French–English dictionary

chienlit

(countable) A great mess or clutter.

chiens

(slang, with the) The police, considered as a group entity.

chier

(intransitive, stative, slang, sometimes, _, considered, _) To be very undesirable.

chiffe molle

(figuratively) A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength.

chiffon

An object, such as a cloth or a purpose-made soft and puffy pad or mitt, used for dusting surfaces etc.

chiffonner

(transitive) To rumple; to press into wrinkles by crushing together.

chiffonnier

(US) A chest of drawers for clothes.

chiffre

(mathematics) A distinct symbol representing a natural number in a positional number system.

chiffre d'affaires

(business) The value of sales generated by a company after deduction of returns, discounts and the value of damaged or lost goods.

chiffrement

(cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, or passwords.

chiffrer

To conceal information by means of a code or cipher.

chiffrier

(computing) A computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.

chignole

A hand tool consisting of a crank which holds a fitted rotating drill bit tip, designed to bore holes in rigid materials, by cutting a disc in a spiral fashion.

chignon

A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.

chihuahua

The smallest breed of dog in the world, originating in Mexico and having large erect ears.

chiisme

(with article, collective) The followers of this branch of Islam; the Shiites.

Chili

A country in South America. Official name: Republic of Chile. Capital and largest city: Santiago.

chilien

Of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture of Chile or its people.

chilienne

Of, from, or pertaining to the nation or culture of Chile or its people.

Chimère

(Greek mythology) A supposed fire-breathing monster in Lycia with the head of a lion, body of a goat, and tail of a dragon or snake, killed by the hero Bellerophon.

chimérique

Of or having the characteristics of adventure, romance, and intrigue, as in works of romantic fiction.

chimio-

Relating to or using chemicals or chemistry.

chimiosynthèse

the production of carbohydrates and other compounds from simple compounds such as carbon dioxide, using the oxidation of chemical nutrients as a source of energy rather than sunlight; it is limited to certain bacteria and fungi

chimique

Of or relating to chemistry.

chimiste

A person who specializes in the science of chemistry, especially at a professional level.

chimpanzé

(broadly) A member of the genus Pan, including the bonobo which was formerly known as the pygmy chimpanzee.

chine

The twenty-first letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others): w:Shin (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

chiner

Shopping for cheap items

Chinois

(dated, now, offensive) A Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent.

Chinoise

(countable, chiefly, in the plural) A person from China or of Chinese descent.

chinoiser

(informal, intransitive) To complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner.

chiot

The young of various animals, especially elephant, giraffe, reindeer, seal, or whale (also indiscriminately used of other animals).

chiotte

An expression of disagreement or disbelief.

chiottes

(US, slang) a toilet or lavatory.

chiper

(figurative) To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.

chipie

(derogatory, UK, Irish, informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.

chipoter

To stick at small matters; to chaffer; to higgle.

chips

Used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously.

chiqué

(sports) A deliberate fall after a challenge.

chiquenaude

(archaic) The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.

chiquer

(sports) To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.

Chiraz

A city in Iran, the seat of Shiraz County's Central District and the capital of Fars Province, near the remains of Persepolis.

chiropracteur

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.

chiropractrice

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.

chiropraticien

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.

chiropraticienne

A health-care practitioner who specializes in chiropractic.

chirurgicalement

Relating to surgery; by means of surgery.

chirurgie

(medicine, usually, _, uncountable) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.

chirurgien

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

chirurgienne

One who performs surgery; a doctor who performs operations on people or animals.

chlamydia

(uncountable) Any of several common, often asymptomatic, sexually transmitted diseases caused by the microorganism Chlamydia trachomatis.

chleuh

(UK, offensive, ethnic slur) A German person, usually male.

Chloé

A en given name.

chlorate

(chemistry) Any salt of chloric acid.

chlore

A toxic, green, gaseous chemical element (symbol Cl) with an atomic number of 17.

chlorhydrique

(chemistry) Of or relating to hydrochloric acid.

chloroforme

(organic compound) A halogenated hydrocarbon, trichloromethane, CHCl3; it is a volatile, sweet-smelling liquid, used extensively as a solvent and formerly as an anesthetic.

chloroformer

To treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform.

chlorophylle

(biochemistry) Any of a group of green pigments that are found in the chloroplasts of plants and in other photosynthetic organisms such as cyanobacteria.

chlorpromazine

(pharmaceutical drug) A synthetic drug used as a tranquillizer, sedative, and antiemetic. It is a phenothiazine derivative.

chlorure

(chemistry) Any salt of hydrochloric acid.

choc

(informal, countable) Any minor collision or blow.

choc émotionnel

(psychology) A sudden or violent mental or emotional disturbance.

chochotte

(sometimes, derogatory, colloquial) An effeminate boy or man.

chocolat

Made of or containing chocolate.

chocolaté

Made of or containing chocolate.

chœur

(specifically) A (usually traditional) religious or secular song sung at Christmastime.

chœur antique

A group of singers and dancers in a theatrical performance or religious festival who commented on the main performance in speech or song.

choir

To move to a lower position under the effect of gravity.

choisir

To pick; to make the choice of; to select.

choix

One of a set of choices that can be made. [from 19th c.]

choix de mots

The way a statement is put together, particularly in matters of style and word choice.

choléra

(pathology) Any of several acute infectious diseases of humans and domestic animals, caused by certain strains of the Vibrio cholerae bacterium through ingestion of contaminated water or food, usually marked by severe gastrointestinal symptoms such as diarrhea, abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, and dehydration.

cholestérol

(biochemistry) A sterol lipid synthesized by the liver and transported in the bloodstream to the membranes of all animal cells; it plays a central role in many biochemical processes and, as a lipoprotein that coats the walls of blood vessels, is associated with cardiovascular disease.

chômage

Having no job despite being able and willing to work.

chômage économique

(chiefly, UK, Australia, New Zealand) The state of being unemployed because one's job is no longer necessary; the dismissal of such an employee; a layoff.

chômage technique

A period of unpaid time off, used by an employer to reduce costs.

chômeur

(euphemistic) Unemployed.

chope

A large cup for beverages, usually having a handle and used without a saucer.A mug

choper

(informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.

Chopin

A surname from French.

chopine

A type of footwear with very thick soles and heels designed to make the wearer appear taller.

chopine de lait

(British, metonym) A pint of milk.

choquant

Pruriently detailed and sensationalistic about something shocking or horrifying, especially with regard to violence or sex.

choqué

Shocked and speechless.

choquer

(transitive) To cause to be emotionally shocked; to cause (someone) to feel surprised and upset.

choral

Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus.

chorale

A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.

chorégraphe

A person who choreographs.

chorizo

A spicy Spanish sausage flavoured with paprika, often crumbled for use in filling tacos, quesadillas, etc.

chose

A placeholder name for a person or thing, used when a name is not known; a generic person or thing.

chose géniale

(figuratively, informal) A good time; an enjoyable moment.

Chostakovitch

A transliteration of the Russian surname Шостако́вич (Šostakóvič).

Chota

A male given name of Georgian origin.

chou

A person's romantic partner; a term of endearment used to refer to or address e.g. one's girlfriend, boyfriend, or spouse.

chou cavalier

A Mediterranean variety of kale, Brassica oleracea var. acephala.

chou frisé

An edible plant, similar to cabbage, with curled leaves that do not form a dense head (Brassica oleracea var. acephala)

chou-navet

(now, North America) The edible root of this plant

chouchen

(alcohol) An alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water.

chouchou

(idiomatic, informal, usually, derogatory) The favorite, especially a young one, especially of someone in power; a fair-haired boy (US), (Australian).

chouchouter

(transitive) To treat like a pet; to overly indulge. [from 1650s]

choucroute

A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.

choucrouteuse

A machine that tears up objects into smaller pieces, especially a paper shredder, garbage shredder or gardening or farming shredder.

chouette

(informal, of a person) Knowing what to do and how to behave; behaving with effortless and enviable style and panache; considered popular by others.

chouïa

A very small quantity or degree; a particle; an atom; a jot.

chouille

A festive occasion.

chouré

(slang) Stolen. [from the 20th c.]

chourrer

(transitive, informal) To steal or snatch.

choux

Brassica; a plant of the Brassica genus, especially those of Brassica oleracea (rape and coleseed).

chow chow

A fruit ketchup

choyer

(transitive) To coddle; to pamper somebody like an infant.

chrétien

(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.

chrétienne

(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.

chrétienté

The Christian world; Christ's Church on Earth. [from 14th c.]

Christ

(arts) A figure or other artistic depiction of Jesus Christ.

christiania

(skiing) A high-speed ski turn in which the skis are kept parallel.

christianisme

An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.

Christine

A en given name.

Christophe Colomb

A person who makes a great discovery.

chromatographie

(analytical chemistry) Any of various techniques for the qualitative or quantitative separation of the components of mixtures of compounds; all characterized by the use of a mobile phase (gas or liquid) moving relative to a stationary phase (liquid or solid) – the differences between the rates of migration of the compounds between the two phases affect the separation.

chrome

A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.

chromer

(transitive) To plate with chrome.

chromosome

(cytology, genetics) A linear arrangement of condensed DNA and associated proteins (such as chaperone proteins) which contains the genetic material (genome) of an organism.

chronique

A written account of events and when they happened, ordered by time.

chroniquer

A person who writes a chronicle or chronicles.

Chroniques

(book of the bible) A book of the Jewish Tanakh, divided into two Books of Chronicles in the Christian Bible.

chroniqueur

A person who writes a chronicle or chronicles.

chronographe

A device which marks or records time or time intervals.

chronologie

A schedule of activities; a timetable.

chronologique

(films, shows, books, etc) Relating to the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur within a story, rather than the order in which they are released.

chronologiquement

(manner) In a chronological manner; with reference to time.

chronologiste

A person skilled in chronology.

chronomètre

A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.

chronométrer

To measure time, to determine the current time.

Chronos

(Greek god) The personification of time.

chronoscope

A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.

chrysalide

The pupa of a butterfly or moth, particularly bare and hanging or girdled, as opposed to enclosed in a cocoon, in which metamorphosis takes place.

chrysanthème

Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.

chtarbé

(informal, especially, Britain) Mad; crazy.

chthonien

Pertaining to the underworld; being beneath the earth.

chtouille

(slang, usually with "the") Gonorrhea.

chuchotement

The act of speaking in a quiet voice, especially without vibration of the vocal cords.

chuchoteur

Someone who whispers.

chuchoteuse

Someone who whispers.

chum

A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

churro

A fried pastry from Spain, typically eaten as a dessert and with chocolate beverage.

chut

Demanding silence.

chute

Transmission by formal act or conveyance to an heir or successor; transference; especially, the transfer or transmission of the crown or royal authority to a successor.

chute d'eau

A waterfall or series of small waterfalls.

chute de neige

(uncountable) The partly frozen, crystalline state of water that falls from the atmosphere as precipitation in flakes; also, the falling of such flakes; and the accumulation of them on the ground or on objects as a white layer.