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lexentry: eng/classpath__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: classpath
trans_list: classpath
sense:
(Java programming language) The path on a file system where the Java virtual machine should look for user-defined classes and packages when running Java programs.


lexentry: eng/clathrate_compound__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clathrate compound
trans_list: clathrate
sense:
(chemistry) a substance consisting of molecules of one element or compound contained within the cage-like structure of another


lexentry: eng/clause__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clause
trans_list: proposition
sense:
(grammar) A group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence, depending on the syntax in each instance.


lexentry: eng/clause__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clause
trans_list: proposition
sense:
(grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is dependent (subordinate). (Independent clauses can be sentences; they can also be part of a sentence. Dependent clauses can only be part of a sentence.)


lexentry: eng/claves__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: claves
trans_list: bâtons de rythme
sense:
(musical instruments) A percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which one is struck against the other in order to produce a sound.


lexentry: eng/clavichord__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clavichord
trans_list: clavicorde | manicordion
sense:
(musical instruments) An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades (called tangents) attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings.


lexentry: eng/clavicle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clavicle
trans_list: clavicule
sense:
(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.


lexentry: eng/clavicytherium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clavicytherium
trans_list: clavecin verticale | clavicythérium
sense:
(musical instruments) A harpsichord in which the soundboard and strings are mounted vertically facing the player. [early 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/claw__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: claw
trans_list: pince
sense:
(botany) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, such as the base of petals of the pink.


lexentry: eng/clay__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clay
trans_list: argile | glaise
sense:
A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.


lexentry: eng/clay__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clay
trans_list: terre battue | argile
sense:
(tennis) A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.


lexentry: eng/clay_pigeon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clay pigeon
trans_list: pigeon d'argile
sense:
A flying target, usually a disc, made of a mixture of pitch and pulverized limestone rock, used as moving target in sport shooting.


lexentry: eng/clean-shaven__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clean-shaven
trans_list: frais
sense:
Having had hair (especially facial hair) shaved off, so that it is no longer visible; smooth-shaven.


lexentry: eng/clean__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clean
trans_list: clean | propre
sense:
Free from (or showing no signs of) corrupt, unlawful, and/or sinister conduct or connections (and (of criminal, driving, etc. records) therefore without restrictions or penalties).


lexentry: eng/clean_and_jerk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clean and jerk
trans_list: épaulé-jeté
sense:
(weightlifting) The act of lifting the barbell from the floor to a resting position across the front of the shoulders (the clean phase), pausing, and thrusting the barbell over the head to a stationary position in one movement (the jerk phase). The normal technique for both parts of this act involves propelling the barbell upwards, quickly lowering the torso, and then straightening the legs.


lexentry: eng/clean_someone's_clock__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clean someone's clock
trans_list: battre à plate couture
sense:
(idiomatic, informal) To defeat someone decisively, in a physical fight or other competition or negotiation.


lexentry: eng/cleaner__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cleaner
trans_list: nettoyant
sense:
A substance used for cleaning; especially, one retailed for that purpose and meant for use on things other than one's own body.


lexentry: eng/cleanroom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cleanroom
trans_list: salle blanche
sense:
A room or environment that is controlled in such a way as to minimize airborne particulate matter, typically for the purpose of fabricating sensitive electronic or other devices.


lexentry: eng/clear__Verb__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: clear
trans_list: effectuer | passer
sense:
(intransitive) Of a check or financial transaction, to go through as payment; to be processed so that the money is transferred.


lexentry: eng/clear__Verb__1
sense_num: 17
written_rep: clear
trans_list: dégager
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, sports) To hit, kick, head, punch etc. (a ball, puck) away in order to defend one's goal.


lexentry: eng/clear_one's_throat__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clear one's throat
trans_list: se racler la gorge
sense:
To forcibly, sometimes mutedly, expell air from one's lungs, sometimes to clear mucus, sometimes to attract attention to something; less vigorously than to cough.


lexentry: eng/clearance__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clearance
trans_list: espace | gabarit
sense:
The height or width of a tunnel, bridge or other passage, or the distance between a vehicle and the walls or roof of such passage; a gap, headroom.


lexentry: eng/clearance__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: clearance
trans_list: liquidation | soldes | braderie
sense:
(retail) A sale of merchandise, especially at significantly reduced prices, usually in order to make room for new merchandise or updated versions of the same merchandise; sometimes as a closeout.


lexentry: eng/clearing_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clearing house
trans_list: chambre de compensation
sense:
A central point where clearing banks and other financial firms exchange checks, settle accounts, etc.


lexentry: eng/clearness__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clearness
trans_list: clarté
sense:
The state of being free from obscurities or opacity; distinctness of light, colour etc. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/cleavage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cleavage
trans_list: décolleté
sense:
The hollow or separation between a woman's breasts, especially as revealed by a low neckline. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/clef__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clef
trans_list: clé | clef
sense:
(music) A symbol found on a musical staff that indicates the pitches represented by the lines and the spaces on the staff [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/cleft_chin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cleft chin
trans_list: menton fendu | menton fourchu
sense:
(anatomy) The presence of a genetic trait in which a fissure in the lower jaw causes a visible dimple in the center of the chin.


lexentry: eng/cleft_sentence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cleft sentence
trans_list: phrase clivée
sense:
(linguistics) A complex sentence whose meaning could be expressed by a simple sentence, that has a dependent clause in front of the main clause, and that typically stresses a particular constituent.


lexentry: eng/clematis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clematis
trans_list: clématite
sense:
(botany) Any plant of the genus Clematis, vigorous climbing lianas found throughout the temperate zones.


lexentry: eng/clemency__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clemency
trans_list: clémence
sense:
(legal) A pardon, commutation, or similar reduction, removal, or postponement of legal penalties by an executive officer of a state.


lexentry: eng/clementine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clementine
trans_list: clémentine
sense:
A type of small, sweet-tasting orange, the result of a hybrid cross between the willowleaf variety of mandarin orange (Citrus × aurantium f. deliciosa) and a sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). Scientific name: Citrus × clementina.


lexentry: eng/clerestory__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clerestory
trans_list: claire-voie | clair-étage
sense:
(architecture) The upper part of a wall containing windows to let in natural light to a building, especially in the nave, transept and choir of a church or cathedral.


lexentry: eng/clerical_collar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clerical collar
trans_list: col pasteur | col romain
sense:
A stiff white collar, having no opening at the front, fastened at the back, worn by members of the Christian clergy.


lexentry: eng/clerk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clerk
trans_list: greffier | greffière
sense:
One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.


lexentry: eng/cleruchy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cleruchy
trans_list: clérouquie
sense:
(historical, Ancient Greece) A form of Athenian colony in the time of Ancient Greece, under which the settlers or cleruchs retained their citizenship, and were assigned plots, or kleroi, of agricultural land, while the community remained a political dependency of Athens.


lexentry: eng/clever_clogs__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clever clogs
trans_list: Monsieur Je-sais-tout
sense:
(slang, UK, and, Ireland) Somebody who is rather too clever; a smart aleck; sometimes used as an epithet.


lexentry: eng/clever_dick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clever dick
trans_list: Monsieur Je-sais-tout
sense:
(informal, chiefly, British) A person who annoyingly tries too hard to impress with their cleverness.


lexentry: eng/clevis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clevis
trans_list: chape
sense:
A U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is run; used especially to fit attachments to a tractor or other vehicle as it allows a degree of rotation about the bolt.


lexentry: eng/clevis_pin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clevis pin
trans_list: tige à épaulement
sense:
Part of clevis fastener that allows rotation of the connected parts about the axis of the pin. A clevis pin consists of a head, shank and hole. The hole passes through the shank at the opposite end of the pin from the head. A cotter pin or similar through the hole keeps the clevis pin in place.


lexentry: eng/cliché__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cliché
trans_list: cliché | lieu commun | poncif | platitude
sense:
(rhetoric) Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/click__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: click
trans_list: clic | déclic
sense:
A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.


lexentry: eng/click__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: click
trans_list: clic
sense:
(GUI) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.


lexentry: eng/click__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: click
trans_list: cliquer
sense:
(transitive, GUI) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.


lexentry: eng/click_beetle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: click beetle
trans_list: taupin | agriote
sense:
Any of various beetles of the family Elateridae, generally less than 20 mm long, which, if turned upside down, flip themselves into the air with a clicking sound.


lexentry: eng/clicktivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clicktivism
trans_list: clictivisme
sense:
(informal, derogatory) Half-hearted activism on the Internet, lacking actual engagement with the real-world issues.


lexentry: eng/client__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: client
trans_list: client
sense:
(computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.


lexentry: eng/clientele__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clientele
trans_list: clientèle
sense:
The body or class of people who frequent an establishment or purchase a service, especially when considered as forming a more-or-less homogeneous group of clients in terms of values or habits.


lexentry: eng/cliff_face__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cliff face
trans_list: falaise
sense:
The very steep, vertical, or overhanging section of rock, earth, or ice slope usually free of any vegetation or loose material.


lexentry: eng/cliffhanger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cliffhanger
trans_list: cliffhanger
sense:
(narratology) An ending or stopping point calculated to leave a story unresolved, in order to create suspense.


lexentry: eng/climacteric__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: climacteric
trans_list: ménopause
sense:
(medicine) The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the menopause. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/climacterium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climacterium
trans_list: climatère
sense:
(medical) The bodily and mental changes linked to the reproductive and endocrine function in men and women occurring during the latter part of middle age.


lexentry: eng/climate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climate
trans_list: climat
sense:
The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its weather conditions during a period long enough to ensure that representative values are obtained (generally 30 years).


lexentry: eng/climate_catastrophe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climate catastrophe
trans_list: catastrophe climatique
sense:
The severe negative effects of climate change on both the natural world and humanity as a result of extreme weather events, sea level rise, biodiversity loss, etc.


lexentry: eng/climate_change__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: climate change
trans_list: changement climatique | dérèglement climatique
sense:
Rapid, large-scale, and long-term change in the Earth's climatic system produced by global warming; anthropogenic climate change.


lexentry: eng/climate_refugee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climate refugee
trans_list: réfugié climatique | réfugié écologique
sense:
A person who is forced to flee their home due to anthropogenic climate change that made their region unliveable. [from 1980s]


lexentry: eng/climate_sceptic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climate sceptic
trans_list: climato-sceptique
sense:
A person who does not believe climate change is happening or does not believe it is caused by human activity.


lexentry: eng/climate_strike__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climate strike
trans_list: grève pour le climat
sense:
A protest in which people absent themselves from professional or educational activities in order to join demonstrations calling for action to counter climate change.


lexentry: eng/climax__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: climax
trans_list: climax
sense:
(ecology) The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.


lexentry: eng/climb__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: climb
trans_list: grimper | escalader
sense:
(transitive) To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.


lexentry: eng/climbing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: climbing
trans_list: escalade
sense:
(uncountable) The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.


lexentry: eng/clinch__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: clinch
trans_list: clinch
sense:
(wrestling, combat sports) The act of one or both fighters holding onto the other to prevent being hit or engage in standup grappling.


lexentry: eng/cline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cline
trans_list: cline
sense:
(systematics, evolution, biogeography) A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species, deme, or other systematic group.


lexentry: eng/clingy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clingy
trans_list: collant
sense:
(informal, usually, derogatory) Pathetically attached to, or possessive of someone, usually a significant other.


lexentry: eng/clinic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clinic
trans_list: clinique
sense:
A medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.


lexentry: eng/clinical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clinical
trans_list: clinique
sense:
(medicine) Dealing with the practical management of patients, in practice#Noun at the point of care; as contrasted with other health care venues (see clinical medicine#Noun for more explanation).


lexentry: eng/clinical_death__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clinical death
trans_list: mort clinique
sense:
(medicine, legal) A state in which usual medically observable vital signs—such as respiration, heartbeat, and corneal reflex—are not present, but from which patients are sometimes revived.


lexentry: eng/clinical_psychology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clinical psychology
trans_list: psychologie clinique
sense:
(psychology) A branch of psychology with the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well-being and personal development.


lexentry: eng/clinically__Adverb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clinically
trans_list: cliniquement
sense:
In the setting of a medical clinic; in a clinical setting; (of a health condition) to a degree high enough to be relevant to clinical practice.


lexentry: eng/clinician__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clinician
trans_list: clinicien
sense:
(chiefly, US) Someone who conducts a clinic; an expert or skilled practitioner in a particular field, such as business or education. In this sense, a clinician is someone who provides practical advice or hands-on assistance to others in a specific area of expertise. For example, a business clinician might be an experienced consultant who helps companies improve their operations, while an education clinician might be a skilled teacher who provides professional development and support to other educators.


lexentry: eng/clink__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clink
trans_list: toquer
sense:
(ambitransitive) To make a clinking sound; to make a sound of metal on metal or glass on glass; to strike materials such as metal or glass against one another.


lexentry: eng/clinker-built__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clinker-built
trans_list: bordé à clin
sense:
(nautical) Of a boat or ship: having the hull constructed using planks or plates laid so that each plank overlaps the edge of the plank or plate below it, and in the case of plates, behind it; the planks were traditionally secured by nails which had been clenched (or clinched), that is, after being hammered through the planks the points of the nails were bent to make them unremovable.


lexentry: eng/clinker__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clinker
trans_list: mâchefer
sense:
Slag or ash produced by intense heat in a furnace, kiln or boiler that forms a hard residue upon cooling. [from 18th c.]


lexentry: eng/clinometer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clinometer
trans_list: clinomètre
sense:
An apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree).


lexentry: eng/clipboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clipboard
trans_list: planchette à pince | presse-papiers
sense:
(computing) A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications.


lexentry: eng/clipper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clipper
trans_list: clipper
sense:
(nautical) Any of several forms of very fast sailing ships having a long, low hull and a sharply raked stem.


lexentry: eng/clipping__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: clipping
trans_list: troncation | apocope
sense:
(countable, linguistics) A short form (of a longer word) created by removing syllables, often terminal ones.


lexentry: eng/clit_tease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clit tease
trans_list: allumeur
sense:
(slang, vulgar) A person, usually a man, who teases a woman with a promise (either implicit or explicit) of sexual fulfillment but does not deliver on it.


lexentry: eng/clitellum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clitellum
trans_list: clitellum
sense:
(biology) A glandular swelling in the epidermis of some annelid worms; it secretes a viscous fluid in which the eggs are deposited.


lexentry: eng/clitic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clitic
trans_list: clitique
sense:
(linguistics) A morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word).


lexentry: eng/clitoral_hood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clitoral hood
trans_list: capuchon clitoridien | capuchon du clitoris | prépuce clitoridien
sense:
A fold of skin that surrounds and protects the clitoris, homologous with the male foreskin; the female prepuce.


lexentry: eng/clitoris__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clitoris
trans_list: clitoris
sense:
(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/cloaca__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cloaca
trans_list: cloaque
sense:
(anatomy, zoology) The opening in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as elasmobranchians, lobe-finned fishes, marsupials and monotreme mammals, which serves as the common outlet for the urogenital ducts and rectum.


lexentry: eng/clobber__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: clobber
trans_list: écraser
sense:
(transitive, computing, slang) To overwrite (data) or override (an assignment of a value), often unintentionally or unexpectedly.


lexentry: eng/clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clock
trans_list: horloge
sense:
(electronics) An electrical signal that synchronizes timing among digital circuits of semiconductor chips or modules.


lexentry: eng/clock_face__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clock face
trans_list: cadran
sense:
The surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands (via the traditional design of clocks); such an arrangement on either a clock or a watch.


lexentry: eng/clock_in__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clock in
trans_list: embaucher | pointer
sense:
(US) To begin working time, especially by punching in (entering a workplace by punching a time card with the time clock).


lexentry: eng/clock_is_ticking__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clock is ticking
trans_list: l'horloge tourne
sense:
(idiomatic, almost always preceded by the and often followed by for) Time is running out; a deadline is approaching.


lexentry: eng/clock_speed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clock speed
sense:
(computing, computer hardware) The rate, measured in hertz, at which a processor performs its fundamental operations.

trans_list:
fréquence d'horloge | fréquence de base | fréquence de base de temps | fréquence de synchronisation | vitesse d'horloge


lexentry: eng/clock_tower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clock tower
trans_list: tour de l'horloge
sense:
(architecture) A tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with several faces.


lexentry: eng/clockwork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clockwork
trans_list: rouage
sense:
A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.


lexentry: eng/cloister__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cloister
trans_list: cloître
sense:
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side, running along the walls of buildings that surround a quadrangle; especially:


lexentry: eng/cloister_vault__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cloister vault
trans_list: voûte cloisonnée
sense:
(architecture) A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel vaults crossing in a right angle. The angles of intersection are groins with projecting angles at the base, which die away at the summit.


lexentry: eng/clonazepam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clonazepam
trans_list: clonazépam
sense:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A benzodiazepine with potent anticonvulsant used especially in the treatment of epilepsy and other seizure disorders; C15H10ClN3O3. It is a derivative of nitrazepam.


lexentry: eng/clone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clone
trans_list: clone
sense:
A living organism (originally a plant) produced asexually from a single ancestor, to which it is genetically identical.


lexentry: eng/cloning__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cloning
trans_list: clonage
sense:
(biology) The production of a cloned embryo by transplanting the nucleus of a somatic cell into an ovum.


lexentry: eng/close,_but_no_cigar__Phrase__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: close, but no cigar
trans_list: presque réussi, mais raté
sense:
(idiomatic, originally, US, colloquial) Used to indicate that one is almost correct or has almost succeeded, but not quite. [from early 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/close-mid__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: close-mid
trans_list: mi-fermé
sense:
(phonetics, of a vowel) pronounced with the tongue in a position approximately two-thirds of the way between an open and a close vowel


lexentry: eng/close-up__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: close-up
trans_list: gros plan | plan rapproché
sense:
(photography) A photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale, and occupies most or all of the frame.


lexentry: eng/close__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: close
trans_list: fermer | clore
sense:
(ambitransitive) To move a thing, or part of a thing, nearer to another so that the gap or opening between the two is removed.


lexentry: eng/close__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: close
trans_list: conclure | fermer
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, electricity, of a switch, fuse or circuit breaker) To move to a position allowing electricity to flow.


lexentry: eng/close__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: close
trans_list: fermer | clore
sense:
(intransitive) To do the tasks (putting things away, locking doors, etc.) required to prepare a store or other establishment to shut down for the night.


lexentry: eng/close_ranks__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: close ranks
trans_list: serrer les rangs
sense:
(figuratively) To regroup forces, especially when this involves overlooking differences in order to face a challenge or adverse situation. Often implies making a show of unity, especially to the public.


lexentry: eng/close_the_stable_door_after_the_horse_has_bolted__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: close the stable door after the horse has bolted
trans_list: c'est de la moutarde après dîner
sense:
(idiomatic) To attempt to prevent a problem that has already occurred; to design and implement a preventive mechanism that is too late (after the first failure instead of before).


lexentry: eng/closed_caption__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: closed caption
trans_list: sous-titrage
sense:
(television) Text which can be displayed on a television or other video screen with suitable equipment, usually a transcription or description of audio material.


lexentry: eng/closet__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: closet
trans_list: placard
sense:
(figuratively) A secret or hiding place, (particularly) the hiding place in English idioms such as in the closet and skeleton in the closet.


lexentry: eng/closet__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: closet
trans_list: placard
sense:
(obsolete) Clipping of closet of ease, (later, UK) clipping of water closet: a room containing a toilet.


lexentry: eng/closeup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: closeup
trans_list: gros plan
sense:
(film) A video or film recording made with the camera positioned close to an actor, often so that only the head or face is visible.


lexentry: eng/closure__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: closure
trans_list: fermeture
sense:
(programming) An abstraction that represents a function within an environment, a context consisting of the variables that are both bound at a particular time during the execution of the program and that are within the function's scope.


lexentry: eng/closure_temperature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: closure temperature
trans_list: température de blocage | température de fermeture
sense:
(geology) The temperature, of a mineral, etc., below which there is no significant diffusion of isotopes into the external environment; the temperature of said mineral at the time it was formed (as calculated by radiometric dating).


lexentry: eng/cloth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cloth
trans_list: étoffe | tissu
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.


lexentry: eng/clothes_dryer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clothes dryer
trans_list: sèche-linge
sense:
An electrical appliance used for drying clothes, usually by tumbling them in a heated rotating drum.


lexentry: eng/clothes_moth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clothes moth
trans_list: mite | mite des vêtements | teigne
sense:
Any of several small, yellowish or buff-colored moths of the family Tineidae, feeding on textiles (wool, fur, feathers).


lexentry: eng/clothes_peg__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clothes peg
trans_list: pince à linge | épingle à linge
sense:
(British, Australia, NZ, Canada) An object (usually made of wood or plastic) used to attach wet laundry to a clothesline so that it (the laundry) can dry.


lexentry: eng/clothesline__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clothesline
trans_list: corde à linge
sense:
(North America, informal) The act of knocking a person over by striking his or her upper body or neck with one's arm, as if he or she had run into a low clothesline.


lexentry: eng/clotted_cream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clotted cream
trans_list: crème caillée
sense:
A thick, sweet dairy product, made by skimming the thickened layer off the top of unhomogenized cream that has been heated and allowed to stand. Fat content is at least 55%.


lexentry: eng/cloud__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cloud
trans_list: nuage
sense:
Anything which makes things foggy or gloomy. Example: The clouds were grey so James thought it was about to rain.


lexentry: eng/cloud__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: cloud
trans_list: cloud | nuage
sense:
(cloud computing, with "the") The Internet, regarded as an abstract amorphous omnipresent space for processing and storage, the focus of cloud computing.


lexentry: eng/cloud_computing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cloud computing
trans_list: infonuagique | informatique en nuage
sense:
(informal, computing) Computing services provided over the Internet (or the “cloud”), whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices on demand.


lexentry: eng/clouded_leopard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clouded leopard
trans_list: panthère nébuleuse | léopard tacheté | panthère longibande
sense:
(especially) A mainland clouded leopard, a medium-sized, arboreal cat of species Neofelis nebulosa, found in Southeast Asia.


lexentry: eng/clove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clove
trans_list: clou de girofle
sense:
(uncountable, or, countable) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.


lexentry: eng/clove_hitch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clove hitch
trans_list: nœud de batelier | nœud de cabestan
sense:
(nautical) a bend formed by two half hitches in the same direction, used to make a line fast to a spar or to a larger rope; it will not slip


lexentry: eng/clover__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clover
trans_list: trèfle
sense:
A plant of the genus Trifolium with leaves usually divided into three (rarely four) leaflets and with white or red flowers.


lexentry: eng/cloverleaf_interchange__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cloverleaf interchange
trans_list: échangeur en trèfle
sense:
(US, Canada) A junction of two highways, one crossing over the other, having a series of exit and entrance ramps, arranged in the form of a four-leaf clover, such that traffic may proceed from either highway in all directions.


lexentry: eng/clown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clown
trans_list: clown | bouffon | bouffonne | pitre | clownesse
sense:
A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.


lexentry: eng/clown_doctor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clown doctor
trans_list: clown hospitalier
sense:
A clown who visits hospitals in a costume which is a combination of attire worn by a clown and a doctor to entertain (young) patients.


lexentry: eng/clownfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clownfish
trans_list: poisson clown | poisson-clown
sense:
Any of the colorful fish of genera Amphiprion and Premnas in subfamily Amphiprioninae of family Pomacentridae, native to the Pacific and Indian Oceans, notable for their mutual relationship with sea anemones.


lexentry: eng/club__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: club
trans_list: gourdin | bâton
sense:
(countable) A heavy object, often a kind of stick, intended for use as a bludgeoning weapon or a plaything.


lexentry: eng/club__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: club
trans_list: club | cercle
sense:
(countable) An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.


lexentry: eng/club__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: club
trans_list: boîte de nuit | boîte | club
sense:
An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.


lexentry: eng/club__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: club
trans_list: trèfle
sense:
(card games) A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.


lexentry: eng/club_moss__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: club moss
trans_list: lycopode
sense:
Any of various simple microphyllous vascular plants, of the family Lycopodiaceae, that resemble mosses and produce spores.


lexentry: eng/club_soda__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: club soda
trans_list: soda club
sense:
(North America) A carbonated beverage consisting mainly of carbonated water, with or without a few other minor ingredients such as potassium citrate.


lexentry: eng/cluster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cluster
trans_list: amas
sense:
(astronomy) A group of galaxies, nebulae, or stars that appear to the naked eye to be near each other.


lexentry: eng/cluster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cluster
trans_list: grappe | régime
sense:
(linguistics) Synonym of lexical bundle (“a sequence of two or more words that occur in a language with high frequency but are not idiomatic”).


lexentry: eng/cluster_bomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cluster bomb
trans_list: arme à sous-munitions | bombe à sous-munitions
sense:
An explosive munition designed to explode in the air and release a cluster of smaller explosives, thus spreading the blast over a larger area.


lexentry: eng/clustered_index__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clustered index
trans_list: index cluster
sense:
(databases) a type of database index that physically sorts the data in a table on the disk to match the criteria specified by the index.


lexentry: eng/clusterfuck__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clusterfuck
trans_list: foutoir | bordel | caillon | merdier
sense:
(slang, vulgar, idiomatic) A chaotic situation where everything seems to go wrong, often caused by communication failure, a complex environment, or incompetence.


lexentry: eng/clustering__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clustering
trans_list: regroupement
sense:
(writing) A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.


lexentry: eng/clutch__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: clutch
trans_list: embrayage | débrayage
sense:
A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/clutch__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: clutch
trans_list: embrayage | pédale d'embrayage
sense:
The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.


lexentry: eng/clutch_pedal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: clutch pedal
trans_list: pédale d'embrayage
sense:
(automotive) A pedal in a manual transmission car that modulates the clutch mechanism, via clutch plate pressure.


lexentry: eng/cnidarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cnidarian
trans_list: cnidaire
sense:
(zoology) Any of various invertebrate animals, such as jellyfish, hydras, sea anemones, corals and formerly sponges and ctenophores that belong to the phylum Cnidaria. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/co-brother-in-law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: co-brother-in-law
trans_list: beau-frère
sense:
(uncommon) One's spouse's brother-in-law (one's spouse's sibling's husband), especially one's wife's sister's husband; either of two (or more) men who marry sisters, in relation to the other; the brother of one spouse in relation to the siblings of the other spouse.


lexentry: eng/co-cathedral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: co-cathedral
trans_list: cocathédrale
sense:
(Christianity) One of a group of churches (usually a pair) which share the function of being the seat of a bishop.


lexentry: eng/co-counselling__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: co-counselling
trans_list: co-écoute
sense:
A form of self-help counselling in which each person takes equal turns, usually in pairs, to work on the things in themselves and their lives that they would like to change. This person is mostly or wholly in charge; the other person or people mainly give supportive attention, or suggest ways of working.


lexentry: eng/co-father-in-law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: co-father-in-law
trans_list: père de la belle-fille | père du gendre
sense:
The father of one's son- or daughter-in-law; that is, the father-in-law of one's child, or, the father of one spouse in relation to the father of the other spouse; either of two or more men whose children marry each other, such as the father of a bride vis-à-vis the father of the groom.


lexentry: eng/co-mother-in-law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: co-mother-in-law
trans_list: mère de la belle-fille | mère du gendre
sense:
(uncommon) The mother of one's children-in-law; that is, the mother-in-law of one's children, or, the mother of one spouse in relation to the parents of the other spouse; either of two or more women whose children marry each other, such as the mother of a bride vis-à-vis the mother of the groom.


lexentry: eng/coagulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coagulation
trans_list: coagulation
sense:
The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several physical or chemical processes. (e.g. coagulation of proteins)


lexentry: eng/coal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coal
trans_list: charbon | houille
sense:
(uncountable) A black or brownish black rock formed from prehistoric plant remains, composed largely of carbon and burned as a fuel.


lexentry: eng/coal_gas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coal gas
trans_list: gaz de houille
sense:
(petrochemistry) The poisonous gas, used domestically for cooking etc and formerly for lighting, prepared by heating coal with steam (gasification); it is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide; sometimes synonymous with synthesis gas or town gas.


lexentry: eng/coal_tar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coal tar
trans_list: coaltar
sense:
A black, viscous tar made by the destructive distillation of coal (to make coke and town gas); it contains a great number of compounds including hydrocarbons and phenols; used in the preparation of medicinal soap and shampoo, and industrially for the manufacture of many products.


lexentry: eng/coalescer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coalescer
trans_list: coalesceur
sense:
Any of several devices used to perform coalescence; especially to make the fatty elements of an emulsion to coalesce into larger droplets in order to facilitate their separation.


lexentry: eng/coalface__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: coalface
trans_list: forge
sense:
(figurative, UK) A place where more tangible, practical, or direct work of an activity is done, as opposed to theoretical or managerial work.


lexentry: eng/coalfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coalfish
trans_list: lieu noir | colin
sense:
Any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.


lexentry: eng/coaming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coaming
trans_list: surbaux
sense:
(nautical) On a boat, the vertical side of above-deck structures, such as the coach roof, hatch, and cockpit.


lexentry: eng/coast__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coast
trans_list: aller en roue libre
sense:
(intransitive) To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power.


lexentry: eng/coaster__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coaster
trans_list: caboteur
sense:
A merchant vessel that stays in coastal waters, especially one that travels between ports of the same country.


lexentry: eng/coaster__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coaster
trans_list: sous-verre | dessous de verre
sense:
A small, flat or tray-like object on which a bottle, cup, glass, mug, etc., is placed to protect a table surface from drink spills, heat, or water condensation.


lexentry: eng/coaster_brake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coaster brake
trans_list: frein à rétropédalage
sense:
A special rear hub for a bicycle that functions as a brake when the user pedals backwards, and which allows the bicycle to roll without forcing the pedals to turn.


lexentry: eng/coastline__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coastline
trans_list: littoral | rive
sense:
The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast. (The term coastline is generally used to describe the approximate boundaries at relatively large spatial scales.)


lexentry: eng/coat_hanger__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coat hanger
trans_list: cintre | portemanteau
sense:
A device used to hang up coats, shirts, etc, consisting of a hook with sloping "arms" in the approximate shape of human shoulders.


lexentry: eng/coat_rack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coat rack
trans_list: portemanteau
sense:
A rack or stand with hooks or pegs for holding hats and coats, often placed near an entrance for temporary use


lexentry: eng/coati__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coati
trans_list: coati
sense:
Any of several omnivorous mammals, of the genus Nasua, that live in the range from southern United States to northern Argentina.


lexentry: eng/coax__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coax
trans_list: amadouer | cajoler
sense:
(transitive) To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.


lexentry: eng/coaxial_cable__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coaxial cable
trans_list: coax | coaxial | câble coaxial
sense:
(electronics, telecommunications) A transmission line, consisting of a conducting wire surrounded by an insulated spacer, surrounded by a cylindrical conducting sheath; used to carry high frequency signals such as TV.


lexentry: eng/cob__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: cob
trans_list: torchis
sense:
(uncountable) A building material consisting of clay, sand, straw, water, and earth, similar to adobe; also called cobb, rammed earth or pisé.


lexentry: eng/cobalamin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cobalamin
trans_list: cobalamine
sense:
(organic compound) Any of several forms of vitamin B12 depending on the upper axial ligand of the cobalt ion.


lexentry: eng/cobber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cobber
trans_list: ancien
sense:
(Australia, slang, dated) A pal, buddy, mate, friend; often used in direct address by one male to another.


lexentry: eng/cobble_together__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cobble together
trans_list: bricoler
sense:
To put together (something) without adequate preparation or equipment; to improvise (something) minimally usable.


lexentry: eng/cobelligerent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cobelligerent
trans_list: cobelligérant
sense:
Country that wages war against a common enemy, without the countries on the same side having a formal treaty of military alliance.


lexentry: eng/cobza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cobza
trans_list: cobza
sense:
A lute-like stringed instrument (chordophone), with four strings in double courses, played with a plectrum, and most associated with the traditional music of Romania.


lexentry: eng/coca__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coca
trans_list: coca
sense:
The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine and used as aphrodisiac in the past.


lexentry: eng/cocaine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cocaine
trans_list: cocaïne
sense:
(uncountable, organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.


lexentry: eng/cochineal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cochineal
trans_list: cochenille
sense:
(countable) A scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia).


lexentry: eng/cock__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cock
trans_list: armer le chien
sense:
(ambitransitive) To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.


lexentry: eng/cock__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cock
trans_list: baiser | copuler | coïter | enculer | faire l'amour | faire une partie de jambes en l’air
sense:
(British, Irish, transitive, slang) To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy.


lexentry: eng/cock__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cock
trans_list: retourner
sense:
(transitive) To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.


lexentry: eng/cock_and_ball_torture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cock and ball torture
trans_list: torture de couilles | torture des organes génitaux masculins
sense:
(BDSM, paraphilia) A sexual activity involving the application of pain or constriction to the penis or testicles.


lexentry: eng/cock_cheese__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cock cheese
trans_list: fromage
sense:
(slang, vulgar, idiomatic) Smegma or dried semen on the glans penis, usually underneath the foreskin.


lexentry: eng/cock_ring__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cock ring
trans_list: anneau pénien
sense:
(slang, vulgar, sex) A band, worn around the base of the penis, used to slow down the flow of blood from the penile tissue and hence maintain an erection.


lexentry: eng/cock_tease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cock tease
trans_list: allumeuse
sense:
(slang, vulgar, chiefly, derogatory) A person, usually a woman, who teases a man but then withdraws an implied promise of sexual intercourse.


lexentry: eng/cock_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cock up
trans_list: bousiller
sense:
(ambitransitive, chiefly, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang, mildly) To ruin (something) unintentionally; to fuck up, mess up, or screw up.


lexentry: eng/cockatiel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cockatiel
trans_list: calopsitte
sense:
Nymphicus hollandicus, a small, rather atypical cockatoo with a distinctive pointed yellow crest, native to Australia. Avicultural forms come in many color mutations such as White Face Gray, White Face Pearl, Fallow, Pearl Pied, Cinnamon Pearl, and White Face Pied.


lexentry: eng/cockatrice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cockatrice
trans_list: cocatrix
sense:
(mythology) A legendary creature about the size and shape of a dragon or wyvern, but in appearance resembling a giant rooster, with some lizard-like characteristics.


lexentry: eng/cockboat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cockboat
trans_list: barge
sense:
(nautical) A small rowing boat, especially one pulled behind a larger ship, or used to ferry goods between a ship and the shore.


lexentry: eng/cockfighting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cockfighting
trans_list: combat de coqs
sense:
A gambling blood sport (illegal in most countries) in which two roosters have spikes placed on their feet and are made to fight each other, usually to the death.


lexentry: eng/cockle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cockle
trans_list: coque
sense:
Any of various edible European bivalve mollusks, of the family Cardiidae, having heart-shaped shells.


lexentry: eng/cockle__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cockle
trans_list: ivraie enivrante
sense:
Any of several field weeds, such as the common corncockle (Agrostemma githago) and darnel ryegrass (Lolium temulentum).


lexentry: eng/cockpit__Noun__2
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cockpit
trans_list: cockpit | cabine de pilotage
sense:
The compartment in an aircraft or spacecraft in which the pilot sits and from where the craft is controlled. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/cockroach__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cockroach
trans_list: cafard | blatte | coquerelle
sense:
(slang, offensive) A person or a member of a group of people regarded as undesirable and rapidly procreating.


lexentry: eng/cocksucker__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cocksucker
trans_list: suceur de bite | lécheur de boule | suceuse de bite
sense:
(vulgar, colloquial, derogatory, or, offensive) A very annoying or objectionable person; any contemptible person.


lexentry: eng/cocoa_butter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cocoa butter
trans_list: beurre de cacao
sense:
The fat that is extracted from the cocoa bean to make chocolate; it has a relatively sharp melting point so does not feel greasy when eaten.


lexentry: eng/cocoa_powder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cocoa powder
trans_list: poudre de cacao | cacao
sense:
(baking, cooking) A powder derived from ground cocoa solids, which is used to make the drink of cocoa, various chocolate products, also used as an ingredient in baking.


lexentry: eng/coconut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coconut
trans_list: noix de coco | coco
sense:
A fruit of the coconut palm (not a true nut), Cocos nucifera, having a fibrous husk surrounding a large seed.


lexentry: eng/coconut_crab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coconut crab
trans_list: crabe de cocotier
sense:
A terrestrial hermit crab of species Birgus latro, that lives on the shores of the Indian Ocean and the central Pacific Ocean and feeds on fruits, nuts, seeds and coconut flesh.


lexentry: eng/coconut_milk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coconut milk
trans_list: lait de coco | lait de noix de coco
sense:
A thick white liquid produced by soaking the white inner flesh of the seed of the coconut in water and straining. It is traditionally used in Southeast Asian cuisine in curry and other gravy.


lexentry: eng/coconut_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coconut oil
trans_list: huile de coco | huile de noix de coco
sense:
A type of cooking oil extracted from the kernel or meat of matured coconuts harvested from the coconut palm.


lexentry: eng/coconut_water__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coconut water
trans_list: eau de coco
sense:
A clear liquid found inside immature coconuts, which suspends the endosperm during the nuclear stage of development. It is a popular drink in tropical regions.


lexentry: eng/cocoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cocoon
trans_list: cocon
sense:
The silky case spun by the larvae of some insects in which they metamorphose, protecting the pupa within.


lexentry: eng/cod__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cod
trans_list: morue | cabillaud
sense:
Sea fish of the genus Gadus generally, inclusive of Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) and Greenland cod (Gadus ogac or Gadus macrocephalus ogac).


lexentry: eng/cod_liver_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cod liver oil
trans_list: huile de foie de morue
sense:
Oil derived from the liver of codfish, often used as a nutritional supplement due to its high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA, and very high levels of vitamin A and vitamin D.


lexentry: eng/code-switching__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: code-switching
trans_list: alternance codique | alternance de code
sense:
(linguistics) The phenomenon or practice of alternating between two or more languages or language varieties.


lexentry: eng/code__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: code
trans_list: code
sense:
A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest.


lexentry: eng/code__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: code
trans_list: code
sense:
(cryptography) A cryptographic system using a codebook that converts words or phrases into codewords.


lexentry: eng/code__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: code
trans_list: code
sense:
(programming, uncountable) Instructions for a computer, written in a programming language; the input of a translator, an interpreter or a browser, namely: source code, machine code, bytecode.


lexentry: eng/code_block__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: code block
trans_list: bloc
sense:
(programming) A block of source code, often one that is delimited by brackets or in some similar way, depending on the programming language.


lexentry: eng/code_name__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: code name
trans_list: nom de code
sense:
(business, espionage, military) A name used to clandestinely identify somebody or something, either for military or espionage purposes, or for commercial confidentiality.


lexentry: eng/code_of_ethics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: code of ethics
trans_list: code de conduite
sense:
(ethics) A list of statements or exemplars used by organizations to guide their members in differentiating between right and wrong and in applying understandings to their decision making.


lexentry: eng/code_of_honour__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: code of honour
trans_list: code de l'honneur | code d'honneur
sense:
Certain rules by which social intercourse is regulated among a social group, and which are founded on a regard for reputation.


lexentry: eng/code_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: code point
trans_list: point de code
sense:
(computing, especially, Unicode) A numerical offset in a character set, etc., as opposed to a displayed grapheme or character, which can be composed of several code points.


lexentry: eng/codeine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: codeine
trans_list: codéine
sense:
(pharmaceutical drug) An addictive alkaloid narcotic derived from opium and used as a hypnotic, analgesic and antitussive; often mixed with aspirin etc.


lexentry: eng/codomain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: codomain
trans_list: codomaine
sense:
(mathematics, analysis) The target set into which a function is formally defined to map elements of its domain; the set denoted Y in the notation f : X → Y.


lexentry: eng/codominance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: codominance
trans_list: codominance
sense:
(genetics) A condition in which both alleles of a gene pair in a heterozygote are fully expressed, with neither one being dominant or recessive to the other.


lexentry: eng/codon__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: codon
trans_list: codon
sense:
(biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis or translation.


lexentry: eng/codpiece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: codpiece
trans_list: braguette
sense:
A part of male dress in the 15th and 16th centuries, worn in front of the breeches to cover the male genitals.


lexentry: eng/codriver__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: codriver
trans_list: copilote
sense:
The navigator in the sport of rally racing, who sits in the front passenger seat and gives directions to the driver.


lexentry: eng/coefficient_of_friction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coefficient of friction
trans_list: coefficient de frottement | coefficient de friction
sense:
(physics) The ratio between (1) the magnitude of the force of friction which a surface produces on an object (moving along the surface or being pressed statically against it) and (2) the magnitude of the normal force which is produced by the surface on the object and which is perpendicular to that surface.


lexentry: eng/coelacanth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coelacanth
trans_list: cœlacanthe
sense:
(in particular) Either of the two extant species in this group; the West Indian Ocean coelacanth (Latimeria chalumnae) or the Indonesian coelacanth (Latimeria menadoensis).


lexentry: eng/coelacanth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coelacanth
trans_list: cœlacanthe
sense:
Any of the class Actinistia of primitive lobe-finned fish, thought to have been extinct for 70 million years until a living specimen was discovered in 1938. Most species are large and plump and they all have bodies covered in tough elasmoid scales that act as armor.


lexentry: eng/coelenterate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coelenterate
trans_list: cœlentéré
sense:
(zoology, dated) Any simple aquatic animal formerly considered to belong to the phylum Coelenterata, now divided into the cnidarians and ctenophores.


lexentry: eng/coeliac_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coeliac disease
trans_list: maladie cœliaque | cœliaquie
sense:
(UK) An auto-immune disease characterised by sensitivity of the lining of the small intestine to gluten, causing a failure to digest food properly.


lexentry: eng/coelom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coelom
trans_list: célome | cœlome
sense:
(zoology) A fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal. The digestive system is suspended within the cavity, which is lined by a tissue called the peritoneum.


lexentry: eng/coerce__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: coerce
trans_list: forcer
sense:
(transitive, computing) To force an attribute, normally of a data type, to take on the attribute of another data type.


lexentry: eng/coercive_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coercive control
trans_list: contrôle coercitif
sense:
(countable, uncountable) Behavior used by an abusive person to gain and/or maintain control over another person.


lexentry: eng/coevolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coevolution
trans_list: coévolution
sense:
(ecology, evolutionary theory) The evolution of organisms of two or more species in which each adapts to changes in the other.


lexentry: eng/coexist__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coexist
trans_list: coexister
sense:
(intransitive, stative, of two or more things, people, concepts, etc.) To exist contemporaneously or in the same area.


lexentry: eng/coexistence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coexistence
trans_list: coexistence
sense:
The state of two or more things existing together, usually in a temporal or spatial sense, with or without mutual interaction.


lexentry: eng/coffee_bean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coffee bean
trans_list: grain de café | grain de café
sense:
The seed of a tropical plant of the genus Coffea, that is prepared by drying, roasting and grinding for making the beverage coffee.


lexentry: eng/coffee_break__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coffee break
trans_list: pause-café
sense:
A rest period during the business day (usually of about 10 or 15 minutes). So named because it is an opportunity to get coffee.


lexentry: eng/coffee_grinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coffee grinder
trans_list: moulin à café
sense:
A device for pulverizing or powdering coffee beans so they can be brewed as coffee. (Technically many of the machines tear the coffee beans).


lexentry: eng/cofferdam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cofferdam
trans_list: batardeau
sense:
(engineering) A temporary watertight enclosure used to create a dry foundation for building bridges and other structures over water.


lexentry: eng/coffin_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coffin bone
trans_list: os du pied | troisième phalangien
sense:
The bottommost bone in the equine leg, encased by the hoof capsule, and corresponding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals.


lexentry: eng/cofounder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cofounder
trans_list: cofondateur | cofondatrice
sense:
A joint founder; one of several people involved with the creation of a business, organization, union, or entity.


lexentry: eng/cognate__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cognate
trans_list: cognat | mot apparenté
sense:
(linguistics) A word either descended from the same base word of the same ancestor language as the given word, or judged to be a regular reflex of the same reconstructed root of proto-language as the given word.


lexentry: eng/cognate_accusative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognate accusative
trans_list: accusatif interne | complément d'objet interne
sense:
(grammar) An object of kindred sense or derivation; specifically, that which may adverbially follow an intransitive verb (for example, the word death in “to die the death”).


lexentry: eng/cognitariat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognitariat
trans_list: cognitariat
sense:
(sociology) A social group formed by people with high academic training, who receive a low salary not in accordance with their educational level.


lexentry: eng/cognition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognition
trans_list: connaissance | cognition
sense:
The process of knowing, of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought and through the senses.


lexentry: eng/cognitive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognitive
trans_list: cognitif
sense:
Relating to the part of mental functions that deals with logic, as opposed to affective which deals with emotions.


lexentry: eng/cognitive_behavioral_therapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognitive behavioral therapy
trans_list: thérapie cognitivo-comportementale
sense:
(psychology) A psychotherapeutic approach that addresses dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and cognitions, focussing on a client's current state rather than on their past.


lexentry: eng/cognitive_dissonance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognitive dissonance
trans_list: dissonance cognitive
sense:
(psychology) A conflict or anxiety resulting from inconsistencies between one's beliefs and one's actions or other beliefs.


lexentry: eng/cognitive_psychology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognitive psychology
trans_list: psychologie cognitive
sense:
(psychology) A branch of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language.


lexentry: eng/cognizance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognizance
trans_list: emblème
sense:
An emblem, badge or device, used as a distinguishing mark by the body of retainers of a royal or noble house.


lexentry: eng/cognize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cognize
trans_list: connaître
sense:
To make into an object of cognition (the process of acquiring knowledge through thought); to cogitate.


lexentry: eng/cognomen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cognomen
trans_list: adjectif
sense:
(historical) A personal epithet or clan name added to the given name and family name of Ancient Romans.


lexentry: eng/cohabit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cohabit
trans_list: cohabiter
sense:
(intransitive) To live together with someone else, especially in a romantic and sexual relationship but without being married.


lexentry: eng/cohabitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cohabitation
trans_list: cohabitation
sense:
An emotional and physical intimate relationship which includes a common living place and which exists without legal or religious sanction.


lexentry: eng/cohort__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cohort
trans_list: cohorte
sense:
(statistics) A demographic grouping of people, especially those in a defined age group, or having a common characteristic.


lexentry: eng/cohort__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cohort
trans_list: cohorte
sense:
(historical, Ancient Rome, military) Any division of a Roman legion, normally of about 500 or 600 men (equalling about six centuries).


lexentry: eng/cohort_study__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cohort study
trans_list: étude de cohorte
sense:
A type of research project in which participants sharing a common feature (the cohort) are studied over a long period of time.


lexentry: eng/coif__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coif
trans_list: coiffe
sense:
(historical) A hood; a close-fitting cap covering much of the head, widespread until the 18th century; after that worn only by small children and country women.


lexentry: eng/coilgun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coilgun
trans_list: canon de Gauss | canon magnétique
sense:
Any of various devices that use electromagnets to accelerate a magnetic projectile via non contact means


lexentry: eng/coin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coin
trans_list: pièce de monnaie | jeton | monnaie
sense:
(money) A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.


lexentry: eng/coin_slot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coin slot
trans_list: rentrée de touche
sense:
A small opening on a vending machine, arcade game machine, parking meter, etc. to accept the payment that operates the mechanism.


lexentry: eng/coir__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coir
trans_list: caire | chaire
sense:
The fibre obtained from the husk of a coconut, used chiefly in making rope, matting and as a peat substitute.


lexentry: eng/coke__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coke
trans_list: coke | charbon
sense:
(uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.


lexentry: eng/col_legno__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: col legno
trans_list: col legno
sense:
(music) A musical notation indicating that the strings of an instrument are to be struck with the wooden part of the bow.


lexentry: eng/colander__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colander
trans_list: passoire
sense:
A bowl-shaped kitchen utensil with holes in it used for draining food that has been cooking in water, such as pasta.


lexentry: eng/colchicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colchicine
trans_list: colchicine
sense:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) A highly toxic alkaloid, chemical formula C22H25NO6, originally extracted from plants of the genus Colchicum and formerly used to treat rheumatic complaints, now used mainly in the treatment of gout.


lexentry: eng/cold__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cold
trans_list: rhume
sense:
(countable, pathology) A common, usually harmless, usually viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever.


lexentry: eng/cold_cream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold cream
trans_list: cérat de Galien
sense:
(pharmacy) An emulsion of water and certain fats, usually including beeswax and various scent agents, designed to smooth skin and remove makeup.


lexentry: eng/cold_day_in_Hell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic, slang) The time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.
written_rep: cold day in Hell
trans_list:
aux calendes grecques | quand les poules auront des dents | semaine des quatre jeudis | à la Saint-Glinglin


lexentry: eng/cold_drop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold drop
trans_list: goutte froide
sense:
(meteorology) A high-impact rainfall event occurring in the autumn along the Spanish Mediterranean coast.


lexentry: eng/cold_hands,_warm_heart__Proverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold hands, warm heart
trans_list: froides mains, chaudes amours
sense:
Having cold hands is an indication of warmheartedness; used as a rejoinder if one finds that another's hands are cold.


lexentry: eng/cold_meat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold meat
trans_list: charcuterie
sense:
Any cold cooked meat such as luncheon meat or lunch meat, spam, chopped pork, corned beef, and so on.


lexentry: eng/cold_sore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold sore
trans_list: bouton de fièvre | feu sauvage
sense:
(pathology) A small bump (namely a vesicle) on the lips resulting from infection by herpes simplex viruses (mostly HHV1 but also HHV2).


lexentry: eng/cold_storage__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cold storage
trans_list: portefeuille de stockage à froid
sense:
(cryptocurrency) A place where private keys are stored away from the Internet to prevent them from being stolen.


lexentry: eng/cold_sweat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold sweat
trans_list: sueur froide
sense:
Perspiration which feels chilly to the person perspiring, and which indicates debilitating illness, shock, or the experiencing of an intense emotion such as despair, anxiety, or, especially, fear.


lexentry: eng/cold_turkey__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold turkey
trans_list: brutalement | d'un coup d'un seul | d'un seul coup
sense:
(idiomatic) Not gradually; all at once. Refers especially to quitting a habit by force of will rather than by a gradual reduction.


lexentry: eng/cold_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cold war
trans_list: guerre froide
sense:
A period of hostile relations between rivals where direct open warfare between them is largely undesired and avoided; especially, either the Cold War or Cold War II. [from 1945]


lexentry: eng/coleoptile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coleoptile
trans_list: coléoptile
sense:
(botany) A pointed sheath that protects the emerging shoot in monocotyledons such as oats and grasses.


lexentry: eng/coleslaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coleslaw
trans_list: coleslaw | salade de chou
sense:
A salad of finely shredded raw cabbage and sometimes shredded carrots, dressed with mayonnaise (white slaw) or a vinaigrette (red slaw).


lexentry: eng/colewort__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colewort
trans_list: chou | chou commun
sense:
A plant of the genus Brassica; now specifically, a Brassica plant without a head used for food, such as kale.


lexentry: eng/coli__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coli
trans_list: coli | colibacille
sense:
(often, attributive, bacteriology) Escherichia coli, a Gram-negative bacterium commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms.


lexentry: eng/colic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colic
trans_list: colique
sense:
(pathology) Severe pains that grip the abdomen or the disease that causes such pains (due to intestinal or bowel-related problems).


lexentry: eng/collage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collage
trans_list: collage
sense:
A picture made by sticking other pictures onto a surface or juxtaposing them digitally in analogous manner.


lexentry: eng/collage__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: collage
trans_list: collage
sense:
A composite object or collection (abstract or concrete) created by the assemblage of various media; especially for a work of art such as text, film, etc.


lexentry: eng/collagen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collagen
trans_list: collagène
sense:
(biochemistry) The main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of the connective tissues of many animals.


lexentry: eng/collar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collar
trans_list: col
sense:
The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.


lexentry: eng/collard_greens__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collard greens
trans_list: chou cavalier | chou fourrager
sense:
A form of Brassica oleracea, sometimes called Brassica oleracea var. acephala or Brassica oleracea var. viridis, similar to kale, that is a popular food in the rural southern United States.


lexentry: eng/collared_flycatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collared flycatcher
trans_list: gobemouche à collier
sense:
Ficedula albicollis, an Old World flycatcher breeding in eastern Europe and across Central Asia, overwintering in Africa


lexentry: eng/collared_peccary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collared peccary
trans_list: pécari à collier
sense:
A small wild hog (Dicotyles tajacu), native to southern United States through to northern Argentina.


lexentry: eng/collateral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collateral
trans_list: gage | nantissement
sense:
(finance) A security or guarantee (usually an asset) pledged for the repayment of a loan if one cannot procure enough funds to repay.


lexentry: eng/collateral__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: collateral
trans_list: collatéral
sense:
(marketing) Printed materials or content of electronic media used to enhance sales of products (short form of collateral material).


lexentry: eng/collateral__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: collateral
trans_list: collatérale
sense:
(anatomy) A thinner blood vessel providing an alternate route to blood flow in case the main vessel becomes occluded.


lexentry: eng/collateral_damage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collateral damage
trans_list: dommage collatéral | dégât collatéral
sense:
(military, euphemistic) Damage to civilian property or civilian casualties that is the unintended result of military operations.


lexentry: eng/collative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: collative
trans_list: collatif
sense:
(ecclesiastical, of a, benefice) In which the ordinary (or bishop) is the same person as the patron.


lexentry: eng/colleague__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colleague
trans_list: collègue | confrère | consœur | confrèsœur
sense:
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.


lexentry: eng/collect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collect
trans_list: collecte
sense:
(Christianity) The prayer said before the reading of the epistle lesson, especially one found in a prayerbook, as with the Book of Common Prayer.


lexentry: eng/collect__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: collect
trans_list: collectionner
sense:
(transitive) To accumulate (a number of similar or related objects), particularly for a hobby or recreation.


lexentry: eng/collecting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collecting
trans_list: collection
sense:
A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.


lexentry: eng/collection__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: collection
trans_list: collection | recueil
sense:
(set theory, topology, analysis) A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set.


lexentry: eng/collection__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: collection
trans_list: quête
sense:
A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.


lexentry: eng/collection_plate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collection plate
trans_list: plateau
sense:
A plate or other container passed among the worshipers attending a Christian church service, into which donations of money are placed.


lexentry: eng/collective_agreement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collective agreement
trans_list: convention collective | convention collective de travail
sense:
A contract specifying terms and conditions of employment between one or more labor unions and employers' organizations legally binding for employers organized in these and the employees if they are unionized in them or their employment contract incorporates them by referral.


lexentry: eng/collective_unconscious__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collective unconscious
trans_list: inconscient collectif
sense:
(psychology) The common experiences, thoughts and opinions of a large group of people taken as a whole.


lexentry: eng/collectively__Adverb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collectively
trans_list: collectivement
sense:
In a collective manner; viewed together as a whole; to be treated as a single unit, rather than the items that make up the collection separately.


lexentry: eng/collectivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collectivism
trans_list: collectivisme
sense:
An economic system in which the means of production and distribution are owned and controlled by the people collectively


lexentry: eng/collegial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: collegial
trans_list: respectueuse de ses collègues
sense:
Possessing adherence to the ethos, standards and conduct that govern behavior among colleagues within a given organization or profession.


lexentry: eng/collegiality__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: collegiality
trans_list: collégialité
sense:
power and authority that is shared among peers, especially the sharing of collegiate power among Roman Catholic bishops.


lexentry: eng/collet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collet
trans_list: pince
sense:
A band, flange, ferrule, or collar, designed to grip and hold a tool or a workpiece under proper control, and usually to release it under control thereafter; such a collet usually is made of a hard, springy material, especially a metal.


lexentry: eng/collider__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collider
trans_list: collisionneur
sense:
(physics) Any of several forms of particle accelerator in which two opposing beams of particles collide.


lexentry: eng/colligate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: colligate
trans_list: unir, unifier, joindre
sense:
(transitive) To formally link or connect together logically; to bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.


lexentry: eng/colligative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colligative
trans_list: colligatif
sense:
(physical chemistry, physics) Describing any property that depends only on the number of molecules present.


lexentry: eng/collimate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collimate
trans_list: collimater
sense:
To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.


lexentry: eng/collinearity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: collinearity
trans_list: colinéarité
sense:
(countable, genetics) The relationship between the linear sequence of codons in DNA and that of amino acids in the protein so coded


lexentry: eng/collocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: collocation
trans_list: collocation
sense:
(linguistics, translation studies) A sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance (i.e., the statistically significant placement of particular words in a language), often representing an established name for, or idiomatic way of conveying, a particular semantic concept.


lexentry: eng/collocation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: collocation
trans_list: collocation
sense:
(mathematics) A method of finding an approximate solution of an ordinary differential equation L[y]=0 by determining coefficients in an expansion y(x) = y_{0}(x) + \sum_{l=0}^{q}\alpha_{l} y_{l}(x) so as to make L[y] vanish at prescribed points; the expansion with the coefficients thus found is the sought approximation.


lexentry: eng/collodion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collodion
trans_list: collodion
sense:
A syrupy solution of nitrocellulose (pyroxylin) in alcohol and ether that evaporates on a surface to form a clear elastic film; used in surgical dressings, photographic plates and lacquer paints.


lexentry: eng/colloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colloid
trans_list: colloïde
sense:
(physical chemistry) A stable system of two phases, one of which is dispersed in the other in the form of very small droplets or particles.


lexentry: eng/colloquium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: colloquium
trans_list: colloque
sense:
An academic meeting or seminar usually led by a different lecturer and on a different topic at each meeting.


lexentry: eng/collotype__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: collotype
trans_list: phototypie
sense:
(uncountable) A dichromate-based photographic process formerly used for large-volume mechanical printing.


lexentry: eng/colocynth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colocynth
trans_list: coloquinte
sense:
A viny plant, Citrullus colocynthis, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Asia. It produces a lemon-sized, yellowish, green-mottled, spongy, and extremely bitter fruit.


lexentry: eng/colocynth__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: colocynth
trans_list: coloquinte
sense:
The powdered pulp of this fruit, a powerful hepatic stimulant and hydragogue cathartic used as a strong laxative.


lexentry: eng/cologne__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cologne
trans_list: eau de Cologne
sense:
Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.


lexentry: eng/colon__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colon
trans_list: côlon
sense:
(anatomy) Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)


lexentry: eng/colonel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colonel
trans_list: colonel
sense:
A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).


lexentry: eng/colonel_general__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colonel general
trans_list: colonel général
sense:
(military rank) A general officer's rank in some nations' militaries, corresponding to the rank of either a lieutenant general or full general in the United States rank system.


lexentry: eng/colonialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colonialism
trans_list: colonialisme
sense:
The policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance.


lexentry: eng/colony__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: colony
trans_list: colonie
sense:
A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.


lexentry: eng/colony_collapse_disorder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colony collapse disorder
trans_list: syndrome d'effondrement des colonies d'abeilles
sense:
(entomology, beekeeping) A mysterious and widespread phenomenon of the sudden disappearance of colonies of bees.


lexentry: eng/colophon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colophon
trans_list: colophon
sense:
(printing, publishing) In manuscripts (typically before the invention of printing), the note, usually at the end, left by the scribe who copied it, giving information on his exemplar, where and when the copy was made, and sometimes, his own name.


lexentry: eng/colophon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: colophon
trans_list: achevé d’imprimer
sense:
(printing) A printer's or publisher's identifying inscription or logo appearing at the front or end of a book, or the same appearing on the spine or dust jacket.


lexentry: eng/color__Noun__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: color
trans_list: couleur
sense:
(finance, uncountable) A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price.


lexentry: eng/color__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: color
trans_list: colorier
sense:
(intransitive) To apply colors to the areas within the boundaries of a line drawing using colored markers or crayons.


lexentry: eng/color_blind__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: color blind
trans_list: daltonien
sense:
(of a, person or animal) Unable to distinguish between two or more primary colors (usually red and green).


lexentry: eng/color_blindness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: color blindness
trans_list: daltonisme
sense:
(medicine, ophthalmology) Any of several medical conditions in which the physical ability to see colors is impaired, especially achromatopsia, Daltonism.


lexentry: eng/color_coordinate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: color coordinate
trans_list: coordonnée colorimétrique
sense:
(colorimetry) Each value in a set of coordinates representing the position of a color in a color space.


lexentry: eng/colored__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: colored
trans_list: métis
sense:
(South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, sometimes, capitalized) Belonging to a multiracial ethnic group or category, having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian). (Under apartheid, used as a metadescription for mixed-race people and peoples such as the Cape Coloureds.)


lexentry: eng/colored__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: colored
trans_list: personne de couleur
sense:
(South Africa) A person having ancestry from more than one of the racial groups of Southern Africa (black, white, and Asian); a colored person.


lexentry: eng/colorimeter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colorimeter
trans_list: colorimètre
sense:
Any of various instruments designed to determine the color of something, by comparison with standard colors or by spectroscopy.


lexentry: eng/coloring_book__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coloring book
trans_list: livre de coloriage
sense:
A book containing line art for readers (usually children) to add color using crayons, colored pencils, markers, paint, or other artistic media.


lexentry: eng/colorism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colorism
trans_list: colorisme
sense:
(American spelling) Prejudice or bias against persons on the basis of their skin color or complexion, often among persons of the same racial identification.


lexentry: eng/colossus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colossus
trans_list: colosse
sense:
A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome and the Colossus of Rhodes, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.


lexentry: eng/colostrum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colostrum
trans_list: colostrum
sense:
(medicine) A form of milk produced by the mammary glands in late pregnancy and the few days after giving birth.


lexentry: eng/colour_revolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colour revolution
trans_list: révolution colorée | révolution de couleur
sense:
(politics) Any of various related revolutionary movements that developed in several societies in the former Soviet Union and the Balkans during the early 2000s, mostly using nonviolent resistance.


lexentry: eng/coltan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coltan
trans_list: coltan
sense:
(mineralogy) A metallic ore, (Fe,Mn)(Ta,Nb)2O6, from which the elements niobium and tantalum are extracted.


lexentry: eng/coltsfoot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coltsfoot
trans_list: tussilage
sense:
An herbaceous plant, species Tussilago farfara, that grows in Europe and the Middle East; yellow coltsfoot.


lexentry: eng/colugo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colugo
trans_list: dermoptère | galéopithèque
sense:
An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae of the order Dermoptera, native to Southeast Asia.


lexentry: eng/columbarium__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: columbarium
trans_list: columbarium
sense:
A building, a vault or a similar place for the respectful and usually public storage of cinerary urns containing cremated remains.


lexentry: eng/columbite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: columbite
trans_list: columbite
sense:
(mineral) A black mineral that is a mixed iron and manganese niobate and tantalate, and is the main ore of niobium and tantalum.


lexentry: eng/column__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: column
trans_list: colonne | pilier
sense:
(architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.


lexentry: eng/column__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: column
trans_list: colonne | rubrique
sense:
A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.


lexentry: eng/column__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: column
trans_list: colonne | rubrique
sense:
Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.


lexentry: eng/column__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: column
trans_list: colonne
sense:
(chemistry) An instrument used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.


lexentry: eng/colza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: colza
trans_list: colza | chou
sense:
Oilseed rape (Brassica napus), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil, valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes.


lexentry: eng/comarca__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comarca
trans_list: comarque
sense:
A traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil.


lexentry: eng/comb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comb
trans_list: peigne
sense:
The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.


lexentry: eng/combination_pliers__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: combination pliers
trans_list: pince universelle
sense:
(US, UK) A type of pliers used by linemen, electricians, and other tradesmen primarily for gripping, twisting, bending and cutting wire, cable and small metalwork components.


lexentry: eng/combinatorics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: combinatorics
trans_list: combinatoire
sense:
(mathematics) a branch of mathematics that studies (usually finite) collections of objects that satisfy specified criteria


lexentry: eng/combo_box__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: combo box
trans_list: boîte combinée
sense:
(graphical user interface) A widget that is a combination of a dropdown list or list box and a single-line textbox, allowing the user either to type a value directly into the control or choose from the list of existing options.


lexentry: eng/combustion_chamber__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: combustion chamber
trans_list: chambre de combustion
sense:
An enclosed space, within a heat engine, in which the fuel is mixed and reacted with air or other oxidizing agent in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/come_across__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: come across
trans_list: avoir l'air de
sense:
(idiomatic) To give an appearance or impression; to project a certain image; to seem or appear (to be some way). [(often) with as; or (often) with like]


lexentry: eng/come_again__Interjection__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: come again
trans_list: comment | pardon | de quoi | hein | plaît-il | quoi
sense:
(idiomatic, informal, by ellipsis) A polite formula used when one has not heard or understood what has been said, or to indicate surprise.


lexentry: eng/come_apart__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: come apart
trans_list: défaire
sense:
(intransitive) To have an emotional breakdown; to become emotionally dysfunctional; to have an intense emotional reaction.


lexentry: eng/come_full_circle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: come full circle
trans_list: boucler la boucle
sense:
(idiomatic) To complete a cycle of transition, returning to where one started after gaining experience or exploring other things.


lexentry: eng/come_in_from_the_cold__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: come in from the cold
trans_list: venir du froid
sense:
(figurative) To gain widespread acceptance in a group or society, especially where there was not any before.


lexentry: eng/come_out_of_the_closet__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: come out of the closet
trans_list: sortir du placard | faire son coming out
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic, LGBTQ) To disclose to others about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity, where previously this had been kept secret.


lexentry: eng/come_to_one's_senses__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: come to one's senses
trans_list: revenir à soi
sense:
(idiomatic) To become reasonable, comprehending, or responsible, especially after having behaved in an unreasonable, confused, uncomprehending, or irresponsible manner.


lexentry: eng/come_up_with__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: come up with
trans_list: imaginer | inventer
sense:
(idiomatic) To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.


lexentry: eng/comeback__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: comeback
trans_list: remontée | comeback
sense:
(sports) An occurrence of an athlete or sports team in a competition overcoming a substantial disadvantage in points to win or draw.


lexentry: eng/comedo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comedo
trans_list: comédon
sense:
(medicine) A clogged hair follicle in the skin, formed when keratin combines with oil to block the follicle.


lexentry: eng/comely__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comely
trans_list: avenant
sense:
Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.


lexentry: eng/comfort_food__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comfort food
trans_list: aliment réconfortant | aliment-doudou | aliment-réconfort
sense:
Simple, comforting home-cooked-style food associated with one's formative years, often a staple of diners and other informal restaurants.


lexentry: eng/comfort_woman__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comfort woman
trans_list: femme de réconfort
sense:
(idiomatic, historical, euphemistic) A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.


lexentry: eng/comfort_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comfort zone
trans_list: zone de confort
sense:
The range of temperature, humidity, and other environmental factors that people or other organisms require in order to be physiologically unstressed.


lexentry: eng/comfort_zone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: comfort zone
trans_list: zone de confort
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension) The range of circumstances in which a person feels relaxed or able to cope.


lexentry: eng/comfortable_in_one's_own_skin__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comfortable in one's own skin
trans_list: bien dans sa peau | bien dans ses baskets | bien dans ses bottes | bien dans ses pompes
sense:
(idiomatic) Relaxed and confident in one's manner of presenting oneself and interacting with others; conveying the impression that one has a clear, satisfying understanding of one's own abilities and situation.


lexentry: eng/comfrey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comfrey
trans_list: consoude
sense:
Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically common comfrey (Symphytum officinale).


lexentry: eng/comic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: comic
trans_list: comique | cocasse
sense:
Using the techniques of comedy, as a composition, performer etc; amusing, entertaining. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/comic_book__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comic book
trans_list: bande dessinée | bédé
sense:
(comics) A book or magazine that uses sequences of drawings to narrate a story or a series of stories, primarily in a serialized form, usually fiction.


lexentry: eng/comic_relief__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comic relief
trans_list: faire-valoir comique
sense:
(narratology) The inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension.


lexentry: eng/comic_strip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comic strip
trans_list: bande dessinée | bande | strip
sense:
(comics) A series of drawings, in sequence, often but not necessarily depicting something funny or satirical in nature; more specifically, a single work consisting of a short row of such drawings.


lexentry: eng/coming-out_party__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coming-out party
trans_list: bal des débutantes
sense:
A celebratory social gathering, with music, dancing, and refreshments, at which a young debutante is formally introduced to society.


lexentry: eng/comitative_case__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comitative case
trans_list: comitatif
sense:
(grammatical case) Noun case used to denote companionship. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase in company with, together with or with, as in "with the house." Languages that use the comitative case include Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Inari Sami, Northern Sami, Skolt Sami, and Quechua. It is also found in many Australian Aboriginal languages, where it is commonly used to form names of places and languages.


lexentry: eng/comitology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comitology
trans_list: comitologie
sense:
(European Union) The system of committees, composed of representatives of the member states, used to oversee European Commission implementing acts made under European Union legislation.


lexentry: eng/comma__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comma
trans_list: virgule
sense:
(typography) The punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list.


lexentry: eng/comma__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comma
trans_list: virguler
sense:
(rare, transitive) To place a comma or commas within text; to follow, precede, or surround a portion of text with commas.


lexentry: eng/command__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: command
trans_list: commandement
sense:
(military) A body or troops, or any naval or military force, under the control of a particular officer; by extension, any object or body in someone's charge.


lexentry: eng/command__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: command
trans_list: commande
sense:
(computing) A directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.


lexentry: eng/commandery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commandery
trans_list: commanderie
sense:
(historical) The smallest division of a manor under the control of a commander of an order of knights, originally only the Knights Hospitaller.


lexentry: eng/commando__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commando
trans_list: commando
sense:
A small fighting force specially trained for making quick destructive raids against enemy-held areas.


lexentry: eng/commemorative__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: commemorative
trans_list: commémoratif
sense:
(philately) A postage stamp issued to commemorate, usually a person or event; also commonly applied to thematic (topical) stamp issues.


lexentry: eng/commensal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commensal
trans_list: commensal
sense:
(ecology) Of a form of symbiosis in which one organism derives a benefit while the other is unaffected.


lexentry: eng/commensalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commensalism
trans_list: commensalisme
sense:
(ecology) A sharing of the same environment by two organisms where one species benefits and the other is unaffected. An example is barnacles on whales.


lexentry: eng/comment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: comment
trans_list: commentaire
sense:
(programming) A remark embedded in source code in such a way that it will be ignored by the compiler or interpreter, typically to help people to understand the code.


lexentry: eng/commentary__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commentary
trans_list: commentaire
sense:
A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work.


lexentry: eng/commentative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commentative
trans_list: commentatif
sense:
(of film music) That occurs outside of the context of the film's action, and therefore cannot be heard by the film's characters.


lexentry: eng/commerce__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commerce
trans_list: commerce | rapports
sense:
(business) The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.


lexentry: eng/commerce__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: commerce
trans_list: rapports
sense:
(card games) An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade.


lexentry: eng/commercialize__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: commercialize
trans_list: commercialiser
sense:
(transitive) To apply business methodology to something in order to profit (such as introducing salability to a resource that comes from, or rightfully belongs to, the commons).


lexentry: eng/commie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commie
trans_list: coco
sense:
(pejorative, slang) A communist; a person with communist sympathies; a supposed communist infiltrator.


lexentry: eng/commie_block__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commie block
trans_list: maison à panneaux
sense:
(pejorative) A large apartment complex, especially in former Eastern Bloc countries of Eastern Europe, characterized by concrete and rectangular cuboids, similar to a plattenbau.


lexentry: eng/comminution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comminution
trans_list: comminution
sense:
(often, mining, waste management) The breaking or grinding up of a material to form smaller particles.


lexentry: eng/commissariat__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: commissariat
trans_list: commissariat
sense:
(historical) A department of the government of the Soviet Union in the early period of its existence.


lexentry: eng/commissioned_officer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commissioned officer
trans_list: officier
sense:
(military) An officer who derives authority directly from a sovereign power and, as such, holds a commission charging them with the duties and responsibilities of a specific office or position.


lexentry: eng/commissioning__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commissioning
trans_list: mise en service
sense:
The process of assuring that all systems and components of a major piece of equipment, a process, a building or similar are designed, installed and tested according to the operational requirements of the owner or final client.


lexentry: eng/commit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commit
trans_list: commettre | engager | confier | consigner | remettre
sense:
(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.


lexentry: eng/commit__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: commit
trans_list: engager
sense:
(ambitransitive) To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step. (Traditionally used only reflexively but now also without oneself etc.)


lexentry: eng/commit_suicide__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: To kill oneself intentionally; to take one's own life. (This entry is a translation hub.)
written_rep: commit suicide
trans_list:
se suicider | francetélécomer | mettre fin à ses jours | s'autolyser | se brûler la cervelle | se buter


lexentry: eng/committee__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: committee
trans_list: comité | commission
sense:
A body of one or more persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols.


lexentry: eng/commodious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: commodious
trans_list: approprié | commode | convenable
sense:
(now, rare) Of life or living, endowed with conveniences; comfortable; free from hardship. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/commodity__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: commodity
trans_list: bien de consommation courante
sense:
(marketing) Undifferentiated goods characterized by a low profit margin and (usually) fungibility, as distinguished from branded products not wholly fungible.


lexentry: eng/common-law_marriage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common-law marriage
trans_list: mariage de droit commun
sense:
A state of marriage, or legal recognition similar to that of marriage, enjoyed by a couple who have not undergone an official marriage ceremony, but instead based on the duration of cohabitation and/or other practical characteristics of the relationship.


lexentry: eng/common_European_adder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common European adder
trans_list: vipère péliade
sense:
A venomous snake of species Vipera berus, in the family Viperidae, that can be found throughout much of Europe, and as far as East Asia


lexentry: eng/common_barley__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common barley
trans_list: grain
sense:
A plant of the species Hordeum vulgare, which yields the commercially important cereal grain barley.


lexentry: eng/common_bile_duct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common bile duct
trans_list: canal cholédoque
sense:
(anatomy) The bile duct downstream of the confluence of the common hepatic duct and the cystic duct. It discharges bile into the duodenum.


lexentry: eng/common_blue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common blue
trans_list: argus bleu
sense:
A small blue butterfly. of species Polyommatus icarus, family Lycaenidae, of temperate Asia and Europe.


lexentry: eng/common_clothes_moth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common clothes moth
trans_list: gerce
sense:
Tineola bisselliella, a winged insect of Tineidae family, the caterpillar of which is a serious pest which destroys woollen materials.


lexentry: eng/common_cold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common cold
trans_list: rhume
sense:
(pathology) A very common, mild viral infection of the nose and throat, whose symptoms typically include sneezing, sniffling, a running or blocked nose, a sore throat, coughing and a headache.


lexentry: eng/common_gender__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common gender
trans_list: genre commun
sense:
(linguistics) A grammatical gender in some languages, formed by the historical merging of masculine and feminine genders.


lexentry: eng/common_ground_dove__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common ground dove
trans_list: colombe à queue noire
sense:
Columbina passerina, a small bird that inhabits the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America.


lexentry: eng/common_house_martin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common house martin
trans_list: hirondelle de fenêtre
sense:
A migratory bird of the species Delichon urbicum, breeding in Europe, North Africa and temperate Asia.


lexentry: eng/common_knowledge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: common knowledge
trans_list: connaissance commune | de notoriété publique
sense:
(logic, game theory) A special kind of knowledge for a group of agents, such that when all the agents in a group G know p, they all know that they know p, they all know that they all know that they know p, and so on ad infinitum.


lexentry: eng/common_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: common law
trans_list: common law
sense:
(legal, historical) Body of law and procedure administered in certain courts (known as law courts) in England and its former colonies characterized by a rigid system of writs, with a limited set of remedies (as opposed to equity or admiralty).


lexentry: eng/common_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: common law
trans_list: droit commun
sense:
(legal, Scots law, Roman-Dutch law) Law of general application throughout a country, province, or state as opposed to law having only a special or local application


lexentry: eng/common_noun__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common noun
trans_list: nom commun | nom appellatif
sense:
A noun that denotes any member, or all members, of a class; an ordinary noun such as dog or city; contrasted with a proper noun, which refers to a single named entity, such as Socrates or Tokyo.


lexentry: eng/common_pillbug__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common pillbug
trans_list: armadille vulgaire | cloporte commun
sense:
A species of common terrestrial woodlouse, Armadillidium vulgare, native to Europe but introduced and widespread to North America; with a mostly-black exoskeletons and often with yellow patternage.


lexentry: eng/common_poppy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common poppy
trans_list: coquelicot
sense:
The poppy (Papaver rhoeas), widespread in western Eurasia and North Africa, formerly a common agricultural weed, now often used in gardens.


lexentry: eng/common_rue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: Ruta graveolens
written_rep: common rue
trans_list:
rue fétide | rue officinale | herbe de grâce | herbe de la rue | herbe à la belle fille | rue des jardiniers


lexentry: eng/common_sandpiper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common sandpiper
trans_list: chevalier guignette
sense:
A small species of wading bird, Actitis hypoleucos, widely distributed across Africa, Eurasia, and Australasia.


lexentry: eng/common_sense__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common sense
trans_list: bon sens | sens commun
sense:
Ordinary sensible understanding; one's basic intelligence which allows for plain understanding and without which good decisions or judgments cannot be made.


lexentry: eng/common_sorrel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common sorrel
trans_list: oseille commune
sense:
Rumex acetosa, a taxonomic species within the family Polygonaceae, garden sorrel, native in much of Europe.


lexentry: eng/common_swift__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common swift
trans_list: martinet noir
sense:
Apus apus, a swallow-like bird native to Europe and much of temperate Asia, rarely alighting on the ground.


lexentry: eng/common_yarrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: common yarrow
trans_list: achillée millefeuille | saigne-nez
sense:
Achillea millefolium, a flowering plant widespread in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, formerly and sometimes used to stanch the flow of blood.


lexentry: eng/commune__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: commune
trans_list: commune
sense:
A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).


lexentry: eng/communicant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communicant
trans_list: communiant | communiante
sense:
(Christianity) A person who receives (or is allowed to receive) the elements (i.e., bread and wine) of the sacrament of Holy Communion. (Compare also these terms: communion, Communion, Lord's Supper, Mass, Eucharist, Divine Liturgy.)


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communicate
trans_list: communiquer | communier
sense:
(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: communicate
trans_list: communiquer
sense:
(intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communicate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: communicate
trans_list: communier
sense:
(intransitive, Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/communicating_vessel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communicating vessel
trans_list: vase communicant
sense:
(physics, used mostly in plural) One vessel in a system of containers filled with a homogeneous fluid, connected at the base and subjected to the same atmospheric pressure.


lexentry: eng/communication_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communication studies
trans_list: science de la communication
sense:
An academic field that deals with processes of communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols over distances in space and time.


lexentry: eng/communism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communism
trans_list: communisme
sense:
Any far-left political ideology or philosophy advocating holding the production of resources collectively, especially by seizing it through revolution.


lexentry: eng/communist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communist
trans_list: communiste
sense:
(communism) An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.


lexentry: eng/communitarianism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: communitarianism
trans_list: communautarisme
sense:
(ethics) The group of doctrines that oppose excessive individualism in favour of a more community-based approach [from 1980s]


lexentry: eng/community__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: community
trans_list: communauté
sense:
(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.


lexentry: eng/community__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: community
trans_list: communauté
sense:
(countable, ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.


lexentry: eng/commutative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commutative
trans_list: commutatif
sense:
(mathematics, of a binary operation) Such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect their image under the operation.


lexentry: eng/commutator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commutator
trans_list: commutateur
sense:
An electrical switch, in a generator or motor, that periodically reverses the direction of an electric current.


lexentry: eng/commute__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: commute
trans_list: commuter
sense:
(intransitive, mathematics) Of an operation, to be commutative, i.e. to have the property that changing the order of the operands does not change the result.


lexentry: eng/commute__Verb__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commute
trans_list: faire la navette
sense:
(intransitive, US, UK, Canada) To regularly travel from one's home to one's workplace or school, or vice versa.


lexentry: eng/commuter_rail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: commuter rail
trans_list: train de banlieue
sense:
(rail transport) A rail transport system with trains used to transport commuters between two places, typically their homes and works, normally within a metropolitan area and its surrounding environs, and generally distinguished from other rail transport systems (i.e. subways, metros, tramways) by having less frequent service, lacking free transfers between trains and using heavy rolling stock running on a mainline railway


lexentry: eng/comorbidity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comorbidity
trans_list: comorbidité
sense:
(medicine, uncountable) The presence of one or more disorders (or diseases) in addition to a primary disease or disorder.


lexentry: eng/compact__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compact
trans_list: poudrier
sense:
A slim folding case, often featuring a mirror, powder and a powder puff, small enough to fit in a woman's purse, handbag, or pocket.


lexentry: eng/compact_star__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compact star
trans_list: objet compact
sense:
(star) A type of celestial body that collectively refers to white dwarfs, neutron stars, black holes and exotic stars.


lexentry: eng/company__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: company
trans_list: compagnie | entreprise
sense:
(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.


lexentry: eng/company__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: company
trans_list: compagnie | entreprise | société | firme
sense:
(legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.


lexentry: eng/comparative__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comparative
trans_list: comparatif
sense:
(grammar) The degree of comparison of an adjective or adverb used when comparing two entities in terms of a certain property or a certain way of doing something. In English, the comparative of superiority is formed by adding the suffix -er or the word more (e.g. bigger, more fully); the comparative of equality, by adding the word as (e.g. as big, as fully); the comparative of inferiority, by adding the word less (e.g. less big, less fully).


lexentry: eng/comparative_advantage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comparative advantage
trans_list: avantage comparatif
sense:
(economics) The ability to produce a particular good at a lower relative opportunity cost than another producer.


lexentry: eng/comparative_linguistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comparative linguistics
trans_list: linguistique comparative | linguistique comparée
sense:
(linguistics) A branch of historical linguistics that is concerned with comparing languages in order to establish their historical relatedness.


lexentry: eng/comparative_literature__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comparative literature
trans_list: littérature comparée
sense:
The academic field dealing with the study of literature and cultural expression across linguistic, cultural and national boundaries.


lexentry: eng/comparative_method__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comparative method
trans_list: méthode comparative
sense:
(linguistics) A technique for studying the development of languages by performing a feature-by-feature comparison of two or more languages with a common ancestor.


lexentry: eng/comparator__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: comparator
trans_list: comparateur
sense:
(computing) An application or program that compares prices, rates, tariffs of flights, smartphones, cars, etc.


lexentry: eng/compare__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compare
trans_list: comparer
sense:
(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.


lexentry: eng/comparison__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: comparison
trans_list: comparaison
sense:
An evaluation of the similarities and differences of one or more things relative to some other or each other.


lexentry: eng/comparison__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: comparison
trans_list: degrés de comparaison | comparaison
sense:
(grammar) A feature in the morphology or syntax of some languages whereby adjectives and adverbs are inflected to indicate the relative degree of the property they define exhibited by the word or phrase they modify or describe.


lexentry: eng/compartment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: compartment
trans_list: terrasse
sense:
(heraldry) A mound (often of grass), shelf (of e.g. wall) or other thing beneath the shield in a coat of arms on which the supporters stand.


lexentry: eng/compartmentalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compartmentalization
trans_list: compartimentation
sense:
(by extension) The act or process of dividing a complex task or structure into smaller, often more manageable pieces.


lexentry: eng/compass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compass
trans_list: boussole | compas
sense:
A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).


lexentry: eng/compass_jellyfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compass jellyfish
trans_list: méduse rayonnée
sense:
Chrysaora hysoscella, a species of common orange or yellow jellyfish found in the Mediterranean Sea.


lexentry: eng/compass_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compass point
trans_list: point cardinal
sense:
Any of the horizontal directions indicated on a compass. There may be 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or even 128 compass points on a compass, depending on its size and accuracy.


lexentry: eng/compass_rose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compass rose
trans_list: rose des vents
sense:
(navigation) A graduated circle, usually marked in degrees, indicating directions and printed or inscribed on an appropriate medium, often a map.


lexentry: eng/compassion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compassion
trans_list: compassion
sense:
(by extension, psychology) Deep awareness of the individual experiences of suffering of others or themselves that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such experiences, as reflected by the psychological term self-compassion.


lexentry: eng/compatibility__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compatibility
trans_list: compatibilité
sense:
(telecommunication) the capability of two or more items or components of equipment or material to exist or function in the same system or environment without mutual interference.


lexentry: eng/compellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compellation
trans_list: appellation
sense:
(archaic, rare) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identified; an appellation, a designation.


lexentry: eng/compensate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: compensate
trans_list: compenser
sense:
(ambitransitive) To make up for; to do something in place of something else; to correct, satisfy; to reach an agreement such that the scales are literally or (metaphorically) balanced; to equalize or make even.


lexentry: eng/compensation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: compensation
trans_list: compensation
sense:
(finance) The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount.


lexentry: eng/compensation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: compensation
trans_list: compensation | contrepartie
sense:
(real estate) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real estate, in which it is customary to provide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation.


lexentry: eng/compensatory_lengthening__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compensatory lengthening
trans_list: allongement compensatoire
sense:
(phonology, uncountable) The lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost, regarded as an extreme form of fusion; (countable) an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/compersion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compersion
trans_list: compersion
sense:
(neologism) Vicarious joy associated with seeing one's partner have a joyful romantic or sexual relation with another.


lexentry: eng/competence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: competence
trans_list: compétence
sense:
(countable) The quality or state of being able or suitable for a particular task; the quality or state of being competent for a particular task or skill.


lexentry: eng/competitive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: competitive
trans_list: compétitif
sense:
(biochemistry) Relating to the inhibition of the effects of a chemical substance by another substance competing with it for binding or bonding.


lexentry: eng/compilation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compilation
trans_list: compilation
sense:
(countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.


lexentry: eng/complaint__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: complaint
trans_list: plainte | réclamation
sense:
(legal) In a civil action, the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim is based.


lexentry: eng/complaint__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: complaint
trans_list: porter plainte
sense:
(legal) In criminal law, the preliminary charge or accusation made by one person against another to the appropriate court or officer, usually a magistrate.


lexentry: eng/complement__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: complement
trans_list: complète
sense:
Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/complementary_distribution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complementary distribution
trans_list: distribution complémentaire
sense:
(phonetics) The distribution of phones in their respective phonetic environments such that one never appears in the same phonetic context as the other.


lexentry: eng/complementary_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complementary function
sense:
(mathematics) For a nonhomogeneous linear differential equation a_n y^{(n)} + a_{n-1} y^{(n-1)} + \cdots + a_1 y' + a_0 y = g(x), the general solution of the associated homogenous linear differential equation a_n y^{(n)} + a_{n-1} y^{(n-1)} + \cdots + a_1 y' + a_0 y = 0.

trans_list:
fonction complémentaire | solution complémentaire | solution générale de l'équation homogène correspondante


lexentry: eng/complementizer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complementizer
trans_list: complémenteur
sense:
(linguistics) A subordinating conjunction that can convert a clause into a complement clause, i.e. one that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.


lexentry: eng/complete__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: complete
trans_list: complète
sense:
(analysis, of a metric space or topological group) In which every Cauchy sequence converges to a point within the space.


lexentry: eng/complete__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: complete
trans_list: complète
sense:
(computing theory, of a problem) That is in a given complexity class and is such that every other problem in the class can be reduced to it (usually in polynomial time or logarithmic space).


lexentry: eng/completist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: completist
trans_list: complétiste
sense:
(originally, scifi, _, fandom slang) A collector who strives to obtain a complete collection of some type of thing, especially a fan who aims to own or consume the complete output of a particular author, publisher, musician or band.


lexentry: eng/complex__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: complex
trans_list: complexe
sense:
(mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.


lexentry: eng/complex__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: complex
trans_list: complexe
sense:
(mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.


lexentry: eng/complex__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: complex
trans_list: complexe
sense:
(psychology) A group of emotionally charged ideas or mental factors, unconsciously associated by the individual with a particular subject, arising from repressed instincts, fears, or desires and often resulting in mental abnormality.


lexentry: eng/complex__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: complex
trans_list: complexe
sense:
(chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination complexes in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.


lexentry: eng/complex_conjugate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complex conjugate
trans_list: conjugué
sense:
(mathematics) Of a complex number x, the complex number \overline x formed by changing the sign of the imaginary part: The complex conjugate of a + bi is a - bi.


lexentry: eng/complex_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complex number
trans_list: nombre complexe
sense:
(complex analysis) A number of the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i denotes the imaginary unit.


lexentry: eng/complex_sentence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complex sentence
trans_list: phrase complexe
sense:
(grammar) A sentence that contains an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses, such as a relative clause, an adverbial clause, or a noun clause.


lexentry: eng/complication__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: complication
trans_list: complication
sense:
(medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.


lexentry: eng/complicity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: complicity
trans_list: complicité
sense:
The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.


lexentry: eng/component__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: component
trans_list: composant
sense:
A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.


lexentry: eng/compose__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: compose
trans_list: composer
sense:
(transitive, or, intransitive) To construct by mental labor; to think up; particularly, to produce or create a literary or musical work.


lexentry: eng/composite_particle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: composite particle
trans_list: particule composite
sense:
(nuclear physics) A subatomic particle that is not an elementary particle, i.e. a hadron or an atomic nucleus.


lexentry: eng/composition_algebra__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: composition algebra
trans_list: algèbre de composition
sense:
(algebra) A non-associative (not necessarily associative) algebra, A, over some field, together with a nondegenerate quadratic form, N, such that N(xy) = N(x)N(y) for all x, y ∈ A.


lexentry: eng/compound__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compound
trans_list: composé | combinaison
sense:
(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.


lexentry: eng/compound_bow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compound bow
trans_list: arc à poulies
sense:
(weapons) A modern bow that uses pulleys and cables to help with the drawing and releasing of the bowstring.


lexentry: eng/compound_butter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compound butter
trans_list: beurre composé
sense:
Any mixture of butter and supplementary ingredients (such as lemon or garlic), typically used in cooking.


lexentry: eng/compound_eye__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compound eye
trans_list: œil composé
sense:
(zootomy) A visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans. It consists of one to thousands of tiny independent photoreception units.


lexentry: eng/compound_interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compound interest
trans_list: intérêts composés
sense:
(banking, finance) Interest, as on a loan or a bank account, that is calculated on the total on the principal plus accumulated unpaid interest.


lexentry: eng/compound_sentence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compound sentence
trans_list: phrase complexe
sense:
(grammar) A sentence that has two or more independent clauses, joined by a conjunction (such as 'but', 'and') and/or punctuation (such as ',').


lexentry: eng/comprador_bourgeoisie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comprador bourgeoisie
trans_list: comprador
sense:
(Marxism) A section of an indigenous middle class allied with foreign investors, multinational corporations, bankers, and military interests.


lexentry: eng/comprehensive_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comprehensive school
trans_list: école moyenne
sense:
(British) a normal secondary school, accepting pupils of all abilities; replaced the secondary modern schools and grammar schools


lexentry: eng/compress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compress
trans_list: compresse
sense:
(medicine) A multiply folded piece of cloth, a pouch of ice, etc., used to apply to a patient's skin, cover the dressing of wounds, and placed with the aid of a bandage to apply pressure on an injury.


lexentry: eng/compress__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compress
trans_list: comprimer
sense:
(transitive) To make smaller; to press or squeeze together, or to make something occupy a smaller space or volume.


lexentry: eng/compressed_air__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compressed air
trans_list: air comprimé
sense:
Air which has been reduced in volume and increased in pressure for use in industrial processes or for cleaning.


lexentry: eng/compression__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: compression
trans_list: compression
sense:
(automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.


lexentry: eng/compression_sock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compression sock
trans_list: bas de contention
sense:
(clothing) An elasticated sock worn to help prevent the occurrence of venous disorders such as edema, phlebitis, and thrombosis.


lexentry: eng/comprise__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: comprise
trans_list: comprendre | contenir
sense:
(transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts). [from the earlier 15th c.]


lexentry: eng/comprise__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: comprise
trans_list: comprendre
sense:
(patent law) To include, contain, or be made up of, defining the minimum elements, whether essential or inessential to define an invention.


lexentry: eng/compulsion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compulsion
trans_list: compulsion
sense:
An irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences.


lexentry: eng/compulsory_acquisition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compulsory acquisition
trans_list: expropriation | expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique
sense:
(legal, Australia, New Zealand) The power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.


lexentry: eng/compulsory_education__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compulsory education
trans_list: enseignement obligatoire | obligation scolaire
sense:
(legal, education) A period of time in a child's life during which the child must receive schooling as required by law.


lexentry: eng/compulsory_purchase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: compulsory purchase
trans_list: expropriation | expropriation pour cause d'utilité publique
sense:
(legal, UK, Ireland) The power of a state to expropriate private land within its jurisdiction for public use.


lexentry: eng/computational_linguistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computational linguistics
trans_list: linguistique informatique
sense:
(linguistics, computer science) An interdisciplinary field dealing with the statistical and/or rule-based modeling of natural language from a computational perspective. This modeling is not limited to any particular field of linguistics.


lexentry: eng/computational_number_theory__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computational number theory
trans_list: théorie algorithmique des nombres | théorie calculatoire des nombres
sense:
(mathematics, number theory) The field of study dealing with computational methods for investigating and solving problems in number theory and arithmetic geometry.


lexentry: eng/computational_social_choice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computational social choice
trans_list: choix social computationnel
sense:
(uncountable) A field of study examining collective decision-making processes (social choice) using computational methods.


lexentry: eng/computed_tomography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computed tomography
trans_list: scanographie
sense:
A form of radiography which uses computer software to create images, or slices, at various planes of depth from images taken around a body or volume of interest. Sometimes called “computerized tomography”. (The radiation used is X-rays unless otherwise specified.)


lexentry: eng/computer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: computer
trans_list: ordinateur
sense:
A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large amounts of data very quickly; now especially, a small one for personal or home use employed for manipulating text or graphics, accessing the Internet, or playing games or media. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/computer_game__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer game
trans_list: jeu informatique | jeu vidéo
sense:
An electronic game, especially a game played using a general-purpose computer (as opposed to a game console).


lexentry: eng/computer_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer language
trans_list: langage informatique
sense:
(programming) A language that is used internally by computers, including programming languages, machine languages, query languages, markup languages, etc.


lexentry: eng/computer_literacy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer literacy
trans_list: alphabétisme informatique
sense:
(computing) The ability to operate a personal computer, including its associated hardware and software (but not necessarily to understand the underlying electronics or a programming language). [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/computer_programming__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer programming
trans_list: programmation
sense:
(programming) The process of designing, writing, testing, debugging, and maintaining the source code of computer programs.


lexentry: eng/computer_science__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer science
trans_list: informatique
sense:
The study of computers and their architecture, languages, and applications, in all aspects, as well as the mathematical structures that relate to computers and computation.


lexentry: eng/computer_security__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: computer security
trans_list: sécurité informatique
sense:
A branch of computer science that addresses enforcement of 'secure' behavior on the operation of computers.


lexentry: eng/computer_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer system
trans_list: système informatique
sense:
(computing) A system for computing that includes the physical computing unit itself and its peripherals.


lexentry: eng/computer_virus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: computer virus
trans_list: virus informatique
sense:
(computing) A program which can covertly transmit itself between computers via networks (especially the Internet) or removable storage such as disks and USB drives, often causing damage to systems and data.


lexentry: eng/comrade__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: comrade
trans_list: camarade
sense:
(communism, by extension) A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person. [from 1884]


lexentry: eng/comrade__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: comrade
trans_list: camarade
sense:
(communism) A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist, socialist, or rarely in an Islamist state. [from 1884]


lexentry: eng/con__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: con
trans_list: arnaque | duperie | escroquerie
sense:
(informal) A fraud; something carried out with the intention of deceiving, usually for personal, often illegal, gain.


lexentry: eng/con_artist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: con artist
trans_list: arnaqueur | arnaqueuse | escroc
sense:
A person who uses confidence tricks to defraud or swindle people after first gaining their trust with a series of confidence games; a scam operator, confidence trickster.


lexentry: eng/concatenation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concatenation
trans_list: enchaînement
sense:
(countable) A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.


lexentry: eng/conceit__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: conceit
trans_list: concept
sense:
(countable, rhetoric, literature) An ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/conceited__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conceited
trans_list: vaniteux | vain | suffisant | imbu de soi | orgueilleux | prétentieux
sense:
Having an excessively favourable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; egotistical and vain.


lexentry: eng/concentrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concentrate
trans_list: concentrer
sense:
(ergative) To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force.


lexentry: eng/concentrate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concentrate
trans_list: concentrer
sense:
To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense.


lexentry: eng/concentration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concentration
trans_list: concentration
sense:
The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.


lexentry: eng/concentration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concentration
trans_list: concentration
sense:
The act, process or ability of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated.


lexentry: eng/concentration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: concentration
trans_list: concentration
sense:
(physical chemistry) The amount of solute in a solution measured in suitable units (e.g., parts per million (ppm))


lexentry: eng/concentration_camp__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concentration camp
trans_list: camp de concentration
sense:
A camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/concept__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concept
trans_list: concept | notion
sense:
Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept).


lexentry: eng/conception__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: conception
trans_list: conception
sense:
The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception; the ability to form mental abstractions.


lexentry: eng/conceptual_art__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conceptual art
trans_list: art conceptuel
sense:
A genre of art in which the transmission of ideas is more important than the creation of an art object


lexentry: eng/conceptualism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conceptualism
trans_list: conceptualisme
sense:
(philosophy) A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects; the doctrine that universals have an existence in the mind apart from any concrete embodiment.


lexentry: eng/concern__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concern
trans_list: concerner | préoccuper | inquiéter | interesser | toucher
sense:
(transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.


lexentry: eng/concert__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concert
trans_list: concert
sense:
(uncountable) An agreement in a design or plan; a union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; an accordance in a scheme; harmony; a simultaneous action.


lexentry: eng/concert__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: concert
trans_list: concert
sense:
(countable) A musical performance, usually public, in which several performers or instruments take part.


lexentry: eng/concertation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concertation
trans_list: concertation
sense:
A form of dialogue and co-decision, implying the mutual exchange of information, open discussion and knowledge sharing, and the signature of operational agreements between public administrations and/or with representatives of the private sector.


lexentry: eng/concertina__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concertina
trans_list: accordéon
sense:
A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.


lexentry: eng/concession__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concession
trans_list: concession
sense:
(Canadian) A concession road: a narrow road between tracts of farmland, especially in Ontario, from their origin during the granting of concessions (see above).


lexentry: eng/concession__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concession
trans_list: concession
sense:
(rhetoric) An admission of the validity of an opponent's point in order to build an argument upon it or to move on to another of greater importance; an instance of this.


lexentry: eng/concierge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concierge
trans_list: concierge | gardienne | gardien
sense:
(British) One who attends to the maintenance of a building and provides services to its tenants and visitors.


lexentry: eng/conciliation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conciliation
trans_list: réconciliation, raccommodement
sense:
(legal) A form of alternative dispute resolution, similar to but less formal than mediation, in which the parties bring their dispute to a neutral third party, who helps lower tensions, improve communications and explore possible solutions.


lexentry: eng/conclave__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conclave
trans_list: conclave
sense:
The set of apartments in which cardinals are secluded while the process to elect a pope takes place.


lexentry: eng/conclusion__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conclusion
trans_list: conclusion
sense:
(logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.


lexentry: eng/concordance__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: concordance
trans_list: concordance
sense:
(chiefly, _, Bible) An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.


lexentry: eng/concordat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concordat
trans_list: concordat
sense:
A formal agreement between two parties, especially between a church and a state; specifically, an agreement between the Pope and a government.


lexentry: eng/concourse__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concourse
trans_list: hall
sense:
A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal, or providing access to and linking the platforms in a railway terminus.


lexentry: eng/concrete__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concrete
trans_list: béton | concret
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A building material created by mixing cement, water, and aggregate such as gravel and sand.


lexentry: eng/concrete_jungle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concrete jungle
trans_list: jungle urbaine
sense:
(idiomatic) An urban or other populated area containing a high density of buildings constructed of concrete or similar materials, especially one which lacks greenery and which seems unattractive, harsh, or unsafe.


lexentry: eng/concretization__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concretization
trans_list: concrétisation
sense:
(countable) Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea.


lexentry: eng/concretize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concretize
trans_list: concrétiser
sense:
(transitive) To make concrete, substantial, real, or tangible; to represent or embody a concept through a particular instance or example.


lexentry: eng/concur__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concur
trans_list: convenir
sense:
To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help towards a common object or effect.


lexentry: eng/concurrency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: concurrency
trans_list: simultanéité
sense:
The property or an instance of being concurrent; something that happens at the same time as something else.


lexentry: eng/concurrency__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concurrency
trans_list: simultanéité
sense:
(computer science, by extension) A property of systems where several processes execute at the same time.


lexentry: eng/concurrent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: concurrent
trans_list: parallèle
sense:
(computing, of code) Designed to run independently, rather than sequentially, using various mechanisms, such as threads, event loops or time-slicing.


lexentry: eng/concussion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: concussion
trans_list: commotion cérébrale | commotion
sense:
(uncountable, _, in, _, Commonwealth, countable, _) An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.


lexentry: eng/condemnation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condemnation
trans_list: condamnation
sense:
The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.


lexentry: eng/condensation__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: condensation
trans_list: condensation | déshydratation
sense:
(chemistry) The reaction of two substances with the simultaneous loss of water or other small molecule.


lexentry: eng/condense__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condense
trans_list: condenser
sense:
(transitive) To concentrate toward the essence by making more close, compact, or dense, thereby decreasing size or volume.


lexentry: eng/condenser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condenser
trans_list: condenseur
sense:
(process engineering) A device designed to condense a gas into a liquid, either as part of a still, steam engine, refrigerator or similar machine.


lexentry: eng/condescend__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condescend
trans_list: consentir
sense:
To come down from a superior position and do something; to deign; (with a negative connotation) to stoop.


lexentry: eng/condescension__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condescension
trans_list: condescendance
sense:
The act of condescending; a manner of behaving in an outwardly polite way that nevertheless implies superiority to another; patronizing courtesy toward inferiors.


lexentry: eng/condiment__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condiment
trans_list: condiment
sense:
Something used to enhance the flavor of food, for example, salt or pepper, especially when added by the eater to taste rather than by the cook.


lexentry: eng/condition__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: condition
trans_list: condition
sense:
A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.


lexentry: eng/condition__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: condition
trans_list: condition
sense:
(law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.


lexentry: eng/condition_precedent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condition precedent
trans_list: condition suspensive
sense:
(legal) a condition depending upon an uncertain event which must be fulfilled before an obligation arises or a legal transaction takes effect.


lexentry: eng/condition_subsequent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condition subsequent
trans_list: condition résolutoire
sense:
(legal) A condition depending upon an uncertain event which, if fulfilled, brings an end to an obligation or legal transaction.


lexentry: eng/conditional_perfect__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conditional perfect
trans_list: conditionnel passé
sense:
(grammar) A combination of the conditional mood and the perfect tense, roughly corresponding to English 'I would have...'


lexentry: eng/conditional_sentence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conditional sentence
trans_list: conditionnel
sense:
(grammar) A sentence discussing factual implications or hypothetical situations and their consequences. A full conditional sentence contains two clauses: the condition or protasis, and the consequence or apodosis.


lexentry: eng/condole__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condole
trans_list: compatir à
sense:
Followed by with: to express condolence to, or sympathetic sorrow with, someone; to lament in sympathy with someone.


lexentry: eng/condolence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condolence
trans_list: condoléances | condoléance
sense:
(countable, usually, in the plural) An expression of comfort, support, or sympathy offered to the family and friends of somebody who has died.


lexentry: eng/condolences__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condolences
trans_list: condoléance | condoléances
sense:
comfort, support, or sympathy offered especially to the family and friends of somebody who has died.


lexentry: eng/condom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condom
trans_list: préservatif | capote | capote anglaise | condom
sense:
A flexible sleeve made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn over an erect penis during sexual intercourse as a contraceptive or as a way to prevent the spread of STIs during PIV, anal, or oral.


lexentry: eng/condom__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condom
trans_list: préservatif | capote | capote anglaise | condom
sense:
(broadly) Any of various forms of flexible sleeve or barrier, variously shaped for either penetrative or receptive body parts, made of latex or other impermeable material such as polyurethane or sheepskin, worn (by anyone with ) during sexual activity to prevent pregnancy or the spread of STIs.


lexentry: eng/condominium__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condominium
trans_list: copropriété
sense:
(US, Canada, Philippines) A building or complex of buildings that provides multiple residential units each of which is owned separately but whose grounds, structure, etc. (if any) are owned jointly. [from 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/condone__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condone
trans_list: pardonner | cautionner | tolérer
sense:
(transitive) To forgive, excuse or overlook (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).


lexentry: eng/condone__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: condone
trans_list: autoriser | permettre | tolérer
sense:
(transitive) To allow, accept or permit (something that is considered morally wrong, offensive, or generally disliked).


lexentry: eng/condor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condor
trans_list: condor
sense:
Either of two New World vultures, Vultur gryphus of the Andes or Gymnogyps californianus, a nearly extinct vulture of the mountains of California.


lexentry: eng/condor__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: condor
trans_list: condor
sense:
(golf) The completion of a hole four strokes under par (a quadruple birdie, triple eagle, or double albatross).


lexentry: eng/condottiere__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: condottiere
trans_list: condottiere
sense:
(historical) A mercenary military leader from 14th-century Italy and later in other parts of Europe.


lexentry: eng/conductance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conductance
trans_list: conductance
sense:
(physics) A measure of the ability of a body to conduct electricity; the reciprocal of its resistance.


lexentry: eng/conductimetry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conductimetry
trans_list: conductimétrie
sense:
(chemistry, physics) The measurement of the conductance of a solution, especially during a reaction or titration


lexentry: eng/conductor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conductor
trans_list: chef d'orchestre
sense:
(musician) A person who conducts an orchestra, choir or other music ensemble; a professional whose occupation is conducting.


lexentry: eng/cone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cone
trans_list: cône | surface conique
sense:
(geometry) A surface of revolution formed by rotating a segment of a line around another line that intersects the first line.


lexentry: eng/cone__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cone
trans_list: cône
sense:
(topology) A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.


lexentry: eng/cone_cell__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cone cell
trans_list: cône
sense:
(anatomy) Any of the photoreceptor cells in the retina that are responsible for colour vision in relatively bright light.


lexentry: eng/coneflower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coneflower
trans_list: échinacée
sense:
Any of several similar flowering plants of tribe Heliantheae in order Asterales, in genera Dracopis, Echinacea, Rudbeckia, and Ratibida, that have a cone-shaped disk of florets.


lexentry: eng/confabulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: confabulation
trans_list: confabulation
sense:
(psychology) A fabricated memory believed to be true, especially in someone suffering from dementia.


lexentry: eng/confection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confection
trans_list: confiserie | bonbon | friandise | pâtisserie | sucrerie
sense:
A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar, such as a candy, sweetmeat, fruit preserve, pastry, or cake.


lexentry: eng/confectioner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confectioner
trans_list: confiseur | confiseuse | pâtissier
sense:
A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).


lexentry: eng/confectionery__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confectionery
trans_list: confiserie | sucreries
sense:
(uncountable) Foodstuffs that taste very sweet, taken as a group; candies, sweetmeats and confections collectively.


lexentry: eng/confectionery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: confectionery
trans_list: confiserie
sense:
(uncountable) The business or occupation of manufacturing confectionery; the skill or work of a confectioner.


lexentry: eng/confederate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confederate
trans_list: confédérer
sense:
(ambitransitive) To unite persons or states in a league, confederacy or conspiracy; to ally, league.


lexentry: eng/conference__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conference
trans_list: conférence
sense:
(business) An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue, such as a new product, market trend or government regulation, with a range of speakers.


lexentry: eng/conferva__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conferva
trans_list: conferve
sense:
(obsolete) Any of a number of unbranched slender green freshwater algae, formerly in the genus Conferva, now mostly in genera Cladophora or Tribonema


lexentry: eng/confess__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confess
trans_list: confesser | avouer
sense:
(intransitive, transitive) To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.


lexentry: eng/confession__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: confession
trans_list: confession | aveu
sense:
A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.


lexentry: eng/confessional__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confessional
trans_list: confessionnal
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.


lexentry: eng/confessional_chair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confessional chair
trans_list: confessional
sense:
A chair, or rather booth, in various constructional variations, typically in church or chapel, where the confessor, seated in one compartment, can privately (to protect the sacred secret of the sacrament) hear confession from the person in the other


lexentry: eng/confetti__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confetti
trans_list: confetti
sense:
Small pieces or strips (streamers) of colored paper or other material (metal, plaster, etc) generally thrown about at festive occasions, especially at weddings and in victory celebrations.


lexentry: eng/confidence_interval__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confidence interval
trans_list: intervalle de confiance
sense:
(statistics) A range defined such that there is a fixed probability that the value of the measured parameter will fall within the range.


lexentry: eng/confidential__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confidential
trans_list: confidentiel
sense:
Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly


lexentry: eng/confidential_informant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confidential informant
trans_list: indic | indic’
sense:
(law, law enforcement, criminology) An individual who secretly provides information to the police about wrongdoing which they are aware of due to the individual's relationship to the wrongdoer.


lexentry: eng/configuration__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: configuration
trans_list: configuration
sense:
(countable, physics, chemistry) The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.


lexentry: eng/configure__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: configure
trans_list: configurer
sense:
(transitive) To set up or arrange something in such a way that it is ready for operation for a particular purpose, or to someone's particular liking


lexentry: eng/confine__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: confine
trans_list: confiner
sense:
(transitive) To restrict (someone or something) to a particular scope or area; to keep in or within certain bounds. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/confirmation__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: confirmation
trans_list: confirmation
sense:
A ceremony of sealing and conscious acknowledgement of the faith in many Christian churches, typically around the ages of 14 to 18; considered a sacrament in some churches, including Catholicism, but not in most Protestant churches.


lexentry: eng/confirmation_bias__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confirmation bias
trans_list: biais de confirmation
sense:
(psychology) A cognitive bias towards confirmation of the hypothesis under study; a psychological tendency to look for and accept information which supports one's values and worldview and reject that which conflicts with it.


lexentry: eng/conflate__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conflate
trans_list: fusionner | amalgamer | assembler | confondre
sense:
(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.


lexentry: eng/conflate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: conflate
trans_list: fusionner | amalgamer | assembler | confondre
sense:
(by extension) To deliberately draw a false equivalence or association, typically in a tacit or implicit manner as propaganda and/or an intentional distortion or misrepresentation of the subject matter.


lexentry: eng/conflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conflation
trans_list: conjonction
sense:
(countable) A blowing or fusing together, as of many instruments in a concert, or of many fires in a foundry.


lexentry: eng/conflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conflation
trans_list: conjonction
sense:
(uncountable) A blend or fusion, especially a composite reading or text formed by combining the material of two or more texts into a single text.


lexentry: eng/conflict_of_interest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conflict of interest
trans_list: conflit d'intérêts
sense:
(legal) A situation in which an individual or legal entity in a position of trust (such as an attorney, investment advisor, broker, politician, executive, director, scientist or physician) has competing professional or personal interests.


lexentry: eng/confluence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confluence
trans_list: confluent | confluence
sense:
The place where two rivers, streams, or other continuously flowing bodies of water meet and become one, especially where a tributary joins a river.


lexentry: eng/conform__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conform
trans_list: s'aligner
sense:
(transitive, intransitive, often followed by to) To change to more closely match typical characteristics or behavior.


lexentry: eng/conform__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conform
trans_list: se conformer
sense:
(intransitive, of things or procedures) To be as required or recommended by a specification, regulation, or policy.


lexentry: eng/conformal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: conformal
trans_list: conforme | orthomorphe
sense:
(cartography, of a map projection) That preserves relative angles over small scales, at all but a limited number of distinct points.


lexentry: eng/conformation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conformation
trans_list: conformation
sense:
(physical chemistry) The spatial arrangement of a group of atoms in a molecule as a result of rotation about a covalent bond which remains unbroken.


lexentry: eng/confounder__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: confounder
trans_list: confondeur
sense:
(mathematics) A factor, in data analysis, that causes the effects of two distinct processes to be indistinguishable; a confounding variable.


lexentry: eng/confront__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confront
trans_list: confronter
sense:
(transitive) To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.


lexentry: eng/confrontational__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confrontational
trans_list: agressif
sense:
Pertaining to a confrontation; characterized by, or given to initiating hostile encounter; in-your-face.


lexentry: eng/confuse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confuse
trans_list: confondre | confuser | confusionner | rendre perplexe
sense:
(transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand


lexentry: eng/confute__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: confute
trans_list: confusion
sense:
(transitive, now, _, rare) To show (something or someone) to be false or wrong; to disprove or refute.


lexentry: eng/conga__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conga
trans_list: conga
sense:
(dance) A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain. [from 1935]


lexentry: eng/congeal__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: congeal
trans_list: se figer
sense:
(transitive) To change from a liquid to solid state, perhaps due to cold; called to freeze in nontechnical usage.


lexentry: eng/congee__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: congee
trans_list: congee
sense:
(Asian, _, cuisine) A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.


lexentry: eng/conger_eel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conger eel
trans_list: congre
sense:
Any of various large marine eels of the family Congridae, having no scales and found in temperate and tropical coastal waters.


lexentry: eng/congest__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: congest
trans_list: boucher
sense:
(transitive) To hinder or block the passage of something moving, for example a fluid, mixture, traffic, people, etc. (due to an excess of this or due to a partial or complete obstruction), resulting in overfilling or overcrowding.


lexentry: eng/congestion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: congestion
trans_list: bouchon | embouteillage
sense:
An excess of traffic; usually not a complete standstill of traffic, so usually not synonymous with traffic jam.


lexentry: eng/conglomerate__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conglomerate
trans_list: conglomérat
sense:
(business) A corporation formed by the combination of several smaller corporations whose activities are unrelated to the corporation's primary activity.


lexentry: eng/congregate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: congregate
trans_list: accumuler
sense:
(transitive) To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to bring into one place, or into a united body.


lexentry: eng/congregation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: congregation
trans_list: assemblée | assemblée des fidèles
sense:
A gathering of faithful in a temple, church, synagogue, mosque or other place of worship. It can also refer to the people who are present at a devotional service in the building, particularly in contrast to the pastor, minister, imam, rabbi etc. and/or choir, who may be seated apart from the general congregation or lead the service (notably in responsory form).


lexentry: eng/congress__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: congress
trans_list: congrès
sense:
(often, capitalized) A legislative body of a state, originally the bicameral legislature of the United States of America.


lexentry: eng/congruence__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: congruence
trans_list: congruence
sense:
(mathematics, number theory) A relation between two numbers indicating they give the same remainder when divided by some given number.


lexentry: eng/conic_section__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conic section
trans_list: conique
sense:
(geometry) Any of the four distinct shapes that are the intersections of a cone with a plane, namely the circle, ellipse, parabola and hyperbola.


lexentry: eng/conifer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conifer
trans_list: conifère
sense:
(botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.


lexentry: eng/coniine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coniine
trans_list: conine
sense:
(organic compound) A poisonous alkaloid found in poison hemlock and the yellow pitcher plant; it is a neurotoxin which disrupts the peripheral nervous system.


lexentry: eng/conjecture__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: conjecture
trans_list: conjecture
sense:
(mathematics, philology) A statement likely to be true based on available evidence, but which has not been formally proven.


lexentry: eng/conjugate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conjugate
trans_list: conjuguer
sense:
(grammar, transitive) To inflect (a verb) for each person, in order, for one or more tenses; to list or recite its principal parts.


lexentry: eng/conjugation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conjugation
trans_list: conjugaison
sense:
(grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs according to what inflections they take.


lexentry: eng/conjugation__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: conjugation
trans_list: conjugaison
sense:
(grammar) The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.


lexentry: eng/conjunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conjunction
trans_list: conjonction
sense:
(grammar) A word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences. (The specific conjunction used shows how the two joined parts are related semantically.)


lexentry: eng/conjunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conjunction
trans_list: conjonction
sense:
(astronomy) The alignment of two bodies in the solar system such that they have the same longitude when seen from Earth.


lexentry: eng/conjunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: conjunction
trans_list: conjonction
sense:
(logic) The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the ∧ (\and) operator.


lexentry: eng/conjunctiva__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conjunctiva
trans_list: conjonctive
sense:
(anatomy) A clear mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera.


lexentry: eng/conk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conk
trans_list: langue
sense:
The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.


lexentry: eng/connect__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connect
trans_list: connecter | accoupler | brancher
sense:
(intransitive, of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.


lexentry: eng/connect__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: connect
trans_list: connecter | accoupler
sense:
(intransitive, of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.


lexentry: eng/connect__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: connect
trans_list: connecter | accoupler | brancher
sense:
(transitive, of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.


lexentry: eng/connected__Adjective__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: connected
trans_list: connexe
sense:
(mathematics, graph theory, of a graph) Having a path, either directed or undirected, connecting every pair of vertices.


lexentry: eng/connecting_rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connecting rod
trans_list: bielle
sense:
Any rod, in an engine, that transmits power or motion, especially one that connects a reciprocating shaft to a rotating wheel, in reciprocating engines connecting piston to crankshaft


lexentry: eng/connection__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: connection
trans_list: correspondance | connexion
sense:
(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.


lexentry: eng/connective_tissue__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connective tissue
trans_list: tissu conjonctif
sense:
(anatomy) A type of tissue found in animals whose main function is binding other tissue systems (such as muscle to skin) or organs and consists of the following three elements: cells, fibers and a ground substance (or extracellular matrix).


lexentry: eng/connectome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connectome
trans_list: connectome
sense:
(biology, neuroscience) The complete mapping of the structural links in an organism's neural circuitry.


lexentry: eng/connector__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: connector
trans_list: connecteur
sense:
A device (or, more precisely, a mating pair of devices, often a plug and a socket) for connecting together two wires, cables, or hoses, allowing electricity or fluid to flow but also allowing easy disconnection and reconnection when necessary.


lexentry: eng/conning_tower__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conning tower
trans_list: kiosque
sense:
(nautical) A connecting structure between the bridge and pressure hull of a submarine; in larger, modern submarines it contains the captain's cabin and is known as the sail.


lexentry: eng/connive__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connive
trans_list: conspirer | intriguer
sense:
(intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/connive__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: connive
trans_list: feindre l'ignorance
sense:
(intransitive, obsolete) Often followed by at: to pretend to be ignorant of something in order to escape blame; to ignore or overlook a fault deliberately.


lexentry: eng/connivent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: connivent
trans_list: connivent
sense:
(biology) Arched inward so that the points meet; brought close together or in close contact; converging.


lexentry: eng/connoisseur__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connoisseur
trans_list: connaisseur | connaisseuse
sense:
A specialist in a given field whose opinion is highly valued, especially in one of the fine arts or in matters of taste.


lexentry: eng/connotation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: connotation
trans_list: connotation
sense:
(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.


lexentry: eng/conscience__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conscience
trans_list: conscience
sense:
(chiefly, fiction, narratology) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.


lexentry: eng/conscience_vote__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conscience vote
trans_list: vote de confiance
sense:
(politics) A type of vote in a legislative body where legislators are allowed to vote according to their own personal conscience rather than according to an official line set down by their political party.


lexentry: eng/conscientious_objector__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conscientious objector
trans_list: objecteur de conscience | objectrice de conscience
sense:
Someone who refuses to perform military service (for example to fight in an armed conflict, or be compulsorily drafted in a time of peace) because of religious or moral principles.


lexentry: eng/consecutio_temporum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consecutio temporum
trans_list: concordance des temps
sense:
(linguistics, grammar) A set of grammatical rules of a particular language, governing the agreement between the tenses of verbs in related clauses or sentences; agreement between tenses of verbs in accordance with said set of rules.


lexentry: eng/consecutive_interpreting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consecutive interpreting
trans_list: interprétation consécutive
sense:
(translation studies) A type of oral translation from one language into another which is produced after a person has finished speaking and typically with the aid of notetaking.


lexentry: eng/consensus__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: consensus
trans_list: consensus
sense:
General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each member of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.


lexentry: eng/consequent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consequent
trans_list: conséquent
sense:
(logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."


lexentry: eng/consequentialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: consequentialism
trans_list: conséquentialisme
sense:
(ethics) The belief that consequences form the basis for any valid moral judgment about an action. Thus, from a consequentialist standpoint, a morally right action is one that produces a good outcome, or consequence.


lexentry: eng/conservation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conservation
trans_list: préservation
sense:
The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.


lexentry: eng/conservation__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conservation
trans_list: conservation
sense:
(biology) Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor


lexentry: eng/conservation_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conservation law
trans_list: loi de conservation
sense:
(physics) Any of several laws that hold that some physical property remains constant in a closed system regardless of other changes that take place.


lexentry: eng/conservative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: conservative
trans_list: conservateur
sense:
(US, Canada, economics, politics, social sciences) Supporting some combination of fiscal, political or social conservatism.


lexentry: eng/conservative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: conservative
trans_list: conservateur | archaïque
sense:
(linguistics) Having few changes relative to an older form, especially in comparison to related varieties.


lexentry: eng/conservative__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: conservative
trans_list: conservateur | conservatrice
sense:
(especially, US, Canada, politics) One who seeks to promote traditions in a particular domain (e.g. a fiscal conservative or a social conservative).


lexentry: eng/conservator__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: conservator
trans_list: conservateur
sense:
A professional who works on the conservation and restoration of objects, particularly artistic objects.


lexentry: eng/conservatory__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
sense: A music school or a drama school
written_rep: conservatory
trans_list:
conservatoire | école de musique | académie de musique | école d'art dramatique | école de théâtre | école supérieure de musique


lexentry: eng/considerate__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: considerate
trans_list: circonspect | réfléchi
sense:
Consciously thoughtful and observant (often of other people and their rights, needs, feelings and comfort).


lexentry: eng/consideration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consideration
trans_list: considération
sense:
The thought process of considering, of taking multiple or specified factors into account (with of being the main corresponding adposition).


lexentry: eng/consist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consist
trans_list: rame
sense:
(rail transport) A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.


lexentry: eng/consistence__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: consistence
trans_list: consistance
sense:
(archaic) The physical quality which is given by the degree of density, firmness, solidity, and viscosity; consistency.


lexentry: eng/consistency__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: consistency
trans_list: consistance
sense:
(logic) Freedom from contradiction; the state of a system of axioms such that none of the propositions deduced from them are mutually contradictory.


lexentry: eng/consistent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consistent
trans_list: constant
sense:
Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. [from late 16th c. in the obsolete sense ‘consisting of’]


lexentry: eng/consolation_prize__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consolation prize
trans_list: prix de consolation | lot de consolation
sense:
An award or small item given to persons or groups of people who do not win an event but are worthy of recognition, especially in a game show.


lexentry: eng/consommé__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consommé
trans_list: consommé
sense:
a clear broth made from reduced meat or vegetable stock, served either hot as a soup or chilled as a jelly


lexentry: eng/consonant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consonant
trans_list: consonne | consonant
sense:
(phonetics) A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.


lexentry: eng/consortium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consortium
trans_list: consortium
sense:
An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.


lexentry: eng/conspicuous_consumption__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conspicuous consumption
trans_list: consommation ostentatoire
sense:
A public display of acquisition of possessions with the intention of gaining social prestige; excessive consumerism in order to flaunt one's purchasing power.


lexentry: eng/conspirator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conspirator
trans_list: conspirateur | conspiratrice
sense:
One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.


lexentry: eng/conspire__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conspire
trans_list: conspirer
sense:
(intransitive) To secretly plot or make plans together, often with the intention to bring bad or illegal results; to collude, to connive, to plot.


lexentry: eng/constable__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: constable
trans_list: connétable
sense:
(historical) An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).


lexentry: eng/constancy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constancy
trans_list: constance
sense:
(uncountable) The quality of being constant; steadiness or faithfulness in action, affections, purpose, etc.


lexentry: eng/constant__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: constant
trans_list: constante | constant
sense:
(science) Any property of an experiment, determined numerically, that does not change under given circumstances.


lexentry: eng/constant__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: constant
trans_list: constante | constant
sense:
(computing) An identifier that is bound to an invariant value; a fixed value given a name to aid in readability of source code.


lexentry: eng/constant_of_integration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constant of integration
trans_list: constante d'intégration
sense:
(calculus) An unspecified constant term added to a particular antiderivative to make it represent its whole family of antiderivatives, usually denoted with C.


lexentry: eng/constellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constellation
trans_list: constellation
sense:
(astronomy) An arbitrary formation of stars perceived as a figure (especially one from mythology) or pattern, or a division of the sky including it, especially one officially recognized by astronomers; an asterism.


lexentry: eng/constellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constellation
trans_list: constellation
sense:
(modern, _, astronomy) Any of the 88 regions of the sky officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union, including all stars and celestial bodies in the region. [from 1920s]


lexentry: eng/consternation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consternation
trans_list: consternation | sidération | accablement | prostration
sense:
Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.


lexentry: eng/constipation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constipation
trans_list: constipation
sense:
A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faeces.


lexentry: eng/constipation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: constipation
trans_list: constipation
sense:
The act of crowding anything into a lesser space, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation.


lexentry: eng/constituent__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: constituent
trans_list: électeur | administré | commettant
sense:
A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.


lexentry: eng/constitution__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constitution
trans_list: constitution
sense:
The act, or process of setting something up, or establishing something; the composition or structure of such a thing; its makeup.


lexentry: eng/constitution__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: constitution
trans_list: constitution
sense:
(government) The formal or informal system of primary principles and laws that regulates a government or other institutions.


lexentry: eng/constitutional_court__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constitutional court
trans_list: cour constitutionnelle
sense:
a high court whose jurisdiction is focused on constitutional law or constitutional issues, such as the review of the constitutionality of laws, draft laws, political and bureaucratic decisions, acts of political parties, etc.


lexentry: eng/constitutional_law__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constitutional law
trans_list: droit constitutionnel
sense:
(legal) The area of law which deals with the interpretation and application of a constitution, particularly that of a national government.


lexentry: eng/constitutionality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constitutionality
trans_list: constitutionnalité
sense:
(legal) The status of being constitutional; of being in accord with the provisions of the appropriate constitution.


lexentry: eng/construct__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: construct
trans_list: construction
sense:
(genetics) A segment of nucleic acid, created artificially, for transplantation into a target cell or tissue.


lexentry: eng/construct__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: construct
trans_list: construire
sense:
(transitive, geometry) To draw (a geometric figure) by following precise specifications and using geometric tools and techniques.


lexentry: eng/construct_state__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: construct state
trans_list: état construit
sense:
(grammar) A noun form associated especially with Afroasiatic languages, but occurring also in Iranian and others; used in construing a nominal with another, particularly for the object of a genitive.


lexentry: eng/constructed_language__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constructed language
trans_list: langue construite | idéolangue
sense:
Any language—whether a human language, a programming language, or markup language—that is not a natural language.


lexentry: eng/construction_site__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: construction site
trans_list: chantier
sense:
A place where a building or other physical structure is under construction. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/constructive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: constructive
trans_list: implicite
sense:
(legal) Deemed after the fact to exist or to have occurred, despite the formal process not having been followed; often when there was no intention to do so at the time.


lexentry: eng/constructivism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: constructivism
trans_list: constructivisme
sense:
(arts) A Russian movement in modern art characterized by the creation of nonrepresentational geometric objects using industrial materials.


lexentry: eng/constructor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: constructor
trans_list: écurie
sense:
(automotive) A company which, or individual who, builds racing vehicles. In Formula One, constructor status is strictly defined by the rules, but in other motorsports the term is merely a descriptor. Depending on the racing rules, some constructors (e.g. Cosworth) may provide vehicles to racing teams who are not themselves constructors, while others are both teams and constructors (Ducati Corse, Scuderia Ferrari).


lexentry: eng/constructor__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: constructor
trans_list: constructeur
sense:
(object-oriented programming) A class method that creates and initializes each instance of an object.


lexentry: eng/construe__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: construe
trans_list: comprendre | expliquer
sense:
(transitive) To interpret (something) to another or publicly, explain the meaning of (something, usually language).


lexentry: eng/consul-general__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consul-general
trans_list: consul général
sense:
A consular officer who heads a consulate general, and is a consul of the highest rank serving at a particular location.


lexentry: eng/consul__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consul
trans_list: consul
sense:
(historical) Either of the two heads of government and state of the Roman Republic or the equivalent nominal post under the Roman and Byzantine Empires.


lexentry: eng/consul__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: consul
trans_list: consul | consule
sense:
(by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.


lexentry: eng/consulate_general__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consulate general
trans_list: consulat général
sense:
The residence, office, or jurisdiction of a consul general; the base of operations for the highest ranking consul for one nationality in a specific foreign country.


lexentry: eng/consult__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consult
trans_list: consulter | concerter
sense:
(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.


lexentry: eng/consultant__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: consultant
trans_list: consultant | consultante
sense:
A person whose occupation is to be consulted for their expertise, advice, service or help in an area or specialty; a party whose business is to be similarly consulted.


lexentry: eng/consumer_credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consumer credit
trans_list: crédit conso | crédit à la consommation
sense:
(banking, economics) Credit extended to an individual for the purchase of consumer goods and services.


lexentry: eng/consumer_price_index__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consumer price index
trans_list: indice des prix à la consommation
sense:
(economics) A statistical estimate of the level of prices of goods and services bought for consumption purposes by households.


lexentry: eng/consummation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: consummation
trans_list: consommation
sense:
The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; the state of being completed; completion.


lexentry: eng/contact_details__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contact details
trans_list: coordonnées
sense:
Information on how to contact a person or entity, typically including a telephone number, address etc.


lexentry: eng/contact_lens__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contact lens
trans_list: lentille de contact | verre de contact
sense:
A thin lens, made of flexible or rigid plastic, that is placed directly on to the eye to correct vision, used as an alternative to spectacles, or, if coloured, to change one's eye color cosmetically.


lexentry: eng/contact_person__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contact person
trans_list: personne de contact
sense:
A person in an organization or group that non-members can contact in order to interact with the group; a representative whose contact details are made public.


lexentry: eng/contact_sport__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contact sport
trans_list: sport de contact
sense:
(sports) An athletic contest which involves a significant amount of physical contact between the participating athletes.


lexentry: eng/contact_tracing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contact tracing
trans_list: contact tracing | recherche des contacts
sense:
(epidemiology) The process of identification of persons ("contacts") who may have come into contact with a person carrying an infectious disease.


lexentry: eng/contagion__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: contagion
trans_list: contagion
sense:
(finance) The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.


lexentry: eng/container__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: container
trans_list: conteneur
sense:
(object-oriented programming) An abstract data type whose instances are collections of other objects.


lexentry: eng/container_deposit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: container deposit
trans_list: gage
sense:
A monetary deposit on a beverage or other container at the point of sale, refundable when the container is returned for reuse, recycling or proper disposal.


lexentry: eng/container_port__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: container port
trans_list: port de conteneur
sense:
(shipping) A port which specialises in handling the loading and unloading of shipping containers onto and from container ships.


lexentry: eng/container_ship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: container ship
trans_list: porte-conteneurs
sense:
(watercraft) A cargo vessel designed to carry cargo prepacked into containers, especially shipping containers.


lexentry: eng/containerization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: containerization
trans_list: conteneurisation
sense:
The process of containerizing; the use of containers in shipping and transport, especially shipping containers.


lexentry: eng/containment__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: containment
trans_list: confinement
sense:
(uncountable, countable) A policy of checking the expansion of a hostile foreign power by creating alliances with other states; especially the foreign policy strategy of the United States in the early years of the Cold War.


lexentry: eng/contemplate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contemplate
trans_list: contempler | envisager | étudier
sense:
To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.


lexentry: eng/contempt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contempt
trans_list: mépris | contemnement | contemption
sense:
(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.


lexentry: eng/contempt__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: contempt
trans_list: outrage
sense:
(legal) Open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law or legislative body.


lexentry: eng/contempt_of_court__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contempt of court
trans_list: outrage au tribunal | outrage à la cour
sense:
(legal, countable) A particular act of open disrespect for or willful disobedience of the authority of a court of law.


lexentry: eng/content__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: content
trans_list: contenu
sense:
Subject matter; semantic information (or a portion or body thereof); that which is contained in writing, speech, video, etc.


lexentry: eng/content__Noun__2
sense_num: 05
written_rep: content
trans_list: contenu
sense:
(mathematics) The n-dimensional space contained by an n-dimensional polytope (called volume in the case of a polyhedron and area in the case of a polygon); length, area or volume, generalized to an arbitrary number of dimensions.


lexentry: eng/content__Noun__2
sense_num: 06
written_rep: content
trans_list: contenu
sense:
(algebra, ring theory, of a polynomial with coefficients in a GCD domain) The greatest common divisor of the coefficients; (of a polynomial with coefficients in an integral domain) the common factor of the coefficients which, when removed, leaves the adjusted coefficients with no common factor that is noninvertible.


lexentry: eng/contents_insurance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contents insurance
trans_list: assurance habitation
sense:
Insurance that pays for damage to, or loss of, an individual’s personal possessions whilst they are located within that individual’s home.


lexentry: eng/context-sensitive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: context-sensitive
trans_list: contextuel
sense:
(computing, philosophy) Sensitive to context; exhibiting different behaviour depending on a task or situation.


lexentry: eng/context__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: context
trans_list: contexte
sense:
The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.


lexentry: eng/contextual__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contextual
trans_list: contextuel
sense:
Of, pertaining to, or depending on the context of information; relating to the situation or location in which the information was found.


lexentry: eng/contextualization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contextualization
trans_list: contextualisation
sense:
The act or process of putting information into context; making sense of information from the situation or location in which the information was found.


lexentry: eng/contiguity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contiguity
trans_list: contiguïté
sense:
A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.


lexentry: eng/contiguous_United_States__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contiguous United States
trans_list: États-Unis contigus
sense:
(US, geography) The contiguous continental states area of the United States of America, comprising 48 states in number, and the District of Columbia, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.


lexentry: eng/continent__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: continent
trans_list: continent
sense:
Each of the traditional main regions into which the Earth’s land surface is divided, including both an extent of mainland and various conventionally associated islands, etc; namely, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australasia/Oceania, North America, South America, and Antarctica.


lexentry: eng/continental_United_States__Proper_noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: continental United States
trans_list: États-Unis continentaux
sense:
(US, geography) The portion of the United States which is located on the North American continent; the United States exclusive of Hawaii and other overseas territories.


lexentry: eng/continental__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: continental
trans_list: continental
sense:
(US, historical) Of or relating to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War.


lexentry: eng/contingency_plan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contingency plan
trans_list: plan B
sense:
An alternative plan to be put into operation if needed, especially in case of emergencies, or if a primary plan fails.


lexentry: eng/continued_fraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: continued fraction
trans_list: fraction continue
sense:
(mathematics, number theory) A compound numerical expression consisting of an integer plus a fraction whose numerator is a positive integer and whose denominator is a continued fraction (an integer plus a fraction), and so on, with finite or infinite recursion.


lexentry: eng/continuity__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: continuity
trans_list: continuité
sense:
(narratology) A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.


lexentry: eng/continuous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: continuous
trans_list: continu
sense:
(analysis, of a function) Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.


lexentry: eng/continuous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: continuous
trans_list: continu
sense:
(mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).


lexentry: eng/continuous_function__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: continuous function
trans_list: fonction continue
sense:
(analysis, topology) a function from one topological space to another, such that the inverse image of any open set is open


lexentry: eng/continuous_integration__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: continuous integration
trans_list: intégration continue
sense:
(software engineering) The practice of merging all branches to a shared mainline several times a day.


lexentry: eng/continuously_variable_transmission__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: continuously variable transmission
trans_list: boite de vitesses à variation continue
sense:
(automotive) Any of several forms of automatic transmission, without specific gears, in which the gear ratio may be changed without any noticeable steps.


lexentry: eng/continuum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: continuum
trans_list: continuum
sense:
A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.


lexentry: eng/contour__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contour
trans_list: contour | ligne de niveau
sense:
A line on a map or chart delineating those points which have the same altitude or other plotted quantity: a contour line or isopleth; (metonymically) the landform or its surface.


lexentry: eng/contrabassoon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrabassoon
trans_list: contrebasson
sense:
(musical instruments) A larger version of the bassoon sounding one octave lower, having a technique similar to the bassoon but offers more resistance in every way.


lexentry: eng/contraceptive__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contraceptive
trans_list: contraceptif
sense:
A mechanism or means by which conception as a result of sexual intercourse can be prevented or made less likely.


lexentry: eng/contract__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contract
trans_list: contrat
sense:
An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.


lexentry: eng/contract__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contract
trans_list: contrat
sense:
(legal) An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.


lexentry: eng/contract_of_sale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contract of sale
trans_list: contrat de vente
sense:
(legal) A contract that involves an exchange of goods, services or property to be exchanged from seller (or vendor) to buyer (or purchaser) for an agreed upon value in money (or money equivalent) paid or the promise to pay same.


lexentry: eng/contraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contraction
trans_list: contraction
sense:
(biology, medicine) A shortening of a muscle during its use; specifically, a strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.


lexentry: eng/contraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contraction
trans_list: contraction
sense:
(linguistics) A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are reduced or lost, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.


lexentry: eng/contraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contraction
trans_list: contraction
sense:
(orthography) In the English language: a shortened form of a word, often with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe or a diacritical mark.


lexentry: eng/contraction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contraction
trans_list: contraction
sense:
A (sometimes reversible) contracting or reduction in length, scope, size, or volume; a narrowing, a shortening, a shrinking.


lexentry: eng/contractor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contractor
trans_list: sous-traitant
sense:
A person or company that performs specific tasks like electrical or plumbing work in construction projects.


lexentry: eng/contracture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contracture
trans_list: contracture
sense:
(medicine) An abnormal, sometimes permanent, contraction of a muscle or skin; a deformity so caused.


lexentry: eng/contradiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: contradiction
trans_list: contradiction
sense:
(countable) A statement that contradicts itself, i.e., a statement that claims that the same thing is true and that it is false at the same time and in the same senses of the terms.


lexentry: eng/contradiction__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: contradiction
trans_list: contradiction
sense:
(logic, countable) A proposition that is false for all values of its propositional variables or Boolean atoms.


lexentry: eng/contradiction_in_terms__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contradiction in terms
trans_list: contradiction
sense:
A phrase or expression in which the component words contradict one another, often unintentionally, or are claimed to do so when seen from a particular point of view.


lexentry: eng/contrail__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrail
trans_list: traînée de condensation | traînée blanche | traînée de vapeur
sense:
An artificial cloud made by the exhaust of jet aircraft or wingtip vortices that precipitate a stream of tiny ice crystals in moist, frigid upper air.


lexentry: eng/contraindication__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contraindication
trans_list: contre-indication | contrindication
sense:
(medicine) A factor or symptom which makes a certain treatment inadvisable, generally or individually.


lexentry: eng/contralto__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contralto
trans_list: contralto
sense:
(music) The lowest female voice or voice part, falling between tenor and mezzo-soprano. The terms contralto and alto refer to the same musical pitch range, but among singers, the term contralto is reserved for female singers; the equivalent male form is counter-tenor. Originally the contratenor altus was a high countermelody sung against the tenor or main melody.


lexentry: eng/contraposition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contraposition
trans_list: contraposition | contraposée
sense:
(countable, logic) The statement of the form "if not Q then not P", given the statement "if P then Q".


lexentry: eng/contrarian__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrarian
trans_list: anti-conformiste | contradicteur | rebroussier | rebroussière
sense:
A person who likes or tends to express a contradicting viewpoint, especially from one held by a majority of people, usually because of nonconformity or spite. [from mid 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/contrast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrast
trans_list: contraste
sense:
(countable) A control on a television, etc, that adjusts the amount of contrast in the images being displayed.


lexentry: eng/contrast__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrast
trans_list: contraste
sense:
(countable) A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable.


lexentry: eng/contrast__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrast
trans_list: contraster
sense:
(transitive) To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between; to counterpoint.


lexentry: eng/contrast_ratio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contrast ratio
trans_list: rapport de contraste
sense:
(technology) ratio of the luminance of white to that of black of a display. A higher value means a higher contrast of white and black.


lexentry: eng/contravariant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contravariant
trans_list: contravariant
sense:
(category theory, of a functor) Which reverses the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X \to Y to a morphism F(f):F(Y) \to F(X).


lexentry: eng/contravention__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contravention
trans_list: violation
sense:
The act of contravening (a rule, regulation, law, or order) or of not fulfilling (an obligation, promise, or agreement).


lexentry: eng/control__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: control
trans_list: commandes | contrôle
sense:
The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever, handle or button.


lexentry: eng/control_car__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: control car
trans_list: voiture-pilote
sense:
(rail transport) A non-powered railroad car, equipped with a driver's cabin, front lights and other equipment required for a locomotive, allowing a train to be controlled from the rear end without turning a locomotive at the end of the line.


lexentry: eng/control_engineering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: control engineering
trans_list: ingénierie de contrôle
sense:
(engineering) The subfield of engineering concerned with designing and building controllers and control systems.


lexentry: eng/control_group__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: control group
trans_list: groupe témoin
sense:
(in an experiment) The group of test subjects left untreated or unexposed to some procedure and then compared with treated subjects in order to validate the results of the test.


lexentry: eng/control_panel__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: control panel
trans_list: panneau de configurtion | panneau de contrôle
sense:
(by extension, graphical user interface) A computer display offering a number of controls or options.


lexentry: eng/control_surface__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: control surface
trans_list: gouvernail
sense:
(aeronautics) A moveable surface attached to a machine such as an aircraft or submarine that can be used to control the machine's motion in roll, pitch or yaw.


lexentry: eng/control_tower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: control tower
trans_list: tour de contrôle
sense:
(aviation) An airport building from which the air traffic control unit monitors and directs the movement of aircraft on and around the airport.


lexentry: eng/controlled__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: controlled
trans_list: contrôlé
sense:
(medicine, science, research) Resulting from a comparison with control samples; including a comparison (control) group. (describing clinical trials)


lexentry: eng/controlled_substance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: controlled substance
trans_list: substance contrôlée
sense:
(legal, criminology) A drug or chemical whose use, possession, manufacture, or sale is regulated or banned by the government.


lexentry: eng/controller__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: controller
trans_list: contrôleur | manette
sense:
(business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.


lexentry: eng/controller__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: controller
trans_list: contrôleur
sense:
(computer hardware) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.


lexentry: eng/contumelious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: contumelious
trans_list: contempteur | dédaigneux | insolent | irrespectueux | méprisant
sense:
(archaic, literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude.


lexentry: eng/conure__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conure
trans_list: perruche
sense:
Any of many New World parakeets of the former genus Conurus, now reassigned to other genera in subfamily Arinae, principally Psittacara and Eupsittula.


lexentry: eng/convenience_store__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convenience store
trans_list: supérette | dépanneur | épicerie | night shop | épicerie de quartier
sense:
A small retail store, often in a residential area, that carries a limited selection of items such as staples, junk food, and drugstore items, and which is open long hours for the convenience of shoppers.


lexentry: eng/convention__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: convention
trans_list: convention
sense:
A practice or procedure widely observed in a group, especially to facilitate social interaction; a custom.


lexentry: eng/conventional_warfare__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: conventional warfare
trans_list: guerre classique | guerre conventionnelle
sense:
The waging of war in set military battles, as opposed to waging guerrilla warfare or fighting insurgencies


lexentry: eng/conventional_weaponry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conventional weaponry
trans_list: armement conventionnel
sense:
(military) Destructive implements of warfare which are not nuclear, chemical, biological, or radiological in nature.


lexentry: eng/conventional_wisdom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conventional wisdom
trans_list: idée reçue | sagesse populaire
sense:
A belief or set of beliefs that is widely accepted, especially one which may be questionable on close examination.


lexentry: eng/convergence__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: convergence
trans_list: convergence
sense:
(mathematics) The process or property of approaching some limiting value; typically of an infinite series.


lexentry: eng/convergent__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: convergent
trans_list: convergent
sense:
(analysis, topology) Of a (typically infinite) sequence or series in a topological space, converging to a (finite, proper) limit.


lexentry: eng/conversation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conversation
trans_list: conversation
sense:
Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/converse__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: converse
trans_list: réciproque
sense:
(logic) Of a proposition or theorem consisting of a statement of the form "If A is true, then B is true", the statement "If B is true, then A is true" which need not be equivalent to the first one.


lexentry: eng/conversion__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: conversion
trans_list: conversion
sense:
(law) Under the common law, the tort of the taking of someone's personal property with intent to permanently deprive them of it, or damaging property to the extent that the owner is deprived of the utility of that property, thus making the tortfeasor liable for the entire value of the property.


lexentry: eng/conversion_therapy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conversion therapy
trans_list: thérapie de conversion | thérapie de réorientation sexuelle | thérapie réparatrice
sense:
(LGBTQ, pseudoscience) The practice of psychiatric or psychological treatment to attempt to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of an LGBT person; used especially as an attempt to turn gay people heterosexual.


lexentry: eng/convert__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: convert
trans_list: convertir
sense:
(transitive) To express (a unit of measurement) in terms of another; to furnish a mathematical formula by which a quantity, expressed in the former unit, may be given in the latter.


lexentry: eng/convertible__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: convertible
trans_list: décapotable | cabriolet
sense:
(vehicles) A convertible car: a car with a removable or foldable roof able to convert from a closed to open vehicle and back again.


lexentry: eng/conveyance__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conveyance
trans_list: d'occasion
sense:
(legal, transitive) To transfer (the title) of an object from one person or group of persons to another.


lexentry: eng/conveyancing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conveyancing
trans_list: cession des droits immobiliers
sense:
(legal) The drawing of deeds etc. concerning transfer of property, and the legal execution of such transfers.


lexentry: eng/conveyor_belt__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: conveyor belt
trans_list: bande transporteuse
sense:
A continuous flexible band moved by a series of rollers to transport objects or material from one place to another, especially within a factory or mine.


lexentry: eng/convince__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convince
trans_list: convaincre | persuader
sense:
To make someone believe, or feel sure about something, especially by using logic, argument or evidence.


lexentry: eng/convivial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convivial
trans_list: agréable
sense:
Having elements of a feast or of entertainment, especially when it comes to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity


lexentry: eng/convolution__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: convolution
trans_list: circonvolution
sense:
(mathematics, functional analysis) A mathematical operation on two functions that produces a third that expresses how the shape of one is modified by the other; the integral of the product of the two functions after one is reflected about the y-axis and shifted along the x-axis.


lexentry: eng/convolutional_neural_network__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convolutional neural network
trans_list: réseau neuronal convolutif
sense:
(machine learning) A neural network in which the connectivity pattern between its neurons is modelled on the organization of the animal visual cortex.


lexentry: eng/convolvulus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convolvulus
trans_list: convolvulus
sense:
(botany) Any of several plants, of the genus Convolvulus, found in temperate climates, having small trumpet-shaped flowers.


lexentry: eng/convoy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convoy
trans_list: convoi
sense:
(nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.


lexentry: eng/convulse__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: convulse
trans_list: convulser
sense:
(intransitive) To suffer violent involuntary contractions of the muscles, causing one's body to contort.


lexentry: eng/cony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cony
trans_list: lapin
sense:
A rabbit, especially the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (formerly known as Lepus cuniculus).


lexentry: eng/cookie-cutter__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cookie-cutter
trans_list: homogène
sense:
(figuratively, often, pejorative) Having a similar appearance or seeming identical; created by some standard or common means, often with the implication that the result is common, boring, or not applicable to all needs.


lexentry: eng/cookie__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cookie
trans_list: biscuit | cookie
sense:
(UK, Commonwealth) A sweet baked good (as in the previous sense) usually having chocolate chips, fruit, nuts, etc. baked into it.


lexentry: eng/cooking_apple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooking apple
trans_list: pomme à cuire | pomme à étuver
sense:
Any apple primarily used for making pies, crumbles or sauces: such a cultivar; an individual apple (instance) of such type.


lexentry: eng/cooking_oil__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooking oil
trans_list: huile de cuisson
sense:
A purified fat taken from plant material that is commonly used in cooking, e.g. olive oil, canola oil, sunflower oil, etc.


lexentry: eng/cool__Adjective__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: cool
trans_list: chouette | cool
sense:
(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.


lexentry: eng/cool__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cool
trans_list: frais
sense:
A moderate or refreshing state of cold; moderate temperature of the air between hot and cold; coolness.


lexentry: eng/cooler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cooler
trans_list: glacière
sense:
An insulated bin or box used with ice or freezer packs to keep food or beverages cold while picnicking or camping.


lexentry: eng/cooler_bag__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooler bag
trans_list: sac isotherme
sense:
Insulated bag used to keep food items cool for a limited amount of time (for example on the way from a grocery store to one's house).


lexentry: eng/coolie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coolie
trans_list: coolie
sense:
An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.


lexentry: eng/cooling-off_period__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooling-off period
trans_list: délai de rétractation
sense:
(law, business) A length of time in which the two sides to a purchase agreement or contract can consider and contemplate it and cancel without a penalty.


lexentry: eng/cooling_center__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooling center
trans_list: centre de rafraîchissement
sense:
(US) An artificially cooled emergency shelter that operates during dangerously hot weather to provide care and relief for people affected by the high temperature. [from late 20th c.]


lexentry: eng/cooling_tower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooling tower
trans_list: tour de refroidissement
sense:
A large device, in the form of a tower-shaped building, in which warm water is cooled by evaporation caused by circulating currents of air


lexentry: eng/coonass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coonass
trans_list: coonass | cul de chaoui
sense:
(sometimes, offensive, ethnic slur) A Cajun (a member of the ethnic group descending from Acadia, living primarily in Southern Louisiana).


lexentry: eng/cooper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cooper
trans_list: tonnelier
sense:
A craftsman who makes and repairs barrels and similar wooden vessels such as casks, buckets and tubs.


lexentry: eng/coordinate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coordinate
trans_list: coordonnée
sense:
(mathematics, cartography, astronomy, geography) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.


lexentry: eng/coordinate_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coordinate system
trans_list: système de coordonnées
sense:
(geometry, analysis) A method of representing the position of any individual point in a space of given dimensionality as a tuple of numerical coordinates.


lexentry: eng/coordinate_term__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coordinate term
trans_list: cohyponyme
sense:
(semantics) A term (word or noun phrase) that shares a hypernym (or hypernymic noun phrase) with another: that is, one that names another type (kind) within the same class.


lexentry: eng/coordinating_conjunction__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coordinating conjunction
trans_list: conjonction de coordination
sense:
(grammar) A conjunction that joins two grammatical elements of the same status or construction. It can join subjects, objects, verbs, nouns, adjectives, phrases, and independent clauses. [from 1875–80]


lexentry: eng/coot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coot
trans_list: foulque
sense:
Any of various aquatic birds of the genus Fulica that are mainly black with a prominent frontal shield on the forehead.


lexentry: eng/cootie_catcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cootie catcher
trans_list: coincoin
sense:
(informal, US) A form of origami with hidden fortunes, activities, etc. written on the folds, and used mainly in children's games, where a person is asked to choose a fold to open.


lexentry: eng/cop-out__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cop-out
trans_list: désolé
sense:
(slang) An excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty; a reason offered when someone cops out.


lexentry: eng/cop_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cop out
trans_list: se défiler
sense:
(idiomatic) To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.


lexentry: eng/copal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copal
trans_list: copal
sense:
A resinous exudation from various tropical trees, especially Hymenaea courbaril and Schinus terebinthifolia, used chiefly in making varnishes and printing ink.


lexentry: eng/cope__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cope
trans_list: chape | pluvial
sense:
(liturgy) A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.


lexentry: eng/copepod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copepod
trans_list: copépode
sense:
Any of very many small crustaceans of the subclass Copepoda; they are widely distributed and ecologically important.


lexentry: eng/coplanarity__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coplanarity
trans_list: coplanarité
sense:
(astronomy, of multiple planets or other orbiting bodies) The state or characteristic of orbiting a central celestial object within the same orbital plane.


lexentry: eng/copper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copper
trans_list: cuivre
sense:
(uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.


lexentry: eng/copper__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: copper
trans_list: cuivré | cuivre
sense:
(countable, dated) Any of various specialized items that are made of copper, where the use of copper is either traditional or vital to the function of the item.


lexentry: eng/copper_shark__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copper shark
trans_list: requin cuivre
sense:
Carcharhinus brachyurus, a species of requiem shark characterized by its narrow, hook-shaped upper teeth, lack of a prominent ridge between the dorsal fins, and plain bronze coloration.


lexentry: eng/coppice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coppice
trans_list: boqueteau | taillis
sense:
A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes, typically managed to promote growth and ensure a reliable supply of timber. See copse.


lexentry: eng/coprime__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coprime
trans_list: premiers entre eux
sense:
(number theory, of two or more positive integers) Having no positive integer factors in common, aside from 1.


lexentry: eng/coprime__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coprime
trans_list: premiers entre eux
sense:
(number theory, of a positive integer) Having no positive integer factors, aside from 1, in common with one or more specified other positive integers.


lexentry: eng/coprocessor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coprocessor
trans_list: coprocesseur
sense:
(computer hardware) An additional microprocessor used to supplement the functionality of the central processing unit, performing tasks such as floating-point arithmetic (floating-point unit) or graphics calculations (graphics processing unit).


lexentry: eng/coprolalia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coprolalia
trans_list: coprolalie
sense:
(psychiatry) The uncontrolled use of abusive, obscene or scatological language; especially such behaviour associated with Tourette syndrome.


lexentry: eng/coprophilia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coprophilia
trans_list: coprophilie
sense:
(psychiatry) A marked interest in excrement; especially the paraphilia involving sexual arousal and pleasure from feces and defecation.


lexentry: eng/copula__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copula
trans_list: copule | verbe copule
sense:
(linguistics, grammar) A word, usually a verb, used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate (usually a subject complement or an adverbial), that unites or associates the subject with the predicate.


lexentry: eng/copulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: copulation
trans_list: copulation
sense:
(uncountable) Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.


lexentry: eng/copy-paste__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copy-paste
trans_list: copié-collé
sense:
(computing) The action of duplicating (text, an object, etc.) by copying it and later pasting somewhere else.


lexentry: eng/copy__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: copy
trans_list: exemplaire | copie
sense:
A particular instance of an issue of a periodical (e.g., magazine, journal, bulletin): a single printed impression or digital file representing that issue; (metonynmically) the issue.


lexentry: eng/copy_editor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copy editor
trans_list: correcteur | lecteur-correcteur | réviseur
sense:
Someone who corrects printed material (copy) and prepares it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.


lexentry: eng/copycat__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: copycat
trans_list: imitateur | copieur | copycat | faussaire
sense:
A criminal who imitates the crimes of another; specifically, a criminal who commits the same crime, especially a highly-publicized one, that has just or recently been committed by someone else.


lexentry: eng/copyedit__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copyedit
trans_list: corriger
sense:
(transitive, printing) To correct the spelling, grammar, formatting, etc. of printed material and prepare it for typesetting, printing, or online publishing.


lexentry: eng/copypasta__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copypasta
trans_list: copié-collé | copypasta
sense:
(Internet slang) A block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else, serving as a story or meme. [from 2006]


lexentry: eng/copyright__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copyright
trans_list: droit d'auteur | copyright
sense:
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.


lexentry: eng/copyright__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copyright
trans_list: copyrighter
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.


lexentry: eng/copyright_infringement__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: copyright infringement
trans_list: atteinte au droit d'auteur
sense:
(copyright) The unauthorized use of copyrighted material in a manner that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works that build upon it.


lexentry: eng/coq_au_vin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coq au vin
trans_list: coq au vin
sense:
(culinary) A dish of chicken cooked with wine (usually red wine) along with accompaniments such as mushrooms, onions and garlic.


lexentry: eng/coquetry__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coquetry
trans_list: coquetterie | coquetisme
sense:
(countable) An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.


lexentry: eng/coquina__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coquina
trans_list: coquina
sense:
(uncountable, geology) A soft form of limestone made of fragments of shells, sometimes used as a building or road paving material. [from mid 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/cor_anglais__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cor anglais
trans_list: cor anglais
sense:
(musical instruments) A double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family that is pitched in F, one-fifth lower than the oboe and is consequently approximately one-third longer than the oboe.


lexentry: eng/cor_pulmonale__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cor pulmonale
trans_list: cœur pulmonaire
sense:
(disease) A change in structure and function of the right ventricle of the heart as a result of a respiratory disorder.


lexentry: eng/coracle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coracle
trans_list: coracle
sense:
(nautical) A small circular or oblong boat made of wickerwork and made watertight with hides or pitch, propelled and steered with a single paddle and light enough to be carried on a person's back.


lexentry: eng/coral__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coral
trans_list: corail
sense:
(countable) Any of many species of marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa, most of which build hard calcium carbonate skeletons and form colonies, or a colony belonging to one of those species.


lexentry: eng/coral_snake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coral snake
trans_list: serpent corail
sense:
About 16 species of Old World coral snakes in three genera (Calliophis, Hemibungarus, Sinomicrurus), some banded.


lexentry: eng/coral_snake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coral snake
trans_list: serpent corail
sense:
Any of various venomous snakes of six genera in family Elapidae, many displaying distinctive color bands.


lexentry: eng/cord__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cord
trans_list: cordon
sense:
A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.


lexentry: eng/cord__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cord
trans_list: corde
sense:
A unit of measurement for firewood, equal to 128 cubic feet (4 × 4 × 8 feet), composed of logs and/or split logs four feet long and none over eight inches diameter. It is usually seen as a stack four feet high by eight feet long.


lexentry: eng/cordite__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cordite
trans_list: cordite
sense:
A smokeless propellent made by combining two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, used in some firearm ammunition.


lexentry: eng/cordon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cordon
trans_list: bande
sense:
(archaic) A ribbon normally worn diagonally across the chest as a decoration or insignia of rank etc. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/cordon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cordon
trans_list: enchaîner
sense:
A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: core
trans_list: cœur
sense:
The most important part of a thing or aggregate of things wherever located and whether of any determinate location at all; the essence.


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: core
trans_list: cœur
sense:
(computer hardware) An individual computer processor, in the sense when several processors (called cores or CPU cores) are plugged together in one single integrated circuit to work as one (called a multi-core processor).


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: core
trans_list: trognon | noyau | cœur
sense:
(engineering, manufacturing) The portion of a mold that creates a cavity or impression within the part (casting or molded part) or that makes a hole in or through the part.


lexentry: eng/core__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: core
trans_list: noyau
sense:
A piece of ferromagnetic material (e.g., soft iron), inside the windings of an electromagnet, that channels the magnetic field.


lexentry: eng/core_inflation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: core inflation
trans_list: inflation sous-jacente
sense:
(economics) Inflation excluding the increase or decrease of prices in some transitory sectors (usually food and energy).


lexentry: eng/core_sample__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: core sample
trans_list: carotte
sense:
A cylindrical section of a naturally occurring substance, typically obtained by drilling into the substance, for example sediment or rock, with a core drill.


lexentry: eng/coregency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coregency
trans_list: corégence
sense:
A monarchical position (such as king, queen, emperor or empress) held by two persons when normally held by only one.


lexentry: eng/corgi__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corgi
trans_list: corgi
sense:
Ellipsis of Welsh corgi (“a type of herding dog originating from Wales, having a small body, short legs, and fox-like features such as large ears; two separate breeds are recognized: the Cardigan Welsh Corgi and the Pembroke Welsh Corgi”).


lexentry: eng/corium__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corium
trans_list: corium
sense:
(nuclear physics) A lavalike mixture of fissile material created in a nuclear reactor's core during a nuclear meltdown.


lexentry: eng/cork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cork
trans_list: liège | phellème | suber
sense:
(botany, uncountable) The dead protective tissue between the bark and cambium in woody plants, with suberin deposits making it impervious to gasses and water.


lexentry: eng/cork__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cork
trans_list: liège | bouchon
sense:
The phellem of the cork oak, used for making bottle stoppers, flotation devices, and insulation material.


lexentry: eng/cork__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cork
trans_list: cork
sense:
(snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.


lexentry: eng/corkscrew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corkscrew
trans_list: tire-bouchon
sense:
An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.


lexentry: eng/corm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corm
trans_list: corme
sense:
A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought.


lexentry: eng/cormorant__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cormorant
trans_list: cormoran
sense:
Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).


lexentry: eng/corn__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn
trans_list: maïs
sense:
(Commonwealth, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.


lexentry: eng/corn_bunting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn bunting
trans_list: bruant proyer
sense:
A passerine bird (Emberiza calandra, syn. Emberiza miliaria, Milaria calandra) whose male and female plumages are (untypically for buntings) similar.


lexentry: eng/corn_marigold__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn marigold
trans_list: bouchon
sense:
Glebionis segetum (syn. Chrysanthemum segetum), a herbaceous perennial plant with bright yellow flowers.


lexentry: eng/corn_salad__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn salad
trans_list: mâche | doucette
sense:
Any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads and as a herb, especially Valerianella locusta.


lexentry: eng/corn_smut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn smut
trans_list: charbon du maïs
sense:
A fungus that affects corn (maize), taxonomic name Mycosarcoma maydis, which induces tumors in the plant, known to be eaten as a delicacy.


lexentry: eng/corn_syrup__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corn syrup
trans_list: sirop de maïs
sense:
A sticky sweet liquid, consisting of sugars dissolved in water, produced from corn (maize). Used as a sweetener in cooking, especially in commercial kitchens but also in candy making.


lexentry: eng/corncrake__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corncrake
trans_list: râle des genêts | roi caille | roi des cailles
sense:
A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.


lexentry: eng/cornea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornea
trans_list: cornée
sense:
(anatomy) The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.


lexentry: eng/cornel__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornel
trans_list: cornouiller
sense:
Any tree or shrub of the dogwood subgenera, Cornus subg. Arctocrania (syn. Cornus subg. Chamaepericlymenum) or Cornus subg. Cornus, especially Cornus mas, the European cornel.


lexentry: eng/corner__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: corner
trans_list: cornériser | négocier un prix de gros
sense:
(finance, business, transitive) To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.


lexentry: eng/corner_kick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corner kick
trans_list: corner | coup de pied de coin | coup de coin
sense:
(soccer) A kick awarded to the attacking team when the ball leaves the field of play by wholly crossing the goal line without a goal having been scored, having last touched a player from the defending team. For the kick, the ball is placed within the corner arc closest to where it went out of play.


lexentry: eng/cornerback__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornerback
trans_list: demi coin
sense:
(American football, Gaelic football, hurling) Any of the defensive players who are in position on each side farthest laterally from the ball and whose principal responsibility is to defend against passes.


lexentry: eng/cornerstone__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cornerstone
trans_list: pierre angulaire | première pierre
sense:
Such a stone used ceremonially, often inscribed with the architect's and owner's names, dates and other details.


lexentry: eng/cornet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornet
trans_list: cornet | cornet à pistons
sense:
A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.


lexentry: eng/cornet__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cornet
trans_list: cornette
sense:
(historical) The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).


lexentry: eng/cornett__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornett
trans_list: cornet à bouquin
sense:
(musical instruments) An early horn wind instrument used in European music of the medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Not to be confused with later brass instrument.


lexentry: eng/cornflower__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornflower
trans_list: bleuet | centaurée bleuet | aubifoin
sense:
A small annual plant in the family Asteraceae, Centaurea cyanus, usually with bushy blue flowers which grows natively in European cornfields (i.e. wheatfields).


lexentry: eng/cornice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornice
trans_list: corniche
sense:
(architectural element) A horizontal architectural element of a building, projecting forward from the main walls, originally used as a means of directing rainwater away from the building's walls.


lexentry: eng/cornice__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cornice
trans_list: corniche
sense:
(geography, mountaineering) An overhanging edge of snow on a ridge or the crest of a mountain and along the sides of gullies.


lexentry: eng/cornrow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornrow
trans_list: tresse africaine
sense:
(chiefly, in plural) One of a set of rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp, forming a hairstyle, of African origin.


lexentry: eng/cornucopia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cornucopia
trans_list: corne d'abondance
sense:
(Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.


lexentry: eng/corolla__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corolla
trans_list: corolle
sense:
(botany) The outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.


lexentry: eng/corollary__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: corollary
trans_list: corollaire | corolaire
sense:
(mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.


lexentry: eng/corona__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: corona
trans_list: couronne
sense:
The luminous plasma atmosphere of the Sun (the solar corona) or other star, extending millions of kilometres into space, most easily seen during a total solar eclipse.


lexentry: eng/coronal_mass_ejection__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coronal mass ejection
trans_list: éjection de masse coronale
sense:
(astronomy) A massive burst of solar wind, other light isotope plasma, and magnetic fields rising above the solar corona or being released into space.


lexentry: eng/coronary__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coronary
trans_list: coronaire
sense:
(anatomy) Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.


lexentry: eng/coronary_artery_disease__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coronary artery disease
trans_list: maladie coronarienne
sense:
(disease, cardiology) Any disease caused by the accumulation of fatty deposits in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the myocardium.


lexentry: eng/coronary_sinus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coronary sinus
trans_list: sinus coronaire
sense:
(anatomy) A large collection of veins in the heart wall that collects blood from the myocardium and empties into the right atrium.


lexentry: eng/coronary_thrombosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coronary thrombosis
trans_list: thrombose coronaire
sense:
(cardiology, pathology) Thrombosis of a coronary artery, that is, a blockage, caused by a blood clot, of the blood flow in a coronary artery of the heart, leading to myocardial infarction.


lexentry: eng/coronation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coronation
trans_list: couronnement
sense:
(specifically, also, attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.


lexentry: eng/coronavirus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coronavirus
trans_list: coronavirus
sense:
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA. [from 1968]


lexentry: eng/coroner__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coroner
trans_list: coroner | médecin légiste
sense:
(Commonwealth, Ireland, Japan, legal) A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove.


lexentry: eng/coroner__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coroner
trans_list: coroner
sense:
(Canada, US, medicine) A medical doctor who performs autopsies and determines time and cause of death from a scientific standpoint.


lexentry: eng/corporal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corporal
trans_list: caporal
sense:
(military) A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.


lexentry: eng/corporal__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corporal
trans_list: corporal
sense:
(ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.


lexentry: eng/corporation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corporation
trans_list: société anonyme | corporation
sense:
A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.


lexentry: eng/corporatism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corporatism
trans_list: corporatisme
sense:
The principle or practice of corporate action; (in later use, _, chiefly) specifically, a political ideology which advocates for government and social organization by collective interest groups.


lexentry: eng/corpus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corpus
trans_list: corpus
sense:
(specifically, linguistics) Such a collection in form of an electronic database used for linguistic analyses.


lexentry: eng/corpus_callosum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corpus callosum
trans_list: corps calleux | mésolobe
sense:
(neuroanatomy) In placental mammals, a broad band of nerve fibres that connects the left and right hemispheres of the brain.


lexentry: eng/corpus_cavernosum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corpus cavernosum
trans_list: corps caverneux
sense:
(anatomy) One of the pair of cylindrical columns of erectile tissue that form the bulk of the clitoris and penis.


lexentry: eng/correction_fluid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: correction fluid
trans_list: blanco | correcteur liquide | tipex
sense:
A white, opaque fluid, applied to paper to mask textual errors; used especially to mask errors in typing so that corrections may be overtyped.


lexentry: eng/correction_tape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: correction tape
trans_list: ruban correcteur | tipex
sense:
An opaque white tape that can be placed against paper and transferred by pressure in order to blank out a mistake; an alternative to correction fluid that does not need time to dry.


lexentry: eng/corrective_rape__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corrective rape
trans_list: viol correctif
sense:
The act of raping someone because of their perceived sexual orientation or gender identity in an attempt to force the person to be heterosexual or to enforce gender stereotypes.


lexentry: eng/correlation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: correlation
trans_list: corrélation
sense:
(statistics) One of the several measures of the linear statistical relationship between two random variables, indicating both the strength and direction of the relationship.


lexentry: eng/correspond__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: correspond
trans_list: correspondre
sense:
(intransitive, constructed with to) To be equivalent or similar in character, quantity, quality, origin, structure, function etc.


lexentry: eng/correspond__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: correspond
trans_list: correspondre
sense:
(intransitive, constructed with with) To exchange messages, especially by postal letter, over a period of time.


lexentry: eng/correspondence__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: correspondence
trans_list: correspondance
sense:
(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.


lexentry: eng/correspondent__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: correspondent
trans_list: correspondant | correspondante
sense:
A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.


lexentry: eng/corrigendum__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: corrigendum
trans_list: coquille | erratum
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A list of errors in a printed work as a separate page of corrections. (The items thus listed will sometimes be corrected in subsequent print runs, if any occur; they are then called reprint corrections.)


lexentry: eng/corrin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corrin
trans_list: corrine
sense:
(organic compound) A molecular species that contains four reduced pyrrole rings joined in a macrocycle by three -CH= groups and one direct bond; central to the cobalt-containing vitamin cobalamin.


lexentry: eng/corrosive__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corrosive
trans_list: corrosif
sense:
Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.


lexentry: eng/corrupt__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corrupt
trans_list: corrompre
sense:
(transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.


lexentry: eng/corruption__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corruption
trans_list: corruption | pourriture
sense:
The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.


lexentry: eng/corruption__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: corruption
trans_list: corruption | concussion
sense:
Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on.


lexentry: eng/cortex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cortex
trans_list: cortex
sense:
(countable, anatomy) The outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.


lexentry: eng/cortex__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cortex
trans_list: cortex
sense:
(uncountable, botany) The tissue of a stem or root that lies inward from the epidermis, but exterior to the vascular tissue.


lexentry: eng/cortical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cortical
trans_list: boîte
sense:
(anatomy) Pertaining to the outer layer of an internal organ or body structure, such as the kidney or the brain.


lexentry: eng/corticosteroid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corticosteroid
trans_list: corticostéroïde
sense:
(steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in a large range of physiological systems.


lexentry: eng/cortisone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cortisone
trans_list: cortisone
sense:
(steroid hormone, pharmaceutical drug) A corticosteroid hormone, closely related to corticosterone, produced by the adrenal cortex. One of the glucocorticoids, it is also made synthetically for use as an anti-inflammatory and antiallergy agent. 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone, with formula C21H28O5.


lexentry: eng/corundum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corundum
trans_list: corindon
sense:
(mineral) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al2O3, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive.


lexentry: eng/corvette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corvette
trans_list: corvette
sense:
(nautical, historical) A flush-decked warship of the 17th-18th centuries having a single tier of guns; it ranked next below a frigate; – called in the United States navy a sloop of war.


lexentry: eng/corvette__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: corvette
trans_list: corvette
sense:
(nautical) In a modern navy, a lightly armed and armoured blue water warship, smaller than a frigate, capable of transoceanic duty.


lexentry: eng/corvette_captain__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: corvette captain
trans_list: capitaine de corvette
sense:
(military) Most junior senior officer rank in the navies of some Romance-speaking and European countries, usually equal in rank to the Anglophone rank of lieutenant commander.


lexentry: eng/coryza__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coryza
trans_list: coryza
sense:
(medicine) Inflammation of the mucous membranes lining the nasal cavity, usually causing a running nose, nasal congestion and loss of smell.


lexentry: eng/cosine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosine
trans_list: cosinus
sense:
(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the ratio of the length of the side adjacent to an acute angle to the length of the hypotenuse. Symbol: cos


lexentry: eng/cosmetic__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmetic
trans_list: cosmétique | cosmétiques
sense:
Any substances applied to enhance the external color or texture of the skin, e.g. lipstick, eyeshadow, eyeliner; makeup.


lexentry: eng/cosmetic_surgeon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
sense: A surgeon who performs cosmetic surgery
written_rep: cosmetic surgeon
trans_list:
chirurgien cosmétique | chirurgien esthéticien | chirurgien esthétique | chirurgienne cosmétique | chirurgienne esthéticienne | chirurgienne esthétique


lexentry: eng/cosmetologist__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmetologist
trans_list: esthéticien | esthéticienne | visagiste
sense:
A person who advises people (normally women) on cosmetics and other beauty treatments; a beautician.


lexentry: eng/cosmochemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmochemistry
trans_list: cosmochimie
sense:
The branch of chemistry that deals with the creation of the elements, and their isotopic distribution, in the universe; also with the synthesis and reactions of simple molecules in interstellar space.


lexentry: eng/cosmodicy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmodicy
trans_list: cosmodicée
sense:
A justification of the fundamental goodness of the universe, especially in regard to the existence of evil and suffering in the world; a work or discourse justifying the ways of the universe.


lexentry: eng/cosmodrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmodrome
trans_list: cosmodrome | base de lancement
sense:
A site for launching spacecraft, usually in reference to such Soviet or Russian built sites as the Baikonur, Kazakhstan and Plesetsk, Russia cosmodromes.


lexentry: eng/cosmogony__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cosmogony
trans_list: cosmogonie
sense:
The study of the origin, and sometimes the development, of the universe or the solar system, in astrophysics, religion, and other fields.


lexentry: eng/cost__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cost
trans_list: couter | coûter
sense:
(transitive, ditransitive) To cause something to be lost; to cause the expenditure or relinquishment of.


lexentry: eng/cost_of_living__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cost of living
trans_list: coût de la vie | vie chère
sense:
(sometimes, attributive) The average cost of a standard set of basic necessities of life, especially of food, shelter and clothing.


lexentry: eng/cost_the_earth__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) To be a huge expense.
written_rep: cost the earth
trans_list:
coûter bonbon | coûter la peau du cul | coûter la peau du dos | coûter un bras | coûter une blinde | coûter une couille


lexentry: eng/costal_cartilage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: costal cartilage
trans_list: cartilage costal
sense:
(anatomy) One of the bars of hyaline cartilage, found at the anterior ends of the ribs, that serve to prolong the ribs forward and contribute to the elasticity of the walls of the thorax.


lexentry: eng/costume__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: costume
trans_list: costume
sense:
A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.


lexentry: eng/cot__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cot
trans_list: huche | lit de bébé
sense:
(UK, Irish, Commonwealth) A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.


lexentry: eng/cotangent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cotangent
trans_list: cotangente
sense:
(trigonometry) In a right triangle, the reciprocal of the tangent of an angle. Symbols: cot, ctg, or ctn


lexentry: eng/cotehardie__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cotehardie
trans_list: cotte-hardie
sense:
(historical) A mid to late 14th century unisex garment tailored to fit the torso and arms, usually with a row of buttons down the front as well as down each fitted sleeve from the elbow to the wrist. Women's coathardies trailed on the floor, but those for men could be cut very short.


lexentry: eng/cotidal__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cotidal
trans_list: cotidal
sense:
Describing the locations (and of related lines on a chart) linking places where tides occur at the same time of day


lexentry: eng/cotillion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cotillion
trans_list: cotillon
sense:
(dance) A bold dance performed in groups of eight where women lift their skirts to display their ankles. [from 1766]


lexentry: eng/cotton__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cotton
trans_list: coton
sense:
(uncountable) A soft, fibrous, usually white substance consisting of fine hairs, especially the substance around the seeds of a plant of genus Gossypium.


lexentry: eng/cotton_swab__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cotton swab
trans_list: coton-tige | bâtonnet ouaté | coton tige
sense:
A small wad of cotton wrapped around the end of a small rod, made of wood, rolled paper, or plastic. The most common uses for cotton swabs include aural hygiene and cosmetics application.


lexentry: eng/cottonwood__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cottonwood
trans_list: peuplier
sense:
A tree from one of number of species of tree in the genus Populus (poplars), typically growing along watercourses, with fluffy catkins.


lexentry: eng/cotyledon__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cotyledon
trans_list: cotylédon
sense:
(botany) The leaf of the embryo of a seed-bearing plant; after germination it becomes the first leaves of the seedling.


lexentry: eng/couch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: couch
trans_list: canapé | sofa
sense:
(North America, Australia, Ireland) An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa.


lexentry: eng/couch_potato__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: couch potato
trans_list: pantouflard | avachi | légume | télézard
sense:
(idiom) A person who spends a lot of time sitting or lying down, often watching television, eating snacks or drinking alcohol. [from 1976]


lexentry: eng/cougar__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cougar
trans_list: cougar
sense:
(North America, slang, derogatory) An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”.


lexentry: eng/cough__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cough
trans_list: toux
sense:
A sudden, often involuntary expulsion of air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.


lexentry: eng/cough__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cough
trans_list: tousser | toux
sense:
Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound), and out through the mouth.


lexentry: eng/cough_drop__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cough drop
trans_list: bonbon antitussif
sense:
A small, medicated tablet intended to be dissolved slowly in the mouth to relieve coughing symptoms temporarily.


lexentry: eng/cough_medicine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cough medicine
trans_list: antitussif
sense:
A medication or medicine used to treat those people with coughing and related conditions, usually in liquid or syrup form.


lexentry: eng/coulomb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coulomb
trans_list: coulomb
sense:
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C


lexentry: eng/coulter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coulter
trans_list: coutre
sense:
A cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard.


lexentry: eng/councillor__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: councillor
trans_list: conseiller | conseiller municipal | conseillère
sense:
In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor.


lexentry: eng/count_one's_blessings__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: count one's blessings
trans_list: voir le bon côté des choses
sense:
(idiomatic) To focus one's attention on the circumstances of one's life which are pleasant or fortunate, especially with the intention of diverting one's thoughts from serious or disagreeable matters.


lexentry: eng/count_sheep__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: count sheep
trans_list: compter les moutons
sense:
(idiomatic) To attempt to go to sleep by thinking of something boring, traditionally by counting imaginary sheep.


lexentry: eng/countable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: countable
trans_list: dénombrable
sense:
(mathematics, of a set) Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.


lexentry: eng/countdown__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: countdown
trans_list: compte à rebours | décompte
sense:
(astronautics) A count backward in fixed units to the time of some event, especially the launch of a space vehicle.


lexentry: eng/countdown__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: countdown
trans_list: hit-parade | top 50
sense:
(radio, television) A radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week, usually in reverse order and ending with the number one song.


lexentry: eng/counter__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: counter
trans_list: compteur
sense:
An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.


lexentry: eng/counterculture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterculture
trans_list: contreculture
sense:
Any culture whose values and lifestyles are opposed to those of the established mainstream culture, especially to Western culture.


lexentry: eng/counterespionage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterespionage
trans_list: contre-espionnage
sense:
All those activities undertaken to neutralize or exploit the espionage activities of another nation or an enemy.


lexentry: eng/counterexample__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterexample
trans_list: contrexemple
sense:
(logic) An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.


lexentry: eng/counterinstitutionalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterinstitutionalization
trans_list: contre-institutionnalisation
sense:
The process or outcome of creating alternative institutions or systems that function independently of, or in opposition to, existing dominant institutions.


lexentry: eng/counterpoint__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterpoint
trans_list: contrepoint
sense:
(music) A melody added to an existing one, especially one added to provide harmony whilst each retains its simultaneous identity; a composition consisting of such contrapuntal melodies.


lexentry: eng/countersign__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: countersign
trans_list: contresigner
sense:
(transitive, by extension) To add a second signature to a document, affirming the validity of the signature of another person.


lexentry: eng/countersink__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: countersink
trans_list: fraisure
sense:
A conical recess, typically machined at the mouth of a hole to admit a screw (with a matching taper) so that the screw sits flush with a surface.


lexentry: eng/countersteer__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: countersteer
trans_list: contre-braquer
sense:
(transitive) To steer (a vehicle) in the opposite direction at the beginning of a turn in order to adjust the rider's center of gravity.


lexentry: eng/countertenor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: countertenor
trans_list: contreténor | contre-ténor
sense:
An adult male singer who uses head tone or falsetto to sing far higher than the typical male vocal range.


lexentry: eng/countervair__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: countervair
trans_list: contrevair
sense:
(heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures: succeeding rows are reversed instead of staggered, so the bases of the panes of each tincture are opposite those of the same tincture in adjoining rows.


lexentry: eng/counterweight__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counterweight
trans_list: contrepoids
sense:
A heavy mass of often iron or concrete, mechanically linked in opposition to a load which is to be raised and lowered, with the intent of reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering. Counterweights are used, for example, in cable-hauled elevators and some kinds of movable bridges (e.g. a bascule bridge).


lexentry: eng/counting_rod__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: counting rod
trans_list: baguette à calculer
sense:
(mathematics) One of a set of small bars, used by mathematicians in some Asian countries, placed either horizontally or vertically to represent any number and any fraction.


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: country
trans_list: pays | contrée
sense:
The territory of a nation; a sovereign state or a region once independent and still distinct in institutions, language, etc. [from 14th c.]


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: country
trans_list: pays | contrée
sense:
(especially, _, Britain, uncountable, countable) An area of land of undefined extent; a region, a district. [from 13th c.]


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: country
trans_list: campagne
sense:
(uncountable, usually preceded by “the”) A rural area, as opposed to a town or city; the countryside. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/country__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: country
trans_list: pays | contrée
sense:
(Australia, usually capitalised) Traditional lands of Indigenous people with embedded cultural, spiritual, cosmological, ecological, and physical attributes and values.


lexentry: eng/country_club__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: country club
trans_list: country club
sense:
A private club in a rural area or in the outskirts of a town, offering recreational sports activities.


lexentry: eng/country_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: country house
trans_list: maison de campagne
sense:
(especially, British) A house serving as a weekend and holiday residence, used as a retreat from city life; traditionally and archetypically in the country, and especially of wealthy owners.


lexentry: eng/country_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: country house
trans_list: maison de campagne
sense:
(especially, British) Such a house, even as a primary residence and even in an area that is no longer rural, but with an aesthetic in keeping with that traditional distinction of country ways.


lexentry: eng/country_music__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: country music
trans_list: country | musique country
sense:
(music) A style of popular music that originated in the folk music of the rural population of the southern and western United States and characterized by string-band instruments and simple melodies.


lexentry: eng/country_of_origin__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: country of origin
trans_list: pays d’origine
sense:
(international trade) The country in which the last stage of substantial transformation of goods occurred.


lexentry: eng/county__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: county
trans_list: comté | département
sense:
An administrative or geographical region of various countries, including Bhutan, Canada, China, Croatia, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and 47 of the 50 United States (excluding Alaska, Connecticut, and Louisiana).


lexentry: eng/coup_d'état__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coup d'état
trans_list: coup d'État | putsch
sense:
(politics, government) The sudden overthrow of a government, differing from a revolution by being carried out by a small group of people who replace only the leading figures.


lexentry: eng/couple__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: couple
trans_list: couple | quelques | deux ou trois...
sense:
One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.


lexentry: eng/coupler__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coupler
trans_list: attelage
sense:
Anything that serves to couple things together; but especially a device that couples railway carriages.


lexentry: eng/coupon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coupon
trans_list: bon | coupon
sense:
A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accommodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, a discount, etc.


lexentry: eng/coupon__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: coupon
trans_list: coupon
sense:
(finance, obsolete) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.


lexentry: eng/courage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: courage
trans_list: courage | bravoure | cœur | vaillance
sense:
The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.


lexentry: eng/course_credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: course credit
trans_list: crédit
sense:
(education, academics) A unit for measuring the amount of academic studies of which exact definition varies by learning institution. Typically, there is a minimum number of course credits required as a precondition for graduation.


lexentry: eng/coursebook__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coursebook
trans_list: livre de classe | livre de cours
sense:
A textbook, a book designed to accompany a specific academic course, or one specified by the writers of the course to be read by its students.


lexentry: eng/coursework__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coursework
trans_list: étude
sense:
(education) An assignment, project or task that a student is required to complete as part of a particular course, which is then assessed and counts towards the grade given.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court
trans_list: cour
sense:
An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: court
trans_list: cour
sense:
The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: court
trans_list: cour
sense:
Attention directed to a person in power; behaviour designed to gain favor; politeness of manner; civility towards someone.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: court
trans_list: tribunal
sense:
(often capitalized) The judge or judges or other judicial officer presiding in a particular matter, particularly as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: court
trans_list: cour | tribunal | court | court de tennis
sense:
The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of cases.


lexentry: eng/court__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: court
trans_list: court | court de tennis
sense:
(sports) A place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, handball, badminton, volleyball, squash and some other games


lexentry: eng/court_bouillon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court bouillon
trans_list: court-bouillon
sense:
A seasoned, aromatic liquid, such as a mixture of water with wine or vinegar and spices and vegetables, used for poaching fish, meat, seafood, or vegetables.


lexentry: eng/court_jester__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court jester
trans_list: bouffon | fou | fou du roi
sense:
A person in colorful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.


lexentry: eng/court_of_cassation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court of cassation
trans_list: Cour de cassation | cour de cassation
sense:
(legal) In several legal systems, the highest-level court of appeal in procedural matters, which is empowered to quash a verdict but then refers the case back for a new trial at the previous level.


lexentry: eng/court_order__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court order
trans_list: ordonnance judiciaire
sense:
(legal) A legally binding directive issued by a judge or authorized judicial officer that requires an individual or an entity to fulfill or perform specific actions or refrain from certain behaviors.


lexentry: eng/court_shoe__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: court shoe
trans_list: bâbette | escarpin
sense:
A shoe with no fastening and a low-cut front, worn by men with formal dress such as court dress or white tie, but now usually by women.


lexentry: eng/courtesy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: courtesy
trans_list: politesse
sense:
(countable) A polite gesture or remark, especially as opposed to an obligation or standard practice.


lexentry: eng/courtship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: courtship
trans_list: cour
sense:
The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.


lexentry: eng/cousin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cousin
trans_list: cousin | cousine
sense:
(specifically) When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.


lexentry: eng/covalent_bond__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covalent bond
trans_list: liaison covalente
sense:
(physical chemistry) A type of chemical bond where two atoms are connected to each other by the sharing of two or more electrons.


lexentry: eng/covariance__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covariance
trans_list: covariance
sense:
(statistics) A statistical measure defined as \scriptstyle\operatorname{Cov}(X, Y) = \operatorname{E}((X - \mu) (Y - \nu)) given two real-valued random variables X and Y, with expected values \scriptstyle E(X)\,=\,\mu and \scriptstyle E(Y)\,=\,\nu.


lexentry: eng/covariance__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: covariance
trans_list: covariance
sense:
(object-oriented programming) The conversion of data types from wider to narrower in certain situations.


lexentry: eng/covariant__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covariant
trans_list: covariant
sense:
(category theory, of a functor) Which preserves the order of morphism composition: formally, which associates each morphism f:X \to Y to a morphism F(f):F(X) \to F(Y).


lexentry: eng/cove__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cove
trans_list: anse | crique
sense:
A small coastal inlet, especially one having high cliffs protecting vessels from prevailing winds; bight. [from 16th c.]


lexentry: eng/covenstead__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covenstead
trans_list: sanctuaire
sense:
(Wicca) A permanent circle or temple used to meet for rituals and to store religious items, often a mundane location.


lexentry: eng/cover__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: cover
trans_list: couverture
sense:
(music) A new performance or rerecording of a previously recorded song; a cover version; a cover song.


lexentry: eng/cover__Verb__1
sense_num: 12
written_rep: cover
trans_list: reprendre
sense:
(music, transitive) To make a cover version of (a song that was originally recorded by another artist).


lexentry: eng/cover__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: cover
trans_list: couvrir
sense:
(military, law enforcement, transitive) To protect using an aimed firearm and the threat of firing; or to protect using continuous, heaving fire at or in the direction of the enemy so as to force the enemy to remain in cover; or to threaten using an aimed firearm.


lexentry: eng/cover__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: cover
trans_list: couvrir
sense:
(transitive) To provide an alibi for (someone); to provide excuses or apologia for (someone); to carry water for someone.


lexentry: eng/cover__Verb__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: cover
trans_list: parcourir
sense:
(transitive) To extend over a given period of time or range, to occupy, to stretch over a given area.


lexentry: eng/cover_charge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cover charge
trans_list: couvert
sense:
An amount of money added to a restaurant bill in lieu of tips, and to pay for uncharged items such as bread and water.


lexentry: eng/cover_girl__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cover girl
trans_list: covergirl
sense:
(informal) An attractive, usually well-known, female model whose image has been featured on one or more magazine covers.


lexentry: eng/cover_letter__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cover letter
trans_list: lettre de motivation
sense:
A letter or written communication that serves to introduce an accompanying document; especially, a letter that introduces a résumé or curriculum vitae.


lexentry: eng/cover_version__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cover version
trans_list: reprise | cover
sense:
(music) A version of a song that is a new performance or rerecording of that song by a different artist.


lexentry: eng/coverage__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: coverage
trans_list: couverture
sense:
(genetics) The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence.


lexentry: eng/coverall__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coverall
trans_list: combinaison
sense:
(chiefly, US, Canada, Australia) A loose-fitting jumpsuit-style protective garment worn over other clothing.


lexentry: eng/covering__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covering
trans_list: couverture
sense:
(countable) That which covers or conceals; a cover; something spread or laid over or wrapped about another.


lexentry: eng/covidiot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: covidiot
trans_list: covidiot | covidiote
sense:
(pejorative, jocular, neologism) A person who is foolishly reckless with respect to avoiding contracting or spreading COVID-19.


lexentry: eng/cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cow
trans_list: vache | bovin
sense:
(loosely, or, informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.


lexentry: eng/cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cow
trans_list: vache | femelle
sense:
(biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.


lexentry: eng/cow__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cow
trans_list: chipie | garce | vache
sense:
(derogatory, UK, Irish, informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.


lexentry: eng/cow_chip__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cow chip
trans_list: bouse
sense:
A piece of dried cow dung, used especially as fuel in the Third World and by early North American settlers.


lexentry: eng/cow_eyes__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cow eyes
trans_list: judas
sense:
(US, informal) A wide-eyed expression meant to discreetly signal otherwise unstated romantic attraction to the one it is directed at.


lexentry: eng/cowboy__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cowboy
trans_list: cow-boy | cowboy
sense:
A man who identifies with cowboy culture, including wearing a cowboy hat and being a fan of country and western music.


lexentry: eng/cowboy_hat__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowboy hat
trans_list: chapeau de cow-boy
sense:
A broad-brimmed hat worn by cowboys, ranchers, and farmers, common in the western United States and Mexico.


lexentry: eng/cowcatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowcatcher
trans_list: pare-buffle
sense:
(rail transport, principally, _, US) A plough-shaped device affixed to the front of a locomotive (or other large vehicle), usually wedge or V-shaped so as to push or deflect objects on the tracks out of the way, to clear out the train's path and prevent the risk of derailment or major damage to it.


lexentry: eng/cowgirl_position__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowgirl position
trans_list: Andromaque | amazone
sense:
(idiomatic) A sex position in which the man lies on his back, and the woman sits on top of him facing him.


lexentry: eng/cowlick__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowlick
trans_list: épi
sense:
An unruly lock or section of hair that sticks straight out from the skull or lies at an angle at odds with the rest of an individual's hair, like a whorl or vortex.


lexentry: eng/cowpox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cowpox
trans_list: cowpox | vaccine
sense:
A pustular, eruptive skin disease of cattle caused by an Orthopoxvirus, with lesions occurring principally on the udder and teats. Human infection may occur from touching cows, and gives immunity to smallpox.


lexentry: eng/coxswain__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: coxswain
trans_list: barreur
sense:
(rowing) The member of a crew who steers the shell and coordinates the power and rhythm of the rowers.


lexentry: eng/coypu__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: coypu
trans_list: ragondin
sense:
A large, crepuscular, semiaquatic rodent (Myocastor coypus) resembling a large rat, having bright orange-yellow incisors, native to South America and introduced to Europe, Asia and North America, valued for its fur in eastern Europe and central Asia and considered a pest elsewhere.


lexentry: eng/crabby__Adjective__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crabby
trans_list: de mauvais poil
sense:
Visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way.


lexentry: eng/crabgrass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crabgrass
trans_list: digitaire
sense:
Those members of the genus Digitaria, grasses of tropical to temperate climates, which are pests of lawns, mainly from their invasive habits and the fact they die off in the fall and winter, leaving bare patches.


lexentry: eng/crack__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: crack
trans_list: ambiance | discussion
sense:
(Northern England, Scotland, Ireland) Conviviality; fun; good conversation, chat, gossip, or humorous storytelling; good company.


lexentry: eng/crack__Noun__1
sense_num: 15
written_rep: crack
trans_list: discussion
sense:
(Cumbria, elsewhere throughout the North of the UK) a chat. 1936, Arthur Ransome, Pigeon Post, ch 3. « And when he come down in the evenings, he’d drop in every night to have a crack wi’ Old Bob. »


lexentry: eng/crack__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: crack
trans_list: muer
sense:
(intransitive, of a pubescent boy's voice) To alternate between high and low register in the process of eventually lowering.


lexentry: eng/crack_down__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crack down
trans_list: appuyer
sense:
(idiomatic, often with 'on') To take harsh action (against), as when enforcing a law more stringently than before.


lexentry: eng/cracker__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cracker
trans_list: cracker | craquelin
sense:
A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).


lexentry: eng/cracking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cracking
trans_list: craquage
sense:
(organic chemistry, petrochemistry) The thermal decomposition of a substance, especially that of crude petroleum in order to produce petrol / gasoline.


lexentry: eng/cradle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cradle
trans_list: berceau
sense:
(figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.


lexentry: eng/cradle__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cradle
trans_list: bers
sense:
A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.


lexentry: eng/cradle_cap__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cradle cap
trans_list: croûte de lait
sense:
(medicine, pathology) A form of seborrheic dermatitis that occurs on the scalps of infants, causing scaly, flaky, itchy, red skin.


lexentry: eng/cradle_snatcher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cradle snatcher
trans_list: prendre au berceau
sense:
(idiom, slang, pejorative) A person who prefers to date people significantly younger than themselves.


lexentry: eng/craft__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: craft
trans_list: ruse
sense:
Ability, skilfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning; ingenuity in constructing, dexterity [9th century].


lexentry: eng/craft__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: craft
trans_list: métier
sense:
(countable, plural crafts) A branch of skilled work or trade, especially one requiring manual dexterity or artistic skill, but sometimes applied equally to any business, calling or profession; the skilled practice of a practical occupation [since the 9th century].


lexentry: eng/craft__Noun__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: craft
trans_list: nef
sense:
(countable, plural craft) A vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space [since the 17th century].


lexentry: eng/crag_martin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crag martin
trans_list: hirondelle
sense:
Any of four species of passerine birds in the Ptyonoprogne genus of the swallow family, including the Eurasian crag martin (Ptyonoprogne rupestris) and the rock martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula).


lexentry: eng/cram__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cram
trans_list: bourrer | bachoter | bâcler | emmancher | ficher | fourrer
sense:
(transitive) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to fill to superfluity.


lexentry: eng/cram__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cram
trans_list: bachoter
sense:
(transitive) To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination.


lexentry: eng/cram_school__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cram school
trans_list: classe préparatoire | prépa
sense:
(education) A specialized school that trains students to meet particular goals, most commonly to pass the entrance examinations of high schools or universities.


lexentry: eng/cramp__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cramp
trans_list: crampe
sense:
A painful contraction of a muscle which cannot be controlled; (sometimes) a similar pain even without noticeable contraction.


lexentry: eng/crampon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crampon
trans_list: crampon
sense:
An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.


lexentry: eng/cranberry_juice__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranberry juice
trans_list: jus de canneberge
sense:
The unfermented juice of squeezed cranberries, often mixed with water and a sweetener, used as a beverage.


lexentry: eng/crane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crane
trans_list: grue
sense:
Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.


lexentry: eng/crane__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crane
trans_list: grue
sense:
A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.


lexentry: eng/cranefly__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranefly
trans_list: tipule
sense:
Any of various large flies of the suborder Tipulomorpha that have slender bodies and very long legs and that resemble giant mosquitoes.


lexentry: eng/cranial_nerve__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranial nerve
trans_list: nerf crânien
sense:
(neuroanatomy) Any of the twelve paired nerves that originate from the brainstem or base of the brain instead of the spinal cord.


lexentry: eng/craniorachischisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: craniorachischisis
trans_list: craniorachischisis
sense:
(pathology) A lethal defect of the neural tube in which both the brain and spinal cord are left open.


lexentry: eng/cranioschisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranioschisis
trans_list: cranioschisis
sense:
A developmental birth defect in which the cranium fails to close completely, so that the brain is exposed to the amnios and eventually degenerates, causing anencephaly.


lexentry: eng/craniotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: craniotomy
trans_list: craniotomie
sense:
(surgery) The surgical procedure for removing a part of the skull, called a bone flap, prior to a treatment. The bone flap is replaced at the end of the operation.


lexentry: eng/cranium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cranium
trans_list: boîte crânienne
sense:
(skeleton) That part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.


lexentry: eng/crank__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crank
trans_list: manivelle
sense:
A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.


lexentry: eng/crankshaft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crankshaft
trans_list: vilebrequin
sense:
A rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or functions as a crank.


lexentry: eng/crape_myrtle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crape myrtle
trans_list: lilas des Indes | myrte de crêpe
sense:
Any of the genus Lagerstroemia, family Lythraceae, shrubs or small trees, certain of which are ornamental, bearing big gaudy blooms.


lexentry: eng/crapper__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crapper
trans_list: cagoinces | chiotte | là où le roi va seul | petit coin | trône
sense:
(mildly, _, coarse, _, slang) A chamber pot or toilet, particularly (dated) a flush toilet by Thomas Crapper.


lexentry: eng/crash__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crash
trans_list: plantage
sense:
(computing) A malfunction of computer software or hardware which causes it to shut down or become partially or totally inoperable.


lexentry: eng/crash__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: crash
trans_list: krach
sense:
(finance) A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures).


lexentry: eng/crash__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crash
trans_list: percuter | s'incruster | taper l'incruste
sense:
(transitive) To cause something to collide with something else, especially when this results in damage.


lexentry: eng/crash__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: crash
trans_list: crécher | pieuter
sense:
(intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.


lexentry: eng/crash__Verb__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: crash
trans_list: s'incruster | taper l'incruste
sense:
(transitive, Scotland, education) To take a subject at higher level without having previously studied it.


lexentry: eng/crash_barrier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crash barrier
trans_list: glissière de sécurité | barrière de sécurité | rail de sécurité
sense:
(chiefly, British) A strengthened barrier installed on the sides of a (usually major) road to keep vehicles on the carriageway and reduce the risk and/or impact of crashes.


lexentry: eng/crash_landing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crash landing
trans_list: atterrissage en catastrophe
sense:
The landing of an aircraft or spacecraft in an emergency, either in an inappropriate place or under dangerous circumstances, usually with damage to the aircraft.


lexentry: eng/crasis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crasis
trans_list: crase
sense:
(prosody, phonetics) The contraction of a vowel or diphthong at the end of a word with a vowel or diphthong at the start of the following word.


lexentry: eng/crater__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crater
trans_list: cratère
sense:
(geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [from 1610s]


lexentry: eng/crave__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crave
trans_list: implorer
sense:
(transitive, archaic, or, literary) To ask for earnestly; to beg or demand, as from a figure of authority.


lexentry: eng/crawl__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crawl
trans_list: ramper | grouiller | grouiller de
sense:
(intransitive) To creep; to move slowly on hands and knees, or by dragging the body along the ground.


lexentry: eng/crawl_space__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crawl space
trans_list: vide sanitaire
sense:
(construction, architecture) A level, a narrow opening underneath the bottom of a building or storey used to give access to pipes, cables and other utilities.


lexentry: eng/crayfish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crayfish
trans_list: écrevisse | langoustine
sense:
Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamily Astacoidea or Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.


lexentry: eng/cream__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cream
trans_list: crème | crème de la crème | fin du fin | fine fleur | fleur
sense:
The butterfat or milkfat part of milk which rises to the top; this part when separated from the remainder.


lexentry: eng/cream__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cream
trans_list: crème | onguent
sense:
(medicine) A viscous aqueous oil or fat emulsion with a medicament added, used to apply that medicament to the skin. (compare with ointment)


lexentry: eng/cream_of_tartar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cream of tartar
trans_list: crème de tartre
sense:
(organic compound) Potassium hydrogen tartrate (also called potassium bitartrate), a byproduct of wine manufacture, used in baking powder and in cooking to stabilize beaten egg whites.


lexentry: eng/creamer__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: creamer
trans_list: café crème
sense:
A small thimble-sized or stick-shaped container of milk or cream, used as a standard individual "cream" or "milk" portion, typically provided by restaurants for cups of tea or coffee. In recent decades usually a disposable plastic container; in the mid-20th century often a tiny porcelain pitcher.


lexentry: eng/creamy__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: creamy
trans_list: crémeux | crème
sense:
Of food or drink, having the rich taste or thick, smooth texture of cream, whether or not it actually contains cream.


lexentry: eng/create__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: create
trans_list: créer
sense:
(especially, of a, god) To bring into existence out of nothing, without the prior existence of the materials or elements used.


lexentry: eng/create__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: create
trans_list: créer
sense:
To make#Verb or produce#Verb from other (e.g. raw, unrefined or scattered) materials or combinable elements or ideas; to design or invest with a new form, shape, function, etc.


lexentry: eng/create__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: create
trans_list: nommer
sense:
(transitive) To confer or invest with a rank or title of nobility, to appoint, ordain or constitute.


lexentry: eng/creatine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creatine
trans_list: créatine
sense:
(amino acid) An amino acid, 2-(carbamimidoyl-methyl- amino)acetic acid, which naturally occurs in vertebrates and helps to supply energy to muscle and nerve cells.


lexentry: eng/creatine_kinase__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creatine kinase
trans_list: créatine kinase
sense:
(enzyme) An enzyme that catalyzes the phosphorylation of creatine and uses adenosine triphosphate (ATP) to create phosphocreatine and adenosine diphosphate (ADP).


lexentry: eng/creatinine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creatinine
trans_list: créatinine
sense:
(biochemistry) A heterocyclic amine, 2-amino-1-methyl-5H-imidazol-4-one, formed by the metabolism of creatine.


lexentry: eng/creationism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: creationism
trans_list: créationnisme
sense:
Any creationary belief, especially a belief that the origin of things is due to an event or process of creation brought about by the deliberate act of any divine agency, such as a Creator God.


lexentry: eng/creative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creative
trans_list: créatif
sense:
Tending to create things, or having the ability to create; often, excellently, in a novel fashion, or any or all of these.


lexentry: eng/creative_work__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creative work
trans_list: œuvre
sense:
(chiefly, copyright) A tangible manifestation of creative effort, such as literature, music, paintings, and software.


lexentry: eng/creator__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: creator
trans_list: créateur | créatrice
sense:
(social media) Ellipsis of content creator, someone who regularly produces and publishes content on social media, especially of a monetizable nature.


lexentry: eng/credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: credit
trans_list: générique
sense:
(television/film, usually, in the plural) Written titles and other information about the TV program or movie shown at the beginning and/or end of the TV program or movie.


lexentry: eng/credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: credit
trans_list: crédit
sense:
(uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.


lexentry: eng/credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: credit
trans_list: crédit
sense:
(accounting) An addition to certain accounts; the side of an account on which payments received are entered.


lexentry: eng/credit__Noun__1
sense_num: 14
written_rep: credit
trans_list: crédit
sense:
(countable) A course credit, a credit hour – used as measure if enough courses have been taken for graduation.


lexentry: eng/credit_card__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit card
trans_list: carte de crédit
sense:
(banking) A plastic card, usually with a magnetic strip or an embedded microchip, connected to a credit account and used to buy goods or services.


lexentry: eng/credit_crunch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit crunch
trans_list: resserrement de crédit
sense:
(economics, finance) A period of economic crisis in which credit and investment capital are difficult to obtain.


lexentry: eng/credit_note__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit note
trans_list: note de crédit
sense:
(accounting) A commercial document issued by a seller to adjust downwards the amount of an invoice already issued, i.e. to cancel part or all of it.


lexentry: eng/credit_rating__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit rating
trans_list: notation de crédit | notation financière
sense:
(finance) An estimate, based on a company, government or person's history of borrowing and repayment or available financial resources, that is used by creditors to determine the maximum amount of credit that can be extended without undue risk.


lexentry: eng/credit_score__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit score
trans_list: évaluation des risques-clients
sense:
(finance) A measure of credit risk, usually for a consumer, calculated from credit information using a standardized formula.


lexentry: eng/credit_transfer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit transfer
trans_list: transfert
sense:
A method of payment in which an amount of money (credit) is transferred directly from one account to another, in the same or different bank


lexentry: eng/credit_union__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credit union
trans_list: banque coopérative
sense:
(finance) A financial cooperative similar to a bank but owned and controlled by its members, often restricted to a local area or sometimes to a single profession.


lexentry: eng/credo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: credo
trans_list: crédo
sense:
A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.


lexentry: eng/creed__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creed
trans_list: crédo
sense:
That which is believed; accepted doctrine, especially religious doctrine; a particular set of beliefs; any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.


lexentry: eng/creed__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: creed
trans_list: crédo
sense:
(specifically, religion) A reading or statement of belief that summarizes the faith it represents; a confession of faith for public use, especially one which is brief and comprehensive.


lexentry: eng/creek__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creek
trans_list: crique
sense:
(British) A small inlet, often saltwater, leading to the sea or to the main channel of a river, especially a river estuary.


lexentry: eng/creek__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: creek
trans_list: ruisseau
sense:
(Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A stream of water, typically a stream of freshwater smaller than a river; in Australia, also used of river-sized bodies of water.


lexentry: eng/creep__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: creep
trans_list: fatigue | fluage
sense:
(materials science) An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.


lexentry: eng/creeper__Noun__1
sense_num: 10
written_rep: creeper
trans_list: plante grimpante
sense:
Any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping, especially a climbing plant of the genus Parthenocissus.


lexentry: eng/crema__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crema
trans_list: crème fraîche
sense:
A Mexican foodstuff, the Mexican version of crème fraîche or sour cream. Its fat content is usually higher than that of sour cream, and it is thinner and less sour.


lexentry: eng/crenellation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crenellation
trans_list: créneaux | crénelage
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture.


lexentry: eng/creole__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creole
trans_list: créole | langue créole
sense:
(linguistics) A language formed from two or more languages which has developed from a pidgin to become a first language.


lexentry: eng/creolistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creolistics
trans_list: créolistique
sense:
(linguistics) The branch of linguistics concerned with the study of creole languages and literatures.


lexentry: eng/creolize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: creolize
trans_list: créoliser
sense:
(linguistics) To cause a pidgin language rapidly expanding in vocabulary and grammatical rules to become ultimately a creole.


lexentry: eng/crepida__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crepida
trans_list: crépide
sense:
(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome) A type of footwear consisting of a sole attached to the foot with fairly elaborate straps, distinguished by the Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans from sandals proper but now usually considered a style of sandal.


lexentry: eng/crepitation__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crepitation
trans_list: crépitation
sense:
A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air.


lexentry: eng/crepuscular_ray__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crepuscular ray
trans_list: pied-de-vent
sense:
A sunbeam seen just after sunset or just before sunrise, caused by a cloud below the horizon and dust particles in the air above the horizon.


lexentry: eng/crescendo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crescendo
trans_list: crescendo
sense:
(music) An instruction to play gradually more loudly, denoted by a long, narrow angle with its apex on the left ( < ), by musicians called a hairpin.


lexentry: eng/crescent__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crescent
trans_list: croissant
sense:
The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.


lexentry: eng/crescent_moon__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crescent moon
trans_list: croissant de lune
sense:
The Moon as it appears early in its first quarter or late in its last quarter, when only a small arc-shaped section of the visible portion is illuminated by the Sun.


lexentry: eng/cress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cress
trans_list: cresson
sense:
(plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.


lexentry: eng/cresset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cresset
trans_list: torchère
sense:
(coopering) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible.


lexentry: eng/crest__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crest
trans_list: crête
sense:
A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.


lexentry: eng/crest__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crest
trans_list: aigrette | huppe
sense:
The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.


lexentry: eng/crest__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: crest
trans_list: cimier
sense:
(heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like.


lexentry: eng/crested_tit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crested tit
trans_list: mésange huppée
sense:
Lophophanes cristatus, a small bird of the tit family Paridae, with an erectile crest, the tip of which is often recurved.


lexentry: eng/cretin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cretin
trans_list: crétin
sense:
(medicine, archaic) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. [from 1779]


lexentry: eng/cretinism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cretinism
trans_list: crétinisme
sense:
(medicine, archaic) A condition of severely stunted physical and mental growth due to the untreated congenital deficiency of thyroid hormones.


lexentry: eng/crew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crew
trans_list: équipage | équipe
sense:
A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat, airplane, or spacecraft.


lexentry: eng/cri_du_chat_syndrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cri du chat syndrome
trans_list: maladie du cri du chat | syndrome du cri du chat
sense:
(medicine) A rare genetic disorder identified by the catlike cry of the infant, caused by an absence of some genetic material on the fifth chromosome.


lexentry: eng/crib__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crib
trans_list: berceau
sense:
(US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.


lexentry: eng/crib__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: crib
trans_list: huche
sense:
A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.


lexentry: eng/crib__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: crib
trans_list: antisèche
sense:
(usually, in the plural) A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.


lexentry: eng/cribbage__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cribbage
trans_list: crib
sense:
(card games) A point-counting card game for two players, with variants for three or four players; the cribbage board used for scoring to 61 or 121 points in numerous small increments is characteristic.


lexentry: eng/cribellum__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cribellum
trans_list: cribellum
sense:
(zoology) A spinning organ having many fine pores, situated in front of the spinners in some araneomorph spiders.


lexentry: eng/cricket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cricket
trans_list: grillon | cri-cri | criquet
sense:
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.


lexentry: eng/cricothyrotomy__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cricothyrotomy
trans_list: coniotomie | cricothyroïdotomie
sense:
(surgery) An incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane to establish a patent airway during certain life-threatening situations, such as airway obstruction by a foreign body, angioedema, or massive facial trauma.


lexentry: eng/crime_against_humanity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crime against humanity
trans_list: crime contre l'humanité
sense:
(now, chiefly, legal) A very destructive and immoral act; later specifically, something causing widespread human misery or loss of life; an atrocity. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/crime_of_passion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crime of passion
trans_list: crime passionnel
sense:
(law, criminology) A crime, typically a violent crime such as assault or murder, committed against a loved one because of sudden jealous rage or heartbreak rather than as a premeditated act.


lexentry: eng/crime_scene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crime scene
trans_list: scène de crime
sense:
The location of a crime, especially one at which forensic evidence is collected in a controlled manner.


lexentry: eng/criminal_code__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: criminal code
trans_list: code pénal | code criminel
sense:
(legal) A document which compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.


lexentry: eng/criminalization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: criminalization
trans_list: criminalisation | pénalisation
sense:
The act of making a previously legal activity illegal, the act of making something a criminal offence.


lexentry: eng/crimini__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crimini
trans_list: champignon de Paris
sense:
A dark brown edible mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, that has a rounded cap; called a portobello when mature


lexentry: eng/cringe__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cringe
trans_list: cringe
sense:
(uncountable, slang, derogatory) Things, particularly online content, which would cause an onlooker to cringe from secondhand embarrassment.


lexentry: eng/cringe__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cringe
trans_list: gêner
sense:
(intransitive, figuratively) To experience an inward feeling of disgust, embarrassment, or fear; (by extension) to feel very embarrassed.


lexentry: eng/cringeworthiness__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cringeworthiness
trans_list: cringe
sense:
The property of being cringeworthy; awkwardness or embarrassment which causes an onlooker to cringe.


lexentry: eng/cripple__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cripple
trans_list: estropié | infirme
sense:
(offensive) A person who has severely impaired physical abilities because of deformation, injury, or amputation of parts of the body.


lexentry: eng/crisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crisis
trans_list: crise
sense:
An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.


lexentry: eng/crisis__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crisis
trans_list: crise
sense:
(medicine) A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.


lexentry: eng/criterion__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: criterion
trans_list: critère
sense:
A standard, test, or requirement by which individual things or people may be compared and judged; a gauge.


lexentry: eng/critical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: critical
trans_list: critique
sense:
(medicine) Of a patient condition involving unstable vital signs and a prognosis that predicts the condition could worsen; or, a patient condition that requires urgent treatment in an intensive care or critical care medical facility.


lexentry: eng/critical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 09
written_rep: critical
trans_list: critique
sense:
(physics) Of a temperature that is equal to the temperature of the critical point of a substance, i.e. the temperature above which the substance cannot be liquefied.


lexentry: eng/critical_condition__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: critical condition
trans_list: état critique
sense:
(medicine) A precarious state of health of a person, who is in need of intensive care to remain alive. (This entry is a translation hub.)


lexentry: eng/critical_mass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: critical mass
trans_list: masse critique
sense:
(nuclear physics) The minimum amount of fissile material needed to support a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.


lexentry: eng/critical_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: critical point
trans_list: point critique
sense:
(thermodynamics) The temperature and pressure at which the vapour density of the gas and liquid phases of a fluid are equal, at which point there is no difference between gas and liquid.


lexentry: eng/critical_point__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: critical point
trans_list: point critique
sense:
(mathematics) A point at which the derivative of a function is zero or undefined, such as a minimum, a maximum, a point of inflection or, in multivariate calculus, a saddle point.


lexentry: eng/critical_section__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: critical section
trans_list: section critique
sense:
(programming) A piece of code that accesses a shared resource that must not be concurrently accessed by more than one thread of execution.


lexentry: eng/critical_thinking__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: critical thinking
trans_list: esprit critique | pensée critique
sense:
The application of logical principles, rigorous standards of evidence, and careful reasoning to the analysis and discussion of claims, beliefs, and issues.


lexentry: eng/critically_endangered__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: critically endangered
trans_list: en danger critique
sense:
(wildlife conservation, official classification) Of a species or other low-rank taxa, whose population is so small that they are very likely to go extinct in the wild.


lexentry: eng/croak__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: croak
trans_list: crever | buter | clamser
sense:
To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.


lexentry: eng/crockery__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crockery
trans_list: vaisselle
sense:
Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.


lexentry: eng/crocket__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crocket
trans_list: crochet
sense:
(architectural element) Any of a series of hook-shaped decorative floral elements used in Gothic architecture.


lexentry: eng/crocodile__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crocodile
trans_list: crocodile
sense:
Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the alligators, caimans and gavials.


lexentry: eng/crocus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crocus
trans_list: crocus
sense:
A perennial flowering plant (of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family). Saffron is obtained from the stamens of Crocus sativus.


lexentry: eng/croft__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croft
trans_list: crochet
sense:
An enclosed piece of land, usually small and arable and used for small-scale food production, and often with a dwelling next to it; in particular, such a piece of land rented to a farmer (a crofter), especially in Scotland, together with a right to use separate pastureland shared by other crofters.


lexentry: eng/cromlech__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cromlech
trans_list: cromlec'h | cromlech
sense:
A dolmen or ancient underground tomb in Wales, usually made with stones disposed in a circular shape.


lexentry: eng/cronut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cronut
trans_list: cronut
sense:
A pastry which combines characteristics of a croissant and a doughnut. A croissant-based donut. A breadstuff shaped like a donut and made from croissant dough.


lexentry: eng/crony_capitalism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crony capitalism
trans_list: copinage
sense:
(politics, idiomatic) A form of capitalism in which success in business depends on corrupt close relationships with government officials, often implying favouritism.


lexentry: eng/cronyism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cronyism
trans_list: copinage | favoritisme
sense:
(originally, US, derogatory) Favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications; especially (politics) , in their appointment to political positions.


lexentry: eng/crook__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: crook
trans_list: courbe
sense:
(obsolete) A support beam consisting of a post with a cross-beam resting upon it; a bracket or truss consisting of a vertical piece, a horizontal piece, and a strut.


lexentry: eng/crook__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: crook
trans_list: houlette
sense:
A specialized staff with a semi-circular bend (a "hook") at one end used by shepherds to control their herds.


lexentry: eng/croon__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croon
trans_list: chantonner
sense:
To hum or sing (a song or tune), or to speak (words), softly in a low pitch or in a sentimental manner; specifically, to sing (a popular song) in a low, mellow voice.


lexentry: eng/crop__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: crop
trans_list: jabot
sense:
(anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion or for regurgitation.


lexentry: eng/crop__Verb__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: crop
trans_list: découper | rogner
sense:
(transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.


lexentry: eng/crop_circle__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crop circle
trans_list: agroglyphe
sense:
An area in a field of crops where the stalks have been flattened into a circle or other geometric shape, performed as a prank or sometimes ascribed to UFO activity etc.


lexentry: eng/crop_milk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crop milk
trans_list: lait de jabot | lait de pigeon
sense:
A semi-solid substance, somewhat like pale yellow cottage cheese, secreted from the lining of the crop of (both male and female) pigeons and doves that is fed to their young (squabs) through regurgitation. An analog to crop milk is also secreted from the esophagus of flamingos and some penguins.


lexentry: eng/crop_rotation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crop rotation
trans_list: assolement
sense:
(agriculture) A farming practice in which the same land is used to grow different crops in successive seasons or years (when once the land would have been left fallow); used to prevent erosion and increase fertility.


lexentry: eng/croquembouche__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croquembouche
trans_list: croquembouche
sense:
A French dessert made by piling profiteroles and other crunchy sweets in a tall shape, then pouring caramel over them to hold them in place.


lexentry: eng/croquet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croquet
trans_list: croquet
sense:
(uncountable, games) A game played on a lawn, in which players use mallets to drive balls through hoops (wickets).


lexentry: eng/croquette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croquette
trans_list: croquette
sense:
(culinary) A minced, cooked food (usually meat or vegetables), which is deep-fried in fat and sometimes sprinkled with breadcrumbs.


lexentry: eng/croquis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croquis
trans_list: croquis
sense:
(arts) A quick and sketchy drawing, often of a live model. Croquis drawings are usually made in a few minutes, after which the model changes pose and another croquis is drawn.


lexentry: eng/crosier__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crosier
trans_list: crosse
sense:
A staff with a hooked end similar to a shepherd's crook, or with a cross at the end, carried by an abbot, bishop, or archbishop as a symbol of office.


lexentry: eng/cross-channel__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-channel
trans_list: outre-Manche | transmanche
sense:
(chiefly, Irish, dated, _, in, _, Britain) Relating to the body of water between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland (the Irish Sea, Saint George's Channel, and the North Channel); to, from, or in the other of the two islands


lexentry: eng/cross-country_skiing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-country skiing
trans_list: ski de fond
sense:
(sports) An endurance sport and method of getting about involving travelling on skis, uphill as well as downhill.


lexentry: eng/cross-country_skiing__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cross-country skiing
trans_list: ski de fond
sense:
(skiing) A leisure activity using cross-country skis and ski poles for traversing natural terrain during winter.


lexentry: eng/cross-cousin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-cousin
trans_list: cousin croisé
sense:
(anthropology) The child of one's father's sister or of one's mother's brother; a cousin related via opposite-gender siblings rather than same-gender ones (the latter being a parallel cousin).


lexentry: eng/cross-dresser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-dresser
trans_list: travelo | travesti
sense:
A person who wears clothing which society considers appropriate only for members of the opposite sex.


lexentry: eng/cross-dressing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-dressing
trans_list: transformisme
sense:
The wearing of clothing which society considers appropriate for the opposite sex rather than the wearer's sex.


lexentry: eng/cross-examination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-examination
trans_list: contre-interrogatoire
sense:
(legal) The interrogation or questioning of a witness by the party against whom they have been called and examined, in an attempt to prove or reveal something false or untold during direct examination.


lexentry: eng/cross-link__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-link
trans_list: interconnecter
sense:
(chemistry) To join polymer chains together to form one single molecule. An object made from a crosslinked material contains only one supergiant molecule. Crosslinking may take place through covalent bonds or ionic bonds


lexentry: eng/cross-purpose__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-purpose
trans_list: conflict
sense:
(idiomatic) A contrary or conflicting purpose or understanding, especially an unintentional or misconceived one.


lexentry: eng/cross-ratio__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-ratio
trans_list: birapport
sense:
(geometry) A special number associated with an ordered quadruple of collinear points, particularly points on a projective line, and preserved by the fractional linear transformations.


lexentry: eng/cross-reference__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-reference
trans_list: renvoi
sense:
A reference or direction in one place in a book or other source of information to information at another place in the same work.


lexentry: eng/cross-strait__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-strait
trans_list: relations transdétroit
sense:
Pertaining to relations between the People's Republic of China, commonly known as mainland China, and the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan.


lexentry: eng/cross-vote__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross-vote
trans_list: panacher
sense:
To vote for a candidate or political party other than one's preference, in order to block the election of a candidate one would prefer not to be elected.


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross
trans_list: croix
sense:
A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cross
trans_list: croix
sense:
(heraldry) Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cross
trans_list: croix
sense:
A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).


lexentry: eng/cross__Noun__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: cross
trans_list: croix
sense:
A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).


lexentry: eng/cross_country__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross country
trans_list: cross-country
sense:
(sports) A running sport popular in US high schools, colleges, etc., where participants race over varying terrain (e.g. golf courses, roads, etc.) in approximately 5- to 10-kilometre races. Abbreviated XC.


lexentry: eng/cross_fox__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross fox
trans_list: renard croisé
sense:
A red fox color morph with dark fur along its face, underside, paws, and tail. Named for the dark cross-shape across its back.


lexentry: eng/cross_sea__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross sea
trans_list: mer croisée
sense:
(nautical) A (dangerous) sea with two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over it shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.


lexentry: eng/cross_tabulation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross tabulation
trans_list: tableau croisé
sense:
(statistics) A presentation of data about categorical variable in a tabular form to aid in identifying a relationship between the variables.


lexentry: eng/cross_to_bear__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cross to bear
trans_list: croix
sense:
(idiomatic) A problem, or unpleasant or painful situation or person that one has to accept and deal with, although one finds it very difficult, or it causes trouble or worry over a long period of time.


lexentry: eng/crossbill__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossbill
trans_list: bec-croisé
sense:
Any of various finches of the genus Loxia, whose bill crosses over at the tips; they are specialist feeders on conifer cones.


lexentry: eng/crossed_cheque__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossed cheque
trans_list: chèque barré
sense:
(finance) An ordinary cheque with two transverse lines drawn across it, which have the effect of making it payable only through a banker.


lexentry: eng/crossfire__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossfire
trans_list: feux croisés
sense:
(military) An arrangement of two or more weapons so each can fire diagonally at something in front of a line between them.


lexentry: eng/crossguard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossguard
trans_list: garde
sense:
(swords) A metal bar fixed between, and at right angles to, the blade and the handle of a sword or other bladed weapon that stops an opponent's similar weapon from sliding along the blade and injuring the hand of the person wielding the sword.


lexentry: eng/crossing_guard__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossing guard
trans_list: agent municipal
sense:
A person who directs vehicular traffic so that pedestrians, especially students, may cross the right of way.


lexentry: eng/crossover__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: crossover
trans_list: crossover
sense:
(sometimes, derogatory) An SUV-like automobile built on a passenger car platform, e.g. the Pontiac Torrent.


lexentry: eng/crosspiece__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crosspiece
trans_list: barreau
sense:
A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.


lexentry: eng/crossroads__Noun__2
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crossroads
trans_list: carrefour | croisée des chemins
sense:
(figuratively, by analogy) A decision point; a turning point or opportunity to change a direction, a course, or a goal.


lexentry: eng/crosstalk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crosstalk
trans_list: diaphonie
sense:
(electronics) Undesirable signals from a neighbouring transmission circuit; undesired coupling between circuits.


lexentry: eng/crosstree__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crosstree
trans_list: barre de flèche
sense:
(nautical) A light timber or metal spreader fixed athwartships part way up a mast to spread the shrouds from higher up


lexentry: eng/crossword__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crossword
trans_list: mots croisés | grille de mots croisés | mot-croisé
sense:
(games, puzzles) A word puzzle in which interlocking words are entered usually horizontally and vertically into a grid based on clues given for each word.


lexentry: eng/crotch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crotch
trans_list: entrejambe
sense:
The ventral area (very bottom) of the human body between where the legs fork from the torso, in the area of the genitals and anus.


lexentry: eng/croton__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: croton
trans_list: croton
sense:
A tropical evergreen shrub (Codiaeum variegatum), having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.


lexentry: eng/crotonaldehyde__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crotonaldehyde
trans_list: crotonaldéhyde
sense:
(organic compound) The unsaturated aliphatic aldehyde CH3-CH=CH-CHO that is used in organic synthesis


lexentry: eng/crotonic_acid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crotonic acid
trans_list: acide crotonique
sense:
(carboxylic acid) An unsaturated organic acid, trans--CH3-CH=CH-COOH, found in croton oil and having many industrial uses; the cis- form is isocrotonic acid.


lexentry: eng/crouch__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crouch
trans_list: s'accroupir | se recroqueviller | se tapir
sense:
(intransitive) To bend down; to stoop low; to stand close to the ground with legs bent, like an animal when waiting for prey, or someone in fear.


lexentry: eng/croup__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: croup
trans_list: croup
sense:
(pathology) An infectious illness of the larynx, especially in young children, causing respiratory difficulty.


lexentry: eng/crow's_nest__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crow's nest
trans_list: nid-de-pie | vigie | gabie
sense:
(nautical) A small open-top shelter, originally a cask, on the top of the foremast, large enough to accommodate a lookout. It was used by whalers to watch for a blow (spout), or in icebound waters to seek a channel.


lexentry: eng/crow__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crow
trans_list: chanter | coqueriquer
sense:
(intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.


lexentry: eng/crowbar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crowbar
trans_list: pied-de-biche | pince-monseigneur
sense:
An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever to manually force things apart.


lexentry: eng/crowdfunding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crowdfunding
trans_list: financement participatif | sociofinancement | finance participative
sense:
(finance) Funding by many individuals pooling their money together for a common goal, usually via the Internet.


lexentry: eng/crowdsourcing__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crowdsourcing
trans_list: externalisation ouverte | production participative
sense:
The delegation of a task to a large diffuse group in order to introduce new or more developed skill sets and improve efficiency. There is usually no substantial monetary compensation involved.


lexentry: eng/crown__Noun__1
sense_num: 08
written_rep: crown
trans_list: couronne | sommet | fond
sense:
(religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.


lexentry: eng/crown__Noun__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: crown
trans_list: couronne
sense:
Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the korona, koruna, krona, króna, krone.


lexentry: eng/crown__Noun__1
sense_num: 21
written_rep: crown
trans_list: houppier | cime | houpier | milieu
sense:
(chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location.


lexentry: eng/crown__Noun__1
sense_num: 26
written_rep: crown
trans_list: couronne
sense:
(horology) The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.


lexentry: eng/crown__Verb__1
sense_num: 11
written_rep: crown
trans_list: couronner
sense:
Of a forest fire or bushfire, to spread to the crowns of the trees and thence move from tree to tree independent of the surface fire.


lexentry: eng/crown_jewels__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crown jewels
trans_list: bijoux de famille | joyaux de la couronne
sense:
(literally) The jewelry that accompany the office of rulership in a monarchy, i.e. crown, scepter, signet ring, etc.


lexentry: eng/crown_molding__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crown molding
trans_list: moulure couronnée | moulure de couronnement
sense:
(woodworking, interior decorating) A molding at the edge of a room between the ceiling and the wall.


lexentry: eng/crown_prince__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crown prince
trans_list: héritier
sense:
A person expected to inherit or take over an enterprise or undertaking once its current manager retires or dies.


lexentry: eng/crucial__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crucial
trans_list: crucial
sense:
Essential or decisive for determining the outcome or future of something; extremely important; vital.


lexentry: eng/crucible__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crucible
trans_list: creuset
sense:
(chemistry) A cup-shaped piece of laboratory equipment used to contain chemical compounds when heating them to very high temperatures.


lexentry: eng/crucible__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crucible
trans_list: creuset
sense:
A heat-resistant container in which metals are melted, usually at temperatures above 500°C, commonly made of graphite with clay as a binder.


lexentry: eng/crucible__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: crucible
trans_list: épreuve du feu | épreuve
sense:
(figuratively) A very difficult and trying experience, that acts as a refining or hardening process.


lexentry: eng/crucifer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crucifer
trans_list: crucifère
sense:
(botany) A member of the family Cruciferae (Brassicaceae), the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.


lexentry: eng/cruciferous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cruciferous
trans_list: crucifère
sense:
(botany) Of or relating to the crucifer plants or products from these plants; of the family Cruciferae, the cabbage family, including cabbage and mustard.


lexentry: eng/crucifix__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crucifix
trans_list: crucifix | croix
sense:
An ornamental or symbolic sculptural representation of Christ on a cross, often worn as a pendant or displayed in a Christian church.


lexentry: eng/cruet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cruet
trans_list: huilier
sense:
A small bottle or container used to hold a condiment, such as salt, pepper, oil, or vinegar, for use at a dining table.


lexentry: eng/cruise_control__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cruise control
trans_list: régulateur de vitesse
sense:
A system that maintains a vehicle at constant set speed, usually until the brake or accelerator is pressed.


lexentry: eng/cruise_ship__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cruise ship
trans_list: navire de croisière
sense:
(nautical) A passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience.


lexentry: eng/cruiser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cruiser
trans_list: croiseur
sense:
(nautical, in the days of sail) A frigate or other vessel, detached from the fleet, to cruise independently in search of the enemy or its merchant ships.


lexentry: eng/cruiser__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cruiser
trans_list: croiseur
sense:
(military, nautical) A class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship.


lexentry: eng/cruiser__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: cruiser
trans_list: beach cruiser | cruiser
sense:
(cycling) A bicycle designed for low-speed, recreational use, usually characterized by balloon tires, upright seating, a single-speed drivetrain and expressive styling.


lexentry: eng/crumble__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crumble
trans_list: croustade | crumble
sense:
A dessert of British origin containing stewed fruit topped with a crumbly mixture of fat, flour, and sugar.


lexentry: eng/crumpet__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crumpet
trans_list: crumpet
sense:
A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round, made from batter and yeast, containing many small holes and served toasted, usually with butter.


lexentry: eng/crunch__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: crunch
trans_list: crunch
sense:
(exercise) A form of abdominal exercise, based on a sit-up but in which the lower back remains in contact with the floor.


lexentry: eng/crunch__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crunch
trans_list: compiler
sense:
(slang) To calculate or otherwise process (e.g. to crunch numbers: to perform mathematical calculations). Presumably from the sound made by mechanical calculators.


lexentry: eng/crusade__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crusade
trans_list: croisade
sense:
(historical) Any of the Papally-endorsed military expeditions undertaken by the Christians of Latin Europe in the 11th to 13th centuries to reconquer the Levant from the Muslims, as well as expeditions along the Baltic Sea and against the Cathars.


lexentry: eng/crusade__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: crusade
trans_list: croisade
sense:
(figuratively, sometimes, ironically) A grand, concerted effort towards some purportedly worthy cause.


lexentry: eng/crusade_bull__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crusade bull
trans_list: bulle de la sainte croisade
sense:
(historical, Roman Catholicism) A papal bull providing indulgences, dispensations from certain religious obligations, and absolution from certain ecclesiastical censures for the participants in a crusade, including those making donations for the cause.


lexentry: eng/crush__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crush
trans_list: écraser | écrabouiller
sense:
To press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass.


lexentry: eng/crush__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: crush
trans_list: écraser | écrabouiller | s'écraser
sense:
(intransitive) To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller volume or area, by external weight or force.


lexentry: eng/crust__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: crust
trans_list: croûte | écorce
sense:
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Canada, Northern US) A slice of bread cut from the end of a loaf; the heel.


lexentry: eng/crustacean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crustacean
trans_list: crustacé
sense:
Any arthropod of the subphylum Crustacea, including lobsters, crabs, shrimp, barnacles and woodlice, traditionally excluding hexapods.


lexentry: eng/crusty__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crusty
trans_list: acariâtre
sense:
(informal, figuratively, of a person or behavior) Short-tempered and gruff but, sometimes, with a harmless or benign inner nature.


lexentry: eng/crutch__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crutch
trans_list: béquille
sense:
A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg.


lexentry: eng/crutch__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: crutch
trans_list: soutien | support
sense:
Something or someone that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop


lexentry: eng/crwth__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crwth
trans_list: crouth | crwth | rote
sense:
(historical) An archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop each of the six strings on the fingerboard. Played variously by plucking or bowing.


lexentry: eng/cry_one's_eyes_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
sense: (idiomatic) To weep for an elongated time, or in an excessive manner.
written_rep: cry one's eyes out
trans_list:
pleurer comme une madeleine | pleurer toutes les larmes de son corps | pleurer à chaudes larmes | pleurer à mouchoir que veux-tu


lexentry: eng/cry_over_spilt_milk__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cry over spilt milk
trans_list: pleurer sur le lait renversé
sense:
(informal, idiomatic) To worry about unfortunate events which have already happened and which cannot be changed.


lexentry: eng/cry_wolf__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cry wolf
trans_list: crier au loup
sense:
(idiomatic) To raise a false alarm; to constantly warn others about an imagined threat, thereby failing to get assistance when a real threat appears.


lexentry: eng/cryovolcano__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryovolcano
trans_list: cryovolcan
sense:
(planetology, geology, vulcanology) A volcano on an icy moon that ejects volatile materials rather than magma.


lexentry: eng/crypto-Jew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crypto-Jew
trans_list: Crypto-juif
sense:
A person who, while publicly converting to another religion (such as Christianity or Islam), secretly practices Judaism.


lexentry: eng/cryptobiosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptobiosis
trans_list: anabiose
sense:
(biology) A state of life, entered by some organisms, in which all metabolic activity is temporarily halted


lexentry: eng/cryptobro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptobro
trans_list: crypto bro | crypto-bro | cryptobro
sense:
(slang, sometimes, _, derogatory) An enthusiastic cryptocurrency supporter, usually male, especially a dogmatic, condescending one.


lexentry: eng/cryptocurrency__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptocurrency
trans_list: cryptomonnaie
sense:
A digital currency based on a cryptographic system, usually having no central issuing or regulating authority.


lexentry: eng/cryptogam__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptogam
trans_list: cryptogame
sense:
Any plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts.


lexentry: eng/cryptography__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptography
trans_list: cryptographie
sense:
The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.


lexentry: eng/cryptomnesia__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptomnesia
trans_list: cryptomnésie
sense:
(chiefly, psychology, uncountable) The phenomenon of the reappearance of a long-forgotten memory as if it were a new experience; (countable) an instance of this. Contrast cryptaesthesia. [from 1900]


lexentry: eng/cryptovirology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptovirology
trans_list: cryptovirologie
sense:
(cryptography, computer security) The use of cryptography to design powerful malicious software such as ransomware and asymmetric backdoors.


lexentry: eng/cryptovirus__Noun__2
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cryptovirus
trans_list: crypto-verrouilleur | cryptorançongiciel | cryptovirus | logiciel de cryptoverrouillage
sense:
(computer security) A type of malware that is used for extortion by encrypting user files and asking for payment in exchange for the decryption key.


lexentry: eng/crystal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crystal
trans_list: cristal
sense:
(countable) A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions.


lexentry: eng/crystal_set__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crystal set
trans_list: poste de radio à cristal | poste à galène | récepteur à cristal
sense:
(electronics) An early radio receiver, having no electrical power supply except the radio waves themselves; it used a crystal of lead or cadmium sulphide and a wire (the cat's whisker) touching the crystal's surface.


lexentry: eng/crystal_system__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crystal system
trans_list: système cristallin
sense:
(crystallography) Any of the seven distinct symmetry classifications of crystals: cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, orthorhombic, monoclinic, triclinic and trigonal.


lexentry: eng/crystallization__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: crystallization
trans_list: cristallisation
sense:
The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.


lexentry: eng/csardas__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: csardas
trans_list: csardas | czardas
sense:
An intricate Hungarian folk dance characterized by variations in tempo. The two main parts are called lassú (slow) and friss (quick).


lexentry: eng/ctenophore__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: ctenophore
trans_list: cténaire | cténophore
sense:
Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming. [from 19th c.]


lexentry: eng/cub__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cub
trans_list: petit | cheau | lionceau | louveteau | ourson | renardeau
sense:
The young of certain animals, chiefly large carnivorous mammals, including the bear, wolf, fox, lion and tiger.


lexentry: eng/cube__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cube
trans_list: élever à la troisième puissance
sense:
(transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the third power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself twice.


lexentry: eng/cube_root__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cube root
trans_list: racine cubique
sense:
(mathematics) Of a number or expression, a number or expression the cube of which is equal to the given number or expression.


lexentry: eng/cubeb__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cubeb
trans_list: cubèbe | poivre à queue
sense:
A tailed pepper plant (Piper cubeba), an Indonesian plant cultivated for its berries and essential oil.


lexentry: eng/cubic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cubic
trans_list: cubique | cube
sense:
(geometry) Used in the names of units of volume formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself twice.


lexentry: eng/cubic_centimetre__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cubic centimetre
trans_list: centimètre cube
sense:
A unit of volume equal to that of a cube having sides each one centimetre in length, equal to 10⁻⁶ cubic metres and 1 millilitre. Commonly used in fluid measure and for engine sizes.


lexentry: eng/cubism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cubism
trans_list: cubisme
sense:
(often, capitalized) An artistic movement in the early 20th Century characterized by the depiction of natural forms as geometric structures of planes. [from 1900s]


lexentry: eng/cuboctahedron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuboctahedron
trans_list: cuboctaèdre
sense:
(geometry) An Archimedean solid that has fourteen faces (eight triangular and six square) and is both isogonal and isotoxal.


lexentry: eng/cuboid_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuboid bone
trans_list: cuboïde | os cuboïde
sense:
One of the seven tarsal bones, the most lateral of the bones in the distal row of the tarsus, and roughly cubical in shape.


lexentry: eng/cuckoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuckoo
trans_list: coucou
sense:
Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae within the order Cuculiformes, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially a common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), that has a characteristic two-note call.


lexentry: eng/cuckoo__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: cuckoo
trans_list: coucou | coucoulement
sense:
A person who inveigles themselves into a place where they should not be (used especially in the phrase a cuckoo in the nest).


lexentry: eng/cuckoo_clock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuckoo clock
trans_list: coucou
sense:
A clock that announces the time (hours and quarter hours) by a cuckoo sound, often equipped with a small cuckoo automaton.


lexentry: eng/cucumiform__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cucumiform
trans_list: cucumiforme
sense:
Shaped like a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and possibly curved.


lexentry: eng/cud__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cud
trans_list: herbe ruminée
sense:
The portion of food which is brought back into the mouth by ruminants from their rumen, to be chewed a second time.


lexentry: eng/cuddle__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cuddle
trans_list: câlin
sense:
(UK) An affectionate embrace, a hug, such as is given to family members and close friends (less intimate than a snuggle, and typically of shorter duration).


lexentry: eng/cuddle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuddle
trans_list: câliner
sense:
(US, intransitive, transitive) To lie together snugly (with someone), in an intimate physical embrace; to snuggle.


lexentry: eng/cue__Noun__2
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cue
trans_list: signal | signe
sense:
The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.


lexentry: eng/cue__Noun__3
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cue
trans_list: queue de billard | queue
sense:
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.


lexentry: eng/cue_ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cue ball
trans_list: bille de choc
sense:
(snooker, pool, billiards) The white ball which, stricken by the cue, collides with the other balls to achieve the object of the particular game.


lexentry: eng/cuisine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuisine
trans_list: cuisine | art culinaire
sense:
(countable, uncountable) A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.


lexentry: eng/cul-de-sac__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cul-de-sac
trans_list: bout de [[cul-de-sac]] résidentiel
sense:
A circular area at the end of a dead end street to allow cars to turn around, designed so children can play on the street, with little or no through-traffic.


lexentry: eng/culantro__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culantro
trans_list: coriandre chinoise | coriandre longue
sense:
The tropical herb Eryngium foetidum, native to Mexico, Central America and South America but cultivated worldwide, used medicinally and in Caribbean cuisine. (See Usage notes below for this sense.)


lexentry: eng/culinary_linguistics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culinary linguistics
trans_list: linguistique culinaire
sense:
(linguistics) A sub-branch of applied linguistics that is the study of food and language across various interdisciplinary fields.


lexentry: eng/culminate__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culminate
trans_list: culminer
sense:
(intransitive, astronomy) Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.


lexentry: eng/culminate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: culminate
trans_list: culminer
sense:
(intransitive, figuratively) To reach a climax; to come to a decisive point, especially an end or conclusion.


lexentry: eng/culmination__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culmination
trans_list: culmination
sense:
(astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.


lexentry: eng/culpable__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culpable
trans_list: coupable
sense:
Meriting condemnation, censure or blame, especially as something wrong, harmful or injurious; blameworthy, guilty.


lexentry: eng/cult__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cult
trans_list: culte
sense:
(religion) The veneration, devotion, and religious rites given to a deity (especially in a historical polytheistic context), or (in a Christian context) to a saint; a subset of worship.


lexentry: eng/cult__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cult
trans_list: culte | secte
sense:
(chiefly, derogatory) A group, sect or movement following an unorthodox religious or philosophical system of beliefs, especially one in which members remove and exclude themselves from greater society, including family members not part of the cult, and show extreme devotion to a charismatic leader.


lexentry: eng/cult_of_personality__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cult of personality
trans_list: culte de la personnalité
sense:
A situation where a leader (often a dictator) has been idolized and made into a national or group icon and is revered as a result.


lexentry: eng/cultivar__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultivar
trans_list: cultivar
sense:
A cultivated (not necessarily botanical) variety of a plant species or hybrid of two species. [from 1923]


lexentry: eng/cultivate__Verb__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cultivate
trans_list: cultiver
sense:
To turn or stir soil in preparation for planting or as a method of weed control between growing crop plants.


lexentry: eng/cultivator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultivator
trans_list: motoculteur
sense:
Any of several devices used to loosen or stir the soil, either to remove weeds or to provide aeration and drainage.


lexentry: eng/cultural_Bolshevism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultural Bolshevism
trans_list: bolchevisme culturel
sense:
(Nazism, politics, historical) Those cultural elements that were perceived by the Nazi party to be propagating politically undesirable Bolshevik ideas.


lexentry: eng/cultural_Marxism__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cultural Marxism
trans_list: marxisme culturel
sense:
(Marxism, academia) A form of Marxism perceived as subsumed by capitalism and thus as unauthentic by its critics (usually other Marxists).


lexentry: eng/cultural_anthropology__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultural anthropology
trans_list: anthropologie culturelle
sense:
(anthropology) The field of anthropology that studies human behavior, culture, and social interaction; one of four commonly recognized fields of anthropology.


lexentry: eng/cultural_appropriation__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultural appropriation
trans_list: appropriation culturelle
sense:
(sociology) The (often financially) exploitative, oppressive and/or inaccurate cooption of elements of one culture by members of a different culture, often of those which have a history of stigmatisation.


lexentry: eng/cultural_capital__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultural capital
trans_list: capital culturel
sense:
(sociology) The social assets of a person, such as education, intellect, style of speech or dress, etc. that promote social mobility.


lexentry: eng/cultural_imperialism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultural imperialism
trans_list: impérialisme culturel
sense:
(chiefly, depreciative) The imposition of a dominant nation's culture onto a nondominant nation, often through the export of cultural products such as film and music.


lexentry: eng/cultural_studies__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cultural studies
trans_list: études culturelles
sense:
A diverse field of study which examines representations of culture through a variety of academic theories.


lexentry: eng/culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culture
trans_list: culture
sense:
The arts, customs, lifestyles, background, and habits that characterize humankind, or a particular society or nation.


lexentry: eng/culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: culture
trans_list: culture
sense:
The conventional conducts and ideologies of a community; the system comprising the accepted norms and values of a society.


lexentry: eng/culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: culture
trans_list: culture
sense:
(anthropology) Any knowledge passed from one generation to the next, not necessarily with respect to human beings.


lexentry: eng/culture__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: culture
trans_list: culture
sense:
(microbiology) The process of growing a bacterial or other biological entity in an artificial medium.


lexentry: eng/culture__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culture
trans_list: cultiver
sense:
(transitive) to maintain in an environment suitable for growth (especially of bacteria) (compare cultivate)


lexentry: eng/culture_hero__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culture hero
trans_list: héros culturel
sense:
(idiomatic) A mythical character or real person who is renowned as the exemplar of the values or achievements of a society, group, or time period.


lexentry: eng/culture_shock__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: culture shock
trans_list: choc culturel | choc des cultures
sense:
(anthropology, sociology) A state of anxious confusion experienced by someone exposed to an alien or unfamiliar environment.


lexentry: eng/culture_war__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: culture war
trans_list: guerre culturelle
sense:
(often, in plural) Conflict between different ideological groups, especially political conflict for cultural dominance between liberals and conservatives in the United States.


lexentry: eng/cum_dumpster__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cum dumpster
trans_list: vide-couilles
sense:
(vulgar, derogatory, offensive, slang) A sexually promiscuous person, usually a woman or bottom, who has sexual relations with men who often ejaculate in their body cavities.


lexentry: eng/cumacean__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cumacean
trans_list: cumacé
sense:
(taxonomic name, zoology) Any small marine crustacean of the order Cumacea, closely related to tanaidaceans.


lexentry: eng/cummerbund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cummerbund
trans_list: large ceinture
sense:
(fashion) A broad sash, especially one that is pleated lengthwise and worn as an article of formal dress, as around a man's waist together with a tuxedo or dinner jacket. [from early 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/cumshot__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cumshot
trans_list: coup de foutre
sense:
(vulgar, slang) A sex act in pornographic films in which a person ejaculates onto their partner's body.


lexentry: eng/cumslut__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cumslut
trans_list: accro au sperme | avaleuse
sense:
(slang, vulgar, usually, derogatory) A person who badly wants to receive another person's semen, particularly in the mouth to be swallowed.


lexentry: eng/cumulative__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cumulative
trans_list: cumulé | cumulée
sense:
Incorporating all current and previous data up to the present or at the time of measuring or collating.


lexentry: eng/cuneiform__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuneiform
trans_list: cunéiforme
sense:
An ancient Mesopotamian writing system, adapted within several language families, originating as pictograms in Sumer around the 30th century BC, evolving into more abstract and characteristic wedge shapes formed by a blunt reed stylus on clayen tablets.


lexentry: eng/cunning__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cunning
trans_list: fourberie | sournoiserie
sense:
The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.


lexentry: eng/cunning_folk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cunning folk
trans_list: devins-guérisseurs | leveurs de sorts
sense:
(historical) professional or semi-professional practitioners of magic (who were often charlatans) who were active from at least the 15th up until the early 20th century.


lexentry: eng/cunt__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cunt
trans_list: con | connard | salaud
sense:
(vulgar, offensive, originally, synecdochically
, countable) An extremely unpleasant or objectionable person (in US, especially a woman; in Commonwealth more usually a man).


lexentry: eng/cup-and-ball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cup-and-ball
trans_list: bilboquet
sense:
A traditional children's toy consisting of a hand-held wooden cup with a ball attached by a string. The player jerks the ball into the air and attempts to catch it in the cup.


lexentry: eng/cupboard__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cupboard
trans_list: armoire | placard | buffet
sense:
A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.


lexentry: eng/curare__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: curare
trans_list: curare
sense:
A substance containing the alkaloid D-tubocurarine, used historically as a muscle relaxant during surgery.


lexentry: eng/curassow__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curassow
trans_list: hocco
sense:
Any of several species of bird in the genera Nothocrax, Mitu, Pauxi, and Crax of the Cracidae family, limited to the Americas.


lexentry: eng/curator__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curator
trans_list: conservateur | conservatrice
sense:
A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.


lexentry: eng/curaçao__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curaçao
trans_list: curaçao
sense:
A liqueur made from eau de vie, sugar, and dried peel of sweet and sour oranges, naturally colorless but typically artificially colored blue.


lexentry: eng/curb_bit__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curb bit
trans_list: mors
sense:
(equestrian) A type of bit used on a bridle, which works by leverage and has shanks and a curb chain.


lexentry: eng/curd__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curd
trans_list: lait caillé | caillot
sense:
The part of milk that coagulates when it sours or is treated with enzymes; used to make cottage cheese, dahi, etc.


lexentry: eng/curdle__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curdle
trans_list: cailler
sense:
(ambitransitive) To form curds so that it no longer flows smoothly; to cause to form such curds. (usually said of milk)


lexentry: eng/curdle__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: curdle
trans_list: coaguler
sense:
(ambitransitive) To clot or coagulate; to cause to congeal, such as through cold. (metaphorically of blood)


lexentry: eng/cure__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cure
trans_list: guérison | durcissement | prise
sense:
An act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health after a disease, or to soundness after injury.


lexentry: eng/curette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curette
trans_list: curette
sense:
(medicine, dentistry) A hand-held surgical instrument, often with a scoop or hook at its tip, used for cleaning or debriding biological tissue.


lexentry: eng/curfew__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: curfew
trans_list: couvre-feu
sense:
(historical) A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.


lexentry: eng/curiosity__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curiosity
trans_list: curiosité
sense:
(uncountable) Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring. [from 17th c.]


lexentry: eng/curious__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curious
trans_list: curieux
sense:
Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.


lexentry: eng/curl__Noun__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: curl
trans_list: rotationnel
sense:
(calculus, proper noun) The vector operator, denoted \rm{curl}\; or \vec{\nabla}\times\vec{\left(\cdot\right)}, that generates this field.


lexentry: eng/curl_up__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: curl up
trans_list: se blottir | se pelotonner | se recroqueviller
sense:
(intransitive) to shape one's body into a somewhat ball-like shape, with one's legs tucked into the abdomen, especially for cosiness or for protection.


lexentry: eng/curlew__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curlew
trans_list: courlis
sense:
Any of several migratory wading birds in the genus Numenius, remarkable for their long, slender, downcurved bills.


lexentry: eng/curling__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: curling
trans_list: curling
sense:
(uncountable) A winter sport where players aim and slide stones down a sheet of ice and attempt to get their color stones closest to the house (a circular target marked on the ice).


lexentry: eng/current__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: current
trans_list: courant
sense:
The part of a fluid that moves continuously in a certain direction, especially (oceanography) ellipsis of ocean current.


lexentry: eng/current_asset__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: current asset
trans_list: actif circulant
sense:
(accounting) An asset on the balance sheet which is expected to be sold or otherwise used up in the near future, usually within one year, or one business cycle - whichever is longer, such as cash, accounts receivable, and inventory.


lexentry: eng/current_liability__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: current liability
trans_list: dette circulante
sense:
(accounting) A liability or financial obligation which will come due in the near-term (often within one year).


lexentry: eng/curriculum_vitae__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curriculum vitae
trans_list: curriculum vitæ | CV
sense:
(UK) A written account of one's life comprising one's education, accomplishments, work experience, publications, etc.; especially, one used to apply for a job.


lexentry: eng/curry_leaf__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curry leaf
trans_list: feuille de cari
sense:
The leaf of the curry tree, Murraya koenigii, which is used in Indian and Thai cooking (but not in curry powder).


lexentry: eng/currying__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: currying
trans_list: curryfication
sense:
(computing) The technique of converting a function that takes multiple arguments into a sequence of functions that each take a single argument.


lexentry: eng/currywurst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: currywurst
trans_list: saucisse grillée au curry
sense:
A German national dish consisting of hot pork sausage cut into slices and seasoned with curry ketchup.


lexentry: eng/curse__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: curse
trans_list: jurer | gronder
sense:
To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.


lexentry: eng/cursor__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cursor
trans_list: curseur
sense:
A part of any of several scientific or measuring instruments that moves back and forth to indicate a position.


lexentry: eng/curtain-raiser__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curtain-raiser
trans_list: audition
sense:
(performing arts) In a theater, an initial play, musical performance, etc which precedes the main performance.


lexentry: eng/curtsey__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curtsey
trans_list: révérence
sense:
A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses the shin of one leg behind the calf of her other leg and briefly bends her knees to lower her body in deference.


lexentry: eng/curve-billed_thrasher__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curve-billed thrasher
trans_list: moqueur à bec courbe
sense:
A non-migratory species of mimid native to the southwestern United States and much of Mexico, Toxostoma curvirostre.


lexentry: eng/curve__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: curve
trans_list: courbes | courbe
sense:
A grading system based on the scale of performance of a group used to normalize a right-skewed grade distribution (with more lower scores) into a bell curve, so that more can receive higher grades, regardless of their actual knowledge of the subject.


lexentry: eng/curve__Noun__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: curve
trans_list: courbe
sense:
(geometry) A one-dimensional figure of non-zero length; the graph of a continuous map from a one-dimensional space.


lexentry: eng/curveball__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: curveball
trans_list: balle courbe
sense:
(baseball) A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"


lexentry: eng/cuscus__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuscus
trans_list: couscous
sense:
Any arboreal marsupial of genera Ailurops, Phalanger, Spilocuscus, and Strigocuscus, all in the family Phalangeridae, native to Australia.


lexentry: eng/cushaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cushaw
trans_list: courge du Mexique
sense:
Any of certain cultivars of Cucurbita argyrosperma (Cucurbita mixta), one of the species of winter squash.


lexentry: eng/cushion__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cushion
trans_list: bande
sense:
(sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back.


lexentry: eng/cushy_number__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cushy number
trans_list: boulot peinard | boulot pépère | planque | sinécure
sense:
(Britain, informal) A job or task that is easy to do; a position that requires little work or is undemanding; a sinecure.


lexentry: eng/cusp__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cusp
trans_list: point de rebroussement
sense:
(geometry) A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.


lexentry: eng/custard__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: custard
trans_list: crème anglaise | crème pâtissière | custard
sense:
(by extension) A similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat.


lexentry: eng/custom-made__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: custom-made
trans_list: personnalisé | sur mesure
sense:
Made according to the needs of a particular person or group (e.g., customer, health care patient, do-it-yourselfer), and thus specialized and, in some cases, unique.


lexentry: eng/custom__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: custom
trans_list: coutume
sense:
Frequent repetition of the same behavior; way of behavior common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; method of doing, living or behaving.


lexentry: eng/custom__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: custom
trans_list: coutume | us
sense:
(legal) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent. Compare prescription.


lexentry: eng/custom_house__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: custom house
trans_list: douane | bureau des douanes
sense:
An official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit


lexentry: eng/customer__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: customer
trans_list: chaland | chalande
sense:
(obsolete) A habitual patron, regular purchaser, returning client; a person or company who has a custom of buying from a particular business.


lexentry: eng/customer__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: customer
trans_list: client | cliente
sense:
A patron, a client; a person or company who purchases or receives a product or service from a business or merchant, or intends to do so.


lexentry: eng/custos__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: custos
trans_list: custode
sense:
(Roman Catholicism) A monastic superior, who, under the general of his order, has the direction of all the religious houses of the same fraternity in a given district, called a custody of the order.


lexentry: eng/cut__Verb__1
sense_num: 07
written_rep: cut
trans_list: couper
sense:
(transitive, computing) To remove (text, a picture, etc.) and place in memory in order to paste at a later time.


lexentry: eng/cut__Verb__1
sense_num: 13
written_rep: cut
trans_list: couper
sense:
(transitive, intransitive) To divide a pack of playing cards into two parts, often followed by placing the two parts back together in the opposite order.


lexentry: eng/cut_corners__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cut corners
trans_list: prendre des raccourcis
sense:
To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road.


lexentry: eng/cut_corners__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cut corners
trans_list: couper les coins ronds
sense:
(idiomatic) To do a less-than-thorough or incomplete job; to do something poorly; to take inappropriate shortcuts.


lexentry: eng/cut_from_the_same_cloth__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cut from the same cloth
trans_list: de la même trempe | être fait du même bois
sense:
(idiomatic) Of two or more persons or things, very similar; possessing many of the same fundamental characteristics.


lexentry: eng/cut_one's_losses__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cut one's losses
trans_list: arrêter les frais
sense:
To discontinue something to put a stop to continued losses after facing that it is unlikely it will ever bear fruit.


lexentry: eng/cut_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cut out
trans_list: arrêter
sense:
(transitive, informal) To refrain from (doing something, using something etc.), to stop or cease (doing something).


lexentry: eng/cut_out__Verb__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cut out
trans_list: caler
sense:
(intransitive) To stop working, to switch off; (of a person on the telephone etc.) to be inaudible, be disconnected.


lexentry: eng/cut_scene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cut scene
trans_list: cinématique
sense:
(video games) A usually non-interactive portion of cinematic narrative shown during a video game to advance the story. It may be presented with full motion video or may be rendered with the game engine.


lexentry: eng/cut_the_mustard__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cut the mustard
trans_list: faire le poids
sense:
(intransitive, idiomatic) To achieve the expected standard; to be effective or good enough; to suffice.


lexentry: eng/cutaneous__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cutaneous
trans_list: cutané | dermatologique | épidermique
sense:
(anatomy, zoology) Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis.


lexentry: eng/cutaway__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cutaway
trans_list: plan de coupe
sense:
(television, cinematography) A cut to a shot of person listening to a speaker so that the audience can see the listener's reaction.


lexentry: eng/cutaway__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cutaway
trans_list: échancrure
sense:
(music) An indentation in the upper bout of a guitar's body adjacent to the neck, allowing easier access to the upper frets.


lexentry: eng/cute__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cute
trans_list: mignon | chou
sense:
Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.


lexentry: eng/cute__Adjective__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cute
trans_list: joli | mignon
sense:
Lovable, charming, attractive or pleasing, especially in a youthful, dainty, quaint or fun-spirited way.


lexentry: eng/cuticle__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cuticle
trans_list: cuticule
sense:
(zoology, botany) A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants.


lexentry: eng/cutlass__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cutlass
trans_list: sabre d'abordage
sense:
(nautical) A short sword with a curved blade, and a convex edge; once used by sailors when boarding an enemy ship.


lexentry: eng/cutlet__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cutlet
trans_list: côtelette
sense:
A chop, a specific piece of meat (especially pork, chicken, or beef) cut from the side of an animal.


lexentry: eng/cutter__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cutter
trans_list: cotre
sense:
(nautical) A single-masted, fore-and-aft rigged, sailing vessel with at least two headsails, and a mast set further aft than that of a sloop.


lexentry: eng/cutting__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cutting
trans_list: bouture
sense:
(countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.


lexentry: eng/cutting_edge__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cutting edge
trans_list: pointe
sense:
(idiomatic, by extension, often with "on the") The forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.


lexentry: eng/cuttlefish__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuttlefish
trans_list: seiche
sense:
Any squid-like cephalopods (marine mollusks) of the order Sepiida that have eight arms, two retractable tentacles, and a calcareous internal shell, and can eject a dark ink when threatened.


lexentry: eng/cuttlefish_bone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuttlefish bone
trans_list: os de seiche | sépion
sense:
The calcareous, oval-shaped internal shell of a cuttlefish (order Sepiida), originally used in powdered form as an antacid and for absorbing moisture or polishing objects, and now chiefly as a dietary supplement for cage birds.


lexentry: eng/cuvette__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cuvette
trans_list: creuset
sense:
a pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table


lexentry: eng/cuvette__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cuvette
trans_list: cuvette
sense:
(analytical chemistry) a small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer


lexentry: eng/cy_pres__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cy pres
trans_list: aussi-près
sense:
(legal) In the law governing charitable trusts, the doctrine that a court may direct the funds of the trust to a best alternative, to be chosen when the original beneficiary or direction is no longer possible or practicable, e.g. because it has ceased to exist or was ambiguously named.


lexentry: eng/cy_pres__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cy pres
trans_list: aussi-près
sense:
(legal) In the law governing class action lawsuits, the doctrine that a court may direct the residue of the monetary award to a recipient such as a charity, if funds remain once payments to the identifiable class members have been completed and other expenses paid.


lexentry: eng/cyan__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyan
trans_list: cyan
sense:
An additive secondary colour midway between green and blue, evoked by wavelengths between ~490 and ~520 nm.


lexentry: eng/cyanide__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyanide
trans_list: cyanure
sense:
(inorganic compound, organic compound, countable) Any compound containing the -C≡N group or the CN− anion.


lexentry: eng/cyanidin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyanidin
trans_list: cyanidine
sense:
(organic compound) An anthocyanidin pigment, 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) chromenylium-3,5,7-triol, found in many red berries.


lexentry: eng/cyanoacrylate__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyanoacrylate
trans_list: cyanoacrylate
sense:
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of esters of cyanoacrylic acid that are used as instant adhesives.


lexentry: eng/cyberattack__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyberattack
trans_list: cyberattaque
sense:
An attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often for the purpose of spying.


lexentry: eng/cybernetic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cybernetic
trans_list: cybernétique
sense:
Of or relating to cybernetics—the mathematical study of communication and control in living organisms or machines.


lexentry: eng/cyberpunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyberpunk
trans_list: cyberpunk
sense:
(science fiction, uncountable) A subgenre of science fiction which focuses on computer or information technology and virtual reality juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.


lexentry: eng/cyberpunk__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cyberpunk
trans_list: cyberpunk
sense:
(music genre, uncountable) A musical genre related to the punk movement that makes use of electronic sounds such as synthesizers.


lexentry: eng/cybersex__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cybersex
trans_list: cybersexe
sense:
A virtual sexual encounter in which two or more persons connected remotely by means of a computer network send one another sexually explicit messages simulating a sexual experience.


lexentry: eng/cybersquatting__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cybersquatting
trans_list: accaparement de nom de domaine | cybersquattage | cybersquatting
sense:
(Internet) The registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it at a later date.


lexentry: eng/cyberterrorism__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyberterrorism
trans_list: cyberterrorisme
sense:
(computing) The deliberate, large-scale disruption of networks of computers, especially of computers attached to the Internet, by means of viruses etc.


lexentry: eng/cyclamen__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclamen
trans_list: cyclamen | artanite
sense:
Any of various primulaceous flowering plants, of the genus Cyclamen, widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and solitary flowers.


lexentry: eng/cycle_of_fifths__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cycle of fifths
trans_list: cycle des quintes
sense:
(music, _, theory) A sequence of bass notes at intervals of one perfect fifth lower than the previous note. In twelve-tone equal temperament the sequence repeats every twelve tones, forming a cycle.


lexentry: eng/cycle_rickshaw__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cycle rickshaw
trans_list: rickshaw
sense:
A rickshaw, mostly used as taxi, with two wheels in the back for the carriage and one wheel for steering in the front (or sometimes vice versa), propelled by the action of a driver’s feet upon pedals.


lexentry: eng/cyclic_redundancy_check__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclic redundancy check
trans_list: CRC | contrôle de redondance cyclique
sense:
(computing) A type of hash function that produces a checksum used to detect and correct transmission errors in data (abbreviation CRC).


lexentry: eng/cyclize__Verb__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclize
trans_list: cycliser
sense:
(chemistry, ambitransitive) To undergo, or cause to undergo, a reaction resulting in the formation of an aromatic or ring structure.


lexentry: eng/cyclocross__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclocross
trans_list: cyclo-cross
sense:
(cycle racing) A form of bicycle racing consisting of many laps of a short course featuring pavement, wooded trails, grass, steep hills and obstacles and requiring the rider to quickly dismount, carry the bike whilst navigating the obstruction and remount in one motion.


lexentry: eng/cyclodextrin__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclodextrin
trans_list: cyclodextrine
sense:
(carbohydrate) Any of a class of cyclic oligosaccharides consisting of glucopyranose residues linked as in amylose; cycloamylose.


lexentry: eng/cyclogenesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclogenesis
trans_list: cyclogenèse
sense:
(meteorology) The process which leads to the formation of tropical storms, cyclones and hurricanes; typically involves an interaction that leads to vertical wind shear.


lexentry: eng/cyclohexane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclohexane
trans_list: cyclohexane
sense:
(organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C6H12, consisting of a ring of six carbon atoms; a volatile liquid.


lexentry: eng/cyclohexene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclohexene
trans_list: cyclohexène
sense:
(organic compound) A cyclic hydrocarbon containing six carbon atoms and one double bond; any of its derivatives.


lexentry: eng/cycloid__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cycloid
trans_list: cycloïde
sense:
(geometry) The locus of a point on the circumference of a circle that rolls without slipping on a fixed straight line.


lexentry: eng/cyclomatic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclomatic
trans_list: cyclomatique
sense:
(graph theory) Used to describe the number of edges that must be removed from a graph to ensure that no graph cycle remains; equal to the number of edges, minus the number of nodes plus one.


lexentry: eng/cyclone__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclone
trans_list: cyclone
sense:
(broadly) Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.


lexentry: eng/cyclopentadiene__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclopentadiene
trans_list: cyclopentadiène
sense:
(organic compound) an unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon, C5H6; it forms complexes with some transition elements


lexentry: eng/cyclopentane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclopentane
trans_list: cyclopentane
sense:
(organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C5H10; a volatile inflammable liquid, sometimes used as a solvent.


lexentry: eng/cyclopropane__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclopropane
trans_list: cyclopropane
sense:
(organic compound, pharmaceutical drug) The simplest alicyclic hydrocarbon, C3H6, an inflammable gas, sometimes used as an anaesthetic.


lexentry: eng/cyclotron__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyclotron
trans_list: cyclotron
sense:
An early particle accelerator in which charged particles were generated at a central source and accelerated spirally outward through a fixed magnetic field and alternating electric fields.


lexentry: eng/cylinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cylinder
trans_list: cylindre
sense:
(geometry) A surface created by projecting a closed two-dimensional curve along an axis intersecting the plane of the curve.


lexentry: eng/cylinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 04
written_rep: cylinder
trans_list: cylindre | vérin
sense:
A cylindrical cavity or chamber in a mechanism, such as the counterpart to a piston found in a piston-driven engine.


lexentry: eng/cylinder__Noun__1
sense_num: 06
written_rep: cylinder
trans_list: barillet
sense:
A container in the form of a cylinder with rounded ends for storing pressurized gas; a gas cylinder.


lexentry: eng/cylinder_head__Noun__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: cylinder head
trans_list: culasse
sense:
(automotive) A part of an internal combustion engine, usually made as a removable piece, that closes one end of the engine's cylinders.


lexentry: eng/cymatium__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cymatium
trans_list: cimaise
sense:
(architectural element) A molding on the cornice, above the corona, often having a wavelike form (cyma).


lexentry: eng/cymbal__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cymbal
trans_list: cymbale
sense:
(percussion instrument) A concave plate of metal, usually brass or bronze, that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.


lexentry: eng/cynical__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cynical
trans_list: cynique
sense:
Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.


lexentry: eng/cynophobic__Adjective__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cynophobic
trans_list: canophobe | cynophobe
sense:
Of or relating to cynophobia, having an irrational fear or hatred / dislike of dogs or other canines.


lexentry: eng/cynosure__Noun__1
sense_num: 03
written_rep: cynosure
trans_list: cible | foyer | point de mire
sense:
(figuratively) Something that is the center of attention; an object that serves as a focal point of attraction and admiration.


lexentry: eng/cypress__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cypress
trans_list: cyprès
sense:
An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.


lexentry: eng/cypress_spurge__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cypress spurge
trans_list: euphorbe petit-cyprès
sense:
An erect, perennial spurge, native to Europe and an invasive species in North America, of species Euphorbia cyparissias.


lexentry: eng/cyst__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cyst
trans_list: kyste
sense:
A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which develops in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.


lexentry: eng/cysteine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cysteine
trans_list: cystéine
sense:
(amino acid) A sulphur-containing nonessential amino acid C3H7NO2S found in most animal proteins; it readily oxidizes to cystine.


lexentry: eng/cystic_duct__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cystic duct
trans_list: canal cystique | conduit cystique
sense:
(anatomy) A short duct that leads from the gallbladder and unites with the common hepatic duct to form the common bile duct.


lexentry: eng/cystic_fibrosis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cystic fibrosis
trans_list: mucoviscidose
sense:
(pathology) An inherited condition in which the exocrine glands produce abnormally viscous mucus, causing chronic respiratory and digestive problems.


lexentry: eng/cystine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cystine
trans_list: cystine
sense:
(amino acid) A nonessential amino acid formed by the oxidation of cysteine; it contains two cysteine residues linked by a disulfide bond.


lexentry: eng/cystocele__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cystocele
trans_list: cystocèle
sense:
(medicine) Hernial intrusion of the bladder into the vagina, resulting from tearing of the pubocervical fascia during childbirth and often accompanied by urethroceles.


lexentry: eng/cytochemistry__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytochemistry
trans_list: cytochimie
sense:
(biochemistry) The biochemistry of cells, especially that of the macromolecules responsible for cell structure and function.


lexentry: eng/cytochrome__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytochrome
trans_list: cytochrome
sense:
Any of various related hemoproteins found in the cells of most organisms, which are an important part of cell respiration.


lexentry: eng/cytogenetics__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytogenetics
trans_list: cytogénétique
sense:
(biology, genetics) The branch of genetics that studies the relationships between the structure and number of chromosomes as seen in isolated cells and variation in genotype and phenotype.


lexentry: eng/cytokine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytokine
trans_list: cytokine
sense:
(protein, immunology) Any of various small regulatory proteins that regulate the cells of the immune system.


lexentry: eng/cytokine_storm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytokine storm
trans_list: choc cytokinique
sense:
(pathology) An immune system–cytokine positive feedback reaction to certain infections and certain drugs, which occurs when large numbers of white blood cells are activated and release inflammatory cytokines, which in turn activate more white blood cells.


lexentry: eng/cytokinesis__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytokinesis
trans_list: cytocinèse | cytokinèse
sense:
(biology) The process in which the cytoplasm of a cell divides following the division of the nucleus.


lexentry: eng/cytoplasm__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytoplasm
trans_list: cytoplasme
sense:
(cytology) The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.


lexentry: eng/cytosine__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytosine
trans_list: cytosine
sense:
(biochemistry) A heterocyclic base, 4-aminopyrimidin-2(1H)-one, which pairs with guanine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).


lexentry: eng/cytosol__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cytosol
trans_list: cytosol | hyaloplasme
sense:
(cytology) The aqueous solution of a cell's cytoplasm, consisting of water, organic molecules and inorganic ions.


lexentry: eng/cégep__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: cégep
trans_list: cégep
sense:
(Québec) A publicly funded school that combines grade 12 with either college or freshman year of university, depending on the programme. It can be a public-sector school or a private school with some public funding, though those with "CEGEP" in the name are usually public-sector. In Québec's system, it is a required step between secondary school (ending in grade 11) and university (starting in sophomore year).


lexentry: eng/dab__Verb__1
sense_num: 05
written_rep: dab
trans_list: dabber
sense:
(dance, intransitive) To perform the dab dance move; to move both arms, parallel with one's head, to either side of the body.


lexentry: eng/dabble__Verb__1
sense_num: 02
written_rep: dabble
trans_list: barboter
sense:
(transitive) To cause splashing by moving a body part like a bill or limb in soft mud, water, etc., often playfully; to play in shallow water; to paddle.


lexentry: eng/dace__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dace
trans_list: vandoise | vandoise commune
sense:
A shoal-forming fish of species Leuciscus leuciscus, common to swift rivers in England and Wales and in Europe.


lexentry: eng/dachshund__Noun__1
sense_num: 01
written_rep: dachshund
trans_list: teckel
sense:
A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including standard-sized, miniature (smooth-haired, long-haired, and short-haired) varieties.


