cressonnière, n.f., cress-bed.
crésus, n.m., (—) very rich man. C’est un —; he is a very Crœsus.
crétacé, -e, adj., cretaceous.
crête, n.f., crest, tuft, comb of a cock or hen; top-knot; (anat.) ridge; (arch.) ridge; top; bank; coping. — de morue; head-piece (of a cod). Lever la —; to be conceited; to hold one’s head high. Baisser la —; to come down a peg. Rabaisser la — à quelqu’un; to bring anyone down a peg. — d’un fossé; bank on the side of a ditch. — d’une montagne; ridge of a mountain. — d’une grosse vague; crest of a billow. — marine; samphire. — de coq; cock’s-comb; hog’s-ear shell. Crête-de-coq, (—s-—) louse-wort.
crêté, -e, adj., crested, tufted.
crételer, v.n., (of hens) to cackle.
crétin, n.m., (med.) cretin; idiot, dunce. C’est un —; he is a dunce.
crétiniser, v.a., to brutalize, to brutify, to make an idiot of.
se crétiniser, v.r., to become brutified; to become stupid.
crétinisme, n.m., cretinism, idiocy.