contamination, n.f., contamination.
contaminer, v.a., to contaminate.
conte, n.m., story, tale, falsehood, fib, nonsense. —s de fées; fairy tales. Réciter un —; to tell a story. — en l’air; improbable story, fiction. — fait à plaisir; made-up story. — gras; smutty, lascivious story. — de bonne femme, — à dormir debout, — bleu, — borgne; idle, silly story; old woman’s tale. Il brode un peu le —; he exaggerates the story a little (i.e., improves upon it). Ce sont des —s; it is only a joke. C’est un grand faiseur de —s; he is a great fibber, a great story-teller.
contemplat-eur, n.m., -rice, n.f., contemplator.
contemplati-f, -ve, adj., contemplative.
contemplation, n.f., contemplation, meditation, reflection; admiration.
contempler, v.a., to contemplate, to behold, to survey, to view, to gaze on.
contempler, v.n., to contemplate, to meditate, to reflect.
contemporain, -e, adj., contemporary, contemporaneous.
contemporain, n.m., -e, n.f., contemporary.