| Subject | English | French |
| amer. | as dumb as they come | con comme la lune |
| amer. | as dumb as they come | con comme un manche |
| amer. | as dumb as they come | con comme un balai |
| amer. | be as dumb as the day is long | être bête comme une cruche |
| amer. | be as dumb as the day is long | être bête comme une oie |
| amer. | be as dumb as the day is long | être bête à manger du foin |
| amer. | be as dumb as the day is long | être bête comme ses pieds |
| inf., amer. | be as dumb as they come | en tenir une couche |
| inf., amer. | be as dumb as they come | avoir une couche |
| med. | deaf and dumb | sourd-muet |
| gen. | deaf and dumb language | le langage des sourds-muets |
| med. | deaf-and-dumb language | langage des sourds-muets |
| gen. | dumb anti-personnel mine | mine antipersonnel non autodestructrice |
| transp. | dumb barge | chaland |
| transp. | dumb barge | péniche tractée |
| transp., nautic. | dumb barge | chaland ordinaire |
| transp. | dumb barge | péniche remorquée |
| hobby | dumb-bell | haltère |
| nat.sc. | dumb-bell effect | effet dit d'haltère |
| gymn. | dumb-bell exercise | exercice avec haltères |
| transp., construct. | dumb bell pier | pile à deux colonnes reliées par un mur |
| el.mot. | dumb-bell shaft | arbre de transmission |
| gen. | dumb-bell slot | fenêtre résonnante en forme d'haltère |
| med. | dumb-bell tumor | tumeur en sablier |
| gen. | dumb-bell waveguide | guide d'ondes à section en forme d'haltère |
| gen. | dumb-bells | haltères |
| gymn. | dumb-bells | haltère |
| commun. | dumb devices | dispositif passif |
| gen. | dumb from birth | muet de naissance |
| ichtyol. | dumb gulper shark | Squale-chagrin bilimélé Centrophorus harrissoni |
| gen. | dumb mine | mine simple |
| gen. | dumb mine | mine de première génération |
| med. | dumb of aphasic articulation | articulation muette |
| med. | dumb of aphasic articulation | articulation aphasique |
| transp. | dumb tanker | chaland-citerne |
| transp., nautic. | dumb tanker barge | chaland-citerne |
| IT | "dumb" terminal | terminal passif |
| comp. | dumb terminal | terminal primitif |
| IT, dat.proc. | dumb terminal | terminal léger |
| comp. | dumb terminal | terminal léger (a terminal that doesn't contain an internal microprocessor) |
| transp. | dumb vessel | unite non automotrice |
| cultur. | dumb-violin | violon muet |
| transp., mech.eng. | dumb-waiter | monte-commandes |
| construct. | dumb waiter | monte-plats (invariable) |
| construct. | dumb well | puits aveugle |
| relig., patents. | entertainment in dumb show | pantomime |
| gen. | he was struck dumb with astonishment | il en resta muet d'étonnement |
| inf., amer. | he's as dumb as they come | il tient en a une bonne dose |
| inf., amer. | he's as dumb as they come | il tient sa a une bonne dose |
| gen. | his answer struck me dumb | sa réponse m'a figé sur place |
| transp. | hopper dumb barge | barge ouverte à clapets |
| slang | I was dumb when I decided to go out | j'ai été con quand j'ai décidé de sortir |
| construct. | sink hole, sink trap, dumb well | puisard |
| med. | spring dumb-bell | haltère à ressort |
| inf., amer. | what a dumb bell! | elle en tient une couche! |
| gen. | you're so dumb! | ce que tu peux être cruche! |