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

Chambre des communes
noun, feminine
House of Commons
Chambérien
noun, masculine
resident or native of Chambéry
Chambéry
proper noun
Chambéry
Chamoniard
noun, masculine
Someone from Chamonix
Chamonix
proper noun
Chamonix (a town in Haute-Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
Chamoun
proper noun
Chamoun: a surname from Arabic
Champagne
proper noun
Champagne (a cultural region and former province of France, the terroir of the wine champagne; now part of Grand Est region)
Champalimaud
proper noun
a surname
Champenois
noun, masculine
native or inhabitant of Champagne, wine-producing cultural region, part of the administrative region of Grand Est, France (usually male)
Champerret
proper noun
French toponym encountered in Levallois-Perret; short for Porte de Champerret
Champhol
proper noun
Champhol (a town in Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)
Champigny-sur-Marne (a commune in Val-de-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)
Champlain
proper noun
a habitational surname, Champlain; Champlain; Samuel de Champlain, French geographer and explorer
Champneuf
proper noun
a municipality of Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
Champs
proper noun
former name of Champs-sur-Marne
Champs-sur-Marne
proper noun
Champs-sur-Marne (a town in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)
Champs-Élysées
proper noun
ellipsis of Avenue des Champs-Élysées, a major boulevard in Paris, running between the Place de la Concorde and the Arc de Triomphe; alternative spelling of champs Élysées
a small town and commune of Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France
Chams
noun, masculine
Cham (Asian ethnic group)
Chanakyapuri
proper noun
Chanakyapuri (a neighborhood of New Delhi, India)
Chancel
proper noun
Chancel: a surname
Chandeleur
proper noun
Candlemas
Chanel
proper noun
a surname
Changhaï
proper noun
obsolete spelling of Shanghaï
Channel-Port aux Basques; alternative form of Channel-Port-aux-Basques (“Channel–Port-aux-Basques”)
Chantal
proper noun
a female given name
Chanteraine
proper noun
Chanteraine (a village in Meuse department, Grand Est, France)
Chanteraine
proper noun
a right tributary of the Vauvise in Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France
Chantilly
proper noun
a city in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France, formerly in Picardy.
Chao-Chigne
proper noun
obsolete spelling of Shaoxing
Chaon
proper noun
Chaon (a village and commune of Loir-et-Cher department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)
Chaouch
proper noun
Chaouch (“a cultivar of vinifera grape”)
Chaouis
proper noun
a Berber people from Numidia
Chapelle
proper noun
As an element of placenames such as Aix-la-Chapelle and Lasne-Chapelle-Saint-Lambert, a case variant of chapelle, usually indicating a place that has a church as a prominent feature.
Chapleau
proper noun
a surname
Chapon
proper noun
a French surname
Chapteuil
proper noun
A town in France.
Chapuis
proper noun
a surname
Chapuit
proper noun
a surname
Charbonier
proper noun
a surname originating as an occupation
Charbonneau
proper noun
a surname
Charcosset
proper noun
a surname
Chardonnay
proper noun
a village in Saône-et-Loire department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region, France
Charente
proper noun
Charente (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France); Charente (a river in southwestern France, flowing through the departments of Haute-Vienne, Charente, Vienne and Charente-Maritime)
Charente-Maritime (a department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Charenton-le-Pont (a commune in Val-de-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)
Charest
proper noun
a surname, Charest
Charette
proper noun
a surname, common in Quebec; Charette (a municipality of Mauricie, Quebec, Canada); Charette (a commune in Isère department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France).
Chargé
proper noun
Chargé (a commune of Indre-et-Loire department, France)
Chariclée
proper noun
a female given name, equivalent to English Chariclea
Charites
proper noun
Charites
Charland
proper noun
a surname
Charlemagne
proper noun
Charlemagne (emperor)
Charleroi
proper noun
Charleroi
Charles
proper noun
a male given name, equivalent to English Charles
Charlevoix
proper noun
a region of Quebec, Canada; a regional county municipality of Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada; a surname
Charlevoix-Est
proper noun
a regional county municipality of Capitale-Nationale, Quebec, Canada
Charline
proper noun
a female given name, masculine equivalent Charles, equivalent to English Charline or Charlene
Charlot
proper noun
a diminutive of the male given name Charles, feminine equivalent Charlotte; the Tramp (character portrayed by Charlie Chaplin)
Charlotte
proper noun
a female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Charles