chargement, n.m., cargo, lading, freight, shipment; bill of lading; shipment.
charger, v.a., to load, to saddle, to lade, to freight, to charge; to burden, to clog, to overburthen, to encumber; to impute, to lay a thing to any one’s charge; to charge with, to command, to give a thing in charge, to trust with; to charge, to fall upon, to make an onset on; to load (a gun); to fill (pipe); to set down; to lay on; (paint.) to overcharge, to exaggerate. — un fusil; to load a gun. — toutes les voiles; to clap on all sails. — une lettre; to register a letter.
se charger, v.r., to take charge, to charge one’s self; to become overcast (of the weather); to burden one’s self, to saddle one’s self with.
charger, v.n., to load; to exaggerate, to lay it on.
chargeur, n.m., loader, ship-porter; (nav.) gunner.
☉charier. V. charrier.
chariot, n.m., wagon, cart, truck, trolley, wain. (astron.) Le grand —; Charles’ wain; Ursa Major. Le petit —; Ursa Minor.
charitable, adj., charitable.
charitablement, adv., charitably.
charité, n.f., charity, love, benevolence; alms, almsgiving. Faire la —; to give alms. Demander la —; to beg. — bien ordonnée commence par soi-même; charity begins at home. Sœur de —; sister of mercy. La —, s’il vous plaît! a penny, kind gentleman, if you please.