certificateur, n.m., (jur.) certifier, voucher.

certification, n.f., certifying, vouching; witnessing.

certifier, v.a., to certify, to testify, to attest, to aver. — une caution; to guarantee that bail is valid. — véritable; to witness (a signature).

certitude, n.f., certitude, certainty; assurance, steadiness. Avoir la —; to be certain.

cérumen (-mèn), n.m., cerumen, ear-wax.

cérumineu-x, -se, adj., waxy, ceruminous.

céruse, n.f., ceruse, white lead.

cervaison, n.f., (hunt.) stag-season.

cerveau, n.m., brain; mind; intelligence. Rhume de —; cold in the head. — brûlé; disordered brain. Avoir le — creux; to be crack-brained, visionary. Être pris du —; to have a cold in one’s head. Se brûler le —; to blow out one’s brains.

cervelas, n.m., saveloy, Bologna sausage.