| Subject | English | French |
| chem. | reference solution | solution étalon |
| anal.chem. | reference solution | solution de référence (in spectrophotometry) |
| tech., chem. | simple reference solution | solution d'étalonnage simple |
| anal.chem. | standard reference solution | solution étalon de référence (in titrimetric analysis) |
| tech., chem. | synthetic reference solution | solution d'étalonnage synthétique |