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Gaelic Part of Speech English
cailsium n(m) calcium
cailsium carbonat n(m) calcium carbonate
cairt card
cairteal quarter
cairteal n(m) quartile
cairtealaichte, air a chairteal(ach)adh adj quartered
caisead n(m) gradient
caith vb spend
caitheadair n(m) consumer (food chain)
caochladair n(m) variable
caol adj acute
carbohaidhdreat n(m) carbohydrate
carbonat n(m) carbonate
ceangailte adj composite
cearcallaiche compasses
ceàrnag n(f) square
ceàrnagach adj square
ceàrnagaich vb square
ceàrnaichte adj squared
ceàrnanach adj quadratic
ceart adj right
ceart-cheàrnach adj perpendicular
ceart-cheàrnach adj right-angled
ceart-cheàrnach n(m) rectangle
ceart-cheàrnachail adj rectangular
ceart-cheàrnachan pl rectangles
ceart-cheàrnaich poss c rectangle
ceasnachaidhean pl enquiries
ceasnachaidhean pl enquiries
ceasnachaidhean pl enquiries
ceithir-cheàrnach n(m) quadrilateral
ceithir-cheàrnaich poss c quadrilateral
ceud n/adj hundred
ceudachd n(f) percentile
ceudachd poss c percentile
ceudad n(m) percentage
ceudadach adj percentage
ceudadan pl percentages
ceudaid poss c percentage
ceudaliotair n(m) centilitre
ceudaliotair centilitre
ceudameatair centimetre
cileagram n(m) kilogram
cìs n(f) tax
ciùb n(m) cube
ciùb vb cube
ciùbach adj cubic
ciùbaichte adj cubed
ciùbaid n(f) cuboid
ciùbaidean pl cuboids
clach atharrachail n(f) metamorphic rock
clach ghrùideach n(f) sedimentary rock
clach theinnteach n(f) igneous rock
clàr n(m) table
clàr-fhiacail n(f) incisor
clàr-sràc n(m) tally chart
clàr-sruth n(m) flowchart
clì adj left
cliath n(f) grid
clòimh-liath n(f) mould
clòimh-liathach adj mouldy
clòraid n(m) chloride
clòrofail n(m) chlorophyll
clòroplast n(m) chloroplast
co-amail adj simultaneous
co-aontar n(m) equation
co-astarail adj equidistant
co-chasach adj isosceles
co-chasach adj isoscles
co-chomharra n(m) coordinate
co-chòrdach adj congruent
co-chòrdachd n(f) congruence
co-chothromachd symmetry
co-chur n(m) application
còd n(m) code
co-fhreagairt adj fitting
co-fhreagarrach adj corresponding
còig-cheàrnach n(m) pentagon
còig-cheàrnachail adj pentagonal
còigeamh n(m) fifth
coimeas n(m) comparison
co-iomlaideach adj commutative
co-ionannachd n(f) equivalence
colbh n(m) column
co-leasachail adj supplementary
coltachd n(f) probability
comharra-chunntaidh poss c tally mark
comharra-chùrsa poss c direction indicator
comharra-cunntaidh n(m) tally mark
comharra-cùrsa n(m) direction indicator
comharradh n(m) notation
comharraidh poss c notation
comharraidhean pl notations
comharran-cunntaidh pl tally marks
comharran-cùrsa pl direction indicators
co-mheadhanach adj concentric
co-mheas n(m) ratio
còn n(m) cone
còna poss c cone
conadal adj odd one out
co-phàirteach adj complementary
còrd imleig n(m) umbilical cord
cosgais cost
cosgais cost
cosgais cost
co-shìnteach adj parallel (electric)
co-thàthadh n(m) compound
cotyledon n(m) cotyledon
cridhe eitean na talmhainn n(m) inner core (of the earth)
cuartachadh n(f) convection
cuartachadh blàiths n(m) heat convection