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C

Etymology 1

From the letter, from the  letter , derived from the  letter , from the  hieroglyph.

Letter

 * 1) The third letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Etymology 2
A standardization of and  because the latter happens to be an abbreviation of, from abbreviation of ƆIC, an alternative form of >I<, from tally stick markings resembling  (a superimposed  and ), from the practice of designating each tenth X notch with an extra cut.

Numeral

 * 1) Roman numeral hundred (100)
 * 2) the hundredth (100th)

Usage notes
With a bar over the numeral, i.e., as C̅, it represents one hundred thousand.

Coordinate terms

 * Previous: XCIX (99)
 * Next: CI (101)

Derived terms

 * English: c-note

Etymology 3

 * abbreviation
 * abbreviation
 * From its position as the twelfth element of the series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F}

Symbol

 * 1)  Carbon.
 * , an SI unit of electric charge.
 * 1)  The digit for 12.
 * 0x0000000C
 * 1)  IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for any cytosine
 * 2)  IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for cysteine
 * 3)  differentiable class
 * C1 functions are differentiable once, and C2 functions are twice differentiable
 * 1)  The constant of integration.
 * $$\int \cos x\,dx = \sin x + C$$
 * 1)  capacitance
 * 2)  A wildcard for a consonant
 * 3)  creak (vocal fry)
 * 1)  capacitance
 * 2)  A wildcard for a consonant
 * 3)  creak (vocal fry)

Symbol

 * 1) A standard size of dry cell battery between A and D.

Noun

 * 1)  $100; a c-note.
 * 2)  The first note in the C chromatic and major scales.
 * 3)   An academic grade better than a D and worse than a B.
 * 4)  Canonical Decomposition, followed by Canonical Composition
 * 5)  Cocaine.
 * 6) * 1945, William Burroughs, letter, 24 Jul 1945:
 * Where did you secure the C? My own supply is utterly depleted.
 * 1)  Cunt
 * 2) * 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
 * He turned me on my stomach & slowly gently put his cock in my ass. I was so happy! But I was having a hard time completely relaxing & so he withdrew & went in my C.
 * 1)  Conservative
 * 1) * 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
 * He turned me on my stomach & slowly gently put his cock in my ass. I was so happy! But I was having a hard time completely relaxing & so he withdrew & went in my C.
 * 1)  Conservative
 * 1)  Conservative

Etymology 2
The programming language is so named because it followed on from an earlier language called.

Proper noun

 * 1)   A particular high-level programming language from which many others are derived.
 * 2) * 1995, Gary Wolf, "The Curse of Xanadu", Wired Magazine
 * The PDP-11, from the Digital Equipment Corporation, was a coveted machine. It was the original computer to run a new programming language called C, which was on its way to becoming the hackers' standard. Gregory, as it happened, didn't have any spare PDP-11s at his disposal. But the repairman took the opportunity to question some of Nelson's blithe predictions in Computer Lib, and Nelson, in response, unleashed his glib and bitter tirade against the conservative ignoramuses in the computer business.
 * 1)  Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6).
 * 2)  Symbol for the company Citigroup Inc on the NYSE

Derived terms

 * C#,
 * C#,
 * C#,

Etymology 3
Abbreviations.

Prefix

 * 1)  the sequence circ or its sound
 * 2)  the prefix

Etymology 4
. Possibilities include:
 * An abbreviation taken from the first letter of, an evaporated milk brand.
 * An abbreviation taken from the first letter of, an evaporated milk brand.

Adjective

 * 1)  With sugar and evaporated milk added.

Noun

 * 1) C

Usage notes

 * Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

Usage notes

 * In the German-based spelling, c is generally used only in ck (doubled ), ch for (rarely ), and sch for.
 * In the Dutch-based spelling, c is used in ch and sometimes after the Dutch cognate for or . The digraph sj is used for.

Noun

 * 1)  USB-C

Usage notes

 * 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
 * The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).

Usage notes

 * Used only in foreign words.

Usage notes

 * Used only in loanwords. In more established loanwords replaced with k or s.

Alternative forms

 * $⟨⟩$ in Uʼmista orthography (standard Kwak'wala)

Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Letter

Etymology 1
From, from Etruscan , from , from.

Pronunciation

 * Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel letters a, o, and u, as well as all consonants ("campus", "corner", "cue", "credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel letters i, e, y and æ ("cicerone", "cellete", "cyste", cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo", "ciabatta", "cello").
 * Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel letters a, o, and u, as well as all consonants ("campus", "corner", "cue", "credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel letters i, e, y and æ ("cicerone", "cellete", "cyste", cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo", "ciabatta", "cello").
 * Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel letters a, o, and u, as well as all consonants ("campus", "corner", "cue", "credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel letters i, e, y and æ ("cicerone", "cellete", "cyste", cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo", "ciabatta", "cello").
 * Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel letters a, o, and u, as well as all consonants ("campus", "corner", "cue", "credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel letters i, e, y and æ ("cicerone", "cellete", "cyste", cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo", "ciabatta", "cello").
 * Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel letters a, o, and u, as well as all consonants ("campus", "corner", "cue", "credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel letters i, e, y and æ ("cicerone", "cellete", "cyste", cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo", "ciabatta", "cello").
 * Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel letters a, o, and u, as well as all consonants ("campus", "corner", "cue", "credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel letters i, e, y and æ ("cicerone", "cellete", "cyste", cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo", "ciabatta", "cello").
 * Usage notes: In Norwegian, c is pronounced as /k/ before the vowel letters a, o, and u, as well as all consonants ("campus", "corner", "cue", "credo"), it is pronounced as /s/ before the vowel letters i, e, y and æ ("cicerone", "cellete", "cyste", cæsar), and rarely pronounced as /tʃ/ or /ʃ/ in some Italian loanwords ("cembalo", "ciabatta", "cello").

Noun

 * 1) the letter c, the third letter of the Norwegian alphabet
 * 2) indicates the third entry in a list, order or rank
 * 3)  the third highest grade in a school or university using the A-F scale
 * , c-note
 * 1) C
 * 1)  the third highest grade in a school or university using the A-F scale
 * , c-note
 * 1) C
 * 1)  the third highest grade in a school or university using the A-F scale
 * , c-note
 * 1) C
 * 1) C
 * 1) C
 * 1) C
 * 1) C
 * 1) C
 * 1) C

Usage notes

 * Only used in words of foreign origin, usually English. Even rare in loanwords, as this letter does not represent a sound of its own. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead of s or k.
 * Still kept in many Christian names, therefore Caroline and Karoline are both acceptable spellings.
 * In most of the neo-runic inscriptions from 17-19th centuries is spelled as ᛎ.

Etymology 2
Abbreviation of, named after Swedish astronomer Anders Celsius (1701–1744).

Etymology 3
Abbreviation of, named after French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb.

Symbol

 * , an SI unit of electric charge.

Etymology 4
Named C because it followed on from an earlier programming language called.

Etymology 5
Abbreviation of, from , from , from.

Symbol

 * 1)  carbon

Letter

 * 1) the third letter of the Norwegian alphabet

Usage notes

 * Only used in words of foreign origin, usually English. Even rare in loanwords, as this letter does not represent a sound of its own. Also used in old inscriptions and texts instead of s or k.
 * Still kept in many Christian names, therefore Caroline and Karoline are both acceptable spellings.
 * In most of the neo-runic inscriptions from 17-19th centuries is spelled as ᛎ.

Pronunciation

 * , or if voiced

Usage notes
When followed by an or, this letter represents the phoneme , as in   and. When followed by hi or he (chi and che) and in all other cases, it represents.

Letter

 * 1)  It is preceded by  and followed by . Its traditional name is .

Alternative forms

 * (Metelko alphabet)
 * (Bohorič alphabet)

Etymology
From Gaj's Latin alphabet, from , from , from , from , from. Pronunciation as is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from.

Inflection

 * Overall more common

 * More common when with a definite adjective

Usage notes

 * 1) The twelfth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by DH and followed by G.

Noun

 * 1)  ; K (knight)

Etymology
. Each pronunciation has a different source:
 * Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by.
 * Abecedario pronunciation is from.

Usage notes

 * This letter is mostly used only in Spanish-based spellings, proper nouns, or unadapted loanwords.

Letter

 * 1)  It is preceded by  and followed by .

Mutation

 * C at the beginning of words mutates to in a, to  in a  and to  in an , for example with the word :

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C.

Noun

 * 1) Century.
 * Fig. 2: a 13 th C. illumination of ‘H’

Usage notes
This is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in legal citation. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Judges and Officials", Table T11, p. 443.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  b-d, bd, BD bass drum

Etymology
From archaic Latin, when the letter C represented the phonetic value /g/.

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Ca

Symbol

 * 1)  calcium.

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Cabriolet

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) convertible
 * 2) cabriolet

title: Cabriolet


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Cadmium

Noun

 * 1) cadmium

Coordinate terms

 * Previous: . Next:

Noun

 * 1) cadmium

title: Cadmium


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Caelum

Etymology
From. Named in the 17th century by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a chisel.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 雕具座
 * Finnish: Veistotaltta
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: Siséal
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean: 조각칼자리
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: Graavstickel
 * Malay: Pahat Ukir
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ,

title: Caelum


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Caer

Etymology
From, via.

title: Caer


text:
Café

Etymology
.

Pronunciation

 * (nonstandard)
 * (nonstandard)
 * (nonstandard)

Noun

 * 1) a café, a coffee shop
 * 2)  coffee
 * 1)  coffee

Noun

 * 1) a café

title: Café


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Caiman

Etymology
From or, probably from  or perhaps from a Congo language.

Hypernyms

 * ; - subfamily

Hyponyms

 * (spectacled caiman), ,

title: Caiman


text: Calcium

title: Calcium


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Californium

Noun

 * 1) californium

Noun

 * 1) californium

title: Californium


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Calliope

Etymology
From, the of eloquence and poetry, in turn of  +  “beautiful voice”. Introduced by English ornithologist in 1836.

Hyponyms

 * (Siberian rubythroat) - type species; (blackthroat),  (firethroat), ,   - other species

Etymology
From, from , from +.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo.
 * , a main belt asteroid.

Translations

 * Arabic: كاليوبي
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: Kalliopa
 * Basque: Kaliope
 * Belarusian: Каліё́па
 * Bulgarian: Калиопа
 * Catalan: Cal·líope
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 卡利俄佩
 * Czech: Kalliopé
 * Danish: Kalliope
 * Dutch: Kalliope
 * Esperanto: Kaliopo
 * Estonian: Kalliope
 * Finnish: Kalliope
 * French:
 * Georgian: კალიოპე
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Καλλιόπη
 * Greenlandic: Kalliope
 * Hebrew: קאליופה
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: Kallíópa
 * Indonesian: Kalliope
 * Inuktitut: ᑲᓪᓕᐅᐱ
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: カリオペー
 * Korean: ^칼리오페
 * Latin: Calliope
 * Ligurian: Calliope
 * Lithuanian: Kaliopė
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: Kalliope
 * Luxembourgish: Kalliope
 * Macedonian: Калиопа
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: Kalliope
 * Nynorsk: Kalliope
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Calíope
 * Romanian: Calliope
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Калио̀па
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: Kalliopé, Kalliopa
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: Kalliope
 * Turkish: Kalliope
 * Ukrainian:

Etymology
From, from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  the Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo
 * 1)  the Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; the mother of Orpheus with Apollo

Etymology
From, from.

Proper noun

 * , the Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The Muse Calliope, goddess and muse of epic poetry, or of poetry in general
 * 2) * See Calliopea for an alternative spelling and quotation from Ovid’s Fasti.

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Calypso

Etymology
Borrowed from, probably derived from , thus “she who conceals”.

Hypernyms

 * ; - subfamily;  - tribe;  - subtribe

Hyponyms

 * - sole species

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A sea nymph who entertained Odysseus on her island, Ogygia, for seven years.
 * 2)  The eighth moon of Saturn.
 * , a main belt asteroid; not to be confused with the Saturnian moon mentioned above.

Translations

 * French:
 * German:, Kalypso
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: Καλυψώ
 * Hungarian: Kalüpszó
 * Italian: Calipso
 * Japanese: カリュプソー
 * Korean: ^칼립소
 * Latin: Calypsō
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: Kalypso
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: Calipso
 * Swedish: Kalypso
 * Ukrainian: Каліпсо́

 * Portuguese:

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * 1)   a nymph who ruled the island of, on whose shores was shipwrecked, whereupon she detained and entertained him for seven years, bearing him the two sons  and

title: Calypso


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caló

Etymology
From, from.

Adjective

 * 1) tanned, dark-skinned
 * 2) Romani

Etymology 1
.

Noun

 * 1) Caló

Noun

 * 1) an argot that has been salted with Caló vocabulary

Etymology 2
From.

Noun

 * 1)  a small cove

Noun

 * 1) Caló language spoken by the Spanish and Portuguese Romani

Etymology 1
, from.

Noun

 * 1) Caló
 * 2) an argot spoken by pachuchos in the United States

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Cam

Etymology 1
From, , the former name of the modern , ultimately from a word for "crooked," , from late , shared with 🇨🇬.

Proper noun

 * , which passes through Cambridge and joins the.
 * 1)  which flows into the.
 * 1)  which flows into the.
 * 1)  which flows into the.

Etymology 2
Shortening.

Etymology
, from, from.

Proper noun

 * 1) Ham son of Noah

Proper noun

 * 1) Cham (ethnic group or language)

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Ham

Etymology
, from, from.

Proper noun

 * 1) Ham son of Noah

Proper noun

 * 1) Cham (ethnic group or language)

title: Cam


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Camboj

Proper noun

 * 1)   (the region inhabited by the Kambojas) or Cambodia.

title: Camboj


text: Camboja

title: Camboja


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CamelCase

Etymology
+ from the appearance of the humps of a camel.

Noun

 * 1)  The style of writing by concatenating multiple component words (i.e. writing without any space between them), while capitalizing the first letter of each word, starting with the first or the second word.

Usage notes
CamelCase is often used as one of multiple conventions for names of variables in programming languages: compare "MyVariableName", "myvariablename" , "my_variable_name" , and "my-variable-name" ( or ).

Coordinate terms

 * ALL CAPS
 * AlTeRnaTinG cApS
 * Initial Caps
 * Sentence case
 * Title Case
 * Title Case

Derived terms

 * to
 * to

Translations

 * Esperanto: miksuskla
 * Estonian: läbiv suurtäht
 * German:, Binnenversal, Binnenversalie
 * Lithuanian: kupranugario Didžioji
 * Marathi: कॅमलकेस
 * Persian: نگارش شتری

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Camilla

Etymology
, feminine form of old Roman family name Camillus, of obscure and probably non-Latin origin.

Proper noun

 * 1) A warrior queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.

Translations

 * Czech:
 * Danish: Camilla, Kamilla
 * French:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: Camilla
 * Latvian: Kamilla, Kamila
 * Lithuanian:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: Kamila
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: Камі́ла

Etymology
From.

Etymology
From.

Usage notes

 * Rarely used in Norway before the 1960s. Popular from the 1970s to the 1990s.

Etymology
From through literature. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1817.

Proper noun

 * 1)  popular from the 1960s to the 1990s

title: Camilla


text: Campana

title: Campana


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Camping

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  camping

Noun

 * 1) campsite

title: Camping


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Can

Proper noun

 * 1) ; AFCON

Etymology
From.

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Cana

Etymology
Borrowed through from ; possibly from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The site where Jesus miraculously turned water into wine.

Translations

 * Aghwan: 𐕄𐔰𐕎𐔰
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: Կանա
 * Farefare: Kana
 * Finnish: Kaana
 * German: Kana
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Κανά
 * Italian: Cana
 * Latin: Cana
 * Maltese: Kana
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: Caná
 * Spanish: Caná

Etymology
From the, from the

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Canadien

Etymology
From.

Pronunciation

 * like
 * like

Noun

 * 1)  A French Canadian (male or of unspecified sex).

Adjective

 * 1) French Canadian.

Etymology 1
From.

Noun

 * 1) Canadian (male or of unspecified sex).

Proper noun

 * 1)  The  hockey club.

title: Canadien


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Cancer

Etymology
From, from.

Hyponyms

 * (edible crab or brown crab) - type species;,  (Jonah crab),  , , , ,  (red rock crab) - species

Etymology
From,.

Proper noun
(symbol ♋)

 * 1)  A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a crab.
 * 2)  The zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22 - July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16 - August 15 (sidereal astrology).
 * 1)  The zodiac sign for the crab, ruled by the Moon and covering June 22 - July 22 (tropical astrology) or July 16 - August 15 (sidereal astrology).

Translations

 * Arabic: بُرْج اَلسَّرَطَان, اَلسَّرَطَان
 * Armenian: Խեցգետին
 * Azerbaijani: Xərçəng
 * Basque:, Karramarroa
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: Рак
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: an Kanker
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Krebsen
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Kankro
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Καρκίνος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: Krabbi
 * Indonesian: Kanser
 * Irish: Portán
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: Шаян
 * Korean: 게자리
 * Latvian: Vēzis
 * Macedonian: Рак
 * Malay: Ketam, Sartan, Kanser
 * Maltese: Kanċer
 * Marathi: कर्क
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: Krepsen
 * Old English: Crabba
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: (Constelația) Cancerului (def. form), Racului (def.form)
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Alimango
 * Telugu:, , , కర్కటం
 * Thai: ,
 * Tocharian B: Aśleṣ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: کیکڑا, سرطان
 * Welsh: Cranc

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: Gaforrja
 * Arabic: بُرْج اَلسَّرَطَان, اَلسَّرَطَان
 * Armenian: Խեցգետին
 * Asturian: Cáncer, Cámbaru
 * Azerbaijani: Xərçəng
 * Basque:, karramarro
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: Рак
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: an Kanker
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Krebsen
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Kankro
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: კირჩხიბი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Καρκίνος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian: (csillagkép)
 * Icelandic: Krabbi
 * Indonesian: Kanser
 * Irish: Portán
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: Шаян
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 거해궁
 * Latvian: Vēzis
 * Lithuanian: Vežys
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macedonian: рак
 * Malay: Ketam, Sartan, Kanser
 * Maltese: Kanċer, Il-Granċ
 * Marathi: कर्क
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: Krepsen
 * Old English: Crabba
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi: ਕਰਕ
 * Romanian: Rac
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Swahili: Saratani, Kaa
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Alimango
 * Telugu:, , , కర్కటం
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Yiddish: די יענע מעשׂה

Noun

 * 1) Someone with a Cancer star sign.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Danish: krebs
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Icelandic:
 * Macedonian: рак
 * Norwegian:
 * Old English: Crabba
 * Portuguese: canceriano
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  constellation

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  (someone born with a Cancer star sign)

Proper noun

 * 1)  (constellation)
 * 2)   (star sign)

title: Cancer


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Candida

Etymology
Feminine singular of.

Hyponyms

 * - type species;, , , - selected other species

title: Candida


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Candy

Proper noun

 * 1) A pet form of the female given name Candace or Candice.

Etymology 2
From and, from  or , from , name of the Cretan city of  under the.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The Mediterranean island of Crete.
 * 2) * c. 1619, John Ford (formerly attributed to and John Fletcher), , Act I, Scene 2,
 * if to renown
 * Your honours through the world, to fix your names,
 * Like Blazing stars admir’d, and fear’d by all
 * That have but heard of Candy or a Cretan,
 * Be to deserve the approvement of my man-hood,
 * Then thus much have I done:
 * Be to deserve the approvement of my man-hood,
 * Then thus much have I done:

Etymology 3
From from, perhaps ultimately from a phrase meaning “the five counties/countries on the mountain.”

Proper noun

 * 1)  The  on the island now known as Sri Lanka; (by extension) the British colony of Ceylon on that island.
 * 2)  The city of, the capital of that kingdom.
 * 1)  The city of, the capital of that kingdom.

title: Candy


text:
Canis

Etymology
From.

Hypernyms

 * ; - subfamily;  - tribe

Hyponyms

 * (wolf, dog, dingo) - type species; (side-striped jackal), ,  (golden jackal, ), , ,  (coyote), ,  (black-backed jackal),  (red wolf),   - other extant species; † (dire wolf), †, † - extinct species

Related terms

 * Canis Majoris
 * Canis Major
 * CMa
 * Canis Minoris
 * Canis Minor
 * CMi

Translations

 * Japanese: イヌ属, 犬属

title: Canis


text:
Cannabis

Etymology
From, from.

Hyponyms

 * ,, - species

Etymology
From. .

Noun

 * 1) cannabis

title: Cannabis


text:
Canton

Etymology 1
From, from. . Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Proper noun

 * 1) Several places in China:
 * 2) Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong, China.
 * 3) * 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 28:
 * s:Encyclopædia Britannica, First Edition/Canton is alſo the name of a large, populous, and wealthy city and port-town of China, ſituated on the river Ta, about fifty miles from the Indian ocean... It is a fortified place, within the walls of which no Chriſtians are permitted to enter, notwithſtanding their great trade thither; it being from thence that they import all manner of Chineſe goods, as china-ware, tea, cabinets, raw and wrought ſilks, gold-duſt, &c.
 * 1) Guangdong, a province of China.
 * 2)  the Pearl River, a river in southern China.
 * 1) Guangdong, a province of China.
 * 2)  the Pearl River, a river in southern China.
 * 1) Guangdong, a province of China.
 * 2)  the Pearl River, a river in southern China.
 * 1) Guangdong, a province of China.
 * 2)  the Pearl River, a river in southern China.
 * 1) Guangdong, a province of China.
 * 2)  the Pearl River, a river in southern China.
 * 1)  the Pearl River, a river in southern China.
 * 1)  the Pearl River, a river in southern China.
 * 1)  the Pearl River, a river in southern China.
 * 1)  the Pearl River, a river in southern China.
 * 1)  the Pearl River, a river in southern China.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Eastern Min: 廣州
 * Hakka: 廣州
 * Hokkien: 廣州
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Japanese: 広州市, 広州
 * Korean:
 * Marathi: कँटॉन
 * Mongolian: Гуанжоу
 * Persian: خانفو
 * Portuguese: Cantão
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: Guangzhou (Kanton)
 * Thai: กว่างโจว
 * Vietnamese:
 * Zhuang: Gvangjcouh

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Eastern Min: 廣東
 * Hakka: 廣東
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Japanese: 広東省, 広東
 * Khmer: កាតាំង
 * Korean: ^광둥, ^광둥성
 * Manchu: ᡤᡠᠸᠠᠩᡩᡠᠩ
 * Marathi: कँटॉन
 * Mongolian: Гуандун
 * Portuguese: Cantão
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: Guangdong,
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese:

Etymology 2
The town in Oklahoma was named for a nearby.

Proper noun

 * 1) Several places in the United States:
 * 1) Several places in the United States:

Etymology 3
From.

Translations

 * Marathi: कँटन
 * Welsh: Treganna

Etymology 4
The surname is of French or Galician origin.

Etymology
, from.

Usage notes
Although "Canton" may be dated in English, it is current in French.

Etymology 1
, from.

Etymology 2
.

Proper noun

 * 1) several other places in the United States:
 * 1) several other places in the United States:
 * 1) several other places in the United States:

title: Canton


text:
Cantonese

Adjective

 * 1) Relating to the city of Guangzhou (Canton) or the province of Guangdong.
 * 2) Relating to Cantonese people.
 * 3) Relating to Cantonese language.
 * 4) Relating to Cantonese food/cuisine.

Translations

 * Arabic: كَانْتُونِيّ, كَنْتُونِيّ
 * Burmese:, အင်္ကျီတို
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kantonilainen
 * French:
 * Galician: cantonés
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 広東
 * Korean: ^광동(廣東)-의
 * Macedonian: кантонски
 * Malay: Kanton
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, гуанду́нский
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Kantones

 * Burmese: လက်တိုလူမျိုး, အင်္ကျီတိုလူမျိုး
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 廣東人
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kantonilainen
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 広東人
 * Korean: ^광동(廣東)사람
 * Macedonian: ка́нтонски
 * Malay: orang Kanton, Kanton
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Kantones

 * Arabic: كَانْتُونِيَّة, كَنْتُونِيَّة
 * Burmese: လက်တိုစကား, အင်္ကျီတိုစကား
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 廣東話,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kantoninkielinen
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:, ^광동(廣東)말
 * Macedonian: кантонски
 * Malay: bahasa Kanton, bahasa Kantonis, Kantonis
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene: kantonski
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Kantones

Noun

 * 1)  An inhabitant of Canton; a person of Canton descent.
 * 2)  A Sinitic language mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of Mainland China, Guangdong (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, by the Chinese minorities in Southeast Asia and by many overseas Chinese worldwide.
 * 3)  A dialect of the Cantonese language, spoken in Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, and treated as the standard dialect of the Cantonese language.
 * 1)  A dialect of the Cantonese language, spoken in Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, and treated as the standard dialect of the Cantonese language.
 * 1)  A dialect of the Cantonese language, spoken in Guangzhou (Canton), Hong Kong, Macau, and treated as the standard dialect of the Cantonese language.

Synonyms

 * ,, Cantonese language, Cantonese dialect
 * Cantonese dialect, Cantonese language

Hyponyms

 * Cantonese, Cantonese dialect the dialect of Cantonese language treated as standard
 * /Toisanese/Taishanese the Cantonese subdialect spoken in the Greater Hoi San area, with subsubdialects
 * the dialect spoken in Hong Kong and Macau

Translations

 * Arabic: كَانْتُونِيّ, كَانْتُونِيَّة
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 廣東人, 廣州人
 * Mandarin:, 廣州人
 * Dutch:, Kantonese
 * Finnish: kantonilainen
 * French:, Cantonaise
 * Galician: cantonés
 * German: Kantonese, Kantonesin
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 広東人
 * Korean: ^광동(廣東)사람
 * Macedonian: Кантонец, Кантонка
 * Malay: orang Kanton, Kanton
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: канто́нец, канто́нка
 * Spanish:, cantonesa
 * Swedish: kantones
 * Tagalog: Kantones
 * Thai: ชาวจีนกวางตุ้ง, คนกวางตุ้ง

 * Arabic: كَانْتُونِيَّة
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 廣東話,, 廣府話, 白話
 * Hakka: 廣東話, 粵語
 * Hokkien: 廣東話
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Corsican: cantonese, cantunese
 * Czech: kantonština
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: cantonés
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Irish: Cantainis
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer: ភាសាចិនកាតាំង
 * Korean: ^광둥어,, ^월어(粵語)
 * Macedonian: ка́нтонски
 * Malay: bahasa Kanton, bahasa Kantonis, Kantonis
 * Marathi: कँटोनीझ
 * Norman: Chinnouais d'Canton
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: канто́нский язы́к, ,
 * Slovene: kantonščina
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Kantones
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: Kantonca
 * Vietnamese:
 * West Frisian: Kantoneesk
 * Yiddish: קאַנטאָנעזיש

title: Cantonese


text:
Canyon

Noun

 * 1) canyon

title: Canyon


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Capitol

Etymology
From, in historical sense, from. Other meanings from specific instances of, As a French town hall, a calque of.

Proper noun

 * 1) Any particular capitol, particularly:
 * 2)  The citadel and temples on the Capitoline Hill in Ancient Rome.
 * 3) The town hall of Toulouse, France.
 * 4) The building in Washington, D.C., in which both houses of the Congress of the United States meet.
 * 5)  The chief building in any state capital in which the state legislature meets.
 * 1)  The chief building in any state capital in which the state legislature meets.

Synonyms

 * See

Translations

 * Finnish: Jupiterin temppeli
 * Irish: an Caipeatól
 * Italian: Campidoglio, Capitolio
 * Manx: Çhiamble Yupiter
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Capitoliu
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Sicilian: Capitùgghiu, Capitùliu
 * Spanish: Templo de Júpiter, Capitolino

 * Arabic: كَابِيتُول الوِلَايَات المُتَّحِدَة
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: Капитолий (САЩ)
 * Catalan: Capitoli
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: Kapitol
 * Danish: Capitol
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: Kapitoolium
 * Finnish: Yhdysvaltain kongressitalo
 * French: Capitole des États-Unis,
 * Galician: Capitolio dos Estados Unidos
 * Georgian: კაპიტოლიუმი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: הקפיטול
 * Hindi: कांग्रेस सदन
 * Hungarian: Capitolium
 * Interlingua: capitolio
 * Italian: Campidoglio
 * Japanese: 連邦議会議事堂
 * Korean: 미국 의회의사당
 * Latin: Capitolium
 * Latvian: Kapitolijs
 * Lithuanian: Kapitolijus
 * Manx: Thie yn Ardwhaiyl
 * Navajo: Wááshindoondi bee hazʼáanii ádeiłʼíní bikin
 * Norwegian: Capitol
 * Persian: کاخ کنگره آمریکا
 * Polish: Kapitol Stanów Zjednoczonych
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Capitoliu
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Капитол
 * Roman:
 * Sicilian: Capitùgghiu
 * Slovak: Kapitol
 * Spanish: Capitolio de los Estados Unidos
 * Swedish: Kapitolium
 * Thai: อาคารรัฐสภาสหรัฐอเมริกา
 * Turkish: Amerikan Congre Binası
 * Ukrainian: Капітолій
 * Vietnamese: Điện Capitol Hoa Kỳ

title: Capitol


text:
Cappuccino

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  cappuccino Italian coffee-based beverage made from espresso and milk; a cup of this

title: Cappuccino


text:
Capra

Etymology
From.

Hypernyms

 * ; - subfamily

Hyponyms

 * - type species;, , , †, , , , , ,

Etymology
From.

title: Capra


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Capuchin

Etymology
Borrowed from, from , from.

Noun

 * 1) A member of an order of Roman Catholic friars.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: Καπουτσίνος
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kapusiner
 * Nynorsk: kapusinar
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: capuchinho
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: kapucín
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Mkapuchini
 * Swedish:, , kapucinermunk
 * Tagalog: Kaputsino

title: Capuchin


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Capybara

Noun

 * 1) capybara

title: Capybara


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Car

Proper noun

 * 1) The most widespread of the Nicobarese languages spoken in the Nicobar Islands of India (ISO 839-3 code "caq").

Etymology
.

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1) God

title: Car


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Caracal

Etymology
From, from , from +.

Hypernyms

 * ; - subfamily

Hyponyms

 * (caracal), also, in some recent studies (syn., )

Etymology
From

Etymology
, from.

title: Caracal


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Cardigan

Etymology
Anglicized from

Proper noun

 * 1)  The County of Cardigan, a former, Wales.
 * 1)  The County of Cardigan, a former, Wales.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 卡迪根
 * French:
 * Old French: Caradigan
 * Welsh:

Noun

 * 1) cardigan

title: Cardigan


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Cardinal

Etymology 1
Capitalization of cardinal (bird).

Noun

 * 1)  A player on the St. Louis Cardinals team.
 * Smith became a Cardinal as the result of a pre-season trade.
 * 1)  A player on the Arizona Cardinals team.
 * 2) A student or player on a sports team at the University of Louisville.

Etymology 2
Capitalization of cardinal (color).

Noun

 * 1) A player on a sports team at Stanford University.

Etymology 3
From, from , from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  common among French Canadians as well as Cree and Métis indigenous peoples in Canada.

title: Cardinal


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Cardy

Proper noun

 * , also known as or.
 * , also known as or.

Noun

 * 1) one cultivated form of

title: Cardy


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Carl

Etymology 1
From, cognate with 🇨🇬.
 * From and other north European  and.
 * From.

Proper noun

 * 1) * 1919 Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rainbow Valley, 1st World Publishing (2007), ISBN 142184298X, page 19:
 * And Thomas Carlyle is nine. They call him Carl, and he has a regular mania for collecting toads and bugs and frogs and bringing them into the house.
 * 1) * 1919 Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rainbow Valley, 1st World Publishing (2007), ISBN 142184298X, page 19:
 * And Thomas Carlyle is nine. They call him Carl, and he has a regular mania for collecting toads and bugs and frogs and bringing them into the house.

Translations

 * Albanian: Kërl (Tosk), Karl (Gheg)
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: Կարլ
 * Belarusian: Карл
 * Bengali: কার্ল
 * Bulgarian: Карл
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: Karlo
 * Georgian: კარლი
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Japanese: カル,
 * Kazakh: Карл
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: Kārls
 * Macedonian: Карл
 * Marathi: कार्ल
 * Mongolian: Карл
 * Persian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Карл
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil: கார்ல்
 * Telugu: కార్ల్
 * Thai: คาร์ล
 * Ukrainian: Карл
 * Urdu: کارل
 * Yiddish: קאַרל

Etymology 2
Shortening.

Noun

 * 1)  A student at, Minnesota.

Etymology
From, from.

Proper noun

 * , a less common spelling of

Pronunciation

 * (only if pronounced [kɑːl])
 * (only if pronounced [kɑːl])
 * (only if pronounced [kɑːl])

title: Carl


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Carnivora

Hypernyms

 * ; - supercohort;  - infraclass

Hyponyms

 * - land carnivores, - sea carnivores
 * - dogs, seals, etc, - cats, etc, †
 * ,, , , , , , , , , , , , , , - families

Coordinate terms

 * ,, Cetacea, , , , , , , , , Pholidota, , , Proboscidea, , , , Soricomorpha,

title: Carnivora


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Caro

Etymology 2
Variant form of, the Egyptian city.

Proper noun

 * 1) A mythological figure from the comarca of Safor in the Valencian Community said to have the head of a bearded man and the body of an owl.

Etymology 1
.

Etymology 2
, a cognomen (a type of surname), from.

Proper noun

 * 1) Carus

title: Caro


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Carol

Etymology 1
Shortened from. Associated by folk etymology with the English noun.

Proper noun

 * , popular in the middle of the 20th century.

Translations

 * French:
 * Greek: Καρόλα
 * Russian:

Etymology 2
Shortened from ; also an Anglicization of, or Polish or Slovak Karol, all cognates of the English.

Proper noun

 * 1) * 1899, The English Illustrated Magazine, MacMillan and Co., item notes V.21, page 295
 * This table shows the curious fact that little Prince Carol of Roumania (who is at once the great-grandson and the third cousin of Queen Victoria) has a better hereditary right to the British Throne than Her Majesty.
 * This table shows the curious fact that little Prince Carol of Roumania (who is at once the great-grandson and the third cousin of Queen Victoria) has a better hereditary right to the British Throne than Her Majesty.

Etymology
From, shortened from.

Etymology
.

title: Carol


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Carr

Proper noun

 * 1) A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Cedric Errol Carr (1892-1936).

Etymology

 * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of.
 * As an surname, from the root of the surname, from ; compare.
 * Also as an Irish surname, named after a priest (compare )
 * Also as an Irish surname, from a personal name derived from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  derived from.
 * , a variant of Kerr.
 * , anglicized from,.
 * , a variant of Kilcar.
 * 1)  to the.
 * , and two other locations in Greater Manchester.
 * 1)  to the.
 * , and two other locations in Greater Manchester.
 * 1)  to the.
 * , and two other locations in Greater Manchester.
 * 1)  to the.
 * , and two other locations in Greater Manchester.
 * , and two other locations in Greater Manchester.

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Carr is the 255th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 119,076 individuals. Carr is most common among White (73.61%) and Black (20.82%) individuals.

title: Carr


text:
Cartoon

Etymology
..

Noun

 * 1) cartoon (comic strip)

title: Cartoon


text:
Cashmere

Etymology
Borrowed from  /, from.

Noun

 * 1) A breed of goat  raised for its hair.

title: Cashmere


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Cassia

Hypernyms

 * ; - subfamily;  - tribe;  - subtribe

Hyponyms

 * (golden rain tree) - type species; for species remaining in Cassia see or

title: Cassia


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Castello

Etymology 1
Borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * 1) The largest of the six sestieri of Venice; includes the Arsenale

Translations

 * Italian: Castello
 * Marathi: कास्तेल्लो

Etymology 2
Borrowed from and.

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Castello is the 9692nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3347 individuals. Castello is most common among White (58.92%) and Hispanic/Latino (32.69%) individuals.

title: Castello


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Castor

Etymology
1398, from , from.

Hyponyms

 * (European beaver) - type species; (American beaver) – sole other extant species

Proper noun

 * 1)  One of the Dioscuri
 * 2)  A double star in the constellation Gemini; alpha (α) Geminorum.
 * 3) . From.
 * 4) . From.
 * 1) . From.

Translations

 * Danish: Castor
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Greenlandic: Kastori
 * Inuktitut: ᑲᔅᑐᕐ
 * Irish: Castór
 * Russian:

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 北河二
 * Mandarin:
 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Maori: Whakaahu rangi, Whakaahu
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: Gaolag na Caiginn

Proper noun

 * 1)  Dane-zaa or Beaver indigenous people
 * 1)  Dane-zaa or Beaver indigenous people
 * 1)  Dane-zaa or Beaver indigenous people

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Castor
 * 2) * 6th or 5th century BCE, Castor-Pollux dedication (image (page 3; requires access to JSTOR); facsimile):
 * "la"

- 𐌂𐌀𐌔𐌕𐌏𐌓𐌄𐌉:𐌐𐌏𐌃𐌋𐌏𐌖𐌒𐌖𐌄𐌉𐌒𐌖𐌄/𐌒𐌖𐌓𐌏𐌉𐌔

Declension

 * is an old form of.

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Cat

Etymology 2
Abbreviation of (corporation and brand).

Noun

 * 1)  A piece of heavy machinery, such as a backhoe, of the Caterpillar brand.

Etymology 3
Abbreviation of.

Noun

 * 1)  A.

title: Cat


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Talk:Cat

Nice entry! Maybe some alternative spellings could be good. --Q9ui5ckflash (talk) 18:29, 30 September 2016 (UTC)

title: Talk:Cat


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Cater

Etymology
Occupational surname, from, obsolete form of.

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Cater is the 8419th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3926 individuals. Cater is most common among White (75.65%) and Black/African American (17.65%) individuals.

title: Cater


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Catholic

Etymology
From, from , from , from +.

Adjective

 * 1) Of the Western Christian church, as differentiated from e.g. the Orthodox church.
 * 2) Of the Roman Catholic church in particular.
 * 1) Of the Roman Catholic church in particular.

Translations

 * Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ, جَاثَلِيقِيّ, كَتْلَكِيّ, كَاتُولِيكِيّ, كُوتَالِيّ
 * Asturian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Emilian: catòlgo
 * Esperanto: katolika
 * Farefare: katolika
 * Faroese: katólskur
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: कैथोलिक
 * Hungarian:
 * Hunsrik: katolisch
 * Icelandic: kaþólskur
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: Caitliceach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, , 公教
 * Khmer: កាតូលិក
 * Latvian: katolisks
 * Lithuanian: katalikiškas, katalikiška
 * Low German: kathoolsch
 * Luganda: omukatoliki
 * Macedonian: католички
 * Malay: Katolik
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ка̏толичкӣ, католичка
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Sogdian: ܩܬܘܠܝܩܐ
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Ukrainian: католи́цький
 * Urdu: کیتھولک, کاتھولک
 * Welsh: Catholig

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ, جَاثَلِيقِيّ, كَتْلَكِيّ, كَاتُولِيكِيّ, كُوتَالِيّ
 * Aromanian: catolic, catolichescu, lãtinescu, latinescu, catolicã, catolicheascã,   lãtineascã, latineascã
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Emilian: catòlgo
 * Esperanto: katolika
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: कैथोलिक
 * Hunsrik: katolisch
 * Indonesian: Katolik Roma
 * Irish: Caitliceach
 * Khmer: កាតូលិក
 * Latin:
 * Low German:
 * German Low German: kathoolsch
 * Macedonian: римокатолички
 * Maori: Pikopō, Katorika
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: catolic, catolică
 * Spanish: católico romano
 * Swahili:
 * Urdu: کیتھولک, کاتھولک
 * Uyghur: كاتولىك
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: Catholig,

Noun

 * 1) A member of a Catholic church.

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: كَاثُولِيكِيّ, جَاثَلِيق, جَاثَلِيقِيّ, كَتْلَكِيّ, كَاتُولِيكِيّ, كُوتَالِيّ
 * Armenian:
 * Aromanian: catolic, catulic, cãtulic, lãtin, latin, catolicã, catulicã, cãtulicã, lãtinã,
 * Belarusian: като́лік, каталі́к
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Emilian: catòlgo
 * Esperanto: katoliko
 * Faroese: katolikkur
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hindi: कैथोलिक
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: kaþólikki
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: Caitliceach
 * Italian:
 * Kazakh: католик
 * Khmer: កាតូលិក
 * Latvian: katolis, katoliete
 * Lithuanian: ,
 * Macedonian: католик
 * Maori: Pikopō, Katorika
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: katolikk
 * Old Ruthenian: като́ликъ, каѳо́ликъ, кафо́ликъ; католи́чъка
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Samogitian: katalėks, katalėkė
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: Mkatoliki
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Ukrainian: като́лик, католи́чка
 * Urdu: کیتھولک, کاتھولک
 * Vietnamese: người Công giáo
 * Welsh: Catholig, pabydd

title: Catholic


text:
Ce

Symbol

 * 1)  cerium.

title: Ce


text:
Cedar

Etymology 1
Probably a variant of.

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Cedar is the 39212th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 561 individuals. Cedar is most common among White (91.8%) individuals.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A programming language, adding various features to the earlier language Mesa.

Etymology 3
From, because of the abundant local trees.

title: Cedar


text:
Cello

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  cello

title: Cello


text:
Cellulose

Noun

 * 1)  (chiefly in technical texts)

title: Cellulose


text:
Cembalo

Etymology
Clipping of.

Noun

 * 1) harpsichord

title: Cembalo


text:
Cent

Etymology
From. The name of the 1/100th of a euro was inspired by the cent as a subdivision of the United States dollar and other currencies.

Noun

 * 1) cent, the smaller unit of the euro
 * 2) cent (in other currencies)

Usage notes
The difference between the plurals Cent and Cents is equivalent to the difference between pence and pennies in English: The unchanged plural refers to an amount or value, whereas Cents may be used to mean a number of coins. However, the unchanged plural can be used for the latter meaning as well.

Etymology
From, from a Celtic source probably meaning 'border' or 'coastal region'.

Proper noun

 * 1) Kent

title: Cent


text:
Centaur

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Centaurus

title: Centaur


text:
Centaurus

Etymology
From, from. .

Proper noun

 * 1)  A spring constellation of the northern sky (and autumn of the southern sky) with the outline of a centaur. It includes the stars Alpha Centauri (Rigil Kentaurus and Toliman), Proxima Centauri, and Hadar.

Translations

 * Arabic: الْقُنْطُور
 * Armenian: Կենտավրոս
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 半人馬座
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: Centaŭro
 * Finnish: Kentauri
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient Greek: Κένταυρος
 * Irish: Ceinteár
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: Кентавр
 * Korean: 센타우루스자리
 * Malay: Centaurus
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: Centaurus
 * Turkish:

Proper noun

 * 1) the constellation Centaurus

title: Centaurus


text: Centimeter

title: Centimeter


text:
Centre

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * French:, région Centre
 * German:
 * Italian: Centro, regione Centro
 * Japanese: サントル地域圏
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:

Etymology
From.

title: Centre


text: Centum

title: Centum


text:
Cetus

Hyponyms

 * (syn. of )

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a whale. It includes the star Mira.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 鯨魚座
 * Mandarin:
 * Estonian: Vaal
 * Finnish: Valas,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Κῆτος
 * Irish: Míol Mór
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: Кит
 * Korean: 고래자리
 * Latin: Cētus
 * Malay: Ikan Paus
 * Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭤𐭲
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: Cetus
 * Tagalog: Dambuhala

Proper noun

 * 1)   winter constellation of the northern sky

title: Cetus


text:
Cf

Symbol

 * 1)  californium.

title: Cf


text:
Champ

Etymology
Lake Champlain

Proper noun

 * 1)  A large aquatic creature, similar to the Loch Ness monster, which supposedly lives in Lake Champlain, located on the shared borders of the American states of Vermont and New York and the Canadian province of Quebec.

title: Champ


text:
Chan

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
From.

Etymology 3
From.

Etymology 4
Borrowed from the pinyin romanization of the pronunciation of, a development and clipping of  , a transcription of. .

Noun

 * 1)  A major Chinese school of Mahayana Buddhism characterized by sudden enlightenment achieved by indirect means, developed in Japan as Zen.

Usage notes
The Chinese school and its masters are most often encountered in English under their Japanese names. When Chan is encountered, it is usually pointedly giving primacy to the Chinese schools which developed the major doctrines or attempting to distinguish particularly Chinese elements from those found in Japanese Zen.

Etymology 5
.

Proper noun

 * 1)  surname of Meitei origin
 * 2)  surname of Meitei origin

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) khan

Etymology 1
, from. .

Etymology 2
, from. .

title: Chan


text:
Channel

Etymology 1
From being a

Etymology 2
Named after the, from where settlers once came from, in the early 18th-century. The Channel Islands are located in the, a strait (channel) separating the island of Great Britain from the coast of mainland Europe.

Translations

 * French:
 * Marathi: चॅनल

title: Channel


text:
Chaos

Etymology
From, from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A planetoid and cubewano orbiting in the Kuiper belt.
 * 1)  A planetoid and cubewano orbiting in the Kuiper belt.

Etymology
From, from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  In Greek mythology, the primordial state of disorder that exists before the creation of the world, or the first being or deity to exist.
 * 2)  A planetoid and cubewano orbiting in the Kuiper belt.
 * 3)  In the Warhammer franchise, a demonic antagonist that sends demons, monsters, warriors, and beasts to wage war on the games' setting.
 * 1)  In the Warhammer franchise, a demonic antagonist that sends demons, monsters, warriors, and beasts to wage war on the games' setting.

Derived terms

 * primordial chaos

Translations

 * Russian: ,

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) chaos

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1) the shapeless primordial universe
 * 2) the Underworld, Hell
 * 1) the Underworld, Hell

Usage notes

 * The plural is a rare and very late development.

title: Chaos


text:
Charge

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) load
 * 2) batch
 * 3)  rank

title: Charge


text:
Charisma

Etymology
From the common noun, from.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) charisma

title: Charisma


text:
Charity

Etymology
From in the Biblical sense of Christian love; first used by Puritans. In early Christian tradition, Faith, Hope and Charity were the martyred daughters of Saint Sophia. The names, taken from 1 Corinthians 13:13 ("And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity") have been translated and used in many languages.

The name of the sura (chapter) is one of several translations of the original Arabic.

Proper noun

 * 1) The 107th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
 * 1) The 107th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
 * 1) The 107th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
 * 1) The 107th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
 * 1) The 107th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Usage notes

 * Originally more popular than Faith and Hope but less common than either of them today.
 * Other translations of the sura's title include "Almsgiving" and "Assistance".

Translations

 * Bengali:
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: Caridad

 * Arabic: سورة الماعون
 * Bengali: সূরা মাঊন
 * Uyghur: مائۇن

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Etymology
.

title: Charity


text:
Chas

Etymology
From ; Originally an abbreviation of "".

title: Chas


text:
Chase

Proper noun

 * 1) A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Mary Agnes Chase (1869-1963).

Proper noun

 * 1)  from a  nickname for a hunter.
 * 2) A placename
 * 1) A placename

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 切斯, 蔡斯
 * Marathi: चेझ

title: Chase


text: Chassidism

title: Chassidism


text:
Chassis

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  chassis

title: Chassis


text:
Chat

Etymology
, ultimately sound imitative.

Noun

 * 1) A chat, exchange of text or voice messages in real time, notably by Internet

Related terms

 * (verb)

title: Chat


text:
Chatroom

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) chat room (computer site online where visitors can exchange messages)

title: Chatroom


text:
Chauffeur

Etymology
From, literally "heater" or "stoker"; they were said to burn the feet of their victims to extort money.

Noun

 * 1)  A brigand belonging to the bands who, around 1793, pillaged, burned, and killed in parts of France.

Etymology
Early 20th century, from.

Noun

 * 1) chauffeur person employed to drive a private or hired car
 * 2)  any driver of a car

title: Chauffeur


text:
Che

Etymology
From a pet form of.

title: Che


text:
Cheek

Proper noun

 * , established by John R. Cheek.
 * , established by John R. Cheek.
 * , established by John R. Cheek.

title: Cheek


text:
Chef

Etymology
. Compare 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) boss, chief

Usage notes
Note that Chef is a false friend and does not mean "chef". The general word for "chef" is unless you want to imply the person has some form of leadership in which case you would use  or.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) boss, head, manager

title: Chef


text:
Cher

Translations

 * French:
 * Marathi: शेर
 * Occitan: Char

 * French:
 * Marathi: शेर
 * Occitan: Char

Proper noun

 * 1) A short form of the female given name Cherilyn, popularized as a given name by the singer.

Etymology
Named after the Cher River, from the pre-Indo-European hydronym  (compare 🇨🇬).

title: Cher


text:
Cherry

Proper noun

 * , a pet form of Charity, also interpreted as a flower name.

Noun

 * 1)  someone connected with AFC Bournemouth, as a fan, player, coach etc.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
.

title: Cherry


text:
Chevy

Proper noun

 * 1) ; a brand of car produced by General Motors.

Noun

 * 1)  A Chevrolet car.
 * 2) * 1971, Don McLean, "American Pie" (song):
 * Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry

title: Chevy


text:
Chi

Etymology 1
From the Wade-Giles romanization of the Chinese.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Qi, an ancient Chinese duchy, and later kingdom, under the Zhou dynasty

Etymology 3
.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Chicago

Synonyms
See.

Etymology 4
.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Chichester city in England

Noun

 * 1) chi (Greek letter)

Alternative forms

 * Hsu
 * Djie
 * Tjhie
 * Che
 * Swee
 * Shui
 * Tsui
 * Shui
 * Tsui
 * Tsui

Etymology
From.

Etymology
or or.

Etymology
or.

title: Chi


text:
Chiasmus

Proper noun
,

Hypernyms

 * ; - subfamily;  - tribe

Hyponyms

 * ,, , , , , , , , , , , , , - species

Noun

 * 1) chiasmus

title: Chiasmus


text:
Chili

Proper noun

 * 1) * 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 183:
 * CHILI, a province of ſouth America, bounded by Peru on the north, by the province of La Plata on the eaſt, by Patagonia on the ſouth, and by the Pacific ocean on the weſt... But ſome comprehend Patagonia in Chili, extending it to cape Horn...
 * CHILI, a province of ſouth America, bounded by Peru on the north, by the province of La Plata on the eaſt, by Patagonia on the ſouth, and by the Pacific ocean on the weſt... But ſome comprehend Patagonia in Chili, extending it to cape Horn...

Usage notes

 * This term has been markedly less common than Chile since about 1900.

Etymology
Ultimately from.

Noun

 * 1)  chili

Noun

 * 1) chili fruit

title: Chili


text:
Chin

Etymology 2
As a Chinese surname, a variant romanization of various characters, typically in local dialects. As a name for China, see .

Etymology 3
The atonal romanization of the  pronunciation of.

Proper noun

 * : an ancient Chinese state and various medieval Chinese dynasties.

Etymology 4
From.

Proper noun

 * 1) A tribe in Myanmar.
 * : a language of Myanmar.
 * : a language of Myanmar.

Translations

 * Burmese: ချင်းလူမျိုး,
 * Mon: ဂကူချေင်, ချေင်
 * Pa'o Karen:
 * Shan:

Etymology
From.

Etymology
.

Proper noun

 * , b. 1923
 * , b. 1923

title: Chin


text:
Chinaman

Etymology
From. (""). Applied also to ships by analogy with East Indiaman.

Noun

 * 1)  A Chinese person, or person of Chinese descent.
 * 2) * 1941, George Ade, Stories of the Streets and of the Town: From the Chicago Record 1893 - 1900, reprinted as 2003, Stories of Chicago, page 163,
 * In Clark Street, where all the nations of the earth dwell together in harmony, one has but to go downstairs to find a Chinaman. And when found he is washing.
 * 1) A sailing ship of the 18th and 19th centuries engaged in the Old China Trade
 * 2)  Addiction from a narcotic, especially heroin.
 * 1) * 1941, George Ade, Stories of the Streets and of the Town: From the Chicago Record 1893 - 1900, reprinted as 2003, Stories of Chicago, page 163,
 * In Clark Street, where all the nations of the earth dwell together in harmony, one has but to go downstairs to find a Chinaman. And when found he is washing.
 * 1) A sailing ship of the 18th and 19th centuries engaged in the Old China Trade
 * 2)  Addiction from a narcotic, especially heroin.
 * 1) A sailing ship of the 18th and 19th centuries engaged in the Old China Trade
 * 2)  Addiction from a narcotic, especially heroin.
 * 1) A sailing ship of the 18th and 19th centuries engaged in the Old China Trade
 * 2)  Addiction from a narcotic, especially heroin.

Usage notes

 * For more on the usage of this term, see.

Translations

 * Danish: kinamand,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: Pākē
 * Indonesian: orang Cina,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kinamann,
 * Nynorsk: kinamann,
 * Polish: chinol
 * Romanian:, chinezoi
 * Spanish:
 * Yiddish: כינעזער

title: Chinaman


text:
Chinchilla

Etymology
, from, from or.

Hyponyms

 * (short-tailed chinchilla), (long-tailed chinchilla)

Etymology
Habitational surname borrowed from. This surname is mostly found in Costa Rica.

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Chinchilla is the 9165th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3561 individuals. Chinchilla is most common among Hispanic/Latino (92.98%) individuals.

Noun

 * 1) chinchilla (rodent)

Noun

 * 1) chinchilla (rodent)
 * 2) chinchilla rabbit (three separate breeds)
 * 3) chinchilla (fur)

title: Chinchilla


text:
Chine

Etymology
From, compound of and the suffix , from , ultimately from.

title: Chine


text:
Chinese red

Noun

 * 1) A vivid red colour tinted with orange.

Adjective

 * 1) Of a vivid red colour tinted with orange.

title: Chinese red


text:
Chip

Proper noun

 * 1) A diminutive of the male given names Christopher and Charles.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  chip
 * 2)  chip piece of plastic or metal used as a token for money, entrance tickets, etc.
 * 3)  crisp/chip

title: Chip


text: Chips

title: Chips


text:
Chitin

Noun

 * 1)  chitin

title: Chitin


text:
Chiton

Etymology
From, from ; see also 🇨🇬.

Hyponyms

 * - type species;, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

title: Chiton


text:
Chlamydia

Etymology
, from.

Hyponyms

 * - type species;, - other species

title: Chlamydia


text:
Chlorophyll

Noun

 * 1) chlorophyll (green pigment)

title: Chlorophyll


text:
Cholera

Noun

 * 1) cholera

title: Cholera


text:
Chose

Etymology
, 17th c.

Noun

 * 1) thing, affair, matter

title: Chose


text:
Chou

Etymology
From, romanization: Chou¹.

Proper noun

 * 1) A common Chinese surname

Proper noun

 * 1) Shu (Egyptology)

title: Chou


text:
Chow

Etymology
From or.

Noun

 * 1) A Chow Chow (Chinese breed of dog).

Etymology
From, via. .

title: Chow


text:
Chronus

Etymology
.

title: Chronus


text:
Chrysanthemum

Etymology
From +.

title: Chrysanthemum


text:
Chuck

Translations

 * Greek: Τσακ

Noun

 * 1)  a  shoe.

Translations

 * Finnish: koriskenkä

Etymology 2
Shortening of Edmonchuk. So named because of the large population;  is common suffix in Ukrainian surnames.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The city of Edmonton.

title: Chuck


text:
Churchward

Etymology
An occupational family name, a contraction of churchwarden, in turn from cyrce weard a "churchwarden" or "sacristan".

title: Churchward


text:
Chutney

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) chutney

title: Chutney


text:
Ci

Symbol

 * 1) Symbol for curie, a unit of radioactivity.

title: Ci


text:
Circus

Etymology
From, from.

Hypernyms

 * ; - subfamily

Hyponyms

 * (western marsh harrier) - type species;,  ,  (swamp harrier),  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  (hen harrier),  (northern harrier),  ,  (pallid harrier),  ,  (Montagu's harrier) - other species

title: Circus


text:
Ciro

Etymology
From, from , from.

Proper noun

 * 1) Cyrus.

Etymology
, from, from.

Proper noun

 * 1) Cyrus

Etymology
, from, from.

Proper noun

 * 1) Cyrus ancient king of Persia

title: Ciro


text:
cis-trans isomerism

Noun

 * 1) (physical chemistry) A form of isomerism in which, in one isomer two atoms or groups are on the same side of the plane of a double bond or ring, whereas in the other isomer they are on opposite sides; these are cis- and trans- isomers, respectively.

Translations

 * Czech: cis-trans izomerie
 * Finnish:
 * Japanese: シス-トランス異性, 幾何異性
 * Spanish: isomería cis-trans
 * Turkish: cis-trans izomeri

title: cis-trans isomerism


text:
Citrus

Etymology
From.

Hypernyms

 * ; - subfamily;  - tribe

Hyponyms

 * (citron) - type species; (bitter orange),  (lemon),  (pomelo),  (tangerine), ,  (grapefruit) - selected species; for more species and hybrids see

title: Citrus


text:
City

Proper noun

 * , an English football club.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The City of London, the historic core of London where the Roman settlement of Londinium was established.
 * 2)  The United Kingdom's financial industries, which are principally based in the City of London.
 * 3)  The borough of Manhattan, the historic core of New York.
 * 4) Any of several other cities in metropolitan areas (such as San Francisco).

Synonyms

 * the Square Mile

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 倫敦城, 西堤區
 * French:
 * Georgian: ლონდონის სიტი, სიტი
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: ^시티
 * Macedonian: Сити
 * Russian: Си́ти

Etymology
, short for.

Proper noun

 * 1)  CityU;

Proper noun

 * 1)  the

Etymology
. The feminine gender is likely an analogy to Stadt.

Noun

 * 1)  city center, downtown, central business district

title: City


text:
Cl

Symbol

 * 1)  chlorine.

Noun

 * 1)  A cluster.
 * 2)  A cluster of galaxies — a galaxy cluster.
 * 3)  A cluster of stars — a star cluster.
 * 4) close (in street addresses)
 * 33 Chestnut Cl, Anytown

title: Cl


text:
Claire

Etymology
Borrowed from, also a spelling variant of the English.

Etymology
From, with transparent meaning in modern French.

title: Claire


text:
Clan

Etymology
, from and, both from , borrowed from , itself borrowed from. .

Noun

 * 1) clan

title: Clan


text:
Claque

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  claque

title: Claque


text:
Clear

Noun

 * 1)  An idea state of beingness free of unwanted influences.

title: Clear


text:
Cleaver

Etymology
Occupational surname for someone who split wood, from.

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Cleaver is the 7387th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4509 individuals. Cleaver is most common among White (84.28%) and Black/African American (10.49%) individuals.

Noun

 * 1) cleaver

title: Cleaver


text:
Clematis

Etymology
From, from.

Hypernyms

 * ; - subfamily;  - tribe

Hyponyms

 * - type species

Coordinate terms

 * ,, , , , , - genera

title: Clematis


text:
Cliff

Etymology
Shortening for the diminutive.

Proper noun

 * 1) A diminutive of the male given name Clifford or Clifton.
 * , appearing on OS maps as Cliobh.
 * , appearing on OS maps as Cliobh.
 * , appearing on OS maps as Cliobh.
 * , appearing on OS maps as Cliobh.
 * , appearing on OS maps as Cliobh.
 * , appearing on OS maps as Cliobh.

title: Cliff


text:
Clique

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) a group of friends, a gang, clique
 * 2) a clique, cabal, camarilla
 * 3)  clique

title: Clique


text:
Clou

Etymology
19th century,.

Noun

 * 1)  the most important or most interesting part of something
 * 2) a special feature, trick, secret
 * 3) point (of a story),  punchline (of a joke)
 * 4) highlight
 * 1) point (of a story),  punchline (of a joke)
 * 2) highlight
 * 1) highlight
 * 1) highlight

title: Clou


text:
Clown

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) clown

title: Clown


text:
Club

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) club (association of members)
 * 2) club (nightclub, discotheque)

Usage notes
Sense 2 is a recent secondary borrowing from English and not necessarily familiar to speakers born before 1970.

title: Club


text:
Cluster

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) cluster
 * 2)  group of galaxies or stars
 * 3)  group of computers working together
 * 4)  sequence of consonants
 * 5)  secundal chord of three or more notes
 * 6)  group of body language signals that occur together

title: Cluster


text:
Cm

Symbol

 * 1)  curium.
 * 2)  C minor.

title: Cm


text:
Co

Symbol

 * 1)  cobalt.

Etymology 1
From.

Proper noun

 * , diminutive of Jacoba

Etymology
From  or, via. .

Noun

 * , an ethnic group of Vietnam

title: Co


text:
Cocktail

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) cocktail

title: Cocktail


text:
Cocoa

Proper noun

 * 1)  an object-oriented programming API for macOS

Translations

 * French: Cocoa
 * Marathi: कोको

title: Cocoa


text:
Code

Etymology
, from, from , later form of. .

Noun

 * 1)  code

title: Code


text: Codes

title: Codes


text:
Coke

Etymology 1
. See.

Noun

 * 1)  Cola-based soft drink;  Coca-Cola.
 * 2)  A bottle, glass or can of Coca-Cola or a cola-based soft drink.
 * 3)  Any soft drink, regardless of type.
 * 1)  Any soft drink, regardless of type.
 * 1)  Any soft drink, regardless of type.

Synonyms

 * see the list at

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 可樂
 * Hakka: 可樂
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Estonian: koola
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Spanish:, , refresco de cola
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Yoruba: kóòkì

 * Arabic: كُولَا
 * Armenian:
 * Cornish: kok
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: koka
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Marathi: कोक
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: còc
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кола
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:, coke,
 * Swedish:, , cokis
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: côc
 * Yoruba: kóòkì

 * Estonian: karastusjook
 * Finnish:
 * Portuguese:

title: Coke


text:
Cola

Hypernyms

 * ; - subfamily
 * ; - subfamily

Hyponyms

 * - type species

Proper noun

 * 1)  Columbia, South Carolina

Etymology
From the kola nut and the brandname Coca Cola.

Noun
or

 * 1)  Coke, Coca-Cola, cola beverage made with caramel and carbonated water

Usage notes

 * The word is generally feminine in northern and central Germany. The neuter gender is used alternatively in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
 * As with other drinks, the unchanged plural is normally used when referring to quantities, e.g. glasses. The form is used chiefly when meaning different kinds or brands.

title: Cola


text:
Cole

Etymology
The surname is variously from:
 * 1) A nickname from ,
 * 2) A patronymic from  (see also, , ).
 * 3) A variation of  (which itself has several origins).
 * 4) As an  and  surname, variant of.
 * 5) As a  surname, Americanized from.
 * 6) As a  surname, Americanized from.
 * 7) As a  surname, Americanized/calqued from, influenced by the first sense.

Proper noun

 * 1) . from
 * 2) A placename:
 * 3)  north-east of  (Warwickshire).
 * 4)  near.
 * 1) . from
 * 2) A placename:
 * 3)  north-east of  (Warwickshire).
 * 4)  near.
 * 1)  near.

title: Cole


text:
Collage

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) collage
 * 2) mashup

title: Collage


text: Collagen

title: Collagen


text:
Collier

Etymology
Derived from the name of occupation - collier, a coal miner

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) necklace

title: Collier


text:
Colonia

Hyponyms

 * - type species

Etymology
Compare with 🇨🇬.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Uruguay.
 * 1)  Uruguay.
 * 1)  Uruguay.
 * 1)  Uruguay.
 * 1)  Uruguay.

Etymology
From, definite form of.

title: Colonia


text:
Comer

Adjective

 * 1)  of Como

title: Comer


text:
Comes

Proper noun

 * 1) A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Orazio Comes (1848-1923).

title: Comes


text: Cometes

title: Cometes


text:
Commons

Etymology
.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The House of Commons, part of the parliament under the Westminster system of parliamentary democracy.

Usage notes
Although plural in form, the term takes singular verb forms: “The Commons has risen for the day.” Used by itself, the word is accompanied by the definite article: “The vote in the Commons was an abject humiliation for the Prime Minister.” But when used attributively, the definite article is omitted: “He has drawn the ire of his compatriots on both sides of the aisle during his tenure as Commons Speaker.”

title: Commons


text:
Commonwealth

Proper noun

 * 1) The Commonwealth of Nations, a loose confederation of nations based around the former British Empire.
 * Mozambique joined the Commonwealth in 1995, although it had not been a part of the British Empire.
 * Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, being former British colonies, are the only Southeast Asian member countries of the Commonwealth.
 * As a Commonwealth citizen, you are eligible to vote in United Kingdom elections.
 * 1)  The Commonwealth of England, which existed from 1649 to 1660, under Cromwell.
 * 2)  Australia, the Commonwealth of Australia,
 * Mr. Martin was found guilty of defrauding the Commonwealth by making false welfare claims.
 * 1)  Kentucky, the Commonwealth of Kentucky,
 * 2)  Massachusetts, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
 * 3)  Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
 * 4)  Virginia, the Commonwealth of Virginia,

Etymology
From.

Pronunciation

 * Also said with, perhaps after the pronunciation of in  and.
 * Also said with, perhaps after the pronunciation of in  and.

Proper noun

 * 1) Commonwealth of Nations

title: Commonwealth


text: Communion

title: Communion


text:
Communism

Noun

 * 1) The ideology of political parties that use the term Communist in their names, usually Marxist and Leninist.
 * 2) The socio-economic system based on such parties' ideologies.
 * 3)  A state of affairs perceived as oppressive, overly arbitrary, or totalitarian.
 * 4) * 1953 (pub. 1997), Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy ed., Hinge of Generations-1953 Transcripts
 * ...he shouldn't...just...[say]..."I -- I am responsible for prosperity,"...that's Communism, Sir, you see.

Deribed terms

 * Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism
 * Fully Automated Luxury Queer Space Communism

title: Communism


text:
Communist

Noun

 * 1) A member of a formally constituted Communist Party.
 * 2) A proponent of the kind of communism formally espoused by such a party, typically either Marxism, or more commonly, Leninism or Maoism.
 * 3)  Any citizen of a country controlled by such a party, particularly Red Chinese and  Soviets.
 * , a proponent of the general philosophy of communism.
 * , a proponent of the general philosophy of communism.
 * , a proponent of the general philosophy of communism.

Adjective

 * 1) Of or relating to a formally constituted Communist Party.
 * , of or related to the general philosophy of communism.
 * , embodying the ideals of communism.

title: Communist


text:
Compiler

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1)  A compiler, computer program to translate between machine code and a readable program

title: Compiler


text:
Computer

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) computer programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations, logical operations, and usually also data retrieval/storage

Etymology
From, partly through.

Noun

 * 1) computer

title: Computer


text:
Con

Symbol

 * 1)  consistency predicate
 * ZFC ⊨ Con(PA)

Proper noun

 * 1) A male given name, a diminutive form of Conor or Cornelius.
 * 2) A female given name, a diminutive form of Connie.

title: Con


text:
Concord

Proper noun

 * 1) Any of several places:
 * , and a site of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
 * 1)  Concorde
 * , and a site of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
 * 1)  Concorde
 * , and a site of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
 * 1)  Concorde
 * , and a site of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
 * 1)  Concorde
 * , and a site of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
 * 1)  Concorde
 * , and a site of the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde
 * 1)  Concorde

title: Concord


text:
Congress

Proper noun

 * 1) The two legislative bodies of the United States: the House of Representatives and the Senate.
 * 2)  The.
 * 3)  The.

Translations

 * Arabic: كونغرس
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: კონგრესი
 * German: ,
 * Japanese:, コングレス
 * Korean: ^미 의회(美議會)
 * Malay: Kongres
 * Navajo: Wááshindoondi dah naháaztánígíí
 * Persian: کنگره آمریکا,
 * Polish:
 * Russian: Конгре́сс,
 * Spanish: Congreso
 * Tagalog:

Noun

 * 1)  A two-year session of the Congress, commencing after a Federal election and ending before the next one.

title: Congress


text:
Conner

Proper noun

 * 1)  from Middle English connere, cunnere "inspector (of weighs and measures)".
 * , a variant of.
 * 1)  named after American Norman Conner.
 * , named after Aaron Conner.
 * , named after Aaron Conner.

Etymology 1
From.

Etymology 2
Named after American governor Norman Conner.

title: Conner


text:
Conor

Etymology
From, from.

Usage notes

 * If used as a surname it is normally spelt Connor.

title: Conor


text:
Constitution

Proper noun

 * 1)  The supreme law of some countries, such as Australia, Ireland, and the United States.
 * The Constitution is anchored in English liberal thought and the Magna Carta.
 * The US Constitution was written in 1787.

title: Constitution


text:
Container

Noun

 * 1) a big container made of metal

title: Container


text:
Cook

Etymology
From. .

Proper noun

 * 1)   for a cook or seller of cooked food. Famously held by, English captain and explorer of the Pacific Ocean, and for whom the Cook Islands,  and  were named.
 * 2) A placename:
 * 3) The,.
 * 1) The,.
 * 1) The,.
 * 1) The,.
 * 1) The,.
 * 1) The,.

title: Cook


text:
Cor

Etymology
Shortening of.

Proper noun

 * , hypocoristic form of Cornelis

Proper noun

 * , hypocoristic form of Cornelia

title: Cor


text:
Coral

Etymology
From.

Usage notes

 * Used since the end of the 19th century, mostly in the UK.

title: Coral


text:
Cord

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  corduroy

title: Cord


text:
Cork

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1)  (County Cork).
 * 1)  (County Cork).

Translations

 * Arabic: كورك
 * Armenian: Կորկ
 * Azerbaijani: Kork
 * Belarusian: Корк
 * Breton: Korkig
 * Bulgarian: Корк
 * Chechen: Корк
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 科克
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: Korko
 * Finnish: Cork
 * Georgian: კორკი
 * German:
 * Greek: Κορκ
 * Hebrew:
 * Irish: Corcaigh, Cathair Chorcaí
 * Japanese: コーク
 * Korean: 코크
 * Latin: Corcagia, Corcavia
 * Latvian: Corka
 * Lithuanian: Korkas
 * Macedonian: Корк
 * Manx: Corkee
 * Marathi: कॉर्क
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: Cork
 * Nynorsk: Cork
 * Ossetian: Корк
 * Persian:
 * Pontic Greek: Κορκ
 * Scottish Gaelic: Corcaigh
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: Cork
 * Thai: คอร์ก
 * Ukrainian: Корк
 * Urdu: کورک
 * Volapük: Corcaigh, Cork
 * Welsh: Corc

 * Breton: Korkig
 * Esperanto: Korko, Graflando Cork
 * German:
 * Irish: Corcaigh, Contae Chorcaí
 * Macedonian: Корк
 * Marathi: कॉर्क
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: Cork
 * Nynorsk: Cork

title: Cork


text:
Corps

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) a corps, a kind of traditional student's corporation in German-speaking Europe

title: Corps


text:
Corrie

Etymology 1
From, which denotes a bowl-shaped geographical feature similar to a cirque.

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Corrie is the 26362nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 926 individuals. Corrie is most common among White (87.69%) individuals.

Proper noun

 * , or borrowed from the Dutch pet form of Cornelia.

Etymology 3
Diminutive from.

Proper noun

 * , a soap opera.

title: Corrie


text:
Corse

Proper noun

 * 1)  originating in Europe, specifically the United Kingdom and Scandinavia.

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) Corsican

title: Corse


text:
Corvus

Hyponyms

 * - type species. See for other species.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A constellation of the southern sky south of the constellation Virgo, said to resemble a crow.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Κόραξ
 * Irish: Préachán
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: Қарға, Құзғын
 * Korean: 까마귀자리
 * Malay: Gagak
 * Ottoman Turkish: غراب
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: Corvus

Proper noun

 * 1)   constellation of the southern sky

title: Corvus


text:
Cos

Etymology
.

Proper noun

 * 1) Kos

title: Cos


text:
Cosmos

Etymology
From 🇨🇬, from (referring to its elegant leaves),  (1745–1804).

Hyponyms

 * For species see

title: Cosmos


text:
Couleur

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  shade, kind, caliber
 * 2)  color, colour

title: Couleur


text:
Coulomb

Noun

 * 1) coulomb

title: Coulomb


text:
Countdown

Etymology
, from.

Noun

 * 1) A countdown, count(ing) backward to the (starting) time of some event

title: Countdown


text:
Coup

Etymology
17th century, from.

Noun

 * 1) coup quick, brilliant, successful act
 * 2)  coup d'état
 * 1)  coup d'état
 * 1)  coup d'état

title: Coup


text:
Coupe

Proper noun

 * 1)  Crater (a constellation)

title: Coupe


text:
Coupon

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) coupon

title: Coupon


text:
Courage

Etymology
16th century, from,. In the dialects often Germanised; compare 🇨🇬. The standard form remains under the influence of modern.

Noun

 * 1) courage, guts, initiative
 * 2)  vulva; vagina
 * 1)  vulva; vagina

Usage notes

 * The German word is rarely used of situations where someone puts themselves in actual danger (for which ), but rather in the context of daring to speak out, to take a chance, etc.

title: Courage


text:
Court

Etymology

 * As an English and surname, from the noun . Also from the French adjective.
 * As an surname, reduced from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  for someone who worked or lived in a court.

title: Court


text:
Cousin

Etymology
A surname from  terminology. From, from. lit. 'familial relative'.

Etymology
Ca. 1600, from, from.

Noun

 * 1) male cousin

title: Cousin


text:
Cousine

Etymology
17th century, from, from.

Noun

 * 1) female cousin

Usage notes

 * The spelling is generally preferred when the male form  also occurs in the context: . Otherwise, both spellings are common:.

title: Cousine


text:
Cover

Proper noun

 * 1) The,.
 * 1) The,.

Noun

 * 1)  cover version, cover song
 * 2) cover (front of a CD, DVD or magazine)

title: Cover


text:
Cowboy

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) cowboy

title: Cowboy


text:
Cox

Etymology
The surname has converged from several different origins; see Cox.

Proper noun

 * 1)  for either son of, or servant of someone named Cocke or Cook.
 * 2) ; the name comes from Occitan.
 * 1) ; the name comes from Occitan.
 * 1) ; the name comes from Occitan.

title: Cox


text:
Crater

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A dim spring constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a cup. It lies between the constellations Virgo and Hydra.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek: Κρατήρ
 * Ancient: Κρατήρ
 * Irish: Cupán
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 컵자리
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: Crater

Proper noun

 * 1)  a constellation

title: Crater


text:
Creator

Proper noun

 * 1)  A god who created the Universe; God.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Skepper
 * Apache:
 * Chiricahua: Bikʼehgoʼiindáń
 * Arabic: خالق, مبدع, فاطر, بارئ, موجد
 * Armenian: արարիչ
 * Azerbaijani:, xaliq
 * Cebuano: Magburuhat
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Esperanto: Kreisto
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Old French: Creator
 * Georgian: შემოქმედი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:, , , वाहेगुरु,
 * Ilocano: Namarsua
 * Indonesian: Pencipta
 * Ingrian: Looja
 * Japanese: 創造主,
 * Kazakh: Жаратқан, Жасаған,
 * Korean:
 * Lishana Deni: כלאקא
 * Malay:
 * Norman: Créateu
 * Old English: Sċieppend
 * Polish: Stwórca
 * Portuguese: Criador
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog:, Maylikha
 * Vietnamese: đấng Tạo hóa (𠎬造化)
 * Volapük: ,

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  creator,
 * 2) creator, chiefly of a (TV, book etc.) series or franchise

Alternative forms

 * Creatour
 * Criator

Proper noun

 * 1) the Creator; God

Synonyms

 * le

title: Creator


text:
Cree

Etymology 1
From a phonetic rendering of, short for Christinaux, from either , or.

Proper noun

 * 1) An aboriginal nation of North America.
 * 2) The Algonquian language or dialect continuum spoken by this people.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cree: no word common to all dialects, historically reconstructed *nêhiraw and *iriniw (man) are the sources of the decedents
 * Atikamekw: nêhirawisiw
 * Montagnais: ilnu, innu
 * Moose Cree: ililiw
 * Naskapi: nsk
 * Northern East Cree: iyiyiw
 * Plains Cree: nêhiyaw
 * Southern East Cree: iyiniw
 * Swampy Cree: nêhinawak
 * Woods Cree: nīhithawak
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Krio
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Kri, Kri-Indianer,
 * Irish: Craíoch
 * Japanese: クリー
 * Macedonian: кри
 * Marathi: क्री
 * Ojibwe: omashkiigoo
 * Polish: Kri
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:

 * Belarusian: кры
 * Breton: kreeg
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cree:
 * Atikamekw: nehirâmowin
 * Montagnais: nehlueun (Western), ilnu-aimûn (Eastern), innu-aimûn (Western)
 * Moose Cree: ᐃᓕᓖᒧᐎᓐ
 * Naskapi: ᐃᔪᐤ ᐃᔨᒧᐅᓐ, ᓇᔅᑲᐱ (referring to local dialect)
 * Northern East Cree: ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ
 * Plains Cree: nêhiyawêwin
 * Southern East Cree: ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒨᓐ, ᐄᔨᔫ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ
 * Swampy Cree: ᐃᓂᓃᒧᐎᓐ, ᓀᐦᐃᓇᐌᐎᐣ
 * Woods Cree: ᓃᐦᐃᖬᐑᐏᐣ
 * Czech: kríjština
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Kria lingvo
 * Faroese: kri
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: lingua cree
 * German: Kri, Kri-Sprache,
 * Irish: Craís
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: krī valoda
 * Macedonian: кри
 * Marathi: क्री
 * Norwegian: cree
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: kri simi
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кријски језик
 * Roman: krijski jezik
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: мо́ва крі́

Noun

 * 1) A member of this people.

Translations

 * German: Kri, Kri-Indianer
 * Irish: Craíoch
 * Plains Cree: nêhiyaw

Proper noun

 * , which flows into the and.

title: Cree


text:
Creek

Etymology

 * As an English surname, from in Norfolk, a variant of the noun.
 * Also as an English surname, from the archaic noun.
 * As a surname, Americanized from, ,  (see  and ),.
 * As a surname, Americanized from  (from the noun, see ) and  (from ).
 * The Native American tribe name is likely shortened from Ocheese Creek.

Noun

 * 1) One of a Native American tribe from the Southeastern United States, also known as the Muscogee.

Translations

 * Cherokee: ᎠᎫᏌ
 * German: Krik, Krik-Indianer

Proper noun

 * 1) The Muskogean language of the Creek tribe.

Translations

 * Creek: Mvskoke
 * Czech: Kríkština
 * French:
 * Irish: Créicis
 * Russian: крикский, маскоги
 * Turkish: Krikçe

Adjective

 * 1) Of or pertaining to the Creek tribe.

title: Creek


text:
Crema

Etymology
From.

title: Crema


text:
Creme

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) cream
 * 2) frosting, custard
 * 3) cream colour

Usage notes

 * For “cream” meaning “milkfat” use, or (regionally) ;.
 * The plural Cremes is applied by speakers who use a monosyllabic pronunciation for the singular, while the plural Cremen is accordance with a disyllabic pronunciation. The former is more common.

Etymology
Compare 🇨🇬.

Proper noun

 * 1) Crema (town in Lombardy)

title: Creme


text:
Creole

Etymology
Variously from, from its source, , and from its source, , itself probably a diminutive of , from , from. .

Noun

 * 1) A descendant of European settlers who is born in a colonized country.
 * 2) Anyone with mixed ancestry born in a country colonized by Europeans, now especially one who speaks a creole language.
 * 3) Someone of African descent who is born in the Caribbean or Americas (originally as opposed to an African immigrant).
 * 4) A native-born of Francophone descent in the Louisiana territory of any race, as opposed to Anglo-American settlers.
 * 1) A native-born of Francophone descent in the Louisiana territory of any race, as opposed to Anglo-American settlers.

Usage notes

 * In modern usage, the human senses are not always easily distinguishable, but the term generally indicates groups with shared European heritage of some kind. In some specific cases the usage is mainly historical, but it remains a current term notably for descendants of French settlers in Louisiana and other parts of the United States.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 克里奧人, 克里奧爾人
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew: קריאולי
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 크리올
 * Polish: Kreol, Kreolka
 * Russian: ,

Adjective

 * 1) Pertaining to or characteristic of someone who is a Creole.
 * 2)  That is a Creole; especially, born in a colonized country different from that of his or her ancestors.
 * 3) Designating a creolized language.
 * 4)  Prepared according to a cooking style developed in a Creole area, now especially that of Louisiana, characterised by a mixture of European and African influences.

Proper noun

 * 1) Any specific creole language, especially that of Haiti.

Noun

 * 1)  hoop earring

title: Creole


text:
Cricket

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  cricket

Noun

 * 1) cricket (sport)

title: Cricket


text:
Crocus

Etymology
From, from. Named by botanist (1707-1778).

Hypernyms

 * ; - subfamily;  - tribe

Hyponyms

 * (saffron crocus) - type species

title: Crocus


text:
Croissant

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) croissant

title: Croissant


text:
Cronos

Etymology
.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Cronus

Etymology
.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Cronus a titan

Etymology
.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Cronus titan

title: Cronos


text:
Cross

Etymology

 * As an English surname, from the noun, as in . Also a calque of this word in various European languages, such as 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Compare , ,.
 * As an surname, shortened from.
 * As a surname, Americanized from, from , which is possibly an old Germanic borrowing of . Also a variant of.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The cross on which Jesus died and, in metonymical uses, such as to refer to Christ's suffering in general.
 * 2) A number of places with the name "Cross":
 * , Irish spelling An Chrois.
 * , Irish spelling An Chrois.
 * , Irish spelling An Chrois.
 * , Irish spelling An Chrois.
 * , Irish spelling An Chrois.
 * , Irish spelling An Chrois.
 * , Irish spelling An Chrois.
 * , Irish spelling An Chrois.
 * , Irish spelling An Chrois.

Usage notes
For places with the affix "Cross", see cross.

Proper noun

 * 1)  for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road.

title: Cross


text:
Crow

Etymology 1
From ,. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A member of a Native American tribe of southern Montana.

Translations

 * Blackfoot: Issapó
 * Crow: Apsáalooke
 * German:
 * Hidatsa: gixaaʔiccá

Proper noun

 * 1)  The Siouan language of this tribe.

Etymology 2

 * As an surname, related to.
 * As an surname, from  . See.
 * Also as an Irish surname, (see also ).

title: Crow


text:
Crusade

Etymology
Capitalised by Mills, The History of the Crusades (1820) when referring to a specific campaign ("The third and fourth Crusades" p. 95) but not when referring to the general concept ("the clergy successfully preached the crusade through all the German state" p. 87). More at.

Noun

 * 1) Any of a series of religious campaigns by Christian forces from the 11th to the 13th century, mostly to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims who occupied it.

Translations

 * Arabic: حَمْلَة صَلِيبِيَّة
 * Armenian:
 * Middle Armenian: բասաճ
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܪܵܒ݂ܵܐ ܕܨܠܝܼܒ݂ܵܝܹ̈ܐ
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: křižová výprava,
 * Danish: korstog
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kampanjo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: ჯვაროსნული ლაშქრობა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: מסע צלב
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: Perang Salib
 * Japanese: 十字軍
 * Kazakh: крест жорықтары
 * Korean: 십자군 전쟁(十字軍戰爭),
 * Lao: ສົງຄາມຄູເສດ, ຄູເສດ
 * Latin: Cruciata, expeditio sacra
 * Malay: Perang Salib
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian: جنگ‌های صلیبی
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: cruzada
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: Cogadh na Croise
 * Serbo-Croatian: крсташки поход, крсташки рат, križarski pohod, križarski rat, krstaški pohod, krstaški rat
 * Slovak: križiak
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Krusada
 * Thai: สงครามครูเสด, ครูเสด
 * Turkish: haçlılar
 * Ukrainian: хресто́вий похі́д
 * Yiddish: קרייצצוג

title: Crusade


text:
Crux

Etymology
.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.

Translations

 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: Sydkorset
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: Σταύρος του Νότου
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: Cros, Cros an Deiscirt
 * Italian: Croce del Sud
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: Оңтүстік Крест
 * Korean: 남십자(南十字)자리
 * Malay: bintang pari, bintang tohok, palang selatan
 * Maori: Te Punga, Māhutonga
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: Crux
 * Tagalog: Kamaliing

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) crux desperationis, an unreadable part in a writing
 * 2) trouble, difficulty, crux
 * 3) grief
 * 1) grief
 * 1) grief
 * 1) grief

Usage notes
Duden recommends the spelling.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Southern Cross constellation

Proper noun

 * 1)  Southern Cross constellation

title: Crux


text:
Cruz

Etymology
From (  and  ).

Translations

 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Cruz is the 57th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 334,201 individuals. Cruz is most common among Hispanic/Latino (87.88%) individuals.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

 * 1)  True Cross cross on which Christ was crucified

Etymology
From, in the religious sense, and as a topographic surname.

Etymology
..

title: Cruz


text:
Cub

Noun

 * 1) A member of the Cub Scouts.
 * 2)  A player on the team the "Chicago Cubs".
 * Jones became a Cub as the result of a pre-season trade.

title: Cub


text:
Cupido

Etymology
.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Cupid

Etymology
Personification of, with a change in gender to masculine.

Proper noun

 * 1) Cupid

Etymology
, from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Cupid the god of love

Proper noun

 * 1) Cupid god of love, son of Venus

Proper noun

 * 1)  Cupid (god of love)

title: Cupido


text:
Curia

Etymology
From.

Proper noun

 * 1) The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church.

Translations

 * German:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: kurie
 * Nynorsk: kurie
 * Polish:

title: Curia


text:
Curium

Noun

 * 1) curium

Coordinate terms

 * Previous: . Next:

Noun

 * 1) curium

title: Curium


text:
Curt

Proper noun

 * , an anglicized spelling of Kurt
 * , an anglicized spelling of Kurt

Proper noun

 * , a less common spelling of Kurt

title: Curt


text: Cyclopean

title: Cyclopean


text:
Cygnus

Etymology
From, from.

Usage notes

 * Some of the swans, notably the North American trumpeter swan and tundra swan were earlier classified to the genus, but they are now regarded as belonging to Cygnus.

Hypernyms

 * ; - subfamily

Hyponyms

 * - type species; for other species see or  for species.

Etymology
Borrowed from, from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a swan. It includes the triple star system HD 188753 and the stars Deneb and Albireo.
 * 2)  A king of the Ligurians and relative of Phaeton who was transformed into a swan and placed in the sky as a constellation.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Swaan
 * Arabic: الدَّجَاجَة
 * Armenian: Կարապ
 * Azerbaijani: Qu
 * Bashkir: Аҡҡош
 * Belarusian: Лебедзь
 * Breton: Alarc'h
 * Bulgarian: Лебед
 * Burmese: ဆိုင်နပ်,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 天鵝座
 * Eastern Min: 天鵝座
 * Hokkien: 天鵝座
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Svanen
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Cigno
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გედი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Κύκνος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: Eala, Cros an Tuaiscirt
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: Аққу
 * Korean: 백조(白鳥)자리
 * Kyrgyz: Ак куу
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: Gulbis
 * Lithuanian: Gulbė
 * Macedonian: Лебед
 * Malay: Cygnus
 * Malayalam: ജായര
 * Maori: Maratea
 * Marathi: हंस
 * Moksha: Озял
 * Nepali: हंस
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: Svana
 * Occitan: Cigne
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Ла̏бӯд
 * Roman: Lȁbūd
 * Slovak: Labuť
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: Cygnus
 * Swahili: Dajaja
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Gansa, Hilagang Paripa
 * Tamil: சிக்னசு
 * Tatar: Аккош
 * Thai: กลุ่มดาวหงส์
 * Tibetan: ངང་དཀར་སྐར་ཚོམ
 * Turkish:
 * Tuvan: Куу
 * Ukrainian: Ле́бідь
 * Urdu: ہنس
 * Uzbek: Oqqush
 * Vietnamese: Thiên Nga
 * Yakut: Куба

Proper noun

 * 1)   constellation

title: Cygnus


text:
Cynic

Etymology
First used in English around 1540–50. From (cynic philosopher), from. The word may have first been applied to Cynics because of the nickname given to, the prototypical Cynic.

Noun

 * 1) A member of a sect of Ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue.

Translations

 * Arabic: كَلْبِيّ
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Κυνικός
 * Latin: Cynicus

Adjective

 * 1) Of or relating to the Cynics.

Translations

 * Arabic: كَلْبِيّ
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ido: Ciniko
 * Japanese: 犬儒
 * Korean:
 * Latin: Cynicus

title: Cynic


text:
Cynical

Adjective

 * 1) Of or relating to the Cynics, a sect of Ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue.

title: Cynical


text:
Cáncer

Proper noun

 * 1)  Cancer constellation
 * 2)  Cancer zodiac sign
 * 1)  Cancer zodiac sign

title: Cáncer


text: Céleste

title: Céleste