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

censier: poll tax
censier: census document
censitaire: census, censitary
censive: censive
censivement: feudal, tenurial; under censive tenure
censorial: censorial
censuel: censual
censuellement: by means of a census
censure: censorship; ellipsis of motion de censure (“confidence motion”)
censurer: to formally rebuke; to censure; to censor
censé: supposed to, meant to
censé tel: so presumed; supposed (to be) (presumed to be thus; supposedly such; reckoned as such)
censément: supposedly
cent: hundred
cent: cent (one-hundredth of a dollar or of a euro)
cent pour cent: one hundred percent
cent sept ans: a long time
centaine: a hundred or so, about a hundred; hundreds (in arithmetic)
centaure: centaur (mythical half horse, half man)
centauresque: centauresque
centaurée: centaury
centavo: centavo
centenaire: centenary (period of 100 years, to mark an anniversary); centennial (100 year anniversary)
centenaire: centenarian (someone aged 100 years or more)
centenaire: 100-year-old
centenier: centurion
centennal: centennial
centibar: centibar
centigrade: centigrade (all meanings)
centigramme: centigram, centigramme
centikatal: Centikatal
centilage: percentilation
centilitre: centilitre, centiliter
centime: centime (hundredth of a franc, coin); cent (one-hundredth of a euro), eurocent
centimètre: centimetre
centimétrique: centimetric
centipède: centipede (A segmented arthropod of class Chilopoda)
centipède: centipedal
centiseconde: centisecond (one hundredth of a second)
centième: hundredth
centième: hundredth
centièmement: hundredthly; finally, lastly
centon: cento; motley
centrafricain: Central African
centrage: centering (act of putting into the center)
central: central
centrale: power plant
centrale d'achats: group purchasing organization, GPO (entity that is created to leverage the purchasing power of a group of businesses to obtain discounts from vendors based on the collective buying power of the GPO members)
centrale nucléaire: nuclear power plant
centrale thermique: thermal power station
centrale à charbon: coal plant (power station)
centrale à gaz: gas plant (power station)
centrale électrique: power station
centralement: centrally
centralien: a eq. master degree in engineering offered at Ecole Centrale Paris, the Centralien curriculum
centralisateur: centralizing (tending to centralize)
centralisateur: centralizer
centralisation: centralization, centralisation
centraliser: to centralise
centralisme: centralism