AQA A2 Level French environment vocabulary -pollution
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| à l'échelle mondiale | on a global scale
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| l'assainisement | cleaning-up
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| l’asthme (m) | asthma
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| l’atmosphère (f) | atmosphere
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| augmenter | to increase
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| l'automobiliste | driver
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| l'azote | nitrogen
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| la baleine | whale
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| biodégradable | biodegradable
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| la bombe aérosol | aerosol
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| le bruit | noise
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| le camion | lorry
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| la canicule | heatwave
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| le carburant | fuel
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| les CFC | CFCs
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| le changement climatique | climate change
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| la circulation | traffic
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| la circulation routière | car traffic
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| conduire (conduit) | to drive
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| le conseil | advice
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| la consommation | consumption
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| contaminer | to contaminate
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| la corne de rhinocéros | rhino horn
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| la Côte d’Ivoire | the Ivory Coast
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| la couche d’ozone | ozone layer
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| le cours d'eau | watercourse (artificial water channel)
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| le covoiturage | car-sharing
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| le déboisement | deforestation
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| les déchets (m) | rubbish, waste
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| les déchets nucléaires (m) | nuclear waste
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| dégager | to give off (gas)
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| la désertification | desertification
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| détruire (détruit) | to destroy
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| le déversement | spillage
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| déverser | to spill, release
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| le dioxyde de carbone | carbon dioxide
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| disparaître (disparu) | to disappear
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| les dommages | damages
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| écologique | ecological
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| l’effet (m) de serre | greenhouse effect
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| efficace | effective
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| les effluents (m) | effluent (sewage discharged into the sea)
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| l’embouteillage (m) | traffic jam
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| émettre (émis) | to emit
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| l’empreinte carbonique (f) | carbon footprint
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| en voie de disparition | endangered
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| l’environnement (m) | the environment
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| environnemental | environmental
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| l’équilibre (m) | balance
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| l’équipe (f) | team
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| la espèce en voie d'extinction | threatened species
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| l'essence | petrol
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| exploiter | to exploit
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| le feu | fire
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| le fleuve | major river
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| fondre | to melt
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| la forêt tropicale (humide) | tropical rainforest
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| le gas-oil, le gazole | diesel
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| les gaz carboniques (m) | carbon gases
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| les gaz d´échappement | exhaust gases
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| les gaz toxiques | harmful gas
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| gênant(e) | inconvenient, annoying
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| gêner | to be a nuisance
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| la groupe de pression | pressure group
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| l'habitat | habitat
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| l’heure (f) d’affluence | rush hour
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| les hydrocarbules | hydrocarbons
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| impliquer | to involve
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| l'impôt | tax
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| l'individu | individual
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| l’inondation (f) | flood
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| l'insecte | insect
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| jeter | to throw (away)
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| le littoral, la côte | Coast
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| la marée noire | oil slick
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| le mazout | oil, tar
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| menacé | threatened
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| le mercure | mercury
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| le milieu | surroundings
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| mondial(e) | global
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| le monoxyde de carbone | carbon monoxide
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| le moyen de transport | means of transport
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| le naufrage | a shipwreck
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| le niveau | level
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| nocif (-ve) | harmful
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| nuire à | to harm
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| les nuisances sonores (f) | noise pollution
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| les ordures ménagères (f) | household waste
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| l'organisme (m) | organism, organisation
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| l'oxygène | oxygen
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| le parc automobile | total number of cars
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| le parc national | national park
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| le pétrole | petroleum, oil
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| la piste cyclable | cycle track
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| la planète | planet
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| la plante | plant
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| le plomb | lead
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| les pluies acides (f) | Acid rain
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| le polluant | pollutant
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| polluer | to pollute
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| le pot catalytique | catalytic converter
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| préserver | to preserve
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| primordial | very important, fundamental
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| le problème respiratoire | breathing difficulty
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| produire (produit) | to produce
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| le produit chimique | chemicals
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| la question | issue, matter
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| radioactif (-ve) | radioactive
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| le réchauffement de la planète | global warming
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| réduire (réduit) | to reduce
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| la réglementation | set of rules
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| rejeter | to discharge
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| le réseau routier | road network
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| la réserve naturelle | nature reserve
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| le risque | risk
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| la rivière | river
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| sans plomb | unleaded
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| sauvegarder | to safeguard
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| la sécheresse | drought
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| le siècle | century
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| le souci | worry
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| souiller | to soil, contaminate
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| la survie | survival
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| survivre | to survive
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| la tempête | storm
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| le tigre | tiger
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| toxique | toxic
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| les transports (m) en commun | public transport
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| les transports publics | public transport
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| le trou | hole
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| la vague | wave (water)
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| la zone piétonne | pedestrian zone
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| putrescible | biodegradable
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| l’ère industrielle | industrial era
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| un égout | sewer
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| le navire | ship
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| rompre | to break, to upset
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| voire | indeed, even
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| grimper | to climb
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| le réchauffement | warming
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| la fonte des calottes glaciaires | melting of the ice caps
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| bouleverser | to devastate, upset
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| la balade | walk
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| déranger | to disturb
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| un adhérent | member
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| viser à | to aim at
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| lié à | linked to
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| sensible à | aware
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| gourmand | greedy
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| sache | subj. of savoir - know
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| confier à | to entrust
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| ferroviaire | using rail
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| fluvial | using rivers
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| bannir | banish
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| nuisible | harmful
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| élaborer | to set out
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| puissant | powerful
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| atteigne | subj. of atteindre reach
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| avoir la cote | to be very popular
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| le trou dans la couche d'ozone | hole in the ozone layer
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| La nappe de pétrole | Oil spill, oil slick
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| La nappe de pétrole | Oil spill
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