Heath's French and English dictionary
Part 41
=coquin=, _n.m._, knave, rascal, rogue, scamp. _Tour de —_; knavish trick.
=coquine=, _n.f._, slut, hussy, jade.
=coquinerie= (ko-ki-n-rî), _n.f._, knavery, rascally trick, roguery.
=cor=, _n.m._, corn; horn, hunting-horn. _Avoir des —s aux pieds_; to have corns on one’s feet. _À — et à cri_; with horn and voice; with hue and cry; with might and main.
=coracoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) coracoid.
*=corail=, _n.m._, coral. _Des lèvres de —_; rosy lips.
*=coraillère=, _n.f._, (nav.) coral-fishing boat.
*=corailleur=, _n.m._, coral-diver, coral-fisher.
*=corailleur=, _adj._, of coral fishing. _Bateau —_; coral-fisher’s boat.
☉=corallin=, =-e=, _adj._, red like coral, coralline.
=coralline=, _n.f._, (zoöl.) coralline; (nav.) _V._ =coraillère=.
=coralloïde=, _adj._, coralloid.
=coralloïde=, _n.m._, coralloid.
=coran=, _n.m._, Koran.
=corbeau=, _n.m._, crow; raven; (arch.) corbel, bracket; (astron.) corvus; (nav.) grappling-iron.
*=corbeille=, _n.f._, flat, wide basket; (arch.) corbel; (fort.) corbeil; clump (of trees); wedding presents. _Une — de fleurs_; a basket of flowers. _— de mariage_ or _de noces_; wedding presents; (on change) reserved enclosure, change.
*=corbeillée=, _n.f._, basketful.
=corbigeau=, _n.m._ ☉_V._ =courlis=.
=corbillard=, _n.m._, hearse.
*=corbillat=, _n.m._, young raven.
*=corbillon=, _n.m._, small basket; crambo.
☉=corbin=, _n.m._, (orni.) crow. _V._ =bec-de-corbin=.
=corbine=, _n.f._, (orni.) carrion-crow.
=corbleu!= _int._ By the Powers! Zounds! By Jove! Hang it!
=corbusée=, _n.f._, (orni.) black-neb.
=corcelet=, _n.m._ _V._ =corselet=.
=corceron=, _n.m._, (pisc.) float.
=cordage=, _n.m._, cordage, cord, rope, rigging; the measuring of wood by the cord. _— en trois_; rope made with three strands. _— de rechange_; spare ropes.
=cordat=, _n.m._, packing-cloth.
=corde=, _n.f._, cord, rope; line; twist, twine, string; (mus.) chord; tone, note; concord; span (of an arch); laniard (of buoys); thread (of cloth); hanging (death by); gallows. _— à danser_; dancing-rope. _Danseur de —_; rope-dancer. _— à boyau_; cat-gut. _Echelle de —_; rope-ladder. _Une — de bois_; a cord of wood. _Ne touchez point cette — là_; do not harp upon that string. _Toucher la grosse —_; to hit the main point of the question. _Instrument à —s_; stringed instrument. _— de violon_; fiddle-string. _Flatter la —_; to play with delicacy. _Avoir deux —s à son arc_; to have two strings to one’s bow. _Son habit montre la —_; his coat is threadbare. _Cela est usé jusqu’à la —_; that is thoroughly hackneyed. _Friser la —_; narrowly to escape hanging. _Il y va de la —_; it is a hanging matter. _Filer sa —_; to go the way of the gallows. _Avoir de la — de pendu_; to have the devil’s own luck. _Tenir la —_; to lead. _Passer à fleur de —_; to only just succeed (of a thing). _Être au bout de sa —_; to be at the end of one’s tether.
=cordé=, =-e=, _part._, twisted, corded.
=cordé=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot.) cordated, heart-shaped.
=cordeau=, _n.m._, line, cord. _Au —_; in a straight line.
=cordeler=, _v.a._, to twist, to twine; to wreathe.
=cordelette=, _n.f._, small cord; string.
=cordelier=, _n.m._, cordelier; Franciscan friar; gray-friar.
=cordelière=, _n.f._, Franciscan nun; cordelier’s girdle; (arch.) twisted fillet.
=cordelle=, _n.f._, (nav.) tow-line, tow-rope.
=corder=, _v.a._, to cord; to bind with a cord. _v.n._, (pop.) to cotton; to agree. _— du bois_; to measure wood by the cord.
_se_ =corder=, _v.r._, to be corded; to get stringy.
=corderie=, _n.f._, rope-walk, rope-yard; rope-making; (nav.) boatswain’s store-room.
=cordial=, =-e=, _adj._, cordial, hearty, sincere.
=cordial=, _n.m._, cordial.
=cordialement= (kor-dial-mān), _adv._, cordially, heartily, sincerely.
=cordialité=, _n.f._, cordiality; heartiness; hearty affection.
=cordier=, _n.m._, rope-maker; (of violins) tail-piece.
=cordiforme=, _adj._, cordiform, heart-shaped.
=cordon=, _n.m._, twist, string; check-string (of carriages); cord; fillet, thread, ribbon; order; girdle; plinth, edging of stone; (milit., fort., arch.) cordon; (anat.) funis; edge (of coins); door-rope. _— ombilical_; umbilical cord. _— de chapeau_; hat-band. _— de sonnette_; bell pull. _Un — bleu_; a knight of the Holy Ghost. _— bleu_; blue-ribbon; a first-rate cook. _Un — rouge_; a knight of the order of St. Louis. _Tirer le —_; to pull the string; to be a house-porter. _Le —, s’il vous plaît_; open the door, please.
=cordonnage=, _n.m._, (coin) milling; edging.
=cordonner=, _v.a._, to twist, to twine; to braid; (of coins) to line, to mill, to edge.
=cordonnerie=, _n.f._, shoemaking, the trade of a shoemaker; shoe-place.
=cordonnet=, _n.m._, twist; edging, milling (of coins _— de pièces de monnaie_).
=cordonnier=, _n.m._, cordwainer; shoemaker. _— pour femmes_; ladies’ shoemaker.
=corée=, _n.m._, (poet.) choreus, trochee. _V._ =chorée=.
=corégence=, _n.f._, co-regency.
=corégent=, _n.m._, =-e=, _n.f._, co-regent.
=coreligionnaire=, _n.m.f._, co-religionist.
=coriace=, _adj._, tough, ropy, leathery, stringy; cartilaginous; niggardly. _Un homme —_; a close-fisted fellow.
=coriacé=, =-e=, _adj._, coriaceous.
=coriaire=, _adj._, fit for tanning. _n.f._ (bot.) _V._ =corroyère=.
=coriambe=, _n.m._, (poet.) choriambus.
=coriandre=, _n.f._, (bot.) coriander.
=corindon=, _n.m._, (min.) corundum, adamantine spar.
=corinthien=, =-ne= (-in, -e-n), _adj._, Corinthian.
=corinthien=, _n.m._, =-ne=, _n.f._, Corinthian.
=coris=, _n.m._ _V._ =cauris=.
=corlieu=, =corlis=, _n.m._, curlew.
=corme=, _n.f._, (bot.) service _or_ sorb-apple.
=cormier=, _n.m._, (bot.) service-tree.
=cormoran=, _n.m._, sea-raven, cormorant.
=cornac=, _n.m._, elephant driver, cornac; showman; chaperon, mentor.
=cornage=, _n.m._, (vet.) roaring (of horses).
=cornaline=, _n.f._, cornelian stone.
=cornard=, _adj._, (pop., l.ex.) roaring (of horses).
=cornard=, _n.m._, (pop., l.ex.) cornuto, cuckold.
=cornardise=, _n.f._, (pop., l.ex.) cuckoldom.
=corne=, _n.f._, horn, hoof; corner; shoe-horn; dog’s ear (on books, leaves); (nav.) gaff, throat; outside rind (of animals’ feet); cap of the Doge of Venice. _Bête à —s_; horned beast. _Essence de — de cerf_; spirits of hartshorn. _Faire les —s à quelqu’un_; to snap one’s fingers at any one. _Montrer les —s_; to show one’s teeth. _Lever les cornes_; to hold up one’s head again. _Les —s d’un bonnet carré_; the corners of a square cap. _Chapeau à trois —s_; three-cornered hat. _Les —s de la lune_; the horns of the moon. _Les —s de l’autel_; the horns of the altar. _— d’abondance_; cornucopia, horn of plenty. _Faire une — à une carte de visite_; to turn down the corner of a visiting-card. _Faire des —s à un livre_; to dog’s-ear a book.
=corné=, =-e=, _adj._, corneous, horny.
=corneau=, _n.m._, (hunt.) cross between a mastiff and a hound.
=cornée=, _n.f._, (anat.) cornea.
=cornéenne=, _n.f._, horn-stone.
*=corneille=, _n.f._, carrion-crow, rook, daw. _— emmantelée_; hooded-rook. _Bayer aux —s_; to stare about vacantly. _Il y va comme une — qui abat des noix_; he goes at it tooth and nail, _or_ rashly, slapdash, headlong.
=cornement=, _n.m._, tingling of the ears.
=cornemuse=, _n.f._, bagpipe. _Joueur de —_; bag-piper.
=cornéole=, _n.f._, (bot.) dyer’s weed.
=corner=, _v.n._, to blow, to wind or sound a horn; to gore; (man.) to wheeze; to tingle (of the ears); to be tainted (of meat). _Les oreilles me cornent_; my ears tingle.
=corner=, _v.a._, to blare out, to blurt out, to trumpet. _Il a corné cela par toute la ville_; he has trumpeted it through the whole town. _— quelque chose aux oreilles de quelqu’un_; to din a thing into any one’s ears.
=cornet=, _n.m._, horn, ear-trumpet; ink-horn; dice-box; paper cone; (conch.) cornet. _— de postillon_; post-boy’s horn. _— à bouquin_; cow-herd’s horn. _— à piston_; cornet.
=cornette=, _n.f._, head-dress, cornet, mob-cap; cornetcy; (nav.) broad pennant.
☉=cornette=, _n.m._, (milit.) cornet.
=corneur=, _n.m._, horn-blower.
=corneur=, _adj._, (vet.) wheezing, roaring.
=corniche=, _n.f._, (arch.) cornice.
=cornichon=, _n.m._, little horn; gherkin; (fig. and fam.) greenhorn, ninny, flat, muff.
=cornicule=, _n.f._, small horn, cornicle.
=corniculé=, =-e=, _adj._, corniculate, horned.
=corni-er=, =-ère=, _adj._, corner; at the angle. _Pilastre —_; corner-column.
=cornière=, _n.f._, corner gutter; (print.) corner iron; T iron; (nav.) fashion-piece.
=cornifle=, _n.m._, (bot.) horn-wort.
*=cornillas=, _n.m._, young rook.
=corniste=, _n.m._, cornist, player upon the horn.
*=cornouille=, _n.f._, dogberry.
*=cornouiller=, _n.m._, dogberry-tree, cornel-tree.
=cornu=, =-e=, _adj._, horned; angular, cornered; (fig.) extravagant, absurd.
=cornue=, _n.f._, (chem.) retort.
=corollaire=, _n.m._, corollary.
=corolle=, _n.f._, (bot.) corol, corolla.
=corollifère=, _adj._, corollated, bearing a corolla.
=coronaire=, _adj._, (anat.) coronary.
=coronal=, =-e=, _adj._, (anat.) coronal.
=coronal=, _n.m._, (anat.) coronal.
=coroner= (-nèr), _n.m._, (_—s_) coroner.
*=coronille=, _n.f._, (bot.) coronilla.
=coronoïde=, _adj._, (anat.) coronoid.
=coronope=, _n.m._, (bot.) wart-cress. _— de ruelle_; crow’s-foot.
=corossol=, _n.m._, (bot.) custard-apple. _— des marais_; cork-wood.
=corossolier=, _n.m._, (bot.) anona, custard-apple tree.
=corporal=, _n.m._, (c.rel.) corporal, communion cloth.
=corporalité=, _n.f._, corporality.
=corporation=, _n.f._, corporation, corporate body.
=corporéité=, _n.f._, corporeity.
=corporel=, =-le=, _adj._, corporal, corporeal, bodily.
=corporellement= (-mān), _adv._, corporally, bodily.
=corporifier=, _v.a._, to embody, to form into a body.
=corps= (kor), _n.m._, body; person; fellow; creature; substance, thickness, consistence; company, society, commonalty, college; main point; barrel (of pumps); caudex (of roots); (of wine, of writing, of sovereigns, of musical instruments, of wearing apparel) body; corps, set of men; (print.) depth, body, of a letter; shell (of a house, a pulley). _— mort_; dead body. _— morts_; (nav.) moorings. _— glorieux_; glorified body. _Un drôle de —_; a queer fellow, a queer fish. _Se tuer le — et l’âme_; to work one’s self to death. _Répondre — pour —_; to be answerable for a person. _Faire — neuf_; to take a new lease of life. _Il fait bon marché de son —_; he makes himself very cheap; he exposes himself unnecessarily to danger. _Il faut voir ce que cet homme a dans le —_; we must see what stuff this man is made of. _Enlever un homme comme un — saint_; (prov.) to kidnap a man. _Gagner son pain à la sueur de son —_; to earn one’s bread by the sweat of one’s brow. _Tomber rudement sur le — à quelqu’un_; to speak in offensive terms of any one. _Être séparés — et biens_; to be separated (_mensâ et thoro_). _C’est un pauvre —_; he is a poor weak fellow. _C’est un — de fer que cet homme_; that man is made of iron. _Passer son épée au travers du — à quelqu’un_; to run any one through the body. _Il a le diable au —_; he is a devil of a fellow. _— de bâtiment_; main building. _— de logis_; detached building. _— de cheminée_; chimney-stack. _Le — du délit_; substance, main proof, of an offense (_corpus delicti_). _Un vin qui a du —_; a full-bodied wine. _Prendre du —_; to grow stout, fat. _Le — du clergé_; the body of the clergy. _Les — de métiers_; the trades’ companies. _Ils font — à part_; they are a separate body. _Esprit de —_; spirit of party; brotherhood in arms. _Un — d’infanterie_; a body of foot-soldiers. _Garde du —_; a life-guard. _Un — de garde_; a guard-house; watch-house; round-house. _— à —_; hand to hand. _À — perdu_; headlong; desperately. _A bras-le-corps_; by the waist. _Saisir quelqu’un à bras-le-—_; to seize any one round the waist. _N’avoir rien dans le —_; to have taken no food; to be a person of no pluck. _À son — défendant_; reluctantly, in one’s own defense. _Le vaisseau a sombré — et biens_; the vessel foundered with all hands.
=corpulence=, _n.f._, corpulence, corpulency; stoutness. _Un homme de petite —_; a stoutish man.
=corpulent=, =-e=, _adj._, corpulent, stout.
=corpusculaire=, _adj._, corpuscular.
=corpuscule=, _n.m._, corpuscule or corpuscle.
=corpusculiste=, _n.m._, corpuscularian.
=correct= (-rèct), =-e=, _adj._, accurate, correct, right.
=correctement=, _adv._, correctly, accurately, rightly, right.
=correcteur=, _n.m._, corrector, emendator; (print.) reader. _Père —_; superior of a convent.
=correcti-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, corrective.
=correctif=, _n.m._, corrective.
=correction=, _n.f._, correction; correctness, accuracy; alteration; reprimand; reproof; (print.) reading, correcting. _Maison de —_; house of correction, reformatory.
=correctionnel=, =-le=, _adj._, correctional (of misdemeanors); punishable; reformatory. _Tribunal de police —le_; police-court.
=correctionnellement=, _adv._, by way of correction; before the magistrate; for misdemeanors.
=correctivement= (-tiv-mān), _adv._, correctively, as a corrective.
=correctoire=, _n.m._, book of penance, formulary.
=correctrice=, _n.f._, lady superior of a convent of Minimi nuns.
=corrégidor=, _n.m._, corregidor (Sp. magistrate).
=corrélati-f=, =-ve=, _adj._, correlative.
=corrélati-f=, _n.m._, =-ve=, _n.f._, correlative.
=corrélation=, _n.f._, correlation.
=correspondance=, _n.f._, correspondence, intercourse; connection, relation; conformity, harmony. _Être en — avec quelqu’un_; to correspond with any one. _Entretenir une — avec quelqu’un_; to keep up a correspondence with any one. _Voiture de —_; correspondence-coach; railway-omnibus. _Service de —_; cross-post.
=correspondant=, =-e=, _adj._, correspondent, corresponding.
=correspondant=, _n.m._, correspondent, corresponding member; parents’ representative.
=correspondre=, _v.n._, to correspond, to communicate, to be in correspondence with; to agree, to suit, to harmonize.
=corridor=, _n.m._, lobby, corridor, gallery, passage. _Cette porte donne sur le —_; this door opens out into the gallery or passage.
=corrigé=, _n.m._, corrected copy; key (book).
=corrigeant=, =-e= (-jān, -t), _adj._, correcting.
=corriger=, _v.a._, to correct; to rectify; to repair; to amend; to reclaim; to reprove; to reprehend, to chide, to chastise. _— des épreuves_; (print.) to correct proofs.
_se_ =corriger=, _v.r._, to correct one’s self, to amend, to reform, to be reformed. _Elle s’est bien corrigée de cela_; she has quite broken herself of that.
=corrigible=, _adj._, corrigible.
=corroborant=, =-e= (kor-ro-), _adj._, (med.) corroborant.
=corroborant=, _n.m._, (med.) corroborant.
=corroborati-f=, =-ve= (kor-ro-), _adj._, (med.) corroborative.
=corroboratif= (kor-ro-), _n.m._, (med.) corroborative.
=corroboration= (kor-ro-), _n.f._, (med.) corroboration, strengthening.
=corroborer= (kor-ro-), _v.a._, to strengthen, to corroborate.
=corrodant=, =-e=, _adj._, corroding. _n.m._, corrodent.
=corroder= (kor-ro-dé), _v.a._, to corrode.
=corroi=, _n.m._, currying of leather; (mas.) claying, puddling.
=corroirie=, _n.f._, (tech.) currier’s shop, currying.
=corrompre=, _v.a._, to corrupt; to adulterate, to spoil; to infect; to taint; to vitiate; to pervert; to bribe. _Les mauvaises compagnies corrompent les bonnes mœurs_; evil communications corrupt good manners. _— des témoins_; to bribe witnesses. _Se laisser —_; to take a bribe.
_se_ =corrompre=, _v.r._, to grow corrupt; to become tainted, to fester.
=corrompu=, =-e=, _part._, corrupted; bribed; spoiled; unsound. _Homme —_; debauchee. _Mœurs —es_; dissolute manners.
=corrosi-f=, =-ve= (kor-rô-), _adj._, corrosive.
=corrosif=, _n.m._, corrosive.
=corrosion= (kor-rô-zion), _n.f._, corrosion.
=corroyer=, _v.a._, to curry (leather); to prepare clay for puddling; to puddle; to beat up. _— du bois_; to plane wood. _— du fer_; to hammer iron. _— du sable_; to roll sand.
=corroyère=, _n.f._, (bot.) sumac.
=corroyeur=, _n.m._, currier.
=corrugateur=, _n.m._, (anat.) corrugator.
=corrugation=, _n.f._, corrugation, wrinkling.
=corrupt-eur=, _n.m._, =-rice=, _n.f._, (kor-rup-), corrupter, seducer, spoiler; briber.
=corrupt-eur=, =-rice=, _adj._, corrupting, perverting, corrupt, infectious.
=corruptibilité= (kor-rup-), _n.f._, corruptibility.
=corruptible= (kor-rup-), _adj._, corruptible.
=corruption= (kor-rup-), _n.f._, corruption; taint, putridity, rottenness; depravity, perversity, defilement; bribery.
=cors=, _n.m.pl._, (hunt.) horns; branches. _Un cerf dix —_; a full-grown stag.
=corsage=, _n.m._, trunk, bust, chest (of the body); bodice, body (of a dress). _— de dessous_; petticoat bodice.
=corsaire=, _n.m._, privateer, commander of a privateer; corsair, rover; shark, Jew. _À —, — et demi_; set a thief to catch a thief.
=corsé=, _adj._, rich, full-bodied, having body (of wine); (fam.) strong, thick, stout; substantial, copious; plentiful.
=corse=, _n.m.f._ and _adj._, Corsican.
=corselet=, _n.m._, corselet.
=corser=, _v.n._, to fit (of stays). _v.a._, (fig.) to thicken; to complicate.
_se_ =corser=, _v.r._, to put one’s stays on; (fig.) to acquire strength; to grow serious.
=corset=, _n.m._, corset, stays; bodice; (surg.) bandage.
=corseti-er=, _n.m._, =-ère=, _n.f._, (-tié, -ti-èr), corset-maker, stay-maker.
=cortège=, _n.m._, train, retinue, cortege; procession; attendants.
=cortès= (-tèss), _n.f.pl._, Cortes (Spanish Parliament).
=cortical=, =-e=, _adj._, (bot., anat.) cortical.
=cortiqueu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) corticose.
=coruscation=, _n.f._, coruscation.
=corvéable=, _adj._, (feudalism) liable to forced labor.
=corvéable=, _n.m._, one liable to forced labor.
=corvée=, _n.f._, (feudalism) statute-labor; duty, service, fatigue duty done by soldiers; toil; drudgery; bore. _Quelle —!_ what a bore!
=corvette=, _n.f._, corvette, sloop of war.
=corybante=, _n.m._, priest of Cybele.
=corybantique=, _adj._, corybantic. _—s_, _n.f.pl._, feasts in honor of Cybele.
=corymbe=, _n.m._, (bot.) cluster, corymb.
=corymbé=, =-e=, (bot.) corymbiate.
=corymbeu-x=, =-se=, _adj._, (bot.) corymbase.
=corymbifère=, _adj._, (bot.) corymbiferous. _—s_; _n.f.pl._, corymbiferous plants.
=coryphée=, _n.m._, corypheus; leader, chief; principal man; (theat.) chorus-master.
=coryza=, _n.m._, (med.) coryza, cold in the head.
=cosaque=, _n.m._, Cossack.
=cosaque=, _n.f._, Cossack dance. _Je veux te faire danser une —_; (pop.) I’ll let you have a taste of the stick.
=cosécante=, _n.f._, (geom.) co-secant.
*=coseigneur=, _n.m._, joint lord of a manor.
=conseigneurie=, _n.f._, joint lordship.
=cosinus= (-si-nûs), _n.m._, (geom.) co-sine.
=cosmétique=, _n.m._, and _adj._, cosmetic.
=cosmétique=, _n.f._, art of using cosmetics.
=cosmique=, _adj._, (astron.) cosmical.
=cosmiquement=, _adv._, (astron.) cosmically.
=cosmogonie=, _n.f._, cosmogony.
=cosmogonique=, _adj._, cosmogonical.
=cosmographe=, _n.m._, cosmographer.
=cosmographie=, _n.f._, cosmography.
=cosmographique=, _adj._, cosmographical.
=cosmolabe=, _n.m._, (astron.) cosmolabe.
=cosmologie=, _n.f._, cosmology.
=cosmologique=, _adj._, cosmological.
=cosmologiste= _or_ =cosmologue=, _n.m._, cosmologist.
=cosmopolite=, _n.m._, cosmopolite.
=cosmopolite=, _adj._, cosmopolitan.
=cosmopolitisme=, _n.m._, cosmopolitism.
=cosmorama=, _n.m._, cosmorama.
=cosse=, _n.f._, cod, shell, husk, pod; (nav.) thimble.
=cosser=, _v.n._, (of rams) to butt.
=cosson=, _n.m._, (ent.) weevil; (agri.) new shoot of a vine.
=cossu=, =-e=, _adj._, husked, podded; substantial, warm, wealthy, rich. _En conter de —es_; to tell spicy tales. _Un homme —_; a monied man.
=costal=, =-e=, _adj._, costal.
=costières=, _n.f.pl._, (theat.) grooves for the side-lights.
=costume=, _n.m._, garb, uniform; manners, usages; costume, dress. _Grand —_; full dress. _Petit —_; undress. _— de soirée_; evening-dress. _— tailleur_; tailor-made dress.
=costumer=, _v.a._, to dress in fancy dress.
_se_ =costumer=, _v.r._, to dress one’s self up; to dress in fancy dress.
=costumier=, _n.m._, costumer, dealer in fancy dress clothes.
=cotangente=, _n.f._, (geom.) co-tangent.
=cote=, _n.f._, letter, number, figure (to indicate the order); (com.) quotation; quota, share, price, price-list. _Faire une — mal taillée_; to make a clumsy compromise.
=côte=, _n.f._, rib (of the body, of cloth, of fruit); (arch., bot., manu.), rib; (agri.) edge; hill, declivity; shore, sea-coast. _— d’aloyau_; wing-rib. _Fausses —s_; short ribs. _Se casser une —_; to break a rib. _Rompre les —s à quelqu’un_; to break anyone’s bones. _Mesurer les —s à quelqu’un_; to thrash anyone. _Se mettre à la —_; (nav.) to run aground, ashore. _Ranger la —_; to coast. _Raser la —_; to sail along, to hug, the shore. _— à —_; side by side. _Le long de la —_; along the hill _or_ the shore. _— de fer_; (hist.) iron-side.
=côté=, _n.m._, side; broadside; way, manner; flank; part; slice. _Il a un point de —_; he has got a stitch in his side. _Le — faible_; the weak side. _Mettre une bouteille_, _un tonneau_, _sur le —_; to empty a bottle, a cask. _De tous —s_; on all sides. _— de première_; (print.) outer form. _— de seconde_; inner form. _De mon —_; for my own part. _Ils sont parents du — maternel_; they are related on the mother’s side. _Il est du — gauche_; he is a natural child. _Se ranger du — de quelqu’un_; to side with anyone. _De quel — êtes-vous?_ whom do you side with? _Il se met du — du plus fort_; he takes the strongest side. _A — de_; by, near. _Être à — de la question_; to be beside the question. _Donner à —_; to miss. _De —_; sideways, aslant, askew, obliquely, aside. _D’à —_; adjoining, next house. _Une vue de —_; a side-view. _Regarder de —_; to look askance. _Mettre une chose de —_; to lay by. _De — et d’autre_; up and down, here and there, on all sides, in every direction. _C’est son — faible_; it is his weak side. _S’asseoir à — de quelqu’un_; to sit down by the side of any one. _Se tenir les —s de rire_; to shake one’s sides with laughing. _De l’autre —_; in the next room. _Mettre les rieurs de son —_; to turn the laugh against any one. _Être sur le —_; to be on one’s back, ill.
=coteau=, _n.m._, declivity, slope; little hill, hillock, rising ground.
=côtelette= (kot-let), _n.f._, chop, cutlet. _Une — de mouton_; a mutton chop. _Des —s de veau_; veal cutlets. _— de porc frais_; pork chop. _Des —s_; mutton chop whiskers.
=cotenanci-er=, =-ère=, _n.m.f._, co-tenant.
=coter=, _v.a._, to number; to quote, to fix, to price. _Se —_; to be quoted, to be priced. _— le cours des effets publics_; to quote the price of stocks.
=coterie= (ko-trî), _n.f._, coterie, set, club; circle, gang.
=cothurne=, _n.m._, buskin. _Chausser le —_; to put on the buskin (play in tragedy).
=cothurné=, =-e=, _adj._, (antiq.) cothurnated.
=côtier= (-tié), _adj._, _n.m._, coasting; coasting-pilot.
=côtière= (-ti-èr), _n.f._, (gard.) border, sloping bed; (nav.) (l.u.) coasts, coast-line.
*=cotignac= (-gna), _n.m._, quiddany, marmalade of quinces.
*=cotillon=, _n.m._, under-petticoat; cotillon (dance). _Il aime le —_; he is fond of women. _Régime du —_; petticoat government.
=cotir=, _v.a._, (fruit) to bruise, to damage.
=cotisation=, _n.f._, clubbing, subscription; assessment, quota, share.
=cotiser=, _v.a._, to assess, to rate.
_se_ =cotiser=, _v.r._, to rate, to assess; to unite, to club together; to get up a subscription; to subscribe.
=cotissure=, _n.f._, (fruit) damage, bruising.
=coton=, _n.m._, cotton; down (of fruit and hair on the face). _— épluché_; picked cotton. _— brut_; raw cotton. _— plat_; darning cotton. _— à tricoter_; knitting cotton. _— de couleur_; colored cotton. _Bobine de —_; reel of cotton. _Écheveau de —_; skein of cotton. _Balle de —_; bale of cotton. _Toile de —_; cotton cloth. _Il jette un vilain —_; he is going to the dogs. _Il jette_, _il file_, _un mauvais —_; he is in a bad way. _Mettre dans du —_; to coddle, to nurse, to indulge. _Elever dans du —_; to molly-coddle; to bring up delicately.