A French-English Military Dictionary - Sturmpanzer.com

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commissaire, in. member of a , commission;
militaire, (mil.) military member of a mixed
commission; (sport) military representative on a
sporting, race, or athletic committee;
de surveillance administrative, (r. r. adm.)
local manager (official in each important station,
who looks after the police of the railway,
and the local exploitation).
commission, f., board, commission;
de Varmee, committee on military affairs,
(House, Chamber of Deputies);
du budget, appropriation committee of the
House of Deputies;
de contrite, (Fr. a.) control board;
d'enquete, court of inquiry, investigating
board;
des finances, the appropriation committee
of the Senate (France);
de gare, (Fr. a. r. station
r.) commission;
d'habillement, (mil.) clothing or uniform
board;
regulatrice, (Fr. a. r. r.). (commission in
charge of the supply of an army by rail, and of
troop transportation within the army's zone of
action) supply commission;
rogatoirc, (Fr. law) requisition by one judge
or court on another to proceed or act in the case
referred;
de salubrit^ (Fr. a.) sanitary board (of a cantonment).
commissionnaire, m., porter, messenger.
commotionne, m., (mil. med.) man shocked by
proximity to H. E. burst, but not directly
wounded or hit.
commune, f., (France) municipality, political
unit under a maire; is a person at law; commune.
communication, f., communication; (mil.)
trench;
en cremaillere, (siege) cremaillere trench;
ft traverses, (siege) traversed trench;
ft traverses tournantes, (siege) cube traverse
trench.
eommutatur, m., (elec.) commutator;
d'antenne, (wireless) aerial switch.
ft plots, (elec.) shifting contact switch.
commutateur-interrupteur, in., (elec.) contactshifter.
compagnie, f., company;
automobiliste, (mil.) traction company;
cycliste, (mil.) cyclist company;
de corps, (Fr. eng.) company of army corps
engineers;
divisionnairc, (Fr. eng.) company of division
engineers (part of corps establishment);
du drapeau, color company;
du genie de pare, (Fr. eng.) company of the
engineer park;
legere de cavaleric, light traction company (for
25 to 30
the supply of cavalry, can transport
tons);
lourde, heavy traction company (can transport
125 tons of rations supply for a corps);
Schilt, (Fr. a.) flame projector company;
volante, (mil.) flying company.
compagnie-squelette, f., (mil.) skeleton company.
compartiment, m., compartment; (r. r.) compartment;
ft couchette, (r. r.) sleeping compartment.
compartimentage, m., subdivision into compartments;
(mil.) in a military sense, the division
of the terrain into first line, support,
redoubts, intermediate trenches; of a center of
resistance into active segments, works, etc.
compartimenter, v. t., to divide into compartments;
(mil.) to divide the terrain in a military
sense, v. compartimentage.
compas, m., compass; bows, frame, of a carriage
hood; (mach. gun) crossbar (tripod mount, joins
legs);
ft coulisse, sliding rule;
d'embarcation, boat compass;
ft liquidc, liquid compass;
compas mattre ft danser, interior compasses (for
inside measurements);
porte-crayon, drawing compasses.
complet, m., suit of clothes (all parts of same
cloth).
composer, v. t., to take a written examination.
composition, f., composition; (in a written examination)
subject: (artif.) composition;
amenerd , to bring to terms;
fusanie porte-retard, (artif.) delay composition.
compresseur, m., (mach.) grease cup;
ft air, d'air, (mach.) air-compressing engine;
ft gaz, (mach.) gas compressor.
compression, f., (mach.) compression, compression
stroke;
voluractriquc, (ratio oi volume of cylinder to
that of chamber of explosion) volumetric compression.
comprimS, m., compressed tablet.
ccmptabnite', f., (adm.) accountability;
apurcr la to , audit accounts.
comptable, a. m., (adm.) accountable; accountant
des deniers publics, official accountable for
public moneys;
en deniers, official having a money responsibility;
expediteur, (mil.) administrative shipping
officer;
en matieres, official having property responsibility.
comptant, a., cash;
au , (com.) cash down, for cash.
compte, m., account;
d'annee, (Fr. adm.) account or report for the
year current, made by the Minister of Finance;
annual account or report (calendar year);
de ft demi, each paying one-half;
s d'exercice, (adm.) accounts of the fiscal year;
en deniers, money account;
en matieres, property account.
eompte-cartouche, n., (sm. a.) cartridge counter,
(to tell the soldier how many cartridges he has
fired).
compte-lHs, m., thread counter.
compte-gouttes, m., (mach.) drip feed lubricator;
dropping tube.
compte-rendu, m., ( Fr. a.) brief report (made on
the spot, and at the time of the occurrence of
the event involved. May be oral).
compte-tours, m., (mach.) counter (of revolutions).
compteur, in., counter;
de cartouches, v. comptc-cartouche;
de gaz, gas meter;
Mometrique, mileage recorder.
concentration, f., concentration; (art.) the simul-
taneous or successive fire of several batteries on
the same target or zone.
conciliation, f., (law) settling of cases out of court.
concours, m., competition;
de consummation, (auto.) consumption test
or competition;
hippique, horse show.
concurrence, f., concurrence;
ft de, until such and such conditions are satisfied,
until such and such a member is reached.
condamnation, f., condemnation;
aux depens, (law) condemnation in costs.
condamner, v. t., to condemn;
aux depens, (law) to be found in costs.
ft morl (law, mil.) to condemn to death.
condensateur, m., (elec.) condenser;
ft air, air condenser;
ft plaques, plate condenser;
ft plateaux, plate condenser;
ft la resonance, (wireless) tuned condenser;
ft verre, glass condenser;
conductance, f., (elec.) conductance.