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ceinture de chasteté: chastity belt
ceinture de radiations de Van Allen: Van Allen radiation belt
ceinture de sécurité: seatbelt, safety belt
ceinture fléchée: ceinture fléchée
ceinture noire: black belt (the belt itself); black belt (someone who has attained a black belt)
ceinture orogénique: synonym of cordillère
ceinture scapulaire: shoulder girdle
ceinturer: to belt; belt up; girt; put a belt (or something similar) around; to wrap; wrap up; to surround
ceinturon: leather belt for holding knives, swords, daggers, etc.; any wide leather belt
cejourd'hui: synonym of aujourd'hui
cela: that
cela dit: that said, that being said, having said that, then again
cela fait zir: astonishing!
cela m'en touche une sans faire bouger l'autre: I don't give a fuck; it's like water off a duck's back to me
cela s'entend: of course
cela étant: that being so, that being said, then again, however
cela étant dit: that being so, that being said, then again, however
celer: to conceal, hide
cell: cellular phone, mobile phone; clipping of téléphone cellulaire
cella: cella
celleux: those
cellier: storeroom (for food, wine etc.)
cellophane: cellophane
cellui: the one
cellulaire: cellular
cellulaire: cellular phone, mobile phone; ellipsis of téléphone cellulaire
cellulairement: cellularly
cellule: cell; cell (of prison); table cell
cellule de dégrisement: drunk tank
cellule sanguine: blood cell
cellule souche: stem cell
celluleux: cellular
cellulifuge: cellulifugal
cellulipète: cellulipetal
cellulite: cellulite; cellulitis
cellulose: cellulose
cellulosique: cellulosic
cellulosiquement: In a cellulosic manner; by the use of cellulose
celluloïd: celluloid
celte: Celtic (of the Celts; of the style of the Celts)
celte: Celtic, (the language of the Celts)
celtique: Celtic (of the Celts; of the style of the Celts)
celtiser: to Celticize
celtitude: the quality, state or characteristic of being Celtic
celui: the one
celui-ci: this one; the latter
celui-là: that one; the former
celuy: obsolete spelling of celui
cendre: ash (of fire, etc.); mortal remains
cendrer: to give the color of ash; to mix or cover with ashes
cendreux: ashen; cindery
cendrier: ash pan; ashtray
cendriette: cineraria (plant)
cendré: ashen
cendrée: the blazoning term for gray
cenelle: hawthorn berry, haw (fruit of the hawthorn)
cenne: cent (one-hundredth of a dollar)
cens: census; feu-duty (annual rent paid by a tenant of a fief to his feudal lord)
censer: synonym of estimer /penser
censeur: censor; headmaster (or deputy head)