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] |
:: 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 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 |
paisible {adj} |
:: peaceful |
paisiblement {adv} |
:: peacefully |
paitre {v} |
:: alternative spelling of paître |
paix {f} |
:: peace |
pajot {m} [slang] |
:: bed, fleabag, pit |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
Alsacian woman wearing a black papillon.
|
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} |
:: foil wrapped around food during cooking |
papillote {f} |
:: Meal cooked in a foil |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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 phrase) |
par {prep} |
:: on, at, in (used to denote a time 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 {prep} |
:: by (used to introduce the agent in a passive construction) |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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} |
:: parasol |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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 |
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} |
:: slipshodly, slapdash, rushedly |
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} [in the plural] |
:: ancestors |
parent {m} [in the plural] |
:: parent |
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 definitive 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} [se parer] |
:: 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 |
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] |
:: 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} |
:: perjury, oathbreach |
parjure {m} |
:: betrayal |
parjure {m} |
:: perjurer (person who commits perjury) |
parjurer {v} |
:: to perjure; to commit perjury |
parking {m} |
:: car park |
parkinsonien {adj} |
:: parkinsonian, Parkinsonian |
parkour {m} |
:: Free running, parkour |
par là {adv} |
:: over there |
parlé {adj} |
:: colloquial |
parlabilité {f} |
:: speakability |
parlable {adj} [of a person] |
:: reasonable |
parlant {adj} |
:: telling, eloquent |
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 français comme une vache espagnole {v} [simile] |
:: to speak French poorly |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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} |
:: 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 {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 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 |
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] |
:: 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 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 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, not many |
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 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} |
:: 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} |
:: A funny turn, a bad patch, a slump, a 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 |
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 |
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} [idiomatic] |
:: to die, to kick the bucket |
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 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 |
passette {f} |
:: strainer |
passeur {m} [sports] |
:: passer |
passeur {m} |
:: ferryman |
passeur {m} |
:: smuggler; (drugs) courier |
passeuse {f} |
:: feminine noun of passeur |
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 |
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} |
:: 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 |
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] |
:: coachdriver (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 town in Lycia) |
patassa {m} [Louisiana French, ] |
:: perch |
patate {f} [chiefly Canada, Louisiana French] |
:: potato |
pataterie {f} [Louisiana French, ] |
:: potato shed, 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} |
:: 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) |
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 |
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, feminine noun of Patrice |
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, 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 {} [transitive] |
:: 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 les pots cassés {v} [idiomatic] |
:: to pick up the pieces |
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 |
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 |
pécho {v} [slang] |
:: 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 |
PCV {initialism} |
:: (paiement contre vérification) reverse charge call (UK), collect call (US) |
pédé {m} [vulgar, offensive] |
:: 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 |
peacekeeper {m} [Canada, law enforcement] |
:: peacekeeper [peace officer from an aboriginal Canadian community] |
pearcéite {m} [mineralogy] |
:: 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 |
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, rare in the singular] |
:: 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 |
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 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 (late 10th century in Passion, ed. D'Arco Silvio Avalle, 55) |
penser {vi} |
:: to estimate, imagine, believe (late 10th century in Passion, 339) |
penser {v} [originally with a que sentence] |
:: to be of the opinion that, believe (1155 in Wace, Brut, ed. I. Arnold, 263) |
penser {vi} |
:: to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts (c. 1160 in Éneas, 2221) |
penser {vi} |
:: to conceive a project (c. 1160 in Éneas, ed. J.-J. Salverda de Grave, 1692) |
penser {v} [with de + object] |
:: to evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind (c. 1160 in Éneas, ed. J.-J. Salverda de Grave, 1223) |
penser {v} [with à + object] |
:: to attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly (c. 1165 in Troie, 17621 ds T.-L.) |
penser {v} [with infinitive] |
:: to believe being or doing something (c. 1165 in Troie, 29997 ds T.-L.) |
penser {v} [with mal or bien + de + object] |
:: to think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone (c. 1170 in Beroul, Tristan, ed. E. Muret, 110) |
penser {v} [with de + infinitive] |
:: to try or prepare to do something (1160–74 in Wace, Rou, ed. A. J. Holden, III, 10814) |
penser {vtr} [obsolete] |
:: to reflect on something (late 11th century in Roland, ed. J. Bédier, 355) |
penser {v} [with à + object] |
:: to bear, keep something in mind, to consider something (c. 1200 in Poème moral, 161a) |
penser {v} [with infinitive] |
:: to intend to do, aim at doing something (c. 1200 in Hist. Joseph, 299 ds T.-L.) |
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 (1306 in Joinville, ed. N. L. Corbett, § 612) |
penser {v} [with mal, obsolete] |
:: to intend to do something bad (15th century in Isopet III de Paris, ed. J. Bastin, vol. 2, p. 401) |
penser {v} [with à + object] |
:: to take care of (since 1636 in Monet) |
penser {v} [with bien, in politics, religion, moral] |
:: to have opinions in accordance with the agreed principles (1823 in Courier) |
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) |
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 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 {phrase} |
:: lose one's head |
perdre son latin {v} [idiomatic] |
:: 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) |
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 |
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) |
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 |
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 |
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 |
pester {v} |
:: to rant, curse, fulminate |
pesteux {adj} |
:: plague (attributive) |
pesticide {m} |
:: pesticide |
pestiféré {adj} |
:: pestiferous |
pestiféré {mf} |
:: plague victim |
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 {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 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) |
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 jour {m} |
:: dawn, daybreak |
petit juif {m} |
:: funny bone |
petit-lait {m} |
:: whey |
petit mal {m} [medicine] |
:: petit mal |
petit matin {m} |
:: early morning, small hours, first thing |
petit-maître {m} [archaic] |
:: dandy, coxcomb |
petit-neveu {m} |
:: grandnephew (grandson of a sibling) |
petit panda {m} |
:: red panda (Ailurus fulgens) |
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 |
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 |
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: 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) |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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, 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} |
:: Picaridine |
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 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 |
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 |
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 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) |
piège {m} |
:: trap, snare, booby trap |
piège {m} |
:: pitfall |
piégeage {m} |
:: trapping |
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) |
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 |
pimprelocher {vt} |
:: to style hair in a ridiculous manner |
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) |
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] |
:: a quart |
pinte {f} [Canada, slang] |
:: a litre |
pinte {f} [France] |
:: a pint |
pinte {f} [France] |
:: A 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} [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] |
:: fellatio |
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) |
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, colloquial] |
:: and, besides |
pisé {m} |
:: adobe |
pis-aller {m} |
:: a make-do, a less than optimal solution, a workaround |
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 |
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 |
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 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 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, ] |
:: 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 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] |
:: 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 |
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 {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, friend with benefits (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} |
:: planning |
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 |
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} |
:: plant |
plante {f} |
:: sole of the foot |
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 à craquer {adj} [colloquial] |
:: jam-packed, chock full, bursting at the seams |
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 tear) |
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 rain cats and dogs |
pleuvoir des cordes {v} [idiomatic] |
:: to rain heavily; to rain cats and dogs |
pleuvoir des hallebardes {v} [idiomatic] |
:: 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, ] |
:: a ball |
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} |
:: plumage, a bird's feathers |
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 |
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] |
:: 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) |
plusieurs {adj} |
:: several, many, a lot |
plus ou moins {adv} |
:: more or less (approximately) |
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 |
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 |
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 lourd {m} |
:: HGV; heavy goods vehicle |
poids lourd {m} |
:: heavyweight (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) |
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 d'Angleterre {m} |
:: Brussels lace |
point de côté {m} |
:: stitch (pain in one's side) |
point de repère {m} |
:: point of reference, landmark |
point de vue {m} |
:: point of view |
point d'exclamation {m} |
:: exclamation mark, exclamation 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 final {m} |
:: period [US usage]; full stop [UK usage] |
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 |
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 |
poireau {m} |
:: leek (the vegetable) |
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) |
poirer {v} [slang] |
:: to nab, take by surprise |
poirier {m} |
:: pear tree |
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 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 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 |
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 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 |
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} |
:: 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 |
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} |
:: 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 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 |
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 {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 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} |
:: mechanical pencil |
porte-monnaie {m} |
:: purse |
portemonnaie {m} |
:: alternative form of porte-monnaie |
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] |
:: to be about, to concern |
porter {vr} [se porter] |
:: to feel |
porter {m} |
:: porter (beer) |
porter atteinte {v} |
:: to harm (+ à), detract (à) |
porter aux nues {v} |
:: to praise, extol |
porter à ébullition {v} [cooking] |
:: to bring to the boil |
porter plainte {v} |
:: to complain, to lodge a (formal) complaint |
porter plainte {v} [legal] |
:: to bring a criminal action (contre (against)) |
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 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 |
position de tête {f} [motorsports] |
:: pole position |
position intéressante {f} [euphemistic, singulare tantum] |
:: interesting condition |
positionnel {adj} |
:: positional |
positionnement {m} |
:: positioning |
positionner {vt} |
:: to position |
positionner {v} |
:: to position oneself, to prepare oneself |
position sexuelle {f} |
:: sexual position |
positivement {adv} |
:: positively, absolutely |
positiver {v} |
:: to think positively; to be optimistic |
positivisme {m} [philosophy] |
:: positivism |
positiviste {adj} |
:: positivist |
positivité {f} [countable or uncountable] |
:: positivity |
positon {m} [physics] |
:: positon |
positonique {adj} |
:: alternative form of positronique |
positron {m} [particle] |
:: positron |
positronique {adj} |
:: positronic |
posément {adv} |
:: calmly |
posologie {f} |
:: posology |
possédant {adj} |
:: propertied, property-owning |
posséder {v} |
:: to own; to possess |
posséder sexuellement {v} [literary or dated, euphemistic] |
:: to have sex (with) |
possesseur {m} |
:: possessor |
possesseuse {f} |
:: feminine noun of possesseur |
possessif {adj} [grammar] |
:: possessive |
possessif {adj} |
:: possessive |
possessif {m} [grammar] |
:: possessive pronoun (broad sense); possessive pronoun (strict sense) or possessive adjective) |
possessif {m} [grammar] |
:: the possessive case |
possession {f} |
:: possession |
possessivité {f} |
:: possessiveness |
possessoire {adj} [legal] |
:: possessory |
possessoirement {adv} [legal] |
:: possessorily |
possibilisme {m} |
:: possibilism |
possibiliste {adj} |
:: possibilist |
possibiliste {mf} |
:: possibilist |
possibilité {f} |
:: possibility |
possible {adj} |
:: possible |
possible {m} |
:: The possible, feasible, what can be done, achieved etc |
possiblement {adv} |
:: possibly |
post {m} [Internet] |
:: post (message on a blog, etc.) |
post- {prefix} |
:: post- |
postaccélérer {v} |
:: To post-accelerate |
postage {m} |
:: postage |
postage {m} [Internet] |
:: post, posting |
postal {adj} |
:: postal |
postalement {adv} |
:: postally |
postalvéolaire {adj} |
:: postalveolar |
postalvéolovélaire {adj} |
:: postalveovelar |
postclassique {adj} |
:: postclassical (after the classical era) |
postcombustion {f} |
:: reheat, afterburning (in an aero engine) |
postcrânien {adj} |
:: postcranial |
postdater {vt} |
:: to postdate |
postdoctorant {m} |
:: postdoctoral student |
postdoctorante {f} |
:: feminine noun of postdoctorant |
poste {f} |
:: post office |
poste {f} [uncountable] |
:: mail, postal service/system |
poste {m} |
:: job, post |
poste {m} |
:: position (in sport, or observation post) |
poste {m} [slang] |
:: police station (ellipsis of poste de police), nick |
poste {m} |
:: a receiver, an electronic device |
poste {m} [colloquial] |
:: radio (ellipsis of poste de radio) |
poste {m} [colloquial] |
:: TV, TV set (ellipsis of poste de télévision) |
poste {m} |
:: (telephone) extension |
poste {m} |
:: stretch, stint (at work) |
poste d'écoute {m} [military] |
:: listening post |
poste de contrôle {m} |
:: checkpoint |
poste de contrôle {m} |
:: control room |
poste de quartier {m} |
:: neighbourhood station / district station / community station |
poste d'essence {f} |
:: petrol station, gas station |
poster {vt} |
:: To post, (put in the) mail |
poster {vt} [military] |
:: To post |
poster {m} |
:: poster (A billboard to be posted on a public or private place) |
postfacé {adj} |
:: Having an epilogue or afterword |
postfixé {adj} |
:: postfix, reverse Polish |
posthume {adj} |
:: posthumous (taking place after someone's death) |
posthumement {adv} |
:: alternative form of posthumément |
posthumément {adv} |
:: posthumously |
postiche {f} |
:: toupee, hairpiece, wig |
postiche {f} |
:: false moustache, false beard |
postiche {adj} |
:: artificial; false |
postier {m} |
:: postman, postal worker |
postillon {m} [historical] |
:: postman (courier who rides post) |
postillon {m} |
:: postilion |
postillon {m} [historical] |
:: a French-style hat worn by the postal workers |
postillon {m} [colloquial] |
:: spittle (drop of saliva) |
postillonner {v} |
:: to splutter (speak while spitting) |
postillonneux {adj} |
:: spluttery; spitty (of a voice, characterised by lots of spluttering or spitting) |
postimplantatoire {adj} |
:: post-implant |
postière {f} |
:: feminine noun of postier |
post-it {m} |
:: post-it note, post-it |
postmoderne {adj} |
:: postmodern (of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism) |
postmoderne {adj} |
:: postmodernist |
postmodernisme {m} [art] |
:: postmodernism |
postmodernité {f} |
:: postmodernity |
postnucléaire {adj} |
:: postnuclear |
postopératoire {adj} |
:: postoperative |
postposer {v} [grammar] |
:: to postpose |
postposer {v} [Belgium] |
:: to postpone |
postposition {f} [grammar] |
:: postposition |
postérieur {adj} |
:: posterior |
postérieurement {adv} |
:: later, subsequently |
postériorité {f} |
:: posteriority |
postérité {f} |
:: posterity |
postérité {f} |
:: history |
postscolaire {adj} |
:: after-school |
post scriptum {phrase} |
:: post scriptum |
postscriptum {m} |
:: alternative form of post-scriptum |
postsecondaire {adj} |
:: postsecondary |
postsynaptique {adj} |
:: postsynaptic |
postsynchronisation {f} |
:: dubbing (adding sound to a film) |
postsynchroniser {vt} |
:: to dub (add sound to a film) |
post-traumatique {adj} |
:: post-traumatic |
postulé {adj} |
:: postulated |
postulat {m} [mathematics, logic] |
:: postulate |
postuler {vt} [obsolete] |
:: to claim, to request, to ask for |
postuler {v} [à, pour] |
:: to apply |
postuler {v} |
:: to postulate (assume as true) |
postuler {v} |
:: to posit |
posture {f} |
:: posture, attitude |
posture {f} |
:: conduct, comportment |
pot {m} [common, original sense] |
:: pot, jar, vase (often specified after its intended content which follows after à, e.g. pot à épices (spice jar)) |
pot {m} |
:: cooking pot; (culinary) dish |
pot {m} [colloquial] |
:: drink, jar, bevvy |
pot {m} [colloquial] |
:: do [UK], bash, drinks party |
pot {m} |
:: pot, kitty, pool (of money staked at cards etc.) |
pot {m} |
:: ancient measure, containing two pintes |
pot {m} |
:: paper size, about 40 by 31 cm |
pot {m} [slang, vulgar] |
:: arse, bum, backside |
potabilisation {f} |
:: potabilization |
potabilité {f} |
:: potability |
potable {adj} |
:: potable |
potable {adj} [colloquial] |
:: OK, passable |
potache {adj} |
:: schoolboy |
potache {m} [colloquial] |
:: student, school kid |
potage {m} |
:: soup (dish) |
potager {adj} |
:: potager |
potager {m} |
:: potager garden |
potager {m} |
:: a type of obsolete stone oven; a warming oven |
potamochère {m} |
:: any species of the Potamochoerus genus. |
potamoplancton {m} [biology] |
:: potamoplankton |
potard {m} [electronics] |
:: potentiometer |
potard {m} [slang] |
:: pharmacy student or assistant |
potasser {v} |
:: to revise, cram (academic material, etc.) |
potassique {adj} [chemistry] |
:: potassium (attributive) |
potassium {m} |
:: potassium |
pot-au-feu {m} |
:: Meat and vegetables cooked together in a large pot |
pot-au-feu {m} |
:: A cooking pot |
Pot-au-Noir {prop} {m} [geography] |
:: doldrums |
pot catalytique {m} |
:: catalytic converter |
pot d'échappement {m} |
:: an exhaust pipe |
pot de chambre {m} |
:: chamber pot |
pot-de-vin {m} |
:: a bribe, payoff, sop |
pote {mf} [colloquial] |
:: mate (UK), buddy (US) |
poète {m} |
:: poet |
potée {f} |
:: potful |
potée {f} |
:: hotpot [of various sorts] |
poteau {m} |
:: post, pole, stake, stanchion, strut, standard, prop |
poteau {m} [sports] |
:: goalpost |
poteau {m} [France, slang] |
:: friend, buddy |
potelé {adj} [obsolete] |
:: swollen, awkward |
potelé {adj} |
:: plump, chubby |
potence {f} [construction] |
:: post and braces |
potence {f} |
:: gallows, gibbet (for hanging) |
potentat {m} |
:: potentate (a powerful leader) |
potentialisation {f} |
:: potentiation, potentialization |
potentialiser {vt} |
:: to potentiate |
potentialiser {vt} |
:: to potentialize |
potentialité {f} |
:: potentiality |
potentiel {adj} |
:: potential |
potentiel {m} |
:: potential |
potentiellement {adv} |
:: potentially |
potentille {f} |
:: cinquefoil, potentilla |
potentiomètre {m} |
:: potentiometer |
Potenza {prop} |
:: Potenza (province) |
Potenza {prop} |
:: Potenza (town) |
poétereau {m} |
:: mediocre poet |
poterie {f} |
:: pottery |
poterne {f} |
:: postern |
poétesse {f} |
:: poetess (female poet) |
potiche {f} |
:: porcelain vase |
potiche {f} |
:: figurehead (person); window dressing |
potier {m} |
:: potter |
potier {adj} |
:: potter, pottery |
potier {adj} |
:: of or from Villers-les-Pots |
potimarron {m} |
:: red kuri squash (of species Cucurbita maxima) |
potin {m} |
:: pewter |
potin {m} [colloquial] |
:: gossip, tittle-tattle |
potion {m} |
:: potion |
poétique {adj} |
:: poetic, poetical |
poétiquement {adv} |
:: poetically (in a poetic way) |
potière {f} |
:: feminine noun of potier; potter |
potiron {m} |
:: pumpkin |
potiron {m} |
:: winter squash |
poétiser {vi} |
:: To versify |
poétiser {vt} |
:: To poetize or poeticize |
potlatch {m} |
:: potlatch |
pot-pourri {m} |
:: potpourri (collection of various things) |
pou {m} |
:: louse (insect) |
pouah {interj} |
:: ugh!, yuk! |
poubelle {f} |
:: rubbish |
poubelle {f} |
:: rubbish bin, garbage can |
pouce {m} |
:: thumb |
pouce {m} |
:: inch |
poucet {m} |
:: A very small person |
poucette {f} |
:: feminine singular of poucet |
pouding {m} |
:: alternative spelling of pudding |
pouding chômeur {m} |
:: pouding chômeur |
Poudlard {prop} {m} |
:: Hogwarts, the fictional school of magic in the Harry Potter series |
poudre {f} |
:: powder |
poudre {f} [obsolete] |
:: dust |
poudre à canon {f} |
:: gunpowder |
poudrer {v} |
:: to powder (cover in powder) |
poudrerie {f} [Canada] |
:: blowing snow |
poudreuse {f} |
:: powder, powder snow |
poudreux {adj} |
:: powdery (covered in powder) |
poudrier {m} |
:: powder compact |
poudrière {f} |
:: powder keg or magazine |
poudroyer {vi} |
:: to rise in clouds |
pouf {m} |
:: pouffe (thick cushion) |
pouf {m} |
:: a girl of bad conduct |
pouf {interj} |
:: poof (onomatopoeia) |
pouffer {vi} |
:: To burst out (with laughter); to crack up |
pouffiasse {f} [slang, pejorative] |
:: slag, floozy, whore |
pougnasson {m} |
:: (possibly local, from Lorraine) incompetent worker |
pougne {f} [Swiss] |
:: cheating; cheating strategy |
pougner {v} [Swiss, familiar] |
:: to cheat |
pouillerie {f} |
:: squalor |
Pouilles {prop} |
:: Apulia (region of Italy) |
pouilleux {adj} |
:: louse-infested |
pouilleux {adj} [figuratively, pejorative] |
:: lousy, miserable |
pouilleux {m} |
:: person who has lice |
pouilleux {m} |
:: lousy, miserable person; a bum |
pouillot {m} |
:: warbler |
Pouilly-Fumé {m} |
:: Pouilly-Fumé |
poujadisme {m} |
:: Poujadism |
poujadisme {m} [pejorative] |
:: reactionary petit-bourgeois attitude |
poujadiste {mf} |
:: Poujadist |
poujadiste {mf} [pejorative] |
:: person with a reactionary petit-bourgeois attitude |
poulaille {f} [dialectal] |
:: poultry |
poulaille {f} [slang] |
:: cop, rozzer (police) |
poulailler {m} |
:: henhouse, coop, chicken coop |
poulailler {m} [colloquial] |
:: gods, gallery (of a theatre) |
poulain {m} |
:: foal (young horse) |
poulaine {f} |
:: poulaine |
poulamon {m} |
:: tomcod (fish of species Microgadus tomcod) |
poularde {f} |
:: Young, fattened chicken |
poule {f} |
:: hen (female chicken) |
poule {f} [slang] |
:: chick, bird (woman) |
poule {f} [cards] |
:: pool |
poule {f} |
:: pool, group (stage of a competition before the knockout stages) |
poule d'eau {f} |
:: moorhen |
poule d'eau {f} |
:: batfish |
poule d'eau {f} [Louisiana French] |
:: duck, the American coot (Fulica americana) |
poule mouillée {f} [colloquial] |
:: chickenshit (coward) |
poulet {m} [culinary] |
:: chicken |
poulet {m} [slang, pejorative] |
:: policeman (especially a plain-clothes police detective) |
poulet {m} [obsolete] |
:: love letter |
poulet du Général Tao {m} |
:: General Tao chicken |
pouliche {f} |
:: filly |
poulie {f} |
:: pulley |
pouliner {v} |
:: to foal (give birth) |
Pouliot {prop} |
:: surname |
poulpe {m} |
:: an octopus |
pouls {m} |
:: pulse (regular beat caused by the heart) |
poulsard {m} |
:: A black grape variety form Jura |
poumon {m} |
:: lung |
poupard {m} [dated] |
:: chubby baby |
poupard {adj} [dated] |
:: chubby, plump |
poupée {f} |
:: doll (object) |
poupe {f} [nautical] |
:: poop, stern |
poupée de chiffon {f} |
:: rag doll |
poupin {adj} |
:: chubby |
poupon {m} |
:: little baby |
poupon {m} |
:: baby doll |
pouponner {v} |
:: to dote |
pouponner {v} |
:: to look after a baby |
pouponnière {f} |
:: nursery, creche |
poupoule {f} |
:: baby, friendly term of address for a child or woman |
pour {prep} |
:: for (when followed by a noun or pronoun) |
pour {prep} |
:: to (when followed by a verb at the infinitive) |
pour ainsi dire {adv} |
:: so to speak, as it were |
pour autant {adv} |
:: even so |
pourboire {m} |
:: tip (extra money given to e.g. a waiter for appreciation) |
pourcailhade {f} |
:: An annual pig festival in Trie-sur-Baïse, southwestern France, involving pig races, eating contests, etc |
pource {conj} [Early Modern French] |
:: because, therefore, for that cause |
pourceau {m} [literary or pejorative] |
:: swine, pig |
pourcent {m} |
:: percent |
pourcentage {m} [mathematics] |
:: percentage |
pourcentage {m} |
:: commission, fee |
pourchasser {v} |
:: to chase without relent; pursue |
pour de bon {adv} |
:: for good |
pourfendeur {m} |
:: attacker, opponent |
pourfendre {vt} [literary] |
:: to slice through, slay (with a sword) |
pourfendre {vt} [figuratively] |
:: to lay into, shoot down, attack, slate (criticize strongly) |
Pourim {prop} {m} [Judaism] |
:: Purim |
pour info {adv} [colloquial] |
:: for the record, FYI |
pourlécher {vt} |
:: To lick all around |
pourlécher {vr} |
:: To lick ones lips |
pour le coup {adv} |
:: this time, this time round, in this case |
pour le coup {adv} |
:: [as intensifier] truly, actually, really; in fact |
pour le moins {adv} |
:: to say the least |
pour le moment {adv} |
:: for the time being, for now |
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