le titanic Flashcards
words from the french wikipedia article about the titanic (208 cards)
naufrager (v.)
to sink, founder
survenir (v.)
to occur, arise
conçu (v. - concevoir)
designed (to design, conceive)
sombrer (v.)
to sink, founder; to decline
heurter (v.)
to hit, collide
couler (v.)
to flow; to sink, founder
émetteur (v.)
to emit
s’ajouter (v. - ajouter)
to be added (to add)
la polémique (n.)
a controversy
entraîner (v.)
to take, carry away; to lead to; to train
gît (v. - gésir)
to lie (somewhere)
marquer (v.)
to mark, label
susciter (v.)
to spark, provoke
le paquebot (n.)
an oceanliner
le naufrage (n.)
a sinking, shipwreck; a disaster
la survenue (n.)
an occurrence, appearance (of something)
la voie d’eau (n.)
a leak, a hole in a hull
(la) avarie (n.)
damage
(la) époque (n.)
a time, era
le drame (n.)
a tragedy
la règle (n.)
a rule, law
le canot de sauvetage (n.)
a lifeboat
(le) émetteur, (la) émettrice (n.)
a transmitter; a source, sender
la règlementation (n.)
rules, regulations