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MASC ADJECTIVE (FEM coiffée)

      Tu es bien coiffée. Your hair looks nice.

      se coiffer VERB

      Maman se coiffe. Mum is doing her hair.

      le coiffeur MASC NOUN

      la coiffeuse FEM NOUN

       hairdresser

      la coiffure FEM NOUN

       hairstyle

      Cette coiffure te va bien. That hairstyle suits you. un salon de coiffure a hairdresser’s

      le coin MASC NOUN

       corner

      au coin de la rue on the corner of the street

      le col MASC NOUN

       collar

      la colère FEM NOUN

       anger

      en colère angry Je suis en colère. I’m angry. Il va se mettre en colère. He’s going to get angry.

      le colin-maillard MASC NOUN

       blind man’s buff

      le colis MASC NOUN

       parcel

       collant

      collant can be an adjective or a noun.

      A MASC ADJECTIVE (FEM collante)

       sticky

      B MASC NOUN

      tights un collant en laine woollen tights

      la colle FEM NOUN

       glue

      la collection FEM NOUN

       collection

      une collection d’autocollants a sticker collection

      collectionner VERB

       to collect

      le collège MASC NOUN

       secondary school

       Did you know…?

      In France, pupils go to a collège between the ages of 11 and 15, and then to a lycée until the age of 18.

      le collégien MASC NOUN

      la collégienne FEM NOUN

       secondary school pupil

      le/la collègue MASC/FEM NOUN

       colleague

      coller VERB

      1 to stick

      Colle cette feuille dans ton cahier. Stick this piece of paper in your book.

      2 to be sticky

      Elle a les mains qui collent. Her hands are sticky.

      le collier MASC NOUN

      1 necklace

      un collier de perles a pearl necklace

      2 collar

      Où est le collier du chien? Where’s the dog’s collar?

      la colline FEM NOUN

       hill

      la colonie de vacances FEM NOUN

       summer camp

      Je n’aime pas partir en colonie de vacances. I don’t like going to summer camp.

       Did you know…?

      French schoolchildren often go to a colonie de vacances for a fortnight in the summer holidays.

      la colonne FEM NOUN

       column

      colorier VERB

       to colour in

      combien ADVERB

      1 how much

      Vous en voulez combien? Un kilo? How much do you want? One kilo? Combien est-ce que ça coûte? How much does it cost? Ça fait combien? How much does it come to?

      C’est combien? How much is that?

      2 how many

      Tu en veux combien? Deux? How many do you want? Two? combien de how much/how many

       Language tip

      combien de has two translations. Look at the examples.

      Tu reçois combien d’argent de poche? How much pocket money do you get? Tu as combien de frères et sœurs? How many brothers and sisters have you got? combien de temps how long Combien de temps est-ce que ça dure? How long does it last?

      On est le combien aujourd’hui? What’s the date today?

      la combinaison FEM NOUN

      une combinaison de plongée a wetsuit une combinaison de ski a ski suit

      la comédie FEM NOUN

       comedy

      le comédien MASC NOUN

      la comédienne FEM NOUN

       actor

       Language tip

      Be careful! comédien does not mean the same as comedian.

       comique

      comique can be an adjective or a noun.

      A ADJECTIVE

       comical

      B MASC NOUN

       comedian

      commander VERB

       to order

      J’ai commandé un steak frites. I ordered steak and chips.

      comme CONJUNCTION, ADVERB

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