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cantilien: of La Chapelle-en-Serval; of Canteleu; of Chantilly
cantillation: cantillation (the act of cantillating)
cantiller: cantillate
cantilène: cantilena; a lyrical text; a repetitive, gloomy song
cantine: canteen (small cafeteria or snack bar, especially one in a military establishment, school, or place of work)
cantinier: cellarman; sutler
cantinière: cantinière; female equivalent of cantinier
cantique: canticle
cantoche: canteen
canton: canton (of Switzerland, France, Luxembourg or Bosnia-Herzegovina); township (of Canada); canton
cantonade: box seats
cantonais: Cantonese
cantonais: Cantonese (language)
cantonal: canton; cantonal
cantoniste: cantonist
cantonnement: billet; billeting; cantonment
cantonner: to station; billet (troops); to be stationed, be billeted; to confine (someone to); to take refuge (in); to restrict oneself (to); focus (on)
cantonnier: roadman, roadmender; trackman (railways)
cantonnier: of the Eastern Townships (historical administrative region in southeast Quebec)
cantonnière: a valance
cantonné: surrounded (speaking of a cross).
cantou: more or less monumental fireplace typical of farms in the southwest of France
canular: hoax (anything deliberately intended to deceive or trick)
canule: cannula
canut: a former hand weaver (who worked at home); A very poor person
canyon: canyon
canyon du Diable: Canyon Diablo (a canyon in Northern Arizona)
canyonisme: canyoning
canzone: canzone
canéphore: canephorus
canétois: of, from or relating to the town of Canet-en-Roussillon, Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France
caoua: coffee
caouanne: loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
caoutchouc: rubber (natural and synthetic); plastic; a rubber tree, hevea (Hevea brasiliensis); a rubber fig, a tropical tree often used ornamentally (Ficus elastica); a raincoat
caoutchouter: to coat with rubber; to decorate with rubber
caoutchouteux: rubbery; having the appearance or consistency of rubber
caoutchoutique: rubber; rubbery
caoutchouté: rubberized
caoutchène: caoutchin
cap: cape; head; heading; goal, direction, course; cap (summit of a mountain)
cap glacé: synonym of calotte glaciaire (“ice cap”); clipping of cappuccino glacé (“iced capp, frappuccino”)
cap-verdien: Cape Verdean
capabilité: capability
capable: able, capable
capablement: capably
capace: large, capacious
capacitaire: In which only those meeting a certain educational standard may vote (of a voting system)
capacitaire: a person having a specified capacity, especially one having a law degree
capaciter: to capacitate
capacitif: capacitive
capacité: skill (capacity to do something well); capacity (measure of the ability to hold, receive or absorb; maximum amount that can be contained)
capacité juridique: legal capacity
capacité électrique: capacitance (property of an element of an electrical circuit)
caparaçon: caparison
caparaçonner: to caparison
caparaçonné: caparisoned
cape: cape
capeline: capeline
caper: to cap (set a limit to); to cap (award a player a cap for playing for their national team)
capharnaüm: shambles; (unorderly) storeroom, closet