French–English dictionary

Connerie

A surname from Irish.

conneries

(mildly, vulgar, slang, usually, in the plural) A testicle.

connexe

Composed of a number of different kinds or types; mixed; miscellaneous.

connexion

The point at which two or more things are connected.

connivence

(law) The process of conniving or conspiring.

connotatif

that implies or suggests something else

connotation

(semantics) A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.

connoter

(transitive) To signify beyond its literal or principal meaning.

connu

Well known.

conquérant

Someone who conquers.

conquérante

Someone who conquers.

conquérir

(transitive) To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).

conquête

(countable, colloquial, by extension) A find, in particular a boyfriend or girlfriend or prospective spouse.

Conrad

A en given name.

consacré

Used or intended for a particular purpose

consacrer

To apply or make use of (someone or something); to employ, to use.

consanguin

Related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor.

consanguinité

A consanguineous or family relationship through parentage or descent. A blood relationship.

consciemment

In a conscious manner; knowingly, volitionally.

conscience

(chiefly, fiction, narratology) A personification of the moral sense of right and wrong, usually in the form of a person, a being or merely a voice that gives moral lessons and advices.

conscience de soi

The state or property of being self-aware; state of being aware of oneself as an individual.

conscient

Sapient; self-aware.

conscription

Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority.

conscrire

(transitive, US) To conscript (a person); to force (a person) to serve in some capacity, especially in the military.

conscrit

One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.

consécration

The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.

consécution

(logic) The relation of consequent to antecedent.

consécutivement

In a consecutive manner; without interruption.

conseil

(uncountable) An opinion offered to guide behavior in an effort to be helpful.

conseil d'administration

A committee that manages the business of an organization, e.g., a board of directors.

conseiller

In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor.

conseiller municipal

A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.

conseillère

In particular, a representative elected to a local authority, such as a city council: a city councillor.

conseils

Advice or counselling on some topic.

consensuel

With permission, with consensus, without coercion; allowed without objecting or resisting.

consensus

General agreement among the members of a given group or community, each member of which exercises some discretion in decision-making and follow-up action.

consentement

A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.

consentir

(intransitive) To be in harmony about an opinion, statement, or action; to have a consistent idea between two or more people.

conséquemment

(manner) Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably

conséquence

A consequence or ensuing result of some action.

conséquent

(logic) The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q."

conservateur

Based on pessimistic assumptions, and on the low side.

conservation

(biology) Genes and associated characteristics of biological organisms that are unchanged by evolution, for example similar or identical nucleic acid sequences or proteins in different species descended from a common ancestor

conservationniste

A person who maintains natural areas or protects threatened species.

conservatisme

A political philosophy that advocates traditional values.

conservatoire

(music) A music academy.

conservatrice

A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.

conserve

Preserved in cans.

conserver

(transitive) To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.

considérable

Outstanding in importance, of great consequence.

considérablement

Significantly; to a degree worth considering.

considérant

(legal) A formal, preliminary statement in a deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded, prior to a positive allegation.

considérer

(intransitive) To think about something seriously or carefully: to deliberate.

consignataire

The person to whom a shipment is to be delivered.

consignateur

That which logs, such as a computer program to keep track of events.

consignation

A collection of goods to be sent, in transit or having been sent.

consigne

A monetary deposit collected at the point of sale when a bottled beverage is purchased, and fully or partially refunded when the empty bottle is returned.

consigner

(transitive) To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to entrust; to consign; used with to or formerly unto.

consistance

(archaic) The physical quality which is given by the degree of density, firmness, solidity, and viscosity; consistency.

consistant

Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.

consister

(archaic, intransitive) To exist or be compatible.

consœur

A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.

consolateur

A person who comforts someone who is suffering.

consolation

The act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled.

console

Abbreviation of video game console.

console de jeu

Abbreviation of video game console.

consoler

(obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

consolidation

The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated.

consommable

A material or product that is produced for consumption.

consommateur

(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.

consommation

The number of miles travelled by a vehicle on a certain volume of fuel.

consommatrice

(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.

consommé

a clear broth made from reduced meat or vegetable stock, served either hot as a soup or chilled as a jelly

consommer

(transitive) To destroy completely.

consomption

(pathology) The wasting away of the human body through disease.

consonant

Consistent, harmonious, compatible, or in agreement.

consonne

(phonetics) A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.

consonne roulée

(phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.

conspirateur

One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.

conspiration

(legal) An agreement between two or more persons to break the law at some time in the future.

conspiratrice

One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy.

conspirer

(intransitive) To secretly cooperate with other people in order to commit a crime or other wrongdoing; to collude, to conspire. [from mid 17th c.]

constable

(UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.

constamment

(frequency) Recurring regularly.

Constance

A en given name.

constant

Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature. [from late 16th c. in the obsolete sense ‘consisting of’]

Constantin

A en given name.

Constantine

A city and province in north-east Algeria.

Constantinople

(historical) The former name, from 330–1930 C.E., of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey; the former capital of the Ottoman Empire and of the Byzantine Empire before that.

constater

(transitive) To find out definitely; to discover or establish.

constellation

(constellation) An unofficial constellation (small group of stars that forms a visible pattern).

consteller

(transitive) To fit, adorn (as if) with constellations.

consternation

Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection; terror, combined with amazement; dismay.

consterné

Having the emotion of dismay.

constipé

Unable to defecate; costive.

constiper

(ambitransitive) To cause constipation in, render costive.

constituant

(grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause

constituer

(transitive) To constitute in amount or portion.

constitution

(countable, uncountable) An item's composition.

constructeur

One who builds or constructs things.

constructeur de navires

A person who builds vessels such as ships and boats.

constructif

Relating to or causing construction.

construction

(uncountable) The act or process by which something is built; construction.

constructrice

One who builds or constructs things.

construire

(transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts.

construire un réseau

(intransitive) To interact socially for the purpose of getting connections or personal advancement.

consul

(by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.

consule

(by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.

consultatif

Able to give advice.

consultation

The act of consulting.

consulter

(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.

consumer

(transitive) To destroy completely.

consumérisme

An economic theory that increased consumption is beneficial to a nation's economy in the long run.

contact

The act of touching physically; being in close association.

contacter

(transitive) To establish communication with (something or someone).

contagieux

(pathology, typically, of a person) Able to infect others; capable of transmitting pathogens.

container

(transportation) A very large, typically metal, box used for transporting goods.

contamination

The act or process of contaminating.

contaminer

(transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.

conte

A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.

contemnement

(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.

contemner

(transitive, archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.

contemplatif

Inclined to contemplate; introspective and thoughtful; meditative.

contemplation

The act of contemplating; musing; being highly concentrated in thought

contempler

To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study, ponder, or consider.

contemporain

Of the same age or era; contemporary.

contemporaine

Someone or something belonging to the same time period (as someone or something else)

contempteur

Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect.

contemption

(uncountable) The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain.

contenance

Calmness of mind or temperament.

contenant

An item in which objects, materials or data can be stored or transported.

conteneur

A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container.

conteneur poubelle

(Canada, US) A large, usually metal trash receptacle designed to be hoisted up by a garbage truck in order to be emptied.

contenir

(transitive) To be made up of; to consist of (especially a comprehensive list of parts). [from the earlier 15th c.]

contenir un lien (vers)

(of a hypertext document) To point to another document by a hyperlink.

content

(chiefly, Scotland, elsewhere, _, dated, or, literary) Cheerful, happy.

contente

Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.

contentement

The state or degree of being contented or satisfied.

contenter

(ambitransitive) To be enough (for)

contention

(countable) something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures

contenu

(usually, in the plural) That which is contained.

conter

(transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.

conter fleurette

Playful flirtation; amorous play. [from 14th c.]

contestable

That can be contested; debatable.

contester

to oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of

conteur

A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.

conteuse

A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience.

contexte

time, place, circumstance

contigu

(transitive) To border on.

contiguïté

A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.