🇫🇷French to English Lexicon

French to English Dictionary (Dictionnaire Français-Anglais)

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Words Starting with "C"

clément
C2adjective
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Aperdonish

Characterized by an inclination toward forgiveness, reconciliation, or granting pardon under complex normative conditions.

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caractère de bon augure
C2noun
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Auspiciousness

The property of being conducive to success; favorable circumstances or good omens.

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Chef de département
C2noun
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Bumonchō

The head or chief of a department, especially in an educational or governmental institution.

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Cacoéthes
C2noun
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Cacoethes

An irresistible urge to act, often in a harmful or detrimental way.

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cacotopie
C2noun
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Cacotopia

A state or society in which conditions are the worst possible, serving as the antithesis of a utopia.

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chaleur
C2noun
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Calidity

The quality or state of being warm; heat or warmth.

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Canophile
C2noun
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Canophilist

A person who loves or is fond of dogs.

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casuistique
C2adjective
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Casuistic

Involving or relating to the resolution of moral problems by the application of general ethical principles to specific cases, often used pejoratively to imply sophisticated but misleading reasoning.

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cathartiser
C2verb
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Catharize

To purge, cleanse, or purify, particularly in a spiritual, psychological, or ritualistic sense.

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cause célèbre
C2noun
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Cause célèbre

A controversial issue, trial, or incident that becomes the subject of widespread public attention, debate, and dispute.

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Cénozoïque
C2adjective
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Cenozoic

Relating to the current geological era, which began about 66 million years ago and is characterized by the dominance of mammals, birds, and flowering plants.

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cérébration
C2noun
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Cerebration

The action or process of thinking; thought or mental activity.

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