Herewith an engineering glossary of terms developed during a translation of a technical manual on dams.
| EN | Definition | FR |
| Abutment | The part of a structure (such as an arch or a bridge) that directly receives thrust or pressure | Piédroit |
| Accessway | Route D’Accès | |
| Aggregates | Agrégats | |
| Back-Fill | To fill a hole created by digging or drilling, especially using some of the material that has been taken out. | Remblais |
| Baffles | Cuillères | |
| Bolt | Boulon | |
| Boring | Forages | |
| Cast Concrete | Béton Coffré | |
| Cladding | Coffrages | |
| Compacted Rolled Concrete (Crc) | Bcr (Béton Compacté Au Rouleau) | |
| Constraint | Exigurte | |
| Crush | Concasser | |
| Declaration | Attestation | |
| Deep Drain | Évacuateur De Fond | |
| Description | Désignation | |
| Downstream Basin | Fosse Aval | |
| Dredging | Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing dams, dikes, and other controls for streams and shorelines. | Dragage |
| Earthquake Resistant Foundations | Earthquake-resistant construction, the fabrication of a building or structure that is able to withstand the sudden ground shaking that is characteristic of earthquakes, thereby minimizing structural damage and human deaths and injuries. | Appuis Parasismiques |
| Excavated Rock Debris | Déblais Rochaux | |
| Excavation Or Blasting | Déroctage | |
| False Ceiling Or Floor | Coffrage Perdu | |
| Finishing | Les Travaux De Second Oeuvre | |
| Forward Probing | Reconnaissance À L’Avancement | |
| Framework Reinforcement | Armatures | |
| Ground Survey | Reconnaissance Des Sols | |
| High Water | Crues | |
| Installation | Mise En Œuvre | |
| Laboratory | Laboratoire | |
| Leader Wall | Guideau | |
| Loop Liners | Soutènement | |
| Pile-Driving | A pile driver is a heavy-duty tool used to drive piles into soil to build piers, bridges, cofferdams, and other “pole” supported structures, and patterns of pilings as part of permanent deep foundations for buildings or other structures. | Battage |
| Reinforced Concrete | Béton Armé | |
| Rock-Fill | Enrochement | |
| Segments Of An Arch | Voussoirs | |
| Sheet Metal Lining | Tôle De Blindage | |
| Shotcrete | Shotcrete, gunite or sprayed concrete is concrete or mortar conveyed through a hose and pneumatically projected at high velocity onto a surface. | Béton Projeté |
| Sounding | Sondages | |
| Spillweir | Clapet De Surface | |
| Stonework | Maçonnerie | |
| The Project Supervisor | Le Maître D’Œuvre | |
| Tunnelling Machine (Tbm) | A tunnel boring machine (TBM), also known as a “mole” or a “worm”, is a machine used to excavate tunnels. Tunnels are excavated through hard rock, wet or dry soil, or sand, each of which requires specialized technology. | Tunnelier |
| Water Sector | La Filière Eau | |
| Welded Lattices | Treillis Soudé | |
| Work Of Art | Ouvrages D’Art |