chapelle expiatoire (Fr.), a chapel built in expiation, generally on the site of one's sin.

charmante (Fr.), charming woman.

châteaux en Espagne (Fr.), castles in Spain, castles in the air.

chef de cuisine, or merely chef (Fr.), male head-cook.

chemin de fer (Fr.), the iron way, railway.

cher ami (Fr.), a dear male friend;—chère amie, a dear female friend.—Chéri, fem. chérie, beloved.

cherchez la femme! (Fr.), seek for the woman! there's a woman at the bottom of it! [the phrase is due to Dumas père].

che sarà sarà (It.), what will be will be.

cheval de bataille (Fr.), war-horse.

chevalier d'industrie (Fr.), lit. a knight of industry: one who lives by persevering fraud.