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Communauté des États indépendants nom {f} | Commonwealth of Independent States◼◼◼(alliance of former Soviet republics) |
communauté internationale nom {f} | international community◼◼◼noun |
compensation industrielle nom {f} | offset [offsets]◼◼◼(countertrade arrangement) |
complément d'objet indirect nom {m} | indirect object◼◼◼(grammatical term) dative case(case used to express direction towards an indirect object) |
complément d'objet interne nom {m} | cognate accusative(object of kindred sense or derivation) |
complexe militaro-industriel nom {m} | military-industrial complex◼◼◼(armed forces and industry) |
composé inorganique nom {m} | inorganic compound◼◼◼(compound without carbon atoms) |
compteur intelligent nom {m} | smart meter◼◼◼(an electronic meter for measuring electricity or gas consumption) |
compteur interactif nom {m} | smart meter(an electronic meter for measuring electricity or gas consumption) |
conférer (in some formulations only) verbe | bestow [bestowed, bestowing, bestows]◼◼◼(to present a thing as a gift or honour) |
contrat à durée indéterminée nom {m} | open-ended contract◼◼◼noun |
contre-indication nom {f} | contraindication [contraindications]◼◼◼(factor or symptom) |
contre-indiquer verbe | contraindicate [contraindicated, contraindicating, contraindicates]◼◼◼(to make inadvisable) |
contre-interrogatoire nom {m} | cross-examination [cross-examinations]◼◼◼(interrogating of a witness by the party against whom they have been called and examined) |
contre-intuitif adjectif | counterintuitive◼◼◼(contrary to intuition or common sense) |
copie carbone invisible nom | blind carbon copy(copy of an email message) |
copropriété indivise nom {f} | |
côtes premières (in UK) nom {f pl} | loin [loins]◼◼◼(cut of meat) |
couille dans le pâté (testicle in the pâté) nom {f} | fly in the ointment(something which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant) |
couille dans le potage (testicle in the soup) [both vulgar] nom {f} | fly in the ointment(something which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant) |
coup franc indirect nom {m} | indirect free kick◼◼◼(soccer) |
couper les cheveux en quatre (cut hair in four) verbe | split hairs◼◼◼(to consider fine details) |
Cour internationale de justice nom {f} | International Court of Justice◼◼◼(UN court) |
courriel indésirable nom {m} | spam◼◼◼(unsolicited bulk electronic messages) |
courrier indésirable nom {m} | spam◼◼◼(unsolicited bulk electronic messages) junk mail◼◼◼(mail or letters that are not welcome or solicited) |
cours intensif nom {m} | crash course◼◼◼(quick, intense course) |
coût indirect nom {m} | indirect cost◼◼◼noun |
cuisiner (prepare food including heating) verbe | cook [cooked, cooking, cooks]◼◼◼(to prepare food for eating) |
cyber-intimidation nom {f} | cyberbullying◼◼◼(bullying online) |
cygne mâle (there is no special word in French for cob in this sense) nom {m} | cob [cobs](male swan) |
d'acier inoxydable adjectif | stainless steel◼◼◼(made of stainless steel) |
dans le pire des cas (in the worst of the cases) adverbe | worst comes to worst◼◼◼(if a bad situation develops) |
dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre adjectif | anticlockwise◼◼◼(in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock) |
de classe internationale adjectif | world-class◼◼◼(of a standard that ranks among the best in the world) |
de façon intéressante adverbe | interestingly◼◼◼(in an interesting way) |
de l'après-midi (in the afternoon) adverbe | p.m.◼◼◼(after noon) |
de la nuit (in the night) adverbe | p.m.◼◼◼(after noon) |
de manière incongrue adverbe | incongruously◼◼◼(in an incongruous manner) |