chaponner, v.a., to capon.

chaponnière, n.f., stew-pan (for capons).

chaque, adj., each, every. — pays a ses coutumes; every country has its customs. À — jour suffit sa peine; sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.

char, n.m., car, chariot. — funèbre; hearse. — à bancs; wagonette, jaunting car. — de triomphe; triumphal car.

charabia, n.m., gibberish, gabble.

charade, n.f., charade.

charançon, n.m., snout, beetle, weevil.

charançonné, -e, adj., (of corn) weeviled.

charbon, n.m., coal; embers; charcoal; carbuncle; (agri.) black rust; (med.) anthrax. — de bois; charcoal. — de terre; coal. Être sur les —s; to be on thorns. Mine à —; coal-mine.

charbonnage, n.m., (l.u.) coal-mining.