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

comme un seul homme: as one man, in concert, unanimously
comme un voleur: on the sly, surreptitiously, stealthily, like a thief in the night
comme un éléphant dans un magasin de porcelaine: like a bull in a china shop
comme une traînée de poudre: like wildfire
comme ça: large, big
comme ça: like that/this, that/this way, so, thus; just like that (suddenly and unexpectedly); like that (without preparation, without checking, reflecting)
commencement: beginning, start
commencer: to begin, commence
commendataire: commendatory
commensal: commensal
commensal: commensal
commensalisme: commensalism
commensurabilité: commensurability
commensurable: commensurable
comment: pardon?, sorry?, what?; An expression of surprise or anger.
comment: The means by which something is accomplished; the how.
comment: how; how many; how much
comment allez-vous: how are you
comment cela: how so? what do you mean?
comment donc: An affirmative expression of certainty, used especially to grant permission; certainly, by all means, of course
comment les cannes sont: how are you?, how are things?
comment les zaricos: how are you
comment sont les zaricos: how are you?, how are things?
comment vas-tu: How are you? (informal singular)
comment ça: what do you mean? how do you mean? say what? how so?
comment ça plume: how are you?
comment ça se plume: how are you?
comment ça va: how are you
commentaire: comment, remark; commentary
commentaire en bloc: block comment
commentateur: commentator
commentatif: commentative
commenter: to comment
commençant: starting; incipient
commer: to compare
commerce: commerce, trade; store, shop, trader
commerce extérieur: foreign trade
commerce équitable: fair trade
commercer: to trade
commercial: commercial
commercial: a salesman, sales representative
commercialement: commercially
commercialisable: marketable
commercialisation: commercialization
commercialiser: to bring to market, to put on the market, to make available for purchase
commerçant: trading; mercantile
commerçant: trader, retailer; shopkeeper, storekeeper
commettant: principal; constituent (person represented by a certain elected official)
commettre: to commit
comminatoire: minatory, threatening, menacing
comminatoirement: minatorily
commis: commercial
commis: clerk; shop assistant; salesclerk
commis de cuisine: kitchenhand (person who is employed to assist a cook in a kitchen)
commissaire: commissioner; chief of police, head of police, superintendent
commissaire aux comptes: auditor
commissaire-priseur: auctioneer
commissariat: commissionership; police station
commission: commission (fee charged by an agent or broker for carrying out a transaction); message; errand, especially to buy usual supplies such as groceries
commission scolaire: school board; school district; school division