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capverdien: Cape Verdean
capé: Experienced
capésien: candidate or holder of the certificate of aptitude of secondary education
capétien: Capetian
caque: keg, barrel (especially for storing herring)
caquelon: caquelon
caquenlit: annual mercury (Mercurialis annua)
caquet: cackle, clucking
caqueter: to cackle; to prattle
caquiste: a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec
caquiste: of the Coalition Avenir Québec
caquètement: cackle; prattle
car: as, since, because, for
car: a single-decked long-distance, or privately hired, bus, a coach
car-ferry: car ferry
carabin: carabineer; medical student
carabine: rifle; mistress of a cavalry soldier
carabinier: carabineer
carabiné: raging, ferocious, violent, excessive
carabistouille: nonsense
caracal: caracal
caraco: loose blouse; undershirt, camisole
caracole: caracole; snail
caracoler: to caracole; go round and round, buzz round, flit about, flit around; to sit pretty, to be (well) ahead, nestle (appear comfortable at the top of a ranking)
caractère: character (written symbol); nature; character, demeanour,; personality
caractère chinois: Chinese character (hanzi)
caractère de cochon: a nasty character, a bad temper
caractère sexuel primaire: primary sex characteristic
caractère sexuel secondaire: secondary sex characteristic
caractériel: temperamental; emotionally disturbed
caractérisation: characterization
caractériser: to characterize
caractéristique: characteristic, trait
caractéristique: characteristic
caractérisé: characterized
caractérologie: characterology
caractérologique: characterologic
caracul: karakul
carafe: carafe
carafon: small carafe
carambolage: a carom, a cannon; pile-up (car accident involving 3 or more cars hitting each other successively)
carambole: star fruit; red (ball); French billiards; cannon
caramboler: to collide with
carambouille: con in which someone sells something bought on credit, and then disappears without paying his debt
caramel: fudge; caramel (confection)
caramélisation: caramelisation
caraméliser: to caramelize
carangue: jackfish, carangid; any fish of the family Carangidae.
carangue dorée: Golden trevally Gnathanodon speciosus
carapace: shell
carapater: to run, to make haste; to run away
caraque: of, from or relating to Caracas
caraque: cocoa from Caracas
caraque: A round chocolate-filled pastry made with pâte brisée.
caraque: carrack (large European sailing vessel)
carat: carat
caravagesque: Caravaggesque, Caravaggiesque (reminiscent of the style of Caravaggio)
caravagiste: Caravaggesque
caravagiste: One of the Caravaggisti
caravane: caravan (convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals); travel trailer (furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary)