Part 36

=colombier=, _n.m._, dove-cot, pigeon-house; (print.) pigeon-hole, gap. _Faire venir les pigeons au —_; to draw customers to the shop. _Grand —_; atlas paper.

=colombin=, =-e=, _adj._, columbine, dove-color.

=colombin=, _n.m._, (min.) lead ore; (orni.) stock-dove.

=colombine=, _n.f._, pigeon-dung, fowls’-dung; (bot.) columbine.

=colombo=, _n.m._, (bot.) calumba, colombo.

=colon=, _n.m._, colonist, planter; cultivator; West Indian settler.

=côlon=, _n.m._, (anat.) colon.

=colonel=, _n.m._, colonel. _Grade de —_; colonelcy.

=colonelle=, _n.f._ and _adj._, ☉colonel’s company; colonel’s wife.

=colonial=, =-e=, _adj._, colonial.

=colonie=, _n.f._, colony, settlement.

=colonisation=, _n.f._, colonizing, colonisation.

=coloniser=, _v.a._, to establish a colony, to colonize.

=colonnade=, _n.f._, (arch.) colonnade.

=colonne=, _n.f._, column, pillar; bed-post; row (of units, tens); (milit., nav., phys., print., arch.) column. _— cannelée_; fluted column. _— plaquée_; pilaster. _— torse_; wreathed column.

=colonnette=, _n.f._, little column.

=colophane=, _n.f._, black rosin, colophony.

=coloquinte=, _n.f._, colocynth; bitter apple.

=colorant=, =-e=, _adj._, coloring.

=coloration=, _n.f._, coloration.

=coloré=, =-e=, _part._, colored. _Vin —_; deep-colored wine. _Teint —_; ruddy complexion.

=colorer=, _v.a._, to color, to dye; to varnish; to color (to give a false appearance to).

_se_ =colorer=, _v.r._, to color (of a thing).

=coloriage=, _n.m._, (paint.) coloring.

=colorier=, _v.a._, to color, to illuminate.

=coloris=, _n.m._, color, hue; (paint.) coloring.

=coloriste=, _n.m._, colorer; colorist.

=colossal=, =-e=, _adj._, colossal, of giant proportions.

=colosse=, _n.m._, colossus, giant.

=colostrum=, _n.m._, (_n.p._) (med.) colostrum.

=colportage=, _n.m._, hawking; peddling; peddlery; book-stall trade.

=colporter=, _v.a._, to hawk about; to retail; to spread. _— une nouvelle_; to retail a piece of news.

=colporteur=, _n.m._, hawker, peddler; spreader of news.

=coltis=, _n.m._, (nav.) beak-head.

=colure=, _n.m._, (astron., geog.) colure.

=columelle=, _n.f._, (bot.) columella.

=colza=, _n.m._, colza, rape, rape-seed.

=coma=, _n.m._, (med.) coma.

=comateu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, comatose.

=combat= (kon-ba), _n.m._, combat, fight, battle; fighting; contest, action, engagement, struggle; strife, warring. _— singulier_; single combat. _— à outrance_; mortal combat. _— égal_; drawn battle. _— simulé_; sham fight. _Au fort du —_; in the thick of the fight. _Être hors de —_; to be disabled. _Mettre hors de —_; to disable. _Faire branle-bas de —_; (nav.) to clear for action.

=combattable=, _adj._, combatable.

=combattant=, _n.m._, combatant, fighting man, champion; (orni.) ruff.

=combattre=, _v.a._, to fight, to combat; to wage war against, to battle with, to dispute, to contest, to strive against. _— une opinion_; to combat an opinion.

_se_ =combattre=, _v.r._, to combat; to contend with each other.

=combattre=, _v.n._, to fight, to combat, to war, to contend, to vie with one another, to struggle. _— de politesse_; to vie with one another in politeness.

☉=combe=, _n.f._, valley.

=combien= (kon-bi-in), _adv._, how much, how many; how; how far; how long; what. _En — de temps?_ in how long? _— y a-t-il depuis cela?_ how long is it since then? _— cela vaut-il?_ what is that worth? _À — évaluez-vous cela?_ What price do you put upon that?

=combinaison=, _n.f._, combination; contrivance; ingenuity; management; calculation.

=combinat-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, combiner, contriver.

=combiné=, =-e=, _part._, united; (chem.) combined.

=combiner=, _v.a._, to combine, to contrive.

_se_ =combiner=, _v.r._, to combine, to be contrived.

=comble=, _n.m._, heaping (of measure); consummation; fulfillment; zenith; acme; summit, height, top, complement. _pl._, roof, roof-timbers. _Ferme des —s_; (carp.) framing of a roof. _De fond en —_; from top to bottom. _Ruiné de fond en —_; utterly ruined. _La mesure est au —_; the measure is full. _Pour — de gloire_; to complete his glory. _Pour — de malheur_; to crown all; to cap our misfortune. _Au — de_; at the height of. _Mettre le — à_; to complete, to crown.

=comble=, _adj._, heaped up full to the top. _Salle —_; house full, packed.

=combleau=, _n.m._, (mil.) gun-tackle.

=comblement=, _n.m._, filling up, heaping up.

=combler=, _v.a._, to heap, to heap up, to make up, to fill up, to crown; to cover (deficit); to complete; to overwhelm. _— de faveurs_; to load with favors.

=comblète=, _n.f._, (hunt.) cleft (of a deer’s foot).

=combrière=, _n.f._, tunny net.

=combuger=, _v.a._, to rinse out (casks).

=comburant=, =-e=, _adj._, (chem.) burning.

=combustible=, _n.m._, combustible.

=combustible=, _n.m._, fuel, firing; (chem.) combustible.

=combustibilité=, _n.f._, combustibility.

=combustion= (kon-bus-tion), _n.f._, combustion, conflagration, flame; (fig.) tumult, uproar.

=comédie=, _n.f._, comedy, play; play-house, theatre; shamming, farce; players; play-book. _Donner la —_; to make people laugh; to be the laughing-stock. _Jouer une —_; to act a play. _Le sujet_, _l’intrigue_, _le dénouement_, _d’une —_; the subject, plot, upshot, of a comedy.

=comédien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._ (-di-in, di-è-n), comedian, actor, actress, player; hypocrite, dissembler. _Troupe de —s_; company of actors. _—s ambulants_; strolling players.

=comestible=, _adj._, eatable; edible.

=comestible=, _n.m._, eatable. _pl._, eatables, provisions, victuals.

=cométaire=, _adj._, cometary.

=comète=, _n.f._, comet; kind of game at cards; satin ribbon; peculiar kind of firework. _— chevelue_; haired comet. _— barbue_; bearded comet. _— à queue_; tailed comet. _Vin de la —_; wine of the year 1811.

=cométographie=, _n.f._, cometography.

=comices=, _n.f.pl._, (antiq.) comitia.

=comicial=, =-e=, _adj._, comitial.

=comifère=, _adj._, (bot.) comose.

=comique=, _adj._, comical, ludicrous, laughable, funny. _Le genre —_; comedy. _Acteur —_; comic actor.

=comique=, _n.m._, the comic art, comedy; comical part or side; comic actor _or_ author _or_ singer. _Avoir du — dans la figure_; to have a comical face.

=comiquement= (-mān), _adv._, comically, humorously.

☉=comite= _or_ =come=, _n.m._, overseer of a crew of galley-slaves, warder.

=comité=, _n.m._, meeting of a few persons; small party; committee, board. _— permanent_; standing committee. _La chambre formée en —_; a committee of the whole house. _Petit —_; a small party; select few. _En petit —_; among ourselves. _Dîner en petit —_; to have a small dinner party of intimate friends. _— de lecture_; a committee for deciding upon the performance of new plays.

=comma=, _n.m._, (print.) colon; (mus.) comma.

=command=, _n.m._, (jur.) purchaser; principal.

=commandant=, _adj._, (milit., nav.) commanding; (fig.) imposing, dictatorial.

=commandant=, _n.m._, (milit., nav.) commandant, major. _— de place_; governor (of a fortified town). _— de la marine_; flag-officer. _— d’une escadre_; commodore. _Bien, mon —!_ very well, major.

=commande=, _n.f._, order. _Ouvrage de —_; work done to order. _Marchandise de —_; goods, bespoken. _Sur —_; to order. _Maladie de —_; feigned sickness. _Louanges de —_; forced praise.

=commandement=, _n.m._, command, order; word of command; manner of commanding; writ, order; commandment, precept, law, rule, injunction. _Il a tout à son —_; he has all things at command. _Être de —_; to be prescribed _or_ ordered. _Secrétaire des —s_; private secretary (to a prince).

=commander=, _v.a._, to command, to order, to govern; to have the command of; to bespeak; to overlook. _Cette tour commande la ville_; that tower overlooks the town.

=commander=, _v.n._, to command, to rule; to direct; to order, to bid; (milit., nav.) to give the word of command. _— à ses passions_; to master one’s passions. _— à la route_ (nav.); to shape a ship’s course.

_se_ =commander=, _v.r._, to control oneself.

=commanderie= (ko-mān-drî), _n.f._, commandery.

=commandeur=, _n.m._, commander (in orders of knighthood).

=commanditaire=, _n.m._, sleeping partner.

=commandite=, _n.f._, limited joint-stock company.

=commanditer=, _v.a._, to finance a commercial undertaking, to become a sleeping partner.

=comme=, _adv._, as, like; so; almost, nearly; as it were, as if; how, in what way; so much. _— aussi_; (jur.) and likewise. _Faites — lui_; do like him. _— ci — cela_; so so, indifferently. _Il est — mort_; he is almost dead. _La lumière est — l’une des couleurs_; light is, as it were, one of the colors. _— vous me traitez_; how badly you treat me. _Vous voyez — il travaille_; you see how hard he works. _— quoi_; as how.

=comme=, _conj._, as, seeing that, since, because.

=commémoraison=, _n.f._, (c.rel.) commemoration, remembrance, mention, of a saint.

=commémorati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, commemorative.

=commémoration= (kom-mé-), _n.f._, (c.rel.) commemoration. _La — des morts_; commemoration of the dead; All-Souls’-Day. _Faire — de quelqu’un_; (fam.) to make mention of any one.

=commémorer=, _v.a._, (neologism) to commemorate, to remember, to recollect.

=commençant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, beginner, novice, tyro.

=commencement= (ko-māns-mān), _n.m._, beginning, commencement; setting in. _Au —_; in the beginning, at first. _Les —s sont toujours difficiles_; beginnings are always difficult.

=commencer=, _v.a._, to begin, to commence; to initiate, to impart the first principles to. _— quelqu’un_; to initiate, to begin with anyone. _— un cheval_; to begin training a horse.

=commencer=, _v.n._, to commence, begin. _Lors-qu’il commença de parler_; when he began speaking. _Cet enfant commence à parler_; this child begins to speak. [_Commencer de_ indicates an action which will have an ending; _commencer à_ indicates an action which will go on progressing.] _N’a pas fait qui commence_; the beginning is not every thing. _À moitié fait qui commence bien_; a good beginning is half the battle.

=commendataire=, _adj._, (canon law) commendatory.

=commende=, _n.f._, (canon law) commendam.

=commender=, _v.a._, to give in commendam.

=commensal=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, habitual guest; boarder; officer admitted to the royal table. _Être — d’une maison_; to be habitually a guest in a house. _Être commensaux_; to be companions at meals.

=commensalité=, _n.f._, right of admission to the royal table.

=commensurabilité=, _n.f._, (math.) commensurableness, commensurability.

=commensurable=, _adj._, (math.) commensurable.

=commensuration=, _n.f._, (math.) commensuration.

=comment=, _adv._, how, in what manner; why, wherefore; what! indeed! _— cela?_ how is that? _— faire?_ what is to be done? How can it be helped? _—! vous voulez le faire_; what! you wish to do it!

=comment=, _n.m._, the reason, the why and the wherefore. _Savoir le pourquoi et le —_; to know the why and the wherefore.

=commentaire=, _n.m._, commentary, comment, exposition; remark, observation. _Point de —!_ (fam.) no impertinent remarks!

=commentateur=, _n.m._, commentator, annotator.

=commenter=, _v.a._, to comment, to criticise, to explain, expound, annotate.

=commenter=, _v.n._, to criticise; to comment upon.

=commérage=, _n.m._, gossiping; gossip, tittle-tattle.

=commerçable=, _adj._, negotiable.

=commerçant=, _n.m._, trader, merchant, tradesman.

=commerçant=, =-e=, _adj._, commercial, mercantile; trading.

=commerce=, _n.m._, commerce, trade, trading, traffic; intercourse, communication, correspondence, acquaintance, communion, conversation; a game at cards. _— des colonies_, _— avec les colonies_; colonial trade. _Affaires de —_; mercantile affairs. _Femme de —_; tradeswoman. _Fond de —_; business, stock. _Être dans le —_; to be in business, in trade. _— en gros_; wholesale trade. _— en détail_; retail trade. _Il fait un gros —_; he drives a roaring trade. _Chambre de —_; chamber of commerce. _— de galanterie_; intrigue. _Lier — avec quelqu’un_; to establish a correspondence with anyone. _Liez — avec lui_; get acquainted with him. _Être d’un — sur_; to be a person to be depended upon.

=commercer=, _v.n._, to trade, to drive a trade, to traffic in.

=commercial=, =-e=, _adj._, commercial.

=commercialement=, _adv._, commercially.

=commère=, _n.f._, godmother; gossip; friend, body. _Cet homme est une vraie —_; that man is a regular gossip. _C’est une fameuse —_; (fam.) she is a bold, cunning woman, not easily discouraged. _Tout se fait par compère et par —_; all is done by favor.

=commérer=, _v.n._, to gossip, to tittle-tattle.

=commettage=, _n.m._, (nav.) laying of ropes and cables.

=commettant=, _n.m._, constituent; employer; principal; (jur.) warrantor. _Corps de —s_; constituents, constituency.

=commettre=, _v.a._, to commit, to perpetrate; to appoint, to delegate, to constitute, to commission, to empower; to commit to any one’s charge, to intrust, to trust with, to confide; to expose; to embroil; to set by the ears, to make mischief between; (nav.) to lay.

_se_ =commettre=, _v.r._, to commit oneself; to expose oneself, to trust oneself.

=commination=, _n.f._, (rhet.) commination.

=comminatoire=, _adj._, (jur.) comminatory.

=comminuti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, comminutive.

=comminution=, _n.f._, comminution.

=commis=, =-e=, _part._, committed, appointed, entrusted, exposed; (nav.) laid.

=commis=, _n.m._, clerk; book-keeper; shopman. _Premier —_; head clerk. _— marchand_; merchant’s clerk. _— voyageur_; commercial traveler, bagman. _— aux vivres_; (nav.) steward. _— d’administration_; accountant. _— de boutique_, _de magasin_; shopman, counter jumper.

=commise=, _n.f._, (feudal jur.) forfeit, escheat; female-clerk, counterwoman.

=commisération= (kom-mi-), _n.f._, commiseration.

=commissaire=, _n.m._, commissary; commissioner; manager; trustee; (of a vessel) purser. _— des guerres_; commissary. _— des vivres_; commissary of stores. _— adjoint_; deputy commissioner. _— des pauvres_; member of a charitable board. _— aux saisies réelles_; sequestrator. _— de police_; superintendent of police. _— priseur_; (_—s —s_) auctioneer, appraiser.

=commissariat=, _n.m._, commissaryship, trusteeship; (milit.) commissariat.

=commission=, _n.f._, commission, trust, charge; commission-trade; errand; mandate, warrant; the holding a trust for a time only; a committee. _Il est allé en —_; he is gone on an errand. _Obtenir — d’un juge_; to obtain a judge’s warrant. _— rogatoire_; writ of inquiry. _— d’enquête_; committee of inquiry. _Maison de —_; agency-office. _Membre d’une —_; committee-man. _En —_; (nav.) in commission. _En —_; (com.) on sale or return. _Faire des —s_; to run errands or to obtain orders.

=commissionnaire=, _n.m._, messenger; porter, carrier, errand-boy; agent. _— de vente_; salesman. _— de roulage_; carrier, wagon office-keeper. _— chargeur_; freight agent. _— expéditeur_; shipping-agent.

=commissionner=, _v.a._, to empower, to commission.

=commissoire=, _adj._, (jur.) binding.

=commissure=, _n.f._, (anat.) commissure.

=commissural=, =-e=, _adj._, commissural.

=committimus=, _n.m._, (_n.p._), (jur.) _Lettres de —_; chancery order appointing the court which is to take cognizance of an action.

=committitur=, _n.m._ (_n.p._), (jur.) order of the president of a court of justice appointing a judge to hold an inquiry.

=commodat=, _n.m._, (jur.) gratuitous loan (to be repaid in kind); bailment.

=commode=, _adj._, commodious, convenient, favorable, serviceable, handy; comfortable; agreeable, easy; good-natured, accommodating. _Une maison —_; a comfortable house. _Il n’est pas —_; he is not accommodating, not easy, to get on with.

=commode=, _n.f._, chest of drawers, drawers.

=commodément=, _adv._, commodiously, conveniently, comfortably, suitably, easily.

=commodité=, _n.f._, convenience, accommodation; ☉conveyance; comfort, ease. _—s_; water-closet.

=commodore=, _n.m._, (nav.) commodore.

=commotion=, _n.f._, commotion; shock; (med.) concussion (of the brain).

=commuable=, _adj._, commutable.

=commuer=, _v.a._, (jur.) to commute.

=commun=, =-e=, _adj._, common; usual, ordinary, every day; mean, vulgar. _Le sens —_; common sense. _Je n’ai rien de — avec lui_; I have nothing in common with him. _À frais —s_; jointly. _Faire bourse —e_; to have one common stock or purse. _Lieux —s_; common places. _Le droit —_; common law. _D’une —e voix_; unanimously. _Une voix —e_; a vulgar voice. _Le bruit —_; current report. _Cette terre vaut tant de revenu année —e_; that land yields so much a year on an average. _Peu —_; uncommon, rare, unusual.

=commun=, _n.m._, the generality; commonalty; common people, the vulgar, the mob. _Vivre sur le —_; to spunge. _L’âne du — est toujours le plus mal bâté_; matters of public concern are commonly neglected. _Le — des hommes_; the generality of men. _Le — des martyrs_; the common herd. _—s_; servants, or domestic offices, out-buildings.

=communal=, =-e=, _adj._, parochial; parish; communal.

=communauté=, _n.f._, community, society; communion; corporation. _— de biens_; community of property (between husband and wife); (jur.) communion.

=communaux=, _n.m.pl._, (jur.) pasture grounds, common.

=commune=, _n.f._, commune (inhabitants); parish, township (in France); town-hall. _La chambre des —s_; the House of Commons. _Le maire d’une —_; the mayor of a district. _Assemblée de la —_; vestry.

=communément=, _adv._, commonly, usually, generally.

=communiant=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, communicant.

=communicabilité=, _n.f._, communicability.

=communicable=, _adj._, communicable.

=communicati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, communicative.

=communication=, _n.f._, intercourse, communication, _— de pièces_; (jur.) production of documents. _En — avec_; open to (mec.). _De —_; communicating, connecting.

=communicativement=, _adj._, communicatively.

=communier=, _v.n._, to communicate, to receive the sacrament.

=communier=, _v.a._, to give the communion.

=communion=, _n.f._, communion, fellowship; sacrament. _Faire sa première —_; to receive the sacrament for the first time; to be confirmed.

=communiqué=, _n.m._, official communication, statement.

=communiquer=, _v.a._, to communicate, to impart; to show, to tell, to acquaint.

_se_ =communiquer=, _v.r._, to be communicative, to communicate with, to spread (of places). _Vous vous communiquez trop_; you are too communicative.

=communiquer=, _v.n._, to hold or keep up a correspondence with.

=communisme=, _n.m._, communism.

=communiste=, _n.m.f._, communist.

=commutati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, (jur.) commutative.

=commutation=, _n.f._, (jur.) commutation.

=comocladie=, _n.f._, (bot.) maiden-plum, comocladia.

=compacité=, _n.f._, (phys.) compactness, density.

=compact=, =-e=, _adj._, compact, close, serried; (phys.) dense, solid.

*=compagne=, _n.f._, female companion; consort, partner; helpmate; playmate; (of animals) mate. _Fidèle —_; faithful attendant.

*=compagnie=, _n.f._, society, company; (com.) company; (hunt.) covey; levy, troop. _— ordonnancée_; chartered company. _— de commerce_; trading company. _Il n’y a pas si bonne — qui ne se sépare_; the best of friends must part. _Sa maison est le rendez-vous de la bonne —_; his house is the resort of fashionable people. _Dame de —_; lady’s companion. _Être de bonne —_; to be well-bred. _Aller en —_; to go together. _Tenir — à quelqu’un_; to keep any one company. _Fausser — à quelqu’un_; to desert any one, to give the slip to any one. _Une — de perdrix_; a covey of partridges. _Vous me traitez comme si j’étais —_; you treat me as if I were somebody. _Former une —_; to establish a company. _Règle de —_; fellowship. _Une — d’infanterie_; a company of foot. _Une — de cavalerie_; a troop of horse. _— franche_; independent company.

*=compagnon=, _n.m._, companion, fellow, associate, co-mate, consort, mate, partner; journeyman, playfellow, playmate; droll fellow. _— d’école_, _d’étude_; schoolfellow. _— de table_; messmate. _— de jeu_; playfellow. _— de taverne_; pot-companion. _— d’armes_; companion in arms. _Joyeux —_; jolly fellow, jolly dog. _Traiter de pair à —_; to go cheek by jowl; to be “hail fellow well met” to anyone.

*=compagnonnage=, _n.m._, journeymanship, trades-union, time of service.

=comparabilité=, _n.f._, comparableness.

=comparable=, _adj._, comparable, to be compared.

=comparaison=, _n.f._, comparison; simile, similitude. _Toute — cloche_; comparisons are odious. _Il n’y a point de — de vous à lui_; there is no comparison between you and him. _Ce n’est qu’un ignorant en — d’un tel_; he is a mere ignoramus in comparison with such a one. _Par — à_, or _avec_, _ce que j’ai fait_; in comparison to, or with, what I have done.

=comparaître=, _v.n._, to appear (before a tribunal).

=comparant=, =-e=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, person appearing in court on a summons; appearer.

=comparati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, comparative.

=comparatif=, _n.m._, (gram.) comparative, comparative degree.

=comparativement= (-mān), _adv._, comparatively.

=comparer=, _v.a._, to compare. _Se —_; to be compared.

☉=comparoir=, _v.n._, (jur.) to appear.

=comparse=, _n.m._, (thea.) supernumerary, figurant, figurante.

=compartiment=, _n.m._, compartment, division.

=compartimenté=, =-e=, _adj._, with compartments.

=comparution=, _n.f._, (jur.) appearance.

=compas=, _n.m._, pair of compasses, compass. _— à trois branches_; triangular compasses. _— à pointes changeantes_; draught compasses. _— de réduction_; proportional compasses. _— de variation_; azimuth compass. _Faire toutes choses par règle et par —_, to do everything by rule and compass. _Il a le — dans l’œil_; he has a good eye for distances, or he has a sure eye.

=compassé=, =-e=, _adj._, formal, stiff, starched.

=compassement= (-pâs-mān), _n.m._, compassing, (fig.) stiffness, starchedness.

=compasser=, _v.a._, to measure with compasses; to proportion; to regulate; to weigh; to consider. _Un homme bien compassé_; a formal, affected man.

=compassion=, _n.f._, compassion, pity, mercy. _Avoir — de quelqu’un_, _avoir de la — pour quelqu’un_; to take compassion on any one, to have compassion for any one.

=compatibilité=, _n.f._, compatibility.

=compatible=, _adj._, compatible, consistent. _Son humeur n’est pas — avec la mienne_; his temper does not agree with mine.

=compatir=, _v.n._, to sympathize with, to compassionate, to commiserate, to pity; to agree, to be compatible with.

=compatissance=, _n.f._, pity, sympathy.

=compatissant=, =-e=, _adj._, compassionate, tender, pitying, feeling.

=compatriote=, _n.m.f._, compatriot, fellow-countryman, fellow-countrywoman.

=compendieusement=, _adv._, in brief, compendiously.

=compendium= (kon-pin-di-om), _n.m._, compendium, abridgment, summary.

=compensable=, _adj._, that may be compensated, compensable.

=compensateur=, _n.m._, (horl.) compensating balance. _— magnétique_; magnetic compensator (to indicate the deviations of the mariner’s compass).

=compensat-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, (horl.) compensative, compensating. _Pendule —_; compensating pendulum.

=compensation=, _n.f._, compensation, amends, reparation, satisfaction; set-off. _Faire —_; to compensate, to make amends for.

=compensatoire=, _adj._, compensatory.

=compenser=, _v.a._, to counter-balance, to set against; to compensate, to make up for. _Rien ne compense la perte de l’honneur_; nothing can make up for the loss of honor.

_se_ =compenser=, _v.r._, to compensate each other; to be balanced, to be set off against; to be counteracted by.

=compérage=, _n.m._, compaternity; cheating, trickery, collusion.

=compère=, _n.m._, godfather; gossip; crony; pal; confederate of a quack. _Un bon —_; a good companion, fellow. _Un rusé —_; a sly old blade. _Par — et par commère_; by favor and interest.

=compère-loriot=, _n.m._, (_—s-—s_) (orni.) goldhammer, goldfinch, loriot, stye (on the eye).

=compétemment= (kon-pé-ta-mān), _adv._, (l.u.) competently.

=compétence=, _n.f._, competency, cognizance; competition; department, sphere, province. _Cela n’est pas de votre —_; that is beyond your province.