French-English Dictionary
French-English Lexicon for energy
The table below provides the English translation of technical terms
most often used in the context of projects related to energy.
| French | English |
| ASI (uninterrupted power supply) | UPS (uninterruptible power supply) |
| Battery “no maintenance” | Maintenance free battery |
| Traction battery | Traction battery |
| Sealed battery | Non-spillable battery |
| Sealed battery | Sealed battery |
| Open battery | Flooded battery |
| battery regulated by valve | VLRA Battery |
| dry battery | Dry battery |
| Stationary battery | Stationary battery |
| Junction box | Junction box |
| Charge d’absorption | Absorption |
| floating Charge | Float |
| Quick charge | Boost |
| Quick charge | Bulk |
| load buffer | Equalize |
| Shipper | Battery charger |
| Pressure drop | Voltage drop |
| Transfer Switch | Transfert switch |
| Alternating current (THAT) | Alternating current (AC) |
| Court-circuit | Short circuit |
| Default isolation | Isolation fault |
| manual start | Recoil start |
| breaker | MCB (miniature circuit breaker) |
| thermal switch | Thermal breaker |
| thermo-magnetic circuit breaker | Thermal magnetic circuit breaker |
| Domino | Screw terminal |
| thermal runaway | Thermal runaway |
| Epissure | Splice |
| Fusible | Fuse |
| Generator | Generator |
| Light switch | Switch |
| Differential Switch | ELCB (Earth leakage circuit breaker) |
| Differential Switch | RCCB (Residual current circuit breaker) |
| Single phase | Single-phase |
| strip | Extension socket |
| Inverter | Inverter |
| Parasurtenseur | Surge suppressor |
| Extension | Extension cable |
| Extension | Extension cord |
| Rectifier | Rectifier |
| Regulator | Regulator |
| Voltage Regulator | Voltage Regulator |
| solar controller | Solar regulator |
| Stabilizer | Stabilizer |
| Switchboard | Distribution board |
| Terre | Earth |
| Terre | Ground |
| Transformer | Transformer |
| Three phase | Three-phase |
The table below gives the French translation of these terms :
| English | French |
| Absorption | Charge d’absorption |
| Alternating current (AC) | Alternating current (THAT) |
| Battery charger | Shipper |
| Boost | Quick charge |
| Bulk | Quick charge |
| Distribution board | Switchboard |
| Dry battery | dry battery |
| Earth | Terre |
| ELCB (Earth leakage circuit breaker) | Differential Switch |
| Equalize | load buffer |
| Extension cable | Extension |
| Extension cord | Extension |
| Extension socket | strip |
| Float | floating Charge |
| Flooded battery | Open battery |
| Fuse | Fusible |
| Generator | Generator |
| Ground | Terre |
| Inverter | Inverter |
| Isolation fault | Default isolation |
| Junction box | Junction box |
| Maintenance free battery | Battery “no maintenance” |
| MCB (miniature circuit breaker) | breaker |
| Non-spillable battery | Sealed battery |
| RCCB (Residual current circuit breaker) | Differential Switch |
| Recoil start | manual start |
| Rectifier | Rectifier |
| Regulator | Regulator |
| Screw terminal | Domino |
| Sealed battery | Sealed battery |
| Short circuit | Court-circuit |
| Single-phase | Single phase |
| Solar regulator | solar controller |
| Splice | Epissure |
| Stabilizer | Stabilizer |
| Stationary battery | Stationary battery |
| Surge suppressor | Parasurtenseur |
| Switch | Light switch |
| Thermal breaker | thermal switch |
| Thermal magnetic circuit breaker | thermo-magnetic circuit breaker |
| Thermal runaway | thermal runaway |
| Three-phase | Three phase |
| Traction battery | Traction battery |
| Transfert switch | Transfer Switch |
| Transformer | Transformer |
| UPS (uninterruptible power supply) | ASI (uninterrupted power supply) |
| VLRA Battery | battery regulated by valve |
| Voltage drop | Pressure drop |
| Voltage Regulator | Voltage Regulator |
