Francia | Angol |
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Capétonienne nom {f} | Capetonian(person from or inhabitant of Cape Town) |
carpette nom {f} | doormat [doormats]◼◼◼(someone that is over-submissive to other's wishes) |
centripète adjectif | centripetal◼◼◼(directed or moving towards a centre) |
céréale de petit déjeuner nom {f} | breakfast cereal◼◼◼(food made from processed grains) |
chercher la petite bête verbe | nitpick [nitpicked, nitpicking, nitpicks]◼◼◼(to correct minutiae or find fault) |
chercher la petite bête (look for the small beast) verbe | split hairs◼◼◼(to consider fine details) |
cidre pétillant nom | sparkling cider◼◼◼(alcoholic potable) |
clapet nom {m} | valve [valves]◼◼◼(device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) trap [traps]◼◼◻(slang: mouth) |
clause attributive de compétence nom {f} | forum selection clause◼◼◼(contractual clause for the place of legal dispute) |
comique de répétition nom {m} | running joke◼◼◼noun |
comme des petits pains preposition | like hot cakes◼◼◼(quickly) |
compagnie pétrolière nom {f} | oil company◼◼◼(a company which trades, extracts or processes petroleum or oil) |
compétence nom {f} | competence [competences]◼◼◼(the quality or state of being competent for a general role.) competence [competences]◼◼◼(the quality or state of being competent for a particular task.) skill [skills]◼◼◼(capacity to do something well) expertise [expertises]◼◼◼(great skill or knowledge) competency [competencies]◼◼◼(linguistics: implicit knowledge of a language’s structure) |
compétence nom | proficiency [proficiencies]◼◼◻(ability or skill) |
compétence nom {m} | bailiwick [bailiwicks]◼◻◻(area or subject of authority or involvement) |
compétent adjectif | competent◼◼◼(law: having jurisdiction or authority) proficient◼◼◻(skilled) deft [defter, deftest]◼◻◻(skillful) |
compétiteur nom {m} | competitor [competitors]◼◼◼(person against whom one is competing) |
compétitif adjectif | competitive◼◼◼(biochemistry: inhibiting an enzyme) |
compétition nom {f} | competition [competitions]◼◼◼(action of competing) competition [competitions]◼◼◼(contest for a prize or award) contest [contests]◼◼◻(competition, see also: competition) |
compétition de l’épellation nom {f} | spelling bee(spelling contest or competition) |
compétition de tee-shirt mouillé nom {m} | wet t-shirt contest(contest in which women wear wet t-shirts) |
compétitivité nom {f} | competitiveness◼◼◼(state of being competitive) |
compétitrice nom {f} | competitor [competitors]◼◼◼(person against whom one is competing) |
condamnation à perpétuité nom {f} | life sentence◼◼◼(sentence of imprisonment for the rest of the defendant's life) |
contrepet nom {m} | spoonerism [spoonerisms](phrase where sounds are transposed) |
contrepèterie nom {f} | spoonerism [spoonerisms]◼◼◼(phrase where sounds are transposed) |
convention attributive de compétence nom {f} | forum selection clause(contractual clause for the place of legal dispute) |
cour du roi Pétaud nom | bedlam(place or situation of chaos) |
cours à pète [Belgium] nom {m} | weeder coursenoun |
coussin péteur nom {m} | whoopee cushion◼◼◼(inflatable bag used as practical joke) whoopie cushion◼◻◻noun |