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Charites nom propre {f-Pl} | Charites◼◼◼(Greek goddesses of charm, beauty, nature, human creativity, and fertility) |
chasse aux têtes nom {f} | headhunting◼◼◼(cutting-off and preservation of the heads of one's enemies) |
chasseur de têtes nom {m} | headhunter [headhunters]◼◼◼(practitioner of headhunting) headhunter [headhunters]◼◼◼(recruiter) talent scout◼◻◻(person) |
chat à pattes noires nom {m} | black-footed cat◼◼◼(Felis nigripes) |
château de cartes nom {m} | house of cards◼◼◼(structure made by stacking playing cards) house of cards◼◼◼(structure or argument built on a shaky foundation) |
chaussures à pointes nom {f pl} | spikes◼◼◼(A pair of shoes equipped with spikes on the sole) |
chiottes nom {m pl} | can [cans]◼◼◼(non-offensive slang for toilet, see also: toilet) |
chiottes nom {f pl} | shitter◼◼◻(coarse slang for toilet, see also: toilet) |
chutes du Niagara nom propre {f-Pl} | Niagara Falls◼◼◼(waterfalls) |
chutes Niagara nom propre {f-Pl} | Niagara Falls◼◼◼(waterfalls) |
chutes Victoria nom propre {Pl} | Victoria Falls◼◼◼(waterfall in Africa) |
circonstances aggravantes nom {f pl} | aggravation [aggravations]◼◼◼(extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity) |
cireur de bottes nom {m} | shoeshiner◼◼◼(person who shines shoes) |
cireuse de bottes nom {f} | shoeshiner(person who shines shoes) |
claquettes nom {f pl} | tap dance◼◼◼(dance) |
cocktail de crevettes nom {m} | prawn cocktail◼◼◼(salad dish made from prawns) |
coloration des matières organiques dissoutes dans l'eau nom {f} | gelbstoff◼◼◼(optically measurable component of dissolved organic matter in water) |
comme deux gouttes d'eau preposition | like two peas in a pod◼◼◼(very similar) |
comme sur des roulettes (like on wheels) adverbe | swimmingly◼◼◼(in a very favourable manner) |
commodités nom {f pl} | convenience [conveniences]◼◼◼(public toilet) |
comptes annuels nom {m pl} | annual accounts◼◼◼((accounting)) |
compteur de vitesse nom | speedometer [speedometers]◼◼◼(a device that measures, and indicates the current speed of a vehicle) |
compteur de vitesse nom {m} | clock [clocks]◼◼◻(odometer) |
comtesse nom {f} | countess◼◼◼(wife of a count or earl) |
contenu pour adultes nom | adult content◼◼◼(content not appropriate for children) |
contestable adjectif | contestable◼◼◼(that which can be contested) disputable◼◼◼(of opinions, propositions or questions, subject to dispute) |
contesté adjectif | embattled◼◼◼(subject to or troubled by battles, controversy or debates) |
contester verbe | dispute [disputed, disputing, disputes]◼◼◼(to strive or contend about; to contest) impugn [impugned, impugning, impugns]◼◼◻(question the validity of) refute [refuted, refuting, refutes]◼◼◻(to deny the truth or correctness of (something)) |
coordonnées cartésiennes nom | Cartesian coordinate◼◼◼(the rectangular coordinates of a point) |
coordonnées cartésiennes nom {f pl} | Cartesian coordinates◼◼◼(coordinates of a point) |
cordocentèse nom {f} | cordocentesis◼◼◼((surgery) removal of blood from a umbilical cord in utero for testing) |
Côtes-d'Armor nom propre {f-Pl} | Côtes-d'Armor◼◼◼(French department in Brittany) |
Côtes-du-Nord nom propre {Pl-f} | Côtes-du-Nord◼◼◼(former name of Côtes-d'Armor) |
côtes premières (in UK) nom {f pl} | loin [loins]◼◼◼(cut of meat) |