_Faire —_; to make people move on. _Circulez, Messieurs!_ move on, please!
=circumnavigateur= (-kom-), _n.m._, circumnavigator.
=circumnavigation= (-kom-), _n.f._, circumnavigation.
=cire=, _n.f._, wax; beeswax; wax-light. _— à cacheter_, or _—
d’Espagne_; sealing-wax.
=cirer=, _v.a._, to wax, to black (boots). _Se —_; to be waxed. _Se — les
bottes_; to clean one’s boots.
=cirier=, _n.m._, wax-chandler; wax-maker; (bot.) candle-berry, wax-tree.
=ciron=, _n.m._, (ent.) flesh-worm, mite.
=cirque=, _n.m._, circus.
=cirre=, _n.m._, (bot.) tendril; (zoöl.) cirrus.
=cirreu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, ending in a cirrus.
=cirrhose=, _n.f._, (med.) cirrhosis.
=cirrus=, _n.m._, cirrus, curl-cloud; mare’s tail.
=cirsakas=, _n.m._ _V._ =sirsacas=.
=cirse=, _n.m._, (bot.) horse-thistle. _— des champs_; way-thistle,
field-thistle.
=cirsion=, _n.f._, (bot.) cirsium, gentle-thistle.
=cirsocèle=, _n.f._, (med.) cirsocele.
=cirure=, _n.f._, prepared wax.
*=cisaille=, _n.f._, (coin.) clippings or shearings of metals; _pl._,
shears.
*=cisailler=, _v.a._, (coin.) to mark, to clip.
=cisalpin=, =-e=, _adj._, Cisalpine.
=ciseau=, _n.m._, chisel. _— d’orfèvre_; graver.
=ciseaux=, _n.m.pl._, scissors. _— de jardinier_; shears. _— de
tailleur_; shears. _— boutonnés_ (surg.); probe-scissors. _— mousses_
(surg.); blunt-pointed scissors.
=ciseler= (siz-lé), _v.a._, to chisel, to chase, to carve, to emboss, to
sculpture.
=ciselet= (siz-lè), _n.m._, graver; chasing tool.
=ciseleur= (siz-leur), _n.m._, chaser; carver; sculptor.
=ciselure= (siz-lur), _n.f._, chasing, sculpture, carving; chased work,
carved work, sculpturing.
=cisoires=, _n.f.pl._, bench-shears.
=cissite=, _n.f._, aetites, eagle-stone.
=cissoïdal=, =-e=, _adj._, cissoid.
=cissoïde=, _n.f._, (geom.) cissoid.
=ciste=, _n.m._, (antiq.) basket; (arch.) cist; (bot.) cistus, rock-rose.
=cistophore=, _n.f._, (antiq.) cistophora, canephora.
=cistophore=, _n.m._, (antiq.) cistophorus.
=citadelle=, _n.f._, citadel, fortress, castle.
=citadin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, citizen, burgess; (b.s.) cit; cockney.
=citadine=, _n.f._, hackney-coach, fly.
=citateur=, _n.m._, quoter; book containing a collection of quotations.
=citation=, _n.f._, citation, quotation, quoting; summons. _Se faire
délivrer une —_; to take out a summons. _Lancer une —_; (jur.) to issue a
summons.
=cité=, _n.f._, city; town. _La céleste —_; the heavenly city. _Droits de
—_; the rights of a citizen; freedom (of a city); citizenship.
=citer=, _v.a._, to cite, to quote; to name; to summon; to subpœna.
=citérieur=, =-e=, _adj._, citerior, hither.
=citerne=, _n.f._, cistern, reservoir, tank.
=citerneau=, _n.m._, small cistern or tank.
=cithare=, _n.f._, (antiq.) cithara; zither.
=citli=, _n.m._, tapeti, Brazilian rabbit.
=citole=, _n.m._, a musical instrument, dulcimer.
=citoyen=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._ (-in, -è-n), citizen, freeman of a city,
patriot.
=citragon=, _n.m._, balm-mint.
=citrate=, _n.m._, (chem.) citrate.
=citrin=, =-e=, _adj._, citrine, lemon-colored, pale yellow.
=citrique=, _adj._, citric.
=citron=, _n.m._, citron, lemon; lime; lemon-color. _adj._, lemon-colored.
=citronnade=, _n.f._, lemon-squash.
=citronnat=, _n.m._, candied lemon-peel; sugar-plum with lemon-peel in it.
=citronné=, =-e=, _adj._, lemon-flavored.
=citronnelle=, _n.f._, balm-mint, garden-mint, citron-water.
=citronnier=, _n.m._, lemon-tree; citron-tree.
*=citrouille=, _n.f._, pumpkin, gourd.
=civade=, _n.f._, a kind of beard-fish.
☉=civadière=, _n.f._, (nav.) sprit-sail.
=cive= _or_ =civette=, _n.f._, (bot.) chive.
=civet=, _n.m._, _— de lièvre_; stewed or jugged hare.
=civette=, _n.f._, (mam.) civet-cat; civet; (bot.) chive.
=civière=, _n.f._, hand-barrow; litter, stretcher.
=civil=, =-e=, _adj._, relating to the community in general; private,
plain; civil, courteous, well-bred, gallant. _Requête —e_; bill of
review. _Partie —e_; the public prosecutor. _Droit —_; (jur.) common law.
=civil=, _n.m._, civil, civil service.
=civilement= (-mān), _adv._, civilly; courteously, politely. _Mort —_;
dead in law.
=civilisable=, _adj._, civilizable.
=civilisat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, civilizing.
=civilisation=, _n.f._, civilization.
=civiliser=, _v.a._, to civilize.
_se_ =civiliser=, _v.r._, to become civilized.
=civilité=, _n.f._, civility, good manners, good breeding, politeness,
courtesy, manners; compliment, courteousness. _Il n’a pas lu la — puérile
et honnête_; he never learned politeness. _Mes —s à Monsieur votre
frère_; my compliments to your brother. _Il est de la —_, _il est de —
de_; it is but common civility to.
=civique=, _adj._, civic.
=civisme=, _n.m._, civism.
=clabaud=, _n.m._, (hunt.) liar; (b.s.) babbler, bawler, ranter.
=clabaudage=, _n.m._, barking, baying; clamor, bawling.
=clabaudement=, _n.m._, peg-peg (_i.e._, of a wooden leg).
=clabauder=, _v.n._, to give tongue (falsely); to clamor, to bawl out.
=clabauderie= (-bo-drî), _n.f._, clamor, bawling; ranting, abuse;
tall-talk, brawl.
=clabaudeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, brawler, clamorer, scold.
=claie=, _n.f._, wattle, hurdle; (of a sieve) screen. _Passer à la —_; to
screen.
=clair=, =-e=, _adj._, clear, bright, relucent, shining, luminous;
light, lightsome, light-colored; transparent; pure, limpid; thin; plain,
manifest, evident, obvious, intelligible, visible. _C’est — comme jour_;
it is as plain as a pike-staff. _Etoffe —e_; thin, flimsy stuff. _Lait
—_; whey; (of eggs) addled, barren.
=clair=, _n.m._, light, clearness; (paint.) light. _Il fait — de lune_;
it is moonlight. _Vin tiré au —_; racked wine. _Tirer au —_; to bottle
off; to clarify, to fine.
=clair=, _adv._, clearly, plain, plainly. _Parler — et net_; to speak
out plainly, openly; not to mince matters. _N’y pas voir —_; not to see;
(fig.) not to understand. _Arbres — semés_; sparse, thinly scattered
trees.
=clairçage=, _n.m._, decoloring (of sugar).
=claircer=, _v.a._, to decolor; (sugar) to clarify.
=claire=, _n.f._, burnt bones; sugar-boiler.
=clairée=, _n.f._, clarified sugar.
=clairement= (klèr-mān), _adv._, clearly, plainly, distinctly, evidently,
intelligibly.
=clairet=, _adj._, (of wines) palish, lightish.
=clairet=, _n.m._, precious stone that is too pale; pale wine; clairet
(an infusion of wine, honey, sugar, and aromatic plants).
=clairette=, _n.f._, a kind of grape.
=claire-voie=, _n.f._, (_—s-—s_) opening (in a garden wall); lattice,
wicket; (nav.) sky-light. _A —_; in open work. _Semer à —_; to sow thin.
=clairière=, _n.f._, glade; thin part (in linen).
=clair-obscur=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (paint.) chiaroscuro, clare-obscure,
light and shade; mezzotint.
=clairon=, _n.m._, clarion, trumpet, bugle; (nav.) rift (in a cloud).
=clairsemé=, =-e=, _adj._, thin, thinly sown, scarce, scattered.
=clairvoyance=, _n.f._, sharpness, acuteness, perspicacity;
clear-sightedness; clairvoyance.
=clairvoyant=, =-e=, _adj._, clear-sighted, discerning, sharp, acute;
clairvoyant.
=clameur=, _n.f._, clamor, outcry.
=clamponnier=, _n.m._, long pasterned horse.
=clan=, _n.m._, clan. _Chef de —_; chieftain of a clan. _Membre d’un —_;
clansman.
=clandestin=, =-e=, _adj._, clandestine, secret, underhand.
=clandestine=, _n.f._, (bot.) broom-rape, mother-wort.
=clandestinement= (-ti-n-mān), _adv._, clandestinely, privately,
underhandedly.
=clandestinité=, _n.f._, clandestineness, secrecy.
=clape=, _n.f._, (mec.) sluice.
=clapet=, _n.m._, valve, clapper, clack.
=clapier=, _n.m._, burrow; hutch.
=clapir=, _v.n._, to squeak (of rabbits).
_se_ =clapir=, _v.r._, to hide in a hole, to squat, to cower.
=clapotage=, _n.m._, rippling, plashing; (nav.) chopping.
=clapoter=, _v.n._, to ripple, to plash, to chop.
=clapoteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, rippling, choppy, plashing; rough.
=clapotis=, _n.m._ _V._ =clapotage=.
=clappement= (klap-mān), _n.m._, clacking, smacking (of the tongue
against the palate).
=clapper=, _v.n._, to clack, to smack.
=claque=, _n.f._, flap, slap, smack; claque (paid clappers at theaters).
_pl._, clogs, galoches. _Chapeau à —_; cocked hat. _Face à —s_; sneering
face, _i.e._, which you would like to slap.
=claque=, _n.m._, opera hat, crush hat.
=claquebois=, _n.m._, (mus.) musical sticks.
=claquedent=, _n.m._, (l.u.) poor half-starved wretch, beggar; boaster.
=claquement= (klak-mān), _n.m._, clapping, clap; snapping (of the
fingers); cracking (of whips); chattering (of the teeth).
=claquemurer=, _v.a._, to immure, to coop up, shut up, confine, imprison.
_se_ =claquemurer=, _v.r._, to shut one’s self up.
*=claque-oreille=, _n.m._,(_—-—s_) (pop.) flop hat, slouch hat.
=claquer=, _v.n._, to snap, to crack; to clap, to smack, to clack. _Faire
—_; to crack (a whip), to snap (one’s fingers), to smack (one’s tongue).
_— des mains_; to clap. _— des dents_; to chatter. (fig.) _Faire — son
fouet_; to boast; (fam.) to die, to kick the bucket.
=claquer=, _v.a._, to slap, to crack, to smack; (fig.) to applaud.
=claquet=, _n.m._, mill-clapper.
=claquette=, _n.f._, clapper, rattle.
=claqueur=, _n.m._, clapper.
=clarification=, _n.f._, clarification, clarifying, fining.
=clarificatoire=, _adj._, clarifying.
=clarifier=, _v.a._, to clarify, to purify, to fine.
_se_ =clarifier=, _v.r._, to clarify, to get clarified, to settle.
=clarine=, _n.f._, little bell (for cattle).
=clarinette=, _n.f._, (mus.) clarinet, clarionet.
=clarté=, _n.f._, light, splendor, clearness, transparency, limpidity,
brightness; perspicuity.
=classe=, _n.f._, class, order, rank; tribe; form (in a school);
school-room, school-time. _pl._, school-days. _En —_; in school. _Basses
—s_; junior classes. _Hautes —s_, _—s supérieures_; upper classes (of
schools). _Il a fait toutes ses —s_; he has gone through all the forms.
_L’ouverture_, or _la rentrée_, _des —s_; the reopening of the schools.
_Hautes —s_; higher classes (of society); (nav.) enrollment.
=classement= (klas-mān), _n.m._, classing, classification.
=classer=, _v.a._, to class, to sort; (nav.) to enroll.
=classeur=, _n.m._, portfolio, sorter.
=classicisme=, _n.m._, classicism.
=classification=, _n.f._, classification.
=classifier=, _v.a._, to classify.
=classique=, _adj._, classic, academical; standard (of authors, books).
=classique=, _n.m._, classic.
=clatir=, _v.n._, (hunt.) to blab (of dogs).
=claude=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (fam.) simpleton, fool, dolt; doltish; silly.
=claudication=, _n.f._, claudication, lameness, limping.
=claudicant=, =-e=, _adj._, lame, limping.
=clause=, _n.f._, clause, condition, stipulation.
=claustral=, =-e=, _adj._, claustral; monastic.
=clavaire=, _n.f._, (bot.) club-top.
=clavé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) club-like.
=claveau=, _n.m._, rot, scab (of the sheep); (arch.) key or arch-stone.
=clavecin= (klav-sin), _n.m._, harpsichord.
=claveciniste=, _n.m.f._, harpsichord-player.
=clavelé=, =-e=, _adj._, (vet.) affected with rot.
=clavelée=, _n.f._, rot, scab.
=clavette=, _n.f._, (tech.) peg, cotter-pin; key, catch, latch.
=clavicule=, _n.f._, clavicle, collar-bone.
=claviculé=, =-e=, _adj._, (zoöl.) having a collar-bone.
=clavier=, _n.m._, key-board, key-frame; key-ring.
=claviforme=, _adj._, (bot.) clavate, club-shaped.
=clayer=, _n.m._, hurdle.
=clayère=, _n.f._, oyster-bed; breeding-ground.
=claymore=, _n.f._, claymore.
=clayon=, _n.m._, small hurdle, stand (for cheese).
=clayonnage=, _n.m._, wicker; basket-work.
=clef= (klé), _n.f._, key; plug (of cocks); (arch.) crown; fid (of
masts); (nav.) hitch; (mus.) clef, tuning-key. _Un trousseau de —s_;
a bunch of keys. _— de voûte_; keystone of a vault. _Fermer une porte
à —_; to lock a door. _La grammaire est la — des sciences_; grammar
is the key to the sciences. _Mettre la — sur la fosse_; to relinquish
an inheritance. _Mettre la — sous la porte_; to run away from one’s
creditors; to bolt. _La — est à la porte_; the key is in the door.
=clématite=, _n.f._, (bot.) clematis, climber.
=clémence=, _n.f._, clemency, mercy, forgiveness, leniency.
=clément=, =-e=, _adj._, clement, merciful, lenient; mild (of the
weather).
=clémentines=, _n.f.pl._, Clementines (the constitutions of Clement the
Fifth).
=clenche= _or_ =clenchette=, _n.f._, thumb-lift of a latch; (mus.) clef.
=clephte=, _n.m._, free Greek mountaineer.
=clepsydre=, _n.f._, clepsydra, water-clock.
=clerc= (klèr), _n.m._, clerk, clergyman; scholar. _Petit —_; junior
clerk. _Maître —_; head-clerk. _Pas de —_; blunder. _Ce n’est pas un
grand —_; he is no great scholar.
=clergé=, _n.m._, clergy.
=clérical=, =-e=, _adj._, clerical.
=cléricalement= (-kal-mān), _adv._, clerically.
=cléricalisme=, _n.m._, clericalism.
=cléricature=, _n.f._, clerkship, apprenticeship, articles; ministry,
holy orders.
=cléristère=, _n.m._, (arch.) clearstory, clerestory.
=clic-clac=, _n.m._, cracking (of a whip).
=clichage=, _n.m._, stereotyping, casting.
=cliché=, _n.m._, stereotype plate; (photo.) negative; (sculp.) cast.
=clicher=, _v.a._, to stereotype.
=clicheur=, _n.m._, stereotyper.
=client=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, client (of lawyers); patient (of
physicians); customer (of tradesmen).
=cliéntèle=, _n.f._, clients; practice (of physicians); (Rom. antiq.)
protection, patronage, business; custom (of tradesmen); connection. _Se
faire une —_; to form a connection.
=clifoire=, _n.f._, squirt (toy).
*=clignement=, _n.m._, winking, blinking, wink.
☉*=cligne-musette=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) hide and seek.
*=cligner=, _v.a._, to blink, to wink, to twinkle.
*=clignotant=, =-e=, _adj._, winking, blinking.
*=clignotement= (kli-gnot-mān), _n.m._, winking, twinkling, blinking.
*=clignoter=, _v.n._, to wink, to twinkle, to blink.
=climat=, _n.m._, climate, clime.
=climatérique=, _adj._, climacteric, climatic.
=climatérique=, _n.f._, climacteric, climatic. _La grande —_; the great
climacteric.
=climax= (-maks), _n.m._, (l.u.) (rhet.) climax.
=clin=, _n.m._, wink (of an eye); (archit.) louvre-boarding; (nav.)
clincher-work. _À —_; clincher-built. _Faire un — d’œil à quelqu’un_;
to wink at any one. _En un — d’œil_; in the twinkling of an eye, in an
instant, in a trice.
*=clincaille=, =clincaillerie=, =clincaillier=. _V._ =quincaille=,
=quincaillerie=, =quincaillier=.
=clinique=, _adj._, clinic, clinical.
=clinique=, _n.f._, clinical surgery, clinical medicine, or lectures.
=clinquant=, _n.m._, tinsel; glitter; affectation; foil.
=clinquanter=, _v.a._, to cover with tinsel.
=clique=, _n.f._, set, coterie, party; clique. _Emporter ses —s et ses
claques_; to pack bag and baggage, to be off.
=cliquet=, _n.m._, click; catch.
=cliqueter= (klik-té), _v.n._, to clack, to click.
=cliquetis= (klik-tî), _n.m._, clanking of arms, clash; clatter;
rattling, jingle.
=cliquettes= (kli-kèt), _n.f.pl._, snappers, bones.
=clisse=, _n.f._, wicker-mat; (surg.) splint.
=clissé=, =-e=, _adj._, cased in wicker.
=clitoris= (-rî), _n.m._, (anat.) clitoris.
=clivage=, _n.m._, (min.) cleavage.
=cliver=, _v.a._, to cleave (diamonds). _Se —_; to be cleft.
=cloaque=, _n.m._, sink; cess-pool, sewer; filthy hole; (anat.) cloaca.
=cloche=, _n.f._, bell; blister (on the hands, feet); cover, dish-cover;
(cook.) stew-pan; (gard.) bell-glass, hand-glass; (chem., phys.)
receiver. _— de plongeur_; diving-bell; (nav.) barrel (of a capstan).
_Tinter les —s_; to toll the bells. _Qui n’entend qu’une — n’entend qu’un
son_; one should hear both sides of a question.
=clochement= (klosh-mān), _n.m._, hobbling, halting, limping; lameness.
=cloche-pied=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) hopping on one leg. _À —_; upon one foot,
hopping. _Aller à —_; to hop.
=clocher=, _n.m._, steeple, belfry, parish. _Course au —_; steeple-chase.
_Avoir la maladie du —_; to be homesick. _Il n’a jamais quitté son
— de vue_; he has never been out of his parish. _Esprit de —_;
narrowmindedness; prejudice, short-sightedness.
=clocher=, _v.n._, to halt, to limp, to hobble. _— du pied droit_; to
limp with the right foot. _Raisonnement qui cloche_; lame argument. _Il y
a quelque chose qui cloche_; there’s something wrong somewhere; a hitch
somewhere.
=clocher=, _v.a._, (gard.) to cover with a glass-bell.
=clocheton=, _n.m._, little steeple, bell-turret.
=clochette=, _n.f._, small bell, hand-bell; (bot.) bell-flower.
=cloison=, _n.f._, partition (of boards or masonry), division,
compartment; (anat., bot.) partition; (nav.) bulkhead.
=cloisonnage=, _n.m._, partition-work, wainscoting.
=cloisonné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) valved; (conch.) chambered, wainscoted.
=cloisonner=, _v.a._, to partition.
=cloître=, _n.m._, cloister; close; monastery.
=cloîtré=, =-e=, _adj._, cloistered (of a person).
=cloîtrer=, _v.a._, to shut up in a cloister, to cloister, to immure.
=cloîtrier=, _n.m._, cloister monk.
=clopin-clopant=, _adv._, limpingly, haltingly; hobbling along.
=clopiner=, _v.n._, to limp, to halt, to hobble.
=cloporte=, _n.m._, (ent.) multiped, woodlouse.
=cloque=, _n.f._, blister; (agri.) brown rust.
=clore=, _v.a._, to inclose, to fence, to shut in; to end, to finish, to
conclude; to close (accounts, discussions, a session).
=clore=, _v.n._, to close, to shut.
=clos=, =-e=, _part._, closed, tight, shut, sealed. _A huis —_; with
closed doors. _Bouche —e_; mum’s the word. _Champ —_; lists. _Ce sont
lettres —es_; it’s a secret. _— et couvert_; wind and water tight.
=clos=, _n.m._, close; inclosure, field. _— de vigne_; vineyard.
=closeau=, _n.m._, small garden.
=closerie=, _n.f._, small farm; bit of land.
=clossement=, _n.m._ _V._ =gloussement=.
=closser=, _v.n._ _V._ =glousser=.
=clôture=, _n.f._, inclosure, fence; seclusion (of nuns); closing, close,
(parl.) closure, proroguing. _Mettre une —_; to inclose.
=clôturer=, _v.a._, (jur., parliament) to close, to prorogue.
=clou=, _n.m._, nail, hobnail, spike; stud; (med.) carbuncle, boil;
clove. _— à crochet_; tenter-hook. _—s à vis_; clincher-nails. _Enfoncer
un —_; to drive a nail. _River le — à quelqu’un_; to clinch any one’s
argument. _Cela ne vaut pas un — à soufflet_; that’s not worth a straw,
a rap; (lit., a tin-tack). _Un — chasse l’autre_; one idea drives away
another.
=clouage=, =clouement=, _n.m._, nailing; nail-work.
=clouer=, _v.a._, to nail; to fix; to rivet; to detain, to confine.
_se_ =clouer=, _v.r._, to buckle to; to be nailed (of a thing).
=clouter=, _v.a._, to adorn with nails, to stud.
=clouterie= (-trî), _n.f._, nail manufactory, nail-trade.
=cloutier= (-tié), _n.m._, nail-maker, nail-dealer.
=cloutière=, _n.f._, anvil for making nails.
=clovisse=, _n.m._, (conch.) winkle.
=cloyère=, _n.f._, oyster-basket.
=club=, _n.m._, club, assembly.
=clubiste=, _n.m.f._, member of a club.
=clysoir=, _n.m._, clyster-pipe.
☉=clystère=, _n.m._, injection, clyster, enema.
=clystériser=, _v.a._, (jest.) to give clysters.
=cnique= (knik), _n.m._, (bot.) horse-thistle.
=co= (prefix used in composition, signifying _with_, _conjointly_), co.
=coaccusé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, fellow-prisoner; co-respondent.
=coacquéreur=, _n.m._, co-purchaser, co-buyer; joint buyer.
=coacti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, coactive, coercive.
=coaction=, _n.f._, coaction.
=coadjut-eur=, _n.m._, =-trice=, _n.f._, coadjutor, coadjutrix.
=coadjutorerie= (-torirî), _n.f._, coadjutorship.
=coadné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) joined, coadunate.
=coadunation=, _n.f._, coadunation.
=coagulant=, =-e=, _adj._, coagulative.
=coagulation=, _n.f._, coagulation, congealing.
=coaguler=, _v.a._, to coagulate, to congeal.
_se_ =coaguler=, _v.r._, to coagulate, to congeal.
=coagulum= (-lom), _n.m._, (chem.) coagulum.
=coalescence=, _n.f._, coalescence.
=coalescent=, =-e=, _adj._, coalescent.
_se_ =coaliser=, _v.r._, to coalesce, to league, to unite, to combine.
=coalition=, _n.f._, coalition.
=coassement= (ko-as-mān), _n.m._, croaking (of frogs).
=coasser=, _v.n._, to croak (of frogs).
=coassocié=, _n.m._, (com.) co-partner, fellow-partner.
=coati=, _n.m._, (mam.) coati.
=cobalt=, _n.m._, (min.) cobalt.
=cobaye=, _n.m._, guinea-pig.
=cobéa=, _n.m._, (bot.) cobæa.
=cobelligérant=, =-e=, _adj._, cobelligerent.
=cobit=, _n.m._, (ich.) cobitis, loach.
=cobourgeois=, _n.m._, co-partner in a ship.
=cobra-capello=, _n.m._, (_—_) hooded-snake, spectacle-snake.
=coca=, _n.m._, (bot.) coca, erythroxylon coca.
*=cocagne=, _n.f._, feast, treat; the land of milk and honey. _Mât de —_;
greasy pole. _Pays de —_; the land of plenty.
=cocarde=, _n.f._, cockade, ear-knot.
=cocasse=, _adj._, (pop.) odd, laughable, ridiculous, comical, droll.
=cocasserie=, _n.f._, drollery, caricature.
=cocatrix=, _n.m._, cockatrice.
=coccifère=, _adj._, (bot.) cocciferous.
=coccinelle=, _n.f._, (ent.) lady-bird, lady-cow.
=coccoloba=, _n.m._ (_—_), (bot.) grape-tree.
=coccyx= (kok-sis), _n.m._, (anat.) coccyx.
☉=coche=, _n.m._, barge; coach. _— d’eau_; tow-barge. _Manquer le —_; to
let slip the opportunity. _C’est la mouche du —_; he is a busy-body. _Le
siège du —_; the coachman’s box.
=coche=, _n.f._, notch, score; sow, she-pig. _Faire une —_; to notch.
=cochenillage=, _n.m._, cochineal.
*=cochenille= (kosh-), _n.f._, cochineal.
*=cocheniller=, _v.a._, to dye with cochineal.
*=cochenillier=, _n.m._, cochineal-fig, nopal.
=cocher=, _n.m._, coachman, driver; (astron.) Auriga. _— de fiacre_, _de
cabriolet_; hackney coachman, cabman.
=cocher=, _v.n._, to tread (of birds).
=côcher=, _v.a._, to notch.
=cochère=, _adj.f._, for carriages. _Porte —_; carriage-entrance, gateway.
=cochet=, _n.m._, young cock.
=cochevis= (kosh-vi), _n.m._, tufted or crested lark.
=cochléaria= (-klé-), _n.m._, (bot.) cochlearia, scurvy-grass.
=cochon=, _n.m._, hog, pig, boar, porker; (metal.) pig, dross. _— de
lait_; sucking-pig. _— d’Inde_ or _de Barbarie_; Guinea-pig. _C’est un
—_; he is a dirty fellow. _Avoir gardé les —s ensemble_; to be hail
fellows well met.
=cochonnée=, _n.f._, litter (of pigs).
=cochonner=, _v.n._, to farrow, to pig.
=cochonner=, _v.a._, to do a thing in a slovenly manner, to botch.
=cochonnerie= (ko-sho-n-rî), _n.f._, nastiness, filth; beastliness,
beastly or blackguard action or language, obscenity; trash, rubbish.
=cochonnet=, _n.m._, young pig; die with twelve sides; jack (at bowls).
=coco=, _n.m._, cocoa, cocoa-nut; liquorice-water; (fam.) chap, fellow,
darling; horse, nag.
=cocon=, _n.m._, cocoon.
=cocorico=. _V._ =coquerico=.
=cocorli=, _n.m._, (orni.) dunlin; purr; sea-lark.
=cocotier= (-tié), _n.m._, cocoa-tree.
=cocréancier=, _n.m._, joint-creditor.
=cocrète=, _n.f._, (bot.) yellow-rattle. _— des prés_; lousewort.
=coction=, _n.f._, coction, boiling.
=cocu=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) cuckold.
=cocuage=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) cuckoldom.
=cocufier=, _v.a._, (l.ex.) to cuckold.
=code=, _n.m._, code, digest, collection of laws; law; (phar.)
pharmacopœia.
=codébit-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, joint-debtor.
=codécimateur=, _n.m._, fellow tithe-owner.
=codemandeur=, _n.m._, co-plaintiff, joint-plaintiff.
=codétenteur=, _n.m._, joint-holder.
=codétenu=, =-e=, _n.m._ and _f._, fellow-prisoner.
=codex= (-deks), _n.m._, pharmacopœia.
=codicillaire=, _adj._, contained in a codicil.
=codicille=, _n.m._, codicil.
=codification=, _n.f._, codification.
=codifier=, _v.a._, to codify.
*=codille=, _n.m._, codille (at the game of ombre).
=codonataire=, _n.m.f._, joint donor or donee.
=cœcum=. _V._ =cæcum=.
=coefficient=, _n.m._, (alg.) coefficient.
=coégal=, =-e=, _adj._, coequal.
=coégalité=, _n.f._, coequality.
=coemption=, _n.f._, coemption.
=coéquation=, _n.f._, assessment of taxes.
=coercible=, _adj._, coercible.
=coerciti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, coercive.
=coercition=, _n.f._, coercion.
=coéternel=, =-le=, _adj._, coeternal.
=coéternité=, _n.f._, coeternity.
=cœur= (keur), _n.m._, heart, mind, soul; courage, spirit, spiritedness,
mettle; stomach; core; depth; hearts (cards); middle, midst. _Mal au
—_; sickness. _Serrement de —_; heartpang. _Du fond de son —_; from the
bottom of one’s heart. _Au — dur_; hard-hearted. _De —_; with one’s
whole heart, with all one’s might. _À vous de —_; affectionately yours.
_Avoir le — contrit_; to be of a contrite heart. _Le — lui saigne_; his
heart bleeds. _Avoir à —_, _prendre à —_; to have at heart. _Cela lui
tient au —_; he has set his heart upon it. _Avoir quelque chose sur le
—_; to have something on one’s mind. _Le — me le disait bien_; my heart
misgave me. _Si le — vous en dit_; if you feel inclined. _Il a le — au
métier_; he loves his business. _Il a le — porté à cela_; he is bent upon
it. _Avoir le — tendre_; to be tender-hearted. _Il a le — bien placé_;
his heart is in the right place. _Il n’a point de —_; he has no spirit.
_Sans —_; heartless. _Avoir le — bas_; to be mean-spirited. _Avoir le —
sur les lèvres_; to be open-hearted. _Soulèvement de —_; rising of the
stomach. _J’ai mal au —_; I feel sick. _Avoir le — mort_; to be sick
at heart. _Ouvrir_, _décharger_, _son — à quelqu’un_; to unbosom one’s
self to any one. _En avoir le — net_; to know the rights of any thing.
_Au — de l’hiver_; in the depth of winter. _À contre-—_; against one’s
will, reluctantly, against the grain. _De bon —_; heartily. _De grand —_;
gladly, willingly, with pleasure. _De tout mon —_; with all my heart. _De
gaîté de —_; in sheer wantonness. _À — joie_; to one’s heart’s content.
_Par —_; by heart. _Dîner par —_; to dine with Duke Humphrey (_i.e._, to
go without dinner). _Tant que le — me battra_; to the last drop of my
blood. _Tenir au —_; to stick in one’s throat. _Avoir le — brisé_; to
be broken-hearted. _Avoir le — fendu_; to be cut to the heart. _Loin
des yeux loin du —_; out of sight, out of mind. _Avoir le — gros_; to
be ready, to cry, to have one’s heart full. _C’est un crevé —_; it is a
heart-rending thing. _Mettre du — au ventre à quelqu’un_; to give heart
to any one. _Faire contre fortune bon —_; to put a good face upon matters.
=coexistant=, =-e=, _adj._, co-existent.
=coexistence=, _n.f._, co-existence.
=coexister=, _v.n._, to co-exist.
=coffre=, _n.m._, chest, trunk, coffer; (hunt.) carcase; drum (of
a mill); (print.) coffin. _— de sûreté_; strong box. _— de bord_;
sea-chest. _Elle est belle au —_; she has golden charms (_i.e._, is rich),
_Un —-fort_, (_—s-—s_) a strong box. _Avoir le — bon_; to be strong
chested.
=coffrer=, _v.a._, (fam.) to imprison, lock up.
=coffret=, _n.m._, little chest or trunk, casket.
=coffretier= (-tié), _n.m._, trunk-maker.
=cofidéjusseur=, _n.m._, joint surety.
*=cognasse=, _n.f._, wild quince.
*=cognassier=, _n.m._, wild quince-tree.
=cognat=, _n.m._, cognate.
=cognation=, _n.f._, cognation.
*=cognée=, _n.f._, ax, hatchet. _Mettre la — à l’arbre_; to lay the ax to
the tree; to begin an enterprise. _Aller au bois sans —_; to go to sea
without biscuit (_i.e._ to be unprepared). _Jeter le manche après la —_;
to give a thing up in despair.
*=cogne-fétu=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) (pop.) great worker, little
doer; fussy-do-nothing.
*=cogner=, _v.a._, to knock in, to drive in, to bump.
*_se_ =cogner=, _v.r._, to knock up against, to hit, to strike one’s self.
=cogniti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (philos.) cognitive.
*=cognoir=, _n.m._, (print.) shooting-stick.
=cohabitation=, _n.f._, cohabitation.
=cohabiter=, _v.n._, to cohabit.
=cohérence=, _n.f._, coherency.
=cohérent=, =-e=, _adj._, coherent.
=cohériter=, _v.n._, to inherit conjointly.
=cohériti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, co-heir, co-heiress.
=cohésion=, _n.f._, cohesion.
=cohobation=, _n.f._, (chem.) cohobation.
=cohober=, _v.a._, (chem.) to cohobate.
=cohorte=, _n.f._, cohort, band, crew, troop, horde, gang.
=cohue=, _n.f._, rout, mob, crush, tumultuous crowd, clamorous multitude;
(fig.) court of justice.
=coi=, =-te=, _adj._, quiet, still, snug.
=coiffe=, _n.f._, head-dress; caul, hood (of children); skull-cap; net;
(bot.) galla. _— de chapeau_; lining of a hat.
=coiffer=, _v.a._, to put (anything) on one’s head; to dress the hair; to
infatuate; to throw at any one’s head; to make tipsy; (hunt.) to take by
the ears; (nav.) to back; to cap (bottles); (arch.) to cap. _Être bien
coiffé_; to have one’s hair well dressed; to have a hat that becomes one.
_Enfant né coiffé_; child born with a caul upon its head. _Il est né
coiffé_; he was born to fortune or with a silver spoon in his mouth. _—
sainte Catherine_; to remain an old maid. _Du vin coiffé_; mixed wine. _—
une bouteille_; to cap a bottle. _Chien bien coiffé_; dog with a handsome
head and long ears. _Cette femme coiffe son mari_; that woman deceives
her husband. _Il est coiffé de cette femme_; he is bewitched, smitten
with that woman. _— une voile_; to back a sail.
_se_ =coiffer=, _v.r._, to wear (on one’s head); to dress one’s hair; to
get intoxicated; to be infatuated with; (nav.) to be laid aback. _Se — de
faux cheveux_; to wear false hair. _Se — en cheveux_; to wear no cap.
=coiffer=, _v.n._, to dress hair; to become; to suit; (nav.) to be laid
aback.
=coiffeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, hairdresser.
=coiffure=, _n.f._, head-dress, style of arranging the hair.
=coin=, _n.m._, corner, angle, nook, coin; (coin.) stamp; (railways) pin;
(print.) quoin; clock (of stockings); (tech.) gad; (mec.) wedge. _Il
n’a pas bougé du — du feu_; he has never been from home. _Être marqué
au —_; to bear the stamp of. _Frappé au bon —_; of the right sort,
excellent in every way. _Il mourra au — d’un bois_ (_d’une laie_); he will
die destitute. _—s et recoins_; cricks and corners, nooks and crannies.
_Jouer aux quatre —s_; to play puss in the corner.
=coinçage=, _n.m._, wedging, keying.
=coincer=, _v.a._, to wedge.
=coïncidence=, _n.f._, coincidence.
=coïncident=, _adj._, coincident.
=coïncider=, _v.n._, to coincide, to be coincident.
=coïndication=, _n.f._, (med.) coindication.
=coïng= (coin), _n.m._, quince.
=coïntéressé=, _n.m._, associate, partner having a joint interest with
another.
=coïon= _or_ =couillon=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) dastard, coward.
=coïonner= _or_ =couillonner=, _v.a._, (l.ex.) to use one scurvily, to
make a fool of one; to call one a coward.
=coïonner= _or_ =couillonner=, _v.n._, (l.ex.) to joke, to gammon, to
humbug.
=coïonnerie= (ko-io-n-rî) _or_ =couillonnerie=, =couillonnade=, _n.f._,
(l.ex.) dastardliness, a mean, low action; gammon, humbug.
=coït=, _n.m._, coition, copulation.
=coite=, _n.f._ _V._ =couette=.
=cojouissance=, _n.f._, joint use.
=coke=, _n.m._, coke.
=col=, _n.m._, neck (of the body); cravat; neck (of bottles, of
mountains); pad, stiffener; collar. _Faux —_; collar. _— droit_; stand-up
collar. _— de cravate_; stiffener. _— de la vessie_, _de la matrice_;
neck of the bladder, of the womb.
=colarin=, _n.m._, (arch.) gorgerin.
=colas=, _n.m._, booby, fool.
=colature=, _n.f._, (pharm.) colature, straining.
=colback=, _n.m._, colback, busby.
=colchique=, _n.m._, meadow-saffron, colchicum.
=colcotar=, _n.m._, (chem.) colcothar.
=colégataire=, _n.m._, co-legatee.
=coléoptère=, _adj._, coleopterous. _n.m._, coleopter, beetle.
=coléoptères=, _n.m.pl._, coleoptera.
=colère=, _n.f._, passion, anger, wrath, rage, fury. _Accès de —_; fit
of passion. _Être en —_; to be angry. _Se mettre en —_; to fly into a
passion.
=colère=, _adj._, passionate, hasty, choleric.
=colérique=, _adj._, choleric, irascible, passionate.
=coliart=, _n.m._, (ich.) skate.
=colibri=, _n.m._, humming-bird.
=colicitant=, _n.m._, (jur.) co-vendor.
=colifichet=, _n.m._, knick-knack, gew-gaw, trifle, bauble, trumpery,
toy, bird-cake.
=colimaçon=, _n.m._, snail.
=colin=, _n.m._, (ich.) coal-fish.
*=colin-maillard=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) blindman’s-buff; blindman (at
blindman’s buff).
=colin-tampon=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) a Swiss beating of drum. _Je m’en moque
comme de —_; (pop.) I do not care a fig about it.
=colique=, _n.f._, colic, griping; stomach-ache. _pl._, after-pains. _—
saturnine_; painter’s colic.
=colis=, _n.m._, package, parcel, bale, case, article.
=colisée=, _n.m._, Coliseum; Colosseum.
=collaborat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (kol-la-), fellow-laborer,
assistant, associate, contributor.
=collaboration= (kol-la-), _n.f._, assistance, contribution, coöperation.
=collaborer=, _v.n._, to work together, to coöperate.
=collage=, _n.m._, pasting, gluing, sizing (of paper); paper-hanging.
=collant=, =-e=, _adj._, sticky, tight, close-fitting.
=collants=, _n.m.pl._, tights.
=collapsus= (-sus), _n.m._, (med.) collapse.
=collataire= (kol-la-tè-r), _n.m._, one who has been collated to a
benefice.
=collatéral=, =-e= (kol-la-), _adj._, collateral.
=collatéral=, _n.m._, (jur.) collateral.
☉=collatérale=, _n.f._, aisle (of churches).
=collatéralement=, _adv._, (jur.) collaterally.
=collateur= (kol-la-), _n.m._, collator.
=collati-f=, =-ve= (kol-la-), _adj._, collative.
=collation= (kol-la-cion), _n.f._, collation.
=collation= (ko-la-cion), _n.f._, collation, light repast; (eccl.)
advowson-gift.
=collationner= (kol-la-cio-né), _v.a._, to collate, to compare.
=collationner= (ko-la-cio-né), _v.n._, to make a light repast; to take a
collation.
=colle=, _n.f._, paste, glue; sham, fib, bouncer, cracker. _— forte_;
glue. _— à bouche_; mouth-glue. _— de poisson_; isinglass.
=collecte= (kol-lèkt), _n.f._, gathering; collection (of money); collect
(prayer).
=collecteur= (kol-lèk-teur), _n.m._, collector, tax-gatherer.
=collecti-f=, =-ve= (kol-lèk-), _adj._, collective.
=collectif= (kol-lèk-), _n.m._, collective noun.
=collection= (kol-lèk-cion), _n.f._, collection; set, file.
=collectionner= (kol-lèk-cio-né), _v.a._, to collect, to make collections
of things.
=collectionneu-r= (kol-lèk-cio-), _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, collector.
=collectivement= (kol-lèk-tiv-mān), _adv._, collectively.
=collège=, _n.m._, college, grammar-school. _— électoral_; assembly of
electors; constituency.
=collégial=, =-e=, _adj._, collegial; collegiate. _Eglise —e_; a
collegiate church.
=collégiale=, _n.f._, collegiate church.
=collégialement=, _adv._, scholastically.
=collégien= (-ji-in), _n.m._, collegian, school-boy.
=collègue= (kol-lèg), _n.m._, colleague.
=collement=, _n.m._, (med.) cohesion, adhesion.
=coller=, _v.a._, to paste, to glue; to size; to stick together; to clear
(with isinglass); to stump (embarrass any one); to plow (at exam.);
to hang (paper). _Être collé_; to be close up against the cushion (at
billiards). _J’ai été collé_; I was plowed.
_se_ =coller=, _v.r._, to stick to; to cake; to apply closely to; (at
billiards) to be right up against the cushion.
=coller=, _v.n._, to stick, to adhere; to fit tight (of clothes). _Ce
pantalon colle bien_; those trousers fit nicely.
=collerette= (kol-rèt), _n.f._, collar (for ladies); (bot.) involucrum;
(tech.) flange.
=collet=, _n.m._, collar (of a gown, coat); cape; bands (for the neck);
neck (of teeth); (hunt.) snare; crown (of anchors); (tech.) collet;
clergyman. _— montant_; stand-up collar. _— rabattu_; turned-down collar.
_Petit —_; one of the cloth, young clergyman. _— monté_; buckram collar.
_Un — monté_; a stuck-up, strait-laced, prudish person. _— de mouton_;
neck of mutton. _Prendre_, _saisir_, _quelqu’un au —_; to collar any one.
_Prêter le — à quelqu’un_; to cope with any one, to try one’s strength
with any one. _Tendre un —_; to set a snare.
=colleter= (kol-té), _v.a._, to collar any one, to seize any one by the
neck.
_se_ =colleter=, _v.r._, to collar each other; to lay hold of each other
by the collar, to grapple with, to wrestle.
=colleter=, _v.n._, to set snares (for game).
=colleteur=, _n.m._, gin-setter; (pop.) wrangler, fighter.
=colleur=, _n.m._, paper-hanger; gluer; paster; bill-sticker; sizer.
=collier=, _n.m._, collar; ring (mark round the neck of certain animals);
bow (of spurs); (arch., tech.) collar; necklace. _Cheval de —_;
draught-horse. _— de force_; training collar. _— de misère_; drudgery.
_Donner un coup de —_; to make a strenuous effort. _Être franc du —_;
never to shirk one’s work; to be always in earnest; (of a horse) to work
well.
☉=colliger=, _v.a._, to collect, to cull.
=colline=, _n.f._, hill, hillock. _La double —_; Parnassus. _Gagner la
—_; to take to one’s heels. _Le penchant d’une —_; the declivity of a
hill; a hill-slope.
=colliquati-f=, =-ve= (kol-li-koua-), _adj._, (med.) colliquative.
=colliquation= (kol-li-koua-), _n.f._, (med.) colliquation, melting.
=collision= (kol-li-), _n.f._, collision.
=collocation= (kol-lo-) _n.f._, collocation; setting in order, rank. _—
de l’argent_; investing of money.
=collodion=, _n.m._, collodion.
=colloque= (kol-lok), _n.m._, colloquy, conference, dialogue.
=colloquer= (kol-lo-ké), _v.a._, to rank, to place in order; to place.
_v.n._, to colloquize.
=colluder= (kol-lu-dé), _v.n._, to collude.
=collusion= (kol-lu-zion), _n.f._, collusion, prevarication. _User de —_;
to prevaricate.
=collusoire= (kol-lu-zoar), _adj._, collusory, collusive.
=collusoirement= (kol-lu-zoar-mān), _adv._, collusively.
=collyre=, _n.m._, (med.) collyrium, eye-salve.
=colmatage=, _n.m._, (agri.) warping (of land).
=colmate=, _n.m._, warp, warped land.
=colmater=, _v.a._, to warp (land).
=colombage=, _n.m._, (carp.) stud-work, joists.
=colombe=, _n.f._, dove; (carp.) joist, upright.
=colombier=, _n.m._, dove-cot, pigeon-house; (print.) pigeon-hole, gap.
_Faire venir les pigeons au —_; to draw customers to the shop. _Grand —_;
atlas paper.
=colombin=, =-e=, _adj._, columbine, dove-color.
=colombin=, _n.m._, (min.) lead ore; (orni.) stock-dove.
=colombine=, _n.f._, pigeon-dung, fowls’-dung; (bot.) columbine.
=colombo=, _n.m._, (bot.) calumba, colombo.
=colon=, _n.m._, colonist, planter; cultivator; West Indian settler.
=côlon=, _n.m._, (anat.) colon.
=colonel=, _n.m._, colonel. _Grade de —_; colonelcy.
=colonelle=, _n.f._ and _adj._, ☉colonel’s company; colonel’s wife.
=colonial=, =-e=, _adj._, colonial.
=colonie=, _n.f._, colony, settlement.
=colonisation=, _n.f._, colonizing, colonisation.
=coloniser=, _v.a._, to establish a colony, to colonize.
=colonnade=, _n.f._, (arch.) colonnade.
=colonne=, _n.f._, column, pillar; bed-post; row (of units, tens);
(milit., nav., phys., print., arch.) column. _— cannelée_; fluted column.
_— plaquée_; pilaster. _— torse_; wreathed column.
=colonnette=, _n.f._, little column.
=colophane=, _n.f._, black rosin, colophony.
=coloquinte=, _n.f._, colocynth; bitter apple.
=colorant=, =-e=, _adj._, coloring.
=coloration=, _n.f._, coloration.
=coloré=, =-e=, _part._, colored. _Vin —_; deep-colored wine. _Teint —_;
ruddy complexion.
=colorer=, _v.a._, to color, to dye; to varnish; to color (to give a
false appearance to).
_se_ =colorer=, _v.r._, to color (of a thing).
=coloriage=, _n.m._, (paint.) coloring.
=colorier=, _v.a._, to color, to illuminate.
=coloris=, _n.m._, color, hue; (paint.) coloring.
=coloriste=, _n.m._, colorer; colorist.
=colossal=, =-e=, _adj._, colossal, of giant proportions.
=colosse=, _n.m._, colossus, giant.
=colostrum=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (med.) colostrum.
=colportage=, _n.m._, hawking; peddling; peddlery; book-stall trade.
=colporter=, _v.a._, to hawk about; to retail; to spread. _— une
nouvelle_; to retail a piece of news.
=colporteur=, _n.m._, hawker, peddler; spreader of news.
=coltis=, _n.m._, (nav.) beak-head.
=colure=, _n.m._, (astron., geog.) colure.
=columelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) columella.
=colza=, _n.m._, colza, rape, rape-seed.
=coma=, _n.m._, (med.) coma.
=comateu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, comatose.
=combat= (kon-ba), _n.m._, combat, fight, battle; fighting; contest,
action, engagement, struggle; strife, warring. _— singulier_; single
combat. _— à outrance_; mortal combat. _— égal_; drawn battle. _—
simulé_; sham fight. _Au fort du —_; in the thick of the fight. _Être
hors de —_; to be disabled. _Mettre hors de —_; to disable. _Faire
branle-bas de —_; (nav.) to clear for action.
=combattable=, _adj._, combatable.
=combattant=, _n.m._, combatant, fighting man, champion; (orni.) ruff.
=combattre=, _v.a._, to fight, to combat; to wage war against, to battle
with, to dispute, to contest, to strive against. _— une opinion_; to
combat an opinion.
_se_ =combattre=, _v.r._, to combat; to contend with each other.
=combattre=, _v.n._, to fight, to combat, to war, to contend, to vie with
one another, to struggle. _— de politesse_; to vie with one another in
politeness.
☉=combe=, _n.f._, valley.
=combien= (kon-bi-in), _adv._, how much, how many; how; how far; how
long; what. _En — de temps?_ in how long? _— y a-t-il depuis cela?_
how long is it since then? _— cela vaut-il?_ what is that worth? _À —
évaluez-vous cela?_ What price do you put upon that?
=combinaison=, _n.f._, combination; contrivance; ingenuity; management;
calculation.
=combinat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, combiner, contriver.
=combiné=, =-e=, _part._, united; (chem.) combined.
=combiner=, _v.a._, to combine, to contrive.
_se_ =combiner=, _v.r._, to combine, to be contrived.
=comble=, _n.m._, heaping (of measure); consummation; fulfillment;
zenith; acme; summit, height, top, complement. _pl._, roof,
roof-timbers. _Ferme des —s_; (carp.) framing of a roof. _De fond en —_;
from top to bottom. _Ruiné de fond en —_; utterly ruined. _La mesure est
au —_; the measure is full. _Pour — de gloire_; to complete his glory.
_Pour — de malheur_; to crown all; to cap our misfortune. _Au — de_; at
the height of. _Mettre le — à_; to complete, to crown.
=comble=, _adj._, heaped up full to the top. _Salle —_; house full,
packed.
=combleau=, _n.m._, (mil.) gun-tackle.
=comblement=, _n.m._, filling up, heaping up.
=combler=, _v.a._, to heap, to heap up, to make up, to fill up, to crown;
to cover (deficit); to complete; to overwhelm. _— de faveurs_; to load
with favors.
=comblète=, _n.f._, (hunt.) cleft (of a deer’s foot).
=combrière=, _n.f._, tunny net.
=combuger=, _v.a._, to rinse out (casks).
=comburant=, =-e=, _adj._, (chem.) burning.
=combustible=, _n.m._, combustible.
=combustible=, _n.m._, fuel, firing; (chem.) combustible.
=combustibilité=, _n.f._, combustibility.
=combustion= (kon-bus-tion), _n.f._, combustion, conflagration, flame;
(fig.) tumult, uproar.
=comédie=, _n.f._, comedy, play; play-house, theatre; shamming, farce;
players; play-book. _Donner la —_; to make people laugh; to be the
laughing-stock. _Jouer une —_; to act a play. _Le sujet_, _l’intrigue_,
_le dénouement_, _d’une —_; the subject, plot, upshot, of a comedy.
=comédien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._ (-di-in, di-è-n), comedian, actor,
actress, player; hypocrite, dissembler. _Troupe de —s_; company of
actors. _—s ambulants_; strolling players.
=comestible=, _adj._, eatable; edible.
=comestible=, _n.m._, eatable. _pl._, eatables, provisions, victuals.
=cométaire=, _adj._, cometary.
=comète=, _n.f._, comet; kind of game at cards; satin ribbon; peculiar
kind of firework. _— chevelue_; haired comet. _— barbue_; bearded comet.
_— à queue_; tailed comet. _Vin de la —_; wine of the year 1811.
=cométographie=, _n.f._, cometography.
=comices=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) comitia.
=comicial=, =-e=, _adj._, comitial.
=comifère=, _adj._, (bot.) comose.
=comique=, _adj._, comical, ludicrous, laughable, funny. _Le genre —_;
comedy. _Acteur —_; comic actor.
=comique=, _n.m._, the comic art, comedy; comical part or side; comic
actor _or_ author _or_ singer. _Avoir du — dans la figure_; to have a
comical face.
=comiquement= (-mān), _adv._, comically, humorously.
☉=comite= _or_ =come=, _n.m._, overseer of a crew of galley-slaves,
warder.
=comité=, _n.m._, meeting of a few persons; small party; committee,
board. _— permanent_; standing committee. _La chambre formée en —_; a
committee of the whole house. _Petit —_; a small party; select few. _En
petit —_; among ourselves. _Dîner en petit —_; to have a small dinner
party of intimate friends. _— de lecture_; a committee for deciding upon
the performance of new plays.
=comma=, _n.m._, (print.) colon; (mus.) comma.
=command=, _n.m._, (jur.) purchaser; principal.
=commandant=, _adj._, (milit., nav.) commanding; (fig.) imposing,
dictatorial.
=commandant=, _n.m._, (milit., nav.) commandant, major. _— de place_;
governor (of a fortified town). _— de la marine_; flag-officer. _— d’une
escadre_; commodore. _Bien, mon —!_ very well, major.
=commande=, _n.f._, order. _Ouvrage de —_; work done to order.
_Marchandise de —_; goods, bespoken. _Sur —_; to order. _Maladie de —_;
feigned sickness. _Louanges de —_; forced praise.
=commandement=, _n.m._, command, order; word of command; manner of
commanding; writ, order; commandment, precept, law, rule, injunction.
_Il a tout à son —_; he has all things at command. _Être de —_; to be
prescribed _or_ ordered. _Secrétaire des —s_; private secretary (to a
prince).
=commander=, _v.a._, to command, to order, to govern; to have the command
of; to bespeak; to overlook. _Cette tour commande la ville_; that tower
overlooks the town.
=commander=, _v.n._, to command, to rule; to direct; to order, to bid;
(milit., nav.) to give the word of command. _— à ses passions_; to master
one’s passions. _— à la route_ (nav.); to shape a ship’s course.
_se_ =commander=, _v.r._, to control oneself.
=commanderie= (ko-mān-drî), _n.f._, commandery.
=commandeur=, _n.m._, commander (in orders of knighthood).
=commanditaire=, _n.m._, sleeping partner.
=commandite=, _n.f._, limited joint-stock company.
=commanditer=, _v.a._, to finance a commercial undertaking, to become a
sleeping partner.
=comme=, _adv._, as, like; so; almost, nearly; as it were, as if; how,
in what way; so much. _— aussi_; (jur.) and likewise. _Faites — lui_; do
like him. _— ci — cela_; so so, indifferently. _Il est — mort_; he is
almost dead. _La lumière est — l’une des couleurs_; light is, as it were,
one of the colors. _— vous me traitez_; how badly you treat me. _Vous
voyez — il travaille_; you see how hard he works. _— quoi_; as how.
=comme=, _conj._, as, seeing that, since, because.
=commémoraison=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) commemoration, remembrance, mention, of
a saint.
=commémorati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, commemorative.
=commémoration= (kom-mé-), _n.f._, (c.rel.) commemoration. _La —
des morts_; commemoration of the dead; All-Souls’-Day. _Faire — de
quelqu’un_; (fam.) to make mention of any one.
=commémorer=, _v.a._, (neologism) to commemorate, to remember, to
recollect.
=commençant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, beginner, novice, tyro.
=commencement= (ko-māns-mān), _n.m._, beginning, commencement;
setting in. _Au —_; in the beginning, at first. _Les —s sont toujours
difficiles_; beginnings are always difficult.
=commencer=, _v.a._, to begin, to commence; to initiate, to impart the
first principles to. _— quelqu’un_; to initiate, to begin with anyone. _—
un cheval_; to begin training a horse.
=commencer=, _v.n._, to commence, begin. _Lors-qu’il commença de parler_;
when he began speaking. _Cet enfant commence à parler_; this child begins
to speak. [_Commencer de_ indicates an action which will have an ending;
_commencer à_ indicates an action which will go on progressing.] _N’a pas
fait qui commence_; the beginning is not every thing. _À moitié fait qui
commence bien_; a good beginning is half the battle.
=commendataire=, _adj._, (canon law) commendatory.
=commende=, _n.f._, (canon law) commendam.
=commender=, _v.a._, to give in commendam.
=commensal=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, habitual guest; boarder; officer
admitted to the royal table. _Être — d’une maison_; to be habitually a
guest in a house. _Être commensaux_; to be companions at meals.
=commensalité=, _n.f._, right of admission to the royal table.
=commensurabilité=, _n.f._, (math.) commensurableness, commensurability.
=commensurable=, _adj._, (math.) commensurable.
=commensuration=, _n.f._, (math.) commensuration.
=comment=, _adv._, how, in what manner; why, wherefore; what! indeed! _—
cela?_ how is that? _— faire?_ what is to be done? How can it be helped?
_—! vous voulez le faire_; what! you wish to do it!
=comment=, _n.m._, the reason, the why and the wherefore. _Savoir le
pourquoi et le —_; to know the why and the wherefore.
=commentaire=, _n.m._, commentary, comment, exposition; remark,
observation. _Point de —!_ (fam.) no impertinent remarks!
=commentateur=, _n.m._, commentator, annotator.
=commenter=, _v.a._, to comment, to criticise, to explain, expound,
annotate.
=commenter=, _v.n._, to criticise; to comment upon.
=commérage=, _n.m._, gossiping; gossip, tittle-tattle.
=commerçable=, _adj._, negotiable.
=commerçant=, _n.m._, trader, merchant, tradesman.
=commerçant=, =-e=, _adj._, commercial, mercantile; trading.
=commerce=, _n.m._, commerce, trade, trading, traffic; intercourse,
communication, correspondence, acquaintance, communion, conversation; a
game at cards. _— des colonies_, _— avec les colonies_; colonial trade.
_Affaires de —_; mercantile affairs. _Femme de —_; tradeswoman. _Fond
de —_; business, stock. _Être dans le —_; to be in business, in trade.
_— en gros_; wholesale trade. _— en détail_; retail trade. _Il fait un
gros —_; he drives a roaring trade. _Chambre de —_; chamber of commerce.
_— de galanterie_; intrigue. _Lier — avec quelqu’un_; to establish a
correspondence with anyone. _Liez — avec lui_; get acquainted with him.
_Être d’un — sur_; to be a person to be depended upon.
=commercer=, _v.n._, to trade, to drive a trade, to traffic in.
=commercial=, =-e=, _adj._, commercial.
=commercialement=, _adv._, commercially.
=commère=, _n.f._, godmother; gossip; friend, body. _Cet homme est une
vraie —_; that man is a regular gossip. _C’est une fameuse —_; (fam.)
she is a bold, cunning woman, not easily discouraged. _Tout se fait par
compère et par —_; all is done by favor.
=commérer=, _v.n._, to gossip, to tittle-tattle.
=commettage=, _n.m._, (nav.) laying of ropes and cables.
=commettant=, _n.m._, constituent; employer; principal; (jur.) warrantor.
_Corps de —s_; constituents, constituency.
=commettre=, _v.a._, to commit, to perpetrate; to appoint, to delegate,
to constitute, to commission, to empower; to commit to any one’s charge,
to intrust, to trust with, to confide; to expose; to embroil; to set by
the ears, to make mischief between; (nav.) to lay.
_se_ =commettre=, _v.r._, to commit oneself; to expose oneself, to trust
oneself.
=commination=, _n.f._, (rhet.) commination.
=comminatoire=, _adj._, (jur.) comminatory.
=comminuti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, comminutive.
=comminution=, _n.f._, comminution.
=commis=, =-e=, _part._, committed, appointed, entrusted, exposed; (nav.)
laid.
=commis=, _n.m._, clerk; book-keeper; shopman. _Premier —_; head clerk.
_— marchand_; merchant’s clerk. _— voyageur_; commercial traveler,
bagman. _— aux vivres_; (nav.) steward. _— d’administration_; accountant.
_— de boutique_, _de magasin_; shopman, counter jumper.
=commise=, _n.f._, (feudal jur.) forfeit, escheat; female-clerk,
counterwoman.
=commisération= (kom-mi-), _n.f._, commiseration.
=commissaire=, _n.m._, commissary; commissioner; manager; trustee; (of a
vessel) purser. _— des guerres_; commissary. _— des vivres_; commissary
of stores. _— adjoint_; deputy commissioner. _— des pauvres_; member of a
charitable board. _— aux saisies réelles_; sequestrator. _— de police_;
superintendent of police. _— priseur_; (_—s —s_) auctioneer, appraiser.
=commissariat=, _n.m._, commissaryship, trusteeship; (milit.)
commissariat.
=commission=, _n.f._, commission, trust, charge; commission-trade;
errand; mandate, warrant; the holding a trust for a time only; a
committee. _Il est allé en —_; he is gone on an errand. _Obtenir — d’un
juge_; to obtain a judge’s warrant. _— rogatoire_; writ of inquiry. _—
d’enquête_; committee of inquiry. _Maison de —_; agency-office. _Membre
d’une —_; committee-man. _En —_; (nav.) in commission. _En —_; (com.) on
sale or return. _Faire des —s_; to run errands or to obtain orders.
=commissionnaire=, _n.m._, messenger; porter, carrier, errand-boy; agent.
_— de vente_; salesman. _— de roulage_; carrier, wagon office-keeper. _—
chargeur_; freight agent. _— expéditeur_; shipping-agent.
=commissionner=, _v.a._, to empower, to commission.
=commissoire=, _adj._, (jur.) binding.
=commissure=, _n.f._, (anat.) commissure.
=commissural=, =-e=, _adj._, commissural.
=committimus=, _n.m._, (_n.p._), (jur.) _Lettres de —_; chancery order
appointing the court which is to take cognizance of an action.
=committitur=, _n.m._ (_n.p._), (jur.) order of the president of a court
of justice appointing a judge to hold an inquiry.
=commodat=, _n.m._, (jur.) gratuitous loan (to be repaid in kind);
bailment.
=commode=, _adj._, commodious, convenient, favorable, serviceable, handy;
comfortable; agreeable, easy; good-natured, accommodating. _Une maison
—_; a comfortable house. _Il n’est pas —_; he is not accommodating, not
easy, to get on with.
=commode=, _n.f._, chest of drawers, drawers.
=commodément=, _adv._, commodiously, conveniently, comfortably, suitably,
easily.
=commodité=, _n.f._, convenience, accommodation; ☉conveyance; comfort,
ease. _—s_; water-closet.
=commodore=, _n.m._, (nav.) commodore.
=commotion=, _n.f._, commotion; shock; (med.) concussion (of the brain).
=commuable=, _adj._, commutable.
=commuer=, _v.a._, (jur.) to commute.
=commun=, =-e=, _adj._, common; usual, ordinary, every day; mean, vulgar.
_Le sens —_; common sense. _Je n’ai rien de — avec lui_; I have nothing
in common with him. _À frais —s_; jointly. _Faire bourse —e_; to have one
common stock or purse. _Lieux —s_; common places. _Le droit —_; common
law. _D’une —e voix_; unanimously. _Une voix —e_; a vulgar voice. _Le
bruit —_; current report. _Cette terre vaut tant de revenu année —e_;
that land yields so much a year on an average. _Peu —_; uncommon, rare,
unusual.
=commun=, _n.m._, the generality; commonalty; common people, the vulgar,
the mob. _Vivre sur le —_; to spunge. _L’âne du — est toujours le plus
mal bâté_; matters of public concern are commonly neglected. _Le — des
hommes_; the generality of men. _Le — des martyrs_; the common herd.
_—s_; servants, or domestic offices, out-buildings.
=communal=, =-e=, _adj._, parochial; parish; communal.
=communauté=, _n.f._, community, society; communion; corporation. _—
de biens_; community of property (between husband and wife); (jur.)
communion.
=communaux=, _n.m.pl._, (jur.) pasture grounds, common.
=commune=, _n.f._, commune (inhabitants); parish, township (in France);
town-hall. _La chambre des —s_; the House of Commons. _Le maire d’une —_;
the mayor of a district. _Assemblée de la —_; vestry.
=communément=, _adv._, commonly, usually, generally.
=communiant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, communicant.
=communicabilité=, _n.f._, communicability.
=communicable=, _adj._, communicable.
=communicati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, communicative.
=communication=, _n.f._, intercourse, communication, _— de pièces_;
(jur.) production of documents. _En — avec_; open to (mec.). _De —_;
communicating, connecting.
=communicativement=, _adj._, communicatively.
=communier=, _v.n._, to communicate, to receive the sacrament.
=communier=, _v.a._, to give the communion.
=communion=, _n.f._, communion, fellowship; sacrament. _Faire sa première
—_; to receive the sacrament for the first time; to be confirmed.
=communiqué=, _n.m._, official communication, statement.
=communiquer=, _v.a._, to communicate, to impart; to show, to tell, to
acquaint.
_se_ =communiquer=, _v.r._, to be communicative, to communicate with,
to spread (of places). _Vous vous communiquez trop_; you are too
communicative.
=communiquer=, _v.n._, to hold or keep up a correspondence with.
=communisme=, _n.m._, communism.
=communiste=, _n.m.f._, communist.
=commutati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (jur.) commutative.
=commutation=, _n.f._, (jur.) commutation.
=comocladie=, _n.f._, (bot.) maiden-plum, comocladia.
=compacité=, _n.f._, (phys.) compactness, density.
=compact=, =-e=, _adj._, compact, close, serried; (phys.) dense, solid.
*=compagne=, _n.f._, female companion; consort, partner; helpmate;
playmate; (of animals) mate. _Fidèle —_; faithful attendant.
*=compagnie=, _n.f._, society, company; (com.) company; (hunt.) covey;
levy, troop. _— ordonnancée_; chartered company. _— de commerce_; trading
company. _Il n’y a pas si bonne — qui ne se sépare_; the best of friends
must part. _Sa maison est le rendez-vous de la bonne —_; his house is
the resort of fashionable people. _Dame de —_; lady’s companion. _Être
de bonne —_; to be well-bred. _Aller en —_; to go together. _Tenir —
à quelqu’un_; to keep any one company. _Fausser — à quelqu’un_; to
desert any one, to give the slip to any one. _Une — de perdrix_; a
covey of partridges. _Vous me traitez comme si j’étais —_; you treat me
as if I were somebody. _Former une —_; to establish a company. _Règle
de —_; fellowship. _Une — d’infanterie_; a company of foot. _Une — de
cavalerie_; a troop of horse. _— franche_; independent company.
*=compagnon=, _n.m._, companion, fellow, associate, co-mate, consort,
mate, partner; journeyman, playfellow, playmate; droll fellow. _—
d’école_, _d’étude_; schoolfellow. _— de table_; messmate. _— de jeu_;
playfellow. _— de taverne_; pot-companion. _— d’armes_; companion in
arms. _Joyeux —_; jolly fellow, jolly dog. _Traiter de pair à —_; to go
cheek by jowl; to be “hail fellow well met” to anyone.
*=compagnonnage=, _n.m._, journeymanship, trades-union, time of service.
=comparabilité=, _n.f._, comparableness.
=comparable=, _adj._, comparable, to be compared.
=comparaison=, _n.f._, comparison; simile, similitude. _Toute — cloche_;
comparisons are odious. _Il n’y a point de — de vous à lui_; there is
no comparison between you and him. _Ce n’est qu’un ignorant en — d’un
tel_; he is a mere ignoramus in comparison with such a one. _Par — à_, or
_avec_, _ce que j’ai fait_; in comparison to, or with, what I have done.
=comparaître=, _v.n._, to appear (before a tribunal).
=comparant=, =-e=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, person appearing in court on a
summons; appearer.
=comparati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, comparative.
=comparatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) comparative, comparative degree.
=comparativement= (-mān), _adv._, comparatively.
=comparer=, _v.a._, to compare. _Se —_; to be compared.
☉=comparoir=, _v.n._, (jur.) to appear.
=comparse=, _n.m._, (thea.) supernumerary, figurant, figurante.
=compartiment=, _n.m._, compartment, division.
=compartimenté=, =-e=, _adj._, with compartments.
=comparution=, _n.f._, (jur.) appearance.
=compas=, _n.m._, pair of compasses, compass. _— à trois branches_;
triangular compasses. _— à pointes changeantes_; draught compasses. _— de
réduction_; proportional compasses. _— de variation_; azimuth compass.
_Faire toutes choses par règle et par —_, to do everything by rule and
compass. _Il a le — dans l’œil_; he has a good eye for distances, or he
has a sure eye.
=compassé=, =-e=, _adj._, formal, stiff, starched.
=compassement= (-pâs-mān), _n.m._, compassing, (fig.) stiffness,
starchedness.
=compasser=, _v.a._, to measure with compasses; to proportion; to
regulate; to weigh; to consider. _Un homme bien compassé_; a formal,
affected man.
=compassion=, _n.f._, compassion, pity, mercy. _Avoir — de quelqu’un_,
_avoir de la — pour quelqu’un_; to take compassion on any one, to have
compassion for any one.
=compatibilité=, _n.f._, compatibility.
=compatible=, _adj._, compatible, consistent. _Son humeur n’est pas —
avec la mienne_; his temper does not agree with mine.
=compatir=, _v.n._, to sympathize with, to compassionate, to commiserate,
to pity; to agree, to be compatible with.
=compatissance=, _n.f._, pity, sympathy.
=compatissant=, =-e=, _adj._, compassionate, tender, pitying, feeling.
=compatriote=, _n.m.f._, compatriot, fellow-countryman,
fellow-countrywoman.
=compendieusement=, _adv._, in brief, compendiously.
=compendium= (kon-pin-di-om), _n.m._, compendium, abridgment, summary.
=compensable=, _adj._, that may be compensated, compensable.
=compensateur=, _n.m._, (horl.) compensating balance. _— magnétique_;
magnetic compensator (to indicate the deviations of the mariner’s
compass).
=compensat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, (horl.) compensative, compensating.
_Pendule —_; compensating pendulum.
=compensation=, _n.f._, compensation, amends, reparation, satisfaction;
set-off. _Faire —_; to compensate, to make amends for.
=compensatoire=, _adj._, compensatory.
=compenser=, _v.a._, to counter-balance, to set against; to compensate,
to make up for. _Rien ne compense la perte de l’honneur_; nothing can
make up for the loss of honor.
_se_ =compenser=, _v.r._, to compensate each other; to be balanced, to be
set off against; to be counteracted by.
=compérage=, _n.m._, compaternity; cheating, trickery, collusion.
=compère=, _n.m._, godfather; gossip; crony; pal; confederate of a quack.
_Un bon —_; a good companion, fellow. _Un rusé —_; a sly old blade. _Par
— et par commère_; by favor and interest.
=compère-loriot=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (orni.) goldhammer, goldfinch,
loriot, stye (on the eye).
=compétemment= (kon-pé-ta-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) competently.
=compétence=, _n.f._, competency, cognizance; competition; department,
sphere, province. _Cela n’est pas de votre —_; that is beyond your
province.
=compétent=, =-e=, _adj._, sufficient, suitable, requisite; due; (jur.)
cognizant; competent. _C’est un juge —_; he is a competent judge. _Vous
n’êtes pas — pour cela_; you are not fit for that.
=compéter=, _v.n._, (jur.) to belong; to be due; to be cognizable.
=compétit-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, competitor, competitress,
candidate.
=compétition=, _n.f._, competition, rivalry, strife.
=compilateur=, _n.m._, compiler.
=compilation=, _n.f._, compilation.
=compiler=, _v.a._, to compile.
=complainte=, _n.f._, complaint (jur.); lament, complaint, lamentation,
moan, plaint, wailing; plaintive ballad.
=complaire=, _v.n._, to humor, to please, to gratify, to comply with the
wishes (of); to condescend to.
_se_ =complaire=, _v.r._, to delight in; to admire one’s self.
=complaisamment= (-zam-an), _adv._, complaisantly, obligingly.
=complaisance=, _n.f._, kindness, goodness; complaisance, complacency;
(com.) accommodation. _—s_; love, affection. _Abuser de la — de
quelqu’un_; to abuse any one’s goodness. _Faire une chose par —_; to do a
thing out of kindness.
=complaisant=, =-e=, _adj._, complaisant, affable, civil, obliging; kind.
=complaisant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, over-civil person, fawner;
go-between.
=complant=, _n.m._, (agri.) plantation, vineyard.
=complément=, _n.m._, complement, completion, supplement; objective case.
=complémentaire=, _adj._, complementary, completing.
=compl-et=, =-ète=, _adj._, complete, full, total, whole, perfect. _Un
habillement —_; a complete suit of clothes. _Œuvres —ètes_; complete
works.
=complet=, _n.m._, complement, full number. _Être au —_; to be full. _Au
grand —_; quite full; all present.
=complètement= (kon-plet-mān), _adv._, completely, thoroughly, entirely,
wholly; utterly.
=complètement=, _n.m._, finishing, completion.
=compléter=, _v.a._, to complete, to perfect; to fill up, make up.
=compléti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) completive.
=complexe=, _adj._, complex; complicated.
=complexion=, _n.f._, constitution; disposition, complexion, humor,
temper, inclination.
=complexionné=, =-e=, _adj._, constituted; inclined.
=complexité=, _n.f._, complexity.
=complication=, _n.f._, intricacy, complication.
=complice=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, accomplice, accessory, privy to; a party
to.
=complicité=, _n.f._, complicity, participation.
=complies=, _n.f.pl._, (c.rel.) compline.
=compliment=, _n.m._, compliment. _pl._, congratulations. _Faire — à
quelqu’un_; to compliment any one. _Faites-lui mes —s_; give him, her, my
compliments. _Mes —s chez vous_; remember me to all at home. _Je vous en
fais mon —_; I wish you joy. _Rengainer son —_; to stop short, not to go
on with. _Sans —_; really, sincerely.
=complimenter=, _v.a._, to compliment, to congratulate.
=complimenteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, complimenter.
=complimenteu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, complimentary.
=compliqué=, =-e=, _adj._, complicated, intricate.
=compliquer=, _v.a._, to render intricate, to complicate, to entangle.
_se_ =compliquer=, _v.r._, to become complicated.
=complot=, _n.m._, plot, conspiracy.
=comploter=, _v.a._, to plot.
=comploteur=, _n.m._, plotter, schemer.
=componction=, _n.f._, compunction, contrition, remorse.
=componé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) compony.
☉=comportement=, _n.m._, demeanor, comportment.
=comporter=, _v.a._, to permit, to allow, to admit of. _Le temps le
comporte_; the times require it.
_se_ =comporter=, _v.r._, to behave, to behave one’s self; to act; to
manage. _Se — mal_; to misbehave. _Il se comportera mieux à l’avenir_; he
will behave better for the future.
=composant=, _n.m._, (chem.) component.
=composante=, _n.f._, (math.) component.
=composé=, =-e=, _adj._, composed, compound; complicate; affected, stiff.
_Un mot —_; a compound word. _Il a l’air extrêmement sérieux et —_; he
looks very grave and formal. _Air —_; stiff, starched air.
=composé=, _n.m._, compound.
=composée=, _n.f._, (bot.) composite flower.
=composer=, _v.a._, to compose, form, create, compound, make, fashion,
adjust, regulate. _— sa mine_; to adjust one’s looks. _Il faut savoir
se — selon le temps, selon les lieux_; one must regulate one’s self
according to time and place. _— des almanachs_; to indulge in chimerical
dreams. _— un papier d’examen_; to write out an examination paper.
=composer=, _v.n._, to compound, to compromise, to make up, to adjust; to
capitulate. _Il a composé avec ses créanciers_; he has compounded with
his creditors.
=composeur=, _n.m._, scribbler, paltry writer.
=composite=, _adj._, (arch.) composite.
=composite=, _n.m._, composite order.
=compositeur=, _n.m._, composer (of music); (jur.) compounder; (print.)
compositor. _Amiable —_; (jur.) compounder, friendly arbitrator.
=composition=, _n.f._, composition, construction, composing, written
examination; theme, agreement, settlement; capitulation. _Venir à —_; to
come to an agreement. _Un homme de —_; an easy, tractable person. _Faire
bonne —_; to grant advantageous terms. _Il est de difficile —_; he is
hard to deal with. _Se rendre par —_; to surrender upon terms. _Entrer en
—_; to enter into terms of composition.
=compost=, _n.m._, (agri.) compost.
=composter=, _v.a._, (agri.) to compost.
=composteur=, _n.m._, (print.) composing-stick.
=compote=, _n.f._, compote, stewed fruit, stew. _— de pigeons_; stewed
pigeons. _Avoir l’œil en —_; to have a black eye. _Avoir les yeux en —_;
to have a pair of black eyes.
=compotier= (-tié), _n.m._, shallow dish for stewed fruit.
=compréhensibilité=, _n.f._, comprehensibility.
=compréhensible=, _adj._, comprehensible, conceivable, intelligible.
=compréhensi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, comprehensive.
=compréhension=, _n.f._, comprehension, apprehension, understanding,
intelligence.
=compréhensivité=, _n.f._, comprehensiveness, faculty of comprehending.
=comprendre=, _v.a._, to comprehend, to include, to comprise, to
contain, to understand, to conceive. _Je comprends fort bien ce que
vous me dites_; I understand very well what you say to me. _— mal_; to
misunderstand. _À ce que je comprends_; by what I understand. _Je ne le
comprends pas_; I do not know what to make of him.
=compresse=, _n.f._, (surg.) compress, bolster, pledget. _— fenêtrée_;
perforated compress.
=compressibilité=, _n.f._, compressibility.
=compressible=, _adj._, compressible.
=compressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (surg.) compressive.
=compression=, _n.f._, compression, squeezing, condensation; (surg.)
astriction.
=comprimable=, _adj._, compressible.
=comprimé=, =-e=, _part._, (bot.) compressed, flat, condensed; put down,
kept under.
=comprimer=, _v.a._, to compress, to condense; to quell; to put down, to
keep down, to restrain, to check, to curb.
=compris=, =-e=, _adj._, _part._, understood, included. _Y —_; inclusive
of, including. _Non —_; not including, exclusive of, without.
=compromettant=, _adj._, injurious, dangerous, compromising;
incriminating, damaging; disreputable.
=compromettre=, _v.n._, to compromise, to implicate; to put to
arbitration, to consent to a reference, to refer to the arbitrament of
one or more arbitrators.
=compromettre=, _v.a._, to expose, to commit, to compromise, to
jeopardize, to imperil, to endanger. _— son autorité_, _sa dignité_; to
imperil one’s authority or character.
_se_ =compromettre=, _v.r._, to implicate, to compromise, oneself.
=compromis=, _n.m._, mutual agreement, compromise. _Mettre en —_; to
submit to arbitration.
=compromissaire=, _n.m._, arbitrator, referee.
=compromissionnaire=, _adj._, by compromise.
=comptabilité= (kon-ta-), _n.f._, accounts, book-keeping. _Il entend bien
la —_; he has a thorough knowledge of accounts.
=comptable= (kon-tabl), _adj._, accountable, responsible. _Agent —_;
accountant; responsible agent; (nav.) paymaster. _Nous sommes —s de nos
talents à la patrie_; we are accountable to our country for our talents.
=comptable=, _n.m._, accountant; responsible agent.
=comptant= (kon-tān), _n.m._, ready money, cash. _Au —_; (com.) for cash.
_Payer —_; to pay ready money. _Avoir du —_; to be well provided with
cash. _Voilà tout mon —_; here is all my cash.
=comptant=, _adj._, (of money) ready; (of payment) in cash; (com.) prompt.
=compte= (kont), _n.m._, account, reckoning, calculation, score; due,
rate; question; statement, report; profit; benefit; esteem, value,
regard. _Avez-vous votre —?_ have you got the right amount? _Je n’ai pas
mon —_; I have not my due. _De — fait_; altogether, on computation. _—
rond_; even money. _— borgne_; odd money. _À —_; on account. _À bon —_;
cheaply, at a small cost. _Livre de —_; book of accounts. _Roue de —_;
(horl.) notch-wheel. _Chambre des —s_; chamber of accounts. _Auditeur des
—s_; auditor of the exchequer. _Arrêter_, _solder_, _un —_, _des —s_;
to settle accounts. _Arrêté de —_; account agreed upon, statement of
account. _Pour solde de —_; in full of all demands. _Faire rendre —_; to
call to account. _Rendre —_; to give an account. _Avoir un — en banque_;
to have money at a banker’s. _Mettre en ligne de —_; to pass to account.
_Valider un —_; to verify an account. _Ouir un —_; to audit an account.
_Arrêter un —_; to strike a balance. _Il y a un reliquat de — à solder_;
there is a balance still owing. _Tenir —_; to keep an account. _Ne tenir
ni — ni mesure_; to leave all at sixes and sevens. _À bon —_; at a cheap
rate. _Être de bon —_; to be fair in one’s dealings. _Faire —_; to
depend upon, to expect, to intend. _Il n’y a pas trouvé son —_; he did
not find what he expected _or_ that it paid. _Ils sont bien loin de —_;
they are a long way out. _Vous m’en rendrez —_; you shall answer for it.
_Il faut lui rendre — de tout_; we must account to him for everything.
_Faire le — de_; to suit, to do well. _Je prends cela sur mon —_; I will
be responsible for that. _On ne sait à quoi s’en tenir sur son —_; we do
not know what to think of him. _À ce —-là_; at that rate. _Les bons —s
font les bons amis_; short reckonings make long friends. _Faire — d’une
personne_; to value a person. _Il n’en fait aucun —_; he slights him.
_Au bout du —_; when all is said and done. _En fin de —_; in the end.
_Se rendre — de_; to get a clear idea of. _Erreur n’est pas —_; errors
excepted.
=compte-pas=, _n.m._, (_—_) odometer, pedometer; surveying-wheel. _V._
=odomètre=.
=compter= (kon-té), _v.a._, to count, to reckon, to number, to calculate,
to compute; to include; to charge; to settle accounts. _— ses pas_; to
walk slowly. _Marcher à pas comptés_; to walk with measured steps.
=compter=, _v.n._, to reckon, to calculate; to intend, to purpose; to
think, to expect. _Quand comptez vous partir?_ when do you purpose
setting out? _Je compte le voir demain_; I expect to see him to-morrow.
_— sur_; to depend upon, to rely upon, to count upon; to anticipate, to
expect. _Comptez que_; remember that. _Comptez dessus_; depend upon it.
_À — de_; from, reckoning from. _Qui compte sans son hôte compte deux
fois_; he who reckons without his host, must reckon again.
=compte rendu=, _n.m._, return, report, statement.
=compteur= (kon-teur), _n.m._, counter, accountant, computer; (mach.)
tell-tale; (tech.) meter. _— kilométrique_; cyclometer.
=comptoir= (kon-toâr), _n.m._, counter; counting-house; factory,
settlement; bar (of a public house, &c.). _Dame de —_; shopwoman;
barmaid. _Garçon de —_; barman, barkeeper.
=compulser=, _v.a._, to look through a register; to examine, in virtue of
a judge’s order.
=compulsoire=, _n.m._, (jur.) examination of papers in virtue of a
judge’s order.
=comput= (kon-put), _n.m._, computation.
=computation=, _n.f._, computation.
=computiste=, _n.m._, computer, computist.
=comtal=, =-e=, _adj._, belonging to an earl or a countess.
=comtat=, _n.m._, county (of Avignon, _or_ Venaissin).
=comte=, _n.m._, count; earl.
=comté=, _n.m._, county; earldom, shire.
=comtesse=, _n.f._, countess.
=concasser=, _v.a._, to pound, to bruise, to crush.
=concasseur=, _n.m._, bruising, _or_ crushing, mill; (tech.) steam-roller.
=concaténation=, _n.f._, concatenation.
=concave=, _adj._, concave.
=concavité=, _n.f._, concaveness, concave, concavity.
=concavo-concave=, _adj._, concavo-concave.
=concavo-convexe=, _adj._, concavo-convex.
=concédant=, _n.m._, grantor.
=concéder=, _v.a._, to grant, to yield, to allow.
_se_ =concéder=, _v.r._, to be granted, allowed.
=concentration=, _n.f._, concentration.
=concentré=, =-e=, _part._, concentrated; concentred; close, silent,
reserved, close-tongued. _Un homme toujours —_; a thoughtful man; a man
who is not communicative. _Haine —e_; suppressed hatred.
=concentrer=, _v.a._, to concentrate; to dissemble, to repress, to
smother. _— sa fureur_; to dissemble one’s rage.
_se_ =concentrer=, _v.r._, to concentrate, to meet in one centre; to
centre; to retire within one’s self.
=concentrique=, _adj._, concentric.
=concentriquement=, _adv._, concentrically.
=concept= (kon-sèpt), _n.m._, (log.) concept.
=conceptible=, _adj._, conceivable.
=concepti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, conceptive.
=conception=, _n.f._, conception; apprehension; thought, notion,
understanding; wit, conceit. _Il a la — vive_, _facile_, _dure_; he is
quick, easy, dull, of apprehension. _Vous n’avez pas de — comment ..._;
you have no idea how ...
=concernant=, _prep._, concerning, relating to, touching, about, in
reference to.
=concerner=, _v.a._ to relate or belong to, to concern, to regard.
=concert=, _n.m._, concert; harmony; unanimity, concord. _— spirituel_;
oratorio. _— de louanges_; chorus of praises. _De —_; by mutual consent.
_Agir de —_; to act in concert. _Faire une chose de —_; to go hand in
hand in a business.
=concertant=, =-e=, _adj._, in concert (mus.). _Symphonie —e_; symphony
performed in concert by two or three or more instruments.
=concertant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, performer in a concert.
=concerté=, =-e=, _adj._, concerted, planned; contrived; affected;
studied; starched.
=concerter=, _v.a._, to contrive, to concert; to plan, to devise; ☉to
practise for a concert.
_se_ =concerter=, _v.r._, to plan together, to concert; to lay ones’
heads together; to deliberate.
=concerto=, _n.m._, (_—s_) concerto.
=concesseur=, _n.m._, grantor.
=concession=, _n.f._, concession, grant, privilege.
=concessionnaire=, _n.m._, grantee. _— d’un privilège_; patentee. _adj._,
privileged.
=concetti=, _n.m.pl._, (_n.s._) witty conceits; affected wit.
=concevable=, _adj._, conceivable, imaginable.
=concevoir=, _v.a._, to apprehend, to imagine, to understand, to
perceive, to take, to comprehend; to word, to express; to conceive; to
become pregnant. _Elle est hors d’âge de —_; she is past child-bearing.
=conche=, _n.f._, (tech.) brine-pit.
=conchoïdal=, =-e= (-ko-), _adj._, (geom.) conchoidal.
=conchoïde= (-ko-), _n.f._, (geom.) conchoid.
=conchologie=, _n.f._, conchology.
=conchologique=, _adj._, conchological.
=conchologiste=, _n.m._, conchologist.
=conchyte= (-kit), _n.f._, conchite.
=concierge=, _n.m.f._, house-porter, portress; door-keeper, hall-porter.
=conciergerie=, _n.f._, place of porter or door-keeper; porter’s lodge.
_Conciergerie_; a prison in Paris.
=concile=, _n.m._, an assembly of prelates and doctors, council; decrees
and decisions of a council.
=conciliable=, _adj._, reconcilable.
=conciliabule=, _n.m._, conventicle, cabal, secret meeting. _— en plein
air_; field conventicle.
=conciliaire=, _adj._, of or belonging to a council.
=conciliairement=, _adj._, in council.
=conciliant=, =-e=, _adj._, conciliating, reconciling, conciliatory.
=conciliat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, conciliator; reconciler.
=conciliat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, conciliatory, conciliating.
=conciliation=, _n.f._, conciliation; reconciliation.
=conciliatoire=, _adj._, conciliatory.
=concilier=, _v.a._, to reconcile, to conciliate, to accord; to gain, to
win, to procure.
_se_ =concilier=, _v.r._, to conciliate, to gain, to win, to ingratiate
one’s self. _Se — les esprits_; to gain people’s good will.
=concis=, =-e=, _adj._, concise, brief, short.
=concision=, _n.f._, brevity, conciseness.
=concitoyen=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._ (-in, -è-n), fellow-citizen;
fellow-townsman or townswoman.
=conclave=, _n.m._, assembly of cardinals; conclave.
=conclaviste=, _n.m._, conclavist.
=concluant=, =-e=, _adj._, conclusive, decisive.
=conclure=, _v.a._, to conclude, to finish; to infer from; to move.
_Qu’en voulez-vous —?_ what do you infer from that?
=conclure=, _v.n._, to conclude, to infer; to think, to judge. _Cette
raison ne conclut pas_; this reason proves nothing. _— criminellement
contre quelqu’un_; to bring any one in guilty.
=conclusi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, conclusive.
=conclusion=, _n.f._, final decision, conclusion; end, issue; inference.
=concoct-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, concoctive.
=concoction=, _n.f._, concoction.
=concombre=, _n.m._, (bot.) cucumber. _— sauvage_; horse cucumber.
=concomitance=, _n.f._, concomitance.
=concomitant=, =-e=, _adj._, concomitant.
=concordance=, _n.f._, concordance, agreement; concord.
=concordant=, _n.m._, (mus.) baritone.
=concordant=, _adj._, (mus.) concordant.
=concordat=, _n.m._, concordat, compact, agreement; composition;
bankrupt’s certificate. _Bénéfice de —_; (jur.) benefit of the insolvent
act. _Sans —_; (jur.) uncertificated (of bankrupts).
=concordataire=, _n.m._, certificated bankrupt.
=concorde=, _n.f._, concord, good understanding, agreement, harmony.
_Mettre la — entre des ennemis_; to reconcile enemies.
=concorder=, _v.n._, to live in concord, to agree, to concur.
=concourant=, =-e=, _adj._, concurrent.
=concourir=, _v.n._, to concur, to conspire, to contribute to, to
cooperate in; to compete for; to unite; to meet. _Tout concourt à ma
ruine_; all things conspire to my ruin. _Être admis à —_; to be allowed
to compete. _Ces deux hommes ont concouru pour le prix_; these two men
competed for the prize.
=concours=, _n.m._, concurrence, cooperation, assistance; concourse;
meeting; match, tournament; competition; competitive examination. _Son
— m’a été fort utile_; his cooperation has been very useful to me. _Se
présenter au —_; to compete for.
=concr-et=, =-ète=, _adj._, (arith., log.) concrete; (math.) applicate.
=concret=, _n.m._, (log.) concrete.
=concrétion=, _n.f._, concretion.
=concubinage=, _n.m._, concubinage.
=concubinaire=, _n.m._, one who keeps a concubine.
=concubine=, _n.f._, concubine.
=concupiscence=, _n.f._, concupiscence, lust.
=concupiscent=, =-e=, _adj._, concupiscent, libidinous.
=concupiscible=, _adj._, concupiscible.
=concurremment= (-kur-ra-măn), _adv._, concurrently, in concurrence;
jointly, together.
=concurrence= (kon-kur-rans), _n.f._, competition, rivalry, opposition.
_Jusqu’à — de_; to the amount of, to the extent of. _Faire — à_; to
compete with, to oppose.
=concurrent=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, competitor, rival, opponent.
=concussion=, _n.f._, extortion, embezzlement, peculation. _User de —_;
to be guilty of bribery.
=concussionnaire=, _n.m._, extortioner, peculator, embezzler.
=concussionnaire=, _adj._, guilty of peculation, of bribery, extortion.
=condamnable= (-da-na-), _adj._, condemnable, blamable, criminal.
=condamnation= (-da-na-), _n.f._, condemnation, judgment, sentence.
_Subir sa —_; to undergo one’s sentence. _Subir —_; to accept a sentence
(without appeal). _— par défaut_; judgment by default. _Passer —_; to
pass sentence; to confess oneself in the wrong.
=condamné=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, (kon-da-né), condemned, convict.
=condamner= (kon-da-né), _v.a._, to condemn, to sentence; to blame, to
censure; to block up (doors, windows); to give over (patients). _— à une
amende_; to fine. _— d’avance_; to prejudge.
=condensabilité=, _n.f._, condensability.
=condensable=, _adj._, condensable.
=condensateur=, _n.m._, (phys.) condenser.
=condensation=, _n.f._, condensation.
=condenser=, _v.a._, (phys.) to condense. _— de nouveau_; to recondense.
_Machine à —_; condensing-engine.
_se_ =condenser=, _v.r._, (phys.) to condense, to be condensed.
=condenseur=, _n.m._, (mec.) condenser.
=condescendance=, _n.f._, condescension, compliance. _Acte de —_; act of
condescension, condescendence.
=condescendant=, =-e=, _adj._, condescending, complying.
=condescendre=, _v.n._, to condescend, to comply, to yield, to stoop to.
=condiment=, _n.m._, condiment.
=condisciple=, _n.m._, school-fellow.
=condit=, _n.m._, (pharm.) confection.
=condition=, _n.f._, condition, circumstances, nature; quality, figure,
rank, fortune; station; situation, place; offer, terms; (silk manu.)
drying-room. _Améliorer sa —_; to better one’s circumstances. _Les gens
de —_; people of fashion. _Être de —_; to be well born. _Être de basse
—_; to be low born. _Chacun doit vivre selon sa —_; every one ought to
live according to his station. _Toutes les —s ont leurs désagréments_;
every condition has its own drawbacks. _Il est dans une bonne —_; he has
a good place. _— provisionnelle_; proviso. _Sans —_; without a proviso.
_Ils se sont rendus à des —s honorables_; they surrendered upon honorable
terms. _À —_, _sous —_; on condition. _Vendre sous —_; to sell on
approval. _À — que_; on condition, provided that. _En —_; in service (of
servants).
=conditionné=, =-e=, _adj._, made up, conditioned (with _bien_ or _mal_);
sound; downright; egregious; tipsy, tight; in a pretty state.
=conditionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, conditional; (jur.) provisory.
=conditionnel=, _n.m._, (gram.) conditional.
=conditionnellement=, _adv._, conditionally, on condition.
=conditionnement=, _n.m._, drying (of silk).
=conditionner=, _v.a._, (com.) to put into good condition, to make up; to
dry (of silk).
=condoléance=, _n.f._, condolence. _Faire ses compliments de — à
quelqu’un_; to pay a visit of condolence to anyone.
=condoma=, _n.m._, a species of antelope.
=condor=, _n.m._, (orni.) condor.
=conduct-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, conductor, conductress, leader,
guide; driver. _— de train_; guard.
=conduct-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, leading; (phys.) conducting.
=conductibilité=, _n.f._, conductibility.
=conductible=, _adj._, conductible.
=conduction=, _n.f._, (phys.) conduction; (civic law) hiring.
=conduire= (conduisant, conduit), _v.a._, to conduct, to lead, to guide,
to convey, to carry, to bring, to take; to go along with, to accompany,
to attend, to escort; to have the command of; to govern, to rule, to
direct, to manage. _Conduisez monsieur à sa chambre_; show the gentleman
to his room. _— un troupeau_; to drive a flock. _— une affaire_; to
manage a business. _— un jeune homme_; to train or bring up a youth.
_— la conscience de quelqu’un_; to direct any one’s conscience. _— un
bâtiment_, _un travail_; to be surveyor of a building, to have the
direction of a work. _Savoir — sa barque_; to play one’s cards well.
_se_ =conduire=, _v.r._, to conduct, to behave oneself; to guide, to
govern, oneself; to find one’s way.
=conduire=, _v.n._, to conduct, to lead to; to drive. _Ce chemin conduit
à la ville_; this road leads to the town. _— à grandes guides_; to drive
four-in-hand. _L’art de —_; the art of driving.
=conduit=, _n.m._, conduit, duct, passage, pipe; tube, canal. _—
auditif_; auditory passage. _— acoustique_; speaking-pipe. _— de vent_;
(mach.) blast-pipe.
=conduite=, _n.f._, conduct, leading; management, charge, direction,
administration; behavior, demeanor, deportment; guidance, prudence,
discretion; water-pipes; (nav.) conduct-money; (mus.) port (of the
voice). _Tuyau de —_; delivery pipe. _Se charger de la — d’une affaire_;
to undertake the management of a business. _La — d’une pièce de théâtre_;
the disposition, arrangement, of a drama. _— régulière_; orderly conduct.
_Avoir de la —_; to be well-behaved. _Manquer de —_; to misconduct
oneself, to be ill-behaved. _Faire la — à quelqu’un_; to see anyone off;
to attend anyone to the grave.
=condupliqué=, _adj._, (bot.) (of leaves) conduplicated.
=condyle=, _n.m._, (anat.) condyle.
=condyloïde=, _adj._, condyloid.
=cône=, _n.m._, cone; (opt.) pencil; (bot.) strobile. _En —_; conical.
☉=confabulateur=, _n.m._, story-teller, conversationalist.
☉=confabulation=, _n.f._, confabulation.
☉=confabuler=, _v.n._, to confabulate, to chat.
=confection=, _n.f._, confection, making up; ready made clothes;
electuary; execution, completion. _La — du chyle_; the formation of the
chyle. _La — d’un inventaire_; the completing an inventory. _Maison de
—s_; dress-making establishment.
=confectionné=, =-e=, _adj._, made, manufactured, ready-made.
=confectionner=, _v.a._, to manufacture, to make, to finish.
=confectionneu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, maker, finisher (of wearing
apparel), clothier, outfitter.
=confédérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, confederative.
=confédération=, _n.f._, confederation, confederacy.
=confédéré=, =-e=, _n._ and _adj._, confederate, associate, federate,
accomplice.
_se_ =confédérér=, _v.r._, to confederate, to unite, to combine.
=conférence=, _n.f._, conference; lecture; comparison, collation. _Maître
de —_; lecturer, professor.
=conférencier=, _n.m._, lecturer.
=conférer=, _v.n._, to compare, to collate, to confer, to bestow, to
grant. _— un auteur avec un autre_; to collate two authors.
=conférer=, _v.n._, to consult together, to confer; to bestow, to grant;
(print.) to revise.
=conferve=, _n.f._, (bot.) conferva, hair-weed.
=confesse=, _n._, (c.rel.) confession (to a priest). [This noun has
no gender, is _always_ accompanied by _à_ or _de_, and _never_ by any
article.] _Aller à —_; to go to confession.
=confesser=, _v.a._, to confess; to acknowledge, to avow, to own, to
admit. _C’est le diable à —_; it is terribly hard, or very hard lines.
_se_ =confesser=, _v.r._, to confess one’s sins, to confess (to a
priest). _Se — au renard_; to betray oneself.
=confesseur=, _n.m._, confessor; father confessor.
=confession=, _n.f._, confession, acknowledgment, avowal. _Donner à
quelqu’un le bon Dieu sans —_; to trust any one with untold gold.
=confessionnal=, _n.m._, confessional.
=confiance=, _n.f._, confidence, reliance, trust, dependence, assurance;
self-conceit. _Avoir de la — en quelqu’un_; to repose confidence in any
one. _Donner sa — à quelqu’un_; to confide in any one. _Homme de —_;
confidential man of business. _Une personne de —_; a trustworthy person.
_Cela donne de la —_; that inspires confidence.
=confiant=, =-e=, _adj._, confident, unsuspecting, sanguine;
self-conceited.
=confidemment= (-da-mān), _adv._, in confidence, confidentially.
=confidence=, _n.f._, confidence, secrecy, secret, disclosure; trust (of
benefices). _Être dans la — de quelqu’un_; to be in any one’s confidence.
_Il était dans la —_; he was in the secret. _Un échange de —s_; an
exchange of secrets. _Faire une — à quelqu’un_; to tell a secret to any
one; to take any one into one’s confidence. _Faire une — fausse_; to make
a pretended disclosure. _Tenir un bénéfice en —_; to hold a living in
trust.
=confident=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, confident, confidant, confidante.
=confidentiaire= (-ci-), _n.m._, one who holds a living in trust.
=confidentiel=, =-le= (-ci-), _adj._, confidential.
=confidentiellement= (-ci-), _adv._, confidentially.
=confier=, _v.a._, to confide, to intrust, to commit to; to tell in
confidence.
_se_ =confier=, _v.r._, to trust in; to place reliance on; to unbosom
one’s self to. _Se — en ses forces_; to trust to one’s own strength. _Je
me confie à vous_; I trust you.
=configuration=, _n.f._, configuration, form, shape.
=configurer=, _v.a._, (l.u.) to configurate, to form, to shape.
=confinement=, _n.m._, (jur.) confinement, imprisonment.
=confiner=, _v.n._, to border upon; to confine, to limit, to adjoin.
=confiner=, _v.a._, to confine, to imprison.
_se_ =confiner=, _v.r._, to confine, to limit one’s self.
=confinité=, _n.f._, confinity, contiguity.
=confins=, _n.m.pl._, confines, borders, limits. _Aux — de la terre_; at
the ends of the earth.
=confire= (confisant, confit), _v.a._, to preserve; to candy, to pickle.
_Confit en dévotion_; extremely devout. _— une peau_; to soak a skin.
_C’est un homme confit_; he is done for. _Se —_; to be preserved.
=confirmati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, confirmatory.
=confirmation=, _n.f._, confirmation, ratification, sanction. _Cela a
besoin de —_; that requires confirmation.
=confirmer=, _v.a._, to confirm, to ratify, to sanction. _— quelqu’un_;
(l.ex.) to give any one a slap in the face.
_se_ =confirmer=, _v.r._, to be confirmed.
=confiscable=, _adj._, confiscable, forfeitable, liable to forfeiture.
=confiscant=, _adj._, (jur.) confiscating.
=confiscation=, _n.f._, confiscation, forfeiture.
=confiserie=, _n.f._, confectionery, confectioner’s shop.
=confiseur=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, confectioner.
=confisquer=, _v.a._, to confiscate, to forfeit, to impound.
=confite=, _part._, _adj._, preserved, pickled.
=confiteor=, _n.m._, (_—_) confiteor. _Dire son —_; to acknowledge one’s
fault.
=confiture=, _n.f._, preserve, jam.
=confituri-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, dealer in preserves,
confectioner; preserve-maker.
=conflagration=, _n.f._, conflagration.
=conflit=, _n.m._, contention, strife, contest, rivalry, conflict,
collision, encounter; jarring, clashing.
=confluent=, _n.m._, (geog.) confluence, junction, conflux.
=confluent=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) confluent. _Petite verolé —e_;
confluent small-pox.
=confluer=, _v.n._, to be confluent.
=confondre=, _v.a._, to confound, to confuse; to blend, to mix, to
mingle; to amaze, to astound, to abash.
_se_ =confondre=, _v.r._, to be confounded, to blend, to mingle, to be
lost in.
=conformation=, _n.f._, conformation.
=conforme=, _adj._, conformable, congenial, consonant, consistent. _Pour
copie —_; a true copy, conformable to the original.
=conformé=, =-e=, _adj._, formed, shaped.
=conformément=, _adv._, suitably, conformably, agreeably.
=conformer=, _v.a._, to conform.
_se_ =conformer=, _v.r._, to conform one’s self, to follow, to comply
with. _Se — aux circonstances_; to conform to circumstances.
=conformiste=, _n.m.f._, conformist.
=conformité=, _n.f._, likeness, agreement, conformity, compliance. _En
—_; conformably, in compliance with, agreeably to.
=confort=, _n.m._, comfort, ease; ☉help, succour.
=confortable=, _adj._, consolatory, comfortable.
=confortable=, _n.m._, comfort, ease.
=confortant=, =-e=, _or_ =confortati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, strengthening,
comforting.
=confortatif=, _n.m._, (med.) corroborant.
=confortation=, _n.f._, (l.u.) strengthening.
=conforter=, _v.a._, to comfort; (med.) to strengthen; to console.
=confraternité=, _n.f._, fraternity, brotherhood, fellowship.
=confrère=, _n.m._, colleague; fellow-member; contemporary,
brother-magistrate, etc.
=confrérie=, _n.f._, brotherhood, confraternity.
=confrication=, _n.f._, (pharm.) confrication.
=confrontation=, _n.f._, confrontation; comparing, collation (of
writings).
=confronter=, _v.a._, to confront, to stand face to face; to compare, to
collate. _— la copie à l’original_; to compare the copy with the original.
=confus=, =-e=, _adj._, vague, indistinct, ashamed, abashed, crestfallen,
confused; obscure, dim, faint. _Bruit —_; confused rumor.
=confusément=, _adv._, confusedly, vaguely, dimly.
=confusion=, _n.f._, confusion; disorder, disturbance, trouble; shame,
blush. _Mettre tout en —_; to disturb everything. _En —_; in disorder,
disorderly.
=confutation=, _n.f._, confutation; refutation.
=confuter=, _v.a._, to disprove, to confute, to refute.
=congé=, _n.m._, (milit.) leave; liberty, permission; discharge,
dismissal; warning, notice (to quit); holiday; congé; permit; (nav.)
pass, clearance; (arch.) apophysis; escape; (milit.) furlough. _Prendre
—_; to take one’s leave. _Jour de —_; holiday. _En —_; on leave, on
furlough.
=congéable=, _adj._, dismissable, dischargeable; (jur.) held under
tenancy at will.
=congédier=, _v.a._, to discharge, to dismiss, to pay off; to disband, to
break up.
=congélable=, _adj._, congealable.
=congélateur=, _n.m._, refrigerator, freezing machine.
=congélation=, _n.f._, congelation, congealing; (mas.) rock-work; icicle
(on sculptures).
=congeler=, _v.a._, to congeal, to freeze; to coagulate.
_se_ =congeler=, _v.r._, to congeal, to freeze; to coagulate.
=congénère=, _adj._, congener, congenerous.
=congénital=, =-e=, _adj._, congenital.
=congestion= (-jès-tion), _n.f._, congestion.
=congiaire=, _n.m._, (antiq.) subsidy.
=conglobation=, _n.f._, (rhet.) conglobation.
☉=conglobé=, =-e=, _adj._, conglobate; (anat.) lymphatic; globate,
globated.
=conglomérat=, _n.m._, (geol.) conglomerate.
=conglomération=, _n.f._, conglomeration.
=conglomérer=, _v.a._, to conglomerate.
=conglutinant=, =-e=, _adj._, conglutinant.
=conglutinati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, conglutinative.
=conglutination=, _n.f._, conglutination.
=conglutiner=, _v.a._, to glue together; to thicken, to conglutinate.
=congratulation=, _n.f._, congratulation.
=congratulatoire=, _adj._, congratulatory.
=congratuler=, _v.a._, (jest.) to congratulate, to felicitate.
=congre=, _n.m._, conger; conger-eel.
=congréer=, _v.a._, (nav.) to worm (a cable).
=congréganiste=, _n.m.f._, congregationalist.
=congrégation=, _n.f._, fraternity, congregation; brotherhood. _— des
fidèles_; whole body of any church.
=congrès=, _n.m._, congress.
=congrier=, _n.m._, stake-net.
=congru=, =-e=, _adj._, suitable, consistent, agreeable to, congruous,
proper. _Portion —e_; suitable allowance.
=congruité=, _n.f._, congruity, consistency, propriety.
=congrûment=, _adv._, congruously, properly.
=conicine=, _n.f._, (chem.) conia.
=conifère=, _adj._, coniferous.
=coniforme=, _adj._, coniform.
=conique=, _adj._, conical.
=coniques=, _n.f.pl._, conics, conic sections.
=conite=, _n.m._, (min.) conite.
=conjectural=, =-e=, _adj._, conjectural.
=conjecturalement= (-ral-mān), _adv._, conjecturally.
=conjecture=, _n.f._, guess, conjecture, surmise.
=conjecturer=, _v.a._, to conjecture, to guess, to surmise.
=conjoindre=, _v.a._, to conjoin, to join, to unite, to connect.
=conjoint=, =-e=, _part._, conjoined, joined, united. _Les futurs —s_;
the bride and bridegroom that are to be. _Feuilles —es_; (bot.) conjugate
leaves. _Règle —e_; (arith.) chain-rule.
=conjointement= (kon-joint-mān), _adv._, conjointly, unitedly.
=conjoncti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, conjonctive.
=conjonction=, _n.f._, conjunction; union, connection; coition.
=conjonctive=, _n.f._, (anat.) conjunctiva.
=conjonctivement=, _adv._, conjunctively.
=conjoncture=, _n.f._, conjuncture, juncture.
=conjugaison=, _n.f._, (gram., anat.) conjugation.
=conjugal=, =-e=, _adj._, conjugal.
=conjugalement= (-gal-mān), _adv._, conjugally.
=conjugati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) conjugative, relating to
conjugation.
=conjuguer= (-ghé), _v.a._, (gram.) to conjugate.
_se_ =conjuguer=, _v.r._, to be conjugated.
=conjungo=, _n.m._, (jest.) wedding, marriage; (diplom.) writing without
stops or space.
=conjurateur=, _n.m._, plotter, conspirator; conjurer.
=conjuration=, _n.f._, conspiracy, plot; conjuration, exorcism. _pl._,
entreaties.
=conjuré=, _n.m._, conspirator, plotter.
=conjuré=, =-e=, _part._, confederate, sworn.
=conjurer=, _v.a._, to implore; to conspire, to plot; to swear; to raise
evil spirits, to exorcise, to conjure, to ward off, to avert. _Il trouva
moyen de — la tempête_; he found a way of warding off the storm.
=connaissable=, _adj._, (l.u.) recognisable, easily known.
=connaissance=, _n.f._, knowledge; acquaintance; intercourse; senses,
consciousness; learning understanding; (hunt.) the print of a stag’s foot
on the ground. _pl._, knowledge, attainments, acquirements. _La — du bien
et du mal_; the knowledge of good and evil. _Prendre — d’une chose_; to
take note of a thing. _Prendre — d’une cause_; to take cognizance of a
case. _Parler en — de cause_, _agir avec — de cause_; to speak knowingly,
to proceed upon a thorough knowledge of the matter. _Faire — avec
quelqu’un_; to form the acquaintance of any one. _Être en pays de —_;
to be among friends. _Ses —s sont très-bornées_; his knowledge is very
limited.
=connaissants=, _adj.m.pl._, (jur.) skilled; well acquainted with.
=connaissement= (-nès-mān), _n.m._, (com.) bill of lading.
=connaisseu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, _adj._, connoisseur, one skilled
in a thing.
=connaisseu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, judge, good judge, connoisseur.
=connaître= (connaissant, connu), _v.a._, to know to be aware of, to
perceive; to understand, to be versed in anything; to be acquainted with;
to experience, to discern, to distinguish. _Je le connais de vue_; I
know him by sight. _Faire —_; to make it appear, to prove, to reveal, to
make known. _Se faire —_; to make one’s self known. _Je le ferai —_; I
will show him up. _Dès qu’il est question d’intérêt, il ne connaît plu
personne_; in matters of interest, everybody is a stranger to him. _Je
ne connais que cela_; that’s all I can say, all I know. _— à fond_; to
know thoroughly. _Connaissez-vous cet homme-là?_ are you acquainted with
that man? _— quelque chose à quelqu’un_; to know that a person has or
possesses.
_se_ =connaître=, _v.r._, to know one’s self; to know each other; (of
things) to be known. _Connais-toi_, _toi-même_; know thyself. _Il ne
se connaît pas_; he is out of his senses. _Se — en quelque chose_; to
understand a thing, to be a judge of a thing. _Ne pas se — de joie_; to
be beside one’s self with joy. _Je m’y connais_; I understand all about
it, I know what it all means.
=connaître=, _v.n._, to know; to have cognizance, to take cognizance (of).
=conné=, =-e= (ko-n-né), _adj._, (bot.) connate.
=connecti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (bot.) connective.
=connétable=, _n.m._, high constable, mayor.
=connétable=, _n.f._, high constable’s wife.
=connétablie=, _n.f._, the court and jurisdiction of the high constable;
residence of the high constable.
=connexe= (ko-n-nèks), _adj._, (jur.) connected.
=connexion= (ko-n-nèk-sion), _n.f._, connection, affinity.
=connexité= (ko-n-nèk-si-té), _n.f._, connection, connexity.
=connivence= (ko-n-ni-), _n.f._, connivance.
=connivent=, =-e= (ko-n-ni-), _adj._, (anat., bot.) connivent.
=conniver= (ko-n-ni-), _v.n._, to connive.
=connu=, _n.m._, known; that which is known.
=connu=, =-e=, _part._, known, understood. _Il est — comme le loup
blanc_; he is known by everybody. _Il gagne à être —_; he improves on
acquaintance. _Connu!_ that’s an old story. _En chiffres —s_; in plain
figures.
=conoïdal=, _adj._, (bot.) conoidal.
=conoïde=, _n.m._, (anat., geom.) conoid.
=conoïde=, _adj._, (anat., geom.) conoidical.
=conque=, _n.f._, conch, sea-shell; (anat.) concha, pavilion of the ear.
=conquérant=, _n.m._, conqueror; (fam.) lady-killer.
=conquérant=, =-e=, _adj._, conquering.
=conquérir= (conquérant, conquis), _v.a._, to conquer, to subdue; to
gain, to obtain, to win over.
=conquêt=, _n.m._, (jur.) acquisition, acquired property. _—s_; property
(acquired by two married people).
=conquête=, _n.f._, conquest, acquisition; success, winning of favors.
=consacrant=, _adj._, consecrating, officiating.
=consacrant=, _n.m._, consecrator, officiant.
=consacrer=, _v.a._, to consecrate; to dedicate, to devote; to hallow,
to sanctify; to sanction, to perpetuate; to appropriate, to give. _— son
temps à_; to devote one’s time to.
_se_ =consacrer=, _v.r._, to devote one’s self.
=consanguin=, =-e= (-ghin, -ghi-n), _n._ and _adj._, (jur.) on the
father’s side. _Frère —_, _sœur —e_; half-brother, half-sister, on the
father’s side. _Les —s_; half-brothers and sisters on the father’s side.
=consanguinité= (-gu-i), _n.f._, consanguinity.
=conscience=, _n.f._, conscience, perception, consciousness, sentiment;
(print.) work paid by the day; the compositors paid by the day. _Cri de
—_; qualm of conscience. _— nette_; clear conscience. _Remords de —_;
remorse, sting of conscience. _Se faire un cas de — d’une chose_; to make
a matter of conscience of anything. _Avoir la — de_; to be conscious
of. _Il a la — large_; he is not over scrupulous. _La main sur la —_;
candidly, sincerely. _Il a dit tout ce qu’il avait sur la —_; he has
opened his mind without reserve. _Transiger avec sa —_; to compound
with one’s conscience. _En —_; conscientiously; in conscience; indeed,
candidly.
=consciencieusement=, _adv._, conscientiously.
=consciencieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, conscientious.
=conscient=, =-e=, _adj._, (philo.) conscious.
=conscription=, _n.f._, (milit.) conscription; enlistment; enrolling.
=conscriptionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, relating to the conscription,
enlistment.
=conscrit=, _adj._, conscript. _Père —_; Roman senator.
=conscrit=, _n.m._, conscript, recruit, raw soldier; freshman; novice,
greenhorn.
=consécrateur=, _n.m._, consecrator.
=consécration=, _n.f._, consecration, dedication; ordination; sanction.
=consécuti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, consecutive; following.
=consécutivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, consecutively.
=conseigle=, _n.m._, meslin (mixture of rye and wheat or oats).
*=conseil=, _n.m._, counsel, advice; council; council-board; board;
resolution, course, determination; counselor, adviser. _— de commerce_;
board of trade. _— municipal_; town-council. _— des ministres_;
cabinet-council. _— de révision_; military board of appeal. _Il ne prend
— que de sa tête_; he does everything by himself, without consulting any
one. _La nuit porte —_; sleep upon it. _— de guerre_; court-martial,
council of war. _— de famille_; family council; commission of lunacy. _À
parti pris pas de —_; advice is useless to a man who has made up his mind.
*=conseiller=, _v.a._, to advise, to counsel, to give advice.
*=conseill-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, counselor, adviser; councilor;
puisne justice; judge.
*=conseilleur=, _n.m._, adviser; officious person.
=consentant=, =-e=, _adj._, consenting, willing.
=consentement= (kon-sant-mān), _n.m._, consent, assent.
=consentir=, _v.n._, to consent, to agree to, to acquiesce; to assent to;
(nav.) to spring, to break (of masts). _Qui ne dit mot consent_; silence
gives consent.
*=conséquemment= (-ka-mān), _adv._, consequently, accordingly,
conformably.
=conséquence=, _n.f._, consequence, sequel; event, issue; inference;
movement, importance; weight, deduction. _Tirer une —_; to draw an
inference. _Prévoir les —s d’une démarche_; to foresee the consequences
of a measure. _Cela tire à —_; that will be a precedent. _De peu de
—_; of no consequence, insignificant. _C’est un homme sans —_; he is a
person of no consequence. _Faire l’homme de —_; to set up for a man of
consequence. _Une affaire de nulle —_; an affair of no moment. _En —_;
accordingly. _En — de vos ordres_; according to your orders. _Cela ne
tire pas à —_; that is of no importance.
=conséquent=, =-e=, _adj._, just, rational, consistent, coherent.
=conséquent=, _n.m._, (log., math.) consequent. _Par —_; consequently, in
consequence.
=conservat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, _adj._, preserver, guardian,
keeper; conservative. _— des chasses_; ranger. _— des eaux et forêts_;
commissioner of woods and forests.
=conservati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, preservative.
=conservation=, _n.f._, preservation; conservation, registration (of
mortgages).
=conservatoire=, _n.m._, academy of music and school of elocution;
Magdalen asylum; museum; (of objects of art).
=conservatoire=, _adj._, conservative, conservatory, preservative.
=conserve=, _n.f._, preserve; pickle; (nav.) consort; (phar.) conserve.
_pl._, preservers (spectacles). _Deux vaisseaux vont de —_; two ships
keep company together. _—s au vin aigre_; pickles.
=conservé=, =-e=, _part._, preserved. _Ce tableau est bien —_; this
painting is well preserved. _Être bien —_; to bear one’s age well; to be
hale and hearty.
=conserver=, _v.a._, to preserve, to keep; to maintain. _Une vie réglée
conserve et fortifie la santé_; a regular life preserves and strengthens
health.
_se_ =conserver=, _v.r._, to be preserved; to preserve one’s self; to
keep (of meat, etc.); to bear one’s age well. _Son teint s’est bien
conservé_; her complexion wears well. _Conservez-vous_; take care of
yourself.
=considérable=, _adj._, considerable, notable, eminent, illustrious,
important. _Peu —_; of little importance.
=considérablement=, _adv._, considerably.
=considérant=, _n.m._, (jur.) preamble; recital.
=considération=, _n.f._, consideration, attention; account, regard, sake;
note, respect, esteem. _Cela mérite —_; that requires consideration.
_C’est à votre — qu’il l’a fait_; it is out of regard for you that he
did it. _Faire entrer en —_; to take into consideration. _N’avoir aucune
— pour les gens_; to have no regard for people. _Il n’a nulle — dans le
monde_; he is held in no esteem whatever. _Un homme de —_; a man of note.
_En — de_; in consideration of, out of regard for, for the sake of.
=considérément=, _adv._, considerately, prudently, thoughtfully.
=considérer=, _v.a._, to consider, to take into consideration, to look
at, to view, to gaze upon, to regard, to behold, to contemplate; to pay
regard to; to have a consideration for, to value, to esteem, to respect,
to look up to; to mind, to look to; to look upon. _Tout bien considéré_;
all things considered. _— une chose en elle-même_; to look at a thing in
itself. _Il faut bien — les choses avant de s’engager_; you must look
before you leap.
_se_ =considérer=, _v.r._, to esteem one’s self; to look to one’s self;
to be considered.
*=consignataire=, _n.m.f._, trustee, depositary; (com.) consignee.
*=consignat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (com.) consignor.
=consignation=, _n.f._, consignment, deposit; lodgment (banking); (jur.)
consignation. _Caisse des dépôts et —s_; deposit bank. _Ces marchandises
sont à la — d’un tel_; these goods are consigned to so and so.
*=consigne=, _n.f._, (milit.) orders, pass-word; instructions; cloak-room
(at stations). _Manquer à la —_; to disregard orders. _Forcer la —_; to
force a sentry, to infringe orders. _Lever la —_; to revoke orders; to
release from confinement.
*=consigner=, _v.a._, to deposit; to record, to enter, to note down, to
register; to refuse admittance; to keep in; (com.) to consign. _Je l’ai
consigné à ma porte_; I have left orders not to admit him.
=consistance=, _n.f._, consistency, consistence; firmness; stability;
credit, consideration; (jur.) matter. _Le temps n’a point de —_; the
weather is unsettled. _C’est un esprit qui n’a point de —_; he is a
person of no consistency. _Cette nouvelle prend de la —_; the news is
gaining ground.
=consistant=, =-e=, _adj._, consisting of; firm, fixed, solid, compact.
=consister=, _v.n._, to be composed of, to consist. _Le tout consiste à
savoir_; the main point is to know. _Son revenu consiste en rentes_; his
revenue consists of property in the funds.
=consistoire=, _n.m._, consistory.
=consistorial=, =-e=, _adj._, consistorial.
=consistorialement=, _adv._, in a consistory.
=consolable=, _adj._, consolable.
=consolant=, =-e=, _adj._, consoling, comforting, consolatory.
=consolat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, comforter, consoler.
=consolat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, consoling; consolatory.
=consolation=, _n.f._, consolation, comfort, solace.
=consolatoire=, _adj._, consolatory.
=console=, _n.f._, (arch.) console, bracket-table; pier-table; corbel.
=consoler=, _v.a._, to console, to solace, to comfort.
_se_ =consoler=, _v.r._, to be consoled, to be comforted; to solace, to
console oneself.
=consolidant=, _n.m._ and _adj._, (med., surg.) consolidant.
=consolidation=, _n.f._, consolidation, funding.
=consolidement=, _n.m._, act of consolidating, consolidation.
=consolider=, _v.a._, to consolidate, to strengthen.
_se_ =consolider=, _v.r._, to consolidate, to grow firm.
=consolidés=, _n.m.pl._, consolidated funds, consols.
=consommable=, _adj._, consumable.
=consommateur=, _n.m._, consumer, eater, drinker; (theol.) perfecter.
=consommation=, _n.f._, consummation; consumption; drinks, refreshments.
_Voulez-vous jouer les —s?_ shall we play for the drinks?
=consommé=, _n.m._, broth, gravy-soup, beef-tea.
=consommé=, =-e=, _part._, consumed, used; consummated; consummate;
profound; accomplished.
=consommer=, _v.a._, to consummate, to complete, to perfect, to finish,
to accomplish; to consume, to use.
☉=consompti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) consumptive, in a decline.
☉=consomptif=, _n.m._, (med., surg.) caustic.
=consomption=, _n.f._, consumption; destruction; (med.) atrophy, decline.
_Être atteint de —_; to be in a decline.
=consonnance=, _n.f._, consonance, consonancy; concord.
=consonnant=, =-e=, _adj._, consonant.
=consonne=, _n.f._, consonant.
=consorts=, _n.m.pl._, consorts; (jur.) associates, people connected
together, having the same interest; (b.s.) confederates.
=consoude=, _n.f._, (bot.) comfrey, consound.
=conspirant=, =-e=, _adj._, (mec.) conspiring.
=conspirateur=, _n.m._, conspirator.
=conspiration=, _n.f._, conspiracy, plot. _La — des poudres_; the
gunpowder-plot.
=conspirer=, _v.a._ and _n._, to conspire, to agree together, to concur,
to combine; to plot. _Tout conspire à me ruiner_; everything conspires to
my ruin. _— la ruine de l’Etat_; to plot the ruin of the State.
=conspuer=, _v.a._, to spit upon; to despise, to flout, to spurn, to hiss.
=constable=, _n.m._, constable.
=constabulaire=, _adj._, constabulary.
=constamment= (-sta-mān), _adv._, with constancy, steadily,
perseveringly; constantly.
=constance=, _n.f._, constancy; perseverance; steadiness, steadfastness;
firmness, persistence.
=constant=, =-e=, _adj._, constant, unshaken; steadfast, persevering,
unvarying, invariable; steady, lasting; certain, unquestionable. _Il est
— que_; it is an established fact that.
=constante=, _n.f._, (alg.) constant quantity.
=constatation=, _n.f._, authentication; ascertaining, verification;
declaration.
=constater=, _v.a._, to prove, to verify, to establish undeniably, to
testify to; to ascertain, to state, to declare.
=constellation= (-stèl-la-), _n.f._, constellation.
=constellé=, =-e=, (-stèl-lé), _adj._, constellated; studded.
=consteller=, _v.a._, to constellate, to dot, to strew, to stud.
=consternation=, _n.f._, consternation, dismay.
=consterner=, _v.a._, to strike with consternation; to astound, to amaze,
to dismay, to dishearten.
=constipation=, _n.f._, constipation, costiveness.
=constipé=, =-e=, _adj._, costive, constipated.
=constiper=, _v.a._, to constipate, to bind.
=constituant=, =-e=, _adj._, constituent; giving a power of attorney.
=constituant=, _n.m._, member of the Constituent Assembly (French hist.).
=constituante=, _n.f._, Constituent Assembly (French hist.).
=constituer=, _v.a._, to constitute, to establish, to make; to place, to
put, to organize; to raise to an office or dignity; to settle, to assign;
to give into custody. _Qui vous a constitué juge?_ who made you judge in
the matter? _— quelqu’un prisonnier_; to commit anyone to prison. _— une
rente_; to settle an annuity. _— un précédent_; to establish a precedent.
_se_ =constituer=, _v.r._, to constitute oneself, to form oneself into.
_Se — prisonnier_; to give oneself up.
=constituti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, constitutive.
=constitution=, _n.f._, constitution, establishment, formation,
composition; temper, temperament; settlement of an annuity; declaration
of appointment.
=constitutionnalité=, _n.f._, constitutionality.
=constitutionnellement= (-nèl-mān), _adv._, constitutionally.
=constitutionnel=, _n.m._, constitutionalist.
=constitutionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, constitutional.
=constricteur=, _n.m._, (anat.) constrictor.
=constriction=, _n.f._, constriction, contraction, compression; (med.)
astriction.
=constricti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) constringent.
=constringent=, =-e=, _adj._, constringent.
=constructeur=, _n.m._, constructor, builder; shipbuilder, shipwright.
=construction=, _n.f._, act of building; arrangement and connection
of words in a sentence; construction; building, erection; structure;
shipbuilding. _Faire de nouvelles —s_; to erect new buildings. _La —
d’une carte géographique_; the construction of a map. _Faire la — d’une
phrase_; to construct a phrase. _Vaisseau de — française_; French-built
ship. _En —_; building, (nav.) on the stocks. _De —_; building, build.
=constructivité=, _n.f._, (phrenology) constructiveness.
=construire= (construisant, construit), _v.a._, to construct, to build,
to erect, to rear up, to frame; to arrange; (gram.) to construct. _De —_;
building. _En —_; in course of erection; (of ships) on the stocks.
=consubstantialité= (-sia-), _n.f._, consubstantiality.
=consubstantiation= (-sia-), _n.f._, consubstantiation.
=consubstantiel=, =-le=, (-sièl), _adj._, consubstantial.
=consubstantiellement= (-sièl-mān), _adv._, consubstantially.
=consul=, _n.m._, consul.
=consulaire=, _adj._, consular. _Personnage —_; an ex-consul.
=consulairement= (-lèr-mān), _adv._, consularly; by consuls.
=consulat=, _n.m._, consulate; consulship.
=consultant=, _adj.m._, consulting. _Avocat —_; chamber-counselor.
_Médecin —_; consulting physician.
=consultant=, _n.m._, consulter; person consulted.
=consultati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, consultative, deliberative. _Avoir voix
—ve_; to have the right of discussion without that of voting.
=consultation=, _n.f._, consultation; conference; opinion, advice.
=consulter=, _v.a._, to consult, to advise with, to take advice of, to
deliberate, to confer. _— un avocat_; to take counsel’s opinion. _— une
affaire_; to examine into an affair. _— son chevet_; to consult one’s
pillow. _Ils consultèrent ensemble_; they laid their heads together. _Il
en veut — avec ses amis_; he wishes to confer with his friends about it.
_se_ =consulter=, _v.r._, to consider, to reflect, to deliberate; to be
consulted. _La voix de la raison ne se consulte jamais_; the voice of
reason is never listened to.
=consulteur=, _n.m._, counselor, adviser.
=consumant=, =-e=, _adj._, consuming, devouring, burning.
=consumer=, _v.a._, to consume; to destroy; to wear out or away; to
squander, to waste, to spend. _Le temps consume toutes choses_; time
wears out everything. _Cette maladie le consume_; that disease is wearing
him to nothing.
_se_ =consumer=, _v.r._, to decay, to waste away, to wear out; to ruin
one’s self; to undermine one’s health; to waste one’s strength. _Il se
consume d’ennui_; he is wasting away with weariness. _Se — de douleur_;
to pine away with grief.
=contabescence=, _n.f._, (med.) consumption.
=contabescent=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) consumptive.