crécelle, n.f., rattle.
crécerelle, n.f., (orni.) kestrel, windhover.
crèche, n.f., crèche, manger, crib; day-nursery; foundling-hospital; (arch.) starling.
crédence, n.f., credence, credence-table; buttery, pantry, safe.
crédencier, n.m., pantler, clerk of the buttery, buttery-keeper.
crédibilité, n.f., credibility.
crédit, n.m., credit; trust; authority, interest, influence, patronage, sway, power; repute, esteem, name, vogue, favor, request. Lettre de —; letter of credit. Faire —, vendre, donner, à —; to credit, to give trust, to give credit. Ouvrir un — à quelqu’un; to open an account with any one. Il a bon —; his credit is good. Avoir — en banque; to have funds in the bank. Faire — de la main à la bourse; to trust no farther than one can see. — est mort; old Trust is dead. Cela l’a mis en —; that brought him into repute. Être en grand —; to be in high repute. À —; on credit, on trust; to no purpose; gratuitously, without proof, without ground, at random. Avoir du —; to have influence.
créditer, v.a., to trust; to enter upon the credit side (of an account), to credit. Être crédité sur une ville; to have letters of credit on a town.
créditeur, n.m., creditor.
créditeur, adj. Compte —; creditor’s account.