User:Matthias Buchmeier/fr-en-p
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| Pô {prop} | :: Po (Italian river) |
| PA {initialism} | :: Porte-Avions: aircraft carrier |
| PAC {f} | :: acronym of Politique agricole commune (Common Agricultural Policy) |
| PACA {prop} | :: acronym of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur |
| pacage {m} | :: grazing |
| pacage {m} | :: pasture |
| pacane {f} [Quebec] | :: pecan |
| pacanier {m} | :: pecan (tree) |
| pacha {m} | :: pasha |
| Pañchatantra {prop} | :: 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 |
| pacificateur {adj} | :: pacifying, pacificatory |
| pacificateur {m} | :: pacifier (one who pacifies) |
| pacifier {v} | :: to pacify |
| pacifique {adj} | :: pacific |
| Pacifique {prop} | :: Pacific |
| pacifiquement {adv} | :: peacefully |
| pacifisme {m} | :: pacifism |
| pacifiste {mf} | :: pacifist |
| pacotille {f} | :: junk (cheap, tacky articles) |
| PACS {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} | :: the Pactolus |
| paddock {m} | :: paddock |
| paddock {m} [slang] | :: pad (bed) |
| padma {m} | :: pink lotus |
| Padoue {prop} | :: Padua (province) |
| Padoue {prop} | :: Padua (town) |
| paella {f} [countable and uncountable] | :: paella |
| païen {adj} | :: pagan, heathen |
| païen {m} | :: pagan, heathen |
| paf {adj} | :: drunk |
| paf {interj} | :: Onomatopoeia for the noise caused by a fall or a blow |
| paf {m} [slang] | :: cock, dick |
| PAF {f} | :: (police de l'air et des frontières) border police |
| PAF {m} | :: (paysage audiovisuel français) 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 {m} | :: page, page boy |
| péage {m} | :: toll booth |
| péage {m} | :: toll, payment |
| page d'accueil {f} | :: home page (of a Web site) |
| page web {f} | :: web page |
| pagination {f} | :: pagination |
| paginer {v} | :: to paginate |
| pagne {m} | :: grass skirt |
| pagne {m} | :: loincloth |
| pagode {f} | :: pagoda |
| paie {f} | :: pay, salary |
| paiement {m} | :: payment |
| paillard {adj} | :: bawdy |
| paillardement {adv} | :: bawdily |
| paillasse {f} | :: laboratory desk |
| paillasse {f} | :: paillasse, straw mattress |
| paillasson {m} | :: doormat |
| paille {f} | :: (drinking) straw |
| paille {f} | :: flaw in a gem or metal |
| paille {f} | :: straw (dried grass) |
| pailler {m} | :: straw house (a building to store straw) |
| pailler {m} | :: straw pile |
| pailler {v} | :: to cover with straw |
| pailleté {adj} | :: sequined |
| paillette {f} | :: sequin |
| pain {m} | :: a block (of ice, of salt, of soap …) with the shape and size of bread |
| pain {m} | :: bread |
| pain {m} | :: bread-and-butter needs, basic sustenance; breadwinner |
| pain {m} | :: food |
| pain {m} [informal] | :: punch (a hit with the fist) |
| pain {m} | :: piece of bread |
| pain {m} [slang] | :: (music) mistake during a performance (false note, forgot an intro, wrong solo, …) |
| pain au chocolat {n} | :: A French snack consisting of a pastry, normally similar to a croissant, with chocolate inside |
| pain blanc {n} | :: white bread |
| pain à cacheter {n} | :: wafer (of sealing wax etc.) |
| pain crestou {n} | :: A type of granary bread |
| pain d'épice {n} | :: A form of French gingerbread |
| pain grillé {m} | :: toast (toasted bread) |
| pain perdu {m} | :: French toast |
| pair {adj} [of a number] | :: even |
| pair {m} | :: A peer, high nobleman/vassal (as in peer of the realm) |
| pair {m} | :: In tennis, the score deuce |
| paire {f} | :: a pair; a couple |
| pairement {adv} | :: evenly |
| paire minimale {f} | :: minimal pair (pair of words) |
| 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} | :: Pakistan |
| pakistanais {adj} | :: Pakistani |
| Pakistanais {m} | :: Pakistani, Paki (someone from Pakistan) |
| Pakistanaise {f} | :: feminine form of Pakistanais |
| pal {m} | :: pole |
| pal {m} | :: stake |
| palabre {m} | :: convoluted discussion |
| palabre {m} [in the plural] | :: palaver |
| palabrer {vi} | :: to endlessly argue |
| palabres {f} | :: palaver |
| palace {m} | :: luxury hotel |
| palais {m} | :: courthouse (Palais de justice) |
| palais {m} | :: palace |
| palais {m} | :: palate; up part inside the mouth |
| 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} | :: Palau |
| palatal {adj} [anatomy, phonetics] | :: palatal |
| palatalisation {f} | :: palatalization |
| palatin {adj} | :: palatine |
| palatine {f} [historical] | :: tippet, shoulder cape |
| palatoalvéolaire {adj} | :: palatoalveolar |
| pale {f} | :: blade |
| palefrenier {m} | :: ostler, groom |
| palefroi {m} | :: palfrey |
| Palerme {prop} | :: Palermo |
| palermitain {adj} | :: of or from Palermo |
| Palermitain {m} | :: someone of or from Palermo |
| Palestine {prop} | :: Palestine |
| palestinien {adj} | :: Palestinian |
| Palestinien {m} | :: Palestinian |
| Palestinienne {f} | :: feminine form of Palestinien |
| palestre {f} [historical] | :: palestra |
| palet {m} | :: hockey puck |
| paletot {m} | :: jacket |
| palette {f} | :: palette |
| palier {adj} | :: landing (attributive) |
| palier {m} [figuratively] | :: stage |
| palier {m} | :: flat area; the flat, the level |
| palier {m} | :: landing (on stairs) |
| palier {m} [mechanics] | :: bearing |
| palimpseste {m} | :: palimpsest |
| palindrome {m} | :: palindrome |
| palingénésique {adj} | :: palingenesic |
| palinodie {f} | :: palinode |
| palinspastique {adj} [geology] | :: palinspastic |
| palissade {f} | :: fence, palisade |
| palissade {f} | :: stockade |
| palissandre {m} | :: rosewood |
| palladium {m} | :: palladium |
| Pallas {prop} [astronomy] | :: Pallas, the second asteroid discovered |
| Pallas {prop} [Greek mythology] | :: Pallas |
| palliatif {adj} | :: palliative |
| pallier {v} | :: palliate (to relieve the symptoms of) |
| pallisandre {m} | :: pallisander |
| palmé {adj} [botany] | :: palmate |
| palmé {adj} [of feet] | :: webbed |
| palmarès {m} | :: prize list, list of winners |
| palmarès {m} | :: record of achievements |
| palme {f} [diving equipment] | :: flipper; fin; swim fin |
| palme {f} [leaf of the palm tree] | :: palm leaf |
| palme {f} | :: palm tree |
| palme {f} [prize] | :: palm |
| palmeraie {f} | :: palm grove |
| palmier {m} | :: palm, palm tree |
| palmier des Everglades {n} | :: Everglades palm, Acoelorrhaphe wrightii |
| palmier à huile {n} | :: oil palm |
| palmipède {m} | :: palmiped |
| palmiste {m} | :: oil palm (or several other related palm trees) |
| palmitique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: palmitic |
| paléo- {prefix} | :: paleo- |
| paléoanthropologie {f} | :: paleanthropology |
| paléoanthropologique {adj} | :: paleoanthropological |
| paléoanthropologue {mf} | :: paleoanthropologist (specialist in paleoanthropology) |
| paléoastronomie {f} [astronomy] | :: paleoastronomy |
| paléobiochimie {f} [biochemistry] | :: paleobiochemistry |
| paléobotanique {adj} | :: paleobotanical |
| paléobotanique {f} [botany] | :: paleobotany |
| paléochrétien {adj} | :: paleochristian |
| paléoclimat {m} | :: paleoclimate |
| paléoclimatique {adj} | :: paleoclimatic |
| paléoclimatologie {f} | :: paleoclimatology |
| Paléocène {prop} | :: Paleocene period |
| paléoécologie {f} | :: paleoecology |
| paléocoprologie {f} | :: paleocoprology |
| paléoenvironnement {m} | :: paleoenvironment |
| Paléogène {prop} | :: Paleogene period |
| paléogéographie {f} | :: paleogeography |
| paléogéographique {adj} | :: paleogeographic |
| palæographie {f} | :: obsolete form of paléographie |
| paléographie {f} | :: paleography |
| palæographique {adj} | :: obsolete form of paléographique |
| paléographique {adj} | :: Paleographic; palaeographical; palaeographic; paleographical |
| paléoichnologie {f} | :: paleoichnology |
| palois {adj} | :: Of or from Pau |
| Palois {m} | :: Native or inhabitant of Pau |
| paléolithique {m} | :: Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) |
| Paléolithique {prop} [history] | :: The Paleolithic or Old Stone Age |
| palæologie {f} | :: obsolete form of paléologie |
| paléomagnétisme {m} | :: paleomagnetism |
| palombe {f} | :: wood pigeon |
| paléoneurologie {f} | :: paleoneurology |
| paléontologie {f} | :: paleontology (study of prehistoric forms of life) |
| paléontologique {adj} | :: paleontological |
| paléontologue {mf} | :: paleontologist |
| paléosismologie {f} | :: paleoseismology |
| paléotectonique {adj} [geology] | :: paleotectonic |
| palourde {f} | :: clam |
| paléozoologie {f} | :: paleozoology |
| paléozoïque {adj} | :: Paleozoic |
| palpable {adj} | :: palpable |
| palpablement {adv} | :: palpably |
| palper {v} | :: to palpate |
| palpitant {adj} | :: pulsating, palpitating |
| palpitant {adj} | :: thrilling, exciting |
| palpiter {v} [of a heart] | :: to beat, flutter, to race, pulsate |
| palpiter {v} | :: to jump around, jump about |
| palpiter {v} | :: to palpitate |
| palse {m} [geology] | :: palsa |
| Palæstine {prop} | :: obsolete form of Palestine |
| paltoquet {m} | :: A pretentious person |
| paltoquet {m} [dated] | :: A rude or uncouth person |
| palétuvier {m} | :: mangrove, mangle |
| palu {m} [informal] | :: malaria |
| paludéen {adj} | :: malarial; [attributive] malaria |
| paludisme {m} | :: malaria (disease) |
| palynologie {f} | :: palynology (study of spores, pollen etc.) |
| palynologique {adj} | :: palynological |
| Pamir {prop} | :: Pamir (mountain range in Central Asia) |
| pamphlet {m} | :: lampoon (written attack) |
| pamphlet {m} [Quebec] | :: pamphlet (small booklet) |
| pamphlétaire {m} | :: lampooner |
| pamphlétaire {m} | :: pamphleteer |
| Pamphylie {prop} | :: Pamphylia |
| pampille {f} | :: pendant |
| pamplemousse {m} | :: grapefruit |
| pampre {m} [literary] | :: vine branch |
| pané {adj} | :: breaded (covered in breadcrumbs) |
| pan {interj} | :: bam! |
| pan {interj} [the sound of a gun] | :: bang! |
| pan {m} | :: lap (of coat) |
| pan {m} | :: patch, area, section, sector |
| pan {m} | :: piece, part |
| pan {m} | :: side, face |
| péan {m} | :: paean |
| panacée {f} | :: panacea, cure-all |
| panaché {adj} | :: mixed, variegated |
| panaché {m} | :: mixture |
| panaché {m} | :: shandy (mix of beer and lemonade) |
| panachage {m} | :: blend, mix, mixture |
| panache {m} | :: panache (all senses) |
| panacher {v} | :: to add a panache |
| panacher {v} | :: to mix |
| panacher {v} | :: to mix colours (as in a panache) |
| panache éruptif {n} | :: eruption column |
| panache volcanique {n} | :: eruption column |
| panachure {f} [usually in plural] | :: motley colours |
| panade {f} | :: A paste, typically made of milk and bread |
| panade {f} | :: A soup boiled in water from bread, butter, sometimes also egg yolk and milk |
| panade {f} [figuratively] | :: A state or experience of misery, poverty |
| panafricain {adj} | :: Pan-African |
| panais {m} | :: parsnip |
| Panamá {prop} | :: Panama (country) |
| Paname {prop} [slang] | :: Paris |
| panaméen {n} | :: Panamanian |
| Panaméen {m} | :: Panamanian |
| panamien {adj} | :: Panamanian |
| panaméricain {adj} | :: Pan-American |
| panaméricanisme {f} | :: Pan-Americanism |
| 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) |
| pancrace {m} | :: pankration (Ancient Greek martial art) |
| pancréas {m} [anatomy] | :: the pancreas |
| pancréatique {adj} | :: pancreatic |
| panda {m} | :: panda |
| pandeiro {m} | :: Pandeiro |
| pandéisme {m} | :: pandeism |
| pandéistique {adj} | :: pandeistic |
| pandémie {f} | :: pandemic |
| pandémique {adj} | :: Pandemic |
| pandémonium {m} | :: A noisy, chaotic place |
| pandémonium {m} | :: A place where chaos and lawlessness abound |
| pandémonium {m} | :: A reunion of lawless people |
| pandémonium {m} [obsolete] | :: The imaginary capital of Hell (often with a capital letter) |
| Pandore {prop} [Greek mythology] | :: Pandora |
| panendéisme {m} | :: panendeism |
| panenthéisme {f} | :: panentheism |
| panenthéiste {adj} | :: panentheistic |
| panenthéiste {mf} | :: panentheist (person who believes in panentheism) |
| paner {v} | :: to bread (coat with bread or breadcrumbs) |
| paneuropéen {adj} | :: Pan-European |
| pangamique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pangamic |
| Pangée {prop} | :: Pangaea (supercontinent prior to Triassic) |
| Pangée {prop} | :: Pangaion Hills |
| pangéen {adj} | :: Pangaean |
| pangermanisme {m} | :: Pan-Germanism |
| pangramme {m} | :: pangram (a sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet) |
| panégyrique {m} | :: panegyric, eulogy |
| panégyriste {m} | :: panegyrist |
| panier {m} | :: basket |
| panier {m} | :: basketball hoop |
| panier {m} | :: goal scored in basketball |
| panier {m} | :: In an online store, the shopping basket where a shopper reserves or collects items for purchase |
| panier de crabes {n} [idiomatic] | :: A rat race; 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 |
| panka {m} | :: punkah |
| panne {f} | :: breakdown (state of no longer functioning) |
| panne {f} | :: plush velvet |
| panneau {m} | :: sign; signpost |
| panneau solaire {m} | :: solar panel (array of connected solar cells) |
| panne sèche {n} [of a vehicle] | :: state of having run out of fuel |
| panonceau {m} | :: escutcheon |
| panonceau {m} | :: plaque (small sign) |
| panoplie {f} | :: armoury |
| panoplie {f} | :: outfit, costume (clothes for dressing up) |
| panoplie {f} | :: panoply |
| panoplie {f} | :: range (collection of things) |
| panorama {m} | :: panorama |
| panoramique {adj} | :: panoramic |
| panosse {f} [figuratively] | :: woman of ill repute |
| panosse {f} [military jargon] | :: the Swiss flag |
| panosse {f} [Switzerland, Aosta Valley, Savoie, eastern France] | :: floorcloth |
| panpsychisme {m} [philosophy] | :: panpsychism |
| pansage {m} | :: grooming (of a horse etc) |
| panse {f} | :: belly |
| pansement {m} | :: bandage, dressing |
| panser {v} [equestrian] | :: to groom |
| panser {v} [medicine] | :: to dress (a wound etc.); to bandage |
| pansexualité {f} | :: pansexuality |
| panslave {adj} | :: related to Pan-Slavism; Panslavic |
| panslavisme {m} | :: Pan-Slavism |
| pansu {adj} | :: potbellied, paunchy |
| pantacourt {m} | :: capri pants, capris (casual pants for women) |
| pantagruélique {adj} | :: pantagruelian |
| pantalon {m} [dated] | :: knickers |
| pantalon {m} | :: trousers [UK], pants [US] |
| pantalonnade {f} | :: farce |
| pantalonnade {f} | :: slapstick |
| pantelant {adj} | :: panting, gasping (for breath) |
| panthéisme {m} | :: pantheism |
| panthéiste {adj} | :: pantheistic |
| panthéiste {mf} | :: pantheist |
| 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 |
| pantothénique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pantothenic |
| pantouflard {adj} | :: stay-at-home |
| pantoufle {f} | :: slipper, houseslipper (footwear) |
| pantoute {adv} [Quebec] | :: at all; used to make a negative statement more emphatic |
| panty {m} | :: panty girdle |
| panure {f} | :: breadcrumb |
| Paola {prop} | :: female given name borrowed from Italian |
| paon {m} | :: peacock |
| Paon {prop} [astronomy] | :: Pavo |
| paon du jour {m} | :: European peacock (butterfly) |
| 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 {adj} | :: papabile |
| papable {m} | :: A papabile |
| papal {adj} | :: papal |
| papamobile {f} | :: Popemobile (any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope) |
| paparazzi {m} | :: a paparazzo, a member of the paparazzi |
| papauté {m} | :: papacy |
| papaye {f} | :: papaya (fruit) |
| papayer {m} | :: papaya |
| pape {m} | :: Pope |
| papelard {adj} | :: hypocritical |
| papelardement {adv} | :: hypocritically |
| paperasse {f} | :: paperwork, bumf |
| paperasserie {f} | :: red tape |
| papeterie {f} | :: papermaker |
| papeterie {f} | :: papermaking |
| papeterie {f} | :: papeterie |
| papetier {adj} | :: papermaking (attributive) |
| papetier {adj} | :: stationery (attributive) |
| papetier {m} | :: papermaker |
| papetier {m} | :: stationer |
| Paphos {prop} | :: Paphos (town in Cyprus) |
| papi {f} [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 {n} | :: carbon paper (sheet of paper used to make carbon copies) |
| papier colle-mouches {n} | :: flypaper |
| papier de verre {m} | :: sandpaper |
| papier à mouches {n} | :: flypaper |
| papier peint {n} | :: wallpaper (decorative paper for walls) |
| papier terrier {m} [historical] | :: terrier (property register) |
| papier toilette {n} [Europe] | :: toilet paper |
| papier tue-mouches {n} | :: flypaper |
| papillaire {adj} | :: papillary |
| papille {f} [colloquial] | :: tastebud |
| papille {f} | :: papilla |
| papillon {interj} | :: Interjection |
| papillon {m} | :: butterfly |
| papillon {m} | :: leaflet |
| papillon {m} | :: Someone brilliant, versatile and inconstant |
| papillon {m} | :: Something in the shape of a butterfly |
| papillon {m} [swimming] | :: butterfly stroke |
| papillon de nuit {n} | :: 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} [hair styling] | :: a small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl |
| papillote {f} | :: Vividly coloured paper wrap for crackers and other sweets |
| papilloter {vi} | :: to blink |
| papilloter {vi} | :: to flicker |
| papilloter {vi} | :: to flutter |
| 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} | :: Papua (island) |
| Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée {prop} | :: Papua New Guinea |
| Papoue {f} | :: feminine form of Papou |
| papouille {f} [chiefly, in the plural] | :: tickling |
| papy {m} | :: grandpa |
| paquebot {m} | :: ship, liner |
| paquer {v} | :: to pack (fish) in a box for transportation |
| paqueté {adj} [Quebec, informal] | :: drunk, wasted |
| paquet {m} | :: bundle (of clothes) |
| paquet {m} | :: packet |
| paquet {m} | :: pack (of cards) |
| paquet {m} | :: parcel |
| paquet {m} [rugby] | :: pack |
| paquet {m} | :: wad (of cash) |
| paquetage {m} | :: kit |
| paquetage {m} | :: package |
| paré {adj} | :: ready, prepared, all set |
| par {m} [golf] | :: par |
| par- {prefix} | :: per- (all meanings) |
| par {prep} | :: around, round (inside of) |
| par {prep} | :: by (used to introduce a means) |
| par {prep} | :: by (used to introduce the agent in a passive construction) |
| par {prep} | :: for |
| par {prep} | :: from (used to describe the origin of something, especially a view or movement) |
| par {prep} | :: in |
| par {prep} | :: on, at, in (used to denote a time something occurs) |
| par {prep} | :: on (situated on, used in certain phrase) |
| par {prep} | :: out of (used to describe the reason for something) |
| par {prep} | :: over (used to express direction) |
| par {prep} | :: per, a, an |
| par {prep} | :: through |
| para- {prefix} | :: para- |
| para- {prefix} | :: para- (all senses) |
| parable {adj} | :: preventable (able to be or fit to be prevented) |
| parabole {f} | :: dish (antenna) |
| parabole {f} [literature] | :: parable |
| parabole {f} [mathematics, physics] | :: parabola |
| parabolique {adj} | :: parabolic |
| paraboliquement {adv} | :: parabolically |
| paraboloïde {m} | :: paraboloid |
| parachevé {adj} | :: completed, finalized |
| parachever {vt} | :: to complete, finalize, perfect |
| parachutage {m} | :: parachuting |
| parachute {m} | :: parachute |
| parachuter {v} | :: to parachute |
| parachutisme {m} | :: parachuting |
| parachutiste {mf} | :: parachutist |
| paraclet {m} | :: paraclete (an advocate, especially the Holy Spirit) |
| parader {v} | :: flaunt, strut, show off (to display with ostentation) |
| paradigme {m} | :: paradigm (model or example) |
| paradis {m} | :: gods (The highest platform, or upper circle, in an auditorium) |
| paradis {m} | :: paradise (somewhere perfect) |
| paradis {m} [religion] | :: Heaven |
| Paradis {prop} | :: Paradise (Heaven) |
| paradis fiscal {m} | :: tax haven (country that levies low taxes on foreign businesses) |
| paradisiaque {adj} | :: heavenly |
| paradisiaque {adj} | :: paradisiacal |
| paradisier {m} | :: bird of paradise |
| paradoxal {adj} | :: paradoxical |
| paradoxalement {adv} | :: paradoxically |
| paradoxe {m} | :: paradox |
| parafe {m} | :: alternative form of paraphe |
| parafer {vt} | :: alternative form of parapher |
| paraffiné {adj} | :: waxed |
| 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 |
| paragraphe {m} | :: paragraph |
| paragrêle {m} | :: A shelter to protect crops etc from hail |
| Paraguay {prop} | :: Paraguay |
| paraguayen {adj} | :: Paraguayan |
| Paraguayen {m} | :: Paraguayan |
| par ailleurs {adv} | :: besides, additionally, furthermore, what's more |
| paraitre {v} | :: alternative spelling of paraître |
| paralangage {m} | :: paralanguage (non-verbal communication) |
| paraldéhyde {m} [organic compound] | :: paraldehyde |
| parallactique {adj} | :: parallactic |
| parallactiquement {adv} | :: parallactically |
| parallaxe {f} | :: parallax |
| parallèle {adj} | :: parallel |
| parallèlement {adv} | :: parallelly |
| parallélipipède {m} | :: alternative form of parallélépipède |
| parallélisme {m} | :: parallelism (state or condition of being parallel) |
| parallélogramme {m} | :: parallelogram |
| parallélépipède {m} [geometry] | :: parallelepiped |
| parallélépipédique {adj} | :: parallelepipedic |
| paralympien {m} [neologism, very, rare] | :: Paralympian |
| paralympique {adj} | :: Paralympic |
| paralyser {v} | :: to paralyse/paralyze |
| paralysie {f} | :: paralysis |
| paralytique {adj} | :: paralytic |
| paramagnétique {adj} [physics] | :: paramagnetic |
| paramagnétisme {m} [physics] | :: paramagnetism |
| paramécie {f} [zoology] | :: paramecium |
| paramédical {adj} | :: paramedical |
| paramilitaire {adj} | :: paramilitary |
| paramilitaire {m} | :: paramilitary (a group of civilians trained and organized in a military fashion) |
| 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 |
| paramutation {f} [genetics] | :: paramutation |
| parangon {m} | :: paragon, standard (model or pattern) |
| parangonner {v} | :: to paragon |
| parano {adj} [colloquial] | :: paranoid |
| parano {mf} [colloquial] | :: a paranoid person |
| paranoïa {f} | :: paranoia |
| paranoïaque {adj} [medicine] | :: related to paranoia |
| paranoïaque {adj} | :: paranoid |
| paranoïaque {mf} | :: a paranoid person |
| paranoïde {adj} | :: paranoid |
| paranoïde {mf} | :: paranoid person |
| parapente {m} | :: paraglider |
| parapentiste {mf} | :: paraglider (one who paraglides) |
| parapet {m} | :: parapet |
| parapharmacie {f} | :: pharmacy, chemist's (UK) / drugstore (US) |
| paraphe {m} | :: initials |
| paraphe {m} | :: paraph |
| parapher {vt} | :: to sign or initial a document |
| 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") |
| paraphraser {v} | :: paraphrase (to compose a paraphrase) |
| paraphrastique {adj} | :: paraphrastic |
| paraphylie {f} [systematics] | :: paraphyly |
| paraphylétique {adj} [systematics] | :: paraphyletic (excluding some descendants of the most recent common ancestor) |
| paraplégie {f} [pathology] | :: paraplegia (paralysed condition) |
| paraplégique {adj} | :: paraplegic |
| paraplégique {mf} | :: paraplegic |
| parapluie {m} | :: umbrella for rain |
| parapsychologie {f} | :: parapsychology (study of that which cannot yet be explained) |
| parapsychologique {adj} | :: parapsychological |
| parapsychologue {mf} | :: parapsychologist |
| parapétrolier {adj} | :: oil delivery / services (attributive) |
| parapublic {adj} [economics] | :: Having capital in both the public and private sectors |
| parascolaire {adj} | :: extracurricular |
| parasismique {adj} | :: paraseismic |
| parasitaire {adj} | :: parasitic, parasitical |
| parasitairement {adv} | :: parasitically |
| parasitique {adj} | :: parasitic |
| parasitiquement {adv} | :: parasitically |
| parasitisme {m} | :: parasitism |
| parasitologie {f} | :: parasitology |
| parasitologique {adj} | :: parasitological |
| parasitologue {mf} | :: parasitologist |
| parasitose {f} [pathology] | :: parasitosis |
| parasol {m} | :: parasol |
| parasynthétique {adj} | :: parasynthetic |
| parataxe {f} | :: parataxis |
| parathormone {f} | :: parathyroid hormone |
| parathyroïde {f} | :: parathyroid |
| parathyroïdie {f} [anatomy] | :: parathyroid (gland) |
| parathyroïdien {adj} | :: parathyroid (attributive) |
| paratonnerre {f} | :: lightning rod |
| paraître {v} | :: to appear (become visible) |
| paraître {v} | :: to appear, to seem |
| paraître {v} | :: to be published |
| paravent {m} | :: A folding screen |
| paraxonique {adj} | :: paraxonic |
| parbleu {interj} [archaic] | :: by Jove; gadzooks |
| parc {m} | :: park |
| parc {m} | :: pen (for animals) |
| parc {m} | :: playpen (for children) |
| parc {m} | :: (total) number; stock (de of) |
| parc aquatique {m} | :: water park, aquapark |
| parce {particle} | :: 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 |
| 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 |
| parcheminé {adj} | :: papery |
| parcheminé {adj} | :: wrinkled |
| parchemin {m} | :: parchment (material) |
| 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} | :: accordingly |
| par conséquent {adv} | :: consequently; as a result |
| par conséquent {adv} | :: thus, ergo |
| par contre {adv} [idiomatic] | :: on the other hand (from another point of view) |
| par contumace {adv} | :: in absentia (while not present) |
| parcourir {v} | :: to go through, to pass through |
| parcourir {v} | :: to read through, to skim |
| parcours {m} | :: career |
| parcours {m} [golf] | :: round; course |
| parcours {m} [historical] | :: A traditional roaming or grazing right |
| parcours {m} | :: route, 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 |
| pardieu {interj} | :: by God |
| pardon {interj} | :: excuse me |
| pardon {interj} | :: sorry |
| pardon {m} | :: pardon, forgiveness |
| pardonnable {adj} | :: pardonable |
| pardonner {v} | :: to excuse |
| pardonner {v} | :: to pardon, forgive |
| pare-brise {m} | :: windscreen (UK), windshield (US) |
| pare-chocs {m} | :: bumper [UK], fender [US] |
| pare-feu {n} [computing, Internet] | :: firewall |
| pare-feu {n} | :: fireguard |
| pare-feu {n} | :: (in forest) firebreak |
| pareil {adj} | :: Like, alike |
| pareil {adj} | :: such |
| pareillement {adv} | :: likewise; in the same way; equally |
| pareillement {adv} | :: too; also |
| parement {m} [construction, clothing] | :: facing |
| parent {adj} | :: related |
| parent {adj} | :: similar |
| parenté {f} | :: kinship |
| parent {m} [in the plural] | :: ancestors |
| parent {m} [in the plural] | :: parents |
| parent {m} | :: relative, relation, family member |
| parental {adj} | :: parental |
| parentalité {f} | :: parenthood |
| parente {f} | :: feminine form of parent |
| parenthèse {f} | :: parenthesis; bracket |
| parentéral {adj} | :: parenteral |
| parentéralement {adv} | :: parenterally |
| parer {v} [fencing] | :: to parry |
| parer {vr} | :: To get dressed up (in one's finest clothes) |
| parer {v} | :: to adorn; to bedeck |
| parer {v} | :: to fend off |
| paresse {f} | :: laziness |
| paresser {vt} | :: to laze about; loaf |
| paresseusement {adv} | :: lazily |
| paresseusement {adv} | :: sluggishly |
| paresseux {adj} | :: lazy |
| paresseux {m} | :: a sloth |
| paresseux {m} | :: lazy person; slacker |
| par ex. {abbr} | :: par exemple |
| par excellence {adv} | :: by or in virtue of excellence |
| par exemple {adv} | :: for example, for instance |
| parfaire {v} | :: 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 |
| parfumé {adj} | :: perfumed |
| parfum {m} | :: flavour, aroma, taste (e.g., of ice cream) |
| parfum {m} | :: perfume (scented toiletry) |
| parfum {m} | :: scent, desirable smell |
| parfumer {v} | :: to perfume (to apply a scent) |
| parfumerie {f} | :: perfume industry; the art of perfume |
| parfumerie {f} | :: perfumery (perfume products) |
| parfumerie {f} | :: perfumery (shop selling perfumes) |
| parfumeur {m} | :: perfumer (maker of perfumes) |
| parfumeur {m} | :: perfumer (someone who sells perfumes) |
| par hasard {adv} | :: at random, by chance |
| parhélie {f} | :: parhelion (bright spot in the sky due to refraction of the sun by ice crystals) |
| pari {m} | :: wager, bet |
| paria {mf} | :: pariah |
| pariage {m} | :: A feudal association between a (typically ecclesiastical) lord and a more powerful one |
| par ici {adv} | :: around here |
| par ici {adv} | :: over here, here (to this place) |
| parier {v} | :: to bet (make a guess about the outcome of an event) |
| parieur {m} | :: punter, gambler |
| parigot {adj} [colloquial] | :: Parisian |
| Parigot {m} [colloquial] | :: Parisian |
| Parigote {f} | :: feminine form of Parigot |
| Paris {prop} | :: Paris (in France) |
| parisien {adj} | :: Parisian |
| Parisien {m} | :: Parisian (someone from Paris) |
| Parisienne {f} | :: Parisienne |
| Paris ne s'est pas fait en un jour {proverb} | :: Rome wasn't built in a day |
| Parisome {prop} | :: The genus Parisoma: formerly one of the genera of warblers, in family Sylviidae, but now often taken to be a superspecies within genus Sylvia |
| parité {f} | :: equality, parity |
| paritaire {adj} | :: egalitarian |
| paritaire {adj} | :: parity, equality (attributive) |
| pariétal {adj} | :: parietal |
| parjure {m} | :: betrayal |
| parjure {m} | :: perjury |
| parjurer {v} | :: to perjure; to commit perjury |
| parking {m} | :: car park |
| parkour {m} | :: Free running, parkour |
| par là {adv} | :: over there |
| parlé {adj} | :: colloquial |
| parlable {adj} [of a person] | :: reasonable |
| parlement {m} | :: parliament |
| parlementaire {adj} | :: parliamentary |
| 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 |
| parles-tu anglais {phrase} [informal] | :: do you speak English? |
| parleur {adj} | :: talkative |
| parleur {m} | :: speaker (someone who speaks) |
| parleuse {f} | :: feminine form of parleur |
| parlez-vous anglais {phrase} [formal] | :: do you speak English? |
| parélie {f} | :: parhelion |
| parloir {m} | :: greenroom (in theatre etc.) |
| parloir {m} | :: parlour (of house, covent) |
| parloir {m} | :: visitors' room (of hospital, school); visiting room (of prison) |
| parloir aux bourgeois {m} [archaic] | :: guild-hall, town hall |
| parlote {f} | :: chitchat |
| parloteur {m} | :: chatterer |
| parme {m} | :: mauve (colour) |
| parme {m} | :: Parma ham, prosciutto |
| Parme {prop} | :: Parma |
| parmentier {m} | :: mashed potato |
| parmesan {adj} | :: Parmesan (from Parma) |
| par mégarde {adv} | :: inadvertently; accidentally; by mistake |
| parmi {prep} | :: amidst |
| parmi {prep} | :: among |
| Parménas {prop} | :: Parmenas |
| parænese {f} | :: obsolete form of parénèse |
| parænetique {adj} | :: obsolete form of parénétique |
| parénèse {f} | :: Parenesis |
| parénétique {adj} | :: parenetic, parenetical |
| parodie {f} | :: parody |
| parodier {v} | :: to parody |
| parodique {adj} | :: parodic |
| parodiquement {adv} | :: parodically |
| 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 |
| parole {f} | :: floor; the right to speak in a legislative assembly |
| parole {f} | :: (in plural paroles) lyrics, words (of a song) |
| parole {f} | :: promise, word |
| parole {f} | :: utterance, expression, (a unit of discourse, firstly oral) |
| parole {f} | :: voice, spoken word |
| parolier {m} | :: lyricist |
| paronyme {f} | :: paronym |
| paroxysme {m} | :: height |
| paroxysme {m} | :: paroxysm |
| paroxystique {adj} | :: paroxysmal |
| parpaing {adj} | :: through (stone, ashlar) |
| parpaing {m} [metonymy] | :: breeze-block (building block) |
| parpaing {m} | :: through stone |
| parquer {vt} | :: to park |
| parquer {vt} | :: to pen, corral |
| parquet {m} [legal, with definite article] | :: the prosecution |
| parquet {m} | :: parquet (floor) |
| parqueter {vt} | :: to lay a parquet floor |
| parrain {m} | :: namer, christener (of a ship) |
| parrain {m} [religion] | :: godfather |
| parrain {m} | :: sponsor, proposer; patron |
| parrainage {m} | :: christening, naming |
| parrainage {m} | :: patronage |
| parrainage {m} | :: sponsorship, promotion |
| parrainer {v} | :: to mentor |
| parrainer {v} | :: to sponsor |
| par rapport à {prep} | :: compared to |
| par rapport à {prep} | :: in relation to |
| parricide {m} [by extension] | :: someone who commits parricide |
| parricide {m} | :: parricide, murder of one's close relative |
| parsemable {adj} | :: sprinklable, scatterable |
| parsemer {vt} | :: to be scattered or strewn over |
| parsemer {vt} | :: to sprinkle, scatter, strew (de with) |
| parésie {f} | :: paresis (partial paralysis) |
| part {f} | :: portion, part |
| part {f} | :: proportion |
| part {f} | :: share |
| part {m} | :: newborn |
| partage {m} | :: sharing (act of sharing) |
| partager {v} | :: to divide |
| partager {v} | :: to divide up |
| partager {v} | :: to share |
| partager {v} | :: to share out |
| partance {f} | :: leaving |
| partant {adj} | :: keen; available |
| partant {adj} | :: leaving, ready to leave |
| part de marché {n} | :: market share |
| part du lion {f} | :: lion's share (a generous portion) |
| partenaire {mf} | :: partner |
| partenariat {m} | :: partnership |
| par terre {adj} | :: on the ground |
| par terre {adv} | :: on the ground |
| parthe {adj} | :: Parthian (relating to Parthia) |
| Parthie {prop} | :: Parthia |
| parthénogenèse {f} [biology] | :: parthenogenesis |
| parthénogénétique {adj} [biology] | :: parthenogenetic |
| parthénogénétiquement {adv} | :: parthenogenetically |
| parti {m} | :: Course of action |
| parti {m} | :: parti |
| parti {m} | :: party (political) |
| partial {adj} | :: partial, biased |
| partialement {adv} | :: in a biased manner |
| partialité {f} | :: partiality, bias |
| participant {m} | :: participant |
| participante {f} | :: feminine form of participant |
| participation {f} | :: participation |
| participe {m} | :: participle |
| participe passé {n} | :: past participle |
| participe présent {n} | :: present participle |
| participer {vi} | :: To donate (to = à) |
| participer {vi} | :: To participate (in = à) |
| Parti conservateur {prop} [politics] | :: Conservative Party or Conservative party |
| particulaire {adj} | :: particulate |
| particulaire {adj} [physics] | :: particle (attributive) |
| particularisme {m} | :: particularism; quirk |
| particulariste {m} | :: particularist |
| particularité {f} | :: oddity, particularity |
| particule {f} [particle, grammar] | :: particle |
| particule élémentaire {n} [particle] | :: elementary particle |
| particulier {adj} | :: particular |
| particulier {m} | :: an individual; a specified person |
| particulièrement {adv} | :: especially |
| particulièrement {adv} | :: in particular |
| particulièrement {adv} | :: particularly, specifically |
| partie {f} | :: game |
| partie {f} [legal] | :: party |
| partie {f} | :: part (portion, amount) |
| partie du discours {n} | :: part of speech |
| partiel {adj} | :: partial (part, no full) |
| partiel {m} [France, informal] | :: midterm exam |
| partiel {m} | :: overtone (harmonic) |
| partiellement {adv} | :: partially, in part |
| parti politique {m} | :: political party (political organization) |
| parti pris {m} | :: alternative form of parti-pris |
| parti-pris {n} | :: bias |
| Parti Québécois {prop} [Canada, politics] | :: a separatist left-leaning Québec political party |
| partir {vi} [figuratively] | :: to emanate |
| partir {vi} | :: to die |
| partir {vi} | :: to go away, leave, depart |
| partir {vi} | :: to originate |
| partir {vt} [Quebec, informal] | :: to start |
| partir du mauvais pied {v} [idiomatic] | :: To start off on the wrong foot |
| partir en fumée {vi} | :: to go up in smoke |
| partisan {adj} | :: in favour of |
| partisan {adj} | :: partisan, partial |
| partisan {m} | :: supporter, proponent, advocate |
| partisane {f} | :: partisan (fervent supporter of a party) |
| partitif {adj} | :: partitive (indicating a part) |
| partitif {m} | :: partitive |
| partitif {m} | :: partitive case |
| partition {f} [databases, computing] | :: partition |
| partition {f} [heraldry] | :: a (geometrical) division using two colors |
| partition {f} [music] | :: a score comprising all parts |
| 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} [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 |
| party {mf} [Canada] | :: party (social gathering) |
| paruline {f} | :: warbler (specifically, a wood-warbler, member of the Parulidae family) |
| parure {f} | :: finery |
| parure {f} | :: parure |
| parution {f} | :: apparition |
| parution {f} | :: creation |
| parution {f} | :: publication |
| parvenir {vi} | :: (intransitive; followed by à) to reach |
| parvenir {vi} | :: (intransitive; followed by à) to succeed |
| parvenu {adj} | :: parvenu |
| parvenu {m} | :: parvenu |
| parvis {m} | :: forecourt, square |
| parvis {m} [historical] | :: parvis |
| pas {adv} [colloquial] | :: not |
| pas {adv} [[[ne]] ... pas] | :: not |
| pas {m} [geography] | :: strait (e.g., Pas de Calais, "Strait of Dover") |
| pas {m} | :: step, pace, footstep |
| pascal {adj} | :: paschal |
| pascal {m} | :: pascal |
| Pascal {prop} | :: French surname |
| Pascal {prop} | :: male given name of Latin origin |
| Pascale {prop} | :: female given name, feminine form of Pascal |
| Pascaline {prop} | :: female given name, feminine diminutive form of Pascal |
| pas de {prep} [Quebec, informal] | :: 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} | :: you're welcome (after being thanked) |
| pas des masses {adv} | :: Not much, not many |
| pas encore {adv} | :: not yet |
| pasionaria {f} | :: A female political activist, usually in a left-wing organization |
| pas japonais {m} | :: stepping stone (stone used to cross something) |
| pas mal {adj} | :: not bad |
| pas mal {adv} [idiomatic, informal] | :: a lot of, loads of |
| pas mal {adv} | :: not bad (reasonably good) |
| paso doble {m} | :: paso doble (dance) |
| pas à pas {adv} | :: step by step (gradually) |
| pas question {interj} | :: no way (indicates rejection) |
| passé {m} | :: past (opposite of future) |
| passé {m} | :: past tense |
| passable {adj} | :: Passable; tolerable; fair |
| passablement {adv} | :: passably or reasonably well |
| passage {m} | :: A laid out way allowing to go across something |
| passage {m} | :: An access way |
| passage {m} | :: An alley or alleyway off-limits to cars |
| passage {m} | :: A paragraph or section of text or music |
| passage {m} | :: A short stay |
| passage {m} [astronomy] | :: Moment when a star or planet occults another,or crosses a meridian |
| passage {m} | :: A trip or travel, especially by boat |
| passage {m} | :: Graduation from a school year |
| passage {m} | :: The act of going from a state to another |
| passage {m} | :: The act of going through a place or event |
| passage {m} | :: the act of handing something to someone |
| passage {m} | :: The act of making something undergo a process |
| passage {m} | :: The time when such an act occurs |
| passage {m} [uncountable] | :: Circulation, traffic, movement |
| passage clouté {n} [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 {adj} [informal, of a street or place] | :: Busy |
| passager {adj} | :: Of a short duration; temporary; transitory, fleeting, flighty |
| passager {adj} | :: Whose presence in a location is only temporary; passing |
| passager {m} [archaic] | :: Traveller |
| passager {m} | :: Passenger |
| passage à tabac {m} [idiomatic] | :: a thorough beating |
| passage à vide {m} | :: A funny turn, a bad patch |
| passagère {f} | :: feminine form of passager |
| passagèrement {adv} | :: temporarily, transiently |
| passant {adj} | :: busy (as in a busy street) |
| passant {adj} [heraldry] | :: passant |
| passant {m} | :: loop (in belt etc.) |
| passant {m} | :: passer-by |
| passé antérieur {m} [grammar] | :: past anterior |
| passation {f} [legal] | :: handover (of legal documents), transferal (of power or office) |
| passation de pouvoir {n} | :: handover of power or office |
| passé composé {m} | :: A past tense in French grammar, to express a completed ('perfect') action |
| passe {f} | :: pass (document allowing entry) |
| passe {f} | :: pass (passageway) |
| passe {f} | :: pass (the act of passing) |
| passe {f} [sports] | :: pass |
| passe-droit {m} | :: permission |
| passe-droit {m} | :: (unwarranted) favour, favouritism |
| passe en avant {f} [rugby] | :: forward pass |
| passe-montagne {m} | :: balaclava |
| passeport {m} | :: passport (official document) |
| passer {v} [athletics] | :: to pass (the relay baton) |
| passer {v} [card games] | :: to pass (not play upon one's turn) |
| passer {vi} | :: to pass, to go (between two entities) |
| passer {v} [legal] | :: to pass |
| passer {v} [music] | :: to spin (e.g. a disk) |
| passer {vr} [for time] | :: to go by |
| passer {vr} | :: to take place, to happen |
| passer {v} [sports] | :: to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player) |
| passer {v} | :: to be allowed |
| passer {v} | :: to cross (a border) |
| passer {v} | :: to exceed (a limit) |
| passer {v} | :: to go past |
| passer {v} | :: to go up (a grade) |
| passer {v} | :: to hand down, to pass on |
| passer {v} | :: to pass (an exam or test) |
| passer {v} | :: to pass away, to die |
| passer {v} | :: to pass on (infect someone else with a disease) |
| passer {v} | :: to percolate |
| passer {v} | :: to publish (a newspaper) |
| passer {v} | :: to put (make something undergo something) |
| passer {v} | :: to shift (change gear) |
| passer {v} | :: to skip a go |
| passer {v} | :: to spend (time) |
| passer {v} | :: to stop by, to pop in |
| passer {v} | :: to take, to sit (an exam or test) |
| passer {v} | :: to wipe, rub |
| passer {vt} | :: to put, to place, to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else) |
| passer {vt} | :: to show (a movie) |
| passer {v} [TV] | :: to show (be on television) |
| passer au crible {v} [idiomatic] | :: to comb through, to comb over, to fine-tooth comb |
| passer de vie à trépas {v} [idiomatic] | :: to pass away, to die |
| passereau {m} | :: passerine |
| passereau {m} | :: sparrow |
| passerelle {f} [aviation, nautical] | :: gangway, bridge |
| passerelle {f} [computing] | :: gateway |
| passerelle {f} | :: footbridge |
| passerelle {f} [nautical] | :: bridge |
| 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 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} | :: to go too far |
| passer par les mains {v} | :: to pass through the hands (of) |
| passer sur le billard {phrase} [idiomatic] | :: To undergo a surgical procedure; To go under the knife |
| passer sur le billard {phrase} [literally] | :: To get passed on the operating table |
| passer à tabac {v} | :: to beat thoroughly |
| passer un savon {v} [idiomatic] | :: to tell off |
| passe-temps {m} | :: hobby; pastime |
| passette {f} | :: strainer |
| passeur {m} | :: ferryman |
| passeur {m} | :: smuggler; (drugs) courier |
| passeur {m} [sports] | :: passer |
| passeuse {f} | :: feminine form of passeur |
| passibilité {f} | :: liability |
| passible {adj} | :: punishable (appropriate for punishment) |
| passif {adj} | :: passive |
| passif {m} [grammar] | :: the passive voice |
| 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) |
| passivement {adv} | :: passively |
| passiver {vt} [chemistry] | :: to passivate |
| passiver {vt} [grammar] | :: to make passive |
| passivité {f} | :: passivity, passiveness |
| passoire {n} | :: colander |
| passoire {n} | :: sieve |
| passé simple {n} | :: past historic |
| passé surcomposé {n} [grammar] | :: A past tense using two auxiliary verbs to conjugate |
| Passy {prop} | :: A district of Paris |
| pastaga {m} [slang] | :: pastis |
| pastenague {f} | :: stingray |
| pasteur {m} | :: pastor, a title of Protestant ministers |
| pasteur {m} | :: shepherd |
| Pasteur {prop} | :: French surname |
| Pasteur {prop} | :: Louis Pasteur, French biologist |
| pasteuriser {v} | :: to pasteurise |
| pasticher {v} | :: to imitate, pastiche |
| pastis {m} | :: pastis |
| pastophore {m} [historical] | :: pastophorus |
| pastourelle {f} | :: feminine form of pastoureau |
| pastèque {f} | :: watermelon (fruit) |
| pastèque {f} | :: watermelon (plant) |
| pat {m} | :: stalemate (chess) |
| PAT {abbr} [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} | :: Patagonia |
| pataquès {m} [colloquial] | :: jumble, muddle |
| 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 |
| Patara {prop} | :: Patara (ancient town in Lycia) |
| patate {f} [Canada] | :: sweet potato |
| patate {f} [slang] | :: potato |
| patatras {interj} | :: kerplunk (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 (oil) |
| patchouli {m} | :: patchouli (plant) |
| patelin {adj} | :: fawning; unctuous |
| patelin {m} | :: backwater |
| patelin {m} | :: one-horse town |
| patelle {f} | :: limpet |
| patemment {adv} | :: patently |
| patenté {adj} | :: licensed |
| patenté {adj} | :: patented |
| paternalisme {m} | :: A paternalism |
| paternaliste {adj} | :: paternalist |
| paternel {adj} | :: paternal |
| paternellement {adv} | :: paternally |
| paternité {f} | :: authorship |
| paternité {f} | :: fatherhood |
| 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 (all meanings) |
| pathétiquement {adv} | :: pathetically |
| patibulaire {adj} | :: sinister |
| patiemment {adv} | :: patiently |
| patience {f} | :: Patience |
| patient {adj} | :: patient |
| patient {m} | :: a patient, an outpatient |
| patiente {f} | :: feminine singular form of patient |
| patienter {v} | :: to be patient |
| patienter {v} | :: to wait patiently |
| patin {m} | :: skate |
| patin {m} [slang] | :: French kiss |
| patinage {m} | :: skating |
| 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/-sed skating |
| patine {f} | :: patina, an oxidation like on bronze or similar effect |
| patiner {v} | :: to ice-skate |
| patineur {m} | :: skater |
| patineuse {f} | :: feminine form of patineur |
| patin à glace {n} [countable] | :: ice skate |
| patin à glace {n} [uncountable] | :: ice skating |
| patinoire {f} | :: skating rink |
| patin à quatre roues {n} | :: old-style four-wheel rollerskate |
| patin à roues alignées {m} | :: inline skate (inline rollerskate) |
| patin à roulettes {n} | :: roller skate |
| patin à roulettes quatre roues {n} | :: old-style four-wheel rollerskate |
| patisserie {f} [Canada] | :: cake shop |
| patisserie {f} [Canada] | :: the pastries produced by a patissier |
| Patmos {prop} | :: Patmos (island of Greece) |
| patène {f} | :: paten, diskos |
| patois {m} | :: patois (any regional dialect) |
| patois {m} | :: patois (French dialect) |
| patoiser {vi} | :: to speak in patois |
| 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 {prop} | :: male given name, French form of Patrick |
| Patricia {prop} | :: female given name, feminine form of Patrice |
| patricien {adj} | :: patrician |
| patricien {m} [historical] | :: patrician |
| Patrick {prop} | :: male given name, the English form of Patrice, quite popular in France |
| patrie {f} | :: homeland, country of origin |
| patrilatéral {adj} | :: patrilateral |
| patrilatéralement {adv} | :: patrilaterally |
| patrimoine {m} | :: capital, holdings |
| patrimoine {m} | :: heritage |
| patrimoine {m} | :: patrimony, estate |
| patrimonial {adj} | :: patrimonial |
| patrimonialement {adv} | :: patrimonially |
| patriotard {adj} | :: Excessively nationalistic; flag-waving; chauvinistic |
| patriote {adj} | :: patriotic |
| patriote {mf} | :: patriot |
| patriotique {adj} | :: patriotic |
| patriotiquement {adv} | :: patriotically |
| patriotisme {m} | :: patriotism |
| patron {m} | :: boss, employer |
| patron {m} [sewing, and, knitting] | :: pattern |
| patronage {m} | :: Patronage |
| patronal {adj} | :: relating to an employer |
| patronal {adj} | :: relating to a saint |
| patronat {m} | :: management |
| patronne {f} | :: (female) owner |
| patronne {f} | :: madame (of a brothel) |
| patronner {vt} | :: to sponsor |
| patronnesse {adj} | :: Only used in the term dame patronesse |
| patronyme {m} | :: surname; patronym |
| patronymique {adj} | :: patronymic |
| patrouille {f} | :: patrol |
| patrouiller {vi} | :: to patrol |
| patrouilleur {m} | :: patrol boat |
| patrouilleur {m} | :: soldier on patrol |
| patrouilleur {m} | :: spotter plane |
| patte {f} [informal] | :: leg (of human) |
| patte {f} | :: leg (of animal) |
| patte {f} | :: paw (of animal) |
| 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} | :: male given name |
| Paul {prop} | :: Paul (biblical figure) |
| Paule {prop} | :: female given name, feminine form of Paul |
| Paulette {prop} | :: female given name |
| paulien {adj} [legal, of an action] | :: taken against a fraudulent debtor |
| Paulin {prop} | :: French surname |
| Paulin {prop} | :: male given name, rare today |
| Pauline {prop} | :: female given name derived from Latin Paulina |
| pauliste {adj} | :: of or relating to São Paulo, Brazil |
| pauliste {adj} [religion] | :: Paulist (specifically a member of a missionary society founded in New York in 1885) |
| Pauliste {mf} | :: A person residing in São Paulo, Brazil |
| paumé {adj} | :: godforsaken |
| paumé {adj} | :: lost |
| paumé {adj} | :: out of one's depth |
| paume {f} | :: palm (of hand) |
| paumer {v} [colloquial] | :: to lose |
| paumer {v} [obsolete] | :: to strike, hit |
| paupiette {f} | :: paupiette, (veal) olive |
| paupière {f} | :: eyelid |
| paupérisation {f} | :: pauperization |
| paupériser {vt} | :: to pauperize |
| paupérisme {m} | :: pauperism |
| paurométabole {adj} | :: paurometabolous |
| paurométabole {m} | :: paurometabole |
| pause {f} | :: pause, break |
| -pause {prefix} | :: -pause |
| pause-café {f} | :: coffee break |
| pause-déjeuner {f} | :: lunchbreak |
| pauvre {adj} | :: lacking, scanty |
| pauvre {adj} | :: poor (financially deprived) |
| pauvre {adj} | :: poor, pitiable |
| pauvre {mf} | :: poor person; pauper |
| pauvre comme Job {adj} [simile] | :: Extremely poor; poor as a snail |
| pauvrement {adv} | :: poorly |
| pauvreté {f} | :: poverty |
| pauvret {m} | :: Poor little thing (term of commiseration) |
| pauvrette {f} | :: Poor little thing (term of commiseration) |
| pavé {m} | :: cobblestone |
| pavé {m} | :: cobblestone street |
| pavé {m} [colloquial] | :: a thick book |
| pavé {m} | :: pavé (rectangular food) |
| 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 pave (put down paving) |
| 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} | :: A town in the Gers department of Midi-Pyrénées |
| Pavie {prop} | :: Pavia |
| pavillon {m} | :: ensign, flag (nautical flag) |
| pavillon {m} | :: house, villa, lodge |
| pavillon {m} [music] | :: bell (part of brass instrument) |
| pavillon {m} | :: pavilion (tent, structure, ear part) |
| 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 |
| 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} | :: not free, that charges money |
| payant {adj} | :: paying, which pays |
| paye {f} [colloquial] | :: ages, a long time |
| paye {f} [dated] | :: payer, someone who pays |
| paye {f} | :: payment |
| paye {f} | :: salary, pay |
| payement {m} | :: alternative spelling of paiement |
| payer {v} | :: pay for (suffer the consequences of something) |
| payer {v} | :: to pay off |
| payer {vt} | :: to pay (for) |
| payer {vt} | :: to pay (someone) |
| payer les pots cassés {v} [idiomatic] | :: to pick up the pieces |
| payeur {m} | :: payer (someone who pays) |
| payeuse {f} | :: feminine form of payeur |
| pays {m} | :: land, country, region |
| pays {m} [politics, geography] | :: country |
| paysage {m} | :: countryside |
| paysage {m} | :: landscape |
| paysager {adj} [attributive] | :: countryside; country |
| paysager {adj} [attributive] | :: landscape |
| 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 |
| paysannat {m} | :: peasantry |
| paysanne {f} | :: feminine form of paysan |
| Pays-Bas {prop} | :: the Netherlands |
| Pays de Galles {prop} | :: Wales |
| Pays de la Loire {prop} | :: Pays de la Loire (region of France) |
| pays d'état {m} [historical] | :: pays d'état |
| pays du Soleil Levant {prop} | :: Japan, literally the Land of the Rising Sun |
| pb {abbr} [informal] | :: Problem |
| pébioctet {m} | :: pebibyte |
| pébrine {f} | :: pébrine |
| pébroque {m} [colloquial, France] | :: umbrella |
| 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 {n} | :: deadly sin (any of the seven deadly sins) |
| pêche {f} [countable] | :: peach |
| pêche {f} [uncountable] | :: fishing, angling |
| pêche blanche {n} | :: ice fishing |
| pêche à la mouche {f} | :: fly fishing (form of angling) |
| pêcher {m} | :: peach tree |
| pêcher {v} | :: to fish |
| pécher {v} | :: to sin |
| pécheresse {f} | :: feminine form of pécheur; sinner |
| pêcherie {f} | :: fishery |
| pêche sous la glace {n} | :: ice fishing |
| pêche sur glace {n} | :: ice fishing |
| pécheur {adj} | :: sinning; sinful |
| pêcheur {m} | :: fisher |
| pécheur {m} | :: sinner |
| pêcheuse {f} | :: feminine form of pêcheur |
| pécho {v} [slang] | :: to hook up with, get off with |
| pécho {v} [slang] | :: to nab, catch |
| 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 {n} | :: sexual deviancy; sodomy |
| pécore {f} | :: A small farm animal (not necessarily a sheep) |
| pécore {mf} | :: blockhead (stupid person) |
| pécore {mf} | :: peasant |
| péculativement {adv} | :: peculatively |
| pécule {m} | :: savings, nest egg |
| pécuniaire {adj} | :: pecuniary, financial |
| pécuniairement {adv} | :: financially |
| PCV {initialismm} | :: (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} | :: learning |
| pédagogie {f} | :: pedagogy; education |
| pædagogique {adj} | :: obsolete form of pédagogique |
| pédagogique {adj} | :: educational |
| pédagogique {adj} | :: instructional |
| pédagogique {adj} | :: pedagogic, pedagogical |
| pédagogiquement {adv} | :: pedagogically |
| pædagogue {mf} | :: obsolete form of pédagogue |
| pédagogue {mf} | :: pedagogue; educator |
| pédagogue {mf} | :: teacher |
| pédalage {m} | :: the action or the result of pedalling |
| pédale {f} [music] | :: pedal (of piano, organ etc.) |
| pédale {f} | :: pedal (of bicycle) |
| pédale {f} [pejorative] | :: queer, homo (homosexual man) |
| pédaler {v} | :: to pedal (a bicycle) |
| pédale wha wha {f} | :: wah-wah pedal |
| pédalier {m} | :: pedalboard |
| pédalo {m} | :: pedalo |
| pédant {adj} | :: pedantic |
| pédant {m} [obsolete] | :: schoolmaster |
| pédant {m} | :: pedant; pretentious person |
| pédanterie {f} | :: pedantry |
| pédantesque {adj} | :: pedantic |
| pédantesquement {adv} | :: pedantically |
| pédantisme {m} | :: pedantry |
| pédantisme {m} | :: pretentiousness |
| pæderastie {f} | :: obsolete form of pédérastie |
| pédestre {adj} [of a artpiece] | :: representing someone walking |
| pédestre {adj} [of an activity] | :: walking, involving walking, on foot |
| pédestre {adj} | :: pedestrian (simple) |
| pédestre {adj} | :: walking (of e.g. an animal, that moves by walking) |
| pédestrement {adv} | :: pedestrianly |
| PDG {initialismmf} | :: président directeur général {m} présidente directrice générale {f} - MD (UK), CEO (US) |
| pédiatre {mf} | :: pediatrician (physician who specialises in pediatrics) |
| pædiatrie {f} | :: obsolete form of pédiatrie |
| pédiatrie {f} | :: pediatrics |
| pédiatrique {adj} | :: pediatric |
| pédicelle {f} | :: pedicel |
| pédiculose {f} [pathology] | :: pediculosis |
| pédicure {mf} | :: chiropodist, podiatrist |
| pédiluve {m} | :: footbath |
| pédipalpe {f} | :: pedipalp |
| pédofaune {f} | :: pedofauna (soil fauna) |
| 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 |
| pédéraste {m} [archaic] | :: homosexual |
| pédéraste {m} | :: pederast |
| pédérastie {f} | :: pederasty |
| pédérastique {adj} | :: pederastic |
| pearcéite {m} [mineralogy] | :: pearceite |
| peau {f} | :: hide, fur |
| peau {f} | :: pellicule formed on top of certain prepared foods |
| peau {f} | :: skin of a person or animal |
| peau {f} | :: skin (protective outer layer of a plant or fruit) |
| peaufinement {m} | :: fine-tuning |
| peaufiner {v} | :: to fine-tune |
| peau-rouge {adj} | :: Amerindian |
| peau-rouge {m} | :: Red Indian |
| peccadille {f} | :: peccadillo (small sin or error) |
| pectique {adj} | :: pectic |
| pectolytique {adj} [biochemistry] | :: pectolytic |
| pedante {m} | :: obsolete spelling of pédant |
| pedzouille {m} | :: A peasant, bumpkin, yokel |
| Peggy {prop} | :: female given name borrowed from English, popular in the 1970s |
| pegmatitique {adj} [mineralogy] | :: pegmatitic |
| peigne {m} | :: comb (toothed implement) |
| peigner {v} | :: to comb |
| peignoir {m} | :: bathrobe |
| peignoir {m} | :: cape (long light clothing used to protect the clothes in e.g. a barber) |
| peignoir {m} | :: nightdress |
| peilles {n} | :: rags used to make paper |
| peinard {adj} [informal] | :: tranquil, carefree, cushy |
| peinardement {adv} | :: tranquilly |
| peindre {vt} | :: to paint |
| peine {f} | :: effort, trouble |
| peine {f} | :: pain |
| peine {f} | :: sorrow |
| peine capitale {f} | :: capital punishment (punishment by death) |
| peine de mort {f} | :: capital punishment, death penalty |
| peiner {v} | :: to cause pain to, afflict |
| peiner {v} | :: to struggle, toil |
| peintre {mf} | :: painter (artist) |
| peinture {f} | :: paint, color |
| peinture {f} | :: painting |
| peinture {f} | :: painting, canvas |
| peinture {f} | :: vivid description |
| peinturer {v} [Canada] | :: to paint |
| peinturer {v} [France] | :: to paint like a child, in a way lacking grace and dexterity |
| peinturlurer {v} | :: to daub |
| pelé {adj} | :: bare; (of animal) mangy |
| pelade {f} [pathology] | :: alopecia |
| pelage {m} | :: fur |
| peler {v} | :: to peel |
| pelisse {f} | :: pelisse |
| pellagreux {adj} | :: pellagrous |
| pelle {f} | :: dustpan |
| pelle {f} | :: fluke (anchor blade) |
| pelle {f} | :: shovel, spade |
| pelle {f} [slang] | :: French kiss |
| peller {v} | :: to shovel (to move materials with a shovel) |
| pelletée {f} | :: spadeful, shovelful |
| pelleter {vt} | :: to shovel (up) |
| pelleterie {f} | :: fur tannery |
| pelleterie {f} | :: peltry |
| pelleteuse {f} | :: digger (a large piece of machinery that digs up holes) |
| pelletier {m} | :: furrier |
| pelliculaire {adj} | :: dandruff (etc) (attributive) |
| pellicule {f} | :: film, skin, thin layer |
| pellicules {fp} | :: dandruff |
| pelote {f} | :: ball (e.g. of string, wire) |
| pelote {f} | :: ball (in the game of jeu de paume) |
| pelote {f} | :: droppings (animal waste) |
| pelote {f} | :: pelota (sport) |
| 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} [military] | :: platoon |
| peloton {m} | :: pack, bunch (of cyclists etc.) |
| peloton {m} | :: small ball (of thread etc.) |
| peloton d’exécution {m} | :: firing squad (a group of soldiers detailed to execute someone or to discharge weapons ceremonially) |
| pelotonner {vr} | :: To curl up into a ball |
| pelotonner {vt} | :: To wind up into a ball |
| pelouse {f} | :: lawn |
| pelouse {f} [racing] | :: public enclosure |
| pelouse {f} [rugby, soccer] | :: field, ground |
| Peltier {prop} | :: French surname, notably of Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, French physicist who discovered the Peltier effect |
| peluche {f} | :: plush (toy), fluff |
| pelucher {v} | :: to fluff up, to 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 {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 |
| pencher {vt} | :: to tilt, tip up |
| pendable {adj} | :: that deserves to be hanged |
| pendable {adj} | :: that merits hanging |
| pendage {m} [geology] | :: (angle of) dip |
| pendaison {f} | :: hanging (of something or someone) |
| pendaison de crémaillère {f} | :: housewarming |
| pendant {adj} | :: hanging |
| pendant {m} | :: match, counterpart |
| pendant {m} | :: stone that dangles on earrings |
| pendant {prep} | :: during, throughout |
| pendant que {conj} | :: while, as |
| pendard {m} | :: rascal, one who deserves to hang |
| pendarde {f} | :: feminine form of pendard |
| pendeloque {f} | :: pendant |
| pendentif {m} [architecture] | :: pendentive |
| pendentif {m} [jewelry] | :: pendant |
| penderie {f} | :: wardrobe |
| pendiller {vi} | :: to dangle |
| pendouiller {v} | :: to dangle |
| pendre {vi} | :: to sag, droop |
| pendre {vit} | :: to hang |
| pendre la crémaillère {v} [idiomatic] | :: to have a housewarming party |
| pendu {m} | :: [le pendu] hangman (pen and paper game) |
| pendu {m} | :: person condemned to be hanged |
| pendu {m} | :: person killed by hanging |
| pendulaire {adj} | :: pendular |
| pendulaire {adj} | :: tilting (on its axis) |
| pendulaire {mf} [Switzerland] | :: commuter |
| pendule {f} | :: pendulum clock |
| pendule {m} | :: pendulum |
| pendulette {f} | :: small clock |
| Penha {prop} | :: Penha (Santa Catarina, Brazil) |
| Penha {prop} | :: Penha (São Paulo, Brazil) |
| penne {f} | :: large feather |
| penne {f} | :: penne (pasta) |
| pennine {m} [mineralogy] | :: penninite (A double silicate of aluminium and magnesium) |
| Pennsylvanie {prop} | :: Pennsylvania |
| penny {m} | :: penny |
| pensable {adj} | :: thinkable; considerable (worthy of being considered) |
| pensant {adj} | :: thinking |
| pensée {f} | :: pansy (flower) |
| pensée {f} | :: thought |
| pense-bête {m} [informal] | :: reminder |
| penser {v} | :: to think |
| penseur {m} | :: thinker |
| pensif {adj} | :: pensive, thoughtful |
| pension {f} | :: A pension, boarding house |
| pension {f} | :: A pension, regularly received payment |
| 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} | :: boarder (someone in a boarding school) |
| pensionnaire {mf} | :: pensioner |
| pensionnat {m} | :: boarding school |
| pensivement {adv} | :: pensively, thoughtfully |
| pensum {m} [archaic] | :: punishment (at school); lines (UK) |
| pensum {m} | :: chore |
| pentacle {m} | :: pentacle (star-shaped symbol) |
| 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} | :: Pentagon (the headquarters of the United States of America's Department of Defense) |
| pentagramme {m} | :: pentagram |
| pentahydraté {adj} [chemistry] | :: pentahydrated |
| pentamère {m} [chemistry] | :: pentamer |
| pentaène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: pentaene |
| pentanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pentanoic |
| pentaoxyde {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: pentoxide |
| pentaérythritol {m} [organic compound] | :: pentaerythritol |
| pentathlon des neiges {m} | :: snow pentathlon (a five-leg five-sport race involving vélo, course, ski de fond, patin, raquette.) |
| pentavalent {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: pentavalent |
| pentavalentement {adv} | :: pentavalently |
| pente {f} | :: slope |
| Pentecôte {prop} | :: Pentecost |
| pentecôtisme {m} [Christianity] | :: Pentecostalism (Christian religious mouvement) |
| 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 |
| peracétique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: peracetic |
| perçant {adj} | :: piercing, shrill |
| perçant {adj} | :: sharp (vision etc) |
| percale {f} | :: percale |
| perce-balles {adj} | :: bulletproof |
| percement {m} | :: piercing, boring, punching |
| perce-neige {mf} | :: snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) |
| perce-oreille {m} | :: earwig (insect) |
| percepteur {m} | :: tax collector |
| perceptiblement {adv} | :: perceptibly |
| perceptif {adj} | :: perceptive |
| perception {f} | :: perception |
| percer {v} [figuratively] | :: to unravel, see through |
| percer {v} | :: to pierce |
| 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} [aeronautics] | :: probe |
| perche {f} | :: boom (for microphone etc.) |
| perche {f} | :: perch (for birds) |
| perche {f} | :: perch (type of fish) |
| perche {f} | :: pole |
| perche {f} | :: rod (unit of length) |
| perche {f} [skiing] | :: T-bar |
| perche {f} [sports] | :: pole-vaulting; pole |
| percher {v} | :: to perch |
| perchiste {mf} [film] | :: boom operator |
| perchiste {mf} [sports] | :: pole vaulter |
| perchlorique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: perchloric |
| perchlorure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: perchloride |
| perchoir {m} | :: perch |
| perchoir {m} | :: the seat of the President of the French National Assembly |
| perclus {adj} | :: crippled |
| perclus {adj} [figuratively] | :: paralysed |
| percolateur {m} | :: percolator |
| percoler {vi} | :: to percolate |
| percussion {f} [music] | :: percussion |
| percussion {f} | :: percussion (tapping of the body) |
| percussionniste {mf} [music] | :: percussionist |
| percutané {adj} | :: percutaneous |
| 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 {vit} | :: to lose (not win) |
| perdre {vr} | :: to get lost |
| perdre {vt} | :: to lose (be unable to find) |
| perdreau {m} | :: young partridge |
| perdre du temps {v} | :: to waste time |
| perdre la main {v} [cards] | :: to lose the advantage of going first |
| perdre la main {v} | :: to become out of touch; to lose the habit of doing something |
| 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 |
| perdurer {v} | :: to continue to exist, to last, to endure |
| perestroïka {f} | :: perestroika |
| perf {f} [informal] | :: 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) |
| perfide {adj} | :: perfidious (pertaining to perfidy) |
| perfidement {adv} | :: treacherously, perfidiously |
| perforé {adj} | :: perforated, pierced, punched |
| perforateur {adj} | :: perforating |
| perforateur {m} | :: drill |
| perforateur {mf} | :: punch card operator |
| perforatrice {f} | :: card punch |
| perforatrice {f} | :: punch (device) |
| perforer {vt} | :: to perforate |
| perforer {vt} | :: to punch (holes in) |
| perforeuse {f} | :: card punch |
| perforeuse {f} | :: punch (device) |
| 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 |
| perlé {adj} | :: beaded |
| perlé {adj} | :: pearl (attributive) |
| perlant {adj} | :: slightly effervescent (especially of wine) |
| perlatif {m} [grammar] | :: the perlative case |
| 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 |
| perméase {f} [enzyme] | :: permease |
| perméation {f} | :: permeation |
| permettre {v} | :: to permit, to allow |
| permien {adj} | :: Permian |
| Permien {prop} [geology] | :: Permian |
| permis {m} | :: permit, licence |
| permis de conduire {n} | :: driving licence |
| permissif {adj} | :: permissive, lenient |
| permissionnaire {mf} | :: a soldier on leave |
| permittivité {f} [physics] | :: permittivity |
| permutation {f} | :: permutation |
| permuter {v} | :: to permute |
| pernambouc {m} | :: brazilwood |
| perne {f} | :: A kind of saltwater mussel. (Mytiloida) |
| pernicieusement {adv} | :: perniciously |
| pernicieux {adj} [dated] | :: Literally harmful or dangerous, usually of animals or persons |
| pernicieux {adj} [literary] | :: Morally harmful; pernicious |
| pernicieux {adj} [medicine, rare] | :: Insidious. Having a slow and discreet, but dangerous evolution |
| peroxyacétique {m} [organic chemistry] | :: peroxyacetic |
| peroxydase {f} [enzyme] | :: peroxidase |
| peroxyde {m} [chemistry] | :: peroxide |
| perpendiculaire {adj} | :: perpendicular (at or forming a right angle to) |
| perpendiculairement {adv} | :: perpendicularly |
| perpignanais {adj} | :: of or from Perpignan |
| Perpignanais {m} | :: someone of or from Perpignan |
| Perpignanaise {f} | :: feminine form of Perpignanais |
| perplexe {adj} | :: puzzled |
| perplexité {f} | :: perplexity |
| perpète {f} | :: life (prison 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 |
| Perret {prop} | :: French surname |
| Perrin {prop} | :: French surname |
| Perrine {prop} | :: female 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) |
| perroqueter {n} | :: to parrot |
| Perrot {prop} | :: French surname |
| perruche {f} | :: parakeet; parrot; budgie (any of various birds) |
| perruque {f} [historical] | :: wig, periwig, peruke |
| perruque {f} | :: wig |
| perruquier {m} [obsolete] | :: hairdresser |
| perruquier {m} | :: wigmaker |
| perruquière {f} | :: feminine form of perruquier |
| pers {adj} [literary] | :: blue-green (particularly used in reference to eyes) |
| persan {adj} | :: Persian |
| persan {m} | :: Persian language |
| Persan {m} | :: Persian, someone from Iran |
| Persane {f} | :: feminine form of Persan |
| persécuter {v} [by extension] | :: to annoy, to irritate |
| persécuter {v} | :: to persecute |
| persécuteur {m} | :: persecutor |
| persécution {f} | :: persecution |
| persécutrice {f} | :: persecutor (female) |
| Perse {mf} | :: Persian person |
| Perse {prop} | :: Persia |
| Perside {prop} | :: Pars (old name of Fars) |
| persienne {f} | :: shutter (on window) |
| 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} | :: marbled, veined |
| persillé {adj} | :: with the addition of parsley |
| persique {adj} | :: Persian (of, or relating to, Old Persia) |
| persistance {f} | :: persistence |
| persistant {adj} [botany] | :: evergreen |
| persistant {adj} | :: persistent |
| persister {v} | :: to persist |
| perso {adj} [colloquial] | :: one's own |
| perso {adj} [colloquial] | :: personal |
| perso {adv} [colloquial] | :: personally (in one's own opinion) |
| perso {m} [video games] | :: character |
| personnage {m} | :: character (in a play, program, film) |
| personnaliser {v} | :: to personalise, to customise |
| personnalité {f} [archaic, rare] | :: personal attack |
| personnalité {f} | :: personality, character |
| personnalité {f} | :: personality (person) |
| personne {f} | :: person |
| personne {pron} | :: anyone |
| personne {pron} | :: (with ne) no one, nobody |
| 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 |
| perspectivisme {m} | :: perspectivism |
| Perséphone {prop} [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 |
| 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 |
| Perth {prop} | :: Perth (in Australia) |
| Perth {prop} | :: Perth (in Scotland) |
| pertinemment {adv} | :: full well |
| pertinemment {adv} | :: pertinently |
| pertinence {f} | :: pertinence; relevance |
| pertinent {adj} | :: pertinent; relevant |
| pertuisane {f} | :: partisan (kind of halberd) |
| perturbateur {adj} | :: disruptive |
| perturbateur {m} | :: agitator, troublemaker |
| perturbation {f} | :: derangement |
| perturbation {f} | :: disturbance |
| perturber {vt} | :: to disrupt, to disturb |
| pervenche {f} | :: (female) traffic warden, meter maid [US] |
| pervenche {f} | :: periwinkle |
| pervers {adj} | :: perverse |
| perversement {adv} | :: perversely; in a perverted fashion |
| perversité {f} | :: depravity |
| perversité {f} | :: perversity |
| 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} | :: heaviness |
| pesanteur {f} [physics] | :: gravity |
| pesanteur {f} [said of a person] | :: slowness, dullness |
| pesanteur {f} | :: weight |
| Pescara {prop} | :: Pescara (province) |
| Pescara {prop} | :: Pescara (town) |
| peser {vi} | :: to weigh (to have a weight of) |
| peser {vt} | :: To weigh (to see how much something weighs) |
| peseta {f} | :: peseta |
| pessaire {m} | :: pessary |
| pessimisme {m} | :: pessimism (general belief that bad things will happen) |
| pessimiste {adj} | :: pessimistic |
| pessimiste {mf} | :: pessimist |
| peste {f} | :: brat |
| peste {f} | :: pest |
| peste {f} | :: plague (disease) |
| pester {v} | :: to rant, curse, fulminate |
| pestiféré {adj} | :: pestiferous |
| pestiféré {mf} | :: plague victim |
| pestilentiel {adj} | :: pestilent, foul |
| pet {m} [colloquial] | :: fart |
| peta- {prefix} | :: peta- |
| 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 |
| petit {adj} | :: little |
| petit {adj} | :: small |
| petit {m} | :: little one (child) |
| petit {m} | :: small one (anything that is small), little one (anything that is little) |
| petit ami {n} | :: boyfriend (boy/man to whom one has a romantic attachment) |
| Petit Chaperon rouge {prop} | :: Little Red Riding Hood |
| petit coin {m} | :: loo (toilet) |
| petit écran {n} | :: small screen |
| petit déjeuner {n} | :: breakfast (morning meal) |
| petite amie {f} | :: girlfriend (girl/woman to whom one has a romantic attachment) |
| petite annonce {n} | :: a single classified advertisement |
| petite capitale {f} | :: small caps (font variant) |
| petite couronne {prop} | :: The zone consisting of the three departments (Hauts-de-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis) that border the city of Paris |
| petite culotte {n} | :: [clothing] knickers |
| petite-fille {f} | :: granddaughter (daughter of someone’s child) |
| petitement {adv} | :: meanly |
| petitement {adv} | :: pettily |
| petitement {adv} | :: poorly |
| petite mort {n} [idiomatic, poetic] | :: orgasm |
| petit-enfant {n} | :: grandchild (child of someone’s child) |
| petite-nièce {f} | :: grandniece (daughter of a niece or nephew) |
| Petite Ourse {prop} | :: Ursa Minor (constellation) |
| petites lèvres {n} | :: labia minora |
| petite souris {f} | :: tooth fairy |
| petitesse {f} | :: petiteness |
| petitesse {f} | :: pettiness |
| petitesse {f} | :: smallness, littleness |
| petite vérole {f} [archaic] | :: smallpox |
| petit-fils {n} | :: grandson |
| petit four {n} | :: petit four |
| petit jour {n} | :: dawn, daybreak |
| petit juif {n} | :: funny bone |
| petit-lait {m} | :: whey |
| petit mal {m} [medicine] | :: petit mal |
| 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 {n} | :: pea (the vegetable) |
| petit pont {m} [soccer] | :: nutmeg |
| petits récits {n} | :: Small narratives, often first-person |
| peton {m} [informal] | :: foot |
| peu {adv} | :: not very; little; not much |
| peu {m} | :: few |
| peu {m} | :: little |
| peul {adj} | :: relating to Fula |
| peul {m} | :: Fula (language) |
| Peul {adj} | :: Fula |
| Peul {m} | :: a member of the Fula people |
| 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 |
| 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 {abbr} | :: KFC |
| Pégase {prop} | :: Pegasus (constellation) |
| Pégase {prop} | :: Pegasus (mythical winged horse) |
| pègre {f} | :: underworld |
| phacochère {m} | :: warthog |
| phagédénique {adj} | :: gangrenous |
| -phage {suffix} | :: -phage |
| phagocytage {m} [biology] | :: phagocytosis |
| phagocytage {m} | :: swallowing up |
| phagocyter {vt} [biology] | :: to phagocytize |
| phagocyter {vt} | :: to swallow up |
| phalange {f} [anatomy] | :: phalanx |
| phalange {f} | :: phalanx (of soldiers, people etc.) |
| phalangiste {m} | :: Falangist |
| phalangiste {m} | :: scarab beetle |
| phalarope {m} | :: phalarope |
| phallique {adj} | :: phallic |
| phalliquement {adv} | :: phallically |
| phallocentrique {adj} | :: phallocentric |
| phallocrate {mf} | :: male chauvinist |
| phallocratie {f} | :: male chauvinism |
| phalène {mf} | :: moth (especially a geometrid moth) |
| phanère {m} [chiefly, in the plural] | :: dander (skin flakes etc) |
| 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} | :: colossal |
| pharaonique {adj} | :: pharaonic |
| phare {adj} | :: leading, signature, key, flagship |
| phare {m} [figuratively] | :: beacon, luminary |
| phare {m} | :: headlight (of a vehicle) |
| phare {m} | :: lantern in a lighthouse |
| phare {m} | :: lighthouse |
| phare {m} [nautical] | :: the set of sails on the mast |
| phare antibrouillard {n} [automotive] | :: fog light, fog lamp |
| pharisien {m} | :: Pharisee |
| pharmaceutique {adj} | :: pharmaceutical |
| pharmacie {f} | :: pharmacy, drugstore |
| pharmacien {m} | :: apothecary |
| pharmacien {m} | :: chemist (dispensing chemist) |
| pharmacien {m} | :: pharmacist |
| pharmacienne {f} | :: feminine form of pharmacien |
| pharmacodépendance {f} | :: drug dependency |
| pharmacologie {f} | :: pharmacology |
| pharmacologique {adj} | :: pharmacologic, pharmacological |
| pharmacopée {f} | :: pharmacopoeia |
| pharmacopœe {f} | :: obsolete form of pharmacopée |
| pharyngé {adj} | :: pharyngeal |
| pharyngite {f} [pathology] | :: pharyngitis |
| phasaire {adj} [biology] | :: Relating to phases or development |
| phase {f} | :: phase |
| phase éruptive {n} [geology] | :: eruptive phase |
| phasme {m} | :: stick insect |
| phatique {adj} | :: phatic (more polite than meaningful) |
| phatiquement {adv} | :: phatically |
| phaéton {m} | :: phaeton |
| phi {m} | :: phi (Greek letter) |
| Phil {prop} | :: male given name, diminutive of Philippe |
| Philadelphie {prop} | :: Philadelphia |
| 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} | :: -phile |
| philharmonie {f} [music] | :: philharmonic orchestra or society |
| philharmonique {adj} | :: philharmonic |
| philharmonique {m} | :: philharmonic |
| Philibert {prop} | :: male given name |
| -philie {suffix} | :: -philia |
| Philippe {prop} | :: French surname |
| Philippe {prop} | :: male given name, cognate to English Philip. Very popular in 20th century France, next only to Jean and Pierre |
| Philippe {prop} | :: Philip [biblical character] |
| philippin {adj} | :: Filipino (of, or from the Philippines) |
| Philippin {m} | :: Filipino, someone from the Philippines |
| Philippine {f} | :: feminine form of Philippin |
| Philippines {prop} | :: The Philippines |
| philistin {adj} | :: philistine |
| philistin {m} | :: philistine |
| Philémon {prop} | :: Philemon |
| philo {m} [colloquial] | :: philosophy |
| philologie {f} | :: philology |
| philologique {adj} | :: philological |
| philologiquement {adv} | :: philologically |
| philologue {mf} | :: philologist |
| Philomène {prop} | :: female given name, equivalent to English Philomena |
| philosophal {adj} | :: philosopher (meaning alchemist) (attributive) |
| philosophe {mf} | :: philosopher |
| philosopher {v} | :: to philosophize |
| philosophie {f} | :: philosophy, one's manner of thinking |
| philosophie {f} | :: philosophy, the study of thoughts |
| philosophique {adj} | :: philosophical |
| philosophiquement {adv} | :: philosophically |
| philtrum {m} | :: philtrum |
| philuméniste {mf} | :: phillumenist (matchbox collector) |
| phimosis {m} [medicine] | :: phimosis |
| phlébite {f} [pathology] | :: phlebitis |
| phlébologie {f} | :: phlebology |
| phlébologue {mf} | :: phlebologist |
| phlébotomie {f} | :: phlebotomy |
| phlegmatique {adj} | :: phlegmatic |
| phlegmatiquement {adv} | :: phlegmatically |
| Phlégon {prop} | :: Phlegon |
| Phlégéthon {prop} | :: Phlegethon |
| phlogistique {adj} [obsolete, chemistry] | :: phlogistic |
| phénalène {m} [organic compound] | :: phenalene |
| phénanthrène {m} [organic compound] | :: phenanthrene |
| phénantroline {f} [organic compound] | :: phenanthroline |
| Phénicie {prop} | :: Phoenicia |
| Phœnicie {prop} | :: obsolete form of Phénicie |
| phénicien {adj} | :: Phoenician |
| phénicien {m} | :: Phoenician language |
| 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 form of Phénicien |
| 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 |
| phénotype {m} [genetics] | :: phenotype |
| phényl {m} [organic chemistry] | :: phenyl |
| phénylalanine {f} [amino acid] | :: phenylalanine |
| phénylcétonurie {f} [pathology] | :: phenylketonuria |
| phényle {m} [organic chemistry] | :: phenyl |
| phénylhydrazine {f} [organic compound] | :: phenylhydrazine |
| phénylène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: phenylene |
| phobie {f} | :: phobia |
| -phobie {suffix} | :: -phobia |
| phocéen {adj} | :: Marseillais, from Marseille |
| phocéen {adj} | :: Phocean |
| phéochromocytome {m} [pathology] | :: pheochromocytoma |
| phonatoire {adj} | :: phonatory |
| phone {m} [linguistics] | :: phone |
| phone {m} | :: phon (a unit of apparent loudness) |
| -phone {suffix} | :: something that makes a sound e.g. saxophone |
| -phone {suffix} | :: speaker of a specific language |
| 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) |
| phonographique {adj} | :: phonographic |
| phonologie {f} [linguistics] | :: phonology |
| phonologique {adj} | :: phonological |
| phonologiquement {adv} | :: phonologically |
| phonéticien {m} | :: phonetician |
| phonéticienne {f} | :: feminine form 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) |
| 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 |
| phosphocaséinate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: phosphocaseinate |
| phosphoglycéride {m} [organic chemistry] | :: phosphoglyceride |
| 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 |
| phosphoryle {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: phosphoryl |
| phosphépine {m} [organic compound] | :: phosphepine |
| phosphure {m} | :: phosphide |
| photique {adj} | :: photic |
| photo {f} | :: photo |
| photo- {prefix} | :: photo- (relating to to light) |
| photo- {prefix} | :: photo- (relating to to photography) |
| photocellule {f} | :: photocell (photoelectric cell) |
| photochimie {f} [chemistry] | :: photochemistry |
| photochimique {adj} | :: photochemical |
| photochimiquement {adv} | :: photochemically |
| photoconducteur {adj} [physics] | :: photoconductive |
| photoconducteur {m} [physics] | :: photoconductor |
| photocopie {f} | :: photocopy |
| photocopier {vt} | :: To photocopy |
| photocopieur {m} | :: photocopier (device) |
| photocopieuse {f} | :: photocopier (device) |
| photocyclisation {f} [chemistry] | :: photocyclization |
| photodétecteur {m} | :: photodetector |
| photoglyptie {f} | :: Woodburytype |
| photogénique {adj} | :: photogenic (looking good when photographed) |
| photogrammétrie {f} | :: photogrammetry |
| photographe {mf} | :: photographer |
| photographie {f} [countable] | :: photograph |
| photographie {f} [uncountable] | :: photography |
| photographier {v} | :: to photograph |
| photographique {adj} | :: photographic |
| photographique {adj} | :: photographical |
| photographiquement {adv} | :: photographically |
| photojournaliste {mf} | :: photojournalist |
| photoélectrique {adj} [physics] | :: photoelectric |
| photolithographie {f} | :: photolithography |
| photoluminescent {adj} | :: photoluminescent |
| photomacrographie {f} | :: photomacrography |
| photomaton {m} | :: photo booth |
| photomicrographie {f} | :: photomicrography |
| photomètre {m} | :: photometer |
| photométrie {f} | :: photometry |
| photométrique {adj} | :: photometric |
| photomultiplicateur {m} | :: photomultiplier |
| photon {m} [particle] | :: photon |
| photonique {adj} [physics] | :: photonic |
| photophobie {f} | :: photophobia (excessive sensitivity to light) |
| photophore {m} [biology] | :: photophore |
| 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 |
| photosphère {f} [astronomy] | :: photosphere |
| photosynthèse {f} | :: photosynthesis |
| photosynthétique {adj} | :: photosynthetic |
| photothèque {f} | :: photo library |
| photothérapie {f} | :: phototherapy |
| photovoltaïque {adj} | :: photovoltaic |
| phrase {f} | :: (false friend) sentence |
| phraser {v} [music] | :: to phrase |
| phraser {v} | :: to phrase |
| phraseur {m} | :: windbag (excessive talker) |
| phraséologie {f} | :: phraseology |
| phréatique {adj} | :: phreatic |
| phrénologie {f} | :: phrenology |
| phrénologique {adj} | :: phrenological |
| phrénologiquement {adv} | :: phrenologically |
| phrénologue {m} | :: phrenologist |
| phéromonal {adj} | :: pheromonal |
| phéromonalement {adv} | :: pheromonally |
| phéromone {f} | :: pheromone |
| Phrygie {prop} | :: Phrygia |
| phrygien {adj} | :: Phrygian |
| phtalate {m} [organic chemistry] | :: phthalate |
| phtalique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: phthalic |
| phtisie {f} [pathology] | :: phthisis, consumption |
| phtisique {adj} [medicine, archaic] | :: phthisical |
| phycologie {f} | :: phycology (the study of algae) |
| phycotoxine {f} | :: phycotoxin |
| phylactère {m} | :: A phylactery |
| phylloxéra {m} | :: phylloxera |
| phylogenèse {f} | :: phylogenesis |
| phylogénie {f} | :: phylogeny |
| phylogénique {adj} | :: phylogenic |
| phylogénétique {adj} | :: phylogenetic |
| phylogénétiquement {adv} | :: phylogenetically |
| phynance {f} [informal] | :: finance |
| physicien {m} | :: physicist |
| physicienne {f} | :: feminine form 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} | :: appearance, look, physiognomy |
| physionomie {f} | :: face, physiognomy |
| physionomie {f} | :: facial expression, physiognomy |
| physionomiste {mf} | :: physiognomist (someone having a good memory for faces) |
| physiopathologique {adj} | :: physiopathological |
| physiopathologiste {mf} | :: physiopathologist |
| physiothérapeute {mf} | :: physiotherapist |
| physiothérapie {f} | :: physiotherapy |
| physique {adj} | :: physical, sportive |
| physique {f} | :: physics |
| physique {m} | :: physique |
| physique des particules {f} | :: particle physics (particle physics) |
| physiquement {adv} | :: physically |
| phytochimie {f} [chemistry] | :: phytochemistry |
| phytochimique {adj} [chemistry] | :: phytochemical |
| phytochélatine {f} [protein] | :: phytochelatin |
| 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 |
| pi {conj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: alternative spelling of pis and |
| pi {m} [mathematics] | :: pi |
| pi {m} | :: pi (Greek letter) |
| piaf {m} | :: sparrow |
| piaffement {m} | :: prancing |
| piaffement {m} | :: stamping, pawing the ground |
| piaffer {v} | :: (of horse) to stamp, paw the ground |
| piaffer {v} | :: (of person) to stamp one's feet |
| piagétien {adj} | :: Piagetian |
| piaillard {adj} [by extension, of a person] | :: whining, whiny |
| piaillard {adj} [of a bird] | :: cheeping |
| 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 {n} | :: upright piano |
| piano à queue {m} [musici] | :: grand piano (a piano in which the strings are strung horizontally in a heavy frame shaped like a harp) |
| pianoter {v} [computing] | :: to type (use a computer keyboard) |
| pianoter {v} | :: to tap (hit lightly) |
| piasse {f} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: alternative spelling of piastre |
| piastre {f} [historical] | :: piastre (one of several historical units of currency) |
| piastre {f} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: buck, dollar |
| piaule {f} [colloquial] | :: pad, place |
| piaulement {m} | :: cheep, peep (sound) |
| piauler {vi} | :: alternative form of piailler |
| PIB {initialism} | :: (produit intérieur brut) GDP |
| pic {m} | :: peak |
| pic {m} | :: pick (tool) |
| pic {m} | :: woodpecker |
| picador {m} [bullfighting] | :: picador |
| picaillon {m} [informal, especially in plural] | :: cash, money |
| picard {adj} | :: Picard (from Picardy) |
| picard {m} | :: Picard (language) |
| Picard {m} | :: Picard (person from Picardy) |
| picardan {m} | :: A variety of white grape originally from Provence |
| Picarde {f} | :: feminine form of Picard |
| Picardie {prop} | :: Picardy |
| picaridine {f} | :: Picaridine |
| pièce {f} | :: coin |
| pièce {f} | :: play (in a theatre) |
| pièce {f} | :: room (in a house, etc) |
| pièce de rechange {f} | :: spare part (component kept in reserve) |
| pièce de résistance {n} [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 {n} [Internet] | :: attachment (email attachment) |
| pièce maîtresse {n} [figuratively] | :: cornerstone |
| pièce maîtresse {n} | :: showpiece |
| piécette {f} | :: small coin |
| piécette {f} | :: small room |
| pic à glace {m} | :: icepick |
| pichenette {f} | :: flick |
| pichenotte {f} | :: flick |
| pichet {m} | :: jug |
| pichon {m} [Picardy] | :: fish (animal, foodstuff) |
| pichon {m} [Provence] | :: small child |
| pichonne {f} | :: feminine form of pichon |
| 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 |
| picorer {v} [obsolete] | :: to maraud, pillage, rampage |
| picorer {v} | :: to nibble, peck (of birds, or figuratively) |
| picotement {m} | :: a stinging sensation, a sting |
| picoter {v} [informal] | :: to bug, to pester, to annoy |
| picoter {v} [of a bird] | :: to peck |
| picotin {m} | :: peck (dry measure) |
| picpoul {m} | :: A variety of white grape originally from the Languedoc |
| picquer {v} | :: obsolete spelling of piquer |
| picrique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: picric |
| 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 {n} | :: 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} | :: An old unit of measure equal to 32.5 centimetres |
| pied {m} | :: leg, foot (projection on the bottom of a piece of equipment to support it) |
| pied {m} [poetry] | :: foot |
| pied {m} | :: Translation for English foot (approx. 30.5 centimetres) |
| pied d'athlète {m} | :: athlete's foot |
| pied-de-biche {n} | :: crowbar |
| pied de mouche {m} | :: paragraph mark |
| pied de page {m} | :: footer (line of information at the bottom of a page) |
| pied noir {n} | :: pied noir |
| pieds d'argile {mp} [plurale tantum] | :: feet of clay |
| pied-à-terre {n} | :: pied-à-terre |
| piercing {m} | :: a piercing |
| pierrade {f} | :: A dish (a form of barbecue) in which thin slices of meat etc are cooked on a heated stone and served with sauces, salads, potatoes etc |
| pierraille {f} | :: collection of small stones |
| pierre {f} | :: stone (a rock, a pebble) |
| pierre {f} | :: stone (substance) |
| Pierre {prop} | :: French surname |
| Pierre {prop} | :: male given name traditionally popular in France |
| Pierre {prop} | :: Peter [biblical character] |
| pierre angulaire {n} [architecture] | :: cornerstone |
| pierre angulaire {n} [figuratively] | :: cornerstone |
| pierre d'achoppement {f} | :: stumbling block |
| pierre de lune {n} | :: moonstone (translucent gemstone) |
| Pierre-Marie {prop} | :: male given name, a combination of Pierre and Marie |
| pierre philosophale {f} | :: philosopher's stone |
| pierre précieuse {n} | :: gemstone |
| pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse {proverb} | :: a rolling stone gathers no moss |
| pierreries {n} [in the plural] | :: gems, gemstones |
| pierre tombale {f} | :: tombstone (stone on grave) |
| pierrette {f} [dated] | :: a type of white camisole |
| pierrette {f} [rare] | :: small stone; pebble (used in a children's game) |
| Pierrette {prop} | :: female given name, a feminine diminutive form of Pierre |
| pierreuse {f} [slang] | :: knocking-shop |
| pierreux {adj} | :: stony, rocky |
| Pierrot {prop} | :: A character from French pantomime; a buffoon in a loose white outfit |
| Pierrot {prop} | :: Diminutive of Pierre |
| 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} | :: nose, intuition |
| pif {m} | :: (slang for nose) conk, hooter, schnozzle |
| piffer {vt} [informal, normally used in the negative] | :: to stand, put up with |
| pifomètre {m} | :: rough approximation |
| pigé {interj} | :: capisce? |
| piège {m} | :: pitfall |
| piège {m} | :: trap, snare, booby trap |
| pige {f} [slang] | :: year (of age) |
| piégeage {m} | :: trapping |
| pigeon {m} | :: pigeon |
| pigeonnant {adj} [of a bra] | :: uplift (attributive) |
| pigeonnant {adj} | :: pigeon-chested |
| pigeonneau {m} | :: squab (young pigeon) |
| pigeonner {v} [informal] | :: To take for a ride or dupe (the person being duped is the pigeon) |
| pigeonnier {m} | :: dovecote |
| piéger {v} | :: to trap (catch in a trap) |
| piger {v} [Canada] | :: to choose at random : to draw |
| piger {v} [informal] | :: to understand : to get, to catch on, to twig, to cotton on |
| piégeux {adj} | :: dangerous |
| piégeux {adj} | :: tricky |
| pigiste {adj} | :: freelance (journalist, writer) |
| pigiste {mf} | :: freelance journalist |
| pigment {m} | :: pigment, coloring substance |
| pigmenter {vt} | :: to pigment |
| pignocher {vi} | :: to pick at one's food |
| pignon {m} | :: gable |
| pignon {m} | :: gearwheel, pinion, sprocket |
| pignon {m} | :: pine nut, pine kernel |
| pile {adv} [colloquial] | :: dead (of stopping etc.); on the dot, sharp (of time), smack |
| pile {adv} [colloquial] | :: just, exactly |
| pile {f} | :: battery |
| pile {f} | :: heap, stack |
| pile {f} | :: pillar |
| pile {f} | :: tails (of a coin) |
| pile ou face {phrase} | :: heads or tails |
| piler {v} [cooking] | :: to crush |
| piler {v} | :: 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 |
| pillard {m} | :: pillager, looter |
| piller {v} | :: to plunder; to pillage |
| pilleur {adj} | :: plundering; plunderous |
| pilleur {m} | :: a plunderer |
| piloche {f} [slang] | :: gnasher, tooth |
| pilon {m} | :: pestle |
| pilon {m} | :: thigh (the thigh bone of poultry meat) |
| pilon {m} | :: wooden leg |
| pilonnage {m} [cooking] | :: pounding, crushing |
| pilonnage {m} [military] | :: shelling, bombardment |
| pilonner {v} | :: to bombard, to shell |
| pilonner {v} | :: to grind, to pound |
| pilori {m} | :: pillory; stocks |
| pilorier {vt} | :: to pillory |
| pilote {m} | :: pilot (controller of aircraft) |
| pilote {m} | :: pilot (controller of vessel) |
| pilote de brousse {n} | :: bush pilot |
| piloter {v} | :: to drive {control a vehicle) |
| piloter {v} | :: to pilot (control an aircraft) |
| piloter {v} | :: to pilot (control a vessel) |
| pilotis {m} [architecture] | :: piloti |
| pilule {f} | :: pill (small object to be swallowed) |
| pimbêche {f} | :: minx (impertinent woman) |
| piment {m} | :: chili, chili pepper |
| piment {m} [cooking] | :: spice |
| 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 form of Piémontais |
| 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 {m} | :: pineal |
| pinard {m} [colloquial] | :: plonk, (cheap) wine |
| Pinard {prop} | :: French surname |
| pinauculmettable {adj} | :: alternative spelling of pinocumettable |
| pinaucumettable {adj} | :: alternative spelling of pinocumettable |
| pincée {f} | :: a pinch, a tiny amount |
| pince {f} | :: crowbar |
| pince {f} | :: pincer, claw |
| pince {f} | :: pliers |
| pince {f} | :: tongs |
| pinceau {m} | :: brush (for painting) |
| pince-fesses {n} [dated, slang] | :: dance, hop |
| pincement {m} | :: pang, twinge |
| pince-nez {n} | :: pince-nez |
| pince à épiler {n} | :: tweezers |
| pincer {v} [music] | :: To pluck (a stringed instrument) |
| pincer {v} | :: to pinch (skin) |
| pincer {v} | :: to pinch (to arrest) |
| pince-sans-rire {adj} | :: dry, deadpan |
| pincette {f} | :: tongs (for fire) |
| pincette {f} | :: tweezers |
| pinède {f} | :: pine wood or forest |
| pine {f} [slang] | :: nob, penis |
| pineau {m} | :: pineau |
| piner {v} [vulgar] | :: to fuck, to dick |
| pingouin {m} | :: auk, razorbill: Arctic sea bird from the Alcidae family |
| ping-pong {m} | :: ping pong; table tennis |
| pingre {adj} | :: miserly, stingy |
| pingrerie {f} | :: stinginess |
| pinène {m} [organic compound] | :: pinene |
| pinocumettable {adj} [vulgar] | :: fuckable, shaggable |
| pinçon {m} | :: pinch, nip (mark on the skin) |
| Pinot {prop} | :: French surname |
| pinotte {f} [Québec] | :: peanut, goober (a legume resembling a nut) |
| pinson {m} | :: a finch |
| pintade {f} | :: guinea fowl |
| pinte {f} [Canada] | :: a quart |
| pinte {f} [Canada, slang] | :: a litre |
| pinte {f} [France] | :: a pint |
| pinter {v} [informal] | :: To get drunk |
| pin-up {f} | :: pin-up [woman in a photograph], babe (sexually attractive woman) |
| pioche {f} | :: in a card game, the stock |
| pioche {f} | :: pickaxe |
| piocher {v} [card games] | :: to draw from the deck |
| piocher {v} | :: to cram, to swot, to grind (e.g., for an exam) |
| piocher {v} | :: to slog away, drudge (to work very hard) |
| piocher {v} | :: to use a pickaxe |
| Piogre {prop} [Switzerland] | :: An imaginary, exceedingly remote town; Timbuktu |
| piolet {m} [climbing] | :: piolet |
| pion {m} [chess] | :: pawn |
| pion {m} [figuratively] | :: pawn |
| pion {m} [game] | :: counter |
| pion {m} [informal] | :: supervisor (in a school) |
| pion {m} [particle] | :: pion |
| pioncer {vi} [slang] | :: To be sleeping |
| pioncer {vr} [slang] | :: To go to sleep; to crash out, hit the hay |
| pionner {v} [chess, checkers] | :: to exchange (a piece) |
| pionnier {adj} | :: first to colonize |
| pionnier {adj} | :: pioneering, avant-garde |
| 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 {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 |
| pionnière {f} | :: feminine form of pionnier |
| piorner {v} [Switzerland] | :: to whine, moan |
| pipe {f} | :: tobacco pipe |
| pipe {f} [vulgar] | :: fellatio |
| pipe {m} | :: the pipe symbol (|) |
| pipeau {m} [musici] | :: pipe |
| pipeau {m} | :: reed |
| pipelette {f} | :: chatterbox |
| pipe-line {m} | :: alternative spelling of pipeline |
| pipeline {m} | :: pipeline (for oil) |
| 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 |
| piquamment {adv} | :: piquantly |
| piquant {adj} | :: piquant |
| pique {f} [card games] | :: spade (as a card suit) |
| pique {f} | :: pike, lance |
| pique-nique {m} | :: picnic (a meal eaten outdoors) |
| piqueniqueur {m} | :: picnicker (someone having a picnic) |
| piquer {v} [colloquial] | :: to nick, to pinch, to steal |
| piquer {vr} | :: to pride oneself on; to like to think that one can do (+ de) |
| piquer {v} [textiles, couture] | :: to stitch together |
| piquer {v} | :: to prick (to pierce with a prick) |
| piquer {v} | :: to sting (to feel a stinging pain) |
| 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 |
| piqueté {adj} | :: spotted or dotted (with) |
| 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 |
| piquet {m} | :: picket |
| piquette {f} | :: A drink of marc and water |
| piquette {f} [informal] | :: plonk (cheap wine) |
| piquier {m} [historical] | :: pikeman |
| piqure {f} | :: alternative spelling of piqûre |
| piratage {m} | :: piracy |
| pirate {mf} | :: A pirate |
| pirater {v} [computing] | :: to hack (into) |
| pirater {v} | :: to pirate |
| piraterie {f} | :: piracy (an act done by pirates) |
| piraterie {f} | :: piracy (the business of being a pirate) |
| pire {adj} | :: worse |
| pire {m} [le pire] | :: the worst |
| Piérie {prop} | :: Pieria |
| piriforme {adj} | :: pyriform |
| pirogue {m} | :: any canoe |
| pirogue {m} | :: pirogue made by hollowing a log |
| pirojki {m} | :: pirozhki |
| piroplasme {m} [epidemiology] | :: piroplasma |
| 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 {conj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: and, besides |
| pisé {m} | :: adobe |
| pis {m} | :: udder |
| 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} | :: piscina |
| piscine {f} | :: swimming pool |
| piscine à débordement {n} | :: overflow pool, perimeter-overflow pool |
| piscivore {adj} | :: piscivorous, fish-eating |
| piscivore {mf} | :: piscivore |
| Pise {prop} | :: Pisa (town in Italy) |
| Pisidie {prop} | :: Pisidia |
| pissaladière {f} | :: A type of pizza from southern France, without tomatoes or cheese, and usually topped with onions and anchovies |
| pissant {adj} [Quebec, colloquial] | :: funny |
| Pissarro {prop} | :: French surname |
| pissenlit {m} | :: dandelion |
| pisser {vit} [slang] | :: to piss |
| pisser {vt} | :: to pour with (some liquid) |
| pisseur {m} | :: pisser (one who pisses) |
| pisseuse {f} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: young girl |
| pisseuse {f} | :: feminine form of pisseur |
| pissoir {m} [slang] | :: bog, john |
| pissotière {f} | :: public urinal |
| pistache {f} | :: pistachio (nut) |
| pistage {m} | :: tracking |
| pistard {m} [cycling] | :: track cyclist |
| piste {f} | :: a lead in a police investigation |
| piste {f} | :: a racecourse |
| piste {f} | :: a ring in a circus |
| piste {f} | :: a runway for aircraft |
| piste {f} | :: a track on a recording |
| piste {f} | :: a track or trail left by an animal or person |
| piste {f} | :: piste (for skiing) |
| piste {f} | :: the floor used for various activities such as dancing, skating, or fencing |
| 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; 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} [colloquial] | :: contact, connection |
| piston {m} | :: piston |
| pistonner {vt} | :: to pull strings (apply influence) |
| piété {f} | :: piety (the condition and quality of being pious) |
| pitance {f} | :: pittance |
| pitchpin {m} | :: pitch pine |
| piteusement {adv} | :: miserably |
| piteusement {adv} | :: piteously |
| piteux {adj} | :: piteous |
| piteux {adj} | :: pitiful |
| piteux {adj} | :: rundown |
| pitié {f} | :: pity, mercy |
| piétinement {m} | :: step (sound made by someone or something walking), pitter-patter |
| piétinement {m} | :: treading |
| piétiner {vi} [figuratively] | :: to make no headway, to go into a dead end |
| piétiner {vi} | :: to shuffle (move forwards with short steps and with difficulty) |
| piétiner {vi} | :: to stamp (make loud sounds by stepping) |
| piétiner {vt} | :: to trample (underfoot) |
| piétiste {adj} | :: pietist (attributive) |
| piétiste {mf} | :: pietist |
| piéton {m} | :: pedestrian |
| piton {m} | :: nail (metal object) |
| piton {m} | :: spike, pick (especially for mountaineering) |
| piétonne {f} | :: feminine form of piéton |
| pitonner {v} | :: to piton |
| piétonnier {adj} | :: pedestrianized / pedestrianised |
| pitou {m} [informal, Quebec] | :: puppy (as a term of endearment) |
| pitoyable {adj} | :: pitiful; pathetic |
| pitoyablement {adv} | :: pathetically |
| pitoyablement {adv} | :: pitifully |
| piètre {adj} [archaic] | :: pitiful |
| piètre {adj} | :: poor; lousy (of low quality) |
| pitre {m} | :: clown, buffoon |
| piètrement {adv} | :: poorly |
| pitrerie {f} | :: tomfoolery |
| pitête {adv} [rare] | :: alternative spelling of peut-être |
| pittoresque {adj} | :: picturesque |
| pittoresque {mf} | :: Someone or something that is picturesque |
| pittoresquement {adv} | :: picturesquely |
| pituite {f} [historical] | :: phlegm |
| pituite {f} [medicine] | :: mucus |
| pivalique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pivalic |
| pive {f} [Switzerland] | :: conifer cone |
| pivert {m} | :: woodpecker (bird), Picus viridis |
| pivoine {f} | :: peony |
| pivot {m} [basketball] | :: center |
| pivot {m} | :: fulcrum |
| pivot {m} | :: lynchpin |
| pivot {m} | :: pivot |
| pivotant {adj} | :: pivotal |
| pivotant {adj} | :: swivel, pivoting |
| 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 |
| piézoélectricité {f} | :: piezoelectricity (capacity of crystal to generate electricity) |
| piézoélectrique {adj} | :: piezoelectric |
| piézométrique {adj} | :: piezometric |
| piézophile {adj} | :: piezophilic |
| piézophile {mf} | :: piezophile |
| pizza {f} | :: pizza |
| péjoratif {adj} | :: pejorative |
| péjorative {adj} | :: feminine form of péjoratif |
| péjorativement {adv} | :: pejoratively |
| pk {abbr} [Internet slang] | :: why |
| pékan {m} | :: fisher (mammal) |
| pékin {m} [textiles] | :: Pekin |
| Pékin {prop} | :: Peking; Beijing |
| pékinois {adj} | :: Pekinese (of or from Pekin (Beijing)) |
| pékinois {m} | :: Pekinese (dog) |
| Pékinois {m} | :: Pekinese (native or inhabitant of Pekin (Beijing)) |
| Pékinoise {f} | :: feminine form of Pékinois |
| pkoi {abbr} [Internet slang, texting] | :: pourquoi |
| plaçable {adj} | :: placeable; that can be put or placed |
| plaçage {m} | :: plaçage |
| placage {m} [sports] | :: tackle |
| placage {m} | :: veneer (thin covering of fine wood) |
| 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 plaster |
| placarder {vt} | :: to post, put up |
| place {f} | :: Place, seat |
| place {f} | :: Place, space, room |
| place {f} | :: Place, square, plaza, piazza |
| placebo {m} | :: placebo |
| placentaire {adj} | :: placental |
| placentaire {m} | :: placental |
| placer {vr} | :: to place (to earn a given spot in a competition) |
| 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) |
| placet {m} [historical] | :: petition, appeal |
| placidement {adv} | :: placidly |
| placidité {f} | :: placidity, placidness |
| placier {m} | :: canvasser |
| placier {m} | :: rep |
| placoplâtre {m} | :: plasterboard |
| plafond {m} | :: ceiling |
| plafonnement {m} | :: cap, capping, setting an upper limit |
| plafonner {v} | :: to cap (put an upper limit on) |
| plafonner {v} | :: 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 |
| 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} | :: pleading |
| plaidoyer {m} [figuratively] | :: plea |
| plaidoyer {m} [legal] | :: speech for the defence |
| plaie {f} | :: open wound |
| plaie {f} | :: scourge |
| plaignant {adj} [legal] | :: prosecuting |
| plaignant {m} [legal] | :: plaintiff; prosecutor |
| plain {adj} [obsolete] | :: plane |
| plaindre {vr} | :: to complain |
| plaindre {v} | :: to pity |
| plaine {f} | :: plain |
| plainte {f} | :: complaint |
| plainte {f} [legal] | :: (criminal) complaint |
| plainte {f} | :: moan, groan |
| 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 |
| plaisancier {m} [nautical] | :: boater, amateur sailor |
| plaisant {adj} | :: pleasing; pleasant |
| plaisanter {v} | :: to joke (make a joke) |
| plaisanterie {f} | :: jest; fun |
| plaisanterie {f} | :: jesting; kidding |
| plaisanterie {f} | :: joke |
| plaisanterie {f} | :: pleasantry; joking |
| plaisantin {m} | :: joker, wag |
| plaisantin {m} | :: wiseass, smart aleck |
| plaisir {m} | :: pleasure |
| Plaisir {prop} | :: Plaisir (town) |
| plan {adj} | :: planar |
| plan {m} | :: map (schematic maps of streets, subways, etc.) |
| plan {m} | :: plan |
| planaire {adj} [mathematics] | :: planar |
| planche {f} | :: board |
| planche {f} | :: board (used for sport, e.g. skateboard or surfboard) |
| planche {f} | :: plank |
| planche {f} | :: plank (very thin person) |
| planche {f} | :: spread (picture covering a whole page) |
| planche {f} | :: woodcut |
| planche à laver {f} [musici] | :: washboard |
| planche à pain {n} | :: breadboard |
| plancher {m} [anatomy] | :: floor |
| plancher {m} | :: floor |
| plancher {m} | :: lower limit |
| plancher {vi} | :: to talk |
| planche à repasser {n} | :: ironing board |
| planche à roulettes {n} [dated] | :: skateboard |
| planchette à pince {f} | :: clipboard |
| planchiste {mf} | :: boarder, snowboarder |
| plancton {m} [biology] | :: plankton |
| planctonique {adj} | :: planktonic |
| plan cul {n} [slang, idiomatic] | :: fuck buddy (sexual relationship without further emotional attachment) |
| plan cul {n} [slang, idiomatic] | :: one-night stand (sexual encounter) |
| planer {v} [slang, of a drug user] | :: to be high |
| planer {v} | :: to be entranced, to be mesmerized |
| planer {v} | :: to glide, to hover |
| planeur {m} | :: glider (aircraft) |
| planeur {m} | :: planer (tool) |
| planificateur {adj} | :: planning |
| planificateur {m} | :: planner |
| planification {f} | :: planning (act of making a plan) |
| planifier {v} | :: to plan ahead, to prepare oneself |
| planisphère {m} | :: planisphere |
| planquer {v} [colloquial] | :: to hide |
| planquer {v} [colloquial] | :: to spy, to snoop |
| planère {f} | :: A form of Siberian elm (Planera crenata) |
| plantage {m} [computing] | :: crash |
| plantage {m} | :: the action of planting |
| 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 |
| planète {f} | :: planet |
| plante {f} | :: plant |
| plante {f} | :: sole of the foot |
| planète naine {n} | :: dwarf planet |
| planter {vi} [computing] | :: to crash |
| planter {vr} [informal, se planter, a vehicle and etc] | :: to break down |
| planter {vr} [informal, se planter] | :: to fail, to not succeed |
| planter {vr} [informal, se planter] | :: to fall off |
| planter {vt} [slang] | :: to stab with a knife |
| planter {vt} | :: to drive in (a nail, stake etc.) |
| planter {vt} | :: to pitch (a tent) |
| planter {vt} | :: to plant |
| planteur {m} | :: planter |
| planteuse {f} | :: planter (for potatoes etc) |
| 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} | :: copiously, lavishly |
| plantureusement {adv} | :: curvaceously |
| 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} | :: (casino) chip |
| plaque {f} [electrics, photography] | :: plate |
| plaque {f} [geology] | :: plate (especially a tectonic plate) |
| plaque {f} | :: plaque (bacteria on teeth) |
| plaque {f} | :: plaque, slab (ornamental) |
| plaque {f} | :: sheet, plate (of metal) |
| plaque {f} | :: slab, bar (of e.g. chocolate) |
| plaque {f} | :: slab (of marble) |
| plaque {f} [slang] | :: 10,000 francs |
| plaque d'immatriculation {n} | :: license plate |
| plaqueminier {m} | :: Asian permisson, Diospyros kaki |
| plaquer {v} [martial arts] | :: To grapple |
| plaquer {v} | :: (relationships) To leave someone, to break up with someone |
| plaquer {v} [rugby] | :: To tackle |
| plaquer {v} | :: to plate (to cover the surface material of an object with a thin coat of another material) |
| plaquettaire {adj} | :: platelet (attributive) |
| plaquette {f} [hematology, cytology] | :: platelet |
| plaquette {f} | :: packet (of butter); strip, blister pack (of pills) |
| plaquette de frein {f} | :: brake pad |
| pélargonique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: pelargonic |
| pélargonium {m} | :: pelargonium (flower of the genus Pelargonium) |
| plasmateur {m} | :: a creator, fashioner |
| plasmatique {adj} | :: plasma (attributive), plasmatic |
| plasmide {m} | :: plasmid (circle of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes) |
| plasmique {adj} | :: plasmic |
| plasmonique {adj} | :: plasmonic |
| 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 form of plasticien |
| plasticité {f} | :: plasticity |
| -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) |
| plastocyanine {f} [protein] | :: plastocyanin |
| plastron {m} | :: breastplate (piece of armour) |
| plastron {m} | :: chest pad; chest protection; chestguard |
| plastron {m} [fencing] | :: plastron |
| plastron {m} | :: plastron (ornamental front part of a bodice) |
| plastron {m} | :: shirt front; the front of a shirt |
| plastron {m} [zoology] | :: breast (front part of certain birds) |
| plastron {m} [zoology] | :: plastron (part of a turtle's shell) |
| 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 (served in a restaurant) |
| platane {m} | :: plane tree |
| plat du jour {n} | :: plat du jour, daily special |
| plate {adj} [Canada, informal] | :: Annoyingly boring |
| plate {adj} [Canada, informal] | :: Troublesome |
| platée {f} | :: plateful |
| plate {f} | :: Very small flat boat |
| plateau {m} | :: flat area |
| plateau {m} [geography] | :: plateau |
| plateau {m} | :: stage (in theatre); set (of television broadcast) |
| plateau {m} | :: tray |
| plate-bande {f} [architecture] | :: platband |
| plate-bande {f} | :: flower bed |
| plateforme {f} | :: alternative form of plate-forme |
| plate-forme {f} | :: platform |
| plateforme de forage {f} | :: drilling rig, drilling platform (for oil) |
| plate-forme pétrolière {n} | :: oil rig |
| platement {adv} | :: flatly |
| platine {m} | :: platinum (metal) |
| platiner {v} | :: to platinize |
| platinique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: platinic |
| platinoïde {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: platinoid |
| platinotypie {f} | :: platinotype |
| Platon {prop} | :: Plato (Greek philosopher) |
| platonicien {adj} [philosophy, mathematics] | :: Platonic |
| platonique {adj} | :: platonic |
| platonique {adj} | :: Platonic |
| platoniquement {adv} | :: platonically |
| plat principal {m} | :: main course |
| plausibilité {f} | :: plausibility |
| plausible {adj} | :: plausible |
| Plaute {prop} | :: Plautus |
| playback {advm} | :: lip sync |
| playboy {m} | :: alternative spelling of play-boy |
| play-boy {m} | :: playboy (person) |
| playlist {f} | :: playlist |
| plèbe {f} | :: (in plural) people, mob |
| plèbe {f} | :: pleb |
| plébéien {adj} | :: plebeian |
| plébéien {m} [historical] | :: plebeian, commoner |
| plébéiennement {adv} | :: In a plebeian manner |
| plébiscite {m} | :: plebiscite |
| plébisciter {vt} | :: to vote by plebiscite |
| PLC {initialism} [initialism] [Canada, politics] | :: Parti libéral du Canada - Liberal Party of Canada (LPC) |
| pâle {adj} | :: pale (dull) |
| pâle {adj} | :: pale (lacking brightness) |
| pâle {adj} | :: pale (light in color) |
| pôle {m} [figuratively] | :: centre, hub |
| pôle {m} [geography, astronomy, science] | :: pole |
| plectre {m} | :: plectrum, pick (for strumming string instruments) |
| plein {adj} | :: full, full up |
| plein {adj} [of a moon] | :: full |
| plein {adj} [of an animal] | :: pregnant |
| plein {adj} | :: plenty |
| plein {adj} [preceded by en] | :: mid-; middle |
| plein {adj} | :: solid |
| plein à craquer {adj} [idiomatic] | :: jam-packed |
| pleine lune {f} | :: full moon |
| pleinement {adv} | :: completely, all over |
| plein-emploi {m} | :: full employment |
| plein fouet {m} | :: A direct or harsh hit |
| plein à ras bord {adj} | :: full to the brim |
| pâlement {adv} | :: palely, pallidly |
| pêle-mêle {adv} | :: any old how, at random, chaotically |
| pêle-mêle {m} | :: multiple photo frame |
| 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) |
| pélerine {f} | :: cape |
| pèlerine {f} | :: cape |
| pèlerine {f} | :: feminine form of pèlerin |
| pèleriner {v} | :: to go on a pilgrimage |
| 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 {adj} | :: crying |
| pleurard {m} | :: crybaby |
| pleurer {v} | :: to cry, to weep |
| pleurer comme une madeleine {v} [simile] | :: To bawl, especially exaggeratedly; to cry one's eyes out; to cry like a baby |
| pleureur {adj} | :: weeping |
| pleureur {m} | :: crier; weeper one who cries or weeps |
| pleureur {m} | :: crybaby |
| pleureuse {f} | :: professional mourner |
| pleurnichard {adj} | :: whingeing |
| pleurnichard {m} | :: crybaby |
| pleurnicher {v} | :: to whine (to complain or protest in a childish manner or about trivial things) |
| pleurnicheur {m} [colloquial] | :: sniveller |
| pleurnicheuse {f} | :: feminine form of pleurnicheur |
| pleurote {m} | :: oyster mushroom |
| pleurésie {f} [pathology] | :: pleurisy |
| pleutre {adj} | :: cowardly |
| pleutre {m} | :: coward |
| 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] | :: 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 |
| pli {m} [card games] | :: trick |
| pli {m} | :: fold |
| pli {m} | :: letter |
| pli {m} | :: pleat |
| 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 {v} [figuratively] | :: To kill, kill off (a game) |
| plier {v} | :: to bend |
| plier {v} | :: to fold up |
| plier {v} | :: to mess up, do in, damage |
| plier {vt} | :: to fold (bend (something) over; arrange by folding) |
| plinien {adj} | :: Plinian |
| plinthe {f} | :: plinth |
| plinthe {f} | :: skirting board, baseboard (panel between floor and interior wall) |
| Pliocène {prop} | :: Pliocene period |
| pléiotropique {adj} | :: pleiotropic |
| pâlir {v} | :: to fade (lose glory or power) |
| pâlir {v} | :: to pale; to fade (lose color) |
| plissé {adj} | :: pleated |
| plissement {m} | :: folding |
| plissement {m} [geology] | :: fold |
| plisser {vi} | :: to be creased (of clothes etc.), wrinkled (stockings etc.) |
| plisser {vr} | :: to crease, wrinkle |
| plisser {vt} | :: to fold over, pleat |
| plisser {vt} | :: to wrinkle, crease, pucker, screw up |
| Pléistocène {prop} | :: 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) |
| plénitude {f} | :: fullness, plenitude |
| plomb {m} | :: fuse |
| plomb {m} | :: lead (metal) |
| plomb {m} | :: sinker (fishing weight) |
| plombage {m} [dentistry] | :: filling |
| plombage {m} | :: weighting (with lead); filling, stopping |
| plombagine {m} [mineralogy] | :: graphite |
| plombate {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: plumbate |
| plombe {f} [slang] | :: o'clock (preceded by numeral) |
| plomber {v} [figuratively] | :: to become a burden, to weigh down |
| plomber {v} | :: to fill with lead, to weigh down with lead |
| plomberie {f} | :: plumbing; plumbery |
| plombier {m} | :: plumber (profession) |
| plombique {adj} [inorganic chemistry] | :: plumbic |
| plombémie {f} [pathology] | :: The presence of lead in the blood |
| plomburie {f} | :: lead poisoning |
| pléonasme {m} | :: insults; hurtful remarks |
| pléonasme {m} [linguistics] | :: pleonasm |
| pléonaste {m} [mineralogy] | :: pleonaste |
| pléonastique {adj} | :: pleonastic |
| plongée {f} | :: dive |
| plonge {f} [France, informal] | :: the work of washing dishes |
| plongeant {adj} | :: plunging (neckline etc) |
| plongeoir {m} | :: diving board |
| plongeon {m} | :: dive (act of diving into water) |
| plongeon {m} | :: loon (the bird) |
| plongeon {m} [sports] | :: diving |
| 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} | :: A dishwasher: a person who washes dishes in a restaurant |
| plongeur {m} | :: A diver: one who dives for pearls, coral, sponges, sunken items, and so on |
| plongeur {m} | :: A diver: one who practices the sport of diving |
| plongeuse {f} | :: feminine form of plongeur |
| pélopium {m} [obsolete] | :: A metallic element subsequently shown to be technetium |
| Péloponnèse {prop} | :: Peloponnese (region of Greece) |
| plosif {adj} | :: plosive |
| plosion {f} [phonetics] | :: plosion |
| plosive {f} | :: plosive |
| pâlot {adj} | :: pale, peaky |
| plotte {f} [Quebec, vulgar, slang] | :: a vulva, a vagina |
| plouc {m} | :: hick, country bumpkin |
| plouf {m} | :: splash |
| ploutocrate {mf} | :: plutocrat |
| ploutocratie {f} | :: plutocracy |
| ploutocratique {adj} | :: plutocratic |
| ployer {vi} [literary] | :: to bend, fold |
| P. L. Q. {abbr} | :: alternative form of PLQ |
| P.L.Q. {abbr} | :: alternative form of PLQ |
| PLQ {initialism} [Canada, politics] | :: initialism of Parti libéral du Québec - Liberal Party of Quebec (LPQ) |
| plérôme {m} [gnosticism] | :: pleroma |
| pléthore {f} | :: plethora |
| pléthorique {adj} [medical] | :: plethoric |
| pléthorique {adj} | :: overloaded, overabundant |
| pléthoriquement {adv} | :: overabundantly |
| pléthoriquement {adv} | :: plethorically |
| plâtrage {m} | :: plastering, pargeting |
| plâtras {m} | :: rubble |
| plâtre {m} | :: plaster, cast (supportive and immobilising device) |
| plâtre {m} | :: plaster, plaster of Paris (the building material) |
| plâtrer {vt} | :: to plaster |
| plâtrer {vt} | :: to render |
| plâtrier {m} | :: plasterer |
| plâtrière {f} | :: gypsum quarry (for the manufacture of plaster) |
| plucher {v} | :: to fluff up, to become fluffy |
| plug {m} | :: butt-plug |
| plugiciel {adj} | :: plug-in |
| plugiciel {m} | :: plug-in (computer program addon) |
| pluie {f} | :: rain |
| plumage {m} | :: plumage, a bird's feathers |
| plumbago {m} [botany] | :: plumbago |
| plume {f} | :: feather |
| plume {f} | :: quill |
| plumeau {m} | :: feather duster |
| plumer {v} [informal] | :: To desquamate; to have the skin peel off |
| plumer {v} [informal] | :: To swindle or cheat out of |
| plumer {v} | :: to pluck the feathers off |
| 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 |
| pluralité {f} | :: plurality |
| pluri- {prefix} | :: pluri- |
| pluriannuel {adj} | :: long-term |
| pluriannuel {adj} | :: pluriennial |
| pluridisciplinaire {adj} | :: multidisciplinary |
| pluridisciplinairement {adv} | :: multidisciplinarily; in a multidisciplinary way |
| pluridisciplinarité {f} | :: multidisciplinarity |
| pluriel {adj} | :: plural |
| pluriel {m} | :: plural |
| pluriethnique {adj} | :: multiethnic |
| plurilinguisme {m} | :: multilingualism |
| pluriséculaire {adj} | :: Over several centuries |
| 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, -er (used to form comparatives of adjectives) |
| plus {adv} | :: more, -er (used to form comparatives of adverbs) |
| 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} | :: Pluto (god) |
| Pluton {prop} | :: Pluto (planet) |
| plutonique {adj} [geology] | :: plutonic |
| plutonium {m} | :: plutonium |
| plutôt {adv} [obsolete] | :: earlier, sooner |
| plutôt {adv} | :: pretty, kind of |
| plutôt {adv} | :: rather, instead |
| pluvier {m} | :: plover |
| pluvieux {adj} | :: rainy |
| pluviomètre {m} | :: pluviometer |
| pluviométrie {f} | :: pluviometry |
| pluviométrique {adj} | :: pluviometric |
| pluviosité {f} | :: (amount of) rainfall |
| pluviôse {m} | :: Pluviôse (Fifth month of the French Republican Calendar) |
| plèvre {f} [anatomy] | :: pleura |
| pélycosaure {m} | :: pelycosaur |
| PME {initialism} | :: {f} {s} or {p} (Petites et Moyennes Entreprises) SME (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) |
| pâmer {vr} [colloquial] | :: to be in raptures (devant over something) |
| pâmer {vr} [colloquial] | :: to be overcome (de with) |
| pâmer {vr} [literary, dated] | :: to swoon |
| pâmoison {f} | :: swoon |
| pénal {adj} | :: penal, criminal (of, or relating to crimes) |
| pœnal {adj} | :: obsolete form of pénal |
| pénalement {adv} | :: penally |
| pénalisation {f} | :: penalizing |
| pénalisation {f} [sports] | :: penalty |
| pénaliser {v} | :: to penalize |
| 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 |
| pénates {n} [colloquial] | :: home |
| pénates {n} [historical] | :: household gods, penates |
| PNC {mf} | :: Flight attendant, cabin crew |
| pneu {m} | :: tyre, tire |
| pneu de secours {n} | :: spare tyre |
| pneumatique {adj} | :: pneumatic |
| pneumatique {m} [rare] | :: tyre (wheel covering) |
| 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} | :: annoying (about someone) |
| pénible {adj} | :: painful, hard, displeasing |
| péniblement {adv} | :: horribly; awfully |
| péniche {f} | :: barge |
| pénicillamine {f} | :: penicillamine |
| pénicilline {f} | :: penicillin |
| pnictogène {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: pnictogen |
| pénien {adj} | :: penile |
| pénil {m} | :: mons veneris, mons |
| péninsulaire {adj} | :: peninsular |
| péninsule {f} | :: peninsula |
| péninsule Ibérique {prop} | :: Iberian Peninsula |
| pénis {m} | :: penis |
| pénitence {f} | :: penance |
| pénitencier {m} | :: penitentiary, prison |
| pénitent {adj} | :: penitent |
| pénitent {m} | :: penitent (one who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his or her transgressions) |
| pénitentiaire {adj} | :: penitentiary |
| pénombre {f} | :: half-light, twilight |
| pénombre {f} | :: penumbra |
| pénéplaine {f} [geomorphology] | :: peneplain |
| pénétrabilité {f} | :: penetrability |
| pénétrable {adj} | :: penetrable |
| pénétrant {adj} | :: penetrant, penetrating |
| pénétratif {adj} | :: penetrative |
| pénétration {f} | :: penetration |
| pénétrer {v} | :: to penetrate |
| pénétrer {v} | :: to see through somebody's lies or secret plans |
| pénétrer {vt} | :: To enter, to get in (to) |
| pénétromètre {m} | :: penetrometer |
| pénultième {adj} | :: penultimate |
| pénurie {f} | :: dearth, penury, lack, shortage |
| pochade {f} | :: pochade |
| pochard {m} [colloquial] | :: drunk, drunkard |
| pocharde {f} | :: feminine form of pochard |
| poche {adj} [Quebec, informal] | :: lame (uninteresting) |
| poche {f} | :: poach (act of cooking by poaching) |
| poche {f} | :: pocket (cavity) |
| poche {f} | :: pocket (part of the clothing) |
| poche {f} | :: pouch (of a marsupial) |
| poche {f} | :: pouch (small bag, or part of small bag) |
| 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 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 |
| pochette {f} | :: clutch bag |
| pochette {f} | :: sleeve (of e.g. a CD) |
| pochette {f} | :: (small) pocket |
| pochoir {m} | :: stencil (utensil consisting of a perforated sheet) |
| pochtron {m} [slang, pejorative] | :: alternative form of pochetron |
| podcast {m} [Internet, neologism] | :: podcast |
| podcaster {v} | :: to podcast |
| podcasting {m} | :: podcasting |
| Podolie {prop} | :: Podolia |
| podologue {m} | :: chiropodist, podiatrist |
| podomètre {m} | :: pedometer |
| poecilitique {adj} [geology] | :: poikilitic |
| pogner {vi} [Quebec, informal] | :: to catch on or become popular, to succeed |
| pogner {vi} [Quebec, slang, idiomatic] | :: to seduce, to have success in interpersonal relationships |
| pogner {v} [Quebec, figuratively, impersonal verb] | :: to be arrested or frozen (by a notion or emotion) |
| pogner {v} [Quebec, slang, figuratively] | :: to seize |
| pogner {vr} [Quebec, informal] | :: to become stuck or jammed (of one object in another, used reflexively) |
| pogner {vr} [Quebec, informal] | :: to take or acquire something (for oneself) |
| pogner {vr} [Quebec, slang] | :: to argue, to quarrel (with someone), to butt heads (used either reflexively or with subject) |
| pogner {vr} [Quebec, slang] | :: to make out, or to make love or have sex (used reflexively) |
| pogner {vt} [Quebec, slang] | :: to receive |
| pogner {vt} [Quebec, slang] | :: to surprise, to run into, to find out (someone in the act of wrongdoing, someone in hiding) |
| pogner {vt} [Quebec, slang] | :: to understand, [figuratively] to get (a joke) |
| pogner {vt} [Quebec] | :: to catch |
| pogner {vt} [Quebec] | :: to collide, to hit |
| pogner {vt} [Quebec] | :: to grab, to grasp |
| pognon {m} [colloquial] | :: dough, dosh, bread |
| poichichade {f} | :: A traditional Provençal spreadable dish consisting of chickpeas, garlic and olive oil |
| poids {m} | :: weight |
| poids lourd {n} | :: heavyweight (sports category) |
| poids lourd {n} | :: HGV; heavy goods vehicle |
| poignamment {adv} | :: poignantly |
| poignant {adj} | :: poignant |
| poignard {m} | :: dagger |
| poignardage {m} | :: stabbing |
| poignarder {v} | :: to stab; to knife |
| poignée {f} | :: (also poignée de main) handshake |
| poignée {f} | :: grip (part of an object someone grips) |
| poignée {f} | :: handful (amount held in hand) |
| poignée {f} | :: handful (a small number) |
| poignée {f} | :: handle |
| poigne {f} | :: grip |
| poignée de main {f} | :: handshake |
| poignet {m} | :: carpus |
| poignet {m} | :: wrist |
| poil {m} | :: hair (on the body) |
| poiler {vr} | :: to laugh hard |
| poilu {adj} | :: hairy |
| poilu {m} | :: poilu, a French soldier during World War I |
| poindre {vi} [literary] | :: to break, dawn (of day); to break (of dawn) |
| poindre {vi} | :: to come up (of a plant), peep through |
| poindre {vt} [literary] | :: to sting, afflict (of pain, love etc.) |
| poindre {vt} [obsolete] | :: to prick, sting |
| poing {m} | :: fist |
| poing américain {m} | :: brass knuckles |
| poinçon {m} | :: awl |
| poinçon {m} | :: bodkin |
| poinçon {m} | :: hallmark (an official marking) |
| poinçon {m} | :: punch, stamp (device) |
| poinçonner {vt} | :: to hallmark |
| poinçonner {vt} | :: to stamp, punch |
| poinçonneuse {f} | :: punch (machine) |
| point {adv} [literary, dialectal, usually with "ne"] | :: not |
| point {m} | :: full stop, period (punctuation mark) |
| point {m} | :: point (small mark) |
| point {m} [sports, games] | :: point |
| point {n} | :: full stop, period (punctuation mark) |
| pointage {m} | :: checking in |
| pointage {m} | :: scrutiny |
| pointage {m} | :: ticking off |
| 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 {n} | :: Brussels lace |
| point de côté {n} | :: stitch (pain in one's side) |
| point de repère {m} | :: point of reference, landmark |
| point de vue {n} | :: 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 {n} | :: question mark (punctuation) |
| point d'orgue {n} [music] | :: pause, fermata |
| pointe {f} | :: point |
| pointe {f} | :: tip, suggestion |
| pointer {m} | :: pointer (dog) |
| pointer {v} [by extension] | :: to indicate, to show, to point out |
| pointer {vr} | :: to show up, turn up |
| pointer {v} | :: to point to, to point at |
| pointer {v} | :: to punch in, to clock in |
| pointeur {m} [computing, programming] | :: A pointer |
| pointeur {m} [military] | :: One who points a cannon at its target |
| pointeur {m} | :: One who maintains a register of people present and absent |
| point G {n} | :: G-spot |
| pointillé {m} [art] | :: stippling |
| pointillé {m} | :: dotted line |
| pointillé {m} | :: perforation |
| pointilleusement {adv} | :: punctiliously |
| pointilleux {adj} | :: punctilious, finicky, pernickety |
| point mort {m} [figuratively] | :: standstill, deadlock |
| point mort {m} [in vehicles] | :: neutral (the position of a set of gears) |
| point mort {m} [physics] | :: dead centre |
| points de suspension {mp} | :: ellipsis (mark used in printing to indicate an omission) |
| pointu {adj} | :: sharp |
| pointure {f} | :: size (number, of clothing) |
| point virgule {n} | :: semicolon |
| point-virgule {n} | :: semicolon (punctuation mark) |
| poire {f} | :: A bulb, usually pear-shaped, used to collect gases or liquids, such as that of a dropper |
| poire {f} | :: A pear-shaped switch |
| poire {f} [butchery] | :: A beef cut |
| poire {f} [colloquial] | :: mug, sucker, soft touch |
| poire {f} [informal] | :: mush, face |
| poire {f} | :: pear |
| poire {f} | :: pear brandy |
| poireau {m} | :: leek (the vegetable) |
| poireauter {v} [colloquial] | :: to hang around, to hang |
| poire belle Hélène {n} | :: 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 |
| pois {m} | :: pea |
| pois chiche {n} | :: chick pea |
| pois de senteur {m} | :: sweet pea |
| poison {m} | :: poison |
| 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} | :: French surname |
| poisson-chat {m} | :: catfish |
| poisson d'avril {n} | :: April fool |
| poisson-football {m} | :: footballfish |
| poissonier {m} | :: Fish cook |
| 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 form of poissonnier |
| poisson rouge {m} | :: goldfish |
| Poissons {prop} [astrology] | :: The zodiac sign Pisces, after the above |
| Poissons {prop} [astronomy] | :: The constellation Pisces 'the Fishes' |
| Poissons {prop} [geography] | :: A canton in the Haute-Marne département, named after the above town, its capital |
| Poissons {prop} [geography] | :: A municipality in the northern French Champage region |
| poisson-vipère {n} | :: viperfish |
| poisson volant {n} | :: flying fish (a tropical marine fish) |
| poitevin {adj} [attributive] | :: Poitiers |
| poitrail {m} | :: chest (of horse); breast (of bird etc.) |
| poitrail {m} [jocular] | :: chest (of human) |
| poitrinaire {adj} [archaic] | :: consumptive, tubercular, phthistic |
| poitrine {f} | :: breast (of body) |
| poitrine {f} | :: breast (of poultry, as meat) |
| poitrine {f} | :: chest (of body) |
| 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 |
| polar {m} [informal] | :: detective novel |
| polarimètre {m} | :: polarimeter |
| polarimétrie {f} | :: polarimetry |
| polarisé {adj} | :: polarized |
| polarisabilité {f} | :: polarizability |
| polariser {v} | :: to polarize |
| polarité {f} | :: polarity |
| polaroïd {m} | :: Polaroid picture |
| polarographie {f} [chemistry, physics] | :: polarography |
| polder {m} [geography] | :: polder |
| poêlée {f} | :: pan fry |
| poêle {f} [colloquial] | :: metal detector |
| poêle {f} | :: frying pan, pan |
| poêle {m} [religion] | :: pall |
| poêle {m} | :: stove |
| -pole {suffix} | :: -polis |
| -pole {suffix} | :: -poly, related to market or economy |
| poêle à frire {n} | :: frying pan |
| poêler {v} [cooking] | :: to fry in a frying pan |
| poli {adj} | :: polite |
| poli {m} | :: lustre, polish |
| police {f} | :: police |
| police {f} [Quebec] | :: cop (police officer) |
| police {f} [typography] | :: fount, font |
| police de l'air et des frontières {f} | :: border police (abbreviated as PAF) |
| police judiciaire {n} | :: The detective / investigation division of the French police |
| policer {v} | :: to police |
| polichinelle {m} | :: buffoon |
| polichinelle {m} | :: Punchinello doll |
| Polichinelle {prop} | :: Punchinello |
| policier {adj} | :: police (attributive) |
| policier {m} | :: policeman, police officer |
| policier {m} | :: police movie |
| policière {f} | :: policewoman, female police officer |
| policlinique {f} | :: outpatients (department of hospital) |
| policlinique {f} | :: polyclinic |
| poliment {adv} | :: Politely |
| poliomyélite {f} [pathology] | :: poliomyelitis |
| poliomyélitique {adj} | :: polio (attributive) |
| polir {v} | :: to refine; remove imperfections |
| polir {v} | :: to shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding (often polish up) |
| polissage {m} | :: polishing |
| polissage {m} | :: refining |
| polisseur {m} | :: polisher (person) (machine, masculine only) |
| polisson {adj} | :: mischievous |
| polisson {m} | :: naughty child, scamp |
| polissonner {v} [archaic] | :: to be naughty |
| politesse {f} | :: politeness, courtesy |
| politesse {f} | :: polite remark/action |
| politicard {adj} [pejorative] | :: politico (attributive) |
| politicard {m} [pejorative] | :: politico |
| politicien {m} | :: politician |
| politicienne {f} | :: feminine form of politicien |
| politique {adj} | :: political |
| politique {f} | :: policy |
| politique {f} [uncountable] | :: politics |
| 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 |
| politisation {f} | :: politicization |
| politiser {vt} | :: to politicize |
| politologue {mf} | :: political scientist |
| polka {f} | :: polka (dance and music) |
| pollakiurie {f} [pathology] | :: pollakiuria |
| pollen {m} | :: pollen |
| pollinifère {adj} | :: polliniferous |
| pollinique {adj} [attributive] | :: pollen |
| pollinisateur {adj} [of an insect] | :: pollenising |
| pollinisateur {m} [botany] | :: pollinator |
| pollinisation {f} | :: pollination |
| polliniser {v} | :: to pollinate |
| 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 form of pollueur |
| pollution {f} | :: pollution |
| Pollux {prop} [Greek god] | :: Pollux |
| Pollux {prop} [star] | :: Pollux |
| polémique {adj} | :: polemic |
| polémique {f} | :: polemic, controversy |
| polémiquer {vi} | :: to be involved in a controversy |
| polémiste {mf} | :: polemicist |
| Pologne {prop} | :: Poland |
| poêlon {m} | :: Type of casserole (cooking pot) |
| polonais {adj} | :: Polish |
| polonais {m} | :: Polish, the Polish language |
| Polonais {m} | :: Pole, someone from Poland |
| Polonaise {f} | :: feminine form of Polonais |
| polonium {m} | :: polonium |
| poltron {adj} | :: cowardly |
| poltron {mf} | :: coward |
| polyacide {m} [chemistry] | :: polyacid |
| polyacrylique {adj} | :: polyacrylic |
| polyacrylique {m} | :: polyacrylic |
| polyalcool {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyalcohol |
| polyamour {m} | :: polyamory (practices involving relationships with multiple partners) |
| polyamoureux {adj} | :: polyamorous |
| polyandre {adj} | :: polyandrous |
| polyandrie {f} | :: polyandry |
| polyarène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyarene |
| polyarthrite {f} | :: polyarthritis |
| polyarthrite rhumatoïde {n} | :: rhumatoid polyarthritis |
| polyatomique {adj} [chemistry] | :: polyatomic |
| polybutadiène {m} | :: polybutadiene |
| polycentrique {adj} | :: polycentric |
| polychète {f} [zoology] | :: polychete |
| polyclinique {f} | :: private hospital |
| polycondensé {adj} | :: polycondensed |
| polycopié {adj} | :: duplicated |
| polycopie {f} | :: duplicate (document) |
| polycopie {f} | :: duplicating (of documents) |
| polycopier {vt} | :: to duplicate [documents] |
| polycopieuse {f} | :: duplicator (duplicating machine) |
| polycristallin {adj} | :: polycrystalline |
| polycétide {m} [biochemistry] | :: polyketide |
| polycétone {f} [organic chemistry] | :: polyketone |
| polycyclique {adj} | :: polycyclic |
| polydactyle {adj} | :: polydactylous |
| polydenté {adj} | :: polydentate |
| polydiméthylsiloxane {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polydimethylsiloxane |
| polyèdre {m} | :: polyhedron (geometry: solid figure) |
| polyédrique {adj} | :: polyhedral |
| polyfonctionnel {adj} | :: Polyfunctional |
| polygamie {f} | :: polygamy |
| polyglotte {adj} | :: polyglot |
| polyglotte {mf} | :: a polyglot |
| polyglottement {adv} | :: multilingually |
| polyglottement {adv} | :: polyglottically |
| polyglottisme {m} | :: polyglotism |
| polygonacée {f} | :: knotweed (of family Polygonaceae) |
| polygonal {adj} | :: polygonal |
| polygone {m} | :: polygon |
| polygraphe {m} | :: polygraph (author) |
| polygraphe {m} | :: polygraph (device to discern if a subject is lying) |
| polyholoside {m} [carbohydrate] | :: polysaccharide |
| 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 |
| polymathe {mf} | :: polymath |
| polymathie {f} | :: polymathy |
| polymathique {adj} | :: polymathic |
| polymorphique {adj} | :: polymorphic |
| polymorphisme {m} | :: polymorphism |
| polymérase {f} | :: polymerase |
| polymère {m} | :: polymer |
| polymérique {adj} [chemistry] | :: polymeric |
| polymèrique {adj} [chemistry] | :: polymeric |
| polymérisé {adj} | :: polymerized |
| polymérisation {f} | :: polymerization |
| polymériser {vt} [chemistry] | :: to polymerize |
| polymétallique {adj} | :: polymetallic |
| polyène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyene |
| polynôme {m} | :: polynomial |
| polynomial {adj} | :: polynomial |
| Polynésie {prop} | :: Polynesia |
| Polynésie française {prop} | :: French Polynesia |
| polynésien {adj} | :: Polynesian (of or pertaining to Polynesia or its people or culture) |
| Polynésien {m} | :: Polynesian person |
| Polynésienne {f} | :: feminine form of Polynésien |
| polynucléaire {adj} | :: polynuclear |
| polynévrite {f} [pathology] | :: polyneuritis |
| polyoléfine {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyolefin |
| polyoside {m} [carbohydrate] | :: polysaccharide |
| polyoxygéné {adj} [chemistry] | :: polyoxygenated |
| polyoxyméthylène {m} [organic compound] | :: polyoxymethylene |
| polype {m} | :: polyp |
| polypeptidique {adj} | :: polypeptidic |
| polyphasique {adj} | :: polyphasic |
| polyphénol {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyphenol |
| polyphénolique {adj} | :: polyphenolic |
| polyphonie {f} | :: polyphony |
| polyphonique {adj} | :: polyphonic |
| polyphoniquement {adv} | :: polyphonically |
| polyphylie {f} [systematics] | :: polyphyly |
| polyphylétique {adj} [systematics] | :: polyphyletic |
| polyépoxyde {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyepoxide, epoxy (resin) |
| polyprénol {m} [organic compound] | :: polyprenol |
| polypropylène {m} | :: polypropylene |
| polyptote {m} | :: polyptoton (stylistic scheme) |
| polyptyque {m} [art] | :: polyptych |
| polysémie {f} | :: polysemy (ability to have multiple meanings) |
| polysémique {adj} | :: polysemic (having a number of meanings, interpretations or understandings) |
| polysémiquement {adv} | :: polysemically |
| polyspaste {m} | :: polyspast (machine consisting of many pulleys) |
| polystyrène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polystyrene |
| polystyrène {m} | :: styrofoam |
| polysulfure {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: polysulfide / polysulphide |
| polysyllabique {adj} | :: polysyllabic |
| polysynthétique {adj} | :: polysynthetic |
| polytechnicien {adj} | :: related to École polytechnique |
| polytechnicien {m} | :: graduate of École polytechnique |
| polytechnique {adj} | :: polytechnic |
| Polytechnique {n} | :: French military academy |
| polyterpène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polyterpene |
| polythiazyle {m} [inorganic chemistry] | :: polythiazyl |
| polythéisme {m} [religion] | :: polytheism |
| polythéiste {mf} | :: polytheist |
| polyéthylène {m} | :: polyethylene |
| polytonique {adj} [phonology] | :: polytonic |
| polytonique {adj} | :: polytonic (of music, multi-toned) |
| polytope {m} | :: polytope |
| polytétrafluoroéthylène {m} [organic chemistry] | :: polytetrafluoroethylene |
| polyurie {f} [pathology] | :: polyuria |
| 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} [rare] | :: an employee with various tasks |
| poëme {m} [archaic] | :: alternative spelling of poème |
| poème {m} | :: poem (literary piece written in verse) |
| 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) |
| pommeau {m} | :: pommel |
| pommeau {m} | :: shower head |
| pomme d'Adam {f} | :: Adam's apple |
| pomme d'amour {n} | :: toffee apple |
| pomme de discorde {f} [idiomatic] | :: apple of discord, bone of contention |
| pomme de terre {n} | :: potato |
| pomme d'orenge {n} | :: orange (fruit) |
| pommelé {adj} | :: dappled |
| pommeraie {f} | :: apple orchard |
| pommes frites {f} | :: french fries; chips |
| pommette {f} | :: cheekbone |
| pommier {m} | :: apple tree |
| pomologie {f} | :: pomology |
| pompé {adj} | :: pumped |
| pompage {m} | :: pumping |
| pompe {f} | :: a solemn procession |
| pompe {f} [France, slang] | :: shoe |
| pompe {f} [music] | :: Style of strumming, used especially in gypsy jazz |
| pompe {f} | :: pomp, vainglory |
| pompe {f} | :: pump |
| pompe {f} | :: push-up |
| pompe {f} | :: style, class |
| pomper {v} [Europe, slang] | :: To copy |
| pomper {v} [rare] | :: To make pumped up |
| pomper {vr} [Quebec, slang] | :: To get oneself angrier as time goes on, especially if there are no particular reason beyond the original to get more and more angry |
| pomper {v} [slang] | :: To fellate (1) |
| pomper {v} | :: to pump |
| pompeusement {adv} | :: pompously |
| pompeux {adj} | :: pompous, bombastic (affectedly grand) |
| Pompéi {prop} | :: Pompeii |
| pompéien {adj} | :: Pompeiian |
| pompier {m} | :: fireman, firefighter |
| pompier {m} [slang] | :: blowjob |
| pom-pom girl {n} | :: a female cheerleader |
| pomponner {vt} | :: to primp, titivate, prettify |
| Poméranie {prop} | :: Pomerania |
| pomœrium {m} | :: pomerium |
| ponçage {m} | :: sanding |
| ponce {f} | :: pumice |
| ponce {f} [Quebec] | :: hot alcoholic beverage made with gin or rum |
| Ponce {prop} | :: Pontius |
| poncer {v} | :: to rub down with an abrasive, sandpaper |
| ponceuse {f} | :: sander (machine used for sanding) |
| poncif {m} [literary] | :: derivative, stereotype, banality |
| ponction {f} | :: deduction, that which is taken away (such as a tax) |
| ponction {f} | :: puncture (especially a surgical one) |
| ponctionner {vt} | :: to deduct [tax, etc.] |
| ponctionner {vt} | :: to puncture |
| ponctué {adj} | :: punctuated |
| ponctualité {f} | :: punctuality |
| ponctuation {f} | :: punctuation |
| ponctuel {adj} | :: punctual, on time |
| ponctuellement {adv} | :: punctually |
| ponctuer {v} | :: to punctuate |
| 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) |
| pondérable {adj} | :: ponderable |
| pondéral {adj} | :: weight (attributive) |
| pondération {f} | :: balance |
| pondération {f} | :: weighting |
| pondre {v} [slang, France] | :: to give birth |
| pondre {v} | :: to lay (eggs) |
| pondérer {v} | :: to weight (applying a weighting to) |
| poney {m} | :: pony |
| pongiste {mf} | :: table tennis player |
| ponté {adj} | :: bridged |
| pont {m} | :: bridge |
| pont {m} | :: deck |
| pontage {m} | :: bridge-building |
| pontage {m} [medicine] | :: bypass (an alternative passage created to divert a bodily fluid around a damaged organ) |
| pont disulfure {n} [chemistry] | :: disulfide bond |
| 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 form 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 {n} | :: suspension bridge |
| poolish {m} | :: poolish |
| pop {adj} | :: pop (popular) |
| pop {m} | :: pop, pop music |
| Popesco {prop} | :: French surname |
| poplité {adj} [anatomy] | :: Related to the calf |
| popo {m} | :: poop (excrement) |
| popo {m} | :: potty |
| popotin {m} [colloquial] | :: bum (UK), butt (US) |
| Poppée {prop} | :: Poppaea |
| populace {f} | :: populace, common people |
| populacier {adj} [pejorative] | :: vulgar, common |
| populacièrement {adv} | :: vulgarly, commonly |
| populaire {adj} | :: People's, as in People's Republic of China (in French: République Populaire de Chine) |
| populaire {adj} | :: popular |
| populaire {m} | :: populace, the people |
| populairement {adv} | :: popularly |
| popularisé {adj} | :: popularized |
| populariser {v} | :: to popularize |
| popularité {f} | :: popularity |
| population {f} | :: A population |
| populeux {adj} | :: populous (densely populated) |
| 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} | :: pig |
| porc {m} | :: pork |
| 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 |
| porcelet {m} | :: piglet |
| porche {m} | :: porch (decorated or ornate entrance to a building) |
| porcher {m} | :: swineherd (pig keeper) |
| porcherie {f} [literally, or, figuratively] | :: pigsty |
| porcin {adj} | :: porcine; pig (of or relating to pigs) |
| porc-épic {m} | :: porcupine |
| Pordenone {prop} | :: Pordenone (province) |
| Pordenone {prop} | :: Pordenone (town) |
| pore {m} | :: by extension, small openings |
| pore {m} | :: pore (small opening in skin) |
| poreux {adj} | :: porous |
| Pori {prop} | :: Pori |
| porno {m} | :: porno; porn |
| pornographe {mf} | :: pornographer |
| pornographie {f} | :: pornography |
| pornographique {adj} | :: pornographic |
| porosité {vf} | :: porosity |
| porphyrine {f} [organic compound] | :: porphyrin |
| port {m} | :: act of wearing, act of carrying (from the verb porter (to wear or carry)) |
| port {m} | :: port, harbour |
| port {m} | :: port, harbour city |
| port {m} | :: postage |
| port {m} | :: refuge |
| port {m} | :: stature, way of carrying oneself |
| port {m} | :: transport |
| portabilité {f} | :: portability |
| portabilité {f} | :: wearability |
| portable {adj} | :: portable |
| portable {m} | :: a cell phone |
| portable {m} | :: a laptop |
| portail {m} [figuratively] | :: portal (entry point) |
| portail {m} | :: gate |
| portail {m} [Internet] | :: portal |
| portail {m} | :: portal (imposing entrance) |
| portance {f} | :: bearing pressure |
| portance {f} | :: lift (upward force, such as that which keeps an aircraft aloft) |
| portant {adj} | :: carrying |
| portatif {adj} | :: portable |
| porté disparu {adj} [of a victim] | :: reported missing, listed missing |
| portée {f} | :: litter (animals born in one birth) |
| portée {f} | :: range (of a weapon) |
| portée {f} | :: reach |
| porte {f} | :: door |
| porte {f} [figuratively] | :: gateway, means, door |
| porte {f} | :: gate (to a city, at airport) |
| porte-aéronefs {m} | :: aircraft carrier |
| porte-avions {m} | :: aircraft carrier, a type of warship |
| porte-bonheur {m} | :: lucky charm |
| porte-cigares {n} | :: cigarette case |
| porte-clé {m} | :: key chain |
| porte-clef {m} [archaic] | :: turnkey |
| porte-clef {m} | :: keychain, keyring |
| porte cochère {n} | :: porte cochère |
| porte à deux battants {n} | :: a set of double doors |
| porte-documents {m} | :: briefcase |
| portefaix {m} [archaic] | :: porter |
| portefeuille {m} | :: folder |
| portefeuille {m} [politics] | :: portfolio |
| portefeuille {m} | :: portfolio (investments) |
| portefeuille {m} | :: wallet |
| 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 {n} | :: purse |
| porte-parole {mf} | :: A spokesperson, a spokesman, a spokeswoman |
| porte-à-porte {adj} | :: door-to-door (going from house to house) |
| porter {m} | :: porter (beer) |
| porter {v} [of a subject] | :: to be about, to concern |
| porter {vr} [se porter] | :: to feel |
| porter {v} | :: to carry |
| porter {v} | :: to support, to bear |
| porter {v} | :: to wear |
| porter atteinte {v} | :: to harm (+ à), detract (à from) |
| porter à ébullition {v} [cooking] | :: to bring to the boil |
| porter plainte {v} [legal] | :: to bring a criminal action (contre against) |
| porter plainte {v} | :: to complain, to lodge a (formal) complaint |
| porteur {adj} | :: carrying (in the process or carrying) |
| porteur {m} | :: bringer; bearer |
| porteur {m} | :: carrier (one who carries) |
| porteur {m} | :: porter |
| porteur {m} | :: wearer (one who wears) |
| porteuse {f} | :: feminine form of porteur |
| Porthos {prop} | :: One of the Three Musketeers |
| Porthos {prop} | :: [very rare] male given name |
| portier {m} [football (soccer)] | :: goalkeeper |
| portier {m} | :: gatekeeper, doorman |
| portillon {m} | :: gate |
| portion {f} | :: portion |
| portique {m} [architecture] | :: portico |
| portique {m} | :: A type of crane |
| portique {m} | :: frame (of a swing, jungle gym etc.) |
| portique {m} | :: gantry |
| portique {m} | :: metal detector (at airport etc.) |
| portière {f} | :: car door |
| portière {f} | :: feminine form of portier |
| porto {m} | :: port wine |
| Porto {prop} | :: Oporto |
| porto-ricain {adj} | :: alternative form of portoricain |
| portoricain {adj} | :: Puerto Rican |
| Portoricain {m} | :: Puerto Rican (person from Puerto Rico) |
| Porto-Ricain {m} | :: alternative form of Portoricain |
| porto-ricaine {adj} | :: feminine form of porto-ricain |
| Portoricaine {f} | :: feminine form of Portoricain |
| Porto-Ricaine {f} | :: feminine form of Porto-Ricain |
| Porto Rico {prop} | :: Puerto Rico |
| portos {mf} [pejorative, ethnic slur] | :: Portuguese |
| portrait {m} | :: description (of a person or things) |
| portrait {m} | :: portrait |
| portrait craché {n} [idiomatic] | :: spitting image |
| 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 {adj} | :: Portuguese |
| portugais {m} | :: Portuguese, the Portuguese language |
| Portugais {m} | :: a native of Portugal; a Portuguese |
| Portugaise {f} | :: feminine form of Portugais; Portuguese (someone from Portugal) |
| pose {f} | :: installation |
| pose {m} | :: extension (in telecommunications) |
| posemètre {m} [photography] | :: exposure meter |
| poser {vt} | :: to ask (a question) |
| poser {vt} | :: to install, fit |
| poser {vt} | :: to land (a plane) |
| poser {vt} | :: to lay, place |
| poser {vt} | :: to stop carrying, to put down (something or somebody) |
| poser un lapin {idiom} | :: To stand (someone) up |
| poseur {adj} | :: pompous, affected |
| poseur {m} | :: poseur |
| Poséidon {prop} [Greek god] | :: Poseidon |
| poésie {f} | :: poetry |
| positif {adj} | :: (number) positive or zero. nonnegative |
| positif {adj} | :: positive (characteristic) |
| positif {adj} | :: positive (for e.g. a drug test) |
| positif {m} [linguistics] | :: positive form |
| positif {m} | :: positive, something positive |
| position {f} | :: position |
| position intéressante {f} [euphemistic, singulare tantum] | :: interesting condition |
| positionnel {adj} | :: positional |
| positionnement {m} | :: positioning |
| positionner {v} | :: to position oneself, to prepare oneself |
| positionner {vt} | :: to position |
| position sexuelle {n} | :: sexual position |
| positivement {adv} | :: positively, absolutely |
| positiver {v} | :: to think positively; to be optimistic |
| positivité {f} [countable or uncountable] | :: positivity |
| positon {m} [physics] | :: positon |
| positron {m} [particle] | :: positron |
| 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 form of possesseur |
| possessif {adj} [grammar] | :: possessive |
| possessif {adj} | :: possessive |
| possessif {m} [grammar] | :: the possessive case |
| possession {f} | :: possession |
| possessivité {f} | :: possessiveness |
| possibilisme {m} | :: possibilism |
| possibilité {f} | :: possibility |
| possible {adj} | :: possible |
| possible {m} | :: The possible, feasible, what can be done, achieved etc |
| possiblement {adv} | :: possibly |
| post- {prefix} | :: post- |
| postal {adj} | :: postal |
| postalvéolaire {adj} | :: postalveolar |
| postalvéolovélaire {adj} | :: postalveovelar |
| postclassique {adj} | :: postclassical (after the classical era) |
| postcrânien {adj} | :: postcranial |
| postdater {vt} | :: to postdate |
| postdoctorant {m} | :: postdoctoral student |
| poste {f} | |
| poste {f} | :: post office |
| poste {m} | :: job, post |
| poste {m} | :: position (in sport, or observation post) |
| poste {m} [slang] | :: radio |
| poste {m} [slang] | :: TV |
| poste {m} | :: stretch, stint (at work) |
| poste {m} | :: (telephone) extension |
| poste d'écoute {n} [military] | :: listening post |
| poste de contrôle {n} | :: checkpoint |
| poste de contrôle {n} | :: control room |
| poste d'essence {n} | :: petrol station, gas station |
| poster {m} | :: poster (A billboard to be posted on a public or private place) |
| poster {vt} [military] | :: To post |
| poster {vt} | :: To post, (put in the) mail |
| postfacé {adj} | :: Having an epilogue or afterword |
| posthume {adj} | :: posthumous (taking place after someone's death) |
| posthumément {adv} | :: posthumously |
| postiche {adj} | :: artificial, false |
| postiche {f} | :: false moustache, false beard |
| postiche {f} | :: toupee, hairpiece, wig |
| postier {m} | :: postman, postal worker |
| postillon {m} [colloquial] | :: spittle (drop of saliva) |
| postillon {m} [historical] | :: a French-style hat worn by the postal workers |
| postillon {m} [historical] | :: postman (courier who rides post) |
| postillon {m} | :: postilion |
| 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 form of postier |
| postmoderne {adj} | :: postmodernist |
| postmoderne {adj} | :: postmodern (of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism) |
| postmodernisme {m} [art] | :: postmodernism |
| postopératoire {adj} | :: postoperative |
| postposition {f} [grammar] | :: postposition |
| postérieur {adj} | :: posterior |
| postérieurement {adv} | :: later, subsequently |
| postériorité {f} | :: posteriority |
| postérité {f} | :: history |
| postérité {f} | :: posterity |
| postscolaire {adj} | :: after-school |
| post scriptum {phrase} | :: post scriptum |
| 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 {vi} | :: to apply (+ à: for) |
| postuler {v} | :: to posit |
| postuler {v} | :: to postulate (assume as true) |
| pot {m} | :: ancient measure, containing two pintes |
| pot {m} [colloquial] | :: do (UK), bash, drinks party |
| pot {m} [colloquial] | :: drink, jar, bevvy |
| 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} | :: paper size, about 40 by 31 cm |
| pot {m} | :: pot, kitty, pool (of money staked at cards etc.) |
| pot {m} [slang, vulgar] | :: arse, bum, backside |
| potabilisation {f} | :: potabilization |
| potabilité {f} | :: potability |
| potable {adj} [colloquial] | :: OK, passable |
| potable {adj} | :: potable |
| potache {adj} | :: schoolboy |
| potache {m} [colloquial] | :: student, school kid |
| potage {m} | :: soup (dish) |
| potager {adj} | :: potager |
| potager {m} | :: a type of obsolete stone oven; a warming oven |
| potager {m} | :: potager garden |
| potamochère {m} | :: any species of the Potamochoerus genus. |
| potasser {v} | :: to revise, cram (academic material, etc.) |
| potassium {m} | :: potassium |
| Pot-au-Noir {prop} [geography] | :: Doldrums |
| pot catalytique {m} | :: catalytic converter |
| pot-de-vin {m} | :: a bribe |
| poète {m} | :: poet |
| potée {f} | :: hotpot (of various sorts) |
| potée {f} | :: potful |
| pote {mf} [informal] | :: mate (UK), buddy (US) |
| poteau {m} [France, slang] | :: friend, buddy |
| poteau {m} | :: post, pole, stake, stanchion, strut, standard, prop, |
| poteau {m} [sports] | :: goalpost |
| 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 potentialize |
| potentialiser {vt} | :: to potentiate |
| potentialité {f} | :: potentiality |
| potentiel {adj} | :: potential |
| potentiel {m} | :: potential |
| potentiellement {adv} | :: potentially |
| 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} | :: figurehead (person); window dressing |
| potiche {f} | :: porcelain vase |
| potier {m} | :: potter |
| potin {m} | :: gossip, tittle-tattle |
| potin {m} | :: pewter |
| poétique {adj} | :: poetic, poetical |
| poétiquement {adv} | :: poetically (in a poetic way) |
| 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} | :: big toe |
| pouce {m} | :: inch |
| pouce {m} | :: thumb |
| pouding {m} | :: alternative spelling of pudding |
| poudre {f} [obsolete] | :: dust |
| poudre {f} | :: powder |
| poudre à canon {n} | :: 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 {interj} | :: poof (onomatopoeia) |
| pouf {m} | :: pouffe (thick cushion) |
| pouffer {vi} | :: To burst out (with laughter); to crack up |
| pouffiasse {f} | :: slag, floozy, whore |
| pouillerie {f} | :: squalor |
| Pouilles {prop} | :: Apulia |
| pouilleux {adj} [figuratively, pejorative] | :: lousy, miserable |
| pouilleux {adj} | :: louse-infested |
| pouilleux {m} | :: lousy, miserable person; a bum |
| pouilleux {m} | :: person who has lice |
| Pouilly-Fumé {m} | :: Pouilly-Fumé |
| poujadisme {m} [pejorative] | :: reactionary petit-bourgeois attitude |
| poujadisme {m} | :: Poujadism |
| poujadiste {mf} [pejorative] | :: person with a reactionary petit-bourgeois attitude |
| poujadiste {mf} | :: Poujadist |
| poulaille {f} [dialectal] | :: poultry |
| poulaille {f} [slang] | :: cop, rozzer (police) |
| poulailler {m} [colloquial] | :: gods, gallery (of a theatre) |
| poulailler {m} | :: henhouse |
| poulain {m} | :: foal (young horse) |
| poulaine {f} [historical] | :: poulaine |
| poularde {f} | :: Young, fattened chicken |
| poule {f} [cards] | :: pool |
| poule {f} | :: hen (female chicken) |
| poule {f} | :: pool, group (stage of a competition before the knockout stages) |
| poule {f} [slang] | :: chick, bird (woman) |
| poule d'eau {f} | :: batfish |
| poule d'eau {f} | :: moorhen |
| poule mouillée {f} [idiomatic] | :: chicken-shit (coward) |
| poulet {m} | :: chicken (as a food) |
| poulet {m} [obsolete] | :: love letter |
| poulet {m} [slang] | :: a policeman, especially a plain-clothes police detective |
| pouliche {f} | :: filly |
| poulie {f} | :: pulley |
| pouliner {v} | :: to foal (give birth) |
| poulpe {m} | :: an octopus |
| pouls {m} | :: pulse (regular beat caused by the heart) |
| poumon {m} | :: lung |
| poupard {adj} [dated] | :: chubby, plump |
| poupard {m} [dated] | :: chubby baby |
| poupée {f} | :: doll (object) |
| poupe {f} [nautical] | :: poop, stern |
| poupin {adj} | :: chubby |
| poupon {m} | :: baby doll |
| poupon {m} | :: little baby |
| 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) |
| pour {prep} | :: to (when following a verb at the infinitive) |
| pourboire {m} | :: tip (extra money given to e.g. a waiter for appreciation) |
| pourceau {m} [literary or pejorative] | :: swine, pig |
| pourcent {m} | :: percent |
| pourcentage {m} [mathematics] | :: percentage |
| pourchasser {v} | :: to chase without relent |
| pourfendeur {m} | :: attacker, opponent |
| pourfendre {vt} [figuratively] | :: to lay into, shoot down, attack, slate (criticize strongly) |
| pourfendre {vt} [literary] | :: to slice through, slay (with a sword) |
| pourlécher {vr} | :: To lick ones lips |
| pourlécher {vt} | :: To lick all around |
| pour le coup {adv} | :: (as intensifier) truly, actually, really; in fact |
| pour le coup {adv} | :: this time, this time round, in this case |
| pour l'heure {adv} | :: at the moment, for the time being |
| pour l'instant {adv} | :: at the moment, for the time being |
| pour ne pas dire {conj} | :: Not to say |
| pourparler {m} [almost always in plural] | :: parley |
| pourparlers {n} | :: parley (conference) |
| pourpoint {m} [historical] | :: doublet |
| pourpre {adj} | :: burgundy in color |
| pourpre {m} | :: burgundy (purple color) |
| pourpre {m} [by extension, obsolete] | :: power, authority |
| pourpre {m} | :: rich, purple fabric |
| pour que {conj} | :: (+ subjunctive) so that, in order that |
| pourquoi {adv} | :: why |
| pourquoi {conj} | :: why |
| pourquoi pas {phrase} | :: why not? (lacking objection) |
| pourquoi pas {phrase} | :: why not? (negative question) |
| pourquoi que {conj} | :: why |
| pourri {adj} | :: decomposed, putrefied (body) |
| pourri {adj} | :: (of food etc.) bad, rotten; off |
| pourri {adj} | :: rotten; decayed |
| pourri {adj} | :: spoilt (child) |
| pourri {m} [colloquial] | :: swine, bastard |
| pourri {m} [slang] | :: bent copper, dirty cop |
| pourriel {m} | :: spam, junk mail |
| pourrir {vit} [and] | :: to rot, decompose, putrefy, crumble |
| pourrir {vi} | :: to waste away from a disease such as gangrene |
| pourrir {vr} [se pourrir] | :: to rot, decompose, putrefy, crumble |
| pourrir {vr} [se pourrir] | :: to waste away from a disease such as gangrene |
| pourrissant {adj} | :: rotting, decaying |
| pourrissement {m} | :: decay |
| pourrissement {m} | :: deterioration |
| pourriture {f} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: rotter, swine; cow, bitch |
| pourriture {f} | :: rot |
| pourriture {f} | :: (socially etc.) rottenness, something rotten |
| poursuite {f} [cycling] | :: pursuit |
| poursuite {f} | :: pursuit; chase |
| poursuite individuelle {f} [cycling] | :: individual pursuit |
| poursuite par équipes {f} [cycling] | :: team pursuit |
| poursuivant {m} | :: pursuer |
| poursuivre {vr} | :: to chase after each other |
| poursuivre {vr} | :: to continue |
| poursuivre {v} | :: to carry on, to continue what has been started |
| poursuivre {v} | :: to pursue, to chase |
| poursuivre {v} | :: to pursue, to persecute, to torment |
| poursuivre {v} | :: to sue |
| poursuivre en justice {v} [legal] | :: to sue |
| pourtant {adv} | :: however, yet |
| pourtour {m} | :: perimeter, circumference |
| pourtour {m} | :: surrounding area |
| pour vivre heureux, vivons cachés {proverb} | :: great honours are great burdens |
| pourvoi {m} [legal] | :: appeal |
| pourvoir {vi} | :: to provide à for |
| pourvoir {vp} [legal] | :: to appeal (en to) |
| pourvoir {vp} | :: to provide oneself (de with) |
| pourvoir {vt} | :: to equip, provide, endow (someone de with) |
| pourvoir {vt} | :: to fill (a seat, job vacancy) |
| pourvoyeur {m} | :: purveyor, supplier, source |
| pourvoyeuse {f} | :: purveyor, supplier (female) |
| pourvu que {conj} | :: let's hope (that) |
| pourvu que {conj} | :: provided (that), as long as |
| poussée {f} | :: push |
| pousse {f} | :: growth (act of growing [of plants etc.]) |
| pousse {f} | :: sprout, shoot |
| pousse-café {m} [familiar] | :: chaser (small glass of alcohol) |
| poussée de croissance {f} | :: growth spurt |
| pousser {v} [figuratively] | :: to spring up, to sprout |
| pousser {v} [of a living thing] | :: to grow |
| pousser {v} | :: to push |
| pousser {v} | :: to urge on, encourage |
| pousser {v} | :: to utter (a cry) |
| poussette {f} | :: pushchair (UK), stroller (US) |
| poussette {f} | :: pushpin |
| pousseur {m} [aeronautics] | :: booster |
| pousseur {m} [horse racing] | :: stall handler |
| pousseur {m} [nautical] | :: push tug |
| pousseur {m} | :: pusher, someone who pushes |
| poussier {m} | :: coal dust |
| poussif {adj} | :: wheezy |
| poussin {m} | :: chick (a young chicken) |
| poussière {f} | :: dust |
| poussière {f} | :: speck of dust |
| poussiéreux {adj} | :: dusty |
| poussivement {adv} | :: wheezily |
| poussoir {m} | :: pushbutton |
| poussoir {m} | :: tappet |
| pouteille {f} | :: A dish of pig's trotters and other ingredients cooked in red wine |
| poutine {f} [Acadia] | :: Any of several potato-based dishes |
| poutine {f} [Quebec, obsolete] | :: A fat woman |
| poutine {f} [Quebec, obsolete] | :: A messy situation or complicated thing; a quagmire |
| poutine {f} [Quebec, obsolete] | :: Any of several pudding-like deserts |
| poutine {f} [Quebec] | :: poutine |
| Poutine {prop} | :: Putin. A transliteration of the Russian surname Путин. |
| poutinerie {f} [Canada, food] | :: a poutinerie |
| poutou {m} | :: kiss |
| Poutou {prop} | :: French surname |
| poutrap {adj} [slang] | :: tight-fitting, skin-tight |
| poutre {f} | :: beam, girder |
| poutre apparente {f} | :: exposed beam |
| poutre apparente {f} [slang] | :: tight-fitting trousers [chiefly used attributively] |
| poutrelle {f} | :: beam, girder |
| poutrer {v} [vulgar] | :: to fuck, screw |
| poutzer {vt} [Switzerland] | :: to clean |
| pouvoir {m} | :: Authority |
| pouvoir {m} [countable, or, uncountable] | :: Power, a power |
| pouvoir {m} [legal] | :: power of attorney |
| pouvoir {v} | :: can, to be able to |
| pouvoir {v} | :: may |
| pouzzolane {f} [geology] | :: pozzolana |
| pov' {adj} | :: informal spelling of pauvre |
| pépé {m} | :: (child talk) grandpa |
| PPC {initialism} | :: (pour prendre congé) "to take leave"; sometimes written on address cards by persons making farewell visits |
| pépée {f} [informal] | :: bird, chick (young lady) |
| pépiement {m} | :: chirp, tweet (bird sound) |
| pépier {v} | :: to chirp (make a short sound of a bird) |
| pépin {m} | :: hitch, glitch (small problem encountered) |
| pépin {m} | :: pip (the seed from fruit) |
| pépin {m} | :: umbrella |
| pépinière {m} [figuratively] | :: breeding ground |
| pépinière {m} | :: nursery (for trees) |
| pépiniériste {mf} | :: nurseryman (or woman) |
| pépite {f} | :: nugget |
| péplum {m} | :: peplum (all senses) |
| pépère {m} [childish] | :: affectionate name for a male, such as honey, sweetie, baby (etc.) |
| P. Q. {abbr} | :: alternative form of PQ |
| P.Q. {abbr} | :: alternative form of PQ |
| PQ {initialism} [Canada, politics] | :: Parti Québécois - a political party of the province of Quebec, Canada |
| PQ {initialism} [dated, Canada] | :: province de Québec - of Canada |
| PQ {initialism} [slang] | :: initialism of papier cul loo roll [UK], TP (toilet paper) [US] |
| pâque {f} | :: Passover, Easter |
| Pâque {prop} | :: Pesach |
| pâquerette {f} | :: daisy |
| Pâques {prop} | :: Easter |
| péquiste {adj} [Canada, politics] | :: pertaining to the Parti Québécois |
| péquiste {mf} [Canada, politics] | :: a member of the Parti Québécois |
| pré {m} | :: meadow |
| pré- {prefix} | :: pre- |
| préaccord {m} | :: preliminary agreement |
| préadamisme {m} | :: belief that mankind existed before Adam |
| préadamite {m} | :: Christian sectarian who believes that mankind existed before Adam |
| préadamite {m} | :: pre-Adamite |
| préado {mf} | :: preadolescent, preteen |
| préadolescent {adj} | :: preadolescent, preteen |
| préadolescent {m} | :: preadolescent, preteen |
| praesidium {m} | :: alternative spelling of présidium |
| pragmatique {adj} | :: pragmatic |
| pragmatisme {m} | :: pragmatism |
| Prague {prop} | :: Prague |
| pérail {m} | :: A mild cheese made from sheep milk |
| praire {m} | :: venus clam |
| prairial {m} | :: Prairial (ninth month of French Republican Calendar) |
| prairie {f} | :: meadow, grassland, pasture, prairie |
| préalable {adj} | :: previous, prior; preliminary |
| préalable {m} | :: preliminary condition, prerequisite |
| préalablement {adv} | :: beforehand, first |
| pralin {adj} | :: related to the village of Praz-sur-Arly, in Savoy |
| praliné {adj} | :: prepared using a preparation of crushed pralines (called pralin) |
| praliné {m} | :: sweet containing crushed praline |
| pralin {m} | :: pastry preparation using crushed pralines |
| pralin {m} | :: preparation using mud and fertilizer used to coat young roots prior to plantation |
| pralinage {m} | :: (gardening) coating of young roots in mud |
| praline {f} | :: praline |
| praliner {v} | :: to coat with caramelized sugar |
| praliner {v} | :: to coat young roots with a fertilized mud (called pralin) prior to plantation |
| Préalpes {prop} | :: Prealps (Alpine foothills) |
| préalpin {adj} | :: Of the Prealps |
| préambule {m} | :: preamble (a short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute) |
| préambuler {v} | :: to prefix with a preamble |
| prame {f} | :: pram, flatbottom boat |
| préanthropique {adj} | :: pre-anthropic |
| prao {m} | :: proa |
| praséodyme {m} | :: praseodymium |
| praticabilité {f} | :: practicability |
| praticable {adj} | :: practicable, feasible |
| praticable {adj} | :: practicable, usable |
| praticien {m} | :: practitioner, someone who masters the practice of an art or science |
| praticienne {f} | :: feminine form of praticien |
| praticité {f} | :: convenience |
| praticité {f} | :: practicality |
| pratiquant {adj} | :: churchgoing |
| pratiquant {m} | :: churchgoer |
| pratique {adj} | :: applied; concerning action or intervention of human will on the real to change it (as opposed to spéculatif or théorique) |
| pratique {adj} | :: belonging to the everyday or mundane |
| pratique {adj} | :: concrete, practical |
| pratique {adj} | :: convenient; handy |
| pratique {adj} | :: experienced |
| pratique {f} | :: act of frequenting |
| pratique {f} | :: a steel or tin instrument placed in one's mouth to change one's voice during puppet ventriloquism |
| pratique {f} | :: clientele, regular clients, or business therewith |
| pratique {f} | :: execution or implementation of something |
| pratique {f} | :: experience |
| pratique {f} | :: methods, process, way of doing or achieving something |
| pratique {f} [nautical] | :: freedom to board or disembark (as opposed to quarantine) |
| pratique {f} | :: practice |
| pratique {f} | :: set of customs in a country or group of people |
| pratiquement {adv} | :: in practice |
| pratiquement {adv} | :: practically (almost) |
| pratiquer {vt} | :: to do; to practise |
| Prato {prop} | :: Prato (city) |
| Prato {prop} | :: Prato (province) |
| préau {m} | :: yard |
| préavis {m} | :: notice, advance warning |
| præbende {f} | :: obsolete form of prébende |
| prébende {f} | :: prebend |
| prébiotique {adj} | :: prebiotic |
| précaire {adj} | :: precarious |
| précairement {adv} | :: precariously |
| précambrien {adj} | :: Precambrian (before Cambrian) |
| précancéreux {adj} [medicine] | :: precancerous |
| précarisé {adj} | :: casualized (deprived of job security) |
| précarisation {f} | :: casualization |
| précariser {vt} | :: to casualize |
| précariser {vt} | :: to make precarious |
| précarité {f} | :: precarity, existence without financial or social security |
| précaution {f} | :: precaution |
| précaution {f} | :: prudence, wariness |
| précautionneusement {adv} | :: precautionarily |
| précautionneux {adj} | :: cautious, careful |
| précédemment {adv} | :: before, before now |
| précédent {adj} | :: preceding; earlier |
| précédent {m} | :: precedent |
| précédent {m} | :: the preceding; predecessor |
| précéder {v} | :: to precede |
| præcedent {adj} | :: obsolete form of précédent |
| præcedent {m} | :: obsolete form of précédent |
| præcedente {f} | :: obsolete form of précédente |
| præcepte {m} | :: obsolete form of précepte |
| précepte {m} | :: precept |
| præcepteur {m} | :: obsolete form of précepteur |
| précepteur {m} | :: private tutor |
| précession {f} [physics, astronomy] | :: precession |
| préchauffage {m} | :: preheating |
| préchauffage {m} | :: warming up (of an engine) |
| préchauffer {v} | :: to preheat |
| prêche {m} | :: sermon |
| prêcher {v} | :: to advocate moral values, political ideas |
| prêcher {v} | :: to lecture someone about what is good or bad |
| prêcher {v} | :: to preach |
| prêcheur {adj} | :: preaching, moralizing |
| prêcheur {m} | :: preacher, advocate of high values, moralist |
| prêcheuse {f} | :: feminine form of prêcheur |
| préchrétien {adj} | :: pre-Christian |
| précieusement {adv} | :: preciously |
| précieux {adj} | :: precious |
| préciosité {f} | :: preciousness |
| præcipice {m} | :: obsolete form of precipice |
| précipice {m} | :: precipice, deep and steep escarpment |
| précipité {adj} [chemistry] | :: precipitated |
| précipitamment {adv} | :: abruptly |
| præcipitation {f} | :: obsolete form of précipitation |
| précipitation {f} [countable, chemistry] | :: precipitation, a reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container |
| précipitation {f} | :: precipitation, unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste |
| précipitation {f} | :: (Weather) precipitation, any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet). It is a major class of hydrometeor, but it is distinguished from cloud, fog, dew, rime, frost, etc., in that it must fall. It is distinguished from cloud and virga in that it must reach the ground |
| précipiter {vr} | :: to dash, to move quickly |
| précipiter {vr} | :: to precipitate (fall from the sky) |
| précipiter {vr} | :: to throw oneself out, to jump out |
| précipiter {vt} [chemistry] | :: to precipitate |
| précipiter {vt} | :: to rush (hasten, do something too fast) |
| précipiter {vt} | :: to take down, to bring down |
| précipiter {vt} | :: to throw out, push out, chuck out, throw off, push off, chuck off |
| préciput {m} | :: advantage, supplement contractually granted to an heir, a spouse, etc |
| précis {adj} | :: Done in a precise and reliable fashion |
| précis {adj} | :: [Measure] Calculated or measured with precision |
| précis {adj} | :: [Of language or writing] Demonstrating precision, concision and accuracy |
| précis {adj} | :: Said of someone whose language expresses such qualities |
| précis {adj} | :: [Sound] Well perceived; sharp |
| précis {adj} | :: Which does not leave doubt; specific, explicit |
| précis {m} | :: précis |
| préciser {vr} | :: to take shape, become clear |
| préciser {v} | :: to clarify |
| préciser {v} | :: to point out |
| préciser {v} | :: to specify |
| précision {f} | :: detail(s); information |
| précision {f} | :: precision |
| précisément {adv} [elliptically, in answers] | :: Exactly, precisely |
| précisément {adv} | :: In a precise manner; without approximation |
| précisément {adv} [rhetoric] | :: Indicates a logical link |
| précité {adj} | :: above-mentioned |
| précoce {adj} | :: early (at a time in advance of the usual) |
| précocement {adv} | :: precociously |
| précocité {f} | :: the state of being ahead of time, earliness |
| précolombien {adj} | :: pre-Columbian |
| préconisation {f} | :: preconization |
| préconisation {f} | :: recommendation |
| préconiser {v} | :: to recommend, advocate |
| précontractuel {adj} | :: precontractual |
| précontraint {adj} | :: prestressed |
| préconçu {adj} | :: preconceived |
| précuit {adj} | :: pre-cooked |
| précurseur {adj} | :: precursory |
| précurseur {m} [chemistry] | :: precursor |
| précurseur {m} | :: precursor, forerunner |
| prédateur {m} | :: predator |
| prédation {f} | :: predation |
| prédatrice {f} | :: feminine form of prédateur |
| prédécéder {v} | :: predecease (to die sooner than) |
| prédécesseur {m} | :: predecessor |
| prédécouper {v} | :: to precut |
| prédécès {m} | :: predecease (anterior death) |
| prædecesseur {m} | :: obsolete form of prédécesseur |
| prédestiné {adj} | :: predestined |
| prædestination {f} | :: obsolete form of prédestination |
| prédestination {f} | :: predestination |
| prédestiner {vt} | :: to predestine |
| prédéfini {adj} | :: predefined |
| prédéfinir {v} | :: to predefine |
| prédicant {adj} | :: predicant, preaching |
| prédicant {m} | :: protestant preacher |
| prédicat {m} | :: predicate (all meanings) |
| prædicateur {m} | :: obsolete form of prédicateur |
| prédicateur {m} | :: preacher |
| prédication {f} | :: predication |
| prédication {f} | :: sermon |
| prédictible {adj} | :: predictable |
| prédictif {adj} | :: predictive |
| prédiction {f} | :: prediction (act of predicting) |
| prédiction {f} | :: prediction (a statement about the future) |
| prédilection {f} | :: predilection |
| prædire {v} | :: obsolete form of prédire |
| prédire {v} | :: to predict, foretell |
| prédisposé {adj} | :: predisposed |
| prédisposer {vt} | :: to predispose |
| prédisposition {vf} | :: predisposition |
| prédit {adj} | :: announced in advance |
| prédominance {f} | :: predominance |
| prédominant {adj} | :: predominant |
| prédominer {v} | :: to predominate |
| père {m} | :: father (clergyman) |
| père {m} | :: father (parent) |
| Père Fouettard {prop} | :: In French culture, a traditional Yuletide character, who accompanies Saint Nicholas and punishes naughty children |
| preindre {v} [obsolete, or, regional] | :: alternative spelling of prendre |
| premier {adj} | :: first |
| premier {adj} | :: prime (number etc) |
| premier {adv} | :: first |
| premier {m} | :: first |
| premier {m} | :: premier |
| premier {m} | :: prime minister |
| premier arrivé, premier servi {phrase} | :: first-come, first-served |
| premier but {n} [baseball] | :: first base |
| premier but {n} | :: [by ellipsis] first baseman |
| premier ministre {n} [Canada] | :: premier |
| premier ministre {n} | :: prime minister |
| premier plan {n} | :: foreground |
| premiers entre eux {adj} | :: coprime (having no factors in common) |
| premiers secours {mp} | :: first aid |
| præeminence {f} | :: obsolete form of prééminence |
| première {f} | :: first, first gear |
| première {f} | :: first (new event, something never done before) |
| première {f} [France] | :: The penultimate year of lycée |
| première {f} [of a film] | :: premiere, première |
| première base {n} [Europe] | :: alternative form of premier but |
| Première Guerre mondiale {prop} | :: World War I (war) |
| premièrement {adv} | :: firstly; in the first place |
| première personne {f} [grammar] | :: first person (the form of a verb used when the subject of a sentence is making the statement) |
| préempter {vt} | :: to preempt |
| péremption {f} | :: expiry, expiration |
| préemption {f} | :: preemption |
| péremptoire {adj} | :: peremptory; irrefutable |
| péremptoirement {adv} | :: peremptorily |
| prenable {adj} [military, of a building, a position, etc.] | :: takable |
| préencollé {adj} | :: prepasted |
| prendeur {m} | :: A laborer working as part of an early Middle Age share cropping system known as complant - a precursor to the métayage system. Under this system, the prendeur would cultivate land owned by a bailleur. In exchange for using the bailleur's soil, the prendeur promised a share of the crop or its revenue. The length of this partnership varied and sometimes would extend over generations. |
| prendre {v} [fire] | :: to break out |
| prendre {vr} | :: to get (something) caught (in), to jam |
| prendre {v} | :: to eat, to drink |
| prendre {v} | :: to get, to buy |
| prendre {v} | :: to rob, to deprive |
| prendre {v} | :: to take |
| prendre acte {v} | :: to take note; to acknowledge, to recognize |
| prendre conscience {v} | :: to realize (become aware) |
| prendre d'assaut {v} | :: to take by storm |
| prendre de haut {v} | :: talk down (patronize) |
| prendre de l'avance {v} | :: to gain ground, to advance |
| prendre des mesures {v} | :: to take steps; to take action |
| prendre en compte {v} [idiomatic] | :: to take into account |
| prendre fin {v} [legal] | :: to become void |
| prendre fin {v} | :: to come to an end |
| prendre à la légère {v} | :: to make light of something |
| prendre à la légère {v} | :: to treat something lightely, not to considerate it enough |
| prendre la volée {v} | :: to take flight, to leave suddenly and unexpectedly |
| prendre l'eau {v} [idiomatic] | :: to be on a sinking ship |
| prendre l'eau {v} [of a vessel] | :: to take in water |
| prendre à part {v} [idiomatic] | :: to take aside |
| prendre part {vi} | :: to take part (participate or join in) |
| prendre position {phrase} | :: to make a stand |
| prendre son pied {v} [idiomatic, slang, sexuality] | :: to take pleasure from something, usually to cum (have an orgasm) |
| prendre une cuite {v} [slang] | :: To get pissed, go out on the piss |
| prendre un verre {v} | :: to have a drink |
| preneur {m} | :: a lessee, a renter |
| preneur {m} | :: taker; one who takes |
| preneuse {f} | :: feminine form of preneur |
| pérenne {adj} | :: long-lasting |
| pérenne {adj} | :: perennial |
| pérenniser {vt} | :: to perpetuate, sustain |
| pérennité {f} | :: durability, longevity, long-lastingness |
| Père Noël {prop} | :: Father Christmas; Santa Claus |
| presbyte {adj} | :: farsighted |
| presbyte {mf} | :: presbyope, person suffering from farsightedness |
| presbytie {f} | :: presbyopia |
| presbytéral {adj} | :: presbyteral |
| presbytère {m} | :: presbytery, house of a priest |
| presbytérianisme {m} | :: Presbyterianism |
| presbytérien {adj} | :: presbyterian |
| presbytérien {m} | :: Presbyterian |
| presbytérienne {f} | :: feminine form of presbytérien |
| prescripteur {m} | :: prescriber (prescribing doctor) |
| prescrire {v} | :: to prescribe (a medication) |
| prescrit {adj} | :: prescribed |
| prescrit {adj} | :: stated, stipulated |
| presle {m} | :: (obsolete) alternative spelling of prêle |
| presque {adv} | :: almost |
| presqu'ile {f} | :: alternative spelling of presqu'île |
| presqu'île {f} [geography] | :: peninsula |
| pressé {adj} | :: lacking (pressed for) |
| pressé {adj} | :: pressed (fruit juice etc) |
| pressé {adj} | :: pressing, urgent |
| pressé {adj} | :: quick, eager, impatient |
| pressage {m} | :: pressing (of olives, CDs etc) |
| pressant {adj} | :: pressing, urgent, insistent |
| pressant {adj} | :: squeezing |
| presse {f} | :: press (e.g. printing press) |
| presse {f} | :: press, papers (the media) |
| pressement {m} | :: pressing |
| pressement {m} | :: urging |
| pressenti {adj} | :: predicted |
| pressentiment {m} | :: presentiment, hunch, premonition |
| pressentir {v} | :: to foresee (mysteriously) |
| pressentir {v} | :: to have a premonition |
| presser {vr} | :: to hurry up |
| presser {vr} | :: to press against each other, to flock |
| presser {vt} | :: to hurry, to hurry up |
| presser {vt} | :: to squeeze, to squash |
| presser {vt} | :: to urge |
| pressiomètre {m} [geology] | :: pressiometer |
| pression {f} [countable] | :: popper (UK), snap (fastener) (US) |
| pression {f} [medicine, physics] | :: pressure |
| pression {f} | :: pressure |
| pressément {adv} | :: quickly, eagerly, impatiently |
| pressoir {m} | :: press (e.g. cider) |
| pressuré {adj} | :: squeezed |
| pressurer {vt} | :: to extort |
| pressurer {vt} | :: to squeeze |
| pressurisé {adj} | :: pressurized |
| pressuriser {vt} | :: to pressurize [an aircraft, etc.] |
| prestance {f} | :: presence (imposing bearing) |
| prestataire {m} | :: a provider (of a service), an agent |
| prestation {f} [finance] | :: loan |
| prestation {f} | :: service |
| prestement {adv} | :: promptly |
| prestidigitateur {m} | :: conjurer, magician |
| prestidigitation {f} | :: prestidigitation |
| prestige {m} | :: prestige |
| prestigieux {adj} | :: prestigious |
| preusement {adv} | :: valiantly, bravely |
| preuve {f} | :: proof |
| preuve par 9 {f} [figuratively] | :: proof positive |
| preuve par 9 {f} [mathematics] | :: casting out nines |
| preux {adj} | :: valiant; brave |
| prevôté {f} | :: obsolete spelling of prévôté |
| préexistant {adj} | :: preexisting |
| préfabriqué {adj} | :: prefabricated |
| præface {f} | :: obsolete form of préface |
| préface {f} | :: preface |
| préfacer {v} | :: to write a preface |
| préfacier {m} | :: author of a preface |
| præfect {m} | :: obsolete form of préfet |
| préfectoral {adj} | :: prefectural |
| préfecture {f} | :: prefecture |
| préfermentaire {adj} | :: pre-fermentation (attributive) |
| préfet {m} | :: prefect |
| préfiguration {f} | :: prefiguration |
| préfigurer {v} | :: to prefigure |
| préfinancement {m} | :: prefinancing |
| préfix {adj} | :: preset, predetermined |
| préfixe {mf} | :: prefix (letters at the beginning of a word) |
| préfixer {v} [grammar] | :: to prefix |
| préformationisme {m} [biology] | :: preformationism |
| préforme {f} | :: blank (piece of metal) |
| préféré {adj} | :: favourite |
| préférable {adj} | :: preferable |
| préférablement {adv} | :: preferably |
| préférence {f} | :: like (something that a given person likes) |
| préférence {f} | :: preference |
| préférences {fp} | :: preferences (user-specified settings of parameters in a computer program) |
| préférentiel {adj} | :: preferential (related to preference) |
| préférentiellement {adv} | :: preferentially |
| préférer {v} | :: to prefer |
| préfrontal {adj} [anatomy] | :: prefrontal |
| préfète {f} | :: Female prefect |
| pérégrination {f} [chiefly, in the plural] | :: peregrination, travel |
| prégustation {f} | :: foretaste |
| préhensile {adj} | :: having the ability to grip or to be gripped |
| préhensile {adj} | :: prehensile |
| préhension {f} | :: prehension |
| préhistoire {f} | :: prehistory |
| préhistorien {m} | :: prehistorian |
| préhistorique {adj} | :: prehistoric |
| péri- {prefix} | :: peri-, round, about |
| Priam {prop} [Greek mythology] | :: Priam |
| périanal {adj} | :: perianal |
| priapisme {m} [medicine] | :: priapism |
| périapside {m} [astronomy] | :: periapsis |
| péricarpe {m} | :: pericarp |
| péricliter {vi} | :: to go downhill, go to the dogs |
| péricycle {m} | :: pericycle |
| péridot {m} | :: peridot |
| péridural {adj} | :: epidural |
| péridurale {f} | :: epidural (injection) |
| prie-Dieu {m} | :: prie-dieu |
| prier {vt} | :: to beg, to beseech, to pray to |
| prier {vt} | :: to pray |
| prieuré {m} | :: priory (religious building) |
| prieur {m} | :: prior |
| prieure {f} | :: prioress |
| périgée {m} [astronomy] | :: perigee (point in the orbit of any object) |
| périglaciaire {adj} [geology] | :: periglacial |
| périgourdin {adj} | :: Of or from Périgord or Périgueux |
| Périgourdin {adj} | :: Native or resident of Périgord or Périgueux |
| Périgueux {prop} | :: A town and associated commune in Dordogne, France |
| périhélie {m} [astronomy] | :: perihelion (point where the planet or comet is nearest to the sun) |
| péril {m} | :: peril, danger |
| périlleusement {adv} | :: perilously |
| périlleux {adj} | :: perilous |
| périlune {f} | :: perilune |
| périmé {adj} | :: expired; past its expiration date |
| périmé {adj} | :: outdated |
| primaire {adj} | :: elementary |
| primaire {adj} | :: primary |
| primat {m} [religion] | :: primate |
| primate {m} | :: primate (mammal) |
| primauté {f} | :: primacy |
| prime {f} | :: reward; prize; bonus |
| périmer {vp} [se périmer] | :: to become outdated, to become out of fashion, to expire |
| périmer {vp} | :: to become obsolete |
| périmer {vt} | :: to make obsolete |
| primer {v} | :: to dominate, to be dominant over |
| primer {v} | :: to prevail, take precedent |
| primer {v} | :: to win (a prize) |
| primesautier {adj} | :: impulsive |
| prime time {m} | :: prime time |
| primeur {m} | :: preview, foretaste |
| primeur {m} | :: primeur |
| primevère {f} | :: primrose |
| primidi {m} | :: The first day of the ten-day week in the French Republican Calendar |
| primitif {adj} | :: primitive |
| primitivement {adv} | :: originally |
| primitivement {adv} | :: primarily |
| primitivisme {m} | :: primitivism |
| primo {adv} | :: first (before anything else) |
| primordial {adj} | :: primordial, primitive, original |
| primordial {adj} | :: vital, essential |
| primordialement {adv} | :: primordially |
| préimplantatoire {adj} | :: pre-implant |
| périmètre {m} | :: perimeter |
| périnéal {adj} | :: perineal |
| périnatal {adj} | :: perinatal |
| prince {m} | :: prince |
| princesse {f} | :: princess |
| princier {adj} | :: princely |
| principal {adj} | :: main; principal |
| principal {m} [finance] | :: principal (the money originally invested or loaned) |
| principal {m} | :: principal (school administrator) |
| principal {m} | :: what is most important |
| principalement {adv} | :: mainly, principally |
| principauté {f} | :: principality (region) |
| principe {m} | :: principle |
| princièrement {adv} | :: princely |
| périnée {m} [anatomy] | :: perineum |
| préinscription {f} | :: preregistration |
| printanier {adj} | :: springlike, vernal |
| printanièrement {adv} | :: vernally (in a springlike manner) |
| printemps {m} | :: spring (season) |
| période {f} | :: era |
| période {f} | :: period; as in interval of time |
| période {m} | :: point, locus |
| périodicité {f} | :: periodicity |
| périodique {adj} | :: periodic |
| périodique {m} | :: periodical |
| périodiquement {adv} | :: periodically (in a regular, periodic manner) |
| prion {m} | :: prion |
| priorité {f} | :: priority |
| prioritaire {adj} | :: having priority (having precedence) |
| prioritairement {adv} | :: essentially, importantly |
| prioritairement {adv} | :: primarily |
| péripatéticien {adj} | :: of or relating to Aristotle and his philosophy; peripatetic |
| péripatéticien {adj} | :: wandering; nomadic |
| péripatéticien {m} | :: A disciple of Aristotle, of the Peripatetic school |
| péripatéticien {m} | :: A peripatetic; a wanderer |
| péripatéticienne {f} [colloquial] | :: streetwalker, lady of the night |
| péripatétique {adj} | :: of or relating to Aristotle and his philosophy; peripatetic |
| péripatétisme {m} | :: peripatetic philosophy; philosophy instituted by Aristotle |
| périphrase {f} | :: periphrase |
| périphrastique {adj} | :: periphrastic (grammar: characterized by periphrase or circumlocution) |
| périphérie {f} [geometry] | :: perimeter |
| périphérie {f} | :: [of a town or city] outskirts |
| périphérique {m} [computing] | :: peripheral |
| périphérique {m} | :: ring road |
| périple {m} | :: journey, travel |
| périple {m} [originally] | :: circumnavigation |
| péripolaire {adj} | :: peripolar |
| péripétie {f} | :: peripety |
| péripétie {f} | :: unexpected event |
| périr {v} | :: to perish |
| prière {f} | :: prayer |
| prière de {phrase} [formal] | :: please (used to make formal requests) |
| prisé {adj} | :: priced |
| Priscille {prop} | :: Priscilla |
| périscolaire {adj} | :: extracurricular |
| périscope {m} | :: periscope (viewing device) |
| périscopique {adj} | :: periscopic (relating to periscopes) |
| prise {f} | :: (electrical) plug |
| prise {f} | :: grip |
| prise {f} | :: hold (of a climbing wall) |
| prise {f} [martial arts] | :: hold |
| prise de conscience {f} | :: realization |
| prise de courant {f} | :: outlet (wall-mounted socket) |
| priser {vt} | :: to price (fix a price according to market forces) |
| priser {vt} | :: to prize (consider something valuable) |
| priser {vt} | :: to take snuff |
| priseur {m} | :: auctioneer |
| prisme {m} | :: prism |
| prison {f} | :: prison |
| prisonnier {m} | :: prisoner |
| prisonnier de guerre {m} | :: prisoner of war, POW |
| prisonnière {f} | :: feminine form of prisonnier |
| prisonnière de guerre {f} | :: feminine form of prisonnier de guerre |
| périssable {adj} | :: perishable |
| périssodactyle {m} | :: odd-toed ungulate (animal of the Perissodactyla order) |
| péristyle {m} [architecture] | :: peristyle |
| péritoine {m} | :: peritoneum |
| péritonéal {adj} | :: peritoneal |
| péritonite {f} [pathology] | :: peritonitis |
| périurbain {adj} | :: peri-urban |
| privé {adj} | :: private |
| private joke {f} | :: A private joke, an in-joke: a piece of humour understood only by a group of people |
| privatif {adj} | :: privative (all senses) |
| privatiser {v} | :: to privatize |
| privativement {adv} | :: privatively |
| privauté {f} | :: extreme familiarity |
| privauté {f} [in the plural] | :: liberties |
| périveineux {adj} [medicine] | :: perivenous |
| priver {v} | :: to deprive |
| privilège {m} | :: privilege |
| privilégié {adj} | :: privileged |
| privilégié {m} | :: person who is privileged |
| privilégier {v} | :: to privilege, to favour |
| privément {adv} | :: privately |
| prix {m} | :: price |
| prix {m} | :: prize |
| prix Nobel {m} | :: Nobel Prize (international prize) |
| præjudice {m} | :: obsolete form of préjudice |
| préjudice {m} | :: a harm, a damage |
| préjudiciable {adj} | :: harmful (to) |
| préjudiciable {adj} | :: prejudicial (to) |
| préjugé {m} | :: a prejudice |
| préjuger {v} | :: to foresee; say in advance |
| préjuger {vt} | :: to prejudge |
| prélasser {vr} | :: to sprawl, to lounge, to laze |
| prélat {m} | :: prelate |
| prélavage {m} | :: precleaning |
| prèle {f} | :: alternative spelling of prêle |
| prêle {f} | :: horsetail |
| prélever {vt} [medicine] | :: to take (blood), remove (an organ) |
| prélever {vt} | :: to deduct, to subtract (numbers, or percentages) |
| prélever {vt} | :: to take out, withdraw (money) |
| prélever {vt} | :: to take (sur from) |
| préliminaire {adj} | :: preliminary, prelim |
| préliminaire {m} | :: preliminary (part before the main part) |
| préliminairement {adv} | :: preliminarily |
| prélude {m} | :: prelude |
| préluder {vi} [music] | :: To introduce or be a prelude (to) |
| prélèvement {m} | :: deduction, levying |
| prélèvement {m} | :: sampling |
| prématuré {adj} | :: premature |
| prématurer {v} | :: to do (something) prematurely |
| prématurément {adv} | :: prematurely |
| prématurément {adv} | :: untimely |
| prémaxillaire {adj} | :: premaxillary |
| prémaxillaire {m} | :: premaxilla |
| prémédité {adj} | :: premeditated |
| préméditation {f} | :: premeditation |
| préméditer {v} | :: to premeditate |
| prémenstruel {adj} | :: premenstrual |
| prémices {n} [literary] | :: beginning, start |
| prémices {n} [literary] | :: first fruits, primitiae |
| prémices {n} [literary] | :: signs, auguries |
| prééminence {f} | :: preeminence |
| prééminent {adj} | :: pre-eminent |
| prémisse {f} [logic] | :: premise |
| prémix {m} | :: A premixed alcoholic drink |
| prémonitoire {adj} | :: prophetic, premonitory |
| præmunir {v} | :: obsolete form of prémunir |
| prémunir {vp} | :: to protect oneself (contre from), guard (contre against) |
| prémunir {vt} [literary] | :: to protect (contre against) |
| prémunir {vt} [literary] | :: to warn |
| prôner {v} | :: to extol, praise, laud |
| prôner {v} | :: to recommend, advocate |
| prénol {m} [organic chemistry] | :: prenol |
| prénom {m} | :: first name, given name |
| prénommer {vtr} | :: to call someone by their first name |
| prénuptial {adj} | :: prenuptial, premarital |
| pro {adj} | :: professional |
| pro {m} | :: a whiz, someone who is very good at something |
| proa {m} | :: alternative spelling of prao |
| proactif {adj} | :: proactive (acting in advance) |
| probabilisme {m} | :: probabilism |
| probabiliste {adj} | :: probabilistic |
| probabilité {f} | :: probability |
| probable {adj} | :: probable (all meanings) |
| probablement {adv} | :: probably |
| probant {adj} | :: convincing |
| probatoire {adj} | :: probationary |
| probiotique {adj} | :: probiotic |
| probité {f} | :: probity |
| problématique {adj} | :: problematic |
| problématique {adj} | :: problematical |
| problématiquement {adv} | :: problematically |
| problème {m} | :: problem |
| problème {m} | :: trouble |
| proboscidien {m} | :: proboscidean (animal of the Proboscidea order) |
| procaryote {m} [cytology] | :: prokaryote |
| préoccupé {adj} | :: concerned |
| préoccupant {adj} | :: worrying |
| préoccupation {f} | :: (plural) cares, concern |
| préoccupation {f} | :: worry |
| préoccuper {v} | :: to concern, preoccupy |
| procédé {m} | :: procedure (method) |
| procédé {m} | :: process (series of events to produce a result) |
| procéder {v} | :: behave |
| procéder {v} | :: proceed |
| procédural {adj} | :: procedural |
| procéduralement {adv} | :: procedurally |
| procédure {f} | :: procedure |
| procédurier {adj} | :: procedural |
| procédurier {m} | :: person liking formal procedures and judiciary solutions |
| processeur {m} | :: processor |
| processionnel {adj} | :: processional |
| processionnellement {adv} | :: processionally (in procession) |
| processus {m} | :: a process |
| processus léger {m} [computing] | :: thread |
| prochain {adj} | :: nearby |
| prochain {adj} | :: next |
| prochain {adj} | :: upcoming |
| prochainement {adv} | :: soon |
| proche {adj} | :: close (to a time or a place); near (a time or a place), nearby |
| proche {mf} | :: loved one, close relative |
| proclamer {v} | :: to proclaim, declare |
| procrastiner {vi} | :: to procrastinate, delay taking action, wait until later |
| procréation {f} | :: procreation (production of offspring) |
| procréer {v} | :: to procreate (produce offspring) |
| procès {m} | :: lawsuit |
| procès {m} | :: trial |
| procès-verbal {m} [legal] | :: proceedings |
| procès-verbal {m} [legal] | :: statement (made to the police) |
| procès-verbal {m} | :: minutes (of meeting etc) |
| proctodeum {m} | :: proctodeum |
| proctodæum {m} | :: obsolete form of proctodeum |
| proctologique {adj} | :: proctological |
| procuration {f} | :: power of attorney |
| procuration {f} | :: proxy |
| procuratrice {f} | :: feminine form of procureur |
| procurer {v} | :: to get, obtain (for someone) |
| procureur {m} [legal] | :: attorney, prosecutor |
| procureur {m} [religion] | :: pastor |
| procureur {m} | :: representative, agent |
| procureur du roi {n} [Belgium, legal] | :: Crown prosecutor of Belgium |
| procureur du roi {n} [France, legal, historical] | :: Crown prosecutor of France |
| procureure {f} | :: feminine form of procureur |
| procureure de la Couronne {n} [Canada, legal] | :: Crown prosecutor |
| procureuse {f} | :: feminine form of procureur |
| prodigalement {adv} | :: prodigally |
| prodigalité {f} | :: prodigality |
| prodige {m} | :: prodigy |
| prodigieusement {adv} | :: prodigiously |
| prodigieux {adj} | :: prodigious |
| prodigieux {adj} | :: terrific, immense, magnificent |
| prodigue {adj} | :: prodigal |
| prodiguer {vt} | :: to dispense, to lavish (something on someone) |
| prodromique {adj} | :: prodromal |
| producteur {adj} | :: productive |
| producteur {m} | :: producer |
| productif {adj} | :: productive |
| production {f} | :: production |
| productique {f} | :: production automation |
| productivisme {m} | :: productivism |
| productiviste {adj} | :: productivist |
| productivité {f} | :: productivity |
| produire {vr} | :: to happen, take place (of an event) |
| produire {vr} | :: to perform (of a singer etc.) |
| produire {vt} | :: to produce, to yield |
| produit {m} | :: product |
| produit {m} | :: production |
| produit intérieur brut {m} [economics] | :: gross domestic product |
| produit scalaire {n} [vector] | :: scalar product; dot product |
| prof {m} | :: teacher, professor |
| profanateur {m} | :: defiler (especially of tombs) |
| profane {adj} | :: profane |
| profane {adj} | :: secular; lay |
| profaner {v} | :: to profane |
| professer {v} | :: to profess |
| professeur {m} | :: professor |
| professeur {m} | :: teacher |
| professeure {f} | :: feminine form of professeur |
| professeuse {f} | :: female professor |
| profession {f} | :: profession, occupation, trade, craft, activity |
| profession {f} | :: profession, practitioners of a profession collectively |
| profession {f} | :: profession, public declaration |
| professionnalisation {f} | :: professionalization |
| professionnaliser {v} | :: to professionalize |
| professionnalisme {m} | :: professionalism |
| professionnel {adj} | :: professional |
| professionnel {m} | :: professional |
| professionnelle {f} [euphemistic] | :: prostitute |
| professionnelle {f} | :: feminine form of professionnel (female professional) |
| professionnellement {adv} | :: professionally |
| professoral {adj} | :: professorial |
| professorat {m} | :: professorship |
| professorat {m} | :: the teaching profession |
| profil {m} | :: profile |
| profit {m} | :: profit, benefit |
| profitabilité {f} | :: profitability |
| profitable {adj} | :: profitable |
| profitablement {adv} | :: profitably |
| profiter {vi} [colloquial] | :: to thrive, do well; (of clothes) wear well |
| profiter {vi} | :: to be profitable or beneficial (+ à) |
| profiter {vi} | :: to take advantage, make the most (+ de) |
| profiteur {m} | :: profiteer |
| profiteuse {f} | :: profiteer (female) |
| profond {adj} | :: deep |
| profond {adj} | :: profound |
| profondeur {f} | :: depth |
| profondément {adv} | :: deeply, profoundly |
| proférer {v} | :: to utter |
| profès {adj} | :: professed, avowed |
| profès {m} | :: initiate (who has taken a religious vow) |
| profus {adj} | :: profuse |
| profusion {f} | :: profusion |
| profusément {adv} | :: profusely |
| progestérone {f} [organic compound] | :: progesterone |
| progiciel {m} | :: software package |
| proglaciaire {adj} [geology] | :: proglacial |
| prognathe {adj} | :: prognathous |
| progéniteur {m} | :: progenitor |
| progénitrice {f} | :: feminine form of progéniteur |
| progéniture {f} | :: offspring, progeny |
| prognosticatif {adj} [archaic] | :: prognosticating; tending to predict or foretell |
| progouvernemental {adj} | :: pro-government (attributive) |
| programmateur {m} | :: timer, scheduler |
| programmation {f} | :: Programming |
| programme {m} | :: A leaflet listing information about a play, game or other activity |
| programme {m} | :: A particular mindset or method of doing things |
| programme {m} | :: A set of structured activities |
| programmer {v} | :: to program |
| programmeur {m} | :: programmer |
| progresser {v} | :: to progress (to show a progression) |
| progressif {adj} | :: progressive |
| progression {f} | :: progression |
| progressisme {m} | :: progressivism |
| progressiste {adj} | :: progressivist |
| progressivement {adv} | :: progressively |
| progrès {m} | :: progress |
| prohibé {adj} | :: prohibited |
| prohiber {vt} | :: to prohibit (to proscribe) |
| prohibitif {adj} | :: prohibitive |
| prohibitivement {adv} | :: prohibitively |
| proie {f} | :: prey |
| projecteur {m} | :: projector |
| projecteur {m} | :: spotlight |
| projectionniste {mf} | :: projectionist |
| projet {m} [Louisiana French, legal] | :: draft constitution |
| projet {m} | :: plan |
| projet {m} | :: project |
| projet de loi {m} | :: bill (proposed law) |
| projeter {v} | :: plan (to create a plan for) |
| prolatif {m} [grammar] | :: the prolative case |
| prolepse {f} [grammar] | :: prolepsis |
| prolepse {f} | :: prolepsis (anticipation) |
| proleptique {adj} | :: proleptic |
| prolifique {adj} | :: prolific (capable of producing a lot of work) |
| prolifique {adj} | :: prolific (fertile, producing offspring or fruit in great abundance) |
| prolifération {f} | :: proliferation, spreading |
| proliférer {v} | :: to proliferate, to mushroom, to increase in number |
| prolixe {adj} | :: prolix; overly talkative |
| prolixement {adv} | :: prolixly |
| prolo {adj} | :: prole |
| prolo {mf} | :: prole |
| prolongateur {m} | :: extension cord (an electrical cord) |
| prolongation {f} | :: extension |
| prolongation {f} [sports] | :: overtime, extra time |
| prolongement {m} | :: prolonging, extension |
| prolonger {v} | :: to prolong |
| prolétaire {m} | :: Proletarian |
| prolétaires de tous les pays, unissez-vous {phrase} | :: workers of the world, unite! |
| prolétariat {m} | :: proletariat |
| prolétarien {adj} | :: proletarian |
| prolétarisation {f} | :: proletarianization |
| promenade {f} | :: walk; stroll (walk for enjoyment) |
| promener {vr} | :: To walk (leisurely), to go for a walk, to stroll |
| promener {vt} | :: To carry around, often with the implication of showing off |
| promener {vt} | :: To walk out (an animal) |
| promeneur {m} | :: walker |
| promeneuse {f} | :: A female promenader: a woman or girl who promenades, who goes for a walk |
| promeneuse {f} | :: A woman or girl charged with guiding promenades, with taking others on walks |
| promenoir {m} | :: covered walk |
| promesse {f} | :: promise (all meanings) |
| prometteur {adj} | :: promising |
| prometteur {m} | :: someone who makes false promises |
| prometteuse {f} | :: feminine form of prometteur |
| promettre {vi} | :: to be promising, to be hopeful |
| promettre {v} | :: to promise |
| proéminence {f} [topography] | :: prominence |
| proéminent {adj} | :: prominent |
| promiscuité {f} | :: crowding, lack of privacy |
| promiscuité {f} | :: promiscuity |
| promontoire {m} | :: promontory |
| promoteur {m} | :: promoter, one who promotes |
| promotion {f} | :: promotion |
| promotionnel {adj} | :: promotional (of, or relating to a promotion) |
| promouvoir {v} | :: to promote (advertise a product) |
| promouvoir {v} | :: to promote (encourage) |
| prompt {adj} | :: prompt, swift, quick |
| promptement {adv} | :: promptly, shortly, quickly |
| prompteur {m} | :: teleprompter |
| promptitude {f} | :: promptitude |
| prompt rétablissement {phrase} | :: Get well soon, a phrase indicating hope that the listener recovers from physical illness |
| prométaphase {f} | :: prometaphase |
| prométhéen {adj} | :: Promethean |
| prométhium {m} | :: promethium |
| prométhéum {m} | :: promethium |
| promulguer {v} | :: to promulgate (to make known or public) |
| promyélocytaire {adj} [pathology] | :: promyelocytic |
| péroné {m} | :: fibula, calf bone |
| péronnelle {f} [colloquial, pejorative] | :: silly talkative woman, gossip |
| prono {m} [informal] | :: prediction |
| pronom {m} | :: pronoun |
| pronom démonstratif {m} [grammar] | :: demonstrative pronoun (pronoun which replaces a noun) |
| pronominal {adj} | :: pronominal |
| pronominalement {adv} | :: pronominally |
| pronom relatif {m} [grammar] | :: relative pronoun |
| prononçable {adj} | :: pronounceable |
| prononcer {v} | :: to give, deliver (a speech) |
| prononcer {v} | :: to pronounce |
| prononcer {v} | :: to say, mention |
| prononciation {f} | :: pronunciation |
| pronostic {m} | :: prognosis (all meanings) |
| pronosticatif {adj} [archaic] | :: prognosticating; tending to predict or foretell |
| pronostiquer {v} | :: to predict; to foretell; to prognosticate |
| pronostiqueur {m} | :: forecaster |
| pronostiqueur {m} | :: tout (at a racecourse) |
| propagé {adj} | :: propagated |
| propagande {f} | :: propaganda |
| propagateur {adj} | :: propagating |
| propagateur {m} | :: propagator |
| propager {vr} | :: to propagate, spread |
| propager {vt} | :: to propagate, spread |
| propalestinien {adj} | :: pro-Palestinian |
| propanoïque {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: propanoic |
| propension {f} | :: propensity |
| propergol {m} | :: propellant; rocket fuel |
| prophète {m} | :: prophet (one who speaks by divine inspiration) |
| prophétesse {f} | :: prophetess |
| prophétie {f} | :: prophecy |
| prophétique {adj} | :: prophetic |
| prophétiquement {adv} | :: prophetically |
| prophétiser {v} | :: to prophetize |
| prophylactique {adj} | :: prophylactic |
| prophylaxie {f} | :: prophylaxis |
| propice {adj} | :: opportune |
| propice {adj} | :: propitious; favorable |
| propicement {adv} | :: propitiously |
| propionique {adj} [organic chemistry] | :: propionic |
| propitiatoire {adj} | :: propitiatory |
| propènal {m} [organic compound] | :: propenal |
| propène {m} [organic compound] | :: propene |
| propolis {f} | :: propolis |
| proportionné {adj} | :: proportionate |
| proportionné {adj} | :: proportioned |
| proportionnalité {f} | :: proportionality |
| proportionnalité {f} | :: proportional representation |
| proportionnel {adj} | :: proportional |
| proportionnellement {adv} | :: proportionally |
| proportionner {vt} | :: to proportion |
| proportionnément {adv} | :: proportionately |
| propos {m} | :: aim, intention |
| propos {m} | :: remark |
| proposer {v} | :: to propose (offer) |
| proposer {v} | :: to propose, suggest |
| proposition {f} [grammar] | :: clause |
| proposition {f} | :: proposition, suggestion |
| propositionnel {adj} | :: propositional (related to proposition) |
| propre {adj} [before a noun] | :: own |
| propre {adj} | :: clean |
| propre {adj} | :: house-trained |
| propre {adj} [mathematics] | :: eigen- |
| propre comme un sou neuf {adj} [simile] | :: Very clean; squeaky clean; clean as a whistle |
| proprement {adv} | :: cleanly (in a way which is not dirty) |
| propret {adj} | :: cheap and cheerful |
| propret {adj} | :: neat and tidy, spick and span; squeaky clean |
| propreté {f} | :: cleanliness, cleanness |
| proprio {m} [colloquial] | :: landlord, landlady |
| propriété {f} | :: property, attribute |
| propriété {f} | :: property (something owned) |
| propriétaire {mf} | :: owner (one who owns) |
| propræteur {m} | :: obsolete form of propréteur |
| propréteur {m} | :: proprætor (a magistrate of ancient Rome) |
| proptose {f} | :: exophthalmos |
| propulser {v} | :: to propel; to propulse |
| propulseur {m} | :: propeller |
| propulseur {m} | :: spear thrower |
| propulsif {adj} | :: propulsive |
| propyle {m} [organic chemistry] | :: propyl |
| propylène {m} [organic compound] | :: propylene |
| péroraison {f} | :: peroration (conclusion of a discourse) |
| prorata {m} | :: proportion |
| pérorer {vi} | :: to hold forth, perorate |
| prorogé {adj} | :: prorogued, prorogated |
| prorogation {f} [politics] | :: prorogation |
| proroger {v} [politics] | :: to prorogue |
| proroger {v} | :: to adjourn |
| proroger {v} | :: to defer, put back |
| proroger {v} | :: to extend |
| prosaïque {adj} | :: prosaic |
| prosaïquement {adv} | :: prosaically |
| prosaïsme {m} | :: mundanity, prosaicness |
| prosateur {m} | :: prosaist (prose writer) |
| prosatrice {f} | :: prosaist (prose writer, female) |
| proscription {f} | :: Banishment of a person or group |
| proscription {f} [history] | :: Condemnation made against political opponents, especially the Roman antiquity and during the French Revolution |
| proscription {f} | :: Proscription (2) |
| proscrire {vt} | :: to banish |
| proscrire {vt} | :: to ban, prohibit, proscribe |
| proscrit {adj} | :: proscribed, banned |
| prose {f} | :: prose |
| prosélyte {adj} | :: proselytic |
| prosélyte {m} | :: proselyte |
| prosélytiser {v} | :: to proselytize |
| prosélytisme {m} | :: proselytism |
| prosodique {adj} | :: prosodic |
| prosodiquement {adv} | :: prosodically |
| prosopopée {f} | :: prosopopoeia |
| prosopopœe {f} | :: obsolete form of prosopopée |
| prospecter {v} [mineralogy] | :: prospect (to search as for gold) |
| prospecteur {m} | :: canvasser |
| prospecteur {m} | :: prospector |
| prospectif {adj} | :: prospective |
| prospèrement {adv} | :: prosperously |
| prospérer {v} | :: to thrive, prosper |
| prospérité {f} | :: prosperity |
| prostaglandine {f} [biochemistry] | :: prostaglandin |
| prosternation {f} | :: prostration |
| prosterner {vrr} | :: to bow down |
| prosthétique {adj} | :: prosthetic |
| prostitué {adj} | :: whoring, prostituting |
| prostitué {m} | :: prostitute (a person having sex for profit) |
| prostituée {f} | :: prostitute (a person having sex for profit) |
| prostituer {vr} | :: to prostitute oneself |
| prostitution {f} | :: prostitution |
| prostré {adj} | :: prone |
| prostré {adj} | :: prostrate |
| protactinium {m} | :: protactinium |
| protagoniste {m} | :: protagonist (the main character) |
| protandre {adj} | :: protandrous |
| protéase {f} [enzyme] | :: protease |
| protée {f} | :: mudpuppy, waterdog (amphibian of Proteidae family) |
| protecteur {adj} | :: protective (related to or used for protection) |
| protecteur {m} | :: protector |
| protection {f} | :: protection |
| protectionnisme {m} | :: protectionism |
| protectionniste {adj} | :: protectionist |
| protectorat {m} | :: protectorate |
| protectrice {f} | :: protector (female) |
| protestant {adj} | :: Protestant |
| protestant {m} | :: Protestant (person) |
| protestataire {adj} | :: protesting |
| protestataire {mf} | :: protester |
| protestation {f} | :: admission, exclamation, statement |
| protestation {f} | :: protest, objection |
| protester {v} | :: to protest; to object |
| protège-dent {m} | :: mouthguard (device) |
| protéger {v} | :: to protect |
| protège-tibia {m} [soccer] | :: shinguard |
| prothèse {f} | :: prosthesis (artificial replacement for a body part) |
| prothésiste {mf} | :: prosthodontist |
| prothétique {adj} | :: prosthetic |
| protide {m} [nutrition] | :: protein, peptides and similar materials |
| protidique {adj} | :: protidic |
| protéiforme {adj} | :: protean |
| protéiné {adj} | :: enriched with protein |
| protéinase {f} [enzyme] | :: proteinase |
| protéine {f} | :: protein |
| protéiner {v} | :: to enrich with protein |
| protéinogène {adj} [biochemistry] | :: proteinogenic |
| protéinurie {f} [pathology] | :: proteinuria |
| protéique {adj} | :: protean |
| protéique {adj} | :: proteinic |
| protique {adj} [physics, chemistry] | :: protic |
| protiste {f} | :: protist (eukaryotic unicellular organisms of the kingdom Protoctista) |
| protistologie {f} | :: protistology |
| protistologique {adj} | :: protistological |
| protistologue {mf} | :: protistologist |
| proto- {prefix} | :: proto- |
| protocerque {adj} | :: protocercal |
| protocolaire {adj} | :: formal |
| protocolaire {adj} | :: protocol (attributive) |
| protocolairement {adv} | :: formally (according to protocol) |
| protocole {m} | :: protocol |
| proto-germanique {adj} | :: Proto-Germanic |
| proto-germanique {m} | :: Proto-Germanic |
| protogyne {adj} | :: protogynous |
| protohistoire {f} | :: protohistory |
| protohistorique {adj} | :: protohistoric |
| protéolytique {adj} [biochemistry] | :: proteolytic |
| protéome {m} [biochemistry] | :: proteome |
| protoné {adj} [chemistry] | :: protonated |
| proton {m} [particle] | :: proton |
| protonique {adj} | :: protonic |
| protoplanétaire {adj} [astronomy] | :: protoplanetary |
| protoplanète {f} [astronomy] | :: protoplanet |
| protoplasme {m} [cytology] | :: protoplasm |
| protoporphyrine {f} [organic compound] | :: protoporphyrin |
| protoétoile {f} [astronomy] | :: protostar |
| protoxyde {m} | :: monoxide (oxide containing a single oxygen atom) |
| protozoaire {adj} | :: protozoan |
| protubérance {f} | :: lump, protuberance |
| protubérant {adj} | :: bulging, protuberant |
| protubérant {adj} | :: protruding |
| prou {adv} [obsolete] | :: a lot |
| Pérou {prop} | :: Peru |
| proue {f} [nautical] | :: prow |
| prouesse {f} [usually, in the singular] | :: prowess; bravery; valiance |
| Pérouse {prop} | :: Perugia (province) |
| prout {m} [informal] | :: fart (an emission of flatulent gases): a toot |
| prouver {v} | :: to prove |
| provençal {adj} | :: Provençal; of or pertaining to Provence (a region in France) or its people |
| provençal {m} | :: Provençal; Occitan, especially the dialect of Occitan that is spoken in Provence |
| Provençal {m} | :: a person from Provence |
| Provençale {f} | :: feminine form of Provençal |
| provenance {f} | :: provenance, origin |
| Provence {prop} | :: Provence (region in France) |
| Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur {prop} | :: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (region of France) |
| provenir {v} | :: to arise (from) |
| provenir {v} | :: to originate (from) |
| proverbe {m} | :: proverb, saying |
| proverbialement {adv} | :: proverbially |
| providentiel {adj} | :: providential |
| providentiellement {adv} | :: providentially |
| province {f} | :: province |
| province {f} | :: the regions (provincial France) |
| provincial {adj} | :: provincial |
| provincial {m} | :: people from the provinces/regions |
| proviseur {m} | :: headmaster (of a secondary school) |
| provision {f} | :: provision |
| provisionnel {adj} | :: provisional |
| provisionner {vt} | :: to fund, set aside funds for |
| provisoire {adj} | :: temporary (for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant) |
| provisoirement {adv} | :: for the time being |
| provisoirement {adv} | :: provisionally |
| provoc {f} | :: apocopic form of provocation |
| provocant {adj} | :: provocative |
| provocateur {adj} | :: provocative |
| provocateur {m} | :: provoker; one who provokes |
| provoquant {adj} | :: provocative |
| provoquer {v} | :: to provoke, bring on, bring about |
| pérovskite {f} [mineralogy] | :: perovskite |
| proximité {f} | :: coming up |
| proximité {f} | :: proximity |
| proxénète {mf} | :: procurer, pimp |
| proxénétisme {m} | :: proxenetism, pimping |
| péroxydase {f} [enzyme] | :: peroxidase |
| prépa {f} [France, education] | :: Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles |
| prépaiement {m} | :: prepayment |
| préparateur {m} | :: assistant, demonstrator |
| préparateur {m} | :: preparator |
| préparatif {adj} | :: preparative |
| préparatif {m} [usually plural] | :: preparation |
| préparation {f} | :: preparation |
| préparatoire {adj} | :: preparatory; propaedeutic (providing preparatory or introductory teaching) |
| préparer {vt} | :: To prepare |
| préparer {vt} | :: To prepare for |
| prépayé {adj} | :: prepaid |
| prépayer {v} | :: prepay (to pay in advance) |
| prépension {f} | :: early retirement pension |
| prépondéramment {adv} | :: preponderantly |
| prépondérance {f} | :: predominance |
| prépondérance {f} | :: preponderance |
| prépondérant {adj} | :: dominant |
| prépondérant {adj} | :: preponderant, overriding |
| préposé {m} | :: appointee, someone who is charged with overseeing a task, one who is responsible |
| préposer {vt} | :: to charge with duties, to give the authority to, to assign to (a position) |
| prépositif {adj} [grammar] | :: prepositive |
| préposition {f} [grammar] | :: preposition |
| prépositionnel {adj} [grammar] | :: prepositional |
| prépositionnel {m} | :: prepositional (the prepositional case) |
| prépositivement {adv} | :: prepositively |
| prépreg {m} | :: pre-preg |
| préproduction {f} | :: preproduction |
| prépuce {m} [anatomy] | :: prepuce, foreskin |
| préputial {adj} | :: preputial |
| péréquation {f} [finance] | :: balancing out |
| préquelle {f} | :: prequel |
| préraphaélite {m} [art] | :: preraphaelite |
| prérecrutement {m} | :: prerecruitment |
| prérentrée {f} | :: preparatory time before the start of a school term |
| prérequis {m} | :: prerequisite |
| préretraite {f} | :: early retirement |
| prérogative {f} | :: prerogative (a right, or power that is exclusive to a monarch &c.) |
| prés {adj} | :: the color of meadow green |
| près {adv} | :: near (a time or a place); close (to a time or a place) |
| près {prep} [formal, or, legal] | :: attached to, connects a person or an organisation delegated officially to a setting |
| présage {m} | :: omen |
| présager {v} | :: to bode |
| présager {v} | :: to forewarn |
| présager {v} | :: to portend, be an omen of |
| présager {v} | :: to predict, to foresee, foretell |
| préséance {f} | :: precedence |
| préscolaire {adj} | :: preschool |
| près de {prep} | :: near (in close proximity to) |
| præsence {f} | :: obsolete form of présence |
| présence {f} | :: presence |
| présensation {f} | :: presensation (feeling) |
| præsent {adj} | :: obsolete form of présent |
| présent {adj} | :: current, present |
| présent {adj} | :: present (that what/which is in the place talked about) |
| présent {m} | :: present tense |
| présentable {adj} | :: presentable (able to be presented) |
| présentateur {m} | :: announcer, newscaster, anchor |
| présentation {f} | :: appearance, layout |
| présentation {f} | :: introduction |
| présentation {f} | :: presentation |
| présentation {f} | :: the act of presenting |
| præsente {adj} | :: feminine form of præsent |
| présente {f} | :: la présente is a common elliptic expression for 'this letter', 'this document' etc |
| présente {f} | :: the/a present one of some sort |
| præsentement {adv} | :: obsolete form of présentement |
| présentement {adv} | :: presently, currently |
| præsenter {v} | :: obsolete form of présenter |
| présenter {vr} [~ à] | :: to be a candidate for |
| présenter {vr} [problems] | :: to arise, to surface, to present itself |
| présenter {vr} | :: to appear, to be present (before someone) |
| présenter {v} | :: to introduce, to present |
| présenter {v} | :: to show, to present |
| présentoir {m} | :: showcase |
| préservatif {adj} | :: preservative |
| préservatif {m} | :: condom |
| préservatif {m} | :: preserver |
| préservation {f} | :: preservation |
| préserver {vt} | :: to preserve |
| présidence {f} | :: presidency |
| præsident {m} | :: obsolete form of président |
| président {m} | :: president |
| président-directeur général {m} | :: managing director, chief executive officer |
| présidente {f} | :: feminine form of président |
| présidente-directrice générale {m} | :: feminine form of président-directeur général |
| présidentiable {adj} | :: potentially presidential |
| présidentiel {adj} | :: presidential |
| præsider {v} | :: obsolete form of présider |
| présider {vi} | :: To preside (over) |
| présider {v} | :: to preside; to chair; to head (to be in charge of) |
| présidium {m} | :: presidium (executive committee) |
| présélection {f} | :: preselection |
| présélectionner {vt} | :: to preselect, shortlist |
| présélectionner {vt} | :: to preset |
| présocratique {adj} | :: pre-Socratic |
| présomptif {adj} | :: presumptive |
| præsomption {f} | :: obsolete form of présomption |
| présomption {f} | :: presumption, supposition |
| présomptivement {adv} | :: presumptively |
| présomptueusement {adv} | :: presumptuously |
| præsomptueux {adj} | :: obsolete form of présomptueux |
| présomptueux {adj} | :: presumptuous |
| présérie {f} | :: preproduction |
| præstation {f} | :: obsolete form of prestation |
| præstige {f} | :: obsolete form of prestige |
| præsumer {v} | :: obsolete form of présumer |
| présumer {v} | :: to presume, assume |
| présupposé {adj} | :: presupposed |
| présupposer {v} | :: presuppose (to assume some truth without proof) |
| présupposition {f} | :: presupposition |
| présure {f} | :: rennet |
| présynaptique {adj} | :: presynaptic |
| prêt {adj} | :: ready |
| prêt {m} | :: lending, loaning |
| prêt {m} | :: loan |
| préétabli {adj} | :: preestablished |
| prétendant {m} | :: claimant |
| prétendant {m} | :: contender |
| prétendante {f} | :: claimant (female) |
| prétendante {f} | :: contender (female) |
| prætendre {v} | :: obsolete form of prétendre |
| prétendre {vr} | :: to claim |
| prétendre {v} | :: to claim, to allege |
| prétendre {v} | :: to expect, to consider necessary |
| prétendre {v} | :: to pretend |
| prétendument {adv} | :: allegedly (according to someone's allegation) |
| prétentieusement {adv} | :: pretentiously |
| prétentieux {adj} | :: pretentious |
| prétention {f} | :: claim |
| prétention {f} [in the plural, prétentions] | :: asking wage |
| prétention {f} | :: pretention |
| prétention {f} | :: pretentiousness |
| prétention {f} | :: pretentious person |
| prêter {vp} | :: to take part (à in) |
| prêter {vt} | :: to lend |
| præteur {m} | :: obsolete form of préteur |
| prêteur {m} [finance] | :: lender |
| préteur {m} | :: praetor (elected magistrate) |
| prêteur sur gages {m} | :: pawnbroker |
| prêteuse {f} | :: feminine form of prêteur |
| prætexte {m} | :: obsolete form of prétexte |
| prétexte {m} | :: excuse, pretext (explanation designed to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement) |
| prétexter {vt} | :: to give as an excuse |
| prétélescopique {adj} [astronomy] | :: pretelescopic |
| prætoire {m} | :: obsolete form of prétoire |
| prétoire {m} [legal] | :: court |
| prétorien {adj} | :: Praetorian, praetorian |
| prêt-à-porter {adj} | :: ready-to-wear, off-the-rack, off-the-peg |
| prêtraille {f} | :: priesthood, clergy |
| prêtre {m} | :: priest |
| prêtresse {f} | :: female priest |
| prêtresse {f} | :: wife/lover of a male priest |
| prêtrise {f} | :: priesthood |
| pruche {f} [Quebec] | :: hemlock (tree of Tsuga genus) |
| prudemment {adv} | :: prudently |
| prudence {f} | :: Prudence, caution, care |
| prudent {adj} | :: prudent |
| prud'homme {m} | :: a master craftsman or expert |
| pruine {f} | :: bloom (powdery coating) |
| prune {f} | :: plum |
| prune {f} [slang] | :: gloss=traffic citation |
| pruneau {m} | :: prune (dried plum) |
| prunelier {m} | :: alternative form of prunellier |
| prunelle {f} [anatomy] | :: pupil; eye |
| prunelle {f} | :: sloe |
| prunelle {f} | :: sloe gin |
| prunellier {m} | :: blackthorn; sloe (Prunus spinosa) |
| prunier {m} | :: plum, plum tree |
| prurit {m} | :: itch, in the sense of a desire or want |
| prurit {m} | :: itch, itchiness |
| Prusse {prop} | :: Prussia |
| Prussie {prop} | :: Prussia |
| prussien {adj} | :: Prussian |
| prussien {m} | :: Prussian (language) |
| Prussien {m} | :: Prussian person |
| Prussienne {f} | :: feminine form of Prussien |
| péruvien {adj} | :: Peruvian |
| Péruvien {m} | :: Peruvian person |
| Péruvienne {f} | :: feminine form of Péruvien |
| prévalant {adj} | :: prevailing |
| prévalence {f} | :: prevalence |
| prévalent {adj} | :: prevalent |
| prévaloir {v} | :: to prevail |
| prévarication {f} | :: maladministration |
| prévarication {f} | :: prevarication |
| prévenance {f} | :: thoughtfulness, consideration |
| prévenant {adj} | :: considerate |
| prévenir {v} | :: to prevent |
| prévenir {v} | :: to warn |
| prévente {f} | :: presale |
| préventif {adj} | :: preventative |
| prévention {f} | :: prevention |
| préventivement {adv} | :: preventively |
| préverbe {m} [grammar] | :: preverb (verbal prefix) |
| prévisible {adj} | :: foreseeable, predictable |
| prévision {f} | :: forecast |
| prévisionnel {adj} | :: forecast |
| prévisionniste {mf} | :: forecaster |
| prévisualisation {f} | :: preview |
| prévisualiser {v} | :: to preview |
| prévoir {v} [legal] | :: to provide for, make provision for |
| prévoir {v} | :: to allow, make plans for, prepare, make provision for |
| prévoir {v} | :: to anticipate, foresee, expect (reaction, event etc.) |
| prévoir {v} | :: to forecast (weather) |
| prévoir {v} | :: to plan |
| prévoyance {f} | :: foresight |
| prévoyant {adj} | :: farsighted |
| prévôté {f} [France history] | :: provosty |
| prévôté {f} | :: provostship, provostry |
| prévôt {m} | :: provost-marshal |
| prévôt {m} [religion] | :: provost |
| prévôtal {adj} | :: provostal; provostorial |
| prévôtale {adj} | :: feminine form of prévôtal |
| prévu {adj} | :: planned, expected |
| pérylène {m} [organic compound] | :: perylene |
| prytane {m} | :: prytane |
| PS {initialism} | :: Parti Socialiste; a socialist political party of either France, Belgium or Switzerland |
| psalmique {adj} | :: psalmic |
| psalmodier {vi} | :: to chant, intone [especially a psalm] |
| psalmodier {vi} | :: to drone |
| psaltérion {m} | :: psaltery |
| psaume {m} | :: psalm (all senses) |
| psautier {m} | :: psalter |
| pschitt {interj} | :: hiss |
| pseautier {m} | :: alternative spelling of psautier |
| pèse-lait {m} | :: lactometer (device to weight cream) |
| pseudo {m} [chiefly, Internet slang] | :: A nickname, handle or pseudonym |
| pseudo- {prefix} | :: pseudo- |
| pseudocratère {f} | :: pseudocrater |
| pseudohalogène {m} [chemistry] | :: pseudohalogen |
| pseudohalogénure {m} [chemistry] | :: pseudohalide |
| pseudonyme {adj} | :: anonymous, done under a pseudonym |
| pseudonyme {m} | :: pseudonym |
| pseudopode {m} [biology] | :: pseudopod |
| PSG {initialism} [soccer] | :: Paris Saint-Germain Football Club, a French football club from Paris |
| psi {m} | :: psi (Greek letter) |
| psilocybine {f} | :: psilocybin |
| psitt {interj} | :: psst! |
| psoroptique {adj} | :: psoroptic |
| psy {adj} [colloquial] | :: (psychique) psychic |
| psy {adj} [colloquial] | :: (psychologique) psychological |
| psy {adj} [colloquial] | :: (psychosomatique) psychosomatic |
| psy {mf} [colloquial] | :: (psychiatre, psychanalyste, psychologue) psychologist, shrink |
| psyché {f} | :: cheval glass |
| psyché {f} [psychology, philosophy] | :: psyche |
| psychanalyse {f} | :: psychoanalysis (family of psychological theories) |
| psychanalyser {vt} | :: to psychoanalyze |
| psychanalyste {mf} | :: psychoanalyst |
| psychanalytique {adj} | :: psychoanalytical (relating to psychoanalysis) |