calicinal, -e, adj., (bot.) calycinal, calycine.
calicot, n.m., calico; counter-jumper.
califat, n.m., califate, caliphate, kalifate.
calife, n.m., calif, caliph, kalif.
à califourchon, adv., astride, astraddle.
califourchon, n.m., hobby. C’est son —; it is his hobby.
câlin, n.m., -e, n.f., wheedler, cajoler. C’est une petite —e; she is a little wheedler.
câlin, -e, adj., wheedling, cajoling, caressing, coaxing, fondling. Cet homme a l’air —; that man has a wheedling look about him.
câliner, v.a., to fondle, to cajole, to wheedle.
se câliner, v.r., to coddle one’s self, to take one’s ease, to give one’s self up to indolence, to nurse one’s self.