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

circovirus: circovirus: A virus of the genus Circovirus.
circuit: circuit; tour
circuit court: short food supply chain
circuit imprimé: printed circuit board
circuit intégré: integrated circuit
circuit électrique: electric circuit (paths that can carry an electric current)
circuiter: to circuit
circulaire: circular
circulaire: decree; election leaflet
circulairement: circularly
circulariser: to circularize
circularité: circularity
circulateur: circulator
circulation: circulation (act of moving in a circular shape); circulation (of blood); traffic; distribution, circulation (of a newspaper/magazine)
circulation alternée: Road space rationing (traffic management via alternation of the direction of circulation)
circulatoire: circulatory
circuler: to circulate; to go by, to get around
circulène: circulene
circum-aural: circumaural
circumbinaire: circumbinary
circumduction: circumduction
circumlunaire: circumlunar
circumnavigateur: circumnavigator
circumnavigation: circumnavigation
circumpolaire: circumpolar
circumterrestre: circumterrestrial (around the globe)
circée: enchanter's nightshade (Circaea)
circée de Paris: broad-leaved enchanter's nightshade (Circaea lutetiana)
circéen: Circean
cire: wax; beeswax; earwax; sealing wax; taper (wax candle)
cire d'abeille: beeswax
cire orthodontique: orthodontic wax, dental wax, tooth wax, braces wax
cire perdue: lost wax, cire perdue
cire-pompe: alternative spelling of cire-pompes
cire-pompes: brown noser (one who brownnoses)
cirement: waxing
cirer: to wax (apply wax to something)
cirer le banc: to warm the bench
cirer les pompes: to suck up, to flatter
cireur: shoeshine boy, shoeshiner
cireuse: female equivalent of cireur; polisher, floor polishing machine
cireux: waxen; waxy, sallow
ciroir: a type of pliers used by weavers (“vannier”) (ie. basketweavers, wickerworkers, etc.) to build goods out of strips, reeds, rattan, wicker, vine, and the like
ciron: ciron
cirque: circus; cirque; a circular arena, such as in the ancient Roman Empire; a mess, a disorder
cirre: cirrhus; cirrus
cirrhose: cirrhosis
cirse: thistle
cirse des marais: marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre)
cirsocèle: cirsocele
ciré: oiled
ciré: oilskin
cisaillant: clipping, shearing
cisaillement: shear stress; windshear
cisailler: to clip, shear
cisailles: shears, clippers
cisalpin: cisalpine (on this side of the Alps (usually with respect to Rome, therefore the south side))
ciseau: chisel; sculpture; scissors; scissor kick
ciseaux: plural of ciseau; scissors
ciseaux à ongles: nail scissors