15,000 words and phrases from more than 50 languages and their

crains Dieu tant que tu vivras 80
crains Dieu tant que tu vivras [Fr], fear God as long as you live.
crambe reperita [L], warmed-over cabbage; stale repetitions; harping
on the same string: Juvenal.
craquelé [Fr], crackled, as china.
eras credemus, hodie nihil [L], tomorrow we will believe, but not today.
eras mane summendus [L], to be taken tomorrow morning: med.
eras mihi [L], my turn tomorrow.
crassa negligentia [L], gross (or criminal) negligence: law.
cravate [Fr], necktie; originally named for the Croat mercenaries, who
wore a scarf around the neck in battle.
crèche [Fr], manger; crib; day nursery. —Crèche, the manger in which
the newborn Christ was laid; also, a representation of this, displayed
in churches at Christmas: eccl.
crecida [Sp], freshet.
credat Iudaeus Apella [L], let Apella the Jew (i.e., a credulous person)
believe it (I won't): Horace.
crede Deo [L], trust to God.
credendum [L; pi. credenda], a thing to be believed; article of faith:
theol.
crede quod habes, et habes [L], believe that you have it, and you have
it.
crédite posteri [L], believe it, future generations (or posterity): Horace.
crédit foncier [Fr], an association that makes loans on real estate.
crédit mobilier [Fr], a banking corporation that makes loans on personal
property.
credo quia absurdum [L], I believe it because it is absurd (or so unlikely).
credo quia impossibile [L], I believe it because it is impossible.
credula res amor est [L], a credulous thing is love: Ovid.
crème [Fr], cream. —crème à la glace or crème glacée, ice cream.
—crème de la crème, cream of the cream; the choicest. —crème de
menthe, lit., cream of mint; a green peppermint liqueur. —crème
fouettée, whipped cream.
créole [Fr], person descended from French or Spanish parents but
born in the New World.
crêpe [Fr], n.m. crape or crapelike fabric, —crêpe de Chine, Chinese
silk crape.
crêpe [Fr], n.f. pancake, —crêpes suzette, pancakes cooked with brandy.
crêpé [Fr], frizzed, as hair.
crépon [Fr], a thick crapelike fabric.
crescendo [It], with gradually increasing loudness and power (abbr. cr.
or cresc): music.
crescit amor nummi quantum ipsa pecunia crescit [L], the love of
money grows as our wealth increases: Juvenal.
crescite et multiplicamini [L], increase and multiply: motto of Maryland.
crescit eundo [L], it grows by going (or as it goes): motto of New Mexico.