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10,231 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

C
noun, feminine
abbreviation of cavalier (“knight”): N
C-level
noun, masculine/feminine
C-level
C.
noun, feminine
b-d, bd, BD (bass drum)
C.-B.
proper noun
abbreviation of Colombie-Britannique (“British Columbia”): BC
C.Bon.
noun, masculine
C.Bon. (contrabassoon)
C.Bssn.
noun, masculine
C.Bssn. (contrabassoon)
C1
proper noun
the UEFA Champions League
C2
proper noun
the defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1960-1999)
C3
proper noun
the UEFA Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup (1971-2009))
C4
noun, feminine
Citroën C4
C4
proper noun
the defunct UEFA Intertoto Cup (1961-2008); the UEFA Europa Conference League (2021-)
CA
noun, masculine
initialism of conseil d'administration; initialism of chiffre d'affaires; initialism of courant alternatif (“AC or alternating current”); initialism of comptable agréé (“chartered accountant”): CA
CAC
proper noun
initialism of Cotation Assistée en Continu, the electronic trading system used by the Paris Bourse stock exchange; the main stock market index code for the French stock market, the Paris Bourse
CAC
noun, masculine
abbreviation of corps à corps
CAF
noun, feminine
acronym of Caisse d'allocations familiales
CANTOU
noun, masculine
initialism of centre d'activités naturelles tirées d'occupations utiles
CAO
noun, feminine
CAD: initialism of conception assistée par ordinateur (“computer-aided design”)
CAPSAT
proper noun
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CAQ
proper noun
acronym of Coalition Avenir Québec (Coalition pour l'avenir du Québec)
CAS
noun, feminine
initialism of cote air santé (“air quality health index”): AQHI; initialism of caisse alimentaire solidaire
CAS
proper noun
initialism of Centre américain de secours (“ERC”)
CAm
noun, feminine
abbreviation of contre-amiral (“rear admiral”): RAdm
CB
proper noun
abbreviation of Colombie-Britannique (“British Columbia”)
CB
noun, feminine
initialism of carte bleue; initialism of carte bancaire
CB
noun, masculine
initialism of canal banalisé (“citizens' band”); initialism of cul-bénit: a priest's darling
CBRN
adjective
initialism of chimique, biologique, radiologique, nucléaire; synonym of NRBC
CCE
noun, masculine
≈ works council
CCITT
proper noun
CCITT; initialism of Comité Consultatif International Téléphonique et Télégraphique, called since 1993 ITU-T
CCNI
proper noun
NACI (“National Advisory Committee on Immunization”): abbreviation of Comité consultatif national de l'immunisation
CCP
proper noun
initialism of Certification de conformité produit
CCQ
proper noun
initialism of Commission de la construction du Québec
CD
noun, masculine
CD (compact disk)
CDD
noun, masculine
fixed-term contract
CDI
noun, masculine
open-ended contract
CDI
noun, masculine
documentation and information centre
CDM
proper noun
initialism of Coupe du Monde (World Cup (e.g., the World Cup of Skiing, or World Cup of Cycling))
CDN
proper noun
CDN; initialism of Côte-des-Neiges a district of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, Montréal, Québec, Canada
CE
noun, masculine
a part of the primary school
CE
proper noun
EC (European Community)
CE
noun, masculine
works council
CEDEAO
proper noun
acronym of Communauté économique des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (“Economic Community of West African States”): ECOWAS
CEDEX
noun, masculine
acronym of courrier d'entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle: a postcode system used in France for bulk commercial postal mail
CEI
proper noun
initialism of Commission électrotechnique internationale: IEC; initialism of Communauté des États Indépendants (“CIS”)
CEP
noun, masculine
initialism of certificat d’études primaires
CERN
proper noun
CERN
CES
noun, masculine
initialism of certificat d’études secondaires: ≈ GED (high-school diploma), GCSE; initialism of collège d’enseignement secondaire (“junior high school, secondary school”)
CESR
proper noun
initialism of Centre d'Etude Spatiale des Rayonnements
CF
noun, masculine
FC (“football club”) (soccer); initialism of club de foot (soccer, football)
CFEPP
proper noun
initialism of Comité pour l'Étude des Phénomènes Paranormaux
CFF
proper noun
initialism of Chemins de fer fédéraux suisses (“Swiss Federal Railways”)
CFS
proper noun
abbreviation of Côte française des Somalis (“French Somaliland”)
CGCC
proper noun
initialism of Cotre de Garde côtière canadienne (Canadian Coast Guard Cutter)
CGM
proper noun
initialism of Compagnie générale maritime
CGPM
proper noun
initialism of Conférence générale des poids et mesures
CGRI
proper noun
initialism of Corps des gardiens de la révolution islamique (“Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps”): IRGC
CGT
proper noun
initialism of Confédération générale du travail, a French trade union.
CH
noun, masculine
initialism of centre hospitalier (literally “hospital center”); initialism of club de hockey (“hockey club”); HC; alternative letter-case form of ch (“horsepower”)
CH
proper noun
short for Canadiens de Montréal, an ice hockey team based in Montreal.
CHSLD
noun, masculine
CHSLD; initialism of centre d'hébergement et de soins de longue durée (“long-term care and housing center”)
CHU
noun, masculine
initialism of centre hospitalier universitaire (literally “university hospital center”); a teaching hospital