These are glossaries of words and expressions either not found in dictionaries or found with different meanings. They are constantly added to. Spanish glossary coming soon.
N.B. some definitions may seem strange because they take for granted that the everyday meaning of the term is known; only specialised senses are thus given.
| French / français | English / anglais |
|---|---|
| abandon scolaire | drop-out |
| administration centrale | central government |
| agence de politiques | policy agency |
| agrément | permit |
| appréciation | deciding, evaluating |
| agendas de formation | training agendas |
| animal (goût de vin) | gamey, game-like, sweaty saddle (Australianism) |
| apprentissage à vie, apprentissage tout au long de la vie : |
lifelong learning |
| apprentissage politique | policy learning |
| appropriation | ownership |
| acquittement | read receipt |
| au-delà | besides |
| baie | rack |
| bailleurs | sponsors |
| balatum (Belgianism for linoléum) | lino |
| barrique | cask, barrel |
| branche | sector |
| blanc fumé | sauvignon blanc |
| bordelais | claret |
| bourbes | lees, sediment, mud (Americanism) |
| bourgeon | bud |
| brassage | (injecting pressurised gas into bottom of vat — a quicker method than remontage) |
| buttage | earthing-up (to protect plants from frost) |
| cadre politique | policy framework |
| cas déviant | outlier |
| cep | winestock, grapevine stump |
| cépage | grape variety (see also vin de cépage) |
| chai | winery, wine cellar, wine storehouse (especially in Bordeaux) |
| chapeau | head, cap (layer of skins on top of must) |
| chasse-gardée | preserve, turf |
| chicon (Belgianism) | chickory |
| clair (en) | made clear, at a glance, unencrypted, in a clear uncoded form |
| clairet | clairet, pale red wine, rosé claret |
| clarification | clarifying, fining |
| collage | (fining wine using isinglass, albumen, bentonite, milk...) |
| colle de poisson | isinglass |
| compétences au marché du travail (aptitudes) | labour market skills |
| conditions particulières | special conditions |
| contre-étiquette | back label |
| contributeurs | donors |
| côte, coteau | hillside vineyard, vine-covered hill |
| cuvage | fermenting in vats |
| cuvaison | fermenting in vats |
| cuve | vat, tank, tun |
| cuvier d'élevage | ageing hall, area or facility |
| débourbage | (decanting white wine just before fermentation to reduce sediment) |
| débourber | (to carry out débourbage) |
| débourrement | budding |
| débuttage | (see déchaussage) |
| déchaussage | (casting between the rows the earth that has accumulated at the foot of the vines) |
| décuvage | running-off |
| décuvaison | running-off |
| délestage | délestage (removing juice from vat, letting the cap sink. Two hours later, juice is poured on top of cap) |
| démarche qualité | quality assurance |
| déprotection | deprotection |
| direction stratégique | strategic leadership |
| dispositifs | systems, programs, mechanisms, steps, things done, measures |
| document d'orientation | policy paper |
| dur (acide) | hard (acidic) |
| école de demain | school of tomorrow |
| école polyvalente | comprehensive school |
| économie basée sur la connaissance | knowledge-based economy |
| économie de la connaissance | knowledge economy |
| economie politique du changement | political economy of change |
| écoulage | free running (draining off wine by gravity) |
| effeuillage | thinning-out of leaves around the grape |
| égrappage | picking-off, (de-)stemming (grapes), stripping (vegetables) |
| élaboration | wine-making, drawing-up (of a document) |
| élément | criterion, thing |
| élevage | ageing (of wine in oak casks and the bottle) |
| en clair — see ‘clair (en)’ | |
| encouragement financier | financial incentive |
| endéans (Belgianism) | by, within |
| endive | chicory |
| enseignement et formation professionnelle | vocational education and training (singular) |
| enseignement professionnel | vocational education |
| enseignement supérieur | higher education |
| enseignement technique et professionnel | technical and vocational training (singular) |
| ensemble de (l') | all (or meaningless) |
| éraflage | (de)stalking, (de-)stemming |
| essuie (Belgianism) | towel, tea-towel |
| étude du marché | market research and market study (context) |
| exhaustivité (l') | how complete |
| fermentation malolactique | malolactic fermentation (from malic into lactic acid) |
| feuillaison | foliation |
| filière | sector (nb. EU/UNESCO/TVET etc. not consistent), pathway |
| flexibiliser (se) | grow more flexible |
| floraison | blooming, flowering |
| formation à distance | distance training/distance learning |
| formation continue | continuous training |
| formation de formateurs | training of trainers |
| formation en alternance | work-based training |
| formation en entreprise | enterprise-based training |
| formation professionnelle continue | continuing vocational training |
| formation résidentielle | in-house training/in-service training |
| foulage | crushing, treading |
| fouler | crush, tread |
| fréquence | how often, when |
| fût | cask |
| gouvernance | governance |
| greffe | graft |
| ingénierie de la formation | training consultancy |
| inscrire dans (s') | to be in (keeping with) |
| Institut de la Banque Mondiale | World Bank Institute |
| interligne | space between rows of vines |
| intervenir | give a talk, make a comment |
| intervention | speech, talk, what was said |
| là | at this/that stage, in this/that respect, here, there, now, then, this, that. |
| lies | lees (sediment) |
| lors du passage de la souris | on mouseover |
| macération | maceration, steeping (leaving skins in contact with must) |
| marc | pomace, marc |
| marché du travail | labour market / job market |
| maturation | ripening |
| mécanisme de pilotage | guiding strategies |
| millésime | vintage, year |
| mise à jour | update |
| mise à niveau | rehabilitation / upgrade |
| mobilité de la population active | labour mobility |
| monde du travail | world of work |
| monographie | case study |
| mousseux | sparkling |
| moût | must (wine), wort (beer) |
| mutage | (cutting wine with brandy to halt fermentation) |
| niveau de (au) | with, -ly, in |
| niveau de référence | benchmark |
| normes de competences | skills standards |
| normes professionnelles | occupational standards |
| nouaison | setting |
| organisations de la société civile | civil society organisations |
| organoleptique | organoleptic, sensorial |
| parcours | pathways |
| partie prenante | stakeholder |
| paysage | situation, cityscape |
| pédagogie de l'alternance | work-based learning |
| pellicule | skins |
| pétillant (vin) | pearl wine (carbonated from the fermentation) |
| péritel (prise) | scart jack |
| péritélévision (prise) | scart jack |
| persistance | aftertaste |
| pigeage | pigeage, cap immersion, head plunging (pushing the skins into the must) |
| pilotage | management |
| pilotage/piloter | guidance/to guide (to diff. from piloting/pilot projects) |
| PME (Petite ou Moyenne Entreprise) | SME (Small or Medium Enterprise) |
| PME (Petites et Moyennes Entreprises) | SMEs (Small & Medium Enterprises) |
| population active | workforce |
| porte-greffe | rootstock (bottom part of American vine) |
| poser un acte (Belgianism, Canadianism) | carry out an act |
| préfet | port admiral |
| pressurage | pressing |
| prestataire | who supplies, contractor |
| programme de réformes | reform agenda |
| rafle | stalks, stems |
| récolte | harvest, grape-picking |
| reconceptualiser | rethink |
| réduction de la pauvreté | poverty alleviation |
| réflexion | debate, remark, criticism, thought, what was said |
| remontage |
|
| retenu | chosen |
| robe | colour, depth, robe, depth of colour |
| savoir être | life skills |
| soutirage | racking (moving between vats or casks, often to air wine to age it) |
| spécificité | difference, specific details |
| sur le tas | on the job |
| surveillance | monitoring |
| systèmes d'apprentissage | apprenticeship systems |
| tartrique | tartaric |
| technologie de pointe | cutting-edge technologies |
| tout au long de la vie | throughout life |
| tout ce qui est | (meaningless) |
| TPME (Très PME) | small business |
| tranquille (vin) | still wine |
| validation des acquis | validation of experience |
| végétal (goût de vin) | leafy, herbaceous |
| véraison | véraison, turning (when the grapes change colour) |
| VQPRD | VQPRD, QWPSR, (Quality Wines Produced in a Specified Region) |
| vin de cépage | single varietal wine |
| vin de consommation courante | plonk |
| vin de table | table wine (not necessarily plonk) |
| viniculture | viniculture, the art of making wine |
| vinification | vinification, wine-making |
| viticulteur | grape-grower |
| voie | pathway (in education) |
| vrille | tendril |