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

cité-dortoir: dormitory town, bedroom community
cité-État: city state (sovereign city)
citérieur: hither; located near a certain point, usually defined relative to the speaker
cive: chive
civelle: glass eel, elver; synonym of lamproyon (“small lamprey”)
civelot: civvy, civilian
civet: ragout (“stew”) of hare, rabbit or wild mammal, with red wine and onions, bound with the animal’s blood
civette: civet
civettone: civetone
civil: civil; lay; civilian; civil, courteous, polite
civil: civilian
civilement: civilly
civilisable: civilizable
civilisateur: civilizing
civilisation: civilization
civilisationnel: civilizational
civiliser: to civilize
civiliste: civilist
civilisé: civilized
civilité: civility; compliments
civique: civic
civiquement: civically
civisme: public-spiritedness; citizenship
civière: stretcher (for carrying injured people, etc.); the rank of a noble without a fief
civétone: civetone
ckoi: abbreviation of c'est quoi ? (“what is?”)
clabauder: to bay, to bark loudly; to spread gossip, to scandalmonger
clac: a hit; a strike; a clack (clacking sound)
clade: clade; branch
cladistique: cladistics
cladistique: cladistic
cladogramme: cladogram
clafoutis: clafoutis (type of dessert cake made with fresh fruits and batter)
claie: wicker rack; trellis; hurdle (temporary fence, hedge)
clair: clear (see-through); clear (understandable); light (having a light shade, not dark) (of a color)
clair: light
clair: clearly
clair comme de l'eau de roche: crystal clear
clair comme le jour: plain as the nose on one's face, clear as day, very obvious
clair de Terre: Earthshine (reflected Earthlight)
clair de lune: moonlight
clair et net: crystal clear, clear-cut, cut-and-dried, loud and clear, no ifs or buts
clair-obscur: chiaroscuro
clairage: clarity, transparency
clairance: clearance (all senses)
claire-voie: clerestory (high section of wall that contains windows above eye level)
clairement: clearly; patently
clairer: to enlighten
clairet: claret (wine); an infusion of fragrant plants in honeyed wine
clairet: claret coloured
clairière: glade, clearing (an area of land within a wood or forest devoid of trees)
clairon: bugle (music: a simple brass instrument consisting of a horn with no valves); bugler (someone who plays the bugle); clairon (saxophone register)
claironnant: strident
claironner: to bugle (play the bugle); to holler, yell
clairsemer: to dwindle; to disperse, scatter; to thin out
clairsemé: scattered; sparse
clairvoyance: clairvoyance
clairvoyant: clairvoyant
clamecer: to snuff it
clamer: to proclaim