French–English dictionary

coopératrice

One who cooperates; an associate.

coopérer

(intransitive) To work or act together, especially for a common purpose or benefit.

coordinateur

One who, or that which, coordinates.

coordinatrice

One who, or that which, coordinates.

coordonnateur

One who, or that which, coordinates.

coordonnatrice

One who, or that which, coordinates.

coordonnée

(mathematics, cartography, astronomy, geography) A number representing the position of a point along a line, arc, or similar one-dimensional figure.

coordonnées

Information on how to contact a person or entity, typically including a telephone number, address etc.

copain

A male partner in an unmarried romantic relationship.

copains comme cochons

(informal) Friendly or intimate.

copeau

(countable) A thin, shaved off slice of wood, metal, or other material.

copeaux

(uncountable) The waste chips or shavings from an abrasive activity, such as metalworking, a saw cutting wood, or the use of a grindstone or whetstone. [from mid 16th c.]

Copenhague

The capital city of Denmark.

copiaule

A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment.

copie

(Internet) A duplicate copy of an email.

copie exacte

An exact copy.

copie pirate

(informal) A bootleg recording.

copier

(transitive) To imitate.

copieur

One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.

copieux

Vast in quantity or number, profuse, abundant; taking place on a large scale.

copilote

The navigator in the sport of rally racing, who sits in the front passenger seat and gives directions to the driver.

copinage

(originally, US, derogatory) Favouritism to friends without regard for their qualifications; especially (politics) , in their appointment to political positions.

copine

(informal, originally, Cambridge University) A close friend.

copiste

A person who copies documents.

copropriété

A tract of land in common ownership; common land.

copulation

The act of copulation in animals.

copuler

(somewhat, _, formal) To engage in sexual intercourse.

copyleft

A software license that follows this philosophy.

copyright

(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.

copyrighter

(transitive, intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.

coq

(North America, Kent, Australia, NZ) A male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) or other gallinaceous bird.

coq de bruyère

(countable) Any of various game birds of the subfamily Tetraoninae which inhabit temperate and subarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere; specifically, the red grouse (Lagopus lagopus scotica) native to heather moorland on the British Isles. [from 1530s]

coque

any spherical microorganism

coquelet

A young male chicken.

coquelicot

The poppy (Papaver rhoeas), widespread in western Eurasia and North Africa, formerly a common agricultural weed, now often used in gardens.

coqueriquer

(intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.

coquet

Of or relating to a young, flirtatious girl.

coquetage

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

coquetel

A mixed alcoholic beverage.

coquetisme

(countable) An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.

coquette

A woman who flirts or plays with people's affections.

coquetterie

(countable) An act constituting such behaviour; an affectation of amorous interest or enticement, especially of a woman directed towards a man.

coquillage

The calcareous or chitinous external covering of mollusks, crustaceans, and some other invertebrates.

coquille

(cricket) A hard protector for the genitals worn inside the underpants by a batsman or close fielder.

coquille d'œuf

The shell around an egg.

coquille d’œuf

A pale off-white colour, like that of the eggshell of many chickens.

coquille Saint-Jacques

Any of various marine bivalve molluscs of the superfamily Pectinoidea.

coquin

Troublesome, cheeky, badly behaved, impish, naughty, disobedient; showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way and liking to have fun by playing harmless tricks on people or doing things they are not supposed to do.

COR

(sports) Abbreviation of Russia(n) Olympic Committee.

corail

Having the orange-pink color of coral.

corallien

Made of coral.

corbeau

(architectural element) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.

corbeau freux

A European bird, Corvus frugilegus, of the crow family.

corbeille

A container in which items to be recycled may be placed.

corbeille à papier

(chiefly, North American, metonym) A container into which things are discarded.

corbillard

A carriage or vehicle specially adapted or used for transporting a dead person to the place of funeral or to the grave.

corbleu

(uncountable, euphemistic) God.

cordage

(nautical) A set of ropes and cords, especially that used for a ship's rigging.

corde

(rail) A section of subsidiary railway track that interconnects two primary tracks that cross at different levels, to permit traffic to flow between them.

corde raide

A tightly stretched rope or cable on which acrobats perform high above the ground.

cordeau

A cord that, when lit, conveys the fire to some explosive device, such as a bomb.

cordelette

A string.

cordelier

Of or pertaining to (Roman Catholicism) the Order of the Friars Minor, or (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) to another religious order based on the rule of Francis of Assisi's original order.

cordes

(music, usually, in the plural) The stringed instruments as a section of an orchestra, especially those played by a bow, or the persons playing those instruments.

cordes de boyau

(uncountable) The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.

cordial

Promoting strength; nourishing.

cordiale

Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable.

cordialement

(idiomatic) Used as a polite closing of a letter

cordialité

The quality of being friendly.

cordier

A maker of ropes.

Cordillère des Andes

Synonym of Andes Mountains.

cordon

A small flexible electrical conductor composed of wires insulated separately or in bundles and assembled together usually with an outer cover; the electrical cord of a lamp, sweeper ((US) vacuum cleaner), or other appliance.

cordon ombilical

A means or route for transporting indispensable supplies.

cordonnier

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

cordonnière

A person who repairs, and sometimes makes, shoes.

coré

(arts, sculpture) An Ancient Greek statue of a woman, portrayed standing, usually clothed, painted in bright colours and having an elaborate hairstyle.

Corée

A geographic region consisting of two countries in East Asia, commonly known as South Korea and North Korea; formerly a single country.

coréen

Of or relating to the Asian Peninsula comprising North Korea and South Korea.

Coréenne

(countable) A native or resident in North Korea or South Korea, or a person of Korean descent.

corégence

A monarchical position (such as king, queen, emperor or empress) held by two persons when normally held by only one.

coriandre

(US) The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking.

corindon

(mineral) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al2O3, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive.

Corinne

A en given name.

Corinthe

A port city in Greece.

Corinthien

An inhabitant or a resident of Corinth, and its suburbs.

Corinthienne

An inhabitant or a resident of Corinth, and its suburbs.

Corinthiens

(biblical) Either of the two books in the New Testament of the Bible that are written as epistles to the people of Corinth and which are attributed to Paul the Apostle, Sosthenes and Timothy.

cork

(snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) An aerialist maneuver involving a rotation where the rider goes heels over head, with the board overhead.

corme

A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought.

cormoran

Any of various medium-large black seabirds of the family Phalacrocoracidae which dive into water for fish and other aquatic animals, found throughout the world except for islands in the centre of the Pacific Ocean; specifically, the great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).

cornard

A man married to an unfaithful wife, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.

corne

The folded corner of the page of a book or other publication, either due to having been read many times or intentionally as a sort of bookmark.

corne de brume

A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats.

cornée

(anatomy) The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.

corneille

The common European black crow Corvus corone.

Cornélie

A en given name in quiet use since the 18th century.

cornemuse

A musical wind instrument possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.

cornemuseur

One who plays the bagpipes.

cornériser

(finance, business, transitive) To get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.

cornet

A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, briefcases, handbags, backpacks, etc.

cornet à pistons

A musical instrument of the brass family, slightly smaller than a trumpet, usually in the musical key of B-flat.

cornette

(historical) The fifth commissioned officer in a cavalry troop, who carried the colours (equivalent to the ensign in infantry).

corniaud

(dated, or, humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog.

corniche

(geology) A shelf, ridge, or reef, of rocks.

cornichon

A small cucumber, often pickled whole.

cornique

The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.

cornu

Having horns.

cornue

(chemistry) A flask with a rounded base and a long neck that is bent down and tapered, used to heat a liquid for distillation.

corolaire

(mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.

corollaire

(mathematics, logic) A proposition which follows easily from the statement or proof of another proposition.

corolle

(botany) The outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.

coronal

(phonetics) Relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of the tongue.

coronale

(phonetics) A consonant produced with the tip or blade of the tongue.

coroner

(Commonwealth, Ireland, Japan, legal) A public official who presides over an inquest into unnatural deaths, and who may have (or historically had) additional powers such as investigating cases of treasure trove.

corporal

(ecclesiastical) The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.

corporatif

Of or relating to a corporation.

corporation

A body corporate, created by law or under authority of law, having a continuous existence independent of the existences of its members, and powers and liabilities distinct from those of its members.

corps

A unified collection of details, knowledge or information. [from 17th c.]

corps de métier

An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training. [from 15th c.]

corps législatif

A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.

corps sans vie

The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass.

corpulent

Being large in size, mass, or volume; big, fat or muscular.

corpus

A unified collection of details, knowledge or information. [from 17th c.]

corpuscule

A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.

corral

An enclosure for livestock, especially a circular one.

correct

Satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional.

correctement

Satisfactorily, sufficiently well.

correcteur

(countable, uncountable) A cosmetic designed to cover blemishes.

correctif

(software development) A patch or change that fixes the unwanted behaviour caused by a bug.

correction

A substitution for an error or mistake.

corrélatif

(grammar) A pro-form; a non-personal pronominal, proadjectival, or proadverbial form

correspondance

(transport) A transfer from one transportation vehicle to another in scheduled transportation service.

correspondant

With equal measure or extent.

correspondante

A journalist who sends reports back to a newspaper or radio or television station from a distant or overseas location.

correspondre

(intransitive, followed by to) To be the tantamount to; to reach up to the level of.

corridor

A corridor; a hallway.

corriger

(transitive, rare) To revise or make corrections to a publication.

corrine

(organic compound) A molecular species that contains four reduced pyrrole rings joined in a macrocycle by three -CH= groups and one direct bond; central to the cobalt-containing vitamin cobalamin.

corroboration

(by extension) Anything that serves to support something; a prop.

corroborer

(transitive) To corroborate, prove, or confirm; to demonstrate; to provide evidence for.

corroder

(intransitive) To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion.

corrompre

(transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.

corrompu

In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.

corrosif

Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, hanging, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as the corrosive action of an acid.

corruption

The act of giving an illegal payment (a bribe) to a person in an official position as a means of influencing their decisions.

corsage

(fashion) A shirt for women or girls, particularly a shirt with buttons and often a collar; a dress shirt tailored for women.

corsaire

Casual pants or trousers, usually for women, with the bottom hem reaching to below the knee but above the ankle (at midcalf, more or less); usually lightweight and summery.

Corse

An island and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia.

corset

A woman's foundation garment, reinforced with stays, that supports the waistline, hips and bust.

Corte

A French commune in the Haute-Corse department, Corsica.