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

Cruou: The Cruou (a right tributary of the Créneau in Aveyron department, Occitania, France)
Crète: Crete (an island and region in Greece)
Crèvecœur-le-Grand: Crèvecœur-le-Grand (a commune of Oise department, Hauts-de-France, in northern France)
Crèvecœur-le-Petit: Crèvecœur-le-Petit (a commune of Oise department, Hauts-de-France, in northern France)
Créac'h: a French surname from Breton
Créateur: the Creator; God
Crécy: ellipsis of Crécy-en-Ponthieu: a commune and village in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France; ellipsis of forêt de Crécy (= Crecy Forest): a forest in Somme department, Hauts-de-France, France
Crégols: Crégols (a village in Lot department, Occitania, France)
Crémone: Cremona (a province and city in Lombardy, Italy)
Créneau: The Créneau (a left tributary of the Dourdou de Conques in Aveyron department, Occitania, France)
Créole: Creole:; a native-born of Latin descent in the Louisiana territory of any race or ethnicity, as opposed to Anglo-American settlers
Crépeau: a surname
Crépeaux: a surname
Crésus: Croesus
Crétacé: Cretaceous period
Créteil: Créteil (a city and commune of the department of Val-de-Marne, region of Île-de-France, France)
Crétois: Cretan
Cuba: Cuba (a country, the largest island (based on land area) in the Caribbean)
Cubain: Cuban (native or inhabitant of Cuba) (usually male)
Cucugnan: Cucugnan (a village in Aude department, Occitania, France)
Cucuron: Cucuron (a village in Vaucluse department, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)
Cuguron: Cuguron (a village in Haute-Garonne department, Occitania, France)
Cuif: a surname
Cumes: Cumae (an ancient Greek, and then Roman, settlement near Naples famed for its sibyl)
Cuméen: Cumaean (native or inhabitant of Cumae) (usually male)
Cunwal: a male given name from Breton, of historical usage
Cupidon: Cupid (the god)
Cuqueron: Cuqueron (a village in Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France)
Curaçao: Curaçao (an island and constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea off the west coast of Venezuela)
Curie: a surname, especially referring to Marie Curie and her husband Pierre Curie
Cussac: a surname from Occitan
Cuvier: a surname
Cuxac: a surname from Occitan
Cybèle: Cybele (a mother goddess of the ancient peoples of Asia Minor)
Cychrée: Cychreus (the son of Poseidon and the nymph Salamis)
Cyclades: the Cyclades
Cygne: Cygnus
Cymb.: abbreviation of cymbales (“cymbals”)
Cynosure: Ursa Minor
Cynthe: Cynthus (a mountain of Delos, famous in Greek mythology as the birthplace of Apollo and Artemis)
Cynthia: Cynthia
Cynurie: Cynuria (an ancient district of Peloponnesus, situated between Laconia and Argolis in modern Greece)
Cyprien: a male given name
Cypriote: Cypriot (resident or native of Cyprus)
Cyriaque: a male given name
Cyril: a male given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Cyrille
Cyrille: a male given name, equivalent to English Cyril
Cyrille: a female given name of rare usage, masculine equivalent Cyril
Cyrène: Cyrene
Cyrénaïque: Cyrenaica (a geographic region, an and former province of northeastern Libya; in modern usage, extended to the entire eastern portion of Libya)
Cyrénéens: Cyrenians
Cyssunte: Cyssus (an ancient town and port of Ionia mentioned by Livy)
Cythère: Kythira (an island of Greece in the south-east Ionian Sea at the opening to the Aegean Sea)
Cythéréen: Cytherean (native or inhabitant of Cythera) (usually male)
Czartoryski: a surname from Polish
CÉLI: initialism of compte d'épargne libre d'impôt (“tax-free savings account”): TFSA
Cæcile: obsolete spelling of Cécile
Cène: Holy Communion; Last Supper
Cécile: a female given name, equivalent to English Cecilia
Cécilia: a female given name