Heath's French and English dictionary
Part 35
=cliéntèle=, _n.f._, clients; practice (of physicians); (Rom. antiq.) protection, patronage, business; custom (of tradesmen); connection. _Se faire une —_; to form a connection.
=clifoire=, _n.f._, squirt (toy).
*=clignement=, _n.m._, winking, blinking, wink.
☉*=cligne-musette=, _n.f._, (_n.p._) hide and seek.
*=cligner=, _v.a._, to blink, to wink, to twinkle.
*=clignotant=, =-e=, _adj._, winking, blinking.
*=clignotement= (kli-gnot-mān), _n.m._, winking, twinkling, blinking.
*=clignoter=, _v.n._, to wink, to twinkle, to blink.
=climat=, _n.m._, climate, clime.
=climatérique=, _adj._, climacteric, climatic.
=climatérique=, _n.f._, climacteric, climatic. _La grande —_; the great climacteric.
=climax= (-maks), _n.m._, (l.u.) (rhet.) climax.
=clin=, _n.m._, wink (of an eye); (archit.) louvre-boarding; (nav.) clincher-work. _À —_; clincher-built. _Faire un — d’œil à quelqu’un_; to wink at any one. _En un — d’œil_; in the twinkling of an eye, in an instant, in a trice.
*=clincaille=, =clincaillerie=, =clincaillier=. _V._ =quincaille=, =quincaillerie=, =quincaillier=.
=clinique=, _adj._, clinic, clinical.
=clinique=, _n.f._, clinical surgery, clinical medicine, or lectures.
=clinquant=, _n.m._, tinsel; glitter; affectation; foil.
=clinquanter=, _v.a._, to cover with tinsel.
=clique=, _n.f._, set, coterie, party; clique. _Emporter ses —s et ses claques_; to pack bag and baggage, to be off.
=cliquet=, _n.m._, click; catch.
=cliqueter= (klik-té), _v.n._, to clack, to click.
=cliquetis= (klik-tî), _n.m._, clanking of arms, clash; clatter; rattling, jingle.
=cliquettes= (kli-kèt), _n.f.pl._, snappers, bones.
=clisse=, _n.f._, wicker-mat; (surg.) splint.
=clissé=, =-e=, _adj._, cased in wicker.
=clitoris= (-rî), _n.m._, (anat.) clitoris.
=clivage=, _n.m._, (min.) cleavage.
=cliver=, _v.a._, to cleave (diamonds). _Se —_; to be cleft.
=cloaque=, _n.m._, sink; cess-pool, sewer; filthy hole; (anat.) cloaca.
=cloche=, _n.f._, bell; blister (on the hands, feet); cover, dish-cover; (cook.) stew-pan; (gard.) bell-glass, hand-glass; (chem., phys.) receiver. _— de plongeur_; diving-bell; (nav.) barrel (of a capstan). _Tinter les —s_; to toll the bells. _Qui n’entend qu’une — n’entend qu’un son_; one should hear both sides of a question.
=clochement= (klosh-mān), _n.m._, hobbling, halting, limping; lameness.
=cloche-pied=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) hopping on one leg. _À —_; upon one foot, hopping. _Aller à —_; to hop.
=clocher=, _n.m._, steeple, belfry, parish. _Course au —_; steeple-chase. _Avoir la maladie du —_; to be homesick. _Il n’a jamais quitté son — de vue_; he has never been out of his parish. _Esprit de —_; narrowmindedness; prejudice, short-sightedness.
=clocher=, _v.n._, to halt, to limp, to hobble. _— du pied droit_; to limp with the right foot. _Raisonnement qui cloche_; lame argument. _Il y a quelque chose qui cloche_; there’s something wrong somewhere; a hitch somewhere.
=clocher=, _v.a._, (gard.) to cover with a glass-bell.
=clocheton=, _n.m._, little steeple, bell-turret.
=clochette=, _n.f._, small bell, hand-bell; (bot.) bell-flower.
=cloison=, _n.f._, partition (of boards or masonry), division, compartment; (anat., bot.) partition; (nav.) bulkhead.
=cloisonnage=, _n.m._, partition-work, wainscoting.
=cloisonné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) valved; (conch.) chambered, wainscoted.
=cloisonner=, _v.a._, to partition.
=cloître=, _n.m._, cloister; close; monastery.
=cloîtré=, =-e=, _adj._, cloistered (of a person).
=cloîtrer=, _v.a._, to shut up in a cloister, to cloister, to immure.
=cloîtrier=, _n.m._, cloister monk.
=clopin-clopant=, _adv._, limpingly, haltingly; hobbling along.
=clopiner=, _v.n._, to limp, to halt, to hobble.
=cloporte=, _n.m._, (ent.) multiped, woodlouse.
=cloque=, _n.f._, blister; (agri.) brown rust.
=clore=, _v.a._, to inclose, to fence, to shut in; to end, to finish, to conclude; to close (accounts, discussions, a session).
=clore=, _v.n._, to close, to shut.
=clos=, =-e=, _part._, closed, tight, shut, sealed. _A huis —_; with closed doors. _Bouche —e_; mum’s the word. _Champ —_; lists. _Ce sont lettres —es_; it’s a secret. _— et couvert_; wind and water tight.
=clos=, _n.m._, close; inclosure, field. _— de vigne_; vineyard.
=closeau=, _n.m._, small garden.
=closerie=, _n.f._, small farm; bit of land.
=clossement=, _n.m._ _V._ =gloussement=.
=closser=, _v.n._ _V._ =glousser=.
=clôture=, _n.f._, inclosure, fence; seclusion (of nuns); closing, close, (parl.) closure, proroguing. _Mettre une —_; to inclose.
=clôturer=, _v.a._, (jur., parliament) to close, to prorogue.
=clou=, _n.m._, nail, hobnail, spike; stud; (med.) carbuncle, boil; clove. _— à crochet_; tenter-hook. _—s à vis_; clincher-nails. _Enfoncer un —_; to drive a nail. _River le — à quelqu’un_; to clinch any one’s argument. _Cela ne vaut pas un — à soufflet_; that’s not worth a straw, a rap; (lit., a tin-tack). _Un — chasse l’autre_; one idea drives away another.
=clouage=, =clouement=, _n.m._, nailing; nail-work.
=clouer=, _v.a._, to nail; to fix; to rivet; to detain, to confine.
_se_ =clouer=, _v.r._, to buckle to; to be nailed (of a thing).
=clouter=, _v.a._, to adorn with nails, to stud.
=clouterie= (-trî), _n.f._, nail manufactory, nail-trade.
=cloutier= (-tié), _n.m._, nail-maker, nail-dealer.
=cloutière=, _n.f._, anvil for making nails.
=clovisse=, _n.m._, (conch.) winkle.
=cloyère=, _n.f._, oyster-basket.
=club=, _n.m._, club, assembly.
=clubiste=, _n.m.f._, member of a club.
=clysoir=, _n.m._, clyster-pipe.
☉=clystère=, _n.m._, injection, clyster, enema.
=clystériser=, _v.a._, (jest.) to give clysters.
=cnique= (knik), _n.m._, (bot.) horse-thistle.
=co= (prefix used in composition, signifying _with_, _conjointly_), co.
=coaccusé=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, fellow-prisoner; co-respondent.
=coacquéreur=, _n.m._, co-purchaser, co-buyer; joint buyer.
=coacti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, coactive, coercive.
=coaction=, _n.f._, coaction.
=coadjut-eur=, _n.m._, =-trice=, _n.f._, coadjutor, coadjutrix.
=coadjutorerie= (-torirî), _n.f._, coadjutorship.
=coadné=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) joined, coadunate.
=coadunation=, _n.f._, coadunation.
=coagulant=, =-e=, _adj._, coagulative.
=coagulation=, _n.f._, coagulation, congealing.
=coaguler=, _v.a._, to coagulate, to congeal.
_se_ =coaguler=, _v.r._, to coagulate, to congeal.
=coagulum= (-lom), _n.m._, (chem.) coagulum.
=coalescence=, _n.f._, coalescence.
=coalescent=, =-e=, _adj._, coalescent.
_se_ =coaliser=, _v.r._, to coalesce, to league, to unite, to combine.
=coalition=, _n.f._, coalition.
=coassement= (ko-as-mān), _n.m._, croaking (of frogs).
=coasser=, _v.n._, to croak (of frogs).
=coassocié=, _n.m._, (com.) co-partner, fellow-partner.
=coati=, _n.m._, (mam.) coati.
=cobalt=, _n.m._, (min.) cobalt.
=cobaye=, _n.m._, guinea-pig.
=cobéa=, _n.m._, (bot.) cobæa.
=cobelligérant=, =-e=, _adj._, cobelligerent.
=cobit=, _n.m._, (ich.) cobitis, loach.
=cobourgeois=, _n.m._, co-partner in a ship.
=cobra-capello=, _n.m._, (_—_) hooded-snake, spectacle-snake.
=coca=, _n.m._, (bot.) coca, erythroxylon coca.
*=cocagne=, _n.f._, feast, treat; the land of milk and honey. _Mât de —_; greasy pole. _Pays de —_; the land of plenty.
=cocarde=, _n.f._, cockade, ear-knot.
=cocasse=, _adj._, (pop.) odd, laughable, ridiculous, comical, droll.
=cocasserie=, _n.f._, drollery, caricature.
=cocatrix=, _n.m._, cockatrice.
=coccifère=, _adj._, (bot.) cocciferous.
=coccinelle=, _n.f._, (ent.) lady-bird, lady-cow.
=coccoloba=, _n.m._ (_—_), (bot.) grape-tree.
=coccyx= (kok-sis), _n.m._, (anat.) coccyx.
☉=coche=, _n.m._, barge; coach. _— d’eau_; tow-barge. _Manquer le —_; to let slip the opportunity. _C’est la mouche du —_; he is a busy-body. _Le siège du —_; the coachman’s box.
=coche=, _n.f._, notch, score; sow, she-pig. _Faire une —_; to notch.
=cochenillage=, _n.m._, cochineal.
*=cochenille= (kosh-), _n.f._, cochineal.
*=cocheniller=, _v.a._, to dye with cochineal.
*=cochenillier=, _n.m._, cochineal-fig, nopal.
=cocher=, _n.m._, coachman, driver; (astron.) Auriga. _— de fiacre_, _de cabriolet_; hackney coachman, cabman.
=cocher=, _v.n._, to tread (of birds).
=côcher=, _v.a._, to notch.
=cochère=, _adj.f._, for carriages. _Porte —_; carriage-entrance, gateway.
=cochet=, _n.m._, young cock.
=cochevis= (kosh-vi), _n.m._, tufted or crested lark.
=cochléaria= (-klé-), _n.m._, (bot.) cochlearia, scurvy-grass.
=cochon=, _n.m._, hog, pig, boar, porker; (metal.) pig, dross. _— de lait_; sucking-pig. _— d’Inde_ or _de Barbarie_; Guinea-pig. _C’est un —_; he is a dirty fellow. _Avoir gardé les —s ensemble_; to be hail fellows well met.
=cochonnée=, _n.f._, litter (of pigs).
=cochonner=, _v.n._, to farrow, to pig.
=cochonner=, _v.a._, to do a thing in a slovenly manner, to botch.
=cochonnerie= (ko-sho-n-rî), _n.f._, nastiness, filth; beastliness, beastly or blackguard action or language, obscenity; trash, rubbish.
=cochonnet=, _n.m._, young pig; die with twelve sides; jack (at bowls).
=coco=, _n.m._, cocoa, cocoa-nut; liquorice-water; (fam.) chap, fellow, darling; horse, nag.
=cocon=, _n.m._, cocoon.
=cocorico=. _V._ =coquerico=.
=cocorli=, _n.m._, (orni.) dunlin; purr; sea-lark.
=cocotier= (-tié), _n.m._, cocoa-tree.
=cocréancier=, _n.m._, joint-creditor.
=cocrète=, _n.f._, (bot.) yellow-rattle. _— des prés_; lousewort.
=coction=, _n.f._, coction, boiling.
=cocu=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) cuckold.
=cocuage=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) cuckoldom.
=cocufier=, _v.a._, (l.ex.) to cuckold.
=code=, _n.m._, code, digest, collection of laws; law; (phar.) pharmacopœia.
=codébit-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, joint-debtor.
=codécimateur=, _n.m._, fellow tithe-owner.
=codemandeur=, _n.m._, co-plaintiff, joint-plaintiff.
=codétenteur=, _n.m._, joint-holder.
=codétenu=, =-e=, _n.m._ and _f._, fellow-prisoner.
=codex= (-deks), _n.m._, pharmacopœia.
=codicillaire=, _adj._, contained in a codicil.
=codicille=, _n.m._, codicil.
=codification=, _n.f._, codification.
=codifier=, _v.a._, to codify.
*=codille=, _n.m._, codille (at the game of ombre).
=codonataire=, _n.m.f._, joint donor or donee.
=cœcum=. _V._ =cæcum=.
=coefficient=, _n.m._, (alg.) coefficient.
=coégal=, =-e=, _adj._, coequal.
=coégalité=, _n.f._, coequality.
=coemption=, _n.f._, coemption.
=coéquation=, _n.f._, assessment of taxes.
=coercible=, _adj._, coercible.
=coerciti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, coercive.
=coercition=, _n.f._, coercion.
=coéternel=, =-le=, _adj._, coeternal.
=coéternité=, _n.f._, coeternity.
=cœur= (keur), _n.m._, heart, mind, soul; courage, spirit, spiritedness, mettle; stomach; core; depth; hearts (cards); middle, midst. _Mal au —_; sickness. _Serrement de —_; heartpang. _Du fond de son —_; from the bottom of one’s heart. _Au — dur_; hard-hearted. _De —_; with one’s whole heart, with all one’s might. _À vous de —_; affectionately yours. _Avoir le — contrit_; to be of a contrite heart. _Le — lui saigne_; his heart bleeds. _Avoir à —_, _prendre à —_; to have at heart. _Cela lui tient au —_; he has set his heart upon it. _Avoir quelque chose sur le —_; to have something on one’s mind. _Le — me le disait bien_; my heart misgave me. _Si le — vous en dit_; if you feel inclined. _Il a le — au métier_; he loves his business. _Il a le — porté à cela_; he is bent upon it. _Avoir le — tendre_; to be tender-hearted. _Il a le — bien placé_; his heart is in the right place. _Il n’a point de —_; he has no spirit. _Sans —_; heartless. _Avoir le — bas_; to be mean-spirited. _Avoir le — sur les lèvres_; to be open-hearted. _Soulèvement de —_; rising of the stomach. _J’ai mal au —_; I feel sick. _Avoir le — mort_; to be sick at heart. _Ouvrir_, _décharger_, _son — à quelqu’un_; to unbosom one’s self to any one. _En avoir le — net_; to know the rights of any thing. _Au — de l’hiver_; in the depth of winter. _À contre-—_; against one’s will, reluctantly, against the grain. _De bon —_; heartily. _De grand —_; gladly, willingly, with pleasure. _De tout mon —_; with all my heart. _De gaîté de —_; in sheer wantonness. _À — joie_; to one’s heart’s content. _Par —_; by heart. _Dîner par —_; to dine with Duke Humphrey (_i.e._, to go without dinner). _Tant que le — me battra_; to the last drop of my blood. _Tenir au —_; to stick in one’s throat. _Avoir le — brisé_; to be broken-hearted. _Avoir le — fendu_; to be cut to the heart. _Loin des yeux loin du —_; out of sight, out of mind. _Avoir le — gros_; to be ready, to cry, to have one’s heart full. _C’est un crevé —_; it is a heart-rending thing. _Mettre du — au ventre à quelqu’un_; to give heart to any one. _Faire contre fortune bon —_; to put a good face upon matters.
=coexistant=, =-e=, _adj._, co-existent.
=coexistence=, _n.f._, co-existence.
=coexister=, _v.n._, to co-exist.
=coffre=, _n.m._, chest, trunk, coffer; (hunt.) carcase; drum (of a mill); (print.) coffin. _— de sûreté_; strong box. _— de bord_; sea-chest. _Elle est belle au —_; she has golden charms (_i.e._, is rich), _Un —-fort_, (_—s-—s_) a strong box. _Avoir le — bon_; to be strong chested.
=coffrer=, _v.a._, (fam.) to imprison, lock up.
=coffret=, _n.m._, little chest or trunk, casket.
=coffretier= (-tié), _n.m._, trunk-maker.
=cofidéjusseur=, _n.m._, joint surety.
*=cognasse=, _n.f._, wild quince.
*=cognassier=, _n.m._, wild quince-tree.
=cognat=, _n.m._, cognate.
=cognation=, _n.f._, cognation.
*=cognée=, _n.f._, ax, hatchet. _Mettre la — à l’arbre_; to lay the ax to the tree; to begin an enterprise. _Aller au bois sans —_; to go to sea without biscuit (_i.e._ to be unprepared). _Jeter le manche après la —_; to give a thing up in despair.
*=cogne-fétu=, _n.m._, (_—_, _or_ _—-—s_) (pop.) great worker, little doer; fussy-do-nothing.
*=cogner=, _v.a._, to knock in, to drive in, to bump.
*_se_ =cogner=, _v.r._, to knock up against, to hit, to strike one’s self.
=cogniti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (philos.) cognitive.
*=cognoir=, _n.m._, (print.) shooting-stick.
=cohabitation=, _n.f._, cohabitation.
=cohabiter=, _v.n._, to cohabit.
=cohérence=, _n.f._, coherency.
=cohérent=, =-e=, _adj._, coherent.
=cohériter=, _v.n._, to inherit conjointly.
=cohériti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, co-heir, co-heiress.
=cohésion=, _n.f._, cohesion.
=cohobation=, _n.f._, (chem.) cohobation.
=cohober=, _v.a._, (chem.) to cohobate.
=cohorte=, _n.f._, cohort, band, crew, troop, horde, gang.
=cohue=, _n.f._, rout, mob, crush, tumultuous crowd, clamorous multitude; (fig.) court of justice.
=coi=, =-te=, _adj._, quiet, still, snug.
=coiffe=, _n.f._, head-dress; caul, hood (of children); skull-cap; net; (bot.) galla. _— de chapeau_; lining of a hat.
=coiffer=, _v.a._, to put (anything) on one’s head; to dress the hair; to infatuate; to throw at any one’s head; to make tipsy; (hunt.) to take by the ears; (nav.) to back; to cap (bottles); (arch.) to cap. _Être bien coiffé_; to have one’s hair well dressed; to have a hat that becomes one. _Enfant né coiffé_; child born with a caul upon its head. _Il est né coiffé_; he was born to fortune or with a silver spoon in his mouth. _— sainte Catherine_; to remain an old maid. _Du vin coiffé_; mixed wine. _— une bouteille_; to cap a bottle. _Chien bien coiffé_; dog with a handsome head and long ears. _Cette femme coiffe son mari_; that woman deceives her husband. _Il est coiffé de cette femme_; he is bewitched, smitten with that woman. _— une voile_; to back a sail.
_se_ =coiffer=, _v.r._, to wear (on one’s head); to dress one’s hair; to get intoxicated; to be infatuated with; (nav.) to be laid aback. _Se — de faux cheveux_; to wear false hair. _Se — en cheveux_; to wear no cap.
=coiffer=, _v.n._, to dress hair; to become; to suit; (nav.) to be laid aback.
=coiffeu-r=, _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, hairdresser.
=coiffure=, _n.f._, head-dress, style of arranging the hair.
=coin=, _n.m._, corner, angle, nook, coin; (coin.) stamp; (railways) pin; (print.) quoin; clock (of stockings); (tech.) gad; (mec.) wedge. _Il n’a pas bougé du — du feu_; he has never been from home. _Être marqué au —_; to bear the stamp of. _Frappé au bon —_; of the right sort, excellent in every way. _Il mourra au — d’un bois_ (_d’une laie_); he will die destitute. _—s et recoins_; cricks and corners, nooks and crannies. _Jouer aux quatre —s_; to play puss in the corner.
=coinçage=, _n.m._, wedging, keying.
=coincer=, _v.a._, to wedge.
=coïncidence=, _n.f._, coincidence.
=coïncident=, _adj._, coincident.
=coïncider=, _v.n._, to coincide, to be coincident.
=coïndication=, _n.f._, (med.) coindication.
=coïng= (coin), _n.m._, quince.
=coïntéressé=, _n.m._, associate, partner having a joint interest with another.
=coïon= _or_ =couillon=, _n.m._, (l.ex.) dastard, coward.
=coïonner= _or_ =couillonner=, _v.a._, (l.ex.) to use one scurvily, to make a fool of one; to call one a coward.
=coïonner= _or_ =couillonner=, _v.n._, (l.ex.) to joke, to gammon, to humbug.
=coïonnerie= (ko-io-n-rî) _or_ =couillonnerie=, =couillonnade=, _n.f._, (l.ex.) dastardliness, a mean, low action; gammon, humbug.
=coït=, _n.m._, coition, copulation.
=coite=, _n.f._ _V._ =couette=.
=cojouissance=, _n.f._, joint use.
=coke=, _n.m._, coke.
=col=, _n.m._, neck (of the body); cravat; neck (of bottles, of mountains); pad, stiffener; collar. _Faux —_; collar. _— droit_; stand-up collar. _— de cravate_; stiffener. _— de la vessie_, _de la matrice_; neck of the bladder, of the womb.
=colarin=, _n.m._, (arch.) gorgerin.
=colas=, _n.m._, booby, fool.
=colature=, _n.f._, (pharm.) colature, straining.
=colback=, _n.m._, colback, busby.
=colchique=, _n.m._, meadow-saffron, colchicum.
=colcotar=, _n.m._, (chem.) colcothar.
=colégataire=, _n.m._, co-legatee.
=coléoptère=, _adj._, coleopterous. _n.m._, coleopter, beetle.
=coléoptères=, _n.m.pl._, coleoptera.
=colère=, _n.f._, passion, anger, wrath, rage, fury. _Accès de —_; fit of passion. _Être en —_; to be angry. _Se mettre en —_; to fly into a passion.
=colère=, _adj._, passionate, hasty, choleric.
=colérique=, _adj._, choleric, irascible, passionate.
=coliart=, _n.m._, (ich.) skate.
=colibri=, _n.m._, humming-bird.
=colicitant=, _n.m._, (jur.) co-vendor.
=colifichet=, _n.m._, knick-knack, gew-gaw, trifle, bauble, trumpery, toy, bird-cake.
=colimaçon=, _n.m._, snail.
=colin=, _n.m._, (ich.) coal-fish.
*=colin-maillard=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) blindman’s-buff; blindman (at blindman’s buff).
=colin-tampon=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) a Swiss beating of drum. _Je m’en moque comme de —_; (pop.) I do not care a fig about it.
=colique=, _n.f._, colic, griping; stomach-ache. _pl._, after-pains. _— saturnine_; painter’s colic.
=colis=, _n.m._, package, parcel, bale, case, article.
=colisée=, _n.m._, Coliseum; Colosseum.
=collaborat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (kol-la-), fellow-laborer, assistant, associate, contributor.
=collaboration= (kol-la-), _n.f._, assistance, contribution, coöperation.
=collaborer=, _v.n._, to work together, to coöperate.
=collage=, _n.m._, pasting, gluing, sizing (of paper); paper-hanging.
=collant=, =-e=, _adj._, sticky, tight, close-fitting.
=collants=, _n.m.pl._, tights.
=collapsus= (-sus), _n.m._, (med.) collapse.
=collataire= (kol-la-tè-r), _n.m._, one who has been collated to a benefice.
=collatéral=, =-e= (kol-la-), _adj._, collateral.
=collatéral=, _n.m._, (jur.) collateral.
☉=collatérale=, _n.f._, aisle (of churches).
=collatéralement=, _adv._, (jur.) collaterally.
=collateur= (kol-la-), _n.m._, collator.
=collati-f=, =-ve= (kol-la-), _adj._, collative.
=collation= (kol-la-cion), _n.f._, collation.
=collation= (ko-la-cion), _n.f._, collation, light repast; (eccl.) advowson-gift.
=collationner= (kol-la-cio-né), _v.a._, to collate, to compare.
=collationner= (ko-la-cio-né), _v.n._, to make a light repast; to take a collation.
=colle=, _n.f._, paste, glue; sham, fib, bouncer, cracker. _— forte_; glue. _— à bouche_; mouth-glue. _— de poisson_; isinglass.
=collecte= (kol-lèkt), _n.f._, gathering; collection (of money); collect (prayer).
=collecteur= (kol-lèk-teur), _n.m._, collector, tax-gatherer.
=collecti-f=, =-ve= (kol-lèk-), _adj._, collective.
=collectif= (kol-lèk-), _n.m._, collective noun.
=collection= (kol-lèk-cion), _n.f._, collection; set, file.
=collectionner= (kol-lèk-cio-né), _v.a._, to collect, to make collections of things.
=collectionneu-r= (kol-lèk-cio-), _n.m._, =-se=, _n.f._, collector.
=collectivement= (kol-lèk-tiv-mān), _adv._, collectively.
=collège=, _n.m._, college, grammar-school. _— électoral_; assembly of electors; constituency.
=collégial=, =-e=, _adj._, collegial; collegiate. _Eglise —e_; a collegiate church.
=collégiale=, _n.f._, collegiate church.
=collégialement=, _adv._, scholastically.
=collégien= (-ji-in), _n.m._, collegian, school-boy.
=collègue= (kol-lèg), _n.m._, colleague.
=collement=, _n.m._, (med.) cohesion, adhesion.
=coller=, _v.a._, to paste, to glue; to size; to stick together; to clear (with isinglass); to stump (embarrass any one); to plow (at exam.); to hang (paper). _Être collé_; to be close up against the cushion (at billiards). _J’ai été collé_; I was plowed.
_se_ =coller=, _v.r._, to stick to; to cake; to apply closely to; (at billiards) to be right up against the cushion.
=coller=, _v.n._, to stick, to adhere; to fit tight (of clothes). _Ce pantalon colle bien_; those trousers fit nicely.
=collerette= (kol-rèt), _n.f._, collar (for ladies); (bot.) involucrum; (tech.) flange.
=collet=, _n.m._, collar (of a gown, coat); cape; bands (for the neck); neck (of teeth); (hunt.) snare; crown (of anchors); (tech.) collet; clergyman. _— montant_; stand-up collar. _— rabattu_; turned-down collar. _Petit —_; one of the cloth, young clergyman. _— monté_; buckram collar. _Un — monté_; a stuck-up, strait-laced, prudish person. _— de mouton_; neck of mutton. _Prendre_, _saisir_, _quelqu’un au —_; to collar any one. _Prêter le — à quelqu’un_; to cope with any one, to try one’s strength with any one. _Tendre un —_; to set a snare.
=colleter= (kol-té), _v.a._, to collar any one, to seize any one by the neck.
_se_ =colleter=, _v.r._, to collar each other; to lay hold of each other by the collar, to grapple with, to wrestle.
=colleter=, _v.n._, to set snares (for game).
=colleteur=, _n.m._, gin-setter; (pop.) wrangler, fighter.
=colleur=, _n.m._, paper-hanger; gluer; paster; bill-sticker; sizer.
=collier=, _n.m._, collar; ring (mark round the neck of certain animals); bow (of spurs); (arch., tech.) collar; necklace. _Cheval de —_; draught-horse. _— de force_; training collar. _— de misère_; drudgery. _Donner un coup de —_; to make a strenuous effort. _Être franc du —_; never to shirk one’s work; to be always in earnest; (of a horse) to work well.
☉=colliger=, _v.a._, to collect, to cull.
=colline=, _n.f._, hill, hillock. _La double —_; Parnassus. _Gagner la —_; to take to one’s heels. _Le penchant d’une —_; the declivity of a hill; a hill-slope.
=colliquati-f=, =-ve= (kol-li-koua-), _adj._, (med.) colliquative.
=colliquation= (kol-li-koua-), _n.f._, (med.) colliquation, melting.
=collision= (kol-li-), _n.f._, collision.
=collocation= (kol-lo-) _n.f._, collocation; setting in order, rank. _— de l’argent_; investing of money.
=collodion=, _n.m._, collodion.
=colloque= (kol-lok), _n.m._, colloquy, conference, dialogue.
=colloquer= (kol-lo-ké), _v.a._, to rank, to place in order; to place. _v.n._, to colloquize.
=colluder= (kol-lu-dé), _v.n._, to collude.
=collusion= (kol-lu-zion), _n.f._, collusion, prevarication. _User de —_; to prevaricate.
=collusoire= (kol-lu-zoar), _adj._, collusory, collusive.
=collusoirement= (kol-lu-zoar-mān), _adv._, collusively.
=collyre=, _n.m._, (med.) collyrium, eye-salve.
=colmatage=, _n.m._, (agri.) warping (of land).
=colmate=, _n.m._, warp, warped land.
=colmater=, _v.a._, to warp (land).
=colombage=, _n.m._, (carp.) stud-work, joists.
=colombe=, _n.f._, dove; (carp.) joist, upright.