cerneau, n.m., kernel of a green walnut; green walnut.
cerner, v.a., to cut or dig round (a tree); to surround, to encompass, to hem in; to take the kernel out of green walnuts; (arch.) to gird; (milit.) to invest. Des yeux cernés; eyes with dark circles round them.
cérocome, n.m., (ent.) cerocoma.
céroxyle, n.m., (bot.) wax-palm, wax-tree.
cerre, n.m., bitter-oak.
certain, -e, adj., certain, sure, positive, undoubted; resolved, fixed, determined; some, certain. C’est un homme d’un — mérite; he is a man of some merit. À —es époques de l’année; at certain periods of the year. Dans —s cas; in certain cases. Un — personnage; a certain personage.
certain, n.m., certainty; certain; (exchange language) certain price. Il ne faut pas quitter le — pour l’incertain; we must not quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
certainement (-mān), adv., certainly, assuredly, without fail, indeed, surely, infallibly.
certes, adv., indeed, most certainly.
certificat, n.m., certificate, testimonial. — de vie; attestation, affidavit of existence.