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commissionnaire
noun, masculine/feminine
a person who charges commission; commissionaire
to commission (an officer, ship etc)
commissionné
adjective
commissioned
commissural
adjective
commissural
commissurant
adjective
commissural
commissure
noun, feminine
commissure
commisération
noun, feminine
commiseration
commode
noun, feminine
chest of drawers, commode, dresser; toilet
commode
adjective
convenient; expedient
commodité
noun, feminine
commodity, amenity; toilet
commodore
noun, masculine/feminine
commodore, a naval military rank between captain (capitaine de vaisseau or capitaine de croiseur) and rear admiral (contre-amiral)
comfortably
commotion
noun, feminine
a violent collision or shock; concussion; shock, surprise
commotionné
adjective
concussed, shocked, shaken
to commute (a sentence)
commun
adjective
common (shared); common (widespread); common (popular); common (of low class); communal
commun des mortels
noun, masculine
the ordinary people, the common people, hoi polloi
communal
adjective
commune
to communalize
communalité
noun, feminine
commonality
communard
noun, masculine
Communard; a drink made from red wine and crème de cassis; a kitchen worker who prepares meals for the restaurant staff
communautaire
adjective
community; communal; behaviour of something or someone who actively wants to create smaller ethnic, religious or cultural communities out of or inside a wider society (see communautarisme); that relates to the European Communities; that relates to the linguistic communities that make up the country
make, transform a wider community into multiple smaller communities.; share, pool national competences at the European level (see communautés européennes); transfer national competence from the federal government to the linguistic communities.
communautarisme
noun, masculine
communitarianism; an ideology promoting the division of society along ethnic, cultural, or religious lines; factionalism between communities
communitarian
communauté
noun, feminine
community; commonwealth; one of the European Communities; one of the three linguistic communities making up the country (French-, Flemish-, and German-speaking).
European community
international community
commune
noun, feminine
commune (administrative subdivision); commune (community living together with common property)
communiant
noun, masculine
communicant
communicabilité
noun, feminine
communicability
communicable
adjective
communicable
communicant
adjective
communicating
communicateur
adjective
communicating
communicateur
noun, masculine
communicator (one who communicates)
communicatif
adjective
communicative (person); infectious, catching
communication
noun, feminine
communication
communication, communicational
communicatively
to receive communion; to administer communion; to communicate
communion
noun, feminine
Communion; communion
communiquable
adjective
alternative spelling of communicable
to communicate
communiqué
noun, masculine
communiqué, statement
communiqué de presse
noun, masculine
press release
communisant
adjective
communistic (favourable to communism)
communisme
noun, masculine
any collectivism; communism
communiste
adjective
communist
communiste
noun, masculine/feminine
communist; a member of the French communist party.
commonly, collectively, communally; popularly
commutable
adjective
commutative
commutateur
noun, masculine
switch (electrical); commutator; command line option, switch
commutatif
adjective
interchangeable; commutative (such that the order in which the operands are taken does not affect their image under the operation)
commutation
noun, feminine
commutation
commutativité
noun, feminine
commutativity
to commute; to switch
commère
noun, feminine
gossipper, busybody; the godmother of one's child or the mother of one's godchild
commémoratif
adjective
commemorative
commémoration
noun, feminine
commemoration
to commemorate