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

Cocyte
proper noun
Cocytus
Coderre
proper noun
a surname
Coffin
proper noun
a surname
Cognac
proper noun
Cognac (a city and commune of Charente department, region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France; famous for cognac brandy)
Coiteux
proper noun
a surname
Colapinto
proper noun
Colapinto: a surname from Italian
Colas
proper noun
a common surname originating as a patronymic
Colchide
proper noun
Colchis (a historical region and ancient Georgian kingdom on the coast of the Black Sea in the South Caucasus on the border between Europe and Asia, corresponding to what is now western Georgia (including Abkhazia), as well as parts of Russia and Turkey)
Coldefy
proper noun
a surname from Occitan
Colette
proper noun
a female given name, short for Nicolette, feminine diminutive form of Nicolas ( =Nicholas)
Colin
proper noun
a rare male given name; a common surname originating as a patronymic
Coline
proper noun
a female given name, short for Nicoline, feminine diminutive form of Nicolas
Colisée
proper noun
Colosseum
Collard
proper noun
a surname
Collas
proper noun
a French surname, Collas
Collet
proper noun
a common surname originating as a patronymic
Collett
proper noun
a surname originating as a patronymic
Collin
proper noun
a common surname originating as a patronymic
Colmar
proper noun
a city in central Alsace, eastern France
Cologne
proper noun
Cologne (the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in northwestern Germany)
Colombani
proper noun
a French surname from Corsican
Colombard
noun, masculine
resident or native of Colombier-Saugnieu
Colombie
proper noun
Colombia (a country in South America)
British Columbia (a province in western Canada)
Colombien
noun, masculine
Colombian (native or inhabitant of Colombia) (usually male)
Colombier
proper noun
Colombier (a village in Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France); Colombier (a village in Dordogne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France); Colombier (a village in Haute-Saône department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)
Colombier
proper noun
a surname
Colombier
proper noun
short for Grand Colombier (a mountain in Ain department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France)
Colombo
proper noun
Colombo
Colombo-Britannique
noun, masculine/feminine
British Columbian (resident or native of British Columbia, Canada)
Colomiers
proper noun
Colomiers (a town in Haute-Garonne department, Occitania, France)
Colonna
proper noun
a surname
Colorado
proper noun
Colorado, Colorado River (a major river of western North America, running from the Rocky Mountains in the United States to the Gulf of California in Mexico); Colorado (a state in the western United States, the 38th state)
Colosses
proper noun
Colossus
Colossiens
proper noun
Colossians
Colossée
proper noun
older form of Colisée: Colosseum (the largest stadium in the Roman empire, located near the center of Rome)
Coltainville
proper noun
Coltainville (a village in Eure-et-Loir department, Centre-Val de Loire, France)
Comaneci
proper noun
a surname from Romanian
Combani
proper noun
a village in Tsingoni, Mayotte department, France
Combillou
proper noun
A toponym in Brassac, Tarn-et-Garonne
Combourg
proper noun
Combourg (a town in Ille-et-Vilaine department, Brittany, France)
Comeau
proper noun
a surname, Comeau
Comeaux
proper noun
a surname
Comines
proper noun
Comines
Comino
proper noun
Comino
Commagène
proper noun
Commagene (an ancient Greco-Iranian kingdom in northeastern Anatolia, modern Turkey, with a capital at Samosata)
Comminges
proper noun
Comminges (a former region of France, Occitania)
European Commission
Commode
proper noun
Commodus
Commune
noun, feminine
Either of the French revolutionary governments (of 1792 or of 1871)
Communes
proper noun
plural of Commune; Commons (UK parliament)
Comores
proper noun
Comoros (a country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa); Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)
Comorien
noun, masculine
Comorian
Compostelle
proper noun
a city in A Coruña, Galicia
Comtat
proper noun
ellipsis of Comtat Venaissin
Comtat Venaissin
proper noun
A former papal enclave within France, corresponding to most of present-day Vaucluse and parts of Drôme, that existed from 1274 to 1791.
Comte
proper noun
a surname
Comtois
noun, masculine
resident or native of Franche-Comté, France
Coméliau
proper noun
a French surname
Con.Bn.
noun, masculine
Con.Bn. (contrabassoon)