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chômage technique: layoff (temporary); furlough
chômedu: synonym of chômage (“unemployment”)
chômer: to be idle; to be out of work
chômeur: an unemployed person
chörten: chorten, Tibetan stupa
chœnix: choenix
chœur: chorus; choir (company of people who are trained to sing together); quire (the architectural area of a church used by the choir, often near the apse)
ci: alternative form of ici (“here”); see -ci
ci-après: hereafter
ci-contre: thereagainst
ci-dessous: below, underneath (under this point)
ci-dessus: above, above here
ci-devant: former, one-time
ci-devant: former aristocrat
ci-gît: here lies (a phrase written on gravestones followed by the buried person's name)
ci-inclus: attached; included; herein
ci-joint: herewith
ci-joint: enclosed; attached
ciao: ciao
cibiste: breaker (user of CB radio)
ciblage: targeting
cible: target; aim, goal
cibler: to target
ciblème: squash, pattypan squash
ciboire: the ciborium cup, pyx
ciboire: a mild profanity
ciborium: ciborium
ciboule: scallion, spring onion (Allium fistulosum)
ciboulette: chive (the plant); chives (the herb)
ciboulot: bonce, nut, noggin (head)
cicatrice: scar
cicatriciel: cicatricial
cicatricule: cicatricula; hilum of a bean or other seed
cicatrisable: healable
cicatrisant: that heals wounds
cicatrisation: scarring
cicatriser: to heal, to scar (of a wound)
cicindèle: tiger beetle (of genus Cicindela)
cicutine: coniine
cicutoxine: cicutoxin
cicérone: cicerone
cicéronien: Ciceronian
cidre: cider
cidre brut: brut cider
cidre de glace: ice cider (alcoholic beverage made from fermented apple juice squeezed from naturally frozen apples left on the tree into winter)
cidre mousseux: sparkling cider (a bubbly fizzy alcoholic potable created from fermented apple juices similar to champagne)
cidrerie: cider-makers; cider house
cidrier: cider brewer
cie: abbreviation of compagnie — company; abbreviation of compagnie — Co. (company)
ciel: sky; heaven
ciel: canopy (of a bed, etc.)
ciel: heavens!
cierge: cierge (wax candle used in religious rites); cereus
cig: cigarette
cigale: cicada (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
cigale de mer: slipper lobster, any member of the family Scyllaridae
cigare: cigar (rolled bundle of tobacco made for smoking); head, face
cigarette: cigarette
cigarette russe: rolled biscuit, cigarette cookie
cigarette électronique: electronic cigarette