chiffre, n.m., figure, number; total amount; cipher; flourish of letters, monogram; digit. — périodique; (arith.) figure of the recurring period. Ecrire en —; to write in cipher.

chiffrer, v.n., to cipher, to mark, to write in cipher.

chiffrer, v.a., to cipher, to foot up; to figure, to number (of music).

chiffreur, n.m., reckoner.

*chignon, n.m., nape (of the neck); hair twisted behind, chignon.

chimère, n.f., (myth.) chimera; myth, idle fancy, vain imagination; (conch., ich.) chimera.

chimérique, adj., chimerical, visionary, fantastical.

chimériquement, adv., chimerically.

chimie, n.f., chemistry.

chimique, adj. chemical.