeur à la casse - f
scrap, to = férailler, mettre au rebut
scraped plywood = contreplaqué raclé - m
scraper = décapeuse - f, grattoir - m, niveleuse - f,
raclette - f, racloir - m, scraper - m
scraper blade = plaque racleuse - f
scraper plane (US) = racloir (de menuiserie) - m
scraping = décapage (terrain) - m
scratch coat = couche d’accrochage - f, couche éra-
flée - f, dégrossi - m, enduit gratté - m, enduit raclé - m,
gobetis - m, pré-enduit - m
scratch, to = rayer
screed = appareil à étaler et à niveler - m, cerce - m,
chape - f, forme (mortier de pose) - f, règle à araser (
béton, plâtre) –f, règle à lisser - f, règle de guidage - f,
règle vibrante - f
screed (UK) = chemin de béton - m
screed board = règle de dressage - f
screed rail (UK) = chemin - m
screed strip = chemin - m, cueillie - f
screeding = aplanissement - m, finissage à la règle - m,
réglage - m, réglage du béton - m
screeds = cueillies
screen = crépine - f, crible - m, grillage-mousti-
quaire - m, moustiquaire - f, tamis - m, toile métal-
lique - f
screen (to pipe) = pommelle - f
screen block wall = claustre - m
screen deck = surface criblante (ou d’un crible) - f
screen deck = toile de criblage - f
screen door = contre porte à moustiquaire - f, contre-
porte - m
screen fabric = surface criblante - f, toile de criblage - f
screen mesh = surface criblante - f, toile de criblage - f
screen wall = claustra - m
screen, to = cribler
screened = calibre, criblé, tamisé
screened material = tamisat - m
screened vent = évent grillagé - m
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screening = criblage - m, dégrillage - m
screening plants = groupe crible-secoueur - m
screenings = criblures de pierres - f, débris de tami-
sage - m, déchets de criblage - m, refus (crible) - m
screw = vis - f
screw assembly = assemblage par vis - m
screw cap = bouchon taraudé - m, écrou borgne - m,
écrou creux à chapeau - m
screw flowmeter (UK) = compteur à moulinet - m
screw home, to = serrer à bloc, serrer à refus, visser à
fond
screw jack = cric à vis - m, vérin - m, vérin à vis - m
screw nail = clou à spirales - m, fausse vis - f, pointe
fausse-vis - f, pointe torsadée - f
screw pile = pieu à vis - m, pieu à vrille - m
screw plug = bouchon à vis - m, bouchon-écrou - m
screw stair = escalier en hélice - m, escalier héli-
coïdal - m, vis (escalier à vis) - f
screw tight, to = serrer à bloc, serrer à refus
screw, to = visser
screw-bolt = tire-fond - m
screwdriver = tournevis - m
screwed and glued = vissé-collé
screwed conduit = tube fileté - m
screwed connection = connexion taraudée - f
screwed fitting = raccord taraudé - f
screwed flange = bride taraudée - f
screwed joint = joint fileté - m
screwed on = à vis
screwed-on = vissé
screw-in bonnet = chapeau taraudé - m
screwnail = fausse vis - f
screw-on = à vis
screwspike = tire-fond - m
scribe, to = trusquiner
scriber = pointe à tracer - f, pointe de traçage - f, trus-
quin - m
scribing, trussed arch = trusquinage - m
scrim = toile (renfort de plâtre) - f
scriptorium = écritoire - f
scroll = crosse de main courante - f, enroulement - m,
volute - f
scroll saw = scie sauteuse - f
scroll step = marche de départ en volute - f, marche en
volute - f
scrolled pediment = fronton brisé à volutes supérieures
rentrantes - m
scrub = broussailles - f
scrubbed-on coating = revêtement étalé à la brosse - m
scrubboard (US) = plinthe - f
scuff mark (UK) = écrasure (verre) - f
scullery = arrière-cuisine - f, laverie - f
sculpture = sculpture - f
scum = chapeau - m, écume - f
scum (bricks or cement) = efflorescence - f
scum board = pare-écume - m
scum chamber = chambre à écume - f
scuncheon = battée - f
scupper = dalot - m, gargouille - f
scutch = marteau à piquer - m, marteau de maçon - m
scutcheon = cache-entrée - m, écusson - m, entrée de
serrure - f
scuttle = œil-de-bœuf - m
SE (surfaced and edged) = raboté et avivé
sea gravel = arène - f
seal = bague d’étanchéité - f, dispositif d’étanchéité -
m, garde d’eau - f, joint (mécanique) - m, joint d’étan-
chéité - m, joint étanche - m, scellement - m, scellement
étanche - m
seal coat = couche d’impression - f
seal coat (paint) = imbue - f
seal cracks, to = obturer (fissures)
seal of approval = label de qualité - m
seal off, to = étanchéiser
seal weld = soudure d’étanchéité - f
sealant = étanchéité - f, joint - m, joint d’étanchéité -
m, mastic d’étanchéité - m, obturateur (mastic) - m, pro-
duit de calfeutrement - m
sealant caulking gun = pompe de calfeutrement - f
sealed = hermétique
sealed compressor = compresseur hermétique -m
sealer = bouche-pores - m, bouche-pores liquide - f,
charge - f, couche d’impression - f, étanchéité - f, pro-
duit d’étanchéité - m
sealing = cachetage - m, calfeutrage - m, étanche-
ment - m, mise en place d’un joint - f, scellement - m
sealing box = boîte à masse de remplissage - f
sealing coat = chape - f, couche d’impression - f, enduit
de scellement - m
sealing coat (paint) = imbue - f
sealing compound = bouche-pores pateux - f, étan-
chéité - f, mastic d’étanchéité - m, pâte à joints - f, pro-
duit d’étanchéité - m, produit d’étanchéité pour
joints - m
sealing flange = bride de fermeture - f
sealing joint = joint d’étanchéité - m
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sealing run = reprise à l’envers - f, soudure d’étan-
chéité - f
sealing strip = boudin d’étanchéité - m, garniture
d’étanchéité - f
seam = agrafure - f, cordon de soudure - m, couture - f,
passe de soudure - f, soudure (autogène) –f, soudure
continue - f, veine - f
seam roller = roulette (papier peint) - f
seam-face = parement à face plane - m, parement brut
- m, parement en pierres brutes naturelles - m, parement
en pierres naturelles - m
seamless flooring = revêtement de sol (coulé ou sans
joints) - m
seamless pipe = tube sans soudure - m
seamless piping = tube sans couture - m, tube sans cou-
ture - m, tube sans soudure - m
season check = fente de séchage - f, gerce de
séchage - f, gerce de sénilisation - f
season, to = sécher
seasoned timber = bois séché - m
seasoning = dessiccation - f, séchage (bois) –m,
séchage du bois de construction - m, sénilisation - f,
vieillissement - m
seasoning of timber = séchage - m, séchage du bois
de construction - m
seat = siège - m
seat (in choir of a church) = forme - f
seat-actuated pneumatic tank = réservoir à com-
mande par contacteur pneumatique - m
seating = appui - m, places assises - f, sièges - m
seating angle cleat = équerre de raccordement et
d’appui - f
seating block = pied d’assise - m
seatless privy seat pan = turque (toilette à la...) - f
secant modulus = module sécant - m
second floor (US) = premier étage - m
second growth = regain - m, revenue - f
second head of a rivet = rivure - f
second lench = bille numéro deux - f
second length = première surbille - f
second log = bille numéro deux - f, première surbille - f
second moment of area = moment d’inertie - m
second story = premier étage - m
secondary beam = poutre secondaire - f
secondary distribution = distribution secondaire - f
secondary distribution feeder = feeder secondaire - m
secondary distribution mains (UK) = ligne de
consommateur - f
secondary distribution network = réseau de lignes de
consommateurs - m, réseau urbain - m
secondary distribution trunk line = feeder de réseau
secondaire - m, feeder principal - m, réseau urbain - m
secondary glazing = survitrage - m
secondary meter (UK) = compteur de décompte - m
secret = invisible
secret door = porte dérobée - f
secret dovetail = queue d’aronde perdue - f
secret dungeon = oubliette - f
secret gutter = chéneau encaissé - m
secret joggle = tenon interne (pierre) - m
secret nailing = clouage à tête perdue - m, clouage à
trou perdu - m, clouage caché -mclouage invisible - m
secret stair = escalier dérobé - m
section = coupe - f, demi-produit - m, laminé - m, maté-
riau demi-fini - m, section (calcul) –f, tronçon - m
section (spécifications) = lot d’après corps d’état - m
section (UK) = profil (profilé) - m, profilé - m
section iron = fer profilé - m
section modulus = module de résistance - m, module
d’inertie - m, moment de résistance - m
section modulus in torsion = module d’inertie
polaire - m
section modulus of member = module de section d’un
membre - m
section of a vault = canton de voûte - m
section of converted timber = équarrissage - m
sectional door = porte à panneaux articulés - f
sectional elevation = vue en coupe - f
sectional formwork = coffrage outil - m
sectional girder = poutre laminée - f
sectional iron = fer profilé - m
sectional overhead door = porte guillotine - f, porte
rideau - f, porte-rideau - f
sectional steel pile = pieu en acier - m
sectional view = vue en coupe - f
sections = matériaux demi-finis - m
secure, to = assujettir, fixer
securing = pose - f
security (device) = antieffraction - m
security lock = serrure de sûreté - f
sedimentary rock = roche sédimentaire - f
sedimentation = décantation - f
sedimentation analysis = analyse sédimentomé-
trique - f
sedimentation analysis = sédimentométrie - f
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sedimentation tank = bassin de décantation - m,
décanteur - m
seepage = infiltration - f, suintement - m
seepage water = eau d’infiltration - f
see-through mirror = verre diaphane - m
see-through mirror(US) = miroir espion - m, miroir
semi-réféchissant - m
segment = segment - m
segment (of ribbed vault) = voûtain - m
segmental arch = arc bombé - m, arc en segment - m,
arc segmentaire - m, arc surbaissé - m
segmented mirror = miroir à facettes - m
segregation of ingredients = séparation des élé-
ments - f
seismic design code = règles paraséismiques - f
seismic exploration = exploration sismique - f
seismic wave = onde séismique - f
seize up, to = gripper
seizing = grippage - m, grippement
selector dial = cadran mobile d’appareil - m
selector switch = commutateur - m
selenitic cement = ciment au plâtre - m
self cleaning = autolavable
self cleansing = autolavable - m
self induction = auto-induction - f
self leveling = autonivelant
self load = poids propre (PP) - m, PP (poids propre) - m
self weight = poids propre (PP) - m, PP (poids
propre) - m
self-adhesive = autocollant
self-clamping chuck = mandrin à serrage automa-
tique - m
self-cleaning paint = peinture autolavable - f
self-cleaning velocity = vitesse de curage - f
self-cleansing = autocurage - m, autocureur - m
self-closing = à fermeture automatique
self-closing device = ferme-porte automatique - m
self-closing door = porte automatique - f, porte bat-
tante - f
self-closing fire door = porte coupe-feu à fermeture
automatique - f
self-closing fire door = porte ignifuge à fermeture
automatique - f
self-contained = autonome, indépendant (logement)
self-contained concrete batching and mixing plant =
installation compacte de dosage et de mélange de
béton - f
self-erecting tower crane = grue autodépliable - f
self-extinguishing = auto-extinguible - m
self-leveling device = dispositif d’autonivelage - m, dis-
positif d’isonivelage - m
self-levelling (lift) = isonivelage - m
self-priming pump = pompe à amorçage automa-
tique - f
self-propelled = automoteur - m
self-propelled compactor = compacteur automo-
teur - m
self-propelled crane = grue automotrice - f
self-propelled vehicle = engin automoteur - m
self-proppeled crane = grue automobile - f
self-reading rod (US) = mire parlante - f
self-reading staff (UK) = mire parlante - f
self-reset = à réarmement automatique
self-siphonage = auto-désamorçage - m, autosipho-
nage - m
self-supporting = autoportant - m, autoporteur - m
self-supporting strip metal roofing = bac auto-portant
(toiture) - m
self-supporting wall = mur autoportant - m, mur auto-
porteur - m
self-sustaining wall = mur autoportant - m, mur auto-
porteur - m
selvage (US) = têtière - f
selvedge (US) = têtière - f
semi basement = niveau semi-enterré - m
semi dome = cul-de-four - m
semi-attached house = maison jumelée - f
semi-basement = niveau semi-enterré - m, sous-sol sur-
élevé - m
semibasement house = maison sur sous-sol surélevé - f
semi-bungalow (US) = rez-de-chaussée à combles
aménagés - m
semi-bungalow (US) = rez-de-chaussée à étage par-
tiel - m
semiburnt brick = brique demi-cuite - f
semicircular = en demi cercle, en hémicycle, en plein
cintre (arc)
semi-circular = hémicycle - m
semicircular apse = abside en demi-cercle - f
semicircular arch = arc en plein cintre - m
semi-circular arch = arc plein cintre - m
semi-circular bend = pli semi-circulaire - m
semi-circular groove = gueule de loup (menuiserie) - f
semi-circular vault = voûte en plein cintre - f
semi-detached house = maison jumelée - f, pavillon
jumelé - m
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semi-detached house (UK) = maison individuelle
jumélée - f
semi-domical apse = abside voûtée cul-de-four - f
semi-early = demi-hâtif
semi-enclosed = partiellement protégé, partiellement
protégé (élect.)
semihardboard = panneau mi-dur - m
semi-hermetic = semi-hermétique
semihydrate plaster = plâtre semi-hydrate - m
semi-prefabricated construction = construction semi-
préfabriquée - f
semi-rigid design = système de cadres semi-rigides - m
semi-sealed = semi-hermétique
semi-silica refractory (US) = brique semi-siliceuse - f
semi-silicons refractory (UK) = brique semi-sili-
ceuse - f
semiskilled worker = OS (ouvrier spécialisé) - m,
ouvrier spécialisé (OS) - m
semistable dolomite refractory = brique de dolomie
semi-stabilisée - f
sensible heat = chaleur sensible - f
sensible horizon = horizon sensible - m
sensitive clay = argile sensible - f
sensor = capteur - m, détecteur - m, sonde - f
separate part = pièce détachée - f
separate sewer = égout d’eaux usées - m
separate sewer system = réseau séparatif (égout) - m
separated joint = joint écarté - m
separating wall = mur séparatif - m, séparation - f
separation = cloisonnement - m
separation into rooms = distribution - f
separation wall = séparation - f
separator = barrette - f, écarteur - m, entremise - f,
espaceur - m
separator = séparateur - m
septic tank = fosse septique - f, fosse septique - f
sequence = série de couches - f, succession de cou-
ches - f
sequence of trades = ordre de succession des corps
d’état - m
seraya = méranti - m
series connection = montage série - m
serliana = serlienne - f
serpentine concrete = béton à serpentine - m
serrated = cranté, en dents de scie
serrated grating = grille crevés - f
serrated spreader = spatule crantée - f
servant key = clef individuelle - f, clef particulière - f
servants’ hall = salle du commun - f
service = dépannage - m, entretien d’une machine - m,
exploitation - f
service board (UK) = tableau d’arrivée de secteur - m
service cable = colonne de distribution - f
service clamp = collier de prise en charge - m
service conductor = colonne de distribution –f,
colonne montante - f
service connection = branchement d’eau - m, tuyau de
branchement - m
service door = porte de service - f
service drop = branchement sur ligne aérienne - m
service duct = gaine technique - f
service earth (UK) = prise de terre d’abonné - f
service ell = coude mâle et femelle - m
service entrance conductor = ligne d’amenée de cou-
rant - f
service equipment (US) = tableau d’arrivée de sec-
teur - m
service failure = rupture en exploitation - f
service floor = étage technique - m
service ground (US) = prise de terre d’abonné - f
service hatch = guichet (petite ouverture) - m
service hatch (UK) = passe-plats - m
service hoist (UK) = monte-plats - m
service land = terrain aménagé - m, terrain muni des
services - m
service life = durée de vie - f, longévité - f
service lift = ascenseur de service - m, monte-
charge - m
service line = ligne de branchement - f
service load = charge de service - f, charge pratique - f,
charge réelle - f
service main = canalisation - f
service meter = compteur divisionnaire - m
service pipe = branchement d’eau général - m, bran-
chement d’immeuble - m, canalisation de jonction - f,
conduite d’abonné - f
service pump = pompe d’adduction d’eau - f
service road = desserte - f, route de desserte - f
service shaft = gaine technique - f
service space = vide technique (VT) - m, VT (vide
technique) - m
service stair = escalier de dégagement - m, escalier de
service - m
service tank = bâche journalière - f, nourrice - f
service tank = réservoir journalier - m
service tee = té mâle et femelle - m
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service wire = fil de service - m
service, to = entretenir
serviceability = aptitude à l’usage - f, disponibilité
technique - f
serviced = viabilisé
serviced area = terrain viabilisé - m
serviced land (US) = terrain viabilisé - m
services core = noyau technique - m
servicing = entretien d’une machine - m, équipe-
ment - m
servient estate = fonds servant - m
servient land = fonds servant - m
serving hatch = passe-plats - m
set = armé, assiette (base) - f, couche de finition - f,
déformation - f, dernière couche - f, jeu - m, pavé - m,
planche - f, planche de dessins - f, prise (béton,
plâtre) - f, prise du ciment - f, série - f
set a saw, to = avoyer
set back = en retrait
set on edge = posé de champ, posé sur la rive, posé sur
le can
set on edge, to = poser de chant
set out a slope, to = déterminer une pente
set plumb, to = poser d’aplomb
set square = équerre - f
set the boundary, to = borner, faire le bornage
set tublocal = bac à linge - m
set, to = faire prise, prendre (béton, plâtre)
set, to (a stone) = poser (une pierre), poser une pierre
setback = décrochement - m, décrochement nu d’un
mur - m, recul - m, retrait - m, retraite (nu d’un mur) - f
set-back = marge de reculement - f
set-off = ressaut - m
sett = pavé (surtout en granit) - m
setting = durcissement - m, fixation - f, mise en
place - f, montage - m, pose - f, prise - f, réglage - m,
bornage - m
setting agent = accélérateur de prise - m
setting coat = couche de finition - f
setting of a house = assiette d’une maison - f
setting of runners = cours de planches - m
setting of targets = désignation des objectifs - f
setting out = art du trait - m, implantation - f
setting reinforcement = ferraillage - m, mise en place
des armatures - f
setting time = temps de prise - m
settle, (foundations), to = tasser (se) (fondations)
settle, to = déposer (se), tasser (se)
settlement = affaissement - m, tassement de terrain - m
settlement (foundations) = tassement - m
settlement contour = courbe d’égal tassement - f
settlement contour = ligne d’égal tassement - f
settlement crack = lézarde de tassement - f
settlement gauge = tassomètre - m
settlement joint = joint de tassement - m
settlement meter = tassomètre - m
settlement of a dispute = règlement (d’un litige) - m
settlement of the soil = affaissement du sol - m
settler = décanteur - m
settling = affaissement (béton) - m, décantation - f, tas-
sement de terrain - m
settling basin = décanteur - m
settling crack = lézarde de tassement - f
settling tank = bac de sédimentation - m, bassin de col-
matage - m, bassin de décantation - m, cuve de repos - f,
décanteur - m
severy = pan de voûte - m
sewage = eaux d’égout - f, eaux d’égouts - f, eaux
usées - f
sewage disposal = assainissement des eaux usées - m
sewage engineering = technique des eaux usées - f
sewage farm = champ d’étendage - m
sewage lift station = station de relevage - f
sewage pump = pompe de relèvement des eaux d’
égout - f, pompe de reprise - f
sewage pumping station = station de pompage des
eaux d’égout - f
sewage sludge = boue d’épuration - f
sewage treatment = épuration de l’eau usée - f
sewage treatment plant = station d’épuration - f, usine
d’épuration - f
sewage works = station d’épuration - f
sewer = conduite d’égout - f, égout - m, émissaire - m
sewer brick = brique pour égouts - f, brique recuite
pour égouts - f
sewer design = calcul des égouts - m
sewer outfall = débouché d’égout - m
sewer pipe = tuyau série assainissement - m
sewer system = réseau d’assainissement - m, réseau
d’égouts - m
sewerage = assainissement - m
sexpartite vault = voûte sexpartite - f
sgraffito = sgraffite - m
shackle = mordache - f, mors - m
shade = nuance (couleur) - f, ombre - f
shade (of colour) = teinte - f
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shade (US) = store - m
shade card = nuancier - m
shade screen = pare-soleil - m
shading = nuançage - m
shading paint = peinture antisolaire - f
shading stream = claie à ombrer - f, claie d’ombrage - f
shadow = ombre portée - f
shadow board = panneau silhouetté - m
shaft = arbre - m, cage - f, courette - f, fût (de
colonne) - m, fût (de pieu) - m, puits - m, puits
(galerie) - m, souche de cheminée - f
shaft record = coupe de puits de reconnaissance - f
shaft ring = anneau de puits - m
shaft timbering = blindage - m
shake = bardeau de fente - m, éclat - f, éclat du bois - f,
fente (bois sur l’arbre) - f, gerçure - f, gerçure du bois - f
shake in timber = éclat - f, éclat du bois - f, gerçure - f,
gerçure du bois - f
shakedown = accommodation - f
shaking sieve = crible à secousses - m
shaking test = essai aux secousses - m
shale = ardoise - f, argile schisteuse - f, schiste - m,
schiste argileux - m
shale splitting = refendage des ardoises - m
shale tar = goudron de schiste - m
shale-oil = huile de schiste - f
shallow foundation = fondation sur radier en
surface - f, fondation sur semelle superficielle - f
shallow well = puits citerne - m, puits de surface - m
shaly clay = argile schisteuse - f
shandy = cabane - f
shank = corps - m, corps de rivet - m, fût (de rivet) - m,
queue (outil) - f, tige - f
shanty = baraquement - m
shape (US) = profil - m, profilé - m
shape and section = fer - m, profilé - m
shaped = chantourné
shaped arch = arc chantourné - m
shaped gable = pignon chantourné - m
shaper = étau-limeur - m, toupie - f
shaping = calibrage - m, façonnage - m, mise en
forme - f, modelage - m, profilage - m
shaping machine = limeuse - f
sharp angle = angle vif - m
sharp break = cassure franche - f, cassure nette - f
sharp cut trench = rigole parfaitement dressée - f
sharp edge = arête vive - f
sharp paint = peinture à séchage rapide - f, peinture
d’impression à séchage rapide - f
sharp sand = sable anguleux - m, sable mordant - m
sharpen, to = affiler
sharpener = affiloir - m, affûteuse - f
sharpening = affûtage - m
sharpening of tool = affûtage - m
shattering = fragmentation - f
shatterproof glass = verre de sécurité - m, verre sand-
wich - m, verre Triplex (marque déposée) - m
shave hook = ébarboir - m, ébardoir - m, grattoir trian-
gulaire - m, triangle (outil) - m
shavehook = triangle (outil) - m
shaving = copeau - m, planure - f
shavings = copeaux (bois) - m
shear = chèvre - f, cisaillement - m, cisailles - f, décou-
poir - m
shear angle = angle de cisaillement - m
shear box = boîte de cisaillement - f
shear box with strain control = boîte de cisaillement
à déformation contrôlée - f
shear center = centre de cisaillement - m, centre de
flexion - m, centre de torsion - m
shear failure of soil = renard - m
shear force = effort de cisaillement - m, effort tran-
chant - m
shear legs = chèvre - f, chèvre à trois pieds - f,
ciseau - m
shear modulus = module d’élasticité au cisaille-
ment - m
shear pattern = réseau de cisaillement - m, réseau de
contraintes - m
shear plane = plan de cisaillement - m
shear plate connector = plaque d’assemblage de
cisaillement - f
shear reinforcement = armatures d’efforts tran-
chants - f
shear steel = acier raffiné - m
shear strain = déformation de cisaillement - f
shear strength = résistance au cisaillement - f
shear stress = contrainte de cisaillement - f, effort de
cisaillement - m, effort tranchant - m
shear thickening = rhéoépaississement - m
shear, to = cisailler
sheared edge = rive cisaillée - f
shearing = cisaillement - m
shearing crack = crevasse de cisaillement - f
shearing force = cisaillement - m, effort tranchant - m
shearing machine = cisaille - f
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shearing resistance = résistance au cisaillement - f
shearing stress = contrainte de cisaillement - f, effort
de cisaillement - m, effort tranchant - m
shearing wedge = prisme de glissement - m
shearlegs = bigue - f
shears = bigue - f, chèvre - f, cisaille - f
sheath = armature - f, chemise - f, couverture - f,
gaine - f, gaine de câble - f, gaine de passage - f
sheathing = coffrage - m, gaine - f, planche de blindage
(fouille) - f, revêtement - m
sheathing (base for wall or roof cladding) =
voligeage - m
sheathing paper = papier de revêtement - m
sheating = coffrage métallique - m
shed = baraque (hangar) - f, cabane - f, hangar - m,
redent - m, remise - f, toiture à redents - f
shed dormer = chien assis - m, lucarne en chien
assis - f
shed roof = toit à égout - m, toit à un versant - m, toit
en appentis - m, toiture en appentis - f
sheeps foot roller = rouleau à pieds de mouton - m
sheepsfoot roller = pied de mouton - m, rouleau à pied
de mouton - m
sheer drapes (US) = voilage - m
sheer legs = chèvre - f
sheerlegs = bigue - f
sheers = chèvre - f
sheet = feuille - f, feuille fine - f, feuille mince - f,
plaque - f, tôle fine - f, tôle mince - f
sheet (a trench), to = blinder une tranchée
sheet asphalt = microbéton bitumeux - m, mortier
asphaltique - m, mortier bitumineux - m
sheet erosion = érosion en nappe - f
sheet glass = verre en feuille - m
sheet glass (UK) = verre à vitres - m
sheet iron = tôle - f
sheet lead = feuille de plomb - f, plomb en feuille - m
sheet metal = métal en feuille - m, tôle - f, tôle mince - f
sheet metal screw = vis à tôle - f
sheet metal work = chaudronnerie - f, tôlerie - f, zin-
guerie - f
sheet metal worker = chaudronnier - m, plombier-zin-
gueur - m, tôlier - m, tôlier-zingueur - m
sheet of a vortex = nappe d’un tourbillon - f
sheet of hardboard = feuille de fibre dure - f, plaque
de fibre dure - f
sheet of veneer = copeau de placage - m
sheet packing = garniture en feuillie - f
sheet pile = palplanche - f
sheet pile wall = rideau de palplanches - m
sheet piles = palplanches - f
sheet piling = boisage de tranchées - m, cloison en pal-
planches - f, écran en palplanches - m, palplanches - f,
rideau de palplanches - m
sheet washings = érosion en nappe - f
sheeters = palfeuilles - f, blindage - m, coffrage - m,
feuille (matière plastique) - f, palplanches - f, planche
de blindage (fouille) - f
sheeting (base for wall or roof cladding) =
voligeage - m
sheeting (US) = blindage de puits - m
sheeting board = dosse - f, flache - f
sheeting rail (UK) = lisse (ossature) - f
sheeting setter = poseur de blindage - m
sheet-iron = feuillard de fer - m
sheet-over, to = bâcher
sheet-pile wall = écran en palplanches - m
shelf = étagère - f, rayon - m, tablette (appui de poutre
ou des solive) - f
shelf batten = tasseau de tablette - m
shelf cleat = tasseau de tablette - m
shelf life = durée de conservation - f, durée limite de
stockage - f
shelf strip = tasseau de tablette - m
shell = carré de maison - m, coque - f, élément
courbe - m, enveloppe d’une construction - f, GO (gros
œuvre) - m,
gros œuvre (GO) - m, paroi d’élément - f, stator (ser-
rure) - f, voile (structure) - m, voile mince - m
shell and tube condenser = condenseur à faisceau
tubulaire - m
shell and tube evaporator = évaporateur à faisceau
tubulaire - m
shell bedding = pose à rupture de joint - f
shell building = immeuble banalisé - m
shell construction = construction en voile mince - f,
coque - f, voile - m
shell of a building = GO (gros œuvre) - m, gros œuvre
(GO) - m, parois - f
shell of building = gros-œuvre - m
shell pile = pieu à frottement - m
shell roof = coque - f, toit en voile mince - m, voile - m
shell sand = sable coquillier - m
shell shake = fente de roulure - f, fente en écaille - f
shellac = gomme laque - f, laque - f, vernis - m
shelling = écaillage - m
shell-less pile = pieu à chemise récupérés - m
shell-less pile = pieu à fourreau récupéré - m
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shelter = abri - m
shelter (watchman) = guérite - f
sheltered = abrité
sheltered housing = foyer-logement - m
sheltered position = site protégé - m
shelving = glacis - m, rayonnage - m
shield = cuirasse de canon - f
shielded metal arc welding = soudage à l’arc métal-
lique sous atmosphère gazeuse - m
shift (on workmen) = brigade - f
shift work = travail à brigades relevées - m
shim = cale - f, cale (mince) - f, cale d’épaisseur - f,
flipot contreplaqué - m
shim space = jeu - m
shimed up = affleuré, arasé, calé
shingle = bardeau - f, écente - f, galet - m
shingle bolt = bille à bardeau - f, billette à bardeau - f
shingle flashing = solin de bardeau - m
shingle wedge = éclisse - f
shiplap = planche à feuillure - f, planche à gorge - f,
planche à mi-bois - f
shiplap siding = bardage en planches à feuillure - m
shiplapped lumber = bois à rive à mi-bois - m
shipping dry = ressuyé pour l’expédition, sec à l’ex-
pédition
shiver = blocaille - f, éclat de pierre - m
shock absorber = amortisseur - m
shock table = table à secousses - f
shock wave = onde de choc - f
shoe = appareil d’appui - m, coude - m
shoe mold = plinthe - f, quart de rond - m, quart-de-
rond - m
shoe molding (US) = contre-plinthe - m
shoed post = poteau saboté - m, poteau sur socle - m
shoot wood, to = planer le bois, raboter le bois
shoot(US) = goulotte - f
shooting = dressage - m
shooting lodge = pavillon de chasse - m
shop = atelier - m, exécuté à l’usine
shop (painting, weld) = exécuter en atelier
shop awning = banne de magasin - f
shop connection = joint d’atelier - m
shop drawing = dessin d’atelier - m, dessin d’exécu-
tion - m, dessin en perspective - m, plan d’atelier - m,
plan d’exécution - m
shop front = devanture (de magasin) - f, étalage - m
shop rivet = rivet d’atelier - m
shop window (UK) = vitrine - f
shopfitting = agencement de magasin - m
shop-made = exécuter en usine
shopping arcade = galerie marchande - f
shop-welded unit = élément soudé en atelier - m
shopwork = exécution en atelier - f
shore = butte (de soutènement) - f, consolidation - f,
épontille - f, étai - m, étançon - m, étrésillon - m, étré-
sillon de tranchée - m, soutien - m
shore strut = étrésillon de tranchée - m
shore up, to = étayer
shore, to = buter, étayer
shores = moisage d’étais inclinés - m
shoring = étaiement - m, étayage - m
shoring up for underpinning = enchevalement - m
short = cassant, court-circuit - m
short clay = argile maigre - f
short finish = gris de poli (verre) - m, mauvais poli
(verre) - m
short grain = fil tranché - m
short list = liste restreinte - f
short reinforced concrete column = petit poteau de
béton armé - m
shorten, to = raccourcir
shortfall = déficit - m
shortness = fragilité du métal - f
short-range aggregate = granulat à granulométrie
serrée - m
short-range sized aggregate = granulat à granu-
lométrie serrée - m
shorts = bois court - m, coupons - m
shot = grenaille ronde - m
shot bit = couronne à grenaille - f
shot blasting = grenaillage - m, grenaillage à la gre-
naille ronde - m
shot boring = sondage à la grenaille - m
shot core drill = sondeuse à grenaille - f
shot drill = sondeuse à grenaille - f
shot fixing = stitage - m
shot hole = trou de mine - m, trou de tir - m
shot point = point de tir - m
shotcrete = béton projeté - m, gunite - f, mortier pro-
jeté (enduit) - m
shotcrete gun = guniteuse - f
shotcreting = gunitage - m
shoulder = accotement - m, arase - f, costière - f, cros-
sette de voussoir - f, épaulement - m, talus - m
shouldered arch = arc droit à encorbellement - m
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shouldered house joint = embrèvement d’angle - m
shouldered housed joint = embrèvement d’angle - m
shouldered voussoir = claveau à crossette - m
shove moraine = moraine de poussée - f
shoved joints = pose à joints pleins
shovel = pelle - f
shovel dipper = godet de terrassement - m
show case = vitrine (à l’intérieur du magasin) - f
show flat (UK) = appartement témoin - m
show house (UK) = maison témoin - f
show window (US) = vitrine - f
shower = averse - f
shower cubicle (UK) = cabine de douche - f
shower diverter = inverseur de douche - m
shower head = pomme de douche - f
shower pan = pédiluve - m
shower receptor (US) = receveur de douche - m
shower screen = pare-douche - m
shower sprayer = pomme de douche - f
shower stall (US) = cabine de douche - f
shower tray = pédiluve - m
shower tray (UK) = bac à douche - m, receveur à dou-
ches - m, receveur de douche - m
showroom = hall d’exposition - m
shreadhead = demi-croupe - f, toit à demi-croupe - m
shreadhead roof = toit à demi-croupe - m
shredder (UK) = dilacérateur - m
shrink on, to = emmancher à chaud
shrink, to = jouer le bois
shrinkage = contraction - f, perte de volume - f, perte
de volume (bois) - f, retrait - m, retrait (du ciment,
etc.) - m, retrécissement - m
shrinkage compensating = sans retrait (béton, mortier)
shrinkage joint = joint de retrait - m, limite de retrait - f
shrinkage reinforcement = armature de retrait - f
shrinkage stress = contrainte due au retrait - f
shrinking = perte de volume - f
shunt = collecteur - m, conduit collecteur - m
shunt circuit = circuit en dérivation - m
shunt system = conduit - m
shutdown = arrêt - m, fermeture (machine) - f
shutter = contrevent - m, persienne - f, volet - m
shutter bar = fléau (fermeture de persienne ou de
porte) - m
shutter blind = jalousie - f
shutter piece = tapée de persienne - f
shuttered = banché
shuttering = banchage - m, cadre coffrant - m, chemi-
sage - m, coffrage - m, coffrage collaborant - m, encof-
frement - m, tubage - m
shuttering floor slab = prédalle - f
shuttering panel = banche - f
shuttering slab = dalle coffrante - f
shutting post = poteau battant - m
shutting stile = battant - m
side = côté - m, face (planche, panneau) - f, flanc - m,
grand face - f, joue - f, joue de poutre - f, pan (brique,
pierre) - m
side aisle = basse nef - f, collatéral - m, nef latérale - f,
petite nef - f
side apse = abside latérale - f
side boom = pose-tubes - m
side construction tile = brique creuse à perforations
horizontales - f
side door = portillon - m
side dumping = déversement latéral - m
side elevation = élévation latérale - f, vue de côté - f
side form = flanc - m
side formwork = joue de coffrage - f
side hook = crochet d’établi - m
side lap = recouvrement longitudinal - m
side outlet = sortie horizontale (plomberie) - f
side post = jambette - f
side rail (UK) = lisse (ossature) - f
side slope = pente du talus - f
side stud = poteau latéral - m
side view = vue de côté - f
side wall = bajoyer - m
side wooden piece = bandeau - m
side-boom = pose-tubes - m
side-hung door = porte battante - f, porte pivotante - f
side-hung double leaf door = porte à deux battants - f
sidehung window = fenêtre à battants - f
sidesway = déplacement latéral - m
sidesway of joints = déplacement latéral des nœuds - m
sidewalk (US) = trottoir - m
sidewall = mur latéral - m, paroi - f
siding = bardage - m
siding (US) = bardage en planches - m
siding shingle = bardeau - m
siding shingle = bardeau de revêtement - m
sieve = crible - m, passoire - f, tamis - m
sieving = criblage - m, tamisage - m
sift, to = bluter, cribler, tamiser
sifted = tamisé
sifting = criblage - m, tamisage - m
sight = visée - f
sight (alidade) = pinnule - f
sight gauge = viseur - m
sight glass (UK) = viseur de liquide - m
sight glass and moisture indicator = viseur de
liquide avec indicateur d’humidité - m
sight rule = alidade à pinnules - f
sight size = surface d’éclairement (fenêtre) - f
sight tube = viseur - m
sign = panneau de signalisation - m
silica brick = brique de silice - f
silica gel = gel de silice - m
silica refractory = brique de silice - f, brique sili-
ceuse - f
silicate cement = ciment au silicate - m
silicate paint = peinture aux silicates - f, peinture sili-
catée - f
siliceous brick = brique siliceuse - f
siliceous cement = ciment sur-silicé - m
siliceous refractory = brique de silice - f
siliceous sand = sable mordant - m, sable siliceux - m
silicon carbide brick = brique de carbure de silicium - f
silicone resin = résine aux silicones - f
silicone resin = résine de silicone - f
silicone rubber = caoutchouc silicone - m
silicones = produits de silicone - m
silico-phosphate cement = ciment silico-phosphate - m
silky failure = cassure soyeuse - f
silky fracture = cassure soyeuse - f, fracture
soyeuse - f, rupture soyeuse - f, fracture soyeuse - f, rup-
ture soyeuse - f
sill = allège - f, appui - m, appui de fenêtre - m, four-
rure - f, lisse - f, longrine de fondation - f, semelle - f,
semelle basse (de chandelle) - f, seuil - m
sill cock (US) = robinet d’arrosage - m
sill height = hauteur d’appui - f
sill high = à hauteur d’appui
sill plate = lisse - f, lisse basse - f, longrine de fonda-
tion - f
sill stock = bois à seuil - m
sillimanite brick = brique de sillimanite - f
silo = silo - m
silt = limon (sol) - m, vase - f
silty clay = argile limoneuse - f
silver grain = maille (bois) - f, maillure (bois) - f,
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simple = direct (contrainte), pur (contrainte)
simple beam = poutre simple - f, poutre simplement
appuyée - f, poutre sur appuis libres - f
simple bending = flexion simple - f
simple bridge = pont à une travée - m
simple column = poteau simple - m
simple floor = plancher simple - m
simple frame = portique simple - m, structure isosta-
tique - f
simple shear = cisaillement direct - m, cisaillement
simple - m
simple support = appui libre - m
simple supported beam = poutre sur deux appuis - f
simple truss = ferme simple - f
simply supported beam = poutre sur appuis
simples - f, poutre simplement appuyée - f, poutre sur
appuis libres - f
simulated service testing machine = machine de
fatigue - f, machine d’endurance - f, machine d’essai de
fatigue - f, machine d’essai d’endurance - f
single acting = à simple effet
single bevel weld = soudure en demi V - f
single column footing = semelle isolée sous pilier - f,
semelle isolée sous poteau - f
single cut = taille simple - f
single door = porte à un seul battant - f, porte à un seul
vantail - f, porte bâtarde - f
single door = porte simple - f
single footing = semelle isolée - f
single gate = portillon - m
single hung = châssis à guillotine simple - m
single knot = nœud isolé - m
single lacing = treillis simple - m
single lap tile = tuile à simple recouvrement - f
single leaf door = porte bâtarde - f
single measure = à cadre sur un parement, à moulures
sur un parement, assemblage à cadre sur un pare-
ment - m
single pitch roof = toit monopente - m
single point load = charge élémentaire isolée - f
single pole scaffold = échafaudage à une rangée
d’échasse - m
single strength sheet glass (UK) = verre simple - m
single strength window glass (US) = verre simple - m
single tenon splice = enture à simple tenon - f
single thickness sheet glass (UK) = verre simple - m
single thickness window glass (US) = verre simple - m
single U butt weld = soudure en tulipe - f, soudure
en U - f
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single Vee butt weld = soudure en V - f
single-acting pile hammer = mouton à simple effet - m
single-bevel butt weld = soudure en demi V - f
single-bevel weld = soudure en demi V - f
single-family dwelling = logement individuel - m
single-framed floor = plancher sur poutres - m
single-hole mixer tap = mélangeur monotrou - m
single-hung window = fenêtre à châssis à guillotine
simple - f, fenêtre à un châssis mobile - f, fenêtre à guil-
lotine à un seul vantail coulissant - f
single-layer = monocouche - m
single-layer space structure = structure en résille
simple - f
single-line diagram = schéma unifilaire - m
single-part (adhesive, sealant) = monocomposant - m
single-plane frame = pan d’ossature - m
single-point load = charge isolée - f
single-pole = unipolaire
single-sided = simple service (ascenseur) - m
single-size aggregate = granulat élémentaire - m
single-sized aggregate = granulat à granulométrie
unique - m
single-skin cladding = bandage simple peau - m
single-stack system = réseau à chute unitaire - m
single-storey house (UK) = maison à un étage - f
single-U butt weld = soudure en tulipe - f, soudure
en U - f
single-unit roof covering = revêtement d’étan-
chéité - m
single-Vee butt weld = soudure en V - f
singl-hung sash = fenêtre à guillotine à un seul vantail
coulissant - f
sink = évier - m
sink (US) = lavabo - m
sink a pile, to = foncer un pieu
sink a well, to = forer, forer un puits
sink boreholes, to = faire des sondages
sink in, to = emboire (s’) (peinture)
sink unit = bloc évier - m
sink, to = foncer
sinking in (paint) = embu - m
sinking of groundwater = rabattement de la nappe
phréatique - m
sintered = fritté
sintered fuel ash = cendres volantes agglomérées - f
sintering = frittage
siphon = siphon - m
siphon action W.C = cuvette à action siphonique - f
siphon outlet = sortie siphoïde - f
siphonic W.C = cuvette à action siphonique - f, cuvette
à aspiration - f
S-iron = esse - m
site = assiette d’un édifice - f, chantier - m, emplace-
ment - m
site agent = chef de chantier - m
site assembly = mise en œuvre des produits préfabri-
qués - f
site assembly = montage sur le chantier - m, montage
sur place - m
site clearing = nettoyage du terrain - m
site clerk = pointeau - m, pointeur - m
site coverage = emprise au sol - f, emprise au sol d’un
bâtiment - f
site development = aménagement du terrain - m
site exploration = reconnaissance des terrains - f,
reconnaissance du sol - f
site facilities = installations de chantier - f
site facility = installation de chantier - f
site factory = usine foraine - f
site fence = clôture de chantier - f
site hut = abri (de chantier) - m, baraque de chantier - f
site investigation = étude des lieux - f, étude du chan-
tier - f, reconnaissance des terrains - f, reconnaissance
du sol - f
site office = bureau de chantier - m
site plan = plan d’aménagement - m, plan de masse -
m, plan de situation - m, plan d’emplacement - m, plan
d’ensemble - m
site precasting = préfabrication foraine - f
site prefabrication = préfabrication foraine - f
site reconnaissance = reconnaissance du site - f
site sign = panneau de chantier - m
site survey = reconnaissance du site - f
site welding = soudage au chantier - m
site work = aménagement du terrain - m, construction
sur le chantier - f, travaux sur le chantier - m, travaux
sur place - m
site works = voirie et réseaux divers (VRD) - m, VRD
(voirie et réseaux divers) - m
site, on = à pied d’œuvre, en chantier
site-welded = soudé au chantier
siting = assiette d’un édifice - f
siting (on a plot) = implantation - f
sizable project = travaux importants - m
size = apprêt (papier peint) - m, colle d’apprêt - f,
taille - f
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size distribution curve = courbe de distribution gra-
nulométrique - f
size, to = calibrer
sized aggregate = granulat calibré - m
sized slate = ardoise d’échantillon - f
sizing = apprêt (papier peint) - m, calibrage - m,
charge - f, dimensionnement - m, encollage - m, granu-
lométrie - f, mise à dimensions - f
sizing (wall papering) = encollage d’apprêt - m
sizing screen = crible classeur - m
skeleton = carcasse - f, charpente - f, ossature - f, sque-
lette - m
skeleton construction = bâtiment à ossature por-
teuse - m, construction à ossature - f, construction ossa-
turée - f
skeleton core = âme cloisonnée (panneau) - f
skeleton framing = ossature - f, ossature ajourée - f
skeleton key = crochet de serrurier - m, fausse clé - f
skeleton step = marche ajourée - f
skeleton steps = escalier ajouré - m, marches ajou-
rées - f
skeleton structure = ossature - f
sketch = croquis - m, ébauche - f, esquisse - f
sketch plan = avant-plan - m, croquis - m
sketched statement = attachement figuré - m
sketch-plan = schéma - m
skew = biais - m
skew arch = arc biais - m, voûte biaise - f
skew block = sommier de pignon - m
skew bridge = pont biais - m
skew butt = sommier de pignon - m
skew nailing = clouage en biais - m
skew vault = arc biais - m, voûte biaise - f
skewback = cul de sommier - m, sommier (arc) - m
skewness = dissymétrie - f
skid = cale - f, patin - m, sabot - m
skidding = ripage (étaiement) -m
skids = cale - f
skilled worker = OQ (ouvrier qualifié) - m, ouvrier
qualifié (OQ) - m
skim coat = couche de finition - f, couche de lissage -
f, enduit pelliculaire - m
skimmer brick = brique barrage - f
skimmer shovel = pelle niveleuse - f
skimming = écumage - f
skimming coat = couche de finition - f, couche de lis-
sage - f
skimmings = matière flottante - f
skin = enveloppe extérieure - f, épiderme - m, paroi
(légère) - f
skin coat = revêtement pelliculaire - m
skin friction = frottement latéral - m, frottement super-
ficiel - f
skintled brickwork = briquetage irrégulier - m, brique-
tage rustique - m
skip = benne - f, benne d’alimentation - f, benne élé-
vatrice - f, dimanche(peinture) - m, discontinuité d’un
revêtement - f, manque (peinture) - m, omission (cor-
royage, ponçage) - f
skips of dressing = omissions au corroyage - f
skirting block = sabot de plinthe - m, socle (cham-
branle) - m, soldat (maçonnerie) - m
skirting board (UK) = plinthe - f
skirting heater = plinthe chauffante - f
skirting radiator (UK) = radiateur plinthe - m
skirting trunking = plinthe à couvercle - f, plinthe
électrique - f
skirtings = socle de lambris - m
sky component = facteur de ciel - m
sky factor = facteur de ciel - m
sky light (at ridge of roof) = faîtière (lucarne) - f
skylight = châssis de toiture - m, châssis vitré - m,
gratte-ciel - m, lanterneau - m, lucarne - f lucarne faî-
tière - f, tabatière - f, vasistas - m verrière - f
skylight (at ridge of a roof) = lucarne faîtière - f
skyscraper = gratte-ciel - m
slab = dallage - m, dallage en béton - m, dalle - f,
dosse - f, hourdis - m, plaque (aggloméré) - f, tranche
(marbre) - f
slab board = dosse - f
slab construction = construction à dalle - f
slab door = blocporte - m, porte isoplane - f, porte
plane - f, plancher dalle - m
slab form = table de coffrage - f
slab on grade = dallage - m, dalle sur le sol - f
slab on ground = dallage - m
slab stop = arrêt de dalle - m
slab-column connection = liaison dalle-poteau - f
slabs = croûtes - f, dosses - f
slack = mou (de courroie) - m
slack side = côté ouvert - m, face distendue (contre-
plaqué) - f
slacken a part, to = donner du jeu
slacken, to = donner du jeu
slag = laitier - m
slag brick = brique de laitier - f, brique de scorie - f
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slag cement = ciment de laitier - m, ciment métallur-
gique - m, CM (ciment métallurgique) - m, laitier - m
slag concrete = béton de laitier - m, béton de scorie - m
slag gravel = grave-laitier - f
slag wool = laine de laitier - f
slaked lime = chaux éteinte - f
slaking = extinction (chaux) -f
slant = angle de déclivité - m, inclinaison - f, pente - f
slanting = biais - m, glacis - m, oblique
slash grain = débit en plot - m, débit sur dosse - m
slash grain wood = bois sur dosse - m
slash sawing = débit en plot - m
slasher = tronçonneuse - f
slat = forçaille - f, lame - f, lame de store - f, latte - f,
planchette - f, tasseau - m, volige - f
slate = ardoise - f
slate batten = latte à ardoises - f, liteau - m
slate boarding = voligeage sous ardoises - m
slate covering = couverture en ardoise - f
slate hanging = bardage en ardoise - m, essentage - m
slate lath = liteau - m
slate nail = clou à ardoise - m
slate roof = toiture d’ardoise - f
slater = couvreur - m
slater’s hammer = marteau à ardoise - m
slater’s iron = enclume - f
slating = ardoisage - m, couverture en ardoises - f, pose
d’ardoises - f
slating batten = fourrure à ardoise - f, latte à
ardoises - f, latte-volige - f, volige - f
slating lath = latte à ardoises - f
slating nail = clou à ardoise - m
slatted decking = platelage en caillebotis - m
slatted shutter = persienne - f
sledge hammer = frappe-devant - m, marteau à deux
mains - m, masse - f
sledgehammer = marteau à deux mains - m, marteau
à frapper devant - m
sleeper = dormant - m, lambourde - f, lambourde sur
béton - f, longrine - f, traverse - f
sleeper plate = longrine - f
sleeve = bague - f, douille - f, entrée - f, fourreau - m,
fourrure - f, gaine - f, gaine de béton précontraint - f,
manchette - f, manchon (de peintre) - m, manchon de
frottament - m
sleeve coupling = accouplement à douille - m, couplage
à douille - m, couplage à manchon - m, joint à man-
chon - m
sleeve joint = joint à douille - m, joint bitubulaire - m,
joint tordu - m, manchon de raccord - m
slender = élancé (colonne)
slender column = poteau élancé - m
slenderness ratio = élancement - m
slenderness ratio = rapport d’élancement - m
slew, to = tourner
slewing = orientation (grue) - f
slewing crane = grue pivotante - f
slice = tranche (planche, panneau) - f
sliced veneer = placage tranché - m
slickenside = miroir de faille - m
slide = coulisse - f, glissière - f
slide bolt = targette - f, verrou - m
slideway = coulisse - f
sliding = coulissant, ripage (étaiement) -m
sliding bevel = fausse équerre - f
sliding bolt = verrou à coulisse - m
sliding door = porte à glissière - f, porte coulissante - f
sliding door (garage type) = porte roulante et coulis-
sante - f
sliding folding door = porte pliante accordéon - f
sliding form = coffrage glissant - m
sliding friction = friction de glissement - f
sliding masse = masse interessée par le glissement - f
sliding resistance = résistance au glissement - f
sliding sash = châssis à guillotine sur le can - m, châssis
coulissant - m
sliding sleeve = douille coulissante - f
sliding wedge = prisme de glissement - m, prisme
d’éboulement - m
sliding window = châssis coulissant - m, fenêtre coulis-
sante - f
slight crossgrain = fil légèrement tors - m
slightly moist = béton à consistence deterre humide - m
sling = élingue - f, étrier d’ascenseur - m
slip = fourrure - f, languette - f
slip (ceramic products) = engobe - m
slip and tongue splice = enture à enfourchement - f
slip band = ligne de glissement - f
slip brick = plaquette - f
slip feather = fausse languette - f, languette (menui-
serie) - f
slip form = coffrage glissant - m
slip formwork = coffrage glissant - m
slip joint = assemblage à fourche - m, JD (joint de dila-
tation) - m, joint coulissant - m, joint de dilata-
tion (JD) - m
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slip line = ligne de glissement - f
slip mortise = assemblage à fourche - m, enfourche-
ment - m
slip of the bank = glissement de la berge - m
slip plane = surface de glissement - f
slip sill = seuil rapporté - m
slip surface = plan de glissement - m, surface de glis-
sement - f
slip tile = plaquette - f
slip tongue = clavette - f
slip tongue = fausse languette - f
slipform paver = machine à coffrage glissant - f
slipformer = machine à coffrage glissant - f
slip-mortise joint = assemblage à fourche - m
slip-on flange = bride coulissante - f
slipper bath = baignoire sabot - f
slipstrim = sillage - m
slop sink = vidoir - m
slope = angle de déclivité - m, dénivellation - f,
glacis - m, inclinaison - f, inclinaison par rapport à l’ho-
rizontale - f, pan de toit - m, pente (terrain) - f, pente de
la ligne d’eau - f, rampant - m, rampe - f, talus - m, ver-
sant - m
slope angle = pente de talus - f
slope brick = brique en sifflet - f
slope circle = cercle de talus - m
slope form = forme de pente - f
slope of roof = égout (pan de toit) - m
slope wash = érosion de pente - f
sloped = à glacis
sloped column footing = semelle isolée pyramidale - f
sloped footing = empattement en tronc de pyramide - m
sloped footing = semelle pyramidale - f
sloped soffit = sous-face en pente - f
sloper = taluteuse - m
sloping = en pente, glacis - m, oblique
sloping barrel vault = voûte en berceau rampant - f
sloping flange = aile à épaisseur variable - f
sloping footing = empattement en tronc de pyra-
mide - m, semelle en tronc de pyramide - f
sloping ground = sol en pente - m, terrain en pente - m
sloping side = pan de toit - m, versant - m
sloping side (roof) = pan - m
sloping support = appui rampant - m
sloping wall = mur rampant - m
slot = encoche - f, entaille - f, fente (tête de vis) - f, rai-
nure - f
slot diffuser = diffuseur à fente - m, diffuseur recti-
ligne - m
slot drain = caniveau à fentes - m
slot meter = compteur à paiement préalable - m
slot mortise = enfourchement - m
slot opening (in tower, stairs) = rayère - f
slot weld = soudure à entaille - f
slot, to = rainer, rainurer
sloted casing = tubage perforé - m
slot-mortise joint = assemblage à enfourchement - m
slot-mortise joint = assemblage à fourche - m
slotted = rainuré
slotted floor = caillebotis - m
slotted head = tête fendue - f
slotted hole = boutonnière - f
slotted screw = vis à tête fendue - f
slotter = machine à mortaiser - f, mortaiseuse - f
slotting = mortaisage - f
slotting machine = étau mortaiseur - m, machine à
mortaiser - f, mortaiseuse - f
slow = à petite allure
slow bend = coude à grand rayon - m
slow combustion stove = poêle à feu continu - m
slow setting cement = ciment à prise lente - m
slow test = essai consolidé lent - m
slow-combustion stove = poêle à feu continu - m
slow-grown = à couches minces
slow-setting cement = ciment à prise lente - m, ciment
lent - m
sludge = boue - f, boue d’assainissement - f, vase - f
sludge digestion tank = digesteur - m
sludge holding tank = bassin à boue - m
sludge incinerator = incinérateur à boues - m
sludge pump = pompe à matières épaisses - f
sludge ripening = maturation des boues - f
slum = quartier insalubre - m
slum area = quartier insalubre - m
slum clearance = élimination des taudis - f
slum clearance area = quartier insalubre à démolir - m
slum improvement = amélioration des taudis - f
slump = affaissement - m
slump cone = cône d’Abrams - m
slump test = essai d’affaissement - m, essai de plasti-
cité - m
slump, of concrete = affaissement du béton - m
slung cradle = sellette - f
slurry = boue liquide - f, coulis - m, lait de ciment - m
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slush coat = crépi - m
slush joints full, to = remplir les joints à la truelle
slush, to = appliquer à la truelle
slush, to = crépir
slushed (up) joints = joints coulés - m, pose à joints
coulés - f
slushed up joint = joint coulé - m
small beam = poutrelle - f
small board = planchette - f
small bore central heating (UK) = chauffage central
à circulation forcée -m
small brace = bracon - m
small courtyard = courette - f
small embellishment = enjolivure - f
small fronton above a door or a window = fron-
teau - m
small gravel = gravillons - m
small joist = soliveau - m
small lantern = lanterneau - m
small masonry work = menus ouvrages - m
small post = potelet - m
small roof vent = chatière - f
small scale = échelle réduite - f
small shutter = guichet (dans la porte) - m
small squinch = trompillon - m
small strut = bracon - m
small tools = petit matériel divers - m
small trough = auget - m
small wind break = haie-rideau - f
small-bore central heating (UK) = chauffage central
à circulation forcée -m
smaller work = menus ouvrages - m, ouvrage léger - m,
ouvrage menu - m, petite maçonnerie - f
small-units prefabrication = préfabrication légère - f
smitchboard = tableau - m
smoke = fumée (plomberie) - f
smoke and heat vent = aérateur exutoire - m
smoke chamber = chambre à fumée - f
smoke connection = buse de fumée - f
smoke control = désenfumage - m
smoke detector = détecteur de fumée - m
smoke disposal = évacuation des fumées - f
smoke duct = conduit de fumée - m
smoke extraction = désenfumage - m
smoke outlet = trappe de désenfumage - f
smoke pipe = tuyau de fumée - m
smoke rocket = cartouche fumigène - f
smoke sensor = détecteur de fumée - m
smoke shelf = plate-forme anti-refoulante - f, tablette
anti-refoulante - f
smoke test = épreuve d’étanchéité à la cartouche fumi-
gène - f, test d’étanchéité au fumigène - f
smoke vent = exutoire (fumée) - m
smoke venting = désenfumage - m
smoke-control door = porte pare-flamme - f
smoked glass = verre fumé - m
smokeless (appliance) = fumivore
smokemeter = fumimètre - m
smokiness = fumosité - f
smooth = lisse, uni (surface)
smooth bar = barre lisse - f
smooth bit = couronne dentée - f
smooth cut = taille double (lime) - f, taille douce
(lime) - f
smooth down plaster, to = égrener
smooth dressing = taille plane - f
smooth face = parement lisse - m
smooth file = lime douce - f
smooth float finish = enduit lissé à la règle - m
smooth float finish = enduit lissé au bouclier - m
smooth off, to = adoucir un angle
smooth on one side = à une face lisse (bois)
smooth rendering = enduit de lissage - m
smooth, to = égaliser (une surface)
smooth-face brick = brique à parement lisse - f
smoothing = égalisation - f, lissage (enduit) - m
smoothing board = latte de régalage - f
smoothing plane = mouchette - f
smoothness = arrondi - m
smoothness = égalité - f
smooth-wheel roller = rouleau lisse - m
snake = casse en long - f, furet - m
snap = targette - f
snap a line, to = cingler un trait
snap action switch = interrupteur instantané - m
snap action switch = interrupteur rapide - m
snap bolt = verrou à ressort - m
snap head = tête demi-ronde - f, tête ronde (TR) - f,
TR (tête ronde) - f
snap-action = à déclic
snapping line = cingleau - m, cordeau - m
sneck = arase - f
snip = cisaille - f
snips = cisaille à tôle - f, cisaille de ferblantier - f
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snout = buse (ajustage) - f
snow and wind loads = surcharge neige-vent - f
snow load = surcharge de neige - f
soakaway = puisard (assainissement) - m, puisard
(puits perdu) - m, puits absorbant - m, puits perdu - m
soaker = noquet - m, solin - m
soap = brique d’aération - f
socket = douille - f, emboîtement - m, manchon
(pipe) - m, socle - m
socket (US) = PC (prise de courant) - f, prise de cou-
rant - f
socket end (UK) = emboîture - f
socket end of pipe (US) = emboîture - f
socket fitting = raccord à emboîtement - m
socket hinge = penture à crapaudine - f
socket joint (UK) = joint à emboîtement - m
socket of door pivot = crapaudine - f
socket outlet = prise de courant - f
socket pipe = tuyau à emboîtement - m
socket spanner = clef à douille - f
socket welding fitting = raccord à emboîtement à
souder - m
socket welding valve = robinet à emboîtement
soudé - m
socket-and-spigot joint (UK) = joint d’emboîture - m
socketed rope = câble à têtes culottées - m
socket-welding tee = té à emboîtement soudé - m
socle = socle - m
soda acid extinguisher = extincteur à liquide ignifu-
geant - m
sodium vapour lamp = lampe à vapeur de sodium - f
soffit = sous-face - f
soffit (of girder mould) = fond (de poutre) - m
soffit (of spiral stair) = coquille (d’escalier héli-
coïdal) - f
soffit block = hourdis - m
soffit board = panneau (de coffrage) - m
soffit cladding = parement (de sous-face) - m, pare-
ment de sous-face - m
soffit covering = parement (de sous-face) - m
soft architecture = architecture textile - f
soft bed = lit tendre - m
soft board = panneau isolant - m
soft cohesive soil = sol cohésif mou - m
soft concrete = béton fluide - m
soft energy = énergie douce - f
soft ground = mauvais sol - m
soft jaw = mordache - f
soft metal = métal mou - m
soft metal = métal tendre - m
soft rock = roche tendre - f
soft solder = soudure tendre - f
soft stone = pierre tendre - f
soft surface = mauvais sol - m
soft verge = accotement non stabilisé - m
soft wood = bois tendre - m
softboard = panneau de fibres tendre - m, panneau de
fibres tendres - m, panneau mou - m
soften, to = adoucir (eau)
softened = adouci (eau)
softened water = eau adoucie - f
softening = ramollissement - m
softening point = point de ramollissement - m, point
de ramollissement (bitume) - m
softwood = bois résineux - m, résineux
soil = salissure - f, terrain - m, terre - f
soil absorption = absorption par le sol - f
soil aggregate = agrégat - m
soil and subsoil = fonds et tréfonds - m
soil and waste stack = chute unique - f, tuyau de chute
unique - m
soil bearing = capacité portante du sol - f, force por-
tante - f, portance du sol - f, résistance du sol - f
soil bearing capacity = résistance du sol - f
soil bearing value = indice portant du sol - m
soil behaviour = comportement du sol - m
soil branch = branchement de vidange de WC - m
soil compaction = compactage du sol - m
soil compactor = dameur - m, plaque vibrante - f
soil consolidation = consolidation du sol - f
soil corrosion = corrosion tellurique - f
soil engineering = technique des ouvrages en terre - f
soil exploration = reconnaissance des terrains - f,
reconnaissance du sol - f
soil in place = sol en place - m
soil liable to scour = sol affouillable - m, terrain
affouillable - m
soil mass = masse de sol - f
soil mechanics = mécaniques des sols - f
soil mixture = agrégat - m
soil not liable to scour = sol inaffouillabe - m
soil particle = particule de sol - f
soil pipe = chute d’eaux vannes - f, tuyau de chute - m,
tuyau de renvoi - m
soil porosity = porosité du sol - f
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soil pressure at rest = poussée des terres au repos - f,
pression des terres au repos - f, pression du sol au
repos - f, pression naturelle des terres - f
soil profile = profil du sol - m
soil resistance = portance du sol - f, résistance du sol - f
soil sample = échantillon du sol - m
soil science = pédologie - f
soil stabilisation = stabilisation d’un sol - f
soil stabilizer = stabilisateur de sols - m
soil stack = chute d’eaux vannes - f, colonne de
renvoi - f, tuyau de chute - m
soil statics = mécanique des sols - f
soil strength = résistance du sol - f
soil survey = étude du sol - f, étude pédologique - f,
reconnaissance du sol - f
soil testing = analyse de sol - f
soil vent = ventilation primaire (VP) - f, VP (ventila-
tion primaire) - f
soil water = eaux vannes - f
soil water percentage = pourcentage d’eau dans le
sol - m
soil-cement = sol-ciment - m
soil-or-waste stack = colonne de chute ou de renvoi - f
soil-supported structure = ouvrage supporté par le
sol - m
sol-air temperature = température fictive extérieure - f
solar architecture = architecture solaire - f
solar blanket = couverture solaire - f, toile solaire - f
solar collector = capteur solaire - m
solar concentrator = concentrateur - m
solar control glazing = vitrage pare-soleil - m
solar energy collection system = système collecteur
d’énergie solaire - m
solar energy technology = héliotechnique - f
solar engineering = héliotechnique - f
solar heat = chaleur solaire - f
solar heat gain = apport de chaleur solaire - m
solar heat gain = apport solaire - m
solar house = maison solaire - f
solar load = apport solaire - m
solar panel = panneau solaire - m
solar power = énergie hélio-électrique - f
solar power farm = hélio-centrale électrique - f
solar power plant = hélio-centrale électrique - f
solar radiation = rayonnement solaire - m
solar radiation data = données solarimétriques - f
solar radiation measurement = mesure solarimé-
trique - f
solar simulator = simulateur de rayonnement
solaire - m
solar tower = tour solaire - f
solar-assisted = appoint d’énergie solaire (avec)
solarimeter = solarimètre - m
solder = brasure tendre - f, métal à souder - m, sou-
dure - f, soudure indirecte - f
soldered joint = soudure - f
soldering = soudage - m
soldier = bloc de maçonnerie - m, guide de maçon - m,
montant - m
soldier beam = étai vertical - m
soldier course = assise de bahut - f, assise de bout - f,
assise de briques posées debout - f
sole = semelle de fondation - f
sole piece = couchis - m, patin (étaiement) - m, plaque
d’assise - f, plaque de base - f, sablière basse - f, semelle
(étai) –f, semelle d’appui - f
sole plate = couchis - m, lisse basse - f, patin (étaie-
ment) - m, plaque d’assise - f, plaque de base - f,
sablière - f, sablière basse - f, semelle (poteaux) - f,
semelle d’appui - f
sole plate (of machinery) = taque - f
solenoid valve = robinet électromagnétique - m
solid = massif, plein (non creux)
solid anchor block = mastif d’ancrage - m
solid bearing = appui continu - m, appui plein - m
solid blocking = blocage plein - m
solid brick = brique pleine - f
solid cap = couronnement massif - m, couronnement
plein - m
solid flight of steps = paillasse (d’escalier) - f
solid floor = plancher massif - m
solid glass block = brique pleine en verre - f, pavé de
verre - m
solid glass brick = brique pleine en verre - f
solid ground floor = dalle pleine du rez-de-
chaussée - f, rez-de-chaussée sur terre-plein - m
solid masonry = maçonnerie massive - f
solid masonry unit = élément massif de maçon-
nerie - m
solid moulding = moulure poussée dans la masse - f
solid newel = noyau massif - m, noyau plein - m
solid newel stair = escalier à noyau plein - m
solid part = élément massif - m
solid partition = cloison pleine - f
solid reinforced concrete roof slab = toit en béton
armé - m
solid rib = veau (cintre) - m
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solid rock = roche en place - f, roche vive - f
solid timber = bois massif - m
solid tire (US) = bandage plein - m
solid tyre (UK) = bandage plein - m
solid unit = élément massif - m
solid upper floor = plafond en dalle pleine - m
solid walling = murs pleins - m
solid web = âme pleine - f
solid web girder = poutre à âme pleine - f
solid wood = bois massif - m
solid-core door = porte à âme pleine - f
solid-filled arch = arc à tympan plein - m
solidity = coefficient de plénitude - m
solid-newel stair = vis à noyau plein - f
solid-point pipe pile = pieu tube à pointe - m
solids = matières solides - f
solifluction = solifluction - f
solifluxion = solifluction - f
soling = nettoyage (route) - m
soluble glass = verre soluble - m
solvent = diluant - m
solvent-welded joint = joint collé - m
sone = sone - f
sonic pile driver = vibrofonceur - m
soot = suie - f
soot door (UK) = porte de ramonage - f, trappe de
ramonage - f
soot pocket = pot à suie - m
soot stain = bistrage - m
sorting boom = chapelet de triage - m
sorting table = table de triage - f
soun trap = piège à sons - m
sound = acoustique, en bon état, piège à sons - m, sain
(bois)
sound absorbing material = matériau absorbant pho-
nique - m, matériau phonique - m
sound absorption = absorption acoustique - f
sound amplification system = sonorisation - f
sound board = abat-voix - m
sound damping = amortissement acoustique - m
sound drilling = forage acoustique - m
sound energy = énergie acoustique - f
sound insulation = insonorisation - f, isolant acous-
tique - m, isolation acoustique - f, isolation phonique - f,
isolation sonique - f
sound knot = nœud sain - m, nœud vivant - m
sound level = niveau sonore - m
sound level meter = sonomètre - m
sound pressure = pression acoustique - f, pression
sonore - f
sound pressure level = niveau de pression acoustique
ou sonore - m
sound proofing = insonorisation - f
sound reduction (UK) = affaiblissement sonore - m
sound reduction factor = indice d’affaiblissement
sonore - m
sound reduction index = indice d’affaissement
sonore - m
sound spectrum = spectre acoustique - m
sound square edge = côté d’équerre sain - m
sound transmission loss = indice d’affaiblissement
sonore - m
sound transmission loss (US) = affaiblissement
sonore - m
sound waves = ondes sonores - f
sound weld = soudure saine - f
sound wood = bois sain - m
sound wormy = poqué sain
sound-absorption coefficient = coefficient d’absorp-
tion acoustique - m
sound-boarding = sous-plancher - m
sounding board = abat-voix - m
sounding cone = conduite de sondage - f
soundness = bon état - m
soundness test = essai de gélivité - m, essai de qua-
lité - m
soundproof = insonorisé
sound-proof = insonore
sound-proof, to = insonoriser
soundproofing = insonorisation - f
sound-proofing = isolation phonique - f, revêtement
acoustique - m
source of heat = foyer de chaleur - m
source of sound = source de bruit - f
space = espace - m, vide - m
space between girders = entrevous - m
space cooling = rafraîchissement des locaux - m
space deck = structure spatiale - f
space factor = coefficient d’encombrement - m
space for concrete infilling = vide pour remplissage
avec béton - m
space frame = structure spatiale - f, structure tridimen-
sionnelle - f
space frame structure = structure tridimensionnelle - f
space grid = résille spatiale - f
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space heating = chauffage d’ambiance –m, chauffage
par convection - m
space lattice = treillis spatial - m, treillis tridimen-
sionnel - m
space structure = structure spatiale - f
spaced boards = planches non-jointives - f
spaced column = poteau à éléments espacés - m
spaced column = poteau espacé - m
spaced roof board sheathing = planches non-jointives
en couverture - f
spaced slated = couverture à claire-voie - f
spaced slating = couverture en ardoises sans liaison - f
spacer = cale d’espacement - f, distancier - m, écar-
teur - m, entretoise - f, entretoise d’écartement - f,
épingle (séchage du bois) - f, espaceur - m
spacer bar = entretoise - f, entretoise d’écartement - f
spachtling (US) = reboucheur (pour plâtre) - m
spacing = écart - m, écartement - m, espacement - m,
pas (boulons, rivets) - m
spacing pipe = entretoise tubulaire - f
spackle (US) = reboucheur (pour plâtre) - m
spackle, to (US) = boucher les fissures
spackling (US) = reboucheur (pour plâtre) - m
spade = bêche - f, pelle - f
spading = mélange à la pelle - m
spale = éclat de bois - m
spall = éclat de bois - m, épaufrure - f
spalling = éclatement de béton - m, épaufrure - f
spalling stress = éclatement d’effort - m
spalls = éclat de bois - m, éclats de pierre - m
span = distance entre appuis - f, envergure - f,
largeur - f, ouverture - f, portée - f, portée (arc) - f, travée
(ferme, portique) –f, volant - m
span length = longueur de portée - f
span of arc = archée - f
span roof = comble à deux égouts - m, comble à deux
versants - m, toit à deux versants - m
span to depth ratio = flèche - f
span, to = enjamber
spandrel = allège de façade rideau - f, chaînage - m,
échiffre - m, écoinçon - m, mur de tympan - m, tympan
(entre arcs) -m
spandrel beam = poutre de tympan - f
spandrel panel = panneau d’allège - m
spandrel step = marche délardée - f
spandrel-braced arch = arc à tympan rigide - m
spandril = écoinçon - m
Spanish tile = tuile canal de couverture - f
Spanish tile (UK) = tuile canal - f
spanner = clé à écrous - f
spanner (UK) = clé (outil) - f
spar = chevron - m
spare part = pièce détachée - f
sparge pipe = rampe d’aspersion - f
spark = étincelle - f
sparkling (US) = reboucheur (pour plâtre) - m
spatter dash = gobetis - m
spatterdash = gobetis - m
spatula = spatule - f
spault = cicatrice - f
special conditions = conditions particulières - f
special conditions of contract = cahier des clauses
spéciales - m
special high quality steel = acier à haute résistance - m
special purpose outlet = prise de courant spéciale - f,
sortie spéciale - f
species (wood) = essence (bois) - f
specifed ready mixed concrete = béton à caractéristi-
ques spécifiées - m
specific gravity = densité - f
specific heat = chaleur massique - f
specific retention = retention spécifique d’eau capil-
laire - m
specific weight = poids spécifique - m
specification = caractéristique - f, devis - m, devis des-
criptif - m, fiche technique - f, norme - f, prescription
technique - f, spécification - f
specifications = cahier des charges - m, devis des-
criptif - m
specifications and estimates = devis descriptif et esti-
matif - m
specifier = descripteur - m, prescripteur - m
speed = allure de ventilateur - f
speed wrench = vilebrequin - m
spider = brique centrale (fonderie) - f
spigot = bout mâle - m, bout uni - m, tampon - m
spigot and socket joint (UK) = joint à emboîte-
ment - m
spigot joint = emboîtement - m
spigot joint (US) = joint à emboîtement - m
spike = broche - f, cheville - f, clou - m, crampon - m,
grand clou - m, pointe de fer - f
spike bar = pied-de-biche - m
spike connector = connecteur à pointes - m
spike knot = nœud de biais - m, nœud plat - m
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spikes(on top of a gate or wall) = hérisson (décora-
tion) - m
spiking = chevillage - m
spile = pilotis - m
spill shield = paralume - m
spillway = canal de trop-plein - m, déservoir - m
spillway tunnel = galerie d’évacuation - f
spindle = toupie(travail du bois) - f
spindle baluster = balustre fuseau - f
spindle moulder = toupilleuse - f
spindle stairs = escalier à vis en noyau - m
spinney = boqueteau - m
spinning = centrifugation - f
spiny hedge = haie défensive - f
spiny thicket = épinaie - f
spiral = colimaçon (en), en hélice, hélice circulaire
(armature) - f, spirale - f
spiral collector = capteur à absorbeur en spirale - m
spiral column = colonne torse - f
spiral duct = gaine agrafée - f, gaine spiralée - f
spiral grain = fibre torse - f, fibres torses - f, fil spi-
ralé - m
spiral grain wood = bois vissé - m
spiral reinforced column = poteau fretté en hélice - m
spiral reinforcement = armature hélicoïdale - f, fret-
tage en hélice - m
spiral sash balance = équilibreur à spirale - m
spiral spring = ressort à boudin - m
spiral stair = escalier à vis - m, escalier en coli-
maçon - m, escalier en hélice - m, escalier en
limaçon - m, escalier hélicoïdal - m, escalier tour-
nant - m
spiral staircase = escalier à vis - m, escalier en coli-
maçon - m, escalier en hélice - m, escalier en
limaçon - m, escalier hélicoïdal - m, escalier tour-
nant - m
spiral stairs = escalier à vis - m, escalier en coli-
maçon - m, escalier en hélice - m, escalier en spirale - m,
escalier hélicoïdal - m, escalier tournant - m
spiral wire = fil tors - m
spiral-welded pipe = tuyau soudé en spirale - m
spire = aiguille - f, flèche - f, flèche d’église - f
spirelet = flèche - f
spirit level = niveau à bulle - m, niveau à bulle d’air - m
spirit stain = teinture à l’alcool - f
spirit varnish = vernis à l’alcool - m
spirits of salt = esprit-de-sel - m
spit = profondeur de fer de bêche - m
spitter = moignon - m
splash block = bloc parapluie - m
splashback = dosseret - m
splashboard = dosseret - m
splat = latte volige - f
S-plate = esse - m
splay = abat-jour (architecture) - m, ébrasement - m,
ébrasure - f, fond d’ébrasement - m, pan coupé - m
splay brick = brique en sifflet - f, brique-sifflet - f
splay knot = nœud plat - m
splayed = chanfreiné, coupé en biseau, ébrasé, en
biseau, en pan coupé
splayed arch = arc ébrasé - m, voussure - f
splayed baseboard (US) = plinthe chanfreinée - f
splayed coping = chaperon en glacis - m
splayed edge = champ avivé - m, champ biais - m,
chant avivé - m, chant biais - m
splayed failure = cassure en sifflet - f
splayed fracture = cassure en sifflet - f, fracture en sif-
flet - f, rupture en sifflet - f
splayed heading joint = enture en sifflet f
splayed jamb = montant ébrasé - m
splayed joint = assemblage à simple sifflet - m
splayed joint = assemblage en sifflet - m
splayed rupture = fracture en sifflet - f, rupture en sif-
flet - f
splayed scarf = enture à sifflet - f
splayed scarf joint = assemblage en trait de Jupiter - m
splayed skirting board (UK) = plinthe chanfreinée - f
splaying = ébrasement - m, ébrasure - f
splay-knot = nœuds en épis - m
splice = chevauchement - m, recouvrement - m
splice bar = éclisse - f
splice material = matériau d’enture - m, pièce de
joint - f
splice piece = éclisse - f
splice plate = éclisse - f
splicing = enture - f, épissure - f
splicing chamber = puits de coupure - m
splicing sleeve = manchon de raccord - m
spline = cannelure - f, clavette - f, languette - f, lan-
guette rapportée - f
splinter = éclat (pierre, roche) - m
splintering = écaillage - m
splinterproof glass = verre de sécurité - m, verre sand-
wich - m, verre Triplex®- m
splintery wood = bois éclatable - m, bois esquilleux - f
splinting = bardage - m
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split = brique fendue - f, chantignole - f, en deux par-
ties, en deux pièces, fente - f, fente traversante - f, fente
traversante profonde - f, gerce - f
split (wood, slate), to = fendre (se)
split astragal = double battement - m
split beam = poutre en deux pièces - f
split block = bloc éclaté - m
split bond = appareil en panneresses à plat fendues en
long - m, appareil en panneresses sur champ - m
split course = assise refendue - f
split face finish = taille éclatée (pierre) - f
split level = demi-niveau - m
split level house = maison à mi-étages - f
split pin = goupille - f, goupille de sûreté - f, goupille
fendue - f
split ring = anneau brisé - m, bague fendue - f
split ring connector = goujon annulaire fendu - m
split spoon = carottier fendu - m
split stuff = bois de fente - m
split system = système bibloc - m
split washer = anneau brisé - m, bague fendue - f
split, to = refendre (ardoise), se déliter
split-face block = bloc éclaté - m
split-face finish = taille éclatée (pierre) - f
split-ring connector = anneau fendu - m
splitting = éclatement - m, fendage - m
splitting failure = cassure par fendage - f
splitting fracture = cassure par fendage - f, rupture par
fendage - f
splitting rupture = rupture par fendage - f
splitting tensile strengh = résistance à la traction par
fendage - f
splitting tensile test = essai brésilien - m, essai de trac-
tion par fendage - m
splitting test = essai brésilien - m, essai de compres-
sion diamétrale - m, essai de fendage - m
spoil = déblai - m, matériau excavé - m, matériau
excavé excédentaire - m, terres excédentaires - f
spoil area = décharge - f
spoil bank = cavalier de déblais - m
spoils = déblais - m
spoke billet = bille à rais - f
spokeshave = vastringue - f
sponge asphalt = revêtement asphaltique spon-
gieux - m
sponge rubber = caoutchouc mousse - m
spongy lead = plomb spongieux - m
sponsor = maître de l’ouvrage (MO) - m, maître d’ou-
vrage (MO) - m
spoolwood = bois à bobines - m
spoon auger = tarière à bout rond - f
spoon auger = tarière à cuiller - f
spot application = application ponctuelle - f
spot gluing = application de colle en plots - f
spot welding = soudage par points - m, soudure par
point - f
spot zoning = zonage ponctuel - m
spotlight = spot - m
spotted = piqué (humidité)
sprandel panel = panneau de tympan - m
sprandel wall = mur d’allège - m
spray booth = cabine de peinture - f
spray drying = séchage par pulvérisation - m
spray gun = pistolet à peinture - m, pistolet pour pro-
jection - m
spray irrigation = arrosage par aspersion - m
spray nozzle = aspergeur - m, bec pulvérisateur - m,
pomme de douche - f
spray painter = peintre au pistolet - m
spray painting = peinture au pistolet - f, peinture par
projection - f
spray, to = projeter (enduit), pulvériser (liquide)
sprayed = projeté
sprayed concrete = béton projeté - m, gunite - f
sprayed-on insulation = isolant projeté - m
sprayer = aspergeur - m, goudronneuse - f, pulvérisa-
teur - m, répandeuse - f
spray-gun-operator = pistoléteur - m, pistoleur - m
spraying = application au pistolet - f, projection de
peinture - f, pulvérisation pneumatique - f
spraying (fine drop) = pulvérisation - f
spray-on = projeté
spread = propagation (incendie) - f
spread footing = fondation directe - f, fondation super-
ficielle - f
spread of flame = propagation de la flamme - f
spreader = buton - m, entretoise - f, entretoise de cof-
frage - f, épandeuse - f, étrésillon (provisoire de cof-
frage) –m, gravillonneuse - f, lame d’épandage - f,
queue-de-carpe - f, répandeuse - f
spreader (adhesive) = spatule - f
spreader (bar) = barre d’écartement - f
spreading = épandage - m, étalement (colle) - m, répan-
dage - m
spreading rate = rendement en surface - m, taux
d’étendage - m
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sprig = cheville - f
sprig nail = semence - f
spring = cintre sur la longueur - m, fontaine - f, gau-
chissement de chant - m, retombe - f, retombée - f,
source (eau) - f
spring (of board) = voilement longitudinal de rive - m
spring bolt = cheville à ressort - f, pêne à ressort - m,
pêne ressort - m
spring hinge = paumelle à ressort - f
spring lock = bec de-cane - m, serrure à fouillot - f, ser-
rure à ressort - f
spring water = eau de source - f
spring wood = bois de printemps - m
spring-and-fall heating (US) = chauffage de demi-
saison -m
springer = claveau de naissance - m, imposte - f, nais-
sance - f, sommier - m, sommier (arc) - m, travon - m
spring-faucet = robinet à ressort - m
springing = naissance (voûte) - f, retombée de voûte - f
springing course = assise de retombée - f
springing line = ligne des naissances - f
springing stones = tas de charge - m
sprinkler = arroseur - m, asperseur - m, extincteur auto-
matique - m, sprinkler - m
sprinkler irrigation = arrosage par aspersion - m
sprinkler pipe = rampe d’arrosage - f
sprocked eaves = égout relevé - m
sprocket = coyau - m
sprocketed eaves = égout relevé - m
spud = patte à goujon (huisserie) - f
spud vibrator = appareil pour vibration profonde - m,
vibrateur à aiguille - m
spud wrench = clé à mâchoires - f
spun = centrifugé
spun concrete = béton centrifugé - m
spun iron pipe = tuyau en fonte centrifugée - m
spur = contrefiche - f, griffe (base de colonne) - f,
antenne - f
spy hole = guichet (dans la porte) - m, judas - m
SQ (square) = carré - m, carrelet - m, chevron carré - m
SQES (square edge and sound) = avivé d’équerre sain
sans flache - m
square = à plat joint, carreau de verre - m, équerre - f,
place (urbanisme, carrée) - f
square (SQ) = carré - m, carrelet - m, chevron carré - m
square and flat frame = encadrement à glace - m
square bond = pose en alignement continu (dallage) - f
square bond = pose normale (carrelage) - f
square brick = brique droite ou normale - f
square butt weld = soudure à bords droits - f, soudure
à bords étroits - f
square corner halving joint = assemblage droit à mi-
bois - m
square corner joint = assemblage en équerre
simple - m
square dome = voûte en arc de cloître - f
square edge = à arête vive, arête vive - f
square edge and sound = avivé d’équerre et sain - m
square edge and sound (SQES) = avivé d’équerre sain
sans flache - m
square edged timber = bois avivé d’équerre - m
square elbow = genou vif - m
square fillet moulding = tringle (architecture) - f
square footing = semelle carrée - f
square grid = résille bidirectionnelle - f
square hollow section = profil creux carré - m, profilé
creux carré - m
square measure = mesure de superficie - f
square sawing = équarrissage - m
square sawn timber = bois d’équarrissage - m, bois
équarri - m
square step = marche carrée - f
square vault = voûte en arc de cloître - f
square wood timber = bois avivé - m, bois d’œuvre
carré - m
square, at right angles = d’équerre, en équerre
square, to = équarrir (bois, pierre), mettre d’équerre
square-angle joint = assemblage en équerre simple - m
square-corner halving = assemblage à mi-bois avec
coupe droite - m
squared rubble = moellons équarris - m
squared stone = pierre de taille - f
squared timber = bois équarri - m
squared wood = bois équarri - m
square-edge = à vive arête, avivé
square-edged = à plat joint, avivé d’équerre - m, plat
à joint - m
square-edged board = planche avivée - f
square-framed door = porte à glace - f
square-framed panel = panneau à glace - m
squarehead plug = bouchon à tête carrée - m
squarehead trefoil arch = arc droit à encorbelle-
ment - m
square-headed = carré - m
squareness = équerrage (ossature) - m
square-panelled door = porte à glace - f
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square-sawn timber = bois aligné - m, bois carré - m
square-turned baluster = balustre carré - f
squaring = équarrissage - m, équerrage (ossature) - m
squaring = mise d’équerre - f
squat closet = siège à la turque - m, w.c. à la turque - m
squate, to = équerrer
squeegee = balai en caoutchouc - m, balai racloir en
caoutchouc - m, raclette en caoutchouc - f
squeeze, to = comprimer
squeezed water = eau expulsée sous charge - f
squinch = trompe - f
squint = fenêtre des lépreux (église) - f
squint = hagioscope - m
SR (saltness ratio) = taux de salinité (TDS) - m, TDS
(taux de salinité) - m
S-shaped wall anchor = esse - m
ssim coat = débullage - m
SSM (surfaced one or two sides and standard mat-
ched) = raboté sur une ou deux faces avec bouvetage
régulier
St Andrews Cross = sautoir - m
St Andrew’s cross = croix de St André - f
St Andrew’s cross bond = appareil anglais croisé - m
stab = piquage - m
stabbing = piquage - m
stabiliser = agent stabilisant - m
stability = assiette - f
stability of structure = intégrité d’une charpente - f
stability of structure = stabilité d’une construction - f
stable door = porte à vantail coupé - f, porte coupée - f
stack = cheminée - f, chute - f, conduit de fumée - m,
pile - m, tas (matériaux) - m, tuyau d’aération - m,
tuyau d’évacuation - m, tuyau vertical - m
stack bond = appareil damier - m, appareil en
damier - m, appareil régulier en damier - m
stack door = porte accordéon escamotable - f, porte
pliante escamotable - f
stack effect = effet de cheminée - m
stack of chimney = souche - f, souche de cheminée - f
stack vent = évent de colonne - m, ventilation primaire
(VP) - f, VP (ventilation primaire) - f
stack venting = ventilation primaire (VP) - f, VP (ven-
tilation primaire) - f
stack, to = empiler (matériaux), gerber
stacked bond = appareil en damier - m
stacker = empileuse - f
stacking bricks = empilage des briques - m
stadia angle = angle stadimétrique - m
stadia hairs = traits stadimétriques - m
stadia rod (US) = stadia - f
stadia staff (UK) = stadia - f
stadia work = stadimétrie - f
stadiawork = stadimétrie - f
staff (plastering) = staff - m
staff bead = baguette d’angle - f, protège-angle - m
staff for stadia work = stadia - f
staff man (UK) = porte-mire - m
stage = échafaudage - m, étape - f, étape des travaux - f,
palier - m, phase - f, phase des travaux - f, stade - m,
stade des travaux - m
stage construction = construction par étapes - f
stage of the works = tranche de travaux - f
staggered = en quinconce ( pieux, rivets)
staggered joint = joint croisé - m
staggered joints = joints croisés - m, joints décalés -
m, joints échelonnés - m, joints en chicane - m, joints
en quinconce - m, plein sur joints - m
staggered rivet(t)ing = rivets en quinconce - m
staging = échafaud - m, échafaudage - m
staight-grained timber = bois rectiligne - m
stain = salissure - f, tache - f
stained glass = vitrail - m
stained-glass window = verrière - f
staining = mise à la teinte - f, mise en couleur (bois) - f
stainless (steel) = inoxydable
stainless steel = acier inoxydable - m
stair = escalier - m, marche - f, marche d’escalier - f,
marches d’escalier - m, volée - f
stair = volée d’escalier - f
stair bathroom = échapée - f
stair handrail = main courante - f
stair headroom = échappée d’escalier - f
stair landing = palier d’escalier - m
stair nosing = nez de marche - m
stair riser = contremarche - f
stair string = limon d’escalier - m
staircase = cage d’escalier - f, escalier - m, passage
d’escalier - m
staircase opening = trémie (d’escalier) - f
staircase sill = patin (d’escalier) - m
staircase space = trémie (d’escalier) - f
stairhead = arrivée d’escalier - f, haut de l’escalier -
m, haut d’escalier - m
stairlift = monte-escalier - m
stairs = dégagement - m, escalier - m, marches d’esca-
lier - m
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stairs interrupted by landings = escalier rompu en
paliers - m
stairs with winding quarter = escalier à quartier tour-
nant - m
stairway = cage d’escalier - f, escalier - m, marches
d’escalier - f
stairway bulkhead = sortie d’escalier - f
stairwell = cage d’escalier - f
stak, to = jalonner un terrain
stake = jalon - m, palançon - m, palis - m, piquet (clô-
ture) - m
stake out a building, to = implanter un bâtiment,
piqueter un bâtiment
stake out, to = faire le bornage, piqueter
stake truck = diable - m, diable à montant - m
stake, to = borner (poser des bornes)
stake-out = implantation - f, piquetage - m
staking = implantation - f, jalonnement - m,
piquetage - m staking =
staking out = implantation - f
staking out (US) = piquetage - m
staking plan = plan de piquetage - m
stale air = air vicié - m
stalk = âme - f
stamping = découpure - f, pièce d’acier matricé - f
stanchion = appui en acier - m, étançon - m, montant
(structure) - m, poteau (construction métallique) - m,
poteau de fer - m, poteau en acier - m, poteau métal-
lique - m
stanchion base = pied (poteau en béton ou métal) - m,
plaque d’embase - f
stand = affût - m, pied - m, socle - m, tribune (stade) - f
stand oil = standolie - f
stand roof = couverture de tribune - f
stand sheet = châssis dormant - m, châssis fixe - m,
dormant - m
standard = courant, de fabrication courante, de qualité
courante, de série, échasse - f, écoperche - f, montant
d’échafaudage - m, normal, ordinaire, régulier
standard air = air normal - m
standard atmospheric pressure = pression atmosphé-
rique standard - f
standard brick = brique normale - f, brique norma-
lisée - f, brique ordinaire - f
standard cement = ciment normal - m
standard concrete block = bloc normalisé - m
standard conditions = conditions normalisées - f
standard deviation = écart type - m
standard dimension = dimension normalisée - f
standard effects = défauts réguliers - m
standard flange = bride normalisée - f
standard hardboard = panneau de fibres dur - m, pan-
neau de fibres dures - m
standard lamp = lampadaire (éclairage d’intérieur) - m
standard meter = compteur étalon - m
standard mortar = mortier normal - m, mortier un
pour trois - m
standard plan = plan type - m
standard pressure = pression atmosphérique - f
standard ready-mixed concrete = béton à caractéris-
tiques normalisées (BCN) - m
standard scaffold = écoperche - f
standard section = laminé-marchand - m profilé du
commerce - m, profilé marchand - m, profilé norma-
lisé - m
standard square = brique pleine calibrée - f
standard temperature and pressure = température et
pression normales - m
standard train of loads = train de charge normalisé - m
standardisation = normalisation (normes) - f
standardised part = élément - m
standardised ready-mixed concrete = BCN (béton à
caractéristiques normalisées) - m
standardised work practice document (France) =
document technique unifié (DTU) - m, DTU (document
technique unifié) - m
standardization = normalisation (normes) - f
standards of professional practice = règles de déon-
tologie - f
standby = de secours, appoint (d’), de réserve
standby generator = groupe électrogène de
secours - m
stander = montant - m, poteau en bois - m
standing bevel = équerrage en gras - m
standing bevelling = équerrage en gras - m
standing Derrick = derrick à haubans - m
standing gutter = gouttière anglaise - f
standing panel = panneau de hauteur - m
standing seam = joint debout - m
standing stone = menhir - m
standing waste and overflow = vidage système amé-
ricain - m
standpipe = canalisation verticale - f, canne d’arro-
sage - f, colonne montante - f, montée - f, poteau d’ar-
rosage - m, tuyau de montée - m
staple = agrafe - f, cavalier - m, clou cavalier - m,
crampon - m, empennage - m, gâche - f
staple gun = agrafeuse - f
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staple hasp = moraillon - m
staple of keeper = empennage - m
stapler = agrafeuse - f
stapler hammer = marteau agrafeur - m
stapling hammer = marteau - m, marteau agrafeur - m
star drill (US) = tamponnoir - m
star fort = fort étoilé - m
star plywood = contreplaqué en étoile - m
star shake = cadranure - f, cœur étoilé - m
starch gum (US) = colle d’amidon - f
starch paste (UK) = colle d’amidon - f
star-delta connection = montage étoile-triangle - m
start = mise en chantier - f
start of building work = mise en chantier - f
start of work = démarrage des travaux - m, ouverture
de chantier - f
start work, to = ouvrir (chantier)
start, to = mettre en route
starter bar = acier en attente - m
starter bars = armature de liaison - f, chevelu - m, fers
de liaison - m
starter frame = amorce (coffrage) - f
starter strip = bande d’égout - f
starter tile = tuile du premier rang - f
starting = mise en marche - f, mise en route - f
starting burner = brûleur de mise en route - m
starting course = premier rang (tuiles) - m
starting date = date de début - f, date de lancement - f,
date de mise en chantier - f
starting fracture = amorce de rupture - f
starting step = marche de départ - f
starting strip = bande d’égout - f
start-up = mise en route - f
starved = mal nourri (peinture, colle)
starved joint = joint mal nourri - m
state apartments = grands appartements - m
state room = pièce d’apparat - f
state-of-the-art technique = technique de pointe - f
static head = charge - f
static load = charge statique - f
static suction head = hauteur géométrique d’aspira-
tion - f
statical indeterminacy = hyperstaticité - f
statical indeterminateness = hyperstaticité - f
statically determinate = isostatique
statically determinate frame = portique statiquement
déterminé - m
statically determinate structure = ossature à calcul
isostatique - f
statically indeterminate = hyperstatique
statically indeterminate frame = portique statique-
ment indéterminé - m
statically indeterminate structure = structure stati-
quement indéterminée - f
statically indeterminated = non isostatique
station constant = constante de station - f
station roof = parapluie (toit) - m
status of the work = état d’avancement des travaux - m,
état des travaux - m
statute brick = brique ordinaire - f
statutory undertaker = concessionnaire de service
public - m
staunchion = poteau (construction métallique) - m
stave = barreau d’échelle - m, douve - f
stay = appui - m, bracon - m, buton - m, compas - m,
entretoise - f, étai - m, hauban - m, support - m,
tirant - m
stay bar = entrebaîlleur - m
stay block = semelle d’ancrage - f
stay bolt = entretoise - f, tirant - m
stay plate = barrette - f, bretelle - f, traverse de liaison
(construction métallique) - f
stay, to = accorer, haubaner
staying = chaînage - m, étaiement - m, étayage - m
steady flow = écoulement permanent - m, régime per-
manent - m
steady flow = régime permanent (liquide) - m
steal trap = purgeur de vapeur - m
steam = vapeur - f
steam coal = charbon maigre - m
steam curing (concrete) = étuvage (béton) - m
steam ejector = éjecteur à vapeur - m
steam heating = chauffage à vapeur à haute pres-
sion- m
steam nigger = renard mécanique - m
steam shovel = pelle à vapeur - f, pelle mécanique - f
steam stripper = décoller (machine à ), machine à
décoller le papier peint - f
steam-cured concrete = béton étuvé - m
steam-valve = robinet de vapeur - m
steel = acier - m
steel alloy = alliage d’acier - m
steel base plate = plaque de base - f
steel beam = poutre d’acier - f, poutre en acier - f
steel bearing plate = platine en acier - f
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steel bender = ferrailleur - m
steel bridle of anchorage = bride fer d’ancrage - m
steel column = poteau de fer - m, poteau en acier - m,
poteau métallique - m
steel construction = charpente métallique - f, construc-
tion métallique - f
steel deck = tablier d’acier - m
steel erector = monteur de charpentes métalliques - m
steel fiber concrete = béton à fibre d’acier - m
steel fixer = ferrailleur - m
steel fixing = ferraillage - m
steel float = taloche (béton, plâtre) - f
steel forgings = pièces forgées en acier - f
steel frame = charpente métallique - f
steel frame (of wall) = pan de fer - m
steel frame construction = construction à charpente
d’acier - f
steel framework = bâti support en acier - m, charpente
en acier - f, charpente métallique - f, ossature en
acier - f, ossature métallique - f
steel framing = charpente en acier - f, charpente métal-
lique - f, ossature en acier - f, ossature métallique - f
steel girder = poutre en acier - f
steel joist = poutre en acier - f
steel packing plate = tôle réductrice - f
steel pipe = tube en acier - m
steel plate = plaque d’acier - f, tôle forte en acier - f
steel post = poteau d’acier - m
steel roof truss construction = fermes en acier - f
steel section = acier profilé - m
steel sheet = tôle d’acier - f, tôle fine - f, tôle mine en
acier - f
steel shim = cale en fer - f
steel skeleton = ossature métallique - f
steel strip = feuillard d’acier - m
steel structure = charpente métallique - f
steel tie bars = fers d’ancrage - m
steel tip = embout de fer - m
steel tower = pylône (élect.) - m
steel tray = bac acier - m
steel trough deck roofing = couverture en bacs acier - f
steel wool = laine d’acier - f
steel-clad building = immeuble à revêtement
métallique - m
steel-frame construction = construction à ossature
métallique - f
steelwork = ouvrages métalliques - m
steelwork contractor = entreprise de construction
métallique - f, constructeur métallique - m
steelwork erector = charpentier en fer - m
steep = à forte pente
steep dip = pendage prononcé - m, pendage raide - m
steep gradient = forte pente - m
steeple = flèche - f
steepple = flèche d’église - f
stem = âme de T - f, fût (de pieu) - m, tige (robinet) - f,
vis de manœuvre - f, voile (mur de soutènement) - m
stem of tee = âme de T - f
stench trap = siphon coupe-odeurs - m
step = degré (autel, perron) - m, gradin - m, marche - f,
perron - m, ressaut - m
step flag = grande dalle en pierre - f
step flashing = solin à grains - m
step gable = pignon à redans - m, pignon à redents - m
step stringer = limon à crémaillère - m
step with half-round end = marche de départ
arrondi - f
stepdown transformer = transformateur abaisseur - m
step-groove = emmarchement - m
stepped = à gradins, à redan(s), à redent(s), à ressaut,
en escalier (voussoir, etc), en gradins
stepped arch = arc à crossettes en escaliers - m, arc
extradossé en escalier - m, plate-bande à crossettes en
escalier - f
stepped corbel arch = arc en tas-de-charge à res-
sauts - m
stepped extrados = extrados en escalier - m
stepped false arch = arc en tas-de-charge à ressauts - m
stepped footing = semelle à gradins - f, semelle en gra-
dins successifs - f, semelle en redans successifs - f
stepped foundation = fondation à redans - f, fondations
en escalier - f, semelle à redans - f, semelle à redents - f
stepped gable = pignon à redans - m, pignon à
redents - m
stepped ramp = pas d’âne - m, rampe à gradins - f
stepped shaping = forme pour ressauts - f
stepped splice = enture à gradins - f
stepped structure = construction à étagères - f
stepped voussoir = claveau en escalier - m
stepping = bois pour marches - m, emmanchement - m
stepping down = dessautage - m
stepping stones = pas japonais - m
step-plank = madrier à marches - m
steps = escalier - m, perron - m
stereotomy = stéréotomie - f
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stick a backing cloth, to = maroufler
stick a moulding, to = pousser une moulure dans la
masse (plâtre)
stick construction = façade légère sur ossature secon-
daire - f
stick down, to = poser à la colle
stick lax = gomme laque en bâtons - f
stick welding (US) = soudage à l’arc métallique avec
électrode enrobée - m
stick, to = coller
sticker = autocollant - m, cale - f, épingle (séchage du
bois) - f, latte - f, liteau - m, tringle - f
stickiness = collant - m
sticking = collage - m
stiff = raide (sol, béton)
stiff cohesive soil = sol cohésif raide - m
stiff concrete = béton coulé très sec - m, béton
épais - m, béton sec - m
stiff leg = mât - m, mât de grue - m
stiff plaster = plâtre gâché serré - m
stiff raft = radier rigide - m
stiffener = élément raidisseur - m, nervure (renfort) - f,
raidisseur - m, tôle raidisseuse - f
stiffener plate = tôle raidisseuse - f
stiffening = prise (mortier) - f, renforcement - m
stiffening girder = poutre raidisseuse - f
stiffening rib = nervure raidisseuse - f
stiffness = déformabilité - f, raideur (construction
métallique) - f, rigidité - f, rigidité à la flexion - f
stiking stile = battant - m
stile = bâti - m, battant - m, huisserie - f, montant
(fenêtre, mur) - m
stilling = tranquilisation - f
stillson = clef serre-tubes - f
stillson wrench = clé serre tube à chaîne - f, clef serre-
tubes - f
stilt an arch, to = exhausser un arc
stilted = surchaussé, surélevé
stilted arch = arc brisé surélevé - m, arc surélevé - m
stilted pointed arch = arc brisé surélevé - m
stipple finish = enduit goutelette - m
stir, to = agiter
stirrer = agitateur - m
stirring = agitation (mélange) - f
stirrup = épingle (armature de béton) - f, étrier (arma-
ture) - m, étrier d’échafaudage - m, frette - f, lien en fer
àU - m
stirrup strap = gerberette - f
stitch fastener = rivet de montage - m
stitch welding = soudage par points - m
stock size = taille courante - f
stockade = palissade (fortifications) - f
stockpile = dépôt - m, tas (matériaux) - m, tas de maté-
riaux approvisionnés - m
stockpiled on the site = à pied d’œuvre, approvisionné
stockpiling = mise en tas - f
stockroom = cellier - m
stone = moellon - m, pierre - f
stone and gravel crusher = concasseur de pierre et de
gravier - m
stone chippings = cailloutis - m
stone chips = briques concassées - f
stone concrete = béton de granulat concassé - m, béton
de pierre - m
stone crusher = broyeur - m, concasseur de pierres - m
stone cutting = taille des pierres - f
stone dressed window = fenêtre encadrée de pierre - f
stone dust = poussière de pierre - f
stone facing = parement de pierre - m, perré - m, revê-
tement en pierre - m
stone flour = farine de pierre - f
stone hammer = casse-pierres - m, marteau à
pierres - m, masse - f, massette - f
stone masonry = maçonnerie en pierre - f
stone pier = chaîne de liaison verticale - f
stone pier (end of partition wall) = jambe étrière - f
stone pier (in brickwork) = jambe boutisse - f
stone pitching = perré - m
stone quarry = carrière - f
stone scabbling = épannelage - m
stone slate = lauze - f
stone splitting = délitation de la pierre - f, délite-
ment - m
stone string = bandeau de pierre - m
stone veneer = pierre plaquée sur bois - f
stone work = maçonnerie en pierre - f
stonecutter = tailleur de pierre - m
stone-cutter = tailleur de pierre - m
stone-dressed window = fenêtre à jambage de pierre - f
stonemason = tailleur de pierre - m
stone-mason = tailleur de pierre - m
stone-plane = rabotin - m
stoneware = grès (produit fabriqué) - m, grès cérame
- m, grès-cérame - m
stonework = maçonnerie - f, ouvrage en pierre - m
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stonework (US) = maçonnerie en pierre - f
stony = pierreux
stool = allège - f, bord de fenêtre - m, rebord - m, seuil
de fenêtre - m
stool (support) = tabouret - m
stool (US) = rebord de fenêtre - m
stoop = perron - m
stop = arrêt - m, cochonnet -m
stop bead = cochonnet - m
stop block = butée - f, taquet d’arrêt - m
stop board = arrêt de dalle - m
stop box = bouche à clé - f
stop cock = robinet d’arrêt - m
stop cock = robinet de branchement - m
stop end = about (faîtière) - m, pied de tasseau - m, tête
terminale isolée (élect.) - f
stop key = clef de manœuvre - f
stop log = poutrelle - f
stop moulding = moulure arrêtée - f
stop screw = vis de butée - f
stop valve = vanne d’arrêt - f
stop, to = obturer (un tuyau, une ouverture)
stopcock = robinet d’arrêt - m
stopend = talon (gouttière) - m, tête de gouttière - f
stop-log = batardeau amovible - m
stoppage = arrêt - m
stopped = gobeté
stopped dado = entaille simple arrêtée(menuiserie) - m
stopped end = retour de mur - m, tête de mur - f
stopped mortice = mortaise aveugle - f, mortaise
borgne - f
stopped moulding = moulure arrêtée - f
stopper = bouchon - m, futée - f
stopping = bourrage - m, débullage - m, futée - f, obtu-
ration de surface - f, rebouchage - m
stopping knife = couteau à reboucher - m
stopping(of small holes and minor defects) = mas-
ticage - m
storage = accumulation (chauffage) - f, rangement - m
storage area = réserve - f
storage bin = trémie de stockage - f
storage heater = radiateur à accumulation - m
storage heating = chauffage par accumulation -m
storage life = durée limite de stockage - f
storage reservoir = réservoir de retenue - m
storage space = RGT (rangement) - m, volume de ran-
gement - m
storage tank = réservoir de stockage - m
storage unit = élément de rangement - m, meuble de
rangement - m
storage water heater = chauffe-eau à accumulation - m
store = dépôt - m
store room = réserve - f
storehouse = cellier - m
storey = niveau - m
storey (UK) = étage - m
storey height (UK) = hauteur d’étage - f
storey rod = règle d’étages - f
storiated = historié
storied = historié
storm building drain = drain pluvial de bâtiment - m
storm building sewer = égout pluvial de bâtiment - m
storm door = contre-porte - m, double porte - f
storm drain = collecteur pluvial - m, égout pluvial - m
storm drainage system = système de drainage plu-
vial - m
storm flow = débit d’orage - m
storm overflow = déversoir d’orage - m
storm overflow sewer = égout de trop plein
d’orage - m
storm runoff = écoulement d’averse - m
storm sash = contre châssis - m, contre-châssis - m
storm water = égout pluvial - m, eau pluviale (EP) - f,
eaux d’orage - f, eaux pluviales - f, EP (eau pluviale) - f
storm water runoff = apport pluvial - m
storm window = contre châssis - m, contre-châssis - m,
contre-fenêtre - f, double fenêtre - f
story = niveau - m
story (US) = étage - m
story height (US) = hauteur d’étage - f
story-and-a half = rez-de-chaussée à étage partiel - m
story-and-a-half house (US) = maison à premier étage
mansardé - f
story-and-half = maison à premier étage mansardé - f
stoup = bénitier sur mur - m
stove = étuve - f, poêle - m
stove enamel (UK) = émail au four - m
stove pipe = tuyau de poêle - m
stove top (US) = plaque de cuisson - f
stoving (UK) = cuisson au four (peinture) - f
straight = droit
straight arch = arc droit - m, linteau - m, plate-bande
(baie) - f
straight barrel vault = voûte en berceau droit - f
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straight brick = brique droite ou normale - f
straight edge = règle à niveler le béton - f
straight flight = volée droite - f
straight flight of stair = escalier à la française - m
straight flight of stairs = escalier à rampe droite - m
straight girder = poutre droite - f
straight grain = droit fil - m, fibres régulières - f
straight grain timber = bois de fil - m
straight grained timber = bois de droit fil - m
straight grained wood = bois de droit fil - m
straight joint = joint droit - m
straight joints = joints droits - m
straight nailing = clouage de face - m, clouage
droit - m
straight nose cock = robinet à bec droit - m
straight reinforcement bars = barres droites - f
straight run = escalier à limons droits - m, volée
droite - f
straight run of stairs = escalier à limons droits - m
straight stair = escalier à limons droits - m, escalier à
rampe droite - m, escalier à volée droite - m
straight stairs = escalier droit - m
straightedge = règle (mortier, plâtre) - f
straighten, to = dégauchir
straightener = dégauchisseuse - f
straight-joint tiles = tuiles à joints droits - f
straight-joint tiles = tuiles posées à joints droits - f
straight-run asphalt (US) = bitume direct - m
straight-run double-track top-hung door = porte
coulissante droite à vantaux parallèles sur deux plans
différents - f
straight-run of stairs = escalier à la française - m
straight-run stair = escalier à la française - m, esca-
lier à volée droite - m
strain = déformation - f, déformation proportion-
nelle - f, élongation - f, allongement - m
strain energy = énergie de déformation - f, énergie
interne - f
strain gage = extensomètre - m, jauge de déforma-
tion - f
strain gauge = extensomètre - m, jauge de déforma-
tion - f, jauge d’extensiométrie - f
strain hardening = écrouissage - m
strain rosette = rosette des jauges - f
strain tensor = tenseur des déformations - m
strainer = crapaudine (plomberie) - f, crépine - f, épu-
rateur - m, filtre - m, passoire - f, pommelle - f,
tamis - m, tendeur - m
strainer tube = tube crépiné (forage) - m
strainer well = puits crépiné - m
straining beam = faux-entrait - m
straining frame = cadre de mise en charge - m, porte-
maquettes - m, portique - m
strand (of cable) = toron - m
strand grip = embout (précontrainte) - m
stranded = toronné
strap = armature - f, attache - f, bride - f, collier - m,
étrier - m, lien en fer à U - m, plate-bande - f
S-trap = siphon à sortie verticale - m
strap beam = poutre de redressement - f, poutre de rigi-
dité - f, poutre d’équilibrage - f
strap butt-joint = assemblage à couvre joint - m
strap connection = poutre de redressement - f, poutre
de rigidité - f, poutre d’équilibrage - f
strap footing = semelle filante - f
strap hinge = penture - f
strap wrench = clé à courroie - f
strapping = cerclage - m, fourrure - f, tasseau - m
strapwork = tresse (architecture) - f
strata = strate - f
stratification plane = plan de stratification - m
stratified plastic = lamifié - m
stratified rock = roche stratifiée - f
stratigraphic heave = recouvrement stratigra-
phique - m, rejet parallèle aux couches - m, rejet stra-
tigraphique - m
stratigraphic throw = rejet stratigraphique - m
stratum = couche de sous-sol - f, couche géologique - f,
strate - f
straw = paille (métal) - f
straw mat = paillasson (béton) - m, paillon - m
strawboard = carton-paille - m
stray heat = chaleur perdue - f
straying = étaiement - m, étayage - m
streak = échauffure localisée - f, strie - f, traînée (pein-
ture) - f
stream line = ligne de courant - f
stream velocity = vitesse d’écoulement - f
streaming = ruissellement - m
streaming flow = écoulement noyé - f
streamline flow = écoulement permanent - m
streching course = assise allongée - f
street elbow = coude mâle et femelle - m
street ell = coude mâle et femelle - m
street floor (US) = RC (rez-de-chaussée) - m, rez-de-
chaussée (RC) - m
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street fountain = borne fontaine - f
street lamp = réverbère - m
street lamp (US) = lampadaire (éclairage public) - m
street lighting = éclairage public (EP) - m, EP
(éclairage public) - m
street line = alignement de voirie - m
strenghten, to = conforter
strength of materials = résistance des matériaux - f
strength test = essai de résistance - m
strengthen, to = consolider
strengthening = armement - m, confortation - f, con-
solidation - f, renforcement - m
strengthening piece = flipot - m
strengthening wall = contre-mur - m
stress = contrainte - f, effort - m, fatigue - f, sollicita-
tion - f, tension (force) -f
stress (US) = charge - f
stress analysis = étude des contraintes - f
stress concentration = concentration de contraintes - f,
concentration des contraintes - f
stress concentration factor in fatigue = coefficient
d’absorption des contraintes en fatigue - m
stress contour = ligne d’égales contraintes princi-
pales - f
stress corrosion cracking = fissuration corrosion sous
contrainte - f
stress field = champ des contraintes - m
stress formula for area = équation d’équarrissage - f
stress graded timber = bois classé selon sa résis-
tance - m
stress relaxation = relaxation des contraintes - f
stress relieving = détensionnement - m, détente - f,
relaxation des contraintes (traitement technique) - f
stress relieving joint = JD (joint de dilatation) - m, joint
de dilatation (JD) - m
stress reversal = inversion des sollicitations - f
stress tensor = tenseur des contraintes - m, tenseur des
tensions - m
stress, to = faire travailler (structure)
stressed = travaillant
stressed construction = construction en contrainte - f
stressed skin = paroi contrainte - f, revêtement travail-
lant - m
stressed-skin construction = construction à revête-
ment travaillant - f
stressing (of tendon) (US) = mise en précontrainte - f
stressing jack = vérin de tension - m
stressing record = fiche des tensions appliquées - f
stress-strain curve = courbe des contraintes-déforma-
tions - f, courbe extensiométrique - f
stress-strain diagram = diagramme des contraintes
déformations - m, diagramme des efforts et des défor-
mations - m
stretch = allongement - m
stretch of water = étendue d’eau - f
stretcher = carreau - m, carreau de pierre - m, entre-
toise - f, panneresse - f, tendeur - m
stretcher bond = appareil en panneresses - m
stretcher course = assise allongée - f, assise de panne-
resses - f
stretcher face = parement de panneresse - m
stretching bed = banc à armatures - m, banc à
torons - m, banc de mise en tension - m, banc d’éti-
rage - m
stretching bench = banc à armatures - m, banc à
torons - m, banc de mise en tension - m, banc d’éti-
rage - m
stretching bond = appareil en panneresses - m
stretching course = assise de panneresses - f, assise en
panneresse - f
stria = listeau (entre cannelures) - m, listel (entre can-
nelures de colonne) - m
striding level = niveau cavalier - m
striga = strie (colonne) - f
strike a moulding, to = tailler dans la masse (moulure)
strike off, to = araser, araser à la règle, jointoyer en
montant à la truelle - m
strike off, to (pile heads) = recéper (pieux)
strike plate = gâche - f
strike through = saignement (peinture) - m
strike, to = atteindre, décintrer
strike-off = règle à araser (béton, plâtre) -f
striker = percuteur (de fusible) - m
strike-through = remontée (peinture) - f, ressuage
(peinture) - m, saignement (peinture) - m
striking box = empennage - m
striking face = tête de marteau - f
striking of centers = décintrage ou décintrement - m
striking of formwork = décoffrage - m
striking point = centre - m, centre de tracé d’un arc - m
striking post = poteau battant - m
striking stile = montant de battement (porte bat-
tante) - m
striking the form = décoffrage - m
striking wedge = cale de serrage - f, coin de blo-
cage - m, coin de décoffrage - m
striking wedge = détente - f
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string (stairway) = limon (d’escalier) - m
string (UK) = limon (escalier) - m
string board = limon - m
string piece = limon - m
string wall = échiffre - m, mur d’échiffre - m
stringcourse = chaîne - f
string-course = bandeau - m, bandeau saillant - m,
cordon (architecture) - m
stringer = crémaillère - f, entrait d’une ferme - m, lon-
geron - m, longrine - f, tirant - m
stringer (US) = limon (escalier) - m
stringer finish = finition sur limon - f
string-wall = échiffre - f, mur d’échiffre - m
strip = bande - f, barre de seuil - f, feuillard - m,
joint - m, lame de parquet - f, latte - f, ressaut - m, tas-
seau - m
strip a site, to = enlever les terrains de couverture
strip curtain = porte souple - f
strip diffuse = diffuseur rectiligne - m
strip down, to = démonter
strip flooring = parquet à coupe perdue - m, parquet à
joints perdus - m, parquet sans fin - m
strip flooring (random lengths) = parquet à l’an-
glaise - m
strip flouring with alternate joints = parquet à coupe
de pierre - m
strip footing = semelle continue - f, semelle filante - f
strip foundation = fondation par rigoles - f, fondation
par semelle filante - f
strip lamp = réglette - f
strip lighting = luminaire filant - m, rampe d’éclai-
rage - f
strip slate = bardeau bituminé - m, bardeau bitumi-
neux - m, bardeau canadien - m
strip slates = bardeau d’asphalte - m
strip steel = feuillard - m, feuillard d’acier - m
strip the ground, to = débroussailler le terrain
strip windows = fenêtres en bande - f
strip, to = décaper, décoffrer, décoller du papier peint,
dégarnir, détapisser, enlever les coffrages, mettre à nu
strip-iron = feuillard - m
stripper = décoffreur - m
stripping = débrousaillage - m, décapage - m, décof-
frage - m, démoulage - m, dérochage - m, désenro-
bage - m, mise à nu - f, mise à vif - f
stripping agent = agent de décoffrage - m, agent de
démoulage - m
stripping compound = décapant - m, dérochant - m
stripping knife = couteau à égrener - m
stripping of forms = décoffrage - m
stripping top soil = décapage du sol - m, décapage du
sol naturel - m
stroke = course - f
strong wall = mur mitoyen - m
stronghold = ferté - f, forteresse - f, place-forte - f
strongroom = chambre forte - f
struck = arasé, démontage - m, raclé
struck capacity = capacité à ras - f
struck joint = jointoyé en montant à la truelle
struck moulding = moulure poussée dans la masse - f
structural = de charpente, de construction, porteur
structural analysis = statique de construction - f
structural analysis unit = valeur statique - f
structural bolt = boulon - m
structural clay tile (UK) = entrevous - m, bloc perforé
de terre cuite - m
structural clay tile (US) = brique creuse - f
structural components = éléments de gros œuvre - m
structural contractor = entrepreneur de gros œuvre et
de charpente - m
structural counter top = paillasse (laboratory) - f
structural covering = couverture de charpente - f
structural design = calcul des constructions - m, calcul
des ouvrages - m, conception des structures - f
structural draining board = paillasse (kitchen) - f
structural drawing = plan de gros œuvre - m
structural engineer = ingénieur architecte - m, ingé-
nieur civil - m, ingénieur constructeur - m, ingénieur de
gros œuvre - m, ingénieur en béton armé et construc-
tions métalliques - m
structural engineering = construction - f, construction
civile - f, GO (gros œuvre) - m, gros œuvre (GO) - m,
ossature - f, ponts et charpentes - m, technique de la
construction - f
structural failure (by fracture) = rupture - f
structural floor level = niveau brut de plancher - m
structural floor tile = bardeau de plancher - m
structural floor unit (US) = entrevous - m
structural foam = mousse à peau intégrée - f
structural glazing = VEC (verre extérieur collé) - m
structural glazing = verre extérieur collé(VEC) - m
structural hollow section = profil creux de construc-
tion - m, profilé creux de construction - m
structural insulation = isolation de l’ossature - f
structural iron = fer de construction - m
structural iron worker = charpentier en fer - m
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structural iron worker = monteur de charpentes
métalliques - m
structural lumber = bois de charpente - m, mem-
brure - f
structural masonry (includes facings and integral
pipework) = gros ouvrages - m
structural member = élément d’ossature - m, membre
de charpente - m
structural rib bolts = boulon de charpente à ner-
vures - m
structural scheme = parti constructif - m, parti tech-
nique - m
structural section (UK) = profilé de construction - m
structural shape = acier profilé - m, profil de lami-
nage - m, profilé - m, profilé d’acier - m, profilé d’os-
sature - m
structural shape (US) = profilé de construction - m
structural steel = acier de charpente - m, acier de
construction - m, acier pour charpente métallique - m,
charpente métallique - f, ossature métallique - f
structural steel column = poteau de fer - m, poteau en
acier - m, poteau métallique - m
structural steel work = charpente métallique - f, con-
struction en acier - f
structural steelwork details = pièces de charpente
métallique - f
structural study = étude des structures - f
structural test = essai de structure - m
structural timber = bois de construction - m, bois
d’œuvre - m, gros bois de charpente - m, membrure - f
structural timbers = charpente en bois - f
structural unit (US) = entrevous - m
structural wall = gros mur - m, mur de refend por-
teur - m, mur porteur - m
structural work = gros œuvre et charpente, gros
ouvrages - m
structurally graded = bois classifié pour la char-
pente - m
structure = bâtiment - m, charpente - f, construction - f,
fondement - m, ossature - f, ouvrage - m, ouvrage
d’art - m, structure (calculs, études) - f
structure-borne noise = bruit de structure - m
structure-borne sound = bruit de structure - m
strut = barre diagonale - f, bracon - m, buton - m, chan-
delle - f, contre fiche - f, contrefiche - f, entretoise - f,
étai - m, étrésillon - m, étrésillon de tranchée - m, jam-
bage (poutre en treillis) - m, jambe de force - f, lierne - f,
montant - m, pointal - m, poteau court - m, traverse - f
strut, to = entretoiser, étayer
struts = moisage d’étais inclinés - m
strutting = contrefiche - f, entretoisement - m, entre-
toisement de solives - m, étaiement - m, étrésillon entre
solives - m, moise - f
strutting board = étrésillon - m
strutting-piece = entretoise - f, étrésillon - m, lierne - f
stub = ergot - m, mamelon de tuile - m, mentonnet - m,
moignon - m
stub bar = acier en attente - m
stub feeder = feeder de sous-station - m
stub mortice = mortaise aveugle - f, mortaise borgne - f
stub tenon = tenon invisible - m, tenon tronqué - m
stubbing up = essouchement - m
stubborn clay = argile compacte - f
stub-in = tampon provisoire - m
stuc = stuc (imitation de marbre) - m
stucco = enduit au mortier de ciment - m, enduit exté-
rieur - m, enduit extérieur en plâtre - m, revêtement au
mortier de ciment - m, stuc (enduit extérieur) -m
stucco lath = support d’enduit - m
stucco plaster = plâtre à stuc - m
stucco, to = stuquer
stuccoing = enduit au mortier de ciment - m, revête-
ment au mortier de ciment - m
stuck = collé
stuck moulding = moulure poussée dans la masse - f
stuctural timber = bois de charpente - m
stud = goujon - m, hauteur sous plafond - m, mon-
tant - m, piton - m, poteau (ossature murale) - m, poteau
d’ossature murale - m, potelet - m, tenon - m, tour-
nisse - f
stud bolt = boulon d’ancrage - m, boulon prisonnier -
m, goujon fileté - m
stud driven in with a stud gun = spit - m
stud driving = spittage - m
stud gun = pistolet de scellement - m
stud link chain = chaîne à étais - f
stud partition = cloison à ossature - f
stud shooting = spittage - m
stud under rafter = poteau sous chevron - m
stud welding = soudage de goujons - m
studded rubber flooring = revêtement de sol en
caoutchoucà pastilles - m
studding = montants - m
studding with nails = lardage
student’s halls of residence = cité universitaire - f
studio apartment (US) = studio - m
study = étude - f
stuff, to = bourrer
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stuffing box = boîte à étoupe - f, joint hydraulique - m,
PE(presse-étoupe) - m, presse-étoupe (PE) - m
stuffing gland = presse-étoupe (PE) - m
stump wood = bois de souche - m
stump, to = déssoucher
stumping = essouchement - m
stylobate = stylobate - m
sub meter (US) = compteur de décompte -m
subassembly = sous-ensemble - m
subbase = couche de propreté - f, couche de protec-
tion - f, couche inférieure - f, couche inférieure de fon-
dation - f, sous-couche - f
sub-base = plate-forme (route) - f
subbasement = sous-sol à plusieurs étages - m, sous-
sol inférieur - m
sub-basement = deuxième sous-sol - m
sub-buck (US) = pré-cadre dormant - m
subconcrete = béton de fondation - m
subcontractor = sous-traitant - m
sub-contractor = entrepreneur sous-traitant - m, sous-
traitant - m
subcooler = sous-refroidisseur - m
subdividing of land (US) = lotissement - m
subdivision (US) = lotissement - m
subfeeder = feeder secondaire - m
subfloor = faux plancher - m, plancher brut - m, sous-
plancher - m
subflooring = sous-plancher - m, support (revêtement
de sol) - m
subframe = ossature secondaire - f, prébâti - m
sub-frame = pré-cadre - m
sub-frame (UK) = pré-cadre dormant - m
subgrade = couche de fondation - f, fond de forme -
m, sol de fondation - m, soubassement - m, terrain de
fondation - m
sub-grade = sous-sol (fondation) -m
subgrade (US) = plate-forme (terrassements) - f
subgrade contour = profil du sous-sol - m
subgrade level = plan de fondation - m
subgrade of pit = fond de fouille - m
subgrade reaction = réaction du sol (de fondation) - f
subgrade shear = réaction du sous-sol au cisaille-
ment - f
subgrader = profileuse de fond - f, régaleuse - f
submerged = immergé
submerged pump = pompe immergée - f
submerged unit weight = poids spécifique d’un sol
immergé - m
subordinate trade = corps d’état secondaire - m
sub-purlin = panne secondaire - f
subsellium = patience - f
subsidence = abaissement - m, affaissement - m, affais-
sement de terrain - m, tassement - m, tassement du
sol - m
subsidence of ground = abaissement - m, affaisse-
ment - m, affaissement de terrain - m, tassement - m,
tassement du sol - m
subsidence tank = bassin de décantation - m, décan-
teur - m
subsidiary conduit = dérivation latérale - f
sub-sill = lisse d’appui - f
subsoil = sol de fondation - m, sol naturel - m, sous-
sol - m, terrain de fondation - m, tréfonds - m
subsoil contour = profil du sous-sol - m
subsoil drainage = écoulement des eaux en sous-
sol - m, évacuation des eaux en sous-sol - f
subsoil drainage pipe = tuyau de drainage souter-
rain - m
subsoil reconnaissance = exploration du sous-sol - f
substandard risk = risque aggravé - m
substation = infrastructure - f, sous-station - m
substitute = de remplacement, white-spirit - m
substrate = support (peinture) - m
substrate (paint) = subjectile - m
substructure = fondation - f, fondement - m, infrastruc-
ture - f
subsurface = enterré
subsurface erosion = érosion souterraine - f
subsurface exploration = exploration du sous-sol - f
subsurface investigation = exploration du sous-sol - f
suburb = banlieue - f, faubourg - m
suburban = de banlieue
suburban house = pavilllon - m
suburbia = banlieue pavillonnaire - f
subway = passage souterrain - m, souterrain - m
successful bidder = entreprise retenue - f, entreprise
titulaire - f
successful tenderer (UK) = entreprise retenue - f
succession = série de couches - f, succession de cou-
ches - f
suction = appel d’ air - m, aspiration - f, dépression - f
suction air = air d’aspiration - m
suction channel = canal d’aspiration - m
suction cup = ventouse - f
suction dredge = drague suceuse - f
suction head = hauteur d’aspiration - f
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suction hood = hotte d’aspiration - f
suction loss = perte à l’aspiration - f
suction pit = fosse d’aspiration - f
suction pressure = pression d’aspiration - f
suction pump = pompe aspirante - f
suction well = pointe essoreuse - f
suction wind loading = dépression du vent - f
sudden change in temperature = saute de tempéra-
ture - f
suitability = aptitude à l’emploi - f
suitability test = essai de convenance - m
suitable for motor vehicles = carrossable
suite = jeu - m
suite furniture = garniture de porte - f
sulfate slag cement = ciment de haut-fourneau à sul-
fate - m
sulfate-resistant cement = ciment à haute résistance
chimique aux sulfates - m
sulfoaluminate cement = ciment aluminosulfaté - m
sulfoaluminate cement = ciment expansif - m
sulfur cement = ciment au soufre - m
sullage = boue alluvionaire - f, eaux d’égout - f, eaux
d’égouts - f, eaux usées - f
sulphate resisting cement = ciment résistant aux sul-
fates - m
summer = poutre de plancher - f, sommier (char-
pente) - m
summer house = kiosque de jardin - m
summer house roof = toiture en pavillon - f
summer piece = rideau de cheminée - m, tablier de che-
minée - m
summer tree = poutre de plancher - f
summer wood = bois d’été - m
sump = fosse de relevage - f, puisard (chaufferie,
cave) - m, puits collecteur - m
sump pump = pompe d’assèchement - f, pompe de
cave - f, pompe de puisard - f, pompe d’épuisement - f
sumping = épuisement par puisards - m, pompage au
moyen de puisards - m
sun screen = brise-soleil - m, pare-soleil - m
sun shade = pare-soleil - m
sunbreaker = brise-soleil - m, pare-soleil - m
sun-dial = cadran solaire - m
sundry inclusion = inclusions diverses - f
sundry work = ouvrages divers - m
sundry works = travaux divers - m
sunk bead = baguette enfoncée - f
sunk draft = mur de refend (maçonnerie de pierre) - m
sunk gutter = chéneau encaissé - m
sunk key = clavette encastrée - f
sunk panel = table rentrante (pierre) - f
sunken = encaissé (route), enterré
sunken fence = saut de loup - m
sunken garden = jardin en contrebas - m, jardin
encaissé - m
sunken joint = joint déprimé (contreplaqué) - m
sunken road = route en remblais - f
sunkface = table rentrante (pierre) - f
sunlight = lumière solaire - f
sunroof = toiture solarium - f
sunscreen = pare-soleil - m
sunset-sunrise factor = facteur couchant-levant - m
sunshine = ensoleillement - m
sunshine duration = durée d’insolation - f, ensoleille-
ment - m, insolation - f
sunshine recorder = héliographe - m
sun-tracking mirror = miroir asservi au mouvement
du soleil - m
superheated steam = vapeur surchauffée - f
superheater = élément surchauffeur - m, surchauf-
feur - m
superheater unit = élément surchauffeur - m, surchauf-
feur - m
superheating = surchauffage - m
superimpose, to = superposer
superimposed fill = remblai d’apport - m
superimposed load = charge utile - f, surcharge - f
superimposed soil = sol rapporté - m
superposition = superposition - f
superstructure = plate-forme - f, superstructure - f
supersulfated cement (US) = CSS (ciment sursul-
faté) - m, ciment métallurgique sur-sulfaté - m, ciment
sursulfaté - m
supersulphated cement = ciment sursulfaté - m
supersulphated cement (UK) = CSS (ciment sursul-
faté) - m, ciment métallurgique sur-sulfaté - m, ciment
sursulfaté - m
supervising architect = architecte coordinateur - m
supervisory staff = maîtrise - f
supplementary general conditions = cahier des
charges techniques particulières - m, cahier des clauses
particulières - m
supplementary heating = chauffage d’appoint -m
suppleness = souplesse - f
supplied = fourni
supplied and fixed (UK) = fourni et posé
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supplier = fournisseur - m
supply = alimentation - f, aller (d’un circuit) - m, appro-
visionnement - m, fourniture - f
supply and exhaust = admission et extraction - f
supply circuit = circuit d’alimentation - m
supply duct = conduit d’approvisionnement - m
supply line = canalisation d’alimentation - f, conduite
d’alimentation - f
supply of current = alimentation - f, alimentation en
courant - f
supply pipe = amenée d’eau - f, canalisation d’alimen-
tation - f, conduite d’alimentation - f
support = appui - m, pièce d’appui - f, support - m
support reaction = réaction d’appui - f
support reaction force = réaction aux appuis - f
support stand = pied - m
supported beam = poutre appuyée - f
supported girder = poutre appuyée - f
supporting = soutènement - m
supporting bracket = tasseau de support - m
supporting formwork = coffrage en bois - m
supporting frame = cadre d’appui - m
supporting jack = stabilisateur - m
supporting moulding = moulure droite pleine - f
supporting soil = sol d’appui - m, sol d’assise - m, sol
de fondation - m, sol porteur - m, terrain d’appui - m,
terrain d’assise - m, terrain de fondation - m
surbase = corniche de piédestal - f
surbased arch = arc surbaissé - m
surbedding = délitage - m
surcharge = surcharge (mur de soutènement) - f
surcharge = surcharge (prix) - f
surcharged earth = surcharge (mur de soutènement) - f
surface = revêtement - m, surfaçage - m, surface - f
surface arcade = arcs aveugles - m
surface astragal = couvre-joint - m
surface box = bouche à clé - f
surface check = fente de surface - f, fente superfi-
cielle - f
surface coat = couche de roulement - f, couche de sur-
face - f
surface coefficient = coefficient d’échange de sur-
face - m, coefficient d’échanges superficiels - m
surface course = couche de surface - f
surface defect = défaut superficiel - m
surface depression = flache - f
surface drainage = écoulement des eaux - m, écoule-
ment des eaux superficielles - m
surface dressing = enduit d’usure - m, enduit superfi-
ciel - m
surface earthwork = terrassement en découverte - m
surface evaporation = évaporation superficielle - f
surface finishing = ravalement - m
surface hardener = durcisseur de surface - m
surface loading = charge superficielle - f
surface lock = serrure en applique - f
surface marring = endommagement de la surface - m
surface measure = mesure de surface - f
surface moraine = moraine superficielle - f
surface plane = degauchisseuse - f
surface planer = surfaceuse - f
surface plate = marbre - m, marbre d’ajusteur - m
surface pressure = pression superficielle - f
surface property = propriété superficielle - f
surface roughness = rugosité - f
surface run-off = ruissellement - m
surface sealer (wooden floor) = vitrificateur (par-
quet) - m
surface treatment = traitement superficiel - m
surface voids = bullage (béton banché) - m
surface water = eau de ruissellement - f, eau de sur-
face - f
surface water drain = égout pluvial - m
surface water drainage = évacuation (eaux superfi-
cielles) - f
surface water drainage = évacuation des eaux super-
ficielles - f
surface works = travaux au niveau du sol - m, travaux
au sol - m
surface, to = blanchir, corroyer, dresser, polir
surfaced and edged (SE) = raboté et avivé
surfaced four sides (S4S) = raboté sur quatre faces
surfaced four sides with a caulking seam on each
side = raboté sur quatre faces avec coulisse calfatée sur
chaque côté
surfaced lumber = bois blanchi - m, bois raboté - m
surfaced lumber (US) = bois corroyé - m
surfaced one or two sides and standard matched
(SSM) = raboté sur une ou deux faces avec bouvetage
régulier
surfaced one side (S1S) = raboté sur une face
surfaced one side and one edge (S1S1E) = raboté sur
une face et un côté
surfaced one side and two edges (S1S2E) = raboté sur
une face et deux côtés
surfaced timber (US) = bois corroyé - m
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surfaced two edges = raboté sur deux côtés
surfaced two edges (S2E) = raboté sur deux rives
surfaced two sides (S2S) = raboté sur deux faces
surfaced two sides and centre-matched (S2SCM) =
raboté sur deux faces avec rainure au centre
surfaced two sides and one edge (S2S1E) = raboté sur
deux faces avec rainure régulière
surface-mounted = fixé sur plat, plaqué
surface-mounted door = porte en affleurement - f
surfacer = couche d’apprêt - f, dégauchisseuse - f, sur-
faceuse - f
surfacing = couche de surface - f, revêtement - m, revê-
tement superficiel - m, surfaçage - m
surfacing machine = machine à surfacer - f, truelle
mécanique - f
surge = coup de liquide - m
surge chamber = bac d’expansion - m
surge tank = bac d’expansion - m, bac tampon - m, che-
minée d’équilibre - f, réservoir amortisseur - m, réser-
voir d’équilibre - m
surmonted arch = arc en plein cintre surhaussé - m
survey = arpentage - m, étude (de terrain, de site...) - f,
expertise - f, levé de plans - m, levé de terrain - m, levé
topographique - m, relevé - m
survey benchmark = repère topographique - m
survey sketch = relevé - m
survey statement = métré - m
survey team = équipe de topographes - f
survey, to = arpenter, faire un levé, lever un plan,
métrer
surveying = arpentage - m, levé de plans - m, levé topo-
graphique - m, opérations topographiques - f, relevé - m,
topographie - f
surveyor = arpenteur - m, géomètre - m
surveyor (assessment) = expert - m
surveyor’s level = niveau à lunette - m
surveyor’s report = état des lieux - m
surveyor’s rod = mire - f
surveyor’s tape = roulette (instrument) - f
susceptible to attack by frost = gélif
susceptible to frost = gélif
suspended = volant
suspended ceiling = faux plafond - m, plafond sus-
pendu - m
suspended floor = plancher suspendu - m
suspended formwork = coffrage suspendu - m
suspended gutter = gouttière pendante - f
suspended matter = matières en suspension (MES) - f,
MES (matières en suspension) - f
suspended scaffold = échafaud suspendu - m, échafau-
dage suspendu - m
suspended shuttering = coffrage autoportant - m
suspended solids = matières en suspension (MES) - f,
MES (matières en suspension) - f
suspension bridge = pont suspendu - m
suspension strut = aisselier suspendu - m
sustained load = charge de longue durée - f
sustained vibration = vibration entretenue - f
swage a saw, to = avoyer
swage, to = sertir
swan neck = col de cygne - m, crosse - m
swath = bande de goudronnage - f
sway brace = entretoisement de contreventement - m
sway bracing = cadre d’entrecroisement - m, cadre
d’entretoisement - m, entretoisement - m
sway frame = palée de stabilité - f, portique de contre-
ventement - m
sway rod = entretoisement de contreventement - m
sweat joint (US) = joint soudé par capillarité - m
sweating = exsudation - f, ressuage (mur) - m
sweating (damp wall) = suintement - m
sweep = courbe de grand rayon - f
sweeping (of chimney) = ramonage - m
sweeping brush = balai - m
sweet soil = terrain alcalin - m
swell = bombement - m, foisonnement - m, gonflement - m
swell, to = jouer le bois
swelling = coefficient de dilatation - m, foisonne-
ment - m, gonflement - m
swelling agent = agent de gonflement - m
swelling clay = argile gonflante - f
swelling pressure = pression de gonflement (argile) - f
swelling soil = sol gonflant - m, terrain gonflant - m
swept valley = noue arrondie - f, noue ronde - f
swimming pool = piscine - f
swing = battement - m
swing bridge = pont tournant - m
swing check valve = clapet de retenue - m
swing door = porte alternative - f, porte battante - f,
porte oscillante - f, porte pivotante - f, porte va-et-
vient - f
swing elevator door = porte palière battante - f
swing gate = barrière pivotante - f
swing joint = genouillère - f
swing leaf = battant ouvrant le premier - m, ouvrant
(vantail de porte) - m
swing saw = scie circulaire oscillante - f
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swing valve = vanne à clapet oscillant - f
swinging post = poteau ferré (barrière) - m
swinging sash = châssis basculant - m
swinging scaffold = échafaudage volant - m
switch = commutateur - m, contacteur - m, disjonc-
teur - m, interrupteur - m
switch and fuse = combiné - m
switch joint = joint pivotant - m, joint sphérique - m
switch off, to = mettre hors tension
switch on, to = mettre sous tension
switchboard = panneau de commande - m, tableau de
commande - m, tableau de distribution - m, tableau de
manœuvre - m, tableau électrique - m
switchbox = interrupteur blindé - m, interrupteur sous
coffret - m
switched on = sous tension, sous-tension - f
switchgear = appareillage de commutation - m
switchgear cubicle = armoire de commutation - f
switching on = mise sous tension - f
switching station = poste de sectionnement - m
swivel = émerillon - m, oriental, pivot - m, rotule - f
swivel joint = joint à rotule - m
swivel nozzle = bec orientable - m
swivel pin = tourillon - m
swiveling platform = plate-forme tournante - f
swivelling cylinder = rotor (serrure) - m
synthetic resin = résine synthétique - f
synthetic resin cement = ciment synthétique (plas-
tique) - m
synthetic rubber = caoutchouc synthétique - m
syphon = siphon - m
system = distribution - f, installation - f, réseau - m
system building = construction préfabriquée avec élé-
ments fabriqués en usine - f, procédé de construction
industrialisé - m
system loss = perte de réseau - f
system of building = système de construction - m
system of measurement = système de mesure - m
system point = nœud - m
system with slolidly earthed neutral = réseau neutre
directement à la terre - m
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take levels, to = relever les niveaux
take off the quantities, to = faire le métré
take out quantities, to = faire le devis
take the strain off, to = soulager (une poutre)
take up a force, to = absorber une force, recevoir une
force
take up a load, to = reprendre une charge
take up, to = rattraper (jeu, mou), reprendre (poussée)
T hinge = charnière en Té - f, penture à T - f
take-over = PC (prise en charge) - f, prise en
T joint = assemblage en équerre double - m charge (PC) - f
T piece = raccord à T - m taking off sheet = feuille de métré - f
tab = attache - f, ergot - m, onglet - m, oreille - f, patte - f taking over = prise de possession - f
tab (shingle) = jupe de bardeau - f tall building = immeuble de grande hauteur (IGH) - m
tablet = entablement - m tally = pointage - m
tachemeter = tachéomètre - m talon = talon (moulure) - m
tacheometer = tachéomètre - m talus wall = mur en talus - m, mur en talus - m
tacheometric survey = levé tachéométrique - m tambour = tambour - m, tambour (porte) - m
tachymeter = tachéomètre - m tamp, to = damer, tasser
tack = broquette - f, semence - f tamped concrete = béton branché - m, béton damé - m,
tack bolt = boulon d’assemblage - m béton maigre - m
tack coat = couche d’accrochage - f, couche de tamperproof = inviolable
liaison - f tamping = bourrage à la main - m, compactage à la
tack rivet = rivet d’assemblage - m main - m, damage - m, pilonnage - m
tack weld = épinglage - m, point d’épinglage - m, sou- tamping in layers = damage par couche - m, pilonnage
dure de pointage - f, soudure par points - f par couches - m
tackiness = adhésivité - f tamping roller = rouleau à pied dameurs - m
tacking = soudure par points - f tamping roller = rouleau à pilonner - m
tackle = moufle - f, palan - m, poulie - f tang = soie (outil) - f
tack-welding = soudure par points - f tank = bâche - f, ballon - m, bassin d’épuration - m,
tail = base - f, culée - f citerne - f, cuve - f, fosse - f, réservoir - m
tail a beam into a wall, to = encastrer une poutre dans tank float valve = robinet à flotteur pour réservoir - m
un mur tankage = capacité de réservoir - f
tail gate = porte d’aval - f tanking = cuvelage - m, enduit isolant - m
tail joist = solive de remplissage - f tap = branchement - m, dérivation - f, PC (prise en
tail joist (US) = solive bâtarde - f, solive boîteuse - f charge) (adduction d’eau) - f, prise - f, prise en charge
(PC) (adduction d’eau) - f
tail piece = membre boiteux - m, solive bâtarde - f
tap (tool) = taraud - m
tail piece (US) = solive boîteuse - f
tap (UK) = robinet (appareil sanitaire) - m
tail trimmer = doubleau - m
tap holder = patère de robonet de puisage - f
tail trimmer = linçoir - m
tape = chatterton - m, double mètre - m, galon - m,
tail-bay = travée contiguë au mur - f mètre - m, ruban - m, ruban isolant - m
tailing = queue (pierre) - f tape measure = mètre à ruban - m
tailings = refus (crible) - m, refus d’un crible - m tape measure (in circular case) = roulette (instru-
tailrace = canal de fuite - m, point de restitution - m ment) - f
take a load, to = supporter une charge taper = conicité - f
take down a wall to a certain height, to = déraser un taper pin = axe conique - m, goupille conique - f
mur taper pipe = cône de plomberie - m, convergent - m,
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taper thread = filetage conique - m
tapered = conique
tapered arch brick = brique à couteau - f, brique en
coin - f
tapered casing = voûtain - m
tapered column = poteau aminci - m
tapered diffuser = diffuseur conique - m
tapered edge = bord aminci - m
tapered footing = semelle pyramidale - f
tapered reducer = raccord conique - m
tapered step = marche gironnée - f
tapered tile = tuile gironnée - f
tapered washer = rondelle conique - f
tapestry bricks = briques rustiquées - f
tapet, to = évaser
tapped = taraudé
tapped plug = bouchon taraudé - m
tappet = paquet - m, poussoir - m
tapping = piquage - m
taproot = pivot - m
tap-wrench = clé - f, clé pour filetage - f, tourne-à-
gauche - m
tar = brai (liant hydrophuge) - m, goudron - m, gou-
dron de houille - m
tar bitumen mixture = goudron composé - m
tar brush = guipon - m
tar concrete = béton de goudron - m, béton goudronné -
m, béton goudronneux - m, béton-goudronneux - m
tar dolomite brick = brique de dolomie goudronnée - f
tar grouted surfacing = revêtement par pénétration du
goudron - m
tar grouting = pénétration (goudron) - f
tar paint = peinture au goudron - f
tar paper = carton bitumé - m, carton goudronné - m,
papier bitumé - m, papier goudronné - m
tar pitch = brai de goudron - m
tar spraying = goudronnage - m
tar spreader = épandeuse de goudron - f, goudron-
neuse - f
tar-bitumen mixture = goudron-bitume - m
target = voyant de mire - m
target rod (US) = mire à glissière - f, mire à voyant - f
target staff (UK) = mire à glissière - f, mire à voyant - f
target value = grandeur pilote - f
tar-grouted macadam = empierrement goudronné - m,
macadam-mortier - m, revêtement en macadam-mor-
tier - m
tarmac = macadam au goudron - m
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tarmac, to = macadamiser
tarmacadam = macadam au goudron - m
tarpaulin = bâche (toile) - f, bâche goudronnée - f
tarred felt = carton bitumé - m, feutre bitumé - m,
feutre bitumé goudronné - m
tarring = goudronnage - m
tarspraying = goudronnage - m
T-bar = profilé en T - m
T-beam = poutre à table de compression - f, poutre
en T - f
T-branch = té - m, té d’embranchement - m
teak = teck - m
tearing = arrachement - m
tears = larme - f
teasel post = poteau cornier (ossature en bois) - m
teaze tenon = tenon en croix - m
teazle post = poteau cornier (ossature en bois) - m
technical achievement = réalisation technique - f
technical assistance = assistance technique - f
technical clauses = cahier des clauses techniques par-
ticulières (CCTP - m, CCTP (cahier des clauses tech-
niques particulières) - m
technical specification = devis descriptif - m
technical specifications = cahier des charges - m,
cahier des charges techniques - m, clauses
techniques - f, descriptif - m, devis descriptif - m
technique = technique - f
Tee = té - m
tee = profilé en T - m, té d’embranchement - m
tee connection = té de raccordement - m
tee for future connection = té en attente - m
Tee hinge = charnière en Té - f
tee iron = fer enTé - m
Tee joint = assemblage de rencontre - m
tee section = fer enTé - m
teed pipe = conduite d’alimentation - f, tube d’alimen-
tation - m, tuyau d’alimentation - m
tee-iron = fer té - m
tee-section = fer té - m
tegula = tégule - f, tuile de battellement - f
telegraphing = transparence (défaut) - f
telephone booth = cabine téléphonique - m
telephone box = cabine téléphonique - m
telephone outlet = prise de téléphone - f
telescope = lunette (théodolite) - f
telescoping door = porte pliante - f
tell tale = témoin (indicant mouvement) - m
telltale = témoin (indicant mouvement) - m
temper = revenu (acier) - m
temper, to = delayer, gâcher, tremper
temperature requirement = température imposée - f
temperature rod = barre de dilatation - f
temperature sensor = sonde de température - f
temperature setting = température de consigne - m
temperature stress (US) = contrainte thermique - f
tempered glass (US) = verre trempé - m
tempered hardboard = panneau de fibres extra-dur - m
tempered hardboard = panneau de fibres extra-dures - m
tempered stud = cheville trempée - f, goujon
trempé - m
template = appui de poutre - m, calibre - m, cerce - m,
gabarit - m, panneau (taille des pierres) - m, patron - m
template for drilling = gabarit de perçage - m
templet = calibre - m, gabarit - m, patron - m,
sablière - f
temporary building = baraquement - m
temporary casing = tubage provisoire - m
temporary hardness = degré hydrotimétrique tempo-
raire - m, dureté temporaire - f
temporary installation = installation provisoire - f
temporary work = ouvrage provisoire - m
tenant-controlled central heating = chauffage central
individuel -m
tenant’s improvements and betterments = améliora-
tions locatives - f
tenant’s risk = risque locatif - m
tender = gélif
tender (UK) = offre - f
tender bond = cautionnement de soumission - m
tender document = document d’exécution - m, pièce
du marché - f
tender drawing = dessins du projet - m
tender drawings = dessins du projet - m
tender form = formule de soumission - m, modèle de
soumission - m
tendon = acier de précontrainte - m, acier de
tension - m, câble - m
tendons = armature de précontrainte - f
tenement = habitation - f, immeuble collectif (dans
quartier pauvre) - m, logement - m, logement
ouvrier - m
tenement building = maison collective - f
tenement house = habitation collective - f, immeuble
collectif (dans quartier pauvre) - m, immeuble d’appar-
tements - m, immeuble de rapport - m, immeuble d’ha-
bitation collective - m, immeuble locatif - m
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tenement house (UK) = maison de rapport - f
tenon = tenon (menuiserie) -m
tenon saw = scie à dos - f
tensile bar = éprouvette de traction - f
tensile bending test = essai de traction par flexion - m
tensile force = effort de traction - m
tensile load = effort de traction - m, charge de trac-
tion - f
tensile reinforcement = armature tendue - f, armatures
tendues - f, barres tendues - f
tensile strength = résistance à la traction - f
tensile stress = effort de tension - m, effort de traction - m,
sollicitation de traction - f, travail en traction - m
tensile stress (US) = charge de traction - f
tensile stressing = contrainte de traction - f
tensile test = essai de traction - m
tensile unit stress = contrainte unitaire de traction - f
tension = effort de traction - m, tension - f, traction - f
tension bar = barre tendue - f
tension bars = armatures tendues - f, barres tendues - f
tension member = barre tendue - f, membre tendu - f
tension pile = pieu en traction - m
tension plate = plaque de renforcement - f
tension pressure = pression en traction - f
tension reinforcement = armature de traction - f
tension specimen = éprouvette de traction - f
tension splice = joint en traction - m
tension test = essai à la traction - m, essai de trac-
tion - m
tension test by bending = essai de traction directe - m
tension test by splitting = essai de traction par fen-
dage - m
tension test specimen = éprouvette de traction - f
tension wood = bois de tension - m
tension, to be in = travailler à la traction
tensioner = tendeur - m
tensioning (tendons) = mise en tension - f
tensioning (UK) = mise en précontrainte - f
tensioning jack = vérin de traction - m
tensor = tenseur - m
tentative draft = avant-projet - m
tentative project = avant-projet - m
ten-year guarantee = garantie décennale - f
tepid water = eau tiède - f
TER (total energy requirements) = BTE (besoins
totaux d’énergie)
terminal = amortissement décoratif - m
terminal block = barrette à bornes - f
terminal unit = élément terminal - m
terminator station = armoire de terminaison (tel) - f
termite shield = bouclier contre termites - m
terne plate = acier plombé étamé - m, acier prérevêtu
d’étain plomb - m, acier revêtu d’étain plomb - m, tôle
plombée - f
terra cotta (UK) = terre cuite - f
terra cotta unit = élément de terre cuite - m
terrace = terrasse - f, toit en terrasse - m, toit-ter-
rasse - m, toiture en terrasse - f, toiture-terrasse - f
terrace house = maison en terrasse - f
terrace houses (UK) = maisons en bande - f
terraced construction = construction en terrasse - f
terraced house = maison en bande - f
terrace-roof = toiture-terrasse - f
terra-cotta = terre-cuite - f
terrain = terrain - m
terrain feature = accident du terrain - m, point carac-
téristique - m
terrazolith = terrazolith - m
terrazzo = granito - m, granolithe - f, terrazzo - m
terrazzo tile = carreau de mosaïque de marbre - m, car-
reau mosaïque de marbre - m, dalle mosaïque de marbre - f
terreplein = terre-plein - m
tertiary creep = fluage à vitesse constante - m
tertiary crushing = gravillonnage - m
tessera = tesselle - f
test bar = barre d’essai - f, éprouvette - f
test bench = banc d’essai - m
test block = éprouvette - f, témoin - m
test boring = sondage - m
test certificate = procès-verbal d’essai - m
test conditions = régime d’essai - m
test cube = prisme d’épreuve - m
test hole = forage d’essai - m
test joint = assemblage témoin - m
test load = charge d’épreuve - f, charge d’essai - f
test patch = témoin - m
test piece = éprouvette - f
test piling = battage d’essai - m
test pit = puits de sondage - m, puits d’essai - m
test report = procès-verbal d’essai - m
test sample = échantillon pour essai - m, prélèvement
pour essai - m
test specimen = éprouvette - f
test to destruction = essai jusqu’à la ruine - m
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test to failure = essai jusqu’à la ruine - m
testing of materials = essai des matériaux - m
textile = textile - m
texture = grain - m, structure - f, texture - f
texture brick = brique à texture - f, brique rustique - f
texture bricks = briques rustiquées - f
texture finish = fini grenu
textured coating = enduit tramé - m
textured finish = enduit grenu - m, enduit texturé - m,
fini texturé
TG (tight grain) = fil serré - m
T-girder = poutre en T - f
thatch = chaume - f
thatch roof = couverture en chaume - f
thatched roof = toiture de chaume - f
the joists = solivage - m
the pile refuses = le pieu refoule - m, le pieu refuse - m
T-head = console - f
theodolite = tachéomètre - m, théodolite - m
therm = thermie - f
thermal break = coupure thermique - f
thermal conditioning = conditionnement ther-
mique - m
thermal conductivity = conductibilité thermique - f,
conductivité thermique - f
thermal conversion efficiency = rendement de conver-
sion thermique - m
thermal discharge = rejet thermique - m
thermal efficiency = rendement thermique - m
thermal expansion = dilatation thermique - f
thermal factor = coefficient thermique - m
thermal inertia = inertie thermique - f
thermal insulation = calorifugeage - m, isolation ther-
mique - f, isolement thermique - m
thermal lancing = découpage à la lance thermique - m
thermal load = sollicitation thermique - f
thermal mass = inertie thermique - f, masse ther-
mique - f
thermal screen = écran thermique - m
thermal shrinkage = retrait par refroidissement - m
thermal stability = résistance thermique - f, stabilité
thermique - f
thermal stress = sollicitation thermique - f
thermal stress (UK) = contrainte thermique - f
thermal switch = interrupteur thermique - m
thermic welding = soudage aluminothermique - m
thermoconductivity test = essai de transmission calo-
rifique - m, essai de transmission de chaleur - m, essai
thermique - m
thermocouple = thermocouple - m
thermometer = thermomètre - m
thermoplastic = thermoplastique
thermoplastic resin = résine thermoplastique - f
thermoplastic tile (UK) = dalle thermoplastique - f
thermosetting = thermodurcissable
thermosetting resin = résine thermodurcissable - f
thermo-siphon = thermo-siphon - m
thermostatic expansion valve = détendeur thermosta-
tique - m
thermostatic valve = robinet thermostatique - m
thick board = madrier - m
thick end = culée - f
thick joint = joint gras - m
thick plank = madrier - m
thicken, to = épaissir
thickening = épaississement (peinture) - m
thickned edges = bèches - f
thickness = charge de plâtre - f, ep (épaisseur) - f
thickness = épaisseur (ep) - f, profondeur - f
thickness a board, to = tirer d’épaisseur d’une planche
thickness allowance = surépaisseur - m
thickness gage = jauge d’épaisseur - f
thickness gauge = jauge d’épaisseur - f
thickness of a course = hauteur d’assise - f
thicknessing = mise à épaisseur - f
thin = fluide
thin down, to = amaigrir (poutre, pierre), démaigrir
thin lumber = bois de sciage mince - m
thin out, to = amaigrir
thin plaster = plâtre clair - m, plâtre gâché clair - m
thin shell = coque - f, voile (mince) - m, voile mince - m
thin shell roof = toit en voile mince - m
T-hinge = penture à T - f, penture anglaise - f
thinner = diluant - m
thin-walled pipe pile = pieu tube à paroi mince - m
third party insurance = assurance au tiers - f
thixotropic = thixotropique
thixotropic liquid = liquide thixotropique - m
thread = fil - m, filet - m, filetage - m, gilet - m, pas de
vis - m
thread, to = visser
threadbare = élimé, râpé, usé jusqu’à la corde
threader = filière - f
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threading = filetage - m
threading tool = filière - f
threadlike = filiforme
three centered arch = anse de panier - f
three decker house = maison à trois étages - f
three dimensional = tridimensionnel
three quarter brick = brique trois-quarts - f
three-centered arch = arc en anse de pannier à trois
centres - m
three-coat work = enduit en trois couches - m
three-component concrete = béton ternaire - m
three-heat heater = appareil à trois allure de
chauffe - m
three-hinged arch = arc à trois articulations - m, por-
tique à trois articulations - m
three-hinged frame = portique à trois articulations - m
three-light window = fenêtre en trois parties - f
three-panel door = porte assemblée au tiers - f
three-pinned arch = arc à trois articulations - m
three-pointed arch = arc en tiers point - m
three-quarter bat = briqueton trois quarts - m
three-quarter S-trap = siphon en S à sortie oblique - m
three-square file = lime triangulaire - f, tiers-point - m
three-way grid = résille tridimensionnelle - f
three-way tipper = tribenne - f
threshold = seuil de porte - m
threshold (UK) = seuil - m
threshold of audibility = seuil d’audibilité - m
threshold rail = barre de seuil - f
throat = avaloir - m, épaisseur de soudure - f, gorge - f,
larmier (utilisé au lieu de mouchette) - m, mouchette
(larmier) - f
throated sill = appui à larmier - m
throating = cannelure - f
throating fillet = rejingot avec gorge - m
throating of drip mould = gorge de larmier - f
throttle valve = robinet de réglage - m, soupape
d’étranglement - f
throttling = réglage du débit - m
through bolt = boulon d’assemblage - m
through coal = charbon tout venant - m
through colour = teinté dans la masse - f
through colour (UK) = teinté dans la masse
through dovetail = queue d’aronde ouverte - f, queue
d’aronde passante - f
through lot = terrain à double façade - m, terrain à
double face - m, terrain traversant - m
through mortice = mortaise passante - f
through plot = terrain traversant - m tie-beam piece = blochet - m
through shake = fissure diamétrale - f tied column = poteau à ligatures - m, poteau à ligatures
through stone = parpaing - m, pierre en parpaing - f (en aciers longitudinaux reliés par cadres ou étriers) - m,
poteau fretté - m
through tenon = tenon passant - m
tied cottage = logement de fonction - m
through tinted = teinté dans la masse
tie-in weld = soudure de raccordement - f
through-and-through = débit en plot - m
tie-plate = plaque de liaison (bretelle, couvre-joint) - f
through-and-trough sawing = débit en plot - m
tier = gradin - m
throughput = débit - m, production - f
tier building = bâtiment à étages - m
through-stone = boutisse - f, pierre parpaing - f
tier structure = bâtiment à étages - m
through-tenon joint = assemblage à tenon passant - m
tierceron = tierceron - m
throw = jet (déblai) - m
ties = aciers transversaux - m
throw a house-warming party, to = pendre la crémail-
TIG welding = soudage TIG - m
lère
tight = étanche (joint) - m, joint étanche - m
throwaway = uniservice
tight bending = pliage serré - m
thru color (US) = teinté dans la masse
tight fitting bolt = boulon - m
thrust = butée - f, poussée - f
tight grain (TG) = fil serré - m
thrust bearing = palier de butée - m, roulement de
butée - m tight joint = joint serré - m
thrust block = butée - f tight knot = nœud adhérent - m
thrust collar = rondelle de butée - f tight sand = sable compact - m
thrust passing outside the material = poussée au vide - f tight side = face comprimée (contreplaqué) - f
thumb latch = batteuse - f tight split = fente refermée - f
thumb moulding = tore en demi-cœur - m tightening (bolts, nuts, screws) = serrage - m
tight-knot = nœud serré - m, nœuds adhérent - m
thumb nut = écrou moleté - m, écrou papillon - m
tightness = étanchéité - f
thumb piece = poucier - m
tightness complex = complexe d’étanchéité - m
thumb screw = vis à ailettes - f, vis à oreilles - f
tildozer = bouteur inclinable - m
thumb-nut = écrou à ailettes - m, écrou à oreilles - m
tile = brique - f, carreau - m, poterie - f, poterie
thumbscrew = vis moletée - f creuse - f, tuile - f, tuyau en poterie - m
thuya = thuya - m tile a roof, to = couvrir un toit en tuiles
tidal zone = zone de marnage - f tile and a half = tuile et demie - f
tie = attache - f, barre flottante - f, barre tendue - f, tile batten = latte à tuiles - f, liteau - m
cadre - m, épingle - f, étrier - m, lien - m, ligature (arma-
ture, poteau) - f, moise - f, paillette (crochet de gout- tile cladding = carrelage - m
tière) - f, patte - f, tirant - m, traverse - f tile clay = argile téguline - f, glaise - f
tie arch = arc à tirant - m tile covering = couverture en tuile - f
tie bar = acier de couture - m, couture - f, couvre- tile fillet = dévirure - f
joint - m, fer de liaison - m, tirant - m tile floor = carrelage - m
tie bars = aciers de couture - m tile flooring = carrelage - m
tie beam = moise - f, poutre de redressement - f, poutre tile furring = massif en blocs d’argile - m, massif en
de rigidité - f tuile - m
tie bolt = boulon d’assemblage - m, tirant (coffrage) - m tile hanging = essentage (tuiles) - m
tie brace = blochet - m, blochet de ferme - m tile lath = latte à tuiles - f
tie plate = plaque d’attache - f, plaque de fixation - f tile lath (over rafters or counter battens) = liteau - m
tie rod = tirant - m tile layer = carreleur - m, poseur de carrelages - m
tie spacer = entretoise - f, étrésillon - m tile roof = toiture de tuiles - f
tie wire = fil de ligature - m tile setter (US) = carreleur - m
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tile-and-a-half = tuile et demie - f
tiled = carrelé
tiled roof = couverture en tuiles - f
tiler = couvreur - m, poseur de carrelages - m
tiler (UK) = carreleur - m
tileworks = tuilerie - f
tile-works = tuilerie - f
tiling = carrelage - m, couverture en tuiles - f, dal-
lage - m, pose de tuiles - f
tiling adhesive = ciment colle -m
tiling cement = ciment colle -m
till = argile à blocaux - f
till glacial = argile à blocaux - f
tilling lath = latte à tuiles - f
tillite (US) = argile à blocaux - f
tilt about, to = basculer autour de
tilt around, to = basculer autour de
tilt drum mixer = bétonnière à tambour basculant - f
tilt gage = indicateur de pente - m
tilt meter = indicateur de pente - m
tilt-and-turn window = fenêtre oscillo-battante - f
tiltdozer = bulldozer à lame inclinable - m
tilting bowl = benne basculante en avant - f
tilting drum mixer = bétonnière à tambour bascu-
lant - f
tilting drum mixer = bétonnière avec tambour bascu-
leur - f
tilting fillet = chanlatte - f, dévirure - f
tilting moment = moment de basculement - m
tilting skip = benne basculante - f
tilting window = fenêtre basculante - f
tilt-up construction = mise en place aciers - f, mise en
place par relèvement - f
tilt-up system = système d’érection par relevage - m
timber = bois - m, bois de charpente - m, bois de
construction - m, bois debout - m, bois d’œuvre - m,
gros bois - m
timber connector = attache pour bois de charpente - f
timber connector = goujon à bois d’œuvre - m
timber connector joint = organe d’assemblage pour le
bois d’œuvre - m
timber dog splice = enture à chameaux - f
timber fastening joint = organe d’assemblage pour le
bois d’œuvre - m
timber floor = plancher en bois - m
timber frame = charpente en bois - f, pan de bois - m
timber frame structure (US) = construction à ossature
en bois -f
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timber -framed building = bâtiment à ossature en
bois - m
timber framing = charpente en bois - f
timber in the log = bois de brin - m, bois en grume - m
timber in the round = bois rond - m
timber piling = pieu de gros bois - m
timber plank = madrier - m
timber planking = voligeage - m
timber seasoning kiln = four de séchage des bois - m
timbered excavation = fouille blindée - f
timber-frame construction (UK) = construction à
ossature en bois - f
timber-frame house = maison à colombages - f,
maison à ossature en bois (MOB) - f, maison en pans
de bois - f, MOB (maison à ossature en bois) - f
timber-framed = à pan de bois
timber-framed house = maison à ossature en
bois (MOB) - f
timber-framed house = MOB (maison à ossature en
bois) - f
timbering = blindage - m, boisage - m, coffrage - m
timbers = charpente en bois - f
timberwork = chaise (clocher, tour) - f, charpente - f
time = délai - m, durée - f
time for completion = délai d’exécution - m, durée des
travaux - f
time limit = délai - m
time refuse compost = terrade - f
time schedule = calendrier - m, programme d’avance-
ment - m, programme d’avancement des travaux - m
time switch = interrupteur à minuterie - m
timekeeper = pointeau - m, pointeur - m
time-lag relay = relais temporisé - m
timer = minuterie - f
tin = étain - m
tin snips = cisaille de ferblantier - f
tine = dent d’engin de terrassement - f
tinned = étamé - m
tinplate = fer blanc - m, fer-blanc - m
tint = teinte - f
tint, to = colorer légèrement
tinted glass = verre teinté dans la masse - m
tinting color = couleur de teinte - f
tip = décharge - f
tip vortex = tourbillon d’extrémité - m
tipping = basculement - m
tire (US) = bandage - m
Titan crane = grue Titan - f
title panel = cartouche de plan - f
titrate, to = doser
T-joint = soudure en T - f
to size = de mesure
to trim (joists) = enchevêtrer
toadstone = crapaudine (mine) - f
toddlers’ play area (UK) = terrain de jeux pour les tout
petits - m
toe = pied (talus) - m, pointe (pieu) - f
toe berm = berme de pied - f
toe circle = cercle de pied - m
toe failure = rupture de base (talus) - f
toe nailing = clouage en biais - m
toe of fillet = congé du filet - m
toe plate = plinthe de porte - f
toe recess = socle en retrait (sous meuble) - m
toe space = engravure de pied - m, retrait - m
toe wall = mur de pied - m
toeboard = garde-pieds - m, plinthe (échafaudage) - f,
plinthe (élément de cuisine) - f
toed voussoir = voussoir retourné - m
toggle bolt = cheville à segment basculant - f, cheville
basculante - f
toggle joint = genouillère - f, rotule - f
toilet block = bloc sanitaire - m
toilet lid = abattant (WC) - m
toilet seat = abattant simple - m
toilet seat and lid = abattant double - m
tolerance = écart admissible - m, écart permissible - m,
tolérance - f
toll booth = poste de péage - m
toll line (US) = ligne interurbaine - f
tombstone = pierre tombale - f
ton = tonne - f
ton coal equivalent = t.e.c. (tonne d’équivalent
charbon) - f, tonne d’équivalent charbon (t.e.c.) - f
ton oil equivalent = t.e.p. (tonne d’équivalent
pétrole) - f, tonne d’équivalent pétrole (t.e.p.) - f
tong = tenaille - f
tong marks = marque de pince - f
tongs = pince - f
tongue = languette - f, languette (menuiserie) - f
tongue and groove = languette et rainure - f, rainure
et languette - f
tongue and groove joint = assemblage à rainure et lan-
guette - m
tongue and groove union flange = bride-union
embrevée - f
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tongue plane = rabot à languettes - m
tongue-and-groove joint (UK) = assemblage à rainure
et languette - m
tongue-and-groove lumber = bois à assemblage à rai-
nure et languette - m, bois embouveté - m
tongued and grooved = assemblé à rainure et lan-
guette, langueté et bouveté
tongued and grooved and V-jointed = assemblé à
baguette rainure et grain d’orge
tongued stile = montant de noix - m
tongued tile = montant de noix (fenêtre à la fran-
çaise) - m
tongued timber = pièce de charpente bouvetée - f
tonguing and grooving planes = bouvet en deux mor-
ceaux - m, bouvet mixte - m
tonguing plane = bouvet - m, bouvet à languette - m,
bouvet mâle - m, bouvet mâle à languette - m
tool mark = trace d’outil - f
tool, to = bretter
tooled ashlar = pierre de taille bouchardée - f
tooled face = parement rustique - m
tooled joint = joint lisse au fer - m, joint tiré - m, joint
tiré au fer - m
tooling = ciselage - m
tooth = harpe - f
tooth expansion joint = joint de dilatation à peigne - m
tooth ornament = dents de chien - f, dents d’engre-
nage - f
tooth spreader = peigne - m
tooth with roughing hammer, to = bretter
tooth, to = bretteler
toothed = denté, harpe - f
toothed round reinforcing bar = barre crénelée - f,
rond crénelé - m
toother = brique en attente - f, harpe - f, pierre en
attente - f
toothing = arrachement en dents (briques) - m, dente-
lure - f
toothing (the) = les harpes - f
toothing stone = harpe - f, pierre d’arrachement - f,
pierre d’attente - f
top = couronnement - m, dessus - m, partie haute
(PH) - f, PH (partie haute) - f
top bar = chapeau - m
top bars = nappe supérieure - f
top boom = membrure supérieure - f
top chord = arbalétrier - m, élément supérieur - m,
membrure supérieure - f
top clip angle = cornière de fixation supérieure - f
top coat = couche de finition - f
top course = assise supérieure - f
top course of bricks or stones on edge = hérisson
(maçonnerie) - m
top edge = chef de tête - m, rive de tête (toit) - f
top face = lit de dessus - m
top face (stone) = lit d’attente - m
top flange angle cleat = équerre de raccordement supé-
rieur - f
top frame = premier cadre - m
top hat section = oméga - m
top landing = palier d’arrivée - m
top layer = nappe supérieure - f
top level of ground = ligne du terrain - f
top levelling = nivellement - m
top lighting = éclairage par le haut - m, éclairage zéni-
thal - m
top mop = asphalte coulé - m
top of concrete slab = dessus de la dalle de béton - m
top of foundation = arase - f
top of plate = dessus de la sablière - m
top of plywood sheathing = dessus du revêtement en
contre-plaqué - m
top of wood beam = dessus de la poutre de bois - m
top of wood plate = dessus de la sablière de bois - m
top plate = sablière - f, sablière de comble - f, semelle
haute (de cloison) - f
top projected window = fenêtre à l’italienne à un seul
châssis - f
top rail = lisse - f, rail haut (cloison) - m, traverse haute
(porte) - f
top rail of sash = traverse haute de châssis (fenêtre) - f
top reinforcement = nappe supérieure - f
top sight = visée - f
top slab = dalle de couverture - f, dalle supérieure - f
top soiling = terrage - m
top step = marche d’arrivée - f
top view = coupe horizontale - f, plan - m, tracé en
plan - m, vue d’en haut - f
top wall plate = sablière de comble - f
top-hung = suspendu par le dessus
top-hung sliding door = porte coulissante sus-
pendue - f
top-hung window = châssis ouvrant à l’italienne - m,
fenêtre à soufflet avec rotation sur la traverse supé-
rieure - f, fenêtre à vantail sur axe horizontal supérieur - f
topo closing error = erreur de fermeture - f
topographic survey = levé topographique - m, relevé
topographique - m, levé de terrain - m, topographie - f
topographical surveying = topographie - f
topping = chape - f, couche de roulement - f, dalle de
répartition - f, revêtement routier - m
topping (of hollow tile floor) = dalle de compres-
sion - f
topping applicator = chapiste - m
topping coat = couche de fond - f
topping out = achèvement du gros œuvre - m, mise
hors de l’eau - f
topsoil = couche arable - f, sol vivant - m, terre végé-
tale (TV) - f, TV (terre végétale) - f
torch welding = soudage au chalumeau - m, soudure
au chalumeau - f
tore = tore - m
torn grain = fibre arrachée - f, fil déchiré - m
torque = couple - m, moment - m, moment de tor-
sion - m
torque rate = taux de couple - m
torque value = taux de couple - m
torque wrench = clé dynamométrique - f, clef dyna-
mométrique - f, couple de serrage - m
torquemeter = couplemètre - m, indicateur de
couple - m
torsion = effort de torsion - m, torsion - f
torsion indicator = couplemètre - m, indicateur de
couple - m, torsiomètre - m
torsion resistance = résistance à la torsion - f
torsion shear test = essai de cisaillement par tor-
sion - m
torsion stress = sollicitation de torsion - f
torsion test = essai à la torsion - m, essai de torsion - m
torsional center = centre de cisaillement - m, centre de
flexion - m, centre de torsion - m
torsional centre = centre de torsion - m
torsional strength = résistance à la torsion - f
torsional stress = contrainte de torsion - f, effort de tor-
sion - m
torso = colonne torse - f
tortional moment = moment de torsion - m
tortional strain = déformation de torsion - f
torus = tore - m
tot lot (US) = terrain de jeux pour les tout petits - m
total dissolved solids = matières totales dissoutes - f
total energy requirements (TER) = BTE (besoins
totaux d’énergie)
total going = longueur de la ligne de foulée - f
total hardness = dureté totale - f

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total load = charge totale - f
total rise = montée totale - f
total run = course totale - f
total solids = matière sèche - f
total span between bearings = portée entre appuis - f
total-energy system = système à énergie totale - m
touch dry = sec au toucher
touch up (paint), to = retoucher
touching up = raccord de peinture - m
toughened = trempé (verre)
toughened glass = cerre trempé - m
toughened glass (UK) = verre trempé - m
toughness = résilience - f
toughness index = rapport indice de plasticité-indice
de liquidité - m
tournadozer = bouteur à pneus - m
tournapull = décapeuse automatique sur pneus - f
tow = étoupe - f, filasse - f
towed roller = compacteur tracté - m
towel holder = porte-serviettes - m
towel rail = porte-serviettes - m
tower = mât - m, pylône (élect.) - m, tour - f
tower block = immeuble-tour - m
tower block (UK) = tour d’habitation - f
tower crane = grue à pylône - f, grue à tour - f, grue-
tour - f
towing = halage - m
towing = remorquage - m, touage - m
town house = maison de ville - f, maison en bande - f
town houses (UK) = maisons en bande - f
town planner (UK) = urbaniste - m
town planning (UK) = urbanisme - m
town planning scheme = projet d’urbanisme - m
town-planning scheme = projet d’urbanisme - m
tow-way footing = semelle armée dans deux sens - f
tow-way reinforcement footing = semelle armée dans
les deux sens - f
toxic waste = rejet toxique - m
trabeated = à entablure, à poutres et poteaux
trace = marque - f
trace, to = calquer
tracer = dessinateur calqueur - m
tracer netting = grillage avertisseur - m
tracery = remplage - m, réseau (fenêtre) - m
tracing = calque - m
track = coulisse - f, piste - f, chemin de roulement - m
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track laying = à chenille
track shoe = patin de chenille - m, tuile (engin de ter-
rassement) - f
tracking = frayées - f
tracking collector = collecteur orienté - m
tracking system = système orienteur - m
tract = parcelle de terrain - f
traction = traction - f
tractive resistance = coefficient de traction - m
tractor loader = tractopelle - f
tractor shovel = tractopelle - f
trade = corps d’état - m, métier - m
trade practice = règles de l’art - f
trademark = label de qualité - m
tradesman = homme de métier - m
traditional house = maison en dur - f
traffic calmer = casse-vitesse - m
traffic lane = voie de circulation - f
traffic load = charge de circulation - f
traffic paint = peinture de signalisation routière - f
trafficable = carrossable
trafficable roof = terrasse accessible - f, toiture acces-
sible - f, toiture circulable - f
trailer = remorque - f
trailing edge = bord de fuite - m
trailing vortex = tourbillon libre - m
trailing vortex flow field = champ d’écoulement en
tourbillons libres - m
tramson string-course = bandeau d’imposte - m
transducer = capteur de mesure - m
transenna = transenne - f
transept = croisillon - m
transerve bracing = cadre d’entretoisement - m
transerve bracing = entretoisement - m
transerve expansion joint = joint de dilatation trans-
versal - m
transerve joint = joint transversal - m
transerve reinforcement = armature secondaire - f,
armature transversale - f
transerve shake = gélivure - f, gerçure - f
transerve shear = cisaillement transversal - m
transerve shearing stress = cisaillement trans-
versal - m
transerve shearing stress = contrainte de cisaillement
transversal - m
transerve wall = mur de refend - m, mur transverse - m
transfer = livraison - f, remise - f
transfer a force, to = reporter une force
transfer beam = poutre de reprise - f
transfer girder = poutre de reprise - f
transfer, to = reporter (effort, force), reprendre
(poussée)
transformation range = domaine critique - m
transformed plywood = contreplaqué transformé - m
transformer = transformateur - m
transformer station = poste de transformation - m, sta-
tion de transformation - f
transient clouds factor = facteur passage de
nuages - m
transient creep = fluage à vitesse décroissante - m
transit = tachéomètre - m, théodolite - m
transit mixed concrete = béton prêt à l’emploi - m
transit mixer = bétonnière portée - f
transite = ciment amiante - m
transition curve = courbe de raccordement - f
transit-mixed concrete = béton malaxé durant le trans-
port - m
translucent = translucide
translucent glass = verre translucide - m
transmission loss = perte de transport - f, perte en
ligne - f
transmissivity = pouvoir de transmission - m
transmit a force, to = reporter une force
transmittance = coefficient de transmission thermique
utile - m
transom = dormant - m, imposte - f, meneau hori-
zontal - m, sommier - m, traverse - f, vasistas - m
transom bar = traverse d’imposte - f
transom lift = ferme-imposte - m
transom light = imposte - f
transom operator = ferme-imposte - m
transom stop = arrêt d’imposte - m
transom window = imposte - f
transparent varnish = vernis blanc - m
transplant, to = transplanter
transport to the site = transport à pied d’œuvre - m
transportation = transport - m
transverse arch = arc doubleau - m
transverse bracing = cadre d’entrecroisement - m
transverse deformation = déformation transversale - f
transverse force = effort tranchant - m
transverse gradient = pente transversale - f
transverse modulus of elasticity = module d’élasticité
transversale - m
transverse section = coupe transversale - f
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transverse slope = pente transversale - f
trap = porte rabattante - f, purgeur - m, roche tra-
péenne - f, séparateur - m, siphon - m, trappe rabat-
tante - f
trap dip = coupe-air de siphon - m
trap door = trappe - f, trappe d’accès - f
trap screw = tampon hermétique - m
trap seal = garde-d’eau - m
trap vent = ventilation secondaire - f
trap window = fenêtre à soufflet - f, fenêtre en pla-
fond - f
trapdoor = abattant - m
trapped outlet = renvoi à siphon - m
trapped waste = bonde siphoïde - f
trash chute (US) = vide-ordures (VO) - m, VO (vide-
ordures) - m
trass = trass - m
trass cement = ciment au trass - m
Trass cement = ciment de Trass - m
trass concrete = béton de trass - m
travelers = coffrages roulants - m
traveling boist = appareil de levage mobile - m
traveling crane = grue à portique - f, portique - m
traveling platform = transbordeur - m
traveller = pont roulant - m
travelling crane = grue roulante - f, pont de service - m,
pont roulant - m
travelling form = coffrage mobile - m, coffrage rou-
lant - m
travelling forms = coffrage mobile - m
traverse load stress = charge de flexion - f, effort de
flexion - m, transversal - m
traverser = transbordeur - m
traversing = levé par cheminement - m
tread = dessus - m, dessus de marche - m, dessus de
marche d’escalier - m, giron - m, giron de marche d’es-
calier - m, marche - f, marche d’escalier - f
tread length = emmarchement - m
tread nosing = nez de marche - m
tread of step = dessus de marche - m, dessus de marche
d’escalier - m, giron - m, giron de marche
d’escalier - m, marche - f, marche d’escalier - f
tread plate = tôle antidérapante- f
tread run = giron - m
tread width = largeur de marche - f
treated sewage effluent = eau traitée - f
treated water = eau traitée - f
treated wood = bois traité - m
treatment = traitement - m
treatment chemical = agent chimique de traitement - m
tree cover = couvert végétal - m, couverture végétale - f
tree guard = corset - m
tree planting = boisage - m
tree-covered walk = charmille - f
treenail = cheville - f
trefoil = trèfle - m, trilobé
trefoil apse = abside tréflée - f
trefoil arch = arc tréflé - m, arc trilobé - m
trellis = lattis - m, treillage - m, treillis - m
tremie = tube à trappe pour bétonnage sous l’eau - m
tremie = tube plongeur - m
tremie concrete = béton immergé - m, béton mis en
place sous l’eau - m
tremie pipe = tube de bétonnage - m
tremie tube = tube plongeur - m
trench = entaille simple (menuiserie) - m, fouille
blindée - f, saignée - f, tranchée - f
trench (wood joint) = engravure - f
trench bottom = fond de fouille - m
trench box = mannequin - m
trench brace = étrésillon de tranchée - m
trench digger = excavatrice de tranchées - f, terras-
sier - m
trench digging machine = excavatrice de tranchées - f,
trancheuse - f
trench excavation = fouille en rigole - f
trench excavator = fraise à tranchée - f, trancheuse - f
trench guard = mannequin - m
trench hoe = pelle rétro caveuse - f
trench works = fouilles - f
trencher = fraise à tranchée - f, pelle mécanique - f
trencher = trancheuse - f
trenching = creusement de tranchées - m, excavation
de tranchée - f, fouille en rigole - f, fouille en tran-
chée - f, ouverture de tranchées - f
trenching for piping = terrassement pour canalisa-
tions - m
trenching machine = excavatrice de tranchées - f
trenching machine = trancheuse - f
trenchwork = fouille en rigole - f
trenchwork = fouille en tranchée - f
trestle = chevalet - m, tréteau - m
trestle bent = chevalet - m
trestle-shore = chevalement - m
trial = exploration (forage) - f
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trial assembly = montage à blanc - m
trial batch = lot d’essai - m
trial boring = sondage - m
trial driving = battage d’essais - m
trial hole = puits de reconnaissance - m
trial hole = sondage - m
trial pit = puits de recherche - m, puits de reconnais-
sance - m, puits d’exploration - m
trial run = marche d’essai - f
triangle = triangle - m
triangular arch = arc en mitre - m
triangular file = tiers-point - m
triangular pendentive = panache - m
triangular stiffener = triangle de renforcement - m
triangularly braced = triangulé
triangulation = triangulation (poutre) - f
triangulation point = point de triangulation - m
triaxal = triaxal
triaxal compression test = essai triaxal - m
triaxial shear test = essai de cisaillement à l’appareil
triaxial - m
triaxial stress = contrainte triaxiale - f
tribach = triangle des vis calantes - m
tributary area = zone desservie - f
trick of the trade = recette de métier - f, tour de
main - m
trickler = baveur - m, égouttoir - m
trickling-water collector = capteur à ruissellement - m
triconch = triconque
triforium = triforium - m
trigger = déclic - m, détente - f, gâchette - f
triglyph = triglyphe - m
trim = boiserie - f, boiseries - f, chambranle rap-
porté - m, garniture - f, habillage (ossature) - m, menus
ouvrages de menuiserie - m, menus ouvrages de menui-
serie légère - m, moulure (corniche, plinthe, etc.) - f,
ouvrages de menuiserie légère - m, parement - m
trim an edge, to = affranchir une arête
trim off, to = araser
trim up, to (wall) = ragréer
trim, to = corroyer, dresser, ébarber, garnir (décorer)
trim, to (wall-paper) = émarger (papier peint)
trimmed joist = entrait retroussé - m
trimmed joist (UK) = solive bâtarde - f, solive boî-
teuse - f
trimmed opening in floor = enchevêtrure - f
trimmed veneer = placage dressé - m
trimmer (UK) = chevêtre - m, solive d’enchevêtrure - f
trimmer arch = arc d’enchevêtrure - m
trimmer joist = solive maîtresse - f
trimmer joist (UK) = chevêtre - m, linçoir (che-
vêtre) - m
trimmer joist (US) = solive d’enchevêtrure - f, solive
porteuse - f
trimmer(US) = solive porteuse - f
trimmer-beam = enchevêtrure - f
trimming = enchevêtrure - f, garniture (décoration) - f,
mise à dimensions - f, recépage - m
trimming joist (UK) = solive d’enchevêtrure - f, solive
porteuse - f
trimming up = ragréage - m
tringle = tringle (architecture) - f
trip = déclenchement - m
trip coil = bobine de déclenchement - f
triplex = triplex - m
tripping = disjonction - f
tripping device = déclencheur - m, disjoncteur - m
tripteral = triptère
triumphal arch = arc de triomphe - m
troffer = chemin lumineux - m
trolley = diable - m
trombe wall = mur Trombe - m
trommel = trommel - m
troublesome land = mauvais terrain - m
troublesome soil = mauvais terrain - m
trough = auge - f, auget - m, augette - f, augette à mor-
tier - f, bac - m, chéneau - m, gouttière - f, lavabo col-
lectif - m
trough collector = miroir cylindro-parabolique - m,
paraboloïde - m, réflecteur cylindro-parabolique - m
trough concentrator = miroir cylindro-parabolique -
m, miroir cylindro-parabolique - m, paraboloïde - m
trough concentror = réflecteur cylindro-parabo-
lique - m
trough core = noyau synclinal - m
trough decking = couverture en bacs acier - f
trough gutter = gouttière à auge - f
trough plate = tôle zarès - f
trough vault = voûte en arc - f
troughing = bacs - m
trowel = lisseuse - f, truelle - f
trowel finish = lissage à la truelle - m
trowel work = truellage - m
trowelful = clapée - f
trowelled smooth = lissé
trowelling = lissage à la truelle - m
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truck crane = grue sur porteur - f
truck crane (US) = grue automotrice - f
truck mixer = bétonnière portée - f, toupie à béton - f
truck mounted crane = grue sur porteur - f
truck-mixed concrete = béton malaxé durant le trans-
port - m, béton prêt à l ‘emploi - m
truckmixer = bétonnière - f, toupie à béton - f
truck-mounted crane = grue sur camion - f
true density = masse volumique réelle - f, masse volu-
mique vraie - f
true porosity = porosité totale - f
true specific gravity = densité réelle - f
true Y bend = té en Y - m
true, out of = faussé, voilé
true, to = dégauchir
trumpet arch = trompe - f
trunk = canalisation électrique - f, tronc d’arbre - m
trunk line (UK) = ligne interurbaine - f
trunk sewer = collecteur principal - m, égout collec-
teur - m, égout principal - m, grand collecteur - m
trunking = gaine - f
truscon floor = plancher truscon - m
truss = armature - f, armature de poutre - f, charpente
en treillis - f, charpente triangulée - f, ferme - f, ferme
de toit - f, portique - m, poutre triangulée - f, structure
en treillis - f, système triangulé - m, treillis - m
truss bar = barre cintrée - f, barre coudée - f, barre
pliée - f, barre recourbée - f
truss beam = poutre à treillis - f
truss girder = poutre à treillis - f
truss joint = nœud - m
truss member = élément de ferme - m
truss panel = panneau de ferme - m
truss rod = bielle - f
truss rod = tirant (construction métallique) - m
truss-beam = poutre-ferme - f
trussed = à treillis, en treillis, triangulé
trussed arch = poutre en arc - f
trussed beam = poutre à treillis - f, poutre armée - f,
poutre en treillis - f, poutre sous-bandée - f, poutre sous-
tendue - f
trussed construction = assemblage à décharge - m,
construction contreventée - f
trussed girder = poutre à treillis - f, poutre armée - f,
poutre en treillis - f
trussed purlin = panne en treillis - f
trussed roof = comble sans ferme - m
truss-rafter = arbalétrier - m
try cock = robinet de jauge - m
T-shape = poutre en T - f, poutrelle en T - f, profilé
en T - m
T-shaped section = section en T - f
tub = bac - m
tube = tube - m, tubulure - f
tube beader = mandrin - m
tube bender = cintreur de tubes - m, cintreuse à tubes - f
tube bundle = faisceau de tubes - m
tube cutter = coupe-tubes - m
tube expanding = dudgeonnage - m
tube-in-strip collector = collecteur à série de tubes - m
tuberculation = champignonage - m, tuberculisation - f
tubercule = champignon de rouille - m, tubercule de
rouille - m
tubewell pump = pompe pour forage tubé - f
tube-wrench = serre-tube - m
tubing = tubage - m, tube léger - m, tuyau souple - m
tubing head pressure = pression de fond - f
tubular = en forme de tube, tubulaire
tubular and split rivet = rivet tubulaire et fendu - m
tubular and split rivets = rivets tubulaires et
fendus - m
tubular lock = serrure tubulaire - f
tubular pipe = tube en acier - m
tubular saw = scie à cloche - f, scie à trous - f, scie-
cloche - f
tubular scaffolding = échafaud tubulaire - m
tubular well = puits crépiné - m
tuck pointing = insertion de jointoiement - f, jointoie-
ment (à l’anglaise) - m
tuck-in (roofing) = engravure par saignée - f
tuckstone = brique de calage - f
Tudor arch = arc en carène - m, arc Tudor - m
tuff = tuf - m
tuffa = tuffeau - m
tuft = touffe - f
tufted = tufté
tufted carpet = moquette touffetée - f, moquette
tuftée - f
tumbler lock = serrure à gorges - f
tumbler switch = tumbler - m
tumbling home = rentrée (pilier) - f
tumbling-in = rentrée (pilier) -f
tungsten steel = acier au tungstène - m
tunnel = galerie - f
tunnel boring machine = tunnelier - m
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tunnel clinker = brique recuite à tunnels - f
tunnel excavation = fouille couverte - f, fouille en
galerie - f, fouille en souterrain - f
tunnel formwork = coffrage tunnel - m
tunneling = fouille en souterrain - f
tunneling machine = tunnelier - m
tunnelling = fouille couverte - f, fouille en galerie - f
tup = mouton (de sonnette) - m
turbidimeter = turbidimètre - m
turbine = turbine - f
turbine casing = bâche de turbine - f
turbine meter = compteur à turbine - m, compteur de
vitesse - m
turbo mixer = malaxeur horizontal - m, malaxeur
plat - m
turbulent flow = écoulement turbulent - m
turf beetle = batte de terrassier - f
turf border = encadrement de gazon - m
turfed = enherbé
turn = tour - m
turn button = bouton tournant - m
turn cap = capuchon mobile - m, gueule de loup (che-
minée) - f
turn key = clefs en main (marché) - f
turn step = marche tournante - f
turnbuckle = lanterne de serrage - f, tendeur à lan-
terne - m
turn-buckle = lanterne de serrage - f, tendeur de
fils - m, tourniquet pour contrevent - m
turn-buckle tie = tendeur à lanterne - m
turncap = gueule de loup (cheminée) - f
turned bolt = boulon - m
turned bolt = boulon tourné - m
turned in nosing = bord abaissé et replié - m
turned on = sous tension, sous-tension - f
turned screw = vis mécanique - f
turned-up flange = collet rabattu - m
turning = balancement d’escalier - m
turning piece = membre de cintrage - m
turning saw = scie à chantourner - f
turnings = copeaux de tour - m
turnkey contractor = ensemblier - m
turnkey developer = ensemblier - m
turnkey job = ouvrage clé en main - m
turnover = livraison - f, remise - f
turn-pin = toupie (plomberie) -f
turnstile = moulinet - m, tourniquet - m
turnup = relief (couverture métallique) - m
turp = white-spirit - m
turps = white-spirit - m
turret = tourelle - f
turret step = marche portant noyau - f
tusk = brique en attente - f, pierre en attente - f
tusk nailing = clouage en biais - m
twice rebated = à double feuillure
twin house = maison jumelée - f
twin-batch paver = bétonnière motorisée à deux tam-
bours - f
twincolumns = colonnes géminées - f
twin-columns = poteaux jumelés - m
twist = effort de torsion - m, torsion - f, vrillage - m
twist drill = mèche hélicoïdale - f
twist, to = torsader
twisted bar = barre torsadée - f
twisted board = panneau voilé - m
twisted column = colonne câblée - f, colonne torsadée - f
twisted fibres = fibres enchevêtrées - f, fil tors - m
twisted grain = fil ondulé - m, fil tors - m
twisted grain wood = bois vissé - m
twisted wire = fil tors - m, fil torsadé - m
twisting = torsion - f
twisting moment = moment de torsion - m
two component concrete = béton binaire - m
two-brick wall = mur de 46 cm - m
two-burner ring = réchaud à deux feux - m
two-centred arch = arc brisé à deux segments - m
two-coat work = enduit bicouche - m, enduit en deux
couches - m
two-dimensional stress = contrainte biaxiale - f,
contrainte plane - f
two-drum hoist = treuil à deux tambours - m
two-family dwelling = habitation bifamiliale - f
two-glass collector = capteur à double vitrage - m
two-hinged arch = arc à deux articulations - m, por-
tique à deux articulations - m
two-light window = fenêtre en deux parties - f
two-man saw = passe-partout - m
two-pack = à deux composants
two-pack adhesive = colle binaire - f
two-part = à deux composants
two-part adhesive = colle binaire - f
two-part tariff meter (UK) = compteur à double
tarif - m
two-pipe system = système à deux tuyaux - m
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two-position action (US) = réglage par tout ou rien - m
two-rate meter (US) = compteur à double tarif -m
two-step action (UK) = réglage par tout ou rien - m
two-storey house = maison à un étage - f
two-story apartment = appartement en duplex - m
two-story building = bâtiment à deux étages - m, bâti-
ment à deux niveaux - m
two-story house (US) = maison à un étage - f
two-tier linkspan = passerelle à deux niveaux - f
two-way action lock = serrure va-et-vient - f
two-way grid = résille bidirectionnelle - f
two-way hinge = charnière à double action - f
two-way mirror = verre diaphane - m
two-way mirror(UK) = miroir espion - m, miroir semi-
réfléchissant - m
two-way reinforced = armé dans les deux sens
two-way reinforcement (UK) = armature à deux direc-
tions croisées - f
two-way switch = interrupteur va-et-vient - m, va-et-
vient (VV) - m, VV (va-et-vient) - m
two-way valve = robinet à deux voies - m
tye infill = chaînage - m
tying = chaînage - m
tying of walls = chaînage - m
tympan = tympan - m
tympanum = tympan - m
type IV cement = ciment à faible chaleur d’hydrata-
tion - m
typical floor = étage courant - m
typical train loading = train type - m
tyre (UK) = bandage - m
Tyrolean finish = crépi tyrolien - m, enduit tyrolien - m
Tyrolian plaster = enduit tyrolien - m
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U block = bloc en U - m
U channel = coulisse - f
U factor = facteur U - m
U gauge = manomètre à tube en U - m
U-abutment = culée avec mur en retour - f
U-block = bloc de linteau - m
U-bolt = agrafe filetée - f, boulon en Y - m, crampon
fileté - m, étrier - m
UDL (uniformly distributed load) = charge uniformé-
ment répartie - f
ultimate bearing capacity = capacité portante limite - f
ultimate capacity = capacité limite - f
ultimate design = calcul à la rupture - m
ultimate load = charge de rupture - f, charge limite - f,
charge ultime - f
ultimate moment = moment de rupture - m
ultimate set = fiche (pieu) - f
ultimate settlement = tassement définitif - m
ultimate strength = limite de rupture - f, résistance à
la rupture - f, résistance ultime - f, résistance-limite - f
ultimate stress = résistance à la rupture - f
ultra fine material = grain très fin - m
ultraviolet radiation = rayonnement ultraviolet - m
umbrella roof = parapluie (toit) - m
unaffected (by air, by water) = inaltérable (à l’air, à
l’eau)
unalterable = inaltérable
unbalance = balourd - m
unbarked timber = bois en grume - m
unblocked = débouché
unbonded screed = chape désolidarisée - f
unbonded tendon = câble non adhérent - m
unbraced frame = ossature non contreventée - f
unburnt = incuit
unburnt brick = brique argileuse non cuite - f, brique
crue - f, brique séchée à l’air - f
unburnt fuel = imbrûlés - m
unburnt lump = incuit - m
uncased = sans carter, sans enrobage
uncased pile = pieu à chemise récupérée - m, pieu à
fourreau récupéré - m, pieu non chemisé - m
uncased well = puits non tubé - m
unconfined compressive strength = résistance à la
compression sans étreinte latérale - f
unconfined sample = échantillon à contrainte latérale
nulle - m, échantillon non fretté - m
unconsolidated rock = roche meuble - f, roche non
cimentée - f
unconsolidated undrained test = essai non consolidé
non drainé - m
uncoursed = non assisé
uncover, to = dégarnir
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uncut velvet = velours bouclé
under construction = en cours de construction
under flexure = en flexion
under water concrete = béton coulé sous l’eau - m
under wooden piece = sous-face - f
underbraced beam = poutre sous-bandée - f, poutre
sous-tendue - f
underburnt material = incuit - m
undercarriage = chariot - m
undercloak = battellement - m, doublis - m
undercoat = apprêt (peinture) - m, sous-couche (pein-
ture) -f
undercroft = crypte - f, caniveau - m, caniveau de sou-
dage - m, détalonné, encoche - f
undercut, to = creuser, détalonner
underdesigned = sous-dimensionné
underdressed timber = grume - f
underestimate, to = sous-estimer, sous-évaluer
underface = sous-face - f
underfelt = thibaude - f
underfired = imparfaitement brûlé
underfloor = sous plancher
underfloor heating = chauffage par le sol -m
under-girder = sous-poutre - f
underground = enterré, sous-sol enterré - m, souter-
rain - m
underground disposal = épandage souterrain - m
underground drain pipe = canalisation d’évacuation
enterrée - f
underground line = ligne souterraine - f
underground passage = souterrain - m
underground tank = réservoir enterré - m
underground water = nappe d’eau souterraine - f
undergroundcar park = parking souterrain - m
undergroundstructure = ouvrage souterrain - m
undergrowth = broussailles - f, sous-bois
underlayer = couche sous-jacente - f
underlaying soil = terrain sous-jacent - m
underlayment = sous-finition - f, support (revêtement
de sol) - m
underlining felt = feutre bitumé de sous toiture - m
underlying = sous-jacent
underlying soil = soubassement (sol) - m, terrain sous-
jacent - m
undermanned = sous-équipé (en personne)
undermine, to = miner, sous-caver
undermining = affouillement - m
underpass = passage en dessous - m, passage inférieur
- m, passage souterrain - m, souterrain - m
underpin, to = reprendre en sous-œuvre
underpinned wall = mur repris en sous-œuvre - m
underpinning = étai - m, étayage en dessous - m,
reprise en sous-œuvre - f, sous-œuvre - m
underpinning pit = puits de reprise en sous-œuvre - m
underplanted = sous-équipé (en matériel)
under-planted = sous-équipé (en matériel)
underream, to = creuser, élargir la base d’un pieu
underreamed base = base élargie - f
underseepage = infiltration sous rideau de palplan-
ches - f
underside = sous-face - f, passant - m, passée - f, sous-
cote - f
undersize material = tamisat - m
undersize materials = refus (crible) - m
undersized = sous-dimensionné
underslating felt = feutre bitumé de sous toiture - m
under-surface = sous-face - f
underthroating = mouchette (larmier) - f
undertile = tuile de battellement - f, tuile de courant - f
under-tile = tuile de battellement - f, tuile de courant - f
undervoltage = sous-tension - f
underwashing = affouillement - m
underwater foundation = fondation sous l’eau - f
undisturbed = non remanié
undisturbed compacted sample = échantillon intact
compacté - m
undisturbed earth = terre en place - f
undisturbed soil = sol intact - m, sol naturel - m, sol
non remanié - m, terrain naturel (TN) - m, terre en
place - f, TN (terrain naturel) - m
undrained shear strength = résistance au cisaillement
sans consolidation - f
undressed = non corroyé (bois), non taillé (pierre)
undressed lumber (US) = bois non corroyé - m, non
corroyé (bois)
undressed stone = pierre non-taillée - f
undressed timber = bois de sciage brut - m
unducted return = reprise en vrac - f, retour en
vrac - m
unequal angle = cornière à ailes inégales - f, cornières
à ailes inégales - f
unequal settlement = dénivellation des appuis - f, tas-
sement différentiel - m
uneven grained wood = bois hétérogène - m
uneven ground = terrain irrégulier - m
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uneven terrain = terrain accidenté - m
uneven textured wood = bois hétérogène - m
unevenness = irrégularité (surface) - f
unevenness in level of ground = accident de terrain - m
unfinished bolt = vis brute - f
unframed door = porte sur barres - f
unfree water = eau d’absorption - f
unfulfilled obligation = obligation non remplie - f
unglazed = non vitrifié
unglazed porcelain = céramique non vernie - f
unhealthy = insalubre
unidentified steel = acier non identifié - m
unidentified structural steel = acier de charpente non
classifié - m
unidentified structural steel = acier de construction
non identifié - m
uniform = uni (couleur)
uniform colour = teinte plate - f, teinte unie - f
uniform load = charge uniforme - f, charge uniformé-
ment répartie - f
uniform mat = radier plan épais - m
uniform sand = sable uniforme - m
uniformily distributed load = charge uniformément
répartie - f
uniformity coefficient = coefficient d’uniformité - m
uniformly distributed load (UDL) = charge uni-
forme - f, charge uniformément répartie - f
uninflammable = incombustible, ininflammable
union = raccord - m
union end return bend = corde union double - m
union fitting = raccord à trois pièces - m, raccord
union - m, union - f
union ring bonnet = chapeau-union - m
union tee = union à té - f
unit = bloc - m, élément - m, groupe - m, matériau
fini - m, unité - f
unit built = construit en éléments préfabriqués
unit construction = construction modulaire - f
unit load = charge unitaire - f
unit of bond = unité d’appareil - f
unit of exit width = unité de passage (porte) - f
unit of length = unité de longueur - f
unit of measure = unité de mesure - f
unit owner = copopriétaire - m
unit price = prix unitaire (PU) - m, PU (prix uni-
taire) - m
unit stress = contrainte unitaire - f
unit weight = densité - f
unit weight = masse volumique - f
unit-producing yard = chantier volant - m
units = éléments - m, matériaux finis - m
unity = unité - f
universal beam = poutrelle - f
universal column with parallel flange = poutre à ailes
larges du type IPB - f
universal joint = joint universel - m
unloaded = vide
unloading = soulagement d’une charge - m
unloading area = point de déchargement - m
unplasticised = non plastifié (NP), NP (non plastifié)
unplasticised polyvinyl chloride = PVCC (chlorure de
polyvinyle surchloré) - m
unplasticized PVC = PVC non plastifié - m
unprimed = à peindre
unreiforced concrete = béton non armé - m, béton cou-
rant - m
unrestrained bearing = appui libre - m
unrust, to = dérouiller
unscreened coal = charbon tout venant - m
unscrew, to = dévisser
unseal, to = désamorcer (se)
unsealing of drap = entraînement de la garde d’eau - m
unset concrete = béton frais - m, béton qui n’a pas fait
la prise - m
unskilled labourer = manœuvre - m
unslaked lump = incuit - m
unsorted = tout venant
unsound knot = nœud mauvais - m, nœud vicieux - m
unstop, to = déboucher
unstopping = débouchage - m, dégorgement - m
unsupported cantilevered = système en encorbelle-
ment - m
unsupported length = longueur libre - f
unsupported span = portée libre - f
unsurfaced exposed concrete = béton brut de décof-
frage - m
unsymmetrical bending = flexion déviée - f, flexion
gauche - f
unthreaded shank area = aire de tige non-filetée - f
untreated = brut
untreated concrete = béton brut - m
unvented heater = appareil non raccordé à une
conduite d’évacuation - m
unwanted drying = dessication - f
unwinding = déroulage - m
unwoven fabric = textile non tissé - m
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unwro = non corroyé (bois)
unwrought = non corroyé (bois)
unwrought timber = bois de sciage brut - m
unwrought timber (UK) = bois non corroyé - m, non-
corroyé (bois)
unyielding support = appui fixe - m
up fold = pli anticlinal - m
up-and-over door = porte escamotable en plafond - f,
porte rabattante - f
up-and-over door (UK) = porte basculante - f
updated price (to date of contract) = prix actua-
lisé - m
updating = mise à jour - f
upending = refoulement (métal) - m
uphand weld = soudure montante - f
upholster, to = capitonner, garnir (capitonner)
upholstered = capitonné
upholstery = garniture (capitonnage) - f
upkeep = entretien d’une construction - m
uplift (US) = sous-pression (sur les fondations) - f
uplift pile = pieu travaillant à l’arrachement - m
upper boundary = face supérieure de la couche - f
upper chord = élément supérieur - m
upper floor = PH (plancher haut) - m, plancher haut
(PH) - m
upper floor plan = plan de l’étage supérieur - m
upper leaf = battant supérieur - m
upper part = partie haute (PH) - f, PH (partie haute) - f
upper reinforcement bars = armature supérieure - f
upper sill = sablière haute - f
upper slope of gambrel roof or of Mansard roof
= terrasson - m
uppercarriage = plate-forme - f
upright = chandelle - f, échasse - f, étançon - m, mon-
tant (échelle) - m, montant (structure) - m
upright course = brique posée de champ - f
upright fold = pli normal - m
upright joint = joint montant - m
upright of scaffold = échasse - f
upright scaffold = écoperche - f
upright wall member = colomba - f, colombe - f, mon-
tant - m, poteau - m
upset beam = poutre renversée - f
upset welding = soudage par refoulement - m
upset, to = refouler (métal)
upsetting = refoulement (métal) - m
upside-down roof = toiture inversée - f

upstairs = à l’étage, en étage
upstand = costière - f, relevé d’étanchéité - m, relief
(couverture métallique) - m
upstand beam = poutre en relevé - f
upstand beam (UK) = poutre en T renversé - f
upstream = en amont
upstream cutwater = avant bec - m
uptake = colonne montante - f, montée - f
upturn = relevé d’étanchéité - m, relief (couverture
métallique) - m
upturned beam = poutre renversée - f
upward filtration = filtration de bas en haut - f
upward pressure (UK) = sous-pression (sur les fon-
dations) - f
upward reaction of ground = réaction ascendante au
sol - f
urban fabric = tissu urbain - m
urban planning (US) = urbanisme - m
urban renewal = rénovation urbaine - f
urban sprawl = extension anarchique des villes - f
urban waste fertilizer = terrade - f
urea-formaldehive glue = colle urée-formol - f
ureaformaldehyde resin = résine uréeformaldéhyde - f
usable floor area = surface utile de plancher - f
usable life = temps maximal d’utilisation - m
use of a building = affectation d’un bâtiment - f
use value = valeur d’usage - f
use zoning = zonage par affectation - m
use, to = mettre en œuvre
useful storage = capacité utile - f
usefull heat = puissance thermique effective - f
user (road, utilities) = usager - m
U-stirrup = épingle (armature en béton) - f
utile = sipo - m
utilisation factor = facteur d’utilisation (Fu) - m
utilisation factor = Fu (facteur d’utilisation) - m
utilities = commodités - f, réseaux - m, services publics
utilitaires - m
utility line = canalisation d’amenée - f, réseau de
voirie - m
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V brick = brique creuse à perforations verticales - f
V channel = anglet - m
V cut = taille en anglet - f
V joint = joint en anglet - m
vacuum = dépression - f, vide - m
vacuum asphalt = bitume sous vide - m
vacuum breaker = antivide - m, casse-vide - m,
soupape antivide - f
vacuum breaker valve = clapet casse-vide - m
vacuum cleaner = aspirateur (de cheminée) - m
vacuum collector = collecteur sous vide - m
vacuum concrete = béton désaéré - m, béton
essoré - m, béton essoré sous vide - m, béton sous
vide - m, béton traité par le vide - m
vacuum concrete, to = essorer le béton
vacuum distillation = distillation sous vide - f
vacuum drier = étuve à vide - f
vacuum filter = filtre à vide - m
vacuum pump = pompe à vide - f
vacuum test = essai à la dépression - m
vacuum topping = distillation sous vide - f
vacuum tube = tube sous vide - m
vacuum-fitting = raccord à vide - m
valley = cornière de toiture - f, noue - f
valley (of corrugation) = fond d’onde - m
valley bevel = sauterelle - f
valley board = fonçure de noue - f
valley flashing = noue métallique - f
valley gutter = chéneau - m, noulet - m
valley jack = empanon de noue - m
valley piece = arêtier de noue - m
valley rafter = arêtier de noue - m, chevron de
noue - m, noue (charpente) - f
valley tile = noue - f
valleys = vallonnement (surface peinte) - m
value for money = indice-qualité prix - m
valve = clapet - m, robinet - m, robinetterie - f,
soupape - f, valve - f, vanne - f
valve bag = sac à valve de remplissage - m
valve chamber = tabernacle (robinet enterré) - m
valve key = clé à béquille - f, clef à béquille - f
valve pit = tabernacle (robinet enterré) - m
valve rafter = arêtier de noue - m
valve seat = siège de clapet - m, siège de soupape - m
valving = robinetterie - f
vane = flache - f, girouette - f
vane flowmeter (UK) = compteur à moulinet - m
vaned outlet = bouche à ailettes - f
vanes = aubage - m
vanishing line = ligne fuyante - f
vanity cabinet = coiffeuse-lavabo - f
vanity unit = coiffeuse-lavabo - f
vapor barrier (US) = pare-vapeur - m
vapor heating system = système de chauffage à la
vapeur - m
vapour = vapeur - f
vapour barrier (UK) = pare-vapeur - m
vapour blasting = sablage humide - m
vapour heating = chauffage à vapeur à basse pres-
sion - m
vapour lock = bouchon de vapeur - m
variable load = charge variable - f, effort variable - m
variable stress = charge variable - f, effort variable - m
variance allowed = dérogation - f
variation (UK) = modification de l’ouvrage prévu au
contrat - f
variation in level of supports = dénivellation des
appuis f
variation order = ordre de modification - m
varnish = vernis - m
varnish stain = vernis-teinte - m
varnished = vernissé
varved clay = argile feuilletée - f
vase = corbeille - f
vat = cuve - f
vault = cave - f, voûte - f
vault abutment = butée de voûte - f
vaulted = voûté
vaulting = les voûtes - f, voûtes - f
vaulting cell = voûtain - m
V-belt = courroie trapézoïdale - f
V-channel = caniveau à double dévers - m
V-cut = taille en anglet - f
Vee gutter = caniveau à double dévers - m, gouttière
de section trianglaire - f, gouttière en V - f
Vee joint = grain d’orge - m
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vee roof = toit en V - m, toit-pavillon - m
vee tongue and groove = bouvetage triangulaire - m
Vee tool = grain d’orge - m
vee-joint = assemblage à grain d’orge - m
vegetable blanket = tapis végétal - m
vegetable glue = colle végétale - f
vegetable mould = terreau - m
vegetable soil = sol vivant - m, terre végétale (TV) - f,
TV (terre végétale) - f
vegetation cover = couvert végétal - m, couverture
végétale - f
vein = veine - f
velocity = vitesse d’écoulement - f
velvet pile carpet = moquette - f
veneer = bois de placage - m, feuille de plaquage - f,
placage - m
veneer bolt = bille de placage - f
veneer brick = brique de placage - f
veneer peeler = dérouleuse - f
veneer, to = plaquer (bois)
veneered = plaqué
veneered construction = construction à maçonnerie de
parement - f
veneered door = porte plaquée - f
veneered masonry = maçonnerie plaquée - f
veneered wall = mur à parement appliqué - m, mur
plaqué - m
veneering = placage - m, plaquage - m
venitian blind = store venitien - m
Venitian window = baie palladienne - f, serlienne - f
vent = bouche d’air - f, évent - m, grille d’aération - f,
orifice d’aération - m, reniflard - m, trou d’aération - m,
trou d’évent - m, tuyau d’aération - m
vent = ventilation - f
vent cap = chapeau de ventilation - m
vent connector = raccord d’évent - m
vent duct = ventouse - f
vent hole = bouche d’aération - f, grille d’aération - f,
orifice d’aération - m, trou d’aération - m, trou
d’évent - m, tuyau d’aération - m
vent line = colonne d’évent - m, tuyau d’aération - m,
tuyau d’évent - m, tuyauterie d’aération - f, tuyauterie
de ventilation - f
vent pipe = colonne d’évent - m, conduit de ventila-
tion - m, gaine d’aération - f, tuyau d’aération - m,
tuyau d’évent - m, tuyauterie d’aération - f, tuyauterie
de ventilation - f
vent piping = colonne d’évent - m, tuyau d’aération -
m, tuyau d’évent - m, tuyauterie d’aération - f, tuyau-
terie de ventilation - f
vent sash = vasistas - m
vent stack = colonne de ventilation secondaire - f,
colonne d’évent - m, tuyau d’aération - m, tuyau
d’évent - m, tuyauterie d’aération - f, tuyauterie de ven-
tilation - f
vent valve = purgeur - m
vent, to = mettre à l’air libre, ventiler (fosse)
vent, to (UK) = purger
vented hood = hotte à évacuation - f
vent-hole = aspirail - m, ventouse - f
ventiduct = conduit de ventilation - m, gaine d’aéra-
tion - f
ventilate, to = ventiler (pièce)
ventilated brick = brique creuse - f, brique perforée - f
ventilating = aération - f, ventilation - f
ventilating brick = brique creuse - f, brique perforée - f
ventilating door = porte d’aérage - f
ventilating shaft = cheminée d’aération - f
ventilating tile = chatière - f
ventilation = aération - f, ventilation - f
ventilation duct = gaine de ventilation - f
ventilation hole = bouche d’aération - f, chatière - f,
grille d’aération - f, orifice d’aération - m, trou d’aéra-
tion - m, trou d’évent - m, tuyau d’aération - m
ventilation opening = ventouse - f
ventilation rate = taux de renouvellement d’air - m
ventilation rate = taux de ventilation - m
ventilation tower = tour de ventilation - f
ventilation-hole tile = chatière - f
ventilator = aérateur - m, hotte aspirante - f,
vasistas - m, ventilateur - m
ventilator fan = ventilateur - m
venting = aération - f, évacuation des gaz - f, évacua-
tion des produits de la combustion - f, purge - f, venti-
lation - f
venting of combustion products = évacuation des pro-
duits de la combustion - f
venting system = système de ventilation - m
ventlight = vasistas - m
verandah = véranda - f
verdigris = vert-de-gris - m
verge = accotement - m, bordure du toit - f, débord du
toit - m, rive latérale (toit) - f, saillie de rive (toit) - f,
saillie de toiture - f
verge board = bordure de pignon - f, planche de rive
(pignon) - f, rive de pignon - f
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verge overhang = saillie de rive (toit) - f
verge tile = tuile de rive - f
vergeboard (often with elaborate pattern) = lambre-
quin (toit) - m
verification = vérification - f
vermiculated = vermiculé
vermiculite = vermiculite - m
vermiculite plaster = plâtre de vermiculite - m
vernier = vernier - m
vertical = montant (treillis) - m, vertical
vertical blind = store à lames verticales - m
vertical bond = appareil régulier en damier - m
vertical collector = collecteur mural - m, collecteur sur
façade - m
vertical collimator = viseur de nadir - m
vertical excavation = galerie en puits - f
vertical grain (VG) = bois de fil - m, grain vertical - m
vertical grain timber = bois débité sur mailles - m
vertical joint = joint montant - m
vertical loading = chargement vertical - m
vertical opening = ouverture verticale - f
vertical panel = panneau vertical - m
vertical sand drain = pieu de sable - m, pieu drai-
nant - m
vertical sash stop = latte intérieure (fenêtre à guillo-
tine) - f
vertical scale = échelle des hauteurs - f
vertical section = coupe verticale - f, profil - m, profil
en long - m
vertical service space = vide technique vertical - m
vertical shearing stress = cisaillement transversal - m,
contrainte de cisaillement transversal - f
vertical shingling = bardage en bardeaux - m, essen-
tage de bardeaux - m
vertical slider = fenêtre à guillotine (sans contre-
poids) - f
vertical sliding window = fenêtre à guillotine (sans
contrepoids) - f, fenêtre coulissant verticalement - f
vertical supporting timber = raidisseur horizontal - m
vertical velocity curve = profil vertical des vitesses - m
vertical wood siding = parement de bois vertical - m
vertical-grained = quartonné
vertical-grained timber = bois sur maille - m
vertical-grained wood = bois maillé - m
vertically perforated brick = brique creuse à perfora-
tions verticales - f
very fine sand = sable très fin - m
very hard stone = pierre froide - f
vessel = récipient - m, vase - m
VG (vertical grain) = bois de fil - m, grain vertical - m
vibrated concrete = béton pervibré - m, béton vibré - m
vibrating and finishing machine = vibrofinisseur - m
vibrating beam = poutre vibrante - f
vibrating float = taloche vibrante - f
vibrating needle = aiguille vibrante - f
vibrating pile driver = vibrofonceur - m
vibrating plate = plaque vibrante - f
vibrating plate compactor = plaque vibrante - f
vibrating poker = aiguille vibrante - f, tube pervibra-
teur - m
vibrating probe = vibrolance - f
vibrating rammer = vibropilonneuse - f
vibrating roller = cylindre vibrant - m, rouleau
vibrant - m
vibrating screed = règle surfaceuse vibrante - f, règle
vibrante - f
vibrating screeder = règle surfaceuse vibrante - f
vibrating screen = crible vibrant - m
vibrating table = chevalet vibrant - m, table à
secousses - f, table vibrante - f
vibrating trestle = chevalet vibrant - m
vibration = oscillation - f, trépidation - f, vibration - f
vibration damper = amortisseur de vibrations - m
vibration isolator = isolateur antivibratile - m
vibration mount = isolateur antivibratile - m
vibration needle = aiguille vibrante - f
vibration plate = patin vibrant - m
vibration table = table vibrante - f
vibration-mounted = désolidarisé
vibrator = vibrateur - m, vibreur (béton) - m
vibratory roller = rouleau vibrant - m
vibrocompaction = compactage par vibroflottation - m
vibropiling = vibrofonçage - m
vice = étau - m
vice stair = escalier à vis - m, escalier à vis - m, esca-
lier en colimaçon - m, escalier en limaçon - m, vis (esca-
lier à vis) - f
Victaulic coupling = joint express - m, joint
Victaulic - m, raccord Victaulic - m
Vierendeel girder = poutre échelle - f, poutre
Vierendeel - f, poutre-échelle - f
Vierendeel truss = poutre échelle - f, poutre
Vierendeel - f, poutre-échelle - f
view panel = panneau vitré - m
village hall = salle des fêtes - f
vinyl coating = enduction vinylique - f
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vinyl tile = carreau vinylique - m
vinyl-asbestos tile = dalle en vinyle-amiante - f, dalle
vinyl-amiante - f, dalle vinyle amiante - f
vis = escalier à vis - m, escalier en colimaçon - m, esca-
lier en limaçon - m
vis viva = force vive - f
visbreaking = viscoréduction - f
viscous flow = écoulement visqueux - m
vise = étau - m, presse à vis - f
visible = apparent
visible defect = désordre visible - m
visible defect = vice apparent - m
visible horizon = horizon visible - m
vision light = oculus (dans porte) - m, regard vitré
(porte) - m
vision-light door = porte à oculus - f
visionproof glass = verre non-transparent - m
visor = auvent - m, visière - f
visual examination = examen à l’œil nu - m, examen
visuel - m
visual inspection = contrôle d’aspect - m, contrôle
visuel - m
vitreous = vitreux
vitreous china = porcelaine sanitaire vitrifiée - f
vitreous enamel = émail vitrifié - m
vitreous paste = pâte de verre - f
vitreous tile = conduit vitrifié - m
vitrified = vitrifié
vitrified brick = brique de parement vitrifiée en cou-
leur - f
vitrified brick = brique émaillée - f, brique vernie - f
vitrified clay = grès cérame - m, grès vernissé - m, grès
vitrifié - m
vitrified clay glue lining = revêtement de conduit de
cheminée en argile vitrifiée - m
vitrified clay ware = grès vernissé - m, grès vitrifié - m
vitrified stock brick = brique vitrifiée - f
vitrify, to = vitrifier
V-jointed = joint en V - m
void = alvéole - f, cellule - f, espace vide - m, vide
(porosité) - m
void content = teneur en vides - f
void porosity ratio = indice des pores - m, taux de
porosité - m
void ratio = taux de porosité - m
voids = vide (béton) -m
voids porosity ratio = indice des pores - m, taux de
porosité - m
voids ratio = indice des vides - m, taux de porosité - m
voids to total volume of material ratio = taux de poro-
sité - m
voltage = tension - f
voltage drop = chute de tension - f
voltage surge = surtension transitoire - f
volume = cubage - m, cube - m, volume - m
volume batching = dosage volumétrique - m
volume compressibility = compressibilité volumé-
trique - f
volume of building = encombrement - m
volumeter = compteur volumétrique - m
volumetric feeder = doseur volumétrique - m
volute = hélice (chapiteau ionique) - f, volute - f
volute pump = pompe à colimaçon - f
vortex = tourbillon - m
vortex shedding = formation des tourbillons - f
vortex system = système tourbillonnaire - m
vousseau = voussoir - m
voussoir = brique de voûte - f, claveau - m, voussoir - m
V-shaped gutter = gouttière havraise - f
V-shaped joint = assemblage à grain d’orge - m, joint
en anglet - m
V-thread = filet triangulaire - m
V-tooled joint = joint en anglet - m
vulcanisation = vulcanisation - f
vulcanised fibre = fibres vulcanisée - f
vulcanized fiber = fibre vulcanisée - f
vulcanized fibre = fibre vulcanisée - f
vulcanizing period = plateau de vulcanisation - m
vyce = escalier à vis - m, escalier en colimaçon - m,
escalier en limaçon - m
vys = escalier à vis - m, escalier en colimaçon - m, esca-
lier en limaçon - m
wainscot = lambris (d’appui) - m, panneau de revête-
ment mural - m
wainscot cap = cimaise –f, cymaise -f
wainscoting = boiseries - f, lambris - m
waist = paillasse (escalier en béton) - f
waiver = dérogation - f
wale = longrine (boisage de tranchée, coffrage) - f,
moise - f, raidisseur - m
waler = longrine (boisage de tranchée, coffrage) - f
waling = longrine - f, longrine (boisage de tranchée,
coffrage) - f, moise - f
walk = allée - f
walking dragline = dragline marcheuse - f
walking line = ligne de foulée - f
walk-up = appartement - m
walk-up = bureau - m
walkway = passage (circulation de personnes) - m
wall = mur - m, muraille - f, mural, murette - f, paroi
(tuyau) - f, voile - m
wall above abutment with a roof = héberge - f
wall arch = arc formeret - m, formeret - m
wall base = soubassement (mur) - m
wall beam = poutre cloison - f
wall beam = poutre-cloison - f
wall bracket = applique murale - f, console murale - f,
support-console - m
wall bracket hanger = chaise murale - f
wall cabinet = placard mural - m
wall clamp for downpipes = gâche pour (tuyaux de)
descente - f
wall construction = construction du mur - f
wall covering = revêtement mural intérieur - m
wall covering (wall paper or fabric) = tenture - f
wall crest = crête - f
wall cupboard = placard - m

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wall effect = effet de paroi - m
wall face = nu (mur) - m
wall finish = finition murale - f
wall fitting = applique - f
wall form = banche - f
wall forming = banchage - m
wall framing = charpente de cloison - f
wall friction = frottement sur le mur - m
wall hanger = étrier mural - m
w.c. (UK) = w.c. - m wall hook = crochet mural - m
waffle slab = dalle caissonnée - f wall hung = mural
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wall inlet plug = bouchon étanche à murer - m
wall lamp = applique - f, lampe en applique - f
wall light = applique - f
wall line = alignement d’un mur - m
wall niche tomb = enfeu - m
wall outlet = prise de courant murale - f
wall paint = peinture murale - f
wall panel = panneau mural - m
wall panelling = panneaux de lambrissage - m
wall paper, to = poser du papier peint
wall piece = montant (étaiement de mur) - m
wall plane = nu (mur) - m
wall plate = filière - f, lisse - f, montant (étaiement de
mur) - m, poutre sablière - f, sablière (poutre) -f
wall plate (on corbels) = lambourde de plancher - f,
linçoir (plancher) - m
wall plug = tampon (maçonnerie) - m
wall pocket = réservation - f
wall receptacle = prise de courant murale - f
wall rib = arc formeret - m, nervure de formeret - f
wall sheathing = revêtement mural - m
wall shuttering = banchage - m
wall socket (UK) = prise de courant murale - f
wall span = mur rideau - m
wall string = faux-limon - m, faux-limon d’escalier - m
wall stringer = faux limon - m
wall stud = poteau mural - m
wall surface = parement de mur - m
wall thickness = épaisseur de mur - f, épaisseur de
paroi - f
wall tie = agrafe - f, ancre de mur - f, attache - f, attache
murale - f, chapinage - m, tirant - m
wall ties = chaînage - m
wall tiler = carreleur - m
wall unit = meuble haut - m
wall up, to = murer
wall with cracks = mur lézardé - m
wall-bearing framing = ossature massive - f
wall-board = panneau de revêtement - m, panneau
mural - m
walled stairs = escalier encloisonné - m
wall-hung closet = cuvette suspendue - f
wall-hung radiator = radiateur fixé au mur - m
wall-hung radiator = radiateur mural - m
wall-hung W.C pan = cuvette suspendue - f
wall-hung washbasin = lavabo mural - m
wall-hung washbasin = lavabo suspendu - m
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walling = enceinte - f, entretoise de palée - f, limousi-
nage - m, maçonnerie - f, murage - m, murs - m
wall-mounted = mural
wallpaper, to = poser du papier peint
walls = remparts - m
walls (defensive) = muraille (souvent au pluriel) - f
wall-to-wall carpet = tapis en pose tendue - m
walnut = noyer
walnut burr = loupe de noyer - f
waney = flacheux
waney edge = bord flacheux - m, flache - f, rive
(plateau) - f
wany = flacheux
war memorial = monument aux morts - m
ward = garniture - f, garniture de serrure - f
warded lock = serrure à garnitures - f
wardrobe = armoire (de rangement) - f
warehouse = cellier - m
warm air discharge (at ceiling level) = ventilation
haute (VH) - f
warm air discharge (at ceiling level) = VH (ventila-
tion haute) - f
warm air furnace = générateur d’air chaud - m
warm air outlet = bouche de chaleur - f
warm air register = bouche d’air chaud - f
warm roof = toiture chaude - f
warm-air heating = chauffage à air chaud -m
warm-air heating system = système de chauffage à air
chaud - m
warp = courbure - f, déjettement - m, flèche - f, gau-
chissement - m, voilure - f
warp, to = gauchir, jouer le bois
warped = gauchi, voilé
warping = déversement - m, gauchissement - m, gon-
dolement - m, voile - m, voilement - m
warranty period = délai de garantie - m
Warren girder = poutre Warren - f
Warren truss = poutre à treillis en V - f, poutre en
treillis en V - f, poutre Neuville - f, poutre Warren - f
wash = glacis - m, lavage - m
wash bit = trépan à orifices d’évacuation de l’eau - m
wash boring = forage à injection d’eau - m, forage à
la lance - m, sondage par injection d’eau - m
wash pipe = tige de curage - f
wash point penetrometer = pénétromètre à pointe de
curage - m
wash primer = peinture primaire réactive (PPR) - f
wash primer = PPR (peinture primaire réactive) - f
wash trough = lavabo collectif - m
wash tub = bac à linge - m
wash-basin = cuvette de lavabo - f
washbasin (UK) = lavabo - m
washbasing pedestal = colonne de lavabo - f
washboard (US) = plinthe - f
wash-bowl = cuvette de lavabo - f
washdown closet = cuvette à chasse directe - f
washed concrete = béton lavé - m
washed plaster = enduit lavé - m
washer = rondelle - f
washing = lavage - m
wash-out hydratant = bouche de lavage - f
waste = bonde - f, chute - f, débris - m, déchets - m,
écoulement - m, matériau excavé excédentaire - m, perte
(matériaux façonnés) - f, résidu - m
waste = trou d’écoulement (sanitaire) - m, vidage
(appareil sanitaire) - m
waste (US) = gravats - m, gravois - m
waste air gate = grille d’échappement d’air vicié - f
waste disposal = évacuation des déchets - f
waste disposal unit (UK) = broyeur à ordure - f,
broyeur d’évier - m
waste gas = produit de combustion - m
waste ground = terrain vague - m
waste heat = chaleur dissipée - f, chaleur perdue - f,
perte de chaleur - f, rejet thermique - m
waste land = terrain vague - m
waste mould = moule perdu - m
waste nut = contre-écrou de vidange - m
waste oil = huile usée - f
waste outlet = orifice d’écoulement (appareil sani-
taire) - m
waste pipe = canalisation d’évacuation - f, collecteur
d’appareils - m, tuyau de chute - m, tuyau de renvoi - m,
tuyau de vidange - m, tuyau d’évacuation - m
waste plug = bouchon - m, tampon (évier, bai-
gnoire) - m
waste plug with rubber stopper = bonde à bouchon
de caoutchouc - f
waste stack = chute d’eaux usées - f, descente d’eaux
ménagères - f, tuyau de descente d’eaux ménagères - m
waste tail = attente de vidange - f
waste trap = siphon de vidange - m
waste vent = ventilation primaire (VP) - f, VP (venti-
lation primaire) - f
waste water disposal = rejet des eaux usées - m
waste water outfall = exutoire d’égout - m
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waste water treatment plant = installation d’épura-
tion - f
waste-aggregate concrete = béton de rebuts - m
waste-heat boiler = chaudière de récupération - f
waste-plug = tampon de renvoi - m
waster = brique de parement de deuxième choix - f
wastes = eaux usées - f
wastewater = eaux d’égout - f
wastewaters = eaux usées - f
wasting (stone) = dégrossissage - m
watch tower = tour de guet - f
watch turret = échauguette - f
water and drainage networks = VRD (voirie et
réseaux divers) - m
water and drainage networks = voirie et réseaux
divers (VRD) - m
water and irrigation engineering = hydraulique - f
water back = bouilleur de foyer ouvert - m, bouil-
leur - m
water bar = arrêt d’eau - m, bande d’arrêt d’eau - f,
cassis - m, rejéteau - m
water bearing = aquifère
water cart = arroseuse - f
water cement ratio = dosage eau/ciment - m, propor-
tion eau/ciment - f, rapport d’eau à ciment - m, rapport
eau/ciment - m
water channel = buse (irrigation) - f
water check = rainure anticapillaire - f, rainure anti-
capillaire - f
water column lightning arrester = déchargeur à écou-
lement - m
water content = teneur en eau - f
water cooling tower = tour de refroisissement d’eau - f
water curtain = rideau d’eau - m
water distributing pipe = tuyau de distribution de
l’eau - m
water distribution line = canalisation de distribution
d’eau - f, ligne de distribution d’eau - f
water distribution system = réseau de distribution
d’eau - m, système d’aqueduc - m
water dosage = dosage d’eau - m
water drops = larme - f
water ejector = hydro-ejecteur - m
water engineering = hydraulique - f
water factor = dosage en eau - m
water fittings = robinetterie - f
water gain = reprise d’eau - f, reprise d’humidité - f
water garden = jardin d’eau - m
water gauge = colonne d’eau - f
water glass = verre soluble - m
water glass cement = ciment au verre soluble - m
water hammer = bélier - m, coup de bélier - m, mar-
teau d’eau - m
water hammer arrester = antibélier - m
water hardness = titre hydrotimétrique (TH) - m
water hardness measurement = hydrotimétrie - f
water heater = appareil de production d’eau
chaude - m
water heater = chauffe-eau - m
water hose = lance d’arrosage - f
water inlet = amenée d’eau - f
water intake = prise d’eau - f
water jet pump = hydro-éjecteur - m
water jetting = lançage - m
water leaf = feuille d’eau - f
water level = niveau caoutchouc - m, niveau d’eau - m
water level gauge = indicateur de niveau d’eau - m
water level recorder = limnigraphe - m
water main = conduite d’amenée - f, conduite de dis-
tribution d’eau - f
water main system = réseau de distribution d’eau - m
water meter = compteur d’eau - m
water paint = peinture à l’eau - f, peinture aqueuse - f
water pipe = canalisations - f
water pollution control = dépollution de l’eau - f
water power = énergie hydro-électrique - f, hydro-élec-
tricité - f
water proof blanket = chape étanche - f
water ram = bélier hydraulique - m
water reducing agent = réducteur d’eau - m
water re-filling = remise en eau - f
water repellent = agent hydrofuge - m, hydrofuge,
imperméabilisant, imperméable
water resources = disponibilités hydriques - f
water resources engineering = génie de l’hydro-éco-
nomie - m
water retaining agent = retenteur d’eau - m
water right = droit d’usage de l’eau - m
water seal = garde d’eau - f, joint hydraulique - m
water shortage = déficit en eau - m, déficit
hydrique - m, manque d’eau - m
water softener = adoucisseur d’eau - m
water spout = gargouille - f
water stain = teinture à l’eau - f
water stop = arrêt d’eau - m, bande d’arrêt d’eau - f,
étanchéité (entre parois d’un mur) - f
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water supply = adduction d’eau - f, alimentation en
eau - f, amenée d’eau - f, approvisionnement en eau - m,
distribution d’eau - f
water supply pipe = tuyau d’amenée d’eau - m
water supply pump = pompe d’adduction d’eau - f
water supply system = réseau d’adduction d’eau - m,
réseau de distribution d’eau - m
water system = canalisation d’eau - f, réseau d’adduc-
tion et de distribution d’eau - m, réseau de distribution
d’eau- m
water table = nappe aquifère - f, nappe d’eau - f, nappe
phréatique - f, niveau hydrostatique - m, niveau piézo-
métrique - m
water tanker = tonne à eau - f
water test = essai hydraulique (tuyau) - m
water tower = château d’eau - m
water trap = pot de purge - m
water turbine = turbine hydraulique - f
water valve = robinet de prise d’eau - m
water valve = vanne de prise d’eau - f
water year = année hydrologique - f
water, to = arroser, irriguer
waterbar = jet (fenêtre) - m
water-bearing rock = roche aquifère - f
waterbearing sand = sable aquifère - m
waterbound macadam = macadam à l’eau - m
water-check = rainure d’étanchéiage - f
water-conveyance = adduction - f
water-hammering = coup de bélier - m
watering = apport d’eau - m, arrosage - m, irrigation - f
water-jet driving = lançage - m
waterlodged = engorgé
waterlogged ground = sol gorgé d’eau - m, terrain
détrempé - m, terrain gorgé d’eau - m, terrain imbibé
d’eau - m, terrain saturé - m
waterlogged soil = sol gorgé d’eau - m
waterproof = étanche, étanche à l’eau, hydrofuge,
imperméabilisé, imperméable
waterproof blanket = masque étanche - m, revêtement
étanche - m
waterproof cement coating = chape de ciment hydro-
fuge - f
waterproof coating = revêtement d’étanchéité - m
waterproof coating = revêtement étanche - m
waterproof compound = produit d’étanchéité - m
waterproof joint = joint étanche - m
waterproof layer = masque étanche - m
waterproof membrane = couche imperméable - f
waterproof outlet = prise étanche - f
waterproof paint = peinture hydrofuge - f
waterproof sheet = bâche - f
waterproofed = hydrofuge
waterproofed concrete = béton hydrofugé - m
waterproofing = étanchéité - f, étanchement - m,
hydrofugation - f, hydrofugeage - m, imperméabilisa-
tion - f, revêtement étanche - m
waterproofing additive = additif hydrofuge - m
waterproofing asphalt = asphalte d’étanchéité - m
waterproofing compound = produit d’étanchéité - m
waterproofing concrete = béton d’étanchement - m
waterproofing finish = enduit d’imperméabilisa-
tion - m
water-reducing plasticizer = plastifiant réducteur
d’eau - m, plastifiant rétenteur d’eau - m
watershed = ligne de partage des eaux - f
watershed (US) = bassin hydrographique - m, bassin
versant - m
water-thinned paint = peinture diluée à l’eau - f
water-tight = étanche, imperméable
watertightness = étanchéité à l’eau - f
water-to-cement ratio = C/E (rapport d’eau à
ciment) - m
water-tube boiler = chaudière aquatubulaire - f
waterway = rigole d’écoulement (tuile) - f
watre head = charge d’eau - f
wattle = claie - f
wattling = clayonnage - m
wave = onde (son, force) - f
wave mouldings = flots grecs - m
wavy grain = bois ondé - m, fibre ondulée - f, fibres
ondulées - f, fil ondulé - m
way in = entrée - f
WC pan = cuvette de WC - f
weak = faible
weak concrete = béton maigre - m
weak current = courant faible - m
weakened cement = ciment amaigri - m
weakened-plane joint = faux-joint - m, joint
aveugle - m
weakening = affaiblissement - m
wear = usure - f
wear and tear = usure - f
wear out, to = user
wear test = essai d’usure - m
wearing course = couche d’usure - f
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wearing plate = plaque de frottement - f, plaque
d’usure - f
wearing surface = couche d’usure - f
wear-resistant = résistant à l’usure
weather = rejingot - m, revêtement - m
weather bar = barre d’étanchéité - f, cassis - m, jet
(fenêtre métallique) - m, rejéteau - m
weather board = auvent - m, bardage - m, jet (fenêtre,
porte) - m, parement - m, planche à recouvrement - f
weather boarding = clins - m, jet (fenêtre, porte) - m
weather check = goutte d’eau - f, larmier - m, larmier
(utilisé au lieu de mouchette) - m
weather coefficient = coefficient de rigueur clima-
tique - m
weather door = contre-porte - f
weather fillet = cimentation (bâtiment) - f, filet d’étan-
chéité - m, solin - m
weather fillet(between roof and wall) = ruellée - f
weather molding = moulure à rejéteau - f
weather moulding = jet (fenêtre, porte) - m, larmier en
pierre - m, rejéteau - m
weather shingling = bardage en bardeaux - m, essen-
tage (bardeaux) - m
weather slating = bardage en ardoise - m, essen-
tage - m, revêtement de mur en ardoises - m
weather strip = bourrelet - m, calfeutrage - m
weather stripping = coupe-froid - m
weather struck joint = joint à glacis - m, joint en
glacis - m
weather tight = étanche aux intempéries - m
weather tiling = essentage (tuiles) - m, revêtement de
mur en tuiles - m
weather, to = patiner (se)
weatherboard = rejéteau - m
weatherboarding = essentage - m
weather-boarding (UK) = bardage en planches - m
weathercock = girouette - f, planche à recouvrement - f
weathered = à glacis, patiné, prépatiné
weathered glass = verre altéré - m, verre impres-
sionné - m
weathered joint = joint creux chanfreiné (maç.) - m,
joint en glacis - m
weathered pointing = jointement-rejéteau - m
weathered stone = pierre mûrie - f
weatherhability = résistance aux intempéries - f
weathering = exposition à l’atmosphère - f, glacis - m,
pente - f, rejéteau - m, rejingot - m, solin - m, tenue aux
intempéries - f, vieillissement(dû aux intempéries) - m
weathering steel = acier patinable - m
weathering surface = surface aux intempéries - f
weathering test = essai de vieillissement aux intempé-
ries - m
weatherproof = à l’épreuve des intempéries, résistant
aux intempéries
weatherproof roof joint = solin étanche - m
weatherproofing draught seal = étanchéisation de
joint - f
weather-stripping = bourrelet - m, calfeutrement - m
weather-struck joint = joint creux chanfreiné
(maç.) - m
weather-tightness = étanchéité aux intempéries - f
weathervane = girouette - f
web = âme - f, âme de poutre - f, âme d’une poutre - f,
armature - f, paroi intérieure - f
web angle cleat = équerre de raccordement sur âme - f
web buckling = flambage de l’âme - m
web buckling = voilement - m
web cleat = cornière d’attache de l’âme - f, équerre - f
web crippling = flambage de l’âme - m
web fishplate = éclisse d’âme - f
web members = membrures d’âme - f, montants et dia-
gonales (poutre en treillis) - m
web reinforcement = armature d’âme - f, armatures
d’efforts tranchants - f
web stabilizer = stabilisateur d’âme - m
web stabilizing stiffeners = raidisseurs de stabilisation
d’âme - m
web toe = naissance de l’âme - f
webbing = peau de crocodile - f
wedge = cale - f, cale biaise - f, clavette - f, coin - m
wedge coping = chaperon en glacis - m
wedge disc = disque biseauté - m
wedge disc valve = vanne à disque biseauté - f
wedged keying = clavetage - m
wedge-shaped cleat = échantignole - f
wedging cone = cône mâle - m
weed-infested land = terre sale - f
weep groove = goutte d’eau (architecture) - m
weephole = exutoire dans le mur - m
weep-hole = barbacane - f, chantepleure - f, trou d’éva-
cuation d’eau - m
weeping tile = drain agricole - m
weigh batcher = doseur sur bande - m
weighbatching = dosage par poids - m
weighbridge = bascule - f
weigher = bascule - f
weight batcher = doseur pondéral - m
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weight batching = dosage pondéral - m
weight box = caisson de contrepoids - m
weight per unit area = poids par unité de surface - m
weight pocket = caisson de contrepoids - m
weight proportioning = dosage pondéral - m
weight space = caisson de contrepoids - m
weighted (UK) = pondéré
weighting (UK) = pondération - f
weight-to-strenght ratio = rapport résistance-poids - m
weir = déversoir - m
weld = soudure (autogène) -f
weld bead = cordon de soudure - m
weld face = endroit de la soudure - m
weld metal = métal d’apport - m, métal fondu - m
weld reinforcement = surépaisseur (soudure en
congé) - f
weld, to = souder
weldability = soudabilité - f
weldability test = essai de soudabilité - m
welded = soudé
welded framework = bâti soudé - m
welded joint = joint soudé - m, nœud de soudure - m
welded pipe = tube soudé - m, tuyau soudé - m
welded plate girder = poutre reconstituée soudée - f
welded structure = construction soudée - f
welded tube = tube soudé - m, tuyau soudé - m
welded wire fabric (US) = Ts (treillis soudé) - m
welded wire mesh (UK) = treillis soudé(Ts) - m, Ts
(treillis soudé) - m
welded wire-mesh reinforcement = armature en
treillis soudé - f
welder = machine à souder - f, poste de soudure - m,
soudeur - m, soudeuse - f
welding = soudage (autogène) –m, soudure - f
welding jig = mannequin de soudage - m
welding machine = machine à souder - f, poste de sou-
dure - m, soudeuse - f
welding set = poste de soudage - m
well = cage d’escalier - f, puits (eau, fondations) - m
well appointed = bien aménagé
well curbing = blindage de puits - m
well foundation = fondation par puits - f, fondation sur
piles-caissons - f, fondation sur piles-colonnes - f, fon-
dation sur puits - f
well graded = bien calibré
well maintained = bien entretenu
well point = pointe essoreuse - f, pointe filtrante - f,
puits ponctuel - m
well-graded material = matériau de granulométrie
convenable - m
well-graded soil = sol à granulométrie continue - m
well-hole = jour d’escalier - m, trou de puits - m
wellpoint = puits instantané - f
wellpoint system = batterie de puits filtrants - f, réseau
de pointes filtrantes - m, système de puits filtrants - m
welt = agrafe (pour plomb ou zinc), agrafure - f
welted drip edge = bord à pince plate - m
West door = portail d’église - m
western framing = charpente à plate forme - f
Western framing = charpente de l’Ouest - f, ossature
à plate-forme - f
westing = orientement - m
wet blasting = sablage humide - m
wet bulb temperature = température humide (TH) - f,
TH (température humide) - f
wet bulb thermometer = thermomètre moullié - m
wet concrete = béton fluide - m
wet dash finish = crépi rustique - m
wet edge = bord mouillé - m, ligne fraîche - f
wet ground = terrain détrempé - m
wet meter = compteur humide - m, compteur hydrau-
lique - m
wet mix = béton trop mouillé - m, mélange mouillé - m
wet oxidation process = procédé d’oxydation en
milieu liquide - m
wet paint = peinture fraîche - f
wet pipe system = réseau d’incendie à eau sous pres-
sion - m
wet riser = colonne d’incendie armée - f, colonne en
charge - f, colonne humide - f
wet rot = pourriture humide - f
wet scrubber = dépoussiéreur à voie humide - m
wet shotcreting = projection de béton par voie
humide - f
wet strength = résistance à l’état mouillé - f
wet the forms, to = arroser les coffrages
wet vent = évent mouillé - m
wet well = bâche d’aspiration - f, fosse d’aspiration - f
wet, to = arroser
wet-bulb temperature = température du thermomètre
mouillé - m
wet-bulb thermometer = thermomètre moullié - m
wet-pipe system = réseau d’incendie à eau sous pres-
sion - m
wettability = mouillabilité - f
wetted perimeter = périmètre mouillé - m
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wetting agent = agent mouillant - m
wetting power = mouillabilité - f
wetting wood forms = arrosage des coffrages - m, arro-
sage des coffrages de bois - m
whaleback roof = toit bombé - m
whaler = longrine (boisage de tranchée, coffrage) - f
wheel (ed) loader = chargeuse sur pneus - f
wheel nut = écrou de volant - m
wheel step = marche rayonnante - f
wheel window = rosace (fenêtre) - f
wheelbarrow = brouette - f
wheeled dozer = bouteur à pneus - m
wheeler = marche rayonnante - f
wheeling step = marche rayonnante - f
whetstone = pierre à aiguiser - f, pierre à repasser - f
whispering gallery = galerie acoustique - f
white cement = ciment blanc - m
white coat = couche blanche - f, couche de finition - f
white concrete = béton blanc - m
white cutters = pince coupante - f
white lead = blanc de céruse - m, céruse - f
white pocket = pourriture alvéolaire - f
white rust = rouille blanche - f
white spirit = white-spirit - m
white wash = badigeon - m, blanc de chaux - m,
chaux - f, lait de chaux - f
white wood = bois blanc - m
whiten, to = blanchir
whitened frieze = retombée - f
whitewash = badigeon à la chaux - m
whitewash, to = blanchir à la chaux
whitewashing = blanchiment - m
whiting = blanc de meudon - m, blanc d’espagne - m
whitish = blanchâtre
whole brick = brique complète - f, brique entière - f
whole brick wall = mur de vingt-deux-centimètres - m
whole timber = bois de brin - m
whole-brick wall = mur de 22 cm - m
whole-house central heating = chauffage central d’im-
meuble -m
wicket = portillon (dans une porte) - m
wicket gate = guichet (portillon) - m, portillon - m
wide-flange beam = poutre à larges ailes - f
wide-flange girder = poutre à larges ailes - f
widen at the base, to = avoir du pied
widened base = empattement - m
widened bottom = patte d’éléphant - f windmill pump = pompe à éolienne - f, pompe
widened bulb = bulbe formant semelle - m éolienne - f
widening of a base = empattement - m window = baie - f, croisée - f, fenêtre - f
wide-ringed = à couches larges window arrangement = fenêtrage - m
width = l (largeur) - f, laize - f, largeur - f, largeur (l) - f window bar = barre d’appui - f, barreau de fenêtre - m,
croisillon - m, méneau - m, petit bois - m, petit bois de
width (wall paper) = lé - m fenêtre - m
winch = treuil - m window bars = barreautage - m
wind barrier = pare-vent - m window bead = latte intérieure (fenêtre à guillotine) - f
wind brace = contreventement - m, membrure de window bloc = bloc fenêtre - m
contreventement - f
window board = tablette d’appui - f
wind bracing = contreventement - m, reprise au vent - f window board (UK) = rebord de fenêtre - m
wind break = coupe-vent - m window box = jardinière - f
wind energy = énergie éolienne - f window casement = bâti de fenêtre - m, cadre de
wind farm = ferme éolienne - f fenêtre - m, châssis de fenêtre - m, châssis fixe de
wind field = champ des vitesses du vent - m fenêtre - m, encadrement - m
wind gauge = anémomètre - m window catch = crémone de fenêtre - f
wind load = surcharge de vent - f window cross = petit bois - m, petit bois de fenêtre - m
wind machine = éolienne - f window frame = bâti de fenêtre - m, bâti dormant de
fenêtre - m, cadre de fenêtre - m, châssis - m, châssis
wind power = énergie éolienne - f de fenêtre - m, châssis fixe de fenêtre - m, dormant de
wind power unit = génératrice éolienne - f fenêtre - m, encadrement - m
wind pressure = pression du vent - f window glass (US) = verre à vitres - m
wind screen = brise-vent - m, tambour - m window glazing bar (US) = petit bois - m
wind shear = cisaillement du vent - m window head = traverse haute du dormant - f
wind turbine = aéroturbine - f, éolienne - f, turbine window jack = potence (échafaudage) - f
éolienne - f window jack scaffold = échafaudage sur potence - m
wind uplift = soulèvement par le vent - m window jamb = montant de fenêtre - m
windage loss = eau perdue - f window latch = crémone - f, crémone de fenêtre - f
wind-blown sand = sable éolien - m window lead = plomb de vitrail - m
windbreak = abrivent - m, brise-vent - m, haie window ledge = appui de fenêtre - m, rebord de
d’abri - f, pare-vent - m fenêtre - f, tablette d’appui - f
wind-driven generator = aérogénérateur - m, window opening = embrasure - f, ouverture de
éolienne - f, générateur éolien - m fenêtre - f
winder = marche d’angle - f, marche rayonnante - window pane = carreau - m, carreau de fenêtre - m, car-
fmarche tournante - f reau de vitre - m, vitre - f, vitre de fenêtre - f
windglass = treuil - m window post = jambage de fenêtre - m, poteau de
winding = enroulement - m fenêtre (ossature de bois) - m, poteau d’huisserie - m
window rail = accoudoir - m, appui - m, appui de
winding stair = escalier à révolution - m, escalier à
fenêtre (accoudoir) - m
vis - m, escalier en colimaçon - m, escalier en hélice -
m, escalier en limaçon - m window recess = embrasure - f
winding stair = escalier hélicoïdal - m, escalier tour- window sash = châssis de fenêtre - m, châssis mobile
nant - m de fenêtre - m
winding stairs = escalier à vis - m, escalier en coli- window schedule = liste des fenêtres - f
maçon - m, escalier en hélice - m, escalier héli- window seat = banquette sous fenêtre - f
coïdal - m, escalier tournant - m window shutter = colet - m, contrevent - m, per-
windmill = éolienne - f sienne - f
windmill driven pump = pompe à éolienne - f window sill brick = brique pour appui de fenêtre - f
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window stile = montant de rive - m, montant de sus- wire mesh fabric reinforcement = treillis métal-
pension - m lique - m
window stop = latte intérieure (fenêtre à guillotine) - f wire mesh reinforcement = armature en treillis
window unit = bloc fenêtre - m, bloc-fenêtre - m soudé - f
window wing = vantail - m wire nail = clou de broche - m, pointe de Paris - f
windows = ensemble des fenêtres - m, fenêtrage - m wire netting = armature en treillis - f, armature en
treillis soudé - f, grillage (en fil de fer) - m, treillage -
windrow = cordon - m m, treillage métallique - m, treillis métallique - m
windrow elevator = élévateur de cordon - m wire rope = câble métallique - m
windrowing = mise en cordons - f wire rope clamp = attache pour câble d’acier - f, serre-
wind-up tape = roulette à manivelle - f fil pour câble d’acier - f
wind-up tape measure = roulette à manivelle - f wire saw = scie hélicoïdale - f
wine cellar = cellier (à vin) - m wire screen = crible métallique - m
wing = aile - f, aile d’un bâtiment - f, rajout - m wire splicing = épissure de fil - f
wing nut = écrou à oreilles - m, écrou papillon - m, vis wire staple = clou - m, clou cavalier - m
à oreilles - f wire strainer = raidisseur - m, tendeur de fils de fer - m
wing screw = vis à ailettes - f, vis à oreilles - f wire stretcher = tendeur de fils de fer - m
wing wall = mur de culée - m, mur de retour - m, mur wire tie = attache - f
en aile - m wire tightener = tendeur de fils de fer - m
wing-door = porte battante - f wire, to = poser (des fils, câbler), poser des fils
winning = abattage - m wirecut brick = brique extrudée - f, brique filée - f
winter garden = jardin d’hiver - m wire-cut brick = brique coupée à la broche - f, brique
winter-time concrete work = bétonnage d’hiver - m de boudineuse - f, brique tréfilée - f
wiped joint = nœud de plomberie - m wired cast glass = verre de sécurité armée - m
wire = fil - m, fil de fer - m, fil métallique - m wired glass = verre armé - m
wire brush = brosse métallique - f wired mesh = treillis soudé (Ts) - m
wire brushing = brossage - m wired safety glass = verre de sécurité armée - m
wire bundle = faisceau - m wired-in = raccordé
wire-gauge = calibre pour fils - m
wire clamp = attache-fil - m, serre-fil - m
wireway = plinthe électrique - f
wire clip = crochet d’ardoise - m
wiring = câblage - m, filerie - f, installation élec-
wire cloth = toile métallique - f
trique - f
wire covering = enrobage de câbles - m wiring diagram = schéma électrique - m
wire cutters = pince coupante - f wiring loom = pieuvre - f
wire drawing = tréfilage - m wiring regulation = règlement d’installation
wire drawing mill = tréfilerie - f (élect.) - m
wire edge = morfil - m with a high ceiling = haut de plafond - m
wire fabric reinforcement = armature en treillis - f, with full body color = teinté dans la masse
armature en treillis soudé - f, grillage - m, treillis métal- with the grain = dans le sens des fibres, dans le sens
lique - m du fil, de droit fil
wire fencing = treillage - m withdrawal = retrait - m
wire gauze = toile métallique - f withdrawal resistance = résistance en traction - f
wire glass = verre armé - m withdrawn casing = tubage provisoire - m
wire guard = protecteur de fil métallique - m withe = feuillet - m, languette (conduit de fumée) - f,
wire insulating = enrobage de câbles - m paroi - f, paroi intermédaire (conduits de fumée) - f
wire mesh = treillis - m within limits of site = dans l’emprise du chantier
wire mesh fabric reinforcement = armature en within the limits of... = emprise (dans l’... de) - f
treillis - f, armature en treillis soudé - f, grillage - m withstand, to = supporter (pression, température)

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wobble saw = scie circulaire oscillante - f
wobble-wheel roller = compacteur à pneus isostati-
ques - m
wood = bois - m
wood (species) = essence (bois) - f
wood beam = poutre en bois - f
wood block floor = parquet mosaïque - m
wood borer = insecte xylophage - m
wood boring insect = insecte xylophage - m
wood brick = brique en bois - f
wood bridging = entretoise de bois - f
wood cement = ciment à bois - m
wood column = poteau de vois - m
wood face = face de repère (bois) - f
wood fascia = bordure de toit en bois - f
wood finishings = menuiserie - f
wood fixing pin = clavette de bois - f
wood floor(ing) = parquet - m, plancher en bois (recou-
vrement) - m
wood flour = farine de bois - f
wood frame = pan de bois - m
wood frame construction = construction à ossature de
bois - f
wood frame construction (US) = construction à ossa-
ture en bois - f
wood framing = charpenterie - f
wood glue = colle à bois - f
wood grounds for mirror work = parquet de glace - m
wood lath = latte en bois - f
wood lathing = bacula - m
wood meal = farine de bois - f
wood panelling = boiserie(s) - f, lambris - m
wood preservative = solution pour le traitement du
bois - f
wood primer = apprêt pour bois - m
wood products = produits ligneux - m
wood pulp = pâte de bois - f
wood rays = rayons ligneux - m
wood screw = vis à bois - f
wood shingle = barreau de bois - m
wood siding = parement en bois - m
wood stain = mordant pour bois - m, teinture pour
bois - f
wood tar = goudron de bois - m
wood treatment = traitement du bois - m
wood trowel = taloche - f, taloche à plâtre - f
wood-based = dérivé du bois
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wood-block floor = plancher en bois collé - m
wood-burning stove = poêle à bois - m
wood-cement concrete = fibragglo (marque commer-
ciale) - m
wood-dust = vermoulure - f
wooden block = cale de vois - f
wooden brick = brique de bois - f
wooden floor = plancher en bois - m
wooden gallery = hourd - m
wooden pole = perche - f
wooden structure = charpente en bois - f
wooden tile = aissante - f
wooden tile = aisseau - m
wood-framed = à pan de bois
wood-stave pipe = tuyau à douves en bois - m
wood-wool (UK) = laine de bois - f
woodwork = boiserie - f, menuiserie (articles en
bois) - f
wooly-grained wood = bois pelucheux - m
woood-screw = tire-fond - m
work = ouvrage - m
work bench = établi - m
work concrete, to = bétonner
work face = face de repère (bois) - f
work hardening = écrouissage - m
work in progress = travaux en cours - m
work loose, to = prendre du jeu
work measurement = cote de fabrication - f
work order = commande de travaux - f, ordre de ser-
vice - m
work platform = plate-forme de travail - f
work schedule = calendrier d’exécution des tra-
vaux - m, programme d’exécution des travaux - m
work section = lot d’après travaux - m
work shop = atelier - m
work site = chantier - m, emplacement des travaux - m
work surface = plan de travail - m
work tolerance = écart de fabrication - m, tolérance de
fabrication - f
work top = table de travail (cuisine) - f
workability = maniabilité - f, ouvrabilité (béton) - f
workability (hardened concrete) = façonnabilité - f
workhouse = hospice (indigents) - f
working = dessin d’exécution - m, façonnage - m, tra-
vail (bois) - m
working area = zone d’activité - f
working condition = condition d’exploitation - f
working conditions = condition de service - f wrecking (US) = démolissage - m, démolissement - m,
working design = projet d’exécution - m démolition - f
working drawing = dessin d’exécution - m, dessin en wrecking bar (US) = pied-de-biche - m
perspective - m, plan d’exécution - m, projet d’exécu-
tion - m wrench (US) = clé (outil) - f
working face = face de repère (bois) - f
wrinkle = vermiculé
working life = temps maximal d’utilisation - m
working load = charge de service - f wrinkle finish = fini ridé
working model = modèle animé - m wrinkle paint = peinture vermiculée - f
working of a plant = exploitation - f
wrinkling = ridage - m, rides (peinture) - f
working order = état de marche - m
working plan = plan d’exécution - m writingroom = écritoire - f
working platform = plate-forme de travail - f
wrot = raboté
working stress = taux de travail - m, taux de travail
admissible - m wrot timber (UK) = bois corroyé - m
working tank = réservoir de charge - m
wrought = battu, corroyé, façonné, forgé, ouvragé,
working unit stress = contrainte unitaire pratique - f raboté, travaillé
workmanship = facture - f
wrought coupling = manchon en fer forgé - m
workmanship = qualité d’exécution - f
works = ouvrage - m, ouvrages d’art - m, usine - f wrought formwork = coffrage raboté - m
works beam tests = essais de flexion sur éprouvette wrought iron = fer forgé - m
confectionnée sur place - m
works cube tests = essais sur cube de béton confec- wrought steel = acier soudé - m
tionné sur place - m
wrought timber (UK) = bois corroyé - m
workshop = atelier - m
worktop = plan de travail - m wye branch = culotte - f
worm conveyor = vis transporteuse - f wythe = accolure - f, feuillet - m, languette (conduit de
worm gear = vis sans fin - f fumée) - f, paroi - f, paroi de mur - f, paroi intermé-
worm out = hors d’usage daire (conduits de fumée) -f
wormeaten = piqué (vers), rongé des vers, vermoulu
wormhole = vermoulure - f

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wound = bobiné
woven fancing = clôture à entrelacs - f
woven steel fabric = treillis soudé(Ts) - m, Ts (treillis
soudé) - m
woven valley = noue entrecroisée - f
wracking = déformation diagonale - f, déformation en
parallélogramme - f
wraparound astragal = battement - m, couvre-
joint - m
wreath = retour de limon courbé - m
wreath arch = arc de rampant (escalier) - m X anchor = ancre en forme de X - f
wreath piece = retour de limon courbé - m X brace = croisillon - m
wreathed = débillardé
X plate = ancre en forme de X - f
wreathed column = colonnes à cannelures torses - f
wreathed stair = escalier à limon courbe - m X-bracing = contreventement en croix de St André - m
wreathed string = limon débillardé - m X-member = croisillon - m, élément en X - m, entre-
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yoke vent = évent alternatif - m
young trees = boisage - m
Young’s modulus = coefficient d’élasticité - m, module
de Young - m

Z
Y branch = culotte - f
Y fitting = culotte - f
Y piece = culotte - f
Y pipe = culotte - f
yard = préau - m
yard (US) = jardin - m, marge (autour d’une maison) - f
yard lumber = bois de chantier - m
yard lumber = bois de cour - m Z bar (UK) = zed - m
yard requirement = marge d’isolement - f Z purlin (UK) = panne Z - f
yard trap = siphon de cour - m Z-beam = poutre en Z - f
yarn = corde goudronnée - f, filasse - f zee bar (US) = zed - m
yarner = calfateur - m Zee purlin (US) = panne Z - f
yellow pine = pitchpin - m zero error = déplacement du zéro - m, dérive du
yellowing = jaunissement - m zéro - f, erreur de zéro - f, variation du zéro - f
yield = affaissement - m, déformation à la limite d’élas- zero line = base - f, ligne de base - f, ligne zéro - f
ticité - f, fléchissement - m zero mark = point de zéro - m
yield load = charge de rupture - f, charge limite - f zero point correction = correction de dérive - f
yield point = LE (limite élastique) - f, limite de résis- zero shift = déplacement du zéro - m, dérive du zéro -
tance - f, limite de rupture - f, limite élastique - f, f, erreur de zéro - f, variation du zéro - f
point de rupture - m
zero-energy house = maison à énergie nulle - f
yield strain = déformation à la limite d’élasticité - f
zigzag = en quinconce (pieux, rivets)
yield strength = limite d’élasticité - f, résistance au
fléchissement - f zigzag bond = appareil en épi - m
yield stress = contrainte d’étirage - f zigzag connection = montage en zig-zag - m
yield, to = céder, fléchir zigzag fold = pli en chevron - m
Y-level = niveau à lunette indépendante - m zigzag pattern = en épi
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B.P. 44 - 53960 BONCHAMP-LÈS-LAVAL
Dépôt légal : novembre 2007 - N° d’imprimeur : 710124
Imprimé en France