Chapter C (6)

=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.