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,
f.
sitting hen, brooder.
couvrir
,
v.
to cover, wrap up.
cra-cra
,
interj.
scratch, scratch (onomatopoetic).
crabe
,
m.
crab.
cracher
,
v.
to spit.
craie
,
f.
chalk.
craindre
,
v.
to fear.
crainte
,
f.
fear, dread.
craintif, -ive
,
adj.
fearful, timorous, timid.
crampe
,
f.
cramp.
crâne
,
m.
skull, cranium.
crapule
,
f.
debauchery, vile people, rotten gang.
craquer
,
v.
to crack.
crasse
,
f.
filth, coat of filth, scum.
cravache
,
f.
riding-whip, crop.
cravate
,
f.
cravat.
crayon
,
m.
pencil.
créancier
,
m.
creditor.
création
,
f.
creation.
créature
,
f.
creature.
crédit
,
m.
credit.
crème
,
f.
cream.
Crémone
, Cremona (city of northern Italy).
crénelé, -e
,
adj.
embattled, crenelated.
crépitement
,
m.
crackling.
crête
,
f.
crest.
creuser
,
v.
to dig, hollow, hollow out;
creusé, -e
,
hollowed, hollow, excavated.
creux, -euse
,
adj. and m.
hollow, sunken;
en --
, in
intaglio.
crevasse
,
f.
crevice, crevasse.
crevasser
,
v.
to crack, chap.
crever
,
v.
to burst open, burst, knock or put out, die (vulgar in
last sense).
cri
,
m.
cry, shout, scream.
cribler
,
v.
to riddle.
criée
,
f.
auction.
crier
,
v.
to cry, cry out or for, scream, call, creak.
crime
,
m.
crime.
crise
,
f.
crisis, attack.
crisper
,
v.
to contract, shrivel up, clench, twitch, convulse,
make tense, set on edge or irritate
(the nerves), thrill.
cristal
,
m.
crystal, cui glass;
-- de roche
, rock-crystal.
croc
,
m.
book, fang;
coup de --
, ravenous bite (final
c
not pronounced).
crocheteur
,
m.
street-porter.
crochu, -e
,
adj.
hooked, crooked.
crocodile
,
m.
crocodile.
croire
,
v.
to believe;
faut --!
, you'd better believe so,
you bet!; à ce que je crois, as I think, in my estimation.
croisade
,
f.
crusade.
croisée
,
f.
window, casernent, transept.
croiser
,
v.
to cross, intersect.
Croisic (le)
, peninsula and village north of the mouth of the Loire
(Loire-Inférieure), Croisilles,
hero of de Musset's story (also a
village in Pas-de-Calais).
croitre
,
v.
to increase, grow;
croissant, -e
,
adj. and m.
increasing, growing, crescent, quarter
(moon).
croix
,
f.
cross, reverse (of a coin).
croquer
,
v.
to crunch.
crosse
,
f.
butt (of a gun).
crosser
,
v.
to bat, beat.
crottin
,
m.
dung (of horses,sheep, etc.).
croupe
,
f.
crupper, buttocks.
croyance
,
f.
belief, creed.
cruche
,
f.
jug, pitcher.
cruel, -le
,
adj.
cruel.
cruellement
,
adv.
cruelly.
crûment
,
adv.
crudely, harshly.
Cucugnan
, humorous name of an imaginary town.
Cucugnanais
,
m.
inhabitant of Cucugnan.
cueillir
,
v.
to gather, pick up.
cuir
,
m.
leather.
cuirasse
,
f.
cuirass, breastplate.
cuirassier
,
m.
cuirassier (cavalryman wearing a cuirass).
cuire
,
v.
to cook;
cuisant, -e
, cooking, sweltering.
cuisine
,
f.
kitchen.
cuisinier, -ère
,
m., f.
cook.
cuisse
,
f.
thigh.
cuivre
,
m.
copper.
cuivré, -e
,
adj.
copper-colored.
cul
,
m.
bottom, back, rump (
l
not pronounced).
culbuter
,
v.
to send head over heels, throw over, overthrow,
overturn, upset.
culotte
,
f.
breeches.
culte
,
m.
worship, creed, service.
cultiver
,
v.
to cultivate, raise, harvest.
cupide
,
adj.
covetous, greedy.
curé
,
m.
vicar, parish priest, curé.
curieux, -euse
,
adj. and s.
curious, curious person.
curiosité
,
f.
curiosity.
cuve
,
f.
vat, tub.
D
d'
,
see
de
.
daigner
,
v.
to deign.
dais
,
m.
dais, canopy.
dallage
,
m.
flagging.
dalle
,
f.
flagstone.
daller
,
v.
to pave (with flagstones).
Damas
, Damascus (Syrian city;
s
pronounced).
damas
,
m.
damask (kind of silk with raised figures, also linen of
the same pattern),
Damascus blade.
dame
,
f.
lady, dame (title).
dame
,
interj.
indeed!, well now!
damier
,
m.
checker-board.
damner
,
v.
to damn;
damné, -e
,
m., f.
one damned
(pronounced:
dâné
).
danger
,
m.
danger, risk.
dangereux, -euse
,
adj.
dangerous.
Daniel
, Daniel.
dans
,
prep.
in, into, to, on.
danse
,
f.
dance.
danser
,
v.
to dance.
danseur, -euse
,
m., f.
dancer, partner.
dater
,
v.
to date.
datte
,
f.
date (fruit).
dauphin, -ine
,
m., f.
dolphin, dauphin, dauphiness (eldest son
of a French king, or his wife);
Dauphine
, proper name.
davantage
,
adv.
still more, more.
David
, David (King of Israel, story given in Bible, beginning with I Sam. 16).
de
,
prep.
of, from, by, with, to, on, in, for, than, as, some
(partitive), ~ English possessive ('s);
si j'étais -- vous
, if I
were in your place.
débarrasser
,
v.
to disembarrass, free;
se --
, get rid.
débattre
,
v.
to debate;
se --
, be debated, struggle,
contend, flicker.
débauche
,
f.
debauch, debauchery.
déblayer
,
v.
to clear out.
déborder
,
v.
to overflow;
débordé, -e
, overflowing, brimming
over.
déboucher
,
v.
to uncork, open, come out (into).
debout
,
adv.
upright, up, standing;
se tenir (mettre) --
, to
stand upright.
déboutonner