| AFNOR | French Association for standardization |
| B20 | Concrete with a characteristic strength at 28 days of 20 MPa |
| B25 | Concrete with a characteristic strength at 28 days of 25 MPa |
| BC1 | Combined aggregates based conccrete 1 |
| BC2 | Combined aggregates based conccrete 2 |
| BN | Natural aggregates based concrete |
| BR1 | Recycled aggregates based concrete 1 |
| BR2 | Recycled aggregates based concrete 2 |
| BTP | Building and Public Works |
| CA | Combined aggregate |
| C/W | Ratio Cement/Water |
| EN | European Standard |
| ES | Equivalent of Sand |
| ESP | Equivalent of sand on piston |
| ESV | Visual Equivalent of sand |
| FD | Fascicule de Documentation |
| G/S | Ratio Granular/Sand |
| LA | Los Angeles Coefficient |
| LNBTP | National Laboratory of Building and Public Works |
| MDE | Micro Deval Coefficient |
| MF | Modulus of smoothness |
| NA | Natural aggregate |
| NF | French standardization |
| NF P | Norme Française applicable au Bâtiment et de génie civil |
| ONEA | National Office of Water and Sanitation |
| RA | Recycled aggregate |
| VB | Valeur de Bleu de méthylène |
| Vss | Valeur spécifiée supérieure |