| French | English |
|---|
| abimé | damaged |
| affranchi | franked |
| allemand | German |
| ambulant | railroad post office |
| après | after |
| avant-guerre | pre-World War II |
| b.d.f. (bord du feuillet) | edge of sheet |
| bande | strip |
| barre | bar |
| bas | below |
| belle | excellent |
| blanche | white or plain |
| boîte | box |
| brisé | broken |
| c.a.d. (cachet à date) | circular cancellation with date |
| c.d.f. (coin du feuillet) | corner of sheet |
| cachet à la main | handstamp |
| cadre | frame |
| caoutchouc | rubber |
| carnet | booklet |
| carte | card |
| carte postale | postal card |
| carton | cardboard or very thick paper |
| cercle | circle |
| chair | flesh-colored |
| chaque | each |
| charnière | hinge |
| chiffre | figure |
| choix | choice |
| clair | light |
| classeur | stockbook |
| colis postaux | parcel post |
| cor de poste | posthorn |
| cote | catalog value |
| coté | side |
| couleur | color |
| coupure | cut square |
| court | short |
| défaut | defect |
| dent | tooth (of perforation) |
| dentelure | perforation |
| déplacé | misplaced |
| dernier délai | deadline |
| dessin | design |
| divers | miscellaneous |
| dont | including |
| dos | back |
| éclat de gomme | gum skip |
| effigie | portrait |
| enveloppe premier jour | first day cover (usually plain, with no cachet) |
| épais | thick |
| époque | era |
| épreuve | proof |
| essai | essay |
| état | state |
| étranger | foreign |
| faciale | face value |
| falsification | forgery |
| farde | folder |
| FDC | first day cover (usually with cachet) |
| fente | tear |
| feuille | sheet |
| feuillet | miniature sheet |
| fil de soie | silk thread |
| filigrane | watermark |
| flamme | slogan cancellation |
| foncé | dark |
| fond | background |
| forte cote | high value |
| fraîcheur | freshness |
| frais | fresh |
| gare | train station |
| gauche | left |
| gomme | gum |
| grand | large |
| grandeur | size |
| hollandais | Dutch |
| imprimés | printed matter |
| inférieur | lower |
| léger | light |
| linéaire | straight |
| lourd | heavy |
| mandat d'encaissement | money order |
| marge | margin |
| milléssime | digits of the year |
| mince | thin |
| moitié | half |
| morceau | piece |
| moyenne | average |
| neuf | mint |
| non adoptée | not adopted |
| non dentélée | imperforate |
| nuance | shade |
| o.c. (oblitération centrale) | socked-on-the-nose cancellation |
| oblitération | cancellation |
| oblitération à l'encre | pen cancellation |
| paire | pair |
| panneau | pane |
| papier | paper |
| papier couché | chalky paper |
| parfait | perfect |
| pelage | surface scrape |
| percé en ligne | rouletted |
| perforé | perforated |
| planche | plate |
| pli | letter |
| pli | crease or fold |
| plume | pen |
| plupart | majority |
| point clair | thin spot |
| poste aérienne | air mail |
| preoblitéré | precancelled |
| presque | almost |
| récépissé | receipt |
| récommandé | registered |
| recto | front side |
| regommé | regummed |
| renversé | inverted |
| réparé | repaired |
| rogné | trimmed |
| sans | without |
| sauf | except |
| série complète | complete set |
| seul | single |
| signé | signed |
| sinon | otherwise |
| t.b. (très beau) | very fine |
| tache | blemish or stain |
| tache de rouille | toning |
| timbre | stamp |
| timbre-poste | postage stamp |
| tirage | quantity printed |
| trait de plume | pen cancellation |
| trou d'épingle | pin hole |
| usé | worn |
| valable | valid |
| valeur | value |
| valeur faciale | face value |
| vente | sale |
| vers | towards |
| verso | back side |
| vif | bright |
| vignette | label |
| voisin | adjacent stamp (usually a portion) |
| vol | flight |
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