ore-room, basement.
celui, celle (ceux, celles, _pl._); _dem. pr._ this, that,
This one, etc.; ---ci, ---la, the latter, the former, this one, that
one; -- qui, he who, etc.
cendre, _f._ ashes, cinders.
cendre, -e, _adj._ ash-colored.
cent, _card._ one hundred; pour --, percent.
centaine, _f._ about one hundred, hundred.
centieme, _ord._ hundredth.
centime, _m._ centime (fifth of a cent).
central, -e, _adj._ central, chief, of the central office.
centre, _m._ center.
cep, _m._ vine-stock, stalk (_p_ pronounced).
cependant, _adv. and conj._ however, yet, meantime.
cercle, _m._ circle, club.
cercueil, _m._ coffin, casket.
ceremonie, _f._ ceremony.
ceremonieusement, _adv._ ceremoniously.
cerf, _m._ stag, deer (_f_ pronounced).
cerise, _f._ cherry.
cerner, _v._ to surround, invest.
certain, -e, _adj._ certain.
certainement, _adv._ certainly.
certes, _adv._ certainly.
certitude, _f._ certainty, assurance.
ceruse, _f._ white-lead.
cerveau, _m._ brain.
cervelle, _f._ brains, brain, head; se bruler la --, to blow
one's brains out.
cervier, _see_ loup.
Cesar (Jules), Julius Caesar. the celebrated Roman general (101-44 B.C.).
cesse, _f._ ceasing, cessation.
cesser, _v._ to cease, stop.
ceux, _see_ celui.
chacun, -e, _pr._ each, each one.
chagrin, _m._ grief, vexation, shagreen (leather).
chaine, _f._ chain, drag-chain (on bottom of a stream); mettre a
la --, to put in chains.
chair, _f._ flesh, meat; _pl._ flesh.
chaire, _f._ pulpit, teacher's chair.
chaise, _f._ chair; -- longue, reclining-chair, chaise-longue;
-- a porteurs, sedan-chair; -- de poste, post-chaise; -- de
campagne, camp-chair.
chale, _m._ shawl.
chaleur, _f._ heat, warmth.
chalut, _m._ drag-net.
chalutier, _m._ trawler (fishing-boat with drag-net).
chamailler, _v._ to squabble; se --, squabble, wrangle.
chamarrer, _v._ to trim with lace, cover with gold or silver lace
or braid, braid, bedeck.
chambellan, _m._ chamberlain (officer presiding over a prince's
chamber).
chambre, _f._ chamber, room; la Chambre, the Chamber of
Deputies.
chameau, _m._ camel.
champ, _m._ field.
Champagne, _f._ Champagne (Province).
champagne, _m._ champagne.
champetre, _adj._ rural; garde --, forester, keeper.
Champignet, name apparently coined by de Maupassant; perhaps he had
in mind Champigny, a village east of Paris, scene of a battle in the war
of 1870-1871.
chance, _f._ chance, luck.
chanceler, _v._ to totter, stagger, reel.
chanceux, -euse, _adj._ precariou