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chargeon: holon, chargon
charger: to load (up) (vehicle, animal etc.); to load (firearm); to charge (battery); to put in charge; to charge (somebody with doing something); to charge (somebody of a crime)
charger la barque: to be too ambitious, to bite off more than one can chew; to overdo it, to exaggerate
charger la mule: to overdo it
chargeur: stoker, fireman; cassette, film-holder; loader, shipper, freighter, shipping agent; ammo clip; loader (of canons)
chargeur automatique: autoloader
chargeure: figure placed upon another
chargeuse: female equivalent of chargeur; loader, front-end loader, front loader, endloader, payloader, bucket loader, wheel loader (construction machine)
chargeuse-pelleteuse: backhoe loader, loader excavator
chargeüre: post-1990 spelling of chargeure
chargino: chargino
chargé: busy
chargé: boss; chief (normally only used in expressions)
chargé d'affaires: chargé d'affaires
chargé de clientèle: customer service manager; account manager
chargé de communication: communications manager, communications officer, PR manager, PR officer, public relations manager, public relations officer, press officer
chargé de cours: lecturer (at university)
charia: shari'a
chariatique: shariatic
charibotée: swarm
charier: To carry in a wagon.; To carry.; To exaggerate.
chariot: A car/carriage or wagon; carriage (of a computer printer); shopping cart
chariot à mât rétractable: reachtruck
chariot élévateur: forklift
charismatique: charismatic
charisme: charism (power or authority, generally of a spiritual nature, believed to be a freely given gift by the Grace of God); charisma (personal charm or magnetism)
charitable: charitable
charitablement: charitably
charité: charity
charité bien ordonnée commence par soi-même: charity begins at home
charivari: charivari, shivaree (mock serenade of discordant noise, notably to heckle a publicly reviled figure); racket, banging in general, rumpus
charivarique: charivaric
charivariquement: in a charivaric manner
charlatan: a streetseller of medicines; a charlatan (trickster); a quack
charlatanerie: charlatanry
charlatanisme: charlatanism; quackery, fraud, humbug
charleston: Charleston (dance)
charlevoisien: of Charlevoix
charlière: hydrogen balloon; gas balloon: A balloon buoyed by a lifting gas that is not heated. A balloon that floats in the air which is not a hot-air balloon.
charlot: clown, joker (person not to be taken seriously)
charlotte: charlotte (dessert); Charlotte hat, Charlotte bonnet, mob cap
charmant: charming
charmantissime: super-charming
charme: charm, attractive quality; enchantment; originally, magical incantation; glamour (alluring beauty or charm, often with sex appeal)
charme: Trees of genus Carpinus (hornbeam), of the Betulaceae family
charme commun: common hornbeam, European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus)
charmer: to charm (with magic); to charm
charmeur: a charmer; something or someone that charms
charmeur: charming
charmeur de serpents: snake charmer
charmille: bower, arbor
charmé: charmed
charnel: carnal (relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites)
charnellement: carnally
charnier: mass grave; larder for salted meat
charnière: hinge; joint (of a bone); turning point (pivotal moment)
charnu: fleshy; plump
charnure: flesh (fleshy parts of the human body)
charo: horndog, person on the prowl (person who is eager for sex)
charognard: scavenger (animal feeding on decaying matter); vulture (person who profits from the suffering of others)