cotiser, v.a., to assess, to rate.
se cotiser, v.r., to rate, to assess; to unite, to club together; to get up a subscription; to subscribe.
cotissure, n.f., (fruit) damage, bruising.
coton, n.m., cotton; down (of fruit and hair on the face). — épluché; picked cotton. — brut; raw cotton. — plat; darning cotton. — à tricoter; knitting cotton. — de couleur; colored cotton. Bobine de —; reel of cotton. Écheveau de —; skein of cotton. Balle de —; bale of cotton. Toile de —; cotton cloth. Il jette un vilain —; he is going to the dogs. Il jette, il file, un mauvais —; he is in a bad way. Mettre dans du —; to coddle, to nurse, to indulge. Elever dans du —; to molly-coddle; to bring up delicately.
cotonnade, n.f., cotton cloth, cotton-check.
cotonné, -e, part., woolly (of hair); wadded, padded; covered with, full of, cotton.
cotonner, v.a., to fill, to stuff with, cotton; to pad.
se cotonner, v.r., to be covered with down, to become downy; to cotton, to nap, to become mealy (of vegetables). Les artichauts, les radis se cotonnent; artichokes, radishes grow pithy or spongy.
cotonner, v.n., to cotton, to nap.
cotonneu-x, -se, adj., pithy, spongy, mealy; (bot.) downy, cottony (of style); spun out, lax, diffuse.