pourvoir en —_; to lodge an appeal. _Cour de —_; the highest court of
appeal in France.
=cassave=, _n.f._, cassava.
=casse=, _n.f._, (bot.) cassia; (print.) case; (com.) breakage; ☉(milit.)
cashiering, dismissal. _— aromatique_; bastard cinnamon. _Cet officier
mérite la —_; that officer deserves to be dismissed the service. _Haut de
—_; (print.) upper-case. _Bas de —_; (print.) lower-case. _Apprendre la
—_; to learn the boxes.
=casseau=, _n.m._, (print.) half-case.
=casse-cou=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) break-neck; (man.) rough-rider.
=casse-lunettes=, _n.m._, (_plur._ _—_) (bot.) eyebright.
=casse-mottes=, _n.m._, (_plur._ _—_) (agri.) clod-breaker.
=casse-noisettes=, _n.m._, (_plur._ _—_) nut-crackers.
=casse-noix=, _n.m._, (_—_) nut-crackers; (orni.) nut-hatch.
=casser=, _v.a._, to break; to crack; to cashier; to waste; to wear out;
to annul; to rescind; to shiver (a mast). _Qui casse les verres les paie_
or _Il faut payer les pots cassés_; you must stand the racket. _— un
jugement_; to reverse a judgment. _Cassé de vieillesse_; worn out with
old age. _Voix cassée_; broken voice. _Vous me cassez la tête_; you bore
me to death. _— aux gages_; to dismiss, to discharge.
_se_ =casser=, _v.r._, to break; to break down; to wear out; to snap. _Se
— la tête_; to break one’s head; to puzzle one’s brains. _Se — le cou_;
to break one’s neck. _Se — la jambe_; to break one’s leg.
=casser=, _v.n._, to break. _À tout —_; with a vengeance; at break-neck
speed.
=casserole=, _n.f._, saucepan, stewpan.
=casse-tête=, _n.m._, (_—_) tomahawk; puzzle-brain; heady wine; din,
noise. _Quel —!_ what a din!
=cassetin=, _n.m._, (print.) box.
=cassette=, _n.f._, casket; cash-box. _La — du roi_; the King’s privy
purse.
=casseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, breaker, smasher. _C’est un grand —
de raquettes_; he is a real matador. _Un — d’assiettes_; a quarrelsome
fellow, blusterer, bully.
=cassier=, _n.m._, cassia-tree.
=cassine=, _n.f._, (milit.) cassine; country-box; badly-kept house;
stall, booth.
=cassiopée=, _n.f._, (astron.) Cassiopeia.
=cassis= (kâ-sis), _n.m._, black currant; black currant-tree;
black-currant ratafia (liquor).
=cassolette=, _n.f._, perfuming pan; scent-box, fragrant smell; (b.s.)
stench, odor. _Quelle —!_ what a perfume!
=casson=, _n.m._, fragment of plate-glass; lump.
=cassonade=, _n.f._, moist sugar.
=cassure=, _n.f._, broken place; break, crack, snap; fracture; (nav.)
hogging.
*=castagnette=, _n.f._, castanet.
=caste=, _n.f._, caste.
☉=castel=, _n.m._, castle.
*=castillan=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Castilian.
*=castille=, _n.f._, altercation, bickering, strife.
=castine=, _n.f._, (metal.) flux.
=castor=, _n.m._, (mam.) castor, beaver; beaver hat; tile.
=castoréum= (-om), _n.m._, (phar.) castoreum.
=castorine=, _n.f._, castorine.
=castramétation=, _n.f._, castrametation.
=castrat=, _n.m._, castrato, castrate.
=castration=, _n.f._, castration.
=casualité=, _n.f._, (l.u.) casualty, fortuitousness.
=casuel=, =-le=, _adj._, casual, contingent, precarious, fortuitous,
accidental.
=casuel=, _n.m._, perquisites, extra salary; fees. _Le — d’une cure_;
surplice fees.
=casuellement= (-mān), _adv._, casually, accidentally, by chance,
fortuitously.
=casuiste=, _n.m._, casuist.
=catachrèse= (-krèz), _n.f._, (rhet.) catachresis.
=cataclysme=, _n.m._, cataclysm, deluge, flood; (fig.) disaster,
overthrow.
=catacois=. _V._ =cacatois=.
=catacombes=, _n.f.pl._, catacombs.
=catacoustique=, _n.f._, catacoustics.
=catadioptrique=, _n.f._, catadioptrics.
=catadioptrique=, _adj._, catadioptrical.
☉=catadoupe= _or_ =catadupe=, _n.f._, catadupa, cataract, waterfall.
=catafalque=, _n.m._, catafalque; bed of state.
=cataire=, _adj._, of a cat, cat-like. _Frémissement —_ (med.); thrill,
purring tremor, of the heart.
=cataire=, _n.f._, (bot.) catmint, catnip.
=catalan=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Catalonian.
=catalecte= _or_ =catalectique=, _adj._, (poet.) catalectic.
=catalectes=, _n.m.pl._, (lit.) catalectics.
=catalepsie=, _n.f._, catalepsy.
=cataleptique=, _adj._, cataleptic.
=catalogue= (-log), _n.m._, list, enumeration, catalogue.
=cataloguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, to catalogue.
=catalpa=, _n.m._, (bot.) catalpa.
=cataplasme=, _n.m._, cataplasm, poultice.
=catapuce=, _n.f._, (bot.) caper-spurge.
=catapulte=, _n.f._, (antiq.) catapult.
=cataracte=, _n.f._, cataract; waterfall; (med.) cataract.
=cataracté=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) afflicted with a cataract.
_se_ =cataracter=, _v.r._, to have an incipient cataract.
=catarrhal=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) catarrhal.
=catarrhe=, _n.m._, catarrh, cold. _— d’été_; hay-fever.
=catarrheu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) catarrhous.
=catastrophe=, _n.f._, catastrophe, calamity.
=catéchiser=, _v.a._, to catechise; to reason with; to lecture; to give
anyone his due; to coach up.
=catéchisme=, _n.m._, catechism. _Faire le — à quelqu’un_; to give anyone
his due.
=catéchiste=, _n.m._, catechist.
=catéchuménat= (-ku-), _n.m._, catechumenate.
=catéchumène= (-ku-), _n.m.f._, catechumen.
=catégorie=, _n.f._, category, predicament.
=catégorique=, _adj._, categorical, proper, explicit.
=catégoriquement= (-rik-mān), _adv._, categorically, to the purpose.
=catégoriser=, _v.a._, to class.
☉=caterve=, _n.f._, troop, band.
=cathartine=, _n.f._, cathartine.
=cathartique=, _n.m._ and _adj._, cathartic, purgative.
_ex_ =cathédra=, with high authority.
=cathédrale=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, cathedral; cathedral church.
=cathédrant=, _n.m._, president (over a thesis).
=cathérétique=, _adj._, (pharm.) caustic.
=cathéter= (-tèr), _n.m._, (surg.) catheter.
=cathétérisme=, _n.m._, (surg.) catheterism.
=catholicisme=, _n.m._, Catholicism.
=catholicité=, _n.f._, Catholicity; Catholic countries.
=catholicon=, _n.m._, (phar.) catholicon.
=catholique=, _adj._, Catholic, moral, orthodox. _Cela n’est pas —_; that
is not orthodox.
=catholique=, _n.m.f._, Catholic. _Un — à gros grains_; a lax Catholic.
=catholiquement= (-mān), _adv._, in a catholic way.
=cati=, _n.m._, pressing, gloss, lustre.
=cati=, _adj._, pressed.
_en_ =catimini=, _adv._, slily, stealthily.
=catin=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) harlot, strumpet.
=catir=, _v.a._, to give a gloss to. _— à chaud_; to hot-press. _— à
froid_; to cold-press.
=catissage=, _n.m._, glossing, pressing.
=catisseur=, _n.m._, presser.
=catmarin=, _n.m._, (ornith.) red-throated diver.
=catodon=, _n.m._, catodon, a species of whale.
=catogan= _or_ =cadogan=, _n.m._, club of hair.
=catoptrique=, _n.f._, catoptrics.
=catoptromancie=, _n.f._, catoptromancy.
=caucasique=, _adj._, (geog.) Caucasian.
=cauchemar= (kosh-mar), _n.m._, nightmare, incubus. _Il donne le —_; he
tires one to death.
=caucher=, _n.m._, vellum-mold.
=cauchois=, =-e=, _adj._, of Caux.
=caudataire=, _n.m._, the train-bearer.
=caudé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) caudated, tailed.
☉=caudebec=, _n.m._, woolen French hat.
=caudex= (kô-dèks), _n.m._, stem of a tree.
=caudicule=, _n.f._, (bot.) caudicle.
=caudines=, _adj.f.pl._, caudine.
=caulicoles=, _n.f.pl._, (arch.) caulicole.
=caulinaire=, _adj._, (bot.) cauline.
=cauris=, _n.m._, cowry.
=causal=, =-e=, _adj._, causal.
=causalité=, _n.f._, causality.
=causant=, =-e=, _adj._, chatty, talkative.
=causati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) causative.
=causation=, _n.f._, causation.
=causativement=, _adv._, causatively.
=cause=, _n.f._, cause; grounds, motive; subject; case, trial, brief.
_—s éloignées_; remote causes. _Prendre fait et — pour quelqu’un_;
to espouse any one’s cause; to side with; to stand by. _— appelée_,
_remise_; cause called in court, put off. _— embrouillée_, _douteuse_;
intricate, doubtful case. _Donner gain de — à_; to decide in favor of.
_Avoir gain de —_; to gain the day. _Être hors de —_; not to be concerned
in a law-suit. _Mettre hors de —_; to dismiss the parties (to a suit);
(fig.) to free from blame; to put out of the question. _Être condamné
sans connaissance de —_; to be cast without a hearing. _Ses héritiers
ou ayants —_; his heirs or assigns. _Un avocat sans —_; a briefless
barrister. _Parler avec connaissance de —_; to speak from a knowledge of
the case. _Être la — innocente_, or _involontaire_, _d’un accident_; to
be the harmless, _or_ involuntary, cause of an accident. _Il ne le fera
pas, et pour —_; he won’t do it, and for a very good reason. _À ces —s_;
(jur.) these reasons moving us thereunto. _À — de_; for the sake of, on
account of, because of, for. _À — de quoi?_ why? wherefore? for what
reason? _À — que_; because.
=causer=, _v.a._, to cause, to be the cause of, to occasion, to give rise
to.
=causer=, _v.n._, to chat, to talk, to prate. _— de choses et d’autres_;
to talk of one thing and another. _— de la pluie et du beau temps_;
to talk about the weather. _— littérature_, _voyages_; to talk about
literature, travels. _Vous aurez causé_; you have been babbling.
=causerie= (kôz-rî), _n.f._, talk, chat, gossip.
=causette=, _n.f._, chit-chat. _Faire la —_; to have a chat.
=causeu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, talkative, chatty.
=causeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, talker, conversationalist.
=causeuse=, _n.f._, small sofa, settee.
=causticité=, _n.f._, causticity.
=caustique=, _adj._, biting, cutting, caustic.
=caustique=, _n.m._, caustic, biting, cutting.
=caustique=, _n.f._, (geom., phys.) caustic curve.
=caustiquement=, _adv._, caustically, cuttingly.
=cauteleusement= (kôt-leûz-mān), _adv._, craftily, slyly.
=cauteleu-x=, =-se= (kôt-leû), _adj._, cunning, crafty.
=cautère=, _n.m._, (med.) issue, cautery; (vet.) firing-iron. _Panser un
—_; to dress a cautery. _Pois à —_; issue peas.
☉=cautérétique=. _V._ =cathérétique=.
=cautérisation=, _n.f._, cauterization.
=cautériser=, _v.a._, to cauterize, to sear, to burn.
=caution=, _n.f._, surety, security, bail, pledge. _— légale_; common
bail. _— solvable_; special bail. _Un homme sujet à —_; a man not to be
trusted.
=cautionné=, =-e=, _part._, bailed; (of things) suspicious, doubtful.
=cautionnement= (kô-sio-n-mān), _n.m._, bailing, bail, caution-money;
security.
=cautionner=, _v.a._, to stand bail for any one, to stand surety for.
=cavage=, _n.m._, hollowing out, digging; cellarage.
=cavalcade=, _n.f._, ride, cavalcado.
☉=cavalcadour=, _n.m._, riding-master, equerry, master of the horse.
=cavale=, _n.f._, mare, steed.
=cavalerie= (ka-val-rî), _n.f._, cavalry, horse.
=cavalier=, _n.m._, horseman; rider, cavalier; trooper; gentleman,
gallant; (dancing) partner; knight (at chess); (fort.) cavalier; (man.)
rider; (mec.) spoil-bank. _Servir de — à une dame_; to escort a lady.
=cavali-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, cavalier, free, proud, haughty,
unceremonious.
=cavalièrement= (-mān), _adv._, cavalierly, bluntly, unceremoniously.
=cavatine=, _n.f._, (mus.) cavatina.
=cave=, _n.f._, cellar, vault, cellarage; boot (of a coach); case of
bottles, cellaret; (cards) pool, stock. _Rat de —_; twisted taper. _Rats
de —_; excisemen.
=cave=, _adj._, hollow, sunken. _Œil —_; hollow eye. _Lune —_; lunar
month of 29 days. _Année —_; lunar year (353 days).
=caveau=, _n.m._, small cellar; vault (in a church).
=cavecé=, =-e=, _adj._, with a black head (of a roan horse or mare).
_Cheval rouan — de noir_; roan horse with a black head.
=caveçon=, _n.m._, (man.) cavezon, curb. _Il a besoin de —_; he wants
curbing.
=cavée=, _n.f._, (hunt.) hollow way.
=caver=, _v.a._, to hollow, to make hollow, to scoop out, to dig under;
to lunge (fencing); to stake (at play). _— au plus fort_; to play deep;
to carry things to extremes.
_se_ =caver=, _v.r._, to become hollow or sunken; to stake.
=caverne=, _n.f._, cavern; cave, hollow, den.
=caverneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, hollow, sepulchral; (anat.) cavernous,
spongy. _Voix —se_; hollow voice.
=cavet=, _n.m._, (arch.) cavetto.
=caviar=, _n.m._, (cook.) caviar, caviare.
=cavillation= (-vil-la-), _n.f._, sophistry, cavil, cavilling.
=caviste=, _n.m._, cellarer, cellar man.
=cavité=, _n.f._, cavity, hollow.
=ce=, =cet=, _m._, =cette=, _f._, =ces=, _pl._, _demonst. adj._, this,
these; that, those. _Ce livre_; this _or_ that book. _Ce héros_; this
_or_ that hero. _Cet arbre_; this _or_ that tree. _Cet homme_; this _or_
that man. _Cette femme_; this _or_ that woman. _Ces livres_; these _or_
those books. _Ce livre-ci_; this book. _Ce livre-là_; that book.
=ce=, _demonst. pron._, he, she, it; they. _J’aime votre frère, c’est
un bon ami_; I love your brother, he is a good friend. _Lisez Racine et
Boileau, ce sont de grands poètes_; read Racine and Boileau, they are
great poets.
=ce= (for =cela=), it, that; he, she, they. _C’est fait_; it is done.
_C’est fort bien fait_; that’s very well done. _C’en est fait de moi_; it
is all up with me. _C’en est fait_; it is all over, it is done. _C’est
bien fait_; it serves him right. _Et ce, pour cause_; and this for a good
reason. _Je lui ai dit telle chose, et ce pour le persuader de le faire_;
I told him such a thing, and it was to persuade him to do it. _Qui
est-ce?_ who is he? _Qui était-ce?_ who was it? _Qui sera-ce?_ who will
it be? _Qui est-ce qui arrive là?_ who is coming there? _Est-ce moi?_ is
it I? _Est-ce lui?_ is it he? _Est-ce nous qu’il menace?_ is it towards
us his threats are directed? _Est-ce eux que vous prétendez soumettre?_
is it they you pretend to subdue? _Sont-ce les Anglais?_ is it the
English? _C’est vous qu’on demande_; it is you who are wanted. _Ce sont
eux que j’ai vus_; it is they I have seen. _Sont-ce là les dames que vous
attendiez?_ are these the ladies you expected? _Oui, ces ont elles_; yes,
they are. _C’était eux_, _ce furent eux_, _ce sera nous_, _ce sera vous
autres_, _ce sera eux_, _ce serait eux_; it was they, &c. _Qu’est-ce?_
what is that? _Qu’est-ce que je vois là-bas?_ what do I see yonder?
_Sont-ce là vos raisons?_ are those your reasons? _Est-ce là votre
carrosse?_ is that your coach? _Oui, ce l’est_; yes, it is. _Sont-ce là
vos chevaux?_ are these your horses? _Oui, ce les sont_; yes, they are.
_Quel jour est-ce aujourd’hui?_ what day is it to-day? _C’est jeudi_; it
is Thursday. _Quand sera-ce?_ when will it be? _Ce sera pour demain_; it
will be for to-morrow.
=ce qui=, =que=, =dont=, =à quoi=; that, which, what, of what, to what.
_Je ne sais ce que nous deviendrons_; I do not know what will become of
us. _Ce qui se passe_; what happens. _Ce que je vous dit_; what I tell
you. _Faites ce dont je vous ai parlé_; do what I told you of. _Ce qui
réussit est toujours approuvé_; what meets with success always meets with
approbation. _C’est ce que je disais_; it is what I said. _Ce que j’ai vu
de beau_; the fine things I saw. _Tout ce qu’on fait de mauvais_; all the
mischief that is done. _Savez-vous à quoi il pense?_ do you know what he
is thinking of?
=ce qui= _or_ =ce que=, serve for two verbs, the latter of which, when
_ce_ begins the sentence, is governed by _ce_: if the latter verb is
_être_, followed by _que_ or _de_, _ce_ must be repeated before it. _Ce
que je crains, c’est d’être surpris_; what I fear is to be surprised. _Ce
qu’il demande, c’est une pension_; what he asks for is a pension. [But
_ce_ cannot be repeated when _être_ is followed by an adjective.] _Ce
qu’on vous a dit est vrai_; what you have been told is true. _Ce qu’on
vous a dit, ce sont des contes_; what you have been told are mere idle
tales. _C’était un grand capitaine que César_; Cæsar was a great captain.
_Sont-ce les richesses qui vous rendront heureux?_ can riches make you
happy? _C’est moi qu’on veut perdre_; I am the man they wish to ruin.
_C’est à vous que je parle_; it is to you I speak. _C’est d’elle que je
parle_; it is of her that I speak. _C’est là que je les attends_; there
I shall have them. _C’est un bonheur que d’avoir échappé_; it is good
luck to have escaped. _C’était à vous de parler_; it was your duty to
speak. _C’était à vous à parler_; it was your turn to speak. _Si c’était
à refaire_; if it were to be done again. _C’est à qui parlera_; they vie
with one another as to who shall speak. _C’était à qui s’offrirait_;
they vied with one another as to who would offer himself. _Ce serait
pour moi un grand plaisir_; it would give me great pleasure. _Ce n’est
pas qu’il la craigne, mais il aime la paix_; not that he fears her, but
he loves peace. _Ces malheureux ne savent ce que c’est que la vertu_;
these wretches know not what virtue is. _C’est-à-dire_; that is to say.
_Ce n’est pas à dire que_; it does not follow that. _C’est pourquoi_;
therefore, wherefore, for which reason. _C’est que_; you must know; I
must tell you. _Ce que c’est que de nous!_ what poor mortals we are.
=céans=, _adv._, within, here within, in this house, home. _Maître de —_;
master of the house. _Il dînera —_; he will dine at home.
=ceci=, _demonst. pron._, this. _Que veut dire —?_ what does this mean?
_C’est —, c’est cela_; it is first one thing and then another.
=cécité=, _n.f._, blindness. _Frapper de —_; to strike blind.
=cédant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (jur.) grantor; assignor, transferrer.
=cédant=, =-e=, _adj._, that assigns, transfers; that grants.
=céder=, _v.a._, to give, to give up, to yield, to transfer; to sell, to
part with, to make over. _— le pas à quelqu’un_; to give precedence to
any one. _— le haut du pavé_; to give the wall.
=céder=, _v.n._, to give way, to give; to submit; to give in. _Il
faut —_; we must submit. _— à son penchant_; to give way to one’s
inclinations. _Je lui cède en tout_; I give in to him in everything. _Ne
le — à personne_; to yield to no one; to be second to none. _La porte
céda_; the door gave way.
*=cédille=, _n.f._, (gram.) cedilla.
=cédrat=, _n.m._, (bot.) (tree) cedrate, lemon-tree; (fruit) lemon.
=cédratier=, _n.m._, (bot.) cedrate, lemon-tree.
=cèdre=, _n.m._, cedar; cedar of Lebanon.
=cédrie=, _n.f._, cedrie, cedar-resin.
=cédule=, _n.f._, (jur.) cedule, schedule, memorandum, notice; note of
hand.
=ceindre= (ceignant, ceint), _v.a._, to enclose, to encompass, to
surround, to bind; to fence; to gird on, to put on, to encircle. _Une
corde lui ceignait les reins_; his loins were girt with a cord. _— le
diadème_; to put on the diadem.
_se_ =ceindre=, _v.r._, to bind round one; to encircle one’s brow with
anything.
=ceintrage=, _n.m._, (nav.) frapping, swifting (of rigging).
=ceintrer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to frap, to gird. _— un vaisseau_; to frap a
ship.
=ceinture=, _n.f._, sash, girdle, belt; waist-band, waist-ribbon; the
waist; enclosure, circle; (arch.) cincture (of a column), molding; (nav.)
swifter. _Bonne renommée vaut mieux que — dorée_; a good name is better
than riches. _— de deuil_; funeral hangings. _Chemin de fer de —_;
circular railway.
=ceinturé=, =-e=, _adj._, confined, girt; wearing a sash.
=ceinturer=, _v.a._, to girdle, to girt.
=ceinturier=, _n.m._, girdle-maker, belt-maker.
=ceinturon=, _n.m._, belt, sword-belt.
=cela=, _demonst. pron._, that. _— est vrai_; that is true. _Comment —?_
how so? _C’est —_; that’s it. _Ce n’est pas —_; that’s not it, that will
not do. _N’est-ce que —?_ is that all? _Comme —_; so so. _Il est comme
—_; it is his way, it is just like him. _C’est — même_; that’s the very
thing. _Par — même_; for that very reason. _Pour — oui_; most certainly.
_Pour — non_; certainly not.
=céladon=, _adj._, _m._, sea-green (color). _Ruban —_; sea-green ribbon.
=céladon=, _n.m._, sea-green (color); sentimental lover; old beau.
=célébrant=, _n.m._, officiating priest at mass.
=célébration=, _n.f._, solemn performance, celebration.
=célèbre=, _adj._, celebrated, famous, renowned; eminent, distinguished.
=célébrer=, _v.a._, to praise, to extol, to sing, to solemnize; to
glorify, to celebrate, to record.
=célébrité=, _n.f._, celebrity; fame.
=celer= _or_ =céler=, _v.a._, to conceal, to keep close or secret, to
secrete. _Se faire —_; to say “not at home.”
=céleri= (sèl-ri), _n.m._, celery. _Botte de —_; bundle of celery.
=célérité=, _n.f._, celerity, rapidity, dispatch, speed.
=céleste=, _adj._, celestial, heavenly, divine. _Bleu —_; sky-blue. _La
colère —_; the anger of heaven.
=célestin=, _n.m._, celestin (monk _— moine_).
=céliaque=, _adj._, (anat.) cœliac.
=célibat=, _n.m._, celibacy, single life; single state. _Femme_, _homme_,
_dans le —_; single woman, single man.
=célibataire=, _n.m._, single man, bachelor.
=celle=, _demonst. pron._ she, that. _V._ =celui=.
☉=celle=, _n.f._, cell (of a hermit).
=cellér-ier=, _n.m._, =-ière=, _n.f._, cellarer.
=cellier=, _n.m._, cellar, store-room.
=cellulaire=, _adj._, cellular.
=cellule=, _n.f._, cell, partition; cell (of honey).
=celluleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, cellular.
=célosie=, _n.f._, (bot.) cock’s-comb; coxcomb.
=celte=, _n.m._, Celt.
=celtique=, _adj._, Celtic.
=celtique=, _n.m._, Celtic language.
=celui=, _m._, =celle=, _f._, =ceux=, =celles=, _pl._, _demonst. pron._,
he, him; she, her, they, them; that, those. _Ceux qui ont vécu avant
nous_; those who lived before us.
=celui-ci=, =celle-ci=, _sing._, =ceux-ci=, =celles-ci=, _pl._, _demonst.
pron._; this, these.
=celui-là=, =celle-là=, _sing._, =ceux-là=, =celles-là=, _pl._, _demonst.
pron._; that, those. _Aimez-vous mieux celui-ci?_ do you like this best?
_Celui-là n’est pas si beau_; that one is not so fine. _Celui-ci est
meilleur que celui-là_; this is better than that. [_Celui-ci_ relates to
an object near the speaker; _celui-là_, to an object distant from him;
or after two nouns already expressed, _celui-ci_ refers to the last,
_celui-là_ to the first mentioned.]
=cément=, _n.m._, cement.
=cémentation=, _n.f._, cementation.
=cémentatoire=, _adj._, cementatory.
=cémenter=, _v.a._, to cement.
=cénacle=, _n.m._, (antiq.) guest-chamber (where the Lord’s supper was
taken); (fig.) club, literary coterie.
=cendre=, _n.f._, ashes; embers; cinder; dust, ashes (of the dead).
_C’est un feu qui couve sous la —_; it is a smoldering fire. _La —_, _les
—s des morts_; the ashes of the dead.
=cendres=, _n.f.pl._, ashes. _— ardentes_; live embers. _— qui couvent_;
smoldering ashes. _Le mercredi des —_; Ash-Wednesday. _Mettre en —_; to
lay in ashes. _Renaître de ses —_; to rise from one’s ashes.
=cendré=, =-e=, _adj._, ashy. _Gris —_; ashy gray, pale gray. _Lumière
—_; earth-shine.
=cendrée=, _n.f._, small shot.
=cendreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ashy, full of, or covered with, ashes.
=cendrer=, _v.a._, to paint ash-gray, to ash.
=cendrier=, _n.m._, ash-pan, cinder-pail; ash-hole; ash-tray.
*=cendrille=, _n.f._, (orni.) tomtit.
=cène=, _n.f._, the Lord’s supper, communion.
=cenelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) haw.
=cénobite=, _n.m._, cenobite, monk.
=cénobitique=, _adj._, cenobitical.
=cénotaphe=, _n.m._, cenotaph.
=cens= (sāns), _n.m._, cense, quit-rent; census, franchise, rating.
=censable=, _adj._, owner of quit-rent. _Seigneur —_; lord of the manor.
☉=cense=, _n.f._, farm, fee-farm.
=censé=, =-e=, _adj._, accounted, deemed, reputed, supposed, pretended.
_Il est — être_; he is supposed to be.
=censéable=, _adj._, liable to quit-rent.
=censeur=, _n.m._, censor; censurer; critic; censor of the press;
examiner of plays; proctor.
☉=censier=, _adj.m._, of quit-rent.
=censi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, farmer; rent-roll.
=censitaire=, _n.m._, copy-holder.
=censive=, _n.f._, quit-rent, manor.
=censorial=, =-e=, _adj._, censorial.
=censuel=, =-le=, _adj._, feudal, of quit-rent.
=censurable=, _adj._, censurable.
=censure=, _n.f._, censorship; censure, criticism; reproof;
ecclesiastical censure; the censors.
=censurer=, _v.a._, to find fault with; to blame, to censure, to condemn.
=cent=, _adj._, hundred, cent. _— un ans_; one hundred and one years.
_Cinq pour —_; five per cent. _Je vous le donne en —_; it’s 100 to 1
against your guessing it. [_Cent_ takes the sign of the plural, if
preceded and multiplied, but not followed, by a number: _trois cents_;
_trois cent cinquante_.] _Les — Jours_; the Hundred days (from March 20th
to end of June, 1815).
=centaine=, _n.f._, a hundred; a hundred, or so; thread that ties up a
skein. _V._ =sentène=.
=centaure=, _n.m._, (myth., astron.) centaur.
=centaurée=, _n.f._, (bot.) centaury.
=centenaire=, _adj._, centenary, secular, of a hundred years’ standing,
centennial.
=centenaire=, _n.m.f._, centenarian.
=centenier=, _n.m._, centurion (in the Channel Isles); sergeant of police.
=centésimal=, =-e=, _adj._, centesimal.
=centiare=, _n.m._, the hundredth part of an are (square yard 1.1960).
=centième=, _adj._, hundredth.
=centième=, _n.m._, the hundredth part.
=centigrade=, _adj._, centigrade.
=centigramme=, _n.m._, the hundredth part of a gram (grain 0.1543).
=centilitre=, _n.m._, the hundredth part of a liter (cubic inch 0.61028).
=centime=, _n.m._, the hundredth part of a franc (cent 0.193).
=centimètre=, _n.m._, the hundredth part of a meter (inch 0.39371).
=centinode=, _n.f._, centinody, knot-grass.
=centipède=, _adj._, centipedal; _n.m._, centipede.
=centon=, _n.m._, (lit.) cento.
=central=, =-e=, _adj._, central, chief, head.
=centralisat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, centralizing.
=centralisation=, _n.f._, centralization.
=centraliser=, _v.a._, to centralize.
_se_ =centraliser=, _v.r._, to become centralized.
=centre=, _n.m._, center, middle. _Chaque chose tend à son —_; everything
converged to its center. _Être dans son —_; to be in one’s element.
=centrifuge=, _adj._, centrifugal.
=centripète=, _adj._, centripetal.
=centrisque=, _n.m._, (ich.) centriscus, trumpet-fish.
=cent-suisse=, _n.m._, one of the hundred that formed the body-guard to
the king of France. _Les —s_; the hundred Swiss guards.
=centumvir=, _n.m._, centumvir.
=centumviral=, =-e=, _adj._, centumviral.
=centumvirat=, _n.m._, centumvirate.
=centuple=, _n.m._, centuple, hundred-fold.
=centuple=, _adj._, a hundred-fold.
=centupler=, _v.a._, to increase a hundred-fold, to centuple.
=centuriateur=, _n.m._, (ecc. lit.) centuriator.
=centurie=, _n.f._, (antiq., ecc.) century; hundred (territorial
division).
=centurion=, _n.m._, centurion.
=cep=, _n.m._, vine-stock, vine-stalk, vine-plant.
=cépage=, _n.m._, vine-slip, vines. _Les —s de la Bourgogne_; the vines
of Burgundy.
=cèpe=, _n.m._, (bot.) esculent boletus.
=cépée=, _n.f._, (agri.) tuft of shoots from the same stump; (hunt.)
young wood; a wood of one or two years’ growth.
=cependant=, _adv._, in the mean time, meanwhile; however, nevertheless;
yet, still.
=cependant=, _conj._, yet, and yet.
=céphalalgie=, _n.f._, cephalalgy, headache.
=céphalée=, _n.f._, (med.) headache.
=céphalique=, _adj._, (med.) cephalic.
=céphalète=, _n.f._, (med.) cephalitis.
=céphée=, _n.m._, (astron.) Cepheus.
=cérame=, _n.f._, Greek vase.
=céramique=, _adj._, ceramic, fictile.
=céramique=, _adj._, fictile art, molding.
=céraste=, _n.m._, cerastes, horned viper.
=cérat=, _n.m._, ointment, salve.
=cerbère=, _n.m._, (myth.) Cerberus.
=cerce=, _n.f._, hoop, band, binding.
=cerceau=, _n.m._, hoop, ring; hoop-net; pinion-quill. _Faire courir un
—_; to trundle a hoop.
=cercelle=, _n.f._, water-fowl, teal.
=cerclage=, _n.m._, hooping (of casks, &c.).
=cercle=, _n.m._, circle, sphere, round, ring, orb, hoop; club,
company; binding-hoop. _Un quart de —_; a quadrant. _Un demi-cercle_; a
semicircle. _Décrire_, _former_, _un —_; to describe, to form, a circle.
_— vicieux_; arguing in a circle; begging the question.
=cercler=, _v.a._, to bind with hoops, to hoop.
=cerclier=, _n.m._, hoop-maker.
*=cercueil= (-keu-), _n.m._, coffin; (fig.) grave, tomb. _— de bois_;
shell. _Mettre au —_; to bring to the grave.
=céréale=, _adj._, cereal, corn.
=céréales=, _n.f.pl._, corn, grain, corn crops, cerealia. _Commerce des
—_; corn-trade, breadstuffs.
=cérébral=, =-e=, _adj._, cerebral, brain. _Fièvre —e_; brain fever.
=cérébrite=, _n.f._, (med.) inflammation of the brain.
=cérémonial=, _n.m._, ceremonial; ceremony, ceremonies, etiquette, state.
=cérémoniaire=, _n.m._, master of the ceremonies.
=cérémonie=, _n.f._, ceremony; (biblical) ceremonial; fuss, ado. _Visite
de —_; formal visit. _Faire des —s_; to stand upon ceremonies. _En grande
—_; in state.
=cérémonieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ceremonious, formal, precise.
=cérès=, _n.f._, (myth., astron.) Ceres; (fig.) harvest, corn.
=cerf= (sèr), _n.m._, stag, hart, deer. _— commun_; red-deer. _Un bois de
—_; the horns of a stag. _Corne de —_; hartshorn.
*=cerfeuil=, _n.m._, (bot.) chervil. _— musqué_; sweet cicely.
=cerf-volant= (sèrvo-) _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (ent.) stag-beetle, bull-fly;
kite, paper-kite.
=cerisaie=, _n.f._, cherry-orchard.
=cerise=, _n.f._, cherry; (of coffee) berry.
=cerise=, _n.m._, cherry-color, cerise.
=cerisier=, _n.m._, (bot.) cherry-tree, cherry-wood.
=cerne=, _n.m._, (bot.) ring.
=cerneau=, _n.m._, kernel of a green walnut; green walnut.
=cerner=, _v.a._, to cut or dig round (a tree); to surround, to
encompass, to hem in; to take the kernel out of green walnuts; (arch.) to
gird; (milit.) to invest. _Des yeux cernés_; eyes with dark circles round
them.
=cérocome=, _n.m._, (ent.) cerocoma.
=céroxyle=, _n.m._, (bot.) wax-palm, wax-tree.
=cerre=, _n.m._, bitter-oak.
=certain=, =-e=, _adj._, certain, sure, positive, undoubted; resolved,
fixed, determined; some, certain. _C’est un homme d’un — mérite_; he is
a man of some merit. _À —es époques de l’année_; at certain periods of
the year. _Dans —s cas_; in certain cases. _Un — personnage_; a certain
personage.
=certain=, _n.m._, certainty; certain; (exchange language) certain price.
_Il ne faut pas quitter le — pour l’incertain_; we must not quit a
certainty for an uncertainty.
=certainement= (-mān), _adv._, certainly, assuredly, without fail,
indeed, surely, infallibly.
=certes=, _adv._, indeed, most certainly.
=certificat=, _n.m._, certificate, testimonial. _— de vie_; attestation,
affidavit of existence.
=certificateur=, _n.m._, (jur.) certifier, voucher.
=certification=, _n.f._, certifying, vouching; witnessing.
=certifier=, _v.a._, to certify, to testify, to attest, to aver. _— une
caution_; to guarantee that bail is valid. _— véritable_; to witness (a
signature).
=certitude=, _n.f._, certitude, certainty; assurance, steadiness. _Avoir
la —_; to be certain.
=cérumen= (-mèn), _n.m._, cerumen, ear-wax.
=cérumineu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, waxy, ceruminous.
=céruse=, _n.f._, ceruse, white lead.
=cervaison=, _n.f._, (hunt.) stag-season.
=cerveau=, _n.m._, brain; mind; intelligence. _Rhume de —_; cold in
the head. _— brûlé_; disordered brain. _Avoir le — creux_; to be
crack-brained, visionary. _Être pris du —_; to have a cold in one’s head.
_Se brûler le —_; to blow out one’s brains.
=cervelas=, _n.m._, saveloy, Bologna sausage.
=cervelet=, _n.m._, (anat.) cerebellum.
=cervelle=, _n.f._, brains; head; mind; pith (of palm-trees). _Se brûler
la —_; to blow out one’s brains. _Cela lui tourne la —_; that turns his
head. _Se creuser la —_; to puzzle one’s brains. _Tenir en —_; to keep in
suspense.
=cervical=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) cervical.
=cervier=. _V._ =loup-cervier=.
=cervoise=, _n.f._, a sort of beer, ale.
=césar=, _n.m._, Cæsar; emperor, prince, conqueror.
=césarien=, =-ne= (-è-n), _adj._, Cesarean.
=césarisme=, _n.m._, Cæsarism.
=cessant=, =-e=, _adj._, ceasing. _Toute affaire —e_; to the suspension
of all other business.
=cessation=, _n.f._, cessation, suspension, intermission, discontinuance,
stoppage.
=cesse=, _n.f._, ceasing, intermission, rest, respite. _Parler sans —_;
to talk for ever.
=cesser=, _v.n._, to cease, to leave off, to forbear, to discontinue, to
give over, to be at an end, to have done, to intermit, to end. _Il ne
cesse de pleurer_; he never leaves off crying. _Faire —_; to put a stop
to, _or_ an end to.
=cesser=, _v.a._, to cease, to leave off; to intermit; to break off. _—
ses payments_; (com.) to stop payment.
=cessible=, _adj._, (jur., com.) transferable, assignable.
=cession=, _n.f._, transfer, assignment (of property); yielding up,
relinquishment; surrender.
=cessionnaire=, _n.m._, grantee; assignee, transferee.
=ceste=, _n.m._, (antiq., myth.) cestus, gauntlet; whirl-bat.
=césure=, _n.f._, cesura, pause, rest.
=cet=, =cette=. _V._ =ce=.
=cétacé=, =-e=, _adj._, cetaceous.
=cétacé=, _n.m._, cetaceous animal.
=cétérac=, _n.m._, (bot.) ceterach.
=cétine=, _n.f._, pure spermaceti, cetine.
=cétoine=, _n.f._, (ent.) floral-beetle.
=chable=, _n.m._, rope, tackle, tow-line.
=chabler=, _v.a._, to fasten a cable to a piece of timber; to lash, to
fasten to a cable. _— les noyers_; to knock down walnuts with a pole.
=chableur=, _n.m._, water-bailiff.
=chablis=, _n.m._, wind-fallen wood, dead-wood; chablis (white wine).
=chaboisseau=, _n.m._, sea-scorpion.
=chabot=, _n.m._, (ich.) miller’s-thumb, bull-head.
=chabraque=, _n.f._ _V._ =schabraque=.
=chacal=, _n.m._, jackal.
=chaconne=, _n.f._, chacone (dance tune).
=chacun=, =-e=, _pron._, everyone, each. _— veut être heureux_; everybody
wishes to be happy. _— en parle_; everybody speaks of it. _Rendre à —
ce qui lui appartient_; to return everyone his own. _— vit à sa guise_;
everyone lives as he likes. _— le sien, n’est pas trop_; everyone his
own. _— a sa marotte_; every man has his hobby. _— pour soi_; everyone
for himself. _— à son tour_; each in his turn. _Ils s’en retournèrent
— chez eux_; each of them returned to his own home. _Vous danserez — à
votre tour_; you will dance each in your turn. _Ils auront — leur part_;
each of them will have his share. _Donnez à — sa part_; give everyone his
share. _Tous les membres ont voté — selon ses instructions_; every member
voted according to his instructions.
☉=chacunière=, _n.m._, one’s own house.
=chafouin=, =-e=, _adj._, sorry, mean-looking, pitiful, scrubby-looking.
=chafouin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, pitiful object; poor wretch.
=chagrin=, _n.m._, sorrow, grief, vexation, trouble, concern, regret;
fretfulness, peevishness, chagrin; shagreen (leather). _Mourir de —_; to
die of a broken heart. _Demi-—_; half-bound.
=chagrin=, =-e=, _adj._, gloomy, melancholy, sad, dull, fretful, peevish,
waspish, discontented, sullen, cross, morose.
=chagrinant=, =-e=, _adj._, sorrowful, sad; vexatious, provoking,
troublesome.
☉=chagrinement= (-mān), _adv._, sorrowfully; peevishly, fretfully.
=chagriner=, _v.a._, to render gloomy, to grieve, to vex, to afflict, to
cross, to trouble, to perplex, to disquiet; to shagreen (skins).
_se_ =chagriner=, _v.r._, to fret, to vex one’s self, to grieve, to take
on.
=chagrinier=, _n.m._, shagreen-maker.
=chahut=, _n.m._, vulgar dance; row, shindy.
=chahuter=, _v.n._, to make a row, kick up a shindy.
=chai=, _n.m._, wine store (above ground).
=chaîne=, _n.f._, chain, shackle, cord; galleys, chain of galley-slaves;
belting-course (for walls); bonds, bondage; drag-chain (of canals);
warp (weaving); (land-surveying) chain, Gunter’s chain; (dancing) right
and left. _— longue_; watch guard. _— de gilet_; Albert chain. _— de
sûreté_; coupling-chain. _Charger quelqu’un de —s_; to load with fetters.
_— de montagnes_; long ridge of mountains. _La — des idées_; the chain
of ideas. _Attacher avec des —s_; to chain up. _Tendre des —s_; to lay
chains across. _À la —_; chained up. _Faire la —_ (in a fire); to form in
line; to pass buckets from hand to hand.
=chaînetier= (shên-tié), _n.m._, chain-maker.
=chaînette=, _n.f._, little chain; (arch.) catenary arch.
=chaînon=, _n.m._, link.
=chair=, _n.f._, flesh, meat; skin (of a person). _pl._, (paint.) flesh.
_— vive_; quick flesh. _— morte_; dead skin. _— ferme_, _molle_; firm,
soft, flesh. _—s baveuses_; (med.) proud flesh. _— blanche_; white meat.
_— noire_; game. _— de poule_; goose-flesh, (med.) _cutis anseris_. _J’en
ai la — de poule_; I shudder at the thought, it makes my flesh creep.
_Un morceau de —_; a piece of meat. _La — d’un poisson_; the fleshy part
of a fish. _Couleur de —_; flesh-color. _Convoitises de la —_; the lusts
of the flesh. _Le Verbe s’est fait —_; the Word was made flesh. _La
résurrection de la —_; the resurrection of the body. _Pester entre cuir
et —_; to keep one’s ill humor to one’s self. _Hacher menu comme — à
pâté_; to make mince meat of. _Ni — ni poisson_; neither fish, flesh nor
fowl. _En — et en os_; in flesh and blood.
=chaire=, _n.f._, pulpit; professorship; desk (in churches); bishop’s
throne. _Monter en —_; to mount the pulpit. _— apostolique_; apostolic
see. _— curule_; curule chair. _— de droit_; professorship of law.
=chaise=, _n.f._, chair, seat; (carp.) timber-work, frame; curb; chaise
(carriage). _— à dos_; high-backed chair. _— de paille_; straw-bottomed
chair. _— percée_; close-stool. _— brisée_; folding chair. _— à deux
chevaux_; chaise and pair. _— à bascule_; rocking-chair. _— à porteurs_;
sedan-chair. _— longue_; lounging-chair; couch.
=chaisier=, _n.m._, chair-maker; =chaisière=, _n.f._, chair-letter.
=chako=, _n.m._ _V._ =shako=.
=chaland=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, customer, purchaser.
=chaland=, _n.m._, (nav.) lighter, barge.
=chalandeau=, _n.m._, lighterman, bargeman.
☉=chalandise=, _n.f._, custom.
=chalastique= (ka-), _adj._, (med.) chalastic.
=chalcédoine=. _V._ =calcédoine=.
=chalcite= (kalsit), _n.m._, (chem.) chalcite.
=chalcographe= (kal-), _n.m._, chalcographer, engraver on brass.
=chalcographie= (kal-), _n.f._, chalcography, engraving on brass;
engraving establishment; printing-office (of the pope).
=chaldaïque= (kal-), _adj._, Chaldaic.
=chaldéen=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._ _V._ =chaldaïque=.
=chaldéen=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, Chaldean.
=chaldéen=, _n.m._, Chaldaic, Chaldean.
=châle=, _n.m._, shawl.
=châlet=, _n.m._, cheese-house, Swiss cottage.
=chaleur=, _n.f._, heat, glow; fervency, zeal, ardor; warmth; (phys.)
calorie. _Son style manque de —_; his style lacks warmth. _Les grandes
—s_; the hot season; the height of summer. _Sentir de la —_; to feel warm.
=chaleureu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, warm, ardent; glowing; spirited, vehement.
☉=châlit=, _n.m._, bedstead.
☉=chaloir=, _v.imp._, to care for, to matter. _Il ne m’en chaut_; I don’t
care, it matters not to me. _Peu m’en chaut_; it signifies little to me.
=chalon=, _n.m._, drag, drag-net.
=chaloupe=, _n.f._, (nav.) ship’s boat, long boat, launch. _—
canonnière_; gun-boat.
=chalumeau=, _n.m._, stalk of corn; straw; pipe, reed; blow-pipe; shawm.
=chalumet=, _n.m._, top (of a pipe).
=chalut=, _n.m._, drag-net, trawl.
=chalybé=, =-e= (ka-), _adj._, chalybeate.
=chamade=, _n.f._, (milit.) parley, chamade. _Battre la —_; to sound a
parley; to surrender, to yield.
*=chamailler=, _v.n._, to bicker, to squabble, to wrangle.
*_se_ =chamailler=, _v.r._, to squabble, to wrangle. _— des dents_; to
feed, to stuff.
*=chamaillis=, _n.m._, fray, squabble, uproar, wrangle.
=charmarre=, _n.f._, smock-frock; lace, embroidery.
=chamarrer=, _v.a._, to lace, to trim with lace, to bedizen; to load with
ridicule.
=chamarrure=, _n.f._, trimming, lacing, bedizening.
=chambellan= (-bel-lān), _n.m._, chamberlain.
=chambourin=, _n.m._, strass.
=chambranle=, _n.m._, (carp.) chambranle; casing of a chimney, door-case,
window-frame. _— de cheminée_; mantel-shelf.
=chambre=, _n.f._, chamber, room; lodging, apartment; House (of
parliament); (metal.) bead, chaplet; (opt.) camera, chamber; (artil.)
chamber; (nav.) cabin; honey-comb (of cannon). _— ardente_; ardent
chamber (history of France). _— claire_; light room; (opt.) camera
lucida. _— haute_; House of Lords. _— à coucher_; bed-chamber. _—
garnie_; furnished lodging. _Femme de —_; chambermaid. _Robe de —_;
dressing-gown. _Garder la —_; to keep one’s room. _Convoquer les —s_; to
convoke parliament. _Avoir des —s à louer dans la tête_; to be rather
empty-headed, to be a visionary. _Arrêter_, _louer_, _une —_; to hire, to
secure a room. _Faire une —_; to do (clean) a room.
=chambré=, =-e=, _adj._, (of fire-arms) chambered, provided with a
powder-chamber; honeycombed (of cannon).
=chambrée=, _n.f._, persons sleeping in one room; (thea.) house; mess,
barrack-room (of soldiers).
=chambrelan=, _n.m._, (pop., l.u.) workman who works in his own room;
single-room lodger.
☉=chambrer=, _v.n._, to chum together.
_se_ =chambrer=, _v.r._, to become honeycombed.
=chambrer=, _v.a._, to keep anyone confined either by force or art; to
take one aside in a company; to chamber (of guns).
=chambrette=, _n.f._, little room.
☉=chambrier=, _n.m._, chamberlain.
=chambrière=, _n.f._, chamber-maid; (man.) horse-whip.
=chame= _or_ =came=, _n.f._, (conch.) chama; muscle, heart-cockle.
=chameau=, _n.m._, camel; (fig.) heavy fellow. _Rejeter le moucheron et
avaler le —_; to strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
=chamelier=, _n.m._, camel-driver.
=chamelle=, _n.f._, female camel.
=chamelon= (sham-lon), _n.m._, young camel.
=chamois=, _n.m._, chamois, shamoy, wild goat; shammy; shammy-leather;
chamois leather.
=chamois=, _adj._, buff, drab.
=chamoiser=, _v.a._, to shamoy.
_se_ =chamoiser=, _v.r._, to be shamoyed.
=chamoiserie=, _n.f._, chamois factory; chamois leather.
=chamoiseur=, _n.m._, shamoy-dresser.
=champ= (shān), _n.m._, field, piece of ground; career; opportunity,
scope; matter, theme, subject; compass, space; (her.) field. _À tout
bout de —_; every moment. _À travers —s_; over hedge and ditch, across
country. _— de bataille_; field of battle. _— de courses_; race-course.
_— de repos_; the churchyard, God’s acre. _— clos_; lists (for combat).
_Sur-le-—_; at once, immediately. _Battre aux —s_; (milit.) to beat a
salute. _Donner la clef des —s_; to give anyone his liberty. _Être aux
—s_; to be in the country; (fig.) to be in a passion. _Courir les —s_; to
run about the country. _Prendre la clef des —s_; to take to one’s heels;
to bolt. _Le — est libre_; the coast is clear. _Il est fou à courir les
—s_; he is as mad as a march hare. _Être aux —s_; not to know where one
is.
*=champagne=, _n.m._, champagne. _— frappé_; iced champagne. _—
mousseux_; sparkling champagne. _— non mousseux_; still champagne. _Fine
—_; liqueur brandy.
*=champagniser=, _v.a._, to turn into champagne.
=champart=, _n.m._, (feudality) field-rent paid in kind to the lord.
=champarter=, _v.a._, to exercise the right of levying field-rent in kind.
=champarteur=, _n.m._, bailiff charged to collect field-rent in kind.
☉=champeaux=, _n.m.pl._, grass fields.
=champenois=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, native of Champagne.
=champenois=, =-e=, _adj._, of Champagne.
=champêtre=, _adj._, rural, rustic, country-like, sylvan. _Garde —_;
keeper.
=champignon=, _n.m._, mushroom, toadstool; waster, thief (in a candle);
bonnet-stand, peg; (arch.) cap.
*=champignonnière=, _n.f._, mushroom-bed.
=champion=, _n.m._, champion, chieftain; combatant.
=championnat=, _n.m._, championship.
=champlure=, _n.f._, frost-bite (of a vine); tap-hole (of a cask).
=chance=, _n.f._, hazard (at dice); chance, luck, good luck, good
fortune; risk. _Courir la —_; to run the risk. _Être en —_; to be lucky,
_or_ in luck’s way. _Souhaiter bonne — à quelqu’un_; to wish any one good
luck. _Il n’est — qui ne retourne_; luck will change.
=chancelant=, =-e=, _adj._, staggering, tottering, unsettled; unsteady,
irresolute, wavering.
=chanceler=, _v.n._, to stagger, to totter, to reel, to falter, to waver,
to be unsteady.
=chancelier=, _n.m._, chancellor. _Grand —_; high chancellor.
=chancelière=, _n.f._, chancellor’s wife; foot-muff.
=chancellement= (-mān), _n.m._, reeling, tottering, staggering,
unsteadiness.
=chancellerie= (-sèl-rî), _n.f._, chancellor’s house, office,
chancellery. _Grande —_; office of the great seal. _Petite —_; office of
the privy seal.
=chanceu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, lucky, fortunate; uncertain, doubtful (of
things).
=chancir=, _v.n._, to grow musty, moldy.
=chancissure=, _n.f._, mustiness, moldiness.
=chancre=, _n.m._, (agri., bot., vet.) canker; (med.) chancre.
=chancreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, cancerous, cankered; (med.) chancrous.
=chandeleur= (shand-lēur), _n.f._, Candlemas.
=chandelier=, _n.m._, candlestick; chandler, tallowchandler; (nav.)
crotch. _— à manche_; flat candlestick. _— de mineur_; miner’s crowbar.
_Être placé sur le —_; to occupy a conspicuous position.
=chandelière=, _n.f._, tallow-chandler (woman).
=chandelle=, _n.f._, candle, tallow-candle; light. _— plongée_;
dip-candle. _— de glace_; icicle. _— de veille_; rush-light. _Moucher
la —_; to snuff the candle. _Eteindre la —_; to put out the candle.
_Souffler la —_; to blow out the candle. _Travailler à la —_; to work
by candle-light. _Brûler la — par les deux bouts_; to burn the candle
at both ends. _Le jeu n’en vaut pas la —_; it is not worth one’s while.
_S’en aller comme une —_; to go off like the snuff of a candle. _Voir
trente-six —s_; to be stunned; to see the stars by daylight. _C’est une
économie de bouts de —_; that is penny wise and pound foolish. _Il vous
doit une belle —_; he ought to be very grateful to you.
=chandellerie=, _n.f._, candle-factory.
=chanfrein=, _n.m._, forehead (of a horse); chanfrin (armor for a horse’s
head); (arch.) chamfer, chamfret; (zoöl.) chaffron.
=chanfreiner=, _v.a._, (arch.) to chamfer, to rabbet; (carp.) to cant, to
edge.
=change=, _n.m._, exchange (barter); (com.) exchange; money-change; agio;
(fig.) wrong scent. _Lettres de —_; letters of exchange. _Agent de —_;
stock-broker. _— commun_; average exchange. _— direct_; direct exchange.
_— extérieur_; foreign exchange. _— du jour_; current exchange. _Commerce
de —_; exchange business. _Cote de —_; current rate of exchange. _Fausse
lettre de —_; forged bill. _Lettre de — sur l’étranger_; foreign bill
of exchange. _Le — est au pair_; the exchange is at par. _Première de
—_; first of exchange. _Seconde de —_; second of exchange. _Seule de —_;
sole of exchange. _Au — de_; at the rate of exchange of. _Bureau de —
de monnaie_; exchange office. _Donner le — à quelqu’un_; to put any one
on the wrong scent. _Rendre le — à quelqu’un_; to give a Roland for
an Oliver, _or_ tit for tat; to pay back in one’s own coin. _Tirer une
lettre de — sur quelqu’un_; to draw a bill on anyone.
=changeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, changeable, fickle, unsteady,
variable, inconstant, unstable, unsettled (of the weather).
=changement= (shanj-mān), _n.m._, change, alteration, changing,
variation, mutation; (jur.) amendment. _Amener un —_; to bring about a
change. _— à vue_; scene-shifting. _— de voie_; shunting.
=changeoter= (-jo-té), _v.n._, (fam., l.u.) to change often.
=changer=, _v.a._, to change, to exchange; to alter, to turn, to commute,
to convert, to transform.
_se_ =changer=, _v.r._, to be changed, converted; to alter, to change.
=changer=, _v.n._, to change, to alter. _— de logis_, _de demeure_; to
shift one’s quarters, to remove. _— d’avis_; to alter one’s mind. _— de
chemise_; to change one’s shirt. _— d’habits_; to change clothes. _— de
voie_ (rail.); to shunt.
=changeur=, _n.m._, money-changer.
=chanoine=, _n.m._, canon.
=chanoinesse=, _n.f._, canoness.
☉=chanoinie=, _n.f._, canonry, canonship.
=chanson=, _n.f._, song, ballad; ditty; (fig.) idle story, stuff, trash.
_Refrain d’une —_; chorus of a song. _C’est toujours la même —_; it is
the same thing over and over again; it is always harping on the same
string. _Voilà bien une autre —_; that is another story altogether. _—s
que tout cela!_ all idle stories! _—s!_ humbug, stuff!
=chansonner=, _v.a._, (b.s.) to lampoon.
=chansonnette=, _n.f._, little song, ditty.
=chansonneur=, _n.m._, lampooner.
=chansonnier=, _n.m._, ballad-writer; song-book.
=chansonnière=, _n.f._, song-writer (woman).
=chant=, _n.m._, singing, strain, song; air; lay, ditty, melody; chant,
hymn, book. _Plain —_; plain chant, canto fermo. _Le — du coq_; the
crowing of the cock. _— funèbre_; dirge.
=chantable=, _adj._, fit to be sung, worth singing.
=chantage=, _n.m._, extortion of hush money; blackmailing.
=chantant=, =-e=, _adj._, tunable, easily sung, easily set to music;
musical, harmonious.
=chanteau=, _n.m._, hunch of bread; bit of stuff.
=chantepleure= (shant-pleur), _n.f._, funnel with a rose; gully-hole.
=chantepleurer=, _v.a._, to tread (grapes).
=chanter=, _v.n._, to sing, to chant; to chirp, to warble, to crow;
(fam.) to say too much. _Ce criminel a chanté à la question_; (fam.)
that prisoner let the cat out of the bag. _— juste_, _agréablement_,
_passablement_; to sing true, agreeably, tolerably. _— faux_; to sing
out of tune. _— à livre ouvert_; to sing at sight. _C’est comme si vous
chantiez_; it is as if you were talking to the wind. _L’alouette chante_;
the lark carols. _Le coq chante_; the cock crows. _La cigale chante_; the
grasshopper chirps. _— sur tous les tons_; to ring the changes on. _Tel
chante qui ne rit pas_; the heart may be sad though the face be gay. _Je
lui ai chanté sa gamme_; I lectured him finely. _— à faire pitié_; to
sing wretchedly.
=chanter=, _v.a._, to sing, to chant; to extol, to praise; to celebrate;
to warble; to talk, to tell, stuff. _— victoire_; to cry victory, to crow
over a victory. _Que me chantez-vous là?_ what stuff are you telling me
now? _Se —_; to be sung.
=chanterelle= (shān-trél), _n.f._, first string of a violin, &c.;
decoy-bird; musical-bottle.
=chanteu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, singing (of birds).
=chanteur=, _n.m._, singer, vocalist; songster (of birds). _— des rues_;
ballad-singer; extortioner.
=chanteuse=, _n.f._, singer, street-singer, vocalist.
=chantier= (-tié), _n.m._, timber-yard, wood-yard; stone-yard; dock-yard;
stand, block, stocks; shop, shed. _L’ouvrage est sur le —_; the work is
begun or in hand.
*=chantignole=, _n.f._, (carp.) wooden block; bracket.
=chantonner=, _a.n._, to hum, to hum a tune.
☉=chantonnerie= (to-n-rî), _n.f._, humming, drawling.
=chantournage=, _n.m._, cutting in profile.
=chantourné=, _n.m._, head-piece of a bedstead.
=chantourner=, _v.a._, to cut in profile.
=chantre=, _n.m._, singer, chorister, chanter; precentor, lay-clerk;
songster, songstress (of birds). _Les —s des bois_; the feathered
songsters.
=chantrerie=, _n.f._, precentorship.
=chanvre=, _n.m._, hemp.
=chanvrier=, _n.m._, hemp-dresser, dealer in hemp.
=chanvrière=, _n.f._, hemp-field.
=chaos= (kaô), _n.m._, chaos, confusion, disorder.
=chaotique=, _adj._, chaotic.
=chape=, _n.f._, cope (church garment); (arch.) cope. _Disputer de la — à
l’évêque_; to dispute about what does not concern one.
=chapeau=, _n.m._, hat; bonnet; wreath of flowers (for a bride); (carp.)
hand-piece; (bot.) cap; pileus (of a mushroom). _— à grand bord_;
broad-brimmed hat. _— à petit bord_; narrow-brimmed hat. _— à haute
forme_; tall-hat, top-hat. _— d’évêque_; (bot.) barrenwort. _— chinois_;
(milit. mus.) Chinese bells. _— de paille d’Italie_; Leghorn hat. _La
carre d’un —_; the crown of a hat. _— à cornes_; three-cornered hat.
_Ôter son —_; to take off one’s hat. _— bas_; hat in hand. _—x bas!_ hats
off. _— de paille_; straw hat. _— de velours_; velvet bonnet. _Le bord_,
_la passe_, _la forme d’un —_; the border, the front, the shape of a hat.
_— de fleurs_; garland of flowers. _Frère —_; assistant-brother (monk).
_Enfoncer son —_; to pull one’s hat over one’s eyes; to screw up one’s
courage. _Il y a eu bien des —x de reste_; there were many men killed.
_Il n’y avait pas un seul —_; there wasn’t a single man there.
☉=chape-chute=, _n.f._, windfall, lucky hit.
☉=chape-chuter=, _v.n._, to make a slight noise.
=chapelain= (shap-lin), _n.m._, chaplain.
=chapeler= (sha-plé), _v.a._, to rasp (bread).
=chapelet= (cha-plè), _n.m._, chaplet, rosary, beads, bead-roll; (man.,
arch.) chaplet; beads (in brandy). _Dire son —_; to tell one’s beads.
_Défiler son —_; to say all one has to say; to empty one’s budget. _Il
n’a pas gagné cela en disant son —_; he did not get that for nothing.
=chapeli-er=, =-ère=, _n.m.f._, hatter, hat manufacturer.
=chapelle=, _n.f._, chapel; church plate, living; vault of an oven.
_Faire —_; (nav.) to broach to, to chapel the ship. _Maître de —_;
precentor. _— ardente_; lights round a coffin. _Pour la petite — s’il
vous plaît_; please remember the grotto. _Tenir —_; to attend divine
service in state.
=chapellenie= (sha-pèl-nî), _n.f._, chaplainship, chaplaincy.
=chapellerie= (sha-pèl-rî), _n.f._, hat-making; hat-trade.
=chapelure= (sha-plur), _n.f._, bread; raspings; grated bread.
=chaperon= (sha-pron), _n.m._, chaperon, hood; shoulder-knot; chaperon;
coping of a wall; holster-cap.
=chaperonner=, _v.a._, to cope a wall; to chaperon (a young girl); to
hood (a hawk).
=chapier=, _n.m._, priest with a cope, cope-maker.
=chapiteau=, _n.m._, (arch.) capital; crest; top; (of a press, mirror,
&c.); head of a still; cap (of a fusee).
=chapitre=, _n.m._, chapter (of a book, of knights, of a cathedral);
chapter; chapter-house; subject, matter of discourse, head. _En voilà
assez sur ce —_; that is quite enough on that score. _Avoir voix au
—_; to have interest at the board. _Passons sur ce —_; let us waive the
subject.
=chapitrer=, _v.a._, to reprimand, to rebuke, to lecture any one.
=chapon=, _n.m._, capon; sop in broth; crust of bread rubbed with garlic.
_Le vol du —_; certain extent of ground about a country-seat. _Avoir les
mains faites en — rôti_; to have crooked fingers; to be light-fingered.
_Qui — mange — lui vient_; money begets money.
=chaponneau=, _n.m._, (l.u.) young capon.
=chaponner=, _v.a._, to capon.
=chaponnière=, _n.f._, stew-pan (for capons).
=chaque=, _adj._, each, every. _— pays a ses coutumes_; every country has
its customs. _À — jour suffit sa peine_; sufficient for the day is the
evil thereof.
=char=, _n.m._, car, chariot. _— funèbre_; hearse. _— à bancs_;
wagonette, jaunting car. _— de triomphe_; triumphal car.
=charabia=, _n.m._, gibberish, gabble.
=charade=, _n.f._, charade.
=charançon=, _n.m._, snout, beetle, weevil.
=charançonné=, =-e=, _adj._, (of corn) weeviled.
=charbon=, _n.m._, coal; embers; charcoal; carbuncle; (agri.) black rust;
(med.) anthrax. _— de bois_; charcoal. _— de terre_; coal. _Être sur les
—s_; to be on thorns. _Mine à —_; coal-mine.
=charbonnage=, _n.m._, (l.u.) coal-mining.
=charbonnée=, _n.f._, short rib of beef.
=charbonner=, _v.a._, to char; to black with coal; to besmut.
_se_ =charbonner=, _v.r._, to be charred, to burn black, to smolder.
=charbonnerie= (-bo-n-rî), _n.f._, coal-store.
=charbonneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (med.) carbuncled.
=charbonnier=, _n.m._, charcoal-burner, coal-seller, coal-man; coal-shed,
coal-hole; (ich.) coal-fish; (nav.) collier. _Le — est maître chez lui_
or _chez soi_; a man’s house is his castle.
=charbonnière=, _n.f._, charcoal-kiln; coal-seller; coal-man’s wife;
(orni.) titmouse.
*=charbouiller=, _v.a._, (agri.) to blight.
=charbucle=, _n.f._, (agri.) blight (in corn).
=charcuter=, _v.a._, to chop up (meat); to hack, to mangle.
=charcuterie= (-ku-trî), _n.f._, pork-butcher’s meat; pork-butcher’s
business; dressed pork.
=charcuti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, (-tié, -ti-èr), pork-butcher.
=chardon=, _n.m._, thistle; spike (on a wall). _— aux ânes_;
cotton-thistle. _— à foulon_; teasel. _— étoilé_; star-thistle.
=chardonner=, _v.a._, to teasel (cloth).
=chardonneret= (-do-n-rè), _n.m._, (orni.) gold-finch; painted-lady,
butterfly.
=chardonnette= _or_ =cardonnette=, _n.f._, prickly artichoke.
=chardonnière=, _n.f._, thistle-waste.
=charge=, _n.f._, load, lading, freight, pack; tax, expense; burden,
clog; charge; accusation, imputation, indictment; post; place; office,
employment; order, command, commission; custody, care; charge, onset;
charge (of a gun); (vet., paint., jur.) charge; exaggeration, caricature.
_Femme de —_; housekeeper. _Être à — à quelqu’un_; to be a burden upon
any one. _Cela est à ma —_; I have to pay for that. _Il faut prendre le
bénéfice avec les —s_; we must take the good with the bad. _Faire une
—_; (milit.) to charge. _Se démettre de sa —_; to resign one’s place or
office. _On a donné trop de — à ce mur_; this wall has been overloaded.
_Sonner la —_; to sound the charge. _Revenir à la —_; to make a new
attempt. _À la — de_, _à la — que_; upon condition that, provided that.
_Prendre —_; to take in cargo. _Rompre —_; to break bulk.
=chargé=, =-e=, _part._, loaded, burdened; (print.) foul (of proofs).
_Dés —s_; loaded dice; registered (of a letter). _Le temps est —_; the
weather is overcast. _— d’affaires_; chargé d’affaires, envoy. _— de
cours_; assistant-lecturer; professor; substitute.
=chargeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, clogging, heavy.
=chargement=, _n.m._, cargo, lading, freight, shipment; bill of lading;
shipment.
=charger=, _v.a._, to load, to saddle, to lade, to freight, to charge;
to burden, to clog, to overburthen, to encumber; to impute, to lay a
thing to any one’s charge; to charge with, to command, to give a thing
in charge, to trust with; to charge, to fall upon, to make an onset on;
to load (a gun); to fill (pipe); to set down; to lay on; (paint.) to
overcharge, to exaggerate. _— un fusil_; to load a gun. _— toutes les
voiles_; to clap on all sails. _— une lettre_; to register a letter.
_se_ =charger=, _v.r._, to take charge, to charge one’s self; to become
overcast (of the weather); to burden one’s self, to saddle one’s self
with.
=charger=, _v.n._, to load; to exaggerate, to lay it on.
=chargeur=, _n.m._, loader, ship-porter; (nav.) gunner.
☉=charier=. _V._ =charrier=.
=chariot=, _n.m._, wagon, cart, truck, trolley, wain. (astron.) _Le grand
—_; Charles’ wain; Ursa Major. _Le petit —_; Ursa Minor.
=charitable=, _adj._, charitable.
=charitablement=, _adv._, charitably.
=charité=, _n.f._, charity, love, benevolence; alms, almsgiving. _Faire
la —_; to give alms. _Demander la —_; to beg. _— bien ordonnée commence
par soi-même_; charity begins at home. _Sœur de —_; sister of mercy. _La
—, s’il vous plaît!_ a penny, kind gentleman, if you please.
=charivari=, _n.m._, rough music, hubbub, clatter, noise, shindy.
=charivariser=, _v.a._, to give rough music; to kick up a row.
=charivariseur=, =charivarieur=, _or_ =charivariste=, _n.m._,
mock-musician; rioter, roysterer.
=charlatan=, _n.m._, mountebank, quack, charlatan, empiric, wheedler.
=charlatane=, _n.f._, wheedler.
=charlataner=, _v.a._, to gull, to wheedle, to cajole.
=charlatanerie=, _n.f._, quackery, charlatanery, juggling.
=charlatanesque=, _adj._, quackish.
=charlatanisme=, _n.m._, quackery, charlatanism, charlatanry.
=charlemagne=, _n.m._, (fig.) short broadsword. _Faire —_; to leave off a
winner.
=charlot=, _n.m._, curlew. _— de plage_; sea-lark.
=charlotte=, _n.f._, (cook.) charlotte.
=charmant=, =-e=, _adj._, charming, delightful, pleasing, lovely.
=charme=, _n.m._, charm, spell, enchantment; attraction, delight; (bot.)
horn-beam, yoke-elm. _Cela vous va comme un —_; that fits you perfectly,
splendidly, to a tee. _Se porter comme un —_; to be in perfect health.
_Sous le —_; under the spell.
=charmer=, _v.a._, to charm, to enchant, to bewitch, to fascinate; to
captivate, to please, to delight, to beguile, to while away. _Je suis
charmé de vous voir_; I am delighted to see you.
=charmeur=, _n.m._, (l.u.) charmer, enchanter.
=charmeuse=, _n.f._, (l.u.) bewitching woman, enchantress.
*=charmille=, _n.f._, horn-beam, yoke-elm; hedge of yoke-elm trees;
bower, arbor.
=charmoie=, _n.f._, grove of hornbeam or yoke-elm trees.
=charnel=, =-le=, _adj._, carnal, sensual.
=charnellement= (-mān), _adv._, carnally.
=charnier=, _n.m._, charnel-house; ☉larder.
=charnière=, _n.f._, hinge, joint.
=charnu=, =-e=, _adj._, fleshy, plump; brawny, carneous.
=charnure=, _n.f._, flesh, skin.
*=charogne=, _n.f._, carrion; (fig.) blackguard.
=charpente=, _n.f._, timber-work, carpenter’s work; frame, frame-work.
_Bois de —_; timber.
=charpenter=, _v.a._, to square timber; to hack, to mangle.
=charpenterie= (-pān-trî), _n.f._, carpentry; carpenter’s work,
carpenter’s trade; timberwork; timber-yard (of dock-yards).
=charpentier= (-tié), _n.m._, carpenter; (whale-fishery), whale-cutter.
=charpi=, _n.m._, cooper’s block.
=charpie=, _n.f._, lint. _En —_; (of meat) boiled to rags.
=charrée=, _n.f._, buck-ashes; lye.
=charretée= (shar-tée), _n.f._, cart-load.
=charretier= (shar-tié), _n.m._, carman, carter, wagoner; plow-boy,
plowman. _Il n’y a si bon — qui ne verse_; it’s a good horse that never
stumbles. _Jurer comme un — embourbé_; to swear like a trooper.
=charreti-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, passable for carts, &c. _Chemin —_;
cart-road. _Voie —ère_; track (space between the two wheels of a cart).
=charrette=, _n.f._, cart. _— à bras_; hand-cart. _— à ressorts_;
spring-cart. _Train de —_; skeleton-cart. _Mettre la — devant les bœufs_;
to put the cart before the horse. _Mieux vaut être cheval que —_; better
lead than be led. _C’est un avaleur de —s ferrées_; he is a great brag.
=charriage=, _n.m._, cartage.
=charrier=, _v.a._, to cart, to bring in a cart; to drift; (med.) to be
loaded with.
=charrier=, _v.n._, to drift (of ice), scud (of clouds). _La rivière
charrie_; the river is filled with drift-ice. _— droit_; to behave
properly; to do what is right.
=charrier=, _n.m._, bucking-cloth.
=charroi=, _n.m._, carting, wagonage.
=charron=, _n.m._, wheelwright.
=charronnage=, _n.m._, wheelwright’s work.
=charroyer=, _v.a._, to cart (heavy things).
=charrue=, _n.f._, plow. _Mettre la — devant les bœufs_; to put the cart
before the horse. _Passer la — sur_; to plow. _Tirer la —_; to drudge,
work hard.
=charte=, _n.f._, charter; policy; title-deeds. _La grande —_; Magna
Charta.
=charte-partie=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) (com.) charter-party.
=chartographe=, _n.m._, chartographer.
=chartographique=, _adj._, chartographic.
=chartographie=, _n.f._, chartography; mapping.
☉=charton= _or_ =charreton=, _n.m._, carter, coachman.
☉=chartre=, _n.f._, charter (old document).
☉=chartre=, _n.f._, prison; consumption. _Tenir quelqu’un en — privée_;
to detain anyone illegally.
=chartreuse=, _n.f._, Carthusian convent; Carthusian nun; isolated
country-house; (cook.) mixed vegetables. _Liqueur —_; (cordial).
=chartreux=, _n.m._, Carthusian friar, cat of a bluish gray.
=chartrier=, _n.m._, charter-house; charter-room, muniment-room; keeper
of charters.
=chartron=, _n.m._ _Faire_ or _former le —_; to stand in a row near the
footlights.
=charybde=, _n.m._, Charybdis. _Tomber de — en Scylla_; to fall from the
frying-pan into the fire.
=chas=, _n.m._, eye (of a needle); weaver’s starch; (tech.) plumb rule.
=châsse=, _n.f._, reliquary; shrine; frame; handle (of lancets); cheek
(of a balance).
=chassé=, _n.m._, chasse, a step in dancing.
=chasse=, _n.f._, chase, hunt, hunting, chasing, pursuit; game; (mus.)
chasse; play (of machinery). _— à courre_; coursing, hunting. _— au tir_;
shooting. _— au vol_, _— aux oiseaux_; fowling. _— aux flambeaux_; bat
fowling. _Un garde-—_; a game-keeper. _Prendre —_ (nav.); to sheer off.
_Donner —_; to pursue. _Soutenir —_; to maintain a running fight.
=chasse-avant=, _n.m._, (_—_) overseer, foreman.
=chasse-chien=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) beadle; keeper employed to
drive away dogs.
=chasse-coquins=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) beggar-driver, beadle.
=chasse-cousins=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) paltry dinner, bad wine;
cold shoulder, poor reception.
=chasse-croisé=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (dancing) chasse-croisé; (fig.) a
change of office or situation.
=chasse-ennui=, _n.m._, (_—_) an exhilarant, stimulant.
=chasselas= (shas-la), _n.m._, grapes, chasselas.
=chasse-marée=, _n.m._, (_—_) fish-cart; driver of a fish-cart; lugger.
=chasse-mouches=, _n.m._, (_—_) fly-flap; fly-net.
=chasse-mulet=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) miller’s man.
=chasse-neige=, _n.m._, snow-plow.
=chasse-pierres=, _n.m._, (_—_) (railways) guard-iron, cow-catcher;
catapult.
*=chasse-poignée=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) cutler’s tool, driver.
=chassepot=, _n.m._, name of the rifle in use in the French army until
1871.
=chasser=, _v.a._, to hunt, to chase, to pursue; to beat (gold); to turn
out, to expel; to drive, to drive forward. _— un clou_; to drive in a
nail. _— un domestique_; to turn away, to discharge, a servant. _Qui deux
choses chasse, ni l’une ni l’autre ne prend_; (prov.) between two stools
one falls to the ground. _— le mauvais air_; to ventilate. _Ne pas — deux
lièvres à la fois_; not to have too many irons in the fire. _Un clou
chasse l’autre_; one idea drives away another. _— la terre_; (nav.) to
approach, to reconnoiter, the coast.
=chasser=, _v.n._, to shoot; to hunt; to roll along easily; to drive (of
clouds); (print.) to drive out. _— au fusil_; to shoot. _— aux perdrix_;
to shoot partridges. _— aux lions_; to hunt lions. _— sur son ancre_;
(nav.) to drag the anchor. _— à courre_; to hunt, to course. _— au
faucon_; to hawk. _— de race_; (prov.) to be a chip of the old block. _—
aux blancs moineaux_; to lose one’s time in running after impossibilities.
=chasseresse= (shas-rès), _n.f._, huntress.
=chasse-roue=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) spur-post; guard-iron.
=chasseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, hunter, sportsman; huntsman,
gamekeeper; chasseur (footman); light infantry soldier; ship that chases
another. _—s à cheval_; (milit.) light cavalry.
=chassie=, _n.f._, gum of the eye.
=chassieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, blear-eyed.
=châssis=, _n.m._, (print.) chase; window-sash frame. _Fenêtre à —_;
sash-window. _— dormant_; the fixed part of a window-frame. _— de
jardin_, _de couche_; garden-frame; glass-frame. (motor) chassis. _—
presse_; (phot.) printing-frame.
=chassoir=, _n.m._, cooper’s tool, driver; (tech.) drift.
=chaste=, _adj._, chaste, continent, honest, modest, pure, virtuous;
(style) neat, correct, terse.
=chastement=, _adv._, chastely, honestly, purely, virtuously.
=chasteté=, _n.f._, chastity, chasteness, continence, purity.
=chasuble=, _n.f._, chasuble.
=chasublier=, _n.m._, maker of chasubles.
=chat=, _n.m._, =-te=, _n.f._, cat; darling, dear; searcher (to examine
cannons); plumb-rule; (nav.) cat. _Petit —_; kitten. _Herbe aux —s_;
cat’s-mint. _— musqué_; civet, musk-cat. _— cervier_; lynx. _— bon aux
souris_; good mouser. _— à neuf queues_; cat-o’-nine-tails. _Votre
chatte est pleine_; your cat is with kitten. _À bon — bon rat_; set a
thief to catch a thief; tit for tat; diamond cut diamond. _— échaudé
craint l’eau froide_; a burnt child dreads the fire. _La nuit tous
les —s sont gris_; when candles are away all cats are grey. _Il n’y a
pas là de quoi fouetter un —_; it is a mere trifle. _N’éveillez pas
le — qui dort_; let sleeping dogs lie. _Acheter — en poche_; to buy
a pig in a poke. _Se servir de la patte du — pour tirer les marrons
du feu_; to make a cat’s-paw of anyone. _Il n’y a pas un —_; there is
not a living soul there. _Le — parti, les souris dansent_; when the
cat’s away the mice will play. _Comme — sur braise_; like a cat on hot
bricks. _Œil-de-—_; calf’s snout, snapdragon. _Patte-de-—_; ground-ivy.
_Pied-de-—_; cat’s-foot, ale-hoof, tune-hoof. _Sabbat de —_, _musique
de —_; caterwauling. _Mon petit —_; (term of endearment) my dear, my
darling. _Appeler un — un —_; to call a spade a spade, not to mince
matters. _Avoir un — dans la gorge_; to have a phlegm in one’s throat (of
singers). _Nous avons d’autres —s à fouetter_; we have other fish to fry.
_— en poche_; a pig in a poke. _Bailler le — par les pattes_; to bell the
cat. _Ces gens vivent comme chien et —_; these people live like cat and
dog. _Emporter le —_; to go away without paying one’s reckoning, to take
French leave.
*=châtaigne=, _n.f._, chestnut. _— amère_; horse-chestnut. _— d’eau_;
water-caltrops.
*=châtaigneraie=, _n.f._, chestnut grove.
*=châtaignier=, _n.m._, chestnut-tree or wood.
=châtain=, _adj._, chestnut, nut-brown, auburn. _— clair_; light auburn.
=chataire=, _n.f._ _V._ =cataire=.
=château=, _n.m._, castle, fort, citadel; country-seat, mansion, palace.
_— fort_; fortress. _— seigneurial_; baronial-hall. _Faire des —x en
Espagne_; to build castles in the air. _— de carte_; house of cards. _—
d’eau_; water-works, artificial fountain.
=châteaubriand=, _n.m._, fillet-steak.
=châtelain= (shâ-tlin), _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._ and _adj._, lord, lady, of a
manor, squire.
=châtelé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) turreted.
☉=châtelet= (sha-tlè), _n.m._, small castle; a former prison or
law-courts at Paris.
☉=châtellenie=, _n.f._, castellany, castle-ward.
☉=chatepeleuse=, _n.f._, curculio, weevil.
=chat-huant= (sha-uān), _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) owl, screech-owl, horn-owl.
=châtiable=, _adj._, chastisable, punishable.
=châtier= (-tié), _v.a._, to chastise, to correct, to punish, to scourge,
to flog; (c.rel.) to chasten. _Qui aime bien, châtie bien_; spare the rod
and spoil the child. _— une pièce de vers_; to polish a piece of poetry.
=chatière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, cat’s hole; cat-trap.
=châtiment=, _n.m._, chastisement, correction, punishment, castigation;
(c.rel.) chastening.
=chatoiement= _or_ =chatoîment=, _n.m._, chatoyment, sparkling,
glistening, play of colors.
=chaton=, _n.m._, kitten; bezel (of a ring); outward husk or cup of the
nut; (bot.) catkin; case of a watch.
*=chatouillement=, _n.m._, tickling; titillation.
*=chatouiller=, _v.a._, to tickle, to titillate; to please, to gratify;
to flatter; to touch a horse lightly with the spur.
_se_ =chatouiller=, _v.r._, to tickle oneself; to excite oneself (to
gayety, good humor).
*=chatouilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ticklish, delicate, nice; touchy.
=chatoyant=, =-e=, _adj._, chatoyant, shot, glistening (of colors).
=chatoyer=, _v.n._, to be chatoyant, to glisten; to play (of colors); (of
style) to be florid.
=chat-pard=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) mountain-cat.
=châtré=, _n.m._, eunuch. _Voix de —_; shrill voice.
=châtré=, =-e=, _adj._, emasculate, castrated.
=châtrer=, _v.a._, to castrate; to expurgate; to take away the honey and
wax from a bee-hive; to lop, prune; (fig.) to mutilate, to curtail, to
retrench; (vet.) to geld. _— une truie_; to spay a sow. _— des cotrets_;
to take sticks from fagots of wood. _— les tiges de tabac_; to top
tobacco-plants.
_se_ =châtrer=, _v.r._, to castrate oneself; to be mutilated (of books,
plays, &c.).
=châtreur=, _n.m._, gelder.
=châtrure=, _n.f._, castrating; gelding.
=chatte=, _n.f._, she-cat. _V._ =chat=.
=chattée=, _n.f._, litter of kittens.
=chattemite=, _n.f._, demure-looking person; hypocrite, dissembler.
=chatter=, _v.n._, to kitten.
=chatterie=, _n.f._, playfulness; hypocritical caress; daintiness; pretty
or coaxing way.
=chaud=, =-e=, _adj._, hot, warm, burning, glowing; ardent; fervent,
fervid, fierce; zealous, eager; coaxing, hasty, hot-headed, passionate;
proud (of animals). _Fièvre —e_; violent fever. _Pleurer à —es larmes_;
to cry bitterly. _Tomber de fièvre en — mal_; to fall out of the
frying-pan into the fire. _Faire —_; to be warm (of weather). _Avoir la
tête —e_; to be passionate. _Tout —_; quite hot. _Il faut battre le fer
pendant qu’il est —_; (prov.) strike while the iron is hot; make hay
while the sun shines. _Cet ouvrage est tout —_; this work is quite new.
_Ne trouver rien de trop — ni de trop froid_; to wish to have everything.
_La donner bien —e_; to excite unnecessarily great alarm. _Être — de
vin_; (fam.) to be a little sprung. _L’action fut —e_; (milit.) the
engagement was a warm one. _Manger —_, _boire —_; to eat, drink, warm
things.
=chaud=, _n.m._, heat, warmth. _Il fait —_; it is hot. _Il fait grand —_;
it is very hot. _Avoir —_; to be hot. _Souffrir le — et le froid_; to
endure heat and cold. _Cela ne fait ni — ni froid_; that is immaterial,
of no importance; that is neither here nor there. _Souffler le — et le
froid_; to blow hot and cold in the same breath. _Cela ne lui fait ni —
ni froid_; that is quite indifferent to him.
=chaud=, _adv._, hot, warm.
=chaude=, _n.f._, (metal.) heating. _Battre la —_; to beat whilst the
metal is hot. _À la —_; in the first heat of passion, on the spur of the
moment.
☉=chaudeau=, _n.m._, caudle; egg-flip.
=chaudelait=, _n.m._, batter-pudding.
=chaudement= (shôd-mān), _adv._, warmly, briskly, quickly, eagerly,
fiercely, hotly.
=chaud-froid=, _n.m._, fancy dish (eaten cold).
=chaudier=, _v.n._, (hunt.) (of bitches) to be proud; to couple.
=chaudière=, _n.f._, copper, large kettle; boiler (of a steam-engine).
=chaudret= _or_ =chauderet=, _n.m._, (gold-beating) mould of about one
thousand leaves.
=chaudron=, _n.m._, large kettle, boiler, caldron.
=chaudronnée=, _n.f._, caldronful, kettleful.
=chaudronnerie=, _n.f._, coppersmith’s trade, copper wares, brazier’s
wares.
=chaudronni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, brazier, coppersmith. _— de
campagne_; tinker.
=chauffage=, _n.m._, fuel, firewood, firing; right of cutting firewood;
(nav.) breaming.
=chauffe=, _n.f._, (metal.) furnace.
=chauffe-assiettes=, _n.m._, (_—_) plate-warmer.
=chauffe-chemise=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) _or_ =chauffe-linge=,
_n.m._, (_—_) clothes-horse, linen-warmer.
=chauffe-cire=, _n.m._, (_—_) (pers.) chafe-wax.
=chauffe-lit=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) bed-warmer.
=chauffe-pieds=, _n.m._, (_—_) foot-warmer.
=chauffer=, _v.a._, to heat, to warm; to excite. _— un vaisseau_; (nav.)
to bream a ship. _— un poste_; (milit.) to keep up a sharp fire on a
post. _— quelqu’un_; to pay any one off.
_se_ =chauffer=, _v.r._, to warm one’s self. _Ne pas se — du même bois_;
not to be of the same way of thinking. _Savoir de quel bois on se
chauffe_; to know what stuff anyone is made of.
=chauffer=, _v.n._, to be heating, to grow hot; to be brewing; to be
urgent, pressing; (of a steam engine) to get up steam. _Ce n’est pas pour
vous que le four chauffe_; there is nothing for you.
=chaufferette= (shô-frèt), _n.f._, foot-warmer (in the house);
chafing-dish.
=chaufferie=, _n.f._, chafery, stoke-hole.
=chauffeur=, _n.m._, fireman, stoker, chauffeur; bellows-blower; (fig.)
braggart, humbug.
=chauffoir=, _n.m._, warming-place; warm cloth; heater.
=chauffure=, _n.f._, flaw (in iron or steel).
=chaufour=, _n.m._, lime-kiln.
=chaufournier=, _n.m._, lime-burner.
=chaulage=, _n.m._, (agri.) liming.
=chauler=, _v.a._, to lime; to steep wheat in lime-water previous to
sowing it.
=chaulier=, _n.m._, lime-burner.
=chaumage=, _n.m._, stubble-cutting; time at which stubble is cut.
=chaume=, _n.m._, stubble; stubble-field; thatch; (bot.) culm, haulm.
_Être né sous le —_; to be born in a cottage. _Couvreur en —_; thatcher.
_Couvrir de —_; to thatch. _Plein de —_; stubbly.
=chaumer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to cut stubble.
=chaumière=, _n.f._, thatched house, cottage, cot.
=chaumine=, _n.f._, small cottage, hut.
=chaussant=, =-e=, _adj._, (l.u.) easy to put on, fitting (leg or foot).
=chausse=, _n.f._, stocking, hose; shoulder-knot; straining-bag, filter.
_— d’aisances_; waste-pipe of a water-closet.
=chaussé=, =-e=, _part._, shod. _Bien —_; well-shod, nicely booted. _Ils
sont chaussés au même point_; they get on capitally.
=chaussée=, _n.f._, causeway; bank, highway. _Au rez de —_; level with
the ground. _J’habite le rez-de-chaussée_; I live on the ground-floor.
=chausse-pied=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) shoe-horn; (fig.) help, assistance.
=chausser=, _v.a._, to put on (shoes, boots, stockings); to make shoes;
to get firmly fixed into one’s head; to suit; (man.) to put one’s feet
too far forward in the stirrups. _— le cothurne_; to put on the buskin,
go on the tragic stage; to write in an inflated style. _— le brodequin_;
to put on the sock, go on the comic stage; to compose, to act comedy.
_Les cordonniers sont les plus mal chaussés_; nobody is worse shod than
the shoemaker’s wife. _— des arbres_; to earth up trees. _— une opinion_;
to be wedded to an opinion. _Cet homme n’est pas aisé à chausser_; (fam.
and fig.) that man is not easily persuaded.
_se_ =chausser=, _v.r._, to put on one’s shoes, boots, stockings; to
become strongly wedded to an opinion.
=chausser=, _v.n._, to make boots or shoes, to wear shoes. _Ils chaussent
au même point_; they wear shoes of the same size; (fig.) they are of the
same stamp.
=chausses=, _n.f.pl._, breeches, small-clothes, trowsers. _— à tuyaux
d’orgue_; trunk hose. _Ne pas avoir de —_; to be very poor. _Avoir la
clef de ses —_; to be one’s own master. _Laisser ses — quelque part_;
to leave one’s bones somewhere, to die. _Tirer ses —_; to scamper away.
_Elle porte les —_; she wears the breeches.
=chaussetier= (shôs-tié), _n.m._, hosier.
=chausse-trape=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) caltrop; snare, trap; (bot.)
star-thistle.
=chaussette=, _n.f._, sock; under-stocking; anklet.
=chausson=, _n.m._, sock; under-stocking; pump; light shoe (worn when
playing rackets, or when fencing); list-shoe; puff-paste; fruit-tart.
=chaussure=, _n.f._, foot-gear, shoes, slippers, boots, pumps. _Il a
trouvé — à son pied_; he has found what he wanted; he has met with his
match.
=chauve=, _adj._, bald, baldpated.
=chauve-souris=, _n.f._, (_—s-—_) bat, flitter-mouse.
☉=chauveté= (shôv-té), _n.f._, baldness, calvity.
=chauvinisme=, _n.m._, Chauvinism.
=chauvir=, _v.n._, to prick up the ears (of horses, asses, mules).
=chaux=, _n.f._, lime; limestone; (chem.) calx, lime. _— éteinte_; slaked
lime. _— vive_; quicklime. _Pierre à —_; limestone. _Donner un blanc de
—_; (mas.) to give a coat of whitewash. _Être fait à — et à ciment_, or
_à — et à mortier_; to be well and solidly done.
=chavirement=, _n.m._, capsizing, upsetting.
=chavirer=, _v.n._, to capsize, to upset.
=chavirer=, _v.a._, to turn upside down; to turn inside out.
=chebec=, _n.m._, (nav.) xebec.
=chef=, _n.m._, chief, head, commander, conductor, master, principal,
ringleader, foreman (of a jury); fag-end (of a piece of linen);
(nav.) end of a cable; (med.) tail of a bandage. _En —_; in chief.
_— de bureau_; senior clerk. _— de cabinet_; head of a department.
_— d’état-major_; chief of the staff. _— d’état major-général_;
quarter-master-general. _— de musique_; band-master. _— d’orchestre_;
musical-director. _— de parti_; party-leader. _— de pièce_; captain of
a gun. _— de rayon_; (com.) head of a department. _— de train_; railway
guard. _— de famille_; head of a house. _— de cuisine_; master-cook. _—
d’accusation_; count of indictment, charge. _Faire quelque chose de son
—_; to do a thing on one’s own responsibility. _De son —_; in one’s own
right.
=chef-d’œuvre= (shè-deuvr), _n.m._, (_—s-—_) trial piece; master-piece;
master-stroke.
☉=chefecier=. _V._ =chevecier=.
=chef-lieu=, _n.m._, (_—s-—x_) chief residence; head-quarters, chief
town; county-town.
=chégros=, _n.m._, shoemaker’s thread or end, cobbler’s-ends, wax end.
=cheik= _or_ =scheik=, _n.m._, sheik.
=chéiroptère= (ké-). _V._ =chiroptère=.
=chélidoine= (ké-), _n.f._, (bot.) celandine, swallow-wort.
=chélone= (ké-), _n.f._, (bot.) chelone, snake-head, shell-flower.
=chélonée= (ké-), _n.f._, sea-tortoise.
=chélonite= (ké-), _n.f._, chelonite.
☉_se_ =chêmer=, _v.r._, to fall away, to waste, to pine.
=chemin=, _n.m._, way, road, path, track; means; course; (nav.) way;
(railways) line, road. _Grand —_; highway, high-road. _Voleur de
grands —s_; highwayman. _— passant_; much frequented thoroughfare. _—s
vicinaux_, _communaux_; village, parochial roads. _— de traverse_;
cross-road. _— détourné_; out of the way road. _— de fer_; railway,
railroad. _— de fer à rail plat_; tramroad. _— de service_; (railways)
attendant path. _Embranchement de — de fer_; branch railway. _Le — de
l’hôpital_; the way to the work-house. _— couvert_; (fort.) covered way,
corridor. _— de halage_; towing-path. _À mi-—_; half-way. _— faisant_;
on the way. _— de velours_; the primrose path. _Le — des écoliers_; the
longest way. _Se mettre en —_; to begin a journey. _Rebrousser —_; to
go back. _Être toujours par voie et par —_; to be always gadding about.
_Aller toujours son —_; to pursue one’s point. _Aller son petit bonhomme
de —_; to jog along quietly. _Passez votre —_; go your way. _Tout — mène
à Rome_; there are more ways to heaven than one. _Ce jeune homme fera son
—_; this young man will make his way. _N’y pas aller par quatre —s_; not
to beat about the bush. _Qui trop se hâte, reste en —_; slow and sure
wins the race. _— de Saint-Jacques_; (astron.) milky-way. _Faire voir du
—_; to give trouble.
=chemineau=, _n.m._, portable stove; tramp.
=cheminée=, _n.f._, chimney; fire-place; mantel-shelf; nipple (of
a percussion gun). _Tuyau de —_; chimney-flue. _Ramoneur de —_;
chimney-sweep. _Corps de —_; chimney-stack. _Sous le manteau de la —_;
secretly (sub rosâ). _Il faut faire une croix à la —_; we must chalk that
up. _Se chauffer à la — du roi René_; to warm one’s self in the sun.
=cheminement=, _n.m._, (milit.) approach, progress (of siege operations).
=cheminer=, _v.n._, to walk, to go; to proceed leisurely; to be well
connected (of things). _Ce poème chemine bien_; the various parts of this
poem are well connected.
=chemise=, _n.f._, shirt, shift, chemise; (fort., mas.) chemise; coat (of
a mold); wrapper, cover, envelope; case. _— blanche_; clean shirt. _— de
nuit_; night-gown; night-shirt. _— de mailles_; coat of mail. _Vendre
jusqu’à sa —_; to sell the shirt off one’s back. _Passer une —_; to put
on a shirt. _La peau est plus proche que la —_; near is my shirt, but
nearer is my skin. _En manches de —_; in shirt-sleeves. _Le temps de
mettre une —_; just time to dress.
=chemiser=, _v.a._, to coat.
=chemiserie=, _n.f._, shirt-warehouse; shirt-making; shirts.
=chemisette=, _n.f._, light under-waistcoat; shirt-front; dicky;
chemisette. _Corps de —_; habit-shirt.
=chemisi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, shirt-maker.
=chênaie=, _n.f._, oak-plantation.
=chenal=, _n.m._, channel, watercourse (of harbors, &c.); (geog.) track;
gutter (of roofs).
=chenaler=, _v.n._, (nav.) to sail through a channel.
=chenapan=, _n.m._, (pop.) vagabond, good for nothing wretch, scamp,
blackguard.
=chêne=, _n.m._, (bot.) oak. _De —_; oaken. _— vert_; evergreen-oak. _—
liège_; cork-tree.
=chêneau=, _n.m._, young oak.
=chéneau=, _n.m._, gutter (of roofs).
=chenet=, _n.m._, andiron, fire-dog.
=chênette=, _n.f._, (bot.) germander. _— amère_; wall germander.
=chènevière=, _n.f._, hemp-field.
=chènevis= (shèn-vi), _n.m._, hemp-seed.
=chènevotte=, _n.f._, boon, stalk (of hemp).
=chènevotter=, _v.n._, (agri.) to shoot weak wood.
=chenil= (-ni), _n.m._, dog-kennel; dirty hovel; kennel of hounds.
*=chenille=, _n.f._, caterpillar, worm; kind of silk cord; kind of
dressing-gown; evil doer; bore (troublesome person). _— velue_; hairy
caterpillar. _— rase_; naked caterpillar. _Laid comme une —_; as ugly as
a toad.
*=chenillette=, _n.f._, (bot.) caterpillar.
=chénopode= (ké-), _n.m._, (bot.) all-good.
=chenu=, =-e=, _adj._, hoary, hoar-back; gray-headed.
=cheptel= (shĕ-tèl), _n.m._, (jur.) lease of cattle; cattle leased out.
=chèque=, _n.m._, check; cheque. _— barré_; crossed cheque.
=ch-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, dear, beloved; dear, costly, expensive. _Rendre
—_; to endear. _Il fait — vivre à Paris_; living is dear in Paris.
=cher=, _adv._, dear, dearly. _Acheté_, _payé —_; dear bought. _Je le lui
ferai payer plus — qu’au marché_; I will make him pay dearly for it.
_Faire payer trop —_; to ask too much for.
=chᵉʳ.=, ab. for Chevalier.
=chercher=, _v.a._, to seek, to look for, to search, to be in quest
of; to endeavor, to cast about for, to attempt, to try to find. _Que
cherchez-vous?_ what are you looking for? _Aller —_; to go and bring,
to go and fetch, to go for. _Je viendrai vous —_; I will come for you.
_Envoyer —_; to send for. _Il est allé — son cheval_; he has gone to
fetch his horse. _Allez me — la lettre_; go and bring me the letter.
_— noise_, _— querelle à_; to pick a quarrel with. _— quelqu’un par mer
et par terre_; to look for any one high and low. _— des yeux_; to look
for. _— midi à quatorze heures_; to seek for difficulties where there are
none; (prov.) to look for a knot in a bulrush. _Le bien cherche le bien_;
money begets money; money flies to money; deep calls to deep.
=chercheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, seeker, searcher, inquirer. _— de
franches lippées_; spunger.
=chère=, _n.f._, cheer, entertainment, fare; reception. _Bonne —_;
junketing. _Homme de bonne —_; a man who likes good living. _Faire bonne
—_; to live well. _Faire maigre —_; to live poorly. _Ne savoir quelle —
faire à quelqu’un_; not to know how to welcome any one enough. _Il n’est
— que d’appétit_; hunger is the best sauce. _Il n’est — que de vilain_;
there is nothing like a miser’s feast. _Faire — de prince à quelqu’un_;
treat any one sumptuously.
=chèrement=, _adv._, dearly, tenderly; dear, at a high price.
=chéri=, =-e=, _part._, beloved, cherished.
=chérif=, _n.m._, (_—s_) cherif (Arabian prince).
=chérir=, _v.a._, to love dearly, to cherish; to hug.
=chérissable=, _adj._, deserving, worthy of love.
=cherté=, _n.f._, dearness, high price, dearth.
=chérubin=, _n.m._, cherub.
=chervis=, _n.m._, (bot.) skirret.
=chéti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, lean, thin, pitiful, piteous, puny; sorry, bad,
mean, wretched.
=chétivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, meanly, pitifully, sorrily, poorly,
penuriously; feebly.
=cheulard=, _n.m._, lout, gaby.
=cheval=, _n.m._, horse, nag; horse-flesh; (astron.) horse. _— de frise_;
cheval de frise. _— fondu_; saddle my nag (game). _— marin_; sea-horse.
_— de rivière_; river-horse. _Fer à —_; horse-shoe. _— gris pommelé_,
_truité_, _aubère_, _rouan_, _poil de souris_, _isabelle_, _soupe au
lait_; dapple-gray, trout-colored, fleabitten-gray, roan, mouse-colored,
light dun, cream-colored, horse. _Petit —_; nag, pony. _— de parade_,
_de bataille_; prancer, charger. _— de selle_, _de chasse_, _de trait_;
saddle-horse, hunter, draught-horse. _— de brancard_, _de main_, _à
deux mains_; shaft-horse, led-horse, saddle and shaft-horse. _— de
bât_; pack-horse; lout, booby. _— de course_, _d’amble_; race-horse,
nag. _— de Barbarie_ or _Barbe_; barb. _— entier_; _— hongre_; entire
horse, stone-horse; gelding. _— à bascule_; rocking-horse. _— simulé_;
(fowling) stalking-horse. _— de bois_; (milit.) horse (for punishment).
_— de charrue_, _de labour_; plow-horse. _— de conduite_; led horse. _—
de gauche_; near-side horse. _— sous la main_; off-side horse. _— de
louage_; horse for hire, livery horse. _— à une main_; horse for riding
or driving only. _— à deux mains_, _à deux fins_, _à toutes mains_;
horse for riding and driving. _— de race_, _de pur sang_; blood-horse.
_— au vert_; grass-horse. _— qui a beaucoup d’action_; high stepper.
_Chevaux de frise_; (milit.) chevaux de frise. _Case_, _wagon_, _pour les
chevaux_; horse-box. _Chair de —_; horse-flesh. _L’art de monter à —_;
horsemanship. _Aller à —_; to ride. _À —!_ to horse! _Être à —_; to be
on horseback. _Être à — sur un bâton_; to ride a stick. _Il est le — de
bât_; he is the drudge. _Travail de —_; hard work. _Brider son — par la
queue_; to begin at the wrong end. _Parler à —_; to speak magisterially,
severely. _Être mal à —_; to be in a quandary. _Monter sur ses grands
chevaux_; to ride the high horse. _À — donné il ne faut point regarder à
la bride_; one must not look a gift horse in the mouth. _Il n’est si bon
— qui ne bronche_; ’tis a good horse that never stumbles. _Huile de —_;
horse-grease. _Être à — sur l’étiquette_; to be a stickler for etiquette.
_Changer son — borgne contre un aveugle_; to make a bad bargain; to
change for the worse. _L’œil du maître engraisse le —_; matters prosper
under the master’s eye.
=chevalement=, _n.m._, (arch.) prop, stay, shore.
=chevaler=, _v.a._, to prop, to shore up.
=chevaler=, _v.n._, to run about, to run up and down.
=chevaleresque=, _adj._, chivalrous, knightly.
=chevalerie=, _n.f._, knighthood, chivalry. _— errante_; knight-errantry.
=chevalet=, _n.m._, wooden horse (instrument of torture); bridge (of
a stringed instrument); easel; the gallows of a printing-press; horse
for scraping hides on; sawing-trestle or horse; buttress, prop, shore;
clothes-horse; cross-beam (of a dormer window); pyrotechnist’s horse
or rack; (nav.) roller (to pass the cables from one place to another).
_Tableau de —_; (paint.) easel-piece.
=chevalier=, _n.m._, knight; cavalier; knight (at chess); (orni.)
sandpiper. _Armer quelqu’un —_; to dub any one a knight. _— d’honneur_;
the first gentleman-usher to the queen. _Le — du guet_; formerly the
captain of the night watch at Paris. _— de l’arquebuse_; one of the
artillery-company. _— errant_; knight-errant. _— d’industrie_; one that
lives by his wits, sharper, swindler. _— de la coupe_; tavern-knight. _Se
faire le — de quelqu’un_; to stand up for any one. _— de Saint-Louis_;
knight of St. Louis. _— de la légion d’honneur_; knight of the legion of
honor. _— rouge_; (orni.) red-shank.
=chevalière=, _n.f._, knight’s lady; signet-ring.
=chevaline=, _adj._, equine, of horses.
=chevalis=, _n.m._, passage, canal (cut in the bed of a river).
☉=chevance=, _n.f._, goods and chattels, substance.
=chevane=, _n.f._, (pisc.) chub, cheven.
=chevauchage=, _n.m._, (print.) riding.
=chevauchant=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) equitant.
=chevauchée=, _n.f._, circuit, progress; riding.
=chevauchement= (-vôsh-mān), _n.m._, (of bones) overlapping.
=chevaucher=, _v.n._, to ride, to be astride; (nav.) to ride, to cross;
(carp.) to overlap; (print. and surg.) to ride.
=chevaucher=, _v.a._ _— le vent_; to beat up against the wind.
=chevaucheur=, _n.m._, rider, horseman.
☉_à_ =chevauchons=, _adv._, astraddle.
=chevau-léger=, _n.m._, light-horseman. _—-—s_; light cavalry.
=chevêche=, _n.f._, white owl, owlet, church owl.
=chevecier=, _n.m._, dean (of certain chapters).
=chevelé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) (of the hair) crined.
=cheveline= (shĕv-), _n.f._, coral club-top.
=chevelu=, =-e=, (shĕve-), _adj._, long-haired, hairy; (bot.) fibrous;
(of literature) romantic. _Comète —e_; haired comet. _Cuir —_; scalp.
=chevelu=, _n.m._, (bot.) chevelure; beard of the root.
=chevelure= (shĕv-), _n.f._, hair, head of hair; scalp. _La — de
Bérénice_; (constellation) Berenice’s hair (Coma Berenices).
=chever=, _v.a._, (gold.) to hollow out.
=chevet=, _n.m._, pillow; bolster; the head (of a bed); bedside; (nav.)
cushion, bag. _Droit de —_; sort of fee or present. _Le — d’une église_;
apsis of a church. _Trouver quelque chose sous son —_; to dream of
anything. _C’est son épée de —_; he is his trusty councilor.
=chevêtre=, _n.m._, halter; (carp.) binding-joist; (surg.) bandage to
support the lower jaw.
=cheveu=, _n.m._, hair. _Les —x_; the hair of the head. _—x de Vénus_;
(bot.) maiden-hair. _Tresse de —x_; plait of hair. _—x roux_; sandy hair.
_—x d’ébène_; raven locks. _—x épars_; disheveled locks. _—x postiches_;
false hair. _Je désire me faire couper les —x_; I want to have my hair
cut. _Raser les —x_; to shave the head. _Se prendre aux —x_; to take one
another by the hair. _Cela fait dresser les —x sur la tête_; that makes
one’s hair stand on end. _Prendre l’occasion aux —x_; to take time by
the forelock. _En —x_; bare-headed (wearing nothing on one’s head). _Tiré
par les —x_; far-fetched.
*=chevillage=, _n.m._, pegging, bolting.
=chevillard=, _n.m._, carcass-butcher, meat-salesman.
*=cheville=, _n.f._, peg, pin; bolt; plug; botch, stop-gap; (poet.)
line or word of necessity; (nav.) iron bolt; branch (of a deer’s
head). _Trouver à chaque trou une —_; to find a peg for every hole. _—
ouvrière_; pole-bolt of a coach; principal agent, mainspring of a party,
of an affair. _La — du pied_; the ankle-bone. _— à goujon_; common
bolt. _— à goupille_; forelock bolt. _— à bouche et à croc_; bolt with
ring and hook. _— à tête de diamant_; square-headed bolt. _— à pointe
perdue_; short drove-bolt. _— d’affût_; gun-carriage bolt. _— à cosse_;
fender-bolt. _Vous ne lui allez pas à la —_; you are a pigmy compared
with him; no match for him. _À la —_; by the carcass, or half carcass.
*=chevillé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) branched.
*=cheviller=, _v.a._, to peg or pin, to fasten with a peg; (dy.) to
wring. _Des vers chevillés_; botched verses. _Il a l’âme chevillée dans
le corps_; he has nine lives.
*=chevillette=, _n.f._, key or peg (of a book-binder’s sewing press).
*=chevillon=, _n.m._, turner’s peg.
*=chevillot=, _n.m._, (nav.) toggle, belaying-pin.
*=chevillure=, _n.f._, branches of a deer’s head.
=chèvre=, _n.f._, she-goat, nanny-goat; (mec.) crab, gin; crane;
(astron.) capella. _Enter en pied de —_; to graft slopeways.
_Barbe-de-—_; (bot.) jew’s beard. _— à musc_; musk goat, Thibet musk.
_Avoir la —_, _prendre la —_; to take offense. _Ménager la — et le chou_;
to run with the hare and hold with the hounds. _Où la — est attachée il
faut qu’elle broute_; one must bow to circumstances.
=chevreau=, _n.m._, kid; kid (skin).
*=chèvrefouille=, _n.m._, honeysuckle. _— des bois_; woodbine.
=chèvre-pied= _or_ =chèvre-pieds=, _adj._, (of satyrs) goat-footed.
=chevrette=, _n.f._, roe, doe; shrimp, prawn; syrup-pot; little andiron
or fire dog.
*=chevreuil=, _n.m._, roebuck, roe-deer; venison.
=chevri-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, goat-herd.
*=chevrillard=, _n.m._, young roebuck.
=chevron=, _n.m._, rafter; stripe (on a soldier’s sleeve); (nav.)
scantling, long wedge; (her.) chevron. _— de long pan_; long rafter. _—s
de croupe_; hips. _—s cintrés_; arched rafters. _—s de remplage_; joists.
_Mettre les —s à la batterie_; to apply the wedges to the trucks.
=chevronné=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) chevroned.
☉=chevrotage=, _n.m._, goat-fee.
=chevrotain=, _n.m._, chevrotain.
=chevrotant=, =-e=, _adj._, quivering, tremulous.
=chevrotement= (-mān), _n.m._, tremulous motion, trembling, quivering of
the voice.
=chevroter=, _v.n._, to kid; to sing or speak in a tremulous voice.
=chevrotin=, _n.m._, kid leather.
=chevrotine=, _n.f._, buck-shot.
=chez= (shé), _prep._, at, to, in, one’s house; at the house of; at, to,
the native place of; in, with; among. _J’ai été — vous_; I have been at
your house. _Chacun est maître — soi_; every man is master in his own
house. _Je viens de — vous_; I come from your house. _J’ai pas se par —
vous_; I called at your house in passing. _Je viens de — ma mère_; I come
from my mother’s. _C’est — lui une habitude_; it a habit with him. _Avoir
un — soi_; to have a home of one’s own. _Il n’y a pas de petit — soi_;
home is home, be it ever so homely.
=chiaoux=, _n.m._, Turkish officer, messenger.
=chiasse=, _n.f._, dross, scum; dung (of flies).
=chibouque=, _n.f._, chibouk (Turkish pipe).
=chic=, _n.m._, tact, effect, knack, style (paint.). _Il a du —_; there
is something stylish about him.
=chicambaut=, _n.m._, (nav.) bumkin, luff-block.
=chicane=, _n.f._, cavil, evasion, quibble; chicanery, pettifogging,
caviling, quibbling; the quirks of the law; wrangling. _Gens de —_;
pettifoggers. _Chercher — a quelqu’un_; to pick a trumpery quarrel with
any one.
=chicaner=, _v.n._, to chicane, to cavil, to quibble, to use tricks, to
quarrel with; to use quirks, shifts; to wrangle, to perplex. _— le vent_;
(nav.) to hug the wind.
=chicanerie= (shi-), _n.f._, chicanery; quibbling, caviling.
=chicaneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, =chicani-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=,
_n.f._, and _adj._, chicaner, caviler, pettifogger, wrangler; litigious,
caviling, wrangling.
=chicard=, =-e=, _adj._, (pop.) swellish.
=chiche=, _adj._, niggardly, penurious, stingy, scurvy, shabby, scanty,
sordid, sparing, parsimonious, niggard. _Pois —s_; chick-peas, dwarf-peas.
=chichement= (shish-mān), _adv._, niggardly, penuriously, stingily,
parsimoniously.
☉=chicheté=, _n.f._, niggardliness, covetousness, penuriousness.
=chicon=, _n.m._, cos-lettuce; heart (of).
=chicoracé=, =-e=, _adj._, endive-like, chicoraceous.
=chicoracée=, _n.f._, (bot.) chicoraceous plant.
=chicorée=, _n.f._, succory, endive, chicory.
=chicot=, _n.m._, small broken piece of wood; stump (of teeth); stub,
stump (of trees). _— du Canada_; bonduc.
=chicoter=, _v.n._, (pop.) to wrangle, to trifle, to split hairs.
=chicotin=, _n.m._, orpine, rosewort, rose-root, livelong; juice of
bitter apple. _Amer comme —_; as bitter as gall.
=chie-en-lit=, _n.m._, (_—_) merry-andrew, masker, jack-pudding.
=chien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._ (-in, -è-n), dog, bitch; cock (of a
gun or pistol). _— babillard_; (hunt.) liar. _— caniche_; poodle-dog;
poodle; water-dog. _— volant_; tailless bat. _Grand —_; dog-star. _— de
pure race_; true-bred dog. _— métis_; half-bred dog; mongrel. _Cette
chienne est pleine_; that bitch is with pup. _— d’arrêt_; pointer. _—
couchant_; setter; toad-eater; lick-spittle. _— courant_; beagle. _—
turc_; Barbary, Turkish dog. _— d’attache_; ban-dog. _— de basse-cour_;
house-dog. _— de berger_; shepherd’s dog. _— de boucher_; mastiff. _— de
ferme_; house-dog. _— marin_, _— de mer_; (ich.) dog-fish, hound-fish.
_— de race_; thorough-bred dog. _— pour le renard_; fox-hound. _— pour
le sanglier_; boar-hound. _— du grand Saint-Bernard_; Alpine mastiff. _—
de Terre-neuve_; Newfoundland dog. _— terrier_; terrier. _Une meute de
—s_; a pack of hounds. _Un petit —_, _un jeune —_; a puppy, a whelp. _—
de salon_; lap-dog. _Chasser au — d’arrêt_; to shoot over dogs. _Donner
lâcher les —s_; to let loose, cast off, the dogs. _Jeter sa langue aux
—s_; to give it up (of a riddle). _C’est Saint Roch et son —_; they
are like Darby and Joan; they are inseparable. _Hâler les —s_; to set
on the dogs. _Rompre les —s_; to call off the dogs. _Être comme un — à
l’attache_; to be like a galley-slave. _Faire le — couchant_; to creep
and crouch and truckle. _Mener une vie de —_; to lead a dog’s life. _Bons
—s chassent de race_; like father, like son; cat after kind. _Entre — et
loup_; in the dusk of the evening. _Ils s’accordent comme — et chat_;
they agree like cat and dog. _Leurs —s ne chassent pas ensemble_; they
don’t agree together. _Qui m’aime, aime mon —_; love me, love my dog. _—
qui aboie ne mord pas_; his bark is worse than his bite. _— hargneux a
toujours l’oreille déchirée_; quarrelsome curs have dirty coats. _Qui
veut noyer son — l’accuse de la rage_; give your dog a bad name, and hang
him. _Un — regarde bien un évêque_; a cat may look at a king. _C’est le
— du jardinier_; it is the dog in the manger. _Autant vaut être mordu
d’un — que d’une chienne_; as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb. _Être
reçu comme un — dans un jeu de quilles_; to be as welcome as a dog at a
wedding.
=chien de mer= _or_ =chien marin=, _n.m._, (ich.) dog-fish, hound-fish.
=chiendent=, _n.m._, dog-grass, quitch-grass, couch-grass. _— fossile_;
amianthus.
=chiennée=, _n.f._, a litter of pups.
=chienner= (shiè-), _v.n._, to whelp, to pup.
=chiffe=, _n.f._, poor stuff; rags.
=chiffon=, _n.m._, rag, scrap; trinket, frippery. _Mon petit —_; you
little darling.
=chiffonnage=, _n.m._, (paint.) rumpled drapery; rumpling, crumpling,
tumbling.
=chiffonne=, _adj.f._, (gard.) puny, useless. _Branche —_; puny, stunted,
branch.
=chiffonner=, _v.a._, to rumple, to wrinkle, to crumple, to tumble, to
ruffle, to tease, to vex.
=chiffonni-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, rag-picker.
=chiffonni-er=, _n.m._, _or_ =-ère=, _n.f._, chiffonier.
=chiffre=, _n.m._, figure, number; total amount; cipher; flourish
of letters, monogram; digit. _— périodique_; (arith.) figure of the
recurring period. _Ecrire en —_; to write in cipher.
=chiffrer=, _v.n._, to cipher, to mark, to write in cipher.
=chiffrer=, _v.a._, to cipher, to foot up; to figure, to number (of
music).
=chiffreur=, _n.m._, reckoner.
*=chignon=, _n.m._, nape (of the neck); hair twisted behind, chignon.
=chimère=, _n.f._, (myth.) chimera; myth, idle fancy, vain imagination;
(conch., ich.) chimera.
=chimérique=, _adj._, chimerical, visionary, fantastical.
=chimériquement=, _adv._, chimerically.
=chimie=, _n.f._, chemistry.
=chimique=, _adj._ chemical.
=chimiste=, _n.m._, chemist.
=chimpanzé=, _n.m._, (zoöl.) chimpanzee.
=china=, _n.m._, (bot.) China-root. _V._ =squine=.
=chinchilla=, _n.m._, (mam.) chinchilla.
=chiner=, _v.a._, (manu.) to color, to dye.
=chinois=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, Chinese.
=chinoiserie=, _n.f._, Chinese ornament; knick-knack; folly, farce, joke.
=chiourme=, _n.f._, convict-gang.
=chiper=, _v.a._, to pilfer, to crib, to prig, to bag.
=chipie=, _n.f._, affected, mincing, peevish woman; prude.
=chipoter=, _v.n._, to dally, to trifle, to dispute about trifles; to
higgle; to haggle.
=chipoti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, trifler, dallier, shuffler;
higgler, haggler.
=chique=, _n.f._, quid of tobacco; (ent.) chegre, chegoe, chigre; marble
(to play with).
=chiquenaude= (shik-nôd), _n.f._, fillip.
=chiquenauder=, _v.a._, to fillip.
=chiquer=, _v.n._, to chew tobacco; to eat heartily; (paint.) to dash off.
=chiquet=, _n.m._, driblet, bit; shred. _Un — de vin_; a drop of wine. _—
à —_; bit by bit.
=chiragre= (ki-), _n.f._, chiragra.
☉=chirimoya=, _n.f._, custard-apple.
=chirographaire= (ki-), _adj._, on note of hand.
=chirologie= (ki-), _n.f._, chirology.
=chiromancie= (ki-), _n.f._, chiromancy, palmistry.
=chiromancien= (ki-), _n.m._, chiromancer.
=chirone=, _n.f._, (bot.) centaury.
=chiroptère= (ki-), _n.m._, (mam.) cheiropter, bat.
=chirurgical=, =-e=, _adj._, surgical.
=chirurgie=, _n.f._, surgery.
=chirurgien= (-in), _n.m._, surgeon. _Aide-—_, (_—s-—s_) assistant
surgeon.
=chirurgique=, _adj._, surgical.
=chiste= (kist), _n.m._, (surg.) cyst.
=chiure=, _n.f._, fly-blow. _Marqué de —s de mouches_; fly-bitten. _Faire
des —s de mouches sur_; to fly-blow.
=chlamyde= (kla-), _n.f._, chlamys.
=chlorate= (klo-), _n.m._, (chem.) chlorate.
=chlore= (klor), _n.m._, (chem.) chlorine; (bot.) yellow-wort.
=chloré=, =-e= (klo-), _adj._, chloruretted.
=chlorhydrate= (klo-), _n.m._, (chem.) hydrochlorate.
=chlorhydrique= (klo-), _adj._, (chem.) hydrochloric, muriatic.
=chloride= (klo-), _n.m._, (chem.) a combination of chlorine with a
simple substance, chloride.
=chlorique= (klo-), _adj._, (chem.) chloric.
=chloroforme= (klo-), _n.m._, chloroform.
=chloroformer=, _v.a._, to administer chloroform.
=chloromètre= (klo-), _n.m._, chlorometer.
=chlorométrie= (klo-), _n.f._, chlorometry.
=chlorose= (klo-rôz), _n.f._, (med.) chlorosis, green sickness; (bot.)
etiolation.
=chlorotique= (klo-), _adj._, chlorotic.
=chlorure= (klo-), _n.m._, chloride.
=choc=, _n.m._, shock, clashing, encounter; brunt; collision, disaster,
blow. _Soutenir le —_; to stand the shock.
=chocolat=, _n.m._, chocolate. _Bâton de —_; stick of chocolate.
=chocolati-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, chocolate-maker; chocolate-dealer.
=chocolatière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, chocolate-pot.
=chœur= (keur), _n.m._, choir, chorus. _Enfant de —_; choir boy,
chorister. _Chanter en —_; to sing in chorus.
=choir= (chu), _v.n._, to fall.
=choisir=, _v.a._, to choose, to make choice of; to pitch upon, to pick
out; to nominate; to single out, to select. _Il n’y a point à —_; there
is no choice left. _Se —_; to choose for one’s self.
=choix= (shoâ), _n.m._, choice, choosing, option, selection, distinction,
discernment. _Par —_; from choice. _Sans —_; indifferently. _Au —_; all
at one price. _Avoir le — forcé_; to have Hobson’s choice.
=cholagogue= (ko-la-gog), _n.m._, (med.) cholagogue.
=cholédoque=, _adj._, (anat.) biliary, hepatic. _Canal —_; hepatic duct.
=choléra-morbus= (ko-), _n.m._, (_n.p._) cholera-morbus. _Faux —_;
cholerine.
=cholérine= (ko-), _n.f._ cholerine.
=cholérique=, _n.m.f._, (med.) person affected with cholera; cholera
patient. _adj._, choleric, bilious.
=choliambe= (ko-), _n.m._, choliambic verse.
=chômable=, _adj._, to be kept as a holiday.
=chômage=, _n.m._, stoppage; want of work; cessation from work; enforced
idleness; respite. _Le — d’un moulin_; the standing still of a mill.
=chômer=, _v.a._, to abstain, to cease, from work on a particular day, to
rest. _C’est un saint qu’on ne chôme pas_; he is in no great repute.
=chômer=, _v.n._, to want work, to be at a stand-still; (agri.) to lie
fallow. _Il chôme de besogne_; he is out of work. _— de quelque chose_;
to stand in need of a thing.
*=chondrille= (kon-), _n.f._, (bot.) gum-succory; wall-lettuce.
=chondrologie=, _n.f._, chondrology.
=chope=, _n.f._, large beer-glass; mug of beer.
☉=chopine=, _n.f._, pint (a measure nearly equal to an English pint).
=chopiner=, _v.n._, to tipple.
=chopper=, _v.n._, to stumble, to trip up; to blunder.
=choquant=, =-e=, _adj._, rude, offensive; shocking; unpleasant,
disagreeable, improper.
=choquer=, _v.a._, to shock, to strike, to dash against, to clash with;
to offend, to give offense, to shock, to disgust, to displease, to grate
upon; (nav.) to surge.
_se_ =choquer=, _v.r._, to take offense; to come into collision with.
=choquer=, _v.n._, to strike glasses; to be offensive; to hurt any one’s
feelings; to be shocking.
=choral= (ko-), _adj._, choral, _n.m._, chant.
=chorée= (ko-), _n.m._, (poet.) choreus.
=chorée= (ko-), _n.f._, chorea, St. Vitus’ dance.
=chorège= (ko-), _n.m._, (antiq.) chorægus.
=chorégraphe= (ko-) _n.m._, chorographer.
=chorégraphie= (ko-), _n.f._, choregraphy.
=chorégraphique= (ko-), _adj._, choregraphical.
=chorévêque= (ko-), _n.m._, chorepiscopus.
=choriambe= (ko-ri-ānb), _n.m._, (poet.) choriamb.
=chorion=, _n.m._, (anat.) chorion.
=choriste= (ko-), _n.m._, chorister; chorus singer (thea.).
=chorographie= (ko-), _n.f._, chorography.
=chorographique= (ko-), _adj._, chorographical.
=choroïde= (ko-), _n.f._, _adj._, (anat.) choroid.
=chorus= (ko-rûss) _n.m._, chorus. _Faire —_; to sing the chorus, to join
in; to chime in; to applaud, to approve, to agree.
=chose=, _n.f._, thing; matter, business, affair, deed; reality, action;
(jur.) chattels. _Ce n’est pas grand —_; ’tis no great matter. _Quelque
— de beau_; something fine. _Peu de —_; a mere trifle, nothing. _La —
publique_; the commonwealth, common weal. _Être tout —_; (pop.) to be
out of sorts. _Rester tout —_; to remain confused. _C’est tout autre
—_; that is quite another thing. _Dites bien des —s de ma part à votre
frère_; remember me to your brother. _Bien des — chez vous_; kind regards
at home. _Monsieur —_; Mr. “what’s his name.” _—s de la mer_ (nav.);
wreckage; flotage, flotsam (jur.)
=chou=, _n.m._, cabbage; colewort; puff-paste; kale; darling, dear;
bow, rosette. _— cabus_; headed-cabbage. _— marin_; sea-kale, wort,
sea-cabbage. _— pommé_; white-headed cabbage. _— non pommé_; bore-kale,
brown-kale. _Filet à —_; cabbage-net. _Rejet de —_; cabbage-sprout.
_Pomme de —_; cabbage-head. _Tige_, _trognon_, _de —_; cabbage-stalk.
_— crépu_; Scotch kale. _— de Milan_; savoy. _—x verts_, _jeunes —x_;
sprouts. _—x blancs_; white-heart cabbages. _—x brocolis_; broccoli. _—
oléifère_; colza. _— de chien_; dog’s cabbage. _—-palmiste_, (_—x-—s_);
palm-cabbage. _—-navet_, (_—x-—s_); rape-colewort. _—-rave_, (_—x-—s_);
turnip-cabbage. _—!_ _—-là!_ _—-pille!_; (hunt.) at it! go it! _Des —x et
des raves_; ducks and drakes. _— pour —_; taking one thing and another.
_Il en fait ses —x gras_; he feathers his nest with it. _Il s’entend à
cela comme à ramer des —x_; he knows nothing at all about it. _Aller
planter ses —x_; to retire into private life. _Mon petit —_; my little
darling. _Bête comme un —_; as stupid as an owl.
=chouan=, _n.m._, brown owl, royalist insurgent (French Revolution).
=chouanner=, _v.n._, to carry on a guérilla warfare (after the manner of
the Chouans).
=chouannerie=, _n.f._, the party of the Chouans; Vendean royalists.
=chouant=, _n.m._, a sort of owl.
=choucas=, _n.m._, _or_ =chouchette=, _n.f._, jackdaw.
=choucroute=, _n.f._, sour-krout, sauer-kraut.
=chouette=, _n.f._, screech-owl. _adj._, capital, excellent, stunning.
_Faire la —_; (piquet) to play alone against two.
=chouettement=, _adv._, (pop.) capitally, famously.
=chou-fleur=, _n.m._, (_—x-—s_) cauliflower.
*=chou-pille=, _n.m._, (_—_) shooting-dog.
=chouquet=, _n.m._, (nav.) block, moor’s-head, cap of the mast-head.
=chou-rave=, _n.m._, (_—x-—s_) turnip-cabbage.
=choyer=, _v.a._, to take great care of, to be fond of, to pamper, to
fondle, to pet, to make much of, to cocker-up.
_se_ =choyer=, _v.r._, to pamper one’s self.
=chrématologie= (kré-), _n.f._, (l.u.) chrematology.
=chrématologique= (kré-), _adj._, chrematological.
=chrême= (krem), _n.m._, chrism, holy oil.
=chrémeau= (kré-), _n.m._, chrism-cloth.
=chrestomathie= (kres-to-ma-ci), _n.f._, chrestomathy, select extracts.
=chrétien=, =-ne= (kre-ti-in, -ti-è-n), _n._ and _adj._, Christian.
=chrétiennement= (kré-tien-mān), _adv._, Christianly, Christian-like.
=chrétienté= (kré-ti-in-té), _n.f._, Christendom. _Marcher sur la —_;
(fam.) to wear shoes and stockings in holes.
=chrismal= (kri-), _n.m._, chrismatory.
=chrismation=, _n.f._, chrismation.
_le_ =christ= (krist), _n.m._, Christ, crucifix. _Jésus Christ_
(jé-zu-kri); Jesus Christ. [_Christ_ without _Jésus_ is never used in
French without _le_.]
=christe= (krist), _n.f._, (bot.) crithmum, samphire, sea-fennel. _—
marine_; crithmum, samphire, sea-fennel.
=christianiser= (kris-), _v.a._, to Christianize.
=christianisme= (kris-tia-nism), _n.m._, Christianity.
=christiaque= (kris-tiak), _adj._, Christian.
=chromate= (kro-), _n.m._, (chem.) chromate.
=chromatique= (kro-), _adj._, (chem. and mus.) chromatic.
=chromatique=, _n.f._, (mus., paint.) chromatics.
=chromatiquement=, _adv._, (mus.) chromatically.
=chrome= (krôm), _n.m._, chromium.
=chromique=, _adj._, (chem.) chromic.
=chromolithographie=, _n.f._, chromo-lithography.
=chronicité= (kro-), _n.f._, (med.) chronicity.
=chronique= (kro-), _n.f._, chronicle, history; summary, reports. _—
scandaleuse_; tittle-tattle, scandalous reports.
=chronique=, _adj._, (med.) chronic.
=chroniqueur= (kro-), _n.m._, chronicler.
=chronogramme= (kro-), _n.m._, chronogram.
=chronographe= (kro-), _n.m._, chronographer.
=chronographie= (kro-), _n.f._, chronography.
=chronologie= (kro-), _n.f._, chronology.
=chronologique= (kro-), _adj._, chronological.
=chronologiste= (kro-), _n.m._, chronologer.
☉=chronologue= (kro-), _n.m._, chronologer.
=chronomètre= (kro-), _n.m._, chronometer.
=chrysalide= (kri-), _n.m._, aurelia, chrysalis, nympha; pupa; pupe; grub.
=chrysanthème= (kri-), _n.m._, chrysanthemum; ox-eye daisy; marigold.
=chrysite= (kri-), _n.f._, chrysite, touch-stone.
=chrysobate= (kri-), _n.f._, chrysobates.
=chrysobéril= (kri-), _n.m._, chrysober.
=chrysocale= (kri-), _n.m._, an alloy of copper and zinc, resembling
gold; pinchbeck.
=chrysocolle= (kri-), _n.f._, chrysocolla, borax.
=chrysocome= (kri-), _n.f._, (bot.) chrysocoma, goldylocks.
=chrysogonum= (kri-), _n.m._, moth-mullein, red turnip.
=chrysolithe= (kri-), _n.f._, chrysolite.
=chrysophris= (kri-), _n.m._, (ich.) gilt-head.
=chrysoprase= (kri-), _n.f._, chrysoprase.
☉=chrysulée= (kri-), (chem.) _n.f._, chrysulea, aqua regia.
=chu=, =-e=, _part._, (of _choir_), fallen.
☉=chucheter=, _v.n._, to whisper; to twitter.
=chuchotement=, _n.m._, whispering, whisper, rustling.
=chuchoter=, _v.n._ and _a._, to whisper.
=chuchoterie= (sho-trî), _n.f._, whispering.
=chuchoteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, whisperer.
=chut= (shut), _int._, hush!
=chute=, _n.f._, fall, tumble; decline; falling, overthrow, lapse,
downfall, descension, decay; catastrophe, disaster; failure, miscarriage.
_— d’eau_; waterfall, cataract. _La — du jour_; the close of day. _—
d’eau_; waterfall, watercourse. _— d’une voile_; (nav.) depth of a sail;
drop (of the principal square sails). _— de courants_; setting of the
tides.
=chuter=, _v.n._, (thea.) to fail, to be damned.
=chyle=, _n.m._, chyle.
=chyleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, chylous.
=chylifère=, _adj._, (anat.) chyliferous.
=chylification=, _n.f._, chylifaction, chylification.
=chylose=, _n.f._, chylification.
=chyme=, _n.m._, chyme.
=chymification=, _n.f._, chymification.
=ci=, _adv._, here. _Celui-— est meilleur que celui-là_; this is better
than that. _Cet homme-—_; this man. _—-dessus_, _—-devant_; above,
before, heretofore, ex, former. _Par-— par-là_; here and there, up and
down; off and on. _—-après_; hereafter. _—-dessous_; below. _—-contre_;
opposite. _Entre — et demain_; between this time and to-morrow. _Entre —
et là_; between this and then. (French Revolution) _Un —-devant noble_,
_un —-devant_; an ex-noble, royalist. _Les —-devant nobles_, _les
—-devant_; the royalists, the aristocracy.
=cibagé=, _n.m._, an Indian pine, cibage.
=cibaudière=, _n.f._, sort of fishing-net.
=cible=, _n.f._, mark to be shot at, target.
=ciboire=, _n.m._, a sacred vase, pyx; (arch.) ciborium, canopy.
=ciboule=, _n.f._, scallion, green onion; eschalot.
=ciboulette=, _n.f._, (bot.) chive. _V._ =civette=.
=cicatrice=, _n.f._, scar, seam, mark.
=cicatricule=, _n.f._, cicatricule, eye or thread; (of an egg) small scar.
=cicatrisant=, =-e=, _adj._, cicatrizing.
=cicatriser=, _v.a._, to mark with a scar, to scar; to cicatrize; to
close, heal up.
_se_ =cicatriser=, _v.r._, to be cicatrized, to skin over, to heal up.
=ciccus=, _n.m._, a species of grasshopper; a species of wild-goose;
ciccus.
=cicéro=, _n.m._, (print.) pica. _— gros œil_; pica. _— petit œil_; small
pica.
=cicérole=, _n.f._, chick-pea.
=cicéron=, _n.m._, Cicero.
=cicérone=, _n.m._, cicerone.
=cicéronien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, Ciceronian.
=cicindèle=, _n.f._, cicindela.
☉=cicisbée=. _V._ =sigisbée=.
=ciclamor=, _n.m._ _V._ =orle=.
=cicutaire=, _n.f._, cicuta, water-hemlock.
=cid= (sid), _n.m._, cid (chief, commander).
=cidre=, _n.m._, cider. _Gros —_; strong cider. _— paré_; old cider. _—
piquant_; rough cider.
=cⁱᵉ.=, (ab.) Co. (for Company).
=ciel= (siel), _n.m._, (cieux) heaven, the heavens, the firmament, the
sky; paradise. _Grâces au —_; thanks be to heaven, to God. _C’est un
coup du —_; it is a judgment of heaven. _O —!_ O heavens! _Juste —!_
good heavens! great god! _Du —_; heavenly. _Arc-en-—_ (_—s-—_); rainbow.
_Remuer — et terre_; to leave no stone unturned.
=ciel=, _n.m._, (ciels) tester of a bed; (c.rel.) the canopy which is
carried over the host; sky (paint.); the roof of a quarry; air, climate.
_Un beau —_; a fine climate. _L’Italie est sous un des plus beaux —s de
l’Europe_; Italy has one of the finest climates in Europe.
=cierge=, _n.m._, wax-taper, church candle, wax-light. _— du Pérou_;
torch thistle. _— pascal_; Easter cierge. _—s d’eau_; water-jets. _Droit
comme un —_; as stiff as a poker.
=ciergé=, =-e=, _adj._, (nav.) stiff.
=ciergier=, _n.m._, wax-chandler.
=cigale=, _n.f._, cicada, grasshopper. _— de rivière_; water-grasshopper.
_— de mer_; shrimp.
=cigare=, _n.m._, cigar.
=cigarette=, _n.f._, cigarette.
*=cigogne=, _n.f._, (orni.) stork. _— à sac_; hurgil. _Bec de —_; (bot.)
crane’s bill. _Conte à la —_, or _conte de la —_; absurd and improbable
story.
*=cigogneau=, _n.m._, (fam.) a young stork.
=ciguë= (si-gû), _n.f._, hemlock. _— vireuse_, or _— d’eau_;
water-hemlock, cow-bane.
=cil=, _n.m._, eye-lash; (bot.) lash, hair.
=ciliaire=, _adj._, ciliary.
=cilice=, _n.m._, hair-cloth.
=cilié=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) ciliated, lashed.
*=cillement=, _n.m._, twinkle, winking.
*=ciller=, _v.a._, to wink, to twinkle; (hawking) to seel.
*=ciller=, _v.n._, to wink; to twinkle.
*=cillo=, _n.m._, (med.) winker.
=cimaise=, _n.f._, cyma, ogee.
=cimbalaire=, _n.f._ _V._ =cymbalaire=.
=cime=, _n.f._, top, summit, peak; height; (bot.) cyme, summit. _En —_;
(bot.) cymose.
=ciment=, _n.m._, cement.
=cimenter=, _v.a._, to cement; to confirm, to strengthen, to consolidate.
=cimentier= (-tié), _n.m._, (tech.) cement-maker.
=cimeterre= (sim-tèr), _n.m._, scimeter, falchion, sword.
=cimetière= (sim-tièr), _n.m._, church-yard, burying-ground, cemetery.
=cimier=, _n.m._, buttock, round of beef; crest of a head-piece; apex. _—
de cerf_; haunch of venison.
=cimolée=, _n.f._, cimolite; cimolian earth; cutler’s dust.
=cimolée= _or_ =cimolie=, _adj.f._, cimolian.
=cinabre=, _n.m._, cinnabar.
=cincenelle=, _n.f._, tow-line.
=cinchonine=, _n.f._, cinchonia, cinchonine.
=cincle=, _n.m._, (orni.) water-ouzel, dipper.
=cinéraire=, _adj._, cinerary.
=cinéraire=, _n.f._, (bot.) cineraria.
=cinération=, _n.f._, cineration.
=cinglage=, _n.m._, ☉run of a ship in twenty-four hours, ship’s course,
sailing; (metal.) shingling.
=cingler=, _v.n._, to sail before the wind, to scud along.
=cingler=, _v.a._, to lash; (metal.) to shingle.
=cinglerie=, _n.f._, shingling-house.
=cinnamome=, _n.m._, cinnamon.
=cinq= (sīnk), _adj._, five.
=cinq=, _n.m._, a five; cinque (at games).
=cinquantaine=, _n.f._, some fifty; half a hundred.
=cinquante=, _adj._, fifty.
☉=cinquantenier=, _n.m._, captain of fifty men.
=cinquantième= (-ti-èm), _adj._, fiftieth.
=cinquantième=, _n.m._, fiftieth part.
=cinquième=, _adj._, fifth.
=cinquième=, _n.m._, fifth part; pupil on the fifth form. _n.f._, the
fifth form in colleges and public schools.
=cinquièmement=, _adv._, fifthly.
=cintrage=, _n.m._, arching, curving.
=cintre=, _n.m._, arch, semi-circle; curve; (carp.) center-bit. _Cette
cave est en —_; that cellar is built arch-wise. _— surbaissé_; elliptical
arch; _adj._, (fig.) low, flattened. _À plein —_; semi-circular.
=cintrer=, _v.a._, to arch, to build in the form of an arch, to curve.
=cioutat=, _n.m._, cioutat (a kind of grape).
=cipaye=, _n.m._, Sepoy.
=cipolin=, _n.m._, cipollino, cipolin marble.
=cippe=, _n.m._, cippus (column).
=cirage=, _n.m._, waxing; blacking; (paint.) cameo with a yellow ground.
=circée=, _n.f._, (bot.) enchanter’s nightshade.
=circompolaire=, _adj._, circumpolar.
=circoncire=, _v.a._, to circumcise.
=circoncis=, _n.m._, one who is circumcised.
=circonciseur=, _n.m._, circumcisor.
=circoncision=, _n.f._, circumcision.
=circonférence=, _n.f._, circumference.
=circonflexe=, _n.m._ and _adj._, circumflex accent; circumflex.
=circonlocution=, _n.f._, circumlocution.
=circonscription=, _n.f._, circumscription, bound; division, district.
=circonscrire=, _v.a._, to circumscribe, to encircle, to enclose, to
limit, to stint.
=circonspect=, =-e= (-pé, -pèkt), _adj._, circumspect, wary, guarded,
discreet, cautious.
=circonspection=, _n.f._, circumspection, wariness, caution. _Avec —_;
cautiously.
=circonstance=, _n.f._, circumstance, occasion; occurrence, event,
conjuncture, case. _— aggravante_; aggravation. _De —_; required by or
adapted to circumstances. _Suivant les —s_; as the case may be. _Dans les
—s critiques_; on critical occasions, or in emergencies.
=circonstancier=, _v.a._, to state circumstantially; to tell, to detail,
to particularize.
=circonvallation= (-val-la-), _n.f._, circumvallation.
=circonvenir=, _v.a._, to circumvent, to deceive, to impose upon; to
over-reach.
=circonvention=, _n.f._, circumvention, over-reaching. _User de —_; to
circumvent.
=circonvoisin=, =-e=, _adj._, circumjacent, neighbouring, adjoining.
=circonvolution=, _n.f._, circumvolution.
=circuit=, _n.m._, circuit; roundabout road; circumlocution.
=circulaire=, _adj._, circular, round.
=circulaire=, _n.f._, circular.
=circulairement= (-lèr-mān), _adv._, circularly.
=circulant=, =-e=, _adj._, circulating.
=circulation=, _n.f._, circulation; currency, issue; traffic. _Mettre en
—_; to issue (money).
=circulatoire=, _adj._, circulatory, circulating.