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

climate change skeptic
climatologie
noun, feminine
climatology
climatological
climatologically
climatologue
noun, masculine/feminine
climatologist
climatopathologie
noun, feminine
climatopathology
climatoscepticisme
noun, masculine
climate change skepticism
climatothérapie
noun, feminine
climatotherapy
climatérique
noun, feminine
climacteric (all senses)
climatérique
adjective
climacteric (all senses)
climax
noun, masculine
climax (all senses)
clin
noun, masculine
lapstrake, clinker
clin
noun, masculine
Found only in the expression clin d’œil (“wink, instant”).
clin d'œil
noun, masculine
a wink; an instant, a blink of an eye; an allusion, as an artistic tool
clinch
noun, masculine
clinch
clinfoc
noun, masculine
flying jib
clinicien
noun, masculine
clinician
clinique
adjective
clinical
clinique
noun, feminine
clinic (small hospital)
clinically
clinker
noun, masculine
clinker
clinorhombic
clinomètre
noun, masculine
clinometer
clinopyroxène
noun, masculine
clinopyroxene
clinorhombic
clinoïde
adjective
clinoid
to rattle
clintonisme
noun, masculine
Clintonism (political philosophy of Bill Clinton)
clip
noun, masculine
music video; clip-on (earring)
clipper
noun, masculine
heavy sailing ship; transatlantic airplane
to clip
cliquable
adjective
clickable
clickably
clique
noun, feminine
clique
to click
cliquet
noun, masculine
pawl
to jingle, rattle, clink
cliquetis
noun, masculine
jingle, clatter, clank, clash
cliquettement
noun, masculine
jangling; rattling
cliquètement
noun, masculine
jangling; rattling
clitique
adjective
clitic
clitique
noun, masculine
clitic (morpheme attached to another word)
clito
noun, masculine
clit
clitoridectomie
noun, feminine
clitoridectomy
clitoridien
adjective
clitoral
clitorally
clitoris
noun, masculine
clitoris
clitorisme
noun, masculine
clitorism
clivable
adjective
cleavable
clivage
noun, masculine
cleavage; separation, dissociation; deep divide between two entities, chasm
clivant
adjective
divisive
cliver
verb
to cleave (split)
cloaque
noun, masculine
cesspool, cesspit; cloaca (duct in reptiles, amphibians and birds, as well as most fish and some mammals, which serves as the common outlet for urination, defecation, and reproduction)
clochard
noun, masculine
tramp; vagrant
to become or turn poor
cloche
adjective
clumsy, stupid
cloche
noun, feminine
bell (metal apparatus used to produce sound); a glass covering, originally bell-shaped, for garden plants to prevent frost damage and promote early growth; a bell-shaped, close-fitting women’s hat with a deep rounded crown and narrow rim; cloche (tableware cover, often resembling a bell); a clumsy person, an oaf
cloche de plongée
noun, feminine
diving bell
to limp; to wobble; to be wrong
to ring a bell