Climbing and moutaineering - French vocabulary

Climbing and moutaineering – French vocabulary – L’escalade et l’alpinisme – Listen to Anne’s AUDIO, with a French accent.

1. abseil .... m .... rappel
2. accident .... m .... accident
3. alert .... f .... alerte
4. alive .... m/f .... vivant/e
5. anchor .... m .... ancrage
6. avalanche .... f .... avalanche
7. avalanche rescue dog .... m .... chien d’avalanche
8. belay device .... m .... descendeur
9. biner, carabiner .... m .... mousqueton
10. black ice .... f .... glace noire
11. boot .... f .... chaussure d’alpinisme, brodequin
12. boulder .... m .... bloc rocheux
13. cable car .... m .... téléphérique
14. camming device, SLCD (spring-loaded camming device) .... m .... coinceur
15. chair lift .... m .... télésiège
16. chalk .... f .... magne, magnésie
17. chimney .... f .... cheminée
18. climber .... m/f .... escaladeur/deuse
19. climbing shoe (with laces or Velcro) .... m .... chausson d’escalade
20. climbing slipper (without laces or Velcro) .... f .... ballerine d’escalade

Related: Hiking terms . Nature terms . Health and fitness terms . Weather terms . Natural disasters terms . Fédération Française de la Montagne et de l’Escalade .

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