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France [Ordnance Survey in UK] service m d’eau chaude hot water supply service m d’entretien maintenance service service m de courte durée short-term operation service m de l’urbanisme planning department/office

[town planning] service m de planification planning department/office

[sequencing work] service m des eaux water supply (company) service m médical du travail occupational health service

service m médical du travailsensibilité

services m,pl services [as provided by architect, etc] services m,pl concédés statutory services or utilities services m,pl d’ingénierie engineering services services m,pl publics public services se servir vb de use servitudes f,pl charges attached to a property, constraints

on the design/use of a property, easements servocommande f servo-control servomoteur m servo-motor seuil m door sill, doorstep, threshold seuil m d’audibilité threshold of hearing seuil m déversoir sill [of a dam] seuil m du son noise threshold level seuil m en rivière weir sgraffite f design [decoration] cut into a rendering shunt m smoke extract or ventilation duct for a whole

building, shunt [electrical] shuntage m shunting shunter vb shunt [electrically] siccatif adj drying, siccative adj siccatif m drying agent, siccative [as used in paint] siccité f dryness sidérurgique adj steel adj, relating to steel industry siège m head office, headquarters, seat, seating [of a valve

or tap] siège m à l’anglaise toilet/lavatory bowl or pan siège m à la turque Asiatic/squatting closet (WC) siège m d’obturateur valve seating siège m de bureau office chair siège m de cabinet toilet seat siège m de soupape valve seating siège m de trapillon trapdoor seating siège m de vanne valve seating siège m social registered office signal m signal signal m d’alarme alarm signal signal m d’avertissement warning signal [railway] signal m d’incendie fire alarm signal m de direction direction sign [road] signal m de limitation de vitesse speed restriction sign signal m de présignalisation advance direction sign signal m de ralentissement speed restriction sign signal m géodésique geodetic mark, survey station signal m lumineux illuminated (road) sign signal m routier road or traffic sign signalisation f indication, indicator, signage [putting up

signs, and the signs] signalisation f, panneau m de traffic sign [board] signalisation f des risques safety warnings signalisation f lumineuse illuminated signing [e.g. for

emergency exit] signature f signature signe m indication, sign, symbol, symptom signe m conventionnel conventional sign/symbol silencieux adj noiseless, silent silencieux m (sound) attenuator, muffler, silencer silex m chert, flint silhouette f profile of a flat key

silicagel m silica gel silicate m silicate silice f quartz glass, silica silicium m silicon silicone f silicone silo m bunker, silo silo m à ciment cement silo silo m de décantation de boues sludge settling tank silo m de stockage storage bin simbleau m carpenter’s/bricklayer’s/builder’s line for

marking out circles simple adj single simulation f simulation simultané adj simultaneous simultanément adv simultaneously singe m crab [portable winch], drop hammer, monkey

[pile driver] sinistre m accident [loss under insurance policy] siphon m (drain) trap, siphon siphon m à culotte démontable bottle trap siphon m de sol floor trap siphon m d’huile oil trap siphon m en S S-trap siphon m renversé dip-pipe siphonner vb siphon siporex m Siporex [lightweight concrete] sis adj located, situated sismique adj seismic sismographe m seismograph site m lie of the ground, archaeological site site m classé protected site [in France, similar to

Conservation Area in UK] situation f location, position, situation, record of work

completed and payments made and outstanding situation, plan m de layout plan situé adj situated situer vb locate, site, situate smillage m scabbling [with a scabbling hammer, the

action or result] smillé adj scabbled [of stone dressed with many short

parallel cuts] smille f mason’s two-pointed (scabbling) hammer smiller vb scabble [with a scabbling hammer] société f company, firm société f concessionnaire concessionaire, or company

holding a concession [e.g. statutory undertaker] société f d’économie mixte (SEM) joint public/private

company Société f Française des Urbanistes (SFU) French

society of (town) planners Société f Nationale des Chemins de Fer Belges (SNCB)

Belgian national railways Société f Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français

(SNCF) French national railways société f à responsabilité limitée (SARL) limited liability

company sociologie f sociology sociologue m sociologist

services sociologue

socle m base, bottom, mounting base, pedestal, plinth, socket outlet

socle m de béton concrete base course socle m de chaudière boiler mounting socle m de deux prises de courant double (plug) socket

outlet socle m de fondation plinth foundation socle m de moteur motor bedplate socle m de prise à encastrer flush mounted socket outlet socle m de prise (de courant) socket outlet socle m de prises de courant à trois contacts three-pin

socket outlet socle m de prise de sol floor mounted socket outlet socle m de tableau panel mounting socket outlet socle m en béton concrete base socle m (en) saillie surface mounted socket outlet socle m isolant insulating base socle m receveur shower tray soffite m soffit [architectural] soie f bristle [of a paintbrush], fine starter bars soins m,pl d’urgence first aid sol m floor [solid], ground, soil sol-ciment m soil-cement sol, essais m,pl de soil survey sol, stabilisation f du soil stabilization sol, structure f du soil structure sol m brut unfinished floor sol m cohérent cohesive soil sol m cultivable topsoil sol m de fondation sub-grade [formation] sol m en béton concrete floor sol m en planches wooden floor [boarded] sol m fin fine-grained soil sol m fini finished floor sol m grenu coarse-grained soil sol m impropre unsuitable soil sol m perméable permeable ground sol m pulvérulent non-cohesive soil sol m tourbeux peat sol m vivant organic soil, topsoil solaire adj solar solarium m solarium, sun terrace solde m balance [in an account] solde m débiteur debit balance, overdraft soleil m sun, polygonal facing stone solénoide m solenoid solidaire adj jointly liable [e.g. of partners in a joint

venture] solidarisé adj interlocked solide adj reliable, robust, solid, sound, strong, sturdy,

tough solidification f solidification solidité f reliability, robustness, solidity, soundness,

sturdiness, toughness solin m flashing between wall and abutting roof solivage m secondary joisting solive f beam, (secondary) joist solive f boiteuse trimmer joist

solive f courante joist [normal, as opposed to trimmer or trimming]

solive f d’enchevêtrure trimming joist solive f de ferme wall plate [carrying feet of rafters] solive f de remplissage trimmed joist solive f de rive edge joist solive f enchevêtrée trimming joist solive f porteuse trimming joist soliveau m small trimmer joist soliveau m en empannon angled trimmer joist sollicitation f externally applied effect, load or stress

[externally applied] sollicitation f alternée alternating stress sollicitation f du trafic traffic load(ing) sollicitation f en traction tensile stress solliciter vb attract [of magnets], load or stress solubiliser vb make soluble solubilité f solubility soluble adj soluble [problem, substance] solution f solution solution f de base contract design solution f de compromis compromise solution solution f incongelable anti-freeze solution solvant m solvent sombre adj dark [colour] sommaire m list or table of contents, summary somme f sum or total [sum, amount] somme f forfaitaire lump sum sommet m crest [of a road, embankment], crown [of an

arch], highest point [of a hill, tree], peak [of a hill], summit or top [of a hill, ladder, tree], vertex [of an angle, a curve]

sommier m bed base [divan, etc], girt/ledger/ribbon board [timber frame structure], head beam, horizontal member of railings/window bars, springer or springing stone [of an arch]

son m sound sondage m hole [borehole, drill hole], bore/test/trial hole

[ground investigation], sounding [to measure depth of water]

sondage, coupe f de soil profile sondage, tige f de sounding rod/probe sondage m à la pelle machine dug test/trial pit sondage m à pénétration dynamique, appareil m de

dynamic penetration test apparatus sondage m carotté test core [gound investigation] sondage m du sol borehole investigation, trial boring sondage m par percussion percussion drilling [in the

ground] sondage m par puits borehole sounding sondage m par tranchée test or trial pit sonde f probe sonde, trou m de borehole sonde f de température température probe sonder vb make borings, investigate [by boring or

drilling], probe, sound [to investigate at depth], probe [to test, etc]

sonnerie f alarm (bell), chimes, ringing [of a bell]

sonneriesocle

sonnerie f d’alarme alarm bell sonnerie f électrique electric bell sonnette f doorbell sonnette f à vapeur steam hammer [pile-driver] sonnette f d’alarme alarm bell sonnette f (de battage) pile-driver, piling rig sonomètre m sound level meter sonore adj sound [acoustic] sonorisation f (générale) public address (PA) system

[provision with] sortie f exit sortie f, point m (de) exit point [for traffic] sortie f analogique analogue output sortie f d’air air outlet sortie f d’eau water outlet sortie f d’évacuation de fumée smoke exhaust outlet sortie f d’ordinateur computer output sortie f de câbles cable outlet sortie f de secours emergency exit sortie f de ventilateur fan outlet soubassement m base/basement course, plinth

[basement], bedrock, fireplace facade immediately under mantlepiece

souche f stump [of a tree] souche f (de cheminée) chimney stack above roof level soudabilité f weldability soudable adj weldable soudage m, voir aussi soudure brazing, soldering,

welding soudage m à l’arc arc welding soudage m à l’arc au charbon carbon arc welding soudage m au chalumeau oxhydrique oxyhydrogen soudage m au gaz gas welding welding soudage m autogène acetylene, gas or oxyacetylene

welding soudage m bout à bout butt welding soudage m d’angle fillet welding soudage m de goujons stud welding soudage m discontinu discontinuous or intermittent

welding soudage m en bout butt welding soudage m électrique electric welding soudage m manuel hand welding soudage m oxyacétylénique acetylene, gas or acetylene

welding soudage m par fusion fusion welding soudage m par points stitch or tack welding soudage m par résistance resistance welding soudé adj en bout butt-welded soude-brasage m bronze welding souder vb braze, solder, weld soudeur m welder soudoir m soldering iron soudure f, voir aussi soudage brazing, seam [welded or

brazed], solder(ing), weld(ing) soudure f à l’arc arc weld soudure f à la main hand or manual weld soudure f à rétain soft soldering

soudure f à plat flat weld soudure f à recouvrement lap-weld soudure f au cuivre hard soldering soudure f au plomb lead soldering soudure f bout à bout butt weld soudure f continue continuous weld soudure f d’angle fillet weld soudure f d’étanchéité seal weld soudure f de chantier field or site weld soudure f de pointage tack weld soudure f électrique par résistance electric resistance

welding soudure f en angle fillet weld soudure f en bouchon plug weld soudure f en plusieurs passes multi-layer weld soudure f oxyacétylénique oxyacetylene welding soudure f par points spot welding soufflage m air supply soufflante f blower souffler vb blow soufflerie f blower, ventilating fan soufflerie f à gaz gas blower soufflet m bellows soufflet, fenêtre f à fanlight [bottom hung] soufflet m de dilatation expansion bellows soufflure f blowhole [casting defect] soufre m sulphur souillard m hole [through structure for a rainwater

downpipe] soulager vb un palan ease off a block and tackle soulager vb une poutre take the strain off a beam soulèvement m heave or heaving [of ground], upheaval,

upthrust [geological], lifting, uplift soulever vb lift up [sth], raise [a question or subject, sth] soulever vb qch au cric jack sth up soulever vb une réclamation make or put in claim se soulever vb heave [geologically] soumission f bid, submission, tender, tendering [i.e.