DICTIONNAIRE MARITIME FRANCAIS-ANGLAIS
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| Français | English | Synonyme | Synonyme | Exemple d'expression ou précision du terme, glossaire, wiki etc.. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| à couple | alongside the ship | side by side | alongside the quay | |
| à destination de | bound for | |||
| à fleur d'eau | awash | |||
| à pic | apeak | short stay | The cable is to a short stay | |
| à poste | home | stow | the anchor is sea stow (stow = arrimer) | |
| abandonner | to abandon | 1. Lit. to leave a sinking ship. The captain ordered the crew and passengers to abandon ship. | ||
| abattre | to bear away | to cast | to fall off | |
| abondant | heavy | |||
| abordage | collision | |||
| aborder | to collide | to board | ||
| abordeur | boarder | |||
| abri | shelter | |||
| abords | approach | |||
| accalmie | lull | |||
| accastillage | deck equipment | |||
| accoster | to come alongside | to board | ||
| acier | steel | |||
| acier inoxydable | stainless steel | |||
| acte de francisation | certificate of registry | |||
| aérateur | ventilator | |||
| affraîchissant | freshening | |||
| affrêter | to charter | |||
| agitée (mer) | rough (sea) | |||
| aide à la flottabilité | buoyancy aid | |||
| alignement | leading mark (Brit) | range mark (US) | transit (route entre deux points) | |
| allant à | bound to | |||
| alléger un navire | to lighten a ship | |||
| aller à bord | to go on board | |||
| aller à la côte | to go ashore | |||
| aller en arrière | to go astern | |||
| aller en avant | to go ahead | |||
| aller en dérive | to go adrift | allure vitese du bateau | ||
| allure | point of sailing | |||
| almanach | almanac | |||
| almanach nautique | nautical almanac | |||
| alternateur | alternator | |||
| amarrage | mooring | moorage | ||
| amarre | mooring line | lashing | rope, warp | |
| amarre en double | slip rope | double warp | ||
| s' amarrer | to moor | |||
| amarrer | to fasten | to make fast | ||
| améliorer | to improve | |||
| amer | landmark | |||
| amont | up-river | upstream | ||
| ampère | amp(ere) | |||
| ampoule | bulb | |||
| amure | tack | |||
| ancré | anchored | |||
| ancre | anchor | |||
| anneau | moorinr ring | anneau d'amarrage | ||
| année | year (of manufacture) | |||
| annexe | dinghy | tender | ||
| annexe pneumatique | inflatable dinghy | |||
| annuaire des marées | tide table | |||
| anticyclone | anticyclone | high pressure | ||
| apparaux de mouillage | ground tackle | |||
| appareiller | to weigh anchor | |||
| appel | hail | |||
| appontement | warf | Landing-stage | ||
| s' approfondissant | deepening | |||
| approvisionner | to supply | |||
| arbre d'hélice | propeller shaft | |||
| arc en ciel | rainbow | |||
| archipel | archipelgo | |||
| armateur | owner | |||
| armer | to commission | |||
| arquée | hog | |||
| arraisonner | to hail a ship | to examine a ship | ||
| à l' arrière | (ab)aft | astern | ||
| arrière (extérieur) | stern | |||
| arrière (sur le pont) | aft | |||
| arrimage | stowage | |||
| arrimer | to trim | to stow | ||
| artimon | spanker | |||
| assiette (d'un navire) | trim (of a ship) | |||
| assistance | assistance | |||
| assurance | insurance | |||
| attacher | to lash to | |||
| atterrage | land-fall | |||
| aube (aurore) | dawn | |||
| aube (mécanique) | blade | |||
| augmentant | increasing | |||
| aurore | dawn | |||
| aussière | hawser | (anchor) warp | warp s'emploit uniquement pour le mouillage ou l'amarrage | |
| autorisation de débarquer | shore leave | |||
| en aval | down-river | downstream | ||
| avale-tout | fairlead | |||
| en avant | ahead | |||
| avant | bow | |||
| avant-pont | foredeck | |||
| avant port | outer harbour | shelter outside of the port | ||
| avarie | damage | breakdown | ||
| avec le courant | downstream | |||
| averse | shower | |||
| aviron (pour nager) | oar | |||
| aviron (sport) | rowing | |||
| avis de coup de vent | gale warning | |||
| avis de gros temps | severe weather warning | |||
| avis de tempête | storm warning | |||
| azimut | azimuth | |||
| bâbord | port | |||
| bâbord amures | port tack | |||
| bac | ferry | bac nvire pour traverser | ||
| baie | bay | |||
| baignoire | cockpit | |||
| baisse (du baromètre) | falling | |||
| balai (électrique) | brush | |||
| balancier (bateau) | outrigger | |||
| balancine | lift | uphaul | ||
| balancine de gui | topping lift | |||
| balcon | pulpit | |||
| balcon arrière | pushpit | |||
| baleinière | whale boat | |||
| balisage | buoyage | |||
| balise de détresse radio | EPIRB | |||
| balise de détresse satellite | EPIRB | |||
| banc | thwart | |||
| banc de brouillard | fog bank | |||
| banc de nage | rowing bench | |||
| banc de sable | sand bar | |||
| barber hauler | barber hauler | |||
| barbotin | warping sprocket | |||
| barge | barge | |||
| baromètre | barometer | |||
| barque | barque | |||
| barre | steering gear | |||
| barre (du gouvernail) | tiller | |||
| barre à main | hand steering gear | |||
| barre à roue | (ship's) wheel | |||
| barre d'écoute | traveller | traveller track | ||
| barre de flèche | spreader | |||
| barreur | helm(sman) | |||
| barrot | beam (wood) | |||
| bas étai | baby stay | |||
| bas hauban | lower shroud | |||
| basse mer | low tide | low water | ||
| basse pression | low pressure | |||
| basse tension | low voltage | |||
| bassin | dock | |||
| bassin de radoub | dry dock | |||
| bastaque | running backstay | |||
| bâtardeau | cofferdam | |||
| bateau à moteur | Motor Yacht (plaisance) | Motor boat | ||
| bateau | boat | ship | ||
| bateau citerne | water lighter | |||
| bateau de comité | committee boat | |||
| bateau de pêche | fishing boat | |||
| bateau de sauvetage | salvage boat | |||
| bateau de sécurité | rescue boat | safety boat | ||
| bateau de série | one-design | |||
| bateau pilote | pilot boat | |||
| bateau-feu | light-ship | |||
| bâtiment | vessel | ship | ||
| bâtiment de guerre | warship | |||
| battant (pavillon) | flying (flag) | |||
| batterie | battery | |||
| bau | beam | |||
| beau temps | fair weather | good weather | ||
| beaupré | bowsprit | |||
| belle (mer) | smooth | |||
| béquille | beaching leg | |||
| ber | cradle | |||
| bidon à essence | petrol can | |||
| bielle | connecting rod | |||
| biquille | twin-keel | |||
| bitord | twine | |||
| bitte | bitt | |||
| bitte d'amarrage | bollard | |||
| bitture | range (cable) | La biture consiste à allonger toute la chaîne sur le pont en la lovant en faisant des aller retour | ||
| BLU | SSB | La bande latérale unique ou BLU en anglais SSB, single-sideband modulation | ||
| BMS (Bulletin Météorologique Spécial) | severe weather warning | Bulletin météorologique spécial Voir ICI explications, exemples, synomymes et détails | ||
| bobine | winding | |||
| bôme | boom | |||
| au bon plein | beating | |||
| bon plein | beat | |||
| bord (côté) | side | |||
| bord (le long du) | alongside the ship | |||
| bord au vent | weather side | |||
| bord à bord | side by side | |||
| bord de (la) mer | sea front | seashore | ||
| bord sous le vent | lee-side | |||
| bordé | planking | |||
| bordure | foot (sail) | |||
| bosco | boatswain | bosun | ||
| bosse d'empointure | outhaul | |||
| bosse de ris | reefing pendant | |||
| bossoir | (boat-) davit | bow | ||
| bouchain | chine | |||
| bouée | buoy | |||
| bouée à cloche | bell buoy | |||
| bouée à sifflet | whistle buoy | |||
| bouée de mouillage | mooring buoy | |||
| bouée de sauvetage | life-buoy | |||
| bouée lumineuse | light buoy | |||
| bouline | bowline | |||
| boulon | bolt | |||
| boussole | compass | |||
| bout | lanyard | rope | ||
| bras | brace | gréement | ||
| brasse | fathom | |||
| brassière de sauvetage | life jacket | |||
| brêler | to lash to | |||
| brêlure | lashing | |||
| brick | brig(antine) | |||
| brigantin | brig(antine) | |||
| brisant | breaker | |||
| jolie brise | moderate breeze | |||
| brise | breeze | medium air | ||
| brise (de mer) | (sea) breeze | |||
| brise de terre | land breeze | |||
| brise légère | light breeze | |||
| brise-lames | breakwater | |||
| broche | pin | |||
| broche d'étrier | clevis pin | |||
| bronze | bronze | gun metal | ||
| bruine | drizzle | |||
| brume | fog | |||
| brume légère | haze | mist | ||
| brumeux | foggy weather | |||
| bulletin au large | weather report (France) | |||
| Bulletin Météorologique Spécial (BMS) | severe weather warning | |||
| cabestan | capstan | (anchor) winch | ||
| cabine | cabin | |||
| câble | (anchor) warp | |||
| câblot | (anchor) warp | |||
| cabotage | coastal trade | |||
| caboteur | coaster | |||
| cabrion d'arrêt | cleat | |||
| cadenas | padlock | |||
| cadène | plate (e.g. chain-plate) | |||
| calaison | draught | draft | ||
| cale (d'un navire) | hold | |||
| cale (de port) | slip | |||
| cale sèche | dry dock | |||
| calfat | caulker | |||
| calfater | to caulk | |||
| calme | calm | |||
| calmir | to fall calm | |||
| camcleat | jamming cleat | |||
| canon de départ de régate | starting cannon/gun | |||
| canot | barge (passenger) | dinghy | yawl | boat |
| canot à rames | rowing boat | |||
| canot de sauvetage | life-boat | |||
| canot pneumatique | inflatable (dinghy) | rubber dinghy | ||
| cap (direction) | head | |||
| cap (pointe) | head | cape | ||
| cap compas | compass course | |||
| Cap de Bonne Espérance | Cape of Good Hope | |||
| Cap Horn | Cape Horn | |||
| cap vrai | true course | |||
| à la cape | hoving to | lying to | to heave to | |
| capelage | hound | |||
| capitaine | captain | master | ||
| capitaine au/de long cours | master mariner | |||
| capitaine de port | Harbour-master | |||
| capitainerie | harbourmaster's office | |||
| capote (de descente ou de roof) | sprayhood | dodger | ||
| capote de cockpit | bimini | |||
| caranguer | to heave to | |||
| carburant | fuel | |||
| carburant diesel | diesel fuel/oil | |||
| cardan | universal joint | |||
| carène | fairing | hull | wetted area (hull) | |
| caréner | to careen | |||
| cargaison | cargo | freight | ||
| carte | map | |||
| carte marine | chart | |||
| Celsius | Celsius | Centigrade | ||
| centre nautique | sailing centre | |||
| chaîne | cable | chain | ||
| chaîne d'ancre | anchor chain | |||
| chaise d'hélice | propeller bracket | |||
| chaland | barge | lighter | ||
| chaloupe | launch | |||
| chalutier | trawler | |||
| champ électrique | electric field | |||
| chandelier | stanchion | |||
| changer (route, vitesse) | to alter | |||
| chantier naval | (boat) yard | |||
| chanvre | hemp | |||
| char à voile | sand yacht | |||
| charge (poids) | weight | |||
| charger (cargaison) | to load | to freight | ||
| chargeur (électrique) | charger | |||
| charnière | hinge | |||
| chasse goupille | punch | |||
| chasse-marée | tide-chaser | |||
| chasser | drag the anchor | mouiller à draguer. Dredge down ou drege an anchor acte volontaire Attention drag the anchor acte involontaire ancre qui chasse | ||
| chauffage | heating | |||
| chaumard | fairlead | |||
| chavirer | capsize | |||
| chef de bord | skipper | captain | yachting uniquement | |
| chemin de halage | towpath | |||
| chenal | channel | |||
| chevaux | horsepower (engine) | |||
| cheville | rawl nut | |||
| chute | leech | |||
| Chypre | Cyprus | |||
| ciré | spray top | |||
| cirrus | cirrus | |||
| cisaille | shears | |||
| en ciseaux | goosewinged | |||
| clair (météo) | fair/good weather | |||
| claire-voie | sky-light | |||
| clandestin | stowaway | |||
| clapet d'aspiration | suction valve | |||
| clapet de refoulement | exhaust valve | |||
| clapotant | choppy | |||
| clapotis | ripple | chopping | ||
| clavette | clevis pin | cotter | ||
| clé à molette | shifting spannar | |||
| clé anglaise | monkey spannar | |||
| clé de démontage | spannar | |||
| cloison | bulkhead | |||
| clou | nail | |||
| club nautique | sailing club | yacht club | ||
| cockpit | cockpit | |||
| coffre de mouillage | mooring buoy | |||
| combinaison | wet suit | |||
| combinaison sèche | dry suit | |||
| se comblant | filling (in) | |||
| combustible | fuel | |||
| comité de course | race committee | |||
| commandant | master | captain | shipmaster | titre pour tout officier ou sous-officier pourvu d'une lettre de commandement qui commande un navire. |
| comme çà | steady | steady as she goes | ||
| compas (de mer) | compass | |||
| compas de relèvement | handbearing compass | |||
| consommation | consumption | |||
| contacteur | solenoid | |||
| continu | continuous | |||
| contraire | backing | |||
| contre-amiral | rear admiral (naval) | commodore (sailing club) | ||
| contre-érou | lock-nut | |||
| contre-étai | jackstay | |||
| contre-plaqué | plywood | |||
| convoi | convoy | |||
| coque | hull | |||
| coqueron | peak | |||
| coquille | (sea)shell | |||
| corail | coral | |||
| cordage | rope | cord | ||
| Corfou | Corfu | |||
| corne (espar) | gaffer | |||
| corne de brume | fog-horn | |||
| cornette | burgee | |||
| Corps-mort | bollard | |||
| Corse | Corsica | |||
| corvette | corvette | |||
| côte | coast | |||
| coton | cotton | |||
| côtre | coaster | |||
| coucher du soleil | sunset | |||
| couchette | berth | |||
| couler | to sink | to founder | ||
| couloir de navigation | sea-lane | |||
| coup de sifflet | blast | |||
| coup de vent | gale | gust | ||
| coupe (voile) | cut | |||
| coupée | gangway | |||
| courant (eau) | stream | |||
| courant (électrique) | current | |||
| courir sur | to bear down | |||
| courir sur son erre | to be under way | |||
| courroie | drive belt | |||
| course | race | |||
| course-croisière | clipper | |||
| courtier | Ship-broker | |||
| couvert | occluded | |||
| crabber | crabber | |||
| crépine | strainer | |||
| crépuscule | dusk | sunset | ||
| creux | trough | |||
| crevettier | shrimp boat | |||
| croc | hook | |||
| croiser | to cruise | |||
| croiseur | cruiser | |||
| croisière | cruise | |||
| cuir | leather | |||
| cuivre ( jaune ) | brass | |||
| cuivre (rouge) | copper | |||
| sur cul | by the stern | |||
| CV (chevaux) | HP (horsepower) (engine) | |||
| cyclone | cyclone | |||
| cylindre | cylinder | |||
| dalot | scupper | water way | ||
| dame de nage | rowlock (Brit) | oarlock (US) | ||
| danger | danger | |||
| débarquer | to disembark | to land | to unship | |
| déborder | swing out | sheer of the quay | sheer out from the ship | |
| décaper | to clean | |||
| décharger (une cargaison) | to discharge | |||
| déclinaison | declination | variation | ||
| décroissant | moderating | |||
| défense | fender | |||
| déferler (la mer) | to break | to spread | ||
| dégager | to clear | |||
| degré | degree | |||
| déhaler | to haul off | |||
| dehors | outside | at sea | ||
| démanilleur | shackle spanner | |||
| démarreur | starter motor | |||
| démâté | dismasted | |||
| demi-clé | half hitch | |||
| demi-clef | half knot | |||
| départ | start (race) | |||
| se déplaçant | moving | |||
| déplacement | displacement | |||
| dépression | depression | low pressure | ||
| déraper | dragging | start anchor | ||
| dérivant | drifting | |||
| en dérive | adrift | |||
| quille de dérive | centre-board | |||
| dérive (due au vent, au courant) | leeway | |||
| dérive-sabre | dagger-board | |||
| dérive (à la dérive) | adrift | the sip break adrift le bateau part à la dérive | ||
| dériver | to drive | to club (dériver avec le courant) | ||
| dériveur | centre-board dinghy | lifting-keel yacht | ||
| derrière ou arrière | astern | |||
| désarmer | to decommission | to lay up | ||
| descendant | falling | |||
| descente | companionway | |||
| désemparé | disabled | |||
| destination | bound to | |||
| détendre | to sheet out | |||
| détresse | distress | |||
| devenant | becoming | |||
| déviation | deviation | deflection | ||
| diesel | diesel | |||
| diminution | decrease | |||
| diode | diode | |||
| se dispersant | dispersing | |||
| distance | distance | |||
| dock | dock | |||
| donner du mou | to sheet out | |||
| douanes | customs | |||
| drague | dredge | mouiller à draguer. Dredge down ou drege an anchor acte volontaire Attention drag the anchor acte involontaire ancre qui chasse | ||
| drapeau | flag | |||
| drisse | halyard | |||
| droit derrière | right astern | |||
| droit devant | right ahead | |||
| drosse | steering chain | |||
| drossé à la côte | driven ashore | |||
| drosser | to drift | |||
| dunette | poop | |||
| dynamo | dynamo | |||
| eau | water | |||
| eau de mer | salt water | |||
| eau douce | fresh water | |||
| échelle | ladder | |||
| Échelle de Beaufort | Beaufort wind scale | |||
| écheveau | hank | skein | ||
| écho-sondeur | echo sounder | |||
| échoué | aground | ashore | ||
| échoué à sec | high and dry | |||
| échouer | to beach | to run aground | to ground | to strand |
| éclair | lightning | |||
| éclaircie | bright interval/spell | clear interval/spell | sunny interval/spell | |
| éclaircir | to brighten (up) | to clear (up) | ||
| écluse | lock | |||
| école de voile | sailing school | |||
| écoper l'eau | to bail | |||
| écopeur | bailer | |||
| écoulement | flow | |||
| écoulement laminaire | laminar flow | |||
| écoulement régulier | laminar flow | |||
| écoute | sheet | |||
| écoute de foc | jibsheet | |||
| écoute de grande voile | mainsheet | |||
| écoutille | hatch | |||
| écrou | nut | screw | ||
| écubier | hawse hole | |||
| écueil | rock | reef | ||
| écume | foam | |||
| électricité | electricity | |||
| élévateur | boat hoist | |||
| élingue | sling | |||
| embarcation | boat | |||
| faire une embardée | to yaw | |||
| embardée | yaw | |||
| embellie | bright spell | lull | ||
| embraquer | to sheet out | |||
| embruns | sea sprays | |||
| émerger | to emerge | |||
| émerillon | swivel | |||
| émetteur radio | radio transmitter | |||
| emmêlé | foul> | |||
| empannage | gybe | |||
| empanner | to gybe | |||
| encablure | cable (= 607 feet) | |||
| enclume | anvil | |||
| encoche | notch | |||
| enfléchure | ratline | |||
| engagé (navire) | on the beam ends | |||
| enlevé (par la mer) | carried away | |||
| enseigne de vaisseau | ensign | |||
| entretoise | stray | |||
| enveloppe (de protection) | casing | |||
| épars | occasional | scattered | ||
| épave | wreck | |||
| épisser | to splice | |||
| épissoir | splicing fid | |||
| épissure | splice | |||
| épontille | shore | |||
| épontiller | to shore up | |||
| équateur | equator | |||
| équipage | crew | |||
| équipier | crew(man) | |||
| erre | (head)way | |||
| espar | spar | yard | ||
| essence | petrol | |||
| est | East | |||
| estime | estimated position | |||
| estrope | strop | |||
| estuaire | estuary | |||
| établi | bench | |||
| étai | forestay | stay | ||
| étai arrière | back stay | |||
| étai de trinquette | cutter stay | |||
| étambot | stern | Stern-post | Rudder-post | |
| étamine | bunting | |||
| étanche | Water-tight | |||
| état de la mer | sea state | |||
| en état de naviguer | seaworthy | |||
| étau | vice | |||
| s' étendant | extending | |||
| étendu | widespread | |||
| étoupe | tow | |||
| étrave | bow | stem | ||
| éviter | to swing | |||
| excitation | (electric) field | |||
| expert maritime | marine surveyor | |||
| explosion | bursting | explosion | ||
| extincteur | fire extinguisher | |||
| extrémité de cordage | rope end | |||
| Fahrenheit | Fahrenheit | |||
| faible | light | slight | ||
| faire de l'eau | to leak | |||
| faire tête | to bring up | the ship is brought up to her cable. | ||
| faire un noeud | to knot | |||
| fardage | dunnage | |||
| faubert | swab | |||
| faux étai | preventer | |||
| femelot | gudgeon | |||
| fer | iron | |||
| fer à souder | soldering iron | |||
| ferler | to furl | |||
| ferrure | hinge | rotating fixing | iron work | |
| feu (combustion) | fire | |||
| feu (éclairage) | light | |||
| feu babord | port light | |||
| feu d'alignement | leading light | |||
| feu de position | position light | |||
| feu en tête de mât | mast head light | |||
| feu tribord | starboard light | |||
| feutre | felt | |||
| fibre de verre | fibreglass | glass-reinforced plastic | GRP | |
| fiche | rawl nut | |||
| fil (de fer) | wire (cable) | |||
| fil (électrique) | (electric) wire | |||
| fil à surlier | whipping twine | |||
| fil de caret | twine | |||
| filez | slack away | |||
| filer (de l'huile) | to put oil out | to cast oil | ||
| filin | cable | rope | line | |
| filin de remorque | towline | |||
| filoir | fairlead | |||
| filtre | filter | |||
| fin | finish | |||
| flamme | pennant | pendant | ||
| à fleur d'eau | awash | |||
| fleuve | river | |||
| à flot | afloat | |||
| flot | flood | flood tide | stream | |
| être à flot | to be afloat | |||
| flottabilité | buoyancy | |||
| flotte | fleet | |||
| flotter | to float | |||
| flotteur | float | |||
| flottille | flotilla | |||
| flux (marée montante) | rising tide | |||
| foc | jib(sail) | headsail | ||
| fond | bottom | |||
| fond (voile) | bunt | |||
| fond de la mer | sea bed | sea bottom | ||
| fond malsain | foul ground | |||
| fonds marins | sea bed | |||
| force du vent | wind force | |||
| foret | drill | boring bit | ||
| formation | formation | training | ||
| forme (bassin) | wet dock | |||
| fort | heavy (rain) | |||
| fort coup de vent | strong gale | |||
| forte (mer) | rough (sea) | |||
| fortune de mer | sea damage | |||
| foudre | lightning | |||
| fouetter | to lash to | |||
| fourrer | to bore | |||
| fraîchir | to fresh | |||
| fraîchissant | freshening | |||
| frais | fresh | |||
| fraise | milling cutter | |||
| franc-bord | freeboard | |||
| front (temps) | front | |||
| front chaud | warm front | |||
| front de mer | seafront | |||
| front froid | cold front | |||
| front occlus | occluded front | |||
| fuir( devant la tempête) | to scud | |||
| fuite (de liquide) | leak | |||
| fuseau horaire | time zone | |||
| fusée de détresse | distress rocket | |||
| fusée éclairante | flare | |||
| fusible | fuse (wire) | |||
| gabare | barge | |||
| gabarit | mould | pattern | ||
| gaffe | boat-hook | |||
| gaillard d'arrière | quarter deck | |||
| gaillard d'avant | forecastle | |||
| gaine | casing | |||
| gal-hauban | cap shroud | back stay | ||
| galets | shingle | |||
| garde montante | spring line | |||
| garde-corps | guard rail | |||
| garde-côte | coastguard | |||
| gardien de phare | lighthouse keeper | |||
| gas-oil | diesel fuel/oil | |||
| gel | frost | |||
| gelée | frost | |||
| générateur | generator | generator set | ||
| génois | genoa | genny | ||
| gilet de sauvetage | life-jacket | |||
| girouette | wind indicator | burgee | wind vane | |
| gîte | heel | list | ||
| gîter | to heel | |||
| givre | hoar (frost) | |||
| glace | ice | |||
| glace flottante | floe | |||
| godiller | to scull | |||
| goélette | schooner | |||
| golfe | gulf | |||
| gorge | lug | |||
| goujon | pin | gudgeon | ||
| goupille | (clevis) pin | |||
| goupille fendue | split pin | |||
| gouvernail | helm | rudder (Cruiser) | tiller | (ship's) wheel |
| gouverner | to steer | |||
| GPS | GPS (Global Positioning System) | |||
| grain | heavy shower | squall | ||
| grain d'orge | round nose chisel | |||
| graissage | lubrication | |||
| grand cercle | great circle | |||
| grand frais | near gale | |||
| au grand largue | broad reaching | |||
| grand largue | broad reach | |||
| grand mât | mainmast | |||
| grand voilier | sailing ship | yacht | ||
| grand'voile | main(sail) | |||
| Grande Barrière | Great Barrier Reef | |||
| Grands Lacs | Great Lakes | |||
| gréement | rig | rigging | ||
| gréement à corne | gaffer | |||
| gréement courant | running rigging | |||
| gréement dormant | standing rigging | |||
| grêle | hail | |||
| grêler | to hail | |||
| groupe électrogène | power generator set | generator set | ||
| gros temps | foul weather | |||
| grue | (mast) crane | shipboard crane | deck crane | |
| grutage | cranage | |||
| guide du port | harbour guide | |||
| guide nautique | pilotage book | |||
| guignol | jumper stay | |||
| guindant | luff | |||
| guindeau | windlass | |||
| habitable et transportable | trailer sailer | |||
| Hale-bas | (boom) vang | downhaul | kicker | kicking strap |
| haler | to haul in | to tow | ||
| hamac | hammock | |||
| harenguier | herring boat | |||
| harnais | harness | |||
| hauban | shroud | |||
| hausse (de baromètre) | rising | |||
| haussière | hawser | |||
| de haute mer | seagoing | |||
| haute pression | high pressure | |||
| haute tension | high voltage | |||
| hauteur | height | |||
| hauteur sous barrots | headroom | |||
| Hauts-fonds | shallows | shoal | ||
| hâvre | port | |||
| héler | to hail (cry) | |||
| hélice | propeller | screw | ||
| hémisphère | hemisphere | |||
| heure | time | |||
| heure locale | local time | |||
| hisser | to hoist | |||
| homme à la mer | man overboard | |||
| hommes de quart | (the) watch | |||
| horizon | horizon | |||
| hors-bord | outboard (engine) | |||
| houle | swell | |||
| hublot | porthole | |||
| humidité | humidity | |||
| hypothermie | hypothermia | |||
| iceberg | iceberg | ice floe | ||
| île | island | |||
| îlot | islet | |||
| imperméable | waterproof | |||
| inchavirable | uncapsizable | |||
| induit | armature | |||
| inox | stainles steel | |||
| instructeur | instructor | |||
| instruction | instruction | training | ||
| instructions nautiques | pilotage book | |||
| insubmersibilité | unsinkability | |||
| insubmersible | unsinkable | |||
| intermittent | intermittent | |||
| interrupteur d'isolation | isolating switch | |||
| isobare | isobar | |||
| isolé | isolated | |||
| isthme | isthmus | |||
| Jamaïque | Jamaica | |||
| jauge (intrument) | gauge | |||
| jauge (mesure) | tonnage | |||
| jetée | jetty | pier | ||
| jeu de pièces réparation | repair kit | |||
| jolie brise | moderate breeze | |||
| jour | day | |||
| journal de bord | log book | |||
| juge de départ | starter | |||
| jusant | ebb tide | falling tide | ||
| jusant (marée descendante) | ebb tide | falling tide | ||
| ketch | ketch | |||
| kiosque de barre | wheel house | |||
| sur l'arrière de | (ab)aft | |||
| lac | lake | loch (Scotland) | lough (Ireland) | |
| lâcher | to ease off | to sheet out | ||
| laisser porter | to bear away | |||
| laiton | brass | |||
| lame | wave | |||
| lame de fond | groundswell | |||
| lame de safran | rudder (blade) | |||
| lancer (une ligne) | to heave | to throw | ||
| lanceur | drive pinion | |||
| langoustier | crayfish boat | |||
| large (au large de) | open sea | off | ||
| largeur | beam | |||
| au largue | reaching | |||
| largue | reach | |||
| larguer | to let go | |||
| latitude | latitude | |||
| latte | batten | strip | ||
| latte à trou | strip with holes (e.g. chain-plate) | |||
| léger | light | |||
| lent | slow | |||
| sur lest | ballasted | |||
| lest | ballast (weight) | |||
| lesté | ballasted | |||
| levée (de la lame) | surge | |||
| lever du soleil | sunrise | |||
| libre-pratique | pratique | |||
| lieutenant | lieutenant | mate | officer | |
| ligne | line | |||
| ligne d'arrivée | finishing line | |||
| ligne de départ | starting line | |||
| ligne de flottaison | waterline | |||
| lisse de pavois | taff-rail | |||
| liston | (rubbing) strake | |||
| livarde | sprit | |||
| locale | local | |||
| loch | log | |||
| lofer | to head up | to luff | to round up | |
| Loire | Loire | |||
| long cours | foreign trade | Deep-sea | ||
| longitude | longitude | |||
| longueur (de) coque | hull length | |||
| longueur (de) flottaison | waterline length | |||
| longueur (hors-tout) | (overall) length | |||
| loquet | latch | |||
| louer (donner en location) | to hire | |||
| louer (prendre en location) | to rent | |||
| lougre | lugger | |||
| vieux loup de mer | (old) sea dog | |||
| lourd | heavy (humid) | |||
| louvoyer | to tack | |||
| loxodromie | rhumb-line | |||
| loyer | rental | |||
| lumineux | beam (light) | |||
| Madère | Madeira | |||
| mailles | bilges | |||
| maillet | mallet | |||
| maintenir sa route | stand on | |||
| maître d'équipage | boatswain | bosun | ||
| maître nageur | lifeguard | |||
| maître voilier | sailmaker | |||
| avoir le mal de mer | to be seasick | |||
| mal de mer | seasickness | |||
| manche | handle | |||
| Manche | (English) Channel | |||
| manche (de lavage, d'incendie) | hose | |||
| manche à air | ventilater | |||
| manche à incendie | fire hose | |||
| manche d'outil | handle | |||
| manchon | ferrule | |||
| manille | manilla | shackle | ||
| manivelle | handle | |||
| marais barométrique | shallow low | |||
| marée | tide | |||
| marée basse | low tide | |||
| marée haute | high tide | |||
| marin | marine | mariner | sailor | |
| marin d'eau douce | landlubber | |||
| de marin(s) | seafaring | |||
| marine de guerre | navy | |||
| marine marchande | merchant marine | mercantile marine | ||
| maritime | maritime | |||
| marque (bouée) | mark | |||
| marque (pavillon) | ensign | |||
| masse isolée | insulated return | |||
| mât | mast | |||
| mât de charge | derrick | |||
| mât de flèche | topmast | |||
| mât de misaine | foremast | |||
| matelot | sailor | seaman | deckhand | |
| matelot breveté | able seaman | |||
| matelotage | rigging | ropework | ||
| mauvais | bad | poor | ||
| mauvais temps | bad weather | |||
| mécanicien | engineer | |||
| mégaphone | megaphone | loud hailer | ||
| membre | rib | |||
| membrure | rib | |||
| menace (de) | risk (of) | |||
| menuiserie | joinery | |||
| en mer | offshore | |||
| mer | sea | |||
| mer agitée | rough sea | |||
| méridien | meridian | |||
| météo | (weather) forecast | weather report | ||
| mettre à la cape | to heave | |||
| se mettre à quai | to dock | |||
| mettre le cap vers | to head for | to steer for | ||
| mille nautique | nautical mile | |||
| minute | minute (of arc) | |||
| se modérant | moderating | |||
| modéré | moderate | |||
| mollissant | moderating | |||
| le vent mollit | the wind is falling | |||
| montée | rise | |||
| morte-eau | neap tide | |||
| moteur | engine | motor | ||
| moteur à essence | petrol engine | |||
| moteur diesel | diesel engine | |||
| mouette | (sea)gull | |||
| mouillage | anchorage | mooring | ||
| mouiller | to anchor | to drop anchor | to moor | |
| mousqueton | hank | |||
| mousqueton automatique | snap shackle | |||
| mousson | monsoon | |||
| mouton | white horse | |||
| moutonneux | choppy | |||
| bouchon de nable | plug | |||
| nable | plug hole | |||
| nager (avec un aviron) | to row | to pull (a boat) | ||
| nager (se mouvoir dans l'eau) | to swim | |||
| naufrage | shipwreck | |||
| naufragé | castaway | |||
| navigateur | navigator | |||
| navigation | sailing | |||
| navigation à l'estime | dead reckoning | |||
| naviguer | to navigate | to sail | ||
| naviguer au moteur | to motor | |||
| navire | ship | |||
| navire à moteur | motor-ship | |||
| navire à voile | sailing ship | |||
| navire de combat | warship | |||
| navire de commerce | merchant ship | |||
| navire de guerre | warship | |||
| neige | snow | |||
| neige fondue | sleet | |||
| sur nez | by the head | |||
| nimbus | nimbus | |||
| niveau de la mer | sea level | |||
| niveau moyen | mean (sea) level | |||
| nœud (cordage) | bend | knot | hitch | |
| nœud (vitesse) | knot | |||
| nœud carrick | carrick knot | |||
| nœud d'écoute | sheet bend | |||
| nœud de cabestan | clove hitch | |||
| nœud de pêcheur | fisherman's knot | |||
| nœud de vache | granny knot | |||
| nœud en demi-clé | half hitch | |||
| nœud en huit | figure of eight | |||
| nœud plat | reef knot | |||
| non-lesté | unballasted | |||
| nord | North | |||
| nord géographique | true North | |||
| nord magnétique | magnetic North | |||
| nord-est | North-East | |||
| nord-nord-est | North-North-East | |||
| nord-nord-ouest | North-North-West | |||
| nord-ouest | North-West | |||
| noyer | to drown | |||
| nuage | cloud | |||
| nuageux | cloudy | |||
| nuit | night | |||
| nuit tombante | dusk | |||
| nylon | nylon | |||
| obéir (pour un instrument) | to answer | |||
| occasionnel | occasional | |||
| océan | ocean | |||
| oeil | (rope) eye | |||
| oeuvres mortes | topsides | |||
| œuvres vives | underside | |||
| officier | officer | |||
| officier de course | race officer | |||
| officier de sauvetage | rescue officer | |||
| officier marinier | petty officer | |||
| offshore | offshore | |||
| ondées | showers | |||
| orage (avec |