cherubin, _m._ cherubin, cherub.
chetif, -ive, _adj._ thin, puny, sickly.
cheval, m. horse, horsemeat; a --, on horseback; a --
sur, astride.
chevaucher, _v._ to ride (on horseback).
chevelure, _f._ head of hair, hair.
Cheverino (or Chevardino), a Russian hillock west of Moscow.
cheveu, _m._ hair; pl. hair; arme jusqu'aux cheveux, armed to the teeth.
cheville, _f._ peg, ankle.
chevre, _f._ goat.
chez, _prep._ at or to the house or home of, with, in, in the room of, etc.
chiaoux, _m._ chiaous or chouse (Turkish attendant or interpreter).
chic, _adj. and m._ stylish, smart, style.
chien, -ne, _m., f._ dog.
chiffon, _m._ rag, piece.
chiffre, _m._ figure.
Chio, _f._ Chias (island in the Aegean Sea; pronounced: _kio_).
chipoter, _v._ to trille or toy with.
chirurgical, -e, _adj._ surgical.
chirurgien, _m._ surgeon.
choc, _m._ shock (final _c_ pronounced).
chocolat, _m._ chocolate.
choeur, _m._ choir, chorus (_ch_ pronounced as _k_).
choisir, _v._ to choose; choisi, -e, carefully chosen, choice.
choix, _m._ choice.
chope, _f._ beer-glass.
chopine, _f._ chopin (about one pint), glass.
chose, _f._ thing; autre --, something else, else; peu de
--, of little importance, a small matter; devenir tout --, to
become like I don't know what; _m._ (familiar), I don't know what,
what's his.
choquer, _v._ to shock (name), etc.
chou, _m._ cabbage.
choucroute, _f._ sauer-kraut.
chouette, _f._ kind of screech-owl, chough.
chretien, -ne, _adj. and s._ Christian (in this and in the next
word _ien_ is pronounced as in _bien_).
chretiente, _f._ Christendom.
christ, _m._ crucifix (pronounced: _krist_).
Christina, Christine.
chromo, _m._ chromo (colored lithographic reproduction).
chronique, _f._ chronicle.
chuchotement, _m._ whispering, whisper.
chuchoter, _v._ to whisper.
chut, _interj._ hush! (_t_ pronounced).
Chypre, _f._ Cyprus (English island in eastern Mediterranean).
ci, _adv._ here (frequent as suffix; celui- --, etc.);
---devant, formerly; une -- et une ca, hussy, etc.
ciboire, _m._ ciborium, pyx (vase for the host); saint- --,
holy pyx.
cicatrice, _f._ scar.
cidre, _m._ cider.
ciel, _m._ sky, heaven.
cierge, _f._ taper.
cigale, _f._ grassshopper.
cime, _f._ summit, top.
cimetiere, _m._ cemetery.
cingler, _v._ to sail.
cinq, _card._ five (_q_ pronounced).
cinquantaine, _f._ about fifty, age of fifty.
cinquante, _card._ fifty.
cinquieme, _ord._ fifth.
circonstance, _f._ circumstance.
circonvolution, _f._ circum
|