| Subject | English | French |
| met. | angles, shapes and sections | profilés |
| met. | angles, shapes and sections not further worked than hot-rolled or extruded | profilés simplement laminés ou filés à chaud |
| fin., polit., met. | angles, shapes and sections of iron or steel | profilés en fer ou en acier |
| construct. | cross-shaped section | section en croix |
| med.appl. | head section wedge-shaped frame | cadre réglable pour support de tête |
| tech. | shaped cross-section | section transversale profilée |
| construct. | shaped section | section profilée |
| met. | shaped wire figure 8 section | fil en 8 |
| tech. | trapezoidal shaped cross-section | section transversale profilée trapézoïdale |
| construct. | trough-shaped section | profilé m en bac |
| transp., met. | U-shaped section | poutrelle en U |
| med.appl. | wedge-shaped head frame section | cadre pour support de tête |
| met. | wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of aluminium: aluminium wire: wire rod | barres, profilés et fils de section pleine, en aluminium: fil machine |
| met. | wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of tungsten wolfram | tungstène wolfram sous forme de barres, profilés |
| tech. | z-shaped cross-section | section transversale profilée en Z |