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

centralité: centrality
centraméricain: Central American
centranthe: any plant of the genus Centranthus
centrasiatique: Central Asian
centre: centre, center; cross, specifically one directed into the penalty area
centre aéré: an outdoor centre for recreation
centre commercial: mall; shopping center, especially one with multiple floors
centre d'appels: call center
centre d'intérêt: interest, area of interest, center of interest, field of personal interest, hobby, concern, preoccupation, focus
centre de coûts: cost centre
centre de distribution: distribution center (building housing goods to be distributed to retailers, wholesalers, or consumers)
centre de gravité: center of gravity
centre de jeunesse: youth center
centre de la petite enfance: synonym of garderie
centre de masse: center of mass
centre de profits: profit centre
centre de réflexion: think tank
centre-asiatique: Central Asian
centre-ville: town centre, city center, downtown, central business district (CBD)
centrer: to center (put into, move into to center)
centreur: centering peg
centreuropéen: Central European
centrifugation: centrifugation
centrifuge: centrifugal
centrifuger: to centrifuge
centrifugeur: synonym of centrifugeuse
centrifugeuse: centrifuge
centripète: centripetal (directed or moving towards a centre); centripetal
centripétence: centripetence
centrique: centric; central
centrisme: centrism
centriste: centrist
centriste: a centrist
centrobarique: centrobaric
centrolécithe: centrolecithal
centromère: centromere
centroscopie: centroscopy
centrosome: centrosome
centrosymétrique: centrosymmetric
centrouse: a prison for inmates with long-term sentences
centrouze: a prison for inmates with long-term sentences
centroïde: centroid
centré: central; centralized
centuple: hundredfold quantity
centupler: to centuple, to multiply by one hundred
centurie: century (Roman army type unit); century (period of 100 years)
centurion: centurion (Roman officer)
centésimal: centesimal
cep: vine; archaic spelling of sep
cepar: park
cependant: meanwhile; however, nevertheless, yet, notwithstanding
cepstral: cepstral
cepstre: cepstrum
cerbère: bad-tempered bouncer (door keeper)
cerbérine: cerberin
cerce: curve of an arch; spline
cerceau: hoop (circular-shaped ring); hoop
cerclage: rimming; ringing; cerclage
cercle: circle; group of people, circle
cercle antarctique: Antarctic Circle