carabiner, v.n., to skirmish.

carabiner, v.a., to rifle a gun-barrel.

carabinier, n.m., carabineer, rifleman.

caraco, n.m., woman’s jacket.

caracole, n.f., (man.) circling caracole. En —; winding.

caracoler, v.n., to caracole, to circle.

caracouler, v.n., to coo. V. roucouler.

caractère, n.m., character, letter, type, print; hand-writing; stamp, badge, mark, dignity, temper, humor, spirit, expression; aspect; (arith.) digit; charm, spell. — lisible; legible print. Beaux —s; fine type. Le — d’un auteur; the stamp of an author. Un homme d’un bon —; a good-natured man. Ne pas démentir son —; to act up to one’s character. Il est sorti de son —; he lost his temper. Avoir, montrer, du —; to have spirit, to show spirit. C’est un homme à —; he is a spirited, determined man.

caractériser, v.a., to characterize, describe, define, mark, distinguish.

caractéristique, adj., characteristic.