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English words starting with “C”

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calmly

adjective
Louisiana Creole:trankilmen

“Ça va trankilmen.”

— It's going calmly.

Louisiana Creole:kalomel, kalomèl

calve

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:vélé
Synonyms:give birth; birth

“Lavash apé vélé, lá.”

— The cow is giving birth to a calf, there.

camel

noun
Louisiana Creole:shamó
Louisiana Creole:kamilyá

“Fey kamilyá to mèt endan dité.”

— Camellia leaves you put in tea.

camp

noun
Louisiana Creole:kinp

“Y na tou kalité kinp labá astœr.”

— There are all sorts of camps over there, now.

camp out

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:plaké

“Yé kourí plaké dan dibwa.”

— They went camp out in the woods.

Louisiana Creole:kanf

“Type of oil”

can

noun
Louisiana Creole:arozwá

“Specifically for watering plants”

“Mamm sé særvi un arozwá pou rozé tou sô plant-yé.”

— Mom would use a watering can to water her plants.

can

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:kapab, ka, konné, pe, pé, kænné, enkænné
Synonyms:able to, possibility, be able to, save, store, put, place, conserve

“Mo kapab fé ça pou twa.”

— I can do that for you.

“Mo pé fé ça pou twa.”

— I can do that for you.

“To konné lir é ékri?”

— Can you read and write?

Canada

noun
Louisiana Creole:kanadá

“Mo linm Kanadá-la.”

— I love Canada.

Canadian

Adjective
Louisiana Creole:(male) kanadjin, (female) kanadjènn

“Li té kanadjin.”

— He was Canadian.

“Li té kanadjènn.”

— She was Canadian.

canal

Noun
Louisiana Creole:kanal

cancel

regular verb
Louisiana Creole:arété; annilé

cancer

noun
Louisiana Creole:kansè, kansèr, kansær

“Tou kékunn apé mouri kanksè.”

— Everyone's dying from cancer.

“Li gin kansè.”

— She has cancer.