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choice

      Je n’ai pas le choix. I don’t have a choice.

      2 selection

      Il n’y a pas beaucoup de choix dans ce magasin. There’s not much of a selection in this shop.

      le chômage MASC NOUN

       unemployment

      au chômage unemployed Mon père est au chômage. My dad is unemployed.

      le chômeur MASC NOUN

      la chômeuse FEM NOUN

      Il est chômeur. He’s unemployed. Elle est chômeuse. She’s unemployed.

      la chorale FEM NOUN

       choir

      la chose FEM NOUN

       thing

      J’ai fait beaucoup de choses pendant les vacances. I did lots of things in the holidays.

      le chou MASC NOUN

      (PL les choux)

       cabbage

      les choux de Bruxelles Brussels sprouts

      le chouchou MASC NOUN

      la chouchoute FEM NOUN

       teacher’s pet

      la choucroute FEM NOUN

       sauerkraut with sausages and ham

       Did you know…?

      Sauerkraut is a kind of pickled cabbage.

       chouette

      chouette can be an adjective or a noun.

      A ADJECTIVE

      brilliant Chouette alors! Brilliant

      B FEM NOUN

       owl

      le chou-fleur MASC NOUN

       cauliflower

      chrétien MASC ADJECTIVE (FEM chrétienne)

       Christian

      le chronomètre MASC NOUN

       stopwatch

      le chrysanthème MASC NOUN

       chrysanthemum

       Did you know…?

       People in France put bunches of chrysanthemum flowers on graves, and wouldn’t give them to someone as a present.

      chuchoter VERB

       to whisper

      chut EXCLAMATION

       shh!

      -ci ADVERB

      ce livre-ci this book ces bottes-ci these boots

      la ciboulette FEM NOUN

       chives

      la cicatrice FEM NOUN

       scar

      ci-contre ADVERB

       opposite

      la page ci-contre the opposite page

      ci-dessous ADVERB

       below

      la photo ci-dessous the picture below

      ci-dessus ADVERB

       above

      le cidre MASC NOUN

       cider

      le ciel MASC NOUN

       sky

      un ciel nuageux a cloudy sky

      le cigare MASC NOUN

       cigar

      la cigarette FEM NOUN

       cigarette

      le cil MASC NOUN

       eyelash

      le cimetière MASC NOUN

       cemetery

      le cinéma MASC NOUN

       cinema

      cinq NUMBER

       five

      Il est cinq heures du matin. It’s five in the morning. Il a cinq ans. He’s five.

      le cinq février the fifth of February

      la cinquantaine FEM NOUN

       about fifty

      Il y a une cinquantaine de personnes dans la salle. There are about fifty people in the hall. Il a la cinquantaine. He’s in his fifties.

      cinquante NUMBER

       fifty

      Il a cinquante ans. He’s fifty. cinquante et un fifty-one cinquante-deux fifty-two

       cinquième

      cinquième can be an adjective or a noun.

      A ADJECTIVE

      fifth au cinquième étage on the fifth floor

      B FEM NOUN

      Year 8 Mon frère est en cinquième. My brother’s in Year 8.

       Did you know…?

      In French secondary schools and sixth form colleges, years are counted from the sixième (youngest) to the première and the terminale (oldest).

      circonflexe ADJECTIVE

      un accent circonflexe a circumflex

      la circulation FEM NOUN

       traffic

      Il y a beaucoup de circulation. There is a lot of