Chapter C (4)

=clavé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) club-like.

=claveau=, _n.m._, rot, scab (of the sheep); (arch.) key or arch-stone.

=clavecin= (klav-sin), _n.m._, harpsichord.

=claveciniste=, _n.m.f._, harpsichord-player.

=clavelé=, =-e=, _adj._, (vet.) affected with rot.

=clavelée=, _n.f._, rot, scab.

=clavette=, _n.f._, (tech.) peg, cotter-pin; key, catch, latch.

=clavicule=, _n.f._, clavicle, collar-bone.

=claviculé=, =-e=, _adj._, (zoöl.) having a collar-bone.

=clavier=, _n.m._, key-board, key-frame; key-ring.

=claviforme=, _adj._, (bot.) clavate, club-shaped.

=clayer=, _n.m._, hurdle.

=clayère=, _n.f._, oyster-bed; breeding-ground.

=claymore=, _n.f._, claymore.

=clayon=, _n.m._, small hurdle, stand (for cheese).

=clayonnage=, _n.m._, wicker; basket-work.

=clef= (klé), _n.f._, key; plug (of cocks); (arch.) crown; fid (of masts); (nav.) hitch; (mus.) clef, tuning-key. _Un trousseau de —s_; a bunch of keys. _— de voûte_; keystone of a vault. _Fermer une porte à —_; to lock a door. _La grammaire est la — des sciences_; grammar is the key to the sciences. _Mettre la — sur la fosse_; to relinquish an inheritance. _Mettre la — sous la porte_; to run away from one’s creditors; to bolt. _La — est à la porte_; the key is in the door.

=clématite=, _n.f._, (bot.) clematis, climber.

=clémence=, _n.f._, clemency, mercy, forgiveness, leniency.

=clément=, =-e=, _adj._, clement, merciful, lenient; mild (of the weather).

=clémentines=, _n.f.pl._, Clementines (the constitutions of Clement the Fifth).

=clenche= _or_ =clenchette=, _n.f._, thumb-lift of a latch; (mus.) clef.

=clephte=, _n.m._, free Greek mountaineer.

=clepsydre=, _n.f._, clepsydra, water-clock.

=clerc= (klèr), _n.m._, clerk, clergyman; scholar. _Petit —_; junior clerk. _Maître —_; head-clerk. _Pas de —_; blunder. _Ce n’est pas un grand —_; he is no great scholar.

=clergé=, _n.m._, clergy.

=clérical=, =-e=, _adj._, clerical.

=cléricalement= (-kal-mān), _adv._, clerically.

=cléricalisme=, _n.m._, clericalism.

=cléricature=, _n.f._, clerkship, apprenticeship, articles; ministry, holy orders.

=cléristère=, _n.m._, (arch.) clearstory, clerestory.

=clic-clac=, _n.m._, cracking (of a whip).

=clichage=, _n.m._, stereotyping, casting.

=cliché=, _n.m._, stereotype plate; (photo.) negative; (sculp.) cast.

=clicher=, _v.a._, to stereotype.

=clicheur=, _n.m._, stereotyper.

=client=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, client (of lawyers); patient (of physicians); customer (of tradesmen).

=cliéntèle=, _n.f._, clients; practice (of physicians); (Rom. antiq.) protection, patronage, business; custom (of tradesmen); connection. _Se faire une —_; to form a connection.

=clifoire=, _n.f._, squirt (toy).

*=clignement=, _n.m._, winking, blinking, wink.

☉*=cligne-musette=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) hide and seek.

*=cligner=, _v.a._, to blink, to wink, to twinkle.

*=clignotant=, =-e=, _adj._, winking, blinking.

*=clignotement= (kli-gnot-mān), _n.m._, winking, twinkling, blinking.

*=clignoter=, _v.n._, to wink, to twinkle, to blink.

=climat=, _n.m._, climate, clime.

=climatérique=, _adj._, climacteric, climatic.

=climatérique=, _n.f._, climacteric, climatic. _La grande —_; the great climacteric.

=climax= (-maks), _n.m._, (l.u.) (rhet.) climax.

=clin=, _n.m._, wink (of an eye); (archit.) louvre-boarding; (nav.) clincher-work. _À —_; clincher-built. _Faire un — d’œil à quelqu’un_; to wink at any one. _En un — d’œil_; in the twinkling of an eye, in an instant, in a trice.

*=clincaille=, =clincaillerie=, =clincaillier=. _V._ =quincaille=, =quincaillerie=, =quincaillier=.

=clinique=, _adj._, clinic, clinical.

=clinique=, _n.f._, clinical surgery, clinical medicine, or lectures.

=clinquant=, _n.m._, tinsel; glitter; affectation; foil.

=clinquanter=, _v.a._, to cover with tinsel.

=clique=, _n.f._, set, coterie, party; clique. _Emporter ses —s et ses claques_; to pack bag and baggage, to be off.

=cliquet=, _n.m._, click; catch.

=cliqueter= (klik-té), _v.n._, to clack, to click.

=cliquetis= (klik-tî), _n.m._, clanking of arms, clash; clatter; rattling, jingle.

=cliquettes= (kli-kèt), _n.f.pl._, snappers, bones.

=clisse=, _n.f._, wicker-mat; (surg.) splint.

=clissé=, =-e=, _adj._, cased in wicker.

=clitoris= (-rî), _n.m._, (anat.) clitoris.

=clivage=, _n.m._, (min.) cleavage.

=cliver=, _v.a._, to cleave (diamonds). _Se —_; to be cleft.

=cloaque=, _n.m._, sink; cess-pool, sewer; filthy hole; (anat.) cloaca.

=cloche=, _n.f._, bell; blister (on the hands, feet); cover, dish-cover; (cook.) stew-pan; (gard.) bell-glass, hand-glass; (chem., phys.) receiver. _— de plongeur_; diving-bell; (nav.) barrel (of a capstan). _Tinter les —s_; to toll the bells. _Qui n’entend qu’une — n’entend qu’un son_; one should hear both sides of a question.

=clochement= (klosh-mān), _n.m._, hobbling, halting, limping; lameness.

=cloche-pied=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) hopping on one leg. _À —_; upon one foot, hopping. _Aller à —_; to hop.

=clocher=, _n.m._, steeple, belfry, parish. _Course au —_; steeple-chase. _Avoir la maladie du —_; to be homesick. _Il n’a jamais quitté son — de vue_; he has never been out of his parish. _Esprit de —_; narrowmindedness; prejudice, short-sightedness.

=clocher=, _v.n._, to halt, to limp, to hobble. _— du pied droit_; to limp with the right foot. _Raisonnement qui cloche_; lame argument. _Il y a quelque chose qui cloche_; there’s something wrong somewhere; a hitch somewhere.

=clocher=, _v.a._, (gard.) to cover with a glass-bell.

=clocheton=, _n.m._, little steeple, bell-turret.

=clochette=, _n.f._, small bell, hand-bell; (bot.) bell-flower.

=cloison=, _n.f._, partition (of boards or masonry), division, compartment; (anat., bot.) partition; (nav.) bulkhead.

=cloisonnage=, _n.m._, partition-work, wainscoting.

=cloisonné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) valved; (conch.) chambered, wainscoted.

=cloisonner=, _v.a._, to partition.

=cloître=, _n.m._, cloister; close; monastery.

=cloîtré=, =-e=, _adj._, cloistered (of a person).

=cloîtrer=, _v.a._, to shut up in a cloister, to cloister, to immure.

=cloîtrier=, _n.m._, cloister monk.

=clopin-clopant=, _adv._, limpingly, haltingly; hobbling along.

=clopiner=, _v.n._, to limp, to halt, to hobble.

=cloporte=, _n.m._, (ent.) multiped, woodlouse.

=cloque=, _n.f._, blister; (agri.) brown rust.

=clore=, _v.a._, to inclose, to fence, to shut in; to end, to finish, to conclude; to close (accounts, discussions, a session).

=clore=, _v.n._, to close, to shut.

=clos=, =-e=, _part._, closed, tight, shut, sealed. _A huis —_; with closed doors. _Bouche —e_; mum’s the word. _Champ —_; lists. _Ce sont lettres —es_; it’s a secret. _— et couvert_; wind and water tight.

=clos=, _n.m._, close; inclosure, field. _— de vigne_; vineyard.

=closeau=, _n.m._, small garden.

=closerie=, _n.f._, small farm; bit of land.

=clossement=, _n.m._ _V._ =gloussement=.

=closser=, _v.n._ _V._ =glousser=.

=clôture=, _n.f._, inclosure, fence; seclusion (of nuns); closing, close, (parl.) closure, proroguing. _Mettre une —_; to inclose.

=clôturer=, _v.a._, (jur., parliament) to close, to prorogue.

=clou=, _n.m._, nail, hobnail, spike; stud; (med.) carbuncle, boil; clove. _— à crochet_; tenter-hook. _—s à vis_; clincher-nails. _Enfoncer un —_; to drive a nail. _River le — à quelqu’un_; to clinch any one’s argument. _Cela ne vaut pas un — à soufflet_; that’s not worth a straw, a rap; (lit., a tin-tack). _Un — chasse l’autre_; one idea drives away another.

=clouage=, =clouement=, _n.m._, nailing; nail-work.

=clouer=, _v.a._, to nail; to fix; to rivet; to detain, to confine.

_se_ =clouer=, _v.r._, to buckle to; to be nailed (of a thing).

=clouter=, _v.a._, to adorn with nails, to stud.

=clouterie= (-trî), _n.f._, nail manufactory, nail-trade.

=cloutier= (-tié), _n.m._, nail-maker, nail-dealer.

=cloutière=, _n.f._, anvil for making nails.

=clovisse=, _n.m._, (conch.) winkle.

=cloyère=, _n.f._, oyster-basket.

=club=, _n.m._, club, assembly.

=clubiste=, _n.m.f._, member of a club.

=clysoir=, _n.m._, clyster-pipe.

☉=clystère=, _n.m._, injection, clyster, enema.

=clystériser=, _v.a._, (jest.) to give clysters.

=cnique= (knik), _n.m._, (bot.) horse-thistle.

=co= (prefix used in composition, signifying _with_, _conjointly_), co.

=coaccusé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, fellow-prisoner; co-respondent.

=coacquéreur=, _n.m._, co-purchaser, co-buyer; joint buyer.

=coacti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, coactive, coercive.

=coaction=, _n.f._, coaction.

=coadjut-eur=, _n.m._, =-trice=, _n.f._, coadjutor, coadjutrix.

=coadjutorerie= (-torirî), _n.f._, coadjutorship.

=coadné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) joined, coadunate.

=coadunation=, _n.f._, coadunation.

=coagulant=, =-e=, _adj._, coagulative.

=coagulation=, _n.f._, coagulation, congealing.

=coaguler=, _v.a._, to coagulate, to congeal.

_se_ =coaguler=, _v.r._, to coagulate, to congeal.

=coagulum= (-lom), _n.m._, (chem.) coagulum.

=coalescence=, _n.f._, coalescence.

=coalescent=, =-e=, _adj._, coalescent.

_se_ =coaliser=, _v.r._, to coalesce, to league, to unite, to combine.

=coalition=, _n.f._, coalition.

=coassement= (ko-as-mān), _n.m._, croaking (of frogs).

=coasser=, _v.n._, to croak (of frogs).

=coassocié=, _n.m._, (com.) co-partner, fellow-partner.

=coati=, _n.m._, (mam.) coati.

=cobalt=, _n.m._, (min.) cobalt.

=cobaye=, _n.m._, guinea-pig.

=cobéa=, _n.m._, (bot.) cobæa.

=cobelligérant=, =-e=, _adj._, cobelligerent.

=cobit=, _n.m._, (ich.) cobitis, loach.

=cobourgeois=, _n.m._, co-partner in a ship.

=cobra-capello=, _n.m._, (_—_) hooded-snake, spectacle-snake.

=coca=, _n.m._, (bot.) coca, erythroxylon coca.

*=cocagne=, _n.f._, feast, treat; the land of milk and honey. _Mât de —_; greasy pole. _Pays de —_; the land of plenty.

=cocarde=, _n.f._, cockade, ear-knot.

=cocasse=, _adj._, (pop.) odd, laughable, ridiculous, comical, droll.

=cocasserie=, _n.f._, drollery, caricature.

=cocatrix=, _n.m._, cockatrice.

=coccifère=, _adj._, (bot.) cocciferous.

=coccinelle=, _n.f._, (ent.) lady-bird, lady-cow.

=coccoloba=, _n.m._ (_—_), (bot.) grape-tree.

=coccyx= (kok-sis), _n.m._, (anat.) coccyx.

☉=coche=, _n.m._, barge; coach. _— d’eau_; tow-barge. _Manquer le —_; to let slip the opportunity. _C’est la mouche du —_; he is a busy-body. _Le siège du —_; the coachman’s box.

=coche=, _n.f._, notch, score; sow, she-pig. _Faire une —_; to notch.

=cochenillage=, _n.m._, cochineal.

*=cochenille= (kosh-), _n.f._, cochineal.

*=cocheniller=, _v.a._, to dye with cochineal.

*=cochenillier=, _n.m._, cochineal-fig, nopal.

=cocher=, _n.m._, coachman, driver; (astron.) Auriga. _— de fiacre_, _de cabriolet_; hackney coachman, cabman.

=cocher=, _v.n._, to tread (of birds).

=côcher=, _v.a._, to notch.

=cochère=, _adj.f._, for carriages. _Porte —_; carriage-entrance, gateway.

=cochet=, _n.m._, young cock.

=cochevis= (kosh-vi), _n.m._, tufted or crested lark.

=cochléaria= (-klé-), _n.m._, (bot.) cochlearia, scurvy-grass.

=cochon=, _n.m._, hog, pig, boar, porker; (metal.) pig, dross. _— de lait_; sucking-pig. _— d’Inde_ or _de Barbarie_; Guinea-pig. _C’est un —_; he is a dirty fellow. _Avoir gardé les —s ensemble_; to be hail fellows well met.

=cochonnée=, _n.f._, litter (of pigs).

=cochonner=, _v.n._, to farrow, to pig.

=cochonner=, _v.a._, to do a thing in a slovenly manner, to botch.

=cochonnerie= (ko-sho-n-rî), _n.f._, nastiness, filth; beastliness, beastly or blackguard action or language, obscenity; trash, rubbish.

=cochonnet=, _n.m._, young pig; die with twelve sides; jack (at bowls).

=coco=, _n.m._, cocoa, cocoa-nut; liquorice-water; (fam.) chap, fellow, darling; horse, nag.

=cocon=, _n.m._, cocoon.

=cocorico=. _V._ =coquerico=.

=cocorli=, _n.m._, (orni.) dunlin; purr; sea-lark.

=cocotier= (-tié), _n.m._, cocoa-tree.

=cocréancier=, _n.m._, joint-creditor.

=cocrète=, _n.f._, (bot.) yellow-rattle. _— des prés_; lousewort.

=coction=, _n.f._, coction, boiling.

=cocu=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) cuckold.

=cocuage=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) cuckoldom.

=cocufier=, _v.a._, (l.ex.) to cuckold.

=code=, _n.m._, code, digest, collection of laws; law; (phar.) pharmacopœia.

=codébit-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, joint-debtor.

=codécimateur=, _n.m._, fellow tithe-owner.

=codemandeur=, _n.m._, co-plaintiff, joint-plaintiff.

=codétenteur=, _n.m._, joint-holder.

=codétenu=, =-e=, _n.m._ and _f._, fellow-prisoner.

=codex= (-deks), _n.m._, pharmacopœia.

=codicillaire=, _adj._, contained in a codicil.

=codicille=, _n.m._, codicil.

=codification=, _n.f._, codification.

=codifier=, _v.a._, to codify.

*=codille=, _n.m._, codille (at the game of ombre).

=codonataire=, _n.m.f._, joint donor or donee.

=cœcum=. _V._ =cæcum=.

=coefficient=, _n.m._, (alg.) coefficient.

=coégal=, =-e=, _adj._, coequal.

=coégalité=, _n.f._, coequality.

=coemption=, _n.f._, coemption.

=coéquation=, _n.f._, assessment of taxes.

=coercible=, _adj._, coercible.

=coerciti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, coercive.

=coercition=, _n.f._, coercion.

=coéternel=, =-le=, _adj._, coeternal.

=coéternité=, _n.f._, coeternity.

=cœur= (keur), _n.m._, heart, mind, soul; courage, spirit, spiritedness, mettle; stomach; core; depth; hearts (cards); middle, midst. _Mal au —_; sickness. _Serrement de —_; heartpang. _Du fond de son —_; from the bottom of one’s heart. _Au — dur_; hard-hearted. _De —_; with one’s whole heart, with all one’s might. _À vous de —_; affectionately yours. _Avoir le — contrit_; to be of a contrite heart. _Le — lui saigne_; his heart bleeds. _Avoir à —_, _prendre à —_; to have at heart. _Cela lui tient au —_; he has set his heart upon it. _Avoir quelque chose sur le —_; to have something on one’s mind. _Le — me le disait bien_; my heart misgave me. _Si le — vous en dit_; if you feel inclined. _Il a le — au métier_; he loves his business. _Il a le — porté à cela_; he is bent upon it. _Avoir le — tendre_; to be tender-hearted. _Il a le — bien placé_; his heart is in the right place. _Il n’a point de —_; he has no spirit. _Sans —_; heartless. _Avoir le — bas_; to be mean-spirited. _Avoir le — sur les lèvres_; to be open-hearted. _Soulèvement de —_; rising of the stomach. _J’ai mal au —_; I feel sick. _Avoir le — mort_; to be sick at heart. _Ouvrir_, _décharger_, _son — à quelqu’un_; to unbosom one’s self to any one. _En avoir le — net_; to know the rights of any thing. _Au — de l’hiver_; in the depth of winter. _À contre-—_; against one’s will, reluctantly, against the grain. _De bon —_; heartily. _De grand —_; gladly, willingly, with pleasure. _De tout mon —_; with all my heart. _De gaîté de —_; in sheer wantonness. _À — joie_; to one’s heart’s content. _Par —_; by heart. _Dîner par —_; to dine with Duke Humphrey (_i.e._, to go without dinner). _Tant que le — me battra_; to the last drop of my blood. _Tenir au —_; to stick in one’s throat. _Avoir le — brisé_; to be broken-hearted. _Avoir le — fendu_; to be cut to the heart. _Loin des yeux loin du —_; out of sight, out of mind. _Avoir le — gros_; to be ready, to cry, to have one’s heart full. _C’est un crevé —_; it is a heart-rending thing. _Mettre du — au ventre à quelqu’un_; to give heart to any one. _Faire contre fortune bon —_; to put a good face upon matters.

=coexistant=, =-e=, _adj._, co-existent.

=coexistence=, _n.f._, co-existence.

=coexister=, _v.n._, to co-exist.

=coffre=, _n.m._, chest, trunk, coffer; (hunt.) carcase; drum (of a mill); (print.) coffin. _— de sûreté_; strong box. _— de bord_; sea-chest. _Elle est belle au —_; she has golden charms (_i.e._, is rich), _Un —-fort_, (_—s-—s_) a strong box. _Avoir le — bon_; to be strong chested.

=coffrer=, _v.a._, (fam.) to imprison, lock up.

=coffret=, _n.m._, little chest or trunk, casket.

=coffretier= (-tié), _n.m._, trunk-maker.

=cofidéjusseur=, _n.m._, joint surety.

*=cognasse=, _n.f._, wild quince.

*=cognassier=, _n.m._, wild quince-tree.

=cognat=, _n.m._, cognate.

=cognation=, _n.f._, cognation.

*=cognée=, _n.f._, ax, hatchet. _Mettre la — à l’arbre_; to lay the ax to the tree; to begin an enterprise. _Aller au bois sans —_; to go to sea without biscuit (_i.e._ to be unprepared). _Jeter le manche après la —_; to give a thing up in despair.

*=cogne-fétu=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) (pop.) great worker, little doer; fussy-do-nothing.

*=cogner=, _v.a._, to knock in, to drive in, to bump.

*_se_ =cogner=, _v.r._, to knock up against, to hit, to strike one’s self.

=cogniti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (philos.) cognitive.

*=cognoir=, _n.m._, (print.) shooting-stick.

=cohabitation=, _n.f._, cohabitation.

=cohabiter=, _v.n._, to cohabit.

=cohérence=, _n.f._, coherency.

=cohérent=, =-e=, _adj._, coherent.

=cohériter=, _v.n._, to inherit conjointly.

=cohériti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, co-heir, co-heiress.

=cohésion=, _n.f._, cohesion.

=cohobation=, _n.f._, (chem.) cohobation.

=cohober=, _v.a._, (chem.) to cohobate.

=cohorte=, _n.f._, cohort, band, crew, troop, horde, gang.

=cohue=, _n.f._, rout, mob, crush, tumultuous crowd, clamorous multitude; (fig.) court of justice.

=coi=, =-te=, _adj._, quiet, still, snug.

=coiffe=, _n.f._, head-dress; caul, hood (of children); skull-cap; net; (bot.) galla. _— de chapeau_; lining of a hat.

=coiffer=, _v.a._, to put (anything) on one’s head; to dress the hair; to infatuate; to throw at any one’s head; to make tipsy; (hunt.) to take by the ears; (nav.) to back; to cap (bottles); (arch.) to cap. _Être bien coiffé_; to have one’s hair well dressed; to have a hat that becomes one. _Enfant né coiffé_; child born with a caul upon its head. _Il est né coiffé_; he was born to fortune or with a silver spoon in his mouth. _— sainte Catherine_; to remain an old maid. _Du vin coiffé_; mixed wine. _— une bouteille_; to cap a bottle. _Chien bien coiffé_; dog with a handsome head and long ears. _Cette femme coiffe son mari_; that woman deceives her husband. _Il est coiffé de cette femme_; he is bewitched, smitten with that woman. _— une voile_; to back a sail.

_se_ =coiffer=, _v.r._, to wear (on one’s head); to dress one’s hair; to get intoxicated; to be infatuated with; (nav.) to be laid aback. _Se — de faux cheveux_; to wear false hair. _Se — en cheveux_; to wear no cap.

=coiffer=, _v.n._, to dress hair; to become; to suit; (nav.) to be laid aback.

=coiffeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, hairdresser.

=coiffure=, _n.f._, head-dress, style of arranging the hair.

=coin=, _n.m._, corner, angle, nook, coin; (coin.) stamp; (railways) pin; (print.) quoin; clock (of stockings); (tech.) gad; (mec.) wedge. _Il n’a pas bougé du — du feu_; he has never been from home. _Être marqué au —_; to bear the stamp of. _Frappé au bon —_; of the right sort, excellent in every way. _Il mourra au — d’un bois_ (_d’une laie_); he will die destitute. _—s et recoins_; cricks and corners, nooks and crannies. _Jouer aux quatre —s_; to play puss in the corner.

=coinçage=, _n.m._, wedging, keying.

=coincer=, _v.a._, to wedge.

=coïncidence=, _n.f._, coincidence.

=coïncident=, _adj._, coincident.

=coïncider=, _v.n._, to coincide, to be coincident.

=coïndication=, _n.f._, (med.) coindication.

=coïng= (coin), _n.m._, quince.

=coïntéressé=, _n.m._, associate, partner having a joint interest with another.

=coïon= _or_ =couillon=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) dastard, coward.

=coïonner= _or_ =couillonner=, _v.a._, (l.ex.) to use one scurvily, to make a fool of one; to call one a coward.

=coïonner= _or_ =couillonner=, _v.n._, (l.ex.) to joke, to gammon, to humbug.

=coïonnerie= (ko-io-n-rî) _or_ =couillonnerie=, =couillonnade=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) dastardliness, a mean, low action; gammon, humbug.

=coït=, _n.m._, coition, copulation.

=coite=, _n.f._ _V._ =couette=.

=cojouissance=, _n.f._, joint use.

=coke=, _n.m._, coke.

=col=, _n.m._, neck (of the body); cravat; neck (of bottles, of mountains); pad, stiffener; collar. _Faux —_; collar. _— droit_; stand-up collar. _— de cravate_; stiffener. _— de la vessie_, _de la matrice_; neck of the bladder, of the womb.

=colarin=, _n.m._, (arch.) gorgerin.

=colas=, _n.m._, booby, fool.

=colature=, _n.f._, (pharm.) colature, straining.

=colback=, _n.m._, colback, busby.

=colchique=, _n.m._, meadow-saffron, colchicum.

=colcotar=, _n.m._, (chem.) colcothar.

=colégataire=, _n.m._, co-legatee.

=coléoptère=, _adj._, coleopterous. _n.m._, coleopter, beetle.

=coléoptères=, _n.m.pl._, coleoptera.

=colère=, _n.f._, passion, anger, wrath, rage, fury. _Accès de —_; fit of passion. _Être en —_; to be angry. _Se mettre en —_; to fly into a passion.

=colère=, _adj._, passionate, hasty, choleric.

=colérique=, _adj._, choleric, irascible, passionate.

=coliart=, _n.m._, (ich.) skate.

=colibri=, _n.m._, humming-bird.

=colicitant=, _n.m._, (jur.) co-vendor.

=colifichet=, _n.m._, knick-knack, gew-gaw, trifle, bauble, trumpery, toy, bird-cake.

=colimaçon=, _n.m._, snail.

=colin=, _n.m._, (ich.) coal-fish.

*=colin-maillard=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) blindman’s-buff; blindman (at blindman’s buff).

=colin-tampon=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) a Swiss beating of drum. _Je m’en moque comme de —_; (pop.) I do not care a fig about it.

=colique=, _n.f._, colic, griping; stomach-ache. _pl._, after-pains. _— saturnine_; painter’s colic.

=colis=, _n.m._, package, parcel, bale, case, article.

=colisée=, _n.m._, Coliseum; Colosseum.

=collaborat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (kol-la-), fellow-laborer, assistant, associate, contributor.

=collaboration= (kol-la-), _n.f._, assistance, contribution, coöperation.

=collaborer=, _v.n._, to work together, to coöperate.

=collage=, _n.m._, pasting, gluing, sizing (of paper); paper-hanging.

=collant=, =-e=, _adj._, sticky, tight, close-fitting.

=collants=, _n.m.pl._, tights.

=collapsus= (-sus), _n.m._, (med.) collapse.

=collataire= (kol-la-tè-r), _n.m._, one who has been collated to a benefice.

=collatéral=, =-e= (kol-la-), _adj._, collateral.

=collatéral=, _n.m._, (jur.) collateral.

☉=collatérale=, _n.f._, aisle (of churches).

=collatéralement=, _adv._, (jur.) collaterally.

=collateur= (kol-la-), _n.m._, collator.

=collati-f=, =-ve= (kol-la-), _adj._, collative.

=collation= (kol-la-cion), _n.f._, collation.

=collation= (ko-la-cion), _n.f._, collation, light repast; (eccl.) advowson-gift.

=collationner= (kol-la-cio-né), _v.a._, to collate, to compare.

=collationner= (ko-la-cio-né), _v.n._, to make a light repast; to take a collation.

=colle=, _n.f._, paste, glue; sham, fib, bouncer, cracker. _— forte_; glue. _— à bouche_; mouth-glue. _— de poisson_; isinglass.

=collecte= (kol-lèkt), _n.f._, gathering; collection (of money); collect (prayer).

=collecteur= (kol-lèk-teur), _n.m._, collector, tax-gatherer.

=collecti-f=, =-ve= (kol-lèk-), _adj._, collective.

=collectif= (kol-lèk-), _n.m._, collective noun.

=collection= (kol-lèk-cion), _n.f._, collection; set, file.

=collectionner= (kol-lèk-cio-né), _v.a._, to collect, to make collections of things.

=collectionneu-r= (kol-lèk-cio-), _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, collector.

=collectivement= (kol-lèk-tiv-mān), _adv._, collectively.

=collège=, _n.m._, college, grammar-school. _— électoral_; assembly of electors; constituency.

=collégial=, =-e=, _adj._, collegial; collegiate. _Eglise —e_; a collegiate church.

=collégiale=, _n.f._, collegiate church.

=collégialement=, _adv._, scholastically.

=collégien= (-ji-in), _n.m._, collegian, school-boy.

=collègue= (kol-lèg), _n.m._, colleague.

=collement=, _n.m._, (med.) cohesion, adhesion.

=coller=, _v.a._, to paste, to glue; to size; to stick together; to clear (with isinglass); to stump (embarrass any one); to plow (at exam.); to hang (paper). _Être collé_; to be close up against the cushion (at billiards). _J’ai été collé_; I was plowed.

_se_ =coller=, _v.r._, to stick to; to cake; to apply closely to; (at billiards) to be right up against the cushion.

=coller=, _v.n._, to stick, to adhere; to fit tight (of clothes). _Ce pantalon colle bien_; those trousers fit nicely.

=collerette= (kol-rèt), _n.f._, collar (for ladies); (bot.) involucrum; (tech.) flange.

=collet=, _n.m._, collar (of a gown, coat); cape; bands (for the neck); neck (of teeth); (hunt.) snare; crown (of anchors); (tech.) collet; clergyman. _— montant_; stand-up collar. _— rabattu_; turned-down collar. _Petit —_; one of the cloth, young clergyman. _— monté_; buckram collar. _Un — monté_; a stuck-up, strait-laced, prudish person. _— de mouton_; neck of mutton. _Prendre_, _saisir_, _quelqu’un au —_; to collar any one. _Prêter le — à quelqu’un_; to cope with any one, to try one’s strength with any one. _Tendre un —_; to set a snare.

=colleter= (kol-té), _v.a._, to collar any one, to seize any one by the neck.

_se_ =colleter=, _v.r._, to collar each other; to lay hold of each other by the collar, to grapple with, to wrestle.

=colleter=, _v.n._, to set snares (for game).

=colleteur=, _n.m._, gin-setter; (pop.) wrangler, fighter.

=colleur=, _n.m._, paper-hanger; gluer; paster; bill-sticker; sizer.

=collier=, _n.m._, collar; ring (mark round the neck of certain animals); bow (of spurs); (arch., tech.) collar; necklace. _Cheval de —_; draught-horse. _— de force_; training collar. _— de misère_; drudgery. _Donner un coup de —_; to make a strenuous effort. _Être franc du —_; never to shirk one’s work; to be always in earnest; (of a horse) to work well.

☉=colliger=, _v.a._, to collect, to cull.

=colline=, _n.f._, hill, hillock. _La double —_; Parnassus. _Gagner la —_; to take to one’s heels. _Le penchant d’une —_; the declivity of a hill; a hill-slope.

=colliquati-f=, =-ve= (kol-li-koua-), _adj._, (med.) colliquative.

=colliquation= (kol-li-koua-), _n.f._, (med.) colliquation, melting.

=collision= (kol-li-), _n.f._, collision.

=collocation= (kol-lo-) _n.f._, collocation; setting in order, rank. _— de l’argent_; investing of money.

=collodion=, _n.m._, collodion.

=colloque= (kol-lok), _n.m._, colloquy, conference, dialogue.

=colloquer= (kol-lo-ké), _v.a._, to rank, to place in order; to place. _v.n._, to colloquize.

=colluder= (kol-lu-dé), _v.n._, to collude.

=collusion= (kol-lu-zion), _n.f._, collusion, prevarication. _User de —_; to prevaricate.

=collusoire= (kol-lu-zoar), _adj._, collusory, collusive.

=collusoirement= (kol-lu-zoar-mān), _adv._, collusively.

=collyre=, _n.m._, (med.) collyrium, eye-salve.

=colmatage=, _n.m._, (agri.) warping (of land).

=colmate=, _n.m._, warp, warped land.

=colmater=, _v.a._, to warp (land).

=colombage=, _n.m._, (carp.) stud-work, joists.

=colombe=, _n.f._, dove; (carp.) joist, upright.

=colombier=, _n.m._, dove-cot, pigeon-house; (print.) pigeon-hole, gap. _Faire venir les pigeons au —_; to draw customers to the shop. _Grand —_; atlas paper.

=colombin=, =-e=, _adj._, columbine, dove-color.

=colombin=, _n.m._, (min.) lead ore; (orni.) stock-dove.

=colombine=, _n.f._, pigeon-dung, fowls’-dung; (bot.) columbine.

=colombo=, _n.m._, (bot.) calumba, colombo.

=colon=, _n.m._, colonist, planter; cultivator; West Indian settler.

=côlon=, _n.m._, (anat.) colon.

=colonel=, _n.m._, colonel. _Grade de —_; colonelcy.

=colonelle=, _n.f._ and _adj._, ☉colonel’s company; colonel’s wife.

=colonial=, =-e=, _adj._, colonial.

=colonie=, _n.f._, colony, settlement.

=colonisation=, _n.f._, colonizing, colonisation.

=coloniser=, _v.a._, to establish a colony, to colonize.

=colonnade=, _n.f._, (arch.) colonnade.

=colonne=, _n.f._, column, pillar; bed-post; row (of units, tens); (milit., nav., phys., print., arch.) column. _— cannelée_; fluted column. _— plaquée_; pilaster. _— torse_; wreathed column.

=colonnette=, _n.f._, little column.

=colophane=, _n.f._, black rosin, colophony.

=coloquinte=, _n.f._, colocynth; bitter apple.

=colorant=, =-e=, _adj._, coloring.

=coloration=, _n.f._, coloration.

=coloré=, =-e=, _part._, colored. _Vin —_; deep-colored wine. _Teint —_; ruddy complexion.

=colorer=, _v.a._, to color, to dye; to varnish; to color (to give a false appearance to).

_se_ =colorer=, _v.r._, to color (of a thing).

=coloriage=, _n.m._, (paint.) coloring.

=colorier=, _v.a._, to color, to illuminate.

=coloris=, _n.m._, color, hue; (paint.) coloring.

=coloriste=, _n.m._, colorer; colorist.

=colossal=, =-e=, _adj._, colossal, of giant proportions.

=colosse=, _n.m._, colossus, giant.

=colostrum=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (med.) colostrum.

=colportage=, _n.m._, hawking; peddling; peddlery; book-stall trade.

=colporter=, _v.a._, to hawk about; to retail; to spread. _— une nouvelle_; to retail a piece of news.

=colporteur=, _n.m._, hawker, peddler; spreader of news.

=coltis=, _n.m._, (nav.) beak-head.

=colure=, _n.m._, (astron., geog.) colure.

=columelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) columella.

=colza=, _n.m._, colza, rape, rape-seed.

=coma=, _n.m._, (med.) coma.

=comateu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, comatose.

=combat= (kon-ba), _n.m._, combat, fight, battle; fighting; contest, action, engagement, struggle; strife, warring. _— singulier_; single combat. _— à outrance_; mortal combat. _— égal_; drawn battle. _— simulé_; sham fight. _Au fort du —_; in the thick of the fight. _Être hors de —_; to be disabled. _Mettre hors de —_; to disable. _Faire branle-bas de —_; (nav.) to clear for action.

=combattable=, _adj._, combatable.

=combattant=, _n.m._, combatant, fighting man, champion; (orni.) ruff.

=combattre=, _v.a._, to fight, to combat; to wage war against, to battle with, to dispute, to contest, to strive against. _— une opinion_; to combat an opinion.

_se_ =combattre=, _v.r._, to combat; to contend with each other.

=combattre=, _v.n._, to fight, to combat, to war, to contend, to vie with one another, to struggle. _— de politesse_; to vie with one another in politeness.

☉=combe=, _n.f._, valley.

=combien= (kon-bi-in), _adv._, how much, how many; how; how far; how long; what. _En — de temps?_ in how long? _— y a-t-il depuis cela?_ how long is it since then? _— cela vaut-il?_ what is that worth? _À — évaluez-vous cela?_ What price do you put upon that?

=combinaison=, _n.f._, combination; contrivance; ingenuity; management; calculation.

=combinat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, combiner, contriver.

=combiné=, =-e=, _part._, united; (chem.) combined.

=combiner=, _v.a._, to combine, to contrive.

_se_ =combiner=, _v.r._, to combine, to be contrived.

=comble=, _n.m._, heaping (of measure); consummation; fulfillment; zenith; acme; summit, height, top, complement. _pl._, roof, roof-timbers. _Ferme des —s_; (carp.) framing of a roof. _De fond en —_; from top to bottom. _Ruiné de fond en —_; utterly ruined. _La mesure est au —_; the measure is full. _Pour — de gloire_; to complete his glory. _Pour — de malheur_; to crown all; to cap our misfortune. _Au — de_; at the height of. _Mettre le — à_; to complete, to crown.

=comble=, _adj._, heaped up full to the top. _Salle —_; house full, packed.

=combleau=, _n.m._, (mil.) gun-tackle.

=comblement=, _n.m._, filling up, heaping up.

=combler=, _v.a._, to heap, to heap up, to make up, to fill up, to crown; to cover (deficit); to complete; to overwhelm. _— de faveurs_; to load with favors.

=comblète=, _n.f._, (hunt.) cleft (of a deer’s foot).

=combrière=, _n.f._, tunny net.

=combuger=, _v.a._, to rinse out (casks).

=comburant=, =-e=, _adj._, (chem.) burning.

=combustible=, _n.m._, combustible.

=combustible=, _n.m._, fuel, firing; (chem.) combustible.

=combustibilité=, _n.f._, combustibility.

=combustion= (kon-bus-tion), _n.f._, combustion, conflagration, flame; (fig.) tumult, uproar.

=comédie=, _n.f._, comedy, play; play-house, theatre; shamming, farce; players; play-book. _Donner la —_; to make people laugh; to be the laughing-stock. _Jouer une —_; to act a play. _Le sujet_, _l’intrigue_, _le dénouement_, _d’une —_; the subject, plot, upshot, of a comedy.

=comédien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._ (-di-in, di-è-n), comedian, actor, actress, player; hypocrite, dissembler. _Troupe de —s_; company of actors. _—s ambulants_; strolling players.

=comestible=, _adj._, eatable; edible.

=comestible=, _n.m._, eatable. _pl._, eatables, provisions, victuals.

=cométaire=, _adj._, cometary.

=comète=, _n.f._, comet; kind of game at cards; satin ribbon; peculiar kind of firework. _— chevelue_; haired comet. _— barbue_; bearded comet. _— à queue_; tailed comet. _Vin de la —_; wine of the year 1811.

=cométographie=, _n.f._, cometography.

=comices=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) comitia.

=comicial=, =-e=, _adj._, comitial.

=comifère=, _adj._, (bot.) comose.

=comique=, _adj._, comical, ludicrous, laughable, funny. _Le genre —_; comedy. _Acteur —_; comic actor.

=comique=, _n.m._, the comic art, comedy; comical part or side; comic actor _or_ author _or_ singer. _Avoir du — dans la figure_; to have a comical face.

=comiquement= (-mān), _adv._, comically, humorously.

☉=comite= _or_ =come=, _n.m._, overseer of a crew of galley-slaves, warder.

=comité=, _n.m._, meeting of a few persons; small party; committee, board. _— permanent_; standing committee. _La chambre formée en —_; a committee of the whole house. _Petit —_; a small party; select few. _En petit —_; among ourselves. _Dîner en petit —_; to have a small dinner party of intimate friends. _— de lecture_; a committee for deciding upon the performance of new plays.

=comma=, _n.m._, (print.) colon; (mus.) comma.

=command=, _n.m._, (jur.) purchaser; principal.

=commandant=, _adj._, (milit., nav.) commanding; (fig.) imposing, dictatorial.

=commandant=, _n.m._, (milit., nav.) commandant, major. _— de place_; governor (of a fortified town). _— de la marine_; flag-officer. _— d’une escadre_; commodore. _Bien, mon —!_ very well, major.

=commande=, _n.f._, order. _Ouvrage de —_; work done to order. _Marchandise de —_; goods, bespoken. _Sur —_; to order. _Maladie de —_; feigned sickness. _Louanges de —_; forced praise.

=commandement=, _n.m._, command, order; word of command; manner of commanding; writ, order; commandment, precept, law, rule, injunction. _Il a tout à son —_; he has all things at command. _Être de —_; to be prescribed _or_ ordered. _Secrétaire des —s_; private secretary (to a prince).

=commander=, _v.a._, to command, to order, to govern; to have the command of; to bespeak; to overlook. _Cette tour commande la ville_; that tower overlooks the town.

=commander=, _v.n._, to command, to rule; to direct; to order, to bid; (milit., nav.) to give the word of command. _— à ses passions_; to master one’s passions. _— à la route_ (nav.); to shape a ship’s course.

_se_ =commander=, _v.r._, to control oneself.

=commanderie= (ko-mān-drî), _n.f._, commandery.

=commandeur=, _n.m._, commander (in orders of knighthood).

=commanditaire=, _n.m._, sleeping partner.

=commandite=, _n.f._, limited joint-stock company.

=commanditer=, _v.a._, to finance a commercial undertaking, to become a sleeping partner.

=comme=, _adv._, as, like; so; almost, nearly; as it were, as if; how, in what way; so much. _— aussi_; (jur.) and likewise. _Faites — lui_; do like him. _— ci — cela_; so so, indifferently. _Il est — mort_; he is almost dead. _La lumière est — l’une des couleurs_; light is, as it were, one of the colors. _— vous me traitez_; how badly you treat me. _Vous voyez — il travaille_; you see how hard he works. _— quoi_; as how.

=comme=, _conj._, as, seeing that, since, because.

=commémoraison=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) commemoration, remembrance, mention, of a saint.

=commémorati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, commemorative.

=commémoration= (kom-mé-), _n.f._, (c.rel.) commemoration. _La — des morts_; commemoration of the dead; All-Souls’-Day. _Faire — de quelqu’un_; (fam.) to make mention of any one.

=commémorer=, _v.a._, (neologism) to commemorate, to remember, to recollect.

=commençant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, beginner, novice, tyro.

=commencement= (ko-māns-mān), _n.m._, beginning, commencement; setting in. _Au —_; in the beginning, at first. _Les —s sont toujours difficiles_; beginnings are always difficult.

=commencer=, _v.a._, to begin, to commence; to initiate, to impart the first principles to. _— quelqu’un_; to initiate, to begin with anyone. _— un cheval_; to begin training a horse.

=commencer=, _v.n._, to commence, begin. _Lors-qu’il commença de parler_; when he began speaking. _Cet enfant commence à parler_; this child begins to speak. [_Commencer de_ indicates an action which will have an ending; _commencer à_ indicates an action which will go on progressing.] _N’a pas fait qui commence_; the beginning is not every thing. _À moitié fait qui commence bien_; a good beginning is half the battle.

=commendataire=, _adj._, (canon law) commendatory.

=commende=, _n.f._, (canon law) commendam.

=commender=, _v.a._, to give in commendam.

=commensal=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, habitual guest; boarder; officer admitted to the royal table. _Être — d’une maison_; to be habitually a guest in a house. _Être commensaux_; to be companions at meals.

=commensalité=, _n.f._, right of admission to the royal table.

=commensurabilité=, _n.f._, (math.) commensurableness, commensurability.

=commensurable=, _adj._, (math.) commensurable.

=commensuration=, _n.f._, (math.) commensuration.

=comment=, _adv._, how, in what manner; why, wherefore; what! indeed! _— cela?_ how is that? _— faire?_ what is to be done? How can it be helped? _—! vous voulez le faire_; what! you wish to do it!

=comment=, _n.m._, the reason, the why and the wherefore. _Savoir le pourquoi et le —_; to know the why and the wherefore.

=commentaire=, _n.m._, commentary, comment, exposition; remark, observation. _Point de —!_ (fam.) no impertinent remarks!

=commentateur=, _n.m._, commentator, annotator.

=commenter=, _v.a._, to comment, to criticise, to explain, expound, annotate.

=commenter=, _v.n._, to criticise; to comment upon.

=commérage=, _n.m._, gossiping; gossip, tittle-tattle.

=commerçable=, _adj._, negotiable.

=commerçant=, _n.m._, trader, merchant, tradesman.

=commerçant=, =-e=, _adj._, commercial, mercantile; trading.

=commerce=, _n.m._, commerce, trade, trading, traffic; intercourse, communication, correspondence, acquaintance, communion, conversation; a game at cards. _— des colonies_, _— avec les colonies_; colonial trade. _Affaires de —_; mercantile affairs. _Femme de —_; tradeswoman. _Fond de —_; business, stock. _Être dans le —_; to be in business, in trade. _— en gros_; wholesale trade. _— en détail_; retail trade. _Il fait un gros —_; he drives a roaring trade. _Chambre de —_; chamber of commerce. _— de galanterie_; intrigue. _Lier — avec quelqu’un_; to establish a correspondence with anyone. _Liez — avec lui_; get acquainted with him. _Être d’un — sur_; to be a person to be depended upon.

=commercer=, _v.n._, to trade, to drive a trade, to traffic in.

=commercial=, =-e=, _adj._, commercial.

=commercialement=, _adv._, commercially.

=commère=, _n.f._, godmother; gossip; friend, body. _Cet homme est une vraie —_; that man is a regular gossip. _C’est une fameuse —_; (fam.) she is a bold, cunning woman, not easily discouraged. _Tout se fait par compère et par —_; all is done by favor.

=commérer=, _v.n._, to gossip, to tittle-tattle.

=commettage=, _n.m._, (nav.) laying of ropes and cables.

=commettant=, _n.m._, constituent; employer; principal; (jur.) warrantor. _Corps de —s_; constituents, constituency.

=commettre=, _v.a._, to commit, to perpetrate; to appoint, to delegate, to constitute, to commission, to empower; to commit to any one’s charge, to intrust, to trust with, to confide; to expose; to embroil; to set by the ears, to make mischief between; (nav.) to lay.

_se_ =commettre=, _v.r._, to commit oneself; to expose oneself, to trust oneself.

=commination=, _n.f._, (rhet.) commination.

=comminatoire=, _adj._, (jur.) comminatory.

=comminuti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, comminutive.

=comminution=, _n.f._, comminution.

=commis=, =-e=, _part._, committed, appointed, entrusted, exposed; (nav.) laid.

=commis=, _n.m._, clerk; book-keeper; shopman. _Premier —_; head clerk. _— marchand_; merchant’s clerk. _— voyageur_; commercial traveler, bagman. _— aux vivres_; (nav.) steward. _— d’administration_; accountant. _— de boutique_, _de magasin_; shopman, counter jumper.

=commise=, _n.f._, (feudal jur.) forfeit, escheat; female-clerk, counterwoman.

=commisération= (kom-mi-), _n.f._, commiseration.

=commissaire=, _n.m._, commissary; commissioner; manager; trustee; (of a vessel) purser. _— des guerres_; commissary. _— des vivres_; commissary of stores. _— adjoint_; deputy commissioner. _— des pauvres_; member of a charitable board. _— aux saisies réelles_; sequestrator. _— de police_; superintendent of police. _— priseur_; (_—s —s_) auctioneer, appraiser.

=commissariat=, _n.m._, commissaryship, trusteeship; (milit.) commissariat.

=commission=, _n.f._, commission, trust, charge; commission-trade; errand; mandate, warrant; the holding a trust for a time only; a committee. _Il est allé en —_; he is gone on an errand. _Obtenir — d’un juge_; to obtain a judge’s warrant. _— rogatoire_; writ of inquiry. _— d’enquête_; committee of inquiry. _Maison de —_; agency-office. _Membre d’une —_; committee-man. _En —_; (nav.) in commission. _En —_; (com.) on sale or return. _Faire des —s_; to run errands or to obtain orders.

=commissionnaire=, _n.m._, messenger; porter, carrier, errand-boy; agent. _— de vente_; salesman. _— de roulage_; carrier, wagon office-keeper. _— chargeur_; freight agent. _— expéditeur_; shipping-agent.

=commissionner=, _v.a._, to empower, to commission.

=commissoire=, _adj._, (jur.) binding.

=commissure=, _n.f._, (anat.) commissure.

=commissural=, =-e=, _adj._, commissural.

=committimus=, _n.m._, (_n.p._), (jur.) _Lettres de —_; chancery order appointing the court which is to take cognizance of an action.

=committitur=, _n.m._ (_n.p._), (jur.) order of the president of a court of justice appointing a judge to hold an inquiry.

=commodat=, _n.m._, (jur.) gratuitous loan (to be repaid in kind); bailment.

=commode=, _adj._, commodious, convenient, favorable, serviceable, handy; comfortable; agreeable, easy; good-natured, accommodating. _Une maison —_; a comfortable house. _Il n’est pas —_; he is not accommodating, not easy, to get on with.

=commode=, _n.f._, chest of drawers, drawers.

=commodément=, _adv._, commodiously, conveniently, comfortably, suitably, easily.

=commodité=, _n.f._, convenience, accommodation; ☉conveyance; comfort, ease. _—s_; water-closet.

=commodore=, _n.m._, (nav.) commodore.

=commotion=, _n.f._, commotion; shock; (med.) concussion (of the brain).

=commuable=, _adj._, commutable.

=commuer=, _v.a._, (jur.) to commute.

=commun=, =-e=, _adj._, common; usual, ordinary, every day; mean, vulgar. _Le sens —_; common sense. _Je n’ai rien de — avec lui_; I have nothing in common with him. _À frais —s_; jointly. _Faire bourse —e_; to have one common stock or purse. _Lieux —s_; common places. _Le droit —_; common law. _D’une —e voix_; unanimously. _Une voix —e_; a vulgar voice. _Le bruit —_; current report. _Cette terre vaut tant de revenu année —e_; that land yields so much a year on an average. _Peu —_; uncommon, rare, unusual.

=commun=, _n.m._, the generality; commonalty; common people, the vulgar, the mob. _Vivre sur le —_; to spunge. _L’âne du — est toujours le plus mal bâté_; matters of public concern are commonly neglected. _Le — des hommes_; the generality of men. _Le — des martyrs_; the common herd. _—s_; servants, or domestic offices, out-buildings.

=communal=, =-e=, _adj._, parochial; parish; communal.

=communauté=, _n.f._, community, society; communion; corporation. _— de biens_; community of property (between husband and wife); (jur.) communion.

=communaux=, _n.m.pl._, (jur.) pasture grounds, common.

=commune=, _n.f._, commune (inhabitants); parish, township (in France); town-hall. _La chambre des —s_; the House of Commons. _Le maire d’une —_; the mayor of a district. _Assemblée de la —_; vestry.

=communément=, _adv._, commonly, usually, generally.

=communiant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, communicant.

=communicabilité=, _n.f._, communicability.

=communicable=, _adj._, communicable.

=communicati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, communicative.

=communication=, _n.f._, intercourse, communication, _— de pièces_; (jur.) production of documents. _En — avec_; open to (mec.). _De —_; communicating, connecting.

=communicativement=, _adj._, communicatively.

=communier=, _v.n._, to communicate, to receive the sacrament.

=communier=, _v.a._, to give the communion.

=communion=, _n.f._, communion, fellowship; sacrament. _Faire sa première —_; to receive the sacrament for the first time; to be confirmed.

=communiqué=, _n.m._, official communication, statement.

=communiquer=, _v.a._, to communicate, to impart; to show, to tell, to acquaint.

_se_ =communiquer=, _v.r._, to be communicative, to communicate with, to spread (of places). _Vous vous communiquez trop_; you are too communicative.

=communiquer=, _v.n._, to hold or keep up a correspondence with.

=communisme=, _n.m._, communism.

=communiste=, _n.m.f._, communist.

=commutati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (jur.) commutative.

=commutation=, _n.f._, (jur.) commutation.

=comocladie=, _n.f._, (bot.) maiden-plum, comocladia.

=compacité=, _n.f._, (phys.) compactness, density.

=compact=, =-e=, _adj._, compact, close, serried; (phys.) dense, solid.

*=compagne=, _n.f._, female companion; consort, partner; helpmate; playmate; (of animals) mate. _Fidèle —_; faithful attendant.

*=compagnie=, _n.f._, society, company; (com.) company; (hunt.) covey; levy, troop. _— ordonnancée_; chartered company. _— de commerce_; trading company. _Il n’y a pas si bonne — qui ne se sépare_; the best of friends must part. _Sa maison est le rendez-vous de la bonne —_; his house is the resort of fashionable people. _Dame de —_; lady’s companion. _Être de bonne —_; to be well-bred. _Aller en —_; to go together. _Tenir — à quelqu’un_; to keep any one company. _Fausser — à quelqu’un_; to desert any one, to give the slip to any one. _Une — de perdrix_; a covey of partridges. _Vous me traitez comme si j’étais —_; you treat me as if I were somebody. _Former une —_; to establish a company. _Règle de —_; fellowship. _Une — d’infanterie_; a company of foot. _Une — de cavalerie_; a troop of horse. _— franche_; independent company.

*=compagnon=, _n.m._, companion, fellow, associate, co-mate, consort, mate, partner; journeyman, playfellow, playmate; droll fellow. _— d’école_, _d’étude_; schoolfellow. _— de table_; messmate. _— de jeu_; playfellow. _— de taverne_; pot-companion. _— d’armes_; companion in arms. _Joyeux —_; jolly fellow, jolly dog. _Traiter de pair à —_; to go cheek by jowl; to be “hail fellow well met” to anyone.

*=compagnonnage=, _n.m._, journeymanship, trades-union, time of service.

=comparabilité=, _n.f._, comparableness.

=comparable=, _adj._, comparable, to be compared.

=comparaison=, _n.f._, comparison; simile, similitude. _Toute — cloche_; comparisons are odious. _Il n’y a point de — de vous à lui_; there is no comparison between you and him. _Ce n’est qu’un ignorant en — d’un tel_; he is a mere ignoramus in comparison with such a one. _Par — à_, or _avec_, _ce que j’ai fait_; in comparison to, or with, what I have done.

=comparaître=, _v.n._, to appear (before a tribunal).

=comparant=, =-e=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, person appearing in court on a summons; appearer.

=comparati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, comparative.

=comparatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) comparative, comparative degree.

=comparativement= (-mān), _adv._, comparatively.

=comparer=, _v.a._, to compare. _Se —_; to be compared.

☉=comparoir=, _v.n._, (jur.) to appear.

=comparse=, _n.m._, (thea.) supernumerary, figurant, figurante.

=compartiment=, _n.m._, compartment, division.

=compartimenté=, =-e=, _adj._, with compartments.

=comparution=, _n.f._, (jur.) appearance.

=compas=, _n.m._, pair of compasses, compass. _— à trois branches_; triangular compasses. _— à pointes changeantes_; draught compasses. _— de réduction_; proportional compasses. _— de variation_; azimuth compass. _Faire toutes choses par règle et par —_, to do everything by rule and compass. _Il a le — dans l’œil_; he has a good eye for distances, or he has a sure eye.

=compassé=, =-e=, _adj._, formal, stiff, starched.

=compassement= (-pâs-mān), _n.m._, compassing, (fig.) stiffness, starchedness.

=compasser=, _v.a._, to measure with compasses; to proportion; to regulate; to weigh; to consider. _Un homme bien compassé_; a formal, affected man.

=compassion=, _n.f._, compassion, pity, mercy. _Avoir — de quelqu’un_, _avoir de la — pour quelqu’un_; to take compassion on any one, to have compassion for any one.

=compatibilité=, _n.f._, compatibility.

=compatible=, _adj._, compatible, consistent. _Son humeur n’est pas — avec la mienne_; his temper does not agree with mine.

=compatir=, _v.n._, to sympathize with, to compassionate, to commiserate, to pity; to agree, to be compatible with.

=compatissance=, _n.f._, pity, sympathy.

=compatissant=, =-e=, _adj._, compassionate, tender, pitying, feeling.

=compatriote=, _n.m.f._, compatriot, fellow-countryman, fellow-countrywoman.

=compendieusement=, _adv._, in brief, compendiously.

=compendium= (kon-pin-di-om), _n.m._, compendium, abridgment, summary.

=compensable=, _adj._, that may be compensated, compensable.

=compensateur=, _n.m._, (horl.) compensating balance. _— magnétique_; magnetic compensator (to indicate the deviations of the mariner’s compass).

=compensat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, (horl.) compensative, compensating. _Pendule —_; compensating pendulum.

=compensation=, _n.f._, compensation, amends, reparation, satisfaction; set-off. _Faire —_; to compensate, to make amends for.

=compensatoire=, _adj._, compensatory.

=compenser=, _v.a._, to counter-balance, to set against; to compensate, to make up for. _Rien ne compense la perte de l’honneur_; nothing can make up for the loss of honor.

_se_ =compenser=, _v.r._, to compensate each other; to be balanced, to be set off against; to be counteracted by.

=compérage=, _n.m._, compaternity; cheating, trickery, collusion.

=compère=, _n.m._, godfather; gossip; crony; pal; confederate of a quack. _Un bon —_; a good companion, fellow. _Un rusé —_; a sly old blade. _Par — et par commère_; by favor and interest.

=compère-loriot=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (orni.) goldhammer, goldfinch, loriot, stye (on the eye).

=compétemment= (kon-pé-ta-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) competently.

=compétence=, _n.f._, competency, cognizance; competition; department, sphere, province. _Cela n’est pas de votre —_; that is beyond your province.

=compétent=, =-e=, _adj._, sufficient, suitable, requisite; due; (jur.) cognizant; competent. _C’est un juge —_; he is a competent judge. _Vous n’êtes pas — pour cela_; you are not fit for that.

=compéter=, _v.n._, (jur.) to belong; to be due; to be cognizable.

=compétit-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, competitor, competitress, candidate.

=compétition=, _n.f._, competition, rivalry, strife.

=compilateur=, _n.m._, compiler.

=compilation=, _n.f._, compilation.

=compiler=, _v.a._, to compile.

=complainte=, _n.f._, complaint (jur.); lament, complaint, lamentation, moan, plaint, wailing; plaintive ballad.

=complaire=, _v.n._, to humor, to please, to gratify, to comply with the wishes (of); to condescend to.

_se_ =complaire=, _v.r._, to delight in; to admire one’s self.

=complaisamment= (-zam-an), _adv._, complaisantly, obligingly.

=complaisance=, _n.f._, kindness, goodness; complaisance, complacency; (com.) accommodation. _—s_; love, affection. _Abuser de la — de quelqu’un_; to abuse any one’s goodness. _Faire une chose par —_; to do a thing out of kindness.

=complaisant=, =-e=, _adj._, complaisant, affable, civil, obliging; kind.

=complaisant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, over-civil person, fawner; go-between.

=complant=, _n.m._, (agri.) plantation, vineyard.

=complément=, _n.m._, complement, completion, supplement; objective case.

=complémentaire=, _adj._, complementary, completing.

=compl-et=, =-ète=, _adj._, complete, full, total, whole, perfect. _Un habillement —_; a complete suit of clothes. _Œuvres —ètes_; complete works.

=complet=, _n.m._, complement, full number. _Être au —_; to be full. _Au grand —_; quite full; all present.

=complètement= (kon-plet-mān), _adv._, completely, thoroughly, entirely, wholly; utterly.

=complètement=, _n.m._, finishing, completion.

=compléter=, _v.a._, to complete, to perfect; to fill up, make up.

=compléti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (gram.) completive.

=complexe=, _adj._, complex; complicated.

=complexion=, _n.f._, constitution; disposition, complexion, humor, temper, inclination.

=complexionné=, =-e=, _adj._, constituted; inclined.

=complexité=, _n.f._, complexity.

=complication=, _n.f._, intricacy, complication.

=complice=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, accomplice, accessory, privy to; a party to.

=complicité=, _n.f._, complicity, participation.

=complies=, _n.f.pl._, (c.rel.) compline.

=compliment=, _n.m._, compliment. _pl._, congratulations. _Faire — à quelqu’un_; to compliment any one. _Faites-lui mes —s_; give him, her, my compliments. _Mes —s chez vous_; remember me to all at home. _Je vous en fais mon —_; I wish you joy. _Rengainer son —_; to stop short, not to go on with. _Sans —_; really, sincerely.

=complimenter=, _v.a._, to compliment, to congratulate.

=complimenteu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, complimenter.

=complimenteu-r=, =-se=, _adj._, complimentary.

=compliqué=, =-e=, _adj._, complicated, intricate.

=compliquer=, _v.a._, to render intricate, to complicate, to entangle.

_se_ =compliquer=, _v.r._, to become complicated.

=complot=, _n.m._, plot, conspiracy.

=comploter=, _v.a._, to plot.

=comploteur=, _n.m._, plotter, schemer.

=componction=, _n.f._, compunction, contrition, remorse.

=componé=, =-e=, _adj._, (her.) compony.

☉=comportement=, _n.m._, demeanor, comportment.

=comporter=, _v.a._, to permit, to allow, to admit of. _Le temps le comporte_; the times require it.

_se_ =comporter=, _v.r._, to behave, to behave one’s self; to act; to manage. _Se — mal_; to misbehave. _Il se comportera mieux à l’avenir_; he will behave better for the future.

=composant=, _n.m._, (chem.) component.

=composante=, _n.f._, (math.) component.

=composé=, =-e=, _adj._, composed, compound; complicate; affected, stiff. _Un mot —_; a compound word. _Il a l’air extrêmement sérieux et —_; he looks very grave and formal. _Air —_; stiff, starched air.

=composé=, _n.m._, compound.

=composée=, _n.f._, (bot.) composite flower.

=composer=, _v.a._, to compose, form, create, compound, make, fashion, adjust, regulate. _— sa mine_; to adjust one’s looks. _Il faut savoir se — selon le temps, selon les lieux_; one must regulate one’s self according to time and place. _— des almanachs_; to indulge in chimerical dreams. _— un papier d’examen_; to write out an examination paper.

=composer=, _v.n._, to compound, to compromise, to make up, to adjust; to capitulate. _Il a composé avec ses créanciers_; he has compounded with his creditors.

=composeur=, _n.m._, scribbler, paltry writer.

=composite=, _adj._, (arch.) composite.

=composite=, _n.m._, composite order.

=compositeur=, _n.m._, composer (of music); (jur.) compounder; (print.) compositor. _Amiable —_; (jur.) compounder, friendly arbitrator.

=composition=, _n.f._, composition, construction, composing, written examination; theme, agreement, settlement; capitulation. _Venir à —_; to come to an agreement. _Un homme de —_; an easy, tractable person. _Faire bonne —_; to grant advantageous terms. _Il est de difficile —_; he is hard to deal with. _Se rendre par —_; to surrender upon terms. _Entrer en —_; to enter into terms of composition.

=compost=, _n.m._, (agri.) compost.

=composter=, _v.a._, (agri.) to compost.

=composteur=, _n.m._, (print.) composing-stick.

=compote=, _n.f._, compote, stewed fruit, stew. _— de pigeons_; stewed pigeons. _Avoir l’œil en —_; to have a black eye. _Avoir les yeux en —_; to have a pair of black eyes.

=compotier= (-tié), _n.m._, shallow dish for stewed fruit.

=compréhensibilité=, _n.f._, comprehensibility.

=compréhensible=, _adj._, comprehensible, conceivable, intelligible.

=compréhensi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, comprehensive.

=compréhension=, _n.f._, comprehension, apprehension, understanding, intelligence.

=compréhensivité=, _n.f._, comprehensiveness, faculty of comprehending.

=comprendre=, _v.a._, to comprehend, to include, to comprise, to contain, to understand, to conceive. _Je comprends fort bien ce que vous me dites_; I understand very well what you say to me. _— mal_; to misunderstand. _À ce que je comprends_; by what I understand. _Je ne le comprends pas_; I do not know what to make of him.

=compresse=, _n.f._, (surg.) compress, bolster, pledget. _— fenêtrée_; perforated compress.

=compressibilité=, _n.f._, compressibility.

=compressible=, _adj._, compressible.

=compressi-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (surg.) compressive.

=compression=, _n.f._, compression, squeezing, condensation; (surg.) astriction.

=comprimable=, _adj._, compressible.

=comprimé=, =-e=, _part._, (bot.) compressed, flat, condensed; put down, kept under.

=comprimer=, _v.a._, to compress, to condense; to quell; to put down, to keep down, to restrain, to check, to curb.

=compris=, =-e=, _adj._, _part._, understood, included. _Y —_; inclusive of, including. _Non —_; not including, exclusive of, without.

=compromettant=, _adj._, injurious, dangerous, compromising; incriminating, damaging; disreputable.

=compromettre=, _v.n._, to compromise, to implicate; to put to arbitration, to consent to a reference, to refer to the arbitrament of one or more arbitrators.

=compromettre=, _v.a._, to expose, to commit, to compromise, to jeopardize, to imperil, to endanger. _— son autorité_, _sa dignité_; to imperil one’s authority or character.

_se_ =compromettre=, _v.r._, to implicate, to compromise, oneself.

=compromis=, _n.m._, mutual agreement, compromise. _Mettre en —_; to submit to arbitration.

=compromissaire=, _n.m._, arbitrator, referee.

=compromissionnaire=, _adj._, by compromise.

=comptabilité= (kon-ta-), _n.f._, accounts, book-keeping. _Il entend bien la —_; he has a thorough knowledge of accounts.

=comptable= (kon-tabl), _adj._, accountable, responsible. _Agent —_; accountant; responsible agent; (nav.) paymaster. _Nous sommes —s de nos talents à la patrie_; we are accountable to our country for our talents.

=comptable=, _n.m._, accountant; responsible agent.

=comptant= (kon-tān), _n.m._, ready money, cash. _Au —_; (com.) for cash. _Payer —_; to pay ready money. _Avoir du —_; to be well provided with cash. _Voilà tout mon —_; here is all my cash.

=comptant=, _adj._, (of money) ready; (of payment) in cash; (com.) prompt.

=compte= (kont), _n.m._, account, reckoning, calculation, score; due, rate; question; statement, report; profit; benefit; esteem, value, regard. _Avez-vous votre —?_ have you got the right amount? _Je n’ai pas mon —_; I have not my due. _De — fait_; altogether, on computation. _— rond_; even money. _— borgne_; odd money. _À —_; on account. _À bon —_; cheaply, at a small cost. _Livre de —_; book of accounts. _Roue de —_; (horl.) notch-wheel. _Chambre des —s_; chamber of accounts. _Auditeur des —s_; auditor of the exchequer. _Arrêter_, _solder_, _un —_, _des —s_; to settle accounts. _Arrêté de —_; account agreed upon, statement of account. _Pour solde de —_; in full of all demands. _Faire rendre —_; to call to account. _Rendre —_; to give an account. _Avoir un — en banque_; to have money at a banker’s. _Mettre en ligne de —_; to pass to account. _Valider un —_; to verify an account. _Ouir un —_; to audit an account. _Arrêter un —_; to strike a balance. _Il y a un reliquat de — à solder_; there is a balance still owing. _Tenir —_; to keep an account. _Ne tenir ni — ni mesure_; to leave all at sixes and sevens. _À bon —_; at a cheap rate. _Être de bon —_; to be fair in one’s dealings. _Faire —_; to depend upon, to expect, to intend. _Il n’y a pas trouvé son —_; he did not find what he expected _or_ that it paid. _Ils sont bien loin de —_; they are a long way out. _Vous m’en rendrez —_; you shall answer for it. _Il faut lui rendre — de tout_; we must account to him for everything. _Faire le — de_; to suit, to do well. _Je prends cela sur mon —_; I will be responsible for that. _On ne sait à quoi s’en tenir sur son —_; we do not know what to think of him. _À ce —-là_; at that rate. _Les bons —s font les bons amis_; short reckonings make long friends. _Faire — d’une personne_; to value a person. _Il n’en fait aucun —_; he slights him. _Au bout du —_; when all is said and done. _En fin de —_; in the end. _Se rendre — de_; to get a clear idea of. _Erreur n’est pas —_; errors excepted.

=compte-pas=, _n.m._, (_—_) odometer, pedometer; surveying-wheel. _V._ =odomètre=.

=compter= (kon-té), _v.a._, to count, to reckon, to number, to calculate, to compute; to include; to charge; to settle accounts. _— ses pas_; to walk slowly. _Marcher à pas comptés_; to walk with measured steps.

=compter=, _v.n._, to reckon, to calculate; to intend, to purpose; to think, to expect. _Quand comptez vous partir?_ when do you purpose setting out? _Je compte le voir demain_; I expect to see him to-morrow. _— sur_; to depend upon, to rely upon, to count upon; to anticipate, to expect. _Comptez que_; remember that. _Comptez dessus_; depend upon it. _À — de_; from, reckoning from. _Qui compte sans son hôte compte deux fois_; he who reckons without his host, must reckon again.

=compte rendu=, _n.m._, return, report, statement.

=compteur= (kon-teur), _n.m._, counter, accountant, computer; (mach.) tell-tale; (tech.) meter. _— kilométrique_; cyclometer.

=comptoir= (kon-toâr), _n.m._, counter; counting-house; factory, settlement; bar (of a public house, &c.). _Dame de —_; shopwoman; barmaid. _Garçon de —_; barman, barkeeper.

=compulser=, _v.a._, to look through a register; to examine, in virtue of a judge’s order.

=compulsoire=, _n.m._, (jur.) examination of papers in virtue of a judge’s order.

=comput= (kon-put), _n.m._, computation.

=computation=, _n.f._, computation.

=computiste=, _n.m._, computer, computist.

=comtal=, =-e=, _adj._, belonging to an earl or a countess.

=comtat=, _n.m._, county (of Avignon, _or_ Venaissin).

=comte=, _n.m._, count; earl.

=comté=, _n.m._, county; earldom, shire.

=comtesse=, _n.f._, countess.

=concasser=, _v.a._, to pound, to bruise, to crush.

=concasseur=, _n.m._, bruising, _or_ crushing, mill; (tech.) steam-roller.

=concaténation=, _n.f._, concatenation.

=concave=, _adj._, concave.

=concavité=, _n.f._, concaveness, concave, concavity.

=concavo-concave=, _adj._, concavo-concave.

=concavo-convexe=, _adj._, concavo-convex.

=concédant=, _n.m._, grantor.

=concéder=, _v.a._, to grant, to yield, to allow.

_se_ =concéder=, _v.r._, to be granted, allowed.

=concentration=, _n.f._, concentration.

=concentré=, =-e=, _part._, concentrated; concentred; close, silent, reserved, close-tongued. _Un homme toujours —_; a thoughtful man; a man who is not communicative. _Haine —e_; suppressed hatred.

=concentrer=, _v.a._, to concentrate; to dissemble, to repress, to smother. _— sa fureur_; to dissemble one’s rage.

_se_ =concentrer=, _v.r._, to concentrate, to meet in one centre; to centre; to retire within one’s self.

=concentrique=, _adj._, concentric.

=concentriquement=, _adv._, concentrically.

=concept= (kon-sèpt), _n.m._, (log.) concept.

=conceptible=, _adj._, conceivable.

=concepti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, conceptive.

=conception=, _n.f._, conception; apprehension; thought, notion, understanding; wit, conceit. _Il a la — vive_, _facile_, _dure_; he is quick, easy, dull, of apprehension. _Vous n’avez pas de — comment ..._; you have no idea how ...

=concernant=, _prep._, concerning, relating to, touching, about, in reference to.

=concerner=, _v.a._ to relate or belong to, to concern, to regard.

=concert=, _n.m._, concert; harmony; unanimity, concord. _— spirituel_; oratorio. _— de louanges_; chorus of praises. _De —_; by mutual consent. _Agir de —_; to act in concert. _Faire une chose de —_; to go hand in hand in a business.

=concertant=, =-e=, _adj._, in concert (mus.). _Symphonie —e_; symphony performed in concert by two or three or more instruments.

=concertant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, performer in a concert.

=concerté=, =-e=, _adj._, concerted, planned; contrived; affected; studied; starched.

=concerter=, _v.a._, to contrive, to concert; to plan, to devise; ☉to practise for a concert.

_se_ =concerter=, _v.r._, to plan together, to concert; to lay ones’ heads together; to deliberate.

=concerto=, _n.m._, (_—s_) concerto.

=concesseur=, _n.m._, grantor.

=concession=, _n.f._, concession, grant, privilege.

=concessionnaire=, _n.m._, grantee. _— d’un privilège_; patentee. _adj._, privileged.

=concetti=, _n.m.pl._, (_n.s._) witty conceits; affected wit.

=concevable=, _adj._, conceivable, imaginable.

=concevoir=, _v.a._, to apprehend, to imagine, to understand, to perceive, to take, to comprehend; to word, to express; to conceive; to become pregnant. _Elle est hors d’âge de —_; she is past child-bearing.

=conche=, _n.f._, (tech.) brine-pit.

=conchoïdal=, =-e= (-ko-), _adj._, (geom.) conchoidal.

=conchoïde= (-ko-), _n.f._, (geom.) conchoid.

=conchologie=, _n.f._, conchology.

=conchologique=, _adj._, conchological.

=conchologiste=, _n.m._, conchologist.

=conchyte= (-kit), _n.f._, conchite.

=concierge=, _n.m.f._, house-porter, portress; door-keeper, hall-porter.