DICTIONNAIRE MARITIME FRANCAIS-ANGLAIS
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Français | English | Synonyme | Synonyme | Exemple d'expression ou précision du terme, glossaire, wiki etc.. |
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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 | |||
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