French | English |
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cela étant adverbe | nevertheless◼◼◼(in spite of what preceded) |
cela étant phrase | that said◼◼◼(even so) |
cent-et-un numeral {m} | one hundred one(101, see also: one hundred and one) |
cent-et-unième adjectif | hundred-first(ordinal number, see also: hundred-and-first) |
cessez et renoncez verbe | cease and desist◼◼◼(stop and not resume an action) |
chardon étoilé nom | caltrop(starthistle) |
chaux éteinte nom {f} | calcium hydroxide [calcium hydroxides]◼◼◼(chemical compound) |
cheval de l'herbe et de la boue nom {m} | grass mud horse◼◼◼(Mythical Baidu deity used for circumventing censorship) |
choc et effroi nom {m} | shock and awe◼◼◼(doctrine based on the use of spectacular displays of force) |
choc et stupeur nom {m} | shock and awe◼◼◼(doctrine based on the use of spectacular displays of force) |
chou vert et vert chou (green cabbage [and] cabbage that is green) [Belgium] phrase | six of one, half a dozen of the other(two alternatives are equivalent or indifferent) |
ci et ça nom | so-and-so(anything generic) |
cinquante et un numeral | fifty-one◼◼◼(cardinal number) |
cité-État nom {f} | city state [city states]◼◼◼(sovereign city) |
clair-étage nom {m} | clerestorynoun |
classes de première et terminale nom {f pl} | sixth form(final two years of secondary schooling) |
clé étrangère nom {f} | foreign key◼◼◼(column referencing another table) |
comme chien et chat (like a cat and dog) preposition | at loggerheads(unable to agree; opposing) |
Communauté des États indépendants nom {f} | Commonwealth of Independent States◼◼◼(alliance of former Soviet republics) |
comparer des pommes et des poires nom | apples and oranges◼◼◼(non-comparable items) |
conduite en état d'ivresse nom | drunk driving◼◼◼noun |
conseil des étudiants nom {m} | student council◼◼◼(student body) |
Conseil économique et social des Nations unies nom propre | United Nations Economic and Social Council◼◼◼(one of the six principal organs of the United Nations) |
conseil étudiant nom {m} | student council◼◼◼(student body) |
contre vents et marées preposition | against all odds◼◼◼(despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability) |
corps et âme adverbe | body and soul◼◼◼adverb |
corps étranger nom {m} | foreign body [foreign bodies]◼◼◼(unwanted intruding object) |
coucher de poule et lever de corbeau écartent l'homme du tombeau phrase | early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise(Benjamin Franklin quote) |
coups et blessures nom | battery [batteries]◼◼◼(legal: act of unlawful violence) |
cours légal et forcé nom {m} | legal tender(currency that cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt) |
criquet à ailes bleues et noires nom {m} | blue-winged grasshopper(Oedipoda caerulescens) |
Daman et Diu nom propre | Daman and Diu◼◼◼(Indian state territory) |
datif éthique nom {m} | ethical dative(form of the dative case) |
de bric et de broc adjectif | eclectic(unrelated and unspecialized; heterogeneous) |
de cape et d’épée adjectif | cloak-and-dagger(marked by menacing furtive secrecy) |
de son état preposition | by trade◼◼◼(as a profession) |
défenseur de la veuve et de l'orphelin nom {m} | bleeding heart◼◼◼(a person who is overly sympathetic to the plight of the underprivileged) |
des goûts et des couleurs phrase | there's no accounting for taste◼◼◼(people's tastes differ) your mileage may vary(this is just my opinion, see also: there's no accounting for taste) |
des hauts et des bas nom | ups and downs◼◼◼(idiomatic) |