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| pé {m} | :: letter: p |
| Pô {prop} {m} | :: Po (Italian river) |
| PA {initialism} | :: CV; initialism of porte-avions |
| pablisme {m} [politics] | :: Pabloism |
| pabliste {adj} [politics] | :: Pabloist |
| pabliste {mf} [politics] | :: Pabloist |
| PAC {f} | :: acronym of Politique agricole commune (Common Agricultural Policy) |
| PACA {prop} {f} | :: acronym of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| pacage {m} | :: grazing |
| pacage {m} | :: pasture |
| pacane {f} [Quebec, Louisiana] | :: pecan |
| pacanier {m} | :: pecan (tree) |
| pacha {m} | :: pasha |
| Pañchatantra {prop} {m} | :: Panchatantra (a collection of Sanskrit and Pali animal fables in verse and prose) |
| pachole {f} [Marseille slang] | :: cunt |
| pachto {m} | :: the Pashto language |
| pachyblépharose {f} | :: pachyblepharon |
| pachyderme {m} | :: pachyderm |
| pachyptile {adj} [ornithology, rare] | :: having thick feathers |
| Pachyptile {prop} {f} [zoology] | :: the genus Pachyptila, the pachyptiles |
| pacificateur {m} | :: pacifier (one who pacifies) |
| pacificateur {adj} | :: pacifying, pacificatory |
| pacification {f} | :: pacification |
| pacifier {v} | :: to pacify |
| pacifique {adj} | :: pacific |
| Pacifique {prop} {m} | :: Pacific |
| pacifiquement {adv} | :: peacefully |
| pacifisme {m} | :: pacifism |
| pacifiste {mf} | :: pacifist |
| pack {m} | :: pack (item of packaging) |
| pack {m} | :: pack ice |
| pack {m} [sports] | :: A rugby team |
| packaging {m} | :: packaging (material) |
| packfung {m} | :: paktong |
| pacotille {f} | :: junk (cheap, tacky articles) |
| PACS {m} | :: civil partnership |
| pacsage {m} | :: civil partnership |
| pacser {vi} | :: to enter into a civil partnership |
| pacson {m} [slang] | :: pack, packet |
| pacte {m} | :: pact, deal |
| pactiser {v} | :: to make a pact, make a deal |
| pactole {m} | :: fortune (large amount of money) |
| Pactole {prop} {m} | :: the Pactolus |
| paddock {m} | :: paddock |
| paddock {m} [slang] | :: pad (bed) |
| padine {f} | :: The brown alga peacock's tail (Padina pavonica) |
| padma {m} | :: pink lotus |
| padna {f} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, ] | :: friend, buddy |
| Padoue {prop} {f} | :: Padua (province) |
| Padoue {prop} {f} | :: Padua (town) |
| paella {f} [countable and uncountable] | :: paella |
| païen {adj} | :: pagan, heathen |
| païen {m} | :: pagan, heathen |
| paf {interj} | :: Onomatopoeia for the noise caused by a fall or a blow |
| paf {adj} | :: drunk |
| paf {m} [slang] | :: cock, dick |
| PAF {f} | :: border police |
| PAF {m} | :: the French television and radio scene |
| pagaïe {f} | :: alternative spelling of pagaille |
| pagaie {f} | :: paddle (two-handed, single-bladed oar) |
| pagaille {f} | :: muddle; mess |
| paganisme {m} | :: paganism (local religions practiced before the introduction of Christianity) |
| pagaye {f} | :: alternative spelling of pagaille |
| pagayer {v} | :: to paddle |
| page {f} | :: page (of a book, etc.) |
| page {f} | :: page, web page |
| page {m} | :: page, page boy |
| péage {m} [transport] | :: toll, payment |
| péage {m} [transport] | :: toll booth |
| péage {m} [internet] | :: paywall |
| page d'accueil {f} | :: home page (of a Web site) |
| péager {m} | :: A person who receives a toll or manages a toll booth |
| page web {f} | :: web page |
| pagination {f} | :: pagination |
| paginer {v} | :: to paginate |
| pagne {m} | :: loincloth |
| pagne {m} | :: grass skirt |
| pagne {m} | :: bed |
| pagode {f} [Buddhism, architecture] | :: pagoda |
| péagère {f} | :: feminine singular of péager |
| paie {f} | :: pay, salary |
| paiement {m} | :: payment |
| paillard {adj} | :: bawdy, lewd |
| paillardement {adv} | :: bawdily |
| paillarder {v} | :: To fornicate |
| paillasse {f} | :: paillasse, straw mattress |
| paillasse {f} | :: laboratory desk |
| paillasse {m} | :: clown, buffoon |
| paillasson {m} | :: doormat |
| paille {f} | :: straw (dried grass) |
| paille {f} | :: (drinking) straw |
| paille {f} | :: flaw in a gem or metal |
| pailler {m} | :: straw house (a building to store straw) |
| pailler {m} | :: straw pile |
| pailler {v} | :: to cover with straw |
| pailleté {adj} | :: sequined |
| pailleter {v} | :: to decorate with sequins, glitter, spangles, or other sparkly material (paillettes); to bespangle |
| paillette {f} | :: sequin |
| pain {m} | :: bread |
| pain {m} | :: piece of bread |
| pain {m} | :: food |
| pain {m} | :: bread-and-butter needs, basic sustenance; breadwinner |
| pain {m} [colloquial] | :: punch (a hit with the fist) |
| pain {m} | :: a block (of ice, of salt, of soap …) with the shape and size of bread |
| pain {m} [slang] | :: (music) mistake during a performance (false note, forgot an intro, wrong solo, …) |
| pain au chocolat {m} | :: A French snack consisting of a pastry, normally similar to a croissant, with chocolate inside |
| pain blanc {m} | :: white bread |
| pain à cacheter {m} | :: wafer (of sealing wax etc.) |
| pain crestou {m} | :: A type of granary bread |
| pain de campagne {m} | :: A large round loaf of bread |
| pain de mie {m} | :: pain de mie (A type of sandwich loaf bread of French origin) |
| pain d'épice {m} | :: A form of French gingerbread |
| pain grillé {m} | :: toast (toasted bread) |
| pain perdu {m} | :: French toast |
| paintball {m} | :: paintball |
| pair {adj} [of a number] | :: even |
| pair {m} | :: A peer, high nobleman/vassal (as in peer of the realm) |
| paire {f} | :: a pair; a couple |
| pairement {adv} | :: evenly |
| paire minimale {f} [phonology] | :: minimal pair (pair of words) |
| paire torsadée {f} | :: twisted pair |
| pairie {f} | :: peerage |
| paisablement {adv} | :: peacefully; quietly |
| paiser {v} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, ] | :: to hush |
| paisible {adj} | :: peaceful |
| paisiblement {adv} | :: peacefully |
| paitre {v} | :: alternative spelling of paître |
| paix {f} | :: peace |
| paix-toi la djeule {interj} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, colloquial] | :: shut up! |
| pajot {m} [slang] | :: bed, fleabag, pit |
| Paki {m} [ethnic slur] | :: Paki (offensive term for a Pakistani) |
| Pakistan {prop} {m} | :: Pakistan |
| pakistanais {adj} | :: Pakistani |
| Pakistanais {m} | :: Pakistani, Paki (someone from Pakistan) |
| Pakistanaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Pakistanais |
| pal {m} | :: stake |
| pal {m} | :: pole |
| pal {m} [heraldiccharge] | :: pale |
| palabre {m} | :: convoluted discussion |
| palabre {m} [in the plural] | :: palaver |
| palabrer {vi} | :: to endlessly argue |
| palabres {f} | :: palaver |
| paléacé {adj} | :: paleaceous |
| palace {m} | :: luxury hotel |
| paladin {m} | :: paladin |
| palafitte {m} | :: pile (wooden structure used to support prehistoric dwellings) |
| palafittique {adj} | :: pile-dwelling (of prehistoric settlements) |
| palais {m} | :: palace |
| palais {m} | :: courthouse (Palais de justice) |
| palais {m} | :: palate; up part inside the mouth |
| palais dur {m} [anatomy] | :: hard palate |
| palais mou {m} [anatomy] | :: soft palate |
| palan {m} | :: hoist |
| palangre {f} | :: longline (fishing line) |
| palangrer {v} | :: to long-line (fish with a longline) |
| palangrier {adj} [attributive] | :: longline fishing |
| palangrier {m} | :: longline fishing boat |
| palanquin {m} | :: palanquin |
| Palaos {prop} {fp} | :: Palau |
| palatal {adj} [anatomy, phonetics] | :: palatal |
| palatalisation {f} [phonetics, phonology] | :: palatalization |
| palatial {adj} | :: palatial |
| palatin {adj} | :: palatine |
| palatine {f} [historical] | :: tippet, shoulder cape |
| palatoalvéolaire {adj} | :: palatoalveolar |
| pale {f} | :: blade (of a propeller etc) |
| pale {f} | :: vane (of a windmill etc) |
| palefrenier {m} | :: ostler, groom |
| palefroi {m} | :: palfrey |
| Palerme {prop} {m} | :: Palermo |
| palermitain {adj} | :: of or from Palermo |
| Palermitain {m} | :: someone of or from Palermo |
| Palestine {prop} {f} | :: Palestine |
| Palestine {f} [printing, dated] | :: double pica (large size of type standardized as 24 points) |
| palestinien {adj} | :: Palestinian |
| Palestinien {m} | :: Palestinian |
| Palestinienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Palestinien |
| palestre {f} [historical] | :: palestra |
| palet {m} | :: hockey puck |
| palethnologie {f} | :: paleoethnology |
| palethnologique {adj} | :: paleoethnological |
| palethnologiquement {adv} | :: paleoethnologically |
| paletot {m} | :: jacket |
| palette {f} | :: palette |
| paélia {f} | :: alternative spelling of paella |
| palier {m} [mechanics] | :: bearing |
| palier {m} | :: landing (on stairs) |
| palier {m} | :: flat area; the flat, the level |
| palier {m} [figuratively] | :: stage |
| palier {adj} | :: landing (attributive) |
| palimpseste {m} | :: palimpsest |
| palindrome {m} | :: palindrome |
| palingénésique {adj} | :: palingenesic |
| palinodie {f} | :: palinode |
| palinspastique {adj} [geology] | :: palinspastic |
| palissade {f} | :: fence, palisade |
| palissade {f} | :: stockade |
| palissadique {adj} [botany] | :: palisadic |
| palissandre {m} | :: rosewood |
| paëlla {f} | :: alternative spelling of paella |
| palladien {adj} | :: Palladian |
| palladique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: palladic |
| palladium {m} | :: palladium |
| palladure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: palladide |
| Pallas {prop} [Greek mythology] | :: Pallas |
| Pallas {prop} [astronomy] | :: Pallas, the second asteroid discovered |
| palliatif {adj} | :: palliative |
| pallide {adj} | :: pallid |
| pallidement {adv} | :: pallidly |
| pallier {vt} | :: to conceal |
| pallier {vt} | :: to palliate (to relieve the symptoms of) |
| pallisandre {m} | :: pallisander |
| pallénis {m} | :: Any plant of the genus Pallenis |
| palmé {adj} [of feet] | :: webbed |
| palmé {adj} [botany] | :: palmate |
| palmaire {adj} [anatomy] | :: palmar |
| palmarès {m} | :: prize list; list of winners |
| palmarès {m} | :: record of achievements |
| palme {f} [leaf of the palm tree] | :: palm leaf |
| palme {f} [prize] | :: palm |
| palme {f} | :: palm tree |
| palme {f} [diving equipment] | :: flipper; fin; swim fin |
| palmeraie {f} | :: palm grove |
| palmier {m} | :: palm, palm tree |
| palmier {m} | :: palmier (biscuit) |
| palmier des Everglades {m} | :: Everglades palm, Acoelorraphe wrightii |
| palmier à huile {m} | :: oil palm |
| palmine {f} [organic compound] | :: palmin |
| palmipède {m} | :: palmiped |
| palmiste {m} | :: oil palm (or several other related palm trees) |
| palmitique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: palmitic |
| palmitoléique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: palmitoleic |
| Palmyre {prop} | :: Palmyra |
| palmyrène {adj} | :: Palmyrene |
| Palmyrène {mf} | :: Palmyrene |
| Palmyrène {prop} {f} | :: Palmyrene (country) |
| palmyrénien {adj} | :: Of, from or relating to Palmyrene (country) |
| Palmyrénienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Palmyrénien |
| paléo- {prefix} | :: paleo- |
| paléoanthropologie {f} | :: paleanthropology |
| paléoanthropologique {adj} | :: paleoanthropological |
| paléoanthropologue {mf} | :: paleoanthropologist (specialist in paleoanthropology) |
| paléoastronomie {f} [astronomy] | :: paleoastronomy |
| paléoauxologique {adj} | :: paleoauxologic |
| paléobiochimie {f} [biochemistry] | :: paleobiochemistry |
| paléobotanique {f} [botany] | :: paleobotany |
| paléobotanique {adj} | :: paleobotanical |
| paléochrétien {adj} | :: paleochristian |
| paléoclimat {m} | :: paleoclimate |
| paléoclimatique {adj} | :: paleoclimatic |
| paléoclimatologie {f} | :: paleoclimatology |
| Paléocène {prop} {m} | :: Paleocene period |
| paléoécologie {f} | :: paleoecology |
| paléocoprologie {f} | :: paleocoprology |
| paléocortex {m} [anatomy] | :: paleocortex |
| paléoenvironnement {m} | :: paleoenvironment |
| paléoethnographique {adj} | :: paleoethnographic |
| Paléogène {prop} {m} | :: Paleogene period |
| paléogéographie {f} | :: paleogeography |
| paléogéographique {adj} | :: paleogeographic |
| paléographe {mf} | :: paleographer |
| paléographie {f} | :: paleography |
| palæographie {f} | :: obsolete form of paléographie |
| palæographique {adj} | :: obsolete form of paléographique |
| paléographique {adj} | :: Paleographic; palaeographical; palaeographic; paleographical |
| paléographiquement {adv} | :: paleographically |
| paléoichnologie {f} | :: paleoichnology |
| palois {adj} | :: Of or from Pau |
| Palois {m} | :: Native or inhabitant of Pau |
| Paloise {f} | :: feminine singular of Palois |
| paléolithique {m} | :: Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) |
| Paléolithique {prop} {f} [history] | :: The Paleolithic or Old Stone Age |
| palæologie {f} | :: obsolete form of paléologie (paleology) |
| paléologie {f} | :: paleology |
| paléomagnétisme {m} | :: paleomagnetism |
| palombe {f} | :: wood pigeon |
| paléoneurologie {f} | :: paleoneurology |
| paléontologie {f} | :: paleontology (study of prehistoric forms of life) |
| paléontologique {adj} | :: paleontological |
| paléontologiquement {adv} | :: paleontologically |
| paléontologue {mf} | :: paleontologist |
| paléopallium {m} | :: paleopallium |
| paléopathologie {f} | :: paleopathology |
| paléopathologique {adj} | :: paleopathological |
| paléoprotérozoïque {adj} | :: Paleoproterozoic |
| Paléoprotérozoïque {m} | :: Paleoproterozoic |
| paléosismologie {f} | :: paleoseismology |
| paléotectonique {adj} [geology] | :: paleotectonic |
| paléotestamentaire {adj} | :: vetero-testamentary, Old Testament (attributive) |
| palourde {f} | :: clam |
| paléozoologie {f} | :: paleozoology |
| paléozoïque {adj} | :: Paleozoic |
| palpable {adj} | :: palpable |
| palpablement {adv} | :: palpably |
| palpation {f} | :: palpation |
| palpébral {adj} [anatomy] | :: palpebral |
| palper {v} | :: to palpate |
| palpitant {adj} | :: pulsating, palpitating |
| palpitant {adj} | :: thrilling, exciting |
| palpiter {v} | :: to palpitate |
| palpiter {v} [of a heart] | :: to beat, flutter, to race, pulsate |
| palpiter {v} | :: to jump around, jump about |
| palse {m} [geology] | :: palsa |
| Palæstine {prop} {f} | :: obsolete form of Palestine |
| paltoquet {m} [dated] | :: A rude or uncouth person |
| paltoquet {m} | :: A pretentious person |
| palétuvier {m} | :: mangrove, mangle |
| palu {m} [colloquial] | :: malaria |
| palucher {v} [slang] | :: to masturbate |
| paludéen {adj} | :: malarial; [attributive] malaria |
| paludique {adj} | :: malarial |
| paludisme {m} | :: malaria (disease) |
| palynologie {f} | :: palynology (study of spores, pollen etc.) |
| palynologique {adj} | :: palynological |
| palytoxine {f} [organic chemistry] | :: palytoxin |
| Pamir {prop} {m} | :: Pamir (mountain range in Central Asia) |
| pamphlet {m} | :: lampoon (written attack) |
| pamphlet {m} [Quebec or dated] | :: pamphlet (small booklet) |
| pamphlétaire {m} | :: pamphleteer |
| pamphlétaire {m} | :: lampooner |
| Pamphylie {prop} | :: Pamphylia |
| pampille {f} | :: pendant |
| pamplemousse {m} [botany, France, Canada] | :: pomelo |
| pamplemousse {m} | :: grapefruit |
| pamplemoussier {m} [botanic] | :: grapefruit tree (Citrus maxima) from the Rutaceae family |
| pamplemoussier {adj} [attributive] | :: grapefruit |
| pampre {m} [literary] | :: vine branch |
| pan {m} | :: piece, part |
| pan {m} | :: side, face |
| pan {m} | :: flap, lap (of coat) |
| pan {m} | :: patch, area, section, sector |
| pan {interj} | :: bang! (sound of a gun) |
| pan {interj} | :: bam! |
| pané {adj} | :: breaded (covered in breadcrumbs) |
| péan {m} | :: paean |
| panacée {f} | :: panacea, cure-all |
| panaché {m} | :: shandy (mix of beer and lemonade) |
| panaché {m} | :: mixture |
| panaché {adj} | :: mixed, variegated |
| panachage {m} | :: blend, mix, mixture |
| panache {m} | :: panache (all senses) |
| panache {m} | :: (Canada) the bulk of antlers of deer and moose |
| panacher {v} | :: to add a panache |
| panacher {v} | :: to mix colours (as in a panache) |
| panacher {v} | :: to mix |
| panache éruptif {m} | :: eruption column |
| panache volcanique {m} | :: eruption column |
| panachure {f} | :: variegation, mottle; marking, colouring |
| panachure {f} | :: white spot, white patch (on leaf, animal's skin etc.) |
| panade {f} | :: A soup boiled in water from bread, butter, sometimes also egg yolk and milk |
| panade {f} | :: A paste, typically made of milk and bread |
| panade {f} [figuratively] | :: A state or experience of misery, poverty |
| panafricain {adj} | :: Pan-African |
| panafricanisme {m} | :: Pan-Africanism |
| panais {m} | :: parsnip |
| Panamá {prop} {m} | :: Panama (country) |
| Paname {prop} [slang] | :: Paris |
| panaméen {n} | :: Panamanian |
| Panaméen {m} | :: Panamanian |
| Panaméenne {f} | :: feminine singular of Panaméen |
| panamien {adj} | :: Panamanian |
| panaméricain {adj} | :: Pan-American |
| panaméricanisme {m} | :: Pan-Americanism |
| panarabe {adj} | :: pan-Arab |
| panarabisme {m} | :: pan-Arabism |
| panaris {m} [pathology] | :: whitlow, paronychia |
| panca {m} | :: punkah, a type of fan consisting in a screen suspended by the ceiling, as traditionally used in tropical colonies, notably the Indies |
| panca {m} | :: punkahwallah, a servant (typically a boy) who operates it manually |
| pancarte {f} | :: sign (with a message on, carried during a protest) |
| panchronique {adj} | :: panchronic |
| pancrace {m} | :: pankration (Ancient Greek martial art) |
| pancréas {m} [anatomy] | :: the pancreas |
| pancréatine {f} [biochemistry] | :: pancreatin |
| pancréatique {adj} | :: pancreatic |
| pancréatiquement {adv} | :: pancreatically |
| panda {m} | :: panda |
| pandanus {m} | :: pandanus |
| pandeiro {m} | :: Pandeiro |
| pandéisme {m} | :: pandeism |
| pandéistique {adj} | :: pandeistic |
| pandémie {f} | :: pandemic |
| pandémique {adj} | :: Pandemic |
| pandémonium {m} [obsolete] | :: The imaginary capital of Hell (often with a capital letter) |
| pandémonium {m} | :: A place where chaos and lawlessness abound |
| pandémonium {m} | :: A reunion of lawless people |
| pandémonium {m} | :: A noisy, chaotic place |
| Pandore {prop} {f} [Greek mythology] | :: Pandora |
| panel {m} | :: panel (group of people) |
| panenthéisme {f} | :: panentheism |
| panenthéiste {adj} | :: panentheistic |
| panenthéiste {mf} | :: panentheist (person who believes in panentheism) |
| paner {v} | :: to bread (coat with bread or breadcrumbs) |
| Panet {prop} | :: surname |
| paneterie {f} | :: pantry |
| panetier {m} | :: pantryman |
| panetière {f} | :: feminine singular of panetier |
| paneuropéen {adj} | :: Pan-European |
| pangamique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pangamic |
| Pangée {prop} {f} | :: Pangaea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) |
| Pangée {prop} {f} | :: Pangaion Hills |
| pangéen {adj} | :: Pangaean |
| pangermanisme {m} | :: Pan-Germanism |
| pangermaniste {adj} | :: Pan-Germanist |
| pangramme {m} | :: pangram (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) |
| panégyrique {m} | :: panegyric, eulogy |
| panégyriste {m} | :: panegyrist |
| panhellénique {adj} | :: Panhellenic |
| panic {m} [botany] | :: Refers to several thorny shrubs; cockspur, panic, panicgrass |
| panicaut {m} | :: eryngo, sea holly (of genus Eryngium) |
| panier {m} | :: basket |
| panier {m} | :: goal scored in basketball |
| panier {m} | :: basketball hoop |
| panier {m} | :: In an online store, the shopping basket where a shopper reserves or collects items for purchase |
| panier de crabes {m} [idiomatic] | :: A rat race (literally, a basket of crabs); any organization where people metaphorically claw at one another to come out on top |
| panier-entonnoir {m} [aeronautics] | :: drogue |
| panifiable {adj} | :: breadmaking (attributive) |
| panini {m} | :: panini |
| panique {adj} | :: panicked |
| panique {f} | :: panic |
| paniquer {vit} | :: To panic |
| panislamisme {m} [Islam] | :: Panislamism |
| panka {m} | :: punkah |
| panne {f} | :: plush velvet |
| panne {f} | :: breakdown (state of no longer functioning) |
| panneau {m} | :: sign; signpost |
| panneau de signalisation {m} | :: road sign, traffic sign |
| panneau solaire {m} | :: solar panel (array of connected solar cells) |
| panne sèche {f} [of a vehicle] | :: state of having run out of fuel |
| pannicule {m} | :: the subcutaneous membrane where lipids accumulate |
| panonceau {m} | :: plaque (small sign) |
| panonceau {m} | :: escutcheon |
| panoplie {f} | :: panoply |
| panoplie {f} | :: outfit, costume (clothes for dressing up) |
| panoplie {f} | :: armoury |
| panoplie {f} | :: range (collection of things) |
| panoptique {adj} | :: panoptic |
| panoptique {m} | :: panopticon |
| panorama {m} | :: panorama |
| panoramique {adj} | :: panoramic |
| panosse {f} [Switzerland, Aosta Valley, Savoie, eastern France] | :: floorcloth |
| panosse {f} [military jargon] | :: the Swiss flag |
| panosse {f} [figuratively] | :: woman of ill repute |
| panpsychisme {m} [philosophy] | :: panpsychism |
| panrusse {adj} | :: pan-Russian |
| pansage {m} | :: grooming (of a horse etc) |
| panse {f} | :: belly |
| pansement {m} | :: bandage, dressing |
| panser {v} [medicine] | :: to dress (a wound etc.); to bandage |
| panser {v} [equestrian] | :: to groom |
| pansexualité {f} | :: pansexuality |
| panslave {adj} | :: related to Pan-Slavism; Panslavic |
| panslavisme {m} | :: Pan-Slavism |
| panspermie {f} | :: panspermia |
| pansu {adj} | :: potbellied, paunchy |
| pantachie {f} [rare, statistics] | :: density |
| pantachique {adj} [rare, statistics] | :: dense |
| pantacle {m} | :: A rare alternate spelling of pentacle |
| pantacourt {m} | :: capri pants, capris (casual pants for women) |
| pantagruélique {adj} | :: pantagruelian |
| pantagruélisme {m} | :: Pantagruelism |
| pantagruéliste {adj} | :: Pantagruelist |
| pantagruéliste {mf} | :: Pantagruelist |
| pantalon {m} | :: trousers [UK], pants [US] |
| pantalon {m} [dated] | :: knickers |
| pantalon clown {m} | :: alternate form of pantalon de clown |
| pantalon de clown {m} [Quebec politics] | :: Camo pants (pants with patterns typical of military camouflage) of a random assortment of colours, worn as a protest against government and contract terms, by uniformed employees, in violation of uniform dress codes |
| pantalon de clown {m} | :: clown pants |
| pantalonnade {f} | :: slapstick |
| pantalonnade {f} | :: farce |
| pantelant {adj} | :: panting, gasping (for breath) |
| panthéisme {m} | :: pantheism |
| panthéiste {adj} | :: pantheistic |
| panthéiste {mf} | :: pantheist |
| panthénol {m} [organic compound] | :: panthenol |
| panthéon {m} | :: pantheon |
| panthère {f} | :: panther |
| pantin {m} | :: puppet |
| pantographe {m} | :: pantograph (mechanical drawing aid) |
| pantographe {m} | :: pantograph (rail transport: device for collecting electrical current) |
| pantographique {adj} | :: pantographic |
| pantographiquement {adv} | :: pantographically |
| pantois {adj} | :: gobsmacked, stunned, flabbergasted |
| pantone {f} | :: A (commercial) range of colours |
| pantothénique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pantothenic |
| pantouflage {m} | :: The phenomenon of civil servants and politicians moving over to prominent private sector jobs |
| pantouflard {adj} | :: stay-at-home; homebird [UK], homebody [US] |
| pantouflard {adj} [historical] | :: A member of the non-combat "home guard" formed of older men during the Siege of Paris (1870–1871) |
| pantoufle {f} | :: slipper, house slipper (footwear) |
| pantoute {adv} [Quebec] | :: at all; used to make a negative statement more emphatic |
| panty {m} | :: panty girdle |
| panure {f} | :: breadcrumb |
| Paola {prop} | :: given name borrowed from Italian |
| paon {m} | :: peacock |
| Paon {prop} {m} [astronomy] | :: Pavo |
| paon du jour {m} | :: European peacock (butterfly) |
| paonne {f} | :: feminine singular of paon |
| paonneau {m} | :: young peacock |
| papa {m} [childish] | :: papa, a child's father; also as form of address: dad, daddy |
| papa {m} | :: pops, any man of roughly fatherly age and appearance |
| papable {m} | :: A papabile |
| papable {adj} | :: papabile |
| papa-gâteau {f} [figuratively] | :: doting father, soft touch with one's kids |
| papal {adj} | :: papal |
| papamobile {f} | :: Popemobile (any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope) |
| paparazzi {m} | :: A paparazzo |
| papauté {f} | :: papacy |
| papavéracé {adj} | :: papaveraceous |
| papaye {f} | :: papaya (fruit) |
| papayer {m} | :: papaya tree |
| pape {m} | :: Pope |
| papelard {adj} | :: hypocritical |
| papelardement {adv} | :: hypocritically |
| paperasse {f} [pejorative] | :: paperwork, bumf |
| paperasserie {f} | :: red tape |
| papeterie {f} | :: papermaking |
| papeterie {f} | :: papermaker |
| papeterie {f} | :: papeterie |
| papetier {m} | :: papermaker |
| papetier {m} | :: stationer |
| papetier {adj} | :: papermaking (attributive) |
| papetier {adj} | :: stationery (attributive) |
| Paphos {prop} | :: Paphos (town in Cyprus) |
| papi {m} [usually childish] | :: grandad, grandfather |
| papiamento {m} | :: the Papiamento language |
| papier {m} | :: paper (A material used for writing or printing on, made from cellulose pulp rolled into thin sheets) |
| papier {m} | :: paper (official documents) |
| papier carbone {m} | :: carbon paper (sheet of paper used to make carbon copies) |
| papier collant {m} | :: sticky tape, adhesive tape, sellotape, Scotch tape |
| papier colle-mouches {m} | :: flypaper |
| papier de verre {m} | :: sandpaper |
| papier filtre {m} | :: filter paper |
| papier mâché {m} | :: papier-mâché (paper mixed with glue used to create sculptures) |
| papier à mouches {m} | :: flypaper |
| papier peint {m} | :: wallpaper (decorative paper for walls) |
| papier terrier {m} [historical] | :: terrier (property register) |
| papier toilette {m} [Europe] | :: toilet paper |
| papier tue-mouches {m} | :: flypaper |
| papilionacé {adj} | :: papilionaceous |
| papillaire {adj} | :: papillary |
| papille {f} | :: papilla |
| papille {f} [colloquial] | :: tastebud |
| papillon {m} | :: butterfly |
| papillon {m} | :: someone brilliant, versatile and inconstant |
| papillon {m} | :: something roughly in the shape of a butterfly |
| papillon {m} | :: knot |
| papillon {m} | :: nut |
| papillon {m} [swimming] | :: butterfly stroke |
| papillon {m} | :: leaflet |
| papillon de nuit {m} | :: moth |
| papillonner {vi} | :: to flit [from one to another] |
| papillotage {m} | :: blinking (of the eyes) |
| papillotage {m} | :: blurring (of the eyes caused by a brilliant image) |
| papillote {f} | :: Wrapper or packet for food during cooking, trapping steam to provide a most cooking or streaming environment, often made from aluminium foil or parchment paper |
| papillote {f} | :: Meal cooked in a packet, envelope, or pouch, often made from aluminium foil or parchment paper |
| papillote {f} [hair styling] | :: a small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl |
| papillote {f} | :: curly hair obtained with this method; ringlets |
| papillote {f} | :: [in particular] curly sideburns, payot |
| papillote {f} | :: Vividly coloured paper wrap for crackers and other sweets |
| papillote {f} | :: sweet wrapped with a papillote |
| papilloter {vi} | :: to blink |
| papilloter {vi} | :: to flutter |
| papilloter {vi} | :: to flicker |
| papinade {f} [football] | :: A spectacular type of volley, struck at strange angles, characteristic of Jean-Pierre Papin |
| papisme {m} | :: papism, papistry |
| papiste {adj} | :: papist, papistic |
| papiste {mf} | :: papist |
| papite {f} [organic compound] | :: acrolein (when used as a poison gas in the First World War) |
| papotage {m} | :: chattering, chitchat, small talk |
| papoter {vi} | :: to chat, chatter |
| papou {adj} | :: Papuan |
| Papou {m} | :: Papuan, someone from Papua or Papua New Guinea |
| Papouasie {prop} {f} | :: Papua (island) |
| Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée {prop} {f} | :: Papua New Guinea |
| Papoue {f} | :: feminine noun of Papou |
| papouille {f} [chiefly in the plural] | :: tickling |
| paprika {m} | :: paprika (powder used as a spice) |
| papy {m} | :: grandpa |
| papy boom {m} | :: The large increase in the number of retired people who were born in the baby boom generation |
| papy-boomer {m} | :: A retired person who was born during the baby boom |
| papyracé {adj} | :: papyraceous |
| papyrus {m} | :: papyrus |
| paquebot {m} | :: ship, liner |
| paquer {vt} | :: to pack (fish) in a box for transportation |
| paquet {m} | :: packet |
| paquet {m} | :: pack (of cards) |
| paquet {m} | :: parcel |
| paquet {m} | :: bundle (of clothes) |
| paquet {m} [rugby] | :: pack |
| paquet {m} | :: wad (of cash) |
| paqueté {adj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: drunk, wasted |
| Paquet {prop} | :: surname |
| paquetage {m} | :: kit |
| paquetage {m} | :: package |
| Paquette {prop} | :: surname |
| par {prep} | :: through |
| par {prep} | :: by (used to introduce a means; used to introduce an agent in a passive construction)) |
| par {prep} | :: over (used to express direction) |
| par {prep} | :: from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement) |
| par {prep} | :: around, round (inside of) |
| par {prep} | :: on (situated on, used in certain phrases) |
| par {prep} | :: on, at, in (used to denote a time when something occurs) |
| par {prep} | :: in |
| par {prep} | :: per, a, an |
| par {prep} | :: out of (used to describe the reason for something) |
| par {prep} | :: for |
| par {m} [golf] | :: par |
| paré {adj} | :: ready, prepared, all set |
| par- {prefix} | :: per- (all meanings) |
| para- {prefix} | :: para- (all senses) |
| para- {prefix} | :: para- |
| para-alpin {m} | :: para-alpine; ellipsis of ski para-alpin |
| para-athlète {mf} | :: para-athlete |
| parabancaire {adj} | :: banking-related |
| parabanique {adj} | :: parabanic |
| parabase {f} | :: parabasis |
| parabellum {m} | :: parabellum (all senses) |
| para biathlon {m} | :: alternate form of parabiathlon |
| parabiathlon {m} | :: parabiathlon |
| para-biathlon {m} | :: alternate form of parabiathlon |
| parable {adj} | :: preventable (able to be or fit to be prevented) |
| parabène {m} | :: paraben |
| parabole {f} [mathematics, physics] | :: parabola |
| parabole {f} | :: dish (antenna) |
| parabole {f} [literature] | :: parable |
| paraboler {v} | :: To move in a parabolic trajectory |
| paraboler {v} | :: To speak in parables |
| parabolicité {f} | :: parabolicity |
| parabolique {adj} | :: parabolic |
| paraboliquement {adv} | :: parabolically |
| paraboliser {v} | :: To parabolize |
| paraboloïdal {adj} | :: paraboloidal |
| paraboloïde {m} | :: paraboloid |
| paraboréen {adj} | :: synonym of hyperboréen |
| parabuée {adj} | :: anti-condensation, antimisting |
| Paracelse {prop} {m} | :: Paracelsus |
| paracelsien {adj} | :: Paracelsian |
| paracelsisme {m} | :: Paracelsism |
| paracelsiste {mf} | :: Paracelsist |
| paracentrique {adj} | :: paracentric |
| paracentèse {f} [surgery] | :: paracentesis |
| paracerque {m} | :: paracercus |
| parachevé {adj} | :: completed, finalized |
| parachevable {adj} | :: completable |
| parachever {vt} | :: to complete, finalize, perfect |
| parachi {m} | :: Parachi |
| parachronisme {m} | :: parachronism |
| parachutable {adj} | :: parachutable |
| parachutage {m} | :: parachuting |
| parachute {m} | :: parachute |
| parachuter {v} | :: to parachute |
| parachuter un Sénégalais {v} [very, colloquial] | :: to take a dump, to drop a deuce |
| parachutisme {m} | :: parachuting, skydiving |
| parachutiste {mf} | :: parachutist |
| parachèvement {m} | :: finalization |
| parachèvement {m} | :: completion |
| parachèvement {m} | :: perfection |
| paraclet {m} [Christianity, theology] | :: paraclete (an advocate, especially the Holy Spirit) |
| paraclimacique {adj} [ecology] | :: paraclimactic |
| paraclimax {m} [ecology] | :: paraclimax |
| paraclinique {adj} | :: paraclinical |
| paraclèse {f} [philosophy, theology] | :: paraclesis, paraklesis |
| paraclétique {adj} | :: paracletic |
| paracmastique {adj} | :: paracmastic |
| paracolois {adj} | :: Of or from fr |
| Paracolois {m} | :: A native or inhabitant of fr |
| Paracoloise {f} | :: feminine singular of Paracolois |
| paracompacité {f} [topology] | :: paracompactness |
| paracompact {adj} [topology] | :: paracompact |
| paraconide {m} | :: paraconid |
| paracorole {f} [botany] | :: paracorolla |
| paracorolle {f} [botany] | :: paracorolla |
| paracousie {f} | :: paracusis |
| paracétamol {m} | :: paracetamol, acetaminophen |
| paracuta {m} | :: barracuda |
| paracyanogène {m} | :: paracyanogen |
| paracyésie {f} [pathology] | :: paracyesis, ectopic pregnancy |
| paradactyle {m} [ornithology] | :: paradactyl |
| parader {v} | :: flaunt, strut, show off (to display with ostentation) |
| paradeur {m} | :: braggart |
| paradeur {m} | :: showoff |
| paradeuse {f} | :: feminine singular of paradeur |
| paradichlorobenzène {m} [organic compound] | :: paradichlorobenzene |
| paradigmatique {adj} | :: paradigmatic |
| paradigmatisme {m} [philosophy] | :: paradigmaticism |
| paradigme {m} | :: paradigm (model or example) |
| paradis {m} | :: paradise (somewhere perfect) |
| paradis {m} [religion] | :: Heaven |
| paradis {m} | :: gods (The highest platform, or upper circle, in an auditorium) |
| Paradis {prop} {m} | :: Paradise (Heaven) |
| Paradis {prop} {m} | :: surname |
| paradis fiscal {m} | :: tax haven (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) |
| paradisiaque {adj} | :: paradisiacal |
| paradisiaque {adj} | :: heavenly |
| paradisier {m} | :: bird of paradise |
| Paradou {prop} | :: A small town in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| paradounais {adj} | :: Of or from Paradou |
| Paradounais {m} | :: A native or inhabitant of Paradou |
| Paradounaise {f} | :: feminine singular of Paradounais |
| paradoxal {adj} | :: paradoxical |
| paradoxalement {adv} | :: paradoxically |
| paradoxe {m} | :: paradox |
| paradoxer {v} | :: To create paradoxes |
| paraedrite {m} [mineral] | :: synonym of rutile |
| parafe {m} | :: alternative form of paraphe |
| parafer {vt} | :: alternative form of parapher |
| paraffiné {adj} | :: waxed |
| paraffinage {m} | :: paraffining |
| paraffiner {v} | :: To paraffin |
| paraffinique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: paraffinic, aliphatic |
| parafinique {adj} | :: alternative form of paraffinique |
| parafiscal {adj} [of taxation] | :: indirect |
| parafiscal {adj} [economics] | :: parafiscal |
| parafiscalité {f} | :: indirect taxation |
| paraformaldéhyde {m} [organic compound] | :: paraformaldehyde |
| parafoudre {m} | :: lightning conductor |
| paragangliome {f} [pathology] | :: paraganglioma |
| parage {m} | :: parage (social rank) |
| parage {m} [plural only] | :: environs, surroundings |
| paréage {m} | :: A feudal treaty recognising joint sovereignty over a territory by two rulers |
| paragenèse {f} [geology] | :: paragenesis |
| parageustie {f} | :: parageusia |
| paraglosse {f} | :: paraglossa |
| paragénèse {f} | :: alternative form of paragenèse |
| paragogique {adj} | :: paragogic |
| paragouvernemental {adj} | :: paragovernmental |
| paragrammatisme {m} | :: synonym of allitération |
| paragraphe {m} | :: paragraph |
| paragrêle {m} | :: A shelter to protect crops etc from hail |
| Paraguay {prop} {m} | :: Paraguay |
| paraguayen {adj} | :: Paraguayan |
| Paraguayen {m} | :: Paraguayan |
| Paraguayenne {f} | :: feminine noun of Paraguayen |
| para hockey {m} | :: alternate form of para-hockey |
| parahockey {m} | :: alternate form of para-hockey |
| para-hockey {m} | :: parahockey |
| para-hockey {m} | :: ellipsis of para-hockey sur glace |
| para-hockey {m} | :: synonym of hockey sur luge |
| para hockey sur glace {m} | :: alternate spelling of para-hockey sur glace |
| para-hockey sur glace {m} | :: para ice hockey |
| para-hockey sur glace {m} | :: synonym of hockey sur luge |
| parahockey sur glace {m} | :: alternate spelling of para-hockey sur glace |
| paraige {m} | :: A hereditary ruling class in Metz in the Middle Ages |
| par ailleurs {adv} | :: besides, additionally, furthermore, what's more |
| paraison {f} | :: parison |
| paraitre {v} | :: alternative spelling of paraître |
| parajuriste {m} [legal] | :: paralegal |
| parakératose {f} [pathology] | :: parakeratosis |
| paralactique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: paralactic |
| paralampsie {f} | :: paralampsis |
| paralangage {m} | :: paralanguage (non-verbal communication) |
| paralarve {f} | :: paralarva |
| paralaurionite {f} [mineral] | :: paralaurionite |
| paralbumine {f} | :: paralbumin |
| paraldéhyde {m} [organic compound] | :: paraldehyde |
| paralégal {adj} | :: paralegal |
| paralégal {m} | :: paralegal |
| paralipse {f} | :: paralipsis |
| paralique {adj} | :: paralic |
| paralittérature {f} | :: paraliterature |
| parallactique {adj} | :: parallactic |
| parallactiquement {adv} | :: parallactically |
| parallaxe {f} | :: parallax |
| parallèle {adj} [geometry] | :: parallel |
| parallèlement {adv} | :: parallelly |
| parallélipipède {m} | :: alternative form of parallélépipède |
| parallélique {adj} | :: parallelistic |
| parallélisation {f} | :: parallelization |
| parallèlisation {f} | :: alternative form of parallélisation |
| paralléliser {v} | :: To parallelize |
| parallélisme {m} | :: parallelism (state or condition of being parallel) |
| parallélogrammatique {adj} | :: parallelogrammatic |
| parallélogramme {m} | :: parallelogram |
| parallélographe {m} | :: parallelograph |
| parallélépipède {m} [geometry] | :: parallelepiped |
| parallélépipédique {adj} | :: parallelepipedic |
| parallélépipèdique {adj} | :: parallelepipedic |
| paralogie {f} | :: paralogy, paralogism |
| paralogique {adj} | :: paralogical |
| paralogisme {m} | :: paralogism |
| paralympien {m} [sport] | :: Paralympian (male) |
| paralympienne {f} | :: Paralympian (female); feminine of paralympien |
| paralympique {adj} | :: Paralympic |
| Paralympiques {prop} | :: Paralympics; ellipsis of Jeux paralympiques |
| paralysant {adj} | :: crippling |
| paralysant {adj} | :: paralyzing |
| paralysateur {adj} | :: paralyzing |
| paralysateur {adj} | :: crippling |
| paralyser {v} | :: to paralyse / paralyze |
| paralysie {f} | :: paralysis |
| paralysie cérébrale {f} | :: cerebral palsy |
| paralytique {adj} | :: paralytic |
| paramagnétique {adj} [physics] | :: paramagnetic |
| paramagnétisme {m} [physics] | :: paramagnetism |
| paramakan {m} | :: Paramaccan (language) |
| paramakan {adj} | :: Paramaccan |
| paramaléate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: paramaleate |
| paramaléique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: paramaleic |
| paramécie {f} [zoology] | :: paramecium |
| paramédical {adj} | :: paramedical |
| paramentique {f} | :: parament |
| paramentique {f} | :: vestment |
| paramilitaire {adj} | :: paramilitary |
| paramilitaire {m} | :: paramilitary (a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion) |
| paramilitarisme {m} | :: paramilitarism |
| paramnésie {f} | :: paramnesia |
| paramorphose {f} [geology] | :: paramorphism |
| paramoteur {m} | :: paramotor |
| paramésonéphrotique {adj} [anatomy] | :: paramesonephrotic |
| paramétrable {adj} | :: configurable, customizable, parametrizable |
| paramétrage {m} | :: parameterization |
| paramétrage {m} | :: setup, configuration |
| paramètre {m} | :: parameter |
| paramétrer {v} [computing] | :: to configure |
| paramétrique {adj} | :: parametric |
| paramétrisation {f} | :: parametrisation |
| paramucique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: paramucic |
| paramutation {f} [genetics] | :: paramutation |
| paranan {m} | :: Paranan / Palanan |
| paranatellon {m} | :: paranatellon |
| paranatellonique {adj} | :: paranatellon (attributive) |
| parangon {m} | :: paragon, standard (model or pattern) |
| parangoner {v} | :: alternative form of parangonner |
| parangonner {v} | :: to paragon |
| parano {adj} [colloquial] | :: paranoid |
| parano {mf} [colloquial] | :: a paranoid person |
| parano {f} [colloquial] | :: paranoia |
| paranoïa {f} | :: paranoia |
| paranoïaque {adj} | :: paranoid |
| paranoïaque {adj} [medicine] | :: related to paranoia |
| paranoïaque {mf} | :: a paranoid person |
| paranoïde {adj} | :: paranoid |
| paranoïde {mf} | :: paranoid person |
| paranomase {f} | :: obsolete form of paronomase |
| paranéoptère {m} | :: Any louse of the clade Paraneoptera |
| para nordique {m} [skiing] | :: para-nordic; ellipsis of ski para-nordique |
| para-nordique {m} [skiing] | :: para-nordic; ellipsis of ski para-nordique |
| paranordique {m} [skiing] | :: para-nordic; ellipsis of ski para-nordique |
| paranormal {adj} | :: paranormal |
| paranthrope {mf} | :: Any primate of the genus Paranthropus |
| paranymphe {m} | :: paranymph |
| parapectine {f} | :: parapectin |
| parapegme {m} | :: parapegma |
| parapente {m} | :: paraglider |
| parapentiste {mf} | :: paraglider (one who paraglides) |
| parapet {m} | :: parapet |
| parapharmacie {f} | :: pharmacy, chemist's (UK) / drugstore (US) |
| paraphe {m} | :: paraph |
| paraphe {m} | :: initials |
| parapher {vt} | :: to sign or initial a document |
| paraphernal {adj} | :: paraphernal |
| paraphernalité {f} [legal] | :: paraphernality |
| parapheur {m} | :: parafor; a folder containing correspondence to be signed - a word yet to be invented in English. (The "Office québécois de la langue française" suggests "signature book", but this is a book used by people who collect signatures) |
| paraphilie {f} | :: paraphilia |
| paraphénylènediamine {f} [organic compound] | :: paraphenylenediamine |
| paraphrasable {adj} | :: paraphrasable |
| paraphraser {v} | :: paraphrase (to compose a paraphrase) |
| paraphraseur {m} | :: paraphraser |
| paraphraseuse {f} | :: feminine singular of paraphraseur |
| paraphraste {m} | :: paraphrast |
| paraphrastique {adj} | :: paraphrastic |
| paraphylie {f} [systematics] | :: paraphyly |
| paraphylétique {adj} [systematics] | :: paraphyletic (excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor) |
| paraphyse {f} | :: paraphysis |
| parapleure {f} | :: parapleura |
| paraplexie {f} | :: synonym of paraplégie |
| paraplégie {f} [pathology] | :: paraplegia (paralysed condition) |
| paraplégique {adj} | :: paraplegic |
| paraplégique {mf} | :: paraplegic |
| parapluie {m} | :: umbrella for rain |
| parapode {m} | :: parapodium |
| parapsychique {adj} | :: parapsychic |
| parapsychologie {f} | :: parapsychology (study of that which cannot yet be explained) |
| parapsychologique {adj} | :: parapsychological |
| parapsychologue {mf} | :: parapsychologist |
| paraptère {m} | :: parapterum |
| parapétrolier {adj} | :: oil delivery / services (attributive) |
| parapublic {adj} [economics] | :: Having capital in both the public and private sectors |
| parareligieux {adj} | :: parareligious |
| pararickettsie {f} | :: synonym of chlamydie |
| pararthrème {m} | :: subluxation |
| parasange {f} | :: parasang |
| parascolaire {adj} | :: extracurricular |
| parascève {f} | :: Parasceve |
| parasexualité {f} | :: parasexuality |
| parasexuel {adj} | :: parasexual |
| parasismique {adj} | :: paraseismic |
| parasité {adj} | :: parasitized |
| parasitaire {adj} | :: parasitic, parasitical |
| parasitairement {adv} | :: parasitically |
| parasite {m} | :: a parasite |
| parasite {adj} | :: parasitic |
| parasiter {v} | :: To parasitize |
| parasitiforme {m} | :: parasitiform |
| parasitique {adj} | :: parasitic |
| parasitiquement {adv} | :: parasitically |
| parasitisme {m} | :: parasitism |
| parasitémie {f} [pathology] | :: parasitemia |
| parasitoïde {m} | :: parasitoid |
| parasitologie {f} | :: parasitology |
| parasitologique {adj} | :: parasitological |
| parasitologiste {mf} | :: synonym of parasitologue |
| parasitologue {mf} | :: parasitologist |
| parasitose {f} [pathology] | :: parasitosis |
| paraskevidékatriaphobie {f} | :: paraskavedekatriaphobia |
| para ski {m} | :: alternate spelling of paraski |
| paraski {m} | :: paraskiing |
| paraski {m} | :: kitesurfing |
| para-ski {m} | :: alternate spelling of paraski |
| para ski de fond {m} | :: alternate spelling of para-ski de fond |
| para-ski de fond {m} | :: para cross-country skiing; a disability sport, an adapted version of cross-country skiing |
| paraski de fond {m} | :: alternate spelling of para-ski de fond |
| parasélène {mf} | :: paraselene, moon dog |
| parasol {m} | :: A large, anchored umbrella used as protection from the sun |
| parasomnie {f} [pathology] | :: parasomnia |
| parasport {m} | :: parasport |
| parasportif {adj} | :: parasport (attributive) |
| parassien {adj} | :: Of or from Parassy |
| Parassy {prop} | :: A commune in the Cher department of Centre |
| parastatal {adj} | :: parastatal |
| para surf des neiges {m} | :: alternate spelling of para-surf des neiges |
| para-surf des neiges {m} | :: parasnowboarding; a parasport, an adapted form of snowboarding for the disabled |
| parasurf des neiges {m} | :: alternate spelling of para-surf des neiges |
| parasurtenseur {m} | :: surge protector |
| parasympathicomimétique {adj} | :: parasympathomimetic |
| parasympathique {adj} | :: parasympathetic |
| parasympathomimétique {adj} | :: parasympathomimetic |
| parasynonyme {m} | :: parasynonym |
| parasynonymie {f} | :: parasynonymy |
| parasynthèse {f} | :: parasynthesis |
| parasynthétique {adj} | :: parasynthetic |
| Parat {prop} | :: surname |
| paraétatique {adj} | :: parastatal |
| parataxe {f} [grammar] | :: parataxis |
| paratexte {m} | :: paratext |
| paratextualité {f} | :: paratextuality |
| parathlète {mf} | :: parathlete; alternate form of para-athlète |
| parathormone {f} | :: parathyroid hormone |
| parathyroïde {f} | :: parathyroid |
| parathyroïdie {f} [anatomy] | :: parathyroid (gland) |
| parathyroïdien {adj} | :: parathyroid (attributive) |
| paratélique {adj} | :: paratelic |
| paratomie {f} [biology] | :: paratomy |
| paratomique {adj} [biology] | :: paratomic |
| paratonnerre {m} | :: lightning rod |
| paraître {v} | :: to appear (become visible) |
| paraître {v} [usually in passive] | :: to be published |
| paraître {v} | :: to appear, to seem |
| paraître {m} | :: appearance |
| paratuberculeux {adj} [biology] | :: paratuberculous |
| paratuberculose {f} | :: paratuberculosis |
| paratyphoïde {f} [pathology] | :: paratyphoid |
| parauk {m} | :: Parauk |
| paraussien {adj} | :: Of or from Saint-Louis-et-Parahou |
| Paraussien {m} | :: A native or inhabitant of Saint-Louis-et-Parahou |
| paravalanche {m} | :: snow fence |
| paravent {m} | :: folding screen |
| paraxonique {adj} | :: paraxonic |
| paraysien {adj} | :: Of or from Paray-Vieille-Poste |
| paraysien {adj} | :: Of or from Paray-le-Frésil |
| Paraysien {m} | :: Native or inhabitant of Paray-Vieille-Poste |
| Paraysien {m} | :: Native or inhabitant of Paray-le-Frésil |
| Paraysienne {f} | :: feminine singular of Paraysien |
| parazois {adj} | :: Of or from Paraza |
| parbleu {interj} [archaic] | :: by Jove; gadzooks |
| par bonheur {adv} | :: luckily, fortunately |
| parc {m} | :: park |
| parc {m} | :: playpen (for children) |
| parc {m} | :: pen (for animals) |
| parc {m} | :: (total) number; stock (de (of)) |
| parc aquatique {m} | :: water park, aquapark |
| parc aux petits {f} [Louisiana French, Cajun French] | :: a Cajun dancing room |
| parce {prep} | :: only used in parce que |
| parcellaire {adj} | :: Of or pertaining to parcels or plots (of land etc) |
| parcelle {f} | :: parcel (piece of land) |
| parcellisation {f} | :: fragmentation |
| parcellisation {f} | :: parcelling out |
| parcelliser {vt} | :: to parcel out |
| parce que {conj} | :: because |
| parceque {conj} [obsolete] | :: for parce que |
| parc fermé {m} | :: A park which is closed, or with restricted entry |
| parc fermé {m} [motor racing] | :: A secure car park where competing cars must be left, for example during rest periods, and where no maintenance, repairs, or enhancements may be carried out |
| par chance {adv} | :: luckily, fortunately |
| parchemin {m} | :: parchment (material) |
| parcheminé {adj} | :: wrinkled |
| parcheminé {adj} | :: papery |
| parcimonie {f} | :: parsimony (great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily) |
| parcimonieusement {adv} | :: parsimoniously |
| parcimonieux {adj} | :: parsimonious |
| par-ci, par-là {adv} | :: here and there |
| parcmètre {m} | :: parking meter |
| parcomètre {m} | :: parking meter |
| par conséquent {adv} | :: consequently; as a result |
| par conséquent {adv} | :: thus, ergo |
| par conséquent {adv} | :: accordingly |
| par contre {adv} [idiomatic] | :: on the other hand (from another point of view); however |
| par contumace {adv} | :: in absentia (while not present) |
| par à-coups {adv} | :: in fits and starts |
| parcourir {v} | :: to go through, to pass through |
| parcourir {v} | :: to read through, to skim |
| parcours {m} | :: route, course |
| parcours {m} | :: career |
| parcours {m} [historical] | :: a traditional roaming or grazing right |
| parcours {m} [golf] | :: round; course |
| parcours du combattant {m} | :: assault course, obstacle course |
| parcours du combattant {m} [figuratively] | :: painful and strenuous experience; hassle |
| parcouru {adj} | :: browsed, skimmed |
| par cœur {adv} | :: by heart, by rote |
| par-delà {prep} | :: beyond, across |
| pardessus {m} | :: overcoat (garment) |
| par-dessus {prep} | :: over (the top of) |
| par-dessus bord {adv} | :: overboard |
| par-dessus la jambe {adv} [colloquial] | :: slipshodly, slapdash, offhandedly, in an offhand manner, rushedly |
| par-dessus le marché {adv} [colloquial] | :: into the bargain, to boot, on top of that |
| pardi {interj} [dated] | :: (yes,) obviously! (yes,) for God's sake! (yes,) of course! |
| pardieu {interj} [dated] | :: by God |
| pardon {interj} | :: excuse me |
| pardon {interj} | :: sorry |
| pardon {m} | :: pardon, forgiveness |
| pardonnable {adj} | :: pardonable |
| pardonner {v} | :: to pardon, forgive |
| pardonner {vt} | :: to excuse |
| pare-balle {adj} | :: bulletproof |
| pare-brise {m} | :: windscreen (UK), windshield (US) |
| pare-choc {m} | :: bumper [UK], fender [US] |
| pare-chocs {m} | :: bumper [UK], fender [US] |
| pare-feu {m} | :: fireguard |
| pare-feu {m} | :: (in forest) firebreak |
| pare-feu {m} [computing, Internet] | :: firewall |
| pareil {adj} | :: such |
| pareil {adj} | :: like, alike, same |
| pareillement {adv} | :: likewise; in the same way; equally |
| pareillement {adv} | :: too; also |
| parement {m} [construction, clothing] | :: facing |
| parenchymateux {adj} [biology] | :: parenchymatous |
| parenchymateux {adj} [medicine] | :: parenchymal |
| parenchyme {m} | :: parenchyma |
| parent {m} | :: relative, relation, family member |
| parent {m} [Louisiana French, singular] | :: parent |
| parent {m} [in the plural] | :: ancestors |
| parent {m} [in the plural] | :: parents |
| parent {adj} | :: related |
| parent {adj} | :: similar |
| parenté {f} | :: kinship |
| Parent {prop} | :: surname |
| parental {adj} | :: parental |
| parentalité {f} | :: parenthood |
| parente {f} | :: feminine noun of parent |
| parenthèse {f} | :: a parenthesis, a digression |
| parenthèse {f} | :: either of a pair of round brackets |
| parentèle {f} | :: relative, relation |
| parentèle {f} | :: (collectively) kin, relatives |
| parentèle {f} | :: (biology, inheritance) parentela |
| parent pauvre {m} [with the definite article le] | :: poor relation |
| parentéral {adj} | :: parenteral |
| parentéralement {adv} | :: parenterally |
| parer {v} | :: to adorn; to bedeck |
| parer {v} | :: to fend off |
| parer {v} [fencing] | :: to parry |
| parer {vr} | :: to get dressed up (in one's finest clothes) |
| paresse {f} | :: laziness |
| paresser {vt} | :: to laze about; loaf |
| paresseusement {adv} | :: lazily |
| paresseusement {adv} | :: sluggishly |
| paresseux {adj} | :: lazy |
| paresseux {m} | :: lazy person; slacker |
| paresseux {m} | :: a sloth |
| par ex. {abbr} | :: par exemple |
| par excellence {adv} | :: by or in virtue of excellence |
| par exemple {adv} | :: for example, for instance |
| par exemple {adv} [Quebec] | :: on the other hand |
| parfaire {v} [literary] | :: to finish, to complete |
| parfaire {v} | :: to make a supplementary payment |
| parfait {adj} | :: perfect (exactly right) |
| parfait {m} [grammar] | :: perfect tense |
| parfaitement {adv} | :: perfectly |
| parfois {adv} | :: sometimes |
| parfum {m} | :: perfume (scented toiletry) |
| parfum {m} | :: scent, desirable smell |
| parfum {m} | :: flavour, aroma, taste (e.g., of ice cream) |
| parfumé {adj} | :: perfumed |
| parfumer {v} | :: to perfume (to apply a scent) |
| parfumerie {f} | :: perfumery (shop selling perfumes) |
| parfumerie {f} | :: perfumery (perfume products) |
| parfumerie {f} | :: perfume industry; the art of perfume |
| parfumeur {m} | :: perfumer (maker of perfumes) |
| parfumeur {m} | :: perfumer (someone who sells perfumes) |
| parfumeuse {f} | :: feminine singular of parfumeur |
| par hasard {adv} | :: at random, by chance |
| par hasard {adv} | :: by any chance |
| parhélie {f} | :: parhelion (bright spot in the sky due to refraction of the sun by ice crystals) |
| pari {m} | :: wager, bet |
| pari {m} | :: gamble, risk |
| paria {mf} | :: pariah |
| pariage {m} | :: A feudal association between a (typically ecclesiastical) lord and a more powerful one |
| par ici {adv} | :: over here, here (to this place) |
| par ici {adv} | :: around here |
| paréidolie {f} | :: pareidolia |
| paréidolien {adj} | :: pareidolic |
| parier {v} | :: to bet (make a guess about the outcome of an event) |
| parieur {m} | :: gambler |
| parieuse {f} | :: feminine noun of parieur |
| parigot {adj} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: Parisian |
| Parigot {m} [colloquial] | :: Parisian |
| Parigote {f} | :: feminine noun of Parigot |
| Paris {prop} {mf} {m} | :: Paris (in France) |
| Pariseau {prop} | :: surname |
| parisien {adj} | :: Parisian; relating to Paris or its inhabitants |
| Parisien {m} | :: Parisian (someone from Paris) |
| parisienne {f} [printing, dated] | :: A small size of type, standardized as 5 point |
| Parisienne {f} | :: Parisienne |
| parisis {adj} | :: As minted in Paris |
| Paris ne s'est pas fait en un jour {proverb} | :: Rome wasn't built in a day |
| Parisome {prop} {f} | :: The genus Parisoma: formerly one of the genera of warblers, in family Sylviidae, but now often taken to be a superspecies within genus Sylvia |
| Parisot {prop} | :: surname |
| parité {f} | :: equality, parity |
| paritaire {adj} | :: parity, equality (attributive) |
| paritaire {adj} | :: egalitarian |
| pariétaire {f} | :: pellitory, lichwort (Parietaria officinalis) |
| pariétal {adj} | :: parietal |
| pariétine {f} | :: parietin |
| pariétopleure {f} [anatomy] | :: synonym of somatopleure |
| Parizeau {prop} | :: surname |
| parjure {m} | :: forswearing, abjuration |
| parjure {m} | :: betrayal, disloyalty, treachery |
| parjure {m} | :: betrayer, traitor, disloyal person |
| parjurer {v} | :: to forswear, abjure |
| parker {vt} [Quebec] | :: to park (a vehicle) |
| parking {m} | :: car park |
| parkinsonien {adj} | :: parkinsonian, Parkinsonian |
| parkour {m} | :: Free running, parkour |
| par là {adv} | :: over there |
| par là {adv} | :: (by extension) by that, that way |
| parlé {adj} | :: colloquial |
| parlabilité {f} | :: speakability |
| parlable {adj} [of a person] | :: reasonable |
| parlant {adj} | :: telling, eloquent |
| parle à ma main {phrase} [colloquial] | :: talk to the hand |
| parlement {m} | :: parliament |
| parlementaire {adj} | :: parliamentary |
| parlementairement {adv} | :: parliamentarily |
| parlementarisme {m} | :: parliamentarism (parliamentary government) |
| parlementer {v} | :: to negotiate, discuss, argue things over |
| parler {vi} | :: To speak or talk |
| parler {vt} | :: to be able to communicate in a language; to speak |
| parler {v} [heraldry] | :: To cant; (of a coat of arms) to make a pun of its bearer's name |
| parler {m} | :: parlance |
| parler de la pluie et du beau temps {v} | :: to make small talk, to chit-chat |
| parler de soi-même {v} | :: to speak for oneself |
| parler de tout et de rien {v} | :: to make small talk, to chit-chat |
| parler français comme une vache espagnole {v} [simile, colloquial] | :: to speak French poorly |
| parler pour ne rien dire {v} | :: to talk for the sake of talking, to waffle |
| parles-tu anglais {phrase} [colloquial] | :: do you speak English? |
| parleur {adj} | :: talkative |
| parleur {m} | :: speaker (someone who speaks) |
| parleuse {f} | :: feminine noun of parleur |
| parlez-vous anglais {phrase} [formal] | :: do you speak English? |
| parélie {f} | :: alternative form of parhélie |
| parloir {m} | :: parlour (of house, covent) |
| parloir {m} | :: visitors' room (of hospital, school); visiting room (of prison) |
| parloir {m} | :: greenroom (in theatre etc.) |
| parloir aux bourgeois {m} [archaic] | :: guild-hall, town hall |
| parlote {f} | :: chitchat |
| parloteur {m} | :: chatterer |
| parloteuse {f} | :: feminine noun of parloteur |
| parlure {f} | :: parlance, turn of phrase |
| parme {m} | :: mauve (colour) |
| parme {m} | :: Parma ham, prosciutto |
| Parme {prop} | :: Parma, city in Italy |
| Parme {prop} | :: Parma, province of Italy |
| parmentier {m} | :: mashed potato |
| parmesan {adj} | :: Parmesan (from Parma) |
| par mégarde {adv} | :: inadvertently; accidentally; by mistake |
| parmi {prep} | :: among, amongst |
| parmi {prep} | :: amid, amidst |
| Parménas {prop} | :: Parmenas |
| Parménide {prop} {m} | :: Parmenides |
| par monts et par vaux {adv} [figuratively, colloquial] | :: up hill and down dale |
| Parnasse {prop} {m} | :: Parnassus (Greek mountain) |
| Parnasse {prop} {m} | :: Parnassianism, 19th century literary movement |
| parænese {f} | :: obsolete form of parénèse |
| parænetique {adj} | :: obsolete form of parénétique |
| parénèse {f} [religion] | :: Parenesis |
| parénétique {adj} | :: parenetic, parenetical |
| paro {adj} [slang] | :: neurotic |
| parodie {f} | :: parody |
| parodier {v} | :: to parody |
| parodique {adj} | :: parodic |
| parodiquement {adv} | :: parodically |
| parodonte {m} [anatomy] | :: periodontium |
| paroi {f} [anatomy, botany] | :: wall |
| paroi {f} | :: inner wall, inside surface (of receptacle etc.) |
| paroi {f} | :: side (of bathtub etc.) |
| paroisse {f} | :: parish |
| paroissial {adj} | :: parochial, [attributive] parish |
| paroissien {m} | :: parishioner |
| paroissienne {f} | :: feminine noun of paroissien |
| parole {f} | :: utterance, expression (a unit of discourse, firstly oral) |
| parole {f} | :: voice, spoken word |
| parole {f} [in the plural] | :: lyrics, words (of a song) |
| parole {f} | :: promise, word |
| parole {f} | :: floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly |
| Parole {prop} | :: Word |
| parole d'évangile {f} [figuratively] | :: gospel truth, gospel |
| parole d'Évangile {f} | :: alternative spelling of parole d'évangile |
| paroli {m} [game] | :: a double stake |
| parolier {m} | :: lyricist |
| parolière {f} | :: feminine noun of parolier |
| paronomase {f} | :: paronomasia |
| paronyme {f} | :: almost homonym |
| parotide {adj} | :: parotid |
| parotide {f} [anatomy] | :: parotid (gland) |
| parotidectomie {f} [surgery] | :: parotidectomy |
| parotidien {adj} [anatomy] | :: parotid |
| parotique {adj} [anatomy] | :: parotic |
| paroxysme {m} | :: height |
| paroxysme {m} | :: paroxysm |
| paroxystique {adj} | :: paroxysmal |
| parpaing {m} | :: perpend stone, through stone |
| parpaing {m} [metonymy] | :: breeze-block (building block) |
| parpaing {adj} | :: through (stone, ashlar) |
| par pitié {interj} | :: please, pray, for pity's sake, mercy, have mercy, for the love of God, for God's sake, I beg you |
| parquer {vt} | :: to pen, corral |
| parquer {vt} | :: to park |
| parquet {m} | :: parquet (floor) |
| parquet {m} [legal, with definite article] | :: the prosecution |
| parqueter {vt} | :: to lay a parquet floor |
| parrain {m} [religion] | :: godfather |
| parrain {m} | :: namer, christener (of a ship) |
| parrain {m} | :: sponsor, proposer; patron |
| parrainage {m} | :: patronage |
| parrainage {m} | :: sponsorship, promotion |
| parrainage {m} | :: christening, naming |
| parrainer {v} | :: to mentor |
| parrainer {v} | :: to sponsor |
| par rapport à {prep} | :: in relation to |
| par rapport à {prep} | :: compared to |
| parricide {m} | :: someone who commits parricide |
| parricide {m} | :: parricide, murder of one's close relative |
| parrilla {m} | :: grill, barbeque (equipment) |
| parsemable {adj} | :: sprinklable, scatterable |
| parsemer {vt} | :: to sprinkle, scatter, strew (de with) |
| parsemer {vt} | :: to be scattered or strewn over |
| parésie {f} | :: paresis (partial paralysis) |
| par suite de {conj} | :: as a result of, due to |
| part {f} | :: share |
| part {f} | :: portion, part |
| part {f} | :: proportion |
| part {m} | :: newborn |
| partagé {adj} | :: conflicted, undecided, unsure |
| partage {m} | :: sharing (act of sharing) |
| partager {v} | :: to share |
| partager {v} | :: to divide up |
| partager {v} | :: to divide |
| partager {v} | :: to share out |
| partageur {m} | :: sharer (one who shares, especially willingly) |
| partageuse {f} | :: feminine singular of partageur |
| partageux {m} | :: synonym of partageur |
| partance {f} | :: leaving |
| partant {m} | :: runner, starter [in a foot race or horse race] |
| partant {m} | :: a person who is leaving or departing |
| partant {adj} | :: leaving, ready to leave |
| partant {adj} [colloquial] | :: down, up for, game, keen, available |
| partant {conj} [archaic, literary] | :: consequently, therefore |
| part de marché {m} | :: market share |
| part du lion {f} | :: lion's share (a generous portion) |
| partenaire {mf} | :: partner |
| partenarial {adj} | :: associative, as a partner |
| partenariat {m} | :: partnership |
| par terre {adv} | :: on the ground |
| par terre {adj} | :: on the ground |
| parterre {m} | :: part of a garden that is divided into flowerbeds |
| parterre {m} | :: the part of a theater between the stalls and the rear |
| parterre {m} [by extension] | :: the members of a theater audience seated in the parterre |
| parterre {m} [by analogy] | :: an assembly or group of people |
| parthe {adj} | :: Parthian (relating to Parthia) |
| Parthie {prop} | :: Parthia |
| parthénogenèse {f} [biology] | :: parthenogenesis |
| parthénogénèse {f} | :: alternative form of parthénogenèse |
| parthénogénétique {adj} [biology] | :: parthenogenetic |
| parthénogénétiquement {adv} | :: parthenogenetically |
| parthénote {m} [biology] | :: parthenote |
| parti {adj} [heraldry] | :: divided into two equal parts vertically, per pale; said of an escutcheon |
| parti {m} [politics] | :: party |
| parti {m} | :: parti |
| parti {m} | :: course of action |
| partial {adj} | :: partial, biased |
| partialement {adv} | :: in a biased manner |
| partialité {f} | :: partiality, bias |
| participant {m} | :: participant |
| participante {f} | :: feminine noun of participant |
| participatif {adj} | :: participatory |
| participation {f} | :: participation |
| participationniste {mf} | :: participant |
| participativement {adv} | :: participatively |
| participe {m} | :: participle |
| participe passé {m} | :: past participle |
| participe présent {m} | :: present participle |
| participer {vi} | :: To participate (in = à) |
| participer {vi} | :: To donate (to = à) |
| participial {adj} | :: participial |
| participialement {adv} | :: participially |
| Parti conservateur {prop} [politics] | :: Conservative Party or Conservative party |
| particulaire {adj} | :: particulate |
| particulaire {adj} [physics] | :: particle (attributive) |
| particulariser {v} | :: To particularise |
| particularisme {m} | :: particularism; quirk |
| particulariste {m} | :: particularist |
| particularité {f} | :: oddity, particularity |
| particule {f} [particle, grammar] | :: particle |
| particule élémentaire {f} [particle] | :: elementary particle |
| particulier {adj} | :: particular |
| particulier {adj} | :: peculiar |
| particulier {m} | :: an individual; a specified person |
| particulièrement {adv} | :: particularly, specifically |
| particulièrement {adv} | :: especially |
| particulièrement {adv} | :: in particular |
| partidaire {adj} | :: partisan, party political |
| partie {f} | :: part (portion, amount) |
| partie {f} [legal] | :: party |
| partie {f} | :: game, play (sense "the conduct, or course of a game") |
| partie de jambes en l'air {f} [figuratively, colloquial] | :: horizontal dancing, a roll in the hay |
| partie de plaisir {f} [colloquial] | :: cake walk, piece of cake, bed of roses |
| partie du discours {f} | :: part of speech |
| partiel {adj} | :: partial (part, no full) |
| partiel {m} | :: overtone (harmonic) |
| partiel {m} [France, colloquial] | :: midterm exam |
| partiellement {adv} | :: partially, in part |
| parti politique {m} | :: political party (political organization) |
| parti pris {m} | :: alternative form of parti-pris |
| parti-pris {m} | :: bias |
| Parti Québécois {prop} [Canada, politics] | :: a separatist left-leaning Québec political party |
| partir {vt} [obsolete] | :: to share, to share out, to divide |
| partir {vi} | :: to go away, leave, depart |
| partir {vi} | :: to originate |
| partir {vi} | :: to die |
| partir {vi} [figuratively] | :: to emanate |
| partir {vt} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: to start |
| partir du mauvais pied {v} [idiomatic] | :: To start off on the wrong foot |
| partir en couille {vi} [vulgar] | :: to go awry, to hit the fan, to go to shit |
| partir en fumée {vi} [figuratively] | :: to go up in smoke |
| partir en sucette {vi} [colloquial] | :: to go awry, to hit the fan, to go pear-shaped |
| partir en vrille {vi} [colloquial] | :: to go awry, to hit the fan, to go pear-shaped |
| partir sans demander son reste {v} [figuratively] | :: to leave without further ado, to leave without a murmur, to take to one's heels |
| partisan {m} | :: supporter, proponent, advocate |
| partisan {adj} | :: partisan, partial |
| partisan {adj} | :: in favour of |
| partisane {f} | :: partisan (fervent supporter of a party) |
| partitif {adj} | :: partitive (indicating a part) |
| partitif {m} | :: partitive |
| partitif {m} | :: partitive case |
| partition {f} [heraldry] | :: a (geometrical) division using two colors |
| partition {f} [music] | :: a score, often comprising all parts |
| partition {f} [databases, computing] | :: partition |
| partitioniste {m} | :: alternative form of partitionniste |
| partitionnement {m} | :: the act of partitioning |
| partitionner {v} | :: to partition |
| partitionniste {m} [Canada, politics] | :: partitionist (a political partisan who favours the partition of the province of Quebec with the western, southern portions and Montreal forming a separate province or country from the rest of Quebec) |
| Parti vert {prop} {m} [politics] | :: Green Party |
| partouse {f} [slang] | :: orgy |
| par tous les temps {adv} | :: come rain or shine |
| partout {adv} | :: everywhere |
| partout ailleurs {adv} | :: everywhere else |
| partouze {f} | :: alternative form of partouse |
| parâtre {m} | :: stepfather, father-in-law (especially an evil one) |
| partschinite {f} [mineral] | :: spessartine |
| parturiente {f} | :: parturient |
| party {mf} [Canada] | :: party (social gathering) |
| paruline {f} | :: warbler (specifically, a wood-warbler, member of the Parulidae family) |
| parure {f} | :: parure |
| parure {f} | :: finery |
| parution {f} | :: apparition |
| parution {f} | :: creation |
| parution {f} | :: publication |
| parvenir {v} | :: (intransitive; followed by à) to reach |
| parvenir {v} | :: (intransitive; followed by à) to succeed |
| parvenu {adj} | :: parvenu |
| parvenu {m} | :: parvenu |
| parvis {m} [historical] | :: parvis |
| parvis {m} | :: forecourt, square |
| pas {m} | :: step, pace, footstep |
| pas {m} [geography] | :: strait (e.g., Pas de Calais, "Strait of Dover") |
| pas {adv} | :: [ne ... pas] not |
| pas {adv} [colloquial, spoken] | :: not |
| pascal {adj} | :: paschal |
| pascal {m} | :: pascal |
| Pascal {prop} | :: given name of Latin origin |
| Pascal {prop} | :: surname |
| Pascale {prop} | :: given name, feminine form of Pascal |
| pascalien {adj} | :: Pascalian |
| Pascaline {prop} | :: given name, feminine diminutive form of Pascal |
| pasdaran {m} | :: pasdaran |
| pas d'armes {m} | :: joust; tilt; tourney |
| pas de {prep} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: without |
| Pas de Calais {prop} | :: The English Channel or Strait of Dover, the North Sea strait between Dover (England) and Calais (France) |
| Pas-de-Calais {prop} | :: A département of northern France, bordering the North Sea and Belgium |
| pas de nouvelle, bonnes nouvelles {proverb} | :: no news is good news |
| pas de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles {proverb} | :: no news is good news |
| pas de problème {interj} | :: No problem! |
| pas de quoi {interj} [colloquial] | :: you're welcome (after being thanked) |
| pas des masses {adv} [colloquial] | :: not much |
| pas du tout {adv} | :: not at all, not in the least, by no means |
| pas du tout {interj} | :: not at all! |
| pas encore {adv} | :: not yet |
| pas encore {adv} | :: not again |
| pasionaria {f} | :: A female political activist, usually in a left-wing organization |
| pas japonais {m} | :: stepping stone (stone used to cross something) |
| pas le moins du monde {adv} | :: not in the least, not in the slightest, not at all, by no means |
| pas mal {adv} | :: not bad (reasonably good) |
| pas mal {adv} [idiomatic, colloquial] | :: a lot of, loads of |
| pas mal {adj} | :: not bad |
| paso doble {m} | :: paso doble (dance) |
| pas à pas {adv} | :: step by step (gradually) |
| pas question {interj} [colloquial] | :: no way (indicates rejection) |
| passé {m} | :: past tense |
| passé {m} | :: past (opposite of future) |
| passable {adj} | :: Passable; tolerable; fair |
| passablement {adv} | :: passably or reasonably well |
| passage {m} | :: The act of going through a place or event |
| passage {m} | :: The time when such an act occurs |
| passage {m} [uncountable] | :: Circulation, traffic, movement |
| passage {m} [astronomy] | :: Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian |
| passage {m} | :: A short stay |
| passage {m} | :: A trip or travel, especially by boat |
| passage {m} | :: The act of going from a state to another |
| passage {m} | :: Graduation from a school year |
| passage {m} | :: The act of making something undergo a process |
| passage {m} | :: the act of handing something to someone |
| passage {m} | :: An access way |
| passage {m} | :: A laid out way allowing to go across something |
| passage {m} | :: An alley or alleyway off-limits to cars |
| passage {m} | :: A paragraph or section of text or music |
| passage clouté {m} [European French] | :: Pedestrian crossing |
| passage à l'acte {m} [psychology] | :: Impulsive acting out |
| passage à niveau {m} | :: Level crossing |
| passage piéton {m} | :: pedestrian crossing |
| passager {m} | :: Passenger |
| passager {m} [archaic] | :: Traveller |
| passager {adj} | :: Whose presence in a location is only temporary; passing |
| passager {adj} | :: Of a short duration; temporary; transitory, fleeting, flighty |
| passager {adj} [colloquial, of a street or place] | :: Busy |
| passage à tabac {m} [idiomatic] | :: a thorough beating |
| passage à vide {m} | :: funny turn, bad patch, slump, dry spell |
| passagère {f} | :: feminine noun of passager |
| passagèrement {adv} | :: temporarily, transiently |
| passant {m} | :: passer-by |
| passant {m} | :: loop (in belt etc.) |
| passant {adj} | :: busy (as in a busy street) |
| passant {adj} [heraldry] | :: passant |
| passé antérieur {m} [grammar] | :: past anterior |
| passation {f} [legal] | :: handover (of legal documents), transferal (of power or office) |
| passation de pouvoir {f} | :: handover of power or office |
| passation de témoin {f} | :: handover |
| passé composé {m} | :: A past tense in French grammar, to express a completed ('perfect') action |
| passé de mode {adj} | :: antiquated, out of fashion, old-fashioned |
| passe {f} | :: pass (the act of passing) |
| passe {f} | :: pass (passageway) |
| passe {f} [sports] | :: pass |
| passe {f} | :: pass (document allowing entry) |
| passe décisive {f} [soccer] | :: assist |
| passe-droit {m} | :: (unwarranted) favour, favouritism |
| passe-droit {m} | :: permission |
| passe en avant {f} [rugby] | :: forward pass |
| passe-montagne {m} | :: balaclava |
| passe-plat {m} | :: hatch, opening for serving food |
| passeport {m} | :: passport (official document) |
| passer {v} | :: to go past |
| passer {v} | :: to cross (a border) |
| passer {v} [legal] | :: to pass |
| passer {v} | :: to spend (time) |
| passer {v} | :: to publish (a newspaper) |
| passer {vt} | :: to take, to sit (an exam or test) |
| passer {vi} | :: to pass (an exam or test) |
| passer {vt} [dated] | :: to pass (an exam or test) |
| passer {v} [public transportation] | :: to run |
| passer {v} | :: to exceed (a limit) |
| passer {v} | :: to percolate |
| passer {v} | :: to hand down, to pass on |
| passer {v} | :: to be allowed |
| passer {vi} | :: to pass, to go (between two entities) |
| passer {vt} | :: to show (a movie) |
| passer {v} | :: to go up (a grade) |
| passer {v} | :: to shift (change gear) |
| passer {v} | :: to go down |
| passer {v} | :: to go up |
| passer {v} | :: to stop by, to pop in |
| passer {v} | :: to pass away, to die |
| passer {v} [music] | :: to spin (e.g. a disk) |
| passer {v} [TV] | :: to show (be on television) |
| passer {v} [sports] | :: to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player) |
| passer {v} [athletics] | :: to pass (the relay baton) |
| passer {v} | :: to pass on (infect someone else with a disease) |
| passer {vt} | :: to put, to place, to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else) |
| passer {v} | :: to wipe, rub |
| passer {v} | :: to skip a go |
| passer {v} | :: to put (make something undergo something) |
| passer {v} [card games] | :: to pass (not play upon one's turn) |
| passer {vr} | :: to take place, to happen, to come to pass |
| passer {vr} [for time] | :: to go by |
| passer {vr} [with de] | :: to do without |
| passerage {f} | :: cress (of genus Lepidium) |
| passer au crible {vt} | :: to comb through, to comb over, to fine-tooth comb |
| passer au peigne fin {vt} | :: to comb through, to comb over, to fine-tooth comb, to trawl |
| passer à autre chose {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to turn over a new leaf, to move on |
| passer comme une lettre à la poste {v} [colloquial, simile] | :: To go very well, without a hitch; to hit the spot, to be just the thing |
| passer crème {v} [slang] | :: To go very well, without a hitch; to hit the spot, to be just the thing |
| passer de vie à trépas {v} [idiomatic] | :: to pass away, to die |
| passereau {m} | :: sparrow |
| passereau {m} | :: passerine |
| passerelle {f} | :: footbridge |
| passerelle {f} [nautical] | :: bridge |
| passerelle {f} [aviation, nautical] | :: gangway, bridge |
| passerelle {f} [computing] | :: gateway |
| passer entre les mailles du filet {v} [figuratively] | :: to slip through the cracks, to fall through the cracks, to slip through the net |
| passerillage {m} | :: The exposure of cut bunches of grapes to the sun in order to increase the concentration of sugar prior to winemaking |
| passeriller {vt} [oenology] | :: to dry bunches of grapes by exposing them to the sun prior to winemaking |
| passer à l'acte {v} | :: to take action, to act |
| passer à l'acte {vi} | :: to act out |
| passer à la moulinette {v} [idiomatic] | :: to rip to shreds (mock severely) |
| passer l'arme à gauche {v} [colloquial] | :: to kick the bucket, to die |
| passer l'aspirateur {v} | :: to vacuum, to hoover |
| passer le Rubicon {v} [idiomatic] | :: to cross the Rubicon |
| passer les bornes {v} [rare] | :: alternative form of dépasser les bornes |
| passer outre {v} | :: to overlook |
| passer outre {v} | :: to ignore |
| passer outre {v} | :: to carry on regardless |
| passer par les armes {vt} | :: To execute by firing squad |
| passer par les mains {v} | :: to pass through the hands (of) |
| passer ses nerfs sur {v} [figuratively, colloquial] | :: to take it out on, to vent one's spleen on |
| passer sous le nez {v} [à] | :: [colloquial] to slip through someone's fingers, to slip past someone, to pass by someone (of an occasion, opportunity, etc.) |
| passer sur le billard {phrase} [literally] | :: To get passed on the operating table |
| passer sur le billard {phrase} [idiomatic] | :: To undergo a surgical procedure; To go under the knife |
| passer à tabac {v} | :: to beat thoroughly |
| passer un savon {v} [followed by the preposition à] | :: to tell off, to haul someone over the coals |
| passe-temps {m} | :: hobby; pastime |
| passe-thé {m} | :: tea strainer, tea infuser |
| passette {f} | :: strainer |
| passeur {m} [sports] | :: passer |
| passeur {m} | :: ferryman |
| passeur {m} | :: smuggler; (drugs) courier |
| passeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of passeur |
| passez-moi l'expression {adv} | :: pardon my French, excuse my French |
| passibilité {f} | :: liability |
| passible {adj} | :: punishable (appropriate for punishment) |
| passif {m} [grammar] | :: the passive voice |
| passif {adj} | :: passive |
| passing {m} | :: [juggling] passing |
| passion {f} [countable and uncountable] | :: passion |
| passionné {adj} | :: passionate, impassioned |
| passionnant {adj} | :: evoking passion or enthusiasm |
| passionnel {adj} | :: passionate |
| passionnel {adj} | :: passion (attributive) |
| passionnellement {adv} | :: passionately |
| passionner {v} | :: to impassionate, to motivate |
| passionner {vr} | :: [pour] to take an avid interest in |
| passionnément {adv} | :: passionately |
| passéisme {m} | :: passeism (nostalgia for the past) |
| passéiste {adj} | :: passéist, backward-looking |
| passivement {adv} | :: passively |
| passiver {vt} [grammar] | :: to make passive |
| passiver {vt} [chemistry] | :: to passivate |
| passivité {f} | :: passivity, passiveness |
| passoire {f} | :: sieve |
| passoire {f} | :: colander |
| Passot {prop} | :: surname |
| passé simple {m} | :: the past historic |
| passé surcomposé {m} [grammar] | :: A past tense using two auxiliary verbs to conjugate |
| Passy {prop} | :: A district of Paris |
| pastafarisme {m} | :: Pastafarianism |
| pastaga {m} [slang] | :: pastis |
| pastel {m} | :: pastel |
| pastelliste {mf} | :: pastellist |
| pastenade {f} | :: synonym of panais |
| pastenague {f} | :: stingray |
| pasteur {m} | :: shepherd |
| pasteur {m} | :: pastor, a title of Protestant ministers |
| Pasteur {prop} | :: surname |
| Pasteur {prop} | :: Louis Pasteur, French biologist |
| pasteuriser {v} | :: to pasteurise |
| pasticher {v} | :: to imitate, pastiche |
| pastillage {m} | :: The mounting of components on a printed circuit board |
| pastillage {m} | :: An ornament (such as a flower) mounted on a ceramic |
| pastille {f} [archaic] | :: small roll of dough containing fragrant ingredients baked in order to perfume the air |
| pastille {f} | :: pastille, lozenge, drop (medicinal or candy) |
| pastille {f} | :: lozenge-shaped figure in a design |
| pastille {f} | :: The conductive part of a printed circuit board that components are fixed to |
| pastis {m} | :: pastis |
| pastis {m} [South East of France] | :: mess, difficult situation |
| pastophore {m} [historical] | :: pastophorus |
| pastoral {adj} | :: pastoral |
| pastoralement {adv} | :: pastorally |
| pastoralisme {m} | :: pastoralism |
| pastoraliste {adj} | :: pastoralist |
| pas touche {interj} [colloquial] | :: hands off! paws off! mitts off! |
| pastourelle {f} | :: feminine noun of pastoureau |
| pastèque {f} | :: watermelon (plant) |
| pastèque {f} | :: watermelon (fruit) |
| pastrami {m} | :: pastrami |
| pas trop tôt {interj} [colloquial] | :: about time! |
| pat {m} [chess] | :: stalemate |
| PAT {prop} {f} [Quebec] | :: PAT ; Pointe-aux-Trembles - a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada |
| patache {f} | :: patache (carriage) |
| patachon {m} [historical] | :: coach driver (driver of a patache) |
| patagon {adj} | :: Patagonian |
| Patagonie {prop} {f} | :: Patagonia |
| pataphysicien {m} | :: pataphysician |
| pataphysicienne {f} | :: feminine noun of pataphysicien |
| pataphysique {f} [literature, humorously] | :: pataphysics (absurdist philosophy) |
| pataquès {m} | :: intrusive s, intrusive t (a type of speech error whereby a word-final /t/ or /s/ is pronounced for euphony, though it is not part of the word's spelling) |
| pataquès {m} | :: malapropism |
| pataquès {m} [colloquial] | :: jumble, muddle |
| Patara {prop} | :: Patara (ancient city in Lycia) |
| pataras {m} [nautical] | :: backstay |
| patassa {m} [Louisiana French, ] | :: perch |
| patate {f} [chiefly Canada, Louisiana French] | :: potato |
| patate douce {f} | :: sweet potato |
| pataterie {f} [Louisiana French, ] | :: a restaurant that specializes in serving french fries |
| patates pilées {fp} | :: mashed potatoes |
| patatoïdal {adj} | :: Having the lumpy, spherical form of a potato |
| patatoïde {m} | :: Any lumpy, spherical object more-or-less having the form of a potato |
| patatras {interj} | :: kerplunk |
| pataud {adj} | :: lumbering, lumpish |
| pataugeant {adj} | :: wading, paddling |
| pataugeoire {f} | :: wading pool |
| patauger {v} | :: to paddle, to wade (to walk in shallow water), to splash about |
| patch {f} [computing] | :: patch (piece of code used to fix a bug) |
| patchouli {m} | :: patchouli (plant) |
| patchouli {m} | :: patchouli (oil) |
| patchoulène {m} [organic compound] | :: patchoulene |
| patchwork {m} | :: patchwork |
| patelin {m} | :: backwater |
| patelin {m} | :: one-horse town |
| patelin {adj} | :: fawning; unctuous |
| patelle {f} | :: limpet |
| patemment {adv} [archaic or literary] | :: patently |
| Patenaude {prop} | :: surname |
| patenté {adj} | :: patented |
| patenté {adj} | :: licensed |
| patenôtre {f} [obsolete, religion] | :: the Lord's prayer |
| paternalisme {m} | :: A paternalism |
| paternaliste {adj} | :: paternalist |
| paternel {adj} | :: paternal |
| paternellement {adv} | :: paternally |
| paternité {f} | :: fatherhood |
| paternité {f} | :: authorship |
| pateter {v} [Switzerland] | :: to dawdle |
| -pathe {suffix} | :: -path |
| -pathie {suffix} | :: -pathy |
| pathogène {adj} | :: pathogenic |
| pathogénie {f} | :: pathogeny |
| pathogénique {adj} [medicine] | :: pathogenic |
| pathogénèse {f} | :: pathogenesis |
| pathologie {f} | :: pathology |
| pathologique {adj} | :: pathological; pathologic |
| pathologiquement {adv} | :: pathologically |
| pathologiste {mf} | :: pathologist (expert in pathology) |
| pathétique {adj} | :: pathetic |
| pathétique {adj} | :: pathetic, contemptible |
| pathétiquement {adv} | :: pathetically |
| patibulaire {adj} | :: sinister |
| patidar {m} | :: Patidar |
| patiemment {adv} | :: patiently |
| patience {f} | :: Patience |
| patient {adj} | :: patient |
| patient {m} | :: a patient, an outpatient |
| patiente {f} | :: feminine singular of patient |
| patienter {v} | :: to be patient |
| patienter {v} | :: to wait patiently |
| patientèle {f} [neologism] | :: all the patients of a medical practitioner; patient base, body of patients |
| patin {m} | :: slipper |
| patin {m} | :: skate; blade; runner |
| patin {m} [mechanics] | :: brake shoe; brake pad |
| patin {m} [slang] | :: French kiss |
| patinage {m} | :: skating |
| patinage {m} | :: ice-skating |
| patinage {m} | :: roller skating |
| patinage {m} | :: loss of traction (of a motor vehicle) |
| patinage artistique {m} | :: figure skating |
| patinage de vitesse {m} | :: speed skating (the sport of racing around an oval course on ice skates) |
| patinage à glace {m} | :: ice skating |
| patinage à roues alignées {m} | :: in-line skating |
| patinage à roulettes {m} | :: rollerskating |
| patinage synchronisé {m} | :: synchronized skating [US] / synchronised skating [UK] |
| patine {f} | :: patina, an oxidation like on bronze or similar effect |
| patiner {vi} | :: to ice-skate |
| patiner {vt} | :: to falter |
| patineur {m} | :: skater |
| patineuse {f} | :: feminine noun of patineur |
| patin à glace {m} [uncountable] | :: ice skating |
| patin à glace {m} [countable] | :: ice skate |
| patinoire {f} | :: skating rink |
| patin à quatre roues {m} | :: old-style four-wheel rollerskate |
| patin à roues alignées {m} | :: inline skate (inline rollerskate) |
| patin à roulettes {m} | :: roller skate |
| patin à roulettes quatre roues {m} | :: old-style four-wheel rollerskate |
| patio {m} | :: patio |
| patisserie {f} [Canada] | :: cake shop |
| patisserie {f} [Canada] | :: the pastries produced by a patissier |
| patissoie {f} | :: Variant of pâtissoie |
| Patmos {prop} | :: Patmos (island of Greece) |
| patène {f} | :: paten, diskos |
| patois {m} | :: patois (French dialect) |
| patois {m} | :: patois (any regional dialect) |
| patois {m} [Louisiana French] | :: saying, maxim, proverb, adage |
| patoisant {adj} | :: Characteristic of a patois |
| patoisant {adj} | :: Speaking in a patois |
| patoisement {adv} | :: (speaking) in a patois |
| patoisement {m} | :: The formation of a patois |
| patoiser {vi} | :: to speak in patois |
| patou {m} | :: Pyrenean mountain dog |
| patouner {v} | :: Of cats: to knead with the paws |
| patraque {adj} | :: out of sorts, under the weather |
| paître {vi} | :: to graze |
| patère {f} [archaeology] | :: patera |
| patère {f} | :: peg (a protrusion used to hang things on) |
| patriarcal {adj} | :: patriarchal |
| patriarcalement {adv} | :: patriarchally |
| patriarcat {m} | :: patriarchate |
| patriarche {m} | :: patriarch |
| patrice {m} [antiquity] | :: patrician |
| Patrice {prop} {m} | :: given name, French form of Patrick |
| Patricia {prop} | :: given name |
| patriciat {m} | :: patriciate |
| patricien {adj} | :: patrician |
| patricien {m} [historical] | :: patrician |
| Patrick {prop} | :: given name, the English form of Patrice, quite popular in France |
| patrie {f} | :: homeland, home country, country of origin, fatherland |
| patrilatéral {adj} | :: patrilateral |
| patrilatéralement {adv} | :: patrilaterally |
| patrimoine {m} | :: patrimony, estate |
| patrimoine {m} | :: heritage |
| patrimoine {m} | :: capital, holdings |
| patrimonial {adj} | :: patrimonial |
| patrimonialement {adv} | :: patrimonially |
| patriotard {adj} | :: Excessively nationalistic; flag-waving; chauvinistic |
| patriote {mf} | :: patriot |
| patriote {adj} | :: patriotic |
| Patriote {m} [Canada] | :: Patriote (Lower Canada Rebellion) |
| Patriote {m} [Canada] | :: Patriot (Upper Canada Rebellion) |
| patriotique {adj} | :: patriotic |
| patriotiquement {adv} | :: patriotically |
| patriotisme {m} | :: patriotism |
| Patrocle {prop} {m} [Greek mythology] | :: Patroclus |
| patron {m} | :: boss, employer |
| patron {m} [sewing and knitting] | :: pattern |
| patronage {m} | :: Patronage |
| patronal {adj} [attributive] | :: saint |
| patronal {adj} [attributive] | :: relating to an employer |
| patronat {m} | :: management |
| patronne {f} | :: (female) owner |
| patronne {f} | :: madame (of a brothel) |
| patronner {vt} | :: to sponsor |
| patronnesse {adj} | :: only used in dame patronesse |
| patronyme {m} | :: surname; patronym |
| patronymique {adj} | :: patronymic |
| patrouille {f} | :: patrol |
| patrouiller {vi} | :: to patrol |
| patrouilleur {m} | :: soldier on patrol |
| patrouilleur {m} | :: patrol boat |
| patrouilleur {m} | :: spotter plane |
| patté {adj} [heraldry] | :: (in feminine form) Narrow at the inner end, and very broad at the other end, or having its arms of that shape; said of a cross |
| patte {f} | :: paw [of animal] |
| patte {f} | :: leg [of animal] |
| patte {f} [anatomy, colloquial] | :: leg [of human] |
| patte-d’oie {f} | :: A point where a road splits into one or more other roads, or many roads join into one |
| patte-d’oie {f} | :: crow's feet (wrinkles at the corners of the eye) |
| pattemouille {f} | :: damp cloth used in ironing |
| pattes d'eph {fp} [colloquial] | :: clipping of pattes d'éléphant |
| pattes d'éléphant {fp} | :: bell-bottoms |
| paturon {m} | :: pastern |
| pauchouse {f} | :: A dish of freshwater fish cut into pieces and cooked in white wine |
| Paul {prop} | :: Paul (biblical figure) |
| Paul {prop} | :: given name |
| Paule {prop} | :: given name, feminine form of Paul |
| Paulette {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| paulien {adj} [legal, of an action] | :: taken against a fraudulent debtor |
| Paulin {prop} | :: given name, rare today |
| Paulin {prop} | :: surname |
| Pauline {prop} {f} | :: given name derived from Latin Paulina |
| pauliste {adj} [religion] | :: Paulist (specifically a member of a missionary society founded in New York in 1885) |
| pauliste {adj} | :: of or relating to São Paulo, Brazil |
| Pauliste {mf} | :: A person residing in São Paulo, Brazil |
| paullinique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: paullinic |
| paumé {adj} | :: lost |
| paumé {adj} | :: out of one's depth |
| paumé {adj} | :: godforsaken |
| paume {f} | :: palm (of hand) |
| paumer {v} [obsolete] | :: to strike, hit |
| paumer {v} [colloquial] | :: to lose |
| paupiette {f} | :: paupiette, (veal) olive |
| paupière {f} | :: eyelid |
| paupérisation {f} | :: pauperization |
| paupériser {vt} | :: to pauperize |
| paupérisme {m} | :: pauperism |
| paurométabole {m} | :: paurometabole |
| paurométabole {adj} | :: paurometabolous |
| pause {f} | :: pause, break |
| pause {f} [music] | :: rest |
| -pause {suffix} | :: -pause |
| pause-café {f} | :: coffee break |
| pause-déjeuner {f} | :: lunchbreak |
| pause thé {f} | :: tea break |
| pauvre {adj} | :: poor (financially deprived) |
| pauvre {adj} | :: lacking, scanty |
| pauvre {adj} | :: poor, pitiable |
| pauvre {m} | :: poor person; pauper |
| pauvre comme Job {adj} [simile] | :: extremely poor; poor as a church mouse |
| pauvrement {adv} | :: poorly |
| pauvresse {f} | :: feminine singular of pauvre |
| pauvreté {f} | :: poverty |
| pauvret {m} | :: Poor little thing (term of commiseration) |
| pauvrette {f} | :: Poor little thing (term of commiseration) |
| pauvrissime {adj} | :: Very poor |
| pavé {m} | :: cobblestone |
| pavé {m} | :: cobblestone street |
| pavé {m} [geometry] | :: parallelepiped |
| pavé {m} | :: pavé (rectangular food) |
| pavé {m} [colloquial] | :: a thick book |
| pavage {m} | :: paving (paved surface, art of constructing such a surface) |
| pavane {mf} | :: pavane |
| pavaner {vr} | :: to strut one's stuff |
| Pavard {prop} | :: surname |
| pavement {m} | :: paving |
| pavement {m} | :: tiled floor |
| paver {v} | :: to cobble, to pave with cobblestones or something similar |
| paver {v} [Canada, Quebec] | :: to pave in any sense (including with asphalt, etc.) |
| pavesan {adj} | :: Of or from Pavia (in Italy) |
| pavesan {adj} | :: Of or from Pavie (in the Midi-Pyrénées) |
| paveur {m} | :: paver |
| paveur {m} | :: paving company |
| Pavie {prop} {f} | :: Pavia |
| Pavie {prop} {f} | :: A town in the Gers department of Midi-Pyrénées |
| pavillon {m} | :: pavilion (tent, structure, ear part) |
| pavillon {m} | :: ensign, flag (nautical flag) |
| pavillon {m} | :: house, villa, lodge |
| pavillon {m} [music] | :: bell (part of brass instrument) |
| pavillon {m} [heraldry] | :: pavilion |
| pavillon {m} [nautical] | :: colours |
| pavillonnaire {adj} | :: pavilioned |
| pavillon noir {m} | :: Jolly Roger (skull flag) |
| pavlovien {adj} | :: Pavlovian (of or relating to the theories of Ivan Pavlov) |
| pavois {m} | :: buckler, shield |
| pavois {m} [nautical] | :: bulwark |
| pavoisement {m} [nautical] | :: bunting |
| pavoiser {vt} | :: to deck with flags |
| pavot {m} | :: poppy (the flower) |
| pavé tactile {m} | :: touchpad (flat surface which is sensitive to touch) |
| pawnee {m} | :: the Pawnee language |
| paxon {m} | :: alternative form of pacson |
| payant {adj} | :: paying, which pays |
| payant {adj} | :: not free, not free of charge, nonfree, that costs money, that charges money, paid (as in paid service) |
| payant {adj} | :: fruitful, that pays off |
| paye {f} | :: salary, pay |
| paye {f} | :: payment |
| paye {f} [dated] | :: payer, someone who pays |
| paye {f} [colloquial] | :: ages, a long time |
| payement {m} | :: alternative spelling of paiement |
| payer {vt} | :: to pay (for) |
| payer {vt} | :: to pay (someone) |
| payer {v} | :: pay for (suffer the consequences of something) |
| payer {v} | :: to pay off (to be fruitful) |
| payer cher {v} [colloquial] | :: to pay dearly |
| payer de sa poche {v} [figuratively] | :: to pay out of one's own pocket |
| payer les pots cassés {v} | :: to pay the piper, to pay the price, to pay the penalty, to be left to pick up the pieces, to be left holding the baby |
| Payet {prop} | :: surname |
| Payette {prop} | :: surname |
| payeur {m} | :: payer (someone who pays) |
| payeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of payeur |
| pays {m} | :: land, country, region |
| pays {m} [politics, geography] | :: country |
| paysage {m} | :: countryside |
| paysage {m} | :: landscape |
| paysager {adj} [attributive] | :: landscape |
| paysager {adj} [attributive] | :: countryside; country |
| paysager {v} | :: to do landscaping; to landscape |
| paysagiste {mf} | :: a land artist |
| paysagiste {mf} | :: a landscape designer, a landscape gardener |
| paysagiste {mf} | :: an artist who specialises in painting the country |
| paysan {m} | :: a peasant |
| paysan {m} | :: someone who lives in the country; ruralite |
| paysan {m} [pejorative] | :: a country bumpkin |
| paysannat {m} | :: peasantry |
| paysanne {f} | :: feminine noun of paysan |
| paysannerie {f} | :: peasantry |
| Pays-Bas {prop} {mp} | :: the Netherlands |
| Pays de Galles {prop} {m} | :: Wales |
| Pays de la Loire {prop} {fp} | :: Pays de la Loire (region of France) |
| pays d'état {m} [historical] | :: pays d'état |
| pays du Soleil Levant {prop} {m} [periphrasis] | :: the Land of the Rising Sun (Japan) |
| pays du Soleil-Levant {prop} {m} | :: alternative spelling of pays du Soleil Levant |
| pays développé {m} [economics] | :: developed country |
| pays en voie de développement {m} [economics] | :: developing country |
| pb {n} [colloquial] | :: Problem |
| pébioctet {m} | :: pebibyte |
| pébrine {f} | :: pébrine |
| pébroc {m} [colloquial, France] | :: umbrella |
| pébroque {m} [colloquial, France] | :: umbrella |
| PC {abbr} [journalism, in Canada] | :: CP initialism of Presse canadienne (Canadian Press) |
| pécari {m} | :: peccary (a family of mammals related to pigs and hippos) |
| PCC {initialism} [initialism] | :: [Canada, politics] Parti conservateur du Canada - Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) |
| péché {m} [religion] | :: sin |
| péché {m} | :: sin |
| péché capital {m} [theology] | :: deadly sin (any of the seven deadly sins) |
| pêche {f} [countable] | :: peach |
| pêche {f} [uncountable] | :: fishing, angling |
| pêche blanche {f} | :: ice fishing |
| pêche à la mouche {f} | :: fly fishing (form of angling) |
| pêcher {v} | :: to fish |
| pêcher {m} | :: peach tree |
| pécher {v} | :: to sin |
| pécheresse {f} | :: feminine noun of pécheur; sinner |
| pêcherie {f} | :: fishery |
| pêche sous la glace {f} | :: ice fishing |
| pêche sur glace {f} | :: ice fishing |
| pécheur {adj} | :: sinning; sinful |
| pécheur {m} | :: sinner |
| pêcheur {m} | :: fisher |
| pêcheuse {f} | :: feminine noun of pêcheur |
| péché mignon {m} | :: guilty pleasure, little weakness, little indulgence |
| pécho {v} [slang, backslang] | :: to nab, catch |
| pécho {v} [slang] | :: to hook up with, get off with |
| péché originel {m} [Christianity] | :: original sin (the state of sin, present in each human at birth, that is a direct result of Adam's disobedience to God) |
| pôchouse {f} | :: alternative form of pauchouse |
| péché philosophique {m} | :: sexual deviancy; sodomy |
| pécore {f} | :: a small farm animal (not necessarily a sheep) |
| pécore {mf} | :: blockhead (stupid person) |
| pécore {mf} | :: peasant |
| péculat {m} | :: peculation |
| péculativement {adv} | :: peculatively |
| pécule {m} | :: savings, nest egg |
| pécuniaire {adj} | :: pecuniary, financial |
| pécuniairement {adv} | :: financially, pecuniarily |
| PCUS {prop} {mf} [history, politics] | :: CPSU (initialism of Partie Communiste de la Union Soviétique) |
| PCV {initialism} | :: (paiement contre vérification) reverse charge call (UK), collect call (US) |
| pédé {m} [vulgar, offensive, pejorative, slang] | :: fag; queer (male homosexual) |
| PD {m} [vulgar, offensive] | :: fag; queer (male homosexual) |
| pédagogie {f} | :: pedagogy; education |
| pédagogie {f} | :: learning |
| pédagogique {adj} | :: pedagogic, pedagogical |
| pédagogique {adj} | :: educational |
| pédagogique {adj} | :: instructional |
| pædagogique {adj} | :: obsolete form of pédagogique |
| pédagogiquement {adv} | :: pedagogically |
| pædagogue {mf} | :: obsolete form of pédagogue |
| pédagogue {mf} | :: pedagogue; educator |
| pédagogue {mf} | :: teacher |
| pédal {adj} [anatomy] | :: pedal |
| pédalage {m} | :: the action or the result of pedalling |
| pédale {f} | :: pedal (of bicycle) |
| pédale {f} [music] | :: pedal (of piano, organ etc.) |
| pédale {f} [offensive] | :: queer, homo (homosexual man) |
| pédaler {v} | :: to pedal (a bicycle) |
| pédale wha wha {f} | :: wah-wah pedal |
| pédalier {m} | :: pedalboard |
| pédalier {m} [cycling] | :: chainset, crankset |
| pédalo {m} [watercraft] | :: pedalo |
| pédant {m} [obsolete] | :: schoolmaster |
| pédant {m} | :: pedant; pretentious person |
| pédant {adj} | :: pedantic |
| pédanterie {f} | :: pedantry |
| pédantesque {adj} | :: pedantic |
| pédantesquement {adv} | :: pedantically |
| pédantisme {m} | :: pedantry |
| pédantisme {m} | :: pretentiousness |
| pæderastie {f} | :: obsolete form of pédérastie |
| pédestre {adj} | :: walking (of e.g. an animal, that moves by walking) |
| pédestre {adj} [of a artpiece] | :: representing someone walking |
| pédestre {adj} | :: pedestrian (simple) |
| pédestre {adj} [of an activity] | :: walking, involving walking, on foot |
| pédestrement {adv} | :: pedestrianly |
| PDG {mf} | :: CEO [US, Canada] (chief executive officier) or MD [UK] (managing director) or president - initialism of président directeur général {m} or présidente directrice générale {f} |
| pédiatre {mf} | :: pediatrician (physician who specialises in pediatrics) |
| pédiatrie {f} | :: pediatrics |
| pædiatrie {f} | :: obsolete form of pédiatrie |
| pédiatrique {adj} | :: pediatric |
| pédicelle {f} | :: pedicel |
| pédicule {m} [anatomy] | :: pedicel |
| pédiculose {f} [pathology] | :: pediculosis |
| pédicure {mf} | :: chiropodist, podiatrist |
| pédieux {adj} [anatomy] | :: pedal |
| pédigrée {f} | :: pedigree |
| pédiluve {m} | :: footbath |
| pédipalpe {f} | :: pedipalp |
| pédocriminel {m} | :: A criminal pedophile |
| pédocriminelle {f} | :: feminine singular of pédocriminel |
| pédofaune {f} | :: pedofauna (soil fauna) |
| pédogenèse {f} [biology, geology] | :: pedogenesis |
| pédogéochimique {adj} | :: pedogeochemical |
| pédogéologique {adj} [geology] | :: pedogeological |
| pédologie {f} | :: pedology |
| pédologique {adj} | :: pedologic, pedological |
| pédologiquement {adv} | :: pedologically |
| pédonculé {adj} | :: pedunculate |
| pédoncule {m} [anatomy, zoology] | :: peduncle |
| pédoncule caudal {m} | :: caudal peduncle |
| pédophile {adj} | :: pedophiliac |
| pédophile {mf} | :: pedophile, paedophile |
| pédophilie {f} | :: pedophilia |
| pédopornographie {f} | :: child pornography |
| pédopsychiatre {mf} | :: child psychiatrist |
| PdP {f} [France, meteorology] | :: POP (probability of precipitation) abbreviation of probabilité de précipitation |
| PDP {f} [Canada, meteorology] | :: POP (probability of precipitation) abbreviation of probabilité de précipitations |
| PDQ {m} | :: abbreviation of poste de quartier |
| pédéraste {m} | :: pederast |
| pédéraste {m} [archaic] | :: homosexual |
| pédérastie {f} | :: pederasty |
| pédérastique {adj} | :: pederastic |
| PDS {m} | :: SRP initialism of prix de détail suggéré |
| PDSC {m} | :: MSRP initialism of prix de détail suggéré du constructeur |
| PDSF {m} | :: MSRP initialism of prix de détail suggéré par le fabricant |
| pdt {f} | :: abbreviation of pomme de terre |
| PDT {f} | :: abbreviation of pomme de terre |
| peacekeeper {m} [Canada, law enforcement] | :: peacekeeper [peace officer from an aboriginal Canadian community] |
| pearcéite {m} [mineral] | :: pearceite |
| peau {f} | :: skin of a person or animal |
| peau {f} | :: hide, fur |
| peau {f} | :: skin (protective outer layer of a plant or fruit) |
| peau {f} | :: pellicule formed on top of certain prepared foods |
| peau de vache {f} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: battle axe, cat, nasty piece of work |
| peaufinage {m} | :: fine-tuning |
| peaufinement {m} | :: fine-tuning |
| peaufiner {v} | :: to fine-tune |
| peau-rouge {m} | :: Red Indian |
| peau-rouge {adj} | :: Amerindian |
| PEB {acronym} [acronym] | :: [library science] a system enabling a library to borrow a document from another library to make it available for a registered reader |
| pec {m} [colloquial, plural only] | :: pec (pectoralis major muscle) |
| peccadille {f} | :: peccadillo (small sin or error) |
| Pecheur {prop} | :: surname |
| pectique {adj} | :: pectic |
| pectocellulosique {adj} | :: pectocellulosic |
| pectolytique {adj} [biochemistry] | :: pectolytic |
| pectoral {m} [anatomy] | :: pectoral |
| pectoral {adj} [anatomy] | :: pectoral |
| pectosique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pectosic |
| pedante {f} | :: obsolete spelling of pédante |
| pedzouille {m} | :: A peasant, bumpkin, yokel |
| Peggy {prop} | :: given name borrowed from English, popular in the 1970s |
| pegmatitique {adj} [mineralogy] | :: pegmatitic |
| peignage {m} | :: combing (of wool or other fibre) |
| peigne {m} | :: comb (toothed implement) |
| peigne-cul {m} | :: asshole, jerk |
| peigner {v} | :: to comb |
| peignoir {m} | :: cape (long light clothing used to protect the clothes in e.g. a barber) |
| peignoir {m} | :: bathrobe |
| peignoir {m} | :: nightdress |
| peilles {fp} | :: rags used to make paper |
| peinard {adj} [colloquial] | :: tranquil, carefree, cushy |
| peinardement {adv} | :: tranquilly |
| peindre {vt} | :: to paint |
| peine {f} | :: pain |
| peine {f} | :: effort, trouble |
| peine {f} | :: sorrow |
| peine {adv} | :: barely, hardly; used only in the phrase à peine |
| peine capitale {f} | :: capital punishment (punishment by death) |
| peine de mort {f} | :: capital punishment, death penalty |
| peine perdue {f} | :: lost cause |
| peiner {v} | :: to struggle, toil |
| peiner {v} | :: to cause pain to, afflict |
| peintre {mf} | :: painter (artist) |
| peinture {f} | :: painting |
| peinture {f} | :: painting, canvas |
| peinture {f} | :: vivid description |
| peinture {f} | :: paint |
| peinturer {v} [Canada] | :: to paint |
| peinturer {v} [France] | :: to paint like a child, in a way lacking grace and dexterity |
| peinturlurer {v} | :: to daub |
| pejvakine {f} [protein] | :: pejvakin |
| pelé {adj} | :: bare; (of animal) mangy |
| pelade {f} [pathology] | :: alopecia |
| pelage {m} | :: fur |
| peler {v} | :: to peel |
| pelisse {f} | :: pelisse |
| pellagre {f} [pathology] | :: pellagra |
| pellagreux {adj} | :: pellagrous |
| pelle {f} | :: shovel, spade |
| pelle {f} | :: dustpan |
| pelle {f} | :: fluke (anchor blade) |
| pelle {f} [slang] | :: French kiss |
| Pellegrin {prop} | :: surname |
| peller {v} | :: to shovel (to move materials with a shovel) |
| pelletée {f} | :: spadeful, shovelful |
| pelleter {vt} | :: to shovel (up) |
| pelleterie {f} | :: peltry |
| pelleterie {f} | :: fur tannery |
| pelleteuse {f} | :: digger (a large piece of machinery that digs up holes) |
| pelletier {m} | :: furrier |
| Pelletier {prop} | :: surname |
| pelletiser {v} | :: To pelletize |
| pelletiseur {m} | :: pelletizer |
| pelliculaire {adj} | :: dandruff (etc) (attributive) |
| pellicule {f} | :: film, skin, thin layer |
| pellicules {fp} | :: dandruff |
| pelote {f} | :: ball (e.g. of string, wire) |
| pelote {f} | :: pelota (sport) |
| pelote {f} | :: droppings (animal waste) |
| pelote {f} | :: ball (in the game of jeu de paume) |
| pelote {f} [Quebec, slang] | :: pussy (female genitalia) |
| pelote {f} [Louisiana French, ] | :: a ball; a football |
| pelote basque {f} | :: Basque pelota |
| peloter {v} [archaic] | :: to wind, roll etc. into a ball |
| peloter {v} [colloquial] | :: to touch up, feel up (sexually) |
| peloter {vr} [colloquial, se peloter] | :: to make out |
| peloton {m} | :: small ball (of thread etc.) |
| peloton {m} [military] | :: platoon |
| peloton {m} | :: pack, bunch (of cyclists etc.) |
| peloton d'exécution {m} | :: firing squad (a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially) |
| pelotonner {vt} | :: To wind up into a ball |
| pelotonner {vr} | :: To curl up into a ball |
| pelouse {f} | :: lawn |
| pelouse {f} [racing] | :: public enclosure |
| pelouse {f} [rugby, soccer] | :: field, ground |
| Peltier {prop} | :: surname, notably of Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, French physicist who discovered the Peltier effect |
| peluche {f} | :: plush (toy), fluff |
| pelucher {v} | :: to fluff up, become fluffy |
| pelucheux {adj} | :: fluffy |
| pelure {f} | :: peel, rind (of a fruit) |
| pelure {f} | :: skin (of an onion) |
| pelvien {adj} | :: pelvic |
| pelvigraphie {f} | :: pelvigraphy |
| penaille {f} | :: an assembly of monks |
| penaille {f} | :: rags, tatters |
| penalty {m} [sports] | :: penalty, penalty kick |
| penaud {adj} | :: sheepish, shamefaced |
| penaudement {adv} | :: sheepishly |
| penchant {m} | :: penchant |
| pencher {vt} | :: to tilt, tip up |
| pencher {vi} | :: to lean, list |
| pencher {vi} | :: to lean towards (an opinion, idea etc.); to be inclined (to do something) |
| pencher {vr} | :: to bend down, lean over |
| pencher {vr} | :: to look into |
| pendable {adj} | :: that merits hanging |
| pendable {adj} | :: that deserves to be hanged |
| pendage {m} [geology] | :: (angle of) dip |
| pendaison {f} | :: hanging (of something or someone) |
| pendaison de crémaillère {f} | :: housewarming |
| pendant {adj} | :: hanging |
| pendant {m} | :: stone that dangles on earrings |
| pendant {m} | :: match, counterpart |
| pendant {prep} | :: during, throughout, for the duration of |
| pendant que {conj} | :: while, whilst, as |
| pendard {m} | :: gallows bird, rascal, one who deserves to hang |
| pendarde {f} | :: feminine noun of pendard |
| pendeloque {f} | :: pendant |
| pendentif {m} [jewelry] | :: pendant |
| pendentif {m} [architecture] | :: pendentive |
| penderie {f} | :: wardrobe |
| pendiller {vi} | :: to dangle |
| pendjabi {m} | :: The Punjabi language |
| pendouiller {v} | :: to dangle |
| pendre {vit} | :: to hang |
| pendre {vi} | :: to sag, droop |
| pendre la crémaillère {v} [idiomatic] | :: to have a housewarming party |
| pendu {m} | :: person condemned to be hanged |
| pendu {m} | :: person killed by hanging |
| pendu {m} | :: [le pendu] hangman (pen and paper game) |
| pendu {m} | :: hanged man (tarot card) |
| pendulaire {adj} | :: pendular |
| pendulaire {adj} | :: tilting (on its axis) |
| pendulaire {mf} [Switzerland] | :: commuter |
| pendule {m} | :: pendulum |
| pendule {f} | :: pendulum clock |
| pendulette {f} | :: small clock |
| Penelopegate {prop} {m} | :: The Fillon affair |
| Penha {prop} {m} | :: Penha (placename) |
| Penha {prop} {m} | :: Penha (São Paulo, Brazil) |
| penné {adj} [botany] | :: pinnate |
| penne {f} | :: large feather |
| penne {f} | :: penne (pasta) |
| penniforme {adj} | :: penniform |
| pennine {m} [mineralogy] | :: penninite (A double silicate of aluminium and magnesium) |
| pennon {m} | :: pennon (triangular flag) |
| pennon {m} [nautical] | :: pennant |
| pennon {m} | :: A local urban milita in medieval Lyon |
| pennonage {m} | :: The right to use a particular pennon |
| pennonage {m} | :: The pennon of a particular locality |
| Pennsylvanie {prop} {f} | :: Pennsylvania |
| penny {m} | :: penny |
| pensable {adj} | :: thinkable; considerable (worthy of being considered) |
| pensant {adj} | :: thinking |
| pensée {f} | :: a thought (first attested 1176 in Chrétien de Troyes, Cligès, ed. A. Micha, 5246) |
| pensée {f} | :: reflection, meditation, faculty of thinking (late 12th century) |
| pensée {f} [in the expression “être en pensée”] | :: worry, concern (late 12th century) |
| pensée {f} | :: the mind as the seat of thinking (c. 1200) |
| pensée {f} [obsolete] | :: amorous attachment (c. 1200) |
| pensée {f} | :: manner of thinking (c. 1215) |
| pensée {f} | :: an idea coming up in one's mind (c. 1220 in Anseïs de Carthage, 332) |
| pensée {f} | :: the guiding idea of a decision made or one's will (c. 1274 in Adenet Le Roi, Berte, 1644) |
| pensée {f} | :: moral disposition (first quarter of 13th century) |
| pensée {f} | :: an operation of the mind (since 1636) |
| pensée {f} | :: idea expressed by an author in a literary or artistic work (since 1621) |
| pensée {f} | :: thinking, worldview of an author |
| pensée {f} | :: a pansy (plant) (c. 1460) |
| pense-bête {m} [colloquial] | :: reminder |
| penser {vi} | :: to think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something |
| penser {vi} | :: to estimate, imagine, believe |
| penser {v} [originally with a que sentence] | :: to be of the opinion that, believe |
| penser {vi} | :: to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts |
| penser {vi} | :: to conceive a project |
| penser {v} [with de + object] | :: to evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind |
| penser {v} [with à + object] | :: to attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly |
| penser {v} [with infinitive] | :: to believe being or doing something |
| penser {v} [with mal or bien + de + object] | :: to think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone |
| penser {v} [with de + infinitive] | :: to try or prepare to do something |
| penser {vtr} [obsolete] | :: to reflect on something |
| penser {v} [with à + object] | :: to bear, keep something in mind, to consider something |
| penser {v} [with infinitive] | :: to intend to do, aim at doing something |
| penser {vt} | :: to have something in one's mind (c. 1220 in Barlaam et Josaphat, ed. C. Appel, 5623) |
| penser {v} [with à + infinitive] | :: to intend to do, aim at doing something |
| penser {v} [with mal, obsolete] | :: to intend to do something bad |
| penser {v} [with à + object] | :: to take care of |
| penser {v} [with bien, in politics, religion, moral] | :: to have opinions in accordance with the agreed principles |
| penser {v} [with adverb or adverbial expression] | :: to have a certain intellectual tendency, preference or property |
| penseur {m} | :: thinker |
| pensif {adj} | :: pensive, thoughtful |
| pension {f} | :: A pension, regularly received payment |
| pension {f} | :: A pension, boarding house |
| pension {f} | :: A regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments (notably schools) |
| pension {f} | :: board; (The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals) |
| pension alimentaire {f} [for a child] | :: maintenance allowance, child support |
| pension alimentaire {f} [for a spouse] | :: alimony, divorce settlement |
| pensionné {mf} | :: pensioner |
| pensionnaire {mf} | :: boarder; lodger |
| pensionnaire {mf} | :: pensioner |
| pensionnaire {mf} | :: boarder (someone in a boarding school) |
| pensionnat {m} | :: boarding school |
| pensivement {adv} | :: pensively, thoughtfully |
| pensum {m} [archaic] | :: punishment (at school); lines (UK) |
| pensum {m} | :: chore |
| pentachlorure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: pentachloride |
| pentacle {m} | :: pentacle |
| pentacène {m} [organic compound] | :: pentacene |
| pentadécane {m} [organic compound] | :: pentadecane |
| pentadécanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pentadecanoic |
| pentadécylique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pentadecylic |
| pentaèdre {m} | :: pentahedron |
| pentafluorure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: pentafluoride |
| pentagonal {adj} | :: pentagonal |
| pentagone {m} | :: pentagon (a polygon with five sides and five angles) |
| Pentagone {prop} {m} | :: Pentagon (the headquarters of the United States of America's Department of Defense) |
| pentagramme {m} | :: pentagram |
| pentahydraté {adj} [chemistry] | :: pentahydrated |
| pentamère {m} [chemistry] | :: pentamer |
| pentamériser {v} [chemistry] | :: to pentamerize |
| pentaméthylène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: pentamethylene |
| pentaène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: pentaene |
| pentanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pentanoic |
| pentaoxyde {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: pentoxide |
| pentaquark {m} [physics] | :: pentaquark |
| pentaérythritol {m} [organic compound] | :: pentaerythritol |
| pentasulfure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: pentasulfide |
| pentathionique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: pentathionic |
| pentathlon {m} | :: pentathlon (discipline made up of five events) |
| pentathlon des neiges {m} | :: snow pentathlon (a five-leg five-sport race involving vélo, course, ski de fond, patin, raquette.) |
| pentatomique {adj} [chemistry] | :: pentatomic |
| pentatriacontanoïque {adj} [organic compound] | :: pentatriacontanoic |
| pentavalent {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: pentavalent |
| pentavalentement {adv} | :: pentavalently |
| pente {f} | :: slope |
| Pentecôte {prop} | :: Pentecost |
| pentecôtisme {m} [Christianity] | :: Pentecostalism (Christian religious mouvement) |
| pentecôtiste {adj} | :: Pentecostal |
| pentoxyde {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: pentoxide |
| pentu {adj} | :: sloping, slopy |
| people {m} [countable] | :: A celebrity, a famous person |
| peps {m} | :: pep (energy and enthusiasm) |
| pepsine {f} | :: pepsin |
| pepsinogène {m} [biochemistry] | :: pepsinogen |
| peptide {m} [biochemistry] | :: peptide |
| peptidique {adj} | :: peptidic |
| peptidoglycane {m} [biochemistry] | :: peptidoglycan |
| peptisant {m} | :: dispersant |
| peptisation {f} | :: peptization, dispersion |
| peracétique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: peracetic |
| perçage {m} | :: drilling |
| perçant {adj} | :: piercing, shrill |
| perçant {adj} | :: sharp (vision etc) |
| percale {f} | :: percale |
| percarbure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: percarbide |
| percée {f} | :: breakthrough |
| percée {f} [sports] | :: break, breakaway, counter-attack |
| percement {m} | :: piercing, boring, punching |
| perce-neige {mf} | :: snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) |
| perce-oreille {m} | :: earwig (insect) |
| percepteur {m} | :: tax collector |
| perceptible {adj} | :: perceptible |
| perceptiblement {adv} | :: perceptibly |
| perceptif {adj} | :: perceptive |
| perception {f} | :: tax collection |
| perception {f} | :: perception |
| perceptrice {f} | :: feminine noun of percepteur |
| percer {v} | :: to pierce |
| percer {v} [figuratively] | :: to unravel, see through |
| perceuse {f} | :: drill (tool) |
| percevable {adj} | :: collectible, payable (taxes) |
| percevoir {v} | :: to perceive, to make out |
| percevoir {v} | :: to perceive (understand) |
| percevoir {v} | :: to receive (e.g. taxes) |
| perche {f} | :: perch (type of fish) |
| perche {f} | :: pole |
| perche {f} [sports] | :: pole-vaulting; pole |
| perche {f} [skiing] | :: T-bar |
| perche {f} | :: boom (for microphone etc.) |
| perche {f} | :: perch (for birds) |
| perche {f} | :: rod (unit of length) |
| perche {f} [aeronautics] | :: probe |
| percher {v} | :: to perch |
| perchiste {mf} [sports] | :: pole vaulter |
| perchiste {mf} [film] | :: boom operator |
| perchlorique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: perchloric |
| perchloroéthylène {m} [organic compound] | :: perchloroethylene |
| perchlorure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: perchloride |
| perchoir {m} | :: perch; roost |
| perchoir {m} [colloquial] | :: the seat of the President of the French National Assembly |
| perclus {adj} | :: crippled |
| perclus {adj} [figuratively] | :: paralysed |
| percnoptère {m} | :: Egyptian vulture (of species Neophron percnopterus) |
| percolateur {m} | :: percolator |
| percolation {f} | :: percolation |
| percoler {vi} | :: to percolate |
| percussion {f} | :: percussion (tapping of the body) |
| percussion {f} [music] | :: percussion |
| percussionniste {mf} [music] | :: percussionist |
| percutané {adj} | :: percutaneous |
| percutant {adj} [music] | :: percussive |
| percutant {adj} [military] | :: that fragments on contact |
| percutant {adj} [figuratively] | :: striking, powerful, forceful |
| percuter {vt} | :: to hit; to crash into |
| percuteur {m} | :: firing pin |
| perdable {adj} | :: losable |
| perdant {m} | :: loser |
| perdante {f} | :: Feminine form of perdant |
| perdition {f} | :: perdition |
| perdre {vt} | :: to lose (be unable to find) |
| perdre {vit} | :: to lose (not win) |
| perdre {vr} | :: to get lost |
| perdreau {m} | :: young partridge |
| perdre du temps {v} | :: to waste time |
| perdre la boule {v} [colloquial] | :: to lose it, to lose the plot, to lose one's mind |
| perdre la main {v} | :: to become out of touch; to lose the habit of doing something |
| perdre la main {v} [cards] | :: to lose the advantage of going first |
| perdre la tête {v} | :: to lose one's head |
| perdre la vie {v} [euphemistic] | :: to lose one's life |
| perdre les pédales {v} [colloquial] | :: to lose it, to lose the plot, to lose one's mind |
| perdre ses moyens {v} | :: to become flustered |
| perdre son latin {v} | :: to become confused |
| perdre son sang-froid {v} [idiomatic] | :: to lose one's cool; to lose one's head |
| perdre son temps {v} | :: to waste one's time |
| perdrix {f} | :: partridge (bird) |
| perdrix {f} [Louisiana French] | :: quail |
| perdu {adj} | :: lost |
| perdurable {adj} | :: perdurable |
| perdurablement {adv} | :: perdurably |
| perdurer {v} | :: to continue to exist, to last, to endure |
| perestroïka {f} | :: perestroika |
| Perey {prop} | :: surname |
| perf {f} [colloquial] | :: performance |
| perfectibilité {f} | :: perfectibility |
| perfectible {adj} | :: perfectible |
| perfectif {adj} [grammar] | :: perfective |
| perfection {f} | :: perfection |
| perfectionné {adj} | :: perfected, refined |
| perfectionnement {m} | :: improvement, refinement |
| perfectionner {v} | :: to perfect; make perfect |
| perfectionner {v} | :: to refine, hone, improve |
| perfectionnisme {m} | :: perfectionism (a dislike for anything less than perfection) |
| perfectionniste {mf} | :: perfectionist (person) |
| perfecto {m} | :: bomber jacket |
| perfide {adj} | :: perfidious (pertaining to perfidy) |
| perfidement {adv} | :: treacherously, perfidiously |
| perfidie {f} | :: perfidy |
| perfolié {adj} [botany] | :: perfoliate |
| perforé {adj} | :: perforated, pierced, punched |
| perforant {adj} | :: perforating |
| perforant {adj} | :: perforant |
| perforateur {adj} | :: perforating |
| perforateur {m} | :: drill |
| perforateur {mf} | :: punch card operator |
| perforation {f} | :: perforation |
| perforatrice {f} | :: punch (device) |
| perforatrice {f} | :: card punch |
| perforer {vt} | :: to perforate |
| perforer {vt} | :: to punch (holes in) |
| perforeuse {f} | :: punch (device) |
| perforeuse {f} | :: card punch |
| performance {f} [sports] | :: performance |
| performant {adj} | :: efficient, effective, performant |
| performatif {adj} | :: performative |
| performativement {adv} | :: performatively |
| perfuser {v} | :: To perfuse |
| perfusion {f} [medicine] | :: perfusion, drip, intravenous injection |
| Pergé {prop} | :: Perga (town in Turkey) |
| Pergame {prop} | :: Pergamon |
| pergélisol {m} | :: permafrost (permanently frozen ground) |
| perinæe {m} | :: obsolete form of périnée |
| periodique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: periodic |
| periodure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: periodide |
| perlé {adj} | :: beaded |
| perlé {adj} | :: pearl (attributive) |
| perlant {adj} | :: slightly effervescent (especially of wine) |
| perlatif {m} [grammar] | :: the perlative case |
| perlèche {f} | :: angular cheilitis |
| perle {f} | :: pearl |
| perler {vi} | :: to bead (form into beads) |
| perlier {adj} | :: pearl (attributive) |
| perlimpinpin {m} | :: only used in poudre de perlimpinpin |
| perlot {m} [colloquial, archaic] | :: snout, baccy, tobacco |
| perluète {f} | :: ampersand |
| perméabilité {f} | :: permeability |
| perméable {adj} | :: permeable |
| permaculture {f} | :: permaculture |
| permafrost {m} | :: permafrost |
| permagel {m} | :: permafrost |
| permalien {m} | :: permalink |
| permanemment {adv} | :: permanently |
| permanence {f} | :: permanence (state of being permanent) |
| permanent {adj} | :: permanent |
| permanent {m} [mathematics] | :: permanent |
| permanentement {adv} | :: permanently |
| permanganique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: permanganic |
| perméase {f} [enzyme] | :: permease |
| perméation {f} | :: permeation |
| permettre {v} | :: to permit, to allow |
| permettre {vr} | :: to take the liberty of doing something |
| permien {adj} | :: Permian |
| Permien {prop} {m} [geology] | :: Permian |
| permis {m} | :: permit, licence |
| permis de conduire {m} | :: driver's license, driving licence |
| permis de construire {m} | :: planning permission, building permit |
| permissif {adj} | :: permissive, lenient |
| permission {f} | :: permission |
| permissionnaire {mf} | :: a soldier on leave |
| permittivité {f} [physics] | :: permittivity |
| permutable {adj} | :: permutable |
| permutation {f} | :: permutation |
| permuter {v} | :: to swap |
| permuter {v} | :: to permute |
| pernambouc {m} | :: brazilwood |
| Pernambouc {prop} | :: Pernambouc (Pernambuco) |
| pernamboucain {adj} | :: Pernambucan |
| pernamboucain {m} | :: Pernambucan |
| pernamboucaine {f} | :: feminine singular of pernamboucain |
| perne {f} | :: A kind of saltwater mussel. (Mytiloida) |
| pernicieusement {adv} | :: perniciously |
| pernicieux {adj} [medicine, rare] | :: Insidious. Having a slow and discreet, but dangerous evolution |
| pernicieux {adj} [literary] | :: Morally harmful; pernicious |
| pernicieux {adj} [dated] | :: Literally harmful or dangerous, usually of animals or persons |
| pernitreux {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: synonym of hypoazotique |
| peroxyacétique {m} [organic chemistry] | :: peroxyacetic |
| peroxydase {f} [enzyme] | :: peroxidase |
| peroxyde {m} [chemistry] | :: peroxide |
| peroxyder {v} | :: To peroxidize (all senses) |
| perpendiculaire {adj} | :: perpendicular (at or forming a right angle to) |
| perpendiculairement {adv} | :: perpendicularly |
| perpendicularité {f} | :: perpendicularity |
| Perpignan {prop} {m} | :: Perpignan (city) |
| perpignanais {adj} | :: of or from Perpignan |
| Perpignanais {m} | :: someone of or from Perpignan |
| Perpignanaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Perpignanais |
| perplexe {adj} | :: puzzled, perplexed |
| perplexité {f} | :: perplexity |
| perpète {f} [colloquial] | :: life sentence |
| perpétrer {vt} | :: to commit, perpetrate (a crime) |
| perpétuel {adj} | :: endless, perpetual, eternal |
| perpétuel {adj} [job position] | :: permanent |
| perpétuellement {adv} | :: perpetually |
| perpétuer {v} | :: to perpetuate |
| perpétuité {f} | :: perpetuity |
| perquisition {f} [legal] | :: act of searching for someone or something |
| perquisitionner {vi} [legal] | :: to carry out a search |
| Perrault {prop} | :: surname |
| Perret {prop} | :: surname |
| perrhénate {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: perrhenate |
| perrhénique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: perrhenic |
| Perrin {prop} | :: surname |
| Perrine {prop} | :: given name, a feminine diminutive form of Pierre |
| perron {m} | :: steps (to an entranceway), perron |
| perronisme {m} [Quebec] | :: A usually humorous malapropism or mixed metaphor, especially when speaking extemporaneously |
| perroquet {m} | :: parrot (bird) |
| perroquet {m} [nautical] | :: topgallant (sail) |
| perroqueter {n} | :: to parrot |
| Perrot {prop} {m} | :: surname |
| perruche {f} | :: parakeet; parrot; budgie (any of various birds) |
| perruque {f} | :: wig |
| perruque {f} [historical] | :: wig, periwig, peruke |
| perruquier {m} | :: wigmaker |
| perruquier {m} [obsolete] | :: hairdresser |
| perruquière {f} | :: feminine noun of perruquier |
| pers {adj} [literary] | :: blue-green (particularly used in reference to eyes) |
| persan {adj} | :: Persian |
| persan {m} [uncountable] | :: Persian language |
| persan {m} [countable] | :: Persian (cat) |
| Persan {m} | :: Persian, someone from Iran |
| Persane {f} | :: feminine noun of Persan |
| persécuter {v} | :: to persecute |
| persécuter {v} [by extension] | :: to annoy, to irritate |
| persécuteur {m} | :: persecutor |
| persécution {f} | :: persecution |
| persécutrice {f} | :: persecutor (female) |
| Perse {prop} {f} | :: Persia |
| Perse {mf} | :: Persian person |
| Persée {prop} {m} | :: Perseus |
| persel {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: persalt |
| persicaire {f} | :: knotweed, smartweed (of the genus Persicaria) |
| Perside {prop} | :: Pars (old name of Fars) |
| persienne {f} | :: shutter (on window) |
| persiffler {v} | :: alternative spelling of persifler |
| persiflage {m} | :: Ridicule or malicious mockery made under the guise of good-natured raillery |
| persifler {v} | :: to mock; to goad |
| persil {m} | :: parsley |
| persillé {adj} | :: with the addition of parsley |
| persillé {adj} | :: marbled, veined |
| persique {adj} | :: Persian (of, or relating to, Old Persia) |
| persistance {f} | :: persistence |
| persistant {adj} | :: persistent |
| persistant {adj} [botany] | :: evergreen |
| persister {v} | :: to persist |
| perso {adj} [colloquial] | :: personal |
| perso {adj} [colloquial] | :: one's own |
| perso {adv} [colloquial] | :: personally (in one's own opinion) |
| perso {m} [video games] | :: character |
| personnage {m} | :: character (in a play, program, film) |
| personnalisable {adj} | :: personalizable, customizable |
| personnalisation {f} | :: customization, personalization |
| personnaliser {v} | :: to personalise, to customise |
| personnalisme {m} | :: personalism |
| personnalisme {m} | :: egoism |
| personnalité {f} | :: personality, character |
| personnalité {f} | :: personality (person) |
| personnalité {f} [archaic, rare] | :: personal attack |
| personne {f} | :: person |
| personne {pron} | :: (with ne) no one, nobody |
| personne {pron} | :: anyone |
| personnel {adj} | :: personal |
| personnel {m} | :: staff, members of staff, personnel |
| personnellement {adv} | :: personally |
| personne morale {f} [law] | :: legal entity, body corporate, legal person, juridical person |
| personne physique {f} [law] | :: individual, natural person |
| personnification {f} | :: personification (person, thing or name typifying a certain quality or idea) |
| personnifier {vt} | :: to personify |
| perspective {f} | :: a perspective |
| perspective {f} | :: a prospect |
| perspectivisme {m} | :: perspectivism |
| Perséphone {prop} {f} [Greek mythology] | :: Persephone |
| perspicace {adj} | :: perspicacious (showing keen insight) |
| perspicacité {f} | :: insight, acumen, perspicacity |
| Persépolis {prop} | :: Persepolis |
| persuader {v} | :: to persuade |
| persuasif {adj} | :: persuasive |
| persuasion {f} | :: persuasion |
| persuasivement {adv} | :: persuasively |
| persulfure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: persulfide |
| persulfurique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: persulfuric / persulphuric |
| persévéramment {adv} | :: persistently |
| persévérance {f} | :: perseverance (persistent determination to adhere to a course of action; insistence) |
| persévérant {adj} | :: persevering |
| persévérant {adj} | :: persistent |
| persévérer {v} | :: to persevere |
| perte {f} | :: loss |
| perte {f} | :: ruin |
| pertechnétate {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: pertechnetate |
| pertechnétique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: pertechnetic |
| Perth {prop} | :: Perth (in Australia) |
| Perth {prop} | :: Perth (in Scotland) |
| pertinemment {adv} | :: pertinently |
| pertinemment {adv} | :: full well |
| pertinence {f} | :: pertinence; relevance |
| pertinent {adj} | :: pertinent; relevant |
| pertinent {adj} | :: judicious; justified |
| pertuis {m} | :: hole |
| pertuisane {f} | :: partisan (kind of halberd) |
| perturbateur {m} | :: agitator, troublemaker |
| perturbateur {adj} | :: disruptive |
| perturbation {f} | :: disturbance |
| perturbation {f} | :: derangement |
| perturber {vt} | :: to disrupt, to disturb |
| perturber {vt} | :: to throw off, to fluster |
| pervéance {f} [physics] | :: perveance |
| pervaporer {v} [physics, chemistry] | :: To pervaporate |
| pervenche {f} | :: periwinkle |
| pervenche {f} | :: (female) traffic warden, meter maid [US] |
| pervers {adj} | :: perverse |
| pervers {adj} | :: sexually perverted, raunchy |
| pervers {m} | :: a lecher |
| perversement {adv} | :: perversely; in a perverted fashion |
| perversité {f} | :: perversity |
| perversité {f} | :: depravity |
| pervertir {v} | :: to worsen; to corrupt |
| perxénate {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: perxenate |
| pesage {m} | :: weighing |
| pesage {m} | :: weighing in (of a jockey before/after a race) |
| pesamment {adv} | :: heavily |
| pesant {adj} | :: heavy |
| pesanteur {f} [physics] | :: gravity |
| pesanteur {f} | :: weight |
| pesanteur {f} | :: heaviness |
| pesanteur {f} [said of a person] | :: slowness, dullness |
| Pescara {prop} | :: Pescara (province) |
| Pescara {prop} | :: Pescara (town) |
| Pescheur {prop} | :: surname |
| peser {vi} | :: to weigh (to have a weight of) |
| peser {vt} | :: To weigh (to see how much something weighs) |
| peseta {f} | :: peseta |
| peshmerga {m} | :: peshmerga |
| pessaire {m} [medicine] | :: pessary (medical device most commonly used to support a displaced uterus) |
| pessaire {m} [medicine] | :: pessary (contraceptive) |
| pesse {f} [archaic] | :: spruce |
| pessimisme {m} | :: pessimism (general belief that bad things will happen) |
| pessimiste {mf} | :: pessimist |
| pessimiste {adj} | :: pessimistic |
| peste {f} | :: plague (disease) |
| peste {f} [colloquial] | :: brat |
| peste {f} [colloquial, of a girl] | :: pest |
| peste bubonique {f} | :: bubonic plague |
| peste noire {f} | :: Black Death |
| pester {v} | :: to rant, curse, fulminate |
| pesteux {adj} | :: plague (attributive) |
| pesticide {m} | :: pesticide |
| pestiféré {adj} | :: pestiferous |
| pestiféré {mf} | :: plague victim |
| pestilence {f} [archaic or literary] | :: pest epidemic; pestilence |
| pestilence {f} | :: extremely foul smell |
| pestilentiel {adj} | :: pestilent, foul |
| pestilentiel {adj} | :: pestilential |
| pet {m} [colloquial] | :: fart |
| peta- {prefix} | :: peta- |
| pet de nonne {m} | :: alternative spelling of pet-de-nonne |
| pet-de-nonne {m} | :: A small choux pastry eaten during carnival season in France (especially Alsace) and Belgium |
| Petersbach {prop} | :: A commune in the Bas-Rhin département, Alsace, France |
| pet foireux {m} [colloquial, vulgar] | :: shart |
| petit {adj} | :: small |
| petit {adj} | :: little |
| petit {adj} | :: petty |
| petit {m} | :: small one (anything that is small) |
| petit {m} | :: little one (anything that is little) |
| petit {m} | :: little one; child (of humans or other animals) |
| petit {m} | :: the young (of a species) |
| Petit {prop} | :: surname |
| petit ami {m} | :: boyfriend (boy/man to whom one has a romantic attachment) |
| petit blanc {m} [Haiti, historical] | :: A poor white person who did not own a plantation |
| Petit Chaperon rouge {prop} | :: Little Red Riding Hood |
| petit coin {m} [colloquial] | :: loo (toilet) |
| petit écran {m} | :: small screen |
| petit déjeuner {m} [chiefly France] | :: breakfast (morning meal) |
| petit doigt {m} [colloquial] | :: little finger (outermost and smallest finger of the hand), auricular |
| petite amie {f} | :: girlfriend (girl/woman to whom one has a romantic attachment) |
| petite annonce {f} | :: a single classified advertisement |
| petite bite {f} [vulgar] | :: pansy, chickenshit (person with little courage or bravery) |
| petite capitale {f} | :: small caps (font variant) |
| petite couronne {prop} {f} | :: The zone consisting of the three departments (Hauts-de-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis) that border the city of Paris |
| petite culotte {f} | :: [clothing] knickers |
| petite-fille {f} | :: granddaughter (daughter of someone’s child) |
| petite finale {f} | :: small final |
| petitement {adv} | :: poorly |
| petitement {adv} | :: meanly |
| petitement {adv} | :: pettily |
| petite mort {f} [idiomatic, poetic] | :: orgasm |
| petite nature {f} [colloquial] | :: a faint-hearted person, a wimp, a weakling, a sensitive type, a delicate flower, a wuss, a pansy |
| petit-enfant {m} | :: grandchild (child of someone’s child) |
| petite-nièce {f} | :: grandniece (daughter of a niece or nephew) |
| Petite Ourse {prop} {f} | :: Ursa Minor (constellation) |
| petite perception {f} [psychology] | :: petite perception |
| petites lèvres {fp} | :: labia minora |
| petite souris {f} | :: tooth fairy |
| petitesse {f} | :: smallness, littleness |
| petitesse {f} | :: pettiness |
| petitesse {f} | :: petiteness |
| petite sœur {f} | :: little sister |
| petite sœur {f} [slang] | :: another drink like the one before; the same again |
| petite vérole {f} [archaic] | :: smallpox |
| petit filet {m} [football] | :: side-netting |
| petit-fils {m} | :: grandson |
| petit four {m} | :: petit four |
| petitissime {adj} | :: very small, very little, or both |
| Petitjean {prop} | :: surname (Little John) |
| petit joueur {m} [colloquial] | :: bit player |
| petit jour {m} | :: dawn, daybreak |
| petit juif {m} | :: funny bone |
| petit-lait {m} | :: whey |
| petit largue {m} [nautical] | :: close reach |
| petit mal {m} [medicine] | :: petit mal |
| petit matin {m} | :: early morning, small hours, first thing |
| petit-maître {m} [archaic] | :: dandy, coxcomb |
| petit monde {m} [Louisiana French] | :: a child |
| petit-neveu {m} | :: grandnephew (grandson of a sibling) |
| petit panda {m} | :: red panda (Ailurus fulgens) |
| petit épeautre {m} | :: einkorn wheat |
| petit à petit {adv} | :: little by little, bit by bit |
| petit pois {m} | :: pea (the vegetable) |
| petit pont {m} [soccer] | :: nutmeg |
| peton {m} [colloquial] | :: foot |
| peu {adv} | :: not very; little; not much |
| peu {m} | :: few |
| peu {m} | :: little |
| peucédanin {m} [organic compound] | :: peucedanin |
| Peugeot {prop} | :: surname, especially that of the dynastic car-manufacturing family |
| Peugeot {prop} | :: A French motorcar manufacturer |
| Peuhl {m} | :: alternative spelling of Peul |
| Peuhle {f} | :: feminine singular of Peuhl |
| peu importe {interj} | :: no matter, never mind, it doesn't matter |
| peu importe {prep} | :: no matter the, no matter what, regardless of |
| peul {adj} | :: relating to Fula |
| peul {m} | :: Fula (language) |
| Peul {m} | :: a member of the Fula people |
| peulh {adj} | :: alternative form of peul |
| Peulh {m} | :: alternative spelling of Peul |
| Peulhe {f} | :: feminine singular of Peulh |
| peu ou prou {adv} | :: more or less |
| peu à peu {adv} | :: bit by bit, little by little |
| peuplé {adj} | :: populated; inhabited |
| peuplade {f} | :: tribe, people |
| peuple {m} | :: people (in the sense of nationality or ethnic group) |
| peuplement {m} | :: populating (act of increasing a population, or of a population increasing) |
| peupler {v} | :: to populate |
| peupleraie {f} | :: poplar grove |
| peuplier {m} | :: poplar |
| peur {f} [countable and uncountable] | :: fear |
| peur bleue {f} | :: terror, strong fear |
| peureusement {adv} | :: fearfully |
| peureux {adj} | :: fearful |
| peut-être {adv} | :: maybe, perhaps |
| p. ex. {adv} | :: e.g. |
| pff {interj} | :: pff |
| pfff {interj} | :: alternative spelling of pff |
| PFK {prop} {m} | :: KFC (chain of fast-food chicken restaurants) |
| pfut {interj} [colloquial] | :: Expressing disinterest |
| Pégase {prop} {m} | :: Pegasus (mythical winged horse) |
| Pégase {prop} {m} | :: Pegasus (constellation) |
| PGCD {m} [mathematics] | :: initialism of plus grand commun dénominateur or plus grand commun diviseur: gcd |
| pègre {f} | :: underworld |
| phacochère {m} | :: warthog |
| phagédénique {adj} | :: gangrenous |
| phage {m} | :: synonym of bactériophage |
| -phage {suffix} | :: -phage |
| phagnalon {m} | :: phagnalon |
| phagocytage {m} [biology] | :: phagocytosis |
| phagocytage {m} | :: swallowing up |
| phagocytaire {adj} [biology] | :: phagocytic |
| phagocyter {vt} [biology] | :: to phagocytize |
| phagocyter {vt} | :: to swallow up |
| phagotrophie {f} [biology] | :: phagotrophy |
| phagotrophique {adj} [biology] | :: phagotrophic |
| phalange {f} [anatomy] | :: phalanx |
| phalange {f} [historical] | :: phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.) |
| phalangette {f} [anatomy] | :: distal phalange |
| phalangien {adj} [anatomy] | :: phalangeal, phalangian |
| phalangine {f} [anatomy] | :: intermediate phalange |
| phalangiste {m} | :: scarab beetle |
| phalangiste {m} | :: Falangist |
| phalangère {f} | :: Any plant of the genus Anthericum |
| phalangère {f} | :: spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum) |
| phalanstère {m} | :: phalanstery |
| phalarope {m} | :: phalarope |
| phallique {adj} | :: phallic |
| phalliquement {adv} | :: phallically |
| phallocentrique {adj} | :: phallocentric |
| phallocrate {mf} | :: male chauvinist |
| phallocratie {f} | :: male chauvinism |
| phalloïdine {f} | :: phalloidin |
| phalène {mf} | :: moth (especially a geometrid moth) |
| Pham {prop} | :: surname |
| Phan {prop} | :: surname |
| phanère {m} [chiefly in the plural] | :: dander (skin flakes etc) |
| phanérogame {m} [biology] | :: phanerogam |
| phanérogamie {f} [biology] | :: phanerogamy |
| phanérogamique {adj} [biology] | :: phanerogamic |
| phanérophyte {m} [botany] | :: phanerophyte |
| phanérozoïque {adj} | :: Phanerozoic |
| phantaisie {f} | :: alternative form of fantaisie |
| phantasier {v} | :: obsolete form of fantasier |
| phantasmagorie {f} | :: alternative form of fantasmagorie |
| phantasmagorique {adj} | :: alternative form of fantasmagorique |
| phantasmascope {m} | :: obsolete form of fantasmascope |
| phantasmatique {adj} | :: phantasmic |
| phantasmatiquement {adv} | :: phantasmically |
| phantasme {m} | :: alternative form of fantasme |
| phantasque {adj} | :: alternative form of fantasque |
| phantastiquer {v} | :: obsolete form of fantastiquer |
| phantôme {m} | :: alternative form of fantôme |
| pharaon {m} | :: pharaoh (supreme ruler of ancient Egypt) |
| pharaonique {adj} | :: pharaonic |
| pharaonique {adj} | :: colossal |
| phare {adj} | :: leading, signature, key, flagship |
| phare {m} | :: lighthouse |
| phare {m} | :: lantern in a lighthouse |
| phare {m} | :: headlight (of a vehicle) |
| phare {m} | :: headlamp (of a vehicle) |
| phare {m} [figuratively] | :: beacon, luminary |
| phare {m} [nautical] | :: the set of sails on the mast |
| phare antibrouillard {m} [automotive] | :: fog light, fog lamp |
| pharisaïque {adj} | :: pharisaic |
| pharisaïquement {adv} | :: pharisaically |
| pharisien {m} | :: Pharisee |
| pharisien {adj} | :: Pharisee |
| pharmaceutique {adj} | :: pharmaceutical |
| pharmacie {f} | :: pharmacy, drugstore |
| pharmacien {m} | :: pharmacist |
| pharmacien {m} | :: chemist (dispensing chemist) |
| pharmacien {m} | :: apothecary |
| pharmacienne {f} | :: feminine noun of pharmacien |
| pharmacochimie {f} [chemistry] | :: pharmacochemistry |
| pharmacodépendance {f} | :: drug dependency |
| pharmacognosie {f} | :: pharmacognosy |
| pharmacologie {f} | :: pharmacology |
| pharmacologique {adj} | :: pharmacologic, pharmacological |
| pharmacologiquement {adv} | :: pharmacologically |
| pharmacopée {f} | :: pharmacopoeia |
| pharmacopœe {f} | :: obsolete form of pharmacopée |
| pharyngé {adj} | :: pharyngeal |
| pharyngectomie {f} [surgery] | :: pharyngectomy |
| pharyngien {adj} | :: pharyngeal |
| pharyngite {f} [pathology] | :: pharyngitis |
| pharynx {m} [anatomy] | :: pharynx |
| phasaire {adj} [biology] | :: Relating to phases or development |
| phascolome {m} [dated] | :: Wombat |
| phase {f} | :: phase |
| phase de poule {f} [sports] | :: group stage |
| phase éruptive {f} [geology] | :: eruptive phase |
| phasme {m} | :: stick insect |
| phasmide {m} [biology] | :: phasmid |
| phaséolique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: phaseolic |
| phatique {adj} | :: phatic (more polite than meaningful) |
| phatiquement {adv} | :: phatically |
| phaéton {m} | :: phaeton |
| phi {m} | :: phi (Greek letter) |
| Phil {prop} {m} | :: given name, diminutive of Philippe |
| Philadelphie {prop} {f} | :: Philadelphia (U.S. city) |
| philaire {m} | :: Any plant of the genus Phillyrea |
| philanthrope {mf} | :: philanthropist |
| philanthropie {f} | :: philanthropy |
| philanthropique {adj} | :: philanthropic (all meanings) |
| philantrope {mf} | :: alternative form of philanthrope |
| philatélie {f} | :: philately |
| philatélique {adj} | :: philatelic (stamp collecting) |
| philatéliste {mf} | :: philatelist |
| -phile {suffix} | :: -philic |
| philharmonie {f} [music] | :: philharmonic orchestra or society |
| philharmonique {adj} | :: philharmonic |
| philharmonique {m} | :: philharmonic |
| Philibert {prop} | :: given name |
| -philie {suffix} | :: -philia |
| Philippe {prop} | :: given name, cognate to English Philip. Very popular in 20th century France, next only to Jean and Pierre |
| Philippe {prop} | :: Philip [biblical character] |
| Philippe {prop} | :: surname |
| philippin {adj} | :: Filipino (of, or from the Philippines) |
| Philippin {m} | :: Filipino, someone from the Philippines |
| Philippine {f} | :: feminine noun of Philippin |
| Philippines {prop} {fp} | :: The Philippines |
| philistin {adj} | :: philistine |
| philistin {m} | :: philistine |
| Philémon {prop} | :: Philemon |
| philo {f} [colloquial] | :: philosophy |
| Philodème {prop} {m} | :: Philodemus |
| philologie {f} | :: philology |
| philologique {adj} | :: philological |
| philologiquement {adv} | :: philologically |
| philologue {mf} | :: philologist |
| Philomène {prop} {f} | :: given name, equivalent to English Philomena |
| philosophal {adj} [attributive] | :: philosopher (meaning alchemist) |
| philosophe {mf} | :: philosopher |
| philosopher {v} | :: to philosophize |
| philosophie {f} | :: philosophy, the study of thoughts |
| philosophie {f} | :: philosophy, one's manner of thinking |
| philosophie {f} [printing, dated] | :: small pica: 11-point type |
| philosophie {f} | :: a philosophical (calm and stoically accepting) attitude |
| philosophique {adj} | :: philosophical |
| philosophiquement {adv} | :: philosophically |
| philosophisme {m} | :: philosophism |
| philtre {m} | :: philter (a kind of potion, charm, or drug intended to make the drinker fall in love with the giver) |
| philtrum {m} | :: philtrum |
| philuméniste {mf} | :: phillumenist (matchbox collector) |
| phimosis {m} [medicine] | :: phimosis |
| phlébectomie {f} [surgery] | :: phlebectomy |
| phlébite {f} [pathology] | :: phlebitis |
| phlébologie {f} | :: phlebology |
| phlébologue {mf} | :: phlebologist |
| phlébotomie {f} | :: phlebotomy |
| phlegmatique {adj} | :: phlegmatic |
| phlegmatiquement {adv} | :: phlegmatically |
| phlegme {m} [archaic, obsolete] | :: alternative spelling of flegme |
| Phlégon {prop} | :: Phlegon |
| Phlégéthon {prop} {m} | :: Phlegethon |
| phlogistiqué {adj} | :: phlogisticated |
| phlogistique {m} [obsolete, chemsitry] | :: phlogiston |
| phlogistique {adj} [obsolete, chemistry] | :: phlogistic |
| phlogistiquer {v} | :: To phlogisticate |
| phlogopite {f} [mineral] | :: phlogopite |
| phloème {m} | :: phloem |
| phénakistiscope {m} | :: phenakistoscope |
| phénakite {f} [mineral] | :: phenakite |
| phénalène {m} [organic compound] | :: phenalene |
| phénanthrène {m} [organic compound] | :: phenanthrene |
| phénantroline {f} [organic compound] | :: phenanthroline |
| Phénicie {prop} | :: Phoenicia |
| Phœnicie {prop} {f} | :: obsolete form of Phénicie |
| phénicien {m} | :: Phoenician language |
| phénicien {adj} | :: Phoenician |
| phœnicien {adj} | :: obsolete form of phénicien |
| phœnicien {m} | :: obsolete form of phénicien |
| Phénicien {m} | :: Phoenician person |
| Phœnicien {m} | :: obsolete form of Phénicien |
| Phénicienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Phénicien |
| Phœnicienne {f} | :: feminine singular of Phœnicien |
| phénix {m} [mythology] | :: phoenix |
| phœnix {m} | :: alternative form of phénix |
| phénol {m} [organic chemistry] | :: phenol |
| phénolique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: phenolic |
| phénologie {f} | :: phenology (study of the effect of climate) |
| phénologique {adj} | :: phenological |
| phénologiquement {adv} | :: phenologically |
| phænomene {m} | :: obsolete form of phénomène |
| phénoménal {adj} | :: phenomenal |
| phénoménalement {adv} | :: phenomenally |
| phénomène {m} | :: phenomenon (curious occurrence) |
| phénoménologie {f} | :: phenomenology |
| phénoménologique {adj} | :: phenomenological |
| phénoménologiquement {adv} | :: phenomenologically |
| phénoménologiste {mf} | :: phenomenologist |
| phénoplaste {m} [organic chemistry] | :: phenol formaldehyde resin |
| phénothiazine {m} [organic compound] | :: phenothiazine |
| phénotype {m} [genetics] | :: phenotype |
| phényl {m} [organic chemistry] | :: phenyl |
| phénylalanine {f} [amino acid] | :: phenylalanine |
| phénylamine {f} [organic compound] | :: phenylamine |
| phénylcétonurie {f} [pathology] | :: phenylketonuria |
| phényle {m} [organic chemistry] | :: phenyl |
| phénylhydrazine {f} [organic compound] | :: phenylhydrazine |
| phénylméthane {m} [organic compound] | :: phenylmethane |
| phénylène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: phenylene |
| phobie {f} | :: phobia |
| -phobie {suffix} | :: -phobia |
| phocéen {adj} | :: Phocean |
| phocéen {adj} | :: Marseillais, from Marseille |
| phéochromocytome {m} [pathology] | :: pheochromocytoma |
| phocénine {f} | :: phocenin |
| phoeniciculteur {m} | :: date palm farmer |
| phoeniciculteuse {f} | :: feminine singular of phoeniciculteur |
| phoeniciculture {f} | :: date palm cultivation |
| phonatoire {adj} | :: phonatory |
| phonautographe {m} | :: phonautograph |
| phone {m} | :: phon (a unit of apparent loudness) |
| phone {m} [linguistics] | :: phone |
| -phone {suffix} | :: speaker of a specific language |
| -phone {suffix} | :: something that makes a sound e.g. saxophone |
| phoner {v} | :: to ring, call, phone |
| phonique {adj} | :: phonic |
| phoniquement {adv} | :: phonically |
| phonème {m} [linguistics] | :: phoneme |
| phonémique {adj} | :: phonemic (relating to phonemes) |
| phonémique {f} | :: phonemics |
| phonographe {m} | :: phonograph, gramophone (old-fashioned) |
| phonographié {adj} | :: recorded (on a gramophone record) |
| phonographie {f} | :: phonography |
| phonographique {adj} | :: phonographic |
| phonologie {f} [linguistics] | :: phonology |
| phonologique {adj} | :: phonological |
| phonologiquement {adv} | :: phonologically |
| phonologue {mf} | :: phonologist |
| phonomètre {m} | :: phonometer |
| phonométrie {m} | :: phonometry |
| phonéticien {m} | :: phonetician |
| phonéticienne {f} | :: feminine noun of phonéticien |
| phonétique {adj} | :: phonetic |
| phonétique {f} [linguistics] | :: phonetics |
| phonétiquement {adv} | :: phonetically |
| phoque {m} | :: seal (pinniped) |
| phoque {m} | :: sealskin (fabric made from fur of seals) |
| phoquier {adj} | :: of or relating to seals or seal hunting |
| phoquier {m} | :: sealship (boat or ship used for seal hunting) |
| -phore {suffix} | :: -phore |
| phosgène {m} [organic compound] | :: phosgene |
| phosphaté {adj} | :: phosphate-enriched |
| phosphate {m} | :: phosphate |
| phosphatidique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: phosphatidic |
| phosphatidylsérine {f} [organic chemistry] | :: phosphatidylserine |
| phosphatier {adj} [attributive] | :: phosphate |
| phosphatier {m} | :: a ship used to transport phosphate |
| phosphatique {adj} | :: phosphatic |
| phosphatémie {f} [pathology] | :: phosphatemia |
| phosphoacylglycérol {m} [organic chemistry] | :: phosphatidylglycerol |
| phosphocaséinate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: phosphocaseinate |
| phosphoglycérate {f} [organic chemistry] | :: phosphoglycerate |
| phosphoglycéride {m} [organic chemistry] | :: phosphoglyceride |
| phosphoglycérique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: phosphoglyceric |
| phosphogypse {m} | :: phosphogypsum |
| phospholipide {m} | :: phospholipid |
| phosphoré {adj} | :: phosphorous (containing phosphorus) |
| phosphoré {adj} | :: phosphureted |
| phosphore {m} | :: phosphorus [element] |
| phosphorescent {adj} | :: phosphorescent |
| phosphoreux {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: phosphorous |
| phosphorique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: phosphoric |
| phosphorisation {f} | :: phosphorization |
| phosphoriser {v} | :: To phosphorize |
| phosphoryle {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: phosphoryl |
| phosphoryler {v} | :: To phosphorylate |
| phosphovinique {adj} [obsolete, chemistry] | :: phosphovinic |
| phosphépine {m} [organic compound] | :: phosphepine |
| phosphuré {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: phosphidic |
| phosphure {m} | :: phosphide |
| photique {adj} | :: photic |
| photo {f} | :: photo |
| photo- {prefix} | :: photo- (relating to to light) |
| photo- {prefix} | :: photo- (relating to to photography) |
| photoamorcé {adj} [chemistry] | :: photoinitiated |
| photoamorcer {v} [chemistry] | :: To photoinitiate |
| photoamorceur {m} [chemistry] | :: photoinitiator |
| photobiologie {f} [biology] | :: photobiology |
| photobiologique {adj} [biology] | :: photobiological |
| photocellule {f} | :: photocell (photoelectric cell) |
| photochimie {f} [chemistry] | :: photochemistry |
| photochimique {adj} | :: photochemical |
| photochimiquement {adv} | :: photochemically |
| photochromatique {adj} | :: photochromatic |
| photochromatiquement {adv} | :: photochromatically |
| photoconducteur {m} [physics] | :: photoconductor |
| photoconducteur {adj} [physics] | :: photoconductive |
| photoconductif {adj} [physics] | :: photoconductive |
| photoconductivité {f} | :: photoconductivity |
| photocopie {f} | :: photocopy |
| photocopier {vt} | :: To photocopy |
| photocopieur {m} | :: photocopier (device) |
| photocopieuse {f} | :: photocopier (device) |
| photocyclisation {f} [chemistry] | :: photocyclization |
| photodésintégration {f} [physics] | :: photodisintegration |
| photodétecteur {m} | :: photodetector |
| photoglyptie {f} | :: Woodburytype |
| photogène {adj} | :: photogenic (all senses) |
| photogénique {adj} | :: photogenic (looking good when photographed) |
| photogramme {m} | :: still, frame (individual photograph of a motion picture) |
| photogrammétrie {f} | :: photogrammetry |
| photographe {mf} | :: photographer |
| photographie {f} [uncountable] | :: photography |
| photographie {f} [countable] | :: photograph |
| photographier {v} | :: to photograph |
| photographique {adj} | :: photographic |
| photographique {adj} | :: photographical |
| photographiquement {adv} | :: photographically |
| photoioniser {v} | :: To photoionize |
| photojournaliste {mf} | :: photojournalist |
| photoélectricité {f} [physics] | :: photoelectricity |
| photoélectrique {adj} [physics] | :: photoelectric |
| photoélectrochimique {adj} [physics, chemistry] | :: photoelectrochemical |
| photolithographie {f} | :: photolithography |
| photolithogravure {f} | :: photolithography |
| photoluminescent {adj} | :: photoluminescent |
| photomacrographie {f} | :: photomacrography |
| photomagnétique {adj} | :: photomagnetic |
| photomaton {m} | :: photo booth |
| photomicrographie {f} | :: photomicrography |
| photométéore {m} | :: photometeor |
| photomètre {m} | :: photometer |
| photométrie {f} | :: photometry |
| photométrique {adj} | :: photometric |
| photométriquement {adv} | :: photometrically |
| photomultiplicateur {m} | :: photomultiplier |
| photon {m} [particle] | :: photon |
| photonique {adj} [physics] | :: photonic |
| photooxydation {f} [chemistry] | :: photooxidation |
| photophile {adj} | :: photophilic |
| photophobie {f} | :: photophobia (excessive sensitivity to light) |
| photophore {m} [biology] | :: photophore |
| photopile {f} | :: solar cell, solar battery |
| photopolymère {m} [chemistry] | :: photopolymer |
| photopolymérisation {f} [chemistry] | :: photopolymerization |
| photopolymériser {v} [chemistry] | :: To photopolymerize |
| photopériode {f} [biology] | :: photoperiod |
| photopériodique {adj} [biology] | :: photoperiodic |
| photopériodisme {m} [biology] | :: photoperiodism |
| photoréactif {adj} | :: photoreactive |
| photoréactivité {f} [chemistry] | :: photoreactivity |
| photorécepteur {m} | :: photoreceptor |
| photoreportage {m} | :: photojournalism |
| photoreporter {mf} | :: photojournalist |
| photosensibilisation {f} | :: photosensitization |
| photosensibilité {f} | :: photosensitivity |
| photosensible {adj} | :: photosensitive |
| photoshoper {v} | :: To photoshop |
| photosphère {f} [astronomy] | :: photosphere |
| photosynthèse {f} | :: photosynthesis |
| photosynthétique {adj} | :: photosynthetic |
| photosynthétiquement {adv} | :: photosynthetically |
| phototaxie {f} | :: phototaxy |
| phototaxisme {m} | :: phototaxism |
| photothèque {f} | :: photo library |
| photothérapie {f} | :: phototherapy |
| phototropine {f} | :: phototropin |
| phototropisme {m} [biology] | :: phototropism |
| photovoltaïque {adj} | :: photovoltaic |
| phrasé {m} | :: phrasing |
| phrase {f} | :: sentence |
| phraser {v} | :: to phrase |
| phraser {v} [music] | :: to phrase |
| phraseur {m} | :: windbag (excessive talker) |
| phraseuse {f} | :: feminine noun of phraseur |
| phraséologie {f} | :: phraseology |
| phréatique {adj} [geology] | :: phreatic |
| Phérécyde {prop} {m} [Ancient Greece] | :: Pherecydes |
| phrénique {adj} [anatomy] | :: phrenic |
| phrénologie {f} | :: phrenology |
| phrénologique {adj} | :: phrenological |
| phrénologiquement {adv} | :: phrenologically |
| phrénologue {mf} | :: phrenologist |
| phéromonal {adj} | :: pheromonal |
| phéromonalement {adv} | :: pheromonally |
| phéromone {f} | :: pheromone |
| phérormone {f} | :: alternative form of phéromone |
| Phrygie {prop} | :: Phrygia |
| phrygien {adj} | :: Phrygian |
| phtalamide {f} [organic compound] | :: phthalamide |
| phtalate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: phthalate |
| phtalique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: phthalic |
| phtalocyanine {f} [organic compound] | :: phthalocyanine |
| phthisique {adj} | :: phthisic |
| phthore {m} [obsolete, chemistry] | :: synonym of fluor |
| phtisie {f} [pathology] | :: phthisis, consumption |
| phtisique {adj} [medicine, archaic] | :: phthisical |
| Phung {prop} | :: surname |
| Phuong {prop} | :: surname |
| phycologie {f} | :: phycology (the study of algae) |
| phycologiste {mf} [biology] | :: phycologist |
| phycoérythrine {f} [organic compound] | :: phycoerythrin |
| phycotoxine {f} | :: phycotoxin |
| phylactère {m} | :: phylactery |
| phylactère {m} | :: speech bubble, thought bubble |
| phylloérythrine {m} [biochemistry] | :: phylloerythrin |
| phyllotrachée {f} [arachnology] | :: book lung |
| phylloxanthine {f} [organic compound] | :: phylloxanthin |
| phylloxéra {m} | :: phylloxera |
| phylogenèse {f} | :: phylogenesis |
| phylogénie {f} | :: phylogeny |
| phylogénique {adj} | :: phylogenic |
| phylogénèse {f} | :: alternative form of phylogenèse |
| phylogénétique {adj} | :: phylogenetic |
| phylogénétiquement {adv} | :: phylogenetically |
| phylogéographie {f} | :: phylogeography |
| phylogéographique {adj} | :: phylogeographical |
| phylétique {adj} | :: phyletic |
| phynance {f} [colloquial] | :: finance |
| physicalisation {f} | :: physicalization |
| physicien {m} | :: physicist |
| physicienne {f} | :: feminine noun of physicien |
| physicochimie {f} [physics, chemistry] | :: physical chemistry |
| physicochimique {adj} | :: alternative form of physico-chimique |
| physico-chimique {adj} [physics, chemistry] | :: physicochemical |
| physiocrate {mf} | :: physiocrat |
| physiognomonie {f} | :: physiognomy |
| physiognomonique {adj} | :: physiognomic, physiognomical |
| physiologie {f} | :: physiology (branch of biology) |
| physiologique {adj} | :: physiological |
| physiologiquement {adv} | :: physiologically |
| physiologiste {mf} | :: physiologist |
| physionomie {f} | :: face, physiognomy |
| physionomie {f} | :: facial expression, physiognomy |
| physionomie {f} | :: appearance, look, physiognomy |
| physionomiste {mf} | :: Someone with a good memory for faces |
| physionomiste {mf} [France] | :: A bouncer |
| physiopathologique {adj} | :: physiopathological |
| physiopathologiste {mf} | :: physiopathologist |
| physiothérapeute {mf} | :: physiotherapist |
| physiothérapie {f} | :: physiotherapy |
| physique {adj} | :: physical, sportive |
| physique {m} | :: physique |
| physique {f} | :: physics |
| physique des particules {f} | :: particle physics |
| physiquement {adv} | :: physically |
| phytanique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: phytanic |
| phytochimie {f} [chemistry] | :: phytochemistry |
| phytochimique {adj} [chemistry] | :: phytochemical |
| phytochélatine {f} [protein] | :: phytochelatin |
| phytodiversité {f} [biology] | :: phytodiversity |
| phytolaque {f} | :: pokeweed or similar plant of the genus Phytolacca |
| phytologie {f} | :: phytology |
| phytoménadione {m} [organic compound] | :: phytomenadione (vitamin K1) |
| phytomonique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: phytomonic |
| phytomère {m} [botany] | :: phytomere |
| phytophage {adj} | :: phytophagous |
| phytopharmaceutique {adj} | :: phytopharmaceutical |
| phytoplancton {m} | :: phytoplankton |
| phytoplanctonique {adj} [biology] | :: phytoplanktonic |
| phytoremédiation {f} | :: phytoremediation |
| phytosanitaire {adj} | :: phytosanitary |
| phytosociologie {f} | :: phytosociology |
| phytostérol {m} [biochemistry] | :: phytosterol |
| phytothérapeute {mf} | :: phytotherapist |
| phytothérapie {f} | :: phytotherapy |
| phytotoxicité {f} | :: phytotoxicity |
| phytotronie {f} [biology] | :: phytotronics |
| phytotronique {adj} [biology] | :: phytotronic |
| pi {m} | :: pi (Greek letter) |
| pi {m} [mathematics] | :: pi |
| pi {conj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: alternative spelling of pis and |
| PIÉ {m} | :: abbreviation of pistolet à impulsion électrique |
| piaf {m} | :: sparrow |
| piaffement {m} | :: stamping, pawing the ground |
| piaffement {m} | :: prancing |
| piaffer {v} | :: (of horse) to stamp, paw the ground |
| piaffer {v} | :: (of person) to stamp one's feet |
| piagétien {adj} | :: Piagetian |
| piaillard {adj} [of a bird] | :: cheeping |
| piaillard {adj} [by extension, of a person] | :: whining, whiny |
| piaillement {m} | :: squawking, chirping, cheeping |
| piailler {v} | :: to cheep; to chirp |
| piailler {v} | :: to emit high pitched noise |
| pianiste {mf} | :: pianist |
| pianistique {adj} | :: pianistic |
| pianistique {f} | :: pianistics |
| pianistiquement {adv} | :: pianistically |
| piano {m} | :: piano |
| piano droit {m} | :: upright piano |
| piano à queue {m} [musical instruments] | :: grand piano (a piano in which the strings are strung horizontally in a heavy frame shaped like a harp) |
| pianoter {v} | :: to tap (hit lightly) |
| pianoter {v} [computing] | :: to type (use a computer keyboard) |
| piasse {f} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: alternative spelling of piastre |
| piastre {f} [historical] | :: piastre (one of several historical units of currency) |
| piastre {f} [Quebec, Louisiana French, colloquial] | :: buck, dollar. Former official Canadian French equivalent of the word dollar, as found on old currency |
| piaule {f} [colloquial] | :: pad, place |
| piaulement {m} | :: cheep, peep (sound) |
| piauler {vi} | :: alternative form of piailler |
| PIB {m} | :: GDP |
| pic {m} | :: woodpecker |
| pic {m} | :: pick (tool) |
| pic {m} | :: peak, summit |
| picador {m} [bullfighting] | :: picador |
| picage {m} | :: pecking |
| picaillon {m} [colloquial, especially in plural] | :: cash, money |
| picamare {f} | :: picamar |
| picard {adj} | :: Picard (from Picardy) |
| picard {m} | :: Picard (language) |
| Picard {m} | :: Picard (person from Picardy) |
| Picard {prop} | :: surname |
| picardan {m} | :: A variety of white grape originally from Provence |
| Picarde {f} | :: feminine noun of Picard |
| Picardie {prop} {f} | :: Picardy |
| picaresquité {f} | :: picaresqueness |
| picaridine {f} | :: picaridin; synonym of icaridine |
| pièce {f} | :: room (in a house, etc) |
| pièce {f} | :: piece |
| pièce {f} [money] | :: coin |
| pièce {f} | :: play (in a theatre) |
| pièce {f} [heraldry] | :: ordinary |
| pièce {f} [legal] | :: document, paper |
| pièce {f} | :: patch |
| pièce à conviction {f} [law] | :: piece of evidence, exhibit |
| pièce de monnaie {f} | :: coin |
| pièce de rechange {f} | :: spare part (component kept in reserve) |
| pièce de résistance {f} [idiomatic] | :: The finest part of something, especially a meal |
| pièce d'estomac {f} [chiefly historical] | :: stomacher |
| pièce de théâtre {f} | :: play (theatrical performance) |
| pièce jointe {f} [Internet] | :: attachment (email attachment) |
| pièce justificative {f} [legal] | :: proof of entitlement, a document proving something |
| pièce maîtresse {f} | :: showpiece |
| pièce maîtresse {f} [figuratively] | :: cornerstone |
| piécette {f} | :: small coin |
| piécette {f} | :: small room |
| pic à glace {m} | :: icepick |
| pichenette {f} | :: flick |
| pichenotte {f} | :: flick |
| pichet {m} | :: jug |
| Pichet {prop} | :: surname |
| Pichette {prop} | :: surname |
| Pichilemu {prop} {m} | :: Pichilemu |
| pichon {m} [Provence] | :: small child |
| pichon {m} [Picardy] | :: fish (animal, foodstuff) |
| pichonne {f} | :: feminine noun of pichon |
| pickles {m} | :: pickle (pickled vegetable) |
| pickpocket {m} | :: pickpocket |
| picène {m} [organic compound] | :: picene |
| pico- {prefix} | :: pico- |
| picocurie {m} | :: picocurie |
| picodon {m} | :: A flat, round cheese made from goat's milk |
| picokatal {m} | :: picokatal |
| picoler {v} [slang] | :: to drink |
| picolo {m} | :: alternative spelling of piccolo |
| picomètre {m} | :: picometer |
| picorer {v} [obsolete] | :: to maraud, pillage, rampage |
| picorer {v} | :: to nibble, peck (of birds, or figuratively) |
| Picot {prop} | :: surname |
| picotement {m} | :: a stinging sensation, a sting |
| picotement {m} [in the plural] | :: pins and needles |
| picoter {v} [of a bird] | :: to peck |
| picoter {v} [colloquial] | :: to bug, to pester, to annoy |
| picoter {v} | :: to itch, to prickle |
| picoter {v} | :: to tingle |
| picotin {m} | :: peck (dry measure) |
| picpoul {m} | :: A variety of white grape originally from the Languedoc |
| picquer {v} | :: obsolete spelling of piquer |
| picride {f} | :: A type of sunflower of the genus Picris |
| picrique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: picric |
| picrocholin {adj} | :: Describing a senseless conflict |
| picsou {m} [colloquial] | :: Scrooge |
| pictogrammatique {adj} | :: pictogrammatic |
| pictogramme {m} | :: pictogram (picture that represents a word or an idea) |
| pictographie {f} | :: pictography |
| picton {adj} | :: Picton |
| pictural {adj} | :: of or relating to painting |
| picturalement {adv} | :: pictorially |
| pic vert {m} | :: alternative spelling of pivert |
| pic-vert {m} | :: alternative spelling of pivert |
| picvert {m} | :: alternative spelling of pivert |
| piédestal {m} | :: pedestal |
| pie {f} | :: magpie |
| Pie {prop} | :: Pius |
| PIE {m} | :: abbreviation of pistolet à impulsion électrique (taser) |
| pied {m} [anatomy] | :: foot |
| pied {m} | :: leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it) |
| pied {m} | :: An old unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres |
| pied {m} | :: Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres) |
| pied {m} [poetry] | :: foot |
| pied d'athlète {m} | :: athlete's foot |
| pied-de-biche {m} | :: crowbar |
| pied de mouche {m} | :: paragraph mark |
| pied-de-mouche {m} | :: pilcrow, ¶ (a paragraph mark) |
| pied de page {m} | :: footer (line of information at the bottom of a page) |
| piedmontite {f} | :: alternative form of piémontite |
| pied noir {m} | :: pied noir |
| pieds d'argile {mp} [plurale tantum] | :: feet of clay |
| pied-à-terre {m} | :: pied-à-terre |
| pie-grièche {m} | :: shrike (bird) |
| piercing {m} | :: a piercing |
| pierrade {f} | :: A dish (a form of barbecue) in which thin slices of meat are cooked on a heated stone and served with sauces, salads, potatoes, etc |
| pierraille {f} | :: collection of small stones |
| pierre {f} | :: stone (substance) |
| pierre {f} | :: stone (a rock, a pebble) |
| Pierre {prop} {m} | :: Peter [biblical character] |
| Pierre {prop} {m} | :: given name traditionally popular in France |
| Pierre {prop} {m} | :: surname |
| pierre à aiguiser {f} | :: whetstone, hone |
| pierre angulaire {f} [architecture] | :: cornerstone |
| pierre angulaire {f} [figuratively] | :: cornerstone |
| pierre d'achoppement {f} | :: stumbling block |
| pierre d'angle {f} [architecture] | :: cornerstone |
| pierre d'angle {f} [figuratively] | :: cornerstone |
| pierre de lune {f} | :: moonstone (translucent gemstone) |
| pierre de taille {f} | :: cut stone, dressed stone, ashlar |
| pierre de touche {f} | :: touchstone |
| Pierre-Marie {prop} {m} | :: given name |
| pierre philosophale {f} [usually, uncountable] | :: philosopher's stone |
| pierre philosophale {f} [figurative, countable] | :: something impossible to find |
| pierre précieuse {f} | :: gemstone |
| pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse {proverb} | :: a rolling stone gathers no moss |
| pierreries {fp} [in the plural] | :: gems, gemstones |
| pierre tombale {f} | :: tombstone (stone on grave) |
| pierrette {f} [rare] | :: small stone; pebble (used in a children's game) |
| pierrette {f} [dated] | :: a type of white camisole |
| Pierrette {prop} | :: given name, a feminine diminutive form of Pierre |
| pierreuse {f} [slang] | :: knocking-shop |
| pierreux {adj} | :: stony, rocky |
| pierrier {m} | :: scree |
| Pierrot {prop} {m} | :: Diminutive of Pierre (Peter) |
| Pierrot {prop} {m} | :: A character from French pantomime; a buffoon in a loose white outfit |
| pieu {m} | :: post; stake |
| pieu {m} [slang] | :: bed; sack |
| pieusement {adv} | :: piously |
| pieuter {vi} [slang] | :: To sleep (in bed) |
| pieuter {vr} [slang] | :: To go to bed; to crash out, hit the hay |
| pieuvre {f} | :: octopus |
| pieux {adj} | :: pious |
| pif {m} | :: (slang for nose) conk, hooter, schnozzle |
| pif {m} | :: nose, intuition |
| piffer {vt} [colloquial, normally used in the negative] | :: to stand, put up with |
| pifomètre {m} [colloquial] | :: intuitive estimate or approximation |
| pigé {interj} | :: capisce? |
| pige {f} | :: measure |
| pige {f} [colloquial] | :: year (of age) |
| pige {f} [colloquial] | :: year (period of time in general) |
| piège {m} | :: trap, snare, booby trap |
| piège {m} | :: pitfall |
| piégeage {m} | :: trapping |
| piège à clics {m} [Internet] | :: clickbait |
| piège à cons {m} [vulgar] | :: sucker trap |
| pigeon {m} | :: pigeon |
| pigeon {m} [colloquial] | :: a patsy (an easily trickable, naive person) |
| pigeonnant {adj} [of a bra] | :: uplift (attributive) |
| pigeonnant {adj} | :: pigeon-chested |
| pigeonneau {m} | :: squab (young pigeon) |
| pigeonner {v} [colloquial] | :: To take for a ride or dupe (the person being duped is the pigeon) |
| pigeonnier {m} | :: dovecote |
| piger {v} [colloquial] | :: to understand : to get, to catch on, to twig, to cotton on |
| piger {v} [Canada] | :: to choose at random : to draw |
| piéger {v} | :: to trap (catch in a trap) |
| piégeux {adj} | :: tricky |
| piégeux {adj} | :: dangerous |
| pigiste {mf} | :: freelance journalist |
| pigiste {adj} | :: freelance (journalist, writer) |
| pigment {m} | :: pigment, coloring substance |
| pigmentaire {adj} | :: Of or relating to pigment, pigmentary |
| pigmenter {vt} | :: to pigment |
| pignistique {adj} [statistics] | :: pignistic |
| pignocher {vi} | :: to pick at one's food |
| pignon {m} | :: pine nut, pine kernel |
| pignon {m} | :: gable |
| pignon {m} | :: gearwheel, pinion, sprocket |
| pika {m} | :: pika |
| pilaire {adj} [biology] | :: piliated |
| Pilates {m} | :: Pilates |
| pile {f} | :: heap, stack (as in pile de cartons) |
| pile {f} | :: pillar |
| pile {f} | :: battery (as in pile électrique) |
| pile {f} | :: tails (of a coin; mainly used in pile ou face, "heads or tails") |
| pile {f} [heraldiccharge] | :: pile |
| pile {adv} [colloquial] | :: just, exactly |
| pile {adv} [colloquial] | :: dead (of stopping etc.); on the dot, sharp (of time), smack |
| pile ou face {phrase} | :: heads or tails |
| pile-poil {adv} [colloquial] | :: smack-dab, smack bang |
| piler {vt} [cooking] | :: to crush |
| piler {vi} | :: to slam on the brakes of a vehicle, making it come to a sudden stop |
| pileux {adj} | :: hair (attributive) |
| pilier {m} | :: pillar |
| pilier {m} [rugby] | :: prop |
| piligère {adj} [biology] | :: piligerous |
| piline {f} [protein] | :: pilin |
| pillage {m} | :: pillage |
| pillard {m} | :: pillager, looter |
| pillarde {f} | :: feminine noun of pillard |
| piller {v} | :: to plunder; to pillage |
| pilleur {m} | :: a plunderer |
| pilleur {adj} | :: plundering; plunderous |
| piloche {f} [slang] | :: gnasher, tooth |
| pilon {m} | :: pestle |
| pilon {m} | :: wooden leg |
| pilon {m} | :: thigh (the thigh bone of poultry meat) |
| pilonnage {m} [military] | :: shelling, bombardment |
| pilonnage {m} [cooking] | :: pounding, crushing |
| pilonner {v} | :: to bombard, to shell |
| pilonner {v} | :: to grind, to pound |
| pilori {m} | :: pillory; stocks |
| pilorier {vt} | :: to pillory |
| piloselle {f} | :: A type of hawkweed Hieracium pilosella |
| pilosité {m} | :: pilosity, hairiness |
| pilotage {m} | :: pilotage (all senses); piloting |
| pilote {m} | :: pilot (controller of aircraft) |
| pilote {m} | :: pilot (controller of vessel) |
| pilote de brousse {m} | :: bush pilot |
| piloter {v} | :: to pilot (control an aircraft) |
| piloter {v} | :: to pilot (control a vessel) |
| piloter {v} | :: to drive (control a vehicle) |
| pilotis {m} [architecture] | :: piloti |
| pilule {f} | :: pill (small object to be swallowed) |
| pilule {f} [with the definite article la] | :: the contraceptive pill |
| pilule du lendemain {f} | :: morning-after pill |
| pimarique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pimaric |
| pimbêche {f} | :: minx (impertinent woman) |
| piment {m} [cooking] | :: spice |
| piment {m} | :: chili, chili pepper |
| piment {m} [figuratively] | :: spice (vigour) |
| piment de Cayenne {m} | :: cayenne pepper (Capsicum frutescens) |
| piment enragé {m} [Louisiana French] | :: cayenne pepper |
| pimenter {v} [cooking] | :: to spice, to season with spices |
| pimenter {v} [figuratively] | :: to spice up, to make more extravagant or exotic |
| piémont {m} | :: foothill |
| piémontais {adj} | :: Piedmontese (related to Piedmont) |
| Piémontais {m} | :: a Piedmontese person |
| Piémontaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Piémontais |
| piémontite {f} [mineralogy] | :: piemontite |
| pimpant {adj} | :: spruce, dapper, dashing |
| pimper {vr} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, St.Mary Parish] | :: to dress well |
| pimprelocher {vt} | :: to style hair in a ridiculous manner |
| pimprenelle {f} | :: burnet (Sanguisorba minor) |
| pin {m} | :: pine, pine tree |
| pinacle {m} | :: pinnacle, top |
| pinacothèque {f} | :: art gallery |
| pinacothèque {f} | :: pinacotheca |
| pinailler {vi} [colloquial] | :: nitpick, split hairs (to correct minutiae or find fault) |
| pinailleur {adj} | :: nitpicking |
| pinailleur {m} | :: nitpicker |
| pinéal {adj} | :: pineal |
| pinéal {m} | :: pineal |
| pinard {m} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: plonk (cheap wine) |
| pinard {m} [by extension] | :: any wine |
| Pinard {prop} | :: surname |
| pinauculmettable {adj} | :: alternative spelling of pinocumettable |
| pinaucumettable {adj} | :: alternative spelling of pinocumettable |
| pince {f} | :: pincer, claw |
| pince {f} | :: pliers |
| pince {f} | :: tongs |
| pince {f} | :: crowbar |
| pincée {f} | :: a pinch, a tiny amount |
| pinceau {m} | :: paintbrush |
| pince-fesses {m} [dated, slang] | :: dance, hop |
| pince à linge {f} | :: clothes peg |
| pincement {m} | :: pang, twinge |
| pince-nez {m} [dated, literary] | :: pince-nez |
| pince-nez {m} | :: noseclip |
| pince à épiler {f} | :: tweezers |
| pincer {v} | :: to pinch (skin) |
| pincer {v} [colloquial] | :: to pinch (to arrest) |
| pincer {v} [music] | :: To pluck (a stringed instrument) |
| pince-sans-rire {adj} | :: dry, deadpan |
| pincette {f} | :: tongs (for fire) |
| pincette {f} | :: tweezers |
| pinchinelle {f} | :: A type of carline thistle (Carlina acanthifolia) |
| Pindare {prop} {m} | :: Pindar |
| pindarique {adj} | :: Pindaric |
| pinède {f} | :: pine wood or forest |
| pine {f} [slang] | :: nob, penis |
| pineau {m} | :: pineau |
| piner {v} [vulgar] | :: to fuck, to dick |
| pingouin {m} [scientific context] | :: auk, razorbill (Arctic sea bird from the Alcidae family) |
| pingouin {m} [colloquial] | :: penguin |
| ping-pong {m} | :: ping pong; table tennis |
| pingre {adj} | :: miserly, stingy |
| pingrerie {f} | :: stinginess |
| pinique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pinic |
| pinène {m} [organic compound] | :: pinene |
| pinocchioter dans le slibard {v} [slang] | :: to have an unwanted erection visible through one's pants |
| Pinochet {prop} | :: surname |
| pinocumettable {adj} [vulgar] | :: fuckable, shaggable |
| pinoléique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pinoleic |
| pinolénique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pinolenic |
| pinçon {m} | :: pinch, nip (mark on the skin) |
| Pinot {prop} | :: surname |
| pinotte {f} [Québec] | :: peanut, goober (a legume resembling a nut) |
| pinson {m} | :: a finch |
| Pinsonneault {prop} | :: surname |
| Pintac {prop} | :: A commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in southwestern France |
| pintade {f} | :: guinea fowl |
| pinte {f} [Canada] | :: quart |
| pinte {f} [Canada, slang] | :: litre |
| pinte {f} [France] | :: pint |
| pinte {f} [France] | :: bottle of beer or wine with capacity of 50 centiliters, equivalent to ⅔ standard bottles |
| pinter {v} [colloquial] | :: To get drunk |
| pin-up {f} | :: pin-up [woman in a photograph] |
| pin-up {f} | :: babe (sexually attractive woman) |
| pioche {f} | :: pickaxe |
| pioche {f} [card games] | :: stock |
| piocher {v} | :: to use a pickaxe |
| piocher {v} | :: to cram, to swot, to grind (e.g., for an exam) |
| piocher {v} | :: to slog away, drudge (to work very hard) |
| piocher {v} | :: to pick, choose, select from a set of options |
| piocher {v} [card games] | :: to draw from the deck |
| Piogre {prop} {m} [Switzerland] | :: An imaginary, exceedingly remote town; Timbuktu |
| piolet {m} [climbing] | :: piolet |
| pion {m} [chess] | :: pawn |
| pion {m} [figuratively] | :: pawn |
| pion {m} [particle] | :: pion |
| pion {m} [game] | :: counter |
| pion {m} [colloquial] | :: supervisor (in a school) |
| pioncer {vi} [slang] | :: To be sleeping |
| pioncer {vr} [slang] | :: To go to sleep; to crash out, hit the hay |
| pionique {adj} [physics] | :: pionic |
| pionner {v} [chess, checkers] | :: to exchange (a piece) |
| pionnier {m} [military] | :: pioneer, soldier employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances |
| pionnier {m} | :: pioneer, one who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow |
| pionnier {m} | :: precursor |
| pionnier {m} [communism] | :: pioneer, child of 10-16 years in the former Soviet Union, in the second of the three stages in becoming a member of the Communist Party |
| pionnier {adj} | :: pioneering, avant-garde |
| pionnier {adj} | :: first to colonize |
| pionnière {f} | :: feminine noun of pionnier |
| piorner {v} [Switzerland] | :: to whine, moan |
| pipe {f} | :: tobacco pipe |
| pipe {f} [vulgar] | :: blowjob |
| pipe {m} | :: the pipe symbol (|) |
| pipeau {m} [musical instruments] | :: pipe |
| pipeau {m} | :: reed |
| pipelette {f} | :: chatterbox |
| pipeline {m} | :: oil pipeline |
| pipe-line {m} | :: alternative spelling of pipeline |
| piperin {m} [organic compound] | :: piperine |
| pipette {f} [sciences] | :: pipette |
| pipi {m} [chiefly uncountable] | :: wee, wee-wee, pee |
| pipit {m} | :: pipit |
| pipole {adj} | :: famous, related to famous people |
| pipole {m} | :: celebrity |
| pipérade {f} | :: piperade (Basque dish of onions, green peppers, and tomatoes sautéed in olive oil and flavoured with Espelette pepper) |
| pipérazine {m} [organic compound] | :: piperazine |
| pipéridine {m} [organic compound] | :: piperidine |
| piqûre {f} | :: injection |
| piqûre {f} | :: sting |
| piqué {m} | :: dive (of an airplane) |
| piqué {m} [textiles, couture] | :: two fabrics stitched together to make a pattern, or a single fabric imitating this effect |
| piquage {m} | :: pricking |
| piquage {m} | :: stinging |
| piquamment {adv} | :: piquantly |
| piquant {adj} | :: Spiky, spiny |
| piquant {adj} | :: Of food: piquant, spicy |
| piquant {adj} | :: Cold; ice-cold |
| piquant {adj} | :: Of humor, a joke, etc.: scathing |
| piquant {adj} [usually, of a person] | :: attractive |
| pique {f} | :: pike, lance |
| pique {f} [card games] | :: spade (as a card suit) |
| piquebois {m} [Louisiana French, ] | :: woodpecker |
| pique-nique {m} | :: picnic (a meal eaten outdoors) |
| piqueniqueur {m} | :: picnicker (someone having a picnic) |
| piquer {v} | :: to prick (pierce with a prick) |
| piquer {v} | :: to sting (feel a stinging pain) |
| piquer {v} [colloquial] | :: to nick, pinch, steal |
| piquer {vr} | :: to pride oneself on; to like to think that one can do (+ de) |
| piquer {v} [textiles, couture] | :: to stitch together |
| piquer au vif {v} | :: to arouse, to excite |
| piquer au vif {v} | :: to cut to the quick |
| piquer une colère {v} [idiomatic] | :: to fly into a rage |
| piquer un roupillon {v} [idiomatic] | :: [colloquial] to get asleep |
| piquet {m} | :: picket |
| piquet {m} [education] | :: A school punishment in which a student has to remain standing for some time by a tree or a wall, usually in the corner of the classroom |
| piqueté {adj} | :: spotted or dotted (with) |
| piquette {f} | :: A drink of marc and water |
| piquette {f} [colloquial] | :: plonk (cheap wine) |
| piqueupe {m} | :: pickup (electronic device) |
| piqueur {adj} | :: itchy |
| piqueur {adj} | :: stinging |
| piqueur {m} | :: whipper-in |
| piquier {m} [historical] | :: pikeman |
| piqure {f} | :: alternative spelling of piqûre |
| piquure {f} [archaic, obsolete] | :: alternative spelling of piqûre |
| piratage {m} | :: piracy |
| piratage {m} [computing] | :: hacking, unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network |
| piratage informatique {m} [computing] | :: hacking, unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network |
| pirate {mf} | :: pirate |
| pirate de l'air {mf} | :: a skyjacker |
| pirate informatique {mf} [computing] | :: a hacker, one who uses a computer to gain unauthorized access to data |
| pirater {v} | :: to pirate |
| pirater {v} [computing] | :: to hack (into) |
| piraterie {f} | :: piracy (the business of being a pirate) |
| piraterie {f} | :: piracy (an act done by pirates) |
| pire {adj} | :: worse |
| pire {m} [le pire] | :: the worst |
| Piérie {prop} {f} | :: Pieria |
| piriforme {adj} | :: pyriform |
| pirogue {f} | :: pirogue made by hollowing a log |
| pirogue {f} | :: any canoe |
| pirojki {m} | :: pirozhki |
| piroplasme {m} [epidemiology] | :: piroplasma |
| piroplasmide {m} [biology] | :: piroplasmid |
| pirouette {f} | :: A whirling or turning on the toes in dancing |
| pirouette {f} [sports, equestrians] | :: A whirling volt movement made by a horse |
| pirouetter {vi} | :: to pirouette |
| pirouetter {vi} | :: to pivot |
| pis {adv} | :: worse |
| pis {m} | :: udder |
| pis {conj} [Quebec, Acadian, Louisiana French, Missouri, colloquial] | :: and, besides |
| pisé {m} | :: adobe |
| pis-aller {m} | :: a make-do, a less than optimal solution, a workaround |
| pis-aller {m} | :: plan B; a last resort |
| pis-aller {m} | :: worst-case scenario, the worst that could happen |
| piscicole {adj} | :: piscicultural |
| pisciculture {f} | :: pisciculture (the rearing of fish) |
| piscine {f} | :: swimming pool |
| piscine {f} | :: piscina |
| piscine à débordement {f} | :: overflow pool, perimeter-overflow pool |
| piscivore {adj} | :: piscivorous, fish-eating |
| piscivore {mf} | :: piscivore |
| pisco {m} | :: pisco |
| Pise {prop} {m} | :: Pisa (town in Italy) |
| Pise {prop} {m} | :: Pisa (province of Italy) |
| Pisidie {prop} | :: Pisidia |
| pissaladière {f} | :: pissaladière (pizza-like pie from southern France) |
| pissant {adj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: funny |
| Pissarro {prop} | :: surname |
| pisse {f} [vulgar] | :: piss |
| pisse-froid {m} [figuratively, very colloquial] | :: a cold fish, a wet blanket |
| pissenlit {m} | :: dandelion |
| pisser {vit} [slang] | :: to piss |
| pisser {vt} | :: to pour with (some liquid) |
| pisseur {m} | :: pisser (one who pisses) |
| pisseuse {f} | :: feminine noun of pisseur |
| pisseuse {f} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: young girl |
| pisse-vinaigre {m} [figuratively] | :: a grouch, a crosspatch, a sourpuss |
| pissoir {m} [slang] | :: bog, john |
| pissotière {f} | :: public urinal |
| pistache {f} | :: pistachio (nut) |
| pistache {f} [Louisiana French, ] | :: peanut |
| pistachier {m} | :: pistachio (shrub) |
| pistage {m} | :: tracking |
| pistard {m} [cycling] | :: track cyclist |
| pistarde {f} | :: feminine noun of pistard |
| piste {f} | :: a track or trail left by an animal or person |
| piste {f} | :: a lead in a police investigation |
| piste {f} | :: a runway for aircraft |
| piste {f} | :: a track on a recording |
| piste {f} | :: a racecourse |
| piste {f} | :: a ring in a circus |
| piste {f} | :: the floor used for various activities such as dancing, skating, or fencing |
| piste {f} | :: piste (for skiing) |
| piste courte {f} | :: short track (type of speed skating) |
| piste cyclable {f} [in town] | :: bicycle path, bike path, cycle lane, bikeway |
| piste cyclable {f} [in the countryside] | :: cycle track, bike trail |
| piste de danse {f} | :: dance floor |
| pister {vt} | :: to track (an animal) |
| pister {vt} | :: to track (a person) |
| pisteur {m} | :: tracker (one who, or that which, tracks or pursues, as a man or dog that follows game) |
| pistil {m} | :: pistil |
| pistil {m} | :: stamen |
| Pistoia {prop} | :: Pistoia (province) |
| Pistoia {prop} | :: Pistoia (town) |
| pistole {f} [historical] | :: pistole (coin) |
| pistolet {m} | :: gun, pistol |
| pistolet {m} | :: spray gun |
| pistolet {m} | :: weird person |
| pistolet à impulsion électrique {m} | :: taser (electroshock stun gun) |
| pistolet à l'air {m} | :: air pistol |
| pistolet-mitrailleur {m} | :: submachine gun |
| piston {m} | :: piston |
| piston {m} [colloquial] | :: contact, connection |
| pistonner {vt} [colloquial] | :: to put in a good word for somebody, to pull strings for somebody (apply influence) |
| piété {f} | :: piety (the condition and quality of being pious) |
| pitance {f} | :: pittance |
| pitbull {m} | :: pitbull /pit bull/ |
| pitch {m} | :: pitch (sales patter, inclination) |
| pitchpin {m} | :: pitch pine |
| piteusement {adv} | :: piteously |
| piteusement {adv} | :: miserably |
| piteux {adj} | :: pitiful |
| piteux {adj} | :: rundown |
| piteux {adj} | :: piteous |
| pithécanthropique {adj} | :: pithecanthropic |
| pithécanthropiquement {adv} | :: pithecanthropically |
| pitié {f} | :: pity, mercy |
| piétinement {m} | :: step (sound made by someone or something walking), pitter-patter |
| piétinement {m} | :: treading |
| piétiner {vi} | :: to stamp (make loud sounds by stepping) |
| piétiner {vi} | :: to shuffle (move forwards with short steps and with difficulty) |
| piétiner {vi} [figuratively] | :: to make no headway, to go into a dead end |
| piétiner {vt} | :: to trample (underfoot) |
| piétiste {mf} | :: pietist |
| piétiste {adj} | :: pietist (attributive) |
| pitit {m} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, ] | :: alternative spelling of petit, child |
| piton {m} | :: nail (metal object) |
| piton {m} | :: spike, pick (especially for mountaineering) |
| piéton {m} | :: pedestrian |
| piétonne {f} | :: feminine noun of piéton |
| pitonner {v} | :: to piton |
| piétonner {v} | :: To walk (go on foot) |
| piétonnier {adj} | :: pedestrianized / pedestrianised |
| pitou {m} [babytalk, Quebec] | :: doggie |
| pitou {m} [endearment, Quebec] | :: puppy |
| pitoune {f} [Quebec, occasionally pejorative] | :: A pretty woman, a bimbo |
| pitoune {f} | :: A felled log ready to be floated to the mill |
| pitoyable {adj} | :: pitiful; pathetic, contemptible |
| pitoyablement {adv} | :: pitifully |
| pitoyablement {adv} | :: pathetically |
| piètre {adj} | :: poor; lousy (of low quality) |
| piètre {adj} [archaic] | :: pitiful |
| pitre {m} | :: clown, buffoon |
| piètrement {adv} | :: poorly |
| pitrerie {f} | :: tomfoolery |
| pittacale {m} [organic compound] | :: pittacal |
| pitête {adv} [rare] | :: alternative spelling of peut-être |
| pittoresque {adj} | :: picturesque |
| pittoresque {mf} | :: Someone or something that is picturesque |
| pittoresquement {adv} | :: picturesquely |
| pittospore {m} | :: pittosporum |
| pituitaire {adj} [anatomy] | :: pituitary |
| pituite {f} [historical] | :: phlegm |
| pituite {f} [medicine] | :: mucus |
| pivalique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pivalic |
| pive {f} [Switzerland] | :: conifer cone |
| pivert {m} | :: woodpecker, Picus viridis |
| pivoine {f} | :: peony |
| pivot {m} | :: pivot |
| pivot {m} | :: fulcrum |
| pivot {m} | :: lynchpin |
| pivot {m} [basketball] | :: center |
| pivotage {m} [maths] | :: pivot operation (in a simplex algorithm) |
| pivotant {adj} | :: swivel, pivoting |
| pivotant {adj} | :: pivotal |
| pivoter {vi} | :: to pivot, swivel, revolve |
| pivoter {vi} | :: to turn on one's heel |
| pixel {m} [computing] | :: pixel |
| pixellisation {f} | :: pixelation |
| pixelliser {v} | :: to pixelate |
| piézochimie {f} [chemistry] | :: piezochemistry |
| piézoélectricité {f} [physics] | :: piezoelectricity |
| piézoélectrique {adj} [physics] | :: piezoelectric |
| piézomagnétique {adj} [physics] | :: piezomagnetic |
| piézomagnétisme {m} [physics] | :: piezomagnetism |
| piézométrique {adj} | :: piezometric |
| piézonucléaire {adj} [physics] | :: piezonuclear |
| piézophile {mf} | :: piezophile |
| piézophile {adj} | :: piezophilic |
| pizza {f} | :: pizza |
| pizza hawaïenne {f} | :: Hawaiian pizza |
| pizza poutine {f} | :: poutine pizza (a pizza topped with poutine (gravy, french fries, cheese curds)) |
| pizza québécoise {f} [Quebec, cuisine] | :: Quebecoise pizza (with pepperoni, bacon, mushrooms) |
| pizzeria {f} | :: pizzeria |
| pizzéria {f} | :: pizzeria |
| péjoratif {adj} | :: pejorative |
| péjorativement {adv} | :: pejoratively |
| pk {adv} [Internet slang, text messaging] | :: abbreviation of pourquoi, why |
| pékan {m} | :: fisher (mammal) |
| pékin {m} [textiles] | :: Pekin (type of patterned silk) |
| Pékin {prop} {m} | :: Beijing |
| pékinois {adj} | :: Pekingese (of or from Peking (Beijing)) |
| pékinois {m} | :: Pekinese (dog) |
| Pékinois {m} | :: Pekinese (native or inhabitant of Pekin (Beijing)) |
| Pékinoise {f} | :: feminine noun of Pékinois |
| pkoi {adv} [Internet slang, texting] | :: alternative spelling of pourquoi |
| plaçable {adj} | :: placeable; that can be put or placed |
| plaçage {m} | :: plaçage |
| placage {m} | :: veneer (thin covering of fine wood) |
| placage {m} [sports] | :: tackle |
| placard {m} | :: a cupboard, cabinet or closet built against or into a wall |
| placard {m} | :: an ad that is felt to be injurious, seditious or in otherwise bad taste |
| placard {m} [dated] | :: a placard |
| placardage {m} | :: billposting (sticking of posters) |
| placarder {vt} | :: to post, put up |
| placarder {vt} | :: to plaster |
| placardiser {v} | :: To gradually remove the powers and responsibilities of an employee |
| place {f} | :: place, square, plaza, piazza |
| place {f} | :: place, space, room |
| place {f} | :: place, seat |
| placebo {m} | :: placebo |
| place d'armes {f} [military] | :: parade ground |
| place d'armes {f} | :: An assembly point for troops |
| place d'armes {f} | :: An arsenal |
| placement {m} | :: placement |
| placentaire {adj} | :: placental |
| placentaire {m} | :: placental |
| placer {v} | :: to place (to put in a specific location) |
| placer {v} | :: to seat (To put an object into a place where it will rest) |
| placer {vr} | :: to place (to earn a given spot in a competition) |
| placet {m} [historical] | :: petition, appeal |
| placidement {adv} | :: placidly |
| placidité {f} | :: placidity, placidness |
| placier {m} | :: canvasser |
| placier {m} | :: rep |
| placière {f} | :: feminine noun of placier |
| placoplâtre {m} | :: plasterboard |
| placoter {vi} [Quebec] | :: to chat, chatter |
| Péladeau {prop} | :: surname |
| plaïe {f} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, ] | :: alternative form of plage, beach |
| plafond {m} | :: ceiling |
| plafonnement {m} | :: cap, capping, setting an upper limit |
| plafonner {vt} | :: to cap (put an upper limit on) |
| plafonner {vi} | :: to reach one's upper limit |
| plafonnier {m} | :: light (ceiling light) |
| plage {f} | :: beach |
| plage {f} [mathematics] | :: range |
| plagiaire {mf} | :: plagiarist |
| plagiat {m} | :: plagiarism |
| pélagien {adj} | :: Pelagian |
| plagier {v} | :: to plagiarize |
| plagiocéphale {adj} [anatomy] | :: plagiocephalic |
| plagiocéphalie {f} [anatomy] | :: plagiocephaly |
| plagiotropisme {m} [biology] | :: plagiotropism |
| pélagique {adj} | :: pelagic |
| plagiste {mf} | :: beachgoer (someone who goes to the beach) |
| plaider {v} | :: to plead |
| plaideur {m} | :: litigant |
| plaideuse {f} | :: litigant (female) |
| plaidoirie {f} | :: oral argument (court) |
| plaidoyer {m} [legal] | :: speech for the defence |
| plaidoyer {m} [figuratively] | :: plea |
| plaie {f} | :: open wound |
| plaie {f} | :: scourge |
| plaignant {m} [legal] | :: plaintiff; prosecutor |
| plaignant {adj} [legal] | :: prosecuting |
| plaigner {v} [nonstandard, colloquial] | :: alternative form of plaindre |
| plain {adj} [obsolete] | :: plane |
| plaindre {v} | :: to pity |
| plaindre {vr} | :: to complain |
| plaine {f} | :: plain |
| plainte {f} | :: complaint |
| plainte {f} | :: moan, groan |
| plainte {f} [legal] | :: (criminal) complaint |
| plaintif {adj} | :: plaintive, doleful |
| plaintivement {adv} | :: plaintively |
| plaire {vi} | :: (followed by à or preceded by an indirect object) to please (usually translated into English as like with exchange of the subject and object) |
| plaire {vr} | :: to enjoy (oneself) |
| plaisamment {adv} | :: pleasantly; pleasingly |
| plaisamment {adv} | :: jokingly, jestingly |
| Plaisance {prop} | :: surname |
| plaisancier {m} [nautical] | :: boater, amateur sailor |
| plaisancière {f} | :: feminine noun of plaisancier |
| plaisant {adj} | :: pleasing; pleasant |
| plaisanter {v} | :: to joke (make a joke) |
| plaisanterie {f} | :: joke |
| plaisanterie {f} | :: jest; fun |
| plaisanterie {f} | :: pleasantry; joking |
| plaisanterie {f} | :: jesting; kidding |
| plaisantin {m} | :: joker, wag |
| plaisantin {m} | :: wiseass, smart aleck |
| plaisir {m} | :: pleasure |
| Plaisir {prop} | :: Plaisir (town) |
| plan {m} | :: plan |
| plan {m} | :: map (schematic maps of streets, subways, etc.) |
| plan {m} | :: plane (both flat surface and mathematical plane) |
| plan {m} [cinema] | :: shot |
| plan {m} [slang, dated] | :: A small case inserted in the rectum in order to hide one's valuables from a full-body search |
| plan {adj} | :: planar |
| planaire {adj} [mathematics] | :: planar |
| planant {adj} | :: hovering |
| planche {f} | :: board |
| planche {f} | :: spread (picture covering a whole page) |
| planche {f} | :: plank |
| planche {f} | :: woodcut |
| planche {f} | :: board (used for sport, e.g. skateboard or surfboard) |
| planche {f} [figuratively] | :: plank, beanpole (very thin person) |
| planche à beurre {f} | :: butter paddle |
| planche à laver {f} [musical instruments] | :: washboard |
| planche à pain {f} | :: breadboard |
| plancher {m} | :: floor |
| plancher {m} | :: lower limit |
| plancher {m} [anatomy] | :: floor |
| plancher {vi} | :: to talk |
| planche à repasser {f} | :: ironing board |
| planche à repasser {f} [figuratively, slightly offensive] | :: a woman without curves, flat as a pancake |
| planche à roulettes {f} | :: skateboard |
| Planchet {prop} [rare] | :: given name |
| planchette {f} | :: small plank |
| planchette à pince {f} | :: clipboard |
| planchiste {mf} | :: boarder |
| planchiste {mf} | :: snowboarder |
| planchiste {mf} | :: skateboarder |
| planckien {adj} [physics] | :: Planckian |
| plan comptable {m} | :: chart of accounts |
| plancton {m} [biology] | :: plankton |
| planctonique {adj} | :: planktonic |
| plan cul {m} [vulgar] | :: fuck buddy (sexual relationship without further emotional attachment) |
| plan d'eau {m} | :: lake, pond, stretch of smooth water |
| plan de cuisson {m} [cooking] | :: hob, stovetop |
| plan de faille {m} [geology] | :: fault plane |
| plan de niveau {m} | :: floor plan |
| plan de travail {m} | :: work plan, schedule |
| plan de travail {m} | :: worksurface |
| plan de vol {m} | :: flight plan |
| plan directeur {m} | :: blueprint; master plan |
| plan directeur {m} [military] | :: map of the combat area |
| plan d'épargne {m} | :: savings plan |
| plan d'urgence {m} | :: contingency plan |
| planer {v} | :: to glide, to hover |
| planer {v} | :: to be entranced, to be mesmerized |
| planer {v} [slang, of a drug user] | :: to be high |
| planer {v} [slang] | :: to be going well; to run smoothly |
| planeur {m} | :: glider (aircraft) |
| planeur {m} | :: planer (tool) |
| plan fixe {m} [cinema] | :: static shot |
| planificateur {m} | :: planner |
| planificateur {adj} | :: planning |
| planification {f} | :: planning (act of making a plan) |
| planifier {v} | :: to plan ahead, to prepare oneself |
| plan incliné {m} | :: inclined plane |
| planisphère {m} | :: planisphere |
| planning {m} | :: schedule, work plan |
| planogamie {f} [biology] | :: planogamy |
| plançon {m} | :: A medieval French infantry weapon, primarily used for smashing and thrusting |
| Plançon {prop} | :: surname |
| planquer {v} [colloquial] | :: to hide |
| planquer {v} [colloquial] | :: to spy, to snoop |
| plan rapproché {m} [photography, film] | :: close-up |
| planère {f} | :: A form of Siberian elm (Planera crenata) |
| plant {m} | :: seedling |
| plant {m} | :: young plant or plantation |
| plantage {m} | :: the action of planting |
| plantage {m} [computing] | :: crash |
| plantain {m} | :: plantain, any plant of genus Plantago |
| plantain {m} | :: plantain [fruit of the genus Musa] |
| planétaire {adj} | :: planetary |
| planétaire {m} [astronomy] | :: orrery |
| planétaire {m} [automobile] | :: epicyclic gear, planetary gear |
| plantaire {adj} [anatomy] | :: plantar |
| planétarium {m} | :: planetarium |
| plantation {f} | :: planting |
| plantation {f} | :: plantation |
| planète {f} | :: planet |
| plante {f} | :: sole of the foot |
| plante {f} | :: plant |
| plante d'intérieur {f} | :: houseplant |
| planète naine {f} | :: dwarf planet |
| planter {vt} | :: to plant |
| planter {vt} | :: to drive in (a nail, stake etc.) |
| planter {vt} | :: to pitch (a tent) |
| planter {vit} [computing] | :: to crash |
| planter {vr} [colloquial, se planter] | :: to fall off |
| planter {vr} [colloquial, se planter] | :: to fail, to not succeed |
| planter {vr} [colloquial, se planter, a vehicle and etc] | :: to break down |
| planter {vt} [slang] | :: to stab with a knife |
| planteur {m} | :: planter |
| planteuse {f} | :: planter (for potatoes etc) |
| plantier {m} | :: vine (plant) |
| planétoïde {m} | :: planetoid |
| planétoide {m} [astronomy] | :: A planetoid, an asteroid large enough to be seen as a small planet |
| planétologie {f} | :: planetology |
| planétologue {mf} | :: planetologist |
| planton {m} | :: orderly |
| planétésimal {m} [astronomy] | :: planetesimal |
| plantureusement {adv} | :: curvaceously |
| plantureusement {adv} | :: copiously, lavishly |
| plantureux {adj} | :: buxom, curvaceous |
| plantureux {adj} | :: copious, lavish |
| plantureux {adj} | :: fertile |
| plaquage {m} | :: plating (adding a plate to e.g. metal) |
| plaquage {m} [rugby] | :: tackle |
| plaque {f} | :: sheet, plate (of metal) |
| plaque {f} | :: slab (of marble) |
| plaque {f} | :: plaque (bacteria on teeth) |
| plaque {f} | :: plaque, slab (ornamental) |
| plaque {f} | :: (casino) chip |
| plaque {f} [electrics, photography] | :: plate |
| plaque {f} [geology] | :: plate (especially a tectonic plate) |
| plaque {f} | :: slab, bar (of e.g. chocolate) |
| plaque {f} [slang] | :: 10,000 francs |
| plaque {f} | :: (Cooking; gas, electric) burner (US), ring (Britain) |
| plaquebière {f} | :: cloudberry [plant] |
| plaquebière {f} | :: cloudberry, bakeapple [fruit] |
| plaque d'égout {f} | :: manhole |
| plaque d'immatriculation {f} | :: license plate |
| plaqueminier {m} | :: Asian persimmon, Diospyros kaki |
| plaquer {v} | :: to plate (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) |
| plaquer {v} [rugby] | :: To tackle |
| plaquer {v} [martial arts] | :: To grapple |
| plaquer {v} [colloquial] | :: To leave someone, to break up with someone; to ditch, to dump, to jilt someone |
| plaquettaire {adj} | :: platelet (attributive) |
| plaquette {f} | :: packet [of butter]; strip, blister pack [of pills] |
| plaquette {f} [hematology, cytology] | :: platelet |
| plaquette {f} [automobile, ~ de frein] | :: brake pad |
| plaquette de frein {f} | :: brake pad |
| plaquiste {m} | :: A builder who erects plasterboard (or similar) partitions |
| pélargonate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: pelargonate |
| pélargonique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pelargonic |
| pélargonium {m} | :: pelargonium (flower of the genus Pelargonium) |
| plasma {m} | :: plasma (all senses) |
| plasmateur {m} | :: a creator, fashioner |
| plasmatique {adj} | :: plasma (attributive), plasmatic |
| plasmide {m} | :: plasmid (circle of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes) |
| plasmidique {adj} [biology] | :: plasmidic |
| plasmique {adj} | :: plasmic |
| plasmode {m} | :: plasmodium |
| plasmodesme {m} | :: plasmodesma |
| plasmogamie {f} [biology] | :: plasmogamy |
| plasmogamique {adj} [biology] | :: plasmogamic |
| plasmonique {adj} | :: plasmonic |
| plaste {m} | :: plastid; leucoplast |
| plastic {m} | :: plastic explosive |
| plasticage {m} | :: Action of blowing up something (using plastic explosive) |
| plasticien {m} | :: plastician (an artist involved with plastic arts) |
| plasticienne {f} | :: feminine noun of plasticien |
| plasticité {f} | :: plasticity |
| plastide {m} | :: plastid |
| -plastie {suffix} | :: -plasty |
| plastifiant {m} | :: plasticizer |
| plastifier {v} | :: to laminate |
| plastiquage {m} | :: bomb attack |
| plastique {adj} | :: plastic |
| plastique {m} | :: plastic |
| plastiquement {adv} | :: plastically |
| plastiquer {v} | :: to blow up (using plastic explosive) |
| plastiqueur {m} | :: terrorist (bomber who uses plastic explosive) |
| plastiqueuse {f} | :: feminine noun of plastiqueur |
| plastocyanine {f} [protein] | :: plastocyanin |
| plastron {m} | :: breastplate (piece of armour) |
| plastron {m} [fencing] | :: plastron |
| plastron {m} | :: chest pad; chest protection; chestguard |
| plastron {m} [zoology] | :: plastron (part of a turtle's shell) |
| plastron {m} | :: shirt front; the front of a shirt |
| plastron {m} | :: plastron (ornamental front part of a bodice) |
| plastron {m} [zoology] | :: breast (front part of certain birds) |
| plastronique {adj} | :: plastronic |
| plastronique {f} [physics] | :: plastronics |
| plastronner {v} | :: to swagger |
| plasturgie {f} | :: plastics engineering |
| plat {adj} | :: flat |
| plat {m} | :: a flat area of ground; a flat thing; a flat dish or receptacle |
| plat {m} | :: dish or course (e.g. served in a restaurant) |
| platane {m} | :: a sycamore or planetree (genus Platanus) |
| plat du jour {m} | :: plat du jour, daily special |
| plate {f} | :: Very small flat boat |
| plate {adj} [Canada, colloquial] | :: Annoyingly boring |
| plate {adj} [Canada, colloquial] | :: Troublesome |
| platée {f} | :: plateful |
| plateau {m} | :: flat area |
| plateau {m} | :: tray |
| plateau {m} [geography] | :: plateau |
| plateau {m} | :: stage (in theatre); set (of television broadcast) |
| plate-bande {f} | :: flower bed |
| plate-bande {f} [architecture] | :: platband |
| plate-forme {f} | :: platform |
| plateforme {f} | :: alternative form of plate-forme |
| plateforme de forage {f} | :: drilling rig, drilling platform (for oil) |
| plate-forme pétrolière {f} | :: oil rig |
| platelage {m} | :: decking, deck (horizontal surface) |
| platement {adv} | :: flatly |
| platinage {m} | :: platinization |
| platine {m} | :: platinum (metal) |
| platine {f} | :: platter |
| platine {f} | :: turntable |
| platine {f} | :: connector board |
| platine {f} [clockmaking, locksmithing] | :: plate |
| platine {f} [printing] | :: platen (printing plate) |
| platine {f} | :: stage (of a microscope) |
| platinectomie {f} [surgery] | :: platinectomy, platinotomy |
| platiner {v} | :: to platinize |
| platineux {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: platinous |
| platinique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: platinic |
| platinoïde {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: platinoid |
| platinotypie {f} | :: platinotype |
| Platon {prop} {m} | :: Plato (Greek philosopher) |
| platonicien {adj} [philosophy, mathematics] | :: Platonic |
| platonique {adj} | :: Platonic |
| platonique {adj} | :: platonic |
| platoniquement {adv} | :: platonically |
| platonisme {m} | :: Platonism |
| plat principal {m} | :: main course |
| platycnémie {f} [anatomy] | :: platycnemism |
| platycnémien {adj} [anatomy] | :: platycnemic |
| platycnémique {adj} [anatomy] | :: platycnemic |
| platykurticité {f} [maths] | :: platykurtosis, platykurticity |
| platykurtique {adj} [maths] | :: platykurtic |
| platyphylle {adj} | :: broadleaf |
| plausibilité {f} | :: plausibility |
| plausible {adj} | :: plausible |
| Plaute {prop} {m} | :: Plautus |
| playback {m} [music, singing] | :: lip sync |
| playboy {m} | :: alternative spelling of play-boy |
| play-boy {m} | :: playboy (person) |
| playlist {f} | :: playlist |
| plèbe {f} | :: pleb |
| plèbe {f} | :: (in plural) people, mob |
| plébéien {adj} | :: plebeian |
| plébéien {m} [historical] | :: plebeian, commoner |
| plébéiennement {adv} | :: In a plebeian manner |
| plébiscitaire {adj} | :: plebiscitary |
| plébiscite {m} | :: plebiscite |
| plébisciter {vt} | :: to vote by plebiscite |
| PLC {initialism} [initialism] | :: [Canada, politics] Parti libéral du Canada - Liberal Party of Canada (LPC) |
| pôle {m} [geography, astronomy, science] | :: pole |
| pôle {m} [figuratively] | :: centre, hub |
| pâle {adj} | :: pale (light in color) |
| pâle {adj} | :: pale (lacking brightness) |
| pâle {adj} | :: pale (dull) |
| plectre {m} | :: plectrum, pick (for strumming string instruments) |
| plein {adj} | :: full, full up |
| plein {adj} | :: plenty |
| plein {adj} | :: solid |
| plein {adj} | :: [of a moon] full |
| plein {adj} | :: [preceded by en] mid-; middle |
| plein {adj} | :: [of an animal] pregnant |
| plein {prep} [somewhat colloquial] | :: in; all over |
| plein comme une huître {adj} [Europe, simile] | :: drunk as a skunk |
| plein comme un œuf {adj} [simile, colloquial] | :: Very drunk; pissed as a newt; drunk as a skunk |
| plein à craquer {adj} [colloquial] | :: jam-packed, chock full, bursting at the seams |
| plein de soupe {m} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, St.Martin Parish] | :: a greedy man |
| pleine lune {f} | :: full moon |
| pleinement {adv} | :: completely, all over |
| plein-emploi {m} | :: full employment |
| pâlement {adv} | :: palely, pallidly |
| pêle-mêle {adv} | :: any old how, at random, chaotically, pell-mell |
| pêle-mêle {m} | :: disorder, confusion |
| pêle-mêle {m} | :: multiple photo frame |
| pêlemêle {m} | :: alternative form of pêle-mêle |
| pôle nord {m} | :: north pole (of a magnet) |
| pôle Nord {m} | :: north pole (northernmost point on celestial bodies) |
| pôle Nord {m} | :: North Pole (of Earth) |
| pèlerin {m} | :: pilgrim |
| pèlerinage {m} | :: pilgrimage (religious journey, or one to a sacred place) |
| pèlerine {f} | :: feminine noun of pèlerin |
| pèlerine {f} | :: cape |
| pélerine {f} | :: cape |
| pèleriner {v} | :: to go on a pilgrimage |
| péleriner {v} | :: alternative spelling of pèleriner |
| plessimétrique {adj} | :: pleximetric |
| plessimétriquement {adv} | :: pleximetrically |
| pôle sud {m} | :: south pole (of a magnet) |
| pôle Sud {m} | :: south pole (the southernmost point on a celestial body) |
| pâleur {f} | :: pallor; paleness |
| pleur {m} | :: Cry (action of producing tears) |
| pleurard {m} | :: crybaby |
| pleurard {adj} | :: crying |
| pleurer {vi} | :: to cry, to weep |
| pleurer {vt} | :: to mourn |
| pleurer comme une madeleine {v} [simile] | :: To bawl, especially exaggeratedly; to cry one's eyes out; to cry like a baby |
| pleureur {m} | :: crier; weeper one who cries or weeps |
| pleureur {m} | :: crybaby |
| pleureur {adj} | :: weeping |
| pleureuse {f} | :: professional mourner |
| pleurnichard {m} | :: crybaby |
| pleurnichard {m} | :: sniveller |
| pleurnichard {adj} | :: whingeing |
| pleurnicher {v} | :: to whine (to complain or protest in a childish manner or about trivial things) |
| pleurnicherie {f} | :: whine |
| pleurnicheur {m} [colloquial] | :: sniveller |
| pleurnicheuse {f} | :: feminine noun of pleurnicheur |
| pleurote {m} | :: oyster mushroom |
| pleurésie {f} [pathology] | :: pleurisy |
| pleurétique {adj} | :: pleuritic |
| pleutre {m} | :: coward |
| pleutre {adj} | :: cowardly |
| pleutre {v} | :: to be cowardly |
| pleutrement {adv} | :: cowardly |
| pleuviner {v} | :: to drizzle |
| pleuvioter {v} | :: to drizzle |
| pleuvoir {v} | :: to rain |
| pleuvoir à boire debout {v} | :: rain cats and dogs (to rain very heavily) |
| pleuvoir comme vache qui pisse {v} [simile, vulgar] | :: to piss it down (to rain cats and dogs) |
| pleuvoir des cordes {v} [idiomatic] | :: to rain heavily; to rain cats and dogs |
| pleuvoir des hallebardes {v} | :: to rain heavily; to rain cats and dogs |
| pleuvoir à verse {v} [idiomatic] | :: to rain heavily |
| plexiglas {m} | :: Plexiglas |
| plexus {m} | :: plexus |
| pli {m} | :: fold |
| pli {m} | :: pleat |
| pli {m} | :: letter |
| pli {m} [card games] | :: trick |
| plié {adj} | :: in stitches |
| pliable {adj} | :: pliable |
| pléiade {f} | :: host (large group) |
| pliage {m} | :: folding (the act of folding something) |
| pliant {adj} | :: pliant |
| pélican {m} | :: pelican (any of various seabirds of the family Pelecanidae) |
| plier {vt} | :: to fold (bend (something) over; arrange by folding) |
| plier {v} | :: to fold up |
| plier {v} | :: to bend |
| plier {v} | :: to mess up; to do in; to damage |
| plier {v} [figuratively] | :: to kill, kill off (a game) |
| plier bagage {v} | :: to leave, to move, go away |
| Pline {prop} {m} | :: Pliny |
| plinien {adj} | :: Plinian |
| plinthe {f} | :: plinth |
| plinthe {f} | :: skirting board; baseboard (panel between floor and interior wall) |
| pliocène {adj} | :: Pliocene |
| Pliocène {prop} {m} | :: Pliocene period |
| pléiotrope {adj} [biology] | :: pleiotropic |
| pléiotropie {f} [biology] | :: pleiotropy |
| pléiotropique {adj} | :: pleiotropic |
| pâlir {v} | :: to pale; to fade (lose color) |
| pâlir {v} | :: to fade (lose glory or power) |
| plissé {adj} | :: pleated |
| plissement {m} | :: folding |
| plissement {m} [geology] | :: fold |
| plisser {vt} | :: to fold over, pleat |
| plisser {vt} | :: to wrinkle, crease, pucker, screw up |
| plisser {vi} | :: to be creased (of clothes etc.), wrinkled (stockings etc.) |
| plisser {vr} | :: to crease, wrinkle |
| pléistocène {adj} | :: Pleistocene |
| Pléistocène {prop} {m} | :: Pleistocene period |
| pliure {f} | :: a folding |
| plénier {adj} | :: complete, entire |
| plénier {adj} | :: plenary |
| plénipotentiaire {adj} | :: plenipotentiary |
| plénipotentiaire {mf} | :: plenipotentiary (a person invested with supreme authority) |
| plénièrement {adv} | :: completely, entirely |
| plénitude {f} | :: fullness, plenitude |
| plomb {m} | :: lead (metal) |
| plomb {m} | :: fuse |
| plomb {m} | :: sinker (fishing weight) |
| plombage {m} | :: weighting (with lead); filling, stopping |
| plombage {m} [dentistry] | :: filling |
| plombagine {m} [mineralogy] | :: graphite |
| plombate {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: plumbate |
| plombe {f} [slang] | :: ages, a long time |
| plomber {v} | :: to fill with lead, to weigh down with lead |
| plomber {v} [figuratively] | :: to become a burden, to weigh down |
| plomberie {f} | :: plumbing; plumbery |
| plombeux {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: plumbous |
| plombier {m} | :: plumber (profession) |
| plombique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: plumbic |
| plombière {f} | :: feminine singular of plombier |
| plombite {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: plumbite |
| plombémie {f} [pathology] | :: The presence of lead in the blood |
| plomburie {f} | :: lead poisoning |
| pléomorphe {adj} [biology] | :: pleomorphic |
| pléonasme {m} [linguistics] | :: pleonasm, redundancy |
| pléonaste {m} [mineralogy] | :: pleonaste |
| pléonastique {adj} | :: pleonastic |
| plonge {f} [France, colloquial] | :: the work of washing dishes |
| plongée {f} | :: dive |
| plongée {f} | :: The forward tilt of an automobile when braking |
| plongeant {adj} | :: plunging (neckline etc) |
| plongeoir {m} | :: diving board |
| plongeon {m} | :: dive (act of diving into water) |
| plongeon {m} [sports] | :: diving |
| plongeon {m} | :: loon (the bird) |
| plongeon synchronisé {m} | :: synchronized diving |
| plonger {v} | :: to dive |
| plonger {v} | :: to plunge |
| plongeur {adj} [chiefly of an animal] | :: diving (that or who dives) |
| plongeur {m} | :: diver (one who dives for pearls, coral, sponges, sunken items, and so on) |
| plongeur {m} | :: diver (one who practices the sport of diving) |
| plongeur {m} | :: dishwasher (a person who washes dishes in a restaurant or similar establishment) |
| plongeuse {f} | :: feminine noun of plongeur |
| pélopium {m} [obsolete] | :: A metallic element subsequently shown to be technetium |
| Péloponnèse {prop} {m} | :: Peloponnese (region of Greece) |
| plosif {adj} | :: plosive |
| plosion {f} [phonetics] | :: plosion |
| plosive {f} | :: plosive |
| pâlot {adj} | :: pale, peaky |
| ploter {v} [maths] | :: To plot or trace (a curve) |
| ploter {v} | :: alternative form of peloter |
| plotte {f} [Quebec, vulgar, slang] | :: a vulva, a vagina |
| plotte {f} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, ] | :: a ball; a football |
| plotter {v} [obsolete] | :: alternative form of peloter |
| plouc {m} | :: hick, country bumpkin, yokel |
| plouf {m} | :: splash |
| ploussard {m} | :: A black grape variety form Jura |
| ploutocrate {mf} | :: plutocrat |
| ploutocratie {f} | :: plutocracy |
| ploutocratique {adj} | :: plutocratic |
| ployer {vi} [literary] | :: to bend, fold |
| P. L. Q. {abbr} | :: alternative form of PLQ |
| PLQ {initialism} [Canada, politics] | :: initialism of Parti libéral du Québec - Liberal Party of Quebec (LPQ) |
| P.L.Q. {abbr} | :: alternative form of PLQ |
| plérôme {m} [gnosticism] | :: pleroma |
| plésiomorphie {f} [genetics] | :: plesiomorphy |
| plésiomorphique {adj} [biology] | :: plesiomorphic |
| plésiomorphisme {m} [biology] | :: plesiomorphism, plesiomorphy |
| pléthore {f} | :: plethora |
| pléthorique {adj} [medical] | :: plethoric |
| pléthorique {adj} | :: overloaded, overabundant |
| pléthoriquement {adv} | :: plethorically |
| pléthoriquement {adv} | :: overabundantly |
| plâtrage {m} | :: plastering, pargeting |
| plâtras {m} | :: rubble |
| plâtre {m} | :: plaster, plaster of Paris (the building material) |
| plâtre {m} | :: plaster, cast (supportive and immobilising device) |
| plâtrer {vt} | :: to plaster |
| plâtrer {vt} | :: to render |
| plâtrier {m} | :: plasterer |
| plâtrière {f} | :: gypsum quarry (for the manufacture of plaster) |
| plâtrière {f} | :: feminine noun of plâtrier |
| plucher {v} | :: to fluff up, to become fluffy |
| plug {m} | :: butt-plug |
| plugiciel {m} | :: plug-in (computer program addon) |
| plugiciel {adj} | :: plug-in |
| pluie {f} | :: rain |
| plumage {m} [ornithologie, nom collectif] | :: plumage (a bird's feathers, collectively speaking) |
| plumbago {m} [botany] | :: plumbago |
| plume {f} | :: feather |
| plume {f} | :: quill |
| plume {f} | :: nib, the writing end of a fountain pen or a dip pen |
| plumeau {m} | :: feather duster |
| plumer {v} | :: to pluck the feathers off |
| plumer {v} [colloquial] | :: To swindle or cheat out of |
| plumer {v} [colloquial] | :: To desquamate; to have the skin peel off |
| plumet {m} | :: An ostrich feather placed in a hat |
| plumet {m} | :: A bouquet of feathers used to decorate military headgear |
| plumet {m} | :: A bouquet of feathers used to decorate a dais, a bed, or a hearse |
| plumet {m} | :: Feather grass (Stipa pennata) |
| plumet {m} | :: A bundle of feathers attached to a piece of cork which is allowed to float in order to determine the direction of the wind |
| plumetis {m} | :: satin stitch |
| plumets {mp} | :: Plural of plumet |
| plumeux {adj} | :: feathery |
| plumier {m} | :: pencil box |
| plumitif {m} | :: penpusher |
| plupart {f} | :: main part, majority |
| plupart {f} | :: most of |
| plural {adj} | :: plural, large |
| pluralisme {m} | :: pluralism |
| pluraliste {mf} | :: pluralist |
| pluralité {f} | :: plurality |
| pluri- {prefix} | :: pluri- |
| pluriannuel {adj} | :: long-term |
| pluriannuel {adj} | :: pluriennial |
| pluricellulaire {adj} | :: multicellular, pluricellular |
| pluridimensionnel {adj} | :: pluridimensional, multidimensional |
| pluridirectionnel {adj} | :: pluridirectional |
| pluridisciplinaire {adj} | :: multidisciplinary |
| pluridisciplinairement {adv} | :: multidisciplinarily; in a multidisciplinary way |
| pluridisciplinarité {f} | :: multidisciplinarity |
| pluriel {m} | :: plural |
| pluriel {adj} | :: plural |
| pluriel brisé {m} [grammar, linguistics] | :: broken plural |
| pluriellement {adv} | :: plurally; in the plural |
| pluriethnique {adj} | :: multiethnic |
| plurilingue {adj} | :: multilingual, plurilingual |
| plurilinguisme {m} | :: multilingualism |
| pluriloculaire {adj} [biology] | :: plurilocular |
| pluripartisme {m} | :: multipartyism |
| pluripartiste {adj} | :: multiparty |
| pluripotence {f} [biology] | :: pluripotency |
| pluripotent {adj} [biology] | :: pluripotent |
| pluriquotidien {adj} | :: several times each day |
| pluriquotidiennement {adv} | :: several times each day |
| pluriséculaire {adj} | :: Over several centuries |
| pluriséculaire {adj} | :: Centuries-old |
| plus {adv} | :: more, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives) |
| plus {adv} | :: more, -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs) |
| plus {adv} [after a verb] | :: more, -er (indicating a higher degree or quantity) |
| plus {adv} [before a noun] | :: more (indicating a greater quantity; followed by de) |
| plus {adv} | :: more (supplementary, preceded by de) |
| plus {adv} [preceded by a definite article] | :: the most, -est (used to form superlatives of adjectives and adverbs) |
| plus {adv} [usually with the negative particle ne, see usage notes below] | :: no longer, not ... any more |
| plus {m} | :: plus, the symbol + |
| plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose {proverb} | :: the more things change, the more they stay the same |
| plus facile à dire qu'à faire {adj} | :: easier said than done (easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish) |
| plus grand commun diviseur {m} [mathematics] | :: greatest common divisor |
| plus grand commun dénominateur {m} [mathematics] | :: synonym of plus grand commun diviseur |
| plusieurs {adj} | :: several, many, a lot |
| plus on est de fous, plus on rit {proverb} | :: the more the merrier |
| plus ou moins {adv} | :: more or less (approximately) |
| plus petit commun multiple {m} [mathematics] | :: least common multiple |
| plus que jamais {adv} | :: more than ever |
| plus-que-parfait {m} | :: pluperfect tense |
| plus-value {f} | :: capital gain |
| plus vieux métier du monde {m} [euphemistic] | :: the world's oldest profession |
| Plutarque {prop} | :: Plutarch (Greek historian) |
| Pluton {prop} {m} | :: Pluto (dwarf planet) |
| Pluton {prop} {m} | :: Pluto (god) |
| plutoneux {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: plutonous |
| plutonien {adj} | :: Plutonian |
| plutonique {adj} [geology, inorganic chemistry] | :: plutonic |
| plutonium {m} | :: plutonium |
| plutôt {adv} [obsolete] | :: earlier, sooner |
| plutôt {adv} | :: rather, instead |
| plutôt {adv} | :: rather, pretty, kind of |
| pluvier {m} | :: plover |
| pluvieux {adj} | :: rainy |
| pluviomètre {m} | :: pluviometer |
| pluviométrie {f} | :: pluviometry |
| pluviométrique {adj} | :: pluviometric |
| pluviosité {f} | :: (amount of) rainfall |
| pluviôse {m} [historical] | :: Pluviôse (the fifth month of the French Republican Calendar) |
| plèvre {f} [anatomy] | :: pleura |
| pélycosaure {m} | :: pelycosaur |
| PM {abbr} | :: post meridiem |
| P.M. {abbr} | :: post meridiem |
| PMA {m} | :: abbreviation of pays les moins avancés; LDC (least developed countries) |
| PME {f} | :: abbreviation of Petites et Moyennes Entreprises; SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) |
| pâmer {vr} [literary, dated] | :: to swoon |
| pâmer {vr} [colloquial] | :: to be in raptures (devant over something) |
| pâmer {vr} [colloquial] | :: to be overcome (de with) |
| pâmoison {f} | :: swoon |
| PMU {m} | :: abbreviation of Pari mutuel urbain |
| PMU {m} [by extension, France] | :: a place where one can bet on horse races, usually a café or tabac |
| pénal {adj} | :: penal, criminal (of, or relating to crimes) |
| pœnal {adj} | :: obsolete form of pénal |
| pénalement {adv} | :: penally |
| pénalisant {adj} | :: penalizing |
| pénalisation {f} [sports] | :: penalty |
| pénalisation {f} | :: penalizing |
| pénaliser {v} | :: to penalize |
| pénaliser {v} | :: to criminalize |
| pénaliste {mf} [legal] | :: criminal lawyer |
| pénalité {f} | :: penalty (punishment) |
| pénalité {f} [rugby] | :: penalty (free-kick) |
| pénalité {f} [rugby] | :: penalty (scoring of penalty) |
| pénalty {m} [sports] | :: alternative spelling of penalty |
| pénard {adj} | :: alternative form of peinard |
| pénardement {adv} | :: alternative form of peinardement |
| pénates {mp} [historical] | :: household gods, penates |
| pénates {mp} [colloquial] | :: home |
| PNC {mf} | :: Flight attendant, cabin crew |
| pénectomie {f} [surgery] | :: penectomy |
| pneu {m} | :: tyre, tire |
| pneu de secours {m} | :: spare tyre |
| pneumatique {adj} | :: pneumatic |
| pneumatique {m} [rare] | :: tyre (wheel covering) |
| pneumique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pneumic |
| pneumocoque {m} | :: pneumococcus |
| pneumogastrique {adj} [anatomy] | :: pneumogastric |
| pneumogastrique {m} [anatomy] | :: pneumogastric |
| pneumographie {f} | :: pneumography |
| pneumologie {f} | :: pulmonology |
| pneumologue {mf} | :: pneumologist |
| pneumonie {f} [pathology] | :: pneumonia |
| pneumonique {adj} | :: pneumonic |
| pneumopathie {f} | :: pneumonia |
| pénibilité {f} | :: hardness, strenuousness, severity |
| pénible {adj} | :: painful, hard, displeasing |
| pénible {adj} | :: annoying (about someone) |
| péniblement {adv} | :: horribly; awfully |
| péniche {f} | :: barge |
| pénicillé {adj} [biology] | :: penicillate |
| pénicillamine {f} | :: penicillamine |
| pénicilline {f} | :: penicillin |
| pénicillium {m} [biology] | :: penicillium |
| pnictogène {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: pnictogen |
| pnicture {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: pnictide |
| pénien {adj} | :: penile |
| pénil {m} | :: mons veneris, mons |
| péninsulaire {adj} | :: peninsular |
| péninsule {f} | :: peninsula |
| péninsule Ibérique {prop} {f} | :: Iberian Peninsula |
| pénis {m} | :: penis |
| pénitence {f} | :: penance |
| pénitencier {m} | :: penitentiary, prison |
| pénitencier {m} [Roman Catholic Church] | :: a priest who administers the sacrament of absolution |
| pénitent {adj} | :: penitent |
| pénitent {m} | :: penitent (one who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his or her transgressions) |
| pénitentiaire {adj} | :: penitentiary |
| pénitentiel {adj} | :: penitential |
| pénitentiel {adj} | :: penitant |
| Pénélope {prop} {f} [Greek mythology] | :: Penelope (wife of Odysseus) |
| Pénélope {prop} {f} | :: given name |
| Pénélopegate {prop} {m} | :: alt form Penelopegate |
| pénologie {f} | :: penology |
| pénombre {f} | :: penumbra |
| pénombre {f} | :: half-light, twilight |
| pénéplaine {f} [geomorphology] | :: peneplain |
| pénétrabilité {f} | :: penetrability |
| pénétrable {adj} | :: penetrable |
| pénétramment {adv} | :: penetratingly |
| pénétrant {adj} | :: penetrant, penetrating |
| pénétratif {adj} | :: penetrative |
| pénétration {f} | :: penetration |
| pénétrativement {adv} | :: penetratively |
| pénétrer {vt} | :: to enter, to get in (to) |
| pénétrer {v} | :: to penetrate |
| pénétrer {v} | :: to see through somebody's lies or secret plans |
| pénétrer {v} | :: to penetrate (to enter sexually; to engage in penetrative sex) |
| pénétromètre {m} | :: penetrometer |
| pénultième {adj} | :: penultimate |
| pénurie {f} | :: dearth, lack, shortage; penury |
| poa {m} | :: poa, grass |
| pochade {f} | :: pochade |
| pochard {m} [colloquial] | :: drunk, drunkard |
| pocharde {f} | :: feminine noun of pochard |
| poche {f} | :: pocket (part of the clothing) |
| poche {f} | :: pouch (small bag, or part of small bag) |
| poche {f} | :: pouch (of a marsupial) |
| poche {f} | :: pocket (cavity) |
| poche {f} | :: poach (act of cooking by poaching) |
| poche {f} | :: the rendering or the act of rendering the walls, columns, and other solids of a building or the like, as indicated on an architectural plan, usually in black |
| poche {f} | :: ladle (container used in a foundry to transport and pour out molten metal) |
| poche {adj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: lame, boring, dull |
| poche {adj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: bad, untalented, sucky |
| poche des eaux {f} | :: amniotic sac |
| pocher {v} | :: to poach; to cook by poaching |
| pocher {v} | :: to sketch; to make a sketch of |
| pochetron {m} [slang, pejorative] | :: someone who drinks copiously, a drunkard |
| pochetronne {f} | :: feminine noun of pochetron |
| pochette {f} | :: (small) pocket |
| pochette {f} | :: sleeve (of e.g. a CD) |
| pochette {f} | :: clutch bag |
| pochoir {m} | :: stencil (utensil consisting of a perforated sheet) |
| pochtron {m} [slang, pejorative] | :: alternative form of pochetron |
| pochtronne {f} | :: feminine noun of pochtron |
| pococurante {mf} | :: one who is apathetic |
| podaire {f} [geometry] | :: pedal curve |
| podcast {m} [Internet, neologism] | :: podcast |
| podcaster {v} | :: to podcast |
| podcasting {m} | :: podcasting |
| podium {m} | :: podium |
| Podolie {prop} {f} | :: Podolia |
| podologue {m} | :: chiropodist, podiatrist |
| podomètre {m} | :: pedometer |
| podophylle {m} [botany] | :: podophyllum |
| podophylleux {adj} [biology] | :: podophyllous |
| podorythmie {f} [Canada] | :: The tapping of one's feet in time to music |
| podotactile {adj} | :: pedotactile |
| poecilitique {adj} [geology] | :: poikilitic |
| Pogba {prop} | :: surname |
| pogner {vt} [Quebec, Louisiana French] | :: to catch |
| pogner {vt} [Quebec, Louisiana French] | :: to grab, to grasp |
| pogner {v} [Quebec, Louisiana French, slang, figuratively] | :: to seize |
| pogner {v} [Quebec, figuratively, impersonal verb] | :: to be arrested or frozen (by a notion or emotion) |
| pogner {vt} [Quebec, slang] | :: to surprise, to run into, to find out (someone in the act of wrongdoing, someone in hiding) |
| pogner {vt} [Quebec] | :: to collide, to hit |
| pogner {vt} [Quebec, slang] | :: to receive |
| pogner {vt} [Quebec, slang] | :: to understand, [figuratively] to get (a joke) |
| pogner {vi} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: to catch on or become popular, to succeed |
| pogner {vi} [Quebec, slang, idiomatic] | :: to seduce, to have success in interpersonal relationships |
| pogner {vr} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: to take or acquire something (for oneself) |
| pogner {v} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: to become stuck or jammed (of one object in another, used reflexively) |
| pogner {v} [Quebec, slang] | :: to argue, to quarrel (with someone), to butt heads (used either reflexively or with subject) |
| pogner {v} [Quebec, slang] | :: to make out, or to make love or have sex (used reflexively) |
| pogner {vt} [Louisiana French, slang] | :: to fool |
| pognon {m} [colloquial] | :: dough, dosh, bread |
| pogo {m} [Canada, food, colloquial] | :: pogo (corndog on a stick) |
| pogoter {v} | :: To dance the pogo |
| pogrom {m} | :: pogrom |
| poichichade {f} | :: A traditional Provençal spreadable dish consisting of chickpeas, garlic and olive oil |
| poids {m} | :: weight |
| poids léger {m} | :: lightweight (sports category) |
| poids lourd {m} | :: HGV; heavy goods vehicle |
| poids lourd {m} | :: heavyweight (sports category) |
| poids moyen {m} | :: middleweight (sports category) |
| poignamment {adv} | :: poignantly |
| poignant {adj} | :: poignant |
| poignard {m} | :: dagger |
| poignardage {m} [rare] | :: stabbing |
| poignarder {v} | :: to stab; to knife |
| poignée {f} | :: handful (amount held in hand) |
| poignée {f} | :: handful (a small number) |
| poignée {f} | :: (also poignée de main) handshake |
| poignée {f} | :: grip (part of an object someone grips) |
| poignée {f} | :: handle |
| poigne {f} | :: grip |
| poignée de main {f} | :: handshake |
| poignet {m} | :: wrist |
| poignet {m} | :: carpus |
| poil {m} | :: hair (on the body) |
| poil {m} | :: bristle (on a brush) |
| poiler {vp} [colloquial] | :: to laugh hard |
| poil à gratter {m} [practical joke] | :: itching powder |
| poilu {adj} [colloquial] | :: hairy |
| poilu {adj} [dated, figurative] | :: brave, courageous; energetic |
| poilu {m} [historical] | :: poilu (French soldier during World War I) |
| poincarisme {m} | :: The politics of Raymond Poincaré |
| poincariste {mf} | :: An adherent of poincarisme |
| poindre {vt} [obsolete] | :: to prick, sting |
| poindre {vt} [literary] | :: to sting, afflict (of pain, love etc.) |
| poindre {vi} | :: to come up (of a plant), peep through |
| poindre {vi} [literary] | :: to break, dawn (of day); to break (of dawn) |
| poindre {vi} [figurative] | :: to appear, spring up |
| poing {m} | :: fist |
| poing américain {m} | :: brass knuckles |
| poing-à-poing {m} | :: fist bump |
| poinçon {m} | :: stamp (device) |
| poinçon {m} | :: a pointed tool, such as a punch, chisel, bodkin or awl |
| poinçon {m} | :: hallmark (an official marking) |
| poinçonner {vt} | :: to stamp, punch |
| poinçonner {vt} | :: to hallmark |
| poinçonneuse {f} | :: punch (machine) |
| point {m} | :: point (small mark) |
| point {m} [sports, games] | :: point |
| point {m} | :: full stop, period (punctuation mark) |
| point {adv} [literary, dialectal, usually with "ne"] | :: not |
| pointage {m} | :: ticking off |
| pointage {m} | :: checking in |
| pointage {m} | :: scrutiny |
| point aveugle {m} | :: blind spot (place where the optic nerve attaches to the retina) |
| point barre {interj} | :: period; full stop |
| point cardinal {m} | :: cardinal point |
| point chaud {m} [geology] | :: hot spot |
| point commun {m} | :: common feature, shared trait, thing in common, similarity |
| point d'Angleterre {m} | :: Brussels lace |
| point de côté {m} | :: stitch (pain in one's side) |
| point de non-retour {m} [aviation] | :: point of no return |
| point de non-retour {m} [figuratively] | :: point of no return (moment when a process becomes irreversible) |
| point de non-retour {m} [figuratively] | :: orgasm, climax |
| point d'entrée {m} | :: entry point |
| point de repère {m} | :: point of reference, landmark |
| point de suture {m} | :: stitch (of surgical suture) |
| point de vue {m} | :: point of view |
| point d'exclamation {m} | :: exclamation mark, exclamation point |
| point d'expérience {m} [RPG] | :: experience point |
| point d'inflexion {m} | :: point of inflection (a change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave) |
| point d'interrogation {m} | :: question mark (punctuation) |
| point diplomatique {m} | :: the punctuation ⟨ [[./.]] ⟩, a full stop followed by a slash followed by another full stop, used in French-language diplomatic texts to indicate the end of a message |
| point diplomatique {m} | :: See: point diplomatique |
| point d'orgue {m} [music] | :: pause, fermata |
| point d'orgue {m} [figuratively] | :: climax, culmination, capstone |
| pointe {f} | :: point |
| pointeau {m} | :: punch, centrepunch |
| pointe aux âmes {f} [musical instruments, lutherie] | :: soundpost setter, soundpost setting tool |
| pointe de vin {f} | :: merriment caused by mild intoxication |
| pointer {v} | :: to point to/at |
| pointer {v} [by extension] | :: to indicate, to show, to point out |
| pointer {v} | :: to punch in, to clock in |
| pointer {vp} [colloquial] | :: to show up, turn up |
| pointer {m} | :: pointer (dog) |
| pointeur {m} [military] | :: One who points a cannon at its target |
| pointeur {m} | :: One who maintains a register of people present and absent |
| pointeur {m} [computing, programming] | :: A pointer |
| point faible {m} | :: weakness, weak spot |
| point final {m} | :: period [US usage]; full stop [UK usage] |
| point final {interj} | :: period, full stop |
| point fort {m} | :: strength, strong suit |
| point G {m} | :: G-spot |
| pointillé {m} | :: dotted line |
| pointillé {m} | :: perforation |
| pointillé {m} [art] | :: stippling |
| pointilleusement {adv} | :: punctiliously |
| pointilleux {adj} | :: punctilious, finicky, pernickety |
| point mort {m} [physics] | :: dead centre |
| point mort {m} [in vehicles] | :: neutral (the position of a set of gears) |
| point mort {m} [figuratively] | :: standstill, deadlock |
| points de suspension {mp} | :: ellipsis (mark used in printing to indicate an omission) |
| pointu {adj} | :: sharp |
| pointu {adj} [figuratively] | :: specialised, technical, pointed |
| pointure {f} | :: shoe size |
| pointure {f} [colloquial] | :: a master, a person very skilled at doing something; a big name |
| point virgule {m} | :: semicolon |
| point-virgule {m} | :: semicolon (punctuation mark) |
| poiré {m} | :: perry (pear cider) |
| poiré de glace {m} | :: ice perry |
| poire {f} | :: pear |
| poire {f} [colloquial] | :: mug, sucker, soft touch |
| poire {f} [colloquial] | :: mush, face |
| poire {f} | :: A bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper |
| poire {f} | :: pear brandy |
| poire {f} | :: A pear-shaped switch |
| poire {f} [butchery] | :: A beef cut |
| poire-alligator {f} | :: alligator pear (avocado fruit) |
| poireau {m} | :: leek (Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum) |
| poireau {m} [slang] | :: cock, dick |
| poireauter {v} [colloquial] | :: to hang around, to hang |
| poire belle Hélène {f} | :: A dessert made from pears poached in sugar syrup and served with vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup, and crystallized violets (or, in simpler variations, sliced almonds) |
| poire d'avocat {f} | :: avocado pear (avocado fruit) |
| poire à lavement {f} | :: bulb syringe, enema syringe, douche |
| poirer {v} [slang] | :: to nab, take by surprise |
| poirier {m} | :: pear tree |
| poirier {m} | :: headstand |
| Poirier {prop} | :: surname |
| poiré mousseux {m} | :: sparkling perry (pear champagne) |
| pois {m} | :: pea |
| pois chiche {m} | :: chick pea |
| pois de senteur {m} | :: sweet pea |
| poison {m} | :: poison |
| poissard {adj} | :: (of language) coarse, common, vulgar |
| poissard {adj} | :: unlucky |
| poisse {f} | :: chronic bad luck |
| poisser {vt} | :: to make sticky |
| poisser {vt} | :: to nab (apprehend) |
| poisseux {adj} | :: sticky |
| poisson {m} | :: fish (marine animal) |
| Poisson {prop} | :: surname |
| poisson-chat {m} | :: catfish |
| poisson-chien {m} [Africa] | :: The tigerfish, in the genus Hydrocynus |
| poisson-chien {m} [rare] | :: The European mudminnow, Umbra krameri |
| poisson-chirurgien {m} | :: surgeonfish |
| poisson d'avril {m} | :: April fool (an April Fool's Day joke) |
| poisson-football {m} | :: footballfish |
| poissonier {m} | :: fish cook |
| poissonière {f} | :: feminine noun of poissonier |
| poisson-lait {m} | :: milkfish |
| poissonnerie {f} | :: fishmonger's (shop which sells fish) |
| poissonneux {adj} | :: Full of fish; abundant in fish |
| poissonnier {m} | :: fishmonger (someone who sells fish) |
| poissonnière {f} | :: feminine noun of poissonnier |
| poisson plat {m} | :: flatfish |
| poisson rouge {m} | :: goldfish |
| Poissons {prop} {mp} [astronomy] | :: The constellation Pisces 'the Fishes' |
| Poissons {prop} {mp} [astrology] | :: The zodiac sign Pisces, after the above |
| Poissons {prop} {mp} [geography] | :: A municipality in the northern French Champage region |
| Poissons {prop} {mp} [geography] | :: A canton in the Haute-Marne département, named after the above town, its capital |
| poisson-tigre {m} | :: The tigerfish, in the genus Hydrocynus. |
| poisson-vipère {m} | :: viperfish |
| poisson volant {m} | :: flying fish (a tropical marine fish) |
| poitevin {adj} | :: Poitevin |
| Poitou-Charentes {prop} | :: Poitou-Charentes, former region of France |
| poitrail {m} | :: chest (of horse); breast (of bird etc.) |
| poitrail {m} [jocular] | :: chest (of human) |
| poitrail de puzzle {m} [medicine, putative] | :: jigsaw breast/chest |
| poitrinaire {adj} [archaic] | :: consumptive, tubercular, phthistic |
| poitrine {f} | :: chest (of body) |
| poitrine {f} | :: breast (of body) |
| poitrine {f} | :: breast (of poultry, as meat) |
| poivrade {f} | :: poivrade |
| poivre {m} | :: pepper (spice) |
| poivre blanc {m} | :: white pepper (spice) |
| poivre du moulin {m} | :: freshly ground pepper |
| poivre et sel {adj} | :: salt-and-pepper |
| poivre noir {m} | :: black pepper (spice) |
| poivrer {v} | :: to pepper (to season with pepper) |
| poivrier {m} | :: pepper (plant) |
| poivrière {f} | :: pepper pot |
| poivron {m} | :: bell pepper (Capsicum annuum) |
| poivronnade {f} | :: A traditional French dish consisting of peppers (the vegetable) and various herbs and spices, or other vegetables |
| poivrot {m} | :: drunkard |
| poivrote {f} | :: drunkard (female) |
| poix {f} | :: pitch |
| poker {m} [card games] | :: poker |
| poêlé {adj} | :: pan-fried |
| polaire {adj} | :: polar |
| Polandball {m} | :: Polandball |
| polar {m} [colloquial] | :: detective novel |
| polarimètre {m} | :: polarimeter |
| polarimétrie {f} | :: polarimetry |
| polarisé {adj} | :: polarized |
| polarisabilité {f} | :: polarizability |
| polarisation {f} | :: polarization |
| polariser {v} | :: to polarize |
| polariseur {m} | :: polarizer |
| polarité {f} | :: polarity |
| polaroïd {m} | :: Polaroid picture |
| polarographie {f} [chemistry, physics] | :: polarography |
| polder {m} [geography] | :: polder |
| poêle {m} | :: stove |
| poêle {f} | :: frying pan, pan |
| poêle {f} [colloquial] | :: metal detector |
| poêle {m} [religion] | :: pall |
| -pole {suffix} | :: -polis |
| -pole {suffix} | :: -poly, related to market or economy |
| poêlée {f} | :: pan fry |
| poêle à frire {f} | :: frying pan |
| polenta {f} | :: polenta |
| poêler {v} [cooking] | :: to fry in a frying pan |
| polhodie {f} | :: polhode |
| poli {adj} | :: polite |
| poli {adj} | :: polished |
| poli {m} | :: lustre, polish |
| police {f} | :: police |
| police {f} [typography] | :: fount, font |
| police {f} [Quebec] | :: cop (police officer) |
| police de l'air et des frontières {f} | :: border police |
| police judiciaire {f} | :: The detective / investigation division of the French police |
| policeman {m} | :: policeman (in Anglophone countries) |
| policer {v} | :: to police |
| polichinelle {m} | :: Punchinello doll |
| polichinelle {m} | :: buffoon |
| Polichinelle {prop} | :: Punchinello |
| policier {adj} | :: police (attributive) |
| policier {m} | :: policeman, police officer |
| policier {m} | :: police movie |
| policière {f} | :: policewoman, female police officer |
| policlinique {f} | :: polyclinic |
| policlinique {f} | :: outpatients (department of hospital) |
| poliment {adv} | :: politely |
| poliomyélite {f} [pathology] | :: poliomyelitis |
| poliomyélitique {adj} | :: polio (attributive) |
| poliorcétique {adj} | :: relative to siegecraft |
| poliorcétique {f} | :: the science of laying siege, siegecraft |
| polir {v} | :: to shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding (often polish up) |
| polir {v} | :: to refine; remove imperfections |
| polissage {m} | :: polishing |
| polissage {m} | :: refining |
| polisseur {m} | :: polisher (person) (machine, masculine only) |
| polisseuse {f} | :: feminine noun of polisseur |
| polissoir {m} | :: a polissoir |
| polisson {m} | :: naughty child, scamp |
| polisson {adj} | :: mischievous |
| polisson {adj} | :: licentious, shameless |
| polissonner {v} [archaic] | :: to be naughty |
| polissonnerie {f} | :: mischief |
| polissonnerie {f} | :: licentiousness |
| politesse {f} | :: politeness, courtesy |
| politesse {f} | :: polite remark/action |
| politicard {adj} [pejorative] | :: politico (attributive) |
| politicard {m} [pejorative] | :: politico |
| politicien {m} | :: politician |
| politicienne {f} | :: feminine noun of politicien |
| politique {adj} | :: political |
| politique {f} [uncountable] | :: politics |
| politique {f} | :: policy |
| politique de l'autruche {f} | :: ostrich politics, ostrich policy |
| politique du saucissonnage {f} | :: salami technique (reach a goal using small steps) |
| politiquement {adv} | :: politically |
| politiquement correct {adj} | :: politically correct ((of language) not objectionable) |
| politiquement correct {m} [France] | :: political correctness |
| politisé {adj} | :: politicised |
| politisation {f} | :: politicization |
| politiser {vt} | :: to politicize |
| politiste {mf} | :: synonym of politologue |
| politologue {mf} | :: political scientist |
| polka {f} | :: polka (dance and music) |
| pollakiurie {f} [pathology] | :: pollakiuria |
| pollen {m} | :: pollen |
| Pollestres {prop} {mf} | :: A town of the Roussillon district in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France |
| pollinifère {adj} | :: polliniferous |
| pollinique {adj} [attributive] | :: pollen |
| pollinisateur {adj} [of an insect] | :: pollenising |
| pollinisateur {m} [botany] | :: pollinator |
| pollinisation {f} | :: pollination |
| polliniser {v} | :: to pollinate |
| pollénine {f} | :: pollenin |
| polluant {adj} | :: polluting, which pollutes |
| polluant {m} | :: pollutant, a substance which pollutes |
| polluer {v} | :: to pollute (create pollution) |
| polluer {v} | :: to soil, to pollute (to defame) |
| pollueur {m} | :: polluter |
| pollueuse {f} | :: feminine noun of pollueur |
| pollupostage {m} [Internet] | :: spam |
| pollutaxe {f} | :: pollution tax |
| pollution {f} | :: pollution |
| Pollux {prop} [Greek god] | :: Pollux |
| Pollux {prop} [star] | :: Pollux |
| polémarque {m} [historical, Ancient Greece] | :: polemarch |
| polémique {f} | :: polemic, controversy |
| polémique {adj} | :: polemic |
| polémiquer {vi} | :: to be involved in a controversy |
| polémiste {mf} | :: polemicist |
| polémochorie {f} [biology] | :: polemochory |
| poloïdal {adj} [physics] | :: poloidal |
| Pologne {prop} {f} | :: Poland |
| poêlon {m} | :: Type of casserole (cooking pot) |
| polonais {m} | :: Polish, the Polish language |
| polonais {adj} | :: Polish |
| Polonais {m} | :: Pole, someone from Poland |
| Polonaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Polonais |
| poloniser {v} | :: To Polonize |
| polonium {m} | :: polonium |
| poloniure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: polonide |
| poltron {mf} [pejorative] | :: coward |
| poltron {adj} [pejorative] | :: cowardly |
| poltronnement {adv} | :: cowardly |
| poltronnerie {f} | :: cowardice |
| poly- {prefix} | :: poly- (many) |
| poly {adj} [slang] | :: clipping of polytechnique |
| poly {adj} [slang] | :: clipping of polyvalent |
| poly {mf} [slang] | :: clipping of polytechnique (this is itself an clipping of institut polytechnique or école polytechnique) |
| poly {mf} [slang] | :: clipping of polyvalente (this is itself an clipping of institut polyvalent or école polyvalente) |
| poly. {abbr} | :: alternative form of poly |
| polyacide {m} [chemistry] | :: polyacid |
| polyacrylique {adj} | :: polyacrylic |
| polyacrylique {m} | :: polyacrylic |
| polyade {m} [maths] | :: polyad |
| polyadelphe {adj} [botany] | :: polyadelphous |
| polyadelphie {f} [botany] | :: polyadelphy |
| polyadelphine {f} [mineral] | :: polyadelphite |
| polyadique {adj} [maths] | :: polyadic |
| polyadène {adj} [botany] | :: polyadenous (having many glands or nodules) |
| polyakène {m} [botany] | :: polyachene |
| polyalcool {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyalcohol |
| polyallélisme {m} [genetics] | :: polyallelism |
| polyamour {m} | :: polyamory (practices involving relationships with multiple partners) |
| polyamoureux {adj} | :: polyamorous |
| polyandre {adj} | :: polyandrous |
| polyandrie {f} | :: polyandry |
| polyandrique {adj} | :: polyandrous |
| polyandrisme {m} | :: polyandrism |
| polyanthe {adj} | :: polyanthous |
| polyanthropie {f} | :: polyanthropy |
| polyarchie {f} | :: polyarchy |
| polyarène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyarene |
| polyarthrite {f} | :: polyarthritis |
| polyarthrite rhumatoïde {f} | :: rhumatoid polyarthritis |
| polyarticulaire {adj} | :: polyarticular |
| polyatomique {adj} [chemistry] | :: polyatomic |
| polyazole {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyazole |
| polybasique {adj} [chemistry] | :: polybasic |
| Polybe {prop} {m} | :: Polybius |
| polybutadiène {m} | :: polybutadiene |
| polycalique {adj} | :: polycalic |
| polycamératique {adj} | :: polycameratic |
| polycarboxylate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polycarboxylate |
| polycarburant {adj} | :: multifuel |
| polycarpellé {adj} [botany] | :: polycarpic (having multiple carpels in a fruit) |
| polycarpien {adj} [botany] | :: polycarpic (bearing fruit repeatedly) |
| polycarpien {adj} | :: Of or from Saint-Polycarpe (in Quebec) |
| polycarpique {adj} [botany] | :: polycarpic (all senses) |
| polycentrique {adj} | :: polycentric |
| polycentrisme {m} | :: polycentrism |
| polychimiothérapie {f} [medicine] | :: polychemotherapy |
| polychlorure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: polychloride |
| polycholie {f} [pathology] | :: polycholia |
| polychore {m} [geometry] | :: polychoron |
| polychorique {adj} [statistics] | :: polychoric |
| polychreste {m} | :: polychrest |
| polychromatique {adj} | :: polychromatic (all senses) |
| polychrome {adj} | :: polychrome |
| polychrome {adj} | :: multicoloured |
| polychromer {v} [art] | :: To paint (especially a statue) in many colours |
| polychromie {f} | :: polychromy |
| polychromiser {v} | :: To paint (typically a statue) using polychrome |
| polychrone {adj} | :: polychrone (attributive) |
| polychrone {adj} [physics] | :: polychronous |
| polychroïsme {m} [physics] | :: polychroism |
| polychroïte {f} | :: polychroite |
| polychète {f} [zoology] | :: polychete |
| polycistronique {adj} [genetics] | :: polycistronic |
| polyclade {adj} [zoology, botany] | :: polycladose, polycladous |
| polycladie {f} [botany] | :: polyclady |
| polyclinique {f} | :: private hospital |
| polycombustible {adj} | :: synonym of multicombustible |
| polycondensé {adj} | :: polycondensed |
| polycondensat {m} [chemistry] | :: polycondensate |
| polyconique {adj} | :: polyconic |
| polycopié {adj} | :: duplicated |
| polycopiage {m} | :: duplication (of documents) |
| polycopie {f} | :: duplicating (of documents) |
| polycopie {f} | :: duplicate (document) |
| polycopier {vt} | :: to duplicate [documents] |
| polycopieuse {f} | :: duplicator (duplicating machine) |
| polycorde {m} [music] | :: polychord |
| polycorde {adj} [music] | :: polychordal |
| polycotylaire {adj} [botany] | :: polycotyledonous |
| polycéphale {adj} | :: polycephalic |
| polycratie {f} | :: polycracy |
| polycristallin {adj} | :: polycrystalline |
| polycétide {m} [biochemistry] | :: polyketide |
| polycétone {f} [organic chemistry] | :: polyketone |
| polyculturalisme {m} | :: synonym of multiculturalisme |
| polycyclique {adj} | :: polycyclic |
| polycylindrique {adj} | :: multi-cylinder (of an engine) |
| polydactyle {adj} | :: polydactylous |
| polydactylie {f} | :: polydactyly |
| polydactylisme {m} | :: polydactylism |
| polydenté {adj} | :: polydentate |
| polydiméthylsiloxane {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polydimethylsiloxane |
| polydipsie {f} | :: polydipsia |
| polydispersé {adj} | :: polydisperse |
| polydispersité {f} | :: polydispersity |
| polyèdre {m} | :: polyhedron (geometry: solid figure) |
| polyédrique {adj} | :: polyhedral |
| polyedrique {adj} | :: alternative form of polyédrique |
| polyembryonie {f} [botany] | :: polyembryony |
| polyergue {f} | :: Amazon ant (of the genus Polyergus) |
| polyestérifier {v} | :: To polyesterify |
| polyextrêmophile {mf} [biology] | :: polyextremophile |
| polyfonctionnel {adj} | :: Polyfunctional |
| polygalactie {f} | :: polygalactia |
| polygale {m} | :: milkwort |
| polygaline {f} [obsolete, chemistry] | :: polygalin |
| polygalique {adj} | :: polygalic |
| polygame {adj} | :: polygamous |
| polygame {mf} | :: polygamist |
| polygamie {f} | :: polygamy |
| polygamique {adj} | :: polygamic |
| polygamite {m} | :: polygamist |
| polygastrique {adj} | :: polygastric |
| polygenèse {adj} | :: polygenetic |
| polygenèse {f} | :: polygenesis |
| polyglotte {adj} | :: polyglot |
| polyglotte {mf} | :: a polyglot |
| polyglottement {adv} | :: polyglottically |
| polyglottement {adv} | :: multilingually |
| polyglotter {v} | :: To speak several languages |
| polyglottisme {m} | :: polyglotism |
| polygénique {adj} | :: polygenic |
| polygénisme {m} | :: polygenism |
| polygéniste {adj} | :: polygenist |
| polygéniste {mf} | :: polygenist |
| polygénèse {adj} | :: alternative form of polygenèse |
| polygénèse {mf} | :: alternative form of polygenèse |
| polygénétique {adj} | :: polygenetic |
| polygonacée {f} | :: knotweed (of family Polygonaceae) |
| polygonal {adj} | :: polygonal |
| polygonation {f} | :: polygonation |
| polygone {m} | :: polygon |
| polygoniser {v} | :: To polygonize |
| polygonométrie {f} [maths] | :: polygonometry |
| polygramme {m} [linguistics] | :: polygraph |
| polygraphe {m} | :: polygraph (device to discern if a subject is lying) |
| polygraphe {m} | :: polygraph (all other senses) |
| polygraphie {f} | :: polygraphy |
| polygraphique {adj} | :: polygraphic |
| polygraphiste {mf} | :: polygraphist |
| polygynandrie {f} [biology] | :: polygynandry |
| polygyne {adj} | :: polygynous |
| polygynique {adj} | :: polygynous |
| polyhandicap {m} | :: polyhandicap |
| polyhandicapé {adj} | :: Having a polyhandicap |
| polyholoside {m} [carbohydrate] | :: polysaccharide |
| polyhydrite {f} [mineral] | :: polyhydrite |
| polyhydroxyalcanoate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyhydroxyalkanoate |
| polyinsaturé {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: polyunsaturated |
| polyiodure {m} [chemistry] | :: polyiodide |
| polyisoprène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyisoprene |
| polykétide {m} | :: alternative form of polycétide |
| polykystique {adj} [medicine] | :: polycystic |
| polylactique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: polylactic |
| polylobé {adj} | :: polylobate |
| polymaste {adj} | :: polymastic |
| polymastie {f} | :: polymastia |
| polymathe {mf} | :: polymath |
| polymathie {f} | :: polymathy |
| polymathique {adj} | :: polymathic |
| polymathisme {m} | :: polymathy |
| polymédicamenté {adj} | :: Requiring several different medications |
| polymicrogyrie {f} [pathology] | :: polymicrogyria |
| polymélie {m} [pathology] | :: polymelia |
| polyménorrhée {f} | :: polymenorrhea |
| polymorphe {adj} | :: polymorphic |
| polymorphe {adj} | :: polymorphous |
| polymorphie {m} | :: polymorphia, polymorphism |
| polymorphique {adj} | :: polymorphic |
| polymorphisme {m} | :: polymorphism |
| polymorphisme {m} [object-oriented programming] | :: polymorphism |
| polymérase {f} | :: polymerase |
| polymère {m} | :: polymer |
| polymèrique {adj} [chemistry] | :: polymeric |
| polymérique {adj} [chemistry] | :: polymeric |
| polymérisé {adj} | :: polymerized |
| polymérisable {adj} | :: polymerizable |
| polymérisation {f} | :: polymerization |
| polymériser {vt} [chemistry] | :: to polymerize |
| polymérisme {m} [chemistry] | :: polymerism |
| polymétallique {adj} | :: polymetallic |
| polymyosite {f} [pathology] | :: polymyositis, dermatomyositis |
| polymythie {f} | :: polymythy |
| polynational {adj} | :: multinational |
| polyène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyene |
| polynia {m} | :: polynya |
| polynôme {m} [maths] | :: polynomial |
| polynômial {adj} | :: alternative form of polynomial |
| polynomial {adj} | :: polynomial |
| Polynésie {prop} {f} | :: Polynesia |
| Polynésie française {prop} {f} | :: French Polynesia |
| polynésien {adj} | :: Polynesian (of or pertaining to Polynesia or its people or culture) |
| Polynésien {m} | :: Polynesian person |
| Polynésienne {f} | :: feminine noun of Polynésien |
| polynucléaire {adj} | :: polynuclear |
| polynucléotide {m} | :: polynucleotide |
| polynévrite {f} [pathology] | :: polyneuritis |
| polyodonte {adj} | :: polyodont |
| polyoléfine {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyolefin |
| polyonychie {f} | :: polyonychia |
| polyonyme {adj} | :: polynymous |
| polyopie {f} | :: polyopia |
| polyoside {m} [carbohydrate] | :: polysaccharide |
| polyosidique {adj} | :: polysaccharidal |
| polyoxygéné {adj} [chemistry] | :: polyoxygenated |
| polyoxyméthylène {m} [organic compound] | :: polyoxymethylene |
| polyparasitisme {m} [biology] | :: polyparasitism |
| polype {m} | :: polyp |
| polypeptidique {adj} | :: polypeptidic |
| polypeux {adj} | :: polypous |
| polyphagie {f} | :: polyphagia |
| polyphasé {adj} | :: polyphase (electrical) |
| polyphasique {adj} | :: polyphasic |
| polyphénol {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyphenol |
| polyphénolique {adj} | :: polyphenolic |
| polyphobie {f} | :: polyphobia |
| polyphonie {f} | :: polyphony |
| polyphonique {adj} | :: polyphonic |
| polyphoniquement {adv} | :: polyphonically |
| polyphylie {f} [systematics] | :: polyphyly |
| polyphylle {adj} [botany] | :: polyphyllous |
| polyphylétique {adj} [systematics] | :: polyphyletic |
| polypiforme {adj} | :: polypiform |
| polyploïde {adj} [genetics] | :: polyploid |
| polyploïdie {f} [genetics] | :: polyploidy |
| polyploïdiser {v} [genetics] | :: To polyploidize |
| polypnée {f} | :: polypnea |
| polypoïde {adj} | :: polypoid |
| polypose {f} | :: polyposis |
| polyépoxyde {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyepoxide, epoxy (resin) |
| polyprénol {m} [organic compound] | :: polyprenol |
| polypropylène {m} | :: polypropylene |
| polypétale {adj} | :: polypetalous |
| polyptote {m} | :: polyptoton (stylistic scheme) |
| polyptyque {m} [art] | :: polyptych |
| polyrrhize {adj} | :: polyrhizal |
| polysaccaride {m} | :: alternative form of polysaccharide |
| polysaccharide {m} | :: synonym of polyoside |
| polysarcie {f} | :: polysarcia |
| polysialie {f} | :: polysialia |
| polysémantique {adj} | :: polysemantic |
| polysème {m} [linguistics] | :: polyseme |
| polysème {adj} [linguistics] | :: polyseme |
| polysémie {f} | :: polysemy (ability to have multiple meanings) |
| polysémique {adj} | :: polysemic (having a number of meanings, interpretations or understandings) |
| polysémiquement {adv} | :: polysemically |
| polysomie {f} [genetics] | :: polysomy |
| polysomique {adj} [genetics] | :: polysomic |
| polysépale {adj} [botany] | :: polysepalous |
| polyspaste {m} | :: polyspast (machine consisting of many pulleys) |
| polysperme {adj} | :: polyspermous |
| polyspermie {f} | :: polyspermy |
| polystyrène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polystyrene |
| polystyrène {m} | :: styrofoam |
| polysulfure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: polysulfide / polysulphide |
| polysyllabe {adj} | :: polysyllabic |
| polysyllabe {m} | :: polysyllable |
| polysyllabique {adj} | :: polysyllabic |
| polysyndète {f} [rhetoric] | :: polysyndeton |
| polysynodie {f} | :: polysynody |
| polysynodique {adj} | :: polysynodic |
| polysynthétique {adj} | :: polysynthetic |
| polysynthétisme {m} | :: polysynthesis |
| polytechnicien {adj} | :: related to École polytechnique |
| polytechnicien {m} | :: graduate of an École polytechnique |
| polytechnicienne {f} | :: A female graduate of an École polytechnique |
| polytechnique {adj} | :: polytechnic |
| Polytechnique {prop} {f} [France, familiar] | :: the École Polytechnique, a major institute of higher learning outside of Paris |
| polyterpène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyterpene |
| polythiazyle {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: polythiazyl |
| polythéiser {v} | :: To polytheize |
| polythéisme {m} [religion] | :: polytheism |
| polythéiste {mf} | :: polytheist |
| polythétique {adj} | :: polythetic |
| polyéthylène {m} | :: polyethylene |
| polytélite {f} [mineral] | :: polytelite |
| polytomie {f} | :: polytomy |
| polytonal {adj} [music] | :: polytonal |
| polytonalité {f} [music] | :: polytonality |
| polytonique {adj} | :: polytonic (of music, multi-toned) |
| polytonique {adj} [phonology] | :: polytonic |
| polytope {m} | :: polytope |
| polytopisme {m} | :: polytopism |
| polytoxicomane {mf} | :: polytoxicomaniac (person addicted to multiple drugs) |
| polytraumatique {adj} | :: polytraumatic |
| polytraumatisme {m} | :: polytrauma |
| polytric {m} | :: polytrichum |
| polytropie {f} | :: polytropism |
| polytropique {adj} | :: polytropic |
| polytétrafluoroéthylène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polytetrafluoroethylene |
| polytyper {v} | :: To polytype |
| polyurie {f} [pathology] | :: polyuria |
| polyurique {adj} | :: polyuric |
| polyuréthane {m} | :: polyurethane (any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links) |
| polyvalence {m} | :: versatility |
| polyvalent {adj} | :: versatile, multipurpose; that has various uses, functions, or capacities |
| polyvalent {m} | :: an employee who carries out various different functions |
| polyvinyle {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: polyvinyl |
| polyvinylique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: polyvinylic |
| polyzoaire {m} | :: polyzoon, bryozoon |
| polyzoïque {adj} | :: polyzoic |
| poème {m} | :: poem (literary piece written in verse) |
| poëme {m} [archaic] | :: alternative spelling of poème |
| pomelo {m} | :: alternative spelling of pomélo |
| pomélo {m} | :: pomelo |
| pommadé {adj} | :: pomaded |
| pommade {f} | :: ointment (a thick viscous preparation for application to the skin, often containing medication) |
| pommade {f} | :: pomade (such a substance used for hair styling) |
| pomme {f} | :: apple (fruit) |
| pomme {f} | :: Any of several objects of approximately the same shape and size |
| pomme {f} | :: The fruit part of several vegetables |
| pomme {f} [colloquial] | :: The head |
| pommeau {m} | :: shower head |
| pommeau {m} | :: pommel |
| pomme d'Adam {f} | :: Adam's apple |
| pomme d'amour {f} | :: toffee apple |
| pomme de discorde {f} [idiomatic] | :: apple of discord, bone of contention |
| pomme de pin {f} | :: pinecone |
| pomme de terre {f} | :: potato (Solanum tuberosum) |
| pommelé {adj} | :: dappled |
| pommer {v} [of vegetables, especially cabbage and lettuce] | :: To develop a fruit |
| pommeraie {f} | :: apple orchard |
| pommes frites {fp} | :: french fries; chips |
| pommes soufflées {fp} | :: slices of potato that have been fried twice so that they puff up into little balloons and turn golden-brown |
| pommette {f} | :: cheekbone |
| pommier {m} | :: apple tree |
| pomologie {f} | :: pomology |
| pompé {adj} | :: pumped |
| pompage {m} | :: pumping |
| pompe {f} | :: pump |
| pompe {f} [gymnastics] | :: push-up |
| pompe {f} [music] | :: Style of strumming, used especially in gypsy jazz |
| pompe {f} | :: a solemn procession |
| pompe {f} | :: pomp, vainglory |
| pompe {f} | :: style, class |
| pompe {f} [France, slang] | :: shoe |
| pomper {v} | :: to pump |
| pomper {v} [Europe, slang] | :: To copy |
| pomper {vr} [Quebec, slang] | :: To grow angrier as time goes on, especially if there are no further reasons to do so |
| pomper {v} [slang] | :: To fellate (1) |
| pomper {v} [rare] | :: To make pumped up |
| pompeusement {adv} | :: pompously |
| pompeux {adj} | :: pompous, bombastic (affectedly grand) |
| Pompéi {prop} | :: Pompeii |
| pompidolien {adj} | :: Of or from Le Pompidou |
| pompidolien {adj} | :: Relating to, or characteristic of Georges Pompidou |
| Pompidou {prop} | :: surname |
| Pompidou {prop} | :: Georges Pompidou (1911-1974), a French politician and former president of France |
| pompéien {adj} | :: Pompeiian |
| pompier {m} | :: fireman, firefighter |
| pompier {m} [slang] | :: blowjob |
| pompière {f} | :: feminine singular of pompier |
| pom-pom girl {f} | :: a female cheerleader |
| pompon {m} | :: pompon (bundle of yarn, string, ribbon, etc.) |
| pomponnable {adj} | :: primpable |
| pomponner {vt} | :: to primp, titivate, prettify |
| Poméranie {prop} | :: Pomerania |
| pomœrium {m} | :: pomerium |
| péon {m} | :: An agricultural labourer in Mexico |
| ponçage {m} | :: sanding |
| ponant {m} | :: The west |
| ponant {m} | :: The western ocean (rather than the Mediterranean) |
| ponantais {adj} [nautical] | :: western |
| ponce {f} | :: pumice |
| ponce {f} [Quebec] | :: hot alcoholic beverage made with gin or rum |
| Ponce {prop} {m} | :: Pontius |
| ponceau {m} | :: corn poppy |
| ponceau {m} | :: poppy colour |
| ponceau {m} | :: a small bridge |
| poncer {v} | :: to rub down with an abrasive, sandpaper |
| ponceuse {f} | :: sander (machine used for sanding) |
| ponch {m} | :: alternative spelling of punch |
| poncho {m} | :: poncho |
| poncif {m} [literary] | :: banality, derivative, stereotype |
| ponction {f} | :: puncture (especially a surgical one) |
| ponction {f} | :: deduction, that which is taken away (such as a tax) |
| ponctionner {vt} | :: to puncture |
| ponctionner {vt} | :: to deduct [tax, etc.] |
| ponctué {adj} | :: punctuated |
| ponctualité {f} | :: punctuality |
| ponctuation {f} | :: punctuation |
| ponctuel {adj} | :: punctual, on time |
| ponctuel {adj} [physics] | :: pointlike |
| ponctuel {adj} | :: infrequent, occasional |
| ponctuellement {adv} | :: punctually |
| ponctuellement {adv} | :: occasionally, less frequently, only at certain times |
| ponctuer {v} | :: to punctuate |
| pondaison {f} [rare] | :: egglaying season |
| pondeuse {f} | :: an egg layer |
| pondeuse {f} [slang, by extension, pejorative] | :: a woman who gives birth to many children; a breeder |
| Pondichéry {prop} | :: Puducherry (Puducherry, India) |
| pondoir {m} | :: nest box |
| pondérable {adj} | :: ponderable |
| pondéral {adj} | :: weight (attributive) |
| pondération {f} | :: weighting |
| pondération {f} | :: balance |
| pondre {v} | :: to lay (eggs) |
| pondre {v} [slang, France] | :: to give birth |
| pondérer {v} | :: to weight (applying a weighting to) |
| pondéreux {adj} | :: weighty, ponderous |
| péone {f} | :: feminine singular of péon |
| poney {m} | :: pony |
| pongiste {mf} | :: table tennis player |
| pont {m} | :: bridge |
| pont {m} | :: deck |
| pont {m} [dentistry, Canada] | :: bridge |
| ponté {adj} | :: bridged |
| pontage {m} [medicine] | :: bypass (an alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ) |
| pontage {m} | :: bridge-building |
| pont disulfure {m} [chemistry] | :: disulfide bond |
| ponte {f} | :: egglaying, act of laying eggs |
| ponte {f} | :: egglaying season |
| ponte {f} | :: long weekend; a day which falls between two work-free days (holidays or weekend days), on which leave is preferred |
| Ponte Euxine {prop} {m} [obsolete] | :: Euxine Sea |
| ponter {v} | :: to build a bridge |
| pontet {m} | :: small bridge |
| pontet {m} | :: trigger guard |
| ponteuse {f} | :: wire bonder |
| Pont-Euxin {prop} {m} | :: the Black Sea |
| pontier {m} | :: bridgetender |
| pontife {m} | :: pontiff [all senses] |
| pontifical {adj} | :: pontifical |
| pontificalement {adv} | :: pontifically |
| pontificat {m} | :: pontificate (state of a pontifex) |
| pontifier {v} | :: to pontificate |
| pontière {f} | :: feminine noun of pontier |
| pont-levis {m} | :: drawbridge |
| ponton {m} [military] | :: pontoon |
| ponton {m} [nautical] | :: pontoon (floating structure supporting a bridge or dock) |
| ponton {m} [nautical] | :: pontoon (the boat) |
| pont suspendu {m} | :: suspension bridge |
| POO {f} | :: initialism of programmation orientée objet (OOP) |
| pooler {v} | :: To pool (combine resources) |
| poolish {m} | :: poolish |
| pop {adj} | :: pop (popular) |
| pop {m} | :: pop, pop music |
| poper {v} [Internet] | :: To access email via a POP server |
| Popesco {prop} | :: surname |
| Popescu {prop} | :: surname |
| poplité {adj} [anatomy] | :: Related to the calf |
| popo {m} | :: potty |
| popo {m} | :: poop (excrement) |
| popotin {m} [colloquial] | :: bum (UK), butt (US) |
| Poppée {prop} | :: Poppaea |
| populace {f} | :: populace, common people |
| populacier {adj} [pejorative] | :: vulgar, common |
| populacièrement {adv} | :: vulgarly, commonly |
| populage {m} | :: kingcup (Caltha palustris) |
| populage des marais {m} | :: kingcup, buttercup, marsh marigold |
| populaire {adj} | :: popular (relating to the people) |
| populaire {adj} | :: popular (liked by many people) |
| populaire {adj} | :: People's, as in People's Republic of China (in French: République Populaire de Chine) |
| populaire {adj} [linguistics] | :: colloquial |
| populaire {m} | :: populace, the people |
| populairement {adv} | :: popularly |
| popularisé {adj} | :: popularized |
| populariser {v} | :: to popularize |
| popularité {f} | :: popularity |
| population {f} | :: A population |
| populationnel {adj} | :: populational |
| populeux {adj} | :: populous (densely populated) |
| populicole {adj} | :: poplar (attributive) |
| populine {f} [organic compound] | :: populin |
| populisme {m} | :: populism |
| populiste {adj} | :: populist |
| populo {m} [slang, pejorative] | :: hoi polloi, commoners, plebs |
| poquer {v} [obsolete] | :: in pétanque, to throw the boule up high so that it stops dead when it hits the ground |
| porc {m} | :: pork |
| porc {m} | :: pig |
| porcelaine {f} | :: cowrie, a mollusk of the family Cypraeidae, or its translucent shell |
| porcelaine {f} | :: porcelain, the translucent ceramic of fine china, or vessels made of this material |
| porcelainier {m} | :: A person who makes or sells porcelain |
| porcelainière {f} | :: feminine singular of porcelainier |
| porcelet {m} | :: diminutive of porc: piglet |
| porche {m} | :: porch, portico (decorated or ornate entrance to a building) |
| porcher {m} | :: swineherd (pig keeper) |
| porcherie {f} [literally or figuratively] | :: pigsty |
| porchère {f} | :: feminine noun of porcher |
| porcin {adj} | :: porcine; pig (of or relating to pigs) |
| porc-épic {m} | :: porcupine |
| Pordenone {prop} | :: Pordenone (province) |
| Pordenone {prop} | :: Pordenone (town) |
| pore {m} | :: pore (small opening in skin) |
| pore {m} | :: by extension, small openings |
| poreux {adj} | :: porous |
| Pori {prop} | :: Pori |
| porisme {m} [maths] | :: porism |
| poristique {adj} [geometry] | :: poristic |
| porn {f} | :: porn |
| porno {m} [uncountable, colloquial] | :: porno; porn |
| porno {m} [countable, colloquial] | :: a porn movie, a skin flick, a blue movie |
| pornographe {mf} | :: pornographer |
| pornographie {f} | :: pornography |
| pornographique {adj} | :: pornographic |
| pornographiquement {adv} | :: pornographically |
| porosité {f} | :: porosity, porousness |
| porosité {f} | :: permeability |
| porphyrine {f} [organic compound] | :: porphyrin |
| port {m} | :: port, harbour |
| port {m} | :: port, harbour city |
| port {m} | :: refuge |
| port {m} | :: transport |
| port {m} | :: postage |
| port {m} | :: stature, way of carrying oneself |
| port {m} | :: wearing (act of wearing something) |
| porté {adj} [followed by the preposition sur] | :: fond of, fixated on something |
| portabilité {f} | :: portability |
| portabilité {f} | :: wearability |
| portable {adj} | :: portable |
| portable {m} | :: a cell phone |
| portable {m} | :: a laptop |
| portail {m} | :: portal (imposing entrance) |
| portail {m} [Internet] | :: portal |
| portail {m} | :: gate |
| portail {m} [figuratively] | :: portal (entry point) |
| portance {f} | :: lift (upward force, such as that which keeps an aircraft aloft) |
| portance {f} | :: bearing pressure |
| portant {adj} | :: carrying |
| portatif {adj} | :: portable |
| Port-au-Prince {prop} | :: Port-au-Prince (capital of Haiti) |
| port de plaisance {m} | :: marina |
| porté disparu {adj} [of a victim] | :: reported missing, listed missing, missing in action |
| porte {f} | :: door |
| porte {f} | :: gate (to a city, at airport) |
| porte {f} [figuratively] | :: gateway, means, door |
| portée {f} | :: reach |
| portée {f} | :: litter (animals born in one birth) |
| portée {f} | :: range (of a weapon) |
| portée {f} [music] | :: stave |
| porte-aéronefs {m} | :: aircraft carrier |
| porte-avions {m} | :: aircraft carrier, a type of warship |
| porte-bonheur {m} | :: lucky charm |
| porte-cigares {m} | :: cigarette case |
| porte-clé {m} | :: alternative spelling of porte-clef |
| porte-clef {m} [archaic] | :: turnkey |
| porte-clef {m} | :: keychain, keyring |
| porte cochère {f} | :: porte cochère |
| porte-coton {m} | :: groom of the stool |
| porte d'embarquement {f} | :: departure gate, boarding gate |
| porte d'entrée {f} | :: front door |
| porte à deux battants {f} | :: a set of double doors |
| porte-documents {m} | :: briefcase |
| porte-drapeau {m} | :: flagbearer |
| portefaix {m} [archaic] | :: porter |
| porte-fenêtre {f} | :: French window, French door |
| portefeuille {m} | :: wallet |
| portefeuille {m} | :: folder |
| portefeuille {m} | :: portfolio (investments) |
| portefeuille {m} [politics] | :: portfolio |
| porte-jaja {m} [slang] | :: suspender belt (UK), garter belt (US) |
| porte-jarretelles {m} | :: suspender belt (UK), garter belt (US) |
| portemanteau {m} | :: coat stand, coat rack |
| porte-mine {m} | :: mechanical pencil |
| portemine {m} | :: alternative spelling of porte-mine |
| porte-monnaie {m} | :: purse |
| portemonnaie {m} | :: alternative form of porte-monnaie |
| porte moustiquaire {f} | :: A screen door (a door designed to let air flow but keep out insects, using an insect screen) |
| porte papillon {f} | :: butterfly door (a door mounted on a central pivot point which opens both inwards and outwards at the same time from the two halves) |
| porte papillon {f} | :: a door which opens upwards, such as gullwing doors and scissor doors |
| porte-parole {mf} | :: A spokesperson, a spokesman, a spokeswoman |
| porte-à-porte {adj} | :: door-to-door (going from house to house) |
| porter {v} | :: to carry |
| porter {v} | :: to support, to bear |
| porter {v} | :: to wear |
| porter {v} [of a subject, followed by the preposition sur] | :: (porter sur quelque chose) to be about, to concern |
| porter {vr} [se porter] | :: to feel |
| porter {m} | :: porter (beer) |
| porter atteinte {v} [à] | :: to harm, to detract from |
| porter aux nues {vt} | :: to praise, extol |
| porter à ébullition {v} [cooking] | :: to bring to the boil |
| porter la culotte {v} [colloquial, figuratively] | :: to wear the pants, to wear the trousers |
| porter le chapeau {v} [figuratively] | :: to shoulder the blame, take the blame, to take the fall, to take the rap, to carry the can |
| porter plainte {v} | :: to complain, to lodge a (formal) complaint |
| porter plainte {v} [legal] | :: to bring a criminal action (contre (against)) |
| porter ses fruits {v} [figuratively] | :: to bear fruit, to pay off |
| porteur {m} | :: carrier (one who carries) |
| porteur {m} | :: porter |
| porteur {m} | :: bringer; bearer |
| porteur {m} | :: wearer (one who wears) |
| porteur {adj} | :: carrying (in the process or carrying) |
| porteuse {f} | :: feminine noun of porteur |
| portfolio {m} | :: portfolio |
| Porthos {prop} | :: [very rare] given name |
| Porthos {prop} | :: One of the Three Musketeers |
| portier {m} | :: gatekeeper, doorkeeper, doorman |
| portier {m} [soccer] | :: goalkeeper |
| portillon {m} | :: gate |
| portion {f} | :: portion |
| portique {m} [architecture] | :: portico |
| portique {m} | :: gantry |
| portique {m} | :: A type of crane |
| portique {m} | :: frame (of a swing, jungle gym etc.) |
| portique {m} | :: metal detector (at airport etc.) |
| portière {f} | :: feminine noun of portier |
| portière {f} | :: car door |
| porto {m} | :: port wine |
| Porto {prop} | :: Oporto |
| portoricain {adj} | :: Puerto Rican |
| porto-ricain {adj} | :: alternative form of portoricain |
| Portoricain {m} | :: Puerto Rican (person from Puerto Rico) |
| Porto-Ricain {m} | :: alternative form of Portoricain |
| Portoricaine {f} | :: feminine noun of Portoricain |
| Porto-Ricaine {f} | :: feminine noun of Porto-Ricain |
| Porto Rico {prop} {m} | :: Puerto Rico |
| portos {mf} [pejorative, ethnic slur] | :: Portuguese |
| portrait {m} | :: portrait |
| portrait {m} | :: description (of a person or things) |
| portrait craché {m} | :: spitting image, dead ringer |
| portraitiste {mf} | :: portraitist (portrait painter or photographer) |
| portraiture {f} [obsolete] | :: portrait |
| portraiturer {vt} | :: to paint a portrait |
| portraiturer {vt} | :: to portray |
| portuaire {adj} [attributive] | :: port; relating to ports |
| portugais {m} | :: Portuguese, the Portuguese language |
| portugais {adj} | :: Portuguese |
| Portugais {m} | :: a native of Portugal; a Portuguese |
| Portugaise {f} | :: feminine noun of Portugais; Portuguese (someone from Portugal) |
| Portugal {prop} {m} | :: Portugal |
| posadisme {m} | :: Posadism |
| posadiste {adj} | :: Posadist |
| posadiste {mf} | :: Posadist |
| pose {f} | :: installation |
| pose {m} | :: extension (in telecommunications) |
| posemètre {m} [photography] | :: exposure meter |
| poser {vt} | :: to stop carrying, to put down (something or somebody) |
| poser {vt} | :: to ask (a question) |
| poser {vt} | :: to land (a plane) |
| poser {vt} | :: to lay, place |
| poser {vt} | :: to install, fit |
| poser la chique et faire la mort {phrase} [Louisiana French, Cajun French, St.Martin Parish] | :: to stay silent |
| poser une colle {v} [colloquial] | :: [à] to bowl a googly, to set a poser, to stump, to ask a toughie (to ask someone a question they are unable to answer) |
| poser une pêche {v} [very, colloquial] | :: to take a dump, to drop a deuce |
| poser un lapin {v} [à] | :: [colloquial] To stand someone up |
| poseur {adj} | :: pompous, affected |
| poseur {m} | :: poseur |
| Poséidon {prop} {m} [Greek god] | :: Poseidon |
| posidonie {f} | :: seagrass (of genus Posidonia) |
| poésie {f} | :: poetry |
| positif {adj} | :: positive (characteristic) |
| positif {adj} | :: (number) positive or zero. nonnegative |
| positif {adj} | :: positive (for e.g. a drug test) |
| positif {m} | :: positive, something positive |
| positif {m} [physics] | :: positive (electrical polarity) |
| positif {m} [linguistics] | :: positive form |
| position {f} | :: position |
