| Français | Anglais |
|---|
| gabare | barge |
| gaffe | boat-hook |
| gaillard d'avant | forecastle |
| gaine | casing |
| gal-hauban | cap shroud |
| galets | shingle |
| garde-corps | guard rail |
| garde-côte | coastguard |
| gardien de phare | lighthouse keeper |
| gas-oil | diesel fuel/oil |
| gel | frost |
| gelé | frosty |
| gelée | frost |
| génois | genoa |
| genny |
| gilet de sauvetage | life-jacket |
| girouette | burgee |
| wind indicator |
| wind vane |
| givre | hoar (frost) |
| gîte | heel |
| gîter | heel |
| givre | frost |
| givré | frosty |
| glace | ice |
| glace flottante | floe |
| glacial | frosty |
| icy |
| goélette | schooner |
| golfe | gulf |
| Golfe Persique | Persian Gulf |
| goujon | pin |
| goupille | (clevis) pin |
| goupille fendue | split pin |
| gouvernail | helm |
| rudder (Cruiser) |
| tiller |
| (ship's) wheel |
| GPS | GPS (Global Positioning System) |
| grain | heavy shower |
| squall |
| grand cercle | great circle |
| grand frais | near gale |
| grand largue | broad reach |
| (au) grand largue | broad reaching |
| grand mât | mainmast |
| grand voile | main(sail) |
| Grande Barrière | Great Barrier Reef |
| Grands Lacs | Great Lakes |
| grand voilier | sailing ship |
| yacht |
| gréement | rig |
| rigging |
| gréement à corne | gaffer |
| gréement courant | running rigging |
| gréement dormant | standing rigging |
| grêle | hail |
| grêler | hail |
| gros temps | foul weather |
| grue | (mast) crane |
| grutage | cranage |
| guide nautique | pilotage book |
| guide du port | harbour guide |
| guignol | jumper stay |
| guindant | luff |
| guindeau | windlass |
| Gulf Stream | Gulf Stream |
| habitable et transportable | trailer sailer |
| hale-bas | (boom) vang |
| downhaul |
| kicker |
| kicking strap |
| haler | haul in |
| tow |
| hamac | hammock |
| harenguier | herring boat |
| harnais | harness |
| hauban | shroud |
| haussière | hawser |
| (de) haute mer | seagoing |
| haute tension | high voltage |
| hauts-fonds | shallows |
| shoal |
| haute pression | high pressure |
| hauteur | height |
| hauteur sous barrots | headroom |
| hâvre | port |
| héler | hail (cry) |
| hélice | propeller |
| hémisphère | hemisphere |
| heure | time |
| heure locale | local time |
| hisser | hoist |
| homme à la mer | man overboard |
| hommes de quart | (the) watch |
| horizon | horizon |
| hors-bord | outboard (engine) |
| houle | swell |
| hublot | port-hole |
| humidité | humidity |
| hypothermie | hypothermia |
| iceberg | iceberg |
| ice floe |
| île | island |
| Îles Anglo-Normandes | Channel Isles |
| Îles Malouines | Falklands |
| îlot | islet |
| imper(méable) | waterproof |
| induit | armature |
| inox | stainles steel |
| instruction | instruction |
| training |
| instructions nautiques | pilotage book |
| instructeur | instructor |
| insubmersible | unsinkable |
| insubmersibilité | unsinkability |
| intermittent | intermittent |
| interrupteur d'isolation | isolating switch |
| isobare | isobar |
| isolé | isolated |
| Jamaïque | Jamaica |
| jauge | tonnage |
| jeter (ligne) | heave |
| throw |
| jetée | jetty |
| pier |
| jeu de pièces réparation | repair kit |
| jolie brise | moderate breeze |
| jour | day |
| journal de bord | log(book) |
| jusant | ebb tide |
| falling tide |
| juge de départ | starter |
| ketch | ketch |
| lac | lake |
| loch (Scotland) |
| lough (Ireland) |
| lâcher | ease off |
| sheet out |
| laisser porter | bear away |
| laiton | brass |
| lame | wave |
| lame de fond | groundswell |
| lame de safran | rudder (blade) |
| lancer (ligne) | heave |
| throw |
| lanceur | drive pinion |
| langoustier | crayfish boat |
| large | open sea |
| largeur | beam |
| largue | reach |
| (au) largue | reaching |
| latitude | latitude |
| latte | batten |
| strip |
| latte à trou | strip with holes (e.g. chain-plate) |
| leger | light |
| légèrement venteux | breezy |
| lent | slow |
| lest | ballast (weight) |
| lesté | ballasted |
| lever du soleil | sunrise |
| libre-pratique | pratique |
| lieutenant | lieutenant |
| ligne | line |
| ligne d'arrivée | finishing line |
| ligne de départ | starting line |
| ligne de flottaison | waterline |
| lisse de pavois | taff-rail |
| liston | (rubbing) strake |
| livarde | sprit |
| livre de bord | log(book) |
| ship's log |
| locale | local |
| location | hire |
| rental |
| loch | log |
| lofer | head up |
| luff |
| round up |
| Loire | Loire |
| longueur (hors-tout) | (overall) length |
| longueur (de) coque | hull length |
| longueur (de) flottaison | waterline length |
| longitude | longitude |
| louer | hire |
| rent |
| lougre | lugger |
| (vieux) loup de mer | (old) sea dog |
| lourd | heavy (humid) |
| louvoyer | tack |
| loyer | rental |
| lumineux | beam (light) |
| Madère | Madeira |
| maintenir sa route | stand on |
| maître d'équipage | boatswain |
| bosun |
| maître nageur | lifeguard |
| maître voilier | sailmaker |
| mal de mer | seasickness |
| (avoir) (le) mal de mer | be seasick |
| manche | handle |
| leg (course) |
| Manche | (English) Channel |
| manchon | ferrule |
| manille | manilla |
| shackle |
| manivelle | handle |
| marais barométrique | shallow low |
| marée basse | low tide |
| marée montante | rising tide |
| marée descendante | ebb tide |
| falling tide |
| marée haute | high tide |
| marée | tide |
| marin | marine |
| mariner |
| sailor |
| (de) marin(s) | seafaring |
| marin d'eau douce | landlubber |
| marine de guerre | navy |
| marine marchande | merchant navy |
| marine nationale | (French/national) navy |
| maritime | maritime |
| marque (bouéé) | mark |
| marque (pavillon) | ensign |
| masse isolée | insulated return |
| mât | mast |
| mât de charge | mast crane |
| mât de flèche | topmast |
| mât de misaine | foremast |
| matelot | sailor |
| matelot breveté | able seaman |
| matelotage | rigging |
| ropework |
| mauvais | bad |
| poor |
| mauvais temps | bad weather |
| mécanicien | engineer |
| météo | (weather) forecast |
| weather report |
| membre | rib |
| membrure | rib |
| menace (de) | risk (of) |
| mer | sea |
| (en) mer | offshore |
| mer agitée | rough sea |
| mer hachée | confused/choppy sea |
| Mer Adriatique | Adriatic (Sea) |
| Mer des Antilles | Caribbean (Sea) |
| Mer Baltique | Baltic (Sea) |
| Mer des Caraïbes | Caribbean (Sea) |
| Mer Caspienne | Caspian (Sea) |
| Mer de Corail | Coral Sea |
| Mer Ionienne | Ionian (Sea) |
| Mer d'Irlande | Irish Sea |
| Mer Méditerranée | Mediterranean (Sea) |
| Mer Morte | Dead Sea |
| Mer Noire | Black Sea |
| Mer du Nord | North Sea |
| Mer Rouge | Red Sea |
| Mer des Sargasses | Sargasso Sea |
| Mer du Sud | South Seas |
| Mer Tyrrénhienne | Tyrrhenian Sea |
| méridien | meridian |
| (se) mettre à quai | dock |
| mettre à la cape | heave to> |
| mettre le cap sur | head for |
| steer for |
| mille de mer | nautical mile |
| mille nautique | nautical mile |
| minute | minute (of arc) |
| (se) modérant | moderating |
| modéré | moderate |
| mollissant | moderating |
| à mont | up-river |
| upstream |
| montée | rise |
| morte-eau | neap tide |
| moteur | engine |
| motor |
| moteur diesel | diesel engine |
| moteur à essence | petrol engine |
| mouillage | anchorage |
| mooring |
| mouette | (sea)gull |
| mouiller | anchor |
| drop anchor |
| moor |
| mousqueton | hank |
| mousqueton automatique | snap shackle |
| mousson | monsoon |
| mouton | white horse |
| moutonneux | choppy |
| nager | row |
| swim |
| naufrage | shipwreck |
| naufragé | castaway |
| navigateur | navigator |
| navigation | sailing |
| navigation à l'estime | dead reckoning |
| naviguer | navigate |
| sail |
| naviguer au moteur | motor |
| navire | ship |
| navire de commerce | merchant ship |
| navire de combat | warship |
| navire de guerre | warship |
| navire à voile | sailing ship |
| neige | snow |
| neige fondue | sleet |
| nid de pie | crow's nest |
| nimbus | nimbus |
| niveau de la mer | sea level |
| niveau moyen | mean (sea) level |
| noeud (cordage) | bend |
| knot |
| hitch |
| noeud (vitesse) | knot |
| noeud carrick | carrick knot |
| noeud de cabestan | clove hitch |
| noeud de pêcheur | fisherman's knot |
| noeud de vache | granny knot |
| noeud découte | sheet bend |
| noeud en demi-clé | half hitch |
| noeud en huit | figure of eight |
| noeud plat | reef knot |
| non-lesté | unballasted |
| nord | North |
| nord géographique | true North |
| nord magnétique | magnetic North |
| nord-est | North-East |
| nord-nord-est | North-North-East |
| nord-nord-ouest | North-North-West |
| nord-ouest | North-West |
| noyer | drown |
| nuage | cloud |
| nuageux | cloudy |
| nuit | night |
| nuit tombante | dusk |
| nylon | nylon |
| occasionnel | occasional |
| océan | ocean |
| Océan Antarctique | Antarctic Ocean |
| Océan Arctique | Arctic Ocean |
| Océan Atlantique | Atlantic (Ocean) |
| Océan Austral | Antarctic Ocean |
| Océan Boréal | Arctic Ocean |
| Océan Indien | Indian Ocean |
| Océan Pacifique | Pacific (Ocean) |
| oeil | (rope) eye |
| oeuvres mortes | topsides |
| oeuvres vives | underside |
| officier | officer |
| officier de course | race officer |
| officier de sauvetage | rescue officer |
| officier marinier | petty officer |
| offshore | offshore |
| orage (avec des éclairs) | electrical storm |
| thunderstorm |
| orageux | thundery |
| orage magnétique | magnetic storm |
| (s')orientant | becoming |
| ouragan | hurricane |
| ouest | West |
| Pacifique | Pacific (Ocean) |
| pagaie | paddle |
| pagayer | paddle |
| palan | tackle |
| palan de garde | vang |
| palan de retenue | vang |
| pale (hélice) | blade |
| panneau | panel |
| panneau de pont | hatch |
| papiers de/dus bateau | ship's papers |
| paquebot | liner |
| parallèle (circuit) | parallel |
| parallèle (gégraphie) | parallel |
| pare-battage | fender |
| partir | start (race) |
| pass-coque | sea-cock |
| passer une bouée | round (mark) |
| passerelle | gangplank |
| gangway |
| passerelle (de commandement) | bridge |
| pataras | back stay |
| patte | fluke |
| patte de bouline | cringle |
| pavillon | bunting |
| ensign |
| flag |
| pavillon de courtoisie | courtesy flag |
| pêche | fishing |
| pelote | hank (rope) |
| péniche | barge |
| lighter |
| péninsule | peninsula |
| pennon | pennant |
| tell-tale |
| permission à terre | shore leave |
| perroquet | t'gallant |
| topgallant |
| perturbation | disturbance |
| petit largue | close reach |
| (au) petit largue | close reaching |
| petit tirant d'eau | shallow draft |
| shallow draught |
| (un) peu | slight |
| peu profond | shallow |
| phare | lighthouse |
| pièce détachée | spare part |
| pied (mesure) | foot |
| pile | battery |
| pile | battery |
| pignon d'attaque | drive pinion |
| piloter | navigate |
| pinceau | beam (light) |
| plage | beach |
| plaisance | pleasure sailing |
| plaisancier | amateur sailor |
| pleasure sailor |
| plan de voilure | sail plan |
| planche | plank |
| planche à voile | sailboard |
| wind surfer |
| (au) plein | high and dry |
| plat-bord | gunwale |
| pleine mer | high tide |
| high water |
| pleuvoir | rain |
| plonger | dive |
| pluie | rain |
| poids | (displacement) weight |
| point (terre) | point |
| spit |
| point d'accostage | landing place |
| point d'amure | tack (sail) |
| point d'écoute | clew |
| point estimé | estimated position |
| point de route | waypoint |
| point de tire | attachment point (sheet) |
| pointe | nail (rust-less) |
| pointe de rosée | dewpoint |
| poix | pitch |
| polacre | polacre |
| pôle | pole |
| Pôle Nord | North Pole |
| Pôle Sud | South Pole |
| polyamide | nylon |
| polyester | polyester |
| polypropylène | polypropylene |
| pompe | pump |
| pompe de cale | bilge pump |
| poncer | sand (rub) |
| pont | deck |
| pont continu | flush deck |
| pont de diodes | rectifier |
| pont de l'équipage | forecastle |
| pont tournant | swing bridge |
| ponton | hulk |
| pontoon |
| port (quai) | harbour |
| port (village) | port |
| port d'échouage | drying port |
| port de commerce | commercial port |
| port de pêche | fishing harbour |
| port de pêche | fishing port |
| port de plaisance | yacht harbour |
| portance | lift |
| (au) portant | before the wind |
| porte-balais | (electric) brush holder |
| portique roulant | boat-hoist |
| poste d'amarrage | mooring |
| poste d'équipage | forecastle |
| pot au noir | doldrums |
| Intertropical Convergence Zone |
| pouce | inch |
| poulie | block |
| pulley |
| poupe | stern |
| poupée | warping drum |
| premier secours | first aid |
| préchauffage (diesel) | pre-heating |
| précipitation | precipitation |
| première categorie (voilier) | offshore category |
| prendre un ris dans une voile | reef |
| (au) près | beating |
| close-hauled |
| président (club nautique) | commodore |
| presqu'île | peninsula |
| pression | pressure |
| prévisions météorologiques | (weather) forecast |
| prioritaire | stand-on (priority) |
| proche de littoral | offshore |
| profond | deep |
| profondeur | depth |
| projection de Mercator | Mercator projection |
| promontoire | headland |
| promontory |
| proue | prow |
| PTE (Petit Tirant d'Eau) | shallow draft |
| shallow draught |
| puissance (électrique) | power |
| puissance (moteur) | power |
| puits de dérive | centre/dagger-board casing |
