French verbs beginning with C

758 verbs with English meanings. Select a verb to see its conjugation.

• cabalerto intrigue; to plot; to conspire
• cabaliserto practice cabalistic arts
• cabanerto live in a hut; capsize; turn over
• cabosserto dent (informal, transitive)
• caboterto coast, to hug the coastline (to travel by the coast) (intransitive); to transport goods or passenger, to provide cabotage (intransitive)
• cabotinerpretend; act out; show off
• cabrerto rear up (on a horse or a motorcycle) (reflexive); to complain (figurative, reflexive)
• cabriolerto caper, cavort (intransitive)
• cacabercall (of a partridge, quail or guinea fowl)
• cacardercackle or call (of a goose or jay); chatter or gossip
• cacherhide; conceal
• cacheterto seal (put a seal on a letter, a package, a wine bottle, etc.) (transitive)
• cadastrerto survey; to record
• cadavériserto turn into a corpse; to turn oneself into a corpse, to die
• cadenasserto padlock (transitive)
• cadencerto cadence (transitive)
• cadrerto fit (go well together); to frame (put into the field of vision)
• cafarderto tattle
• cafouillerto play up, be in a mess, fall apart (intransitive)
• cahoterto bump, jolt (transitive); to jolt along, bounce along (intransitive)
• caillebottercoagulate
• caillerto curdle, clot; to be very cold, to be brass monkeys (impersonal, slang); to be very cold, to freeze (intransitive, slang)
• cailleterto gossip, chew the cud (dated, intransitive)
• caillouterto metal (a road) (transitive)
• cajolerto cuddle, to cradle in one's arms; to flatter, to cajole (dated)
• calaminercover with calamine
• calamistrerto curl hair
• calancherdie
• calandrercalender; pass material through smoothing rollers
• calcifierto calcify
• calcinerto calcinate (transitive); to calcine (transitive)
• calculerto calculate (all meanings)
• calerto wedge (open) (a door) (transitive); to jam (machinery etc.), to stall (an engine) (transitive); to stall (of driver, engine) (intransitive); to fill (someone) up (transitive)
• caleterto flee; to weave lace; to run away (slang)
• calfaterto caulk (to seal joints with caulk)
• calfeutrerto caulk (to seal joints with caulk) (transitive); to draughtproof, draftproof (transitive)
• calibrerto calibrate; to grade
• calligraphierto calligraph (transitive)
• calmercalm; soothe; ease; die down
• calmircalm
• calomnierto slander, libel, besmirch, calumniate
• calorifierto heat
• calorifugerto thermally insulate; to calorifuge
• calorisercover with aluminum at high temperature
• calotterslap on the head or face; steal (slang)
• calquerto model, to imitate, to copy; to trace, to copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines
• calterto flee quickly; to run away
• cambrerto arch (one's back, feet, etc.) (transitive)
• cambriolerto burgle (UK), burglarize (US)
• camelotergive cloth a camlet finish; produce shoddy goods
• camionnerto truck (transport (goods) by truck) (transitive)
• camouflerto camouflage (hide, disguise)
• camperto camp; to plant, install, stand firmly
• canadianiserCanadianize (to make Canadian)
• canaliserto channel; to canalise (to direct the flow) (transitive); to canalise (to render into a canal) (transitive); to channel (to direct one's efforts) (transitive)
• canarderto snipe at someone (informal)
• cancanerto gossip; to quack
• candirto crystallize (intransitive); to cover with crystallized sugar (transitive)
• candiserto crystallize sugar; to cover with sugar
• canerto die (informal, intransitive)
• cannelercut grooves or flutes in; decorate with fluting
• cannerto cane, to furnish a chair with overlapping strips of cane, reed or rattan; to can (informal); to die (slang)
• cannibaliserto cannibalise
• canoniserto canonize
• canonnerto cannon, cannonade
• canoterto go canoeing
• cantinerto shop in a prison canteen
• cantonnerto station; billet (troops); to be stationed, be billeted (intransitive); to confine (someone to) (transitive); to take refuge (in) (reflexive)
• canulerto annoy; to insert a canula or catheter; to play a prank
• caoutchouterto coat with rubber; to decorate with rubber
• caparaçonnerto caparison (transitive)
• capelerloop a rope over a fitting; put on equipment or waterproof clothing
• capeyerheave to in a storm (variant of capéer)
• capillariserTo acquire a capillary character; spread via capillarity
• capitaliserto capitalize (transitive); to hoard, to stockpile (intransitive)
• capitonnerto pad (fill with padding)
• capitulerto surrender; to capitulate (to give oneself up into the power of another)
• caporaliserto name as corporal
• capoterto overturn (of a boat, car etc.) (intransitive); to derail (intransitive); to fail (figurative, intransitive); to flounder (intransitive)
• caprifierto pollinate figs with wild figs
• capsulerto capsule; to encapsule
• capterto capture, to catch, to pick up; to detect, to sense, to receive; to understand (informal); to meet or see someone (informal)
• captiverto engross; to captivate (to engage completely)
• capturerto capture (catch, seize e.g. an enemy)
• capuchonnerto put a cap on
• capéerheave to in a storm (nautical)
• caquerto gut fish for salting; to pack in barrels; to defecate (vulgar)
• caqueterto cackle; to prattle
• caracolerto caracole; go round and round, buzz round, flit about, flit around; to sit pretty, to be (well) ahead, nestle (appear comfortable at the top of a ranking) (figurative)
• caractériserto characterize
• carambolerto collide with (transitive)
• caraméliserto caramelize
• carapaterto run, to make haste (informal); to run away (informal, reflexive)
• carbonaterto carbonate
• carboniserto char (to burn something to charcoal)
• carburerto carburet; (of a motor) to run well (slang); to run on, live on (to use a substance to work, to get on) (slang); to introduce carbon into a metal
• carderto card (use a carding machine)
• cardinaliserto express as a cardinal number; to appoint cardinal; to dye red
• carencerto cause a deficiency (in someone) (transitive)
• caresserto stroke; to caress (to move the hand over the surface of); to toy with; to touch up; put the final touches on
• carguerfurl sails against their yards or mast; list to one side (of a vessel)
• caricaturerto caricature
• carierto rot, to rot away
• carillonnerto ring, chime, peal (of bells) (intransitive); to proclaim loudly, vehemently (figurative)
• carmerpay (slang)
• carnifierto carnify
• carotterto extort by fraud; to cheat; to bore a cylindrical sample
• carrelerto tile (transitive); to pave (transitive)
• carrerto square (a number); to insert, to place (informal)
• carrosserto equip with a body; to travel in a car
• carroyerto divide into squares
• cartayerto avoid ruts while driving a cart
• cartelliserto form a cartel; to group enterprises into cartels
• cartographierto map, chart (transitive)
• cartonnerto cover with cardboard; (of a book) to print in hardcover (transitive); to attack, vigorously critique (informal, transitive); to possess sexually (slang, transitive); to hit the jackpot (informal, intransitive)
• carénerto careen (transitive)
• cascaderto cascade
• casematerequip with casemates
• caserto fit, to put in a box; to settle down (informal)
• casernerto barrack
• casquerto fall into a trap, particularly by paying money in advance (intransitive); to cough up, stump up, fork out, shell out (money); to cover with (something resembling) a helmet (transitive); to put on (something resembling) a helmet (reflexive)
• casserbreak; smash; cancel; leave (se casser, informal)
• castagnerto hit
• castillaniserto make Castilian; to introduce Castilian elements; to render Hispanophone
• castrerto castrate, neuter (remove sex organs from an animal)
• caséifierto make into cheese
• cataboliserbreak down (biochemistry)
• catalaniserto Catalanize (transitive)
• cataloguerto catalogue; to pigeonhole
• catalyserto catalyze (transitive)
• catapulterto catapult
• catastropherto stagger (a person, with an announcement) (transitive)
• catcherto wrestle; to catch; to catch, get (understand fully)
• catholiciserto make Catholic
• cathétérisercatheterize
• catirstiffen fabric; give woollen cloth a glossy finish; apply gold with a burnishing tool
• catéchiserto catechise (transitive)
• catégoriserto categorize (transitive)
• causaliserestablish causal links
• causercause; chat (informal)
• caustifierto treat with lime to remove acid
• cautionnerto post bail; to support, condone, underwrite, endorse
• cautériserto cauterize (transitive)
• cavalcaderto ride with a group (intransitive); to run in all directions (intransitive)
• cavalerto rush about (informal); to be on the run; to bestride (obsolete)
• caverto dig; to mine
• caviarderto redact (to censor, to black out or remove parts of a document while leaving the remainder) (informal)
• ceindreto gird, put on (clothes, which fit around a part of the body) (transitive); to wrap round (transitive); to don (an item of ceremonious clothing) (figurative)
• ceinturerto belt; belt up; girt; put a belt (or something similar) around (transitive); to wrap; wrap up (transitive); to surround (transitive)
• celerto conceal, hide (literary, transitive)
• cendrerto give the color of ash (dated); to mix or cover with ashes (dated)
• censurerto formally rebuke; to censure; to censor
• centraliserto centralise
• centrerto center (put into, move into to center)
• centrifugerto centrifuge
• centuplerto centuple, to multiply by one hundred
• cerclerto ring, hoop, encircle (with) (transitive)
• cernerto surround (transitive); to figure out; to distinguish, identify the boundaries of (figurative, transitive)
• certifierto certify (to attest as to)
• cesserstop; cease; come to an end
• chablerto shake fruit from trees; beat; bind a cable for lifting
• chagrinerto bother, worry (transitive); to grieve (transitive); to upset (transitive)
• chahuterto playfight, to horseplay, to mess around; to make noise or otherwise cause a disturbance that disrupts (e.g. a speaker, a performance)
• challengerto challenge
• chaloirto matter (to), to be of import (for) (impersonal, literary)
• chalouperto sway, to rock (said of dancing or walking)
• chamaillerto bicker, to squabble, to quarrel, especially over something of little value (reflexive)
• chamarrerto deck out; to adorn; to ridicule
• chambarderto turn upside down; to radically reorganize
• chamboulerto shatter; to shake (informal, transitive); to turn upside down (informal, transitive); to upset (informal, transitive)
• chambrerto bring wine to room temperature; to mock
• chamoiserto make chamois-like
• champagniserto champagnize
• champaniserto treat wine in a Champagne manner
• champlevercarve recesses for enamel; remove areas in relief engraving
• chancelerto stagger, totter, reel; to wobble; to falter, waver (of resolve etc.) (figurative)
• chancirto rot, to mould
• chanfreinerto chamfer
• changerchange; exchange
• chansonnerto be satirized in song
• chantersing; crow (a cockerel); praise in song
• chantonnerto sing or hum (to oneself)
• chantournerto carve out; to hollow out
• chaparderto pinch, pilfer (transitive)
• chapeauterto hat (put a hat on someone); to head (be in control of something)
• chaperonnerto chaperone (transitive); to hood (transitive)
• chapitrerto reprimand (transitive)
• chaponnerto caponize, castrate (a cockerel); to castrate; to cut (the ears, etc.) off (of a hide, as part of tanning it) (dated)
• chaptaliserto chaptalize
• charbonnerto turn into coal (transitive); to produce coal (intransitive); to become coal (reflexive); to work (informal)
• charcuterto chop or cut badly
• chargerload; charge a battery; assign a task; charge at
• charivariserto make a row; to cause a disturbance
• charmerto charm (with magic); to charm
• charpenterto tailor, to tailor make
• charrierto carry, carry along; to transport (cargo etc.); to pull someone's leg, to rib (to tease someone in a good-natured way) (informal)
• charroyerto cart (to transport by cart or waggon)
• charteriserarrange charter transport
• chasserhunt; chase away; drive out
• chatonnerset a gemstone in a mount; give birth to kittens
• chatouillerto tickle
• chatoyerto shimmer; to iridesce (to reflect light in different colors depending on the direction and orientation) (intransitive)
• chaufferto heat, warm, warm up; to tease, entice sexually; to arouse (slang); to drive (a vehicle)
• chaulerto whitewash (transitive)
• chaumerclear stubble from land; measure a container’s capacity litre by litre; rest in a group (of sheep)
• chausserto put footwear (on someone) (transitive); to shoe (a horse) (transitive); to put on footwear (reflexive); to have a certain shoe size (intransitive)
• chauvirto perk up, to rise up (said of the ears of certain equine animals like donkeys) (dated, intransitive)
• chavirerto capsize; to overturn, keel over, tip over (of objects etc.) (intransitive); to roll (of eyes); to reel, spin (of room etc.); to turn over (of heart) (figurative, intransitive); to bowl over, shatter (someone) (transitive)
• chaînerto chain
• cheminerto walk on, to keep walking (especially on a long and regular or a painful walk)
• chemiserto line (cover the inside surface of)
• chercherlook for; seek; try to (chercher à)
• chevalerto prop up; to set on a stand; to cross (legs)
• chevaucherto straddle, be astride; to span, sit/be across; to ride on horseback, usually for the purpose of raiding and pillaging; to overlap
• chevillerTo fasten using a peg (transitive); To engage in anal sex by penetrating (one's male partner) with a dildo (slang, transitive)
• chevreterto give birth (to a kid)
• chevretterto give birth (to a kid)
• chevronnerfit with rafters; decorate with chevrons
• chevroterto quaver (intransitive); to bleat
• chiaderto work thoroughly; prepare diligently; perform impeccably
• chialerto cry (informal); to complain (informal)
• chicanerto get (someone) into an argument (transitive); to quibble, squabble (to complain or argue in a trivial or petty manner) (reflexive)
• chicoterto cut away, to cut up (transitive); to nibble, to eat away, to erode (transitive); to whittle (transitive); to harass, to irritate (transitive)
• chicotterTo whip; To beat; To chastise
• chiennergive birth to puppies; behave like a dog
• chiershit (vulgar); annoy (faire chier, vulgar)
• chiffonnerto crumple, crease (transitive); to bother, to perplex (informal, transitive)
• chiffrerto number (to add a number to) (transitive); to add up (accumulate) (intransitive); to cipher, to encipher, to encrypt (add a cipher to, for protection) (transitive)
• chimiserintroduce chemical methods or treatments
• chinerto dye and interweave fabrics into cloud motif; to take the piss out of; to look around, to lurk; to bargain-hunt, to antique (informal)
• chinoiserto argue; to quibble; to squabble
• chiperto pinch, steal, filch, rob (informal, transitive)
• chipoterto nibble; to quibble, haggle
• chiquerto chew tobacco (intransitive); to chew gum (intransitive)
• chlinguerto stink, to reek (informal, intransitive)
• chlorerto chlorinate
• chloritisertransform into chlorite
• chloroformerto chloroform (to treat with chloroform, or to render unconscious with chloroform)
• chloroformiseranaesthetize with chloroform
• chlorovaporiseremit water vapor under light action
• chlorurerto chlorinate (transitive)
• chocolaterto add chocolate to, to cover with chocolate (rare)
• choirto fall (literary)
• choisirchoose; select
• choperto steal, nick, pinch (informal); to arrest, catch (informal); to pick up, collect a passenger (informal); to contract a disease, to develop an illness (informal)
• choquerto hit, to collide; to shock (surprise, startle); to offend, to anger (especially in reflexive)
• chorégraphierto choreograph
• chosifierto thingify
• choséifiertreat as a thing; objectify
• chouchouterto spoil, pamper (transitive)
• choucrouterfall over; quarrel; steal (slang)
• chourerto steal (informal)
• chourinerto knife, stab (obsolete, slang)
• choyerto cherish, pamper, coddle (care for with affection and tenderness) (transitive); to hold in great esteem, revere, going to great lengths to demonstrate this (transitive); to cherish, treasure, conserve with great care (transitive)
• christianiserto Christianize (to convert to Christianity) (transitive)
• chromaluminisertreat simultaneously with chrome and aluminum
• chromatiserto chromatize
• chromerto chrome
• chromiserto chromize
• chromolithographierprint by chromolithography
• chroniciserto make chronic; to become chronic
• chroniquerto write a column (for a newpaper); to chronicle
• chronométrerto time, to keep time (measure time)
• chuchoterto whisper; to gossip; to rustle
• chuinterto hoot, screech (intransitive); to buzz, whirr, whoosh (intransitive); to creak (intransitive); to swish (intransitive)
• chuterto fall, to drop; to drop, to decrease (of numbers) (figurative)
• chylifiertransform into chyle
• chymifiertransform into chyme (physiology)
• châtierto chastise, punish, castigate, smite (transitive)
• châtrerto castrate
• chérirto cherish (transitive)
• chômerto be idle; to be out of work
• ciblerto target (transitive)
• cicatriserto heal, to scar (of a wound)
• cicéroniserimitate Cicero's style
• cillerto blink; to bat an eyelash
• cimenterto cement (transitive); to confirm (transitive)
• cinglerto sail; to navigate; to hit; to strike; to knock
• cintrerto bend (transitive); to vault (transitive); to take in (transitive)
• cinématographierto cinematograph
• circoncireto circumcise (transitive)
• circonscrireto circumscribe
• circonstancierto present the circumstances of an affair (transitive)
• circonvenirto circumvent (transitive)
• circuiterto circuit
• circulariserto circularize
• circulerto circulate (intransitive); to go by, to get around (intransitive)
• cirerto wax (apply wax to something)
• cisaillerto clip, shear (transitive)
• ciselerto chisel; to chop finely
• citerto cite, quote; to summon; to name
• civiliserto civilize (transitive)
• clabauderto bay, to bark loudly (intransitive); to spread gossip, to scandalmonger (figurative, intransitive, literary)
• clabotermake a clapping noise in oversized shoes; die (slang); engage a dog clutch (variant of craboter)
• claironnerto bugle (play the bugle); to holler, yell
• clamecerto snuff it
• clamerto proclaim
• clampserdie
• clamserto croak, to die (informal)
• clapircry (of a rabbit); hide in a hole or huddle down (se clapir)
• clapoterto swash, slosh, lap
• clapperto click (the tongue)
• claquemurerto shut up, shut in (transitive); to enclose (transitive); to trap (figurative, transitive); to shut oneself away (reflexive)
• claquerto clack (make a sharp sound) (intransitive); to clap; to click, to snap (intransitive); to crack (intransitive)
• claqueterclack; dance
• clarifierto clarify
• classerto classify (transitive); to file (transitive); to rank (transitive)
• classifierto classify
• claudiquerto limp
• claustrerto confine (transitive)
• clavarderto chat by typing on a keyboard
• claveliservaccinate sheep with smallpox virus (veterinary, historical)
• claverto lock (regional)
• claveterto fix together with keys
• clayonnerto fence with wicker
• clicherto stereotype (in either sense of the word); to photograph
• clignerto squint
• clignoterto blink, to flash; to turn on and off repeatedly (intransitive); to indicate (the direction) (intransitive); to blink repeatedly (dated, intransitive)
• climatiserto air-condition
• clinquerto rattle
• cliquerto click (intransitive)
• cliqueterto jingle, rattle, clink (intransitive)
• clisserto bind with rods
• cliverto cleave (split)
• clochardiserto become or turn poor
• clocherto ring a bell; to limp; to wobble; to be wrong (informal)
• cloisonnerto partition, compartmentalize (transitive)
• clonerto clone
• clopinerto limp; to hobble; to halt
• cloquerto blister (get blisters) (intransitive); to blister (raise blisters) (transitive); to emboss (a textile) (transitive)
• cloreclose (put an end to) (transitive)
• clouerto nail (to attach using a nail); to stick (to attach) (figurative); to pin down (figurative); to nail, shag, fuck (vulgar)
• clouterto decorate with nails; to stud
• cloîtrerto cloister (confine to a cloister)
• cléricaliserinspire clericalism
• clôturerto fence off (transitive); to close, finish (a project, an evening) (transitive); to close (intransitive)
• coacherto coach
• coagulerto coagulate (intransitive)
• coaliserto form into a coalition, unite (transitive); to join forces, coalize, form a coalition (reflexive)
• coaltarisercover with coal tar
• coanimerto co-host
• coasserto croak (like a frog)
• cocaïnisercocainize
• cocherto tick; to tick off/check off (to place a tick symbol on, e.g. a form) (transitive); to cross (to place a cross symbol on, e.g. a form) (transitive)
• cochonnerto mess up
• coconiserto envelop like in a cocoon; to transform into a cocoon; to become a cocoon
• cocufierto be unfaithful to; to cuckold (transitive)
• coderto code; to encode
• codifierto codify
• codirigercodirect, comanage
• coexisterto coexist (intransitive)
• coffrerto lock up; to put away or inside (transitive); to make formwork (transitive)
• cofinancerto cofinance (transitive)
• cogiterto cogitate, think about
• cognerto whack, to bash, to thump (hit hard); to pound (of the heart); to bump oneself (intransitive, reflexive)
• cogouvernergovern jointly
• cogérerto co-manage, to co-run
• cohabiterto cohabit, to live together
• cohériterinherit jointly with others
• coifferto cover the head (transitive); to give a haircut; to do the hair of (transitive); to do one's own hair (reflexive)
• coincerjam; wedge; trap; corner someone
• cokéfierto cokefy, transform into coke
• collaborerto collaborate
• collationnerto collate; to verify (documents) by comparing them
• collecterto collect, to gather
• collectionnerto collect (to accumulate items)
• collectiviserto collectivize (transitive)
• collerglue; stick; fit closely; give detention (informal)
• colleterto wrap round the collar; to collar (grab by the collar) (transitive)
• colligerto collate; to compile
• colloquerto lodge someone, to set up someone in a place, to establish, to install (archaic, rare, transitive); to converse (rare)
• colmaterto fill in (a low land) (transitive); to plug (a hole) (transitive); to fill up (reflexive)
• colombianiserto make Colombian
• coloniserto colonise
• colorerto color
• colorierto color
• coloriserto colorize (transitive)
• colostomiserto create a colostomy
• colporterto peddle; to hawk; to spread (gossip, accusation) (figurative)
• colpotomisercut the vagina
• coltinerto get lumbered with, to get stuck with (informal); to lug, to carry on the shoulder (dated, transitive)
• columniserpack the vagina with a tampon (medicine)
• combattrefight; combat; oppose
• combinerto combine (bring (two or more things or activities) together)
• comblerto fulfil, satisfy; to fill (add contents to, so it is full); to fill (to install someone); to counter
• commanderorder goods or food; command; direct
• commanditerto commission, finance, sponsor
• commencerbegin; start
• commenterto comment
• commercerto trade (intransitive)
• commercialiserto bring to market, to put on the market, to make available for purchase (transitive)
• commettrecommit an offence or mistake
• commissionnerto commission (an officer, ship etc)
• commotionnercause a concussion; shock
• commuerto commute (a sentence)
• communaliserto communalize
• communautarisermake, transform a wider community into multiple smaller communities; share, pool national competences at the European level (see communautés européennes); transfer national competence from the federal government to the linguistic communities
• communierto receive communion (intransitive); to administer communion (transitive); to communicate (transitive)
• communiquerto communicate
• communiserto make communist
• commuterto commute; to switch
• commémorerto commemorate (transitive)
• commérerto gossip (to talk about others' personal information)
• compactifierto compactify
• comparaîtreto appear before a judge or government official
• comparerto compare
• compartimenterto put into compartments, compartmentalize, to section off
• compasserto compass (measure with a compass)
• compatirto sympathise, empathise, feel for
• compenserto compensate for, to offset
• compilerTo compile, gather documents; to compile
• compisserto piss on (transitive)
• complaireto get stuck in, to get caught in (reflexive); to take pleasure in, to bask in (reflexive); to wallow, to revel in (reflexive)
• complanterto put in a plantation
• complexerto form or establish a complex (in any sense); to have a complex about something (informal, intransitive)
• complexifierto complexify, complicate (transitive)
• complimenterto compliment
• compliquercomplicate; make more difficult
• comploterto plot, especially something illegal or immoral
• compléterto complete
• complétivisergive a complement function to (grammar)
• comporterto include (transitive); to consist of, comprise (transitive); to entail (formal, risk), involve (transitive); to behave, act (reflexive)
• composerto compose (transitive); to compose (to produce or create a musical work); to constitute, to make up (transitive); to dial (a number) (transitive)
• composterto stamp or punch (a ticket) to validate it before boarding a train or a bus (transitive); to create compost using biodegradable materials (transitive); to add compost to the ground (transitive)
• comprendreunderstand; include
• compresserto compress; to zip, compress
• comprimerto compress
• compromettreto compromise, jeopardise (transitive)
• comptabiliserto enter into the accounts, to post (transitive); to include in the count; to count, to count up (transitive)
• comptercount; intend to; rely on (compter sur); matter
• compulserto consult (transitive)
• computerto compute (archaic, rare)
• computériserto computerize
• compéterto be competent; to have jurisdiction
• concasserto crush, to grind, to reduce (a hard or dry substance like sugar or pepper) to small pieces, as with a pestle or hammer (transitive); to dice (a tomato) after removing seeds and skin (transitive)
• concentrerconcentrate; gather together; focus (se concentrer)
• conceptualiserto conceptualize (to conceive the idea for something)
• concernerconcern; relate to; affect
• concerterto concert; plan (transitive)
• concevoirto conceive (an idea); to conceive, to conceive of; to understand, to comprehend; to design; to conceive (a baby) (dated)
• concilierto reconcile; to conciliate
• conclureconclude; infer; reach an agreement; finish
• concocterto concoct (transitive)
• concomiteroccur at the same time; cause to coincide
• concorderto match, tally (intransitive); to concur (intransitive)
• concourirto compete, to contend (intransitive); to contribute, to play a role in; to converge
• concréterto thicken or solidify
• concrétiserto solidify, to make (something) real and tangible, to concretize; to score; to become fulfilled, to become a reality (reflexive)
• concurrencerto compete with, be in competition with (transitive)
• concéderto concede
• concélébrerto concelebrate
• condamnercondemn; sentence; seal off a door or window
• condenserto condense (transitive); to compress (transitive); to concentrate (transitive)
• condescendreto assent (to); to agree (to); to condescend (to)
• conditionnerto package; to condition
• conduiredrive; lead; take someone somewhere; manage
• confectionnerto make, create (transitive); to fashion (clothes) (transitive)
• confesserto acknowledge, admit (transitive); to confess oneself (to confess having sinned) (reflexive, transitive)
• confessionnaliserconfessionalize
• confierentrust; confide; tell in confidence
• configurerto configure (to set up or arrange something)
• confinerto confine; to border (on)
• confireto preserve (food); to pickle (food)
• confirmerconfirm; uphold; corroborate
• confisquerto confiscate
• confluerto join, flow into (another river); to flood together, to converge (figurative)
• confondreto confuse, to confound (transitive); to confuse (one thing with another), to mistake (one thing for another) (transitive); to mix in, to merge (reflexive); to mix up, to get confused (with) (reflexive)
• conformerto conform; comply
• conforterto strengthen, reinforce (a position, argument, situation) (transitive); (followed by dans) to confirm (someone) in an opinion, belief, or conviction (transitive); to comfort, console (more commonly réconforter) (archaic, literary, transitive)
• confronterto confront; to contrast, to compare
• confédéraliserto make confederal
• confédérerto confederate
• conférerto confer
• congelerfreeze (to lower something's temperature to freezing point)
• congestionnerto congest; to make flushed
• conglomérerto conglomerate
• conglutinerto conglutinate
• congoliserto make Congolese
• congratulerto congratulate; to congratulate on; to exchange compliments
• congédierto lay off, dismiss (transitive)
• coniserremove a conical portion of the cervix (med.)
• conjecturerto conjecture, surmise, speculate, wonder (transitive)
• conjoindreto conjoin (archaic)
• conjuguerto conjugate; to unite, to tie together (rare)
• conjurerto beseech, to beg; to ward off; to conspire, to plot, to conjure; to conjure
• connaîtreknow a person or place; be familiar with
• connecterto connect; to log in; to sign in
• connoterconnote
• conquérirto conquer, to capture (transitive); to win, to win over (transitive)
• consacrerto dedicate, to devote (time, effort); to consecrate; to standardize through long usage
• conscientiserto make aware, to sensitize (transitive)
• conseillerto advise; to counsel
• consentirto consent
• conserverto keep (in a particular place); to retain, conserve, preserve
• considérerconsider; regard as; examine
• consignerto confine to quarters; to give (somebody) detention; to record, to write down; to consign
• consisterto consist (of/in) (intransitive); to entail, to involve
• consolerto comfort, console
• consoliderto consolidate (make more solid) (transitive); to consolidate
• consommerto consume; to ingest; to consummate; to complete; to fulfil (archaic, literary)
• consonantifierto make consonantal
• consonantiserto make consonantal; to become consonantal
• consonifiertransform into a consonant; become a consonant
• conspirerto conspire
• conspuerto boo, to shout down; to vigorously express disapproval, scorn, or contempt of
• constaterto note, notice; to certify; to state
• constellerto cluster; to constellate
• consternerto alarm, to dismay
• constiperto constipate
• constituerto constitute; to make up; to build up (reflexive)
• constitutionnaliserto constitutionalize
• construirebuild; construct; put together
• consulterto consult; to refer to
• consumerto consume; to use up; to consume (figurative)
• contactercontact; get in touch with
• contagionnerinfect by contagion; influence as by contagion
• containériserpack or transport goods in containers
• contaminerto contaminate
• contemplerto contemplate; to look at (with one's eyes)
• conteneuriserto containerize (transitive)
• contenircontain; hold; keep in check
• contentersatisfy; please; make do with (se contenter de)
• conterto recount (tell a story)
• contesterto contest; to challenge; to dispute
• contextualiserto contextualize
• continentaliserto continentalize; to become continental
• contingenterto apply a quota to (transitive); to brake (transitive)
• continuercontinue; carry on
• contorsionnerto contort (reflexive, transitive)
• contournerto circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around; to travel from one place to another, to visit several places
• contracterto engage via a formal or informal contract; to contract (transitive); to contract a disease; to develop or acquire a bad habit (transitive); to reduce the volume or size (transitive); to reduce its own size (reflexive)
• contractualiserto contractualize
• contracturercontract; tighten
• contraindreto constrain; to compel; force
• contrarierto thwart; to upset; to stand in the way of
• contrasterto contrast
• contre-attaquerto counterattack (intransitive)
• contre-expertisercarry out an independent or second expert assessment
• contre-indiquerto contraindicate (transitive)
• contrebalancerto counterbalance
• contrebattreto counter (especially to fire on enemy artillery positions); to get back at, hit back
• contrebouterto brace
• contrebuterto brace
• contrecarrerto thwart; to stymie
• contredireto contradict (transitive)
• contrefaireto forge, counterfeit; to imitate, mimic; to disguise; to deform, disfigure
• contremandercancel an order or invitation
• contremarquermark again
• contreplaquerlaminate veneer with alternating grain directions
• contrerto block, to counter, to counteract
• contresignerto countersign (transitive)
• contretyperto make a copy
• contrevenirto contravene
• contreventerto brace
• contribuerto contribute; to help
• contristerto grieve (for) (transitive)
• controuverto contrive (literary, rare)
• controverserto controvert (transitive)
• contrôlercheck; inspect; monitor; control
• contusionnerto bruise
• convaincreconvince; persuade
• convenirsuit; be suitable; agree; acknowledge
• conventionnerto bring under a pay agreement (transitive)
• conventualiserto make conventual
• convergerto converge (intransitive)
• converserto converse (intransitive, literary)
• convertirto convert (change one thing into another); to convert (exchange one thing into another); to convert (to change someone's beliefs); to convert; to bring around (to change someone's mind or opinion)
• convierto invite (someone to come somewhere); to invite, suggest (someone to do something)
• convoiterto covet, to desire
• convolerto get married (once more)
• convoquerto convene, convoke (invite together); to summon, call (call up), invite; to summon; to summons
• convoyerto convoy; to escort
• convulserto convulse
• convulsionnerconvulse
• coopterto coopt (transitive)
• coopérerto cooperate
• coordonnerto coordinate, to organise thoroughly
• coorganiserto co-organize (transitive)
• coparrainerto co-sponsor
• copartagershare
• copierto copy
• copinerto be friends (with) (intransitive); to be in a friendly relationship with someone in order to gain an advantage
• copolymériserto copolymerize
• coproduireto coproduce (transitive)
• coprésenterpresent together
• coprésiderto co-preside
• copulerto copulate (engage in sexual intercourse) (intransitive)
• coqueterto flirt; to coquet
• cordelerto twist into a rope
• corderto rope up, rope
• cordonnerto twist into the form of a rope (transitive)
• coresponsabiliserto share responsibility
• cornerto fold a corner of a page; to blow, horn (a cornet or horn); to bellow; to honk, beep (a vehicle's horn)
• corporifierto corporify
• corporiserto give form to
• correctionaliserto downgrade a crime to a misdemeanor
• correctionnaliserto downgrade a crime to a misdemeanor
• correspondrecorrespond; match; write to each other; connect (transport)
• corrigerto correct (transitive); to grade (US), to mark (UK) (transitive)
• corroborerto corroborate
• corroderto corrode (to have corrosive action)
• corrompreto corrupt, impair, deprave; to bribe (figurative)
• corroyerto curry, to prepare leather hides by making them more supple after tanning, giving them the last finish for the various usages which they may serve; to knead, mix with water; to weld, solder; to trim, to rough-hew the corner of a piece of wood before dressing it
• corrélerto correlate (transitive)
• corserto spice up (transitive); to increase (transitive); to worsen (reflexive)
• corseterto put on a corset
• corticaliserto give a cortical character to
• coréalisermake jointly; co-direct a film
• coréaniserto Koreanize
• cosignerto cosign
• cosmétiquerto make up (apply cosmetics)
• cosserto butt (ram heads together) (intransitive)
• costumerto wear a particular costume
• coterto quote, list; to quote the market price of; to put odds on; to mark (UK), grade (US); to rate (a film etc.)
• cotirto damage (a fruit), to bruise (transitive); to hit, to strike
• cotiserto contribute, subscribe (to) (intransitive)
• cotonnerto cover with cotton; to become fluffy; to fluff
• couchaillerto have intermittent sexual relations
• coucherlay down; put to bed; stay overnight; go to bed (se coucher)
• couderto fold elbow-shaped
• coudoyerto press together, be elbow-to-elbow; to encounter regularly; to elbow (someone) (obsolete)
• coudreto sew; to mend
• couillonnerto trick; to joke
• couinerto creak, squeak (intransitive); to squeal, squeak (intransitive)
• coulerflow; run; pour; sink; cast metal
• coulisserto slide (intransitive)
• coupaillercut roughly
• coupercut; interrupt; switch off; disconnect
• couplerto couple (transitive)
• couraillerto search for sexual encounters (informal)
• courbaturerto cause to ache
• courberto bend (cause to become bent) (transitive); to bend (e.g. a rule) (transitive); to bend (become bent) (intransitive); to bend (reflexive)
• courcaillercall or cry (of a quail)
• courirrun; race; circulate; run a risk
• couronnerto crown
• courroucerto enrage; to infuriate
• courserto purchase (informal); to chase (informal)
• court-circuiterto short circuit; to bypass
• courtauderto dock (cut the tail of an animal) (transitive)
• courtiserto court; to woo (to endeavor to gain someone's affection) (transitive)
• cousinerto get along; to get on well
• couturerto scar; to sew (archaic)
• couverto brood (an egg); to coddle, pamper, mollycoddle (figurative); to plot, hatch, scheme (figurative)
• couvrircover; shelter; include; report on an event
• coéditerco-publish; publish jointly
• coïnciderto coincide
• coïterto copulate, to engage in sexual intercourse (intransitive)
• coûtercost; be difficult for someone
• cracherto spit
• crachinerto spit, drizzle (dated)
• crachoterto spittle; to splutter, crackle (e.g. a radio)
• crachouillerto sputter
• craillercaw; spit messily (regional)
• craindrefear; be afraid of; be sensitive to
• cramerto burn; to smoke (a cigarette) (slang); to have one's identity found out or discovered (slang)
• cramponnerto attach with, or drive a spike or hook into (transitive); to staple, stud (a shoe); attach a crampon, spike, or hook to (transitive); to stud or attach calks (to a horseshoe) (transitive); to shoe (a horse or mule) using a studded horseshoe (transitive)
• cranercut a notch (clockmaking); split (regional); careen a ship (nautical)
• cranterto notch; to impose disciplinary arrest (military, slang)
• crapahuterto walk to battle, especially over difficult terrain; to yomp (intransitive)
• crapaütertrudge over difficult ground (informal)
• crapulerto live a licentious life
• craquelerto crack (reflexive)
• craquerto split, to break; to crack (petroleum); to crack, to creak, to crunch (intransitive); to give up, to break down, to crack (informal, intransitive)
• craqueterto crackle, snap, crepitate (intransitive)
• cratériserto crater (form craters in a surface)
• cravacherto quirt, whip (hit with a quirt or whip) (transitive); to pull one's socks up, knuckle down (work hard) (figurative, intransitive)
• cravaterto put on a tie (transitive); to decorate someone with a chain or ribbon around the neck (transitive); to strangle, choke (transitive)
• crawlerto swim using the crawl stroke; to spider
• crayonnerto sketch (transitive); to scribble (transitive)
• creuserdig; hollow out; investigate further
• crevasserto chap
• creverburst; puncture; die (very informal); be exhausted (être crevé, informal)
• criaillerto whine
• criblerto sift, sieve (filter through a sieve or screen) (transitive); to riddle (cover with holes) (transitive); to riddle, fill, cover (fill or cover with a multitude of) (figurative, transitive)
• criershout; cry out; yell; creak
• criminaliserto criminalise
• crisperto tense, to tense up
• crisserto screech, to squeak; to crunch (noise made by walking in snow); to throw (slang, vulgar); to not give a fuck, to not care (reflexive, slang, vulgar)
• cristalliserto crystallize; to freeze (figurative)
• criticaillercriticize on details
• critiquerto criticise
• croasserto caw (of a crow, to make its cry); to croak (of a frog, to make its cry)
• crocherto hook; to grasp; to cling tenaciously
• crocheterto pick (a lock) (transitive); to sidestep (transitive)
• croirebelieve; think
• croisercross; pass or meet someone; cross-check
• croquerto crunch; to waste, squander (money etc.) (informal); to sketch, outline
• crosserto hit with a crosse (“hockey stick, lacrosse stick, or golf club”); to cheat, to swindle (informal); to masturbate, to jack off, to jerk off (reflexive, vulgar)
• crotoniserdehydrate an aldol or a ketol after condensation reaction
• crotterto defecate; to soil with excrement
• croulerto collapse (intransitive)
• croupirto stagnate; to wallow (remain miserable); to rot (e.g. in prison)
• croustillerto get crunchier (intransitive); to crunch, munch (transitive)
• croîtreto grow
• croûterto eat (informal); to crust (form a crust) (dated)
• crucifierto crucify
• cryocautériserburn with cold
• cryogéniserfreeze (preserve) for future revival
• crypterto encrypt (to conceal information by means of a code or cipher)
• cryptographierto encrypt
• crânerto show off (informal)
• crécherto flop (to stay, sleep or live in a place) (informal)
• crédibiliserto make credible, to establish the credibility of (transitive)
• créditerto credit (to) (add credit) (transitive); to credit (give someone acknowledgement)
• créercreate; establish; cause
• crématiserto cremate (rare)
• crémerto add cream (transitive); to turn to cream (intransitive); to cremate (archaic, rare, transitive)
• crénelerto form the shape of a crenel, to crenellate; to mill (a coin)
• crénercut below the protruding part of a printing character's eye (printing, dated)
• créoliserto creolize
• créosoterImbue (wood) with creosote
• crépirto roughcast, render
• crépiterto crackle (intransitive); to rattle (intransitive); to splutter (intransitive)
• crétiniserto cretinize
• crêperto crinkle, to crimp (transitive)
• cuberto cube (a number) (raise to the power of 3)
• cueillirto gather, pick; to grab, snatch, nab
• cuirasserto put on (a suit of armour) (transitive); to prepare for action (figurative, reflexive)
• cuireto cook (intransitive)
• cuisinercook; question persistently (informal)
• cuivrerto coat with copper (transitive)
• culbuterto take a tumble, fall over (of a person); to overturn (of vehicle) (intransitive); to bang (have sex with someone) (transitive, vulgar)
• culerto go astern, to back up
• culminerto culminate (to come to an end) (intransitive); to culminate; reach the highest point
• culotterput trousers on; darken through use; season a tobacco pipe
• culpabiliserto feel guilty (intransitive); to guilt trip, to make (someone) feel guilty (transitive)
• cultiverto cultivate
• culturaliserconsider cultural; impart culture to
• cumulerto accumulate; to multitask (do many things at once)
• curariserinject curare or curare-like agent (med.); be poisoned by curare
• curerto clean by scrubbing, scraping and removing (e.g. a drain, a pipe, a canal, a stable, ...) (transitive); to clean oneself by scrubbing, scraping and removing (e.g. one's nails, teeth, ...) (reflexive); (transitive) to clear out (to make empty, to remove) (rare)
• cureterto curette
• customiserto customize
• cuvelerline or reinforce a shaft or cavity with a supporting casing
• cuverto ferment (intransitive); to sleep off (especially of alcohol) (informal, transitive); to sleep or rest after drinking (informal, intransitive); to calm (transitive)
• cyaniserto treat with hydrogen cyanide; to turn blue
• cyanoserto cyanose
• cyanurerto cyanate (treat or react with cyanide)
• cybernétiserto cybernetize
• cycliserto cyclize
• cylindrerto roll; to make into a cylinder shape
• câblerto cable; to twist together into a cable, to cable together
• câlinerto be physically affectionate; to cuddle
• céderto yield
• célébrerto celebrate; to observe (a holiday, event, etc.); to perform, to officiate at; to worship
• cémenterto cement
• céphaliserto concentrate in the head (biol.); to consider as cephalic
• céramiserto apply ceramics to
• cérifierto transform into wax (obsolete)
• césariserto grant the César Award to (a nominee) (transitive)
• cétolisertransform into a ketol by condensation
• côcherto mate with a female bird
• côtoyerto pass alongside; to rub shoulders, to work alongside (figurative); to coast (intransitive, rare)
• se camerto take drugs (reflexive)
• se cancériserto become cancerous (reflexive)
• se clairsemerto dwindle; to disperse, scatter; to thin out
• se contrefoutrenot care at all about (s’en contrefoutre, vulgar)
• se cuiterto get smashed, to get wasted (very drunk) (informal)