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

claver: to lock
clavette: key, peg
clavicorde: clavichord
claviculaire: clavicle; clavicular; ankle
claviculairement: clavicularly
clavicule: clavicle
clavier: keyboard (of a computer); keyboard (component of many musical instruments); keyring; mouth, teeth
clavier virtuel: virtual keyboard
claviériste: keyboardist
clayette: small slatted tray; shelf (in a refrigerator)
claymore: claymore
clc: casser les couilles
cleaner: to clean
clebs: dog, mutt; homeless
clef: alternative spelling of clé (“key”); clef; key; the device as shown on a coat of arms
clef d'ut: C clef
clef de bras: alternative spelling of clé de bras
clef de fa: F clef, bass clef
clef de sol: G clef, treble clef
clef de voûte: keystone (of a vault); boss
clenche: latch
clencher: to use the doorknob of a door so as to open or close it
cleph: nonstandard spelling of clef
clepsydre: water clock, clepsydra
cleptocrate: kleptocrat (corrupt leader)
cleptomane: kleptomaniac
cleptomanie: kleptomania
cleptoparasite: kleptoparasite
cleptoparasitisme: kleptoparasitism
clerc: a clergyman, usually in Christianity; clerk (office worker)
clergé: clergy (body of persons, such as priests, who are trained and ordained for religious service)
clermontois: of, from or relating to the city of Clermont-Ferrand, the prefecture of the Puy-de-Dôme department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; of, from or relating to the town of Clermont, Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France; Clermont, Ariège department, Occitania; Clermont, Haute-Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes; or Clermont, Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
clic: click
clic-clac: sofa-bed; flip-flop, thong
clicher: to stereotype (in either sense of the word); to photograph
cliché: stereotype (printing plate); negative; snapshot; cliché; stereotype (overused phrase or expression)
client: client, retainer, follower (person who is under the patronage of someone else); customer (one who purchases or receives a product or service)
clientèle: clientele (body of clients)
clientélisme: patronage; clientelism
clientéliste: clientelist
clignement: wink, blink; winking, blinking
cligner: to squint
cligner des yeux: to wink
cligno: blinker, turn signal
clignotant: flashing; nictitating
clignotant: turn signal, blinker (indicator in a vehicle to signal a turn)
clignotement: blink, blinking
clignoter: to blink, to flash; to turn on and off repeatedly; to indicate (the direction); to blink repeatedly
clim: air-con
climacique: relating to the climax, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment; climactic
climat: climate
climaticide: that contributes negatively to climate change
climatique: climate, climatic
climatiquement: climatically
climatisation: air conditioning
climatiser: to air-condition
climatiseur: air conditioner
climatisme: climatotherapy
climatisé: air-conditioned
climato-sceptique: climate change skeptic, climate denier