compétit-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., competitor, competitress, candidate.

compétition, n.f., competition, rivalry, strife.

compilateur, n.m., compiler.

compilation, n.f., compilation.

compiler, v.a., to compile.

complainte, n.f., complaint (jur.); lament, complaint, lamentation, moan, plaint, wailing; plaintive ballad.

complaire, v.n., to humor, to please, to gratify, to comply with the wishes (of); to condescend to.

se complaire, v.r., to delight in; to admire one’s self.

complaisamment (-zam-an), adv., complaisantly, obligingly.

complaisance, n.f., kindness, goodness; complaisance, complacency; (com.) accommodation. —s; love, affection. Abuser de la — de quelqu’un; to abuse any one’s goodness. Faire une chose par —; to do a thing out of kindness.