chapitre, w., chapter

chaque, each, every.

charge, /, charge, charger, to load, fill, commission, charité, /, charity.

Charlemagne (742-814), French

king.

charmant, -e, charming.

charme, m., charm.

chasse, /, hunt; aller à la — , to go

hunting.

châsse, /, reliquary.

chasser, to hunt, drive away.

chasseur, ;;/., hunter; light-infantry

(-cavalry) man.

chat (/ chatte), cat.

château, m., castle; prison,

prison-castle; — fort, fortress;

Johannisberg, brand of wine.

châtelain, w., lord of manor.

châtelaine, /, lady of manor.

chat-huant, ;;/., screech-owl.

chaud, warm, hot.

chaudière, /, caldron, kettle.

chaussée, /, wagon-road.

chausson^ ;//., sock; dumpling.

chavirer, to capsize, make shipwreck.

chef, w., head, chief.

chef-d'œuvre, w., masterpiece.

chemin, m., way, road; faire son — , to continue one's journey, get along well; — faisant, on the way.

chemise, /, shirt.

chêne, w., oak.

ch-er, -ère, dear, costly.

chercher, to seek, look for, try; aller — , to get ; envoyer — , to send for.

cheval, m. {pi. chevaux), horse, horse-flesh; descendre de — , to dismount ; monter à — , to mount ; à — , astride.

chevalier, m., knight, knight-errant.

chevet, m., bed's head, bedside, pillow.

cheveu, m., hair.

chèvre, /, goat.

chevreuil, ;;/., roe.

chez, at (to) the bouse of, among; — moi (lui, elle, etc.), at my (his, her) home.

chien, vi., dog.

chimère, /, chimera, idle fancy, absurd notion.

chirurgien, ;;/., surgeon.

chœur, m., choir; enfant de — , chorist.

choir, to drop, let fall.

choisir, to choose, sélect.

choix, m., choice.

chope, /, beer-glass.

chose, /, thing; — faite, a settled thing; see faire.

chrétien, -ne, Christian.

Christ, pronoiinced ^^ K'risi''^ when alone ; in Jésu-Christ it is '■'■Jèzu- Kri:'

chronique, /, chronicle, reports.

Chute, /, fall, falls.

cicérone, m., cicérone, guide.

ci-devant, above-mentioned.

ciel, m., sky, heaven; ô — , Ileavens !

cieux, //. of ciel.

cîme, /, top, summit.

cinq, five.

cinquante, fifty.

circonstance, f., circumstance, occasion.

citadelle, /, citadel.

cité, /, town.

citoyen, m., citizen.

civil, civil, civilian.

civique, civic, relating to city or citizen.

clair, m., light.

clair, -e, clear, bright,

claquer, to crack, clack, smack, clat-

ter.

clef, /, key.

Clément (Père), Father Clément.

Clerfayt (Count), Austrian gênerai;

distinguished himself during the

Seven Years' War.

clergé, ;;/., clergy.

cliquetis, m., clinking, jingle.

cloche, /, bell.

clocher, m., steeple.

clocheton, m., bell-tower.

clou, 7)1., nail; — de girofle, clove. clouer, to nail.

Coblençois, w., inhabitant of Coblenz.

cocher, m., driver, cœur, 7)1., heart.

cofîre, 1)1., coffer, chest; trunk.

coin, ))i., corner.

col, 1)1., neck, pass, défile, shirt-coUar. colère, ill-tempered.

colère, /., anger, wrath ; en — , angry. Colisée, m., Coliseum : magniticent

amphitheater at Rome, where the

gladiatorial contests took place;

had seats for eighty thousand spec-

tators.

collation, /, lunch, collection, /, collection.

collégial, -e, collégial, collegiate;

said of a church, which, though

not a cathedral, has, nevertheless,

a collège of deans, canons, and

prebends.

coller, to stick, glue, fit.

collet, w., collar, cape, collier, m., necklace, collar.

colline, /., hill.

Cologne, Cologne, capital of Rhenish

Prussia — on the Rhine; cathedral

finished in October, i88o.

colombe, f., pigeon, dove.

colonel, vi., colonel, colonie, /, colony.

colonnade, /, colonnade, colonne, /, column, colonnette, /, little column.

colossal, -e, colossal, gigantic.

combat, ;;/., combat, fight, combattre ( — , combattant, com-

battu, combats, combattis), to

fight.

combien (de), howmuch? howmany?

— y a-t-il? how far is it?

combinaison, f., combination.

comble, di., height, climax; de fond en — , from top to bottom ; pour — de, to complète, crown.

combler, to HU up, wipe out.

commandant, ))i., commander.

commandement, di., command.

commander, to command, order, direct, overlook.

comme, as, like, as if; when, how !

commémoratrice (/. of commémorateur = commémoratif), commemorative.

commençant, ;//., beginner.

commencement, ;«., beginning.

commencer, to begin.

comment, how? what? — cela? how is that ? — faire ? what can be donc ?

commerçant, m., merchant.

commettre ( — , commettant, commis, commets, commis), to commit.

commis, see commettre; — voyageur, traveling salesman.

communauté, /, community.

communier, to communicate, receive the sacrament.

communiquer, to communicate.

compagne, f., companion.

compagnie, /., company.

compagnon, vi., companion.

comparaître {conj. like paraître), to appear.

comparer, to compare.

compatriote, m., countryman.

compensation, /, compensation.

complémentaire, complementary.

compl-et, -ète, complète.

complètement, completely, entirely.

compléter, to make complète.

compliment, m., compliment.

complot, m., plot.

composer, to compose, make up; se — , to consist.

comprendre, ir}\ ( — , comprenant, compris, comprends, compris), to understand, comprise, include.

compris, pasf part, of comprendre, comprit, prêt, of comprendre, compromettre ( — , compromettant,

compromis, compromets, compromis), to compromise.

compte, ;//., count; se rendre — de,

to account for a thing, explain ;