Heath's French and English dictionary

Part 35

Chapter 352,901 wordsPublic domain

=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.