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adj. quiet, calm, still, quiet, free from motion, calm

calmer, v.a. [calme], to still, quiet, appease, allay, pacify, calm, soothe.

calvitie, s.f. [L. calvities], baldness, [pronounce t as s. ;

camarade, s.. [Sp. camaradi—L. camera], Companion.

camaraderie, s.f, [camarade], cempanionship, imacy.

campagne, s.f. [L. campus], country, fields.

camus, e, adj. [origin unknown], flat, {said of the nose; s is always silent.]

candeur, sf. [L. candorem], open ness of heart, frankness, candor.

candide, adj. [L.

open, frank, candid.

canne, s.f. [L. canna], walking-stick, cane.

cannibale, s.m.

man-eater, cannibal

capable, adj. [L.* capare], able, fit, capable.

candidus], fair,

[a Carib word],

capabilis — L.

capitaine, s.m. [L.* capitaneus—L.

caput], captain.

capitonner, va. [capiton—It. capi tone, ‘silk not twisted’], to stuff, wad, pad; fauteuil capitonné, a padded armchair.

caprice. s.n. [It. capriccio—L., caprice, whim, humour, freak.

capricieux, se, adj. [cam pricious.

capra],

e], ca-

r], hidin::

stealth.

rame.

1], coffee, pot.

Hculation, ng,count-

t], calash, h springs, 1004 over-

n |, wheed-

x, coddle, one’s self,

-L. calare calmness,

quiet, free ill, quiet,

the.

baldness,

di—L. cade], cem- , Country,

wn], flat, ent.]

n], open us], fair, ing-stick, b word], bilis — L.

uneus— L.

It. capi uff, wad, ded arni-

L, capra],

prive], ca-

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captif, ve, 1. adj. [{. captivus], captive 2, 8. captive,

capuchon, s.m,{capuche—It.cappuc-

cio], hood, head-gear, cap [see note 16, 11.]

car, conj. [L. quure], for, because, as.

caractère, s.m. [L. character], character.

carafe, s.f. [It carafli—Ar. gerût], decanter, flagon, water-bottle.

carcel, s.m. [Carcel, the inventor], Carcel (see note 73, 7.)

caresse, s.f. [It. carezza—L. carus], caress, endearment,.

caresser, v.a. [caresse], to caress, fondle, stroke, fawn upon.

carré, s.m. [L quadratus], square.

carreau, 8s.m.[L. quadrum], square, pane.

carrière, s.f. [L.* quudraria], raceground, course, career.

carte, s.f. [L. charta], paste-board, card, chart, map.

cas, s.m.[L casus], case, event, [pronounce k@; un kG-2 étrange].

cascade, s.f. [It. cascata—L, cadere], cascade, waterfall, cataract,

caser, v.a. [case —L. casa], to place, to find à place for, fix, settle.

casser, v.a. [L. quassare], to break, crack.

casserole, s.f, [casse--O.H.G. chezi], sauce-pan.

casgte, s.f. [L. castus], caste.

catastrophe, s.f. !Gr. karaorpopil], catastrophe.

cause, s.f. [L. causa], cause, case ; à cause de, because of.

causer, v.a.lcæuse], to cause, occasion, give.

causer, v.u. [LL causare], to chat, talk.

cavalier, 1. sm. [doublet of ehevalier], knight, horseman, rider, cavalier, trooper.

2, Adj. fem., tère, free and easy, haughty, supercilious, high-minded.

cave, s.f. [L. cavus], cellar.

ce, cet, m., cette, f., ces, plu.,dem.

adj. [L. ecce hoc, ecce iste], this, these ; that, thosc

ce, demonst. pron. [f ecce hoc], he, she, it, they ; c'est, it is, it was.

ce qui, ce que, that which, what, which.

cécité, s.f. [cœcitatemi, blindness.

ceindre, v.a. irr.[L. cingere], (conjugation suuilar to that of craindre), to enclose, encompass, surround, bind, fence, encircle.

ceinture, s.f. [L. cinctura], sash, girdle, bel.

cela, demonst. pron. (ce+la], that.

célèbre, adj. [L. celeber}, celebrated, famous.

célébrer, v.a. [L. celebrare], to praise, extol, sing, celebrate, record [written célèbr- before e mute.]

céleste, adj. [L. cœælestis], celestial, heavenly.

celui, ms. celle, f.s., ceux, m. plu., celles, f. jiu., dem. prons. [L. ecce ile, ecce illa], he, him, that, she, her ; they, them, those.

cendre, sf. [L. cinerem], ashes, embers,

cent, adj. centum)], hundred.

centaine, sf. {cent], a hundred, about a hundred.

.centime, s.m. [L. centesimus], centime, the hundredth part of a franc.

cependant, adv.!ce+pendant], inthe meantime, however.

cercle, s.m. il. cèreulus], circle, ring, orb.

cérémonie, s.f. [L. cœæremonia], ceremony, courtesy.

cerise, s.f. [L. crasus], cherry,

certain, 9, adj. [L. certus], certain, gure, positive, undoubted.

certainement, adv. [certain], certainlv, assuredly, without fail, indeed, surely, infallibly,

certes. adv. [L. certe], indced, cerfainly.

cerveau, s.m. [L. cerebellum)], brain, mind, intelligence.

cesse, s.f. [cesser —TL. cessare], ceasing, intermission; sans cesse, constantly.

chac’1n, e, pron. [chaque, un], everyone, ea}

chaîne, s.f. [L. catena], chain.

chaise, s.f. [a doublet of chaire—L, cathedra], chair, seat.

châle, s.m.[Arab. schäl], shawl.

chaleur, s.f. {[L. calorem], heat, hotness, fervency, zeal, ardor, warmith,

chambre, s.f. [L. camera], chamber, room, apartment.

champ, sm. [L. campus], field, piece of ground, champ de bataille, field of battle ; étre aux champs, to be in the

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country [pronounce chan; un chan aride des chan-2 arides; pis never heard.]

champignon, s.m. [L.* cumpinio|, mushroom.

chance, sf. [L. cadentia], hazard, chance, luck.

changement, s.m.[changer], change, alteration, variation.

changer, v.a. and v.n. [L.* cœmbiare], to change, exchange, alter, turn; se changer, to be changed, converted; to alter, to change.

chansonnette, 8.f. [chanson], ditty, little song.

chant, sm. [L. cantus], singing, strain, song, air, melody.

chanter, v.a. and v.n. [L. cantare], to sing, Chant,

L. cantatorem)], singer, vocalist, chantress chantonner, v.n. [chanter], to hum chaos, 8.m. [Gr. xaos], chaos, con-

fusion [pronounce ka-6; ka-6-z informe.] |

chapeau, s.m.[chape—L.* capa], hat.

chapelle, sf. [L.* capella —capa), chapel.

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