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

Charlène
proper noun
a female given name, popular in France around 1990
Charmentray
proper noun
Charmentray (a village in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France)
Charols
proper noun
Charols (a village and commune of Drôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
Charpentier
proper noun
a surname, Charpentier, originating as an occupation
Charron
proper noun
a surname, Charron
Chartainvilliers
proper noun
Chartainvilliers (a village in Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)
Chartres
proper noun
Chartres (a city, the departmental capital of Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France)
Chartreux
proper noun
the Order of Carthusian; a Chartreux cat
Charybde
proper noun
Charybdis
Chasse
proper noun
a surname
Chastres
proper noun
obsolete spelling of Châtres
Chastrès
proper noun
Chastrès (a village in Walcourt, Belgium)
Chateaubriand
proper noun
a habitational surname; variant forms Châteaubriant, Chateaubriant, Châteaubriand
Chatric
proper noun
A toponym in Prat-Bonrepaux, Ariège
Chattien
proper noun
Chattian period
Chaudière-Appalaches
proper noun
a region of Quebec, Canada
Chaumette
proper noun
a surname
Chaumuzy
proper noun
Chaumuzy (a village in Marne department, Grand Est, France)
Chautemps
proper noun
a surname
Chauveau
proper noun
a surname
Chauvet
proper noun
a surname
Chauvin
proper noun
a French surname
Chavin
proper noun
a French surname
Chazal
proper noun
a French surname, Chazal
Chazel
proper noun
a municipality of Abitibi-Ouest Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
Chechnie
proper noun
Chechnya (a republic and federal subject of Russia, in the northern Caucasus)
Chelles
proper noun
Chelles (a town in Oise department, France); Chelles (a town in Seine-et-Marne department, France)
Chelsea
proper noun
a municipality of Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
Chemetoff
proper noun
a surname from Russian
Chemin de Saint-Jacques
proper noun
Way of St. James
Chemin-Bas-d'Avignon
proper noun
Chemin-Bas-d'Avignon (a district of Nîmes, Gard department, Occitania)
Chemnitz
proper noun
Chemnitz (a city in Saxony)
Chenet
proper noun
a surname
Cheng
proper noun
a surname from Chinese; a French surname from Chinese
Chenonceaux
proper noun
Chenonceaux
Chenoy
proper noun
a surname, Chenoy
Cher
proper noun
Cher (a department of Centre-Val de Loire, France); Cher (a left tributary of the Loire, in central France, flowing through the departments of Creuse, Allier, Cher, Loir-et-Cher and Indre-et-Loire)
Cherbourg
proper noun
Cherbourg, Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (a city in Manche department, Normandy, France)
Chersonèse Taurique
proper noun
the Tauric Chersonese
Chevalier
proper noun
a surname originating as an occupation, equivalent to English Knight
Chevelure de Bérénice
proper noun
Coma Berenices
Chevrette
proper noun
a surname
Chevrier
proper noun
a French surname originating as an occupation
Chevrolet
proper noun
Chevrolet: a surname
Chevrolet
proper noun
Chevrolet (brand of automobile)
Chevtchouk
proper noun
a transliteration of the Ukrainian surname Шевчу́к (Ševčúk), equivalent to Shevchuk
Cheyenne
noun, masculine/feminine
Cheyenne (member of the Cheyenne tribe)
Chiac
noun, masculine
a mixed person of Wabanaki-Acadia, with primarily Indigenous and Acadian ancestry, originating from the rural southeast coast of New Brunswick, Canada; a dialect originating from the metis-créole people of Wabanaki Acadia
Chiasso
proper noun
Chiasso (a village and former commune of Mendrisio, Ticino canton, Switzerland)
Chiasson
proper noun
a surname, Chiasson
Chibougamau
proper noun
Chibougamau (a town and lake in the Nord-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada)
Chicago
proper noun
Chicago (a large city in Illinois, United States)
Chicagoan
noun, masculine
Chicagoan (native or inhabitant of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States) (usually male)
Chicagolais
noun, masculine
Chicagoan (native or inhabitant of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States) (usually male)
Chicheportiche
proper noun
a surname
Chichester
proper noun
a township municipality of Pontiac Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
Chichportich
proper noun
a surname
Chiconi
proper noun
a city in Mayotte department, France
Chicoutimi
proper noun
Chicoutimi (a former municipality, the largest borough of Saguenay, Quebec, Canada)
Chicoutimien
noun, masculine
native or inhabitant of Chicoutimi