the roof or wall).
=contagieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, contagious, catching; infectious.
=contagion=, _n.f._, contagion, infection. _— de mœurs_; corruption of
manners. _La — du vice_; the infection of vice.
*=contaille=, _adj.f._, floss. _Soie —_; floretta, refuse, floss-silk.
=contamination=, _n.f._, contamination.
=contaminer=, _v.a._, to contaminate.
=conte=, _n.m._, story, tale, falsehood, fib, nonsense. _—s de fées_;
fairy tales. _Réciter un —_; to tell a story. _— en l’air_; improbable
story, fiction. _— fait à plaisir_; made-up story. _— gras_; smutty,
lascivious story. _— de bonne femme_, _— à dormir debout_, _— bleu_, _—
borgne_; idle, silly story; old woman’s tale. _Il brode un peu le —_; he
exaggerates the story a little (_i.e._, improves upon it). _Ce sont des
—s_; it is only a joke. _C’est un grand faiseur de —s_; he is a great
fibber, a great story-teller.
=contemplat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, contemplator.
=contemplati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, contemplative.
=contemplation=, _n.f._, contemplation, meditation, reflection;
admiration.
=contempler=, _v.a._, to contemplate, to behold, to survey, to view, to
gaze on.
=contempler=, _v.n._, to contemplate, to meditate, to reflect.
=contemporain=, =-e=, _adj._, contemporary, contemporaneous.
=contemporain=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, contemporary.
=contemporanéité=, _n.f._, contemporaneity, contemporariness.
=contempt-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, contemptuous, scornful, insolent,
disdainful.
=contempt-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, contemner, despiser, scorner.
☉=contemptible=, _adj._, contemptible, despicable, mean.
=contenance= (cont-nans), _n.f._, capacity, capaciousness; contents;
countenance, posture, look, air, bearing, attitude, deportment; (nav.)
burden. _— fière_; haughty air. _— assurée_; bold look. _— ridicule_;
ridiculous carriage. _— étudiée_; studied deportment. _Il n’a point de
—_; he does not know which way to turn. _Perdre —_; to be abashed, out
of countenance. _Faire perdre —_; to put out of countenance. _Servir de
—_; to keep one in countenance. _Porter quelque chose par —_; to carry a
thing to keep one’s self in countenance. _Un éventail sert de —_; a fan
keeps one in countenance. _Faire bonne —_; to keep one’s countenance;
to show spirit or resolution. _Se donner une —_; to keep one’s self in
countenance. _Ne savoir quelle — prendre_; not to know what to do with
one’s self.
=contenant=, _n.m._, holder, container.
=contenant=, =-e=, _adj._, holding, containing.
=contendant=, =-e=, _adj._, contending. _Les parties —es_; the contending
parties, the candidates.
=contendant=, _n.m._, contender.
=contenir= (con-tnir), _v.a._, to contain; to comprise; to hold; to
include, to comprehend; to confine; to keep in, to keep within, to
restrain; to repress; to hold or keep in check or awe, to rule, to
bridle; to dam. _Les gardes avaient peine à — la foule_; the guards could
with difficulty keep back the crowd. _On ne saurait le —_; there is no
keeping him within bounds.
_se_ =contenir=, _v.r._, to keep within bounds, to be moderate; to
abstain from, to refrain from, to forego; to refrain, to forbear; to
contain one’s self; to curb one’s passions; to keep one’s temper.
=content=, =-e=, _adj._, content, contented; satisfied, pleased, glad,
gratified. _Il est — de sa condition_; he is contented with his lot.
_Avoir le visage —_; to look pleased. _Être —_; to be willing, to be
satisfied. _Être — de quelqu’un_; to be pleased with any one. _Il est
bien — de lui-même_; he has a great idea of himself.
=content=, _n.m._ _Tout son —_; one’s fill; all one wants, as much as one
likes.
=contentement= (kon-tant-mān), _n.m._, content, contentment,
satisfaction; comfort, pleasure; blessing. _— passe richesse_; enough is
as good as a feast.
=contenter=, _v.a._, to content, to give satisfaction, to satisfy; to
please, to gratify, to indulge, to humor. _On ne saurait — tout le
monde_; one cannot please every body.
_se_ =contenter=, _v.r._, to indulge or gratify one’s self; to be
satisfied with; to content one’s self with, to be content with; to
take up with; to rest satisfied with. _Je me contente d’une honnête
médiocrité_; I am satisfied with a moderate competence. _Contentez-vous
de cela_; be content with that.
=contentieusement= (-si-eûz-mān), _adv._, contentiously, litigiously.
=contentieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, litigious, in litigation, in dispute,
contestable, contended for; controvertible, disputable; contentious,
quarrelsome. _Esprit —_; quarrelsome fellow.
=contentieux=, _n.m._, debatable matters, affairs in litigation; disputed
claims. _Bureau du —_; office for the settlement of disputed claims.
_Agent du —_; solicitor.
=contentif=, _adj.m._, (surg.) (bandages) retentive, binding.
=contention=, _n.f._, contention, contest, debate, strife; eagerness;
vehemence, intenseness, heat; (surg.) keeping reduced (of fractures). _—
d’esprit_; intense application of mind.
=contenu=, _n.m._, contents; enclosure; tenor, terms.
=conter=, _v.a._, to tell, to relate. _— des fagots_; to tell idle
stories. _En —_; to romance, to tell fibs. _En — de belles_, _— des
sornettes_; to tell what is untrue, to hoax, to humbug, to deceive. _En
— à une femme_, _lui — des douceurs_, _lui — fleurettes_; to talk soft
nonsense to a woman. _S’en faire_ or _s’en laisser —_; to listen to soft
nonsense.
=conter=, _v.n._, to relate, to tell a story. _Il conte bien_; he tells a
story well.
=conterie=, _n.f._, coarse glass-ware.
=contestable=, _adj._, contestable, debatable, controvertible.
=contestablement=, _adj._, contestably.
=contestant=, =-e=, _adj._, contending.
=contestant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, contesting party, litigant.
=contestation=, _n.f._, contestation, contest, dispute, debate; strife,
variance, wrangling, bickering; litigation. _En —_; at issue; at
variance, at odds. _Hors de toute —_; beyond all contestation, dispute.
☉=conteste=, _n.m._, contestation, contest, dispute. _Sans —_;
indisputably. _V._ =sans contredit=.
=contester=, _v.a._, to contest, to dispute; to deny, to contend, to
debate. _Il me conteste ma qualité_; he calls my rank in question. _On
lui conteste cette terre_; his right to that estate is disputed. _Se —_;
to be contested, to be denied.
=conteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, story-teller, tale-teller, one who
tells or relates stories or tales, narrator, teller; romancer, fibber.
=conteu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, fond of telling tales.
=contexte=, _n.m._, context; text (of a deed).
=contexture=, _n.f._, contexture (of the muscles, &c.); texture (of a
stuff).
=contigu=, =-ë=, _adj._, contiguous, adjoining. _Ces deux provinces sont
—ës_; these two provinces border on each other. _Mon champ est — à la
forêt_; my field is bounded by the forest.
=contiguité=, _n.f._, contiguity.
=continence=, _n.f._, continency, chastity.
=continent=, _n.m._, continent, mainland.
=continent=, =-e=, _adj._, sober, temperate, chaste, continent; (med.)
continent, continuous, unremitting. _Fièvre —e_; incessant fever.
=continental=, =-e=, _adj._, continental.
=contingence=, _n.f._, contingency, casualty.
=contingent=, _n.m._, contingent, quota.
=contingent=, =-e=, _adj._, casual, contingent, accidental.
=continu=, _n.m._, (philos.) that which is divisible, matter, body, space.
=continu=, =-e=, _adj._, continuous, uninterrupted; continual, continued;
unintermitting, incessant. _Basse —e_; (mus.) thorough-bass.
=continuateur=, _n.m._, continuator, continuer.
=continuation=, _n.f._, continuation; (jur.) continuance.
☉_à la_ =continue=, _adv._, in process of time, in the long run.
=continuel=, =-le=, _adj._, continual, uninterrupted, endless, perpetual.
=continuellement= (-el-mān), _adv._, continually, uninterruptedly,
constantly; endlessly, perpetually.
=continuer=, _v.a._, to continue; to proceed with; to go on with; to
persevere; to lengthen, to prolong; to extend.
=continuer=, _v.n._, to continue, to keep on, to go on with, to run on
to, to extend, to continue the work of. _Continuez, je vous prie_; pray
go on. _Continuez à bien faire, et vous vous en trouverez bien_; continue
to do well, and you will find the benefit of it.
_se_ =continuer=, _v.r._, to be continued, to last; to be prolonged.
=continuité=, _n.f._, continuity; continuance. _Solution de —_; solution
of continuity.
=continument=, _adv._, unremittingly; without cessation; (jur.)
continually, continuously.
=contondant=, =-e=, _adj._, (surg.) bruising, contusing; (instruments)
blunt.
=contorniate=, _adj._, (of medals) contourniated.
=contorsion=, _n.f._, contortion, distortion; grimace.
=contour=, _n.m._, circuit, circumference; contour, outline; (carp.)
curtail; (mas.) quirk.
=contourné=, =-e=, _adj._, outlined; spiral; twisted; distorted;
deformed; ill-shaped.
=contournement=, _n.m._, outlining; twisting; winding, rounding,
convolution.
=contourner=, _v.a._, to outline, to give the proper contour to; to
distort, to twist, to deform; to twine round, to twist round; to turn
around, to wind round; to round.
_se_ =contourner=, _v.r._, to grow crooked, to become bent, twisted,
deformed.
=contourneuse=, _n.f._, shaping-machine.
=contractant=, =-e=, _adj._, contracting. _Partie —e_; contracting party;
(jur.) covenanter.
=contractant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, contractor, stipulator; (jur.)
covenanter.
=contracté=, =-e=, _part._, (gram.) contracted, shortened.
=contracter=, _v.a._, to contract; to covenant, to stipulate, to bargain,
to make a contract; to shrink, to straiten; to shorten, to abridge; to
acquire, to get; to catch. _— de bonnes habitudes_; to acquire good
habits.
_se_ =contracter=, _v.r._, to contract, to shrink up, to straiten; to
shorten.
=contracter=, _v.n._, to contract, make a contract.
=contracti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (med.) contractive.
=contractile=, _adj._, contractile.
=contractilité=, _n.f._, contractility, contractibility.
=contraction=, _n.f._, contraction.
=contractuel=, =-le=, _adj._, (jur.) stipulated, agreed upon, done by
contract.
=contracture=, _n.f._, (arch.) diminution; (med.) contraction;
(physiology) contraction.
=contradicteur=, _n.m._, contradictor, gainsayer; (jur.) adversary,
opposer, opponent.
=contradiction=, _n.f._, contradiction, denial; opposition;
inconsistency; discrepancy; (jur.) claim of adverse title. _Esprit de —_;
spirit of contradiction.
=contradictoire=, _adj._, contradictory; inconsistent, conflicting.
_Jugement —_; judgment after the hearing of all parties concerned.
=contradictoirement= (-toar-mān), _adv._, contradictorily; inconsistently.
*=contraignable=, _adj._, (jur.) compellable, constrainable. _— par
corps_; attachable, liable to arrest.
*=contraignant=, =-e=, _adj._, compelling, compulsive; troublesome.
=contraindre= (contraignant, contraint), _v.a._, to constrain, to
compel, to force, to make, to drive, to necessitate, to impel, to oblige
by force; to put a constraint upon; to restrain; to squeeze, to pinch, to
cramp, to straiten; (jur.) to attach, to arrest for debt.
_se_ =contraindre=, _v.r._, to constrain oneself, to refrain, to forbear.
=contraint=, =-e=, _adj._, forced, stiff, unnatural, affected; cramped,
constrained.
=contrainte=, _n.f._, constraint, compulsion, coercion; restraint.
_Parler sans —_; to speak freely. _Avec —_; restrainedly. _— par corps_;
arrest for debt. _Jugement de — par corps_; capias.
=contraire=, _adj._, contrary, opposite, adverse; repugnant,
inconsistent; opposed, against; hurtful, bad, prejudicial, not good for.
_Le vin vous est —_; wine is bad for you.
=contraire=, _n.m._, contrary, opposite, reverse. _Au —_; on the
contrary, on the other hand. _Tout au —_; _bien au —_; quite the
contrary, quite the reverse. _Aller au — d’une chose_, _d’une personne_;
to go or speak against a thing, a person.
=contrairement= (kon-trer-mān), _adv._, contrarily, contrary.
=contralte=, _n.m._ _V._ =contralto=.
=contraltiste=, _n.m.f._, contralto singer.
=contralto=, _n.m._, (_—_) (mus.) contralto, counter-tenor.
=contrapontiste=, _n.m._, (mus.) contrapuntist.
=contrariant=, =-e=, _adj._, provoking, annoying, vexatious;
disappointing.
=contrarier=, _v.a._, to contradict, to gainsay; to disappoint; to
thwart, to counteract, to baffle, to oppose, to annoy, to vex. _Être
contrarié par les vents_; to be wind-bound.
=contrariété=, _n.f._, contrariety, contradiction; cross, vexation,
annoyance, impediment, hindrance, difficulty, obstacle; disappointment.
_Quelle —!_ how annoying!
=contrastant=, _adj._, contrasting.
=contraste=, _n.m._, contrast, opposition.
=contraster=, _v.a._, to contrast.
=contraster=, _v.n._, (paint.) to contrast; to put in contrast, to form a
contrast, to set off by opposition.
=contrat=, _n.m._, contract, deed, instrument, articles, indenture;
agreement, bargain. _Minute d’un —_; draft of a deed. _Un — en bonne
forme_; a contract in due form. _Dresser un —_; to draw up a deed.
_Passer un —_; to sign and seal a deed. _— à la grosse_; (nav.) bottomry;
bottomry-bond.
=contravention=, _n.f._, contravention, infraction.
=contre=, _prep._, against; contrary to; by, near, close, close by.
_— le bon sens_; contrary to common sense. _À —-cœur_; repugnantly,
reluctantly. _Aller — vent et marée_; to sail against wind and tide. _Se
fâcher — quelqu’un_; to be angry with anyone. _Se battre — quelqu’un_;
to fight against anyone. _Par —_; as a set-off. _Pour et —_; for and
against, pro and con.
=contre=, _adv._, near, close up against, ajar. _Tout —_; close by, close
up against; quite close, near. _Ci-—_; opposite; in the margin.
=contre=, _n.m._, con (the opposite of _pro_); against; the opposite side
of the question. _Savoir le pour et le —_; to know the long and short of
a matter, or the pro and the con.
=contre-allée=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) side-walk; side-alley.
=contre-amiral=, _n.m._, (_—-amiraux_) rear-admiral; rear-admiral’s
flag-ship.
=contre-appel=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (fenc.) caveating; second roll call;
check-roll.
=contre-approches=, _n.f.pl._, (_n.s._) (fort.) counter-approaches.
=contre-attaques=, _n.f.pl._, (_n.s._) (milit.) counterworks.
=contre-balancer=, _v.a._, to counterbalance, to counterpoise; to
countervail.
_se_ =contre-balancer=, _v.r._, to counterbalance one another, to be
counterbalanced, to be equipoised.
=contrebande=, _n.f._, contraband goods, smuggled goods; smuggling.
_Un homme de —_; an obnoxious fellow, a black sheep. _Faire la —_; to
smuggle, to deal in smuggled goods.
=contre-bandé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) counter-barred.
=contrebandier=, _n.m._, smuggler, contrabandist.
=contre-barré=, =-e=, _adj._, (_—-—s_) (her.) counterbended.
_en_ =contre-bas=, _adv._, (arch.) downwards.
=contrebasse=, _n.f._, (mus.) double-bass.
=contrebassiste=, _n.m._, (mus.) double-bass player.
=contre-basson=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (mus.) double bassoon; double
bassoon-player.
=contre-batterie=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) cross-battery, counter-battery;
counter-plot.
_à_ =contre-biais=, _adv._, contrariwise, the wrong way; the other way.
_à_ =contre-bord=, _adv._, (nav.) _Les deux vaisseaux courent à —_; the
two vessels are running aboard of each other; on a contrary tack.
=contre-boutant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counterfort; butment; buttress.
=contre-bouter=, _v.a._, to buttress; to support with a raking shore or
but; to shore up.
=contre-brasser=, _v.a._, (nav.) to brace about the yards; to
counterbrace.
=contre-calquer=, _v.a._, to counter-draw.
=contre-capion=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_). _— de poupe_; the false post of a
row-galley. _— de proue_; the stemson of a galley.
=contrecarrer=, _v.a._, to thwart, to oppose.
=contre-caution=, _n.f._, (jur.) counter-surety; counter-bond.
=contre-charme=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-charm.
=contre-châssis=, _n.m._, (_—_) outer-sash; double-sash.
=contre-chef=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) foreman.
=contre-civadière=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) bow-sprit topsail.
=contre-clef=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (arch.) second stone in the crown of an
arch.
=contre-cœur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) chimney-back. _À —_; reluctantly, against
the grain.
=contre-coup=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) rebound; counter-blow; consequence,
result, effect. _Par —_; as a consequence.
=contre-courant=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-current.
=contredanse=, _n.f._, quadrille.
=contre-déclaration=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-declaration.
=contre-dégagement=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (fenc.) double.
=contre-dégager=, _v.n.a._, (fenc.) to double.
=contre-digue=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) embankment, dike (for the strengthening
of another).
=contredire=, _v.a._, to contradict, to gainsay; to be inconsistent with;
(jur.) to confute, to disprove, to answer; (hunt.) to reclaim.
_se_ =contredire=, _v.r._, to contradict oneself, to contradict one
another; to be inconsistent with, to be contradictory to.
=contredisant=, =-e=, _adj._, contradicting.
=contredisant=, _n.m._, respondent, contradictor.
=contredit=, _n.m._, answer, reply, contradiction; (jur.) objection,
rejoinder. _Cela est sans —_; that is beyond all dispute. _Sans —_;
incontestably, safely, beyond a doubt. _On peut dire sans crainte d’être
—_; it may safely be pronounced (Macaulay).
=contrée=, _n.f._, country, region, district.
*=contre-écaille=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) the reverse side of a shell.
=contre-écart=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (her.) counter-quarter.
=contre-écarteler=, _v.a._, (her.) to counter-quarter.
=contre-échange=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) mutual exchange.
=contre-enquête=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-inquiry.
=contre-épaulette=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) epaulet without fringe.
=contre-épreuve=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-proof; spiritless copy, feeble
imitation; counter-verification.
=contre-épreuver=, _v.a._, (engr.) to take a counter-proof. _Se —_; to be
counter-proved.
=contre-espalier=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) espalier facing another (with a walk
between).
=contre-expertise=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-valuation _or_ survey.
=contre-étais=, _n.m.pl._, (nav.) back-stay.
=contre-étambot=, _n.m._, (nav.) false stern-post.
=contre-étrave=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) apron.
=contrefaçon=, _n.f._, counterfeiting, counterfeit, pirating, forgery,
infringement; spurious copy or edition.
=contrefacteur=, _n.m._, counterfeiter (of coin); forger (of bills);
infringer (of patents).
=contrefaction=, _n.f._, act of forging, counterfeiting, forgery.
=contrefaire=, _v.a._, to counterfeit, to imitate, to copy; to mimic, to
ape; to pirate; to disguise, to disfigure; to deform.
_se_ =contrefaire=, _v.r._, to dissemble, to sham.
=contrefaiseur=, _n.m._, mimicker, imitator.
=contrefait=, =-e=, _part._, counterfeit, deformed. _Un homme tout —_; a
deformed man.
=contre-fanon=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) vertical lines.
=contre-fenêtre=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) inside-sash, shutter.
=contre-fente=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (surg.) contra-fissure, counter-cleft.
=contre-feu=, _n.m._, back of a fire-place.
=contre-fiche=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (carp.) brace, strut.
=contre-fil=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) the opposite direction. _Le — de l’eau_;
up river, up stream. _À —_; backwards; against the stream; against the
grain; the wrong way.
=contre-finesse=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-trick; counter-cunning; trick
for trick.
=contre-foc=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) fore-top stay-sail.
=contrefort=, _n.m._, counterfort, buttress, pillar, pier; (geol.) lesser
chain; stiffener (of boots).
=contre-fossé=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-drain; (fort.) advance-fosse.
=contre-fracture=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (surg.) contra-fissure.
=contre-fruit=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (arch.) overspan.
=contre-fugue=, _n.f._, (mus.) counterfugue.
=contre-gage=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) double security, pledge.
=contre-gager=, _v.a._, to take security, to take a pledge.
=contre-garde=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counterguard.
☉=contre-garde=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) deputy warden of the mint.
=contre-hacher=, _v.a._, (engr.) to counter- _or_ cross-hatch.
=contre-hachure=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter- _or_ cross-hatching.
=contre-hâtier= (-tié), _n.m._, (_—-—s_) kitchen fire-dog, spit-rack.
_en_ =contre-haut=, _adv._, (arch.) upwards.
=contre-indication=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (med.) contra-indication.
=contre-indiquer=, _v.a._, (med.) to contra-indicate.
=contre-issant=, =-e=, _adj._, (_—-—s_) (her.) counter-salient.
=contre-jauger=, _v.a._, (carp.) to fit a mortise to a tenon, to
countergauge.
=contre-jour=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-light, false-light. _À —_; in a
false light.
=contre-jumelles=, _n.f.pl._, (_n.s._) channel stones.
=contre-lames=, _n.f.pl._, (_n.s._) (gauze-making) counter-lams.
=contre-latte=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-lath.
=contre-latter=, _v.a._, to counter-lath.
=contre-lattoir=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) lath-holder, clincher.
=contre-lettre=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) defeasance, counter-deed.
*=contre-maille=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) double-mesh net.
*=contre-mailler=, _v.a._, to double-mesh.
=contremaître=, _n.m._, first mate, boatswain’s mate; overseer; foreman.
=contremandement=, _n.m._, counter-order, countermand.
=contremander=, _v.a._, to countermand.
=contremarche=, _n.f._, counter-march; (carp.) rise.
=contremarcher=, _v.n._, to counter-march.
=contre-marée=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) under back-water _or_ counter-tide.
=contremarque=, _n.f._, countermark; check (thea.)
=contremarquer=, _n.f._, to countermark; to bishop.
=contre-mine=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) countermine.
=contre-miner=, _v.a._, to countermine.
=contre-mineur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counterminer.
☉=contre-mont=, _adv._, upwards; up-hill; up-stream.
=contre-mot=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) countersign.
=contre-mouvement=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-movement.
=contre-mur=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (fort.) counter-mure, outer wall.
=contre-murer=, _v.a._, (fort.) to countermure, to double-wall.
=contre-opposition=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-opposition.
=contre-ordre=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-order.
=contre-ouverture=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-opening.
=contre-partie=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counterpart; opposite; contrary; (mus.)
counterpart.
=contrepédaler=, _v.n._, to back-pedal (bicycles).
=contre-peser=, _v.a._, to counter-balance.
=contre-pied=, _n.m._, (n.p.) (hunt.) back-scent; the reverse. _Les
chiens avaient pris le —_; the dogs had taken the wrong back-scent. _Il
prend toujours le — de ce qu’on dit_; he always misconstrues what is
said. _À — de_; contrary to, against.
=contre-planche=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-plate.
=contre-platine=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) screw-piece.
=contre-poids=, _n.m._, (_—_) counterpoise, counter-balance;
balancing-pole; equilibrium.
=contre-poil=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) wrong way of the hair _or_ of the nap. _À
—_; against the grain. _Prendre une affaire à —_; to take a thing in a
wrong sense. _Prendre quelqu’un à —_; to shock, to offend, any one.
=contre-poinçon=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) clincher, die (instrument).
=contre-poinçonner=, _v.a._, to stamp with a die.
=contrepoint=, _n.m._ (mus.), counterpoint; (nav.) double-rope attached
to the clew of a sail.
=contre-pointer=, _v.a._, to quilt on both sides; to contradict, to run
counter to; (artil.) to point cannon against cannon. _— du canon_; to
direct a battery against another battery.
=contrepoison=, _n.m._, antidote, counter-poison.
=contre-porte=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) double-door, baize-door.
=contre-poser=, _v.a._, (com.) to set down wrong, to misplace.
=contre-position=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) contra-position.
=contre-projet=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-plan.
=contre-promesse=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (jur.) counter-bond.
=contre-proposition=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-proposal; reply, retort.
=contre-queue d’aronde=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (fort.) counter-swallowtail.
*=contre-quille=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) keelson.
=contre-rail=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) guard- _or_ check-rail.
=contre-retable=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) back of the altar-piece.
=contre-révolution=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-revolution.
=contre-révolutionnaire=, _adj._, (_—-—s_) counter-revolutionary.
=contre-révolutionnaire=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-revolutionist.
=contre-révolutionner=, _v.a._, to effect a counter-revolution.
=contre-ronde=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (milit.) counter round.
=contre-ruse=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) counter-trick, counter-plot.
=contre-sabord=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) port-lid.
_à_ =contre-saison=, _adv._, out of season; unseasonable; ill-timed.
=contre-salut=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (nav.) answer to a salute.
=contre-sanglon=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) girth-leather, strap.
=contrescarpe=, _n.f._, (fort.) counterscarp.
=contrescarper=, _v.a._, to counterscarp.
=contre-scel=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) counter-seal.
=contre-sceller=, _v.a._, to counter-seal.
=contreseing=, _n.m._, counter-signature, counter-sign.
=contresens=, _n.m._, contrary sense, contrary meaning; wrong
construction; mistranslation; wrong meaning; false reading; wrong
side (of stuffs). _Faire un —_; to mistranslate, to misinterpret, to
misconceive. _À —_; in a wrong way, on the wrong side. _Employer une
étoffe à —_; to make up a stuff on the wrong side.
*=contre-signal=, _n.m._, (_—-signaux_) counter-signal.
*=contresignataire=, _n.m._, countersigner.
*=contresigner=, _v.a._, to countersign.
*=contre-taille=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (com.) counter-tally. _pl._, (engr.)
cross-lines, cross-cut.
=contretemps=, _n.m._, untoward accident, disappointment; mischance,
mishap; (man.) counter-time; (mus.) syncopation, _À —_; unseasonably, at
the wrong time; (mus.) out of time; with syncopation.
=contre-terrasse=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (her.) lower terrace.
=contre-tirer=, _v.a._, to counterdraw, to trace; to counterprove.
=contre-torpilleur=, _n.m._, torpedo boat destroyer.
=contre-tranchée=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) (fort.) counter-trench.
=contrevairé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) countervairy.
_à_ =contre-val=, _adv._, downhill, downward, down-stream.
=contrevallation=, _n.f._, (fort.) contravallation.
_à_ =contre-vapeur=, _adv._, backward; back.
=contrevenant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, contravener, infringer, offender,
transgressor.
=contrevenir=, _v.n._, to infringe, to act contrary to; to disobey; to
violate; to transgress.
=contrevent=, _n.m._, window-shutter, outside shutter.
=contre-vérité=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) irony; mock praise, antiphrasis.
=contre-visite=, _n.f._, (_—-—s_) second search.
=contre-voile d’étai=, _n.f._, (nav.) middle stay-sail.
=contribuable=, _n.m.f._, tax-payer; rate-payer. _adj._, taxable;
rateable.
=contribuer=, _v.n._, to contribute, to conduce, to help on, to tend. _—
au succès de_; to contribute to the success of. _Il y a contribué_; he
has contributed to it. _On a fait — tout le pays_; the whole country was
laid under contribution.
=contributi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, contributive.
=contribution=, _n.f._, contribution; tax; share, part, portion; (com.)
average. _—s directes_; direct or assessed taxes. _—s indirectes_;
indirect taxes. _Mettre à —_; to lay under contribution, to put in
requisition.
=contributoire=, _adj._, what has to be paid. _Portion —_; amount to be
paid, assessment.
=contributoirement=, _adv._, contributorily.
=contrister=, _v.a._, to grieve, to vex, to sadden, to pain.
=contrit=, =-e=, _adj._, contrite, penitent; afflicted, grieved.
=contrition=, _n.f._, contrition.
=contrôlage=, _n.m._, controlling, control; hall-marking, stamping.
=contrôle=, _n.m._, control, controller’s office; (thea.) check-taker’s
office; roll, list; stamp, plate-mark, assay-mark, hall-mark (on gold and
silver); stamp-office; (milit.) muster-roll; control, censure; register,
registry-duty. _Porter quelqu’un sur le —_; to place any one’s name on
the rolls. _Rayer quelqu’un des —s_; to strike any one off the rolls.
=contrôler=, _v.a._, to register, to put upon the rolls; to check, to
verify, to examine; to control; to censure, to criticise upon; to stamp,
to hall-mark. _— de la vaisselle_; to mark plate.
=contrôleu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, controller, superintendent,
surveyor (of taxes); censurer, critic, fault-finder; (thea.) check-taker,
ticket-collector.
=controuver=, _v.a._, to forge, to fabricate; to invent, to counterfeit,
to feign.
=controversable=, _adj._, that may be disputed; controvertible,
controversial.
=controverse=, _n.f._, controversy, discussion, disputation, dispute.
_Ouvrage de —_; polemics.
=controversé=, =-e=, _adj._, controverted; debated, argued pro and con,
disputed.
=controverser=, _v.a._, to controvert, to dispute, to discuss.
=controversiste=, _n.m._, controvertist, disputant, controversialist.
=contumace=, _n.f._, contumacy, non-appearance, default, contempt of
court; contumaciousness, obstinacy, perverseness. _Condamner par —_; to
sentence by default. _Purger la —_; to plead against a judgment given in
default.
=contumace=, _n.m._ and _f._, (jur.) defaulter, one in contumacy.
=contumace=, _adj._, contumacious; (fig.) rebellious.
=contumacer=, _v.a._, (l.u.) (criminal law) to judge or try by default.
_Se laisser —_; to let judgment go by default.
=contumax=, _adj._, (l.u.) contumacious.
=contumax=, _n.m._, one guilty of contumacy (canon law).
=contus=, =-e=, _adj._ bruised, contused.
=contusion=, _n.f._, contusion, bruise.
=contusionné=, =-e=, _adj._, (surg.) bruised.
=contusionner=, _v.a._, to contuse, to bruise.
=convaincant=, =-e=, _adj._, convincing.
=convaincre=, _v.a._, to convince; to persuade, to satisfy; to convict.
_se_ =convaincre=, _v.r._, to convince one’s self, to be convinced; to
satisfy, or to persuade one’s self.
=convaincu=, =-e=, _part._, convinced, convicted; sincere, earnest, of
conviction.
=convalescence=, _n.f._, convalescence. _En pleine —_; quite convalescent.
=convalescent=, =-e=, _adj._, convalescent.
=convalescent=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, convalescent person.
=convallaire=, _n.f._, convallary, lily of the valley. _V._ =muguet=.
=convenable= (conv-nabl), _adj._, suitable, fit, proper, convenient,
apposite, consonant; seasonable; adequate, conformable, accordant,
agreeable; meet, seemly, becoming, beseeming; befitting, expedient;
fitting. _Peu —_; indecorous, unfit. _Juger —_; to deem proper.
=convenablement=, _adv._, suitably, fitly, becomingly, decently,
worthily, duly, expediently, advisably.
=convenance=, _n.f._, fitness, proportion, harmony; seasonableness (of
time), decency, propriety, expediency; seemliness, convenience. _pl._,
propriety, decorum, good manners. _Mariage de —_; marriage for money and
position. _Blesser les —s_; to offend against propriety. _Braver les —s_;
to set all decorum at defiance. _Manquer de — envers quelqu’un_; to be
guilty of a breach of good manners towards any one.
☉=convenant=, =-e=, _adj._ _V._ =convenable=.
=convenir=, _v.n._, to agree; to admit, to own, to acknowledge; to suit,
to fit, to match, to serve one’s turn; to be proper for; to become;
to be suitable; to be fit, expedient, convenient, meet, proper. _Je
suis convenu d’y aller_; I have agreed to go there. _Cette maison m’a
convenu_; the house suited me. _Il convient que vous y alliez_; it is
proper you should go there.
_se_ =convenir=, _v.r._, to suit each other, to agree.
=conventicule=, _n.m._, conventicle.
=convention=, _n.f._, convention, agreement, covenant, treaty. _pl._,
conditions, articles, agreement. _Je m’en tiens à la —_; I stand by the
agreement. _Membre de la — nationale_; member of the National Convention
(French hist.). _De —_; conventional.
=conventionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, conventional.
=conventionnel=, _n.m._, member of the National Convention (French hist.).
=conventionnellement=, _adv._, by agreement.
=conventualité=, _n.f._, monastic life.
=conventuel=, =-le=, _adj._, conventual.
=conventuel=, _n.m._, conventual.
=conventuellement=, _adv._, conventually.
=convergence=, _n.f._, convergence.
=convergent=, =-e=, _adj._, convergent, converging.
=converger=, _v.n._, to tend to one point, to converge.
=convers=, =-e=, _adj._, lay. _Frère —_, _sœur —e_; convert; lay brother
or sister.
=convers=, _n.m._, (ich.) young shad.
=conversation=, _n.f._, conversation, converse, talk, discourse. _Par où
entamer la —?_ how shall we begin the conversation? _S’emparer de la —_;
to monopolize the conversation. _Être à la —_; to be attending to the
conversation. _Laisser tomber la —_; to drop the conversation.
=converse=, _n._ and _adj._ _f._, (log.) converse; (math.) inverted.
_Proposition —_; (log.) converse proposition. _Proposition —_; (math.)
inverted proposition.
=converser=, _v.n._, to converse, to talk; to discourse, to commune;
(milit.) to wheel about.
=conversible=, _adj._, convertible.
=conversion=, _n.f._, conversion; transformation; change; converting,
changing; (milit.) wheeling. _Quart de —_; (milit.) wheel of the quarter
circle. _Faire une —_; to wheel.
=converso=, _n.m._, (nav.) main deck, poop.
=converti=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, convert. _— au lit de la mort_;
clinical convert.
=convertible=, _adj._, (theol., fin.) convertible.
=convertir=, _v.a._, to convert; to change, to turn; to make a convert;
to bring over, to turn, to transform.
_se_ =convertir=, _v.r._, to be converted, to turn, to be made a convert.
=convertissable=, _adj._, (fin., theol.) convertible.
=convertissement= (-mān), _n.m._, conversion.
=convertisseur=, _n.m._, converter.
=convexe=, _adj._, convex.
=convexité=, _n.f._, convexity.
=convexo-concave=, _adj._, convexo-concave.
=convexo-convexe=, _adj._, convexo-convex.
=conviction=, _n.f._, conviction, convincing proof. _Agir par —_; to act
from conviction. _Avoir la — intime_; to be thoroughly convinced; to be
quite sure.
=convictionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, convictive.
=convictionnellement=, _adv._, (l.u.) convictively.
=convié=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, guest, one invited.
_il_ =convient=, _v.imp._, it is fit, expedient, convenient, becoming,
meet. _V._ =convenir=.
=convier=, _v.a._, to invite, to bid; to request the company of any one;
to incite, to urge. _— à un dîner_; to invite to dinner.
=convive=, _n.m.f._, guest. _C’est un bon —_; he is a good table
companion.
=convivialité=, _n.f._, conviviality.
=convocable=, _adj._, (very l.u.) convocable.
=convocation=, _n.f._, convocation, requisition, summons.
=convoi=, _n.m._, funeral procession; funeral; (milit., nav.) convoy;
(railways) train. _V._ =train=. _— de grande vitesse_; fast train. _—
de petite vitesse_, _— de marchandises_; freight train. _— direct_;
express train. _— omnibus_; slow train. _— de voyageurs_; passenger
train. _— parcourant toute la ligne_; through train. _— funèbre_; funeral
procession. _Être du —_; to be at the funeral. _En —_; (nav.) with convoy.
=convoiement=, _n.m._, (milit., nav.) convoying, convoy.
☉=convoitable=, _adj._, covetable, desirable.
=convoiter=, _v.a._, to covet, to hanker after, to conceive a violent
passion for, to lust after.
=convoiteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, coveter.
☉=convoiteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, covetous, lusting after.
=convoitise=, _n.f._, covetousness, eager desire; lust.
=convol=, _n.m._, (jur.) second or re-marriage.
=convoler=, _v.n._, to marry again. _— en secondes_, _troisièmes_,
_noces_; to marry a second, a third, time.
=convoluté=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) convoluted.
=convoluti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, curling (of leaves).
=convolve=, _n.m._, (bot.) convolvulus.
=convoquer=, _v.a._, to convoke, to convene, to summon, to assemble, to
call together.
=convoyer=, _v.a._, (milit., nav.) to convoy.
=convoyeur=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, (nav.) convoy (ship).
=convulsé=, =-e=, _adj._, (med.) convulsed.
=convulser=, _v.a._, to convulse. _Se —_; to be or become convulsed.
=convulsibilité=, _n.f._, (med.) liability to convulsion.
=convulsi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, convulsive.
=convulsion=, _n.f._, convulsion. _Donner des —s_; to throw into
convulsions. _Tomber en —s_; to be seized with convulsions.
=convulsionnaire=, _adj._, subject to convulsions.
=convulsionnaire=, _n.m.f._, convulsionary.
=convulsionner=, _v.a._, (med.) to convulse, to produce convulsions.
=convulsivement=, _adv._, convulsively.
=conyze=, _n.f._, (bot.) conyza, flea-bane.
=coobligation=, _n.f._, joint obligation.
=coobligé=, _n.m._, joint bondsman.
=coopérant=, =-e=, _adj._, co-operating, concurring.
=coopérat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, co-operator, fellow-laborer,
fellow-workman.
=coopérat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, (l.u.) co-operating.
=coopérati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, co-operative.
=coopération=, _n.f._, concurrence, co-operation.
=coopérer=, _v.n._, to co-operate, to concur.
=cooptation=, _n.f._, co-optation.
=coopter=, _v.a._, to co-optate.
=coordination=, _n.f._, arrangement, disposition, co-ordination.
=coordonnée=, _n.f._, (geom.) co-ordinate.
=coordonner=, _v.a._, to co-ordinate; to arrange, to dispose.
=copahu=, _n.m._, copaiba, copaiva.
=copaïer= _or_ =copayer=, _n.m._, copaiba tree.
=copal=, _n.m._, copal.
=copartageant=, =-e= (-jān, -te), _n._ and _adj._, joint-sharer; having a
joint share.
=copeau=, _n.m._, chip, shaving (of wood). _Des —x_; shavings. _Vin de
—x_; rape-wine.
=copeck=, _n.m._, (_—s_). _V._ =kopeck=.
=copermutant=, _n.m._, one who exchanges with another, permuter.
=copermutation=, _n.f._, the act of exchanging, permutation.
=copermuter=, _v.a._, to permute, to exchange.
=copernicien=, =-ne= (-in, -è-n), _adj._, Copernician.
=cophte= _or_ =copte=, _n.m._ and _adj._, Copt; Coptic. _Un moine —_; a
Coptic monk. _La langue —_; the Coptic language.
=copie=, _n.f._, copy, image, transcript; exercise; imitation; task;
(print.) copy. _— figurée_; facsimile. _— au net_; fair copy. _Pour —
conforme_; a true copy.
=copier=, _v.a._, to copy; to imitate; to mimic, to take off, to ape.
_se_ =copier=, _v.r._, to be always the same; to copy or repeat one’s
self.
=copieusement= (ko-pieûz-mān), _adv._, copiously, abundantly, heartily
(of eating).
=copieu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, copious, plentiful, hearty. _Un homme — en
paroles_; a man of many words.
=copiste=, _n.m._, copier, transcriber, copyist, imitator; music copier.
=copreneur=, _n.m._, co-lessee, joint-tenant.
=coprévenu=, _n.m._ _V._ =coaccusé=.
=copropriétaire=, _n.m.f._, joint-proprietor.
=copropriété=, _n.f._, joint property.
=copte=, _n.m._ _V._ =cophte=.
=copter=, _v.a._, to toll.
=coptique=, _adj._, Coptic.
=copulati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, copulative.
=copulation=, _n.f._, copulation.
=copule=, _n.f._, (log.) copula.
=coq=, _n.m._, cock, rooster; weathercock; (horl.) cock. _— d’Inde_;
turkey-cock. _— de bruyère_; grouse. _— à queue fourchue_; black cock. _—
de combat_; game-cock. _— des bois_; wood-cock. _— de montre_; cock of
a watch. _— des jardins_; costmary. _— du village_, _— de la paroisse_;
cock of the walk. _Joute de —s_; cock-fight. _Faire jouter des —s_; to
make cocks fight. _Au chant du —_; at cock-crow. _Être comme un — en
pâte_; to live in clover. _Être rouge comme un —_; to have a face like a
biffin apple; to be as red as a turkey-cock.
=coq=, _n.m._, (nav.) cook.
=coq-à-l’âne=, _n.m._, (_—_) idle discourse, nonsense, cock-and-bull
story. _Il fait toujours des —_; he is always talking nonsense.
=coqualin=, _n.m._, striped squirrel.
=coquard=, _n.m._, mongrel pheasant; (fam.) old cock, old beau.
=coquâtre=, _n.m._, (orni.) half-gelded cock.
=coque=, _n.f._, shell (of eggs, walnuts, snails); pearl-shell; (nav.)
hull; (conch.) cockle. _Des œufs à la —_; boiled eggs. _— du Levant_;
Indian berry. _Je ne donnerai pas une — de noix de toutes ses promesses_;
I would not give a straw for all his promises.
=coquecigrue=, _n.f._, sea-stork, sea-locust; idle story, stuff;
fiddle-faddle. _À la venue des —s_; never, _or_ once in a blue moon.
=coquelicot=, _n.m._, wild-poppy, corn-poppy.
=coquelourde=, _n.f._, Pasque-flower, Flora’s-bell.
=coqueluche= (ko-klush), _n.f._, ☉hood; favorite, reigning fancy; rage,
whooping-cough. _Il est est la — des femmes_; he is a great favorite
with women.
☉=coquelucher=, _v.n._, to have the whooping-cough.
☉=coqueluchon=, _n.m._, (jest.) hood of a monk’s cloak, cowl.
=coquemar= (kok-mār), _n.m._, pipkin, boiler, kettle, skillet.
=coquereau=, _n.m._, (nav.) hoy, lighter.
=coqueret=, _n.m._, _or_ =coquerelle=, _n.f._, winter-cherry.
=coquerico=, _n.m._, cock-a-doodle-doo.
=coquerie=, _n.f._, (nav.) caboose.
=coqueriquer=, _v.n._, (l.u.) (pers.) to crow.
=coqueron=, _n.m._, (nav.) cook-room.
=coquet=, =-te=, _adj._, coquettish, pretty, stylish; smart, natty.
=coquet=, _n.m._, jilt, flirt; cock-boat.
=coqueter= (kok-té), _v.n._, (l.u.) to coquet, to flirt; to play the
lady-killer; to paddle a boat, to scull.
=coquetier= (kok-tié), _n.m._, poulterer; egg-merchant; egg-cup.
=coquette=, _n.f._, coquette, flirt, jilt. _Faire la —_; to coquet.
=coquetterie= (ko-kè-trî), _n.f._, coquetry; affectation (in dress); love
of dress; flirtation; finicalness. _Une — d’expressions_; far-fetched
expressions.
*=coquillage=, _n.m._, shell-fish; shells; shell-work.
*=coquillart=, _n.m._, bed of shells and stones.
*=coquille=, _n.f._, shell (of fruit, of animals); (print.) wrong
letter; thumb (of a latch); foot-board (of coach-box); post demy, small
post (paper); under-part of a staircase; (anat.) concha. _pl._, wares
of little value. _— de Sainte Jacques_; scallop. _— de beurre_; pat of
butter. _Rentrer dans sa —_; to draw in one’s horns. _À qui vendez-vous
vos —s_; it is of no use trying to do me. _Il fait bien valoir ses —s_;
he praises his goods, and no mistake.
=coquiller=, _v.n._, (of bread) to swell; to crumple, to curl up.
*=coquilleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, shelly.
*=coquillier=, _n.m._, collection of shells; cabinet of shells.
*=coquilli-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, conchiferous.
=coquin=, =-e=, _adj._, idle, debauched; free and easy; roguish, rascally.
=coquin=, _n.m._, knave, rascal, rogue, scamp. _Tour de —_; knavish trick.
=coquine=, _n.f._, slut, hussy, jade.
=coquinerie= (ko-ki-n-rî), _n.f._, knavery, rascally trick, roguery.
=cor=, _n.m._, corn; horn, hunting-horn. _Avoir des —s aux pieds_; to
have corns on one’s feet. _À — et à cri_; with horn and voice; with hue
and cry; with might and main.
=coracoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) coracoid.
*=corail=, _n.m._, coral. _Des lèvres de —_; rosy lips.
*=coraillère=, _n.f._, (nav.) coral-fishing boat.
*=corailleur=, _n.m._, coral-diver, coral-fisher.
*=corailleur=, _adj._, of coral fishing. _Bateau —_; coral-fisher’s boat.
☉=corallin=, =-e=, _adj._, red like coral, coralline.
=coralline=, _n.f._, (zoöl.) coralline; (nav.) _V._ =coraillère=.
=coralloïde=, _adj._, coralloid.
=coralloïde=, _n.m._, coralloid.
=coran=, _n.m._, Koran.
=corbeau=, _n.m._, crow; raven; (arch.) corbel, bracket; (astron.)
corvus; (nav.) grappling-iron.
*=corbeille=, _n.f._, flat, wide basket; (arch.) corbel; (fort.) corbeil;
clump (of trees); wedding presents. _Une — de fleurs_; a basket of
flowers. _— de mariage_ or _de noces_; wedding presents; (on change)
reserved enclosure, change.
*=corbeillée=, _n.f._, basketful.
=corbigeau=, _n.m._ ☉_V._ =courlis=.
=corbillard=, _n.m._, hearse.
*=corbillat=, _n.m._, young raven.
*=corbillon=, _n.m._, small basket; crambo.
☉=corbin=, _n.m._, (orni.) crow. _V._ =bec-de-corbin=.
=corbine=, _n.f._, (orni.) carrion-crow.
=corbleu!= _int._ By the Powers! Zounds! By Jove! Hang it!
=corbusée=, _n.f._, (orni.) black-neb.
=corcelet=, _n.m._ _V._ =corselet=.
=corceron=, _n.m._, (pisc.) float.
=cordage=, _n.m._, cordage, cord, rope, rigging; the measuring of wood by
the cord. _— en trois_; rope made with three strands. _— de rechange_;
spare ropes.
=cordat=, _n.m._, packing-cloth.
=corde=, _n.f._, cord, rope; line; twist, twine, string; (mus.) chord;
tone, note; concord; span (of an arch); laniard (of buoys); thread (of
cloth); hanging (death by); gallows. _— à danser_; dancing-rope. _Danseur
de —_; rope-dancer. _— à boyau_; cat-gut. _Echelle de —_; rope-ladder.
_Une — de bois_; a cord of wood. _Ne touchez point cette — là_; do not
harp upon that string. _Toucher la grosse —_; to hit the main point of
the question. _Instrument à —s_; stringed instrument. _— de violon_;
fiddle-string. _Flatter la —_; to play with delicacy. _Avoir deux —s à
son arc_; to have two strings to one’s bow. _Son habit montre la —_;
his coat is threadbare. _Cela est usé jusqu’à la —_; that is thoroughly
hackneyed. _Friser la —_; narrowly to escape hanging. _Il y va de la
—_; it is a hanging matter. _Filer sa —_; to go the way of the gallows.
_Avoir de la — de pendu_; to have the devil’s own luck. _Tenir la —_; to
lead. _Passer à fleur de —_; to only just succeed (of a thing). _Être au
bout de sa —_; to be at the end of one’s tether.
=cordé=, =-e=, _part._, twisted, corded.
=cordé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) cordated, heart-shaped.
=cordeau=, _n.m._, line, cord. _Au —_; in a straight line.
=cordeler=, _v.a._, to twist, to twine; to wreathe.
=cordelette=, _n.f._, small cord; string.
=cordelier=, _n.m._, cordelier; Franciscan friar; gray-friar.
=cordelière=, _n.f._, Franciscan nun; cordelier’s girdle; (arch.) twisted
fillet.
=cordelle=, _n.f._, (nav.) tow-line, tow-rope.
=corder=, _v.a._, to cord; to bind with a cord. _v.n._, (pop.) to cotton;
to agree. _— du bois_; to measure wood by the cord.
_se_ =corder=, _v.r._, to be corded; to get stringy.
=corderie=, _n.f._, rope-walk, rope-yard; rope-making; (nav.) boatswain’s
store-room.
=cordial=, =-e=, _adj._, cordial, hearty, sincere.
=cordial=, _n.m._, cordial.
=cordialement= (kor-dial-mān), _adv._, cordially, heartily, sincerely.
=cordialité=, _n.f._, cordiality; heartiness; hearty affection.
=cordier=, _n.m._, rope-maker; (of violins) tail-piece.
=cordiforme=, _adj._, cordiform, heart-shaped.
=cordon=, _n.m._, twist, string; check-string (of carriages); cord;
fillet, thread, ribbon; order; girdle; plinth, edging of stone; (milit.,
fort., arch.) cordon; (anat.) funis; edge (of coins); door-rope. _—
ombilical_; umbilical cord. _— de chapeau_; hat-band. _— de sonnette_;
bell pull. _Un — bleu_; a knight of the Holy Ghost. _— bleu_;
blue-ribbon; a first-rate cook. _Un — rouge_; a knight of the order of
St. Louis. _Tirer le —_; to pull the string; to be a house-porter. _Le —,
s’il vous plaît_; open the door, please.
=cordonnage=, _n.m._, (coin) milling; edging.
=cordonner=, _v.a._, to twist, to twine; to braid; (of coins) to line, to
mill, to edge.
=cordonnerie=, _n.f._, shoemaking, the trade of a shoemaker; shoe-place.
=cordonnet=, _n.m._, twist; edging, milling (of coins _— de pièces de
monnaie_).
=cordonnier=, _n.m._, cordwainer; shoemaker. _— pour femmes_; ladies’
shoemaker.
=corée=, _n.m._, (poet.) choreus, trochee. _V._ =chorée=.
=corégence=, _n.f._, co-regency.
=corégent=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, co-regent.
=coreligionnaire=, _n.m.f._, co-religionist.
=coriace=, _adj._, tough, ropy, leathery, stringy; cartilaginous;
niggardly. _Un homme —_; a close-fisted fellow.
=coriacé=, =-e=, _adj._, coriaceous.
=coriaire=, _adj._, fit for tanning. _n.f._ (bot.) _V._ =corroyère=.
=coriambe=, _n.m._, (poet.) choriambus.
=coriandre=, _n.f._, (bot.) coriander.
=corindon=, _n.m._, (min.) corundum, adamantine spar.
=corinthien=, =-ne= (-in, -e-n), _adj._, Corinthian.
=corinthien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, Corinthian.
=coris=, _n.m._ _V._ =cauris=.
=corlieu=, =corlis=, _n.m._, curlew.
=corme=, _n.f._, (bot.) service _or_ sorb-apple.
=cormier=, _n.m._, (bot.) service-tree.
=cormoran=, _n.m._, sea-raven, cormorant.
=cornac=, _n.m._, elephant driver, cornac; showman; chaperon, mentor.
=cornage=, _n.m._, (vet.) roaring (of horses).
=cornaline=, _n.f._, cornelian stone.
=cornard=, _adj._, (pop., l.ex.) roaring (of horses).
=cornard=, _n.m._, (pop., l.ex.) cornuto, cuckold.
=cornardise=, _n.f._, (pop., l.ex.) cuckoldom.
=corne=, _n.f._, horn, hoof; corner; shoe-horn; dog’s ear (on books,
leaves); (nav.) gaff, throat; outside rind (of animals’ feet); cap of
the Doge of Venice. _Bête à —s_; horned beast. _Essence de — de cerf_;
spirits of hartshorn. _Faire les —s à quelqu’un_; to snap one’s fingers
at any one. _Montrer les —s_; to show one’s teeth. _Lever les cornes_;
to hold up one’s head again. _Les —s d’un bonnet carré_; the corners
of a square cap. _Chapeau à trois —s_; three-cornered hat. _Les —s de
la lune_; the horns of the moon. _Les —s de l’autel_; the horns of the
altar. _— d’abondance_; cornucopia, horn of plenty. _Faire une — à une
carte de visite_; to turn down the corner of a visiting-card. _Faire des
—s à un livre_; to dog’s-ear a book.
=corné=, =-e=, _adj._, corneous, horny.
=corneau=, _n.m._, (hunt.) cross between a mastiff and a hound.
=cornée=, _n.f._, (anat.) cornea.
=cornéenne=, _n.f._, horn-stone.
*=corneille=, _n.f._, carrion-crow, rook, daw. _— emmantelée_;
hooded-rook. _Bayer aux —s_; to stare about vacantly. _Il y va comme
une — qui abat des noix_; he goes at it tooth and nail, _or_ rashly,
slapdash, headlong.
=cornement=, _n.m._, tingling of the ears.
=cornemuse=, _n.f._, bagpipe. _Joueur de —_; bag-piper.
=cornéole=, _n.f._, (bot.) dyer’s weed.
=corner=, _v.n._, to blow, to wind or sound a horn; to gore; (man.) to
wheeze; to tingle (of the ears); to be tainted (of meat). _Les oreilles
me cornent_; my ears tingle.
=corner=, _v.a._, to blare out, to blurt out, to trumpet. _Il a corné
cela par toute la ville_; he has trumpeted it through the whole town. _—
quelque chose aux oreilles de quelqu’un_; to din a thing into any one’s
ears.
=cornet=, _n.m._, horn, ear-trumpet; ink-horn; dice-box; paper cone;
(conch.) cornet. _— de postillon_; post-boy’s horn. _— à bouquin_;
cow-herd’s horn. _— à piston_; cornet.
=cornette=, _n.f._, head-dress, cornet, mob-cap; cornetcy; (nav.) broad
pennant.
☉=cornette=, _n.m._, (milit.) cornet.
=corneur=, _n.m._, horn-blower.
=corneur=, _adj._, (vet.) wheezing, roaring.
=corniche=, _n.f._, (arch.) cornice.
=cornichon=, _n.m._, little horn; gherkin; (fig. and fam.) greenhorn,
ninny, flat, muff.
=cornicule=, _n.f._, small horn, cornicle.
=corniculé=, =-e=, _adj._, corniculate, horned.
=corni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, corner; at the angle. _Pilastre —_;
corner-column.
=cornière=, _n.f._, corner gutter; (print.) corner iron; T iron; (nav.)
fashion-piece.
=cornifle=, _n.m._, (bot.) horn-wort.
*=cornillas=, _n.m._, young rook.
=corniste=, _n.m._, cornist, player upon the horn.
*=cornouille=, _n.f._, dogberry.
*=cornouiller=, _n.m._, dogberry-tree, cornel-tree.
=cornu=, =-e=, _adj._, horned; angular, cornered; (fig.) extravagant,
absurd.
=cornue=, _n.f._, (chem.) retort.
=corollaire=, _n.m._, corollary.
=corolle=, _n.f._, (bot.) corol, corolla.
=corollifère=, _adj._, corollated, bearing a corolla.
=coronaire=, _adj._, (anat.) coronary.
=coronal=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) coronal.
=coronal=, _n.m._, (anat.) coronal.
=coroner= (-nèr), _n.m._, (_—s_) coroner.
*=coronille=, _n.f._, (bot.) coronilla.
=coronoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) coronoid.
=coronope=, _n.m._, (bot.) wart-cress. _— de ruelle_; crow’s-foot.
=corossol=, _n.m._, (bot.) custard-apple. _— des marais_; cork-wood.
=corossolier=, _n.m._, (bot.) anona, custard-apple tree.
=corporal=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) corporal, communion cloth.
=corporalité=, _n.f._, corporality.
=corporation=, _n.f._, corporation, corporate body.
=corporéité=, _n.f._, corporeity.
=corporel=, =-le=, _adj._, corporal, corporeal, bodily.
=corporellement= (-mān), _adv._, corporally, bodily.
=corporifier=, _v.a._, to embody, to form into a body.
=corps= (kor), _n.m._, body; person; fellow; creature; substance,
thickness, consistence; company, society, commonalty, college; main
point; barrel (of pumps); caudex (of roots); (of wine, of writing, of
sovereigns, of musical instruments, of wearing apparel) body; corps,
set of men; (print.) depth, body, of a letter; shell (of a house, a
pulley). _— mort_; dead body. _— morts_; (nav.) moorings. _— glorieux_;
glorified body. _Un drôle de —_; a queer fellow, a queer fish. _Se tuer
le — et l’âme_; to work one’s self to death. _Répondre — pour —_; to be
answerable for a person. _Faire — neuf_; to take a new lease of life.
_Il fait bon marché de son —_; he makes himself very cheap; he exposes
himself unnecessarily to danger. _Il faut voir ce que cet homme a dans
le —_; we must see what stuff this man is made of. _Enlever un homme
comme un — saint_; (prov.) to kidnap a man. _Gagner son pain à la sueur
de son —_; to earn one’s bread by the sweat of one’s brow. _Tomber
rudement sur le — à quelqu’un_; to speak in offensive terms of any one.
_Être séparés — et biens_; to be separated (_mensâ et thoro_). _C’est un
pauvre —_; he is a poor weak fellow. _C’est un — de fer que cet homme_;
that man is made of iron. _Passer son épée au travers du — à quelqu’un_;
to run any one through the body. _Il a le diable au —_; he is a devil
of a fellow. _— de bâtiment_; main building. _— de logis_; detached
building. _— de cheminée_; chimney-stack. _Le — du délit_; substance,
main proof, of an offense (_corpus delicti_). _Un vin qui a du —_; a
full-bodied wine. _Prendre du —_; to grow stout, fat. _Le — du clergé_;
the body of the clergy. _Les — de métiers_; the trades’ companies. _Ils
font — à part_; they are a separate body. _Esprit de —_; spirit of
party; brotherhood in arms. _Un — d’infanterie_; a body of foot-soldiers.
_Garde du —_; a life-guard. _Un — de garde_; a guard-house; watch-house;
round-house. _— à —_; hand to hand. _À — perdu_; headlong; desperately.
_A bras-le-corps_; by the waist. _Saisir quelqu’un à bras-le-—_; to seize
any one round the waist. _N’avoir rien dans le —_; to have taken no food;
to be a person of no pluck. _À son — défendant_; reluctantly, in one’s
own defense. _Le vaisseau a sombré — et biens_; the vessel foundered with
all hands.
=corpulence=, _n.f._, corpulence, corpulency; stoutness. _Un homme de
petite —_; a stoutish man.
=corpulent=, =-e=, _adj._, corpulent, stout.
=corpusculaire=, _adj._, corpuscular.
=corpuscule=, _n.m._, corpuscule or corpuscle.
=corpusculiste=, _n.m._, corpuscularian.
=correct= (-rèct), =-e=, _adj._, accurate, correct, right.
=correctement=, _adv._, correctly, accurately, rightly, right.
=correcteur=, _n.m._, corrector, emendator; (print.) reader. _Père —_;
superior of a convent.
=correcti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, corrective.
=correctif=, _n.m._, corrective.
=correction=, _n.f._, correction; correctness, accuracy; alteration;
reprimand; reproof; (print.) reading, correcting. _Maison de —_; house of
correction, reformatory.
=correctionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, correctional (of misdemeanors);
punishable; reformatory. _Tribunal de police —le_; police-court.
=correctionnellement=, _adv._, by way of correction; before the
magistrate; for misdemeanors.
=correctivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, correctively, as a corrective.
=correctoire=, _n.m._, book of penance, formulary.
=correctrice=, _n.f._, lady superior of a convent of Minimi nuns.
=corrégidor=, _n.m._, corregidor (Sp. magistrate).
=corrélati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, correlative.
=corrélati-f=, _n.m._, =-ve=, _n.f._, correlative.
=corrélation=, _n.f._, correlation.
=correspondance=, _n.f._, correspondence, intercourse; connection,
relation; conformity, harmony. _Être en — avec quelqu’un_; to
correspond with any one. _Entretenir une — avec quelqu’un_; to keep up
a correspondence with any one. _Voiture de —_; correspondence-coach;
railway-omnibus. _Service de —_; cross-post.
=correspondant=, =-e=, _adj._, correspondent, corresponding.
=correspondant=, _n.m._, correspondent, corresponding member; parents’
representative.
=correspondre=, _v.n._, to correspond, to communicate, to be in
correspondence with; to agree, to suit, to harmonize.
=corridor=, _n.m._, lobby, corridor, gallery, passage. _Cette porte donne
sur le —_; this door opens out into the gallery or passage.
=corrigé=, _n.m._, corrected copy; key (book).
=corrigeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, correcting.
=corriger=, _v.a._, to correct; to rectify; to repair; to amend; to
reclaim; to reprove; to reprehend, to chide, to chastise. _— des
épreuves_; (print.) to correct proofs.
_se_ =corriger=, _v.r._, to correct one’s self, to amend, to reform, to
be reformed. _Elle s’est bien corrigée de cela_; she has quite broken
herself of that.
=corrigible=, _adj._, corrigible.
=corroborant=, =-e= (kor-ro-), _adj._, (med.) corroborant.
=corroborant=, _n.m._, (med.) corroborant.
=corroborati-f=, =-ve= (kor-ro-), _adj._, (med.) corroborative.
=corroboratif= (kor-ro-), _n.m._, (med.) corroborative.
=corroboration= (kor-ro-), _n.f._, (med.) corroboration, strengthening.
=corroborer= (kor-ro-), _v.a._, to strengthen, to corroborate.
=corrodant=, =-e=, _adj._, corroding. _n.m._, corrodent.
=corroder= (kor-ro-dé), _v.a._, to corrode.
=corroi=, _n.m._, currying of leather; (mas.) claying, puddling.
=corroirie=, _n.f._, (tech.) currier’s shop, currying.
=corrompre=, _v.a._, to corrupt; to adulterate, to spoil; to infect;
to taint; to vitiate; to pervert; to bribe. _Les mauvaises compagnies
corrompent les bonnes mœurs_; evil communications corrupt good manners.
_— des témoins_; to bribe witnesses. _Se laisser —_; to take a bribe.
_se_ =corrompre=, _v.r._, to grow corrupt; to become tainted, to fester.
=corrompu=, =-e=, _part._, corrupted; bribed; spoiled; unsound. _Homme
—_; debauchee. _Mœurs —es_; dissolute manners.
=corrosi-f=, =-ve= (kor-rô-), _adj._, corrosive.
=corrosif=, _n.m._, corrosive.
=corrosion= (kor-rô-zion), _n.f._, corrosion.
=corroyer=, _v.a._, to curry (leather); to prepare clay for puddling; to
puddle; to beat up. _— du bois_; to plane wood. _— du fer_; to hammer
iron. _— du sable_; to roll sand.
=corroyère=, _n.f._, (bot.) sumac.
=corroyeur=, _n.m._, currier.
=corrugateur=, _n.m._, (anat.) corrugator.
=corrugation=, _n.f._, corrugation, wrinkling.
=corrupt-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (kor-rup-), corrupter, seducer,
spoiler; briber.
=corrupt-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, corrupting, perverting, corrupt,
infectious.
=corruptibilité= (kor-rup-), _n.f._, corruptibility.
=corruptible= (kor-rup-), _adj._, corruptible.
=corruption= (kor-rup-), _n.f._, corruption; taint, putridity,
rottenness; depravity, perversity, defilement; bribery.
=cors=, _n.m.pl._, (hunt.) horns; branches. _Un cerf dix —_; a full-grown
stag.
=corsage=, _n.m._, trunk, bust, chest (of the body); bodice, body (of a
dress). _— de dessous_; petticoat bodice.
=corsaire=, _n.m._, privateer, commander of a privateer; corsair, rover;
shark, Jew. _À —, — et demi_; set a thief to catch a thief.
=corsé=, _adj._, rich, full-bodied, having body (of wine); (fam.) strong,
thick, stout; substantial, copious; plentiful.
=corse=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Corsican.
=corselet=, _n.m._, corselet.
=corser=, _v.n._, to fit (of stays). _v.a._, (fig.) to thicken; to
complicate.
_se_ =corser=, _v.r._, to put one’s stays on; (fig.) to acquire strength;
to grow serious.
=corset=, _n.m._, corset, stays; bodice; (surg.) bandage.
=corseti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, (-tié, -ti-èr), corset-maker,
stay-maker.
=cortège=, _n.m._, train, retinue, cortege; procession; attendants.
=cortès= (-tèss), _n.f.pl._, Cortes (Spanish Parliament).
=cortical=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot., anat.) cortical.
=cortiqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) corticose.
=coruscation=, _n.f._, coruscation.
=corvéable=, _adj._, (feudalism) liable to forced labor.
=corvéable=, _n.m._, one liable to forced labor.
=corvée=, _n.f._, (feudalism) statute-labor; duty, service, fatigue duty
done by soldiers; toil; drudgery; bore. _Quelle —!_ what a bore!
=corvette=, _n.f._, corvette, sloop of war.
=corybante=, _n.m._, priest of Cybele.
=corybantique=, _adj._, corybantic. _—s_, _n.f.pl._, feasts in honor of
Cybele.
=corymbe=, _n.m._, (bot.) cluster, corymb.
=corymbé=, =-e=, (bot.) corymbiate.
=corymbeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) corymbase.
=corymbifère=, _adj._, (bot.) corymbiferous. _—s_; _n.f.pl._,
corymbiferous plants.
=coryphée=, _n.m._, corypheus; leader, chief; principal man; (theat.)
chorus-master.
=coryza=, _n.m._, (med.) coryza, cold in the head.
=cosaque=, _n.m._, Cossack.
=cosaque=, _n.f._, Cossack dance. _Je veux te faire danser une —_; (pop.)
I’ll let you have a taste of the stick.
=cosécante=, _n.f._, (geom.) co-secant.
*=coseigneur=, _n.m._, joint lord of a manor.
=conseigneurie=, _n.f._, joint lordship.
=cosinus= (-si-nûs), _n.m._, (geom.) co-sine.
=cosmétique=, _n.m._, and _adj._, cosmetic.
=cosmétique=, _n.f._, art of using cosmetics.
=cosmique=, _adj._, (astron.) cosmical.
=cosmiquement=, _adv._, (astron.) cosmically.
=cosmogonie=, _n.f._, cosmogony.
=cosmogonique=, _adj._, cosmogonical.
=cosmographe=, _n.m._, cosmographer.
=cosmographie=, _n.f._, cosmography.
=cosmographique=, _adj._, cosmographical.
=cosmolabe=, _n.m._, (astron.) cosmolabe.
=cosmologie=, _n.f._, cosmology.
=cosmologique=, _adj._, cosmological.
=cosmologiste= _or_ =cosmologue=, _n.m._, cosmologist.
=cosmopolite=, _n.m._, cosmopolite.
=cosmopolite=, _adj._, cosmopolitan.
=cosmopolitisme=, _n.m._, cosmopolitism.
=cosmorama=, _n.m._, cosmorama.
=cosse=, _n.f._, cod, shell, husk, pod; (nav.) thimble.
=cosser=, _v.n._, (of rams) to butt.
=cosson=, _n.m._, (ent.) weevil; (agri.) new shoot of a vine.
=cossu=, =-e=, _adj._, husked, podded; substantial, warm, wealthy, rich.
_En conter de —es_; to tell spicy tales. _Un homme —_; a monied man.
=costal=, =-e=, _adj._, costal.
=costières=, _n.f.pl._, (theat.) grooves for the side-lights.
=costume=, _n.m._, garb, uniform; manners, usages; costume, dress. _Grand
—_; full dress. _Petit —_; undress. _— de soirée_; evening-dress. _—
tailleur_; tailor-made dress.
=costumer=, _v.a._, to dress in fancy dress.
_se_ =costumer=, _v.r._, to dress one’s self up; to dress in fancy dress.
=costumier=, _n.m._, costumer, dealer in fancy dress clothes.
=cotangente=, _n.f._, (geom.) co-tangent.
=cote=, _n.f._, letter, number, figure (to indicate the order); (com.)
quotation; quota, share, price, price-list. _Faire une — mal taillée_; to
make a clumsy compromise.
=côte=, _n.f._, rib (of the body, of cloth, of fruit); (arch., bot.,
manu.), rib; (agri.) edge; hill, declivity; shore, sea-coast. _—
d’aloyau_; wing-rib. _Fausses —s_; short ribs. _Se casser une —_; to
break a rib. _Rompre les —s à quelqu’un_; to break anyone’s bones.
_Mesurer les —s à quelqu’un_; to thrash anyone. _Se mettre à la —_;
(nav.) to run aground, ashore. _Ranger la —_; to coast. _Raser la —_; to
sail along, to hug, the shore. _— à —_; side by side. _Le long de la —_;
along the hill _or_ the shore. _— de fer_; (hist.) iron-side.
=côté=, _n.m._, side; broadside; way, manner; flank; part; slice. _Il a
un point de —_; he has got a stitch in his side. _Le — faible_; the weak
side. _Mettre une bouteille_, _un tonneau_, _sur le —_; to empty a bottle,
a cask. _De tous —s_; on all sides. _— de première_; (print.) outer
form. _— de seconde_; inner form. _De mon —_; for my own part. _Ils sont
parents du — maternel_; they are related on the mother’s side. _Il est du
— gauche_; he is a natural child. _Se ranger du — de quelqu’un_; to side
with anyone. _De quel — êtes-vous?_ whom do you side with? _Il se met du
— du plus fort_; he takes the strongest side. _A — de_; by, near. _Être à
— de la question_; to be beside the question. _Donner à —_; to miss. _De
—_; sideways, aslant, askew, obliquely, aside. _D’à —_; adjoining, next
house. _Une vue de —_; a side-view. _Regarder de —_; to look askance.
_Mettre une chose de —_; to lay by. _De — et d’autre_; up and down, here
and there, on all sides, in every direction. _C’est son — faible_; it is
his weak side. _S’asseoir à — de quelqu’un_; to sit down by the side of
any one. _Se tenir les —s de rire_; to shake one’s sides with laughing.
_De l’autre —_; in the next room. _Mettre les rieurs de son —_; to turn
the laugh against any one. _Être sur le —_; to be on one’s back, ill.
=coteau=, _n.m._, declivity, slope; little hill, hillock, rising ground.
=côtelette= (kot-let), _n.f._, chop, cutlet. _Une — de mouton_; a mutton
chop. _Des —s de veau_; veal cutlets. _— de porc frais_; pork chop. _Des
—s_; mutton chop whiskers.
=cotenanci-er=, =-ère=, _n.m.f._, co-tenant.
=coter=, _v.a._, to number; to quote, to fix, to price. _Se —_; to be
quoted, to be priced. _— le cours des effets publics_; to quote the price
of stocks.
=coterie= (ko-trî), _n.f._, coterie, set, club; circle, gang.
=cothurne=, _n.m._, buskin. _Chausser le —_; to put on the buskin (play
in tragedy).
=cothurné=, =-e=, _adj._, (antiq.) cothurnated.
=côtier= (-tié), _adj._, _n.m._, coasting; coasting-pilot.
=côtière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, (gard.) border, sloping bed; (nav.) (l.u.)
coasts, coast-line.
*=cotignac= (-gna), _n.m._, quiddany, marmalade of quinces.
*=cotillon=, _n.m._, under-petticoat; cotillon (dance). _Il aime le —_;
he is fond of women. _Régime du —_; petticoat government.
=cotir=, _v.a._, (fruit) to bruise, to damage.
=cotisation=, _n.f._, clubbing, subscription; assessment, quota, share.
=cotiser=, _v.a._, to assess, to rate.
_se_ =cotiser=, _v.r._, to rate, to assess; to unite, to club together;
to get up a subscription; to subscribe.
=cotissure=, _n.f._, (fruit) damage, bruising.
=coton=, _n.m._, cotton; down (of fruit and hair on the face). _—
épluché_; picked cotton. _— brut_; raw cotton. _— plat_; darning cotton.
_— à tricoter_; knitting cotton. _— de couleur_; colored cotton. _Bobine
de —_; reel of cotton. _Écheveau de —_; skein of cotton. _Balle de —_;
bale of cotton. _Toile de —_; cotton cloth. _Il jette un vilain —_; he is
going to the dogs. _Il jette_, _il file_, _un mauvais —_; he is in a bad
way. _Mettre dans du —_; to coddle, to nurse, to indulge. _Elever dans du
—_; to molly-coddle; to bring up delicately.
=cotonnade=, _n.f._, cotton cloth, cotton-check.
=cotonné=, =-e=, _part._, woolly (of hair); wadded, padded; covered with,
full of, cotton.
=cotonner=, _v.a._, to fill, to stuff with, cotton; to pad.
_se_ =cotonner=, _v.r._, to be covered with down, to become downy; to
cotton, to nap, to become mealy (of vegetables). _Les artichauts_, _les
radis se cotonnent_; artichokes, radishes grow pithy or spongy.
=cotonner=, _v.n._, to cotton, to nap.
=cotonneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, pithy, spongy, mealy; (bot.) downy, cottony
(of style); spun out, lax, diffuse.
=cotonnier=, _n.m._, cotton-tree.
=cotonni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, cotton, of cotton.
=cotonnière=, _n.f._, (bot.) cotton-weed; cud-weed.
=cotonnine=, _n.f._, cotton sail-cloth.
=côtoyer=, _v.a._, to go by the side of, to skirt; (nav.) to coast, to
coast along; to keep close to, to hug the shore.
=cotret=, _n.m._, fagot, stick. _Il est sec comme un —_; he is as thin as
a lath. _De l’huile de —_; stirrup oil; (fig.) cudgeling.
=cottage=, _n.m._, cottage.
=cotte=, _n.f._, petticoat, jacket; coat. _— d’armes_; coat of arms. _—
de mailles_; coat of mail. _— morte_; estate (of a deceased monk).
=cotte=, _n.m._, (ich.) bull-head. _— chabot_; sea-scorpion.
=cotut-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, joint-guardian.
=cotylédon=, _n.m._, (anat., bot.) cotyledon.
=cotylédoné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) cotyledonous.
=cotylier=, _n.m._, (bot.) cotyledon, navel-wort.
=cotyloïde=, _adj._, (anat.) cotyloid.
=cou=, _n.m._, neck. _— de travers_; wry-neck. _Sauter_, _se jeter_, _au
— de quelqu’un_; to fall on a person’s neck. _Se casser le —_; to break
one’s neck. _Couper le — à_; to cut the neck of. _Rompre le — à_; to
break the neck of. _Prendre ses jambes à son —_; to take to one’s heels.
_— de pied_; instep.
=couard=, _n.m._, (fam.) coward, dastard.
=couard=, =-e=, _adj._, (fam.) coward, cowardly.
=couardement=, _adv._, (fam.) in a cowardly manner.
=couarder=, _v.n._, (fam.) to act in a cowardly manner.
=couardise=, _n.f._, (fam.) cowardice.
=coucal=, _n.m._, pheasant-cuckoo.
=couchage=, _n.m._, bedding (for the army); act of lying in bed; price of
a bed, night’s lodging.
=couchant=, _adj._, lying; setting. _Un chien —_; a setter. _Faire le
chien —_; to crawl and cringe. _Soleil —_; setting sun.
=couchant=, _n.m._, west; wane, decline.
=couche=, _n.f._, bed; bedstead; confinement, childbed, lying-in;
delivery, birth; swaddling-clothes, diaper; layer, stratum, row; (gard.)
hot-bed, bed; (mining) seam; layer, stratum, coat (of varnish, colour);
stake (at play). _La — nuptiale_; the nuptial bed. _Pendant ses —s_;
during her confinement. _Elle est morte en —s_; she died in childbed.
_Être en_, _faire ses_, _—s_; to be confined, to lie-in. _Heureuse —_;
good delivery. _Fausse —_; miscarriage. _Partager la — de quel-qu’un_; to
share any one’s bed.
=couché=, =-e=, _part._, put to bed, in bed, gone to bed, lying down,
flat down, recumbent, jacent; (her.) couchant.
=couchée=, _n.f._, resting-place; sleeping place; bed; night’s lodging.
=coucher=, _v.a._, to put to bed; to lay down; to lay low; to lodge; to
knock down; to incline; to lay on ☉to stake. _— quelqu’un en joue_; to
take aim at anyone, to cover anyone. _— en joue_; to aim at, to cover.
☉_— gros_; to play deep. _— par écrit_; to write down, take down, enter.
_se_ =coucher=, _v.r._, to go to bed; to lay one’s self down, to lie
down, to lie flat; to set; to go down. _Allez vous —_; go to bed. _Il
n’est pas encore temps d’aller se —_; it is not bed-time yet. _Se — comme
les poules_; to go to bed with the sun (_i.e._, very early). _Comme on
fait son lit, on se couche_; as you make your bed, so you must lie.
_Allez vous —_; (fam.) get along with you; stuff and nonsense. _Le
soleil se couche_; the sun is setting.
=coucher=, _v.n._, to lie, to sleep, to pass the night; to lie down, to
rest. _— au cabaret_; to sleep at a public-house. _— à la belle étoile_;
to sleep in the open air. _— sur la dure_; to sleep upon bare boards or
on the ground. _— tout habillé_; to sleep with one’s clothes on.
=coucher=, _n.m._, bed-time, going to bed; sleeping; setting (of the
sun). _C’est l’heure de son —_; it is his bed-time. _Le petit —_; the
king’s select circle whilst preparing for bed.
=couchette=, _n.f._, bedstead, small bed, crib.
=coucheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, bed-fellow. _Mauvais —_; nasty
customer; cross-grained person. _Bon —_; easy-going fellow.
=couchis=, _n.m._, layer, stratum; bolster.
=couci-couci=, _adv._, (fam.) so so, middling, indifferently.
=coucou=, _n.m._, cuckoo; barren strawberry-plant; Dutch clock; coach,
omnibus; one-horse chaise; (bot.) cowslip, daffodil.
=coude=, _n.m._, elbow; bend, angle; winding; turning, turn; knee (of
machinery); neck (of a bayonet). _Donner des coups de —_; to elbow.
_Hausser le —_; to drink hard, to fuddle.
=coudé=, =-e=, _part._, bent, elbowed, cranked.
=coudée=, _n.f._, arm’s length; cubit. _Avoir les —s franches_; to have
elbow room, full play, scope, freedom.
=cou-de-pied=, _n.m._, (_—s-—_) instep.
=couder=, _v.a._, to bend, to make an elbow.
_se_ =couder=, _v.r._, to elbow, to form an elbow.
=coudoyer=, _v.a._, to elbow, to jostle.
_se_ =coudoyer=, _v.r._, to elbow, to jostle, one another.
=coudraie=, _n.f._, hazel-copse; filbert-orchard.
=coudran=, _n.m._, (nav.) tar. _V._ =goudron=.
=coudranner=, _v.a._, (nav.) to soak cords in tar.
=coudre=, _n.m._, nut-tree, hazel-tree. _V._ =coudrier=.
=coudre= (cousant, cousu), _v.a._, to sew, to stitch; to tack; (fig.) to
add, to connect, to unite. _— à_; to stitch _or_ sew to. _— du linge_; to
sew linen. _— à grands points_; to take long stitches.
☉=coudrette=, _n.f._, hazel-copse.
=coudrier=, _n.m._, hazel-tree.
=couenne= (kooa-n), _n.f._, rind, pig-skin; (med.) buff; birth-mark, mole.
=couenneu-x=, =-se= (kooah-), _adj._, (med.) containing buff. _Angine
—se_; diphtheria.
=couette=, _n.f._, little-tail; tuft; sea-gull; ☉feather-bed; (mec.)
socket.
=coufique=, _adj._, (philol.) cufic.
=cougourde=, _n.f._, (bot.) bottle-gourd.
=couguar= (-gar), _n.m._, (mam.) cougar.
=couillon=, _n.m._, coward, funk; fool, muff.
=couillonnade=, _n.f._, gammon, humbug, bosh.
=couillonner=, _v.a._, to gammon, to humbug, to bamboozle; to funk, to
shirk.
=coulage=, _n.m._, leakage, waste; melting, casting.
=coulamment= (koo-la-mān), _adv._, fluently, freely, readily. _Il parle
—_; he talks fluently.
=coulant=, =-e=, _adj._, flowing; fluent; smooth; easy, accommodating;
slip (of knots). _Style —_; easy, fluent style. _Nœud —_; noose.
=coulant=, _n.m._, slide, slider, runner; neck-jewel; slide (of an
umbrella).
=coulé=, _n.m._, (mus.) slur; slide (dance); cast (founding); (paint.)
first wash; (billiards) following stroke.
=coulée=, _n.f._, running, flowing, flow; (of writing) running-hand;
tapping (metal); (hunt.) track path. _Trou de —_; (metal.) tap-hole.
=coulement= (kool-mān), _n.m._, running, flow (of liquids).
=couler=, _v.n._, to flow, to run; to glide, to glide along; to pour, to
stream; to trickle, to drop; to leak, to run out; to ooze out; to glide
away, to fly away, to slip; to slide away, to go down; (founding) to run
through the mold; to gutter; to touch lightly upon; to be shed, to be
split. _Se laisser — jusqu’à terre_; to slide down to the ground. _Faire
—_; to shed. _L’échelle va —_; the ladder will slip. _L’encre ne coule
pas_; the ink does not run freely. _Le nez lui coule_; his nose runs. _La
chandelle coule_; the candle gutters. _Les larmes lui coulent des yeux_;
tears are flowing from his eyes. _— sur un fait_; to glide _or_ slur
over a fact. _— bas_, _à fond_; to founder, to sink.
=couler=, _v.a._, to cast; to strain; to slip in; to pass (time); (mus.)
to slur; to run down; to do for; to scald (linen); to fall off, to drop;
to sink; to run smooth, to flow. _— une statue_; to cast a statue. _— une
glace_; to cast a plate of glass. _— un vaisseau à fond_; to sink a ship.
_— un pas_; to pass smoothly over a step (in dancing).
_se_ =couler=, _v.r._, to slip, to creep, to steal, to slide; (of metals)
to be cast.
=couleur=, _n.f._, color, paint; favor (ribbon); coloring; appearance;
suit (at cards). _—s aigres_; harsh colors. _—s amies_; blending colors.
_— éclatante_; striking color. _— tranchante_; glaring color. _— solide_;
fast color. _— de feu_; flame color. _— de rose_; rose color. _Pâles
—s_; (med.) chlorosis, green sickness. _— locale_; local coloring. _—
voyante_; showy color. _— à l’huile_; oil color. _—s passantes_; fading
colors. _Diversifier_, _mêler_, _assortir_, _les —s_; to vary, to blend,
to match, colors. _Juger d’une chose comme un aveugle des —s_; to talk
of a subject without knowing anything about it. _Voir tout — de rose_;
to see the bright side of things. _Les hommes de —_; men of color,
mulattoes. _Lampes de —_; variegated lamps. _Reprendre —_; to be in favor
again; to appear in society again. _Changer de —_; to change color. _La —
lui monta au visage_; the color came into his face. _Ce rôti a bien pris
—_; that roast meat is nicely browned. _L’affaire prend —_; the matter is
looking better, _or_ is taking a turn. _De quelle — tourne-t-il?_ what
are trumps? _Donner de la —_; to follow suit. _Prendre —_; (lansquenet)
to stake and cut the cards. _Appliquer les —s_; to lay on the colors.
_Adoucir_, _amortir_, _les —s_; to soften, to deaden, colors. _Rehausser
les —s_; to heighten colors. _Peindre à pleines —s_; to paint with a full
brush. _Mettre en —_; (paint.) to stain. _Style sans —_; colorless style.
_Prendre —_; to assume a character; (of persons) to take a side. _Il l’a
trompé sous — d’amitié_; he deceived him under a show of friendship.
_Sous — de_; under the pretext of.
=couleuvre=, _n.f._, adder; (fig.) mortification, vexation, bitter pill.
_Faire avaler des —s à quelqu’un_; to put all sorts of indignities upon a
person.
=couleuvreau=, _n.m._, young adder.
=couleuvrée=, _n.f._, (bot.) bryony.
=coulevrine=, _n.f._, culverin; aspic. _Être sous la — d’un autre_; to be
dependent on another. _Être sous la — d’une place_; to be within reach of
a fort.
=coulis=, _adj.m._ _Vent —_; wind that comes through cracks and chinks,
draught of air.
=coulis=, _n.m._, (cook.) cullis, gravy, jelly; (mas.) grout, solder.
=coulisse=, _n.f._, groove; sliding board; running string; rib (presses);
(print.) galley; (theat.) side-scene, wing; behind the scenes;
shutter, door; (exchange language) coulisse (unauthorised part of the
exchange); bucket shop; frequenters of the coulisse; outside brokers.
_— d’arbalète_; chase of a cross-bow. _Propos de —s_; green-room talk.
_Faire les yeux en —_; to look askance.
=coulissé=, =-e=, _adj._, grooved.
=coulisseau=, _n.m._, slide, slide-block, wooden groove for beds with
castors; guide (engineering).
=coulissier=, _n.m._, stock-jobber; outside broker; green-room frequenter.
=couloir=, _n.m._, skimming-dish, strainer; (arch.) passage, lobby. ☉_—
de la bile_; biliary duct.
=couloire=, _n.f._, colander, sieve, strainer.
=coulpe=, _n.f._, (rel.) sin, fault. _J’en dis ma —_; I confess and
repent.
=coulure=, _n.f._, running (metal); falling off, dropping off (fruit).
=coumarine=, _n.f._, (chem.) coumarine.
=coup= (koo), _n.m._, blow, thump, knock, stroke, hit, stab, thrust,
lash; crack (of a whip); beat (of a drum); draught (liquids); clap (of
thunder); (artil.) charge; move (at chess, draughts); (fenc.) thrust;
gust (of wind); throw (at dice); shot, report (of fire-arms); butt
(of rams); time; trick; event; aim; attempt; act; action; deed; kick;
push. _pl._, knocking. _— amorti_; spent shot. _Grand —_; hard blow;
last cast. _Porter un —_; to deal a blow. _Petit —_; pat; sip (of
liquids). _Heureux —_; lucky hit. _— monté_; got-up affair. _— mortel_,
_— de mort_; death-blow. _— de maître_; master-stroke. _— de jarnac_;
treacherous, unexpected blow. _— de tête_; act of desperation, freak. _—
de partie_; decisive blow. _— de poing_; blow with the fist, fisticuff.
_— de coude_; nudge. _Un — de revers_; back-stroke; backhander. _Donner
des —s de pied_; to kick. _— de massue_; blow with a club, stunning blow;
thunder-stroke. _— de bâton_; blow with a stick; cudgeling. _Donner des
—s de bâton à quelqu’un_; to cudgel any one. _Donner un — d’épée_; to
deal a sword thrust. _— de fleuret_; pass. _Donner des —s de fouet_;
to lash. _— de dent_; bite. _Au_ or _sur le — de trois heures_; when
the clock strikes three. _Un — de sifflet_; a whistle. _Donnez-vous un
— de peigne_; comb yourself. _— de foudre_; thunderbolt. _— de sang_;
apoplectic fit; congestion of the brain. _— de soleil_; sunstroke. _—
d’air_; cold in the head _or_ chest. _Le — de grâce_; the coup-de-grace,
the finishing stroke. _C’est comme un — d’épée dans l’eau_; it is like
beating the air. _Un — de bec_ or _de patte_; a piece of slander;
sarcastic remark. _Assommer quelqu’un de —s_, _rouer quelqu’un de —s_;
to beat in a cruel manner. _— d’assommoir_; overwhelming, a stunning
blow. _Détourner le —_; to ward off the blow. _Faire son —_; to succeed.
_Manquer son —_; to fail. _— perdu_; random shot. _Donner un — de
chapeau_; to take off one’s hat. _Faire d’une pierre deux —s_; to kill
two birds with one stone. _Flanquer des —s à quelqu’un_; to give any one
a thrashing. _Sans — férir_; without striking a blow, without firing
a shot. _Porter —_; to hit home. _Encore un —_; once more, again; one
more blow. _Encore un — je vous dis_; once more I tell you. _D’un seul
—_; at one blow; at one swoop. _À — perdu_; in vain. _Sous le — de_;
under the threat of. _— sur —_; one after another, without stopping, in
succession. _Pour le —_; this time, for once. _Après —_; too late. _À
tous —s_; at every turn, every moment. _Du premier —_; at the first, at
once. _Tout à —_; all of a sudden, suddenly. _Tout d’un —_; at once,
all at once. _À — sûr_; certainly, to a certainty, unquestionably. _Il
a reçu un — de fusil_; he received a gun-shot wound. _— de canon à
l’eau_; shot between wind and water. _— de partance_; (nav.) farewell
gun; signal for departure. _Un — de vent_; a squall. _— de main_;
(milit.) coup-de-main, surprise, sudden, unexpected, desperate, attack.
_Donner un — de main à quelqu’un_; to give any one a helping hand.
_Donner un — d’épaule à quelqu’un_; to give any one a lift. _Donner
un — de collier_; to put one’s shoulder to the wheel. _Frapper les
grands —s_; to resort to decisive measures. _Asséner un —_; to deal a
blow. _— d’œil_; glance, look. _Jeter un — d’œil sur_; to take a peep
at. _Avoir le — d’œil juste_; to have a carpenter’s eye. _Au premier —
d’œil_; at first sight. _Cette démarche a porté —_; this step has taken
effect. _Un — de bonheur_; a lucky hit. _Un — de malheur_; an unlucky
hit. _— d’étourdi_; rash act. _— de désespoir_; desperate attempt. _—
d’essai_; first attempt. _— d’éclat_; striking act, brilliant exploit.
_— d’état_; violent measure, exercise or abuse of authority; revolution,
state-stroke. _— d’autorité_; act of authority. _Par un — de hasard_;
by a mere chance. _— de bonheur_; lucky chance. _— imprévu_; unexpected
accident. _— du ciel_; providential stroke. _—s et blessures_; (jur.)
cutting and maiming. _— de théâtre_; unexpected event; clap-trap. _Il a
fait le —_; he has done the deed. _Un —_; once. _Il a encore trois —s à
jouer_; he has still three shots. _Tirer un —_; to fire a shot. _Porter
un — fourré à quelqu’un_; to do anyone an ill turn, to strike a blow
in the dark. _C’est un — qui porte_; that is a home-thrust. _Le — vaut
l’argent_; it is worth trying. _Buvez encore un —_; drink once more.
_Boire un grand —_; to take a long draught. _Buvons un — ensemble_; let
us have a drink together. _Boire un — de trop_; to have a drop too much.
_Tuer quelqu’un à —s de bâton_; to beat anyone to death. _Faire les cent
—s_; to run riot. _Être aux cent —s_; to be at one’s wits’ end; not to
know which way to turn.
=coupable=, _adj._, culpable, guilty, at fault, sinful, criminal.
_Déclarer quelqu’un —_; to bring any one in guilty. _Se déclarer —_, _non
—_; to plead guilty, not guilty.
=coupable=, _n.m.f._, guilty person; culprit.
=coupage=, _n.m._, cutting; diluting (of wine).
=coupant=, _n.m._, edge (of a sword). _— de l’ongle du sanglier_; the
edge of a wild boar’s foot (hunt.).
=coupant=, =-e=, _adj._, cutting, sharp.
=coupe=, _n.f._, cutting; chopping; felling (of wood); wood felled;
cut (style); cut (place); the cut end; felling; a fall of timber;
cup; chalice; quaffing-bowl; (arch.) section, plan, slope; division;
(astron.) Crater; calice; cup; (theol.) wine; cutting (at cards).
_La — des cheveux_; hair-cutting. _La — des pierres_; stone-cutting.
_Mettre en —_; to mark for cutting. _— réglée_; annual cutting; regular
contribution. _La — d’un bois taillis se fait tous les neuf ans_; coppice
wood is felled every ninth year. _Mettre en —_; to cut down periodically
(of forests); (fig.) to lay under regular contribution. _Il a la —
malheureuse_; he has a very unlucky hand at cutting. _Être sous la — de
quelqu’un_; to play first (at cards); (fig.) to be in anyone’s power.
_Boire la — jusqu’à la lie_; to drink the cup of bitterness to the dregs.
_Il y a loin de la — aux lèvres_; there’s many a slip between the cup
and the lips. _— d’un ouvrage_; division of a work into parts. _La — et
liaison des scènes_; the division and connection of the scenes. _La — des
vers_; the division of the verses. _Boire dans une —_; to drink out of a
cup.
=coupé=, _n.m._, coupee (step in dancing); brougham; front part of a
French diligence. _— lit_; sleeping car.
=coupé=, =-e=, _part._, cut, short, laconic. _Un pays —_; a country
intersected with rivers, canals, &c. _Un style —_; a laconic style. _Du
lait —_; milk and water. _Du vin — d’eau_; wine and water.
=coupe-asperges=, _n.m._, (_—_) (hort.) asparagus-knife.
☉=coupeau=, _n.m._, top of a hill; cop.
=coupe-bourgeons=, _n.m._, (_plur._ _—_) vine-grub.
=coupe-cercle=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) round-punch (for cutting out pasteboard).
=coupe-cors=, _n.m._, (_—_) corn-cutter.
=coupe-fils=, _n.m._, pliers.
=coupe-gorge=, _n.m._, (_—_) cut-throat place; nest of swindlers; the
dealer turning up his own card first (lansquenet).
=coupe-jarret=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) cut-throat, assassin, ruffian.
=coupe-légumes=, _n.m._, (_plur._ _—_) vegetable-cutter.
=coupellation= (-pel-la-), _n.f._, (chem.) cupellation; testing (metal.).
=coupelle=, _n.f._, cupel. _Argent de —_; purest silver. _Essai à la —_;
cupellation. _Mettre à la —_; to submit to cupellation; to put to the
test.
=coupeller=, _v.a._, to test (metals).
*=coupe-paille=, _n.m._, (_—_) chaff-cutter.
=coupe-pâte=, _n.m._, (_—_) dough-knife.
=couper=, _v.a._, to cut; to cut off, to dock, to lop, to strike off; to
cut down; to cut out; to clip, to pare, to cut away, to geld; to cross,
to get before; to dilute (milk, wine, with water); (milit.) to intercept;
to divide, to intersect, to interrupt; to hinder; to impede, to get
before; to strike; to geld; to cut up, to carve; to amputate; to chop.
_— menu_; to mince. _— un habit_; to cut out a coat. _— par tranches_;
to slice, to cut into slices. _Les sanglots lui coupent la voix_; her
sobs stifle her utterance. _— la bourse à quelqu’un_; to pick any one’s
pocket. _— le cours d’une rivière_; to interrupt the course of a river.
_— les vivres à une armée_; to intercept the provisions of an army. _— la
parole à quelqu’un_; to interrupt any one. _Pour — court_; to be brief,
in short. _— le chemin à quelqu’un_; to stop anyone’s way. _— la ligne_;
(milit.) to break through the line. _— le sifflet à quelqu’un_; (pop.)
to cut anyone’s throat. _— les vivres à quelqu’un_; to stop anyone’s
allowance. _— un cheveu en quatre_; to split hairs. _— le câble_; to take
the decisive step. _— l’herbe sous le pied_; (fig.) to supplant anyone;
to lay by the heels. _— bras et jambes_; (fig.) to dumfound. _— chemin
à un incendie_, _à un maladie_; to stop the progress of a fire, of a
disease.
_se_ =couper=, _v.r._, to cut oneself; to be chafed; to cut; to wear out;
to burst; to crack; to intersect, to intersect one another; to cross; to
contradict oneself, to falter, to equivocate. _Se — la gorge_; to cut
one’s throat. _Se — la main_; to cut one’s hand. _Ce cuire s’est coupé_;
this leather has burst.
=couper=, _v.n._, to cut, to cut in (at cards); to chop. _À qui à —?_
whose cut is it? _— dans le vif_; to cut to the quick. _— court à
quelqu’un_; to cut any one short. _— par le plus court_; to take the
shortest way.
=coupe-racines=, _n.m._, (_plur._ _—_) (agri.) root-cutter.
=couperet= (koo-prè), _n.m._, chopper, enameler’s file.
=couperose= (koo-prôz), _n.f._, copperas; (med.) stone-pock. _— verte_;
green vitriol. _— blanche_; white vitriol. _— bleue_; blue vitriol.
=couperosé=, =-e= (koo-prô-zé), _adj._, blotched, pimpled.
=coupe-tête=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) leap-frog.
=coupeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, cutter; player (lansquenet). _— de
bourses_; pickpocket, cut-purse.
=coupeur d’eau=, _n.m._, (orni.) cut-water.
=couplage=, _n.m._, coupling; one of the sixteen parts composing a float
of wood; pair of boats.
=couple=, _n.f._, couple (two things of the same kind); (of game)
brace. _Une — de bœufs_; a yoke of oxen. _Une — de perdrix_; a brace of
partridges.
=couple=, _n.m._, couple (two beings acting in concert); pair (of
animals, male and female); (nav.) frame. _C’est un — bien assorti_; they
are a well-matched couple. _Un — de chevaux_; a pair of horses. _Maître
—_; midship-frame. _—s de remplissage_; (nav.) filling timber. _— de
balancement_; balance timbers. _Par —s_; in pairs.
=coupler=, _v.a._, to couple, to link.
=couplet=, _n.m._, couplet, verse; song; tirade; hinge.
=coupleter=, _v.a._, to write a song.
☉=coupletier=, _n.m._, song writer.
=coupoir=, _n.m._, cutter (sharp instrument); blade; knife; (print.)
lead-cutter; (foundry) dressing-bench.
=coupole=, _n.f._, spherical vault; cupola.
=coupon=, _n.m._, remnant; coupon, dividend warrant, cheque; (com.) part
(of shares); (theat.) ticket.
=coupure=, _n.f._, cutting; cut, slit, incision; suppression, erasion;
(milit.) entrenchment, ditch behind a breach; (banking term) small note,
bond, coupon. _J’ai une — au doigt_; I have a cut on my finger.
=cour=, _n.f._, court (of a prince); court (of justice); love-suit,
courtship; yard, court, courtyard. _Basse-—_; (_—s-—s_) back-yard,
poultry-yard. _— d’entrée_; entrance-court, front-court. _— de derrière_;
back-court. _— de récréation_; play-ground. _Les gens de la —_;
courtiers. _Eau bénite de —_; empty promises. _C’est la — du roi Pétaud_;
it is Bedlam broken loose. _Faire la — à une dame_; to court a lady.
_Faire un doigt de —_; to show some attention to. _Mettre hors de —_; to
nonsuit.
=courable=, _adj._, (hunt.) that may be hunted.
=courage=, _n.m._, courage, daring; spirit, mettle, fearlessness;
fortitude, greatness of soul; heart, zeal; passion, temper. _Prendre —_;
to be of good heart, to pluck up courage. _Manquer de —_; to be wanting
in courage. _Perdre —_; to be discouraged. _Tenir_ or _prendre son — à
deux mains_; to summon up all one’s courage. _Je n’ai pas le — de le lui
refuser_; I have not the heart to refuse it him. _—!_ come! take courage!
cheer up!
=courageusement= (-jeûz-mān), _adv._, courageously, bravely, valiantly,
gallantly, fearlessly, resolutely.
=courageu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, courageous, daring, gallant, valiant, brave,
fearless.
=couramment= (koo-ra-mān), _adv._, fluently, readily, off-hand. _Il lit
—_; he reads fluently.
=courant=, =-e=, _adj._, current, running, present; ordinary; fair,
middling (of goods); lineal (of measures). _Le mois —_; the present
month. _Monnaie —e_; current coin. _Le prix —_; the current price.
_Compte —_; account current. _Ecriture —e_; running-hand.
=courant=, _n.m._, current, stream, tide; course, routine; present price;
present month, instant. _Le — du marché_; the market price. _Le — des
affaires_; the course of affairs. _Être au — des nouvelles_; to know
the news of the day. _Tenir quelqu’un au — de_; (com.) to keep any one
constantly advised of. _Se mettre au — de_; to acquaint one’s self with.
_Fin —_; (com.) at the end of the present month. _En —_; cursorily, in
haste. _Je vous tiendrai au —_; I’ll let you know; I’ll keep you informed.
=courante=, _n.f._, courant (a kind of dance); running-hand (of writing);
(l.ex.) looseness, relaxation.
=courbage=, _n.m._, bending, curving.
*=courbaril=, _n.m._, locust-tree. _Bois de —_; locust-wood.
=courbatu=, =-e=, _adj._, (vet.) foundered; knocked up; stiff in the
joints; (med.) affected with lumbago. _Je me sens tout —_; I feel stiff
and bruised all over.
=courbature=, _n.f._, (vet.) foundering, lameness; (med.) stiffness in
the back and limbs, lumbago.
=courbaturer=, _v.a._, to knock up; to make any one feel stiff all over.
_Se —_; to knock oneself up; to get knocked up.
=courbe=, _adj._, curved, bent, crooked.
=courbe=, _n.f._, curve (nav., carp.) knee; (vet.) curb; turn (in a road).
=courbement=, _n.m._, bending.
☉=courbément=, _adv._, curvedly, crookedly.
=courber=, _v.a._, to bend, to warp, to make crooked, to curve, to
incurvate; (tech.) to sag, to bow down, to weigh down. _Courbé de
vieillesse_; bent with age. _Se tenir courbé_; to stoop.
_se_ =courber=, _v.r._, to bend, to bow; to stoop; to bow down.
=courber=, _v.n._, to bow, to bend.
=courbet=, _n.m._, bill-hook; bow of a pack-saddle.
=courbette=, _n.f._, (man.) curvet; cringing, bowing and scraping. _Il
fait des —s_; he bows and scrapes and cringes.
=courbetter=, _v.n._, (man.) to curvet.
=courbure=, _n.f._, curve, curvature, bending, curvation, bend; (tech.)
sagging.
*=courcailler=, _v.n._, to cry like a quail.
*=courcaillet=, _n.m._, cry of the quail; quail-pipe.
=courcive=, _n.f._ _V._ =coursive=.
=courçon=, _n.m._, (artil.) iron hoop, band.
=coureau=, _n.m._, strait, channel; yawl.
=courée=, _n.f._, _or_ =courai=, _n.m._, (nav.) stuff to pay a ship’s
bottom, grading.
=coureur=, _n.m._, runner, racer; courser, hunter; light-porter; running
footman; groom; gadder; rambler, rover, stroller; inconstant lover; rake,
libertine; (milit.) skirmisher; scout. _— de sermons_; sermon hunter.
_— de nuit_; man who keeps late hours. _— de cachets_; visiting tutor,
master.
=coureuse=, _n.f._, gadder, street-walker. _— de cachets_; visiting or
daily governess.
=coure-vite= _or_ =court-vite=, _n.m._, (_—_) (orni.) courser.
=courge=, _n.f._, gourd, pumpkin; yoke (to carry pails). _— à la moelle_;
squash.
=courir= (courant, couru), _v.n._, to run; to hasten; to hunt, to run
after; to ramble, to gad abroad, to run about, to rove, to run up and
down; to flow, to stream; to run on; to run along, to extend, to stretch;
to prevail, to be prevalent, to be about, abroad; to go round; to be
current, to circulate, to be reported; (nav.) to sail. _— à toutes
jambes_; to run as fast as possible; at the top of one’s speed. _— à
bride abattue_; to ride full gallop. _— après_; to run after. _Devancer
en courant_; to outrun. _— çà et là_; to run about, up and down; to gad
about. _L’année qui court_; the present year. _Au temps_, _par le temps_,
_qui court_; as times go nowadays. _La monnaie qui court_; current money.
_La mode qui court_; the prevailing fashion. _Le bruit court qu’il est
mort_; there is a report that he is dead. _Il court bien des maladies_;
there is much illness about. _— à l’autre bord_; (nav.) to stand upon
the other tack. _— au large_; to stand off. _— à sa perte_; to hasten to
one’s ruin. _— à l’hôpital_; to be ruining one’s self. _— aux armes_; to
fly to arms. _— sur le marché de quelqu’un_; to outbid any one. _— à sa
fin_; to draw to an end. _Faire — des bruits_; to spread reports. _Faire
— une santé_; to make a toast go round.
=courir=, _v.a._, to run after, to pursue; to travel over; to hunt;
to frequent; to infest; to expose one’s self, to run, to take. _— les
rues_; to run about the streets. _— la pretantaine_; to gad about. _— les
bals_, _les théâtres_; to frequent balls, theatres. _— le pays_; to rove,
to stroll about. _— le monde_; to travel. _Être fou à — les rues_ or
_les champs_; to be as mad as a March hare. _— la poste_; to do a thing
precipitately. _— sa vingtième année_; to be in one’s twentieth year.
_— le plat pays_, _la mer_; to be a pirate. _— le même lièvre_; to be
engaged in the same pursuit. _— même fortune_; to be in the same boat.
=courlieu= _or_ =courlis=, _n.m._, (orni.) curlew.
=couronne=, _n.f._, crown, coronet; wreath; (anat., arch., astron.,
conch., hort., hunt.) crown; crown (of the teeth); crown (a coin);
(vet.) coronet; (fort.) crown work; (of paper) large foolscap; (of a
lamp) chimney-holder. _— civique_; civic crown. _— d’épines_; crown of
thorns. _La — du martyre_; the crown of martyrdom. _Décerner une —_; to
award a wreath. _— impériale_; (bot.) crown-imperial. _— de pieu_; head
of a stake. _— des blés_; rose-campion. _Domaine de la —_; crown-lands.
_C’est le plus beau fleuron de sa —_; it is the brightest jewel in his
crown. _Traiter de — à —_; to treat as from sovereign to sovereign. _—
matrimoniale_; (hist. of Scotland) matrimonial crown.
=couronné=, =-e=, _part._, crowned, capped; encompassed; (vet.)
broken-kneed; (arch.). _Arbre —_; tree the top of which is withering.
_Cheval —_; broken-kneed horse.
=couronnement= (koo-ro-n-mān), _n.m._, crowning, coronation; completion;
crowning, coping (of walls); cap (of blocks); (nav.) taffrail of a ship.
=couronner=, _v.a._, to crown; to decree a crown; to award a prize; to
wreath; (arch.) to cap. _— de fleurs_; to crown with flowers. _La fin
couronne l’œuvre_; all’s well that ends well.
_se_ =couronner=, _v.r._, to be crowned, to wear a crown; to begin to
wither at the top (of trees); to be broken-kneed, to come down (of a
horse).
=couronnure=, _n.f._, crown (on a stag’s head).
=courre=, _n.m._, (hunt.) starting-place; hunting _or_ coursing country.
=courre=, _v.a._, (hunt.) to run; to hunt. _Laisser —_; to slip the
hounds.
=courrier=, _n.m._, courier, post, post-boy; messenger. _— de la malle_;
mail-cart driver. _Jour de —_; post-day. _Par le — de ce jour_; by
to-day’s post. _Par le retour du_ or _par retour de —_; by return of
post. _L’heure du —_; post-time. _Faire son —_; to write one’s letters.
_Lire_ or _dépouiller son —_; to read one’s letters.
=courrière=, _n.f._, (l.u.) wanderer; forerunner, harbinger; messenger.
=courroi=, _n.m._, roller, tenter (used by dyers).
=courroie=, _n.f._, strap, thong; belt, band. _Allonger la —_; to make
the most of one’s money. _Serrer la — à quelqu’un_; to curtail any one’s
allowance. _Lâcher la —_; to give rein, to give rope.
=courroucer=, _v.a._, to provoke to anger, to incense; to irritate.
_Flots courroucés_; angry waves.
_se_ =courroucer=, _v.r._, to become angry.
=courroux=, _n.m._, wrath, anger, rage. _Être en —_; to be angry.
=courroyage=, _n.m._, tentering.
=courroyer=, _v.a._, to tenter, to stretch stuffs just dyed.
=courroyeur=, _n.m._, one who stretches stuffs just dyed.
=cours=, _n.m._, course, stream, current, running, vent, scope; public
drive; vogue; currency (of coin); progress; continuation; term, space;
lectures, course of lectures; (com.) market price; (nav.) voyage. _Donner
un libre — à sa fureur_; to give full vent to one’s anger. _Le — du
soleil est d’orient en occident_; the course of the sun is from east to
west. _Ce bruit a eu —_; the rumor was current. _Donner — à_; to give
currency to. _Salle de —_; lecture-room. _Faire un —_; to give a course
of lectures. _Suivre un —_; to attend a course of lectures. _Ce jeune
homme a fini ses —_; this young man has finished his studies. _— d’eau_;
stream; watercourse. _— de ventre_; looseness of the bowels. _Avoir son
—_; to take its course (of a disease). _— légal_; legal tender. _Dernier
—_; closing price. _Premier —_; opening price. _Obtenir le —_; (com.)
to command a price. _Voyage de long —_; ocean travel; voyage to foreign
parts.
=course=, _n.f._, race, running; run; career; tilt; coursing, hunting,
chase; cruise, cruising, incursion, privateering; journey, walk;
excursion, jaunt; round, call, errand; tour; fare; course; (nav.) cruise;
length of the stroke (of a piece of machinery). _Il est léger à la —_; he
is a swift runner. _Surpasser à la —_; to outrun. _— de bague_; running
at the ring. _— de chevaux_; horse-race. _Champ de —_; race-course. _—
au clocher_; steeple-chase. _Une — à pied_; a foot-race. _— de chars_;
chariot-race. _— de haies_; hurdle-race. _Aller en —_; to go upon a
cruise. _Vaisseau armé en —_; ship armed for cruising, privateer. _Être
en —_; to be out. _Faire des —s_; to go on errands, to pay calls. _Faire
une — à cheval_; to take a ride. _Faire une — à pied_; to walk out on
foot. _Prendre un fiacre à la —_; to take a hackney coach by the drive.
_Lutte à la —_; foot-match.
=coursier=, _n.m._, charger, steed; (nav.) bow, bow-chase; float-board.
=coursive=, _n.f._, (nav.) waist; passage; half-deck.
=courson=, _n.m._, shoot cut down to three or four eyes; vine-shoot.
=court=, =-e=, _adj._, short; scanty; brief, concise, curt, succinct;
narrow; limited. _Être — d’argent_; to be short of money. _Avoir la vue
—e_; to be near-sighted. _Il est revenu avec sa —e honte_; he came back
unsuccessful. _Il veut la faire —e et bonne_; he wishes to have a short
but a merry life.
=court=, _n.m._, the shortest way. _Savoir le — et le long d’une
affaire_; to know the long and the short of an affair. _Prendre le plus
—_; to take the shortest way.
=court=, _adv._, short. _S’arrêter tout —_; to stop short. _Tourner —_;
to turn short. _Pour le faire —_; to be short. _Couper — à quelqu’un_;
to cut any one short. _Demeurer tout —_; to stop short. _Tenir quelqu’un
de —_; to keep anyone under. _Tout —_; only that, and no more. _À — de_;
short of.
=courtage=, _n.m._, (com.) business of a broker; brokerage, commission.
_— de change_; bill-brokerage. _Faire le —_; to carry on the business of
a broker.
=courtaud=, =-e=, _adj._, thick-set, dumpy; docked, crop-eared (of dogs,
horses). _Etriller quelqu’un en chien —_; to give any one a good licking.
=courtaud=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, short, thick-set person. _— de
boutique_; shop drudge, counter-jumper. [In the latter sense, _courtaud_
is not used in the feminine.]
=courtauder=, _v.a._, to dock, to crop (horses, &c.).
*=court-bouillon=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) a wine sauce to boil fish in.
=court-bouton=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) peg (of a plow).
=courte-botte=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) shrimp of a fellow.
=courte-boule=, _n.f._, short bowls.
=courte-haleine=, _n.f._, shortness of breath, asthma.
=courtement=, _adv._, (l.u.) shortly, briefly.
*=courte-paille=, _n.f._, cut (wisp of straw). _Tirer à la —_; to draw
cuts, lots.
=courtepointe=, _n.f._, counterpane, quilt.
=courtepointier= (-tié), _n.m._, quilt-maker.
=courter=, _v.a._, to buy and sell as a broker, to act as a commission
agent.
=courtier= (-tié), _n.m._, broker; agent. _— de change_; bill-broker,
money-broker. _— non breveté_, _— marron_; unlicensed broker. _—
maritime_; ship-broker. _— pour les denrées coloniales_; colonial broker.
_— d’assurances_, _dictions_; insurance, share, broker. _— pour les
sucres_; sugar-broker. _— de mariage_; matrimonial agent. _— electoral_;
electioneering agent; canvasser.
=courtière=, _n.f._, matrimonial agent, go-between.
=courtil=, _n.m._, croft (small field).
=courtilière=, _n.f._, mole-cricket.
*=courtille=, _n.f._, tea-gardens.
=courtine=, _n.f._, (fort.) curtain.
=courtisan=, _n.m._, courtier.
=courtisane=, _n.f._, courtesan.
=courtisanerie=, _n.f._, court flattery; toadyism.
=courtisanesque=, _adj._, courtier-like.
=courtiser=, _v.a._, to court, to pay court to, to woo, to flatter. _—
une femme_; to make love to a woman.
=court-jointé=, =-e=, _adj._, (_—-—s_) short-jointed.
=court-mancher=, _v.a._, (cook.) to skewer.
=court-monté=, =-e=, _adj._, low-backed (of horses).
=courtois=, =-e=, _adj._, courteous, polite, well-bred. _Armes —es_;
blunt arms.
=courtoisement= (-toaz-mān), _adv._, in a courteous manner, courteously.
=courtoisie=, _n.f._, courteousness, courtesy, kindness, good turn.
_à_ =courts jours=, _adv._, having a few days to run (of bills). _Lettre
de change à —_; bill which has but a few days to run.
=court-vêtu=, =-e=, _adj._, (_—-—s_) in short petticoats.
=court-vite=, _n.m._, (_—_). _V._ =coure-vite=.
=couscous=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) couscous (Arabian dish).
=couseuse=, _n.f._, sewer, stitcher (of books).
=cousin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, cousin; friend, crony. _— germain_; first
cousin, cousin german. _— au troisième degré_; third cousin.
=cousin=, _n.m._, (ent.) gnat.
=cousinage=, _n.m._, relationship of cousins, relation, kindred.
=cousiner=, _v.a._, to call cousin.
_se_ =cousiner=, _v.r._, to call one another cousin.
=cousiner=, _v.n._, to spunge, to live on others, to be friends, cronies.
=cousinerie= (koo-zi-n-rî), _n.f._, host of cousins.
=cousinière=, _n.f._, gnat-veil, mosquito-net.
=cousoir=, _n.m._, (book-bind.) sewing-press.
=coussin=, _n.m._, cushion, hassock; pad; (min., surg.) bolster. _— de
mire_; bed of a cannon.
=coussinet=, _n.m._, small cushion; pad; iron wedge; (surg.) bolster;
(arch.) cushion; (railways) chair; pillion (of saddles); (bot.)
whortleberry; cranberry.
=cousu=, =-e=, _part._, sewed, stitched; seamed; closed. _Ses finesses
sont cousues de fil blanc_; his tricks are very shallow. _Bouche cousue_;
mum’s the word. _Être — d’argent_; to be rolling in money.
=coût=, _n.m._, (jur.) cost, charge; price, expense.
=coûtant=, _adj._, of the cost. _Prix —_; prime cost.
=couteau=, _n.m._, knife; ☉short sword, dagger. _— à découper_, _— à
dépecer_; carving-knife. _A —x tirés_; at daggers drawn. _— pliant_;
clasp-knife. _— à ressort_; spring-knife. _— à deux tranchants_;
two-edged knife. _Planche à —x_; knife-board. _Donner un coup de — à
quelqu’un_; to stab anyone with a knife. _Aiguiser ses —x_; to prepare
for the engagement. _— poignard_; dagger-knife. _Ils en sont à —x tirés_;
they are at daggers drawn.
=coutelas= (koo-tlâ), _n.m._, cutlass.
=coutelier=, _n.m._, cutler.
=coutelière=, _n.f._, knife-case; cutler’s wife.
=coutellerie= (koo-tèl-rî), _n.f._, cutler’s shop; cutlery, cutler’s ware.
=coûter=, _v.n._, to cost; to stand in; to be expensive; to be painful,
troublesome, mortifying; to be an effort, a trial. _Il lui en coûte
beaucoup de dire cela_; it is very painful to him to say that. _L’argent
ne lui coûte rien_; he knows not the value of money. _Que coûte-t-il
de souhaiter?_ there is nothing so easy as wishing. _Tout lui coûte_;
everything is an effort to him. _Coûte que coûte_; come what may, at any
price. _Rien ne lui coûte_; he spares no trouble; he sticks at nothing.
=coûter=, _v.a._, to cost. _Cela lui coûta la vie_; that cost her her
life, or him his life.
=coûteusement=, _adv._, expensively.
=coûteu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, expensive, costly.
=coutier= (-tié), _n.m._, tick-maker.
=coutil= (koo-ti), _n.m._, ticking, duck. _Fil de —_; drill.
=coutre=, _n.m._, plow-share, coulter; (nav.) cutter.
=coutrier=, _n.m._, subsoil-plow.
=coutume=, _n.f._, custom; habit; practice, usage; ☉tax; collection of
customs. _Selon ma —_; according to my custom. _Comme de —_; as usual.
_Avoir — de_; to be accustomed to. _Une fois n’est pas —_; once does not
constitute a habit; one swallow does not make a summer.
=coutumi-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, common, ordinary, customary; accustomed,
used; wonted, habitual. _Pays —_; country governed by common law. _Il
est — du fait_; it is not the first time he has done it; he is an old
offender, an old hand.
☉=coutumier=, _n.m._, customary (book of common law).
=couture=, _n.f._, seam; sewing, stitching; scar. _Rabattre les —s_;
to flatten the seams. _Ils ont été battus à plate —_; they were beaten
hollow. _— ouverte_; (nav.) open seam.
=couturer=, _v.a._, to seam. _Il a le visage couturé_; his face is
seamed, scarred.
=couturier=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, (anat.) sartorious muscle; tailor’s
muscle; sempster, sewer; ladies’ tailor.
=couturière=, _n.f._, dressmaker, seamstress, needle-woman.
=couvage=, _n.m._, brooding, sitting.
=couvain=, _n.m._, eggs of bees, _or_ of bugs; breeding-cells, etc.
=couvaison=, _n.f._, brooding-time, sitting.
=couvée=, _n.f._, nest of eggs; brood, covey; (b.s.) generation, progeny.
_D’une —_; at one brood.
=couvent=, _n.m._, convent, monastery, nunnery.
=couver=, _v.a._, to sit on, to hatch; to brood on, to incubate, to
brood, to brew. _— quelqu’un des yeux_; to look tenderly at anyone; to
devour with one’s eyes; to gloat over. _— de mauvais desseins_; to brew
evil designs. _— une maladie_; to be sickening for an illness.
_se_ =couver=, _v.r._, to brood, to sit, to lie hid, to hatch.
=couver=, _v.n._, to brood, to sit, to lie hid; to lurk; to smolder; to
prepare secretly.
=couvercle=, _n.m._, cover, lid; (tech.) cap, shutter.
=couverseau=, _n.m._, drum-cover (of a mill).
=couvert=, _n.m._, dinner things; breakfast things; cover (plate, spoon,
knife, and fork); case (containing a spoon, knife, and fork); shelter;
covert, shady place, thicket; cover, wrapper. _Mettre le —_; to lay the
cloth. _Ôter le —_; to remove the cloth, to clear the table. _Donner le —
à quelqu’un_; to shelter anyone. _Table de dix —s_; table laid for ten.
_Un — de plus_; another knife and fork.
=couvert=, =-e=, _part._, covered; (fort.) covered, hid, hidden, secret;
close, concealed; cloudy, overcast (of the weather); obscure, ambiguous
(of words); clad, deep-colored (of wine). _— de plaies_; covered with
sores. _Il est toujours ben —_; he is always well clothed. _Mots —s_;
ambiguous words. _À mots —s_; in innuendoes. _Pays —_; woody country.
_Chemin —_; (fort.) covert-way. _Lieu —_; shady place. _Temps —_; cloudy
weather. _À —_; under cover; sheltered, secure. _Se mettre à —_; to
shelter one’s self. _Être à —_; have good security, to be safe.
=couverte=, _n.f._, glaze, glazing.
☉=couvertement=, _adv._, covertly, secretly.
=couverture=, _n.f._, cover (of a book); wrapper; coverlet, counterpane,
quilt, bed-clothes; blanketing; rug, cloak, blind; (com.) guaranty,
security. _— de laine_; blanket. _— de cheval_; horse-cloth. _— piquée_;
quilt. _— de selle_; saddle-cloth. _Faire la —_; to turn down the bed.
=couverturier=, _n.m._, blanket-maker.
=couvet=, _n.m._, earthenware foot-stove.
=couveuse=, _n.f._, brooding-hen.
=couvi=, _adj._, addle, addled. _Œuf —_; rotten egg.
=couvoir=, _n.m._, incubator.
=couvre-chef=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) covering for the head, headgear,
head-dress, kerchief.
=couvre-feu=, _n.m._, (_—_) curfew, curfew-bell; fire-cover, fire-plate.
=couvre-lumière=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) (artil.) apron.
=couvre-pieds=, _n.m._, (_—_) foot-coverlet.
=couvre-plat=, _n.m._, (_—-—s_) dish-cover.
=couvreur=, _n.m._, tiler, slater. _— en ardoise_; slater. _— en chaume_;
thatcher. _— en tuiles_; tiler.
=couvrir=, (couvrant couvert), _v.a._, to cover; to envelop; to wrap up;
to muffle up; (com., milit.) to cover; (of horse) to serve, to leap; to
excuse, to palliate; to defray (expenses); to overflow, to overspread; to
overrun; to protect; to copulate; to cloak, to keep secret, to disguise.
_— un toit_; to roof. _— de honte_; to load with shame. _— sa faute_; to
palliate one’s fault. _Un bon général doit savoir — sa marche_; a good
general should know how to conceal his march.
_se_ =couvrir=, _v.r._, to cover oneself, to put on one’s hat, to be
covered; to cover _or_ defend oneself; to conceal oneself; to get
under cover; to be overcast (of the weather); to reimburse oneself.
_Couvrez-vous_; put your hat on. _Le temps se couvre_; the weather is
becoming overcast.
=covenant= (kov-nān), _n.m._, covenant.
=covenantaire=, _n.m._, covenanter.
=covendeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, joint-vendor.
=cowpox=, _n.m._, cow-pox.
=coxal=, _adj._, (anat.) of the hip, coxal, iliac.
=crabe=, _n.m._, crab.
=crabier=, _n.m._, crab-eater.
=crac=, _int._, creaking noise, crack, pop! _—! le voilà parti_; he was
off in the twinkling of an eye! or before you could say Jack Robinson!
_Monsieur de —_; Baron Munchausen.
=crachat=, _n.m._, spittle, expectoration; slight materials (of
buildings); star, grand cross.
=crachement= (krash-mān), _n.m._, spitting. _— de sang_; spitting of
blood.
=craché=, =-e=, _part._ _adj._ _Tout —_, _toute —e_; the very image of;
the dead spit of.
=cracher=, _v.a._, to spit, to spit out, to utter, to come out with;
to come down with, to fork out (money). _— du coton_; (pop.) to have a
thirst on.
=cracher=, _v.n._, to spit, to sputter (of speech, of pens). _— au
bassin_; to contribute. _— au nez_, _au visage_, _de quelqu’un_; to spit
in anyone’s face. _— en l’air_; to be hoist with one’s own petard. _C’est
à — dessus_; it is a mean, despicable thing.
=cracheu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, spitter.
=crachoir=, _n.m._, spittoon.
=crachotement=, _n.m._, frequent spitting.
=crachoter=, _v.n._, to spit often.
=craie=, _n.f._, chalk. _Marquer avec de la —_; to chalk.
=craïer=, _n.m._, (nav.) pole-masted vessel.
=craillement=, _n.m._, cawing (of crows).
=crailler=, _v.n._, to caw.
=craindre= (craignant, craint), _v.a._, to fear, to apprehend; to be
afraid of, to dread, to stand in awe _or_ fear of; to be afraid; to
dislike; to be unable to bear. _Il craint d’être découvert_; he is afraid
of being discovered. _Il craint que sa femme ne meure_; he fears his wife
will die. _Je ne crains pas de le dire_; I do not hesitate to say so.
_Ces arbres craignent le froid_; these trees dread the cold. _Se faire
— de quelqu’un_; to be held in dread by anyone. _À —_; to be feared;
dangerous; to be avoided.
=crainte=, _n.f._, fear, dread, awe, apprehension. _Retenir quelqu’un par
la —_; to keep any one in awe. _Sans —_; fearlessly. _Avec —_; fearfully,
in terror, in dread. _— de_, _de — de_; for fear of. _De — que_; for
fear of; for fear that, lest. _De — d’être surpris_; for fear of being
surprised. _De — qu’il ne le fasse_; lest he should do it.
=crainti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, fearful, apprehensive, timid, timorous,
cowardly.
=craintivement=, _adv._, fearfully, timorously.
*=cramailler=, _n.m._, (horl.) notch-wheel.
=crambe= _or_ =crambé=, _n.m._, (bot.) colza, sea kale.
=cramoisi=, _n.m._, crimson.
=cramoisi=, =-e=, _adj._, crimson; red, scarlet.
=crampe=, _n.f._, cramp; cramp-fish, numb-fish; (nav.) cramp-iron; hook
of a block. _Avoir des —s d’estomac_; griping; cramping. _Tirer sa —_;
(pop.) to bolt, to run away.
=crampon=, _n.m._, (bot.) fulcrum, prop; (farriery) calkin; (hort.)
climbing-spur; (mach.) click; cramp-iron, cramp-hook; hold-fast;
grappling iron; brace. _— de fer à cheval_; frost-nails of a horseshoe.
=cramponné=, =-e=, _part._, clinging to; (her.) having half a potence at
both ends, cramponee; (farriery) with calkins.
=cramponner=, _v.a._, to cramp, to fasten with a cramp-iron. _— un
cheval_; to shoe a horse with frost-nails, calkins.
_se_ =cramponner=, _v.r._, to cling, to hold fast, to fasten to anything;
to cling like grim death to.
=cramponnet=, _n.m._, little cramp-iron, tack, loop. _— de targette_;
lock staple.
=cran=, _n.m._, notch; cog; (bot.) scurvy-grass, cochlearia,
horse-radish; (print.) nick; (vet.) notch, ridge. _D’un —_; by a notch.
_Baisser d’un —_; to take a peg lower. _Monter d’un —_; to rise a peg
higher.
=crâne=, _n.m._, skull, brain-pan, cranium; (pop.) madcap, swaggerer,
blusterer. _adj._, bold, brave; famous, capital, spicy.
=crânement=, _adv._, swaggeringly; capitally, in style, famously,
fearlessly, unblushingly.
=crânerie= (crâ-n-rî), _n.f._, (pop.) swaggering, blustering, vaporing.
=crangon=, _n.m._, shrimp.
=craniologie= _or_ =cranologie=, _n.f._, craniology.
=craniologique=, _adj._, craniological.
=craniologiste=, _n.m._, craniologist.
=craniomètre=, _n.m._, craniometer.
=craniométrie=, _n.f._, craniometry.
=craniométrique=, _adj._, craniometrical.
=cranioscopie=, _n.f._, cranioscopy.
=cranologie=, _n.f._ _V._ =craniologie=.
=cranson=, _n.m._, scurvy-grass. _— rustique_; horse-radish.
=crapaud=, _n.m._, toad; urchin, brat, fellow; low-seat chair;
(artil.) mortar-carriage; (vet.) crepane, maltworm. _La bave d’un —_;
toad-spittle. _C’est un vilain —_; he is a mean, despicable fellow.
_Il est chargé d’argent comme un — de plumes_; all the money he has he
can put in his eye. _— de gouvernail_; (nav.) goose-neck. _— de mer_;
toad-fish; hog-fish. _— pécheur_; fishing frog. _— volant_; churn-owl. _—
de timon_; pole-end (of a carriage).
*=crapaudaille=, _n.f._, a gang of vagabonds, riff-raff. _V._
=crépodaille=.
=crapaudière=, _n.f._, toad-hole; (fig.) low, swampy place.
=crapaudine=, _n.f._, (min.) bufonite, toad-stone, wolf’s-tooth;
leaden grating; valve of an escape pipe; (vet.) crepane, crack; (bot.)
sideritis, iron-wort; (mec.) socket. _À la —_; cut open and broiled;
spatch-cocked.
=crapelet=, _n.m._, young toad; toadlet.
=crapone=, _n.f._, (horl.) square flat file.
=crapoussin=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, scrubby little man _or_ woman, dwarf,
bloated little shrimp.
=crapule=, _n.f._, low vulgar debauchery; intemperance; gluttony,
drunkenness; low, debauched people; blackguards.
=crapuler=, _v.n._, to live in vice, to fuddle or drink hard, to give
one’s self up to all sorts of low debauchery.
=crapuleusement=, _adv._, dissolutely.
=crapuleu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, drunken, intemperate, vulgar, debauched;
grossly vicious, dissolute.
=craque=, _n.f._, fib, humbug, fudge, bouncer. _int._, crack, bang.
=craquelé=, =-e=, _adj._, crackled, fissured (of china).
=craqueler=, _v.n._, to crack; to crackle (of china).
=craquelin= (kra-klin), _n.m._, cracknel.
=craquelot= (kra-klo), _n.m._, red-herring.
=craqueloti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère= (kra-klo-tièr), _n.f._, herring-curer.
=craquelure=, _n.f._, fissure, crack (in china).
=craquement= (krak-mān), _n.m._, crack, cracking noise, crunching;
crepitation, creaking, snapping (of trees, boughs). _Un — de dents_; a
chattering of the teeth.
=craquer=, _v.n._, to creak, to crunch, to crack, to crackle, to snap; to
chatter (of the teeth); to tell a lie, to boast, to draw the long bow.
_Faire — ses doigts_; to make one’s fingers snap.
=craquerie=, _n.f._, cracking, boasting, drawing the long bow, fiction,
story, fib, fudge.
=craquètement=, _n.m._, crackling; gabbling (of the stork and other
birds).
=craqueter= (kra-kté), _v.n._, to crackle, to crepitate; to gabble (of
some birds). _Le laurier craquète au feu_; laurel crackles in the fire.
=craquette=, _n.f._, notch (of a tailor); scum (on melted butter).
=craqueu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, noisy, boasting fellow; bouncer,
braggart.
=crase=, _n.f._, (gram.) crasis, contraction of two syllables into one;
(med.) crasis.
=crasiologie=, _n.f._, crasiology.
=crassane=, _n.f._, cresane (a sort of pear).
=crasse=, _n.f._, dirt, filth, scurf; squalor; niggardliness, stinginess;
coat of filth, layer of dirt; rusticity, bad manners; (of coals) ashes,
cinders. _— de la tête_; dandruff. _La — des métaux_; the dross, scum,
scale, of metals.
=crasse=, _adj._, gross, thick, coarse, crass. _Une ignorance —_; gross
or crass ignorance.
=crasser=, _v.a._, to foul, to dirty (of fire-arms).
_se_ =crasser=, _v.r._, to become foul (of fire-arms).
=crasseu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, dirty, filthy, nasty, squalid, rusty; sordid,
stingy, mean. _Cheveux —_; greasy hair.
=crasseu-x=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, sloven, slut; niggard, miser,
skinflint. _Un —_; a filthy fellow.
=crassule=, _n.f._, (bot.) crassula.
=cratère=, _n.m._, (geol.) crater; (antiq.) bowl, cup; (astron.) Crater,
Cup.
=craticulation=, _n.f._, (paint.) squaring.
=craticuler=, _v.a._, (paint.) to square. _V._ =graticuler=.
=cratirites=, _n.f.pl._, wild Grecian figs.
=craupécherot= _or_ =corbeau pêcheur=, _n.m._, (orni.) bald-buzzard,
osprey, fishing-eagle.
=cravache=, _n.f._, horsewhip, riding-whip.
=cravan=, _n.m._, (orni.) brent-barnacle, brand-goose, brent.
=cravate=, _n.f._, cravat, neck-tie, neckcloth, neckerchief; (of
curtains) band. _— d’un drapeau_; knot of a flagstaff. _— longue_; scarf.
=cravate=, _n.m._, Croat; Croatian horse. _Régiment de —s_; formerly
regiment of light cavalry; regiment of Croats. _adj._, Croatian. _Cheval
—_; Croatian horse.
=cravater=, _v.a._, to put any one’s neck-tie on for him; to go round the
neck; to fit.
_se_ =cravater=, _v.r._, to put on one’s neck-tie.
=crayère=, _n.f._, chalk-pit.
=crayeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, chalky.
=crayon=, _n.m._, chalk; pencil; pencil drawing, portrait in crayons;
description of a person, manner, style; sketch, rough-draft, outline.
_— noir_; blacklead-pencil. _— d’ardoise_; slate-pencil. _— de pastel_;
pastel, crayon. _Affûter un —_, _donner une pointe à un —_; to point a
pencil. _Au —_; in pencil.
=crayonner=, _v.a._, to draw with a pencil; to sketch rudely or
imperfectly; to sketch, to trace the outline, to chalk, to delineate; to
paint badly.
=crayonneur=, _n.m._, (b.s.) dauber.
=crayonneu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, chalky.
=cré=, _adj._, abbreviation of _sacré_.
=créadier=, _n.m._, sort of drag-net.
=créance=, _n.f._, credence, credit, trust, belief; debt, money owing;
influence; (hunt.) command. _Lettres de —_; letter of credence,
credentials. _Lettre de —_; letter of credit. _Donner — à une chose_; to
give credit to a thing. _Chien de bonne —_; dog well in hand. _Oiseau de
peu de —_; (hawking) bird that will not come back to its master.
=créanci-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, creditor; (jur.) covenantee,
obligee. _— hypothécaire_; mortgagee. _— importun_; dun.
=créat=, _n.m._, (man.) riding-master’s assistant.
=créateur=, _n.m._, creator, maker.
=créat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, creative, creating, inventive. _Il a le
génie —_; he has an inventive genius.
=créatine=, _n.f._, (chem.) creatine.
=création=, _n.f._, creation; production; foundation; establishment.
=créature=, _n.f._, creature; thing; dependant, tool.
☉=crébèbe=, _n.m._ _V._ =cubèbe=.
=crécelle=, _n.f._, rattle.
=crécerelle=, _n.f._, (orni.) kestrel, windhover.
=crèche=, _n.f._, crèche, manger, crib; day-nursery; foundling-hospital;
(arch.) starling.
=crédence=, _n.f._, credence, credence-table; buttery, pantry, safe.
=crédencier=, _n.m._, pantler, clerk of the buttery, buttery-keeper.
=crédibilité=, _n.f._, credibility.
=crédit=, _n.m._, credit; trust; authority, interest, influence,
patronage, sway, power; repute, esteem, name, vogue, favor, request.
_Lettre de —_; letter of credit. _Faire —_, _vendre_, _donner_, _à —_; to
credit, to give trust, to give credit. _Ouvrir un — à quelqu’un_; to open
an account with any one. _Il a bon —_; his credit is good. _Avoir — en
banque_; to have funds in the bank. _Faire — de la main à la bourse_; to
trust no farther than one can see. _— est mort_; old Trust is dead. _Cela
l’a mis en —_; that brought him into repute. _Être en grand —_; to be in
high repute. _À —_; on credit, on trust; to no purpose; gratuitously,
without proof, without ground, at random. _Avoir du —_; to have influence.
=créditer=, _v.a._, to trust; to enter upon the credit side (of an
account), to credit. _Être crédité sur une ville_; to have letters of
credit on a town.
=créditeur=, _n.m._, creditor.
=créditeur=, _adj._ _Compte —_; creditor’s account.
=credo=, _n.m._, (_—_) creed, belief.
=crédule=, _adj._, credulous, easy of belief.
=crédulement=, _adv._, with credulity, credulously.
=crédulité=, _n.f._, credulity.
=créer=, _v.a._, to create; to invent; to imagine; to produce; to beget;
to appoint; to establish. _— un chevalier_; to dub a knight. _— une
rente_; to invest funds for an annuity. _Se — des moyens_; to find means.
_Se — des ressources_; to find resources.
*=crémaillère=, _n.f._, hook, pot-hanger, pot-hook; (horl.) rack; (tech.)
rack, toothed rack. _La — d’une cric_; the rack of a screw-jack. _Chaise
à —_; spring-back chair. _Pendre la —_; to give a house-warming. _Aller
pendre la —_; to go to a house-warming.
*=crémaillon=, _n.m._, small pot-hook.
=crémaster=, _n._ and _adj._ _m._, (anat.) cremaster.
=crémation=, _n.f._, cremation.
=crème=, _n.f._, cream; the best part of a thing, the cream. _—
fouettée_; whipt cream. _Fromage à la —_; cream-cheese. _— de tartre_;
cream of tartar. _Pot à —_; cream-jug.
=crément=, _n.m._, (gram.) increase (of a word).
=crémer=, _v.n._, to cream, to gather cream.
=crémerie=, _n.f._, milk-shop, dairy.
=crémeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, creamy.
=crémi-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, milkman, milk-woman; dairy man or
woman. _f._, cream-jug, milk-jug.
*=crémillée=, _n.f._, ward (of a lock).
=crémone=, _n.m._, a Cremona violin.
=crémone=, _n.f._, window-fastening, spring.
=crénage=, _n.m._, (letter-founding) kerning.
=créné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) crenated, indented.
=créneau=, _n.m._, battlement; embrasure; loop-hole.
=crénelage=, _n.m._, (coin.) milling.
=crénelé=, =-e=, _part._ _adj._, (her.) embattled; loop-holed; indented,
notched; (of wheels) cogged; (of coins) milled; (bot.) denticulated,
crenated.
=créneler= (kré-n-lé), _v.a._, to embattle; to loop-hole; to indent, to
notch. _— une roue_; to tooth, to cog, a wheel. _— une pièce de monnaie_;
to mill a piece of money.
=crénelure= (kré-n-lur), _n.f._, crenelation; notching; (anat.)
indentation; (bot.) crenature; crenel.
=créner=, _v.a._, (type-founding) to kern.
=crénerie=, _n.f._, (type-founding) kerning.
=crénilabre=, _n.m._, (ich.) gold-finny.
=crénom=, _int._, by George! by Jove! hang it!
=crénon=, _n.m._, first splitting of a block of slate.
=crénulé=, =-e=, _adj._, notched, indentated; crenulate.
=crénure=, _n.f._, (print.) hole in the bar of a frame.
=créole=, _n.m.f._, Creole; West Indian.
=créosote=, _n.f._, (chem.) creosote.
=crêpage=, _n.f._, glossing of crape; crisping.
=crêpe=, _n.m._, crape; (fig.) vail. _Il porte un — à son chapeau_; he
wears a crape hat-band. _— crêpé_; crisped crape. _— lisse_; smooth crape.
=crêpe=, _n.f._, pancake.
=crêper=, _v.a._, to crisp, to crape, to frizzle. _Cheveux crêpés_;
frizzed hair.
=crépi=, _n.m._, rough-cast, parget.
_saint_-=crépin=, _n.m._, Saint Crispin; kit (of a journeyman shoemaker).
_Perdre son saint-—_; to lose one’s all.
=crépine=, _n.f._, fringe (woven on the top); caul covering the bowels of
sheep. _À —_; fringy.
=crépir=, _v.a._, to parget, to rough-cast, to plaster. _— le cuir_; to
work leather in grain, to pummel a hide on the flesh side. _— le crin_;
to crisp hair.
=crépissage=, _n.m._, (mas.) plastering, pargeting, rough-casting.
=crépissement=, _n.m._, pargeting, rough-casting; parget.
=crépissure=, _n.f._, pargeting, rough-casting.