Dictionnaire
Co
[See the separate page for words in Ca-Cn]

cœur "heart."

comme "like."

commencer (v) "begin."

comment "how."

comprendre (v) "understand; include."

compte "account." compte rendu "report, [book] review."

conseil "advice, counsel" [cf FF avis]

considérer (v) "consider."

continuer (v) "continue."

contre "against;" in essay titles ~ , eg Contre Sainte-Beuve (Proust).

corps "body."

côté [cf Eng "coast"] "side," as of a geometrical figure (Montesquieu).

coup "blow; thrust, sudden attack." coup-de-main "surprise attack." coup de maître "a master stroke."

croire (v) "believe."

cru "crude, unprocessed; raw" (Lévi-Strauss)

cuit "cooked." Levi-Strauss's title resonates better in its original language.

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