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capillaire
adjective
capillary
capillaire
noun, masculine
capillary (any of the small blood vessels that connect arteries to veins)
capillarite
noun, feminine
capillaritis
capillarité
noun, feminine
capillarity; capillary action
capilliculteur
noun, masculine
coiffeur
capilliculture
noun, feminine
capilliculture
far-fetched
capilotade
noun, feminine
capilotade
capitaine
noun, masculine/feminine
captain, leader; giant African threadfin (Polydactylus quadrifilis)
capitaine d'industrie
noun, masculine/feminine
captain of industry
capitaine de corvette
noun, masculine
Lowest senior officer rank in Francophone navies; corvette captain, lieutenant commander
capitaine de frégate
noun, masculine
Intermediate senior officer rank in some Francophone navies; frigate captain, commander
capitaine de vaisseau
noun, masculine/feminine
Naval military officer in command of a capital ship or a small squadron. Equivalent of a ship of the line captain in Commonwealth navies and a full captain in the United States navy. Ranking above a capitaine de corvette and below contre-amiral
Military rank used in some Francophone navies, including those of the Ivory Coast and Morocco; senior captain, senior ship of the line captain
capitainerie
noun, feminine
port authority; captaincy
capital
noun, masculine
capital (money and wealth)
capital
adjective
capital (important)
capital confiance
noun, masculine
trust capital
capital culturel
noun, masculine
cultural capital (the social assets of a person, like education, intellect, style of speech/dress, etc. that promote social mobility)
capital social
noun, masculine
share capital, capital stock; social capital
capital sympathie
noun, masculine
likeability seen as an asset; aura of vulnerability that can be used to elicit sympathy in other people
capital-risque
noun, feminine
venture capital
capital-risqueur
noun, feminine
venture capitalist
capitale
noun, feminine
capital, capital city; capital letter
capitally
capitalisable
adjective
capitalizable
capitalisation
noun, feminine
capitalisation
to capitalize; to hoard, to stockpile
capitalisme
noun, masculine
capitalism
capitaliste
noun, masculine/feminine
capitalist
capitaliste
adjective
capitalist
capitalistic
capitalistically
capitanat
noun, masculine
captaincy
capitation
noun, feminine
capitation (tax); capitation
capitaux propres
noun, masculine
equity
to tax on a per capita basis
capiteux
adjective
heady; intoxicating
capitolin
adjective
Capitoline
capitonnage
noun, masculine
padding; upholstery
to pad (fill with padding)
capitoul
noun, masculine
a capitoul or capitol: the former chief magistrates of the city of Toulouse, France. The requirements included being male, married, over 25 years of age, and Catholic; having a house in Toulouse; and plying an honorable profession, such as the law or trade
capitoulat
noun, masculine
capitoulate:
capitulaire
adjective
capitular
capitularly (as an ecclesiastical chapter)
capitulard
noun, masculine
surrenderer, quitter
capitulard
adjective
defeatist
capitulation
noun, feminine
treaty, convention; especially a treaty regarding the rights of nationals of one party with respect to the government of the other party; surrender, capitulation (act of capitulating or surrendering to an enemy upon stipulated terms)
capitule
noun, masculine
chapter (reading at canonical hour); capitulum, flower head
to surrender; to capitulate (to give oneself up into the power of another)
capnie
noun, feminine
capnia (carbon dioxide in the blood)
capnoïde
adjective
smokelike; resembling the color or odor of smoke
capoeira
noun, feminine
capoeira
capon
adjective
cowardly
capon
noun, masculine
coward
to act cowardly, be yellow, chicken; to cat (raise anchor to cathead)
caponnière
noun, feminine
caponier
caporal
noun, masculine
corporal; caporal (tobacco)
caporal-chef
noun, masculine
chief corporal, master corporal
to name as corporal